The father and son of the Xia family, who live in the east of the city, have been carefully protected by the people sent by Lu Xiaoqing since the end of April, and they can't find a hole at all, Xu Jinhan knows about this. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Therefore, if he wants to go to the east of the city to obtain a hostage of sufficient weight, then he has only two options left, or choose Baliya, who is already pregnant and is Lin Xiran's wife; Or, choose the most valuable summer frost.

Because of the continuous battle of wits and courage with Lu Shaoyun and Su Yixing in the past two months, Xu Jinhan, who has inevitably lost several of his subordinates, is no longer as good as before in inquiring about the news.

Therefore, Xu Jinhan, who didn't know that Xia Shuanghan and Baliya had left the city early yesterday morning for the suburbs, would go straight to the east of the city, trying to find an opportunity to catch one of the two of them. It's just a coincidence that it was precisely Xu Jinhan's lack of knowledge of the news that made him lucky enough to pick up a leak by mistake.

After taking Lu Xiaoqing into the Zhuangzi where Baliya was temporarily staying, Xia Shuanghan, who had explained what had happened to her, quickly packed up the painting materials and painting tools he placed in the Zhuangzi when he still had something to say to Lu Shaoyun, and then returned to the city with Baliya and Lu Xiaoqing, who had no intention of continuing to play because of these incidents.

After separating from Lu Xiaoqing and his party on Suzaku Street, Xia Shuanghan, who was separated from Baliya at a fork in the road near his home, soon returned to his and Lu Shaoyun's small home.

"Once Ting Xuan is busy, he always doesn't care about eating well, thinking that tonight, in order to arrest Xu Jinhan and Lin Sangongzi, he must have dealt with it casually, and then continued to be busy with official business, right? If this goes on for a long time, this will not work! ”

With her husband's health in mind, she took care of her summer frost after returning home, and then after nightfall, she went to the stove room to prepare a supper for Lu Shaoyun, and kept it in the steamer and kept it warm with hot water.

In the quiet night after the curfew, the crisp and rhythmic sound of bangzi echoes. Xia Shuanghan, who was sitting at the round table in the inner room of the main room, with one hand propped up on the table, holding her cheeks and slightly drooping her eyelids, was tired and exhausted, and intended to take a short nap while waiting for her husband who had not yet returned, but suddenly a trace of blood wafted to the end of her nose, but she had to open her eyes quickly.

"Don't move!" The moment Xia Shuanghan opened her eyes, she put the short sword in her hand on her neck, and on the way from the west of the city to the east of the city, with the help of light eaves to walk the wall, and then was able to see the lights in the "murderous house" in the high place Xu Jinhan, even if it was determined, this must be a light left by Xia Shuanghan, who had not yet fallen asleep, in order to wait for Lu Shaoyun, who returned late.

"Since Lu Shaoyun is not at home, and Xia Shuanghan is waiting for him, then I don't need to go to Baliya, but just take her as a hostage." Xu Jinhan, who was holding on to his injured body, not making any noise as much as possible, and successfully avoiding himself from being noticed by Xia Shuanghan, who had a little martial arts background and was vigilant, successfully captured the hostage he needed after quietly sneaking into the "murderous mansion".

"Are you...... Xu Jinhan, right? Xia Shuanghan, who felt how sharp and cold the short sword attached to her neck was, quickly calmed down after a moment of slight surprise, even if she didn't know Xu Jinhan originally, but judging from the current situation, she could only make such a guess about the identity of the person who came.

"Sure enough, as the rumors say, she is not a fool!" If it weren't for her current situation, Xu Jinhan believed that she would definitely have some curiosity and interest in Xia Shuanghan, a bold and careful woman, because she saw rare objects. It's just that right now, he doesn't have the extra mind and energy to think about anything other than running for his life.

"You want to take me hostage so you can escape the city, right? What about when you get out? You're going to kill me after you've made sure you've got rid of your pursuers, right? After all, no one who lives in the world wants to leave a living mouth that knows where he is going, right? ”

Still sitting on the round stool at the table without moving, Xia Shuanghan, who knew very well what situation he was about to face next, was desperately thinking about how to open a way out for himself.

It is obviously not feasible to resist immediately, after all, since Xu Jinhan can successfully reach here under the encirclement and interception of Jin Wuwei, then it also shows that even if he is injured now, his force is not something that Xia Shuanghan, who can only use some basic grappling fighting skills, can compete with.

So, after Xu Jinhan coerced Lu Shaoyun to successfully release him, would she find a way to try to escape on the way to escape? Of course, this is not possible, after all, once she leaves the city gate, her value as a hostage will be greatly reduced. Unless she is crazy, she will choose to use her brain at that time.

Then, in other words, only when Tingxuan arrived with Jin Wuwei, and then negotiated with Xu Jinhan, and then took the opportunity to find a way to solve the current predicament, she could be allowed to go.

"If you don't want to die, how about walking with me as my slave?" In the face of Xia Shuanghan's inquiry, Xu Jinhan, who was answering in a tone of his mouth, was actually more inclined not to kill Xia Shuanghan. After all, after killing Xia Shuanghan, it will inevitably lead to it, and Lu Shaoyun and Su Yixing must kill him even if they chase him to the ends of the earth, and he is not willing to face it.

"Thank you for not being sensitive. Rather than being your slave and dying with you, I prefer to continue to stay in Beijing and be my Lady Lu. ”

There was a faint regret in his heart, thinking that if he hadn't been too confident in Jin Wuwei, thinking that it would be absolutely impossible for them to let go of Xu Jinhan, and his careless contempt for the enemy, thinking that he would never be fine, so he never refused In the evening, Lu Xiaoqing proposed that it would be good to send a few guards to protect her, and silently sighed in his heart: "If my grandfather's guards are here, how can things become as troublesome as they are now!" ”

"Hey, stand up obediently and go to the door with me."

I couldn't hear it, and at the same time, I didn't care about what Xia Shuanghan said silently in his heart, and he had a part of his mind from beginning to end, and Xu Jinhan, who was paying attention to the chasing soldiers, heard the movement from outside the house, and pressed the sharp blade in his hand on Xia Shuanghan's neck, and then said fiercely: "I advise you not to play tricks, and do as I say, otherwise, although I can't kill you for the time being, I don't care if I make you suffer a little." ”

"Got it." I could clearly feel a viscous and warm blood line sliding down my neck, and I obediently stood up, and walked to Xia Shuanghan at the door step by step under Xu Jinhan's support, and soon saw several Jin Wuwei in the courtyard who came to the "murderous house" after the scattered blood stains left by Xu Jinhan, and Lu Shaoyun who arrived soon after.

Originally, before the arrest operation was launched, Lu Shaoyun, who was assigned official duties in the Jinwuwei Yamen, was more inclined to arrest Xu Jinhan by himself. It's just that, considering that once he goes, the Xu family will inevitably cry, make trouble, and hang themselves to come forward to plead with him, and then delay time in vain, he just wants to solve tonight's task quickly, and finally chose to hand over Xu Jinhan to his reliable deputy.

So, when he successfully ended the arrest in Zhongqinbo's mansion, Lu Shaoyun, who thought that he only needed to return to the yamen to meet with his deputy, heard the news that his subordinates passed for him, "Xu Jinhan was injured and escaped, and went to the east of the city", he instantly guessed that Xu Jinhan was going to Xia Shuanghan, and only after being slightly surprised, he regretted his decision to choose to come to Zhongqinbo's mansion.

"If I go to Xu's Mansion to arrest people, will Xu Jinhan not have the opportunity to go to the east of the city now, threatening the safety of Frost and Cold?" Lu Shaoyun, who knew in his heart that it was useless to assume and regret, handed over all the prisoners arrested by the Lin family to his subordinates and asked them to take them back to the yamen, so he rushed back to his house without delay.

Since the marriage of Da and Xia Shuanghan, there have been no guests to visit the "murderous house", tonight due to the arrival of Xu Jinhan, it has become brightly lit and lively.

Several Jin Wuwei standing in the courtyard with torches in their hands were opposite Xu Jinhan, who was holding hostages and standing at the door of the main house, panicked by the arrival of strangers and the hostess's situation of being held hostage, and did not know what to do Chai Hu, Hanxiao and Lu Shui, who were stopped outside the courtyard by Jin Wuwei with sharp blades, to prevent them from breaking into the courtyard and making things more complicated.

"I'll take care of all the things inside, and you'll wait here obediently." After stepping into the house, he walked directly in the direction of the bright lights, and Lu Shaoyun, who came to the gate of the courtyard where Xu Jinhan was, did not wait for an anxious smile to greet him and speak, and after simply making an order, he crossed the courtyard gate.

"Oh, Lu Tingxuan, are you here? It's fast! Holding a short sword in one hand and holding Xia Shuanghan in the other hand who had been holding the restraint point of the upper body, Xu Jinhan, who had a faint smile, looked at Lu Shaoyun, who had been waiting for him for a long time, and said: "What do I need you to provide, and then I can release your wife, I believe that the conditions don't need me to say, you can guess it, right?"

"Arrange the carriages and money that will allow you to escape, and provide all the other necessary things, and do not pursue you as you escape, and that's all you want!" ”

Seeing the red blood line on his wife's neck through the bright light, Lu Shaoyun, whose pupils shrank uncontrollably, because of the relationship between his duties, even if the hostage on the other side was his wife, he couldn't easily compromise. "You don't think I'm going to meet the conditions you've put forward, do you?"

"Huh? Don't you agree? Then your wife will have to suffer a few more times. ”

Xu Jinhan, who didn't think that the negotiation could go smoothly so quickly from the beginning, moved the short sword in his hand as he spoke, and then added a long wound to Xia Shuanghan's neck, which was not fatal. "Lu Tingxuan, do you really want to continue to make your women suffer because of the incompetence of yourself and your subordinates?"

With an evil smile on his face, Xu Jinhan, who raised the short sword stained with bright red blood beads on the blade, immediately leaned the blade against Xia Shuanghan's cheek.

"Although your woman is not beautiful in the first place, and there are scars on her forehead, I think it will be difficult for her to accept if I use my short sword to add a few more scars to her face, right? After all, when a husband and wife walk on the street, they are always talked about as an ugly woman with a handsome man, and I believe that there should be no woman in this world who doesn't mind, right? ”

Xia Shuanghan, who had already anticipated the current situation from the moment he was coerced, kept observing and thinking all the time, trying to find a way to get out.

Thinking about it and thinking about it, she never thought that she could get out of this trouble in front of her unscathed, and she was ready to be injured. Therefore, when she noticed the height difference between herself and Xu Jinhan, Xia Shuanghan, who did not put her own safety first, immediately came up with a bold idea.

Xu Jinhan, who was holding Xia Shuanghan in front of him like a shield, happened to be behind Xia Shuanghan's left shoulder. That is to say, if a person with strong arms can pull out a powerful enough hard bow, and then avoid Xia Shuanghan's important blood vessels and shoot her shoulder with a piercing feather arrow, he can naturally hit Xu Jinhan's heart accurately and make him die instantly.

It's just that if you really want to implement this plan, there are still many problems that need to be solved by Xia Shuanghan in reality.

First of all, the person who bends the bow and shoots the arrow must not be Lu Shaoyun. After all, if he abandoned the kidnappers who held Xia Shuanghan hostage and casually turned away, it would be too unreasonable and suspicious.

Secondly, it was not enough to have only one archer who shot arrows from the front, after all, the short sword Xu Jinhan held in her hand was pressed against her neck. Therefore, if there is no one person on the right side and the person in front of him to release the arrow together, it will hit Xu Jinhan's right hand, making him lose the ability to hurt Xia Shuanghan. The injury that Xia Shuanghan will suffer is likely to be more serious than the penetrating injury on his left shoulder.

Again, as a husband who loves his wife deeply, it is very likely that Lu Shaoyun will not agree to Xia Shuanghan's practice of hurting the enemy by one thousand and harming himself by three hundred. After all, he didn't want his wife to be hurt in the slightest bit by his relationship.

In the end, even if the two archers could be found, Lu Shaoyun was willing to let her take such a risk, how to prevent Xu Jinhan, who was standing behind her, from detecting her intentions, and then properly conveying the whole plan she was thinking about, which was the most difficult and difficult thing to solve. (To be continued.) )