Chapter Ninety-Five: Chong'er is in trouble
Suddenly, Yueru asked Yu'er, "Yu'er, where is your brother?" "Brother?" Yu'er was stunned for a moment and said, "My brother went to the backyard to catch butterflies." Bing Yan smiled: "This kid is still so naughty!" I'm going to go find him, don't let him run away. With that, he turned and left the house.
I didn't pay attention to the fact that I would be able to find the child in a while. Unexpectedly, she suddenly screamed, and everyone exploded. I hurried over and saw the ice goose slumped on the ground, clutching a shoe with a note inside. I looked around, the backyards were open, and Chong'er was nowhere to be seen.
When Wan'er saw Bing Yan like this, she hurriedly asked Bing Yan what happened, and Bing Yan showed her the note. Wan'er couldn't help frowning after seeing it: "Chong'er was kidnapped?" ”
Bing Yan whimpered, looked at me, and sobbed: "Hanquan, they, they let you go alone." I was shocked, who were "they" and why did they let me go alone?
"Wan'er, I'll take a look at the note." I said, Wan'er handed me the note, and the note was very simple: If you want the child to live, let Guan Hanquan come to us!
I couldn't help but ponder, who could be writing this note? dared to kidnap Chong'er in broad daylight.
"Xianggong, could it be Zhang Liang's person?" Shuang'er asked, and I shook my head: "Zhang Liang wouldn't use such a despicable method. ”
I didn't have a clue, so I shouted, "Where are the guards?" There was a sound outside the courtyard, and both teams of guards ran in and said, "My subordinates are here." I sighed and asked them, "Did you know that Chong'er was kidnapped?"
The commander of the guards hurriedly knelt down and said, "Forgive my subordinates for their incompetence, I really haven't found any idle people." At that moment, one of the guards said, "Commander, weren't there a few wine sellers an hour ago?" The commander's face changed, and he scolded in a low voice, "Shut up." ”
I heard it clearly, and I couldn't help but be furious: "Drinking alcohol while on duty is a violation of military orders." What the consequences are clear to yourselves! ”
As soon as I said this, the faces of all the guards present mutinied, and they said in unison: "Please spare your life!" ”
I snorted and said, "It's okay to live if you want to, and I'll give you a chance to make up for it." Tell the truth about the appearance, behavior, and whereabouts of those people, and if there is half a lie, you will not be spared! ”
The guards were so frightened that they looked at each other, but none of them dared to speak. "Why, do you want to fall to the ground so much?" As soon as these words were spoken, the commander of the guards hurriedly said, "Please calm your anger." There were six of them, and they said that they were farmers from other towns, who had come here for refuge, and their families had been making wine for generations, so they had made some wine to sell here to make a living. I'm tired of hurrying and want to find a place to stay. I think they're pitiful......"
When he said this, I heard that something was wrong, and when I looked at his eyes again, I was very flustered and didn't dare to look at me, so I shouted: "Don't tell the truth yet!" The commander hesitated for a moment and said, "The subordinates don't dare to say half a lie." At this time, the guard just now said: "Lord, he is lying, it is clear that those people sold him the wine, and he agreed to let them rest in the backyard!" ”
At this time, the commander turned blank and said to the guard: "Xiao Yi, I usually treat you well, why do you frame me like this!" That Xiaoyi said: "You are embarrassed to say that my monthly military salary has been swallowed by you, just because I have no money to buy rice, my mother starved to death last month!" "Everybody's talking!" Xiao Yi continued, and the guards were silent for a while, and finally someone shouted, "That's it, that's it, Xiao Yi is right, I haven't received money for months!" ”
At this time, Sima Jin came over when he heard the sound, and I hurriedly asked him: "Military advisor, is there any arrears of military salaries?" Sima Jin smiled and said, "There is no such thing, the military salaries are paid monthly, and they are distributed to the soldiers by each person." ”
Seeing that there was nothing to explain, the commander suddenly turned his face blue, took out a dagger, and stabbed at Xiao Yi. Shuang'er was very alert, and the tiger skin whip flicked right on his wrist, and he suffered pain, and the dagger fell. Sima Jin kicked him in the knee, and he fell to his knees all of a sudden, Sima Jin looked at him and said, "What else do you have to say?" The commander laughed miserably, and after a moment, he said, "No, no more...... and his voice was extremely terrifying.
"Are you guilty? Just deducting military pay can sentence you to death! Sima Jin said loudly. The commander suddenly laughed at this time, glared at me, and sneered: "Guan Hanquan, I didn't expect that even if I hid so deeply, I would still be discovered by you." That's right, I've never been from our country. So far, count me as admitting it. You won't live long, though! Hahaha...... "Before the commander's voice fell, Wan'er killed him with a sword."
The ruler fell to the ground, his eyes still open. Sima Jin sighed and asked me for guilt. I shook my head and didn't blame him. Sima Jin felt guilty and wanted to find a step down, so he said: "All the guards will be dealt with according to military law!" As soon as these words came out, the guards exclaimed: "It's over, it's over!" ”
"Wait!" I waved my hand, "This penalty is too severe, I don't agree." I said. I am willing to listen to the Lord's disposal. Sima Jin said. In this way, although the guards were at fault, they were at best dereliction of duty, and each man was beaten with twenty sticks. That Xiao Yi dared to tell the truth, and the merits and demerits were offset and he was spared from the military stick. In addition, let them make up for the arrears of military salaries. As soon as I finished speaking, the guards unanimously said, "Thank you, lord! "Although they have to be punished with military sticks, they can survive and receive their salaries, and the guards are still happy in their hearts.
When the guards dispersed, I said what I had hidden in my heart: "This matter is getting more and more complicated! ”
Sima Jin hurriedly said: "Lord, most of this person was sent by Zhang Liang, and he has been lurking for many years, I am afraid that it was premeditated, and the spies who were caught before now seem to be just a few minions." This time, the lord got rid of this person, but there was only a big trouble in his heart. ”
I waved my hand and said, "The military advisor's words are wrong, this matter is purely coincidental, and most of it is a definite number in the dark." I'm not worried about this, Chong'er's safety comes first. Even if it's Longtan Tiger's Den, I'm going to break through! ”
"Lord, this matter still needs to be considered in the long run, and you must not act recklessly......" Before Sima Jin finished speaking, I had already interrupted him: "I can't delay any longer, these people named me and let me go alone, it should be my former enemy, let me face this matter alone." ”
After I finished speaking, I whistled, and in a moment, a red horse came running and stopped in front of me. I looked at the ice goose and rolled over on my horse. "Hanquan, you must come back!" Bingyan said with tears in her eyes, and everyone looked at me with worried faces. I smiled bitterly: "Even if I die, I will let Chong'er return safely!" With that, I patted the horse's back, and the horse ran away.
Out of the backyard, it is an endless flat land, such a big place, where to find Chong'er? I suddenly realized the problem. At this time, I noticed some mud footprints faintly ahead. Could it be that these footprints were left by a few bad guys? Thinking of what the Commander had said earlier, and the fact that there was a large quagmire not far away, I decided to follow the mud footprints.
The footprints were sparse and inconspicuous at first, and I had to drive the horse slowly as I watched, but as they became clearer, I let the horse go.
After running for a while, the horse suddenly stopped, and now I saw a big quagmire in front of me, and I did not know how deep it was, and I threw a stone at you, and I heard a "bang" and there was no more movement.
I tied my horse to a tree, and came to the mud by myself, and three paces away from the mud, I felt a medium attraction and sucked me into the mud, and I couldn't help but take a few steps back, and then look at the soles of my shoes, which were already stained with some mud, and each step left a deep footprint.
I thought about it for a while, but I still couldn't figure out how those people got through this quagmire. If you enter recklessly, I am afraid that you will fall into it and get out. Then, we have to find another way. I sighed and looked around, this is when I saw a small path on the left-hand side, the path was very hidden, covered by bushes, I pushed aside the bushes to see the road, that road should have been unwalked for many years, look at the direction of that road, and the direction of the road should be the same as the direction of the road just now.
I untied the rope of the horse tied to the tree, pulled the horse onto the path, and mounted the horse. But the horse refused to go, and no matter how much I screamed, he kept panting.
Seeing that the horses were so abnormal, I already knew that there was probably something unclean on this road, but I insisted on going on, because there was no other way but this one, and the quagmire could never be passed.
When I saw that the horse would not go away, I took out a silver needle and stabbed it in the buttocks, and the horse ran like mad, and almost threw me off. Along the way, I saw a lot of dead branches and leaves, mixed with some white bones and rotting corpses, which looked very terrifying. I just didn't see it, and I didn't care about it. The horse ran for a while, but never got out of the way. I couldn't help but wonder and looked around, only to find that they were actually going around in circles in the same place. I couldn't help but feel shocked, could it be said that it was "ghosts hitting the wall"?
At this time, the galloping horse suddenly tripped over something, and fell to his knees with a "plop". Of course, I was no better, I was thrown out by the strong recoil, and if I hadn't used my gun to hold the ground in time, I was afraid that I would have broken a few bones.
I turned to see what had happened, but I saw the horse lying on the ground, and there was blood on the ground, and I hurried to check it, only to find that the horse's throat had been bitten off. I was shocked, and then a black shadow flashed, and I was about to chase it, but the black shadow was gone, and I felt a chill in my back.
At this moment, a burst of laughter came to my ears, it was a child's voice, and it sounded very terrifying. I turned my head to find a group of children standing behind me, all of them with big heads and small bodies, smiling and smiling around me, saying, "Uncle, we want to eat candy." ”
I thought to myself, where do I get candy for you? When I looked at the children, I realized that there was no blood on their faces, not even their feet, as if they were floating, and their shadows were gone. I cursed in my heart, this is a ghost!
At this moment, the imps suddenly threw dirt on me, trying to bury me half alive, and the soil was like sand, and it was very uncomfortable to sprinkle on my body.
The little ghosts were like playing a game, and they threw dirt on me one by one. I thought to myself that this is not the way to go, I have to be killed by them. While they weren't looking, I stabbed him out, slicing a little ghost in the belly. But to my surprise, the little imp was paralyzed on the ground, and there was only one skin on the ground......
At that moment, I felt a pain behind me, and when I reached out and grabbed it, I grabbed something furry. When I took a look, it was a half-sized weasel, but not exactly, vaguely like a fox. The little weasel was so vicious that it came at my throat. The moment it opened its mouth, I threw it out, this throw was more than ten meters away, and it should have been unlucky, it hit its head on the stone, and when it landed, its brain burst out, and it whimpered.
Seeing this, the other imps took off their human skins, showed their murderous faces, and pounced on me. The weasels saw the power of my spear and took it away before they knew it. As soon as they saw that I was without weapons, they attacked me in groups, and I was hit by the enemy in the abdomen and back, and several wounds were added to my body.
I screamed, thinking that I would scare them, but instead of being afraid, they pounced on me, crushing me like arhats, and I felt like I could not breathe. At this time, it suddenly occurred to me that my mother had said that when I encountered demons and monsters, I could recite the Heart Sutra. I got busy. Strange to say, after hearing the Heart Sutra, those little weasels who had become sperm screamed to death, and rolled on the ground with their ears covered. As soon as I saw that it worked, I couldn't help but speed up the recitation.
At this moment, I was suddenly pushed away by a force, and I hit the stone hard, and I felt like my bones were about to break, and I vomited a mouthful of blood, and raised my head. I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat because I saw a pair of eyes looking straight at me, with a sinister smile on the corner of my mouth, and I rubbed my eyes and saw that it was a white-haired fox. Coquette???
When the fox saw me looking at it, he laughed even harder, and pounced on me, but I had already taken precautions, and it pounced. At this time, I had already drawn the blood cold knife, and suddenly, the atmosphere became strange. At first, I thought it was the deterrent power of the Blood Cold Knife, but then I realized that the white-haired fox was gone. It was pitch black all around, there was no light, and I felt a little hairy in my heart, this fox was really a sperm. I took a few steps back, fumbled for a flashlight, and pressed the switch, which gave me some light.
Suddenly, something grabbed my foot, and I was stunned, and the thing jumped on my head, and I threw it out, but the flashlight also fell to the ground.
I wiped the corners of my mouth, felt some pain in my ears, reached out and touched it, and found that there was a hole, and the blood that flowed out was on my hand. At this time, a lot of dry bones came out of the soil for no reason, and it should have been a long time since they died, those skeletons could move, and some of them were holding bone knives, which were the kind of bones that looked like knives.
When I saw this scene, I couldn't help but think of the battle with the "Hell Lord", which was supposed to be a kind of spiritualism to control the dead undead. "Fox Face Charm" I can be regarded as a teacher, not only can confuse the living, but also manipulate the dead. I took the knife and slashed and retreated, and although the skeletons fell down a lot, they all stood up again, and the number of them increased.
There is no way to go on like this, and we must find the white-haired fox as soon as possible. I thought to myself, at this point, I had been cornered, and the blood was flowing uncontrollably, and I couldn't bother to wipe it. Where will it be? Where is it? I almost had a breakdown, and just when I had no clue, I suddenly realized that there was a strange tree not far away, and it should be empty. Empty? Could it be that the fox was hiding inside, so I threw the bloody cold knife with the idea of giving it a try. The Blood Chill Knife arced through the air and stabbed the tree. Then I heard a scream, bleeding from the tree, which in a moment solidified into ice. The skeletons fell to the ground at once, motionless. I ran over, drew my knife, and tore off the bark, revealing a fox inside, already dead.
At this time, I saw that it was surrounded by little yellow skins, and it was wailing in a low voice, and no one dared to move. I sighed, these little things are just attached to this fox, and they haven't done anything harmful, so let them go for the time being. The weasels were very intrigued, whimpered and left. Only one remained, poor Baba looked at me, I looked at it, where was the weasel, it was clearly a white-haired fox, mixed in the group of yellow skins, I didn't see it, this fox was much smaller than the dead one, it should be its cub.
There was a bit of pleading in its eyes, as if it wanted me to bury the dead fox so that it would not be eaten by other beasts. Reluctantly, I dug a pit and buried the fox. At this moment the little fox suddenly barked at me, turned and ran into the bushes, and I was curious and followed in, only to see that the gun that had been taken away was lying there.
I picked up my gun, touched the fox's head, and turned away. By this time there had been a quiet return to my surroundings, and I followed the path and in a short time was on the path of the quagmire. I suddenly felt something following me behind me, and when I looked back, the little white-haired fox was following me not far behind me, and I quickened my pace, but I still couldn't shake it off. I was so helpless that I turned to it and said, "Don't follow me anymore, this is not where you should be." The little fox looked innocent, whimpered, and curled into a ball. I suddenly felt that it was not appropriate to leave it here, so I might as well take it with me. Thinking of this, I turned to it and said, "You can take it with you, but don't mess with me!" The little fox seemed to be able to understand human speech, and suddenly came to his senses and came running over and licking my feet.
And so I took the fox on my way. The white-haired fox was still very small, no bigger than a cat, and he couldn't run for a while. I couldn't help it, so I lifted it up and walked forward with it on my back, the little fox's nails were not very long, and they were consciously shrunk so that they wouldn't sting me. It's fluffy and comfortable.
Suddenly, I saw that the mud footprints on the road were gone, and I couldn't help but be a little flustered, where should I go to find Chong'er! At this moment, the little fox suddenly jumped down, sniffed the mud footprints with its black bean-like nose, and then burrowed into the woods next to it, and I followed.
There are a lot of trees there, like a maze, and most people who don't know the way can't get out. The little fox was unhurried, and with the only remaining scent, he actually led me to the hiding place of the gang.
It was a castle-like building with a watchtower, but to my surprise, there was no one on it. It wasn't that I was worried, it was the smell of blood in the air.