"Failure? Hehe, that's simpler. Commander Zhang smiled bitterly and said:

"Judging from the performance of the thieves just now, they are by no means soft-handed masters. If it fails, including the saint, I am afraid that all the men will die here. As for the women, alas, the end is not much better......"

After listening to Commander Zhang's analysis, Liu Xie fell into deep thought with a look of embarrassment.

On one side is the woman he loves, and on the other side is the lives of more than 100 people, including himself.

This question is really too difficult to choose.

Not to mention a teenager, even if he is a mature elder, it is difficult for him to make a decision in a short period of time.

After thinking about it for two or three minutes, Liu Xie finally let out a long sigh.

Seeing that he had an extremely pitying expression, he first glanced up at Concubine Xi outside the house, and then gritted his teeth fiercely and said to Commander Zhang:

"Withdraw your troops, Concubine Xi...... Don't save it! ”

Although the decision had been made, when he spoke, Liu Xie's face was still full of reluctance and heartache.

Anyone can see that Liu Xie is in pain at this moment.

"Huh? Not saved? Oh, okay, okay, then let's go and negotiate with the other party! ”

After replying with a little surprise, Commander Zhang quickly ran outside the house and talked to the brown-faced man.

Hearing that the other party no longer asked for the return of the woman, the brown-faced man did not make things difficult for everyone anymore, and according to the agreement, Liu Xie and the others were released from this place......

After leaving Yiyangfang, in order to rush back to the capital as soon as possible, Liu Xie, who was concerned about Concubine Xi, didn't even sit in the carriage.

With more than 30 guards, riding military horses like galloping, it took less than two hours to arrive in Luoyang.

When he came to Luoyang City, Liu Xie did not enter the city, but rode directly towards the barracks outside the city.

The first time I found the two generals Yang Biao and Yang Feng, who were discussing in the tent, came to the table without taking a breath, and said straight to the point:

"Two generals, quickly issue a military order, and the widow will go out to fight the thief!"

******

After Liu Xie and the others left, the thieves and soldiers, under the leadership of the white-faced man, left Yiyang as soon as possible.

They took the silver taels and the woman they had stolen and hid in a jungle south of Luoshui.

It wasn't until it was dark that night that the thieves walked out of the forest and ran towards the village of Yuanyuan, thirty miles away.

In order to prevent the accompanying women from seeing their whereabouts, the thieves not only put hoods on the five women, but also plugged their ears so as not to eavesdrop on the conversations of the group.

In this way, in just one night, more than 100 thieves rushed to the outside of Luoyuan Village, and under the cover of Tang Sheng, they sneaked into the village unconsciously......

About half an hour later, the five women who were brought back were put in five cells.

These five cells are all located at the westernmost end of the village, near the foot of the mountain, and no one comes on weekdays.

There were windows in the cells before, but in order to prevent these women from escaping or seeing the scenery outside, Tang Sheng had ordered the windows to be sealed with wooden boards as early as the day before yesterday.

If the lights were not lit, the cell would always be dark day or night.

Xiaoqin, the maidservant of the Shaofu Sun family, has just turned eighteen this year.

This time, she was able to participate in the winter hunt with Master Sun, and she thought she was quite lucky.

Unexpectedly, he was first surrounded and frightened in the hunting ground, and then met bandits in Yiyang.

What's even more hateful is that she was also extremely unlucky to be selected by the thieves and brought back to the "village".

At this moment, Xiaoqin is really angry and regretful, if she can be given another chance, she will not come to participate in this winter hunt if she is killed.

After being put in the cell, because she was wearing a black hood and her ears were plugged, Xiaoqin didn't know what was going on in the room for a while, she was nervous and scared in her heart, and her teeth kept chattering.

But because her hands and feet were tied, let alone escaped, it was very difficult for her to even move to a different position.

Therefore, she could only lie on the ground, shivering while waiting for the "bad luck" to come.

However, after lying down for two or three minutes, the "nightmare" she imagined never happened, and there seemed to be no one else in the room.

In order to confirm this, Xiao Qin plucked up the courage to shout a few times.

As a result, after waiting for a minute, there was still no response in the house, and it seemed that she was really the only one here.

Since there was no danger in a short period of time, Xiaoqin breathed a sigh of relief.

As soon as she relaxed, she felt a wave of sleepiness hit her.

She lay down and fell asleep before she knew it, having stayed awake all night......

I don't know how long it took, but I heard a "bang", and Xiaoqin was awakened by the sound of a door closing!

Apparently, someone entered the room.

Xiaoqin subconsciously curled up her body, and asked tremblingly:

"Yes, who is it? What are you doing? You, don't come here, if you dare to bully me, I'll ......."

But before she could finish speaking, Xiaoqin's eyes lit up, and the black hood had been removed.

After a few seconds of adaptation, Xiaoqin reluctantly opened her eyes.

The first thing that catches your eye is a bright oil lamp.

On the left and right sides of the oil lamp, two masked men squatted.

On the left-hand side, she was impressed, it was the brown-faced man who had chosen her in the first place;

On the right-hand side, Xiaoqin has also seen it before, that is, the white-faced man who has communicated with the brown-faced man twice.

"Yes, it's you? What do you want to do? I, I ......"

"Quiet!"

While scolding sharply, the brown-faced man casually took out the plug in Xiaoqin's ear:

"Whatever we ask, you answer! If you dare to say one more word, the master will do it for you now! ”

As soon as these words came out, Xiaoqin immediately quieted down.

nodded with a look of fear, and didn't even dare to say the word "good" in his mouth.

"Hehe, why are you so fierce? Look at the scary people. ”

At the same time, the man wearing a white mask squatting on the right side finally spoke.

Although his voice was also hoarse, his tone was much gentler than that of the brown-faced man:

"Girl, don't be afraid, as long as you cooperate with us, I promise not to hurt you in the slightest!"

After speaking, the white-faced man stepped forward, not only untied all the ropes tied to Xiaoqin's hands and feet, but also brought a bowl of hot millet porridge from behind and placed it in front of her:

"The girl must be hungry, right? Eat something first, and we'll talk when you're full! ”

It's been more than twenty hours since the last meal, and if you want to say that you're not hungry, it's definitely fake.

But Xiaoqin was worried that the porridge would be drugged, so although she was greedy, she refused to reach out.

Seeing this scene, the brown-faced man snorted coldly:

"Humph! If the master wants to kill you, do you need such means? Do you want to eat...... I'm ready to eat! ”

After that, I saw the brown-faced man pick up the porridge bowl and drank it, and drank most of it in one go.