The rustling of footsteps echoed in the dense forest in the middle of the night, adding a bit of horror to the darkness.

The movement in Li Xinchen's hand paused suddenly, and he raised his head vigilantly. He could clearly hear the footsteps getting closer, and they were coming from across the river. This means that it is definitely not Xiao Shilian, and the footsteps are quite dense, and it is not a person.

Appearing in this mountain forest at this time, the most likely thing is the bandits or the pursuers and scouts of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Li Xinchen did not expect that he would encounter the enemy even after he had already walked so far.

Forcibly holding back his urge to jump up and turn around to escape, Li Xinchen took a deep breath, and simply squatted and slowly retreated, just behind Li Xinchen There was a bush that was not too big or small, just enough to allow Li Xinchen to hide.

"Quick, go and have a look over there!" Although the voice was low, it was still very loud in the quiet mountain forest. After a pause in the sound of dense footsteps, it sounded again, and the moonlight was dappled, and two swaying figures could be clearly seen walking out of the woods, looking cautiously around the stream.

Although it was not clear in the night, Li Xinchen could clearly see the outline outlined on the shadow, and the person who came was wearing clothes and armor, and he must be a soldier. At that moment, Li Xinchen took a breath of cool air, the scouts in this kind of army must be much more difficult to deal with than the bandits.

Although Li Xinchen actually did not fight with the scouts of the Northern Zhou army, Li Xinchen knew very well what the level of those old pawns around Xiao Shilian was, so these scouts of the Northern Zhou Dynasty must not be easy to deal with, at least they had to be at the same level as those old pawns around Xiao Shilian.

If it was just Li Xinchen alone, Li Xinchen would be at least fifty percent sure that he would be able to hide here without being discovered, and even seventy or eighty percent sure that he would be able to escape. After all, these scouts' familiarity with the mountains and forests is definitely not comparable to Li Xinchen's, and they can't search every inch of land in the mountains and forests at all, as long as Li Xinchen casually climbs a big tree, he can hide from it.

But now there is a sick Li Li'er behind her, dragging Li Li'er, Li Xinchen doesn't have this confidence. This is an absolutely mortal situation.

I didn't expect that I had escaped a catastrophe, and I actually crashed into another catastrophe.

In the moonlight, the two men who came to check on apparently didn't notice anything, just filled their water bags in the stream and turned away. Li Xinchen exhaled softly, got up cautiously, slammed away, and disappeared into the dark mountain forest.

What Li Xinchen didn't know was that just after he left, the two people who should have stayed away from him walked back again, and one of them said in a deep voice: "You saw it just now? ”

"I see, but this person has no armor on him, he should just be a hunter in the mountains······" Another scout replied in a low voice.

His companion interrupted him without hesitation: "Do you think that if the barbarians are slaughtered in the past, will there be any Orion who will survive?" Their scouts aren't vegetarians either. ”

"Hiss, is it ······?" The scout couldn't help but take a breath.

The companion reached out and patted him on the shoulder: "It seems that we should find the person we are looking for, but I just hope that the young general should be fine, otherwise we really have no way to explain to General Wu Yi." ”

"Which of the young general's followers is not an old man who followed General Wu Yi from birth to death? Even if they are placed in the whole army, they are all the best, and I believe that even if they die in battle, they will do their best to ensure the safety of the major general. The scout slowly clenched the knife in his hand, "But no matter what, you go and report to the boss first, and so-and-so go up and take a look, and see clearly, everything will naturally be clear." ”

The companion hesitated for a moment, then nodded, now was not the time to scramble for something. At that moment, he turned around quickly, and his figure disappeared into the dense forest again.

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Hearing the sound of hurried footsteps, Xiao Shilian almost sat up suddenly, but fortunately, he still thought of Li Li'er leaning on his shoulder in time. Looking at Li Xinchen, who was running back quickly, Xiao Shilian was a little embarrassed, and he didn't know how to explain the problem of Li Li'er leaning on his shoulder for a while.

Seeing the appearance of the two people, Li Xinchen was also taken aback, but he knew that now was not the time to think about this, not to mention looking at Xiao Shilian's embarrassed expression, Li Xinchen could also guess probably:

"Someone's coming!"

"What?" Xiao Shilian let out a low voice, "What person?" ”

Li Xinchen frowned: "It should be the scout of the Northern Zhou barbarians, I haven't seen the specific way clearly, the top priority is to leave quickly, otherwise we may have to explain here." ”

As he spoke, Li Xinchen extinguished the burning bonfire, even if he specifically found a shade tree, but in this darkness, such a bright bonfire was still too easy to attract attention. And Xiao Shilian also knew that the matter was urgent and could not be hesitated, so he hurriedly shook Li Li'er gently.

"How······ How······ Ah, brother! Li Li'er looked at Li Xinchen in surprise, but immediately found that she didn't know when she fell asleep on Xiao Shilian's shoulder, and the little girl's face suddenly turned red, and she couldn't speak for a while.

"Li'er, hurry up." Li Xinchen didn't care about what happened between Li Li'er and Xiao Shilian at this time, and squatted down anxiously, "Quick, come to a certain back." ”

Vaguely understood, Li Li'er slowly shook her head: "Brother, General Xiao, you hurry up, I can't walk now, if I follow you, it's just a burden to you, you hurry up, I won't say anything, they will kill if they want to!" Daddy they're gone, I'm ······ now Now go to Daddy, they're fine! ”

"What stupid are you talking about!" Li Xinchen's voice was filled with anger, "If I leave you here, what's the use of leaving?!" XX promised my father to protect you for the rest of your life, but now I leave you here, leaving you alone, so what is the meaning of life?! Come, come up, someone will carry you on his back, even if it is death, we will die together! ”

This time, Xiao Shilian didn't say much, and he didn't stop Li Xinchen, just slowly pulled out his saber and looked around vigilantly.

Li Li'er sighed softly: "Brother······ Why are you so stupid. ”

"I can't even protect my own relatives, what's the use of me even if I'm smart!" Li Xinchen squatted down, realizing that Li Li'er now had no strength to climb up, he immediately turned his head to look at Xiao Shilian, "Brother Xiao!" ”

Knowing that Li Xinchen wanted to help him, Xiao Shilian wanted to turn around, and a figure suddenly burst out, so frightened that the saber in Xiao Shilian's hand almost subconsciously slashed over.

In the moonlight, blades cut through the darkness, blades collided, and sparks flew everywhere.