Chapter 55: The Captive

I told everyone: "I want to leave as soon as possible, I still have a few friends who got lost here last night, Brother Li took me to the capital, and now I have been delayed for a few hours, I don't know how they are." The eldest brother is here, I'm going to find them, and the third brother, you have to find me a guide to take me to the official road. ”

"Second brother let the eldest brother be here, I'll accompany you, I'm very familiar with the terrain here."

said: "Second brother, I'm wondering, are your friends lost, and now they may not find the official road, I think we started from our village, and now there are more people, and I just want to go back and get the things." We will scatter people one person every other mile, so that we may be able to find them, and you will continue to wait at the official road, and we will inform you when we have the letter. Several old men and Wang Jianying also nodded in agreement.

"Okay, then it's troublesome brothers, third brother, you can find someone who is familiar with the terrain and take me to the official road, and you can take them to find the rest near the path."

After discussing, everyone went their separate ways, and Wang Jianying arranged for me a young man named Wang Jianhua, who was Wang Jianying's cousin, to take me to the official road.

Say goodbye to everyone and the two of us went all the way to the official road, here to the official road there are more than ten miles of road, all the way to the official road at noon, we found a big tree, sat in the shade of the tree, and watched the pedestrians coming and going on the official road.

I waited for more than an hour, I didn't wait for the old man and them, and I didn't see Shunzi Xiaoyu and them, I haven't slept since last night, the two eyelids have been fighting, and I was really sleepy, so I told Wang Jianhua about their general situation, and especially explained that there are five donkeys and one mule is our team.

With that, I leaned against the tree and fell asleep.

I don't know how long it took, but I heard Wang Jianhua calling me: "Leader, a group of people came in front, it seems that you said that our team." ”

I opened my confused eyes and looked at the official road, and sure enough, a group of people came, and it was Junko who walked in front and rode on a donkey.

After I saw that it was indeed my own, I stood up and found that there were two other people on horseback behind me, fifty paces behind, wearing the clothes of ordinary merchants, but my intuition told me that it was possible that this was followed by the Yin Demon Sect. Thinking of this, I told Wang Jianhua: "You go over, find the leader, just say that Lei Yunzi has something to say, Miss Wei and the old man are waiting for them, let them go with you, and then you turn to the field and walk in the direction of Hulu Valley, don't say anything else." Don't say I'm here. Remember not to look back at me, you can just go. ”

Wang Jianhua is also a smart and clever young man, and a year of living as a bandit has also made him very alert, "Okay, leader, don't worry." After saying that, I walked towards Junko and them, and I went to hide behind the big tree.

I watched Wang Jianhua come to Shunzi, because it was far away, and I didn't hear what they said, but I saw Shunzi commanding the convoy and turning into the field headed for Hulu Valley.

I saw the two horsemen watching Shunzi turn the corner, and did not stop, but continued to walk forward slowly for dozens of steps, before getting off the horse and sitting in the shade of the tree, as if resting, but his face was always facing the direction of their departure.

It wasn't until they walked out more than a mile that the two got up, and instead of riding horses, they led the horses and walked slowly behind them.

After they had walked for a while, I watched them gradually get blocked by the weeds and shrubs, and then came out from behind the trees, and instead of following them, I walked dozens of steps forward and followed them.

From my distance there is no straight to see them; I just followed the two, and their attention was only on the front, occasionally looking back.

I was about fifty paces to their right under the cover of the weeds, and seeing that they didn't care at all, I quickened my pace and gradually approached them. Afraid that they would find out, I didn't get very close, just a dozen steps behind me, and two horses just blocked their view. It's just that the two have been leaning together, and I haven't had a chance to do it.

It is estimated that I have walked more than half of the distance, and I have seen the gourd valley in the distance, which is not a high peak. I heard a guy say, "You go first, I'll." The other said: "It's really lazy donkey to grind and pee, you have a lot to do, give me the horse, hurry up, I'll wait for you in front." ”

When I heard this, I quickly lay down in the grass. Through the gap in the grass I saw a man crouching down while the other led the horse forward.

I didn't stand up until a smell came, but when I saw that the man was squatting there with his back to me, I didn't care about the stench, and walked gently behind the man, until he finished pulling and stood up to tie his belt, I slapped him on the back of the neck from behind, and the man didn't even snort and threw himself forward, fainting and falling to the ground. I pulled out his belt, tied his hands, and tore a piece of his shirt and put it in his mouth.

Deal with him, pull out his knife, I hurried forward, the person in front of him did not walk fast, when I came behind him, he thought it was an accomplice coming, scolded and said: "You grandma, is so slow, I haven't been happy with you when I come out." ”

I came up behind him and patted him on the shoulder, "Take away your stinky hands, just finished, dirty or not, lead your horse, the person in front of you will be out of sight." He turned his head as he spoke, and when he saw that it was me, he was stunned, and before he could come to his senses, I had put the knife on his neck, and the man threw himself on his knees: "Good man, spare my life, I am a passing merchant, and I have the silver you want." As he spoke, he pulled it into his sleeve.

I thought he was taking the money, but who knows, the man just rolled away from my knife and took out a dagger from his sleeve: "If you want the uncle's silver, it's not so easy, take your life." As he spoke, he held the dagger and threw it at me, but I was also inexperienced, I didn't expect him to have this hand, I dodged his counter-supplement, and slashed his back with a knife, the man rolled on the spot, and pierced my legs, I squatted with both legs and jumped up, raised my legs and kicked him in the face, only to hear, ah, the sound of the man squatting on the ground with his face covered with both hands, and the dagger in his hand was also thrown on the ground, and blood flowed out of his fingers.

I threw him to the ground with another kick, found a rope from my horse's bag, and tied his hands. I also happened to see that the kick just now actually kicked him in the eye, his eyeballs were broken, and his face was full of blood, so I didn't care that he screamed, and smashed him on the head with the back of the knife, and fainted, I moved him to the horse, and went to the back, and the man also carried it, and put it on the horse. One horse carried the two of them, and I mounted the other horse, speeding towards the gourd valley.