Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Pursuers
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Yang Ning and Xiao Guang squatted behind the platform, and when they heard that someone had entered the ancestral hall, their first reaction was to catch up with each other, but they didn't know if it was those cicadas who were secretive. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Yang Ning took out the ice blade from his arms and held it in his hand, Xiao Guang glanced at it, and saw that the ice blade was shining cold, and he saw at a glance that this ice blade was really a good thing that could not be found, and he was a little surprised, he didn't expect that Yang Ning was like a flower child, but he had such a good weapon in his hand, and when he heard that someone had entered the house, he touched a stone in his hand.
I could only hear the sound of footsteps, but there were quite a few people, and I heard a voice respectfully say: "My lord, this place looks deserted for many years, and there is no one to see, it seems that no one will chase after you." ”
The old voice from before said: "This is still the interface of Nanchu, you can't pass Huaishui for a day, and you have to be careful for a day." They will certainly not give up easily, and everything must be cautious. He commanded: "Send two people out to be on guard, but you can't be caught up by others and are not prepared." ”
Immediately after hearing the score, two people went out immediately.
"Sir, drink saliva." Yang Ning and the others listened to the voice behind the platform again: "Let's go around in circles all the way and get rid of them, but there is not much dry food." ”
"Everybody, hold it up." The old voice said: "All the way to the north, there will be three or five days at most, and we should be able to reach Huaishui. And he said, "Yes, let him out first, give him some water, but don't die here." ”
Yang Ning and Xiao Guang were both a little puzzled, but they didn't dare to look at it at the moment, so as not to be discovered by the other party.
Soon, I heard a sound of Suosuo, and someone had already said, "My lord, this kid has fainted." ”
"Snort, but still alive?" The old voice said hurriedly: "We can't just die like this, otherwise everything we have done will be in vain." ”
"Don't worry, sir, you're still angry." Someone said: "It's just that if you are covered in a bag along the way, you may have fainted, and you won't have to worry about your life." ”
The old man's voice said "um", and then he said: "If you bring this back alive, it will be ten thousand taels of gold, but if you die, it will be worthless." ”
"My lord, is this kid really that valuable?" One of them asked a little fox: "It looks like he's just a fool, a fool is worth the effort of an adult?" ”
"Fools?" The old voice snorted coldly, "Even if you are a fool, it depends on his background." If we are ordinary people, no matter how smart we are, they will be of no use to us, but this fool is more valuable than gold. If you had known his origins, you would not have said that. ”
Yang Ning was even more surprised, listening to the conversation between these people, these guys seemed to have kidnapped a person and wanted to use this person in exchange for a huge reward, and the kidnapped person seemed to be a fool.
However, these people do not seem to be ordinary robbers and kidnappers, they call the person who makes the old voice an adult, and they keep saying that they want to cross the Huaishui River to the Northern Han, it seems that the identity is not simple.
He glanced at Xiao Guang, only to see Xiao Guang's pair of sword eyebrows furrowed, and his expression was very cold.
"My lord, who is this kid sacred?" Someone couldn't help but ask.
The old voice said in a deep voice: "What, the rules have been forgotten? Is this what you can ask? ”
"Humble speech, please surrender your lordship!" The questioner immediately said.
The old voice sighed and said: "Over the years, everyone is in a foreign land, very hard, I know that everyone is homesick, and remember the old and young at home, if we don't take the risk of doing this, I'm afraid we may not be able to return to our homeland in another three or five years." ”
There was silence.
"Before the operation, I already told you that as long as this matter is successful, not only can we return to our homeland to be with our families, but the Hou Ye will never treat us badly." The old voice said softly: "All of you present, I don't dare to guarantee whether you will be promoted to the rank of knight, but the glory and wealth are absolutely indispensable." ”
Yang Ning is extremely smart, obedient and obedient, and immediately thought, could it be that these people are originally from the Northern Han Dynasty, but they have been hiding in Southern Chu?
If so, then it's not unusual.
He knew that Chu and Han were facing each other in the north and south, and the two sides had just ended several years of war, and in such a situation where water and fire were incompatible, it was natural for each other to send secret agents to each other's territory to lurk.
These people should be the eyeliner lurking in the territory of Southern Chu, but they seem to be tired of living away from their homeland with this background, so they thought of a way to return to the Northern Han Dynasty.
And their method seems to be to kidnap a fool.
"My lord, we have been with you for all these years, and you have taken good care of us." Someone gratefully said, "Since we agreed to do this, we will follow the adults no matter whether we succeed or fail." ”
Someone sighed: "It doesn't matter if you are an official and a knight, if you can really be with your family, you will be satisfied." I used to think that I would never go back in this life, and I would never see my parents and wife at home. ”
The old voice smiled: "Don't think about it, in a few days, as long as we take this kid across the Huaishui, we will make a miraculous achievement, and we will see each other with wealth in the future." He also instructed: "After days of traveling, everyone has worked hard, sharpen the knife and do not mistake the woodcutter, everyone first rest here, and then we will continue to hurry after dark." ”
"Yes!"
"My lord, there's some hay here, just spread on the ground to rest." Someone said: "Brothers, there is enough hay here, first lay a place for adults." As he spoke, someone came over to the haystack.
Yang Ning clenched the knife, suddenly felt a tightness on his wrist, turned his head to look over, but it was Xiao Guang who unconsciously grabbed his wrist, seeing that his expression was quite nervous, Yang Ning smiled lightly at Xiao Guang, but he couldn't laugh in his heart.
He thought that it was the group of cicadas who came to follow him, and when he found out that it was not the same group, he was a little more relaxed, but after listening to the words, he knew that these guys were not good dishes.
Since they are Northern Han spies lurking in Southern Chu, they are naturally not ordinary people, otherwise they are not qualified to be sent to Southern Chu.
Now that the kidnappers want to leave Nanchu, but they come to this remote place, they naturally cover up their tracks along the way, worrying about being discovered.
Even so, once they found out that there were other people in this ancestral hall, in order to hide their whereabouts, they would naturally kill people and kill them.
Yang Ning felt that his luck seemed to be really on his back, as if he had brought a killing star, and the people he met, whether intentionally or unintentionally, seemed to want to take his own life.
At this moment, I suddenly heard a "huh", and one said, "My lord, here..... Problematic! ”
Yang Ning heard the sound on the side, and his heart sank, knowing that it was very likely that these people were moving the hay and revealing the bonfire they were covering.
When a choking sound was heard, as soon as the man said that there was a problem, someone pulled out the knife and unsheathed it.
"This should be the bonfire that was lit last night." The man said: "It should have been extinguished two or three hours ago...... this ancestral hall was lived in before." He added, "My lord, they should have left at dawn, perhaps because of the strong wind and rain last night, and they took refuge here for the night." ”
The old man's voice said calmly: "It's remote here, who will spend the night here?" He said coldly: "You said that they had left at dawn, but I don't think so." ”
"What do you mean, sir?"
"Search this ancestral hall inside and out." The old man's voice said sharply: "Whoever it is, kill it immediately!" ”
Yang Ning's hand tightened, Xiao Guang also changed color slightly, and he could hear the sound of footsteps, and at this moment, he suddenly heard a frightened voice coming from outside the ancestral hall: "My lord, my lord, it's not good, someone ...... Someone is catching up......! ”
Everyone who was already preparing to search the ancestral hall greeted one after another, and the old voice had already said in a deep voice: "Don't panic, everyone, Da Meng, put that kid away ......" ”
Yang Ning knew that something had happened, and secretly thought that those pursuers had come in time, if it was a moment at night, he and Xiao Guang would inevitably be discovered.
The footsteps sounded a little chaotic, and the old voice said: "Don't be afraid, everyone, the hostages are still in our hands, and they don't dare to come nonsense." Then he commanded, "Don't act rashly without my command." ”
Yang Ning couldn't help but look over, only to see that there were a bunch of people gathered in front of the door, there were as many as seven or eight, at this time they were already with blades in hand, but standing at the back was a tall man, half a cut taller than others, like a giant of the iron tower, at this time he was carrying a hemp bag in his hand, the bag was bulging, Yang Ning knew that it must be the hostage they had captured.
Suddenly a scream was heard, and all the people gathered in front of the door screamed in surprise, scattered, and hid behind the wall.
"These dog thieves, they will do it when they say they will do it." Someone shouted and scolded, "My lord, what should we do? ”
Yang Ning saw that there was already a person lying on the ground in front of the door, struggling, and his companion who was hiding to the side was pulling the injured man over, only to see an arrow standing on the man's chest, and he was first shot by an arrow.
The old voice was also annoyed: "We have been secret all the way, and we have laid so many mazes, how can they catch up so quickly?" ”
Yang Ning saw that the person who spoke was dressed in a gray robe, wearing a cloth hat, and his figure was slightly fat, and at first glance, he looked like an ordinary rich man.
As soon as the fat man's words fell, he heard the sound of "whooshing" sounding continuously, and the arrows shot in from the outside like flying locusts.
Yang Ning saw that there were many arrows, and knew that there were not a few opponents chasing after him, and he thought that these guys were really in big trouble, and he was involved for no reason, and he didn't know if he could still get out of this ancestral hall.
"People outside listen to ......!" The gray-robed fat man shouted loudly at the top of his voice: "The man you want is in our hands, stop shooting arrows immediately, otherwise we will kill him immediately, and everyone will die together." ”
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