The bamboo whistle is a signal to retreat, and as soon as the thief head leaves, the thieves on the mountain beam scatter. They fled in swarms, and there was no longer the heart to fight. The Guardians wanted to chase after them, but they were stopped by Lin Jue. At this moment, the main duty should be to guard the mountain beams, and not to chase the enemy rashly. Moreover, in the dark of night, it is not realistic to chase the enemy. If you don't do it, you will encounter danger. Besides, these guys all have poison sacs in their mouths, and they can't take them alive. Reinforcements are coming, and it is better to leave the little prince's soldiers and horses to search for these people.

Bai Bing was unwilling and wanted to chase and capture the thief, but Lin Jue stopped him loudly.

At this moment, Guo Caiwei and other talents flocked to Lin Jue, and they all cried when they saw Lin Jue. The women felt a sense of the aftermath of the catastrophe. When the stone wall collapsed and the thieves were about to climb up, everyone thought they were dead and were ready to jump down the hill. Lin Jue and Bai Bing's falling from the sky turned the situation around. Coupled with the arrival of reinforcements, the crisis was resolved in the blink of an eye. It is really a feeling of seeing the sun and experiencing life and death in an instant, which makes people have palpitations and unforgettable for a lifetime.

Lin Jue comforted everyone softly. Originally, Lin Jue and Bai Bing were planning to attack directly from the bottom of the hillside. But on second thought, this method is not appropriate. The mountain beam is a key place to protect, and it is impossible for the nurses to take the initiative to attack, and if they do so, they are actually in danger. So the two of them detoured up the mountain from the side of the mountain, and after a lot of twists and turns, they delayed a lot of time. Otherwise, they would have arrived a long time ago. Fortunately, I arrived in time, and arrived when the stone wall collapsed, avoiding a tragedy.

Sun Dayong was covered in blood and led the courtyard up the mountain beam, Lin Jue quickly stepped forward and saluted everyone: "Brothers, please accept Lin Jue's worship." If it weren't for your hard work, I would have caused a tragedy today. Lin was grateful. ”

The little county lord, Lu Wu and others also saluted one after another, and followed Lin Jue to thank the group of nurses.

Sun Dayong and others were busy returning the salute, saying that they didn't dare. Sun Dayong said: "My lord and the ladies have tormented me and waited, this is my duty to wait. It was my dereliction of duty, I did not anticipate this beforehand, I did not perceive the danger, and I blamed myself for it. If it weren't for the bloody fighting of the brothers, the consequences would indeed be unimaginable. My lord, do you want to worship those brothers who died today. Today we have many brothers who have died, Dayong...... Dayong's heart is painful. ”

Sun Dayong's voice choked. Lin Jue was also heartbroken. These nursing homes are the team that they have managed to save to protect their homes. I have a lot of contact on weekdays, and more than half of the casualties in the First World War today are difficult to accept, both emotionally and in other ways.

Lin Jue nodded, and immediately let everyone rest, bandage the wounds of the wounded, and count the number of dead and wounded. Lin Jue personally greeted the corpses that had been carried over on the grass under the mountain beam. He personally wiped their faces, hands and feet with clean water, arranged their appearances, covered them with cloaks and tied them with ropes. The wives and concubines of the Lin family couldn't see this meeting, so they all hid their faces and left in tears, only Lu Wu and Bai Bing insisted on accompanying Lin Jue and helping him.

The inventory was quickly over, and the Lin family nursing home had 19 dead in the battle, 11 were seriously wounded, and almost all of the rest were wounded. Indeed, the number of thieves is as high as more than 300 people, and the Lin family has only more than 70 people in the courtyard to guard, and it is really difficult to do it under such a huge disparity in numbers. Those thieves are obviously people with martial arts, and it can be seen that they are all well-trained guys, and they are by no means ordinary mountain bandits, in fact, they can kill more than 200 people on the other side at such a price, and keep the mountain beam from losing, which is already very rare.

Lin Jue led his family and the nurses to bow and salute the corpses of the dead in battle lined up in two rows.

"The brothers died here today, Lin Jue is both heartbroken and relieved. It is sad that you are with us day and night, like family. How sad it is to leave today. But what is gratifying is that you have proved that you are warriors, and warriors are not afraid of death, but they are afraid of death. A warrior should die on the battlefield, in a battle to the death against the enemy, not on a bed. Therefore, your death today proves that you are worthy of the name of warriors. Since ancient times, no one has died, some people have died quietly, and some people have died vigorously. There is death as light as a feather, and death as heavy as Mount Tai. The death of your brothers is vigorous and heavier than Mount Tai, and it will be remembered by us. Brothers go first, and we and others may follow in the future. All the people in the underworld set up a wine banquet, and he gathered under the spring every day to drink, and he was happy? Rest assured, Lin will do his best to handle the aftermath, I will raise your wife, and I will respect your parents, so you don't have to worry about the future. Today's soul returns, not very sad, whining and mourning! ”

In the night breeze, Lin Jue recited aloud the sacrificial text to pay tribute to the dead. Everyone stood quietly, listening to Lin Jue reciting the sacrificial text, and their hearts were both sad and moved. The Lin family's wives and concubines are not enough, Sun Dayong and others deeply realized Lin Jue's feelings for the Lin family's guards from the sacrificial text. Lin Jue has never regarded them as subordinates, and he is not arrogant on weekdays. Today, it can be seen that he actually regards these people as brothers and relatives. The master is so righteous, how can he not let people have the heart to serve death.

After the recitation of the sacrificial text, everyone sprinkled wine on the ground, and after the salute was completed, they stood in silence.

Soon after, there was a noisy bustle below the hillside. Dragons of torches gathered in the valley, and soon hundreds of torches were slowly coming down the hillside to the ridge. Lin Jue and the others gathered at the stone wall and waited, and a moment later, a woman's shout came from below.

"Senior brother, sister county lord, sister green dance, are you still there?" The voice was anxious and flustered, it was Fang Huanqiu's voice.

Lin Jue's heart warmed, and he said loudly: "Senior sister, we are all here, is it that the little prince's soldiers and horses have arrived?" ”

Guo Kun's voice came: "But who else can it be if it's not me?" My sister is fine. If my sister has three long and two short, I will dismantle you in eight pieces. ”

The little county lord on the side sneered, and his heart was also warm. Although this brother behaved unpleasantly, he once made himself hate him extremely. But he still cares about and loves himself very much.

"Brother, I'm fine." The little lord shouted.

Guo Kun and his entourage soon arrived at the foot of the mountain beam, Guo Kun was fully armed and sweating profusely. After struggling over the stone wall, he asked, "Where are the thieves?" You've all killed them all? ”

Lin Jue shook his head and said, "Seeing that our reinforcements were coming, they scattered and fled. There are still sixty or seventy of them. We only killed more than 200 of them. ”

Guo Kun rolled his eyes and smacked his tongue, marveling at how Lin Jue and the others did it. The attack of more than 300 people was killed and injured by the Lin family's group of nurses, and more than 200 people were killed, which was really strong in combat.

"Why do you think you are like this? Where can you not play in the capital, but I brought my family to play in this barren mountain and wilderness, and I met a thief. If something happens to this, isn't it wronged? ”

Lin Jue smiled, walked to Fang Huanqiu, who was standing unkempt on the side, reached out and grabbed her trembling hand and said, "Senior sister, it's been a hard work." You did it. ”

Fang Huanqiu couldn't support it anymore, and the rush and panic of a few hours had already exhausted her. At this moment, Lin Jue's smile became blurred in front of him, his mind relaxed, and his body slowly softened. Lin Jue was startled, and picked up her body and hugged her in his arms. Bai Bing stepped forward to check it and said, "It's okay, it's just that I'm thirsty and tired and faint." Feed her some water, I'll give her a few more drops and she'll wake up. ”

Lin Jue hurriedly carried Fang Huanqiu to the shelter behind the screen and put her on the felt carpet. Someone took water, someone dripped medicine, pinched people and shook their shoulders for a while, Fang Huanqiu woke up and turned around.

When he opened his eyes and saw Lin Jue for the first time, he reached out and grabbed Lin Jue and said, "Senior brother, I am fortunate not to be dishonored." ”

Lin Jue smiled and nodded: "You are great, the reinforcements came at the right time, you saved all of us." ”

Everyone on the side also said: "Yes, Huanqiu, if it weren't for you, we would have killed a lot of people." Thank you for your hard work. ”

Fang Huanqiu sighed with satisfaction and said softly: "That's good, that's good." Fortunately, I didn't live up to the trust, I'm so tired. ”

Lin Jue said: "You close your eyes and rest for a while to nourish your strength." In a moment we will go home. I'll go talk to the little prince first. You have a good rest. ”

Fang Huanqiu smiled and nodded, his mind relaxed and closed his eyes to rest.

Lin Jue came outside and saw Guo Kun with more than a dozen personal guards standing next to several rows of corpses in the courtyard, frowning and listening to Sun Dayong's words. Sun Dayong is reporting to him about the encounter with the thief.

Seeing Lin Jue coming, Guo Kun said in a deep voice: "This battle can be very tragic. When we came up the hillside, there were corpses all the way. It's not going to be easy for you to survive. ”

Lin Jue nodded and said, "Yes, it's not easy." Sun Dayong led his brothers to defend desperately, no, so many good brothers are gone. If I had known this, I would never have come out on this trip. ”

Guo Kun smacked his lips and said, "It's useless to regret it now, but fortunately, you are safe and sound." If your whole family were wiped out here, it would be stupid. You're smart and confused for a while. How can it be so negligent. ”

Lin Jue smiled bitterly: "It's not that I'm negligent, it's that I didn't expect them to dare to mobilize so many people to deal with me in broad daylight." It was all a secret fight before, and this has torn the skin. ”

Guo Kun groaned: "It seems that you know who these people are. Really? ”

Lin Jue said: "Of course, the people who think of me dying like this, isn't it obvious who they are?" And judging from the skills of these people and the behavior of the poisonous bag in their mouths, which thief would be so ruthless? I haven't heard of such a constant bandit in the capital. ”

Of course, Guo Kun understood what Lin Jue said. After a moment's silence, he asked, "Then what are you going to do?" ”

Lin Jue said: "Everyone has been killed at the doorstep, what else can I do?" Naturally, he wants to confront them, but can he still beg for mercy and admit it? Tomorrow morning, I will go into the palace to face the saint and report the matter. ”

Guo Kun said: "But you don't seem to have any evidence pointing to certain people. And how? ”

Lin Jue said: "The evidence is actually not important anymore, what matters is the fact that they attacked me, the envoy of the Great Wednesday. Even if my life and death are not important, then attacking the county lord and attacking the princess who has just reunited with the emperor is enough to make the emperor pay great attention. I don't need to point out who it is, the emperor just knows who it is. They want to kill me, but I am in their way. If they think I'm like Mr. Fang and Master Yan, then they're wrong. The emperor will definitely not sit idly by. We'll see, I'm going to make them lose what they value most. ”