Chapter 102: A sword seals the throat
Seeing that Liu Enzai's figure quickly disappeared at the end of the mountain road, Yao Ping suddenly came back to his senses and asked Yuxuzi, "Yuxu Daoist, please tell me the location of those wicked people, I will go there with Liu Enzai to save people." ”
"Let's go together, Yao Ping." Zhan Ye turned to Yu Xuzi and said, "Please tell me the two of you about the den of those kidnappers in the mountains." ”
"If the two good lords go to the villages of the mountain people, they only need to go down from this mountain, and then go south over a shoulder of the mountain, and then go about three miles west, and they will come to a col, and the village is in the center of the col." Yu Xuzi paused for a moment and then said, "The two good masters are here, and I hope you can dissuade the good master of the other party, and the poor Dao Fang feels that the good master is full of anger, so he can't help but be a little worried. ”
"What is the Taoist worried about?" Zhan Ye asked.
"Poor Dao is worried that the good master will save people's hearts, and he may hurt the innocent women and children in the village." Yu Xuzi said, "And those mountain people are not completely evil, they just want to see the pill too much." ”
"Hmm.." Zhan Ye nodded and said.
"County Lieutenant Zhan, let's go and chase after Liu Enzai." Yao Ping said, "Well, it's too dangerous for him to go to that cottage alone to save people, even if he has a treasure knife in his hand, I'm afraid it will be difficult to defeat the large number of people in that village." If possible, we'd better talk to the people in the cottage and tell them not to hurt anyone, and let them wait for us for another two days. Two days later, when the Yue Pill came out, we would use the pill to redeem people. ”
"Hmm." Zhan Ye nodded at Yao Ping, and then hugged his fist and said to Yuxuzi, "Thank you for telling Yuxu Daoist, let's leave first." ”
The two said goodbye to Yu Xuzi and turned down the mountain to chase Yoo Eun-jae. By the time Yao Ping and Zhanye crossed the rugged mountainous terrain and rushed to the vicinity of the mountain col that Yuxuzi had mentioned, the sun had been mostly obscured by the mountain, and the sky in the mountain was already dark.
"Ahh It's .." Yao Ping, who was moving forward, was suddenly startled by the scene behind the bushes, and he was surprised to see that there were four people lying crookedly behind this inconspicuous shrub.
"It's... Dead person. Yao Pingding said after looking at the four lying people again.
Zhan Ye immediately stepped forward and approached the four dead bodies, and he found that their faces were all painted with oil paint, and one of them had feathers on his head, apparently they were the group of evil people in the mountains that Yao Ping had described earlier. Looking at their injuries again, Zhanye found that in the same position on the necks of these four people, there was an obvious sharp wound. The wound wasn't big, but it cut the throats of all four of them.
"Killing people with a sword to seal the throat, such a technique must have been done by Brother Liu, who is skilled in swordsmanship." Zhan Ye got up from the corpse and looked around and said, "Let's go, Yao Ping, presumably we are not far from that village." Brother Liu will definitely encounter more enemies this time, let's go find him. ”
Yao Ping didn't say anything, he looked at the four corpses with pity and nodded.
Zhanye ran quickly with his bow and jumped over the fallen trees in Moriliri, and after running down the hillside, he first saw the village settlement in the mountain col. He saw a thatched-roof wooden house exposed among the trees in the col, and a thick, straight totem pole of insects and birds was erected between the many thatched roofs.
"It should be there, we're very close, be careful around." As he continued to approach the village, Zhan Ye whispered to Yao Ping beside him.
"Hmm." Yao Ping felt a little nervous, he clenched the "shadow cut" with one hand, and followed Zhanye with the other hand to pick up the bushes.
After coming to a clearing without trees, Yao Ping quietly looked carefully at the settlement, and this time, he vaguely saw the wooden houses, sparse fences, and scattered people living there in the dim sky.
"Did Eun Jae sneak into the village?" Yao Ping looked at the village and whispered hesitantly, "I see that the people in the village are still living a normal life, and they don't seem to have noticed the arrival of Liu Enzai." ”
"Presumably, Brother Liu should have sneaked into the village to save people." Zhan Ye also looked at the village and said.
"With his skills, it should be easy for him to enter the village alone. However, if you want to save people and come out together, it will not be easy for so many people to not be discovered. Yao Ping looked around and muttered.
"Look there!" At this time, Zhanye suddenly pointed to a mountain wall outside the village, and said, "Yao Ping, do you see if the person standing on the mountain wall is Brother Liu?" ”
Yao Ping followed Zhanye's fingers and looked. In the dim mountain light, he saw a plain-clothed figure standing on a convex stone on a mountain wall not far from the village settlement. He saw the plain-clothed figure with his feet together, his hands clasped in front of him, standing motionless on a stone overlooking the village at his feet.
"That must be a blessing.."" Yao Ping looked at the figure on the cliff from afar and whispered to Zhanye, "But Enzai, why did he run there?" ”
Zhan Ye pondered for a moment and then said, "I think Brother Liu should be observing the situation in the village from a high place right now, thinking that he should go in to save people next." ”
"Oh...."Yao Ping thought for a moment and then asked, "Lieutenant Zhan, you said that he was standing there, in addition to observing the situation in the settlement, could he still be waiting for dark?" ”
"Wait until it gets dark?" Zhanye turned to ask, "Why?" ”
"Isn't that knife of his that can sense the murderous aura of the enemy?" Yao Ping said, "If it is pitch black, others can't see him clearly, and he can't see others, but he can perceive the murderous aura of others, then can he find others by feeling the murderous aura of others?" ”
"Shhh Thinking that if his treasure knife could really have such a wonderful ability, Brother Liu was bent on exhausting his spiritual power, which was really a pity. ”
"It wouldn't be a pity if we could save people this time." Yao Ping said, "Besides, Enzai also said that the ability of that knife has now become a problem for him. ”
"Hmm." Zhan Ye looked at the mountain wall in the distance and said, "Let's go, while the sky is not completely dark, let's go around the village as soon as possible, first, to see where the arrested people are being held, and second, let's also see where it is most appropriate to sneak into the village." ”
Yao Ping followed Zhanye cautiously, and while circling the outskirts of the village, he also kept observing the village.
"I haven't seen Li Jun and Chen Dahua, nor have I seen your three soldier brothers." Yao Ping whispered.
"Maybe locked up in the house." Zhan Ye also looked at the settlement in the village and said.
When the two of them circled around the village for half a circle, tossed for a while, and then came to a place where there were no trees to obstruct them, the sky had become very dark. Zhanye looked up at the mountain wall again, but saw that Yoo Eun-jae was no longer on the convex stone of the mountain wall.
"Do you see where Brother Liu sneaked into the village from?" Zhan Ye's eyes searched the dim surroundings and asked Yao Ping.
After some observation, Yao Ping suddenly pointed to a roof in a village not far away, and said to Zhan Ye in surprise, "Lieutenant Zhan, look at that roof, Enzai is on that roof." ”
Zhan Ye followed Yao Ping's designated eyes, but he saw a plain-clothed figure swaying in the dim light. The figure swayed for a moment, then rested on the eaves of a thatched hut on the edge of the village. And under the eaves, two flower-faced strangers with spears in their arms stood.
Zhan Ye didn't have time to take a closer look, but he saw Liu Enzai suddenly jump down from the eaves, and at the same time drew two sword shadows in the air. The shadow of the knife flashed, and the two strange men collapsed to the ground clutching their necks.
Seeing Liu Enzai walking masked, killing decisively, and shooting accurately, Yao Ping couldn't help but feel a chill. However, in the next scene, Yao Ping was surprised and confused, because after killing the two strange people with spears, Yoo Eunjae actually walked quickly towards the village without hiding.
"Oh he... If he rushes inside so blatantly, isn't he afraid of being besieged? Yao Ping asked Zhan Ye in surprise, "Even if he can predict the enemy's killing intent, if he is besieged by many people, then it will be difficult for him to deal with the indiscriminate swords and guns, right?" ”
"It must be extremely dangerous for him to go in and save people like this." Zhan Ye said, "Let's go, let's go in and have a look." ”
By the time Yao Ping and Zhanye crossed a drainage ditch and rushed out of the fence of the village, it was already completely dark.
The two of them were lying outside the fence and carefully observing the settlement, and they were puzzled that there was not a single torch lit or any light in this settlement, which had been completely shrouded in night, as if the whole village had already fallen asleep.
"Huh? Li Jun? Yao Ping climbed over the fence and tentatively shouted to a wooden house in the settlement, "Huahua, where are you?" ”
The settlement in the dark was also very quiet, there was no sound, and even the strange people who Yao Ping had seen moving around the settlement before were no trace at this time.
"Yao Ping, pay attention to keep quiet, don't make a noise like this." Zhan Ye reminded Yao Ping in a low voice, "If you ask like this, it will not only be difficult to get a response from them, but it will also attract the attention of the enemy." ”
"Hmm." Yao Ping nodded in response, and then stopped talking. He turned to Zhanye and quietly searched for the darkness in the depths of the village.
After bypassing the two wooden houses in the village, Yao Ping, who was looking around, suddenly tripped over something on the ground. He staggered two steps, stood still, turned back and looked down, only to see that what had tripped him on the ground was a dead body. And not far away, there were also two corpses lying sideways beside Zhanye.
"These three people were also killed?!" Yao Ping looked at the corpse on the ground and said in shock, "How many people have to be killed along the way, even if these people kidnapped Li Jun and them, even if Enzai killed people to save people, but he... He can't just kill people like that, right? ”
Yao Ping didn't hear Zhanye's reply to himself, but before he could look up at Zhanye, he suddenly heard Zhanye's exclamation, "Be careful!!" ”
Frightened Zhanye reminded Yao Ping, who was careful, that he didn't wait to find out where the danger was, and was immediately pushed out by a pair of powerful hands.
At the moment when he was pushed out, Yao Ping also found that the person who pushed him was Zhanye. At the same time, he suddenly realized that two unidentified sharp weapons were piercing through the air and whizzing towards him.
The sharp weapon came with a blast of wind and swept past the side of Yao Ping's dumping body. And the place where the sharp weapon hit was also the place where Yao Ping was standing just now.
At this time, after pushing Yao Ping down, Zhanye reflexively dodged the attacking sharp weapon, and at the same time pulled out the arrow on his back. He bent his bow and arrow, fell down on one knee and shot it, and without aiming at it, he went to the darkness where the sharp weapon had struck.
"Bang!"
After the arrow disappeared into the darkness, there was a muffled sound of hitting the wooden wall, and it was clear that Zhanye's blind shot did not hit the enemy.
But Zhanye himself didn't expect this arrow to shoot the person who sent the sharp secret weapon in one fell swoop. After he sent out the arrow, he had already pulled Yao Ping and quickly fled from the place.
Under the guidance of Zhanye, Yao Ping hurriedly ran and hid behind a shack next to a wooden house. After stabilizing his breath for a while, Yao Ping whispered to Zhan Ye, "County Lieutenant Zhan, just now..."
"Shhhhh Zhan Ye interrupted Yao Ping's words.
After listening carefully for a while, and finally confirming that there was no one around, Zhan Ye said to Yao Ping in a low voice, "Yao Ping, you must not talk casually anymore and make noises. Just now, it was because you spoke freely that the enemy discovered you and threw a hidden weapon at you. ”
Yao Ping nodded and said in a low voice, "I was careless just now, thank you for your rescue." ”
"Listen to me Yao Ping, although I didn't see clearly who the person who sent the secret weapon was just now, but from the strength and accuracy of the two hidden weapons, I think the person who sent the secret weapon should also be a complete master." Zhan Ye thought for a while and said, "Perhaps, not all the reckless men in this mountain village only know how to use sticks and spears. So we have to be more careful and act quietly. ”
"A master of the hidden weapon.... Liu Enzai, he just ran in blatantly..."Yao Ping said in a low voice.
"Brother Liu, he is strong in martial arts, he must have his own coping, we don't have to worry about him first, now we have to save people first." Zhan Ye said, "Pay attention to the enemy, let's quietly look for various houses and see where Li Jun and them are locked up. After finding them, we rushed to get people out of here. ”
"Hmm." Yao Ping nodded vigorously. Then he walked slowly along the shack to the nearest wooden house. Approaching the wooden wall of the wooden house, he turned in the direction of the door.
Yao Ping gently pushed the door, but the door was not locked. Zhan Ye motioned for Yao Ping to lean back, he drew a short knife in his hand, and then flashed into the room to identify it. But there was nothing in the house.
"They're not here." Yao Ping stretched out his head and looked inside the room and said softly.
"Let's go to that room over there." Zhan Ye whispered and exited the wooden house, and then moved towards another wooden house not far away.
Coming to the outside of this house, after gently pushing open the half-hidden door of this wooden house, Zhan Ye first saw a person lying on the inside of the house. He then leaned down to look at it, and found that it was the corpse of a woman who had just died.
"Brother Liu, he...," Zhan Ye said, looking at the wound on the corpse's neck, "why did he even kill the women in the house?" ”
"This..."Yao Ping stepped forward to look at the corpse on the ground and said in surprise, "This guy.. How did he even kill the woman in the house... He's this.... He's going too far...... ”
"Maybe this woman is going to attack him.., forget it, let's talk about it when we see him." Zhanye said and exited the house.
Under the cover of night, the two continued to quietly grope in the village to find Li Jun and others.
After searching for a while, after finding a few more corpses of women and children lying on their backs from the village, even Zhanye seemed to be unable to suppress the dissatisfaction in his heart, and he couldn't help but whisper to Yao Ping, "There are so many corpses, is it possible that Liu Enzai wants to kill all the people in this village in the dark alone?!" Even if he came to save people, it was too much to say that he killed innocents indiscriminately. According to the law, he did this, and it was to pay for his life...."
Hearing this, Yao Ping was startled at first, and then he said hesitantly, "Lieutenant Zhan, thank you.. He's not that kind of person... Although he is superb in swordsmanship and good at killing, he..."
"Forget it, let's save people first." Zhan Ye waved his hand forward and whispered, "Let's go to that wooden house over there again." The wooden house seemed to have no windows, but rather a place for people. ”
Yao Ping answered, and immediately groped his way and quietly came to the windowless wooden house. When he went to the door of the house, he found that the latch of the outer door of the house had been broken. After slowly pushing the door open a little, Yao Ping stretched out his head to take a look inside the room. At first glance, he found several corpses lying on the ground in this wooden house.
Seeing this, Yao Ping was shocked and decided not to enter the house again, because he was worried that Zhanye would blame Yoo Eun-jae even more after seeing more dead people. Yao Ping thought about it, and then took two steps back, wanting to leave the house as soon as possible. However, just as Yao Ping was about to leave, he was surprised to see Zhan Ye glance inside the house at this time, and suddenly rushed into the house quickly, and pounced on the corpses.
"Brother!" Zhan Ye threw himself on a corpse, and immediately hugged the corpse and shouted in a muffled voice.
Yao Ping was shocked, he hurriedly entered the house and looked at the corpses carefully, only to find that the few corpses lying in this room were actually the three Linjian soldiers who had been kidnapped!
Looking at Zhan Ye, who was lying on the corpse and grieving, Yao Ping's mind was dazed. He thought that these warriors would definitely not be killed by Yoo Eun-jae. However, didn't Yu Xuzi say that they, the weirdos in the mountains, just wanted Yue Dan, why did they kill people too, was it because Yoo Eun Jae came to kill them to save people, so they used hostages to retaliate against Yoo Eun Jae? Thinking of this, Yao Ping couldn't help but be extremely worried about Li Jun and Chen Dahua, and he instantly fell into anxiety and panic.
Just when Yao Ping was panicked and wanted to go out to find Li Jun and Chen Dahua as soon as possible, Zhan Ye suddenly reached out and pulled him.
"Look at the wound." Zhan Ye tearfully pointed to the wound on the soldier's corpse and said to Yao Ping.
After Zhan Ye pulled, Yao Ping turned around and looked at it, and was surprised to find that the wound on Zhan Ye's finger at this time was the soldier's neck. And on the necks of the three warriors, there was also an identical clearly visible knife wound, and that knife wound was the same as the corpses they had seen before, all of which were sealed by a sword.
"Well, well, he.." Yao Ping's face immediately turned pale, and he said stupidly, "Impossible, this can't be done by Yoo Eun-jae... How could he kill them... Is he crazy..."
Zhanye didn't say anything, he got up angrily and rushed out of the door. Yao Ping suddenly came back to his senses, and walked quickly with Zhanye. Following behind Zhanye, Yao Ping felt from Zhanye's brisk walking posture that Zhanye was now full of resentment.