Chapter 32: Light and Darkness
It has been almost a quarter of an hour since Yu Zhan touched the village, this village is not big, even if it is a door-to-door search, it should be back according to Yu Zhan's speed, why is there no sound at all now.
"Lu Zhao, should we go in and take a look at the situation?" Zhao Er rubbed his hands on the side, now that the wind is blowing, the sky is also gloomy, it looks like it will snow for a while, they can't continue to sit still.
Lu Zhao got up, put the bow on his back, took out a knife from his waist and held it in his hand: "Let's go and see, be careful." ”
Zhao Er nodded, drew his blade and followed behind Lu Zhao.
Although Lu Zhao is good at using bows and arrows, as a hunter, he also has the means to use a knife, although he is not as skilled as Yu Zhan, but if he can't get a distance from the enemy, it will not be a problem to save his life.
They followed Yu Zhan's footprints carefully to the village, Lu Zhao was shocked to find that the bloodstains did not disappear at the entrance of the village, but were buried artificially, and Yu Zhan's footprints just kicked away a bloodstain, and the blood-colored traces were clearly visible.
Lu Zhao raised his foot and gently kicked the snow around him, and he found that the blood stains were actually connected into a line that seemed to lead to somewhere on the east side of the village.
"Follow me." Lu Zhao dragged Zhao Er on the side, and the two of them touched the traces of blood against the wall.
The village was unusually quiet, which made Lu Zhao shudder, his hands were already a little stiff because of nervousness, but instinct still made him clench the knife in his hand.
When Yu Zhan opened his eyes, he found that he was lying on a piece of straw, it was dark in front of him, his head hurt and he wanted to reach out and rub it, but when he raised his hand, he found that the injury on his wrist had been treated without knowing when, and there was a faint medicinal fragrance on his wrist, obviously this was not the masterpiece of the Hun deserters.
"Are you alright, young man?"
Yu Zhan turned his head when he heard the sound and met the eyes of an old woman, he realized that there were still people in this room, and he probably saw that there were about seven or eight people huddled in the corner and looked at him vigilantly.
Yu Zhan was quite shocked when he saw this, he thought it was an abandoned village, but he didn't expect that there were still so many people in this village.
The old woman walked up to Yu Zhan and squatted down and handed him a bottle: "Come on, young man, this is a blood-invigorating medicine, the injury on your hand is very serious, take it first." ”
Yu Zhan answered, took the bottle and put the pill in the palm of his hand, just wanted to swallow it and suddenly hesitated, the old woman seemed to see Yu Zhan's vigilance, she smiled at Yu Zhan, poured out another medicine in the bottle and stuffed it into her mouth.
Yu Zhan felt a little embarrassed by his suspicions, but seeing the old woman like this, he had to stuff the medicine into his mouth, and the bitter taste exploded instantly, and he almost vomited, but fortunately, he still swallowed the medicine with great difficulty.
The medicine brought bursts of heat in the stomach, which made Yu Zhan feel a lot more comfortable.
He hurriedly asked the old woman beside him about the current situation, and after the exchange, the old woman sighed and told Yu Zhan what had happened.
The people here were originally residents of this village, but because of the invasion of the Huns, they had to be forced to leave the village to live in a sacrificial cave not far away, but they did not think that some of their daily necessities had been exhausted this morning, and many people had been infected with typhoid fever in the heavy snow recently, and they also needed some medicinal herbs and warm items, so the village chief took the old woman who was the village doctor and a few villagers to the village to get some things, and did not expect to meet three Hun deserters at the entrance of the village.
In order to control a few people, they immediately killed the village chief who intended to resist, these Hun deserters were tall, although these villagers said that they made a living from farming on weekdays, and their bodies were also strong, but they couldn't stand these days without food, and they were powerless in the face of these three deserters, and when they thought they were going to be killed, the Hun general asked two of his subordinates to imprison them just in case.
According to the old woman's confession, the three Hun deserters were all wounded, but they were not very serious, and they seemed to be waiting for someone to arrive.
Hearing this, Yu Zhan felt a little strange, they wanted to keep themselves to lure Lu Zhao and them out, which Lu Zhao could not deny, but these Hun soldiers were all bloodthirsty, how could they lock people up in such a place like this? Although these villagers are not a threat to them, if they relax a little, they are not without the possibility of losing their lives.
On the other side, Lu Zhao had already followed the traces to the village at this moment, and in a separate courtyard, he found the corpse of an old man, the old man's neck was cut off by a sharp weapon, and only a small piece of skin was left connected to the head and torso.
Lu Zhao looked around, he walked to the old man and squatted down to check it briefly, the old man had no other injuries on his body, this knife was neat, it seemed that this Hun deserter was not an idle person.
"Lu Zhao, what did you find?" Zhao Er, who was standing on the side, asked softly, Lu Zhao raised his head and was just about to respond to him, when he turned his head, he suddenly saw a black shadow appear behind Zhao Er, he hurriedly threw away the knife in his hand, shook his hand and picked up the bow and arrow behind his back.
Pulling the bow and shooting the arrow, all the movements were done in one go, accompanied by the crisp sound of the bowstring, and the sound of the wooden arrow piercing the flesh came.
"Shhh Droba cried out unbearably, he frowned at the wooden arrow stuck in his shoulder, and before he could pull it out, he heard a gust of wind, and he hurriedly dodged, and a wooden arrow rubbed the tip of his nose and stuck half an inch into the door frame.
Zhao Er was already stunned by such a scene, he hurriedly turned his head only to find that there was a burly Hun deserter standing behind him, he covered his shoulders and stared at the two of them with a hideous expression.
"Isn't that bad, little ghost?"
Lu Zhao didn't talk nonsense with him, but put on another wooden arrow, and Zhao Er also hurriedly grabbed the blade and slashed towards Zhuoba.
Zhuoba looked at the thin Zhao Er in front of him and didn't take him seriously at all, he gritted his teeth and pulled out the wooden arrow on his shoulder, and slashed at Zhao Er who rushed over.
Zhao Er didn't expect the strong man in front of him to react like this, he didn't have time to dodge at all, so he had to catch the knife alive.
The huge momentum came from the tiger's mouth, spread along the arm and spread all over the body, Zhao Er only felt that his legs were weak, and he knelt directly on the ground.
Oh, vulnerable! Zhuoba raised the corners of his mouth proudly, and at this moment, Zhuoba only felt a chill rushing to his face, and the wooden arrow had already arrived in front of him.
"Ahh The rough screams resounded throughout the village, and Yu Zhan, who was locked in the room, subconsciously shuddered, but soon he calmed down, he knew that Lu Zhao and they had come to save him.
Although I don't know what the three Hun deserters are planning, it is not easy to trap Lu Zhao.