On the eighth day of the first month, the ferry port of Yuzhou.

Just after the New Year, there are still lights everywhere and there is a joy, many shops have not yet opened, the merchant ships at the ferry port are also resting on the shore, only a few old men rocking the boat occasionally ferrying a few guests who return to visit relatives.

Yesterday it snowed again, and there were ice cubes floating on the river, and the group rode tall horses and stepped on the snow.

The leader is a son dressed in blue brocade, he was born handsome and abnormal, wearing a jade crown, a straight back, a sword inlaid with gold and jade around his waist, thick eyebrows like a front, red lips and white teeth, and his clothes flying like an immortal, just because he was in a hurry to stain the dust of servants, and under his eye sockets was also a blue and black with lack of sleep.

The pedestrian walked all the way to the river, an inexplicable evil aura spread, and the old man who was ferrying couldn't help but grab the oars in his hand.

Just thinking about it, the leading man turned over and dismounted, and jumped off the boat with a quick jump, and the ripples in circles seemed to ripple in all directions: "Uncle, I want to ask you about someone, have you seen a woman a few days ago, she is petite, very good-looking, and soft-spoken......"

The man seemed to be sick, his voice was a little hoarse, and when he was closer, the old man could clearly see the bloodshot under his eyes, revealing a burning eye, as if he was looking for someone extremely important.

However, his description is very broad, and the old man can't help but wonder, aren't all the girls in Yuzhou City petite and good-looking?

The old man was walking his mind, and suddenly heard the man on the shore whisper: "Master Hou, Miss Su has a scar on her face!" ”

When the words fell, the man turned his head and glared at the man hatefully, as if he was blaming the man for talking too much, but the old man slapped his head and suddenly realized: "The scar on the girl's face is so big?" ”

"Did you really see her?" Chu Huai'an grabbed the old man's hand and asked, his voice was tight, his hand unconsciously lost weight, and the old man frowned when he caught him: "I've seen it, if the son had said so earlier, the old man would have understood!" ”

"Where is she now?"

"I took a boat and left, I heard that I was going to go down to Yangzhou by water, and it took three days."

"Lower Yangzhou?" Chu Huai'an twisted his eyebrows, and asked again: "How many people are walking with her?" Is she hurt? ”

Chu Huai'an asked urgently, his tone was fierce, the old man was startled, for fear that he would cause some trouble, he was hesitating, the cold light flashed in front of him, Chu Huai'an had drawn his sword, the old man's eyelids jumped, and he quickly knelt down: "The good man spares his life, the girl has not been injured, there are about ten people with him, one of them behaves quite intimately with the girl, and the old man looks at the two people like ......"

"Like what?"

"Like a couple."

As soon as the old man finished speaking, Chu Huai'an slashed the canopy with a sword: "Fart!" ”

"Yes, yes, old and fartful, that girl looks weak, completely different from those rough and rough men, she should have been kidnapped by gangsters, and it is absolutely impossible to have anything to do with them!" The old man trembled to make up for it, Chu Huai'an's face became darker, and he jumped ashore with force and fluttering under his feet, and the people guarding the shore immediately came over.

"Master Hou, what now?"

"Take the boat and keep chasing!" Chu Huai'an said coldly, the people next to him didn't dare to obstruct him, but he still had doubts in his heart, and couldn't help muttering: "The dry road is walking well, why did you suddenly change to the water road?" ”

The man's voice was very small, but it still fell in Chu Huai'an's ears, and the hand holding the reins couldn't help but tighten.

He was now basically sure that Su Li was taken away by Ku Keduo, and Hu Keduo suddenly changed to the waterway, most likely because he found the mark that Su Li left all the way.

He didn't know what Ku Keduo would do to Su Li after discovering this.

Thousands of miles away, a two-story big ship sailed steadily on the river in the wind and waves, and the wet and cold wind blew the veil on the ship to fly, which was very beautiful.

There was a lot of space in the boat, with charcoal fires and soft cushions, which was very different from the clammy and cold outside.

The two Lingji sat in the room in light dresses, plucking the strings, and Hu Keduo sat at the top of the seat, holding a bewitching beauty in his arms, not at all embarrassed to flee, but like a drunken king of sheng flute.

Su Li sat down, a little unsure of what Hu Keduo wanted to do now.

She was held hostage here by Ku Keduo, and when she was in the City Lord's Mansion, the ten secret guards were defeated by Hu Keduo and brought those Hu warriors, and Su Li was captured.

But Chu Huai'an had already entered the city with reinforcements, and Hu Keduo knew that the outcome had been decided, so he took Su Li to the opposite and entered the territory of Yuanzhao at night.

"Childe, let's have another drink!"

The woman in Kukeduo's arms gently persuaded her to drink, holding the white jade wine glass in both hands, but her tender fingertips were more beautiful than the white jade cup.

Hu Keduo drank the glass of wine with the woman's hand, but he looked directly at Su Li, his eyes were hot, and he was very scorching with flames.

Su Li couldn't help but think of the three months when she was captured.

The status of the Hu women is low, and they despise the women who have been kidnapped.

Su Li was presented to Ku Keduo by Hu Renjin.

There are many ways to torture people, dancing on the ice is considered light, and he will make people run in front of him, and be hunted by him with a bow and arrows like prey.

There were a total of twenty women who were presented to him that time, and Su Li was one of them, and she was also one of them.

On the night when Ku Keduo summoned Su Li to the camp, Su Li almost killed Hu Keduo with a stone.

It took Su Li two months to grind the stone to sharpen it, but she was too scared at the time, and she didn't grasp the timing well, so she only hurt Ku Keduo's neck and didn't want his life.

Now that I think about it, if Su Li had won that day, this war might not have happened, and of course, Su Li would have turned into a pile of white bones.

The blow didn't work, and Su Keduo knocked Su Li away, but the strange thing is that he didn't ask for Su Li's life, and only asked someone to take care of Su Li, as if he had found something funny, and wanted to raise it as his own pet.

It's just that it didn't take long for Su Li to run away.

Yuanzhao's wine is soft and sweet, not like the Hu people's liquor that burns like fire when it enters the throat, and when you drink it, it is soft and unbearable, and the delicate woman in her arms is always missing.

Hu Keduo was dissatisfied, so he pushed the woman in his arms away.

The wine glass fell to the ground, the sound of the piano stopped immediately, and all the people in the room looked at Ku Keduo in trepidation, Su Li lifted her eyes slightly, but her eyes were calm.

"Come here!"

Ku Keduo ordered, Su Li did not move, froze for a moment, and Ku Keduo got up abruptly and walked in front of Su Li.

Su Li sitting, he stood, terrifyingly tall, the strong coercion immediately spread, Su Li raised his head, leaned back slightly to look at him.

From this angle, Su Li could see a hideous scar on his neck, which was Su Li's masterpiece back then.

After a long time, Ku Keduo finally spoke, but he asked, "How did your face hurt?" ”

Su Li was a little stunned, she didn't expect Hu Keduo to ask this.

"Accidentally burned."

Su Li said lightly, not wanting to say more, but Hu Keduo squatted down in front of her, even so, he was still a head taller than Su Li.

"How careless?" Su Keduo persistently asked, and there was a great posture to break the casserole and ask to the end.

Su Li's heart swelled up a little weird, with the relationship between her and Ku Keduo, Su Li would never feel that Hu Keduo was caring about herself, could it be that there was something hidden in this?

Su Li guessed, hesitated for a moment and confessed: "Before, the An family wanted to do wrong, I went to investigate at night, and I didn't want them to ignite it with tung oil in the tunnel and there was an explosion, so it became like this." ”

After speaking, Hu Keduo raised his hand, Su Li subconsciously leaned back, Hu Keduo grabbed her collar faster, and then put his hand on her face, his rough fingertips swept over the scar, leaving a slight itch on the skin around him, but Su Li's hair was so excited that it almost stood upside down.

What is this doing?

Su Li's eyes widened, her expression was a little frightened, and Su Keduo's eyes flashed with interest, as if she was very interested in her reaction.

"Scared?"

Su Ke asked more, Su Li pursed her lips, restrained her emotions, and said lukewarmly: "I am powerless now, and my life is in the hands of His Highness, I am afraid." ”

Hu Keduo pinched Su Li's cheeks, and his eyes were filled with coldness: "With 10,000 soldiers and horses, you dare to pretend to be reinforcements, I thought that with your courage, no matter what you encounter, you won't be afraid!" ”

He already knew that it was Su Li who led the troops to deceive him that night.

Su Li lowered her eyes, her eyelashes trembled, and she stopped talking, so as not to anger him.

Seeing her intentions, Hu Keduo hooked his lips and smiled: "Don't worry, I won't kill you." ”

The assurance he made, Su Li couldn't believe it at all, and she didn't let down her guard at all.

Suddenly, he spared her cheek, but grabbed her wrist downward.

Her hands are now powerless, soft and soft in the palm of her hand, and a little cold, and her fingertips are bruised with chilblains because of the cold, and some places are still cracking and bleeding, which is no different from back then.

Hu Keduo poked Su Li's hand: "How did this hurt?" ”

“…… Got into a fight with someone. ”

Su Li replied, her expression was a little uncontrollable, and she always felt that Hu Keduo's words were a little strange.

Did he not learn Yuanzhao Chinese well and his expression was confused?

"Aren't you Yuanzhao the most particular about protecting the weak? Why is there no one to protect you? ”

“……”

Su Keduo's question was so weird that Su Li pursed her lips and lost her voice, not knowing how to answer.

Before Ku Keduo did not understand Yuanzhao Chinese, Su Li and his communication was basically at the level of chicken and duck speaking, Su Li only wanted to kill him, he didn't know what he was thinking, and now after hearing him speak in Yuanzhao Chinese, I can't help but hope that he will continue to speak his Hu language.

Hu Keduo didn't know what Su Li was thinking, he only felt that the wrist in his palm was slender and soft, warm and pleasant, and he couldn't help but tighten it tighter: "I heard that you have a good relationship with Yuanzhao's Xiaoyao Marquis and the general of Zhenbian." ”

It's just that I heard that Hu Keduo's tone was unusual, and he clearly knew the relationship between Su Li, Chu Huai'an and Lu Ji.

Su Li looked surprised, and before she could speak, she heard Su Keduo ask, "Do you think which of them will find this place first?" ”

Not only did he know about Su Li's relationship with those two, but he also thought that they would chase after them!

Su Li's back was cold, and she reacted suddenly, from the beginning when she left a mark on the road, Hu Keduo had already found out, but he didn't say it, he deliberately indulged Su Li, like fishing, let Su Li hang the bait and release the line by herself, and then wait for the fish to take the bait.

Chu Huai'an and Lu Ji are the fish he wants to catch!

"Your Highness, you have already lost this battle, if you hurt the Hou Ye or the general again, I am afraid that it will cause the disaster of extermination!" Su Li calmed down and reminded that even at this time, she was not thinking about her own safety.

From the bottom of my heart, Hu Keduo thinks Su Li is very special, she is petite, but she is different from ordinary Yuanzhao women, she is not too delicate, and her mind is very smart, which is better than many people Hu Keduo has seen.

It's a pity that she is not a Hu person.

A trace of regret flashed in Kukeduo's heart, and even he didn't know what he was sorry about.

"Annihilation?"

Hu Keduo recalled what Su Li had just said, and his face showed mockery: "This battle has been lost, do you think the Hu clan still has a way to live?" ”

“……”

The Hu people colluded with the family this time, almost disturbed the entire Yuanzhao turmoil, broke the peace of the Yuanzhao and the Hu people, this battle Yuanzhao lost nearly 40,000 soldiers, suffered a lot, with Chu Lingzhao's temperament, he can still maintain face harmony with the Hu people for the time being, but at most three or five years of recuperation, Chu Lingzhao will definitely recover this blood debt from the Hu people!

What Su Li could think of, Hu Keduo naturally thought more thoroughly, and he had even foreseen the scene where the Hu people's territory was captured by Yuanzhao's iron hoof.

He lost not only this battle, but also the Hu people!

So he didn't follow the Hu soldiers out of the city, but captured Su Li and went deep into the territory of Yuanzhao, he wanted to use Su Li to lure Chu Huai'an and Lu Ji to come and fight with them again!

On the fifteenth Lantern Festival of the first lunar month, Kukeduo's boat traveled all the way to Lizhou.

Lizhou is next to Yangzhou, is second only to Yangzhou rich state, here the aquatic products are abundant, the climate is warm, the annual grain output is a lot, there are many fruit trees, the people live in peace, I don't know what kind of bloody wind and rain the northern border pass has experienced.

Ku Keduo ordered someone to dock the boat, and got off the boat with Su Li, and the three Lingyi who were bought on the boat by him died quietly on the boat.

The henchmen on the boat did not go with them, and not long after Hu Keduo took Su Li ashore, there was an exclamation from the shore, Su Li turned around and saw that the boat that had planted them all the way was on fire, and as soon as the night wind blew, the fire immediately became fierce and burned fiercely.

"Isn't Your Highness going to bring the Marquis and the general here? What to do with burning a boat? ”

Su Li asked, Hu Keduo didn't explain much to her, and hugged Su Li and went straight to Fengyue Tower, the land of fireworks, in Lizhou.

The Fengyue Building in Lizhou is bigger than the Lanyue Pavilion in the capital, the girls are all born extremely beautiful, the winter here is much warmer than in the north, and the spring is early, the girls have all put on the fashionable spring shirts, all of them have a face with fragrant rouge gouache, the lotus root arm is raised, and it is heart-catching.

The waterway transportation here is developed, and there are many merchants coming and going, and no one thinks it is strange that such a tall figure as Kukeduo appears here.

The old bustard of Fengyue Building is a half-old who still has charm, her posture is swaying, she is well-informed, and she did not show surprise when she saw Su Li dressed as a daughter, and stepped forward with a bright smile to greet: "Yo, this master is please!" ”

The tail note rose very tactfully, and the two beauties immediately pounced on them, and Hu Keduo did not refuse, raised his arm, and hugged the two beauties into his arms.

During the Lantern Festival, everyone went to the street to visit the lantern festival, but Fengyue Building was not as lively as usual, and the guy led Hu Keduo all the way to the private room on the second floor.

The private room is very interesting, the gauze tent is layered, giving people a feeling of seeing flowers in the fog, there is incense burning inside, at first glance it seems to be a thing of fun, Su Li subconsciously covered her nose, and the two beauties in Su Keduo's arms giggled.

"What is the girl doing with her nose covered, this is a good thing!"

Su Li frowned and didn't answer, the two beauties didn't mind, as soon as their arms were raised, they were about to hook Ku Keduo's neck, but they were clasped by Ku Keduo's wrists, and with a slight force, the beauty exhaled with tears in her eyes: "Master, lightly, it hurts the slave family!" ”

This cry of pain is like anger and anger, wrapped in ambiguity, if people who don't know hear it, I'm afraid they will blush.

Hu Keduo sank his face, pushed the two aside, lifted the teapot on the table and walked to the incense burner to extinguish the aphrodisiac incense.

"So you don't like this! Also, the master was born so burly, how could he need to use external objects? The two beauties reacted immediately, and they didn't care about the pain, and accompanied the smiling faces to please Ku Keduo.

Hu Keduo stiffened his face, his expression was cold, he raised his hand to stun the two beauties, and then walked to the window and looked out through the gap in the window.

The streets outside were crowded with people, and it was very lively, and there was nothing unusual to see.

He watched for a long time before closing the window, and was about to sit down when the door was knocked twice.

Kukeduo looked at the door with sharp eyes, did not speak, did not move, and the people outside the door did not make a sound.

After a moment of froze, Su Li keenly noticed that the air had become tense.

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly moved more, he quickly reached out to grab Su Li, and at the same time, a cold sword pierced the door, and the people outside the door also rushed in directly.

Sawdust flew, and the blade and Kukto's hand arrived almost simultaneously.

Ku Keduo seemed to have expected this scene a long time ago, and did not dodge, the blade slashed at his wrist, making a crisp sound of 'zheng'.

The next moment, Su Li was pulled into his arms by his arm and became his shield.

"Don't move! Otherwise, I ......" Hu Keduo's threatening words were not finished, and after seeing the person who came, he became angry: "It's you!" ”

Hu Keduo put a lot of bait, and it was not Chu Huai'an, nor Lu Ji, but Hu He!

Hu He didn't answer, and the cold light refracted by the long sword hit the mask, splitting the mask in half, extremely indifferent.

"I don't care if she's alive or dead!"

Hu He coldly spat out this sentence, and continued to attack Ku Keduo with his sword.

He really doesn't care about Su Li's life or death, and he wants to ignore more moves than death, and Hu Keduo dodges left and right with a Su Li, and his movements are not as fast as when he is alone.

Swish!

Hu He's sword pierced through Su Li and Hu Keduo and nailed it to the wall, I don't know if it was a coincidence or intention, the sword just passed under the armpits of the two of them, cutting through their clothes, but it didn't hurt the flesh and skin.

Su Li glanced at Hu He quickly, but Hu He didn't look at Su Li, and drew his sword to attack again.

Hu Keduo realized that it was too much of a loss to take Su Li, and finally pushed Su Li away, drew his knife and fought with Hu He.

Su Ke pushed it very hard, Su Li fell, and her knee broke the skin, but she didn't care so much, got up and rushed out of the door.

There was still a lively singing outside, and it was not affected in any way, Su Li looked left and right, and did not see the Hu people who were on the boat before, so she hurriedly ran downstairs.

"Eh, where is the girl?"

The old bustard shook the fan and exclaimed, Su Li ignored it, rushed out of the door, saw two horses tied to the door, and immediately led a horse to turn over.

"Drive!"

With a whip raised, Su Li went straight to the Lizhou state capital.

As soon as she left with her front feet, Chu Huai'an rushed over with a group of people on horseback, grabbed the reins of the horse, and raised the horse's front hooves high, almost not stepping on the old bustard standing at the door.

"Ouch!"

The old bustard was so frightened that he sat down on the ground, and was about to curse, when the window on the second floor was kicked and broken, and a tall black shadow smashed down.

"My mother!"

The old bustard screamed, covering his eyes and not daring to look, Chu Huai'an and his entourage drew their swords and rushed over, surrounding Ku Keduo, and the Hu people, who had been hiding in the shadows, jumped out and killed these people.

Fengyue Tower, which was originally wine-colored and fascinating, instantly became a sword and sword.

Where did the bustard still have the mind to solicit customers, so he ran back to the building with a roll, told the man to close the door, and bolted it to death!

Chu Huai'an picked two Hu people with a sword, and together with Hu He, he attacked Ku Keduo, but he gritted his teeth in his mouth: "When did you come?" ”

He hurried all the way to get here, and this person actually arrived earlier than him, obviously better informed than him!

"It's not about you!"

"Where's A-Li?"

"Ran!"

Hu He replied, and the sword in his hand attacked Ku Keduo's crotch at a very tricky angle, and Hu Keduo immediately blocked it with his knife.

Chu Huai'an saw it clearly, knew that Su Li was fine, relaxed a little, and couldn't help sneering: "What's in the way?" As far as you are virtuous, who thinks you can still take a fancy to you if you keep this thing? ”

“……”

Hu Keduo's brows twitched, Chu Huai'an seemed to have been inspired by Hu He's just now, and his sword attacked Hu Keduo below the waist, making it clear that he was going to cut off the roots of Hu Keduo's descendants.

Kukto's face darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his moves became fierce.

"To bully more and to bully less, not to win!"

Hu Keduo gritted his teeth and said, this is not quite the same as he imagined at the beginning, if it was Lu Ji, this should be a fair life-and-death duel!

"What's wrong with you!" Chu Huai'an slammed back mercilessly, and without waiting for a quick answer, he rushed to the person next to him: "Give the master a little bit of dexterity in his hands and feet, and return to Beijing to reward a thousand taels of silver after slaughtering this group of beasts!" ”

“……”

The expression on Ku Keduo's face cracked a little bit, and he was forced to retreat by Hu He and Chu Huai'an.

Hu He and Chu Huai'an attacked one by one, Hu Keduo blocked the bottom, but did not block the top, Hu He stabbed a sword in Hu Keduo's left chest, but the sword failed to pierce it.

Hu Ke kicked Chu Huai'an more, raised his hand at the same time, clamped the sword body between his two elbows, and twisted it hard, and the sword body broke with a bang.

The broken sword flew sideways, and the mask on Hu He's face was knocked away by one of the broken swords.

Chu Huai'an stood next to Hu He with a carp, and looked at Hu Keduo coldly: "What evil skills did he practice, and he was invulnerable?" ”

"It's a special protective soft armor, made of soft iron, and it is invulnerable when worn on the body."

Hu He replied calmly, as early as upstairs, he could see that Ku Keduo was wearing this soft armor.

"Invulnerability? Are there any weaknesses? ”

Chu Huai'an asked, Hu He didn't answer, his gaze moved down faintly, and fell on Ku Keduo's crotch.

Thinking of Hu He's previous actions, Chu Huaian couldn't help grinning, that smile was gloomy and very ill-intentioned.

Hu Keduo tightened, and with some annoyance, he raised his knife and attacked Chu Huai'an.

He has a lot of strength, and he is more flexible than the average big man, Hu He has no sword, even if he joins forces with Chu Huai'an, he can't have the upper hand for a while.

Hu Ke brought twelve more henchmen along the way, these people's skills were only a little worse than Hu Ke, and the people brought by Chu Huai'an were still a little unable to beat, and the two sides fell into a scuffle.

"If you don't want that woman to die, just be nosy!"

Hu Keduo suddenly said a word to Chu Huai'an, Chu Huai'an was distracted, and the next moment he was kicked by Hu Keduo in the center and flew several meters.

"Ahem!"

Chu Huai'an lay on the ground and coughed up a mouthful of blood, his chest hurt so much that he couldn't do it, and the next moment, Hu He was also kicked over, and it just happened to hit him.

I'll go!

Grandpa is dying of pain!

Chu Huai'an just wanted to push Hu He away, but Hu Keduo had already raised the knife and slashed down, Hu He immediately rolled away to avoid it, Chu Huai'an was still lying on the spot, and he didn't have time to avoid it, so he could only watch the knife cut down.

"Huhe, you fucking bastard!"

Chu Huai'an scolded, but Kukeduo's knife failed to fall and was blocked by a halberd.

The halberd was thrown from a distance, almost grazing the tip of Chu Huai'an's nose and sinking into the ground, Chu Huai'an gritted his teeth and rolled back twice, looked up, and sure enough, he saw Lu Halberd riding a horse, with thick gauze wrapped around his waist and abdomen.

Damn, you can bear it! If you are injured like this, you can still rush up and kill the enemy!

Chu Huaian somehow held his breath, and he didn't feel a pain in his chest, so he raised his sword and rushed towards Hu Keduo.

Lu Ji stepped forward and drew his halberd, untied the sword from his waist and threw it to Hu He.

Hu He didn't ask him why he came, he took the sword and joined the battle with Lu Ji.

The martial arts of the three of them are not low, even if they have soft armor to protect themselves, they will quickly fall behind.

Lu Ji was injured, and the gauze on his waist and abdomen was quickly soaked with blood.

He was not in a hurry, and responded calmly, as if the blood was not from him, and the re-torn wound was not painful at all.

"What kind of man are you bullying the soft and afraid of being hard, and you have the ability to rush to Lao Tzu!"

Chu Huai'an scolded suddenly, as soon as the words fell, the knife that suddenly attacked Lu Ji turned around and attacked him, Chu Huai'an didn't expect him to change the hexagram when he said it, and as soon as he raised the sword, the tiger's mouth cracked, and even the chest was shaken, and the pain that had just been pressed down recurred, and even his breathing was stagnant.

Grass! It hurts!

Chu Huai'an scolded in his heart, a high kick kicked away Ku Keduo's hand, turned around, the long sword twisted the scimitar, wrapped around Ku Keduo's arm like a snake, and the tip of the sword flicked, cutting off a small piece of flesh from the back of Ku Keduo's hand.

Blood beads splashed, the corners of Chu Huai'an's lips hooked slightly, but Hu Keduo endured the pain and didn't let go, Chu Huai'an was just about to make another sword, and an exclamation came from behind: "Master Hou be careful!" ”

I didn't have time to turn back, my left chest suddenly cooled, and my mind went blank for a moment.

Chu Huai'an lowered his head, a little unintelligibly unable to understand why there was suddenly a bright tip on his chest.