Chapter 54: Zero to All
With more than 30 horsemen, he chased after Zhang Xiujun Baifu.
When they reached the woods, Baifu reined in his horse and asked the man who led the way, "You said they went into the woods?" ”
"Yes!" The man said, "It's true, I saw them go in with my own eyes." ”
The two people who were in the tavern to lead the way for Zhang Xiujun.
The two left the tavern in two ways, one of them went to Wancheng, and the other followed Cao Shuo and the others.
Seeing Cao Shuo and the others enter the forest, he didn't dare to follow up, but waited anxiously outside.
The companion came with Zhang Xiujun, and it was already dark.
"Where did they get in?" Baifu asked.
"It's over there." The man raised his hand and pointed: "They left the carriage before entering the forest." ”
"How many people?" Baifu asked.
"Seven or eight people, and a woman." The man said: "The woman seems to be injured and needs help to walk. ”
"It was a woman who assassinated General Hu." The centurion said to the soldiers behind him, "Follow me into the woods!" ”
More than 30 people, under the guidance of two men, found the carriage discarded by Cao Shuo and others, and entered the forest from the same place.
"It's not convenient to ride a horse in the forest after dark, so get off the horse!" After entering the forest, the centurion gave an order, and then pointed to the two men who led the way: "You two go ahead." ”
"We ......" The two men suddenly made bitter faces, and one of them said: "We are unarmed......"
"Give them weapons." Baifu said.
The two Zhang Xiujun unsheathed their swords and handed them to them.
After taking the saber, the two of them walked in the front under the long lance of more than 30 Zhang Xiujun.
"Wait!" After walking a short distance, the centurion shouted.
The two men quickly stopped and looked at him expectantly.
When they first reported the assassins to Hu Che'er, they never thought that they would be forced to lead the way.
It would be nice to succeed in finding the Assassins and exterminating them, but if the Embroidery Army was no match for the Assassins, or if they couldn't find them at all, their heads would not be stable around their necks.
Both men were expecting the centurion to change their minds and not let them lead the way.
"There are markers left on the trees." "The nick is still very new, it must be a mark they left for their accomplices," said the centurion. Follow the direction of the marker and chase! ”
Baifu's decision immediately disappointed the two men.
They stubbornly walked in the front, sword in one hand and torch in the other.
"Hurry up!" After walking for a while, Baifu urged: "Go on like this, they should have gone far away when we got out of the forest!" ”
The two Zhang Xiujun kicked the buttocks of the two men who led the way: "Did you hear that?" Hurry up! ”
Almost kicked down, the two men quickly quickened their pace.
After walking along the marker for about half an hour, one of the men said, "There is no mark ahead!" ”
"No marking?" The centurion frowned and came to the two men.
Looking around with a torch, he really didn't see a new mark.
"Look around!" He shouted to the soldiers.
The soldiers dispersed, all focused on the nearby trees.
The crowd was searching, and suddenly a soldier tripped under something.
As soon as he said "oops", a bent branch "collapsed" and bounced over, and the branch knocked on the door of his head.
The branch itself is not heavy, but under the effect of elasticity, it is more lethal than an arrow.
The soldier who was shot turned black in front of him and fell to the ground on the spot.
The others panicked when they saw this, and before they could react, several sounds like a bowstring fluttering sounded in their ears.
More than a dozen sharpened sticks flew over, and immediately three or four more people were strung into sugar gourds and killed on the spot.
"It's an ambush, let's go!" The centurion shouted, turned around and wanted to run.
As soon as he turned around, there were several soft noises from the place where he had passed.
Sharpened sticks staggered through the woods, and the centurion and a few scurrying soldiers were pierced by sticks.
The centurion is dead, and the rest of Zhang Xiujun is in a mess, how can he care about distinguishing the road.
They scurried around like headless flies, two were killed by arrows flying in the darkness, many more died under flying sticks and bouncing branches, and more than a dozen fell into different pits.
Cao Shuo sat on a tree that was not very tall, and said to Qin Nu beside him, "How is it?" I said zero to all, didn't brag about it? ”
"It's a pity that I didn't see Hu Che'er." Qin Nu said, "Aren't you worried about him taking someone to follow behind?" ”
"Liu Shuang and Chen Wu have already seen it, and only these people are here." Cao Shuo said: "Why didn't Hu Che'er come, find a job and ask." ”
Cao Shuo shouted below: "Is there any alive?" ”
Liu Shuang's voice came from the darkness: "There are several!" ”
"If you don't die, you can bring a sword, and if you're alive, bring it over." Cao Shuo jumped off the tree, stretched out his arms and raised his face to Qin Nu, who was still on the tree, and said, "Jump down, I'll pick you up!" ”
If it weren't for the injuries on his body, it would really be difficult for Qin Nu to jump from the tree.
When he went up the tree, Cao Shuo was smoking, and when he went down, he asked him to pick it up, Qin Nu was really a little reluctant.
The dignified assassin actually wants the protection of a thin man like Cao Shuo!
"What are you doing?" Seeing that she didn't move, Cao Shuo shouted, "You don't want to ask if Hu Che'er is here?" ”
Qin Nu jumped down at this time.
Cao Shuo hurriedly went to pick her up.
He has both reflexes and speed, but unfortunately his body is too weak and his strength is not enough.
Under the impact of Qin Nu's landing, Cao Shuo did not stand firm, and the two fell out like rolling gourds.
Thankfully, there was a thick layer of fallen leaves on the ground, and none of them were injured by it.
The moment he stopped rolling, Qin Nu didn't hold his balance, pressed on Cao Shuo's body, and his lips inadvertently touched his cheek.
"What are you doing?" Hugging Qin Nu, Cao Shuo smiled evilly: "Did I kiss you, do you feel very disadvantaged and want to kiss back?" ”
Glaring at him, Qin Nu sat up and said, "I can't even catch it, so I'm embarrassed to say it." ”
"I'm not weak!" Cao Shuo also sat up: "When I return to Xudu, I will train my body, and when the time comes, don't say that you jump from the tree, even if I hold you in my arms and walk around the house a few times, it will not be a problem!" ”
"I've never seen you blow like this." Qin Nu said angrily: "The physique can be practiced if you want to?" ”
"As long as I want to do it, is there anything I can't do?" Cao Shuo asked.
"Who knows you!" Falling from the tree and tearing open the wound, Qin Nu endured the pain and wanted to stand up slowly.
Cao Shuo got up first, grabbed her arm and said, "Don't be reckless, I said that a woman like you who can't take care of herself has to be taken care of by a man like me." ”
Standing up with his support, Qin Nu pouted at him.