When Hu Xiaoyan opened his eyes, he saw a big knife cut off his head! You can clearly see the hideous face of the big man with the knife and the cruel eyes! I didn't have time to think about it before I fell to the ground in fright.

"You can't kill me!" Hu Xiaoyan shouted loudly in a trembling voice.

"Haha, there are still those you don't dare to kill!" The big man's big knife swung over Hu Xiaoyan's head, then ignored Hu Xiaoyan and raised his knife again to slash.

"Father Li Hongzhang!" Hu Xiaoyan was panicked and anxious, and only hoped that the power of the name Li Hongzhang could be half as powerful as his father's power of Li Gang.

"Zhang Hongzhang can't do it either!" The big man looked playful, but he was not slow in his hand, and a big knife had already reached Hu Xiaoyan's forehead.

Finished! Hu Xiaoyan's heart was blank. Seeing that the big knife was already approaching the Zhongtang acupoint, the bangs on his forehead were blown to both sides by the knife wind.

"When." With a bang, the knife slashed on the wall, and the dust on the wall fell on Hu Xiaoyan's head. Hu Xiaoyan, who was almost alive, was stunned at this time.

At the same time, a "stop" slowly came.

The knife in the big man's hand was knocked open, and he looked at the person with an unhappy face. But he recognized that it was the three masters of the cottage, and immediately retracted and stood aside: "The three masters!" ”

The third master is thin and holds a waist knife in his hand. It was this waist knife that saved Hu Xiaoyan's life. The three masters didn't look at the big man, put away the knife and stood in front of Hu Xiaoyan, and squatted down slowly.

"You said your father is Li Hongzhang?"

Hu Xiaoyan looked sluggish and did not react.

"Three masters, this kid is scared silly! Look at me! The big man laughed and walked over and slapped Hu Xiaoyan hard. I saw that although Hu Xiaoyan was still stunned, he had obviously come back to his senses. Both eyes blinked.

"I'll just say it." The big man was about to laugh at two sentences, but when he saw the cold eyes of the third master, it was like looking at a dead man, and the rest of the words could no longer be spoken.

"Get out!"

The big man embarrassedly put away the knife and walked out of the room softly.

This is a village not far from Kunshan City, which is a mud embryo house, with three rooms on the left and right. This is the firewood room in the back right. The owner is an old couple, who do some tofu chaos and other early business in the inch. A daughter married off to another village. A house was empty. Not long ago, the old couple picked up a young man who had fainted, and then took care of the young man until the young man's health improved, and the young man was of course Hu Xiaoyan, who was not this name at that time. Until yesterday evening, another young man came. This man claimed to be surnamed Chen, because it was getting late, and of course there was no inn in the small village, so he was introduced by the kind villagers to stay there. Who knew that the village was attacked by bandits of more than a dozen people that night. The target of the bandits is very clear, that is, the young man surnamed Chen in the old couple's hut.

Hu Xiaoyan looked at the young man wearing a famous brand, and although his words were polite, he had a look of rejection thousands of miles away, and of course he was unwilling to live in the same room with him. He's not a guy. So he moved to the firewood house, and he was about to settle. Of course, the young man surnamed Chen is reluctant to live in a firewood house.

The bandits didn't expect that there were still people living in the firewood house, not to mention that the meat ticket had already arrived, so there was no search. Because of this, Hu Xiaoyan hid for the first time, who knew that when he heard the sound of the tragic death of the old couple, Hu Xiaoyan was angry, and he carried a stick in the firewood room to come out desperately. But after opening the door of the firewood room, a gust of cold wind scared him back again.

Hu Xiaoyan is just a five-good young man, and after a moment of enthusiasm, he was blown by the cold wind, and the whole person was sober. He's meowing, and going out by himself is just sending him to death! So he shuddered and closed the firewood door, covered his ears, and came to cover his ears and steal the bell. But the sound of the door closing was so clear in the silence of the night, you must know that the door at that time was not the kind of new age that could be opened and closed lightly.

So the big man with the knife was brought in.

There is not much firewood in the firewood room, this is still the credit of Hu Xiaoyan, eating and drinking in other people's homes, he has no capital, so he has to go to the village to chop some firewood and come back to make money for rice. Now he was sitting on the pyre.

"You just said that your father is Li Hongzhang?" Although the voice of the three masters is soft, it is very clear.

Hu Xiaoyan closed his mouth and nodded desperately, for fear that this three-master would cut him if he was unhappy.

"Is it Boss Li in the middle hall?!" The third master still whispered softly.

Hu Xiaoyan didn't say a word, just nodded desperately!

"You're talking nonsense!" The third master suddenly frowned, "I didn't hear that Master Li has a son as big as you. ”

Of course not, but can Hu Xiaoyan say that he is talking nonsense to save his life? The most well-known in this era, there are only two people who can be known by anyone, one is Li Hongzhang, and the other is Hu Xueyan. The two of them are in the court and the other are in the opposition. Originally, Hu Xiaoyan wanted to talk about his father Hu Xueyan, but Hu Xueyan has been dead for many years. Who knows how much influence he still has left.

"I was born out of the house after drinking, and my father was ashamed of it at the time, and sent me abroad since I was a child, and I only recently returned from England." The first lie comes out, and the rest is blurted out.

"Oh?" The third master touched the mustaches on his chin uncertainly. He wasn't sure if there was such a thing.

"Then you can speak a few words in English."

This is simple, Hu Xiaoyan knows that his life has been saved. Since the third master asked like this, at least it shows that he has no murderous intentions.

“Yousonof

bitch!” Hu Xiaoyan spoke in English maliciously, because he knew that there could be no one among the bandits who knew English. No matter how bad the English knows, you can be a broker when you go to Shanghai Beach, and live a much better life than ordinary people, so that you won't be a bandit. And this three-master looks old, no matter how you look at it, he is over thirty years old, and it is impossible to be a talent who has drunk foreign ink.

The third master was really stunned, he touched his beard, and finally stood up, "Follow me." ”

Hu Xiaoyan looked at the back of the three masters, and then slowly stood up, but unexpectedly stumbled. Finally stood firm against the wall. He meowed. I was nervous just now, and I haven't noticed it yet. My own body is weak.

Turns out I'm a soft bone too! Hu Xiaoyan happily caught up with the three masters. I met several other people in the hall.

He counted, about ten people from the inside out. There is also a big boss in the hall. The young man surnamed Chen in the hall was tied to a stool.

"Third child, what's going on?" The big boss frowned and looked at Hu Xiaoyan behind the second master.

"Let's go away." The third master shook his head.

"Don't let him run." The third master pointed to Hu Xiaoyan to the big man who had just started and said.

The big man smiled.

There are also three sentry posts outside. The crowd hurried out of the village. There was a commotion in the village.

These people have two hits. From the time of entering the village to the time of retreat, it took less than fifteen minutes. The bandits of the old clan were able to do this, and did not commit violence against other villagers. It can already be counted as an elite army. Even Li Hongzhang's Huai Army couldn't do that.

In the darkness, everyone moved forward silently without lighting a fire, and occasionally someone fell, but was quickly helped up by his companions. In less than ten minutes, a burst of fire could be seen in the distance. The crowd stopped, and after a while, a man ran in front of them, who was equally silent, and after a few words of conversation with the great master, the procession moved towards the fire.

Soon, the team came to the fire. There were eleven or twelve around the fire. The fire was in the woods. This time I took a break of about two or three minutes and set off again. This time torches were lit in the ranks. Passing through the grove, the pace of the procession began to pick up.

Hu Xiaoyan's physical fitness was not very good, so he began to pant after a while while trotting forward, and the big man slowly became impatient, holding Hu Xiaoyan's arm, and half-dragging and half-pulling with him.

I don't know how far I walked to reach the river. Someone in the team whistled at the river, and after a while, the river also sounded. Then several small boats stopped at the river.

After getting on the boat, the young man surnamed Chen and Hu Xiaoyan were locked together. The young man was gagged, and Hu Xiaoyan didn't have the kindness to help him uncover it. Although the young man surnamed Chen has been making eyes.

If it weren't for him, he should have lived happily in the old couple's house. The old couple not only saved Hu Xiaoyan's life, but also helped Hu Xiaoyan recall some memories in this body. I thought that after my health was better, I took the old couple back to enjoy the happiness together. Now it's all in vain!

Thinking about it, Hu Xiaoyan fell asleep. I don't know how long it took, Hu Xiaoyan woke up from his sleep and found that he was blindfolded and moved forward with his back.

"Ahem." Hu Xiaoyan wanted to speak, but his voice was very hoarse, the cold sweat on his head had not dried, and he was blown by the wind, and he suddenly shivered.

Worst! Severe cold! Hu Xiaoyan then remembered that he was scared into a cold sweat after escaping death last night, and he had been walking at night since then, and he didn't have time to change his clothes. And in Kunshan in autumn, not covering the quilt at night is also a test for the body. Apparently his body is not up to par.

Just thinking about it, my brain slowly became groggy.

When Hu Xiaoyan woke up again, he opened his eyes and saw that he was actually lying on a bed with a thick quilt covering his body. There was a man who was holding a spoon and feeding himself medicine. Take a closer look. Isn't this the kid surnamed Chen?

Hu Xiaoyan didn't like the boy surnamed Chen, he tried to reach out, and unexpectedly found that the strength of his body had returned, but it was much less powerful than when he chopped firewood before.

He reached out from the quilt, took the bowl, and then slowly got up and drank the medicine in one gulp. After the bitter medicine was put into the stomach, a hot breath immediately spread from the lower abdomen to the chest. Even if he doesn't know medicine, Hu Xiaoyan knows that his cold has been cured. As long as you don't catch a cold, it's not much of a problem. Handing the bowl to the kid surnamed Chen, he began to observe the room.

It was a very ordinary room with two stools, and a table. The house is small and there is not much space except for the bed and table and stools. There was a small window on the opposite side of the bed, and the old wooden window was propped up by a piece of wood. The windows are high and small. Directly across from the table is the door. A window was forced open on the door, and the window was open outward.

The boy surnamed Chen handed the bowl out of the window on the door and heard a voice "Wait." ”

A head looked in from the window, and when he saw Hu Xiaoyan waking up, he suddenly said "huh", and then the window was closed, and there was a "snap" sound, which should have bolted the window.

Hu Xiaoyan was bored to see the boy surnamed Chen sitting on a stool, looking at him with bright eyes.

Stinky boy! Hu Xiaoyan was speechless about his situation, but he was powerless to change it. He knew very well that once his identity as Li Hongzhang's son was revealed, he would be dead. But now that he is locked in such a closed room, coupled with his weak reach, the possibility of trying to escape is too low. Unless the kid surnamed Chen is a top master. But the reality is that this stinky boy is also a weak meat ticket.

What to do?

Before he could figure it out, the door opened. A familiar figure walked in. It's the big guy who wants to cut himself.

The big man didn't say a word, and even the quilt was carried on his shoulder.

Hu Xiaoyan was powerless to struggle, because he knew that the most dangerous moment was coming. If you pass the level, you can survive, but if you don't pass the level, then the end will definitely be the same as that of an old couple.