Chapter 22: The Hunter and the Prey
In front of Yunqi, suddenly appeared a bamboo forest, this bamboo forest seems to be not small from a distance, although it is only early spring, the New Year is just after the new year, it is the season when everything withers, but as one of the three friends of the year, the leaves at this time are still verdant and green, and what makes Yunqi feel the most happy is that looking at the topography of the bamboo forest, there should be a few hills behind, although it is not high, the slope is not big, but the radius is very wide, it seems to have hundreds of acres of size.
As long as you can enter the bamboo forest, there will be many more places to hide, and the chances of survival will definitely be greatly increased.
Yun Qi's spirit perked up, and his feet seemed to suddenly have strength, and he rushed towards the bamboo forest.
"Pounce" sounded softly, a crossbow arrow slashed by the side, far into the soil in front, startled Yun Qi jumped, and secretly said in his heart, "Careless again, Grandpa Wu told me countless times, the closer to success, the more dangerous it is, and now you must not relax." Yun Qi secretly warned himself in his heart, and then continued to use his strange figure to run forward left and right, up and down.
"He's going into the bamboo forest, the third one, you go to the front and intercept him." The leader in the back shouted.
A man in black broke away from the team, no longer following Yun Qi's back from left to right, and ran directly towards the bamboo forest.
Seeing this, Yun Qi did not panic, but the corners of his mouth curled, sneered, and still ran forward in his own way, but his goal changed from running straight to the bamboo forest to running parallel to the bamboo forest.
"Huh?" The leading bandit exclaimed, "This kid is really cunning enough, outflank me, catch him later, I want to have a good time with this kid." ”
Yun Qi ran parallel to the bamboo forest for a while, and suddenly ran diagonally for more than ten steps, and then ran straight in the direction of the bamboo forest, so that those who wanted to round up had nothing to do, and finally, when he was almost exhausted from running, Yun Qi rushed into the bamboo forest.
The bamboo forest is not dense, although there is a bamboo to cover it, but the bandits chasing outside the forest can still clearly see that Yun Qi is struggling to run forward and climb hand and foot in the bamboo forest, and he can't help but show a sneer on his face.
"Little bunny, I don't believe you can fly out of the palm of my hand." The bandit leader said. Then he led the crowd to chase down.
Although he entered the bamboo forest, Yun Qi knew that he only had one more advantage, with the interference of these bamboos, he could make the opponent's bow and crossbow and musket lose part of their effect, but if he kept being chased by them like this, he would definitely not be able to run in the end, "I must make trouble for them, I must make them suffer a little, and let them know that the consequences of unscrupulous pursuit are serious." Yun Qi thought to himself.
Yun Qi fled, his eyes looking around, looking for everything that could be used, and his mind was spinning rapidly.
This is a battle of wits and courage.
It's also a battle you can't afford to lose, and if you lose, you lose everything, including your life.
The four bandits rushed into the bamboo forest, panting, after such a long run, they were also tired enough, but looking at Yun Qi who was panting and stumbling not far away, their faces couldn't help showing a cruel smile, they seemed to be looking at a prey walking in the palm of their hands, the leader leaned on the bamboo, glanced at Yun Qi out of the corner of his eyes, while panting, while drugged the fire gun, this fire gun is very powerful, that is, the medicine is too troublesome, too time-consuming, just ran all the way, there is no time to medicate, now this kid has reached the end of the strong crossbow, It's time to put an end to him.
After putting on the gunpowder, the leader beckoned, and the four of his men chased in the direction of Yun Qi.
Suddenly, the leader raised his hand, and the three people behind him all stopped in a hurry, the leader pointed his hand to the left and right, and two of the three people scattered left and right, and more than 50 steps in front of the leader, there was a puff of bamboo, probably cut a year ago, the bamboo leaves were yellow, the branches were vertical and horizontal, and you could vaguely see a corner of clothes exposed behind the bamboo, and the clothes were on Yun Qi's body.
The leader showed a smile on his face, thought for a while, handed the spear to the person behind him, but took the bow and crossbow from the person behind him, and then leaned forward, sneaking carefully, "Ten more steps forward, I will shoot an arrow through this kid's neck" The leader muttered to himself in his heart, at this distance, he had full confidence.
"Five, four, three, two, one," the leader leaned forward a little, counting the steps in his mouth, "Boy, go die." When he reached the best shooting distance, he stood up suddenly, raised his crossbow and fired an arrow in front of him.
The arrow shot into the desired place very accurately, but the strange thing was that there was no expected scream, and there was no familiar sound of the arrow entering the flesh, and several people surrounded them in confusion, only to find that Yun Qi had already fled, and only a piece of clothing was placed here, wrapped on a bamboo branch.
"Golden cicada shelling? I like it, this kid is getting more and more fun. The leader didn't laugh angrily, stepped forward and picked up Yun Qi's clothes, then crumpled them into a ball, and threw them far away, "Search me and see where he fled." ”
The soil in the bamboo forest was very loose, and it was easy to find a person's footprints, and soon they found Yunqi's footprints and hurriedly chased them.
Suddenly, a panicked pheasant chirped in the bamboo forest, and then a pheasant fluttered up from not far away and flew into the distance.
"Over there, chase after you." The bandits were in good spirits and galloped forward, and suddenly a bandit "ouch" sounded, stepped on one foot in the air, and stepped on a ** bamboo leaf, and then he shouted, holding his feet and rolling on the ground, and several other people were startled, and hurriedly stopped, but saw that the bandit had two sharp bamboo sticks on his feet, one end was pierced from the center of his foot, and the other end was exposed from the sole of his foot, and the blood was like an earthworm, flowing down from the bamboo stick.
Everyone couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, and a bandit squatted down, carefully held the end of the bamboo stick, and then gritted his teeth and pulled the bamboo stick out of his companion's foot, causing the bandit to scream in pain.
"Fourth, don't scream, won't you hurt your foot? It's not a big deal, bandage yourself, and a few of us will continue to chase after you, and you will follow the marks we left behind. The leader glanced at the injured bandit, and turned his head to look into the bamboo forest, his eyes were very fierce.
The leader of the bandits, with the remaining two men, tightened their outfits and chased after them, but this time, they became cautious and no longer ran forward as recklessly as they had done before, and in doing so, they also managed to avoid several traps that looked rough and hastily done.
"It's interesting that this kid actually sets a trap. I'm really liking him more and more, and when I catch him, I'm a little reluctant to kill him. "The leader said gloomily.
Suddenly, there was a bang not far from their left, and a few were startled, thinking that they had touched some mechanism again, so they hurriedly dodged and hid, who knew that nothing happened, the three of them shrank their heads and stretched out their heads, and saw nothing, and when they were confused, there was another sound on the left, but there was still no one.
Ghosts!
There must be a problem.
The leader decided to take his men down to have a look, and a few people walked over cautiously, only to see that there was a trap on the ground that was not completely hidden, and the bamboo sticks that entered were cut in a hurry, just a few knives at random, and there were some sharp appearances, and the floating soil and bamboo leaves covered on it were also very undetailed, probably when Yun Qi was designing the trap, he accidentally made a noise and attracted the enemy, so he had to give up half of the trap.
A few bandits couldn't help laughing, the skill stopped, you kid is just like this, this half-done trap seems to be very close to the goal.
The leader stood up, slapped the bamboo beside him, and shouted: "Boy, you can't run, look at how Lao Tzu plays you to death." ”
I only heard a loud noise, there was a strange sound in the sky, several people were busy looking up, three or five long bamboos were inserted straight down from the sky, one end was sharpened, like a javelin, the three of them were startled, and they were busy dodging around, but there was still a person who was stuck in the calf by a bamboo, was nailed to the ground, and hugged his feet in pain and screamed, and the other two were busy coming to rescue and bandage.
The leader was so angry that he burst into flames, and he said to the uninjured bandits: "You take care of the second child here, wait for the fourth child to meet, I will chase this kid alone, I will not skin him alive, it will be difficult to quench the anger in my heart." ”
After saying that, he carried the spear to his body and chased after him.
It is said that the fourth child was injured by a bamboo stick, and after bandaging himself, he cut a bamboo from the bamboo forest to make a crutch, limped along the mark left by the boss, and kept cursing the bastard boy in his mouth.
The surroundings were silent, only the rustle of the leaves of the bamboo forest by the wind, and occasionally a few birdsong, the sound echoed in the bamboo forest, which seemed more melodious.
It seems to be a little scary, even his footsteps can be heard clearly, tapping, tapping, the fourth always feels that there is someone behind him, but a few times back, nothing, the fourth laughed self-deprecatingly, he remembered the experience of walking at night when he was a child, it was the same at that time, he always felt that there was a person behind him, but in fact it was all his own hallucination, until he grew up, he gradually stopped being afraid of walking at night, and even, he once liked the dark, because in the dark, he felt that his senses were more sensitive, and his spirit was more concentrated, In the dark, he plunged the knife into the enemy's body again and again, he couldn't see the enemy's surprised look, or sadness, or fear, but he could feel the enemy's fear, the whole body tremble, only in the darkness, can be more clearly and thoroughly.
So, in this empty field, he suddenly remembered the night, in the eyes of the fourth child, the night turned out to be a mysterious devil, but now, it is a beautiful lover.
The fourth child took a deep breath, raised his head, and then slowly closed his eyes, he wanted to cut off all light, and use his heart to experience the beating heart of this bamboo forest.
Suddenly, a shiver shivered on his skin, and he felt a strange sensation that made his heart palpitate, and he seemed to feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, surrounded by a cold feeling.
"Not good!" The fourth child's heart flashed, and he hurriedly rushed forward.
However, at this moment, a bamboo pole more than six feet long, sharp as a knife in front, like a sharp javelin, flew accurately, and was plunging under his shoulder, and then came out of his right chest, and pinned him to the ground at once.
The fourth child's lung lobe was punctured, and his mouth was foaming with pink blood, and he tried to turn around and look in the direction where the javelin was thrown, at this time, he saw a small mound move, and then the mound turned into a young man, he slowly got up from the ground, and there were many bamboo branches and bamboo leaves tied to his body, and some weeds, his clothes should have been soaked in water, and they were covered with thick mud, and the young man's face was also full of mud, only the whites of his eyes were turning around.
The fourth felt a trace of fear, he didn't want to die, but there was a kind of pressure on this young man, and this pressure became bigger and bigger as the young man got closer and closer, and the young man walked closer and smiled at the fourth, revealing a beautiful and neat tooth, and the fourth immediately thought of the wolf.
"Big brother...... He ...... here" The fourth child suddenly opened his mouth and shouted, he knew that he was going to die, but he decided to create a little value for the brothers before he died, hoping that the brothers could avenge themselves as soon as possible.
The young man looked at him like a cat watching a mouse, let the fourth child call, and did not stop it, and after the fourth child finished yelling, he reached back, pulled out a bamboo sword from his back, and stabbed the fourth child into the throat with a sword with an oblique hand.
The fourth child was not dead, but he couldn't speak, his throat made a slight sound, and his eyes were black for a while, he watched the young man take his crossbow, his waist knife, and all his things, and even, he took off his face towel, looked at the fourth child's face, and put the face towel on his face, and then floated away.