Chapter 23: Escape from Xiangyang City

Duan Xuehong lifted the veil, and Yuan Chen and Yuan Moqing finally saw her true face, but their mouths opened wide in surprise.

It was a peugeot beauty face, but it showed a heroic spirit everywhere, the sword-like eyebrows were slightly erected, the water-like eyes were bright and refreshing, the long and thick eyelashes trembled slightly, a phoenix line went straight to the temples, although the tip of the nose oozed fine beads of sweat, it was more round and lovely, and the plump lips were tightly pursed, as if a major decision had been made in the depths of his heart.

The two looked at each other for a long time, but Yuan Moqing said a word: "Sister Xuehong, you are so beautiful." ”

Duan Xuehong glanced back at her, her expression was slightly embarrassed, she took off her hat, and said sharply: "Let's go, it's almost dawn." Get your weapons ready. With that, he put away his veil, tied his hat behind him, and rode his horse northwest of the city.

Yuan Chen and Yuan Moqing also took off their veils and hats, and followed closely. On the way, Yuan Chen asked Yuan Moqing in a whisper: "What?" You're also seeing her for the first time? ”

"yes." Yuan Moqing said, "I thought that such a strange surname would be an ugly face, but I didn't expect it to be so beautiful......"

"yes, I didn't expect that."

"However, I heard my father say that once Duan Xuehong takes off her hat and veil and shows her face, she will kill someone...... Yuan Moqing said.

"Huh?" After hearing this, Yuan Chen was taken aback. It seems that this woman is by no means idle.

The three of them ran all the way, and only dismounted about a mile from the gap in the city wall, and secretly touched the gap.

Yuan Moqing pulled out his sword from behind his back, and Yuan Chen also showed his short knife.

When Yuan Chen was in the police force, he often practiced a dagger similar to a short knife, which was also to cooperate with special operations. Because in special operations, it is common to meet bandits with daggers and daggers, and it is compulsory to take the knife empty-handed and subdue the bandit after grabbing the knife.

The two of them held weapons and looked at Duan Xuehong in unison. None of them knew what weapon she was using, because she had not been found carrying a weapon since they met in the Yuan Mansion.

Duan Xuehong ignored the questioning glances of the two, but continued to move forward.

Very close to the gap, the three of them hid behind a pile of firewood and grass, and the probe secretly looked.

There were four soldiers standing guard at the opening, but they were all drowsy. It was almost four watches, and the east was already white, and even the pockmarks on the soldiers' faces could be seen clearly.

It's a good opportunity. The three of them thought in unison.

Yuan Chen found the feeling of being a team leader in the special operation of the police force again, leaned down and raised his hand and said, "I count to three, and we will rush out together." One ......"

As soon as Yuan Chen's word "one" came out, Duan Xuehong ignored it and rushed out with an arrow step, startling both her and Yuan Moqing. I saw Duan Xuehong fly forward with her body and raise her hand to wave, and something was hit out, but it didn't hit the soldier, but seeing Duan Xuehong unload her force again, the thing she hit flew back with the rope in her hand, hooking the neck of a soldier. Duan Xuehong pulled hard, and the soldier screamed "ah", and blood burst out from his neck in an instant, and flesh and blood flew sideways. The soldier clutched his neck and shook in place a few times, falling to the ground and convulsing, and died of exhaustion after a few moments.

The other three soldiers had already woken up when they heard the movement, and they hurriedly got up and rushed towards Duan Xuehong with their weapons. Duan Xuehong did not dodge, but rushed head-on, only to see her raise her hand again, and the thing hung on the neck of the soldier who rushed to the front, and the soldier screamed again and fell to the ground and died. The way to die is the same as the previous one.

The remaining two soldiers, one tall and one short, swung their knives at Duan Xuehong, one left and one right. After Duan Xuehong dodged with a low body, she picked up the weapon in her hand, the rope went around the neck of the tall soldier, flew back again, and hit the eyes of the short soldier opposite, the short soldier screamed, covered his eyes with a knife and rolled on the ground. Duan Xuehong flicked the weapon again, and the rope behind the weapon circled around the neck of the tall soldier a few times, and the soldier hurriedly threw his knife and stretched out his hand to block it, but she rushed forward and pressed his hands with his elbow joints, and strangled his neck with his armpits. That graceful figure flew sideways because of his habitual surname, and his hip bone pinned the soldier's back, and with the huge momentum of the landing, only to hear a "crunch", the soldier's neck was broken on the spot. Then, Duan Xuehong turned around and kicked the short soldier's neck, and the short soldier also bent his neck and died foaming at the mouth.

Looking at Duan Xuehong's murderous tricks, Yuan Chen and Yuan Moqing were stupid in place. In just over ten seconds, four large living people, two necks were bled out, and two necks were broken. Duan Xuehong is really a terrifying killing machine. A beautiful and cold-blooded killing machine, to be exact.

Duan Xuehong checked it, turned around and walked towards Yuan Chen and Yuan Moqing, and at this time the two of them saw clearly that she was holding a "grasp" in her hand, a rope, and a claw with a metal belt hook hanging in front of her. Yuan Chen knew that this was one of the eighteen weapons in ancient times, but because it was difficult to practice, almost no one used it anymore among modern martial arts enthusiasts. Even in ancient times, there were not many people who could practice this weapon well, let alone a woman. Thinking of this, Yuan Chen couldn't help but gasp.

Duan Xuehong still had that cold face and did not speak, as if killing people was as simple as a daily routine for her.

Yuan Moqing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, let's go out of the city." As he spoke, he walked towards the opening of the wall.

"Slow!" Duan Xuehong stopped Yuan Moqing and said, "Be careful, something is wrong." ”

"What's wrong?" Yuan Chen asked.

"Just four soldiers? Don't you think it's less? Duan Xuehong said.

"What? You still can't get enough of killing? Yuan Moqing said in a slightly sarcastic tone.

Duan Xuehong didn't speak, but looked around vigilantly.

"Oh, what else to see! It was almost dawn, and I went out of the city first. Yuan Moqing said, stepped onto the head of the city with a few steps, and jumped outside the city.

"Slow!" Duan Xuehong shouted hurriedly, but it was too late. As soon as Yuan Moqing jumped out, a torch suddenly lit up inside and outside the city wall, and a group of soldiers jumped out of the ambush and surrounded the three of them in the middle. There was a city wall separating them, and Yuan Chen and Duan Xuehong couldn't see the situation on the other side, only hearing Yuan Moqing's exclamation of "ah", followed by the sound of weapons clashing.

"Miss!" Duan Xuehong shouted and rushed towards the city wall, only to be separated by a group of soldiers. The soldiers were armed with long weapons, which prevented her from advancing. Duan Xuehong's sword eyebrows were upside down, and she waved her hand to grab it, and instantly grabbed the two of them.

Yuan Chen also wielded a short knife, although his physical strength was not as good as before, but fortunately, some basic routines had not been forgotten, and it was still possible to deal with these rebels who had no kung fu foundation and were mostly peasants. In a matter of moments, two more people were cut down by her.

Seeing that the two of them had two shots, the others retreated one after another, but they still maintained their formation, separating the two from Yuan Moqing.

Duan Xuehong rushed forward like a desperate person, grabbing and beating wildly. But to grab this kind of weapon, behind it is a soft weapon, that is, a rope. Such a weapon works well in large spaces, because there is nothing to block its flight path. And in today's situation, there are many people on the other side, and they are all holding long weapons such as spears, spears, axes, etc., and the space is extremely narrow, Duan Xuehong grabbed and flew for a while, and then he was entangled.

Duan Xuehong tried to pull it back, but after a few pulls, it became even tighter, so she had to let go of her hands and rushed towards the soldiers with her bare hands. Seeing this, Yuan Chen hurriedly rushed forward after him. The two of them fought hard, opened a hole, and came to the city wall.

"You get out!" Duan Xuehong dealt with the soldiers who surrounded him again with her bare hands and shouted at Yuan Chen.

"I ...... What about you? Yuan Chen hesitated.

"Less nonsense! Get out there and save Miss! Duan Xuehong roared angrily as she struck.

Yuan Chen had no choice but to climb the city wall and jump out of the city.

The situation outside the city is slightly better than inside the city, and there are slightly fewer soldiers, but the effect of Yuan Moqing's fight is not good, and the soldiers seem to have intended not to hurt her, but to catch her alive, so they gradually forced her into a corner. And Yuan Moqing's short sword can't take any advantage against a group of long weapons. So after fighting for a long time, it was basically a situation of confrontation, and there were no casualties.

Seeing this, Yuan Chen hurriedly swung his knife forward and cut away the weapons that were approaching step by step. The situation between the two sides was instantly disturbed, and two soldiers were slashed by them.

As soon as the other soldiers took a few steps back, Yuan Chen saw the gap, pulled Yuan Moqing up and ran, but Yuan Moqing shook off her hand. "What about Sister Xuehong? Can't leave her behind! ”

Yuan Chen grabbed Yuan Moqing's hand again, and shouted as he ran, "Do you want us all to die?" Come on! ”

Yuan Moqing had no choice but to follow Yuan Chen and run towards the forest on the mountain. The soldiers behind them chased after each other, and the two turned back to fight as they ran, and after a few miles, the soldiers were greatly injured, and the rest seemed to be slightly timid, and gradually stopped chasing.

Yuan Chen and Yuan Moqing turned around a mountain col and saw that there was no one chasing after them, so they sat down to rest. Yuan Moqing often practiced martial arts, and his physical strength was still abundant, but Yuan Chen was physically exhausted, and he gasped for breath after sitting down.

"Are you hurt?" Yuan Moqing asked.

Yuan Chen shook his head. "What about you?" he asked. ”

"Neither do I." Yuan Moqing replied.

After a pause, Yuan Moqing said again: "I don't know how Sister Xuehong is." With that, she burst into tears.

Yuan Chen hugged her, and silently shed tears, not only for Duan Xuehong, but also for Yuan Moqing, from now on, this poor girl will be homeless.

The two rested for a while, then got up and went on the road again. After all, the closer you get to Xiangyang, the easier it is to be found and chased and captured. So the two of them must stay away as soon as possible, as far away as possible.

Although the sky was bright, the sun did not show its face, but the dark clouds in the south were gloomy and heavy. During the rainy season in the south, the rain comes and goes. The two of them couldn't tell the direction, and they were anxious, so they had to walk along the path in the forest.

Groups of soldiers on horseback were still galloping along the path, seemingly chasing them. The two walked and hidden, only walked out more than ten miles in the morning, until the afternoon, fifteen miles away from Xiangyang City, the soldiers disappeared on the road, but the rain also fell, although there was a forest temporarily blocked, how could the rain be quite heavy, and after a while, the two were drenched. The two girls had nothing to hide, so they had to brave the rain to hurry, and after walking more than ten miles of mountain roads, they finally came out of the woods and saw the road.

Yuan Chen's eyes lit up, she was too familiar with this road, she had walked three times, the first time was to say goodbye to Wu Ruojie in the courtyard and go to Xiangyang, the second and third times was to go back to the courtyard with Yuan Shizhong and Yuan Shangguang to recognize the body.

"Let's go, there's a yard ahead, let's go there to take shelter from the rain." Yuan Chen hugged Yuan Moqing and said with a strong spirit.

Yuan Moqing looked at her in surprise, although she was puzzled, she didn't speak. At this moment, they are already physically and mentally exhausted.

The two of them walked for a while, and they really found the courtyard. Yuan Chen walked straight to the left gatehouse, which was where he and Wu Ruojie had gotten along. The headless corpse in the courtyard and the female corpse in the gatehouse have long been carried away and disposed of by Yuan Shizhong's soldiers, and the courtyard was preserved as the scene of the killing of He Yilong at first, but later because it was far away from Xiangyang, and there was no store in front of the village, it was a waste of manpower and material resources to send people to guard it, so it was abandoned again, and it became an uninhabited empty courtyard like before.

The appearance of the house has not changed, but there have been soldiers stationed there, leaving a lot of daily necessities, including quilts, firewood, etc. Yuan Chen followed Wu Ruojie's example and piled up a pile of firewood in the middle of the ground, preparing to make a fire to keep warm, but he touched his whole body, but there was no object that ignited the fire. It turned out that the packages that the three of them had brought when they left the city had fallen on horseback, and none of their daily necessities had been brought out.

Yuan Moqing leaned on the kang, squinted her eyes weakly and said, "Don't look for it, Sister Yuanyuan, we didn't bring anything." Looks like we can't get much left......"

Yuan Chen sat down beside her, stroked her head and said, "Don't think nonsense, let's sleep first, you're too tired." Come, take off your wet clothes. ”

Yuan Moqing took off her soaked clothes and pants, got into the quilt, and fell asleep in a moment. Yuan Chen put his wet clothes and Yuan Moqing's on the side of the kang, gathered a quilt around him, and sat on the kang.

In her mind, the story of what happened here with Wu Ruojie that night resurfaced, and recalled the bits and pieces of being with Wu Ruojie. At this moment, she missed him very much, and it would be nice if he could be in this room at this time. But where would he be at this time? Thinking about it, Yuan Chen also fell asleep.

I don't know how long I slept, and suddenly there was a sound of footsteps mixed with the sound of rain from far to near, as if it was very messy but very urgent. Yuan Chen opened his eyes suddenly. Could it be that Wu Ruojie is really back? Still is......

Her hand subconsciously reached for the gun at her waist.

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