Cheng Jiao called: "Luo Ning......"

Walk to the first room and grab the doorhandle. Li Tao held her down and said, "I'll come." ”

In his eyes, Cheng Jiao is just a little girl with shallow experience, and she may not be as wary as him. As he spoke, he slammed the door open, and his eyes lit up, and a bolt of crossbow bolts came at him.

Li Tao had already taken precautions, turned sideways to hold the crossbow arrow, and threw it back. The killer hiding in the room had abandoned his crossbow and raised his sword, and rushed outward, meeting the crossbow arrows thrown back, impartially, and hitting the throat.

Li Tao used this force, the wound on his chest burst out, and the blood penetrated his shirt, which was red. Cheng Jiao drew her sword in her hand, looked into the house, and heard a few "bangs", and the doors of several other rooms were smashed open at the same time, and a man in black swung a knife to kill.

Cheng Jiao pushed hard in the back, Li Tao stumbled, and involuntarily fell in, Cheng Jiao leaned back against the door panel and locked him in the house.

Li Tao got up and pushed the door, but was leaned on by Cheng Jiao, and heard the sound of gold and iron outside very intense, he was moved and anxious, picked up the long sword on the ground, and slashed at the door panel. As soon as the sword was slashed, he felt that it was inappropriate, at this time Cheng Jiao was leaning against the door panel, if he accidentally injured her, it would be very bad. He hurriedly returned his sword, peering through the split crack. At this moment, the door suddenly opened, Li Tao couldn't retract his momentum, pounced forward, and collided with Cheng Jiao.

The two wrestled, Li Tao pressed Cheng Jiao's arm, Cheng Jiao pillowed Li Tao's chest, and the five black-clothed killers were scattered around them.

"It's all settled?" Li Tao took a breath and asked.

Cheng Jiao said "um".

Li Tao felt that something was wrong. Only then did I find out that she was extremely seriously injured, especially two of them were so serious that they could almost be fatal! Li Tao hurriedly sealed the acupuncture points near her wound and picked up the burden that fell to the ground. Took out gauze and gold creation medicine, intending to bandage her. Cheng Jiao dodged left and right, insisting on not allowing it. Li Tao was shy by nature and ashamed to show her skin in front of men, so she was not reluctant, carried her into the house, and closed the door.

Li Tao sighed. Stepping over the bodies of several men in black, he came to the outside of the second room and glanced inward. I was surprised to find that there were three girls tied up in the room, and there was a woman lying on the bed behind them. Blood on his chest. The arm hung limply over the edge of the bed.

Li Tao walked over quickly, untied the ropes that bound the three women, tore off the linen cloth in their mouths, and then looked at the woman on the bed, but she had been angry for a long time. He suddenly realized something, and asked in surprise: "She is Luo Ning, the shopkeeper here?" ”

The three girls nodded wildly, hugged each other and cried.

Li Tao smiled helplessly, and rushed all the way to Nanjing. But it was in vain, and it seemed that his every move was made. I don't want to escape the other party's eyes.

"This is Luo Ning's room?" Hoping for a glimmer of hope, he asked again.

One girl said, "Yes." ”

Li Tao searched through the boxes and cabinets. The room was not large, and there was very little room to hide things, and after a while, he found a box in the drawer of the dressing table, about the size of half a palm, made of hard wood, and delicately carved with patterns. There are two small holes at the top of the box and a pull tab at the bottom, which looks like an ornament hanging on the body no matter how you look at it. Li Tao didn't dare to be careless, and aimed the two small holes at the top of Luo Ning's nostrils, and it was really not bad at all. It's unimaginable that such a beautiful and small wooden box is actually an invisible hidden weapon to kill people!

He tinkered with it, carefully opened the lid of the box, and saw two steel needles quietly embedded in the groove that connected with the small hole, flashing and shivering.

"What's that?" Cheng Jiao didn't know when she arrived at the door.

Li Tao closed the lid, shook it at her, and said with a smile: "The murder weapon, Xu Jizu really died at the hands of Luo Ning." ”

"Tsk!" Cheng Jiao was suspicious, "I look like a fat powder box, can I actually kill people?" ”

"It's because it's like a fat powder box that people who are killed don't watch out. There are a total of four springs in the box, and every two emitting a steel needle, the strength is so great that you can imagine. Coupled with the needle grooves, connecting rods, etc., it is truly amazing that these many things are placed in such a small space, and its maker must be a master of hidden weapons. And the two emitters just happened to be able to face the Venerable Master's nostrils, indicating that it was tailor-made for this case. Li Tao explained in detail.

Cheng Jiao listened absent-mindedly, and said worriedly: "Murderers can snare a large number of killers, I'm afraid of ......"

Li Tao smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, the whole case is about to come to light." ”

Cheng Jiao struggled towards Li Tao, but almost fell down due to unsteady feet. Li Tao's eyes were quick and he held her up. I saw tears in her eyes, and she said as if pleading: "Stop!" For this case, we are all scarred, and if we continue to investigate, we will definitely die! ”

Li Tao sighed: "It's too late to stop now, the chase won't end here, either the fish will die, or the net will be broken!" ”

Cheng Jiao said: "We can go far and fly high, no matter the ends of the world, I will follow you, even if it is a little tired, as long as you live peacefully and quietly." ”

Her words were earnest, and her emotions were slightly agitated. Li Tao hesitated, Cheng Jiao's words could be regarded as showing his heart to him. But in the end, he still shook his head, he couldn't bear to refuse, but he had to refuse: "Now that this big case has reached the most critical time, the net is about to be closed, how can I give up?" ”

Seeing his resolute attitude, Cheng Jiao was discouraged, shook him off suddenly, and said in a trembling voice: "I understand, you ...... You don't want to be with me at all......" After the serious injury, her body was extremely weak, and at this time, her qi and blood surged, and before she finished a sentence, her eyes went dark, and she was unconscious.

Li Tao hugged her, as if he had been prepared, and immediately said to the three girls: "Please take care of her for me, I'll go out for a while and come back soon." ”

Li Tao was their life-saving benefactor, and the three girls responded to his needs, and immediately carried Cheng Jiao to another room and put her on the bed.

When Cheng Jiao woke up, she heard the sound of wheels "rattling", and her body also jolted rhythmically. She got up and looked, only to realize that it was in the carriage.

Li Tao smiled: "Are you better?" ”

Cheng Jiao sat on the other side, lifted the curtain and looked, the night was miserable, the shadows of the trees on the side of the road were hazy, and she couldn't help but retreat in her sight. She was taken aback, she didn't expect that she had been in a coma for so long, no need to ask, this was on the way back to Chang'an.

Compared with when she came, this road seemed extremely bland, Cheng Jiao was always as cold as ice, and she didn't bother to say anything, as if she had returned to the appearance she had when she first met Li Tao.

Zuichun Building had been seized, and Li Tao had nowhere to go, so she took it upon herself to let the coachman drive directly to Hua Langzhong's house. (To be continued......)