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"What?" Ashina frowned indefinitely, "That guy is in prison?" What did he do, and who caught him? Where did the old man hear about it? ”

Zuo Ying also had these questions, but she didn't have time to think about them. What's more, political struggle is not unusual, no matter how full it is, what kind of drama can be refreshing? Knowing the outcome, it is already possible to analyse the situation.

Li Yunshen's imprisonment, Zuo Ying, who was thousands of miles away and locked in news, naturally did not know.

She thought that if the news of the siege of Ziyang City could not be intercepted, and successfully facilitate the dispatch of troops from Luoyang to rescue it as quickly as possible, then the only person who completed this matter could be Li Dang's people, and it was most likely that Li Yunshen would lead it. If the news only secretly fell into the hands of the Helan Chu clique and did not spread among the Manchu civil and military forces, it was inevitable that public opinion pressure would be formed and the dispatch of troops would be delayed. Even if Zuo Ying fell into the hands of thieves because of this, not being killed but being used as a bargaining chip, they could have sent assassins to make Zuo Ying die in the enemy camp, and they also borrowed a knife to kill people, and they were clean.

She had saved Helan Chu, defended him, and even had illusions about him that were not rational and could be explained clearly. But what she really believes in her heart will never be these ethereal things on the emotional level, she only believes that people who have a close relationship with her interests will defend her as if they were her own interests when she is in danger.

Therefore, if the news of the "old man" is accurate, then the biggest problem Zuo Ying faces is that they may not have reinforcements, at least not within the three or five days when it was originally estimated that the reinforcements would arrive.

Zuo Ying did not answer the series of questions asked by Ashina. She looked into his eyes and asked in a low voice, "Imperial Husband, if we have no reinforcements, you will choose to go back to Luoyang." Or do you want to stay and rush to North Hill? ”

"Why are there no reinforcements?" Ashina moved closer to Zuo Ying's side indefinitely.

"I say 'if.'"

As soon as Zuo Ying finished speaking, she suddenly saw Ashina standing up indefinitely and kicking on one of the firewoods in the bonfire. Suddenly, as if a mechanism had been triggered, all the other firewood on it was covered at once, and the fire was extinguished with a "whirl", leaving only the pitch black in the cave.

Before she could ask a question, she felt herself lifted from the haystack by a strong arm, and her mouth was covered by the palm of the other hand at the same time, and she couldn't make a sound.

"Someone." Ashina whispered in Zuo Ying's ear. Only then did he let go of the hand covering her mouth and pulled her to walk briskly into the depths of the cave.

The two of them had just taken up their hiding behind a protruding stone wall when they could see a faint light shining in from outside the cave, as if someone was approaching the trees outside with a torch.

Zuo Ying fell asleep almost against the ground just now. I didn't even hear any abnormal sounds, presumably because this uneven mountain is no more open than the wilderness, and the grass is relatively soft and thick, so the footsteps are not easy to transmit. And Ashina Wuji, a good hunter, has become the most alert "prey" at this time. This detail made Zuo Ying feel a little grateful.

"There was a fire in here just now." A man's voice was lowered outside.

The voice that responded to him was a little louder: "I said it all, you were wrong." How can there be people in this wilderness? ”

As the voices of the two came, the light of the torches became brighter and brighter, and soon half of the cave was illuminated. Zuo Ying didn't dare to go out and peep again. I could only cling to the stone wall and listen to the movement outside.

After a moment of silence, the voice of the man who spoke from behind came again, "I told you, nothing." Let's take a look a little further ahead. ”

The light of the fire shook twice, as if it was about to leave Zuo Ying's hiding place. But I heard the cautious man whisper, "Wait, what's that?" ”

Ashina Wuji and Zuo Ying's nerves couldn't help but tighten.

They saw the light of the fire draw closer and closer to them, and the long shadows of the two men who were approaching fell to the ground in front of them.

"Bonfire! It's still hot! What a person! ”

"What people?! Come out! ”

Almost at the same time as these two sentences, there were two sounds of "poof, poof" and two sounds of drawing knives.

Ashina couldn't hide it for no time, so he immediately drew his knife and dodged out. When he saw that the two were dressed as Six Dust Cultists, he immediately swung his knife and slashed at the two of them.

When the two of them saw the fiery red big knife in Ashina's hands, they seemed to recognize it immediately, and their eyes burst out with astonishment. A Six Dust Sect disciple immediately raised his sword to greet him, but before the sword in his hand could reach the force, he was already killed on the spot. But the other man reacted very quickly, and when Ashina slashed his companion indefinitely, he had already thrown down his torch and quickly fled out of the cave.

When Ashina hurried out of the cave indefinitely, he only saw that the four fields were pitch black, and he couldn't see the figure of the person who had escaped.

Zuo Ying also went out at this time, and with the help of the torch that was still burning on the ground, she saw clearly what happened just now.

Ashina strode back indefinitely, squatted down to observe the two dead people, turned back to Zuo Ying and said: "These two are sentry posts, they are here to patrol the mountains, and it is likely that there are large troops encamped nearby." ”

Zuo Ying frowned slightly, the thieves gathered a large army on the way from Ziyang to Beiqiu City, did they want to have a plot against Beiqiu?

"The man who fled just now seems to recognize the knife in my hand, and if he runs back to report the news, the thieves will immediately know that we are in the vicinity, and will definitely search for it." Ashina looked serious, "We must get out of here immediately!" ”

Zuo Ying nodded, and followed Ashina out of the cave briskly. As soon as they stepped out of the cave door, the two of them saw a chirping sound not far away, like a loud chirping of geese, which attracted special attention in the silent mountains and wilderness around them!

"They're gathering their forces, let's go."

Ashina held a knife in one hand and tightly held Zuo Ying's hand in the other, so that the two would not be separated in the dark. Zuo Ying also held his hand tightly, followed behind him, and hurried forward as far as he could. Fortunately, at this time, she was wearing a short-sleeved dress worn by ordinary poor girls, and Zuo Ying felt that her actions at this time were much more convenient than before.

The thorns pierced their clothes and scratched their flesh, and the moisture in the mountains wet their sideburns and clothes. The dense trees in the mountains and forests shaded the moonlight, and it was dark and dangerous. Although the two of them were fleeing for their lives, they did not dare to go too quickly, for fear of alarming the beast waiting for them or accidentally falling into the trap of the hunter.

Not long after walking, there was a commotion behind them about a hundred meters away. When the two of them looked back, they saw a flickering fire shining through the trees, approaching in their direction.

The pursuers were "fighting with open fire", and the speed of their march was much faster than that of Zuo Ying and them absconding in the dark. And there were so many of them that there seemed to be hundreds of them in the blink of an eye. The hundreds of pursuers extended a search line and moved forward, and even those hiding in the shadows could not return at all.

"The Faint King and his royal husband are around here! Whoever catches it will be rewarded with a thousand gold! Brothers, search carefully! ”

The voice of the leading thieves to boost morale was already vaguely heard by Zuo Ying and them, and they knew that the pursuers were getting closer and closer to them without looking back.

"Hide!" Ashina pulled Zuo Ying indefinitely, and hid in a dense bush of low trees before the pursuers were close enough for them to hide.

Hiding in the bushes, curling up and hiding her body as much as possible, watching the distant firelight approaching from the gap between the grass and trees, Zuo Ying's heart beat faster and faster. Although in just a few days, she had passed by death several times, but this time she was besieged by many thieves in anticipation that there would be no more reinforcements, and she still inevitably felt a sense of emptiness in her heart.

She knew very well that if she could escape this time, it would only depend on luck. She hated these accidents that were not under her control, but she had to hope for them; She hopes for chance, but she can't just believe that chance will appear out of nowhere. She clenched the silver fire in her hand, and the corners of her mouth hooked up a sinister smile that was ready to fight.

"Little girl," Ashina's indefinite whisper suddenly drilled into Zuo Ying's cochlea, "I'll go out to lure them away in a while, you remember to go all the way and hurry up and escape, you know?" ”

Zuo Ying turned her head abruptly and looked at Ashina Wuji in surprise.

Through the faint flickering fire light in the distance, Zuo Ying saw that there was no anger or panic on his face at the moment, but an unprecedented calm and relief.

"How? You're all right, right? Ashina whispered while stretching out his hand and gestured slightly: "Go up to the north, go down to the south, left west, right to the east, you have to go east, keep walking until you reach Beiqiu City, and then tell the guards there who you are, do you know?" ”

She once "captured" him back to Beijing with a little trick; She weighed many forces in that sinister Great Zhou court and was at ease; She can figure out a lot of inexplicable riddles, she knows how to take care of the wounded, she can cook delicious meals, and she "governs a big country if she cooks a small fresh...... But I don't know why, at this time, in his eyes, she has become a "little girl" who worries him even if she leaves him.

Zuo Ying stared at Ashina Wuji, and every finger that clutched his palm did not relax in the slightest. His tone, which seemed like a big brother taking care of his little sister, was originally easy to arouse Zuo Ying's disgust, but this time it was not at all, but it made her feel soft in her heart.

Ashina felt Zuo Ying's hand grasping his hand as if he was working harder. He glanced at the approaching firelight in the distance, then at Zuo Ying, reached out and touched her head, "I'm going." ”

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