Chapter 58: Lord Captain
Ji Yanning found out a lot of news from the husband and wife of the tea shop, but it was not bad with what the injured man said.
The day before yesterday, Dingbei Hou Xiao Jifeng and his entourage passed by here, ambushed by the Luzhou officers and soldiers who were ambushed, although the soldiers of the Hou Mansion guarded the martial arts strongly, but could not stand the other party's many people, broke through the obstacles and hid in the mountains and forests, yesterday there was a fierce battle, the people of the Hou Mansion were obviously exhausted, so they sent people to the direction of Jiangzhou to find reinforcements.
Even if Zhu Jing and the dog were bold, Ji Yanning didn't think that he would dare to attack Xiao Jifeng just by him, if there was no order from above, how could he do such a thing?
Knowing that Xiao Jifeng and they had not been found by the officers and soldiers, Ji Yanning's heart still couldn't calm down, and after resting for a quarter of an hour, she began to take the guards to search along the road along the path along the direction that the owner of the small shop said, trying to avoid the officers and soldiers who were searching.
"Miss, there's blood here. A guard reported.
Ji Yanning stepped forward and saw the guard pointing to a small bush on the side of the road, with a few drops of blood on the leaves.
She frowned slightly, looked around carefully, and said, "Cheer up and pay attention, they and the officers and soldiers may be nearby." ”
Ji Jiu said on the side: "It's been a whole day, Dingbei Hou and they have been fighting with the officers and soldiers for so long, and they are injured again, it is impossible not to eat or drink, maybe they hid in a nearby village." ”
Ji Yanning shook his head and said, "The officers and soldiers have long been known as arresting criminals, how can the nearby villagers risk rescuing people they don't know, if they hide in the village, it will be too easy to be discovered." ”
She stood up and continued, "Look near the water source. ”
The guards patrolled in the direction of the blood stains for a while, and suddenly heard the sound of officers and soldiers searching not far ahead.
Ji Jiu glanced back at Ji Yanning, waiting for her instructions.
But before Ji Yanning could speak, he suddenly heard the sound of killing on the side.
Ji Yanning heard the officers and soldiers not far away shouting, as if they had discovered the people of Dingbei Hou.
She rolled over and rode in the direction of the sound.
"Shizi, there are too many people on the other side, we can only fight quickly now, let's make an opening, you can quickly take advantage of the chaos to leave!
The guards of the Marquis of Dingbei surrounded a young man in the middle, desperately waving the sword in his hand, and fighting with the officers and soldiers who rushed forward.
There are only a few of them left, and they can only do their best to save the world.
Xiao Shaobei looked at these people with deep eyes, he had no choice now, his body and face were covered with blood, he clenched the sword in his hand, followed closely behind the guards, and fought his way out.
Gradually, a hole was torn in the encirclement, and he rushed out, slashing the man who stood in his way under the sword.
"Kill him!"
A group of officers and soldiers rushed over again, rushing straight towards Xiao Shaobei, directly separating him from his guards and surrounding him, attacking ruthlessly and quickly, and he couldn't wait to hack him to death here.
Xiao Shaobei was injured, and now he can barely support it, for such a rapid attack, he gritted his teeth and couldn't support it anymore, he was slashed in the back, he turned around and inserted a sword into the man's chest, but the officers and soldiers next to him destroyed it with a knife, scratched his arm, and kicked him to the ground!
Surrounded by the sound of weapons fighting with swords, a burst of sword light flickered in front of him, Xiao Shaobei's eyes widened as he watched the officers and soldiers in front of him stab him in the chest, his eyes full of unwillingness!
"Whoosh-"
A burst of arrows pierced the air and whistled, piercing his neck from the side!
Before the sword in his hand fell, the officer and soldier who originally wanted his life had already fallen to the ground.
Seeing that something had changed, the other officers and men looked in the direction of the arrows, and in an instant they shot three more arrows, only shooting at them, and all of them hit their necks, killing them with one arrow!
Xiao Shaobei turned his head in surprise and saw another team of men and horses coming up on the hillside not far away.
The leader was a girl of about fourteen or fifteen years old, dressed in a simple light-colored martial arts uniform, her hair was tied up high, her eyes were calm and murderous, she quickly drew the arrow behind her back, skillfully set up the arrow, drew the bow, aimed, and shot, without dragging the mud and water.
Every arrow is an arrow through the throat!
It's like a girl who fell from the sky.
Ji Jiu rushed forward with the other guards and fought with the officers and soldiers!
With Ji Yanning's help, the officers and soldiers were gradually dispersed.
The remaining timid officers and soldiers ran straight back to report the news.
Ji Yan Ningce immediately stepped forward and came to Xiao Shaobei's face, looking down at him condescendingly: "Where is the Marquis of Dingbei?"
Xiao Shaobei was stunned for a moment and asked, "Who are you?"
"Shizi, are you alright?"
The guards of the Hou Mansion stepped forward and helped him up.
Xiao Shaobei shook his head with a pale face.
Ji Yanning glanced at the young man in front of him, and there was indeed a shadow of Xiao Feng between his eyebrows.
She turned over and dismounted, and said, "It is not advisable to stay here for a long time, and other officers and soldiers will soon find it." Where is Master Hou?"
She saved the prince, but the guards didn't hide it from her: "Last night, in order to lure those people away, Master Hou only took two guards to the other direction, so there are so few people chasing and killing us." ”
Ji Yanning turned his head to Ji Jiu and said, "You ride a horse and leave with the prince first, and the rest of the people will follow me to find the Hou Ye." ”
Ji Jiu refused: "Miss, there are only about 20 of us, and we are not the opponents of the officers and soldiers of Luzhou at all, it is too dangerous to do so! Let's wait for Lord Cen to bring someone over and look for it!"
Ji Yanning said: "We have fought with the officers and soldiers now, if they don't catch the Marquis of Dingbei, they will naturally return to track down our side, and take advantage of this time to find the Marquis of Dingbei, naturally more certain." ”
"Miss, our only duty is to protect you and the young master, and we will never let you go into danger alone!" Ji Jiu would not agree again this time.
He still remembers the last time he was in the Taoist Temple, if they hadn't arrived in time, he was afraid that the eldest lady's safety would be unpredictable.
Ji Yanning frowned slightly: "Let's leave here first." ”
They helped the wounded people onto their horses and quickly evacuated.
When Zhu Jinghe came over with his men and horses, he only saw the corpses of officers and soldiers all over the ground, but he did not find anyone from the Dingbei Hou Mansion.
He glanced at the corpses, and his anger burned up.
"Waste! I can't even look at a few people! Are they all eating dry food!" he grabbed the clothes of the soldier next to him and roared angrily, "Where are the people!"
The officer and soldier bowed his head and said, "I have searched all around, but I have found no trace of them, and it seems that they have run away." ”
"Idiot!" Zhu Jinghe kicked him to the ground and spat him.
Zhu Jinghe, who is nearly forty years old, is wearing a wide official uniform, and he is thin and stares at round eyes, looking particularly treacherous, and now he is angry, which makes people feel even more infiltrated.
The others looked at Zhu Jinghe angrily, lowered their heads one after another, and didn't dare to speak again.
"Withdraw the people over there, Xiao Jifeng and they are not separated at all. A voice came from behind Zhu Jinghe.
Zhu Jinghe looked back at him: "Lord Li, our people clearly saw that Xiao Jifeng was separated from them. ”
The man walked out from behind him, leaned over and looked at the corpses that had been pierced through the throat with an arrow, his eyes were cold: "A person who can exemplify a single shot, and every shot can pierce the throat with an arrow, looking at the entire Great Wei, I am afraid that only Xiao Jifeng can do it." ”
He was wearing a gray brocade robe, a jade crown on his head, and a purple-gold koi pattern belt around his waist, his posture was straight, and under his thick sword eyebrows were sharp eyes, but there was an indescribable gray in his eyes.
Such a talent, but to be driven out, that person's eyes really can't tolerate a little sand. He sneered, his eyes quickly returning to indifference.
If you want to stand taller, you have to become more cold-blooded.
Li Xiaoyun looked at the corpses and said, "Continue to track down most of the people, and as for the other side, send some people to watch." ”
Zhu Jinghe hurriedly responded, and then ordered according to his order.
The Lord Captain in front of him is a big celebrity in front of the emperor, and he naturally wants to please.
"If they are allowed to escape, it will be Lord Zhu who will die at that time. The corners of Li Xiaoyun's lips hooked up a smile, and there was indeed endless coldness in his eyes.
Zhu Jing's body trembled, and he echoed: "Lord Duwei looks up to villains so much, villains will definitely not let you down, in the Luzhou realm, they can't escape, it's just a dying struggle, don't worry, maybe you can catch them tonight." ”
The soldiers on the side lowered their heads, but they didn't dare to say that they didn't see Xiao Jifeng at that time.
It was so chaotic that they just saw another group of men coming and immediately started a fight with them.
"But how did they get the horses?" Li Xiaoyun groaned as he looked at the horseshoe prints on the ground.
Zhu Jinghe said: "It may be that he robbed the horses of passers-by. Even if it's a first-class military marquis, it's not the same thing to rob the people!"
He scoffed, mocking Xiao Jifeng.
This appearance was even more ridiculous in Li Xiaoyun's eyes, Li Xiaoyun snorted, turned around and led the person to look for it in a farther direction.
He knew that Xiao Jifeng was not an ordinary person, but he didn't expect that he would still be able to catch him now that it was the third day, they were all injured and couldn't run far, so they had to find them as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night.
At this time, Ji Yanning had already taken Xiao Shaobei around and arrived in a remote village where there were only a few families.
They disguised themselves as brothers and sisters who went out, and because they met a criminal who was being tracked down by the government, they were injured, so they wanted to find a place to rest.
Seeing that there was a little girl and a little boy among them, the young man was not lightly injured, and did not look like a bad person, but the villagers did not doubt their words, and let them enter the house and hide first.
After Ji Yanning thanked him, he helped Xiao Shaobei into the village's house, and those officers and soldiers would not find it here for a while.