Then he checked Geng Bin again, moved him to the stretcher, and tied him with strips of cloth to prevent him from falling off the stretcher when he was bumpy on the road.

When these were ready, Ah Ye ran over with a black war horse. It's just that there are a lot of branches in the woods, which are not suitable for war horses to pass through.

Su Jinyao glanced at the war horse that had just come over after a lot of bends, and vaguely began to worry in her heart. War horses are originally good at stability and speed, and they are not suitable for weight. Now it is a bit difficult to carry two big men and a stretcher.

Gu Xuebin saw Su Jinyao's watch (qíng) and said, "Jinyao, you have also seen the current (qíng) situation." If the horses can't support it, we still have to stop. Therefore, it is the best way for you and Ah Ye to go first. ”

Su Jinyao said: "Well, I understand. When we crossed this hill together, I took Ah Ye first. Until then, the horses had to be led and the stretchers had to be taken care of, and I had to stay. ”

Gu Xuebin knew that it would be a waste of time to say more, so he had to nod to Seventeen, and the two of them first helped Su Jinyao tie the stretcher to the back of the horse, and then got on the horse.

Walking through the woods, sometimes you need to push a stretcher, sometimes you need to go around the bushes, so it is not easy to walk.

As time passed, Gu Xuebin's heart became more and more anxious.

After crossing the hill, seeing that he was about to walk out of the woods, and only needed to walk another mile to reach the main road, Su Jinyao heard a strange "rustling" sound.

The voice came from the grass not far away, like ...... The sound of snakes swimming in the grass. While hearing the "rustling" sound, Su Jinyao immediately remembered the python she had encountered in the palace. At that time, Gu Xuebin said that it was a war python raised by the nobles, and now, Su Jinyao knows that the situation is even worse.

"Jin Yao, take Ah Ye and leave." Gu Xuebin screamed, and at the same time jumped off the horse directly.

Seventeen jumped down as well, and at the same time waved the knife in his hand, and cut off the stretcher tied to the back of the horse, so that the horse would not be dragged down by the stretcher when he ran.

"What are you doing here?" Su Jinyao didn't expect these two guys to do such a decisive thing (qíng) and cut the stretcher, did they plan to stay and let themselves ride away alone?

"We can still hold it up for a while, you and Ah Ye go and call someone." After Gu Xuebin finished speaking, he had already come over and grabbed Su Jinyao's arm and pushed her on horseback.

Gu Xuebin had never treated Su Jinyao like this, he had never grabbed her so vigorously, and even tore her arm out of pain.

"Let go. I'm in the best condition right now, I can't go. And, on what basis do you believe that your army will obey my commands? After Su Jinyao finished speaking, she shook off Gu Xuebin and said, "If you can't support each other and advance and retreat together in the face of danger, why should I come here?" ”

"Because you are my hope, and if you leave, I will find a way to live and escape from here to find you." Gu Xuebin directly roared back loudly, and at the same time twisted Su Jinyao again, trying to throw her on horseback.

But at the same time, Ah Ye let out a majestic howl from his back hair, and then slammed into the grass in front of him.

A war python with thick arms was slapped away by Ah Ye's paw, but another war python also curled its tail and opened its mouth to bite Ah Ye's neck.

Seventeen also jumped over, and with a quick sword, he split the war python that had bitten Ah Ye in two sections.

However, the grass kept shaking, and more war pythons raised their heads from the grass, the larger ones were thicker than Su Jinyao's calves, and the smaller ones were the thickness of her arms. And there are so many of them that they form an encirclement that is not dense, but absolutely difficult to break through.

"Jin Yao, you're not such an indecisive person." Gu Xuebin was so anxious that he stomped his feet, but with a little force on his legs, the wound was torn, and the blood suddenly stained the tightly tied cloth, making him change his face slightly.

Su Jinyao glanced at him coldly and said, "Shut up for me, aren't you going to face it together at this time?" I've never been a procrastinator, and neither should you. ”

After speaking, Su Jinyao called her Divine Gu King out, at this time, in addition to dealing with these war pythons, she also had to beware of the Qingfan people releasing Gu. And how long her Divine Gu King can resist it, it's as long as it takes.

The battle began almost without preparation. And the enemy is not a human, but a series of war pythons that swallow snake letters, bare their fangs, and roll their tails and (shēn) bodies.

The reason why it is called a war python is because the attacks of these pythons are all cooperative, and one always pounces, and the other sneaks in the opposite direction.

Su Jinyao and Gu Xuebin formed a team, standing back to back, blocking the war pythons that attacked from two different directions in front and back.

Seventeen can only form a team with Ah Ye, although one person and one wolf cannot cooperate closely, but they can also complement each other.

The only most helpless is Geng Bin, although he was protected by two squads in the middle, but the sneak attack of the war python was really unguardable, there was a war python lying low (shēn) sneaking over in the grass, and when Su Jinyao found out, the python had already caught Geng Bin.

Fortunately, Geng Bin was tied to a stretcher, and even though the war python kept tightening (shēn), it did not immediately tremble Geng Bin to death. But the stretcher had already begun to shrink, and the python clamped the stretcher to Geng Bin's (shēn).

Su Jinyao saw the opportunity and slashed at the scimitar in her hand. With a single sword, he cut off the python that was wrapped around the stretcher, and at the same time cut off the strip of cloth tied to Geng Bin (shēn).

Geng Bin slipped off the stretcher and shook his head to cheer himself up. His left hand was broken and he lost too much blood, so he couldn't get his balance for a while, and he couldn't get up after a few attempts. The suo (xìng) sat on the ground and pulled out the dagger at his waist to defend himself.

"Brother Geng, here you go." Su Jinyao pulled out a machete of the Qingfan people that she had picked up before, and took the time to insert it into Geng Bin's hand. Even if he can't fight, it's good to at least be able to protect himself.

Geng Bin smiled at Su Jinyao, and said weakly: "Don't worry about me anymore, if you find an opportunity, you can leave quickly, and I will deal with these war pythons." ”

"Then you have to find an opportunity." After Su Jinyao finished speaking, she cut off the head of a python again.

The snake's blood stinked incomparably, splashing Su Jinyao all over (shēn), and her face was stinky. But there were too many snakes in the grass, and the scales of the python were so hard, Su Jinyao's arm gradually began to weaken.

Gu Xuebin and Seventeen are not in good condition either. Gu Xuebin was the worst, because he had a lot of wounds on his back, plus (xiōng) a serious injury to his lungs, and every powerful attack made him panting.

But Gu Xuebin glanced at Su Jinyao, who was covered with snake blood and looked a little embarrassed, but he smiled and said softly: "Stupid." ”

"yes, I'm stupid. Now don't think about who can escape, we have to fight each other to the end. After Su Jinyao finished speaking, she pressed her back tightly against Gu Xuebin's back, even though the two of them were not facing each other, their hearts were still so close.

Inadvertently, Su Jinyao's arm touched the small drum on her waist. The drum makes a "thump", but it sounds extremely subtle. The voice was so small that Su Jinyao didn't pay attention.

However, when a war python was attacking and attacking, it suddenly froze, so that the upper half (shēn) (tǐng) that stood upright looked like a tree trunk, and Gu Xuebin's head was cut off in an instant.

Su Jinyao was stunned, she noticed that the abnormality of the war python seemed to be related to the small drum she had just touched. When another war python stood upright (shēn) in the grass, Su Jinyao hurriedly flicked it on the drum surface with her fingers.

Originally, she was holding a tentative heart (qíng), but she didn't expect that this time the sound of the small drum was louder than just now, causing the three war pythons around her to stop at the same time.

Gu Xuebin raised and fell with a knife in his hand, but the other two war pythons were still motionless, as if they were waiting for Gu Xuebin to cut off their heads.

"Wait, Che." Su Jinyao stopped Gu Xuebin and flicked the drum with her fingers again.

A miracle happened right in front of my eyes, and the louder the drums, the more war pythons stopped, froze in place, and did not move.

"God, this is a human skin drum, made from the skin of the man who raised the war python." Su Jinyao immediately remembered that Zhu Xinsuo had told her some artifacts that were circulating in the rivers and lakes. When Zhu Xinsuo first told Su Jinyao about those things in the rivers and lakes, one of them mentioned a kind of human skin drum that was a foreign holy relic.

No matter how ferocious the domesticated animal, eventually the owner would take a palm-sized piece of skin from his own (shēn) and make it into a small human skin drum.

As soon as the drum is struck, the domesticated animal immediately stops. This is also the last life-saving weapon of the animal trainer, so as not to be attacked by the animals.

Although no one can understand the principle of this, the oldest theory is that the human skin drum made of the owner's skin is wrapped in the essence of the owner's soul.

But whatever the principle, it turns out that this one really works.

When Gu Xuebin and the others heard Su Jinyao say the three words "human skin drum", they all felt a chill. Even though they had seen dead people, they were a little shuddered when they looked at the drum in Su Jinyao's hand at this time.

Su Jinyao held up the small drum and said, "This is not made of dead people's skin, but the owner of these war pythons cut off his own skin. ”

However, Su Jinyao remembered that her small drum was found from the corpse of a Qingfan person, so she shrugged her shoulders and said, "He is dead now, but fortunately, the effect of this drum is still there." ”

"Then let's go now." Gu Xuebin glanced at the war python that stopped motionless in place, and asked Su Jinyao, "How long is the aging of that drum?" How much time do we have to leave? ”

Su Jinyao was reminded by Gu Xuebin, and then remembered the key question, and hurriedly said: "Yes, my master said that if the master dies, the effect of this drum will be weakened." That Qingfan has been dead for a long time, and we need to hurry up. ”

After speaking, Su Jinyao went over to help Geng Bin, who could only sit on the ground and was getting worse and worse, and said, "Brother Geng and Seventeen are riding horses, and Che and I are walking with Ah Ye." ”

In a vicious battle just now, Su Jinyao and Gu Xuebin cooperated tacitly and were almost uninjured. Gu Xuebin was just a wound on his (shēn) serious injury, and Su Jinyao was about to re-bandage him.

And Seventeen's injury was not as serious as Gu Xuebin's, but he and Ah Ye didn't cooperate very well. And those war pythons seem to have the main purpose of attacking humans, so Ah Ye is fine, but Seventeen's injuries are even more serious.

Now, only Seventeen and Geng Bin can be allowed to ride horses, and Su Jinyao has decided to advance and retreat with Gu Xuebin.

There was no arguable reason, Seventeen wanted to say that he was willing to die for his master, but before he opened his mouth to speak, he was glared back by Su Jinyao.

Su Jinyao quickly bandaged Gu Xuebin and said, "I care about your life and death, but I'm not a virgin, I just think that you are not to the point where you have to die." If we walk a little further, we may encounter danger, and we will need your help. ”

After listening to Su Jinyao's words, Geng Bin and Seventeen glanced at each other, looked at each other and smiled.

To be honest, compared to what Su Jinyao said (qíng) profound words, this more practical statement was more acceptable to them.

The two of them are Ying Wei and Mi Sui, and they are all assigned the task of protecting this girl named "Su Jinyao".

Although I don't know what is different about her that makes the two princes so attentive, after a few days of getting along, Su Jinyao's calmness, wisdom, and way of dealing with things (qíng) can be completely acceptable to them. So listening to her arrangement now makes the two of them feel more at ease.

After hurriedly bandaging again, Su Jinyao shook her head and said, "I don't have much medicine for my wounds, if you continue to toss like this, you can only watch you bleed to death." So, when you can conserve your stamina, try to conserve your stamina as much as possible. ”

Glancing at the stretcher that had been cut down just now, Su Jinyao shook her head and said, "Also, in the future, try to do as little as possible this kind of self-cutting back road (qíng)." It's not the last moment, so why think so desperately. ”

After speaking, Su Jinyao put Gu Xuebin's arm on her shoulder and said, "Let's go, just get out of the woods in front." ”

Although the situation of the war python (qíng) was temporarily resolved, Su Jinyao was not sure how long the human skin drum would be effective. In addition, she didn't know if there was an ambush ahead.

The Qingfan people are able to raise Gu, raise war pythons and hyenas, which shows that they are indeed difficult to deal with.

When he saw the road ahead, there was a sound of horses' hooves, and there were more than a dozen horses.

Su Jinyao and Gu Xuebin looked up at the same time, and by the light of the morning glow that had already appeared, a group of people appeared in front of the road.

However, what chilled everyone's hearts was that it was not the person sent by the army led by Gu Xuebin. Judging from the height of the people on the horse (shēn), it was a group of Qingfan people.

"Jinyao, needless to say, you must leave this time." Gu Xuebin pressed Su Jinyao's shoulder, and suddenly pointed at the numbness (xué) on her waist.

Su Jinyao only felt that half of the shēn was numb, and the person had fallen softly into Gu Xuebin's arms.

Su Jinyao shouted angrily: "Gu Xuebin, don't you understand what I said?" At this time, I want to be with you. ”

"No, I never promised you to go on an adventure with me." After Gu Xuebin finished speaking, he laboriously picked up Su Jinyao's (shēn) son and handed her to the seventeenth on the horse.

Seventeen and Geng Bin put Su Jinyao away and jumped down as well. Although all three of them were seriously injured, they all staggered in front of Su Jinyao's horse.

"Sick, aren't you? This is the time to be a hero. Su Jinyao roared: "I was almost not injured, and my combat strength alone is worth the three of you." What can you three do wakily? Hurry up and let go of me. ”

"Jinyao, goodbye." After Gu Xuebin finished speaking, he slapped him his horse. The black war horse neighed, raised its hooves and ran out.

Gu Xuebin patted Ah Ye on the back again, and said, "Ah Ye, it's up to you to protect Jin Yao back." ”

"Idiots, you guys." Su Jinyao's shouting was already far away. I have to say that Gu Xuebin's war horse is really fast.

Ah Ye also raised his head and howled, and the long, desolate howl came far away.

"Master, you should go with Miss Liu. That horse will definitely be able to carry you. Seventeen's face was full of regret, but it was full of emotion.

Gu Xuebin shook his head and said, "I just want to hold on for a while so that Jinyao can run farther and safer."

It's just that I didn't expect that before Gu Xuebin's words fell, those Qingfan people urged the horses to rush over.

"Fight." Geng Bin shouted, he had already started his posture and wanted to fight to the death.

However, to their surprise, although the dozen or so Qingfan people were rushing towards them, they were just passing by.

No Qingfan person paid attention to Gu Xuebin or Seventeen and Geng Bin, but pulled the horse's head, bypassed the three of them, and chased directly in the direction of Su Jinyao's horse running away!! Seeing that group of Qingfan people chasing towards Su Jinyao's horse, Seventeen and Geng Bin were stunned for a moment. This situation is completely beyond their imagination.

However, Gu Xuebin reacted the fastest, and immediately turned (shēn) and galloped away, trying to catch up with the fast horses of those Qingfan people.

However, he had an injury in his leg, and after chasing him for a while, he was completely unable to exert his strength. Coupled with the fact that the wound was ruptured and bloodthirsty again, it was no longer a condition (qíng) that he could control.

With a "plop", Gu Xuebin fell to the ground and knelt on one knee. There was a deep hatred and unwillingness in his eyes.

How could he have thought that those Qingfan people didn't care about them, but chased after Su Jinyao. I knew it was like this......

"Whew......" A wolf's howl was heard again in the distance, and the sound resounded through the sky.

The surrounding wolves waited for the opportunity to move again, and there were echoing wolf howls in the mountains and forests and meadows.

"Jinyao, wait for me." Gu Xuebin gritted his teeth and chased after him again.

But after turning a corner, a surprising scene appeared to him, the Qingfan people had already intercepted Su Jinyao and his war horse.

But the strange thing is that no one made a move on Su Jinyao who was lying on horseback, but a Qingfan man jumped off a horse, rode the same horse with another person, and turned around and came back.

Seeing such a large group of Qingfan people running over from the side of (shēn) again, treating him as nothing, Gu Xuebin had no idea what was going on.