Chapter 039: An Unexpected Discovery
"Who?!" Bi Xiao's eyes were quick, and when he noticed the danger, he immediately pushed away his worries, pulled out his sword and went straight to the firewood room and chased after him.
Xu was because he had his back to the firewood room, and he didn't notice that there was anyone behind him, and he couldn't even judge where the secret arrow came from, and he didn't hesitate to run behind and followed closely, and he didn't notice when the Huang Chengjian had been unsheathed.
Bi Xiao performed light skills and was as light as a swallow, walking like a fly on the crooked rural dirt road, and began to be powerless after a while, about half a cup of tea, and finally lost the person.
The breathless Yan Liwu clenched the short sword, and his vigilant eyes kept patrolling the surroundings, but he couldn't find Bi Xiao's figure anywhere, only dark everywhere, dead silence everywhere, as if she was the only one left in the whole world. After standing in place and resting for a while, his breath gradually calmed down, and he sorted out what had just happened in his mind, and he felt more and more that something was wrong.
It'd been a while since they'd been in the village, and if the Darkbolt had tried to kill her, why hadn't they done it sooner? She and Bi Xiao walked together, and those who knew kung fu could easily see whose kung fu was good or bad, and the assassin's first arrow just now did not attack the more threatening Bi Xiao, but directly 'shot' at her, obviously the sneak attacker was too hasty and did not think about the priority, or maybe he didn't think about it at all.
So, what's the point of the sudden dark arrow?
Thinking about it, the words suddenly cleared up, and he pulled out his 'legs' and ran back.
If the Assassin's target was not her and Bi Xiao, there was only one possibility left - the real purpose of the man was to lure them away and prevent them from entering the firewood house, a typical ploy to divert the tiger from the mountain.
What secrets are hidden in that vicious dog in the firewood room? Who is the one who casts the arrow? Does all this have anything to do with the spread of the plague? Are there any bigger and more 'shady' schemes behind it that have not yet been revealed? New questions filled Yan Li's mind, urging her to run back to the firewood room as fast as she could.
She believes that even if she can't find the answers to many of her questions in the firewood room, at least she can find clues, and if Shun Teng 'touches' the melon, she may get more useful information.
At this time, the bright moon has been hanging high in the sky, the clear moon 'color' shrouded the earth, even if there is no lantern lighting, you can see the surrounding scenery clearly, Yan Liwu is still hundreds of steps away from the firewood room when he can clearly see that there is a black shadow sneakily standing in front of the firewood room' door, as if he is opening the big iron lock.
Sure enough, they didn't want them to find the vicious dog? In other words, there really is a secret hidden in that vicious dog.
Bi Xiao was not around, and Yan Liwu was not sure if she was the opponent of the person in front of the 'door', but she had no choice, if the vicious dog died, the clues that she had worked so hard to grasp would be completely interrupted. Taking a deep breath and lifting the short sword, Yan Liwu quietly approached the firewood room, and when he was less than three feet away from the man, Yan Liwu raised the short sword high, and smashed the hilt towards the person in front of the 'door'.
The sound of clothes rubbing against each other was infinitely amplified in the silent night, and the sweaty man who was busy unlocking the 'door' was alert to something strange behind him, and subconsciously jumped to the side to avoid it without waiting for the short sword to be swung. Yan Li pounced in the air, and the short sword was fluently pulled into a sword 'flower' in his hand, and he stabbed at the man again for a moment.
The person who was originally an assassin was attacked by Yan Liwu, and he couldn't help but panic in surprise, and he barely dodged a few moves in a row, and when he found out that Yan Liwu's attack was fierce but not lethal, he couldn't help but feel evil to the side of the bold, scolded in a low voice, turned over and picked up the crossbow placed by the 'door' and aimed at Yan Liwu.
Yan Liwu was anxious to stop the man from opening the 'door' of the firewood room just now, but he didn't notice that the other party still had such a fierce weapon as the crossbow, his heart sank, and he suddenly stopped and stepped back, using his afterglow to search for any hiding place nearby as he retreated.
A large cloud covering the moon's 'color' leisurely dispersed, and the slightly darkened village was once again bathed in the bright moonlight, and the man took a look at Yan Liwu, and was slightly stunned when he saw Yan Liwu's face through the moonlight, and then suddenly lost his voice: "You, you...... Rajah?! β
Yan Li paused for a moment, and a sense of foreboding was full of foreboding: "You also know King Qinglian?" Could it be her men? β
The man's face turned pale in an instant, he took a few steps back, and his strange reaction answered Yan Liwu's question more directly, which made Yan Liwu couldn't help but feel a ...... Depressed feelings.
Are there any bad things in this world that have nothing to do with the Qinglian King?
"YouβAre you a human or a ghost?!" A moment ago, he was still worried about Yan Li, but after a blink of an eye, he became the man in a panic, and his eyes glared at Yan Liwu, full of disbelief, "Aren't you dead?" How could it be here?! β
Fear is very easy to make people lose their minds, and when the man saw Yan Liwu, he only thought about being afraid, and he ignored that what Yan Liwu asked him had already shown that she was not the Qinglian King; On the contrary, Yan Liwu became more and more calm after the initial caution, calmly observing the words and 'colors', and soon found different speculations from that person - this person was indeed related to the Qinglian King, whether it was his subordinates was difficult to determine, but he definitely participated in the bloodbath of the Qinglian Palace.
In most people's cognition, the Qinglian King was arrested and punished by the new emperor Wen Jingyuan after the death of the first emperor, so naturally there is no mystery of life or death; However, for those who know the inside story, it is a different situation, only those who know that the Qinglian King and his stand-in have been poisoned will not believe the new emperor's punishment of the Qinglian King, and ask the words "Are you a human or a ghost?"
In other words, it is highly likely that the person in front of him participated in the massacre that night and saw the Qinglian King stabbed to death.
The situation has become a little tricky, and it is not clear what to do with this person, and I am afraid that calmly telling the man to let him go with her will only lead to despair and wailing.
When he was worried, Bi Xiao shouted from behind: "Miss Yan! β
Yan Liwu subconsciously turned around, waved his hand at Bi Xiao, and suddenly remembered that there was a dangerous element behind him, and he was too late to take precautions, only to hear a burst of wind howling, and then a pain in his back, the man ran into her and fled.
"Catch him! He may have something to do with the epidemic! β
Hearing the cry of worry, Bi Xiao did not hesitate to kick up a piece of gravel on the ground, which seemed to be full of strength and went straight to the back of the fleeing man, and after a scream, the man fell to the ground.
"I only realized that I had been caught up in the plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, and I couldn't find it when I turned back to look for you, but fortunately I went back to the firewood house to take a look, otherwise I don't know what the result would be." Bi Xiao jumped in front of the man in a few steps, and looked up to Yan Li with palpitations and sighed.
"I didn't come back because I couldn't catch up with you, and I just saw him sneakily opening the 'door' lock, it seems that the vicious dog in the firewood room is quite important." Yan Li glanced at the man who was foaming blood from the corner of his mouth and groaned in pain, looked around, and took a bundle of old straw rope from outside the firewood room and tied the man's hands behind his back. After making sure that the tie was strong, Yan Li got up and clapped his hands, and sighed: "There should be accomplices, but the two of us are in the open, they are in the dark, and it is easy to suffer if we consume him, so it is better to tie him up and interrogate him in the camp first, maybe we can get some useful clues." β
Bi Xiao nodded, and turned to the firewood room with a touch of timidity: "That...... And what about vicious dogs? I'm afraid that there will be people who will be worried about staying here, but we can't lead it away......"
I almost forgot that there was the dog. Yan Li hesitated for a moment, and was also a little difficult: "It's not to stay, it's not to go, you can't go separately, right?" That's more dangerous. β
The two of them were struggling, and suddenly there was a firelight and a chaotic voice from afar, as if they were calling Bi Xiao's name. Bi Xiao took a deep breath, and a smile appeared on her fair and beautiful face: "Okay, don't worry about it anymore, probably Haochuan sent someone over." β
Bi Xiao's guess was half wrong and half right, the people who came were indeed looking for them, but it was not Ye Haochuan who sent people, but he personally brought people here.
Seeing Bi Xiao and Yan Li, who were safe and sound, Ye Haochuan's face collapsed in an instant, and he looked like a little man: "I obviously said that I would come back before dark, but I waited left and right in the camp tent and didn't see you, and I knew that something was wrong." Just now I thought that if I can't find you in the village, I'll have to let the army dig three feet into the ground, and it's a big deal to level the village. β
"Fang Cai really made the general anxious, urging us to go quickly, quickly." Ye Haochuan's side, the close lieutenant general re-tied the injured man, and said with a teasing smile at Bi Xiao, "If you really can't find Bi Xiao girl, you don't have to wait for the army to level the village, the land in the camp will be trampled by the general first, and I can't count how many laps he walked back and forth." β
Bi Xiao chuckled, as gentle as a quiet moon: "It's not that you don't know my kung fu, ordinary people can't hurt me." β
"It doesn't matter if you're alone, it's hard to say with her." Ye Haochuan muttered, and his eyes were a little distrustful when he looked at Yan Li's worries, "She jumps up and down with Ling Xi every day, and she competes in kung fu and learns, and she knows that she is also a crazy girl at a glance, is there really anything that can not drag you down?" β
Minx? Yan Li glanced at Ye Haochuan and snorted twice to express his great dissatisfaction.
She didn't learn from Ye Lingxi out of her own volition, and she wasn't 'forced' by Ye Haochuan's baby sister? You know, in terms of her 'sexual' personality, she can sit by the campfire in a daze, and never get up to do anything with people.
Bi Xiao had a lot of objections to Ye Haochuan's words, and refuted Ye Haochuan with a smile: "I can't say who is dragging whom." If Miss Yan hadn't been calm and calm just now, and found out early that the man was trying to divert the tiger away from the mountain and lure us away, how could we have found out that the vicious dog inside was very important? In contrast, I was the one who was timid and impulsive, and almost got into trouble with others. β
Ye Haochuan is an upright and frank person, and he heard Bi Xiao justify his worries, and he was busy apologizing to his worries solemnly, but he was at a loss for his worries.
While speaking, the captured man had been re-tied, and he was waiting to tie up the vicious dog in the firewood room and leave, Bi Xiao looked at the man thoughtfully, and turned back in confusion: "Miss Yan, I saw you fighting against him from a distance just now, and there is a sword 'flower' in a gorgeous and smooth manner, and the style is not like what Boss Xiao taught, did you learn it from elsewhere before?" β
Yan was stunned for a moment, and then realized that he had unconsciously shown an unexpected skill.
Strange feelings permeated from the bottom of her heart, and she clearly remembered that Xiao Fengyue said that her kung fu foundation was excellent, either a genius or had learned it before, and many times in crisis, she also found that her body seemed to have an instinctive reaction, as if she was familiar with how to attack and defend, and many moves had long been engraved in her bones.
Yan Liwu didn't think that she was a martial arts wizard, so she quickly thought of another possibility.
The previous owner of this body, the Qinglian King or who, would he already have extraordinary martial arts attainments?