The torches lit up the mountains, the mournful cries stopped, and several villagers untied their clothes and wrapped them around their loved ones and carried them on their backs, while the rest of the dead were carried up and covered with the clothes of the soldiers for their relatives to claim.

The women who were rescued from the catastrophe were also much more stable and were able to follow down the mountain on foot.

"Let them go down the mountain first, and then let Zhang Xiaoqian notify and inquire about their relatives." Yuan Ji said to Li Minglou.

Li Minglou nodded, and the blind madwoman who had been holding her arm next to her also nodded, Li Minglou smiled at her, this blind madwoman couldn't see her face, and she wouldn't be afraid.

"How do you arrange it from the government?" Yuan Ji asked in a low voice, still remembering that Li Minglou said that these bandits were the affairs of officers and soldiers, although Li Minglou did not explain again.

If it is an officer or soldier, this matter will be a big deal, no matter how you say it, how to investigate it will involve a wide range of things, and Li Minglou is bound to reveal his identity.

Li Minglou shook his head: "Don't tell the government for the time being, let's take a look and think about it." ”

The woman shook her head.

Li Minglou looked at her with a smile: "You also think you don't want to, don't you?" ”

The blind woman smiled.

Li Minglou reached out and tucked the woman's messy hair behind her ear.

Kumquat sighed later, who would have thought that the fairy-like arrogant lady would do such a thing, this woman was contaminated with filth and sour smell here, but the young lady did not feel the slightest discomfort, let the woman take her arm, and touch the woman's face and hair with her hands.

Or the gods are like this, all beings are equal in their eyes.

"You're doing a good job." The woman also stretched out her hand, as if to touch her face.

Li Minglou avoided it gently, not because she disliked the woman's touch, but because she was not anyone's substitute, she called Lan Niang.

Zhang Xiaoqian didn't always guard his wife, he continued to do things with everyone, Lan Niang didn't go back to the group of women, stood timidly not far behind Li Minglou, quietly looked at it, his expression was frightened and confused, he was afraid of this woman's dress, and he was puzzled that this woman would come to such a place.

Hearing the call, she looked up, took two steps forward, and lowered her head.

"You've seen the finch, you help find her corpse." Li Minglou turned his head and whispered to her, and looked at Yuan Ji again, "Let's bury it first." Look at the woman next to her, "When you find her family, you will return to your hometown." ”

Yuanji understood what she meant, and glanced at the woman, who had an accent that was not from Huainan, and probably not a local, and would not find her family for a while.

Yuan Ji and Lan Niang went.

Kumquat swept a mountain rock: "Miss, you sit." ”

Li Minglou pulled the woman to sit down: "What's your name?" Where are you from? ”

The woman smiled: "What did the finch say?" ”

At this time, her mood had returned to normal, she was not surprised, unhappy, or anxious, just what she said.....

Li Minglou asked again, but the woman still couldn't answer, as if she couldn't understand her question, but she didn't make a noise and looked at Li Minglou seriously with a smile, but it seemed that Li Minglou couldn't tell and was messing around.

Li Minglou smiled, gave up, looked at the woman for a moment, and reached out to untie a piece of cloth from his head to wrap the woman's eyes.

Li Minglou said: "It's so good-looking." ”

The woman let her do her and smiled gently.

Kumquat leaned over to take a look, revealing a little surprise: "This lady is really good-looking." ”

Covering her eyes, there are no eye scars that make people dare not look directly, her messy hair is slightly combed behind her ears, and the woman sits upright and smiles gently in the blue light of the night, and the whole face is contoured and moving, you can imagine the beauty when she was young and sound.

Who would bear to ruin such a beautiful face?

Although this woman is dressed in ordinary clothes, crazy and blind, she is very polite in her gestures, but it is a pity that she is crazy and can't understand words and can't answer useful information, Li Minglou thought about how to ask slightly, and guessed whether this woman was traveling alone with her daughter-in-law, or was she escorted, and whether the escort ran away or was killed by a bandit?

Yuan Ji walked over quickly, interrupting Li Minglou's thoughts: "Someone is snooping here, like someone from the government." ”

When Yuan Ji came to suppress the bandits, the first step was to eliminate the bandits' sentry posts first, and the sentry posts under the mountain were replaced by his own people.

"The man used the code to contact the sentinel and asked if anything was wrong." Yuan Ji said in a low voice, "We replied that someone came to make trouble, and then followed the direction of that person is the county seat." ”

Sure enough, there is collusion with the government, Li Minglou is silent, Huainan is vast and has an important geographical location, An Dezhong and his son have always coveted this side, and it seems that they have already planted their eyeliner here.

"Since someone has come to investigate, it can be seen that the movement here has alarmed them." Yuan Ji said, "The government should be coming." ”

Miss, what should we do when the government comes? Cousin or asked?

I can't show my merits, I can't ask, and I can't reveal my identity, Li Minglou groaned.

Ankang Mountain's father and son have become powerful, and the rebellion has been planned for a long time, and now their father and son are only staring at the capital, if Jiannan Dao intervenes here at this time, Ankang Mountain father and son are bound to notice them and even clear the trouble.

The father is no longer there, Mingyu is still young, and Jingjie has just received it, if the father and son of Ankang Mountain do it, not to mention anything else, it will be easy for Jingjie to take it away.

Li Minglou looked back at the mountain, and the blue light shrouded the mountain forest, and the soldiers shuttled through it to pile up the corpses of the bandits.

"Take some of the weapons away, and set fire to the cave." Li Minglou said, retracting his gaze to look at Yuan Ji, "Create the illusion that we haven't discovered the secret of their identities." ”

Yuan Ji understood what she meant: "Then our identity is the person who passed by to seek medical advice, and when the road was uneven, he saw that the villager Zhang Xiaoqian and others were righteous and brave." ”

Li Minglou nodded, it is not surprising that the rich man's house has a brave guard.

Yuan Ji immediately arranged for some of the soldiers to set fire, and some of the soldiers to find a place to hide the weapons and armor left behind on the mountain, and Fang Er took Zhang Xiaoqian and other villagers to escort Li Minglou's rescued women down the mountain.

When they reached the halfway point of the mountain, the bandits' cottage burned everywhere, and the fire was the most fierce on the side where the weapons were hidden.

Li Minglou looked back, and the firelight illuminated the sky.

"It's a good burn." The woman looked back and nodded her head.

Li Minglou smiled and took her hand: "Let's go." ”

The woman obediently followed, and Kumquat followed on the other side with a black umbrella, and the night had dispersed, and the morning light could not fall on the young lady.

The foot of the mountain was faintly in sight, the sky was gradually brightening, the thief cave behind them was burned by fire, and the rescued women and villagers finally woke up from a nightmare, and their expressions and steps became relaxed.

Fang Er stopped: "A large number of men and horses are coming. ”

Li Minglou looked ahead, and there was a wisp of green smoke curling in the blue light that was gradually fading.

This is a warning from the sentinel ahead.

It's coming so fast!

The horse's hooves rolled and the ground shook, and soon there was a long line of people and horses on the mountain road, all dressed in armor and weapons, and the flags of the government were displayed behind them.

Seeing the flag of the government, the villagers and the rescued women cheered.

"Your Excellency sent someone anyway." Zhang Xiaoqian was even more excited, and took the lead in running to greet him and waved his hand, "Did Lord Wang send you here?" ”

The villagers and women were also going to run, but Li Minglou stretched out his hand to stop: "Wait." ”

Wait a minute? What are you waiting for?

The villagers and women were puzzled, and Fang Er and the guards surrounded Li Minglou to protect her.

The group did not come, but stopped at the foot of the hill and formed a formation in a surrounding formation.

"The thief suffers death." The leader shouted sharply.

Zhang Xiaoqian stopped.

"We are not bandits, I am Zhang Xiaoqian, the county magistrate, and I told the adults that there are bandits here to make trouble and ask for soldiers." He stretched out his hand and pointed to Li Minglou and the others behind him, and shouted happily, "We have exterminated the bandits and rescued people." ”

Hearing this shout, the other side did not praise and greet them, but made a loud noise, and the soldiers in the front row aimed their bows and crossbows at this side.

Li Minglou heard the bones of Fang Er in front of him make a sound like fried beans.

It was facing life and death, condensing all the strength and preparing for a fight.