In a cave five or six miles away from Xiao Qi and the others, Xiao Man and Jade shrank and hid inside, Lu Li instructed the leader to pay attention to, then turned around and walked back to the cave to see the condition of Xiao Man and the others.

"How's it going, are you alright?" Lu Li frowned and looked at the two of them, worried.

Jade bit her lip and shook her head, "I'm fine." ”

Xiao Man also frowned and shook his head, and said softly, "It's okay." ”

The two of them said that they were fine, but in fact, their ankles were already hurting, but in order to reassure Lu Li, they had to let go of this panic and pretend to be fine.

Looking at the two frowning and biting their lips, Lu Li also knew in his heart that about four or five hours had passed since the two of them sprained their ankles, and during this period, not only did they not receive any help, but they had to brave the cold and walk a long way, how could they be fine.

But this was also a helpless move, if he hadn't suddenly heard an unusual movement, he wouldn't have taken them out of place and hid in this cave.

"Don't worry, I have left marks for Xiao Qi and them, as long as they can go down the mountain smoothly and bring people up the mountain to find us, they will definitely be able to find those marks." Lu Li comforted.

But Xiaoman didn't care about this, she frowned and asked worriedly, "Lu Li, what did you hear just now?" Why do you have to let us get out of there? ”

They were originally waiting in place, and the firewood next to the fire was not completely burned, but Lu Li didn't know what movement he heard, and his face immediately became much uglier, and he chased after him to leave the place.

In order not to drag the two down, Xiaoman and Jade could only support their bodies, holding on to trees, stones, etc., and limped to the two of them to this cave.

Hearing Xiao Man's doubts, Lu Li's face became solemn again, he looked at the entrance of the cave vigilantly, and after making sure that there was no abnormality, he looked at Xiao Man's eyes and said in a low voice: "I heard the movement of the bandits just now. ”

"What?!" Xiao Man and Jade exclaimed with wide eyes.

"Shh Lu Li frowned and reminded, "Be quiet, don't let people hear the movement!" ”

Xiao Man hurriedly covered his mouth and waited quietly for a long time, making sure that there was no abnormal movement around him, before slowly removing his slap and asking in a low voice, "That... How did those bandits get here? How do you know there are bandits? ”

Speaking of which, although Lu Li has been investigating the mastermind behind the bandits, after all, he is either in the county lord's mansion or in the suburbs during this time, no matter how much he knows, it is impossible to determine whether the other party is a bandit just by his voice!

Hearing this, Lu Li said in a low voice: "The hearing of people who practice martial arts is better than that of ordinary people, not only me just now, but even the leader who followed us also heard it, but because he doesn't know much about bandits, even if he hears their conversation, he doesn't know that they are bandits." ”

"Those bandits live on Liquan Mountain all year round, and as far as I know, Liquan Mountain is very close to this mountain, so it is not unusual to encounter bandits here."

It turned out to be the thief who seized Huali and Wang Youhe before and kidnapped Wangshu in Liquan Mountain!

Xu was afraid that Xiao Man was too scared, and Lu Li said: "Don't worry, this mountain is full of fog, even if those bandits hear the movement, they won't catch up." ”

But Xiaoman was still angry and scared, and unconsciously began to tremble, she leaned on the jade, frowned, and was worried in her heart: "Then what should we do?" Do you want to stay here all the time? ”

Hiding in this cave, those bandits can't find them, but what about Xiao Qi? Isn't there still no way to find them?

Lu Li shook his head, sighed and was about to speak, when he suddenly saw the leader of the dark guard running towards this side, with a nervous look, the other party lowered his voice and reminded: "Come in!" Go in and hide! Someone's coming! ”

Hearing this, Lu Li hurriedly picked up Xiao Man, and took advantage of the situation to help the jadeite, and then the leader of the dark guard who caught up supported the jade, and the four of them tried their best to lighten their steps, holding their breath and walking towards the deeper part of the cave.

Fortunately, they had just come in, and they hadn't had time to light a fire yet, otherwise they would have been discovered.

The four of them ran for a long distance, and after making sure that there was no movement behind them, Lu Li stopped, carefully put Xiao Man on the stone on the side and sat down, he wiped his sweat, and looked sideways at the leader of the dark guard, "Who came just now, why are you afraid of being like that?" ”

The leader slowly adjusted his breathing, frowned and said solemnly: "Master, it is the bandit you mentioned before, I just saw seven or eight, each of them with a knife and a bow and arrow, and they are walking in the direction of this cave. ”

After speaking, the leader took a breath and expressed his judgment: "According to my analysis and the tone of their voice, they have only come to hunt in the mountains, and they should not have discovered us yet. ”

"That's good." Lu Li secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Otherwise, if the two wounded on our side really make a move, we will not be their opponents at all." ”

"Master, haven't you been investigating these bandits?" The leader said: "Why don't I take this opportunity to go over and eavesdrop, even if I can't overhear something, at least I can know when they will leave, and we can go out in time to find Xiao Qi and them." ”

The leader was right, this was a great opportunity.

Lu Li nodded, "Then you go and come back quickly, be careful, you can't be discovered by them." ”

The leader smiled confidently: "Don't worry, master, those bandits are far worse than me." ”

"Don't be careless!" Lu Li's face was serious: "You know, last time the two thieves sent a letter next to our people, none of the people present saw the clue, and there was a thief who was so bold that he entered and exited the county lord's mansion, and the secret guards in the mansion were not aware of it, you must be careful this time." ”

"Don't worry, master, I'll pay attention!"

With that, the leader tiptoed lightly and quickly walked in the direction of the cave entrance.

Although the secret guards in the middle of the house and the suburbs were exploited by the thieves last time, so that the bandits were so bold that no one found any clues, but after all, the leader of the secret guards is the strongest martial artist among these secret guards, as long as he can pay attention and be careful, those bandits are not his opponents.

Therefore, until the leader approached, even the sound of the bandits' speech and breathing could be heard, and the other group did not notice anything unusual.

With a sight that was not inferior to that in the dark, the leader quickly looked around, found a large rock that was most suitable for eavesdropping, and with a slight effort, he scurried behind the large stone and pricked up his ears, ready to hear what these people were saying.

"I don't know when the fog will clear! It's so unlucky, I wouldn't have gone out hunting today if I had known! ”

"The boss has made such a large sum of silver, enough for the brothers to squander for several lifetimes! However, the boss still let us go out hunting, and I didn't know what to do. ”

As soon as he heard the words "such a large sum of silver", the chieftain, who was hiding behind the stones, became interested, and could not help but get up again and lean over there, so that he could hear more clearly.

"With so much money all of a sudden, the boss probably hasn't figured out how to spend it, right? Hahaha! ”

"But it's true, the king and the county lord, as well as the town prince of Donglan, are not said to have the means, this time they didn't do anything, and they just gave the money obediently, it's really incomprehensible."

"After all, it's my own child, if there is anything wrong, it will be a matter of regret for a lifetime! Compared to children, that money is nothing! ”

"You can see it thoroughly, but you know what? The boss has to tie up the child from the county lord's mansion once in a while, and it is said that after tying up the child this time, he will have to be detained for a long time! ”

Hearing this, the leader who was hiding behind the big rock chuckled in his heart, did not dare to wander at all, and focused all his attention on the conversation of several people.

"Why do you want to tie it up? The 600,000 taels of silver last time haven't been spent yet, and the boss can't wait to kidnap people so much, isn't he afraid that the county lord and the town prince will really get angry and turn Liquan Mountain upside down in one fell swoop? ”

Xu is others also felt that this news was too exaggerated, and couldn't help but refute: "That's it, the county lord has a good relationship with the king, if the boss repeatedly goes against the county lord's family, wouldn't it be looking for death?" ”

The person who first said this saw that he was besieged by so many people, and he began to argue for himself in anger: "This is what I heard with my own ears!" And the boss kidnapped that kidnap didn't do it for money! If you don't believe me, come and make a bet with me, and if I lose, I'll give you the hundred taels of silver that the boss gave me!" ”

"You're really funny, the boss kidnapped that kidnapping not for money, but for what? Be an official? Hahahaha! ”

As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding bandits all echoed "hahaha" and laughed at the person who said this.

The man was so angry that he said again, "Are you stupid? Who has the best relationship with the boss in this group? Who spends the longest time with the boss? Not yet! I said it all, this is an agreement between the boss and another person, and it's not about money at all! ”

"With whom?"

At the critical moment when the matter came to a critical moment, the curiosity of the eavesdropping leader was also pulled to the highest point, but at this time, Xiao Qi's voice suddenly came from outside the cave, as if he was calling Lu Li and his own name.

The leader secretly gritted his teeth and thought: Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi, if you don't come sooner or later, you just come at this time, isn't this a deliberate attempt to let yourself save this question?

But at this time, where did Xiao Qi outside the cave know this, he followed the mark left by Lu Li, all the way to the cave, and saw that the mark was broken, so he raised his voice more and more, trying to get Lu Li's response.

But who knows, Xiao Qi's calls one after another actually attracted a group of thieves with dark skin and fleshy faces!

"Who are you?" Xiao Qi took a step back vigilantly and asked with a frown.