The sound was very ordinary, just like the cry of a pheasant flying all over the slope in this big mountain, like a pheasant in the bush suddenly disturbed by something, and let out a few cries that were both frightened and alarming. After a while, the night pheasants elsewhere also cried.

This situation quickly aroused the vigilance of the Jizhou soldiers below, and more than a dozen people held torches and knives to find the cliff slope, but after looking for a long time, it was only a few nests of unknown wild birds and pheasants, and the bird calls on the cliff slope were more, and it was very lively for a while. Those people searched for a while, and when they saw that there was really nothing different, they were relieved, and went back with a smile.

The cries of the birds on the cliff slope did not stop immediately, and they were mixed with the chaotic cries of birds, and I don't know which kind of wild birds made their calls, which were both crisp and tactful, and much better than the sounds beside them. The officers and soldiers on the slope had gone to check the place where the cry came from just now, and they didn't find anything suspicious, so they didn't pay much attention when they heard the sound, but Xiao Liu, who was shrinking in the middle of the women in Qingfeng Village, was shocked.

She listened attentively for a moment, and suddenly showed a hint of surprise on her face, and quickly reacted again, for fear that the soldiers guarding not far away would see the flaw, so she hurriedly lowered her head in fright, and only listened to the beautiful and pleasant birdsong.

After half a burnt of incense, the various bird calls on the cliff slope gradually stopped, and the graceful birdsong also stopped, and the mountains and fields in the dark night sank into silence again. Koyanagi had been waiting patiently, and when he saw that the soldiers guarding around him were gradually leaking out of fatigue and began to rest in shifts, he hesitantly stood up from the crowd and walked out timidly.

Immediately, a guard soldier shouted, "What are you doing?" ”

Xiao Liu was ashamed and afraid, lowered his head and pinched the corners of his clothes, approached a tall soldier sitting by the fire, and begged in a low voice: "This uncle, can you accompany the slave family to ...... Going up the slope for a quick bit? ”

Although her voice was low, she was still heard clearly by a few soldiers next to her, and immediately someone laughed with bad intentions, and laughed: "Okay, where does the girl think it is convenient?" ”

Xiao Yanagi's face turned red with shame and indignation, and there were tears of embarrassment in his eyes, only looking at the tall soldier pitifully. She was already beautiful and delicate, and she deliberately acted at this moment, which really caused the soldier's heart to soften, and he pointed to the cliff slope and said, "Go over there, I'll watch you from behind, don't you want to escape." ”

Xiao Liu glanced at him gratefully, quickly blessed him, and said in a low voice, "Thank you for your kindness." ”

When she had said this, she bowed her head and walked to the other side of the cliff, and the soldier followed behind amid the laughter of the crowd. Xiao Yanagi walked more than a dozen feet, found a bush, and then turned to look at the soldiers at the bottom of the slope, as if he felt that this place was not hidden enough, so he continued to climb up slowly.

Seeing that the two of them were getting farther and farther away from the crowd, the soldier shouted, "Stop, don't go any further." ”

Xiao Yanagi turned around and looked at him pitifully, and said shyly: "Uncle, there are too many thorns in this place, and I can't squat down." ”

The soldier was speechless, and thought that she was just a weak woman who was powerless, so he became careless, nodded, and followed her up for a distance of ten feet. As he was circumnavigating a rock, he suddenly tripped over something, and the man fell down sharply, but soon stood up again, peeking out from behind the rock.

Xiao Yanagi shouted in a trembling voice not far from the side: "Uncle, just sit there and wait for me for a while." ”

She said as she crouched down behind a bush. At the bottom of the slope, the bustling few people couldn't see anything, so they lost interest, and when they saw that there were companions sitting there guarding, they all relaxed their spirits, and turned around to keep vigil and go to sleep.

On the cliff slope, Xiaoyanagi was already quadriplegic, and he lay in Chennian's arms with tears streaming down his face, and he didn't even have the strength to get up. Chen Nian didn't care too much about talking to her, and while untying his coat, he whispered to her: "You hide here first, and when we go down, you can sneak away quickly.!" ”

"Nope! I'll stay and help you! Koyanagi said with a sob, and quickly took off his dress.

"Can you do a fart!" Chen Nian scolded in a low voice, shoving the knife on his body to her, "It's good if you don't make trouble for me." Listen, hurry back to the stockade, as fast as you can! Don't take the big road, go over the mountains! If I succeed in a moment, I will lead people to the 'first line of heaven', and you tell the people in the stockade to go there and meet us!" ”

Xiao Liu nodded again and again, Chen Nian had already changed into her dress, put the straw hat on her head on her head, simply pulled her hair in imitation of Xiao Yanagi's hairstyle, and put down a lot of hair to cover most of her face, and then came out from behind the bushes, and said timidly in her voice: "Uncle, okay." ”

The "soldier" also stood up, and muttered a vague answer. When Chen Nian arrived beside him, he slowly walked down the slope with her. Chen Nian secretly glanced at Lu Xiao, who had changed his outfit, and saw that the military uniforms and accessories on his body were all dressed very neatly, only the hat was pressed a little low, and there was no obvious difference from the soldier just now.

The two did not talk, just descended from the cliff slope one after the other, as they had done when they had gone uphill before. Although Chen Nian is slightly taller than Koyanagi, it is not easy to distinguish if you don't stand together and compare.

Some soldiers were sleeping around the bonfire, and when Chen Nian walked past the light of the fire, he half-covered his face with his sleeves, and made a cowardly appearance and walked quickly towards the women of Qingfeng Village. Lu Xiao, who followed unhurriedly, stopped by the bonfire, sat on the ground casually with the light on his back, pulled his hat down to cover most of his face, and began to nap with the knife in his arms. Someone also teased him in a low voice, and when he didn't react, he stopped boringly.

The women of Qingfeng Village suffered a great disaster today, and they were all afraid and afraid of being distracted at the moment, and there were many cowardly people who had been crying in a low voice, and no one noticed that it was Xiaoliu who went out, and it was Chen Nian who came back. It wasn't until Chen Nian squatted down in the crowd that the girl with a long face who was close to her was shocked to realize that there was a change of person next to her. Before she could exclaim in surprise, Chen Nian had already tapped her dumb hole with his hand and whispered in her ear: "I'm here to save you, don't make a noise." ”