Chapter 137: The Valley
The valley where the horse thieves are flocked is lit up in the dark. Countless torches hung from the walkway leading into the valley, and the horse thieves who had plundered during the day had temporarily retreated to the bottom of their treasure valley, counting the spoils they had collected, bringing out fine wine and barbecued meat, and celebrating with great vigour.
Even the two sentinels who stayed outside the valley to keep vigil were very drunk, and they could no longer distinguish between the east and the west, and the sky was high and the earth was thick.
Lu Lie went to the nearby mountain woodland to find a sharp stone of suitable size, and followed the shadow into the post of the horse thief in the valley. Like an agile leopard, he leapt up to the sentry post and circled behind a sentry thief. Before the drunken thief could react, a sharp stone blade swept across his neck and slit his throat.
The other sentry thief was still lying on the ground, holding an empty flask and pouring it into his mouth. Suddenly, he felt a chill on his neck, like some sharp object resting on his neck. Before the horse thief could react, a cold, dull boy whispered in his ear: "Don't struggle, don't make a sound, if you dare to move, you will die immediately." Answer my question. If you answer to my satisfaction, I can consider letting you go. ”
The horse thief only felt a shock all over his body, and his original drowsy drunkenness immediately woke up seventy or eighty percent. He is also a smart person, and hurriedly said: "Uncle, please ask, as long as the little one knows, he must tell him so." ”
"Good. Lu Lie nodded with satisfaction, and when he met someone who knew the times, he would not have to use some other means, "Let me ask you, where did you horse thieves come from? How many people and horses did you have? How long did you stay here, and what are the names of the mountain kings, and what weapons do you use?"
Lu Lie asked carefully, and the horse thief knew a lot. After some conversation, Lu Lie quickly had a preliminary understanding of the scale of this group of horse thieves. They were originally horse thieves wandering around the border, called "Black Wind Ball". Because the soldiers and horses of the princes and kings of several parties there are fighting, the soldiers are in chaos, and the people are not able to make a living, not to mention the common people, even they, the mountain kings who rob their homes and houses, can't survive. In the past few years, the horse thieves of the "Black Wind Regiment" have not stopped going south, robbing villages when they see them, and killing people when they see them. The "Black Wind Regiment" was originally composed of hundreds of heroes, hundreds of horses and horses, and everywhere they went, even the officers and soldiers were immediately crushed at the touch of a button. There were even some defeated armies who threw themselves into them, and they were not happy to be kings. Along the way, the "Black Wind Regiment" has grown to a terrifying number of nearly 1,000 people, and it is already able to fight against a small army.
After having a preliminary understanding of this "black wind group", Lu Lie frowned: It seems that he should not consider the support of the nearby government.
He asked, "Do you know that in the last few days you have robbed the two villages, killed countless people, and those villagers who are still alive have been captured by you and taken there." ”
The thief was afraid that he would be slow to answer, and the stone chip around his neck would cut off his vocal cords. He immediately said: "I know, I know, uncle, of course the little one knows." The villagers were all captured in a deserted cave in the valley, numbering about a hundred, guarded by seven or eight brothers. Uncle, are you here to save these villagers? If so, you'll want to hurry up. Our second boss likes to eat human flesh, and is about to treat these villagers as a snack. ”
This horse thief has a good abacus. He thought to himself, he provoked this young man, and when the other party was scared of the six gods and lost his soul, he happened to have a surprise attack, but he could counter the opponent. When the time comes, this kid falls into his own hands, and it is not a matter of killing him with a knife. He horse thief king Erma has to apply all the tortures he has known in his life to this kid one by one, so that he knows who is the real uncle and who is the smallest.
After hearing these words, Lu Lie's face did not change, but his eyes became more gloomy. He nodded, "Good." You're ready to hit the road. ”
When Wang Erma saw that Lu Lie's eyes were wrong, he was horrified: "No, you said that you will let me go after I finish speaking." If you don't keep your word, how can you not collect it?...... Uncle, spare me, I'm old and young, I don't want to die!"
Before he could call for help, Lu Lie reached out and cut his neck. Looking at the cold corpse of the horse thief, Lu Lie said lightly: "You want to live? Why didn't you listen to their pleas for mercy when you slaughtered so many unarmed villagers?"
It was night, and the valley was still brightly lit, and countless horse thieves were drunk and noisy. No one noticed the quick, brief cry for help from outside the valley.
Lu Lie followed the shadows under the mountain wall and cautiously dived into it.
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In the dimly lit cave, about a hundred or so ragged villagers were imprisoned here, their expressions terrified. When they were first approached by these fierce-looking horse thieves with large knives, some of them cursed or let out low weeping. But those who made the noise were soon forced out of the cave by the horse thieves and never returned. Soon, the remaining villagers were terrified and angry in their hearts, and they didn't dare to make a sound.
The cave was extremely quiet, but there was an atmosphere of dead silence and despair. The villagers knew that the horse thieves would not let them go, and even if they were imprisoned here now, it would only delay their death. The thought of being taken out of this cave one day in the future, I don't know how I died, and all the villagers were dead.
On the aisle, from time to time, fierce horse thieves patrol with knives. The slightest disobedience to someone is a violent beating, and even more so, they are directly cut off by their abdomen, which is miserable.
Lu Lie's father and mother were among them, and they sat in a relatively secluded corner without saying a word, their fingers interlocked, quietly waiting for death to come.
After a long time, the woman said lightly: "Alas, what I am most worried about is the child Ah Lie. Although he happened to run out of the village when the horse thieves attacked, it was a great luck to pass by them...... But after all, this kid has just woken up after five years of coma. As soon as he wakes up, he will lose us, and I really don't know how he will live in the future. ”
The middle-aged man was silent for a long time, and said, "Don't worry, Ah Lie, this kid Jiren has his own natural appearance, just let him run out, nothing will happen...... And what worries me the most is that when he comes back, he sees that the village has been burned down, and in a fit of rage, he follows the trail of horse thieves to take revenge, which is the most dangerous thing......