In the dim light, a black, ball-like thing gurgled down from above.

The people around me saw it, and hurriedly rushed up with torches, and when they rushed to see the thing, they suddenly heard a few people whispering, and I hurried forward: "What is it?" ”

Pei Yuanxiu took a few steps forward, and he had already seen it, and at this time, he immediately turned around and stopped my shoulder as soon as he stretched out his hand: "Don't look." ”

"What the hell—"

I hadn't reacted yet, but my eyes had already swept to the grass in front of me, and I immediately saw that it was a human head!

The head of the water dragon!

The flesh was blurry, rolling down all the way and drenched in blood, and the eyes full of horror and disbelief were wide open.

At this moment, I was almost scared and screamed, Pei Yuanxiu's hand had already hugged me hard, blocking my vision with his body, and half turned his face to the person over there: "Take it!" ”

When they heard this, they immediately took the man's head and walked away.

I have experienced a lot, even the Dongzhou War, corpses are everywhere, I have witnessed it with my own eyes, but it is different from seeing a head like this, this person has just spoken to me, and he still has the hope that I may find Li'er, in a blink of an eye, he is dead, only a head was left behind!

As soon as I thought of this, I only felt that my whole body was shivering, the cold wind blew through my clothes and made my whole body cold, only Pei Yuanxiu's hand was still holding me hard, as if he wanted to warm me with his body temperature.

"Don't be afraid, it's okay."

His voice sounded above his head, also gentle and calm: "Don't be afraid. ”

“…… What to do? ”

"Young Baby."

"Li'er, what should I do?"

I grabbed his sleeve hard, and watched the mountain road that had sunk into the twilight above, I didn't think that the water dragon could immediately save Li'er as soon as he entered, after all, the purpose of those people was not clear to us at the beginning, what we wanted was just a chance, but I never imagined that those rogues would be so ruthless, even their own people on the green forest road would be killed.

What kind of person is that mountain tiger, and what is he going to do?!

This night was destined to be a sleepless night for me, and I don't know if it was because I was frightened, or I couldn't save the torment in Li'er's heart, or because I was in a hurry for days and affected my rest, and I blew the cold wind in the wind for most of the day, and in the second half of the night, I was a little feverish, and I was confused, and when I was carried into the tent by Pei Yuanxiu, I wanted to struggle, but I didn't have much strength.

He carefully put me on the bed, looked at my burned red face covered with light sweat, gently reached out to stroke the wet hair on his forehead, breathed and blew my sweaty and sensitive cheeks, and said softly: "Don't move, have a good rest." ”

To be honest, I didn't have the strength to move anymore, so I could only lie on the bed obediently, falling into a half-asleep state in a daze, and I could also feel that Pei Yuanxiu had been staying in front of the bed, constantly feeding me water, and taking care of me carefully.

It wasn't until dawn that there was the sound of some people talking and walking outside, and I slowly opened my eyes and saw Pei Yuanxiu sitting on the edge of the bed. ”

“……”

I opened my mouth to say something, when I heard someone outside the tent: "Childe, the men and horses are ready." ”

When Pei Yuanxiu heard this, he immediately got up and walked over to lift the curtain, I barely stood up on the bed, and faintly saw some people kneeling at the door, all dressed in strong clothes, with ropes on their shoulders and iron hooks on their feet, Pei Yuanxiu glanced at them and said, "Go ahead." ”

"Yes."

When the men received the order, they immediately turned and left, and when he came back, I hurriedly asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

"I'll send them up along the back hills on both sides to find out the news." As he spoke, he sat down, and when he saw that I was a little anxious, he hurriedly said, "Don't worry, I won't allow them to act rashly until I ensure the safety of Li'er." ”

I relieved myself a little: "Hmm. ”

He said softly, "Don't worry too much. Those rogues can't just rob people and not make profits, they must have some purpose. They won't hurt the child until their purpose is achieved. ”

In fact, I also felt this way before, but after rushing here for so long, there is no news in it, which inevitably makes me uneasy.

Pei Yuanxiu reached out and touched my forehead, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Retreat." ”

Seeing that I shrank back, he smiled and said, "I'm worried that you'll get sick again, and that's going to be troublesome, but fortunately you're fine." ”

I didn't think I was sick, but I did have a heart disease, and at this time my lips were pale and said, "I won't fall down until I find Li'er." ”

Pei Yuanxiu glanced at me, didn't speak, carefully helped me out of bed, freshened up a little, and as soon as the two of them walked out of the tent, they heard a noisy voice, and the surrounding guards walked towards the mountain road in front.

What's wrong?

At this time, no matter what happened over there, it affected my heart, I hurriedly turned around and walked over, and when I looked up, I saw that from the back of the mountain road, there was actually a person walking out!

When I looked closely, it turned out to be a guard who went in with the water dragon yesterday!

Originally, the head of the water dragon was thrown out, we all thought that the two people who followed up were more auspicious, but we didn't expect those rogues to kill him, but I saw him slowly walking down from above, and these soldiers below hurriedly hugged up, everyone wanted to ask, but when they turned around and saw me and Pei Yuanxiu coming over, they didn't speak, but the person walked in front of us and knelt down directly: "Childe, Mrs. Qingying." ”

Pei Yuanxiu looked down at him: "Did they let you come back?" ”

"Yes."

"Do you have anything to say?"

The man seemed to have experienced a lot, and his face was not very good-looking, but he still said respectfully: "We followed the water dragon into the bandit village inside, and there were many mountain bandits inside, and at a cursory glance, there were no more than a thousand." Moreover, the mountain road inside is dangerous and tortuous, if you want to fight, I am afraid that it will not be easy. ”

Pei Yuanxiu's brows furrowed.

"What else?"

"We didn't get to see the tigers."

"Oh? Who killed the water dragon? ”

"As soon as the water dragon entered, he heard an order from the mountain tiger in the village to kill him and take his head."

"What?" Pei Yuanxiu and I were a little surprised, and looked at each other in surprise.

I thought it was the water dragon who went in and disagreed with the mountain tiger, or there was some disagreement before he was killed, how to listen to this person, it seems that the mountain tiger didn't plan to talk to the water dragon at all, and only wanted to take his life.

That's weird, weren't they brothers before? What the hell is going on?

Pei Yuanxiu immediately said, "Then what did you encounter?" ”

This man raised his head slightly, as if to look at me, I chuckled in my heart, and before I had time to think about it, I heard him whisper: "After we went in, because the son ordered us to listen to the truth first, we didn't dare to act rashly, and we were restrained by the people inside." They didn't embarrass us, they just came to ask questions. We also conveyed the meaning of the son as instructed, no matter what they wanted, as long as the young lady was safe, we would agree. ”

"So what do they say?"

"They said—" At this point, he was silent for a moment, and my heart moved, and this man did not dare to raise his head more and more, and only after a while did he whisper: "That bandit leader Shanhu spread the word that they would let Mrs. Qingying go in in person, and they would not let him go." ”

"What?!"

Pei Yuanxiu's voice suddenly became higher.

I stood there, speechless.

It is undeniable that this time Li'er was robbed, from the very beginning, the whole thing was not in our control, and it was not even in our expectations, but I never imagined that the bandit leader would make such a request.

You want me to enter the village myself!

It's understandable if he wants money and women, but why would he ask for me? For them, I didn't get more benefits from entering the village than they could from controlling them, so why did they make such an unreasonable and ridiculous request.

But-

I turned my head, Pei Yuanxiu looked at me, and before he could speak, I had already said calmly: "I'm going." ”

“……”

He didn't seem surprised, but his voice was low: "Qingying! ”

"I know what you're going to say," I said calmly, "I promised you that I wouldn't mess around." But this time, it's our hope, and if I don't go in, the people inside won't give us any chance at all. ”

“……”

"Although you sent someone over, but listening to what he said, the situation inside is not simple, even if you hear the truth clearly, if you want to save people, it will not happen overnight, and you can't completely guarantee the safety of Li'er."

“……”

"I'll go, at least I'll have a chance to talk to them, whatever they want, I-"

"What if they just want you?!"

Pei Yuanxiu interrupted me suddenly.

His face had never been so solemn, and when he said this, his breath was out of order. I have never seen him like this, no matter when, even in the smoke of the war in Dongzhou, no matter how blood-stained he is, there has never been such a nervous disorder.

He made my heart heavier and heavier.

Watching with his scorching gaze, it took me a long time before I could barely calm myself down, and I reached out and gently lifted a piece of white yarn from the brim of my hat: "Does it make sense?" ”

He was stunned for a moment, and immediately said, "Qingying." ”

I said calmly: "Childe, in fact, I don't care what they want. But what I want is my daughter. ”

“……”

"If it weren't for the sake of leaving my son, I wouldn't have survived to this day. Now in front of me, there is a chance to save her, no matter what, I will not give up. I said, stepping forward and looking him in the eye earnestly, "No matter what happens, you'll support me." ”

Looking at my determined eyes, Pei Yuanxiu finally nodded after a long silence.

"Okay."

As soon as I heard him relent, I immediately showed joy, and heard him say in a deep voice: "But you also have to promise me that after you go in, no matter what you do, you must protect yourself first." ”

"I know."

"If you have any surprises—"

He didn't finish his words, but just turned his head and glanced at the rugged and precipitous mountain.

His gaze was not fierce, and there was no fierce anger on his face, but looking at his eyes, I had no doubt that if anything happened to me, he would raze this place to the ground.