Chapter 14 Getting Out of Trouble
Time passed little by little, the sky gradually darkened, and with the act of treating the bandits' injuries, Ye Ying gained some favor from the bandits, and he was no longer so rough with him.
In order to avoid being discovered by officers and soldiers, even in the caves, the bandits did not dare to light torches at night. The bandits arranged the location where Ye Ying slept in the innermost part of the cave, and he slept with bandits on the outside.
The night was already very deep, but Ye Ying didn't have any sleepiness, and in order to paralyze the bandits, he didn't dare to move. Even the sound of his breathing was deliberately adjusted to make the bandits mistakenly think that he was asleep.
Although the bandits had been forced to set fire to the mountains to decoction, the mountains were vast and sometimes cloudy. The possibility of the officers and soldiers discovering the fireworks is still not high.
Ye Ying knew that he already knew where these bandits were hiding, and they would not let him leave no matter what, so he secretly decided that he must find an opportunity to find a way to get out.
The night was already very deep, the bandits had fallen into a deep sleep, and the snoring in the cave came and went, making Ye Ying feel as if he was in thunder.
Ye Ying quietly opened his eyes, and by the faint moonlight, he secretly observed for a long time, and saw that the bandits in the cave had fallen into a deep sleep, so he began to implement his long-planned escape plan.
Gently moved one arm of his body, looked at the armor lying beside him for a long time, and saw that he was indeed not awakened, so he sat up gently.
After sitting quietly in the dark for a long time, seeing that the bandits still had no movement, Ye Ying slowly stood up, waited for a while, and then tiptoed towards the direction of the cave.
It was less than twenty meters away from the entrance of the cave, but for Ye Ying, this section of the road was really a bit far.
Ye Ying moved forward little by little, not only for fear of making a sound when he touched something scattered on the ground, but also for fear of stepping on the bandits sleeping on the ground.
There was a soft sound of "dong", although the sound was not loud, but it was like a thunderbolt in Ye Ying's ears. He hurriedly held his breath, stood in place and waited for a long time, and only when he saw that no bandits heard the sound, he breathed a long sigh of relief.
Ye Ying, who had calmed down, felt a pain in his forehead at this time, and it turned out that he accidentally touched his head on a protruding stone pillar on the top of the cave.
Rubbing his forehead gently, not daring to delay any longer, he slowly took a step and slowly moved in the direction of the cave.
The visibility in the cave was indeed too poor, and it took Ye Ying a lot of effort to barely see the bandits lying on the ground and bypass them one by one.
In just a dozen meters away, it took Ye Ying about a pillar of incense to reach the vicinity of the cave entrance.
Seeing the moon outside the cave, Ye Ying breathed a long sigh of relief, and finally came out after so much effort.
With a happy mood, Ye Ying took a gentle step and prepared to step out of the cave.
Even at night, as long as he got out of the cave, Ye Ying was confident that he would return to the village safely with his familiarity with the terrain. Even if he is pursued by the bandits, he will be able to find many hiding places that the bandits cannot discover.
At the moment when he stepped out of the hole, Ye Ying felt something tripped under his feet, but fortunately, he had always been flexible and quickly stabilized his body, so as to avoid the fate of falling.
A crisp sound of "bang" woke up the bandits in the cave, and it also made Ye Ying's happy mood suddenly reach the freezing point.
I don't know which cunning bandit it was, in order to prevent Ye Ying from escaping, he actually tied a thin rattan at the entrance of the cave, and a long knife was tied to one end of the rattan. Even though Ye Ying was already very careful, he didn't find the thin rattan under his feet, which caused his plan to escape to be abandoned.
"You kid wants to run away again, be careful that Lao Tzu breaks your dog's legs." Shujia took Ye Ying in his hand and said viciously, the dream was woken up, which made Shujia feel very bad.
"I've been holding this urine for a long time, and I can't help it." Ye Ying touched the back of his head that was hurt by the armor, and said with great annoyance.
This little episode did not affect the sleepiness of the bandits, and everyone soon fell asleep again.
But Ye Ying, who was lying in the innermost part of the cave again, was not so comfortable, because this time his hands and feet were tightly bound.
It was uncomfortable to have my limbs tied, but to my frustration, I lost a chance to escape.
In this mood, Ye Ying didn't feel sleepy at all, he looked at the dark cave with his eyes open, trying to find a new way to escape.
When it was almost dawn, Ye Ying finally closed his eyes and fell asleep.
It didn't take long for him to wake up kicking him by a bandit, and when he turned his head, the entrance to the cave was already bright, and it turned out that it was already dawn.
There was no movement outside the cave, and it seemed that Ye Ying's plan to attract officers and soldiers by relying on the thick smoke had also failed.
Compared with Ye Ying's disappointment, the bandits' mood was much better, because their boss Hu Tianxiong's condition began to improve.
At this time, Hu Tianxiong's face has improved greatly compared to yesterday, and his breathing is much more uniform than yesterday, although it is only slightly better, but at least it gives hope to the bandits, because Hu Tianxiong is their backbone.
"Boss, you are indeed much better, I will go and pick some herbs for you today, I believe that in a few days, you will be able to walk on the ground." After checking Hu Tianxiong's body again, Ye Ying said softly.
"Good boy, as long as you cure me, I will not only let you go, but even give you some benefits. Or, you simply join us, and Lao Tzu will take you to eat fragrant and drink spicy food. Hu Tianxiong also felt that his injuries were getting better, and he actually moved his heart to love talents.
"Thank you, boss, the kid will do his best." Ye Ying smiled a little humbly, but he didn't believe Hu Tianxiong's words at all in his heart, and the idea of escaping became stronger and stronger in his heart.
Although the bandits treated Ye Ying much better, and the supervision was not as strict as on the first day, whether it was in the cave or going to the mountains to collect medicine, Ye Ying did not find a chance to escape.
The mountain is a good place to breed good medicine, and it took more than two hours for Ye Ying to discover many good medicinal materials. He skillfully picked them up and put them in the basket behind him.
Sometimes, he even put some blades of grass directly into his mouth, chewed and swallowed them, despite the bitterness in them.
Although the bandits who had been following him were strange about the young man's behavior, they were prevaricated by Ye Ying in the name of identifying medicinal materials, but they didn't expect that this young man was thinking about another escape plan in his heart.
After returning to the cave, Ye Ying began to treat the injured bandits in the cave again, and on this day there was fog in the mountain, which made Ye Ying's plan to report through the smoke of boiling medicine miscarriage again.
"What are you doing here?" Jiagu fanned his nose with his hand and said with some dissatisfaction.
It turned out that Ye Ying found some bark-like things out of nowhere, and lit them in the cave, some damp bark, and immediately rose a thick smoke, and there were some strange smells in it, although it was not very strong, but it made people feel uncomfortable.
"The main reason for the injuries of your boss and uncles is that there are many poisonous insects and poisonous gases that cannot be dispersed in this cave. I use these drugs to get rid of these poisons, and they get better faster. Knowing that the bandits would have such a reaction, Ye Ying quickly replied.
"Don't make any mess of your mind, if there's anything wrong, I'll cut off your head immediately." Jiagu said with some suspicions.
"You are all heroes in the rivers and lakes, how dare the kid do his hands and feet in front of you?" Ye Ying said respectfully with a smile.
With the permission of the bandits, Ye Ying lit this medicinal herb in several corners of the cave. The smell of medicinal herbs soon spread through the cave, and the bandits were used to the smell and did not feel very uncomfortable.
"Oops, I didn't sleep well last night, I feel a little sleepy, I'll go lie down for a while, and the brothers continue to play." A bandit who was gambling with his companion yawned, then found a suitable spot and fell asleep on the hay.
This drowsiness seemed to be contagious, and after the first bandit fell asleep, the rest of the bandits also began to yawn and get up, and then, more than a dozen bandits in the cave fell asleep one after another.
It turned out that these medicinal materials prepared by Ye Ying were not used to repel poisonous insects and toxins in the air at all, and the thick smoke they produced was mainly used to cause people who had inhaled it for a long time to fall asleep.
Before that, these herbs that Ye Ying swallowed had the effect of refreshing the mind, and it happened to have a relieving effect on the essence in this smoke. At the same time, he also tried to keep himself awake by biting the tip of his tongue and secretly pinching himself.
Looking at the sleeping bandits in the cave, he looked at a short knife not far away, and the thought of killing them all passed through his mind.
But in an instant, Ye Ying gave up this idea, in order to avoid being discovered by the bandits, the medicinal effect in his medicinal materials was not particularly strong, if he made too much movement, it was likely to wake up several bandit leaders with high kung fu, and it was also possible to alarm the two bandits guarding the entrance of the cave.
Ye Ying knew that this was the best chance for him to get out, once this operation failed, the bandits would definitely be vigilant, and it would be more difficult for him to escape than to ascend to the sky.
Thinking of this, Ye Ying gently picked up the short knife and tiptoed towards the entrance of the cave.
After a short time, he came to the mouth of the cave, and secretly looked out, and saw two bandits in charge of guarding, who were sitting on a stone with their backs to the cave, looking boredly into the distance.
At this time, Ye Ying was very nervous in his heart, and now he had reached the last and most critical step of his escape, and he secretly told himself that he must not make a mistake.
Ye Ying finally made up his mind, he took a deep breath, held the short knife in his hand tightly, sneaked behind the bandit closest to him, and suddenly reached out to cover his mouth, and the short knife quickly slashed his neck.
The bandit didn't have time to make a sound, so he fell softly, but Ye Ying's actions were still discovered by another bandit.
If he wanted to hide from another bandit who was close at hand, Ye Ying also knew that it was unlikely, so he had already prepared for the other party's reaction.
Before the other party could figure out the current situation, Ye Ying let go of his hand and swept towards the other bandit as fast as he could. Before the bandit could make a move, the short knife stabbed into the opponent's back, and the tip of the knife quickly emerged from his chest.
The bandit never dreamed that he would be attacked from behind and lose his life for no apparent reason.
Successfully killing the bandit, Ye Ying grabbed him by the shoulders and slowly put him on the ground. He turned his head to look in the direction of the cave again, held his breath and listened carefully, and saw that there was no movement in the cave, so he completely relieved himself.
There are masters among the bandits, this medicinal property can't make them sleep for too long, Ye Ying knew the preciousness of time at this time, he didn't dare to stay too much, so he left the cave as fast as possible. In the blink of an eye, his thin figure disappeared into the jungle.