When I went back, the arrows had already stopped, and there were wounded soldiers lying on the ground, and Jing Yu, who had always been pampered, was also busy helping.

He took the bottle of liquor in one hand, poured it into his mouth, and slammed it at the soldier's arrow, and with the other hand he was not idle, burning the dagger red from the fire, and slashing off the arrow with a small piece of flesh.

The soldier bit a sweat towel in his mouth, Rao is Jingyu's movements were fast and accurate, and his whole body trembled violently in pain, and the sweat on his head was mixed with blood, soaking through the snow-white underwear.

Xie Hanci was about to carry his father into the camp tent to rest, and then King Ning looked for some antler wine for him to take, and was just about to speak, when Chasing Feng came over with the deputy general, his face was very ugly.

"Lord Wang, something happened."

The deputy general Chong Ning Wang gave up his hand, but did not continue, but glanced at Xie Hanci, who was leading the horse on the side, she just wanted to dodge it interestingly, but was pulled by King Ning, and said to the deputy general: "It's okay, my own people." ”

Only then did the adjutant general bow his head and say: "Lord Wang, the carriage carrying the tribute fell into a deep pit, and random arrows suddenly shot out of the forest, and the soldiers had no time to separate. Just now, the rain of arrows stopped, I called a few people and told them to pull up the boxes, who knew that they just went down and ran back, refusing to move the boxes, saying that they were ...... ...... inside"

His voice became smaller and smaller, his eyes dodged, and he didn't dare to look at King Ning, and Xie Hanci didn't even hear the second half of his sentence clearly.

Chasing Feng frowned, and shouted at the deputy general: "Vice General Li, in front of the prince, you have to talk loudly, you are also an old man in the army, don't you know this rule?" ”

The adjutant took a deep breath and raised his voice: "They said that in the pit they heard a woman singing, and the sound came from the box. ”

He got closer, and said mysteriously: "Xia Guan didn't believe it originally, how big the tribute box is, and it takes a lot of effort to stuff a seven or eight-year-old child, let alone a woman." Besides, even if the Hundred Sick Caves are evil, the haunting is not such a farce, but the few people who were sent down all said so and refused to go down. ”

Chasing Feng took off the whip on his waist and said coldly: "They are soldiers, and soldiers must obey orders. ”

The deputy general did not pick up, but hugged his fist at King Ning, and dropped a sentence like a boat, "Whether to send another person down, please ask King Ning to decide." ”

After listening to his words, King Ning did not reveal half of his displeasure, but comforted him.

"Vice General Li has worked hard, Xu is soldiers are nervous, and there are mistakes in hearing, you take them down to rest first, and this matter will be handed over to Chasing Feng."

Seeing him say this, the deputy general immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and recited "Amitabha" twice in his heart, and after thanking Queen Ning, he bowed down and retired, just don't worry about this hot potato, no matter what ghosts and gods are in his box, he has been uncomfortable since he entered this place.

Did you hear it wrong? He doesn't believe that if one person hears it wrong, five or six people can hear it wrong at the same time?

Seeing him walking away, King Ning looked sideways at Xie Hanci, "It's a golden finch!" ”

Xie Han was puzzled, and stood there dumbfounded, not understanding what he meant, so King Ning had to explain: "What he heard was not the singing of a woman in a box, it was the birdsong of the golden-tailed blood finch, the voice was tactful and melodious, and at first glance it sounded like a woman whispering." ”

Xie Hanci was even more puzzled, "Isn't the golden finch dead?" Why is there a birdsong in the box? ”

A hint of cunning flashed in King Ning's eyes, "The box originally contained only a dried bird corpse, and the golden finch is now 'resurrected from the dead', and now it seems that it is not only us who is worried that a dead bird will ruin the relationship between the two countries, and the Emperor of Dayue also does not want to go to war." ”

Xie Hanci changed his mind and said softly: "In this way, the people who shot at us today were not bandits, but assassins sent by Da Yue, who pretended to ambush, and then took advantage of the chaos to exchange a live bird for the dead bird in the box. ”

After settling down Xie Yuan, Xie Hanci clapped his hands and said with relief: "Now it's okay, everything is solved, just offer the golden finch normally." ”

King Ning still instructed: "It's better to be careful, I don't know if the assassin sent by Da Yue this time has met the gang on the mountain, and if there is any other purpose, you should sleep in Jing Yu's tent tonight." ”

Xie Hanci pursed his lips, "I'm his cook, it's strange enough to ride in the same carriage with him today, if you still sleep with him at night, I'm afraid that if you don't wait to return to Beijing, it will be spread out, and your little nephew has brought back a little man from Shuzhou." ”

King Ning smiled and shook his head, "I didn't expect the Shuzhou Female Evil Star to care about rumors?" ”

Xie Hanci shrugged helplessly, "It is precisely because of this 'title' that I know how powerful gossip is, once this kind of stereotype is formed, it will be like a mountain and press on Jing Yu, and I am not a fool, so I have to try to avoid this kind of gossip." ”

At dusk, when the army set up camp at the bottom of the valley, Xie Hanci politely declined Jing Yu's offer to sleep in his tent together, and prepared to sleep in a simple grass hut with other rough servants of the army.

Jing Yu stood at the door, refusing to give in, "No, you little girl, how can you sleep with a bunch of big people in a grass shed that can't be stopped by the rain." ”

Xie Hanci hooked the corners of his mouth and came up with a trick to bluff him.

"Yesterday no one saw in the carriage, so forget it. There will definitely be soldiers on duty outside your tent tonight, if I still sleep with you, I am afraid that the army will spread that you have the good of Longyang, and then those fierce soldiers may come to your tent to recommend their pillows! ”

Jing Yu was still unmoved, until he heard the "fierce general" and the "self-recommended pillow seat", and Xie Hanci took the opportunity to carry the burden and ran out.

Most of the rough servants resting in the grass shed came with the army all the way from the south, and they had already occupied their positions in the shed in advance, and when Xie Han resigned and entered, there was only a straw mat left by the door, and the mountain wind would blow on his face when he slept at night, and he would get up in the morning to ensure that he had a headache.

She was about to lie down, but was stopped by an uncle, his eyebrows were slender and sparse, and before he could speak, his eyes showed a three-point smile, and his thick sword eyebrows flew obliquely into his sideburns.

"You're new here, young man. Look at you are born so thin, lying here can't stand the wind in the mountains, you must be sick. Come, you sleep inside, I'll change with you. ”

Xie Hanci hurriedly waved his hand to refuse, but he couldn't stand it, he took her burden directly, and sat on the broken straw mat at the door: "Young man, how old are you?" ”

Xie Hanci was afraid that if he made a sound, he would expose himself as a man and a woman, so he had to make a gesture of sixteen, pointed to his throat again, and waved his hand, indicating that he was a mute.

The uncle immediately cast a sympathetic look at him, and said with emotion: "Hey, look at your eyebrows, you are a delicate little man." It's a pity, if you can talk, when we enter the capital, you may be able to go to the big restaurant to do a run. ”

The old man next to him was interested, and interjected: "Lao Li, your son has done a big business in the capital, so you want to stay in the capital, and the young man may still want to come back." ”

Uncle Li smiled and explained to Xie Hanci: "My son opened a bun shop in the capital three years ago, but I didn't expect the business to be very good, he couldn't be busy himself, I just happened to go this time, I won't leave when I go, stay in the capital to help him." ”

The old man on the side added: "You, Uncle Li, mainly go to see your grandson." His son is not only a businessman, but also very strong in other places. Just got married last year, and this year his daughter-in-law added a pair of boys to him. ”

Uncle Li stroked his beard and said: "I lost my home at the age of twenty, and it has been sixteen years, and I have been raising my children by myself, and I have suffered all my life, but I didn't expect to be able to enjoy the blessings of my children and grandchildren in my later years." Before I set out on this trip, I made a vow to the Bodhisattva to do a good deed every day and accumulate good fortune for future generations. ”

The old man also nodded and said, "Oh, you little old man, blessings are ahead!" After a few more conversations, a few people rested, and they had to hurry tomorrow, so they didn't dare to talk too late.

At night, Xie Hanci suddenly felt a coldness on her face, and the slippery liquid dripped on her forehead, at first she only thought it was a grass shed leaking rain, and touched two handfuls with the back of her hand in her sleep, but the rain tentacles were sticky and abnormal, and she slowly sobered up, and then pricked up her ears to listen, how could there be a little rain outside.

It was frighteningly quiet, only the whirring wind pouring in through the cracks, and even the snoring in the hut was gone, and she opened her eyes to a black boot.

This person was wearing a night coat and covered his face, and he was walking towards the outside of the grass hut, the long knife in his hand was hanging just above Xie Hanci's head, and blood fell on her face drop by drop along the tip of the knife. Xie Hanci gritted his teeth and didn't let himself make a sound.

She turned her head slightly, stretched her neck to look at his back, and found that the masked man was still carrying a bloody human head in his hand, and the death was terrifying.

In the clear moonlight, the rocks and trees in the valley are outlined with faint shadows, but these shadows are like ghosts in the darkness at this time, exuding gloomy and gloomy, which will hook people's souls at any time.

Through such a cold moonlight, Xie Hanci recognized the owner of the head, which was Uncle Li who changed places with him before going to bed.

There was a blush on his neck, blood dripping down the broken wound to the ground, and his eyes were wide with anger, as if at the last moment of his life, he wanted to see the man who had cut his head off his body.

When the masked man had just walked out of the grass shed with his head, Xie Hanci couldn't hold back any longer, and spit out with a "wow".

She had seen a corpse that was a hundred times more tragic than this dead pretend, and she had also touched a corpse that was rotten, smelly, and even gave birth to maggots, but such a fresh life turned into a bloody head in the blink of an eye, and this was the first time she had experienced such a thing.

When she got out of the grass hut, the masked man was gone, and the moonlight stretched her shadow very long, and she clenched her trembling hands, ready to go to King Ning first.

At this moment, a low, cold male voice sounded from behind him.

"Where do you want to go?"