The wind is fierce in the night.

Night, cold in the wind.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded in the darkest hour before dawn.

Dense and urgent, like a drum on the battlefield, like a sudden rain in the middle of summer.

Qin Li, who was embarrassed as if he had been drenched in heavy rain, turned his head to look, and the torches behind him were already getting closer and closer.

And beside them, the seven guards who took turns to block the enemy were all wounded.

"Lao Shen, Lao Zhou, Lao Chen, the three of you will go first with the two young ladies! For the rest, follow me! ”

The temporary leader of the seven commanded in a deep voice, and even if three of them turned their horses to follow, they did not hesitate in the slightest.

Qin Li's eyes turned red, and the four people who had been injured went to stop the enemy at this time, I was afraid that they could only use their own lives.

Su Yanyan turned her head to look, there was only a vague back in the night, and she shouted in a deep voice: "I will raise your wife and children!" ”

A few heroic laughter rang out in the night, which was a response.

Qin Li wiped a handful of tears from the corners of his eyes, whipped on the horse's buttocks, and galloped forward.

In the huge pursuit team behind him, the black-clothed man on the leading black ice platform looked at the sudden lack of a few torches in front of him, and a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Prepare for enemy attacks!"

He snorted coldly and rushed over with a few of his subordinates and the soldiers transferred from the city.

Listening to the sudden shouting and roaring behind them, Su Yanyan and Qin Li's hearts couldn't help but twitch.

Along the way, they were careful enough, but they still underestimated the power of the Black Ice Platform spies, or the importance that the imperial court attached to everything related to Xia Jingyun.

"The front is the Red Maple Valley, rushing through the Red Maple Valley is the boundary of Yunmeng Prefecture, we will definitely be able to live well and live up to their sacrifices!"

As soon as Su Yanyan's voice of encouragement blew up the flames in everyone's hearts, the torches and figures that suddenly lit up in front of him made the blood in everyone's hearts cold.

A shallow light of dawn seemed to have appeared, and the five of them looked at the more than ten black ice platform spies who were silently waiting in the firelight in front of them, their bodies in the valley, and their hearts at the bottom of the valley.

Behind him, the sound of horses' hooves approached again after a brief distance.

The black-clothed leader sat on his horse and looked at Su Yanyan with a sneer, "Miss Su, it's a pity that you can't run away." ”

He didn't recognize Qin Li, but it didn't matter, as long as he took down all the companions, he would be able to know any identity.

With a wave of his hand, the attendant beside him threw out four things, rolling on the ground with mud and dust.

Then there was a faint fire, and everyone vaguely saw that it was actually four heads, so covered with blood and mud that they couldn't see their appearance clearly.

The eyes of the remaining three guards were wide-eyed, and the eyes of the men in black and the soldiers behind them were full of tyranny and anger.

But the man in black was not afraid at all, and said lightly: "Do you think that after we know your whereabouts, why can we let you run so far?" In order to catch you all in this Red Maple Valley, not a single one will be left. ”

He looked around, "Tsk, what a good place, blocked on both sides, the gods can't escape, it's not in vain for me to wait for a lot of painstaking work!" ”

He smiled, "A daughter like Miss Su who has reached the sky won't even look at me on weekdays, right?" I never thought that one day, I would be driven and teased like a cat and mouse. And the one next to you, who doesn't look like a subordinate, I don't know which daughter of a wealthy family? It doesn't matter, when we capture it, we will torture it slowly. ”

He said with a slight regret: "It's just a pity that your status is really high, we don't dare to spoil it, it's a little too regrettable." ”

He clapped his hands, "Okay, don't talk nonsense, Miss Su, do you dismount by yourself, or do we ask you to dismount?" ”

Su Yanyan and Qin Li glanced at each other, their eyes full of despair.

The guards on the side drew their knives slowly but firmly.

The man in black shook his head, "Stubborn! ”

He raised his hand, and was about to swing it down, when suddenly he moved.

Su Yanyan and Qin Li turned their heads to look.

I saw a burst of smoke and dust behind the more than ten black-clothed people who blocked the way.

Then there was a rush of hooves, and a group of hundreds of vigorously armored cavalry rushed towards them with the force of wind and thunder.

Under the brighter and brighter skylight, Su Yanyan saw several faces in the front row clearly, and his expression was overjoyed, and he was suddenly pulled out of the water like a drowning person, and saw the light of day again.

The man in black also changed his complexion suddenly, but there was no joy in his heart, he gritted his teeth and roared angrily:

"Quick! Take advantage of the cavalry before they arrive, and take them down quickly! ”

But no one is a fool, now it's too late to escape for his life, if he really wants to arrest someone, the other party only needs to resist for a while, with the speed of the opponent's cavalry, then he will only hate the horse and give birth to a pair of wings.

No matter how great the merit is, it must be worth it!

The Black Ice Platform spies who stopped Su Yanyan and the others fled in the direction of the large army on both sides, and made a choice with their own actions.

"Withdraw!"

The man in black also knew the severity, and knew that waiting any longer would be a fatal situation for the entire army to be annihilated, so he opened his mouth to give the order.

But seeing that the great work of splashing the sky in his hands failed, the man in black was really unwilling, since he couldn't get it, then change the way to make meritorious service!

A trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes, he picked up the crossbow arrow in his hand, aimed at Su Yanyan and shot out.

"Sister, be careful!"

Qin Li, who was the closest, pulled Su Yanyan towards him, and the crossbow arrow flew past Qin Li's arm, cutting a wound on her arm.

Seeing the blood oozing out of the wound, Su Yanyan's expression tightened, "Are you okay?" ”

Qin Liqiang smiled and shook his head.

As he spoke, the cavalry had already rushed in front of everyone.

Unexpectedly, they did not all stop, but divided into two teams from the left and right, the speed of the horses did not decrease at all, and they chased towards the people in black, and the middle team slowly reined in the horses, and then bowed down together, "I've seen the eldest lady!" ”

Although Su Yanyan was quite haggard, in front of the clansmen, he still regained his former bearing, "No need to be polite, thanks to you, it's hard work." ”

In the past, the Su family soldiers, who only had their shape and were flashy, now have a bit of the momentum of an iron-blooded army, which makes Su Yanyan quite happy.

She stepped forward in person and helped the leader, but she saw that this person was so handsome and vaguely familiar, but she couldn't remember it.

The man took the initiative to stand up, took off his helmet, and revealed his hair, "Miss Su, Rouge is here to answer the orders of my father-in-law and the head of the Su family!" ”

Su Yanyan finally remembered, wasn't this the maid who came to Sujiawu with Xia Jingyun that day.

"I didn't expect that after half a year, my sister is already such a female general!"

She first praised it, and then introduced Rouge: "This is the eldest lady of the Qin family, the Qin family is a huge rich man in the world, and Sister Qin is also Xia."

Just when she suddenly felt that it seemed a little strange to introduce her like this, Rouge had already taken the initiative to smile and said: "Rouge has long heard of Miss Qin's name, but I didn't expect Miss Qin to be born so stunningly, and the words on the information can't be described just in case." ”

Qin Li smiled calmly, but his eyes drifted towards Su Yanyan, and Su Yanyan reacted at this time, "This is Xia Lang's former red face, and later worshiped under the door of Old Master Zhao and recognized him as his father-in-law." ”

Qin Li was surprised: "Is it the white-clothed emperor back then?" ”

Su Yanyan nodded with a smile.

Without waiting for Qin Li to speak, Rouge said modestly: "Don't dare to be, Rouge has always been just a little maid of the son." ”

Qin Li also smiled and said: "Sister doesn't have to be modest, today Sister Su and I were rescued by you, and I should write down the kindness." ”

After speaking, she seemed to think of something, turned around, and the three guards over there had already gathered the heads of the four brothers, and looked at Qin Li coming over, all three of them pursed their mouths, lowered their heads, and had tears in their eyes.

This time, Qin Li didn't fight for anyone's hearts, and said softly: "Sister Su's words before are sincere, she will do it, and you should also mourn." ”

Su Yanyan also followed at this time, "Including the three of you, if you want, you can also raise your children in Sujiawu, and enjoy the same treatment as the core children of the Su family." ”

The three of them thanked themselves, and those who could come to guard had extremely ordinary family backgrounds, and now their children can enjoy such benefits, and they have hope for the future, and they have a lot less sorrow in their hearts.

After calming this head, Su Yanyan looked at Rouge, "How did you think of coming here at this time?" ”

Qin Li also looked over when he heard this, and Rouge said: "Actually, more than half a month ago, we received a secret letter from Gongzi, at that time he should still be in Chuning County, Longshou Prefecture, he asked us to prepare, maybe there will be big changes in Longshou Prefecture." ”

"Later, we received the news that Gongzi escaped from Chuning County, but lost your trace, and then the news of His Majesty's death came, and my father-in-law immediately set off to Sujiawu according to the previous plan, and the next day, I asked me to take someone north to meet you in Red Maple Valley."

Qin Li was surprised: "How did they know that we would definitely come?" ”

Rouge smiled slightly, "Maybe this is the tacit understanding between them and Childe." No matter what, now that my two sisters are safe, my mission is completed, and I can enter Beijing with confidence. ”

This time it was Su Yanyan's turn to be surprised, "You want to enter Beijing?" ”

Rouge nodded, "My father-in-law said, if my son didn't come back with you, then I must have gone to Zhongjing, I have learned a lot of intelligence skills from my father-in-law these days, and I will definitely be able to help." ”

Qin Li said softly: "Zhongjing City is now the Longtan Tiger's Den. ”

Rouge smiled, "I've always been Childe's maid!" ”

Not far away, the sound of horses' hooves resumed, and the cavalry of several hundred men returned to the valley with a pile of heads and a group of captured men.

"Miss, all these eagles and dogs have been captured, fortunately not disgraced!"

A man dismounted and said, and then added, "If this group hadn't chosen this place, we wouldn't have been able to catch so many!" ”

Hearing this, the man in black who was tied up and thrown to the ground writhed angrily.

Su Yanyan walked over and pulled out the rags in his mouth.

"I'm the head of the Black Ice Terrace, you dare to kill me!"

"If you kill my guard, I'll kill you. You cut off his head, and I will cut yours too. ”

"You're a rebellion!"

Su Yanyan didn't reply again, calmly pulled out the knife from the waist of the guard on the side, and cut it down directly.

The neck of the man in black was bleeding instantly, but Su Yanyan hadn't even killed a chicken after all, although the scene was bloody, but the strength was much worse, and the man in black was just like a chicken whose throat had just been cut, twisting and jumping wildly, struggling and twitching.

Qin Li also silently pulled out a knife, closed his eyes and slashed directly at the neck of the man in black.

Although he still failed to cut off the head, and he was directly slashed on his face, bloody and mushy, everyone around him, especially the three surviving guards, all looked solemn.

The two proud daughters of the sky, in order to avenge the guards, did not hesitate to stain the blood with their own hands, this kindness is actually very heavy.

Looking at the man in black who was struggling on the ground, Rouge stepped forward, picked up a knife, and said with a smile: "Don't move, I'll send you on your way." ”

With a clean swing of the knife, he accurately cut off a head.

A moment later, in the Red Maple Valley, Su Yanyan and Qin Li watched the smoke and dust that Rouge had left north with a team of men.

On the horizon, a red sun jumped out of the top of the mountain, sprinkling a piece of golden light.

The night is long, and the sky does not slowly brighten, but the sky lights up in an instant.

(End of chapter)