Chapter Eighty-Five: Ambush
Qi He saw Shen Nianyi come out with a ball in his arms, and the surprise on his face would definitely not be less than what Sun Shining revealed, until he was helped down the top of the pavilion, and he could hear him muttering to himself: "How is it possible, how can there be people in the stove room, there are living people, I have gone in and seen them, except for the corpse or the corpse." ”
Shen Nianyi uncovered a corner of the cloak and gave it to Qi He: "Qi Qizuo to see if he is okay?" ”
A good servant is often a good doctor, Qi He did not dislike the child's dirty, and put his finger on the small wrist: "Lord Shen, he should be hungry and frightened, and he has been forcing himself to wake up until you appear, and he faints when he relaxes in one breath, and there is no big problem." ”
"That's good." Shen Nianyi put the cloak back on, called Shi Laosan, who was still obedient and guarded in place, and walked outside the courtyard gate.
When Sun Shining was about to walk to the door, she involuntarily turned her head and glanced behind her again, I don't know if it was the wind blowing through her eyes, or if there was a shadow flickering, for a moment, she thought that a figure was shaking in front of her, and soon, it was almost faster and more ghostly than Shen Nianyi's usual figure.
One of Shen Nianyi's feet was about to cross the threshold, and he landed on the steps in one more step, but a murderous aura rushed towards him, quickly terrifying, his reaction was too fast, almost without thinking, his legs kicked continuously, closing the two already crumbling courtyard doors, that is, at the same time, he heard a dinging sound that did not stop, continuously, there were forty or fifty times.
"Hurry back." Shen Nianyi hugged Wen Wu'er with one hand, grabbed Sun Shining's shoulder with the other, and said in a low voice, "Shi Laosan, help Qi Qizuo, retreat, retreat, retreat to the back of the rockery." ”
He just walked around in Hefu, and the closest bunker was the rockery that was piled up with Taihu stones, and the fire could not burn the stones, except for being blackened by the smoke, this rockery was the most well-preserved piece of furnishings.
Shi Laosan's strength was very strong, and he dragged Qi Qizuo behind the rockery, the courtyard gate had fallen to the ground, forty or fifty long arrows were inserted into the door panel, Qi He exclaimed: "There is an ambush outside." ”
The four of them breathed a sigh of relief behind the rockery for a while, and Shen Nianyi left Huo Yongyang outside the courtyard gate, just in case, but Ah Yang did not issue the slightest warning, so I am afraid that it is already more auspicious, if it is not for his quick reaction, some of them will inevitably be injured, how many catties and taels of Shi Laosan's skills, he knows very well that Qi He is just a few fists and feet, and Sun Shining and Wen Wu'er, who have no martial arts at all.
"In broad daylight, you are going to put people to death, it's just too blind, don't they know that you are the Shaoqing of Dali Temple." Qi He was still holding his black umbrella in his hand, and he was so angry that he stammered when he spoke.
"Presumably, they wanted to kill me because they knew I was here, no, they killed a few of us along with this child." Shen Nianyi lowered his head to look at Wen Wu'er, who had not woken up, I was afraid that this child was the key, but it was just a cook's child, but he had become a fish that slipped through the net, and he was painstakingly searched and checked, he must know something, knew very, very important details, so that the other party did not hesitate to offend Dali Temple, but also killed the child.
"Lord Shen, how many people are out there?" Shi Laosan's long knife was in his hand, "Why don't I rush out to explore the way first?" ”
"I don't want to see people go out and die." Shen Nian glanced at the long arrows on the courtyard gate, they were definitely well-trained archers, and they were arranged at all angles, if forty or fifty arrows were shot at close range at the same time, even he could not guarantee that he could retreat with his whole body, and Shi Laosan would definitely be a death if he went out.
Shi Laosan stomped his feet and said, "Then what should I do, do you have to wait for them to come in?" ”
"They didn't come in for a while, because they were taboo." After all, the range of bows and arrows is limited, and this is a mansion, there are too many obstacles, as long as they don't expose their figures, then Shen Nianyi's martial arts are enough to deal with face-to-face attacks, "The old saying only says that dark arrows are difficult to defend, since we know that there are arrows outside, then we will guard inside." ”
Shen Nianyi lowered his head and put the child into the bunker of the rockery, and pushed Sun Shining forward: "If he wakes up, you can calm him down and don't let him have an accident." ”
Sun Shining originally wanted to say that Qi Chengzuo was injured and it was even more inconvenient, but Shen Nianyi's words blocked her mouth, and Qi He didn't seem to have any objections, but playfully fiddled with the handle of the black umbrella in his hand, not to mention Shi Laosan, who was willing to let him be the vanguard.
Shen Nianyi placed the two of them on the left and right sides respectively, in case someone sneaked in to surprise them and cover them up, while he himself took two steps back, his body suddenly rose up, and jumped out of the range of the rockery.
Sure enough, there were long arrows shooting straight at him immediately, although they had been separated from each other, the momentum of the long arrows was still rapid, Shen Nianyi was in mid-air, unable to borrow strength, a white practice flew out of the sleeve, and two clusters of light danced around his body, only to hear the tinkling sound, Sun Shining saw through the gap in the rockery, those long arrows fell to the ground, and immediately, Shen Nianyi's shoes also fell to the ground, very stable, he was not injured.
Shen Nianyi squatted down and counted the long arrows, a total of twenty-three, that is, at this angle, at this distance, only twenty-three archers could control the shooting range, and the other party really did not want to rush in and fight with their lives.
Qi He was also looking at the arrows, and reminded: "Lord Shen, the arrows seem to have been painted with something, don't touch them directly with your hands." ”
"Okay." Shen Nianyi was already on guard, of course he wouldn't be so impulsive, he picked an arrow in front of Qi He with his toes, "Look at it, what kind of poison is it?" ”
Qi He stretched the black umbrella slightly in front of him, made a defensive gesture, and then wrapped his hand with a strip of cloth, and then carefully picked up the long arrow, Sun Shining, who was hiding in the mountain, breathed nervously and rapidly, not only set up an ambush, but also used poison, so the He family would die quietly up and down, such a method was really vicious.
Wen Wu'er in her arms moaned twice in a low voice, as if she was about to wake up, Sun Shining knew that if she woke up at this time, what kind of reaction the child would make, she really couldn't predict, she simply hugged Wen Wu'er to her chest, patted her back gently, gestured gently, her lips pressed over and hummed a few small tunes very softly in her ear, and she lowered her voice and said: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, you sleep for a while, we will take you home." The child moved slightly, heard the reassuring sound, and was very helpful, and this time he fell asleep, and his eyes never opened.
"Lord Shen, I can't tell what kind of poison it is for a while, but it must be highly poisonous, and people who are poisoned by severe poison, even if they are burned to white bones, the middle of the bones is black." Qi He let go of the long arrow.
"There is a person in the He family who died of poisoning." Shen Nianyi said in a low voice.
"No, it's two people, it's very strange, there is only one person in the study who was poisoned to death, he held a long arrow in his hand when he died, and he held it very tightly, he must have heard some movement, and when he wanted to come out to fight back, he was poisoned and died, and the poison was very fast, and he was burned to bones, and he still held his sword tightly, the He family has such a ability, only the second son is alone." Qi He sighed and said, "It is said that the second son's martial arts are particularly good, I don't know who can poison him." ”
"Didn't he get killed by poisoned arrows?"
"No, killed by poisonous arrows, the toxin condensed at one point, and some of the traces of the bones would be particularly obvious, but he swallowed the poison, and the bones of his whole body turned into a dull jet black." Qi He frowned and said, "It doesn't look the same as the poison on this long arrow." ”
"Maybe such a strong poison is not easy to obtain, and it cannot be used on such a large scale, or maybe the poison must be put under food or water to be effective, which is something that can only be done by very, very close people." Shen Nian took a step forward, he knew that there were dozens of pairs of eyes staring at them, as long as a little bit emerged from behind the mountain, poisonous arrows would immediately shoot head-on.
The hunter and the prey are comparing, and whoever has better patience will inevitably fall behind if they are in a hurry.
The other party obviously didn't expect Shen Nianyi to find the best eyewitness in the abandoned house, so now he is as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, eager to rush in, and he is afraid that he will be killed by Shen Nianyi on the spot, and Shen Nianyi is waiting for another group of people, Qiu Cheng and Zhuge Qing, they will finish the matter over there, can they rush to help in time.
Time is anxiously waiting, the most abrasive, Sun Shining feels that her hair is going to be gray, but in fact, it is only the time for a stick of incense, not even some, the surroundings are quiet, whether it is in the courtyard or outside the hospital, she understands that she is in the best position arranged for her by Shen Nianyi, her arms are gradually closed, and Wen Wu'er is hugged tighter.
If such a short period of time made her anxious, then how did this poor child survive these days under the hearth, in the dark, and what she smelled about the so-called food, she never said was that it was a food that had already smelled rancid, otherwise where would there be such a choking and obvious smell.
What belief did Wen Wu'er rely on to survive, and the appearance of the most reliable person was his mother's last sentence before she died? Sun Shining felt that his nose was sour and his eyes were astringent, and he was almost about to cry.
"Shi Laosan, what Lao Guo and they did to hide from you, you really don't know anything at all?" Shen Nian suddenly asked abruptly.
Shi Laosan opened his mouth and hesitated, before he shook his head and said: "I don't know if it's a lie, I thought it was to help do something on the edge of black and white, but I didn't expect that they were taking a road of no return." ”
Shen Nianyi's eyes were extremely bright, and there seemed to be something burning inside: "You said, if it really becomes a point of no return by you, will you avenge them?" ”