Volume 3 Wuwei Valley Chapter 74 Fire Tree Silver Flower Combination
Mr. Su took out the handkerchiefs from his bosom and gave them to everyone one by one, and everyone tied the handkerchiefs diagonally behind their heads to cover their mouths and noses.
Liu Jizu smelled a strong medicinal fragrance, originally he wanted to try to see if he could resist the poisonous gas here after taking the hundred poison solution, but now is not the time to do experiments, in case the hundred poison solution does not work, then it will be a big mistake, he does not dare to make this attempt. After tying his handkerchief, he removed his bow and arrows, and the quiver was repositioned.
The others also took out of their baggage, which consisted of gourd-filled lamp oil and a few torches made of wooden sticks, which were all they could buy in the town in a short time.
Soon they lit the torches, and the heads of the torches were soaked in oil, which was well lit, and then passed them one by one, except for Liu Jizu, who was holding a bow and arrow, and the rest had one.
After the torches were lit, they began to enter the poison gas forest, setting fire as they went, as they had agreed.
Liu Jizu took a closer look at this poison gas valley, and saw that the valley was twenty or thirty steps wide, with cliffs on both sides, which could not be climbed, and there were dwarf trees more than two people tall inside, which were pruned very regularly, the crown was not large, and the shape was the same.
Each tree has a protrusion about the height of an adult's head, and each tree is about three steps apart, not connected to each other, and it is indeed not easy to connect into pieces when setting fires, not to mention that there is a canal below. It seems that the place of Wuwei Valley was also designed by a master, thinking that the enemy might use fire, and made a series of precautions.
But they have no choice but to burn these poisonous trees, at least to burn a way, otherwise it will be easy for them to get in, but it will be difficult for them to come out. Originally, they thought that it would be difficult to burn, because such living trees were very slow and troublesome to light one by one, so the lamp oil they prepared was intended to burn the trees.
Who knew that the wool-like stuff tied to the dwarf tree was extremely flammable, just a little bit. This saved a lot of trouble, and everyone was relieved, and one by one, the dwarf trees turned into independent giant torches.
When these cotton wool-like things burned, they emitted a more pungent smell, choking everyone and coughing, and feeling dizzy. Everyone knew that they couldn't waste time by the fire, so they quickly set the fire and walked forward.
By the time they were less than halfway through the gas valley, six guards had already arrived with torches.
Liu Jizu saw it from a distance, and when those people shouted and cursed, they entered his range. Liu Jizu bent his bow and arrows, using torches as targets, almost one arrow at a time.
Some of the six dodged, some ran back, but they forgot to put their torches down, and they were quickly shot down one by one.
When the distance was near, he gave each of them two more arrows.
But this time he was very cautious, worried that they were not dead and poisoned, so even if the people who shot down were no longer moving, he still led the crowd to bypass these people and always kept a certain distance from them.
Then they continued to march towards Taniguchi without stopping, still setting fire as they ran. Their group is like a line of fire, constantly burning in the direction of Wuwei Valley. A thousand paces was not far away, and soon they came to the vicinity of the valley mouth.
There were seven guards left, gathered together to look this way.
The seven people had already seen Liu Jizu and them at this time, and at first they probably thought that their own people were back, but they didn't take it seriously, and when they saw that it was not their own people who came back, they were surprised. One of them hurried back to deliver the letter, and the rest of the people greeted them with torches.
Liu Jizu didn't dare to let them get too close, and when these people entered the firing range, he began to shoot arrows, and when the last person fell, he was only ten steps away from him, and Liu Jizu had even seen him throw something at his side.
Liu Jizu suffered a loss, and he didn't look at what he had lost, so he hurriedly led everyone to hide to the side, and also bypassed those who were hit by arrows. In order to make it convenient for Liu Jizu to come back and see people, he made up another arrow, and then led everyone quickly through the pass, where there was no one to guard.
After they crossed the pass, they continued to set fires all the way, and most of the buildings in the valley were two- or three-story wooden buildings. According to the drawings, these buildings are various offices in the valley, similar to the seowon.
At this time, they had already heard a noise from a distance, and it was estimated that the man who had run away earlier had called for help. But they came to set fire to save people, and they didn't want to entangle with these people, so they all poured oil, lit the fire and left quickly, not waiting for the fire to burn out.
Mr. Su studied this drawing very thoroughly, and he led everyone through the streets and alleys, looking for those remote roads to walk, or setting fire to them as he walked, and saw that a quarter of the valley was lit up, especially near the mouth of the valley, and then the whole narrow basin was also lively, shouting, banging gongs, and noisy footsteps were everywhere.
Liu Jizu knew that the fire was almost set off, and it couldn't be put anymore, otherwise it would be easy for people to find out their whereabouts. So he asked everyone to put out the torches, pull off the towels, and let Mr. Su take everyone to the alley.
Liu Jizu observed while walking, and found that the layout of the valley was similar to that of the academy, but there were also differences, it was extremely clean, and there were more people living here, and the entire basin and the surrounding mountains were full of houses, full of people, and it looked like it was about to catch up with the scale of a county seat.
These people were all led out by the sudden fire, and many people ran in the direction of the fire to put out the fire. But the vast majority of people didn't know that there was a foreign invasion setting fire, and they thought that the sky was dry and the water was gone.
Therefore, although someone met them on the road, because it was dark and they couldn't see clearly, no one paid attention to it at all, and they were all in a hurry to put out the fire, so they came to the entrance of the Baicao Garden very smoothly.
There are only five guards there now, and the rest are probably running to put out the fire. The torches on both sides of the cave were bright, and the men were gathering together to point to the distant fire.
Liu Jizu did not approach from the front, but shot arrows from the alley on the side and sneaked attack.
These guards reacted relatively quickly, and after discovering that someone had been hit by an arrow, they were only stunned for a moment, then reacted and began to find a place to hide and dodge.
Liu Jizu had already shot the two of them at this time, and he asked Mr. Su and the others to wait in the alley, while he carried a bow and an arrow, and walked briskly towards the remaining three guards.
The three guards who were hiding had little experience, and they were still shouting and echoing each other, which was just right to help Liu Jizu locate, he followed the voice, found the three people one by one, opened his bow and arrows, and quickly solved them.
This is a countermeasure that Liu Jizu thought of before he came, these people are good at releasing poison at close range, and they can't prevent it at all when they are close, and in the absence of an antidote, they can only attack from a distance or attack it unprepared, so he decided to mainly use bows and arrows to attack.
Who knew that the effect was so good, he was still thinking that this level of martial arts was one of the three sects, and it was far worse than the academy.
It's just that he didn't expect that how many masters of the rivers and lakes would use bows and arrows? Only those who are not good at martial arts will use bows and arrows to ambush. And the most important thing is that no one usually comes to attack them! They just look at the sick and sell medicines, and rarely get involved in disputes between the rivers and lakes. Therefore, since its establishment, Wuwei Valley has always been the most peaceful among the three sects, and no one has come to attack them except for their own trouble. All those in power, the wealthy, want to have a good relationship with them. But it is this millennia of arrogance and laxity that has caused today's evil results, and their guards are the most lax of the three sects.
In addition, there are many contradictions inside and outside the valley, the guards on the periphery are useless, and the guards in the valley are inexperienced, the discipline is lax, and the martial arts are mediocre. It can be said that except for the Poison Gas Valley, the guards of Wuwei Valley are simply in an undefended state for people like Liu Jizu.
After the remaining three guards were shot, Liu Jizu gestured towards the mouth of the alley, and Mr. Su and the others ran over, admiring Liu Jizu from the bottom of their hearts.
Liu Jizu motioned for them to hide on both sides of the cave, and he continued to feel inside the cave. But there were no guards in the cave, I don't know if they ran out to put out the fire, or if the five guards outside were here just now.
In order to save time, Liu Jizu directly took out his dagger that sharpened iron like clay, and slashed it twice with great force, the lock beam with a thick thumb was cut off, and the huge lock fell to the ground.
The people behind were stupid, and they regarded Liu Jizu as a god.
After the cell was opened, Liu Jizu was the first to rush in, only to see that behind the door was a small open space, there were several oil lamps on the surrounding walls, and there were three passages in the left, middle and right directions, and on both sides of each passage were stone chambers with iron fences, it seemed that these were the cells of Wuwei Valley.
Liu Jizu didn't have time to ask who was locked up inside, he didn't want to waste time, and used the dagger to cut the chains locked on the cell door from the passage on the right hand.
The people who followed up began to search eagerly while shouting, only to listen, "Doctor Feng, Ah Hua, Yue'er, Xiaohong ......" and other voices were endless.
Soon there was a response from the cell on the right, and a timid voice shouted, "Yes...... Yes, Daddy?"
Immediately after that, the voices in the cell rang out one after another.
The people in the cell crowded to the iron door and shouted to check, and the cell on the right hand side was full of girls, and there were eight cells in it, each with a dozen or so people.
Liu Jizu quickly cut off the chains on these eight cells, the chains of these cells are thinner, and there is only one lock, which Liu Jizu can cut with a single cut.
But at first, those girls didn't dare to come out, and they didn't know Liu Jizu. It wasn't until he heard the shouts of someone from behind him, and someone heard his father's voice, that he opened the door and ran out to meet him.
The rest of the girls followed, and they all went to find their families and made a mess.
Liu Jizu turned around and came to the passage in the middle, where there were also eight cells, all of which were occupied by boys.
Those boys all looked at Liu Jizu with iron railings, Liu Jizu thought to himself that these children were locked up in a cell like this, there must be no good results, so they simply saved them together, and they couldn't delay any time. So the chains of the eight cells were cut off, and the boys also escaped, only about thirty, and when they came out, they were also in chaos with the girls.
Liu Jizu finally came to the passage on the left, there were also eight cells on both sides of the passage, but they were all adult men, and they all watched the movement at the door of the cell when they heard the movement.
Liu Jizu asked, "May I ask where Divine Doctor Feng is locked up?"
There were more than a dozen people dressed in black in the two cells at the door, and when Liu Jizu was looking for Doctor Feng, one of them asked, "What are you looking for Doctor Feng for?"
"I brought someone to save Doctor Feng!"
Those people became excited when they heard this, and someone pointed to the innermost room and said, "It's the innermost room on the left, you go and save Uncle Feng!"
Hearing this, Liu Jizu walked quickly to the innermost, but there was no one at the door in the back cells, but someone shouted: "Let me out! Let us out! Don't go!"
Liu Jizu found that the iron bars of these cells in this passage were very thick, and there were several locks tied to each door, and except for the two cells at the door, there was only one person locked in each cell at the back, and it seemed that there were chains on his body, so he couldn't reach the door.
Liu Jizu ignored the shouting people, and walked straight to the door of the innermost cell on the left-hand side, only to see a person lying on his side inside.
Liu Jizu slashed hard several times before he cut all the chains on the door, and he went in and helped Doctor Feng out. I saw that Divine Doctor Feng was covered with injuries all over his body, his hair was scattered and covered his face, and he couldn't see his face clearly. At this time, the two young people who followed Liu Jizu to come in specifically to find Doctor Feng rushed over, and they were surprised and delighted when they saw Doctor Feng, and hurriedly took Doctor Feng from Liu Jizu's hands, and said non-stoply: "Divine Doctor, we are here to save you!"
Divine Doctor Feng looked up at the two young people, knew each other, and asked, "You are all ordinary people, how can you have the ability to come here to save me?"
The two young men pointed at Liu Jizu and said, "It's all up to this Li Chuanzong, Li Shaoxia, he led us all the way in." ”
Doctor Feng listened to this, and then he bowed his hand to Liu Jizu and said, "Thank you Shaoxia for saving your life!"