Just after the time, Xiaohai and Zhou Shichen came to the outside of Qingyuan Temple, the temple lights had been turned off, and from a distance they could still smell the smell of something burned. Taking advantage of the moonlight and starlight, the mountains in the distance are still majestic.

According to the description of the people in Qingyun Village, Xiaohai and the two dared to follow a path deep into the mountains. After walking for nearly half an hour, Xiao Hai suddenly stopped.

whispered to Zhou Shichen next to him: "There are people in front, it should not be far away, be careful, let's go into the woods, don't take the right road." ”

Zhou Shichen whispered: "How do you know if it's so far away!"

Xiao Hai pointed to his ear and said, "The voice should be soft, if there is a master before the two of us get close, it may be discovered." ”

Zhou Shichen nodded, after all, Xiao Hai was already beyond his reach, Xiao Hai took Zhou Shichen into the mountain next to him, slowly avoided the trees, walked forward, and when he came to the corner of a mountain, there was a valley in front of him, and there was a little light in the valley. Xiao Hai knew that this was really right, Xiao Hai took Zhou Shichen and slowly walked around to a big stone at the exit of the valley, the valley is not big, and the situation in the valley can just be seen next to the stone, a clearing in the valley, there is a wooden house next to it, there is a table outside the house, and there are three people drinking there.

There was a large cave next to the small wooden house, and it was brightly lit, and it was impossible to see how deep it was in the distance. The two of them looked at the open space next to the cave, there was a row of wooden shelves, and there were more than a dozen people tied to the shelves, and the two of them were taken aback! They were dressed by the officers and soldiers of Wuyou Town! Xiao Hai chuckled in his heart, thinking to himself Could it be that General Zhang led his troops to suppress the bandits during the day before yesterday, and they were killed? Looking at the faces of more than a dozen people, General Zhang was not inside.

The dozen or so people remained motionless, not knowing whether they were dead or alive. Zhou Shichen gritted his teeth and dragged Xiao Hai, Xiao Hai understood what he meant, he couldn't see death without help, but the situation in the cave was unclear, and the enemy didn't know how many people there were.

Xiao Hai lowered his voice and said to Zhou Shichen: "I'm guarding here, you quickly run back and tell your father!

"But, why don't we go back together!"

"If both of us fall in, this gang of bandits will run away without a trace, and it is even estimated that no one will know where we have disappeared and gone, you hurry back, don't delay!"

Zhou Shichen was still hesitating, and Xiao Hai said anxiously: "My young master, what do you want? Is face important or is the life of these soldiers important?

Zhou Shichen finally made up his mind and nodded and said, "You can't act recklessly, you can't clash with them, you must wait for us to come back and do it!"

Xiao Hai said with a smile: "I can't see it, Young Master Zhou will also care about people, thank you, if you come back and find that I am not there, just launch an attack! Don't worry about me, I have seen a lot of this small scene!"

Zhou Shichen grabbed Xiaohai's arm and said, "No, you can't do it, you have to wait for me to come back, just watch them from afar!"

Xiaohai was helpless: "Okay, okay, I know, you go back quickly to ventilate and report the news!"

Zhou Shichen slowly withdrew from the valley, and then accelerated his pace and ran back, Xiao Hai saw that there was no movement on this side of the valley, and he was relieved if he didn't notice it. But Xiao Hai is still contradictory in his heart, there are more than 100 officers and soldiers who left the town the day before yesterday, and there are more than a dozen people who were tied up, what about the others? What is the situation in the cave? Will they be locked up in the cave? Xiao Hai is now a little conflicted in his heart, if it is really as Liu Qinghe said that this group of thieves participated in the robbery of the prison the night before yesterday, then there are many masters in it, and they can find the traces of the master, and they have not even fought when they dealt with three or four people by themselves. Now the situation in this cave is not clear at all, and I am not sure at all whether I can escape by entering rashly.

Xiao Hai looked outside the cave, on the wooden shelves next to the cabin, there were more than a dozen people, and because it was night, he couldn't tell whether they were dead or alive. And the three of them were still drinking, and their voices didn't sound like locals, and the children didn't even understand them. Xiao Hai quietly sneaked to the back of the cabin, getting closer to the three people, but Xiao Hai still couldn't understand what these three people were talking about, where did this person come from? Xiao Hai probed behind the house and finally saw the situation of more than a dozen people on the shelf, it was true that the officers and soldiers were not fake, but the flesh and blood on their faces were blurred, and their bodies were also full of flesh, but Xiao Hai could still feel their exhalation.

Xiao Hai was a little relieved, but he was still very distressed, this is a soldier who protects the people on one side, and Wu Youzhen is so stable, and they themselves have contributed a lot. These thieves deserve to die even more, and they hate themselves for not knowing what's going on inside. Xiaohai probed to look at the situation in the cave, but he didn't look at it, the inside was very large and spacious. If it is a karst cave, but according to the introduction of the people in Qingyunzhai, this karst cave is intricate, and it is easy to get lost when you go in, and you can't even get out.

Xiao Hai thought that maybe the officers and soldiers were ambushed inside, but it was not necessarily. If this cave really exists, Wu Youzhen must know about it, but he has not been able to eradicate this group of bandits, probably because the situation inside is complicated. Xiao Hai thought to himself, forget it, don't wait for Zhou Shichen, his father still has to gather officers and soldiers, it is estimated that he will not be able to come in an hour or two, taking advantage of the fact that they are loosely guarded in the middle of the night to listen to the situation, the officers and soldiers will be annihilated in one fell swoop, and the most important thing is to bring the officers and soldiers down first. Xiao Hai saw that there was no movement in the cave, and the three guards were also staggering. Two lunges stepped forward and punched three times at the back of the neck, and the three of them all lay on the table before they could react.

Xiao Hai hurriedly came to the side of the wooden shelf, and these dozen or so people consciously hurriedly raised their spirits, looked at Xiao Hai with inquiring eyes, and Xiao Hai whispered: "Don't be afraid, I'm from Wuyou Town, Yan Xiaohai!"

An officer and soldier said with difficulty: "Yan Shaoxia, you came to save us?!"

Xiao Hai said while untying these people, "Why are you arrested?" After a dozen people were free, Xiao Hai hurriedly led them to the big rock on the other side of the valley.

An officer and soldier said: "Yan Shaoxia, the day before yesterday we received a report that Qingyuan Temple was burned. More than half of our brothers stationed here were killed or wounded, and nearby vendors were looted. General Zhang and our brothers rushed to arrest the thieves, after they came, the gang of thieves had already run away, we all knew that they might be hiding in this cave, because of the intricacies inside, we have not been to search for them, but this time the thieves are too hateful, we took the risk to go into the cave to check, but we were ambushed by the thieves!"

As he spoke, several officers and soldiers began to cry. Xiao Hai asked anxiously, "What happened later?" "We fell into a trap, the thieves were ambushed outside the valley and in the cave, General Zhang died in order to cover our retreat, and we were left with a few of our more than 100 brothers. Xiao Hai gritted his teeth with hatred, such a ruthless thief.

The officer continued: "But the thieves are no better, they have more dead and wounded than us, and there should be dozens of people in the cave now. The corpses of our brothers are still inside, Yan Shaoxia, you wait here, we will go and fight with the thieves, our brothers have suffered so many deaths and injuries, and we have no face to live alone!"

Xiao Hai hurriedly grabbed them and said, "No! You are all seriously injured, and if you go in, you will undoubtedly be sent to death! Young Master Zhou has already gone back to find rescuers, you must not act rashly!"

The officers and soldiers said: "We failed to protect General Zhang, and the general died because of me, as long as I can pull a few more bandits as a back, I will also have the face to accompany the general after I die!"

"Didn't you go to death like this, didn't General Zhang die for you in vain!" This was a few officers and soldiers hiding their faces and crying, at a loss.

Xiao Hai said, you are too seriously injured, it is useless to go in again, you describe the situation inside to me in detail, I will find out the situation by myself, and when the rescue soldiers arrive, we will annihilate this group of thieves in one fell swoop!

The officer and soldier said: "We didn't find out the details at all, we were ambushed not long after we entered, and there should be more than 30 bandits left who fought with us, and another group of people came last night, and then left!"

Xiao Hai was a little disappointed in his heart, and said with some joy: "How big is it?"

The officers and soldiers said with a sad face: "I don't know, the nearby mountain people don't know, they can't get out if they don't get in, otherwise how dare this gang of thieves hide here with peace of mind." ”

Xiao Hai understood and said: "Brothers, I advise you to go back first, you are seriously injured, if you are discovered, you will really be dead or alive, I will go in to support them, you go back and explain the situation inside to Lord Zhou." ”

More than a dozen officers and soldiers said that they would not say anything, and they had to follow Xiao Hai to go in again, Xiao Hai said in his eyes: "You are so confused, you can only drag me back like this, what is the use of you one by one now? How many knives can you block alone? Do you want me to die for you once?!"

Several officers and soldiers looked at each other for a day, and the officers and soldiers led by knelt down and kowtowed to Xiaohai.

Xiao Hai said: "You find the least injured one and go back to report the news, the others hide in the mountains and hide themselves, if our rescuers don't arrive, no matter what happens here, don't come out!"

After Xiao Hai finished arranging people, he returned to the entrance of the valley and Shandong, and there were three people lying on the table next to him, Xiao Hai originally wanted to wake them up and ask about the situation in the cave, but seeing that they drank this virtue and the language barrier, it was estimated that it was difficult to ask anything, so he simply went into the cave alone. Xiao Hai walked slowly along the cave wall, and there were a few torches at the entrance of the cave that made the whole cave entrance extremely bright, but after walking more than a dozen steps, the cave suddenly opened up.

As high as the top of the cave more than ten zhang, there are strange rocks on the top of the cave on the ground, uneven, large holes and small holes are staggered, the fire shines on the ground, and there are a lot of blood stains, Xiaohai knows that the officers and soldiers were ambushed here. The terrain is so weird, it's a great place to ambush, and this gang of robbers is really looking for a good place. Since there were five or six holes on the left and right, Xiao Hai simply picked up a torch from the cave wall, and looked at the ground to see where the traces on the ground were going.

Xiao Hai held his breath and listened carefully to the sound in the cave, Xiao Hai was confident that as long as he was within two miles, he would be able to hear the sound. But apart from the rumor of the entrance to the cave where I entered, nothing else. Xiao Hai was a little strange that there was no one guarding here, could it be that the thieves had already run out? But the officers and soldiers didn't see it, is there any other exit? Thinking of this, Xiao Hai was a little anxious, Xiao Hai hurriedly knife the hole, there were still three people lying on the table, Xiao Hai angrily picked up a pot of wine and looked at the face of one of them, and the person was still talking in a daze A pair of words that he didn't understand.

Xiao Hai went up and gave a slap: "Can you speak human words?" The man's face hurt for a while, he covered his face and quickly knelt down, and there was a pair of words in his mouth that he didn't understand, Xiao Hai knew that he was stunned with a punch, and Xiao didn't waste time, so he woke up the two people, fortunately, there was a person who could speak official language, Xiao Hai asked about the situation in the cave, it turned out that there was indeed only this road in the cave, but it was surprisingly big inside, at least three or four miles away.

This gang of bandits is indeed the Yannan Gang, a bandit from Fujian, who was chased by the government and had no choice but to come here. There are two leaders in this gang of bandits, the big boss Yang Zhensheng and the second boss Lin Leopard, all of whom are inside. A few days ago, a group of people suddenly came to talk to the big boss about something, and then they attached their hands in Qingyuan Temple, and the officers and soldiers came to encircle and suppress, they lured the officers and soldiers to come here and then wiped them out, General Zhang's body was inside, Xiaohai heard that he couldn't listen to it here and was going to kill them, the two of them were so frightened that they quickly knelt down and kowtowed, saying that there was something to report, it turned out that they were holding several women in the customs in the cave, all of whom were taken from the nearby mountains.

Xiao Hai held back his anger and asked where they were. After listening to the situation, Xiaohai knocked them unconscious and tied them to the shelf. Xiao Hai was so anxious now that he hurried to the cave, and according to the minion, he left a mark at the entrance of the second cave on the left, and then went straight in.

Xiao Hai walked along the cave with a torch, not daring to move too fast, for fear of an ambush, but not daring to be too slow, General Ma Zhang's corpse was humiliated, and the woman was humiliated.

Xiao Hai was engrossed in moving forward, the cave was really intricate, there were still holes in the cave, the entrance of the cave was of different sizes, some were several feet high, and some needed to bend down to enter. Xiao Hai kept walking, and finally when he was about two miles out, Xiao Hai heard a voice. It's a little small, but the little feeling should be almost there.

Xiao Hai suddenly fluttered, and on the way here, he smelled a strange smell again, it was too light at first, Xiao Hai didn't pay attention, but now it is really clear! It's kerosene! Xiao Hai's head exploded with a bang, why did the three people at the entrance of the cave go outside alone? The cave is so deep, why do you have to guard outside the cave? Plus this kerosene, this is another trap!

Xiao Hai hurriedly took two steps back and extinguished the torch in his hand. Fortunately, he is not in the place now, it should be in front, if nothing else, the walls on the ground are covered with kerosene, and the officers and soldiers must light torches when they come in, and they will be burned when they touch the cave wall and the ground.

Vicious enough, although Xiao Hai smelled something wrong early on, but after all, the rivers and lakes have too little experience to identify the danger at the first time, Xiao Hai retreated, found a big stone, moved it to the middle of the road, and then carved the word kerosene with a sword, hoping that people from behind could see it clearly.