Leaning on the west slope mountain at its back, it is connected to the frog pond in front and the fir ridge in the south. It is surrounded by a tall wall, and the houses inside are a chain of houses, and the bells are ringing. A huge manor covering an area of about 100 acres and a construction area of more than 80 acres is like a dragon entrenched, quietly creeping.

This is Jiudao Villa, a majestic and huge manor.

The owner of Jiudao Villa is named Yan Wanshan, it is said that he has a shallow relationship with today's Nine Princes, and the owners of the Villa in the past dynasties are businessmen, but they are lonely and nameless in the rivers and lakes.

In order to defend such a large manor, successive generations of owners would hire a large number of masters to serve as the guardians of the village.

The night is as cool as water, the moon of sixteen or seventeen, although the moonlight is bright, there is always a feeling of misery.

Jiudao Villa, the hustle and bustle of the day dissipated, and at this time it seemed to be a dignified virgin, sitting quietly under the soft moonlight.

This is the backyard of the villa, with a large rockery. In the rockery, there is a man and a woman, the man is a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy, he is a little lazy leaning against the stone wall, his face is handsome, and his long hair looks a little messy because of some natural curls. Those eyes were dark and shiny, and they looked bright.

He was dressed in a blue coarse linen robe, but there were shocking blood marks on the coarse linen clothes, which seemed to be caused by whipping. But the girl knelt beside him, it was a somewhat petite girl, with bright eyes and bright teeth, and a delicate face, although she was also wearing poor clothes, but she could not hide her delicate figure.

The girl gently rolled up her sleeves for the young man, and when she saw the red whip marks on the young man's arms, she also gasped in her small mouth, and her slender eyebrows were also frowned, and she asked distressedly: "Brother Qiang, does it hurt?"

The young man looked at the tender girl in front of him, shook his head lightly, and said, "I'm already used to it, what about you? There are so many clothes to be washed every day, are you tired? Did the deacon named Pinggu bully you?"

The girl shook her head, then carefully took out a purple-brown medicine bottle from her arms, opened the cap, skillfully poured the white medicine powder carefully on Xiong Qiang's wound, and smoothed the medicine powder with her white but somewhat rough little hands, and then said: "I'm not tired, compared to you, no matter how much clothes I wash, it's nothing." ”

"Huh, where did you get the medicine?" asked Xiong Qiang, who was a little puzzled.

The girl smiled lightly and said, "Looking for someone to get it, I spent a lot of thought on this medicine?"

After applying the medicine to Xiong Qiang's arm, the girl looked at the whip marks on Xiong Qiang's body, and then shyly threw the medicine to Xiong Qiang, and said, "You can only take the medicine yourself for the injuries on your body." ”

Xiong Qiang smiled slightly, and lifted his shirt, revealing his strong chest, only to see that the muscles on the chest were bulging, as if they were entrenched by a dragon, full of strength, but the blood-red whip marks were also criss-crossed, shocking.

When the girl saw that he had made such an indecent act in front of her, her cheeks immediately flushed, she tilted her head, and said shyly, "Brother Qiang, you ...... You ......"

"Yo, are you still shy, help someone to the end! You can also help me apply medicine to the wounds on this body!" Xiong Qiang said with a smile, his expression was very relaxed, and he looked extremely comfortable.

Only at this time will Xiong Qiang have such a good interest, like them, the little man raised in the manor, was born to do hard work, and even if he does something that makes the steward unsatisfied, he will usher in the whipping of the steward. And in this kind of hard life, what Xiong Qiang looks forward to is the time when he comes to this huge rockery group every day and stays with Bai Lan when he is more quiet.

With her, he is happy, even if he is tired and injured a day, as long as he is here, his mood will improve, Bai Lan is his healing medicine.

When Bai Lan heard this, she was even more ashamed to hide her face, and she didn't know what she was talking about. Seeing Bai Lan's shy and charming appearance, Xiong Qiang didn't tease her anymore, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to gently take her into his arms, however, Bai Lan was like a frightened rabbit, her whole body trembled violently, and then she moaned in pain.

"What's wrong with you?" asked Xiong Qiang eagerly as he pulled his hand away.

But Bai Lan bit her lip and shook her head gently, Bai Lan's reaction was so violent, she stood up with some concern, and looked at Bai Lan's face seriously.

I saw Bai Lan at this time, her cheeks were slightly pale, a trace of cold sweat appeared on her forehead, and she was still gasping lightly in her mouth.

"Bai Lan, what's wrong with you?"

"I'm nothing, Brother Qiang, don't ask. Bai Lan bit her red lip lightly and said with a forced smile, but her fluttering eyes betrayed her.

Xiong Qiang, who knew that something was wrong, took her little hand brutally, and gently rolled up her loose sleeves, only to see that Bai Lan's white jade arm was full of bruises and purple pinching marks, these small injuries were nothing to a little guy like them.

But between these pinching marks, there is a triangular scar. Although there was no blood flowing from the scar, it was extremely red, the skin folds on the surface, and the red flesh was shockingly exposed, and this glance knew that it was branded raw with a red-hot triangular soldering iron.

Seeing this scene, Xiong Qiang's heart was like a knife, this kind of vicious method should only appear in the prison! But now it has appeared on a weak girl, you can imagine that the stewards of this Jiudao Mountain Villa are even more vicious than the cool officials in the prison.

Xiong Qiang's mind came to mind when the red soldering iron was imprinted on Bai Lan's white arm, Bai Lan's heart-rending scream, the pain made him shiver even if he thought about it, and the hand holding Bai Lan trembled slightly.

The teeth bit his lip tightly, and the handsome face was red from anger, as if he saw the hideous and vicious face when the deacon named Pinggu imprinted the red-hot soldering iron on Bai Lan's arm, and he hated to tear off the flesh on Pinggu's body piece by piece.

"Lan, why did she do this?" asked Xiong Qiang distressedly.

Xiong Qiang's eyes were filled with tears, his eyes looked so sincere, Lan, who had suffered a lot of white eyes in the villa, saw Xiong Qiang's gentle and loving eyes, her heart was flooded with warmth. Hurriedly retracted his hand, quickly put down his sleeves, covered the scar, and said with a low brow...... It's okay. ”

"It's all okay like this, you tell me, why do they use such vicious means against you?" Xiong Qiang was already a little hysterical.

Suddenly, he saw the brown porcelain vase in his hand, and immediately understood, and said, "Is it because of it?"

Bai Lan nodded lightly, and said faintly: "The last time I saw you covered in whip marks, it hurt my heart to see it, so I sneaked into Aunt Ping's room and wanted to steal a bottle of sore medicine for you, but I didn't expect to be discovered by Aunt Ping, so ......" Her voice was light and drizzling, as if she was talking about a trivial matter.

But Xiong Qiang's eyes were already full of tears, and everything Bai Lan did to him made him feel distressed and moved.

He gently hugged Bai Lan into his arms, choked up and couldn't speak anymore.

"As long as you're well, I don't care about this little injury. Bai Lan whispered softly in Xiong Qiang's ear.

After a long, long time, Xiong Qiang let go of Bai Lan from his arms, and saw a sense of absolute determination on Xiong Qiang's face at this time, and said, "Bai Lan, let's escape!"

"Escape, Brother Xiong Qiang, there are many Zhuang in Jiudao Mountain Villa, can we escape? Besides, you have escaped so many times before, and you have never succeeded. ”

"Look at your wounds, these animals don't treat us as human beings at all, and if this continues, sooner or later we will be abused and killed by them. In my experience, as long as we can climb over the high wall and escape to the west slope mountain, it will be very difficult for them to catch us again. Xiong Qiang gritted his teeth and said.

"Brother Qiang is willing to go, I will accompany you wherever you go!Birth, I will follow you, death, I will follow you!" Bai Lan showed a poignant smile, her eyes full of tenderness.

Xiong Qiang helped Bai Lan up and said, "Then let's gamble again, after escaping, let's find a remote place, build a thatched hut, and live a leisurely life of male farmers and female weavers." ”

Listening to the kind of days in Xiong Qiang's mouth, Bai Lan also yearned for it, and with a light tap, the trace of hesitation in his heart was also left behind.

At this time, the back mountain is quiet, and occasionally a team of patrolling Zhuang Ding walks by with torches, Xiong Qiang and Bai Lan sneak all the way cautiously, Xiong Qiang, who has many escape experiences, also has more experience in escaping, and he knows how often there will be patrols passing through.

Under the cover of the rockery and the cloister, the cover of the hedge and the night, the two of them have seen the courtyard wall of the back mountain from afar, the courtyard wall is about two zhang high, and every ten zhang of the place, there is a tall sentry platform, and each sentry is guarded by two Zhuang Ding.

But today's night is different than before, the moonlight is exceptionally bright, and the whole backyard is reflected in the moonlight, and it is dangerous to pass through here.

Xiong Qiang and Bai Lan didn't dare to act rashly at this time, Xiong Qiang said: "Let's wait, wait until the moon sets and the stars sink before dawn, and then we will go." ”

"But at that time, it was almost dawn, and the steward would have urged us to work, and if they found out that we were not there, we would have been caught. Bai Lan said with some concern, and the hand holding Xiong Qiang also quietly clenched.

Xiong Qiang patted Bai Lan's little hand with his other hand, showed a shallow smile, and said, "Don't worry, if they find out that we are not there, they will definitely find us first, and they will not report blindly, otherwise they will also be punished." ”

Hiding under the hedge, the two waited until the second half of the night, which should be the beginning of the hour, the moon has sunk in the west, and the night is completely shrouded, and this is also the time when people are most tired.

Xiong Qiang pulled Bai Lan and tiptoed towards the wall, passed through the center of the two guard towers, and squatted in the corner.

"Bai Lan, when I climb up, I will twist my clothes into a rope and pull you up, you wait here first. Xiong Qiang said.

Then he looked up at the tall wall, stepped through the gap between the stones, stretched out his powerful five fingers, and began to climb.

"Brother Xiong Qiang, be careful!" Bai Lan squatted on the ground, looked up at Xiong Qiang, and said with worry in her eyes.

Xiong Qiang looked at the sentry tower on the high platform in the distance, and saw that there was no reaction on the sentry tower, so he smiled at Bai Lan slightly, showing two rows of white teeth, and said, "Don't worry, we will be able to escape soon." ”

However, when Xiong Qiang climbed halfway, the direction of the rockery, there was a sudden sound of gongs, someone shouted loudly to catch the assassin, a team of Zhuang Ding rushed in this direction, and the Zhuang Ding on the sentry platform was also startled by the sound of the gong, and looked around vigilantly.

"Who is it?" Zhuang Ding took advantage of the light of the torch and immediately saw Xiong Qiang attached to the high wall.

But when he just shouted, in the stunned eyes of Xiong Qiang and Bai Lan, a black figure, like a ghost in the night, gently floated down on the high platform, only to see a flash of white light, and the two Zhuang Ding were stared at and died.

The man stopped on top of the watchtower for a moment, and looked at Xiong Qiang and Bai Lan. But at this time, a large group of Zhuang Ding had already surrounded him, and after hesitating for a moment, the man in black still left the tower, swept over the high wall, and headed in the direction of the western slope mountain.

At the moment when the man in black left, dozens of whistling arrows flew and nailed to the watchtower.

Looking at the man in black who was coming and going, Xiong Qiang was envious in his heart, if he could have this ability, this Nine Dao Villa would not be able to trap him. But the reality is that with the departure of the man in black, he is also desperate.

At this time, the flames were soaring, and Xiong Qiang and Bai Lan had already been surrounded by Zhuang Ding, who had rushed over, and all eyes were focused on the two of them.

Bai Lan was so frightened that she was so anxious that she said with a crying voice: "Brother Xiong Qiang, what should I do now?"

Xiong Qiang also secretly hated, if it weren't for the appearance of the damn man in black, maybe he and Bai Lan would have successfully escaped tonight, but now, it was useless to hate anyone. He just protected Bai Lan behind him and let these Zhuang Ding's evil eyes stare at him.

At this time, a person walked out of the crowd, the figure was Huaiwu, dressed in a white satin suit, his eyes were cold, and his body exuded a cold aura.

This person is the head of Jiudao Villa, named Lian Fang, the top master hired by the owner Yan Wanshan, seeing this pair of outlaw mandarin ducks, the corners of Lian Fang's eyes twitched twice, looked up at the direction where the man in black disappeared, and did not say anything else, just said coldly: "Pull the two away!