Chapter Seventy-Four: Chai Zhiheng Escapes

At night, the disciples of the Kongtong Sect, who were usually at least guarding the door, went back to their rooms to sleep. Chai Zhiheng opened his eyes, and the wounds all over his body were sore. Chai Zhiheng endured the pain and walked to the door, looked at the charcoal fire that was still burning, and walked to the door gently, listening to the movement outside the door, the usual snoring sound was inaudible. Chai Zhiheng was very happy in his heart, and carefully walked to the side of the tan brazier, gently picked up the charcoal brazier, and placed the charcoal brazier next to the hay. Chai Zhiheng listened vigilantly to the movement outside the door, tiptoed to the door again, lying on the door panel to listen to the movement outside, and occasionally a few dog barks set off the silence of the night, Chai Zhiheng's high heart finally dropped a part. Chai Zhiheng poured the charcoal fire onto the hay, and the flames immediately jumped up a foot high, and then rose to a foot high after a while. Chai Zhiheng hid in the corner of the door, and after seeing that the window of the hay house was scorched, he used a little effort, and the window immediately fell apart. Chai Zhiheng jumped to the window in the face of the flames, jumped down from the window again, and immediately fled to the mountain to the east.

The flames flew from one zhang to several zhang high, like the big tongue of a demon, and it was like trying to take off the entire inn. Seeing the red firelight in the hazy running hall of the inn, he rubbed his eyes and walked out of the door, and suddenly sobered up and shouted loudly, "Fight the fire, put out the fire." The people in the inn were awakened, and the innkeeper immediately called his men to put out the fire. The owner of the inn and the runner of the hall shouted loudly to put out the fire while carrying water to put out the fire. When the neighbors saw the flames of the inn, they all got up to help put out the fire in the inn. The flames were finally extinguished, and the innkeeper shouted to the man and said you should go and see the men, and the man searched the rooms for a while, saying that the boss was not there any of them. The innkeeper scolded me for not looking like good people on weekdays, especially the screams a few days ago, I should have thought that they were bad people, I really shouldn't be greedy for their silver, and almost ruined my family's foundation. On the way to escape, Chai Zhiheng kept looking back to see if those people from the Kongtong faction had chased after him. When he reached a mountain peak, Chai Zhiheng fled into the mountain forest of the mountain peak after looking behind him for the last time to see if there was anyone.

After scurrying around in the mountain peak for half an hour, Chai Zhiheng saw a smooth big stone and lay down on the big stone to rest tiredly. The dew on the leaves hit Zhou Qinghai's bloodstained face drop by drop, and Zhou Qinghai was awakened by the coldness and pain. Chai Zhiheng opened his eyes, unwilling to move his aching body, and turned his black eyes to look in all directions. The big boulder was surrounded by weeds and trees, and Chai Zhiheng remembered how embarrassed he was when he ran away, scurrying around in the mountains and forests, whether it was ordinary trees, weeds and thorny thorns, running with his hands and legs apart. Chai Zhiheng finally sat up from the stones, looked at his thorny hands and feet, and carefully plucked them off one by one. Next to it is a wild date tree, overgrown with red dates. After picking the thorns, Chai Zhiheng stood up and reached out to pick dates from the jujube branches hanging from the top of his head to fill his stomach. After eating the dates, Chai Zhiheng lay down on the stones to rest and recover his strength.

Lu Junliang said that no matter how hard he tortured, Chai Zhiheng would not tell Ling'er's whereabouts. Lu Junliang told He Quandao that after we tortured Chai Zhiheng tomorrow, we deliberately left the charcoal brazier in the hay house, so that the disciples of the Kongtong faction who guarded the door would go back to rest, and with Chai Zhiheng's ingenuity, Chai Zhiheng would definitely set fire to attract the attention of others, and then take the opportunity to escape. He Dudao said Senior Brother, what kind of bad idea is this, Chai Zhiheng escaped, not only could we not catch Ling'er, but even lost the fat to our mouths. Lu Junliang said Second Senior Brother, don't worry, I haven't finished my words yet. Why do we torture Chai Zhiheng, that is, so that Chai Zhiheng's body and strength cannot be fully recovered, so that he is always under our control, as long as we want, we can catch Chai Zhiheng again tomorrow. Lu Junliang said Second Senior Brother, you will be the head of the Kongtong faction in the future, you should be careful when you speak, and you can't be so careless anymore. After listening to Lu Junliang's words, He Dudao was first happy in his heart, then angry, and scolded in his heart, Do you want me to be the head of the Kongtong faction! Lu Junliang then said, Second Senior Brother, why didn't Chai Zhiheng die. He said that it is better to die than to live, who wants to die. Lu Junliang said that Chai Zhiheng must not have died because of greed, otherwise he would have defected to our Kongtong faction, and he must have been worried about it. He Dudao patted his head with his hand, saying that he was concerned, his family had long gone, and the Huashan faction had also been destroyed, so what else was there to worry about. Lu Junliang said Second Senior Brother, why did you forget who Chai Zhiheng was with before. He Dudao's right hand slapped on his head, and he was right, he must be concerned about Ling'er. Lu Junliang said That's right, Ling'er is a little girl, she can't be a girl, let alone wandering the rivers and lakes, even in this barren mountains and mountains, can he rest assured? After Chai Zhiheng escapes, he will definitely go to find Ling'er, and then we will catch turtles in an urn.

When Chai Zhiheng jumped out of the window, He Jundao and Lu Junliang hid in the dark corners of other rooms, staring intently at Chai Zhiheng, and after Chai Zhiheng ran out of a safe distance, He Jundao and Lu Junliang instructed the disciples of the Kongtong faction to follow slowly behind. When they arrived on the hillside, Lu Junliang instructed the disciples of the Kongtong faction to say, don't chase now, wait a while. He Dudao asked Lu Junliang why, and Lu Junliang said that there are so many of us, when we climb the mountain, we will make a loud noise, and when the time comes, we will startle the snake. He Dudao said that after waiting for a long time, how can we look for Chai Zhiheng in this dense mountain forest, and when the time comes, it will not let him escape. Lu Junliang walked to a small tree at the bottom of the hillside, plucked a leaf from the low-hanging branch, and handed the leaf to He Dudao. He Dudao took the leaf and said Senior brother, it's not time for you to joke with you, how do we catch up with Chai Zhiheng now. Lu Junliang stretched out his finger, pointed to the leaf and said to He Dudao, second senior brother, look, what is on this leaf. He said bloodstains. Lu Junliang went on to say that Chai Zhiheng has a lot of blood on his body, and he will definitely leave blood stains around him when he walks in this dense woods, and when the time comes, we will definitely be able to find him if we follow the bloodstains, so we don't have to worry about Chai Zhiheng disappearing into the reckless mountains and forests at all. He Dudao told the disciples of the Kongtong Sect to rest in place for a while, replenish some food and water, and follow Chai Zhiheng later.