I saw a dark, ball-like thing rolling down from above in the dark light.?     ?

Everyone around me saw it and hurriedly rushed up with a torch. When they rushed to the top and saw the thing, they suddenly heard a few people crying softly. I hurried forward: "What is it?"

Pei Yuanxiu took a few steps forward and saw it. At this time, he immediately turned around and reached out to stop my shoulder: "Don't look."

“After all it is—”

Before I could react, my eyes had already swept to the grass in front of me, and I immediately saw that it turned out to be a human head!

The head of the water dragon!

The flesh and blood were blurred, and the blood was rolling down all the way, and the eyes full of fear and disbelief were wide open.

I was almost screaming in fear. Pei Yuanxiu's hand had already hugged me hard, blocking my vision with his body, and turned his face halfway to the person over there and said, "Take it away!"

When the people heard this, they immediately walked away with the head.

I have experienced a lot, even in the war in Dongzhou, where corpses are everywhere, I have witnessed it with my own eyes, but unlike seeing a head like this, this person just spoke to me, and he still holds the hope that I might find Li'er. In a blink of an eye, he died, and only one head left was left to be thrown down!

When I thought of this, I felt that my whole body was shaking. The cold wind blew through my clothes and made me cold all over. Only Pei Yuanxiu's hand was still holding me hard, as if he wanted to use his body temperature to warm me.

"Don't be afraid, it's okay."

His voice sounded above his head, and it was gentle and calm: "Don't be afraid."

"……what to do?"

"Qingying."

"Li Er, what should I do?"

I grabbed his sleeves hard and watched the mountain road that had sunk into the dusk. I never thought that the water dragon could rescue Li'er immediately as soon as he entered. After all, we didn't know the purpose of those people at the beginning. All we wanted was an opportunity, but I never thought that those bandits would be so cruel and ruthless that they would even kill their own people on the Green Forest Road.

Who is that tiger? What is he going to do?!

This night was destined to be a sleepless night for me. I don’t know if it was because of frightened or the torment in Li’er’s heart, or if it had been rushing for several days to affect my rest, and the cold wind blew in the wind for most of the day. In the second half of the night, I became a little hot and confused. When Pei Yuanxiu was carried into the tent, I didn’t have much strength to struggle.

He carefully put me on the bed, looked at my blushing face covered with thin sweat, gently stretched out his hand to stroking the wet dissipation on my forehead, and breathed on my sweaty and sensitive cheeks, and said softly: "Don't move around, have a good rest."

To be honest, I didn't have the strength to move anymore, so I could only lie on the bed obediently, falling into a state of half-sleeping and half-awake. I could also feel that Pei Yuanxiu was always standing in front of the bed, feeding me water constantly, and taking care of me carefully.

It was not until dawn that some people were talking and walking outside, and I slowly opened my eyes. Seeing Pei Yuanxiu sitting by the bed, I immediately came up: "Qingying, isn't it better?"

“…”

I opened my mouth and wanted to say something, but I heard someone outside the tent say, "Young master, the people are ready."

When Pei Yuanxiu heard this, he immediately got up and walked over and lifted the curtain. I barely supported myself on the bed and saw some people kneeling at the door, all of whom were dressed up, carrying ropes on their shoulders and iron hooks on their feet. Pei Yuanxiu glanced at them and said, "You guys go."

"yes."

After the order was ordered, the people turned around and left immediately. Then he walked back. I hurriedly asked, "What are you going to do?"

"I'll send them up the back mountain on both sides to find out the news." He sat down while saying, seeing my anxious look, and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, I won't let them act rashly before ensuring their safety."

Only then did I feel relieved: "Yeah."

He said softly again: "Don't worry too much. Those bandits cannot just rob people and not seek profit. They must have a purpose. They will not hurt Li'er until the goal is achieved."

Actually, I had the same feeling before. I had been here for so long and there was no news inside, which inevitably made me uneasy.

Pei Yuanxiu reached out and touched my forehead, breathing a sigh of relief: "Get back."

Seeing me shivering and retreating for a while, he smiled and said, "I'm worried that you will get sick again, so that's going to be troublesome. Fortunately, you're fine."

I am not considered a disease, but I do have a heart disease. At this time, my lips were pale and said, "I will definitely not fall down before I find Li'er."

Pei Yuanxiu glanced at me, said nothing, carefully helped me get out of bed, washed up for a while, as soon as the two of them walked out of the tent, they heard a loud voice, and the surrounding guards were walking towards the mountain road ahead.

What's wrong?

At this time, no matter what the situation was there, it touched my heart. I hurriedly turned around and walked over. When I looked up, I saw that someone had walked out from behind the mountain road!

When I looked closely, it turned out to be a guard who went in with Shuilong yesterday!

Originally, the head of the water dragon was thrown out, and we all thought that the two people who followed in were in danger. Unexpectedly, the bandits did not kill him. He slowly walked down from above, and the soldiers below hurriedly rushed up. Everyone wanted to ask, but when they turned around, they saw Pei Yuanxiu and I come over, they didn't speak. Instead, the man walked up to us and knelt down directly: "Young Master, Mrs. Qingying."

Pei Yuanxiu looked down at him: "Did they let you back?"

"yes."

"Is there something to say?"

The man seemed to have experienced a lot, and his face was not very good-looking, but he still said respectfully: "We followed the water dragon into the bandit camp inside. There were many bandits and horses inside. After a brief look, he could not count. Moreover, the terrain of the mountain road inside was dangerous and twisty. If we wanted to fight, it would be difficult."

Pei Yuanxiu's brows frowned.

"what else?"

"We failed to see the tiger."

"Oh? Who killed that water dragon?"

"As soon as the water dragon entered, he heard the order from the village from the tiger, kill him and take his head."

"What?" Pei Yuanxiu and I were both surprised and looked at each other in surprise.

I thought it was Shuilong who went in and had disagreements with Shanhu, or who had some disagreements before being killed. How could this person say that Shanhu didn't plan to talk to Shuilong at all, and he just wanted to take his life.

This is strange. Aren’t they brothers before? What’s going on?

Pei Yuanxiu immediately said: "Then what did you meet again?"

The man raised his head slightly, as if he looked at me. My heart skipped a beat. Before I could think about it, I heard him whisper: "After we went in, because the young master ordered to find out the truth first, we did not dare to act rashly, and were stopped by the people inside. They did not make things difficult for us, but came to ask questions. We also conveyed the young master's meaning as we told him, no matter what they wanted, as long as the lady was safe, we would agree."

"What do they say?"

"They said—" He was silent for a moment, and my heart moved. The man was so afraid of looking up. After a while, he whispered: "The tiger bandit said that they would let Mrs. Qingying go in in person before they could release people."

"What?!"

Pei Yuanxiu's voice suddenly became higher.

I stood there, speechless.

It is undeniable that from the beginning, the whole thing was not under our control, nor even our expectations, but I never thought that the bandit would make such a request.

I want to enter the village myself!

It is understandable if he wants money or women, but why did he ask me? It is not more beneficial for them to enter the village than to control Li'er. Why do they still make such an almost unreasonable and absurd request.

but--

I turned my head and Pei Yuanxiu looked at me. Before he could speak, I spoke calmly: "I'm going."

“…”

He didn't seem surprised, but his voice was low: "Qingying!"

"I know what you are going to say," I said calmly, "I promised you that I won't mess around. But this time, it's our hope. If I don't go in, the people inside will not give us any chance."

“…”

"Although you sent someone over, what he said was not simple. Even if you can find out the truth and save people, it will not be a day or night, and you cannot completely guarantee Li'er's safety."

“…”

"I'll go, at least I'll have a chance to talk to them, no matter what they want, I-"

"What if they want you?!"

Pei Yuanxiu interrupted me all of a sudden.

His face had never been so serious, and his breathing was messy when he said this. I had never seen him like this. No matter when, even in the war in the East, even in the face of blood-stained embarrassment, he had never been so nervous and disordered.

This makes my heart heavier.

After being watched by his hot eyes, it took a long time before I could barely calm myself down, and reached out and gently lifted up a piece of white veil on the edge of the hat: "Is it meaningful?"

He was stunned and immediately said, "Qingying."

I said calmly: "Young Master, I don't care what they want. But what I want is my daughter."

“…”

"If it weren't for Li'er, I wouldn't have been here until today. Now, there is a chance to save her in front of me, and no matter what, I will not give up. I hope-" I said, stepping forward and looking in his eyes seriously: "No matter what happens, you will support me."

Looking at my firm eyes, Pei Yuanxiu finally nodded after a long silence.

"good."

When I heard him let go, I immediately showed joy and heard him say in a deep voice: "But you also have to promise me that after you go in, you must protect yourself first no matter what you do."

"I know."

"If you have any surprises-"

Before he could finish his words, he just turned his head and looked at the rugged and steep mountains.
Chapter completed!