The spear in Shen Lie's hand was unceremoniously pierced into the horse's butt. The horse screamed and ran, disappearing into the night along with the other horses.
The wind became stronger and stronger, like a drum beating at a thunder gate, and the torches fell to the ground in the chaos. Several torches were extinguished, and the vision became much darker. In the restless and jumping firelight, Cao Yijun watched Xia Zhaoyi and Shen Lie ride away.
The guards and subordinates gathered around him: "General..."
Cao Yijun's face turned pale and he wanted to curse, but he was as gentle as he was and only four words came to his lips: "I'm so angry!"
He slapped away the hand of the guard who stretched out to help him, and said again: "I'm so angry!"
The tigers in the forest watched from a distance, dumbfounded.
Xia Zhaoyi threw away the reins of the mount he brought back and said, "This horse is fast!"
When the tiger in the forest changed its horse, Xia Zhaoyi whipped it away hard, causing the ownerless horse to run wildly.
Lin Zhonghu looked back and couldn't help but ask: "Miss Ali, why don't you kill them? Isn't it a troublesome thing to keep them here?"
"Why do you want to kill you when you open your mouth?" Xia Zhaoyi looked at him, "We didn't kill you back then."
Lin Zhonghu was stunned: "That's true..."
His eyes subconsciously looked at Shen Lie, who had been silent.
Shen Lie gave him a cold look and drove his horse ahead.
It was a quiet night in Taoxi Village. Outside the village, streams were flowing and insects and birds were chirping. Due to the hot weather, many houses in the village even had their windows wide open, showing no fear of thieves or bandits.
The sound of Lu Qiyuan's horse hoofs disturbed the dream of Taoxi Village. The village chiefs and mayors came one after another. The lights in half of Taoxi Village were turned on. Under the moonlit night, the peach blossoms in the village reflected by the lights were even more beautiful, as if they were stained by the color of wine.
Quan Jiuwei was hiding in the dark. When he saw the soldiers and horses brought by Lu Qiyuan, he felt secretly happy.
More and more people came to the ancestral hall, and the village chief even ordered someone to kill a pig to entertain the general.
Lu Qiyuan took a sip of water, put it on the table with a bang, and looked at the mayor with a smile on his face: "What did you say? Tell me not to go?!"
The township chief wiped his cold sweat: "General, what did the villagers of Taoxi Village commit? No one knows that the girl is the culprit. The general wants to kill and chop that A-li. This has nothing to do with me and other common people, but if you want to find someone else's No, General, if this makes a big fuss, if the villagers are dissatisfied, who will farm the land in the future?"
A village sage also hurriedly said: "General, our Taoxi villagers are simple and honest, and we pay enough food every month. If we attack innocent villagers, it is really unjustifiable. After years of war, the people are already in fear, and this will happen again." , what should I do if I wait?"
The others also spoke out to dissuade him.
Lu Qiyuan frowned angrily and listened silently. Suddenly he slapped the table, stretched out his hand to grab the lapel of the mayor's clothes, and lifted him up to him: "I will ask you, do you want to lead the way? Where is the house and who are the neighbors? , why are you so protective!?"
Everyone knelt down in shock and kowtowed: "General, spare your life!"
When Xia Zhaoyi and Shen Lie passed by, they heard this sound, and Lu Qiyuan's scolding voice getting louder and louder, coming out in the night, especially loud and violent.
"He wants to look for you, but if you actually go now, he might be frightened," Lin Zhonghu said.
"Taoxi Village has such confidence," Xia Zhaoyi said calmly, "In addition to food, there are many brave people in the village and a lot of troops. Lu Qiyuan does not dare to really use force here."
What's more, it was a village in Lining, and Song Zhiyi came in person, so everyone had to get addicted to the show, and called out to the villagers and elders with tears in his eyes.
"We're not going in, are we?" Lin Zhonghu asked.
"Going in will cause trouble for them," Xia Zhaoyi said, "Let's go."
Lu Qiyuan scolded him for a long time, but there was still no one to guide him. He could see that they were not afraid, and many of them were even shaking uncontrollably, but these people still stopped him.
Quan Jiuwei was also annoyed. In anger, he simply stopped pretending and walked forward directly: "General! I know where it is!"
"It's you." Lu Qiyuan recognized his subordinate at a glance, although he couldn't pronounce his name.
"I will lead the way for the general!" Quan Jiuwei said, "General, please!"
Lu Qiyuan got angry, but suddenly felt tired. He glanced at the villagers and villagers who were kneeling on the ground, then stood up and followed them.
As they came out, Cheng Miaode, who was hiding in the darkness, whispered: "Look, all nine dimensions!"
Yu Yanchi said "hmm" and looked towards the brightly lit ancestral hall behind: "Do you really think these people are protecting Ah Li's neighborhood?"
"Otherwise, are you protecting Ah Li?" Chu Zheng said.
Yu Yanchi shook his head: "She has only lived here for three or four months, and has not made many achievements. She is not worthy of so many people's protection, unless there is an invisible hand here to support her."
"Shen Lie?" Chu Zheng said.
"He has lived here even shorter, and has never even lived here." Sima Wu said.
"Shen Lie's attitude towards Ah Li is really interesting," Chu Zheng sneered, "It's strange to buy the house she lived in but not live in it."
"Keep an eye on Quan Jiuwei," Yu Yanchi said calmly, "Don't follow him this time. We must kidnap him while he is alone. We must send him to Madam as soon as possible."
"What about Shen Lie and Ah Li?" Chu Zheng said, "Especially Ah Li. She is on the list of wives and is the top priority."
Yu Yanchi glanced at her, looked back to the front, and said nothing.
Lu Qiyuan and Quan Jiuwei were walking towards the river, followed by a long procession of torches, as dazzling as a fire dragon.
Yu Yanchi's eyes fell on Quan Jiuwei, and because of Chu Zheng's words, he thought of Ah Li, and even his eyes were covered with ice.
If you really want to talk about it, he is probably the person around Yan Qinglin who wants Ah Li to die the most.
A few years ago, his sworn brother Jiang Feng was ordered to lead people to kill Pan Binhua and Lin De, but he was directly stabbed through the neck by this girl who appeared out of nowhere.
Over the years, Yu Yanchi has been trying to find her, but failed to find her time and time again.
Pan Binhua was dead. He killed him with his own hands and cut off his head and placed it in front of Jiang Feng's grave.
But there was no news from Linde at all.
Not only Linde, they could find less than twenty people who had been written on the list over the years. Except for Yang Changjun, the rest were all insignificant people.
As for Yang Changjun, they had been chasing him for several years and had killed several people. Knowing his approximate whereabouts but having no way of doing anything about him was even more hateful.
"Keep an eye on Quan Jiuwei." Yu Yanchi said, not wanting to stay any longer, he turned around and went back to the inn.
At the same time, at Lining Fu'an Inn, Xia Zhaoyi and Shen Lie Lin Zhonghu quietly dismounted in the back alley and looked up at the inn where they were sleeping peacefully under the night.
"We've missed our appointment for a few days," Xia Zhaoyi sighed softly, "I've been... missing appointments all the time lately."
Including the days when Zhili said he would rush back, now I don’t know how worried Zhili is.
