When the two gangsters swung down their knives, Chu Sanlang's eyelids twitched, and he quickly pulled out the knife. With a clang, the knife held the two men's knives horizontally. At this time, the blade was only a few inches away from the two men's necks.
"Sanlang, what do you mean?" the gangster asked, staring at Chu Sanlang.
Chu Sanlang shook his hand, shaking the two men's knives away, and then said calmly: "The fire has started, our whereabouts have been exposed, and the possibility of being caught by the pursuers is greater."
"Then what?" the villain said viciously.
"Then, we need these two people to save their lives, to save our own lives." Chu Sanlang said coldly: "Also, if this woman and child die, our family, relatives, and relatives within the three clans will all die.
Can’t survive.”
"It doesn't matter whether we live or die, but our families and relatives... we have to give them a way to survive after all." Chu Sanlang's eyes showed a look of sadness.
The remaining three criminals looked startled and gradually took back the knives in their hands.
Desperadoes are not fools or lunatics, they just don't care about life, whether it's other people's or their own.
No matter how cruel the desperadoes are, they still have weaknesses after all, and most of their weaknesses are their relatives and family members.
Suddenly a fierce light flashed in Chu Sanlang's eyes, he turned around and slapped Cui Jie hard on the cheek. With a crisp crack, Cui Jie was knocked to the ground, her ears were buzzing, and half of her cheeks were burning.
pain.
"Bitch, I won't kill you, but don't be too happy. If our brothers can escape today, we will torture you until death is worse than death." Chu Sanlang said coldly: "If you dare to set fire to attract the pursuers, you will be killed."
Just wait and suffer the consequences.”
Looking coldly at Qiao'er next to him, Chu Sanlang showed no mercy in his eyes. He raised his hand to slap him again and waved his palm out, but Cui Jie suddenly rushed over and hugged Qiao'er.
Chu Sanlang's palm slapped Cui Jie hard on the back. Cui Jie groaned in pain and raised her head to stare at him fearlessly.
"Come at me if you want to kill or chop me. Don't vent your anger on the child and hurt him. Do you think the British father-in-law will not touch your family?" Cui Jie said coldly.
Chu Sanlang snorted coldly, but did not make any move.
"This place is dangerous. It's not advisable to stay for a long time. Let's leave quickly!" Chu Sanlang shouted.
The simple thatched hut was still burning. Chu Sanlang turned around and left without even looking at it.
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At the foot of the mountain, Lao Wei and his subordinates, who were walking slowly and looking for traces left by the criminals, saw fire and thick smoke halfway up the mountain.
"Mr. Wei, look! There's a fire over there!" one of the soldiers shouted excitedly.
Old Wei stared at the burning fire and narrowed his eyes.
"Mr. Wei, it must be that gang of gangsters who set the fire!" Bu Qu said excitedly, "Let's hurry over there. Young Master and Miss Cui will be there!"
Just as they were about to start running, Old Wei stopped everyone.
"The hairs are rough and rough, like half-cooked melon rinds!" Lao Wei scolded: "You just run over when others set fire to it. What's the difference between you and the stupid roe deer? What if you fall into the trap?"
"Uh, what's the trick?"
Old Wei narrowed his eyes and stared at the fire, and said slowly: "This fire was set in a strange way... It is said that criminals should do everything possible to hide their traces and prevent others from discovering them. Why did they take the initiative to set a fire and expose their whereabouts? Isn't this looking for death?"
After saying this, everyone calmed down and nodded.
That's right, the gangsters can't be so stupid as to take the initiative to set fire as a warning, right? How mentally ill do you have to be to dare to be so provocative? Do they think they can't die quickly enough?
Old Wei added: "There are two possibilities. One is that the fire started accidentally, or it was set by the two people who were held hostage. The fire was too strong and there was no time to put it out."
"Second, if the gangsters want to move, they will first set fire to lure us there. This is called 'moving the tiger away from the mountain.' We will all rush towards the fire, and the encirclement will loosen, making it easier for the gangsters to break out of the encirclement and escape to other counties."
Buqu said: "Mr. Wei, whatever you say, we will listen to you."
"Both possibilities cannot be missed. There are twenty people in our team. We are divided into two groups. We fight all the way to where the fire started and rush to the foot of the mountain in the north to wait for the bad guys to pass by..."
"Will the bad guys come from the north?"
Old Wei pointed around and said with a smile: "There are plains on the three sides, southeast and west, which are not suitable for hiding, and all three sides lead to Chang'an or Weinan County. I concluded that this group of criminals dare not go to the crowded city, but to the north is Pu
Going in the direction of Chengbaishui means leaving the jurisdiction of Weinan County."
"Once you escape from Weinan's jurisdiction, it will be difficult for the imperial troops to track you down. If it were you, what would you choose?"
Bu Qu said without hesitation: "I will definitely escape from the north."
Old Wei nodded: "There are ten people in each team, and there should be only four or five bad guys. If nothing unexpected happens, it will not be difficult to fight. No matter which team encounters the bad guys, first protect the young man and the girl, and the rest
Use all your strength to kill the thief!"
The musicians were in high spirits and responded with clasped fists: "Yes!"
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Chu Sanlang and others walked quickly through the dense forest. It was getting dark, but his movements were like a cheetah hunting in the dark, and the rugged mountain road seemed smooth.
The few people following behind were not so relaxed, especially Cui Jie. She fell down countless times, but she still hugged Qiao'er tightly.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and Chu Sanlang's mood became more and more relaxed.
The darkness is convenient for hiding his tracks. He is confident that he can walk through the dense forest at night. As long as he walks out of this mountain and walks several dozen miles to the north, he will reach the boundary of Pucheng.
All the troops and horses of the imperial court were deployed in Weinan County. Even if they waited for them to come to their senses and arrange a search for Pucheng, it would take at least two or three days to mobilize so many troops and horses.
Two or three days were enough for him to escape from Guanzhong. It would be even harder for the court to capture him than to reach the sky.
Right now, the north of the dense forest is his life.
Thinking of the fact that he was about to escape and that the beauty like a flower he had held hostage was allowed to be ravaged by him, Chu Sanlang became more and more excited. He felt a fire burning in his belly and couldn't help but walk a lot faster.
When he was still a mile or two away from the edge of the dense forest, Chu Sanlang's expression changed, he suddenly stopped, and he raised his ears solemnly to listen to something.
A gangster approached his ear and whispered: "Sanlang, what's the news?"
Chu Sanlang frowned and said, "I don't know, I just feel like something is wrong and my eyelids are twitching a lot."
The villain stopped talking, and then quietly drew his sword out of its sheath.
They were all desperadoes, and he believed in Chu Sanlang's intuition. In the past, the four of them had escaped many government ambushes by relying on his intuition.
The four gangsters remained in a half-crouched position nervously, like four sharp arrows that could be fired at any time.
In the darkness of the grass that was half a man tall, suddenly a knife stabbed from an inclined plane, the tip of the knife aimed at Chu Sanlang's abdomen, silently and swiftly, like a sudden thunder explosion.
Chu Sanlang's eyelids twitched. Years of experience in being on the run made him react very quickly. He leaned to one side and narrowly avoided this fatal knife.
Cui Jie hugged Qiao'er, and her dim beautiful eyes lit up instantly.
Is it his subordinate? His men are finally found!
She couldn't help but press her face against Qiao'er's tender face. If it wasn't inappropriate, Cui Jie would have wanted to give him a hard smack on his face.
He is worthy of being a young gentleman respected by everyone in Zhuangzi. He really has some abilities.
Cui Jie knew that Li Qinzai's men and horses were able to find them and accurately set up an ambush at the foot of the mountain. All this was related to the fire set by Qiao'er.
The father and son are each smarter than the other, and the little guy will probably be a great person when he grows up.
"Auntie, please don't hold me too tight, I can't breathe." Qiao'er in her arms said dissatisfiedly.
Cui Jie smiled and relaxed a little.
Qiao'er pointed to the front where they were fighting and said, "Auntie, are the people fighting the bad guys sent by dad? Are they here to save us?"
Cui Jie said softly: "Yes, your father's people have found us."
Qiao'er smiled, her little face full of pride: "I know dad will definitely come to save us, but he didn't know where I was before, and he will know when I set the fire."
"Yes, Qiao'er is really amazing." Cui Jie loved him so much that she rubbed his head hard.
In the dark jungle ahead, Chu Sanlang's heart had sunk to the bottom.
Half a man tall, in the depths of the jungle, figures slowly stood up one after another. At a rough count, there were about ten people.
The leader was dressed like an old farmer, holding a broken knife with a rusty scabbard in his hand, but the blade glowed with a terrifying cold light in the darkness.
The old farmer looked like an old farmer, and he even grinned at Chu Sanlang, his yellow teeth shining with a strange yellow light in the dark night.
Chu Sanlang would not be naive enough to think that he was really an old banker. The first knife that attacked him from the side just now was done by this old banker lying in the grass. The sword technique was vicious and the angle was tricky, and it almost killed him.
"Uh, let me tell you, you should be able to go this way, haha, you guessed it right." Old Wei laughed, like an old hunter struggling and wailing when his prey fell into his trap, with a face full of joy of harvest.
As he spoke, the ten people behind him fell silent and quickly took their respective positions.
Chu Sanlang's heart became heavier and heavier.
He could see the pattern of the troops' positions, which was clearly an offensive formation used by the army to attack the enemy.
Two people are in the front, four people are in the center, and four people are guarding the left and right wings respectively. The division of labor is strict and clear. Once the formation of only ten people is launched, it will be like a thousand troops with murderous intent.
After Lao Wei said those words, he stopped talking nonsense. He stepped aside and stood in a half-crouched position with his back leaning against a big tree, his eyes half-closed, and the broken knife propped on the ground, as if he wanted to hit him on the spot.
The look of taking a nap.
But no one would think that this old guy is really going to take a nap. In Chu Sanlang's eyes at this moment, he is like a tiger waiting for an opportunity to choose someone to devour. To Chu Sanlang, this old banker-like person is even better than ten people.
The killing formation formed by humans is even more terrifying.
In front of Chu Sanlang, he shouted "Kill!" as the leader chanted.
The ten-man killing array has been launched.
This moment is exactly like that time, but the identities have been swapped.
Yesterday at the entrance of the village, four gangsters teamed up to attack two Buqu, one of whom was killed and the other seriously injured.
At this time, ten soldiers formed a formation to attack, but the four gangsters were killed and forced to retreat step by step.
On the one hand, there are assassins' killing skills, and on the other hand, there are the combined attack skills of military formations. As long as the number of people in the military formation is sufficient, they can often defeat one against ten. The personal skills of the four gangsters have no advantage in front of the military formation, and soon one gangster is defeated by the troops.
Qu's knife knocked over him, and he let out a scream before lying on the ground without any movement.
One of the villains has been lost, and Chu Sanlang becomes more and more desperate.
He knew that there was no way he could escape tonight. Not to mention the thousands of troops and horses surrounding him outside, he could not escape even from the killing array of ten people in front of him.
What's more, there is a guy who looks like a simple and honest old farmer staring at him, which puts him under great psychological pressure.
Seeing that Old Wei's sword skills were a little messy, Old Wei looked on coldly and suddenly laughed and said: "That man, please surrender. I will ask for a favor from Fifth Young Master and leave you a complete corpse."