The reason why Hu Xiaotian waited for him to get close was because he wanted to hit him with one hit. He didn't expect Yan Zhou to be so powerful. After firing a round of steel needles, he didn't kill him on the spot. He hurriedly raised the black box again, pressed the button continuously, and the rest
All the steel needles were shot out, and all of them hit Yan Zhou's face. Even so, they still couldn't stop Yan Zhou from stabbing with all his strength.
The steel knife carried Yan Zhou's lifelong skills and stabbed Hu Xiaotian's chest with an invincible force. Hu Xiaotian was so frightened that he was scared to death. He secretly screamed in his heart, "My life is at stake." When the blade touched his chest, it made a clanging sound, but he was unable to do anything.
It pierced his chest even slightly. Only then did Hu Xiaotian remember that it was the iron book of alchemy hidden in his chest that saved his life at the critical moment. Even so, Hu Xiaotian was still shaken by the power from the blade and took several steps back.
Fortunately, my back was leaning against the courtyard wall and I didn't fall to the ground.
Yan Zhou had exhausted his last bit of strength at this time, and the steel knife in his hand could no longer move forward. His face was densely covered with steel needles, and his eyes had been shot out. He was still standing there, not knowing whether he was dead or not.
live.
Hu Xiaotian took out the short knife Hogg gave him from his boot and walked over cautiously. Seeing that Yan Zhou was still motionless, he took a deep breath, gained courage, walked around behind Yan Zhou, raised the short knife and stabbed Yan Zhou hard.
After Zhou Yan pulled out the dagger again, Yan Zhou's burly body slowly fell to the ground.
Hu Xiaotian was worried that he would not die, so he reached out and touched his right common carotid artery. He was sure that Yan Zhou had no pulse. Then he wiped the blood on his body with the dagger and put it back into the sheath. He turned around and looked around, but saw nothing.
As for any figure, it seems that Yan Zhou followed him alone and did not bring any other helpers.
It was not advisable to stay here for a long time, so Hu Xiaotian left the scene quickly. The route map Zhou Wenju gave him was completely discarded. As Zhou Wenju said before, the security inside and outside Xiezhou City is tight. You will encounter patrolling soldiers within a few steps.
, the people in Xiezhou City had already stayed behind closed doors. Hu Xiaotian always paid attention to hiding his whereabouts. When he was hesitating about where to hide, he suddenly found himself in a familiar place.
He felt as if he had been here before. The surrounding scenery looked extremely familiar. There were not many lights on both sides of the street. Going further, he saw a seal on the door of a house he passed. Hu Xiaotian walked over and took a closer look.
I thought, this place is actually Yujin Lane, Fengze Street, and the one who posted the seal is Zhou Ruiyuan's old house. It seems that there must be some destiny, and I actually found my way here in a daze.
The sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded in the distance, approaching from far away and seemed to be coming in the direction of Yujin Lane. Hu Xiaotian was shocked. If someone discovered him at this time, he would definitely be arrested and interrogated. Then wouldn't all his previous efforts be completely in vain?
Hu Xiaotian hurriedly climbed up the wall. Fortunately, the wall of Zhou's house was not high, so Hu Xiaotian climbed over without much effort. As soon as he gained a foothold in the yard, he heard a group of people passing by the door, torches lighting up the outside.
The light shines brightly.
Hu Xiaotian's heart was pounding. He was afraid that the gang would break into the door. If they came in to search at this time, they would definitely catch him. Fortunately, the patrol team did not stop and passed by the door soon.
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Hu Xiaotian breathed a long sigh of relief. Only then did he take a look at the courtyard in front of him. The lilacs were still there, and the goldenrod was still in full bloom. However, the originally tidy and clean courtyard became overgrown with weeds because no one took care of it.
The stone tables and chairs had also fallen to the ground. The door was wide open. Most of them were damaged. It was obvious that this place had experienced a catastrophe not long ago.
Hu Xiaotian briefly inspected each room. The Zhou family was not big. There were only eight rooms in total, and most of them were empty. They had been looted, and there was only a small bed in the west wing room. Hu Xiaotian fumbled and sat down on the small bed.
All the doors fell to the ground. He looked up and looked out. It was dark outside and there was no light. For fear of exposing his target, Hu Xiaotian did not dare to light the light. He lay on the small bed with his clothes on and fell asleep in a daze.
In his sleep, he seemed to see his parents walking towards him. They were all wearing prison uniforms and had shackles and iron chains on them. People around them kept yelling at them and throwing rotten leaves and rotten eggs at them. He also saw two vicious executioners.
Holding the bright Ghost-headed Sword, the sun shone on the blade, and the light pierced Hu Xiaotian so hard that he couldn't open his eyes. He vaguely saw the Ghost-headed Sword being raised and lowered, and Hu Xiaotian exclaimed: "No!" He suddenly sat up and was already
His whole body was covered in cold sweat. He was panting heavily, and suddenly he heard the noise coming from outside again.
Hu Xiaotian hurriedly walked out of the room, but he heard someone say: "Search carefully door to door, don't miss any place, you must find Hu Xiaotian!"
Hu Xiaotian was shocked. Someone must have discovered Yan Zhou's body, and the local garrison launched a city-wide manhunt. It was only because he had slept too hard just now. If he had woken up a moment later, he might have been caught in bed.
Hu Xiaotian looked around and saw that the courtyard was surrounded by the light of torches. There were sounds of breaking doors, barking dogs, and panicked questions from the owner of the house next door. It wouldn't take long for this courtyard to be searched.
It seemed it was too late to leave.
There was no hiding place in the room. Although there were several trees in the yard, the branches and leaves were loose and there was no way to hide. Hu Xiaotian's eyes finally fell on the well in the northwest corner of the yard. That was the only well that could be hidden.
Hu Xiaotian did not hesitate and walked quickly towards the wellhead. Before entering the wellhead, his eyes fell on the green bamboo next to him. He immediately remembered something, took out his short knife, quickly cut off a bamboo, cut off both ends, and left the hollow
Bamboo pipe, and then came to the well again. The mouth of the well was not big enough for a person's body to pass by. Hu Xiaotian stepped in with his legs first, supported the mouth of the well with his hands, then took a strong breath, released his hands, and fell down.
When he went there, Hu Xiaotian just remembered an extremely important thing. If this well was a dry well, wouldn't it mean that he would suffer broken bones and tendons? Fortunately, this tragic thing did not happen. With a bang! Hu Xiaotian had already fallen into the cold water.
In the well water, the force of the fall made him sink deeply to the bottom, and then slowly floated up again, wiping the water stains on his face, breathing heavily. As soon as he got out of the water, he heard the door being pushed open and someone entering.
After entering the courtyard, someone outside said: "Search! Don't miss any corner."
Hu Xiaotian heard the dull sound of footsteps, which sounded from far to near. It seemed that someone was walking towards the wellhead. He heard someone say: "There is a well here!"
Hu Xiaotian held the bamboo tube in his mouth and sank under the water again. He didn't know when the gang would leave, so he cut off a section of the bamboo tube before jumping into the well, and used the bamboo tube to expose the water to ensure that he would grow longer.
Time breathes freely beneath the water's surface.
Two soldiers looked down with torches. They looked for a while, but still couldn't see clearly. One of them threw the torch directly down, and finally succeeded in seeing the water surface at the bottom of the well with the light of the torch.
Didn't see anyone there.
Hu Xiaotian saw the fire above his head fall down, and then extinguished instantly after being immersed in the water. A puff of smoke spread from the bottom of the well, and the smoke was sucked in through the bamboo tube. Hu Xiaotian suppressed a cough, and his chest kept rising and falling under the water, feeling that he was
His lungs felt like they were about to explode.
Fortunately, the two people turned around and left. Hu Xiaotian poked his head out when he saw the firelight above his head disappeared. He didn't dare to cough, his face was already red from holding back, and his body was so cold from the well water that he almost lost consciousness.
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Hu Xiaotian originally thought that the gang would leave, but he did not expect that the two men would leave again. This time, the two men did not hold torches in their hands, but instead held bows and arrows. They drew the bowstrings at the same time, aimed at the well, and shot continuously.
A few arrows.
Hu Xiaotian had already sunk under the water before they shot the arrow. Now he could only resign himself to his fate. Hu Xiaotian was obviously not so lucky. There was still an arrow shot on his left shoulder. Hu Xiaotian endured the pain. How much cold well water was there?
It has some analgesic effect.
The two men shot all the arrows they had, turned around and left, not coming back this time.
This group of people searched Zhou's home inside and out, and finally found nothing before leaving.
After Hu Xiaotian was sure that the group of people had left, he poked his head out from the bottom of the water, raised his right hand, and touched the arrow shaft on his left shoulder. Fortunately, the tip of the arrowhead did not penetrate deep into the flesh. He gritted his teeth and pulled the arrow from his shoulder with a cruel move.
When he pulled it out, the pain was so painful that he almost suffocated.
He took out a small porcelain bottle filled with gold wound medicine from his arms, unscrewed it, poured some out and applied it on the wound. When the pain eased slightly, Hu Xiaotian raised his head and looked at the sky at the mouth of the well.
The dark sky above gradually faded, eventually turning into a gray color. The night was about to pass, and dawn was about to come.
Looking at the well wall in the weak skylight, it was smooth and there was nowhere to start. Fortunately, he had the short knife given to him by Hogg. The short knife blade was tough enough to bear the weight of Hu Xiaotian's body. He inserted the blade into the well wall first.
The edge of the well was then climbed up a little bit. Because the walls of the well were slippery and his left shoulder was injured, his left arm could not freely exert force. It took half an hour to climb up from the well.
The moment he climbed up from the wellhead, Hu Xiaotian felt that he was completely exhausted. He lay sprawled on the ground like a big character. A drop of rain fell on his face. Hu Xiaotian remained motionless, staring blankly at the dark sky above.
The rain fell from the sky like broken beads. Hu Xiaotian looked at the heavy rain falling from the sky. His sluggish life seemed to be nourished by the rain and began to recover little by little.
There are many things in life that cannot be waited for. Hu Xiaotian does not dare to wait. Waiting means risking his own life. After the search last night, the door of the Zhou family was resealed, which means that there will be no one here in a short time.
Let’s search again. But the shooting of Yan Zhou last night will definitely alarm the whole city. Today, Xiezhou’s defense is probably even tighter than yesterday.
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