The Wang family's village is quite large. It would be too difficult for the four of them to explore such a large village. The best way is to restrain one or two people and directly force them to get the results.
Yan Guang and Gai Yan nodded to Liu Xiu. Each of the four of them took out a cloth scarf from their sleeves, quickly covered their faces, then dispersed and hid in a dark corner.
As time passed, the footsteps outside became increasingly clear.
Feeling the footsteps approaching the door of the courtyard, Liu Xiu, who was squatting in the corner, touched a stone the size of a fingernail from the ground, flicked it outward, and bang, the stone hit the door panel of the wing, making a crisp sound.
Suddenly, the footsteps outside stopped, and people whispered to each other.
Immediately afterwards, the courtyard door was slowly pushed open. First, two lanterns came in from the outside and shined a light into the courtyard. Then, two domestic servants in green clothes walked in from the outside.
The two people held their lanterns high and took pictures everywhere, but after looking around, they couldn't see anything. They looked at each other, turned around and were about to go out. At this moment, two black shadows appeared silently.
Appeared behind the two of them.
Before they could realize what was going on, two big hands came out from behind their heads and covered their mouths.
The two servants were shocked, and the lanterns in their hands fell to the ground. Just as they were about to struggle hard, they suddenly felt a cold chill on the sides of their necks. They lowered their heads and looked closely, and it turned out that there was a cold and sinister sword on their necks.
The two servants turned pale, trembled, and did not dare to move any more.
Liu Xiu and Jiu'er, who were hiding in the dark, rushed out and approached them. They first picked up the lantern on the ground and blew out the candles inside. Then Liu Xiu swept his eyes over the two of them and said in a deep voice:
"You answer whatever I ask. As long as you answer truthfully, I will not hurt your lives. Do you understand me?"
The two servants looked at Liu Xiu and Jiu'er in front of them with horrified expressions, and nodded subconsciously.
Liu Xiu winked at Gai Yan, who slowly removed his hand covering the mouth of the servant in front of him.
The servant opened his mouth wide and sucked in air. At the same time, he peeked at Liu Xiu. Seeing his eyes drifting towards his companion, he thought he had an opportunity and immediately shouted: "Come..."
As soon as he said the word 'come', he didn't even have time to increase his volume. Gai Yan immediately covered his mouth and said coldly: "You are looking for death!"
While he was speaking, he used his other hand holding the knife and swiped the blade hard against the servant's neck. With a sound of sand, the servant's throat was immediately torn open, and a bloody arrow was sprayed out.
Liu Xiu, who was standing opposite him, reacted very quickly. He swayed and moved half a meter away to get out of the way of the blood sprayed towards him.
Another servant turned around and saw that his companion's throat was half-slit with a large gash several inches long. The wound was so deep that you could vaguely see the neck bones inside. He was so frightened that he almost fainted on the spot.
If it weren't for the tight light behind him, he might not even be able to stand still.
Liu Xiu squinted at the body that was gently placed on the ground by Gai Yan, then turned to look at another servant who was sweating like rain, and said quietly: "This is the consequences of being dishonest! Do you want to be like him?
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The servant shook his head repeatedly, with snot and tears streaming down his face. Liu Xiu nodded to Yan Guang. The latter immediately let go of his hand and rubbed the servant twice. Liu Xiu asked, "What's your name?"
"The little...the little one is called Wang...Wang Kun..." This servant was much less courageous and much more honest. He looked at Liu Xiu and stammered.
"Let me ask you, is Deng Zijun here?" Liu Xiu asked word for word.
When the servant heard Deng Zijun's name, his expression changed again. He looked at Liu Xiu blankly and said nothing.
"You want to die too?" Gai Yan strode up to the servant, holding a saber dripping with blood, and put the blade against his throat.
The servant was so frightened that he shook his head repeatedly and begged with a cry: "Don't... don't kill me. I have a high hall above and a..."
"I'm asking you for the last time, is Deng Zijun here?" Gai Yan asked in a solemn voice.
"Or you just need to answer us, is Zhang Xiao here?" Yan Guang answered.
Hearing Zhang Xiao's name, the servant froze. After a moment, he timidly looked around at the people around him, lowered his head, and said in a low voice that was almost like the sound of a mosquito, "Well..."
Everyone nodded secretly. According to Jiu'er and the others' inquiries, Deng Zijun was kidnapped by Zhang Xiao. Since Zhang Xiao is here, Jiu'er must be here too!
Gai Yan narrowed his eyes and asked in a cold tone: "Where is Deng Zijun now? Tell me!"
"I...I don't..."
"If you dare to say you don't know, I will stab you twice with a knife!" Gai Yan was a soldier and had a hot temper. When he spoke, he was both majestic and gave people a strong sense of oppression.
The servant named Wang Kun trembled, grinned, hesitated for a long time, and then said in a trembling voice: "Deng... the young lady of the Deng family is... locked in the room of the eldest young master!"
The eldest young master? Wang Jing’s eldest son is Wang Jin, so the eldest young master of the Wang family is naturally him. Liu Xiu stepped forward and asked, "Is Wang Jin here too?"
Wang Kun nodded tremblingly and said: "Yes...yes..."
Liu Xiu rolled her eyes and asked, "Where is Wang Jin's room?"
"Yes...it's Baisongyuan!"
"Don't tell me the name, I'll ask you where it is specifically!" Liu Xiu was not familiar with Wang's Zhuangzi at all. Even if he was told the name of the place, he would have no place to look for it.
"The courtyard to the east of the back garden...is...the eldest young master's Cypress Courtyard!" Wang Kun said anxiously.
Liu Xiu stared at Wang Kun coldly with deep eyes, and asked word by word: "You didn't lie to me?"
"Xiao... Xiao Xiao's words are true. No... I dare not lie to these uncles..." Although Wang Kun's tone was flustered, his eyes were not erratic, and it didn't look like he was lying.
Liu Xiu nodded and raised his eyes to look at Yan Guang. The latter understood and reached out his hand from Wang Kun's back again, unexpectedly covering his mouth. Liu Xiu then took the Huanshou knife from Gai Yan's hand and stabbed him with it.
It came out and hit Wang Kun on the left side of his lower abdomen.
The latter opened his eyes in shock and wanted to scream but couldn't. He could only look at Liu Xiu with resentful and hateful eyes, as if to say, you promise not to kill me!
Liu Xiu drew the knife, and then used the handle of the knife to hit Wang Kun's neck hard. The latter felt that his vision went dark and he didn't know anything anymore.
Seeing Wang Kun fainting, Liu Xiu handed the knife back to Gai Yan and said at the same time: "It seems we don't have time to join Zhong Hua and the others. We have to find a way to rescue Zi Jun now!"
Everyone knows what kind of person Wang Jin is. Now that Deng Zijun is in his hands, can things be better?
If they first went to meet Deng Yu and others, and then turned back to rescue Deng Zijun, even if they finally succeeded in rescuing people, Deng Zijun might have been tortured by Wang Jin! Liu Xiu did not dare and could not take this risk.
After speaking, he looked at Yan Guang and Gai Yan intently, waiting for them to express their stance. Changing the original plan meant that the three of them had to rescue people in Zhuangzi by force. Without backup, the three of them could only fight alone.
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Gai Yan had no objection and said: "My lord, I will do whatever you tell me to do. I completely obey your lord!"
Because they had worked together in Yizhou, Gai Yan had a kind of loyalty, admiration and conviction to Liu Xiu that was close to faith. Whatever Liu Xiu said he could do, no matter how unbelievable, Gai Yan would do it without hesitation.
One day Liu Xiu pointed at the sun and said it was square, and Gai Yan believed it.
Yan Guang does not have such crazy admiration and belief in Liu Xiu, but the friendship between the two is so deep that it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a life-long friendship. In addition, Yan Guang keeps saying that he likes Deng Zijun, although on the surface
It’s not false, but in fact, there are still some strange feelings gradually fermenting in my mind.
For these two reasons, Yan Guang did not object. He nodded towards Liu Xiu and said seriously: "You can fight hard!"
Seeing that both Yan Guang and Gai Yan agreed, Liu Xiu smiled at them and said: "If we can succeed in today's battle, we will definitely get drunk before we stop. If we fail to succeed, we can also
Let’s drink and talk!”
What he didn't say was that regardless of whether today's battle was successful or not, Deng Feng was definitely owed this favor. Even if he died here in the end, Deng Feng's favor would have to be returned to his elder brother.
Even if the eldest brother loses a younger brother, at least he will be compensated by Deng Feng. In terms of help, the eldest brother will not suffer a loss.
Seeing that the three of them had made the decision to risk their lives to rescue Deng Zijun, Jiu'er, who was squatting aside and sniffing Wang Kun's breath, raised his head, looked at Liu Xiu, and said, "You are really kind!"
Liu Xiu looked at Jiu'er pretending to be puzzled.
Jiu'er nuzzled at Wang Kunnu and said, "You didn't kill him!"
After a pause, she continued: "If you knock him out directly, it will be clear that he betrayed the Wang family. The Wang family will never let him go. He will still die. Your knife actually saved his life."
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Liu Xiu burst out laughing and asked casually: "Am I as good as you say?"
Jiu'er looked straight at Liu Xiu and didn't answer.
Liu Xiu didn't say anything more about this matter. He changed the subject and said, "We are going to rescue Zijun. Jiu'er, you'd better go outside and wait for us so that you can help us!"
Jiu'er snorted disapprovingly and said unhappily: "You want to get rid of me, just say so, and pretend to ask me to be the supporter? If you can break out alive, even if you don't have me as the supporter, you will naturally have it."
There is a way to escape, but if you all die in Zhuangzi, what's the point of needing my support?"
At this point, Jiu'er became even more angry. He raised his hand and pointed at Yan Guang and Gai Yan, saying: "He and others can live and die with you, advance and retreat together, why can't I? You can't trust me in your heart.
Or do you really look down on me?"
Liu Xiu smiled bitterly, no wonder Confucius said that it is difficult to raise a villain and a woman!
It's already terrifying to be so sharp-tongued, but what's even more terrifying is that her brain works so fast! He sighed softly and said angrily: "You can follow me if you want, but don't blame me for your life!"
"You'd better be careful about yourself, don't die before me!"
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"If you dare to cause trouble, I will have to burn paper at your grave for years. Even if I go to hell, I will still have to pester you every day!"
"..."
Yan Guang and Gai Yan on the side twitched their cheek muscles, trying not to laugh out loud.
It was rare for the two of them to see Liu Xiu being silenced by others, and Jiu'er was definitely one of them.
