After the four Liu Xiu and others watched, even Li Tong, the timidest one, unconsciously tightened his hand on the hilt of the dagger, and his body was trembling with anger.
In the past, I had only heard that the barbarians were ferocious, but I had never seen with my own eyes the exact extent of their ferocity.
In today's battle with the barbarians, Li Tong was still a little bit unbearable after killing more than a hundred of them, but now, he really wished he could kill all the barbarians.
Liu Xiuyi was angry and resentful, his teeth were itching, and he deliberately pulled the grass beside him.
Crash--
Following the sound of grass, several barbarians beside the campfire all turned their heads to look over. Immediately afterwards, two barbarians stood up, holding scimitars in their hands, and walked over to Liu Xiu and the others to check.
The two of them had just walked up to Liu Xiu and others. Before they could see clearly what was going on, Long Yuan and Zhang Ping had both shot out from the grass. At the same time, their swords pierced each other in no particular order.
The chests of two barbarians.
Liu Xiu also rushed out of the grass and ran straight towards the three barbarians who were still sitting by the campfire.
"Ah——" The three barbarians exclaimed in unison. As soon as they stood up from the ground, Liu Xiu came to them. As he walked past, his long sword drew a streak of lightning in the air and cut off one of the barbarians.
On his neck, a huge severed head mixed with blood arrows flew into the air.
The other two barbarians roared angrily and slashed at Liu Xiu with their swords. The latter turned around and dodged behind one of the barbarians. The long sword thrust out and penetrated the opponent's lower back, with the tip of the sword in his belly.
Lean forward.
Liu Xiu didn't stop for a moment, kicked the corpse hanging on the sword away, pulled out the sword and slashed at the head of another barbarian.
The barbarian hurriedly parried with his sword. Clang! With a crisp sound, the barbarian was shocked and took two steps back, just in time to retreat to the vicinity of the two tied up women.
Barbarian roared and swung his knife to slash at the two of them, but before his knife fell on the two women, Long Yuan stepped forward and pierced his throat with a clean sword.
Plop!
The corpse first sat on his knees on the ground, and then fell forward. Blood gurgled down his neck and spread on the ground.
Li Tong ran up to the two women at a trot, untied the ropes from their bodies, and then looked at the headless female corpses still roasting on the bonfire. He roared angrily and pushed the shelf hard.
The two women who were rescued hugged each other and sat on the ground crying.
Liu Xiu looked at Long Yuan and Zhang Ping and pointed to the left and right sides. The two understood each other and walked to the left and right sides respectively, fully alert to prevent other barbarians from suddenly rushing out. Liu Xiu walked up to the two women and waited.
After a while, seeing that their emotions had calmed down a bit, Fang asked, "Are there any barbarians nearby?"
The two girls looked at Liu Xiu with tearful eyes, sobbing nonstop and being speechless.
Liu Xiu sighed secretly, feeling that he couldn't ask anything for the time being. He asked Li Guo to help. The two of them dug a hole in the ground with their swords, and dug out the headless female corpse that was almost cooked, along with the severed bones inserted on the side.
The head was buried in the pit together.
The two of them had just dug the hole, but before they could put the body in, a woman stood up tremblingly and asked with a tearful voice: "Excuse me, are you..."
"Xiangyang Rebels." Li Tong replied.
Hearing that they were rebels, the two women started crying again, but this time the crying should be regarded as tears of joy.
After a while, the woman who had just asked the question wiped the tears on her face, saluted Liu Xiu and Li Tongfu, and said with a tearful voice and choked with sobs: "My little lady, I would like to thank several gentlemen for their life-saving grace. I don't know how many."
What is your surname?"
Listening to her words, she doesn't sound like a girl from an ordinary family, but more like a well-educated lady.
Liu Xiu and Li Tong took a closer look at this woman. She was not very old. She looked two or three years younger than Liu Xiu and Li Tong. She had fair skin and beautiful appearance.
The woman standing next to her was about the same age as her. Although not as beautiful as her, she was still a delicate beauty.
Liu Xiu said: "I am Liu Xiu."
Li Tong also reported his name, pointed to Long Yuan and Zhang Ping on both sides, and said: "His name is Long Zhongbo, and his name is Zhang Ping."
Liu Xiu asked: "Are you injured?"
The beautiful woman shook her head. Although her clothes were messy, they were not damaged. It seemed that they were just kidnapped and not bullied by the barbarians.
"Where is the girl from?"
"The little girl's name is Ye Qingqiu, from Hanzhong County."
Yo! What a coincidence! They were preparing to go to the county town tomorrow! Liu Xiu looked at the woman beside her and asked, "Who is this?"
Ye Qingqiu said: "Her name is Man'er, Man'er and Xiaofan are both my maids."
"Xiaofan?" Liu Xiu looked at her puzzled.
Ye Qingqiu's eyes immediately became covered with a layer of mist, and he started crying.
The maid named Man'er pointed at the roasted female corpse, burst into tears again, and said: "Xiao Fan has been killed by them, and... and..." She couldn't continue and started to cry loudly.
Alas! Liu Xiu and Li Tong secretly sighed. Now they feel that the more than a hundred barbarians who died during the day were not unjust at all. These barbarians simply destroyed their humanity. It is not an exaggeration to say that they cut their bodies into thousands of pieces, smashed their bones and scattered ashes.
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There are differences between men and women. Seeing the two masters and servants sobbing, Liu Xiu and Li Tong couldn't help but come forward to comfort them. They looked at each other and had no choice but to bury the poor maid named Xiaofan first.
Not long after, Long Yuan and Zhang Ping both came back, shook their heads at Liu Xiu, and said, "There should be no other barbarians in the woods!"
Ye Qingqiu and Man'er stopped crying and thanked Long Yuan and Zhang Pingfu again.
Liu Xiu asked: "Are they the only ones who kidnapped you?"
Ye Qingqiu nodded, and then said nervously: "They come here, it seems they are going to join another group of companions."
Liu Xiu and the other four looked at each other and estimated that these barbarian companions were the two groups of barbarian soldiers they encountered during the day.
Li Tong smiled and said, "Don't worry, you two. Their companions were all wiped out by our Xiangyang rebel army as early as this morning."
When Ye Qingqiu and Man'er heard this, they looked surprised.
Liu Xiu asked curiously: "Can Miss Ye understand barbarian language?"
Ye Qingqiu's face turned slightly red and he whispered: "The little girl has learned some things at home."
Why do you want to learn the barbarian language? Liu Xiu didn't ask much, so he nodded and asked, "How did you get kidnapped by the barbarians?"
Ye Qingqiu said: "We originally lived at my uncle's house in Zhuxi. Later, barbarian soldiers rushed into Hanzhong. Barbarians often appeared near Zhuxi. My uncle was worried that it would be unsafe for us to live in Zhuxi, so he sent someone to escort us back.
County town, but... As a result, we were ambushed by these barbarians on the way, and all the people sent by my uncle to escort us were killed by these barbarians!"
Liu Xiu asked: "So, do you have somewhere to go now?"
Ye Qingqiu and Man'er were afraid that Liu Xiu and others would leave them here, so the former quickly asked: "I wonder if the four benefactors can send us to the county town?"
Liu Xiu said: "We are temporarily staying in Jing County. We will go to the county town early tomorrow morning. If the two girls don't mind, they can stay with us at the inn in Jing County for one night. We will leave for the county town tomorrow morning.
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Ye Qingqiu and Maner were overjoyed and responded repeatedly.
Before leaving, Ye Qingqiu and Man'er knelt in front of Xiaofan's grave and paid homage.
After walking out of Baishan and on the way back to Jing County, Liu Xiu said: "When you get to Jing County, you just need to say that you were rescued by us near Jing County, and don't mention Baishan."
Man'er looked confused and didn't understand why Liu Xiu asked them to lie.
Ye Qingqiu was very sensible and responded: "Mr. Liu, please don't worry. We won't say a word that Mr. Liu doesn't want us to say." Man'er heard this and nodded repeatedly.
Liu Xiu said with a smile: "We are in Baishan and have some private matters to deal with, and we don't want others to know."
Ye Qingqiu said seriously: "Young Master Liu does not need to explain this to us. Young Master Liu is my and Man'er's savior. Man'er and I will definitely keep in mind what Mr. Liu told us."
Liu Xiu glanced at her and nodded secretly, she was a well-educated and sensible rich lady!
Silent all the way, they returned to Xing County smoothly.
Late at night, the city gates of Xi County had long been closed. Fortunately, Liu Xiu and others had military badges with them, and Zhang Ping also carried the military badges of the village commander, so entering the city went smoothly.
They returned to the inn and found the inn's manager, Chengyi Li, and asked him to arrange a room for Ye Qingqiu and Man'er.
Hearing that they had rescued Ye Qingqiu and Man'er outside the city, Chengyi officials almost laughed. It felt like the Xiangyang rebels had done nothing else but save women since they arrived in Hanzhong.
Seeing that the Chengyi official was showing contempt, Li Tong brought in a large package from outside. In the dark, the Chengyi official also saw the color of the big package clearly and asked, "What is this?"
"Loot!" Li Tong said.
The Chengyi official's eyes suddenly lit up and he immediately asked: "What trophies did you seize from the barbarians?"
Li Tong smiled and opened the big package in twos and twos. When the Chengyi official lowered his head and looked at it, his face suddenly changed and he almost vomited out his dinner.
It turned out that the package was filled with bloody human heads, as many as five in total. Maybe the heads had just been cut off, and blood was still dripping from the broken neck.
Li Tong asked with a smile: "Do you want a share of our spoils?"
The Chengyi official didn't say a word. He covered his mouth, waved his hands repeatedly, walked aside, held his hands on the wall, and started retching.
The number of barbarian soldiers killed cannot be told with words, but the heads must be used as evidence. When Liu Xiu and others came to Jingxian County, the main reason why they brought severed fingers was because the heads of the barbarian soldiers had to be sent to County Lieutenant Peng Yong.
Take credit there.
After vomiting for a while, the Chengyi official finally recovered a little, and when he looked at Liu Xiu and others, he no longer had any contempt in his eyes. Liu Xiu smiled at Li Tong and asked the Chengyi official: "Can you give her two now?"
Has anyone arranged a room?"
"Okay, okay, okay, I...I'll make arrangements right away." Chengyi nodded in agreement while wiping the sweat from his forehead.
Chengyi officials took Ye Qingqiu and Man'er away, and the four of them also came to Liu Xiu's room.
Before he could sit down, Li Yi knocked on the door and came in. He looked around at everyone curiously, and finally his eyes fell on Li Tong and asked: "Ciyuan, did you go with Uncle Wen and the others?"
Li Tong knew that his cousin was not big-minded. He had already thought of his words and said with a smile: "Uncle Wen and the others didn't want to take me with them, so I followed them secretly."
"I heard that you rescued two women?"
"And he also killed five barbarians!" Li Tong said with fake enthusiasm.
