Pei Yue does not have the ability to identify shadows and traces like Qin Xian, but he has a good sense of direction and probably knows where he is at this time.

From entering the mountain yesterday, to rushing to the canyon where the bandits ambush today, and then pursuing to the southeast, and finally detouring to the north-northwest, their current location should be the northwest of the Hengduan Mountains.

After continuing to chase in the mountains for more than half an hour, he finally saw the girl's figure.

As Qin Xian said, there were not many people on the other side, only about ten people in total, and they were resting on a flat ground at the moment.

The pursuers suddenly appeared, and the bandits did not panic at all. The leading woman just glanced at them briefly, then swallowed the food in her mouth, clapped her hands and stood up.

"Master!"

Taohua, whose arm was being held by Aunt Leng, struggled to rush over, but Aunt Leng held him tightly.

"Master, I'm here."

Pei Yue spoke in a complicated tone, with a hard-working and gentle smile on his tired face.

Taohua looked at his dusty appearance, sunken eye sockets, and heavy tiredness on his face, but still smiled at herself, just like those days in the past, without any change. During the time when Aunt Leng took her away,

She dreams about Pei Yue almost every night, and naturally she doesn't want the young master to forget her, but she can't help but fall into random thoughts. Pei Yue is no longer the poor bastard who no one cares about in the Duke's palace, and is appreciated by others.

He has people to take care of him, and there are ladies like Miss Gu who are close to him.

Will he still remember this little maid?

Even though Aunt Leng is her mother, she also takes care of her in every possible way. Apart from not allowing her to go back to find Pei Yue, everything else will go her way. But the cultivation of feelings takes time. At least for now, Pei Yue

It held a very heavy weight in her heart.

So she would worry about gains and losses, especially after seeing the dangers outside. She didn't want Pei Yue to take risks, but in her heart she hoped that the young master would come to her.

Now that he has really come, he has brought many soldiers with him. It can be seen that he has been having a hard time during this time and he looks very haggard.

Thinking of this, Taohua couldn't help but shed tears and choked up: "Master, you have lost weight..."

Pei Yue stood more than ten feet away, surrounded by Qin Xian and more than 20 military masters who were waiting in full formation.

He winked at Taohua and said with a smile: "Yes, no one has prepared delicious food for me when you are not here. After playing outside for so many days, do you want to go back with me now?"

Taohua nodded repeatedly and said: "I will go back with the young master!"

A look of sadness flashed in Aunt Leng's eyes next to her.

Taohua looked at her apologetically and whispered: "You go back with me, okay?"

Aunt Leng reached out and touched her head but said nothing.

"hehe."

The girl chuckled lightly, stared at Pei Yue's eyebrows with deep meaning, and said lightly: "So you value this little girl so much, then we need to talk."

Her eyes were a little dazzling.

Pei Yue looked at this woman squarely, his mood was very complicated.

When he first learned about the existence of the other party from Fang Rui, he felt that she was a madman, and an inhuman madman. He once said to Fang Rui that such a madman should deserve to die. No matter what hatred she had, she could not implicate innocent people.

. Later, he left the village early, partly to find a peach blossom, and partly to catch this lunatic and prevent her from continuing to harm others.

For this reason, he even went into battle personally to make suggestions and tried almost every method he could think of.

However, after entering the mountain, what he saw and heard greatly impacted his thoughts.

In the thieves' lair, there are old wooden houses built on the fields reclaimed from the mountains. You can imagine what kind of life these people live. If there is a choice, who would be willing to be trapped in the mountains like a savage? Fang Rui once said, these people

After people came to Daliang from the Southern Zhou Dynasty, their initial excitement and later depression showed that this place is far from a paradise.

Later, Pei Yue could not understand the bandits who preferred death to surrender on the hillside, and the strong man who asked sadly and indignantly before committing suicide: these people may have committed many crimes that are unacceptable to the world, but why did they do it?

Got this far?

Hateful people must have pity.

Now I finally saw the girl. She was probably in her twenties, with two swords hanging at her waist and an ox-horn long bow at her feet.

Her appearance is actually not bad, and she is better looking than the peach blossom face next to her. However, the expression on her face is too cold, making it impossible for people to have any feelings of intimacy.

That is the indifference of treating life and death as an ordinary matter.

Pei Yue didn't notice that there was a strange color in the woman's eyes. After a moment of silence, he shook his head and said, "Don't talk about it."

The woman sneered and said sarcastically: "You were so affectionate just now, but now you don't talk about it? Are you afraid that I will use this little girl to threaten you? It seems that there are many cowards among seven-foot men. Oh no, you are even seven feet tall."

You're not even a tall man, you're just a timid little winter melon at best."

Even though Pei Yue was a very well-off man in the city, he almost cursed on the spot.

The companions around him all had angry expressions on their faces, especially Qin Xian, who stared at the woman like a knife.

Pei Yue held back his displeasure and said calmly: "I don't know what you want to do, but I'm sure you won't be detrimental to Taohua, so why should I talk to you?"

The woman's expression changed slightly. She was not surprised by Pei Yue's attitude, but she understood the two meanings of his words.

The first level of meaning is that since you kidnapped Taohua and kept her with you, it can be seen that her life experience is related to you, so I am not worried that you will hurt her at all.

The second meaning is that you are bandits, and I don’t want Taohua to be related to you, which will implicate her, so I will not reveal her life experience. If it is for her own good, it is best not to tell it.

After she was silent for a moment, she stared at Pei Yue with a strange look and said, "Are you confident? I can't tell you are such a shameless person."

Pei Yue said calmly: "A proposal, let's fight fairly. If you win, you can fly away. If we win, I promise you to let the woman behind you go."

"A fair fight?"

The woman said with a half-smile: "There are only twelve of us, and you are twice as many as us. How is this fair?"

Pei Yue replied: "Your martial arts skills are too strong. One person can beat ten of us. Of course it is fair."

The woman suddenly burst into laughter.

Her eyes made Pei Yue a little awkward. Why did they look so similar to Mr. Xi's eyes when he urged him to practice?

There is some appreciation and even some relief.

He calmed down and said calmly: "This is the only effective way. At this point, we cannot solve the problem peacefully. We will eventually have to fight face to face."

When he said the last sentence, Pei Yue's pupils shrank slightly, and he almost pinched his palms with his fingertips to prevent himself from losing his composure.

He glanced very quickly at a mound behind the bandits, and the fleeting sight of his head almost made him think he was dreaming.
Chapter completed!