Under the moonlight, Bayin opened the Zoligetu and saw a crossbow arrow stuck in the chest of the corpse.
He stood up, walked a few steps, and checked Hada's body again.
The blood was still warm and he had just died.
Bayin mounted his horse and stepped into the tall vines.
There is a deserted grave nearby. Maybe a war happened here many years ago, or maybe it was a plague. The wilderness is full of graves.
Occasionally, phosphorus fire flashed in the air...
"Yang Shen, I know you understand Mongolian. You are nearby and can hear me."
The shouts echoed in the night, carrying anger and murderous intent.
Bayin rode his horse through one barren grave after another, searching, and from time to time his horse would leap onto a certain grave.
"Yang Shen, I was fooled by you. As soon as I saw you today, I knew I was fooled. You killed Chi Na and forced the Zhang family to rebel. Will you Han people only hide behind your back and use such despicable tricks?
Do you have the courage to fight me head-on?!"
"I, Bayin of Kelebu! It was I who shot you with an arrow. How long will you hide like a chicken? I will find you, peel off your skin, fill it with straw, and put it on my
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"And the eldest sister of the Zhang family, wait until I catch you and see if the Zhang family dares to kill me, but before that, do you know what I'm going to do to you?! Hahaha, you can't hide...
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Zhang Wenjing was so scared that her body kept trembling, but her whole body was hugged tightly by Li Xia.
She and Li Xia were hiding in one of the small graves. There was a stone tablet covering the outside and the inside was full of bones.
Mengren's roar seemed to explode above his head, and through the gaps in the stone tablet, he could see horse hooves trampling in front of his eyes.
Zhang Wenjing tried hard to restrain herself from screaming in fright.
A long period of suffocation...
Finally, the horse's hoof disappeared from sight.
The terrifying roar was getting farther and farther away.
Zhang Wenjing finally breathed a sigh of relief, but felt suffocated by Li Xia again.
It was so close that she couldn't believe at first that two people were squeezed into such a small grave, almost squeezing them into one person.
She felt his breath blowing into her ears, which made her heart palpitate, and the hilt of the sword on her leg hurt...
"He's gone away. Stop shaking and calm down." Finally, Li Xia whispered.
Zhang Wenjing was excited and said in a trembling voice: "Then...can we go out?"
"He will come back again. He knows that we are here in this cemetery and will not leave easily. But don't be afraid. He will stay until morning at most, and he will have to avoid your pursuers."
"Um……"
"I'm going to sleep. Remember not to make a sound. If you're tired, you can go to sleep too."
After Zhang Wenjing heard the first half of the sentence, she was startled and her heartbeat was pounding.
"Oh...are you going to sleep?"
"Well, save your energy."
Zhang Wenjing couldn't believe that he actually wanted to sleep at this time. How could he sleep in such a tight crowd?
And this is a grave cave...
But Li Xia seemed to have really fallen asleep.
Only Zhang Wenjing was still bumping into the little deer.
This night was extremely difficult for her, her mind was in a state of confusion, and her whole body felt like she was being fried on a frying pan.
The shouts of the Mongolians became farther and farther away, and finally could not be heard.
The world became quiet.
Zhang Wenjing felt Li Xia's breathing and thought that maybe he was being frivolous on purpose. What should he do if he was really frivolous? Should he commit suicide? Was he already being frivolous by now? Does it count...
I was fascinated by thinking about it.
A long, long time.
There was a sudden "click" sound outside.
It was Bayin who came back silently and trampled on a certain deserted grave. It turned out that he was shouting away on purpose, trying to trick them into coming out.
Zhang Wenjing was shocked again and was so scared that she lost her soul.
She unconsciously pressed her body towards Li Xia, feeling that she could feel more at ease only if she shrank in his arms.
…
I don’t know how much time passed.
The sound of horse hooves shattered this quiet and terrifying night.
"He's there! Don't let him get away!"
"Fire the crossbow! Leave no one alive!"
"..."
There was a lot of noise.
Zhang Wenjing was pleasantly surprised. She knew that the Zhang family had finally found her, and she couldn't help but shout out happily.
"I am here……"
The next moment, Li Xia covered her mouth.
"Well...well..."
Zhang Wenjing struggled hard, but her body was pinned down by Li Xia.
The noise outside continued.
"Two more bodies found!"
"Then this is the only one left, chase him! Kill him!"
"Chase……"
The sound of horse hooves was like a heavy rain, coming and going quickly, getting farther and farther away in an instant.
Li Xia finally let go of his hand, kicked away the stone tablet outside the tomb, and dragged Zhang Wenjing out.
The night wind blew, and Zhang Wenjing felt a chill on her body. Looking around, there was no one in the wilderness.
She squatted on the ground and cried loudly.
"I'm here! I'm here... Wuwu... I want to go home... Why don't you let me go home..."
Then, Li Xia's voice reached her ears.
"I'll let you go home."
Zhang Wenjing was stunned for a moment when she heard this.
Li Xia said: "Your family will come here again. The two Mongolian corpses were taken with them. As long as someone sees the wounds, they will soon realize that we are here."
Zhang Wenjing raised her head and looked up, only to see the moonlight falling on Li Xia's profile. He looked so calm.
As Li Xia spoke, he had already observed the surrounding environment, grabbed Zhang Wenjing's hand, and pulled her away.
She stopped struggling and murmured: "Can you please don't kill me? I will beg my father and brother to spare your life..."
"I told you I won't kill you." Li Xia said, "I'm in Bozhou and I've finished all the things in Luyi. There's no need to catch you anymore."
"I...will you let me go home?"
"Well, there should be a river ahead. You can take me to the river."
In fact, as Zhang Wenjing said, Li Xia was indeed deliberately tricking her into going around in circles when they were in the woods.
He had inquired beforehand that there was a locust tree forest more than 20 miles southwest of Luyi County, and there were three large rivers to the southwest of the forest. This was his escape plan.
Even if he ran away all the way, he never lost his way...
The tears on Zhang Wenjing's face were not dry when she was pulled away by Li Xia.
After a while, she whispered.
"Your back is bleeding."
"It's okay, the blood is almost clotting."
"You're going to die."
"I will not die easily."
"You, a Song person, can't survive in the north. Why...why do you work so hard for Zhao Song?"
"I said, I'm not working for anyone."
Li Xia's steps were very fast, and Zhang Wenjing couldn't keep up. One hand was pulled by him, and she started to run. The other little hand was waving in the air, and she soon started to pant again.
She gritted her teeth and spit out the words she wanted to say but didn't say during the day.
"How about you take refuge with my father and brother? I plead for you, they won't pursue you, and they can still reuse you..."
"unnecessary."
"We are really not traitors, we..."
"That's your position, I understand it. But I also have my position."
Zhang Wenjing wanted to say something more, but she couldn't speak because she was panting.
She finally kept up with Li Xia's pace, and her face was flushed. She didn't know whether it was because of running or whether it had not faded away since she came out of the grave.
The two held hands and ran through the lush grass. Sure enough, there was a big river in front of them, sparkling in the moonlight...
Seeing this scene, Zhang Wenjing's eyes suddenly turned red again.
"The horse ran away, things were lost, and your injuries haven't healed. You are really going to die." She trembled: "You are really going to die..."
Li Xia turned around and looked around, and said casually: "The situation is already very good, the plan is completed, and I am out of your hands."
"Don't be like this, okay? Why do you have to risk your life?"
"Because I won't be like you...all of you live like dogs. I'm different, I'm a champion."
Zhang Wenjing was stunned for a moment, then became a little angry because he called her a dog.
"You are the puppy...did you really fall asleep just now?"
"Well, so I'm very energetic."
Li Xia said, letting go of her hand and saying, "Okay, just stand here and your family will find you soon."
Zhang Wenjing felt her wrist loosen, and instead subconsciously held Li Xia's lapel.
"What for?" Li Xia asked.
"I...you were captured by me."
"Neuropathy."
Zhang Wenjing didn't let go.
Li Xia lowered his head and glanced at her, his eyes flashed slightly, and he took her hand away.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you. You don't have to say those words to recruit me anymore."
Zhang Wenjing became angry and cried: "Yes, I was just afraid that you would kill me, so I recruited you..."
Li Xia was silent for a while and said: "I'm going downstream now, you can guess which direction I will go."
Zhang Wenjing just cried, her eyes a little aggrieved.
Li Xia turned around and left.
She looked up and saw that the clothes on his back were torn open, revealing the cloth strips she had bandaged for him with her own hands, and there was blood spilling from it.
Now, he only has one person and one sword left, but he still walks so firmly, gradually disappearing from her sight...