When the two gangsters swung down their knives, Chu Sanlang's eyelids twitched, and he quickly pulled out the knife. With a clang, the knife held the two men's knives horizontally. At this time, the blade was only a few inches away from their necks.
"Sanlang, what do you mean?" the gangster asked, staring at Chu Sanlang.
Chu Sanlang shook his hand, shaking the two swords away, and then said calmly: "The fire has started, our whereabouts have been exposed, and the possibility of being caught by the pursuers is greater."
"Then what?" the villain said viciously.
"Then, we need these two people to save their lives, to save our own lives." Chu Sanlang said coldly: "Also, if this woman and child die, our family, relatives, and relatives within the three clans will all die. Can’t survive.”
"It doesn't matter whether we live or die, but our families and relatives... we must give them a way to survive after all." Chu Sanlang's eyes showed a look of sadness.
The remaining three criminals looked startled and gradually took back the knives in their hands.
Desperadoes are not fools or madmen, they just don't care about life, whether it is other people's or their own.
No matter how cruel the desperadoes are, they still have weaknesses after all. Most of their weaknesses are their relatives and family members.
Suddenly a fierce light flashed in Chu Sanlang's eyes, he turned around and slapped Cui Jie hard on the cheek. With a crisp crack, Cui Jie was knocked to the ground, her ears were buzzing, and half of her cheeks were burning. pain.
"Bitch, I won't kill you, but don't be too happy. If our brothers can escape today, we will torture you until death is worse than death." Chu Sanlang said coldly: "If you dare to set fire to attract the pursuers, you will be killed." Just wait and suffer the consequences.”
Looking coldly at Qiao'er next to him, Chu Sanlang showed no mercy in his eyes. He raised his hand to slap him again. He waved his palm out, but Cui Jie suddenly rushed over and hugged Qiao'er.
Chu Sanlang's palm slapped Cui Jie hard on the back. Cui Jie groaned in pain and raised her head to stare at him fearlessly.
"Come at me if you want to kill or chop him. Don't vent your anger on the child or hurt him. Do you think the British father-in-law will not touch your family?" Cui Jie said coldly.
Chu Sanlang snorted coldly, but did not make another move.
"This place is dangerous. It's not advisable to stay for a long time. Let's leave quickly!" Chu Sanlang shouted.
The simple thatched hut was still burning. Chu Sanlang led everyone to turn around and leave without even looking at it.
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At the foot of the mountain, Lao Wei and his subordinates, who were walking slowly while looking for traces left by the criminals, saw fire and thick smoke halfway up the mountain.
"Mr. Wei, look! There's a fire over there!" a soldier shouted excitedly.
Old Wei stared at the burning fire and narrowed his eyes.
"Mr. Wei, it must be that gang of gangsters who set the fire!" Bu Qu said excitedly, "Let's hurry over there. Young Master and Miss Cui will be there!"
Just as they were about to start running, Old Wei stopped everyone.
"The hairs are rough and rough, like half-cooked melon rinds!" Lao Wei scolded: "You just run over when others set fire to it. How are you different from the stupid roe deer? What if you fall into the trap?"
"Uh, what's the trick?"
Old Wei narrowed his eyes and stared at the fire, and said slowly: "This fire was set in a strange way... Ordinarily, the villain should do everything possible to hide his traces and prevent others from discovering them. Why did he actively set the fire to expose his whereabouts? Isn't this looking for death?"
After saying this, everyone calmed down and nodded.
That's right, the villain can't be so stupid as to take the initiative to set fire to warn people, right? How mentally ill do you have to be to be so provocative? Do they think they can't die quickly enough?
Old Wei added: "There are two possibilities. One is that the fire started accidentally, or it was set by the two people who were held hostage. The fire was too strong and there was no time to put it out."
"Second, if the gangsters want to move, they will first set fire to lure us there. This is called 'moving the tiger away from the mountain.' We all rush towards the fire, and the encirclement will loosen, making it easier for the gangsters to break out of the encirclement and escape to other counties."
Buqu said: "Mr. Wei, whatever you say, we will listen to you."
"You can't miss both possibilities. There are twenty people in our team. We are divided into two groups. We fight all the way to where the fire started. We rush to the foot of the mountain in the north and wait for the bad guys to pass by..."
"Will the bad guys come from the north?"
Old Wei pointed around and said with a smile: "The three sides to the south, east and west are plains, which is not suitable for hiding, and all three sides lead to Chang'an or Weinan County. I concluded that this group of criminals dare not go to the crowded city, but to the north is Pu Going in the direction of Chengbaishui means leaving the jurisdiction of Weinan County."
"Once you escape from Weinan's jurisdiction, it will be difficult for the imperial troops to track you down. If it were you, what would you choose?"
Bu Qu said without hesitation: "I will definitely escape from the north."
Old Wei nodded: "There are ten people in each team, and there should be only four or five bad guys. If nothing unexpected happens, it will not be difficult to fight. No matter which team encounters the bad guys, first protect the young man and the girl, and the rest Use all your strength to kill the thief!"
The musicians were in high spirits and responded with clasped fists: "Yes!"
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Chu Sanlang and others walked quickly through the dense forest. It was getting dark, but his movements were like a cheetah hunting in the dark, and the rugged mountain road seemed smooth.
The people following behind were not so relaxed, especially Cui Jie. She fell down countless times, but she still hugged Qiao'er tightly.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and Chu Sanlang's mood became more and more relaxed.
The darkness is convenient for hiding his tracks, and he is confident that he can walk through the dense forest at night. As long as he walks out of this mountain and walks dozens of miles north, he will reach the boundary of Pucheng.
All the troops and horses of the imperial court were deployed in Weinan County. Even if they waited for them to recover and go to Pucheng to search, it would take at least two or three days to mobilize so many troops and horses.
Two or three days were enough for him to escape from Guanzhong. It would be even harder for the court to capture him than to reach the sky.
The north side of the dense forest is his life now.
Thinking of the fact that he was about to escape, and that the beautiful woman he held hostage was allowed to be ravaged by him, Chu Sanlang became more and more excited. He felt a fire burning in his belly, and he couldn't help but walk a lot faster.
When he was still a mile or two away from the edge of the dense forest, Chu Sanlang's expression changed, he suddenly stopped, and he raised his ears solemnly to listen to something.
A gangster came close to his ear and whispered: "Sanlang, what's the news?"
Chu Sanlang frowned and said: "I don't know, I just feel something is wrong and my eyelids are twitching badly."
The villain stopped talking, and then quietly drew his sword out of its sheath.
They were all desperadoes, and he believed in Chu Sanlang's intuition. In the past, the four of them had escaped many government ambushes by relying on his intuition.
The four gangsters remained in a half-crouched position nervously, like four sharp arrows that could be fired at any time.
In the darkness of the grass that was half a man tall, suddenly a knife stabbed from an inclined plane, the tip of the knife aimed at Chu Sanlang's abdomen, silently and swiftly, like a sudden explosion of thunder.
Chu Sanlang's eyelids twitched. Years of experience in being on the run made him react very quickly. He leaned to one side and narrowly avoided this fatal knife.
Cui Jie hugged Qiao'er, and her dim beautiful eyes lit up instantly.
Is it a part of his command? His men are finally here!
She couldn't help but press her face against Qiao'er's tender face. If it wasn't inappropriate, Cui Jie would have wanted to give him a hard smack on his face.
He is worthy of being a young gentleman respected by everyone in Zhuangzi. He really has some abilities.
Cui Jie knows. Li Qinzai's men and horses were able to find them and accurately set up an ambush at the foot of the mountain. All this was related to the fire set by Qiao'er.
The father and son are each smarter than the other, and the little guy will probably become a great person when he grows up.
"Auntie, don't hug her too tightly, I can't breathe." Qiao'er in her arms said dissatisfiedly.
Cui Jie smiled and relaxed a little.
Qiao'er pointed to the front where they were fighting and said, "Auntie, are the people fighting the bad guys sent by dad? Are they here to save us?"
Cui Jie said softly: "Yes, your father's people have found us."
Qiao'er smiled, her little face full of pride: "I know dad will definitely come to save us, but he didn't know where I was before, so he knew when I set the fire."
"Yes, Qiao'er is really amazing." Cui Jie loved him so much that she rubbed his head hard.
In the dark jungle ahead, Chu Sanlang's heart has sunk to the bottom.
Half a man tall, in the depths of the jungle, figures stood up slowly. A rough count showed that there were about ten people.
The leader was dressed like an old farmer, holding a broken knife with a rusty scabbard in his hand, but the blade glowed with a terrifying cold light in the darkness.
The old farmer looked like an honest old farmer and even grinned at Chu Sanlang. The yellow teeth in his mouth shone with a strange yellow light in the dark night.
Chu Sanlang would not be naive enough to think that he was really an old banker. The first knife that attacked him from the side just now was done by this old banker lying in the grass. The sword technique was vicious and the angle was tricky, and it almost killed him.
"Uh, let me tell you, you should be able to go this way, haha, you guessed it right." Old Wei laughed, like an old hunter struggling and wailing when his prey fell into his trap, with a face full of joy for a good harvest.
While speaking, the ten people behind him fell silent and quickly took their respective positions.
Chu Sanlang's heart became heavier and heavier.
He could see the pattern of the troops' positions, which was clearly an offensive formation used by the army to attack the enemy.
Two people are in the front, four people are in the center, and four people are guarding the left and right wings respectively. The division of labor is strict and clear. Once the formation of only ten people is launched, it will be like a thousand troops with murderous intent.
After Lao Wei said those words, there was no more nonsense. He stepped aside and stood in a half-crouched position, leaning against a big tree with his back against a big tree. His eyes were half closed, and the broken knife was propped on the ground, as if he wanted to hit him on the spot. The look of taking a nap.
But no one would think that this old guy was really going to take a nap. In Chu Sanlang's eyes at this moment, he was like a tiger waiting for an opportunity to choose someone to devour. To Chu Sanlang, this old banker-like person was even more powerful than ten people. The killing formation formed by people is even more terrifying.
In front of Chu Sanlang, he shouted "Kill!" as the leader chanted.
The ten-man killing array has been launched.
This moment is exactly like that moment, but the identities have been swapped.
Yesterday at the entrance of the village, four gangsters teamed up to deal with two Buqu, one of whom was killed and the other seriously injured.
At this time, ten soldiers formed a formation and attacked, but the four gangsters were killed and forced to retreat step by step.
On one side are the killing skills of assassins, and on the other side are the combined attack skills of military formations. As long as there are enough people in the military formation, one can often defeat ten. The personal skills of the four gangsters had no advantage in front of the military formation. Soon one gangster was chopped over by Bu Qu's knife, and after a scream, he lay on the ground without moving.
One of the villains has been lost, and Chu Sanlang becomes more and more desperate.
He knew that there was no way he could escape tonight, not to mention the thousands of troops surrounding him outside, and even the killing array of ten people in front of him, he couldn't escape.
What's more, there is a guy who looks like a simple and honest old farmer staring at him, which puts him under great psychological pressure.
Seeing that Old Wei's sword skills were a little messy, Old Wei looked on coldly and suddenly laughed and said: "That man, please surrender. I will ask for a favor from Fifth Young Master and leave you a whole body."
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