"If you two really came to arrest me, I would have no choice but to surrender and recite 'The moon shines in the ditch' with tears in my eyes."
Liu Shiheng had a smile on his face. He was just joking when he said this, and he was actually not panicking at all.
If what had happened at the beginning was that he had run away and Han Qingyu and Wen Jifei suddenly found him, Liu Shiheng would probably be a little scared and ashamed at the same time.
But now, after so many unexpected twists and turns, he felt that since Qingzi and Wenji could come out to find him when they had time, 1777 must have come out safely.
He deserves a lot of credit for this. His role is crucial.
Putting the cigarette in his hand into his mouth and biting it, Liu Shiheng turned sideways and shouted:
"The one inside, come out and light a cigarette for Mr. Liu."
Han Qingyu turned to look at him, finished the butter tea, put down the bowl, went out, took the lighter from Wen Jifei, and helped Liu Shiheng light the cigarette... Finally, he raised his hand and patted his shoulder and said:
"Thank you, Shiheng."
This was not the time to worry about the deserter incident, which was not a surprise to them. In fact, whether from the perspective of reporting to 1777 or the matter at hand, Master Liu deserves Han Qingyu's help in lighting this cigarette and saying thank you.
He was excited to finally find one. Seeing that Liu Shiheng was intact, he thought it was a good sign. He felt a little relieved and felt a little less stressed.
The fact that Han Qingyu and Wen Jifei found this place sounds like a coincidence, but it is actually quite normal. There are very few people in this area itself, and the movement of the cavalry is not small, so it is difficult not to notice.
These people are the young and strong generation among the children in broken houses. They know this place and come back desperately to save people. It happened to be discovered by Han Qingyu and Wen Jifei first. It was their luck, otherwise they would not have been able to get here.
Taking a puff of cigarette into his lungs, Liu Shiheng felt completely comfortable at this moment.
This time, he had the mentality of being a hero, and he also had the actual actions. From then on, he had a story to tell in his blue career... In the end, he didn't have to actually die, how good it was.
While silently calculating his next move in his heart, Liu Shiheng held his cigarette in his mouth, took another nice puff, and asked smoothly:
"By the way, is everything okay with the team?"
After he asked, he looked over and suddenly found that something was wrong with the expressions of Qingzi and Wenji. He quickly took off his cigarette and said in a panic:
"What's wrong?!...No, didn't you come out?"
Wen Jifei looked at him and said, "Come out. But including you and Tangtang, there are seven missing. In addition, Miss Mira may have been seriously injured."
Liu Shiheng froze for a moment.
It wasn't until Wen Jifei finished telling him all he knew that he said "hmm" in a low voice, then turned around in silence and went out, found a rock to sit on, and lowered his head.
He was sobbing quietly. These days, Master Liu has been close to collapse several times. He wanted to cry several times, but he never cried in the end. At this moment, the whole person collapsed.
"Tangtang is gone."
No matter how Han Qingyu and Wen Jifei said they believed He Tangtang was still alive, Liu Shiheng couldn't get rid of his rationality. He knew that He Tangtang was gone. There was no way he could survive that situation.
Many images passed through my mind in an instant...
Because they were all a loser trio, Liu Shiheng, He Tangtang, and Wen Jifei actually spent more time hanging out together, and had more messy memories together.
In addition, this time, he and He Tangtang were the only ones in the small group who did not go back to participate in the army meeting and stayed in Xilang Peak. Those days, Liu Shiheng was afraid of death and followed He Tangtang every day. When the small group set off to join the war, He Tangtang I also took good care of him on the road.
Liu Shiheng remembered the last scene of separation.
He was a deserter in that valley. He Tangtang chased him far away, drew his sword to stop him, and cursed him... Finally, he turned his back to him without saying a word, looked at him with a cold face, and let him go. But because of worry, he was reluctant to take away his equipment on the spot, and told him to remember to put it on the outside of the battlefield...
Judging from the situation of the entire team at that time, Liu Shiheng felt that it was not important at all whether he left or not, but looking back now, from the perspective of their small group, he actually left He Tangtang alone.
Then, people disappeared.
Han Qingyu and Wen Jifei sat down next to him and finished smoking the cigarettes in their hands in silence. Wen Jifei said:
"Don't worry, Xi Mei and Wu Shi are looking for him. We will continue to look for him after we send you out."
Liu Shiheng hesitated for a moment and nodded. It's always good to have a little hope. He said, "If you can't find it, remember to kill someone."
"I remember." Han Qingyu's tone was calm, but Liu Shiheng could hear the unprecedented coldness and determination in him.
It was already afternoon, lunch time had already passed, and he was not in the mood to eat. Liu Shiheng wiped his tears with his sleeves, stood up and said:
"Then let's go. The nearby Dajian seems to be searching and cleaning up..."
He recounted what he observed. Of course, I'm not very worried because Han Qingyu is here now.
The big guys are most likely going to deploy a traction device in this area. Han Qingyu can tell, but he can't bother to find and stop it for the time being.
His current mentality is similar to that of Chen Buqiu. If he really wants to be pulled, then he will come. It's not like he has never been chopped before. Nothing is more important than the life in front of you and the life you are waiting for.
The issue is……
"It's not that easy." Han Qingyu turned his head and gestured, indicating that there were so many civilians here, including old people and children, and said:
"Before, we rode horses to go around from the side. It was not easy just like that. This time, the depth of the big sharp group is actually very deep."
"The other thing that may be more dangerous is that after such movement in this area... people from the Alphonse family are almost certainly waiting for us on the outside."
Hearing this, Liu Shiheng became nervous, "That one is suspected of being super?!"
"He should be here." Han Qingyu said.
Liu Shiheng looked at Qingzi. To be precise, the only person here who can really handle master-level combat is Qingzi... He was a little worried. He hesitated and said:
"Can Wu Shi and Xi Mei be notified? How about we wait for them to come over first?"
Wen Jifei shook his head. In this case, even if the notice is received, they may not have time to wait, and at the same time, Xi Mei and Wu Shi may not be able to come in smoothly.
"Then let's..."
"Wait until dusk and break out directly." Han Qingyu said.
In this case, the best time to break out is dusk and sunset. They set out at that time, there was still light in the sky, they could see the road clearly, the distribution of the big peaks and the enemy's deployment.
Using the setting sun as a benchmark, everyone would still have a general direction even if they ran away.
Then when they fight out, it's almost night time. Facing possible pursuits from the outside, it's easy to hide, easy to get rid of, but difficult to chase.
…………
Time is moving. The entire area nearby is safe for the time being, so there is no need to hide.
Behind the shabby house, old people were drinking and feeding their horses. Use a knife to cut out pieces of thick black cloth.
The women moved the iron pots out of the broken houses and built a temporary stove for cooking dinner with stones. They also picked up branches and hay from the surrounding area.
They will have to feed many people in a while, so that the men can have full stomachs to fight.
There was not enough food, so the cavalry team brought highland barley noodles to cook for a while, but it would take a long time to cook.
The young men of the ethnic group are sharpening their own knives by the stream.
They had used such knives to slash at those armored monsters before, and perhaps they already knew that it was useless. They even saw the bullets of Wen Ji's flying gun being blocked by those monsters on the road.
But they did it anyway, very seriously, to sharpen the knife.
As young adults in the tribe, they were working hard to prepare to draw their swords and follow Han Qingyu and the others to fight, and they were also ready to sacrifice themselves at any time to take away the Dajian group.
Han Qingyu didn't stop him.
Liu Shiheng is practicing horse riding with the children.
A breakout battle with Han Qingyu and without Han Qingyu are two completely different situations. At the same time, taking into account the possible pursuit and interception behind the perimeter, and the need to escape later... They will choose a gap, all ride horses, and fight their way out of here.
How many horses are there in terms of combatants.
Fortunately, almost every child here who is thirteen or fourteen years old can also skillfully ride a horse and sprint quickly, as well as the elderly and women.
Han Qingyu and Wen Jifei had simply learned this on the road. With their physical fitness, they did not seek proficiency, they just wanted not to make wrong moves to make the horse stop or slow down. They had to ensure that they did not fall off the horse. In fact, it was not Disaster. Or if they fall it won't affect anything.
Now Liu Shiheng still needs to practice.
The forty-year-old man, whom the children called Uncle Duoji, came over, bowed deeply to Liu Shiheng, expressed his gratitude, then held the reins for him and guided him to ride.
"Da da da da... ugh!"
When it was done, Liu Shiheng rode his horse in a circle and came back, then jumped off the horse while the children watched.
After saying hello, Liu Shiheng suddenly realized that Gayina was not there. The little yellow-haired girl seemed to have been absent since he came back.
"Where's Gayina?" Liu Shiheng turned around and asked Duoji nervously.
Dorji's dark and cold face moved and said, "She has been crying."
Gayina's mother passed away a few years ago. My father has not remarried for the time being. He is the leader of this group. In the previous battle to take Dajian away, the men sacrificed a lot. He ordered them to work in groups of one or two and gradually separate from the team being chased by monsters.
That's it, this ethnic group preserved the living people in front of them...and Gaina's father himself, as the leader, persisted until the last one.
He failed to come back.
"Yes." Liu Shiheng responded in a low voice, followed the children's instructions, walked to the back room, and found Gaina who was curled up in the corner and sobbing.
He asked the caregiver, the woman, to leave first, and he sat down next to the little girl.
Gayina looked up and saw him, and burst into tears.
Because they heard crying, Han Qingyu and Wen Jifei also walked in. Then, the men, women, elderly and children of the tribe also temporarily returned to the house.
No one spoke except the little girl who was crying.
Liu Shiheng found Gayina's plastic piano on a wooden cabinet nearby, picked it up and said, "Is the piano a gift from dad?"
"Yeah." Gayina pursed her lips, "It was my birthday and dad went to the city."
Liu Shiheng raised his hand, rubbed her hair, found the plastic piano battery and reinstalled it.
Then while playing, he hummed quietly:
"Twinkle and twinkle, the sky is full of little stars...hanging in the sky and shining brightly, like many little eyes, twinkle and twinkle, the sky is full of little stars..."
For Gayina, who has experienced this, the sky has become scary. Because there are terrible monsters coming from there to hurt them and their loved ones.
For future children to see the starry sky and still feel peaceful and beautiful. Seeing stars, just stars, not the ferocious faces of murderous demons. This world needs some people to protect it with their swords.
Liu Shiheng didn't think too much.
"Your father has done a great thing." He said: "When we break out later, Gayina can ride on uncle's horse. You will not be hurt again."
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Grasslands, streams, broken houses, the setting sun on the horizon gradually began to set, and the ground began to turn golden.
The water in the pot is steaming, but the temperature won't be very high. The noodles will need to cook a little longer, and they probably won't be very cooked in the end, but no one will care.
More than twenty horses were all tied up beside the big rocks in front of the house.
The men sit or stand with sharp knives at their waists.
Wen Jifei went out and broke off branches to use as chopsticks. He came back and distributed them to Han Qingyu, Liu Shiheng, herdsmen, the elderly, and children.
Liu Shiheng made some gestures with his hand and said exaggeratedly: "Your uncle's fold is so long?!"
Wen Jifei said: "You know nothing. To eat noodles, you need long chopsticks. One bite is enough."
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