Xiao Yu turned around after hearing the sound and saw a skinny young man squatting in the iron cage behind him.
He had chains on his hands and looked about eleven or twelve years old.
His clothes were very ragged, and the braids on his head were messy. The faint light reflected the outline of his face, which was as delicate as a girl's, but there always seemed to be a maturity and maturity in his bright eyes that was different from those of his peers. strong.
Xiao Yu was slightly startled when he saw the young man, who was squatting there and looking at him intently like a dirty puppy.
"Were you talking to me just now?" Xiao Yu asked. He looked around, but no one noticed here.
The young man nodded, lowered his voice, and repeated in broken Chinese: "Are you here to save us too?"
"That's right." Xiao Yu replied, "You just used 'too'. Could it be that someone else has been here?"
He said as he knelt down so that he could be eye level with the boy.
The boy sighed and nodded.
"Well, someone has been here."
Then, he held his chin with his two small hands and asked in a rare mature tone: "How many of you are here?"
"Three people." Xiao Yu replied.
The young man seemed a little disappointed, and he lay down directly on his side in front of Xiao Yu.
"Go back! There is no hope. The people who said they were coming to save us are all dead, so don't risk your own lives."
"Who else is there?" What flashed through Xiao Yu's mind was Dongfang Lao and Dendrobium.
The young man turned over and looked at the top of the cage, with some helplessness on his face: "A few days ago, an uncle climbed over the wall and came over. He is from the Xiu Rong Department. He came to us specifically. He said he wanted to save us. Back to Mobei. But he came to rescue us the next night and brought a lot of helpers, but we were not rescued. He and his helpers were killed, and they are still hanging there!"
The boy said, although he didn't look, his bamboo pole-like arms pointed in one direction.
Xiao Yu looked in the direction pointed by the young man, and then discovered that there was actually a large high platform built in the courtyard.
It appeared to be a gallows.
Under the gallows on the stage, fourteen or five rotting corpses being hung by their necks were swaying slightly in the night wind. Looking from a distance, they looked like ghosts swaying in the wind, giving people a particularly strange feeling.
Seeing such a terrifying scene, Xiao Yu felt his stomach churn. This place was really a devil's cave.
He suppressed his nausea and asked, "Do you recognize a child named She Quli?"
The young man glanced at Xiao Yu, his face still calm, and asked: "You speak Chinese, you must be Han! Why do Han people want to ask about She Quli?"
"Do you know She Quli?"
"Well, of course we know each other."
"where is he?"
"Wait, you have to tell me why you are looking for him first? By the way, you want to save him! But it seems that you don't know him at all, why do you want to save him?" The young man said and glanced at Xiao Yu. There seemed to be a hint of suspicion in his eyes.
"For the sake of the dog, I promised that the dog would come to rescue you."
The young man glanced at Xiao Yu, turned around, and turned his back.
He said: "Go back. There is no point in coming here. She Quli is dead. Instead of losing your life here, it would be better to go back earlier and be caught by those people. Dog last night You should know what kind of crime you suffered! Go back quickly."
The young man spoke in an understatement, as if the death of his companion was not a big deal to him.
But Xiao Yu suddenly felt an inexplicable loss in his heart. Not only had he planned this for a long time, but he also felt that he had failed the trust of Gouer and Liu Boxuan.
He squatted quietly on the spot, staring blankly at the young man in the iron cage.
The young man was originally lying on his side with his back to Xiao Yu. After not hearing Xiao Yu's voice for a long time, he suddenly turned over and looked back at Xiao Yu.
"Aren't you leaving yet? Aren't you afraid of being caught by them?" the young man asked, blinking.
Xiao Yu shook his head. He looked a little absent-minded, as if he didn't care about anything except what was on his mind.
"When did She Quli die?"
"Last night." The young man frowned, "Is She Quli that important?"
"It's a matter of loyalty... or if we find a way earlier, She Quli won't die."
"It's useless to be upset. He's dead. I forgive you on his behalf. Just leave! Don't come back again. We'll never see each other again in this life."
Xiao Yu frowned: "I will come again tomorrow and find a way to rescue you all."
The young man grinned, and there seemed to be sarcasm in his words: "Save it! There is no hope. I see that you are not old enough, so don't pretend to be a heroic hero. The uncle who was hung up above is very skilled in martial arts. He hacked to death four or five guards here one after another with his machete, but it didn't end like this. The uncles he brought to rescue us were also not just ordinary people. They fought to the end and wanted to escape when they saw that there was no chance of winning. In the end, there was no chance to escape... Oh, by the way, if you go out and see the dog, tell the dog on behalf of She Quli that She Quli is fine, and She Quli will never regret handing him this Han friends.”
Xiao Yu blinked: "You..."
"You're not smart at first glance, and you can't even lie to others. If you say that, the dog won't feel guilty."
"What's the meaning?"
When Xiao Yu was about to ask, he saw the young man's eyes narrowed, and his face showed a coldness and vigilance beyond that of his peers.
He said solemnly: "Forget about mother-in-law and mother-in-law, hero! Hide quickly and run away if you have the chance."
In fact, Xiao Yu also felt something strange at this time, but the steady sound of footsteps was lost in the moaning and crying around him.
The steady footsteps beside my ears got closer and closer, and a tall shadow gradually moved towards this side between the two rows of iron cages.
It seems a little late for Xiao Yu to find a bunker now.
The young man was so anxious that he knelt in the iron cage, holding on to the iron bars with both hands, and his eyes scanned the surrounding environment back and forth.
"Over there! Get over there!" The boy pointed at a place and shouted softly.
I saw a narrow gap between the two iron cages diagonally opposite, forming a narrow tunnel with another large iron cage placed above them.
Without thinking too much, Xiao Yu bent down and got in, crawling about two or three meters inside. There was actually a square gap inside, which was enough for Xiao Yu to turn around.
He squatted in this small area and turned around with difficulty. The surroundings were pitch black, and the outside light was mostly blocked by the people in cages and the dense iron bars.
But the cave passage from which they came was connected to the outside, and weak light was able to enter.
Xiao Yu doesn't need to hold his breath and concentrate. He just needs to stay here quietly for a while until the steady guard leaves.
But he suddenly noticed that a pair of thick thighs walked in front of him and stopped.
Xiao Yu's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he couldn't help holding his breath, squatting in place and not daring to move.
"Where is that pretty bearded girl I saw during the day?" said a rude voice.
"I vaguely remember it being here?" Another slightly shrill voice replied, his tone seemed to be flattering.
"They are really good at hiding people. Damn it. I thought that after screening so many times, we would have screened out all the pretty ones, but we didn't expect that we would miss out on a little beauty."
"Hehe, it has something to do with their attire. If you don't know them well, you can't tell what they look like. Just like this guy with a beard, he looks handsome, but he is a mastermind."
At this time, Xiao Yu heard the boy's cry of pain, "Ouch, ouch, ouch," and through the unclear shadow, he probably saw that the boy's braid was grabbed by someone.
The rude voice said: "Leave the boss to Lao Wu. He's a good talker. Find the little beauty first and help the elders vent their anger tonight."
The conversation between the two obviously caused panic among some of the Hu prisoners who were still awake, and the women hid behind the old man and the children.
For a moment, the nearby iron cages began to make creaking noises, followed closely by the sound of swords hitting the iron cages.
Xiao Yu frowned, and there seemed to be some liquid flowing down from the top of his head, splashing on his body, and it seemed to be a little warm.
Xiao Yu had no time to take care of this, his attention was all outside.
The rude voice started shouting: "Don't sleep anymore! Come to the edge of the cage!"
His voice attracted shouts from his companions in the distance, and also aroused fear among everyone in the cage.
Those barbarians were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, obediently leaning against the cage.
I saw two black figures walking back and forth between the surrounding iron cages twice, and then I heard the rude voice shouting: "It's you, little beauty!"
The cage door was opened, and the woman's screams of pleading and resistance were mixed with the man's violent sounds, which was heart-wrenching.
Xiao Yu listened quietly to the sounds outside, his heart kept being tugged, and the dagger in his hand was held tightly.
An old woman's pleading voice came: "Please, he is still a child! Changshengtian is watching, you can't..."
"Fuck you, thief bitch!"
The old woman let out a scream, followed by the girl's scream: "Aniang!"
The man let out bursts of lustful laughter.
"Come on! Little beauty! I love you!"
A burst of obscene laughter and crying mixed with the sound of beating and tearing clothes filled Xiao Yu's eardrums.
"A little impatience will mess up a big plan... A little impatience will mess up a big plan..."
Xiao Yu kept repeating it, trying to numb the uneasiness in his heart, but his face began to heat up and his anger could no longer be suppressed.
"ah!!!"
Suddenly a man's painful screams filled the sky.
The young man's voice sounded: "Sister, run!"
The raped woman still cried: "Run...where can I run..."
"You little bastard, you dare to bite me! I will skin you tonight and make a new lantern!"
The woman begged for mercy: "Uncle, you can do whatever you want to me, just let him go! He is still a child... She Quli, please give in and kowtow to the elders to make amends!"
"Sister, the hungry wolves on the grassland are never satisfied. If we ask for mercy from them, they will only torture us more despicably. If I, A Gan, are here..."
The imprisoned Hu people around him also began to get angry. The chains rattled and the iron bars shook back and forth.
These conversations were clearly heard by Xiao Yu, especially She Quli's name. It turned out that the young man was lying to himself.
Xiao Yu's eyes suddenly turned cold.
She Quli, the child that Gou'er and Liu Boxuan entrusted to him at the same time was outside, and he couldn't just watch him die.
"You are worse than pigs and dogs. You don't want to live anymore. I will send you on your way now!" A black figure had already revealed his long knife and waved it left and right in the night sky.
Xiao Yu showed his dagger and walked quickly out of the passage like a ninja specializing in assassination.
During these days of fierce battles with Dendrobium every night, he gradually gained some practical experience, and his body became much more flexible than before.
After he rushed out of the passage, he suddenly swung his dagger and stabbed the thin guard who was dealing with She Quli in the chest.
This sudden attack shocked the thin guard into a cold sweat. He stepped back and raised his knife to block.
The vital parts were protected, but he was still stabbed in the abdomen. Fortunately, it was only a superficial wound, but the blood still seeped out quickly.
The thin guard looked down at his injured position, then raised his head and bared his teeth at Xiao Yu with a sinister smile on his face.
The tall guard looked surprised at first, but when he came back to his senses, he laughed loudly: "I originally wanted to find a girl to vent my anger on, but I didn't expect that there was a little thief hiding here. It's really good for the old men to stretch their muscles. .”
He dragged the half-clothed woman under him up and threw her heavily back into the previous cage, with a lustful look on his face: "I'll come to you to vent my anger after I finish dealing with the little thief!"
Xiao Yu didn't talk nonsense to them and waved the dagger in his hand to attack the two guards.
The two guards looked at each other with contempt on their faces. They did not greet the other guards, just playing a cat and mouse game.
Xiao Yu attacked several times, but was easily resolved by the two of them. He was even kicked several times by the two of them.
She Quli's voice came to his ears: "You idiot, I'm telling you to run away for your own good. You can only die in vain here. You are no match for them!"
Xiao Yu wiped the blood from his mouth: "Why didn't you tell me that you were She Quli?"
She Quli frowned: "Is it interesting? Can I escape if I follow you? Don't waste time here. If it's too late, other guards will have to come! You can't escape."
Xiao Yu shook his head, took a few breaths, and continued to attack the two guards.
After a few moves back and forth, the tall guard frowned.
"This three-legged cat's skills are really boring!"
"Brother, then I'm serious about it. I'm going to use his skin to make a lantern!"
As he said that, the thin guard suddenly stood up and attacked Xiao Yu fiercely. The speed was extremely fast, and the changes in the moves in his hands were dizzying.
Within two rounds, Xiao Yu felt that he could no longer resist. The sharp knife in the thin guard's hand swam like a silver snake, leaving blood marks on Xiao Yu's body.
The thin guard suddenly stopped, with a look of annoyance on his face: "I almost forgot, it's time to kill with a knife. There are too many wounds, so how can we tie up the lantern?"
He yelled: "Look at the knife!"
The thin guard swung his long knife and attacked Xiao Yu. His speed was still extremely fast, and the sharp blade slashed towards Xiao Yu's throat.
It's a fine line between life and death.
The thin guard suddenly felt that something was wrong. As if someone kicked his knee, he suddenly staggered and was about to lose his center of gravity.
His chest was exposed right in front of Xiao Yu's eyes. He had no time to react. He only felt a chill in his heart and his face was full of disbelief.
The dagger in Xiao Yu's hand pierced the thin guard's heart without any bias.
The long sword in the thin guard's hand fell to the ground, but there was an incredible look on his face.
"I'm a sea dragon, Zhao Chuanhai... What a heroic man... Today... Today, I was assassinated by you, a little thief... You have an accomplice..."
The thin guard who called himself "Sea-turning Jiao" Zhao Chuanhai blinked, vomited two mouthfuls of blood, and then fell to the ground.
Xiao Yu was stunned. He didn't know what reputation this "Sea-turning Jiao" had in the world, but he knew that when he was about to die, this "Sea-turning Jiao" was like stepping on a banana peel under his feet. He insisted on being impartial. Without leaning, he bumped into his own dagger.
When he was stunned, he heard She Quli shouting from the side: "Hero, watch your back!"
Soon after, Xiao Yu subconsciously turned around and saw a huge body slashing him from behind with a knife in both hands.
This knife can really cut Xiao Yu from the top of his head to his crotch.
Just as his mind went blank in shock, silver threads flashed before his eyes.
The tall guard's head suddenly fell from his neck, and a column of blood spurted out.
I saw a handsome figure floating from the air to the ground. The slim-fitting night clothes outlined the graceful curves of the man in black.
This is not Dongfang Lao, let alone a short-built dendrobium! Seems more like a woman.
Xiao Yu opened his mouth and looked a little dumbfounded.
But he saw the pair of charming almond eyes on the black cloth mask glaring, and the voice of a girl like a clear spring came: "Little prince, you are really useless."
