In the dim light, I saw a dark, ball-like thing rolling down from above.

Everyone around me saw it and hurriedly swarmed up with torches. When they rushed up to see the thing, they suddenly heard several people shouting. I hurried forward: "What is it?"<

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Pei Yuanxiu took a few steps forward and saw it. At this time, he immediately turned around and stopped my shoulder with his hand: "Don't look."

"What on earth is——"

Before I could react, I had already glanced at the grass in front of me, and I immediately saw that it turned out to be a human head!

The head of a water dragon!

The flesh and blood were blurred, and there was blood dripping all the way down, while the eyes full of fear and disbelief were wide open.

This time I almost screamed out of fright. Pei Yuanxiu's hand had hugged me hard, blocking my sight with his body, half-turned his face to the person over there and said: "Take it away!"

When those people heard this, they immediately took the head and walked away.

I have experienced a lot, even the Dongzhou War, with corpses everywhere, I have witnessed it with my own eyes, but it is different from seeing a human head like this. This man had spoken to me just now, and he still had the possibility of me being entrusted to him.

There was no hope of finding Li'er, but in the blink of an eye, he was dead, leaving only one head thrown down!

When I thought of this, I felt like my whole body was trembling. The cold wind blew through my clothes and made me feel cold all over. Only Pei Yuanxiu's hand was still holding me tightly, as if he wanted to use his body temperature to warm me.

"Don't be afraid, it's okay."

His voice sounded above his head, also gentle and calm: "Don't be afraid."

"...What should I do?"

"Qingying."

"Li'er, what should I do?"

I grabbed his sleeves hard and stared at the mountain road above that had sunk into dusk. I never thought that Shuilong could rescue Li'er immediately as soon as he entered. After all, we didn't know the purpose of those people from the beginning.

All I wanted was an opportunity, but I never imagined that those bandits would be so cruel and ruthless that they would even kill their own people on the green forest road.

Who is that Shanhu, and what on earth is he going to do?!

This night was destined to be a sleepless night for me. I don’t know whether it was because I was frightened, or because I couldn’t save Li’er’s inner torment, or because driving for days affected my rest, and I was blown by the wind for most of the day.

The cold wind made me feel a little hot in the second half of the night, and I was in a daze. When Pei Yuanxiu carried me into the tent, I wanted to struggle, but I didn't have much strength.

He carefully put me on the bed and looked at my burning red face covered with thin sweat. He gently stretched out his hand to brush away the wet hair on my forehead. His breath blew against my sweaty and sensitive cheeks and he said softly:

"Don't move around and have a good rest."

To be honest, I didn't have the strength to move anymore, so I could only lie on the bed obediently, falling into a half-asleep and half-awake state. I could also feel that Pei Yuanxiu had been standing by the bed, feeding me water.

Take good care of me.

It wasn't until dawn that I heard the sound of some people talking and walking outside. I slowly opened my eyes and saw Pei Yuanxiu sitting by the bed. As soon as he saw me opening my eyes, he immediately came over and said, "Qingying, are you feeling better?"

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"..."

I opened my mouth to say something, and then I heard someone outside the tent say: "Sir, the troops and horses are ready."

When Pei Yuanxiu heard this, he immediately got up and walked over to lift the curtain. I pushed myself up on the bed and vaguely saw some people kneeling at the door. They were all dressed up, with ropes on their shoulders and iron hooks on their feet. Pei Yuanxiu

He glanced at them and said, "You go ahead."

"Yes."

After receiving the order, those people immediately turned around and left. Then he came back, and I hurriedly asked: "What are you going to do?"

"I sent them along the back mountains on both sides to find out the news." He sat down as he spoke. Seeing my anxious look, he hurriedly said: "Don't worry, I won't allow Li'er to do anything until I ensure Li'er's safety."

They acted rashly."

I felt relieved and said, "Yeah."

He said softly: "Don't worry too much. Those bandits can't just rob people without profit. They must have some purpose. They will not hurt Li'er until the purpose is achieved."

In fact, I had this feeling before, but it took me so long to get here and there was no news at all, which inevitably made me uneasy.

Pei Yuanxiu reached out and touched my forehead and breathed a sigh of relief: "Back off."

Seeing me shrinking back, he smiled and said: "I was worried that you would get sick again, which would be troublesome. Fortunately, you are fine."

I wasn't really sick, but I did have a mental illness. At this time, my lips were pale and I said, "I will never fall until I find Li'er."

Pei Yuanxiu glanced at me, said nothing, carefully helped me out of bed, and freshened up a little. As soon as the two of them walked out of the tent, they heard a burst of noisy voices, and the surrounding guards were walking towards the mountain road ahead.

What's wrong?

At this time, no matter what happened over there, it affected my heart. I turned around and walked over quickly. When I looked up, I saw a person walking out from behind the mountain road!

After taking a closer look, it turned out to be a guard who followed Shui Long in yesterday!

Originally, the head of the water dragon was thrown out. We all thought that the two men who followed him were in danger. Unexpectedly, the bandits did not kill him. We saw him slowly walking down from the top, and the soldiers below hurriedly rushed up.

, everyone wanted to ask, but when they turned around and saw Pei Yuanxiu and I walking over, no one said anything. Instead, that person walked up to us and knelt down directly: "Young Master, Mrs. Qingying."

Pei Yuanxiu looked down at him: "Did they let you back?"

"Yes."

"Do you have anything to say?"

The man seemed to have gone through a lot, and his face was not very good-looking, but he still said respectfully: "We followed Shui Long into the bandit camp inside. There were many bandits inside. At a glance, my subordinates could count no less than a thousand.

Moreover, the mountain road inside is dangerous and winding, so it will be difficult to fight."

Pei Yuanxiu's brows furrowed.

"What else?"

"We didn't get to see the mountain tiger."

"Oh? Who killed the water dragon?"

"As soon as Shuilong entered, he heard Shanhu's order from the village to kill him and take his head."

"What?" Pei Yuanxiu and I were both a little surprised and looked at each other in surprise.

I thought that Shuilong went in and had a disagreement with Shanhu, or that he was killed because of some disagreement. From what this man said, it seemed that Shanhu had no intention of talking to Shuilong and only wanted to take his life.

This is strange, weren't they brothers before? What on earth is going on?

Pei Yuanxiu immediately said: "Then what happened to you again?"

The man raised his head slightly and seemed to glance at me. I felt a thump in my heart. Before I had time to think about it, I heard him whisper: "After we entered, because the young master ordered us to find out the truth first, we didn't dare to

We acted rashly and were restrained by the people inside. They did not make things difficult for us, they just came to ask questions. We also conveyed the young master's wishes as instructed. No matter what they wanted, as long as the young lady is safe, we will agree."
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"Then what did they say."

"They said -" At this point, he was silent for a moment, and my heart moved. The man did not dare to raise his head more and more, and after a while he whispered: "The bandit leader Shan Hu sent a message that he wanted Mrs. Qingying to go in personally. They

Only then are we willing to let him go."

"What?!"

Pei Yuanxiu's voice suddenly became louder.

I stood there, stunned and speechless.

It is undeniable that this time Li'er was robbed, the whole thing was out of our control from the beginning, and it was not even in our expectation, but I never imagined that the bandit leader would actually make such a request.
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You want me to enter the village in person!

If he wants money and women, it's understandable, but why would he ask for me? For them, my joining the village will not bring more benefits than controlling Li'er. Why do they still want to ask for it? It's almost unreasonable.

And a ridiculous request.

But——

I turned my head and Pei Yuanxiu looked at me. Before he could speak, I calmly said: "I want to go."

"..."

He didn't seem surprised, but his voice was low: "Qingying!"

"I know what you are going to say," I said calmly: "I promised you that I would not mess around. But this time, it is our hope. If I don't go in, the people inside will not give us any chance.

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"..."

"Although you sent someone there, from what he said, the situation inside is not simple. Even if you find out the truth clearly, rescuing people will not happen overnight, and Li'er's safety cannot be completely guaranteed."
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"..."

"If I go, I will at least have a chance to talk to them. No matter what they want, I-"
To be continued...