Chapter 23: Unblushing

  A figure sprinted through the snowy terrain, hunched over with his upper body bent very low. His bare feet left a trail of footprints in the snow. His blood was pumping vigorously, and at this moment, his feet didn't feel extremely cold. However, if he stopped moving, it wouldn't take long for his feet to freeze into ice blocks.

  Li Xian stopped for the first time, then quickly used a dagger to cut open a slit on Ousiqing's boots, sat down and struggled to put on the boots, then tore off strips of cloth from his clothes to tie up the boots.

  What an idiot!

  Li Xian felt like an idiot for the first time.

  If he keeps running like this, even if he can save his life, these two legs will not be kept.

  He stood up and tied the horizontal knife to his back.

  The sound of the horn is getting closer and closer, from high above, it can be seen that a large number of black dots are moving towards this side at a very fast speed. Judging by the number of people, Li Xian confirmed that those people were the cavalry of the Xi people. It won't be Ousiqing's companions, she said that there wouldn't be more than twenty people around her father. Nor would it be the Blood Riders, their camp is still tens of miles away, even if they came to rescue Li Xian, they wouldn't arrive so quickly.

  A thousand cavalry is like this, and it's really cool as hell.

  Li Xian swung his arm, seemingly not worried about his situation at all. He looked down at the dense black dots on the mountain, gradually gathering into several black lines. Lowering his head to look at his own pair of deerskin boots with a smiley face on them, Li Xian drew a middle finger and then turned around to rush into the forest.

  Can't increase his own speed, then can only reduce the speed of the cavalry. The dense forest must be utilized, although Li Xian is not as fast as Ouyang Qing in climbing trees, but this does not mean he climbs slowly. It's just that after entering the forest, Li Xian has been walking between the trees, without any intention of hiding on the tree. Nor does he know what he is looking for, or maybe he has already run out of direction sense.

  They rushed out of the Second Ring Road in a mad dash, and the sound of horns behind them grew clearer and clearer.

  Li Xian gritted his teeth and rushed out for dozens of steps before finally seeing the mark he had left that morning when he passed by this place not far away.

  It looks ordinary and unremarkable there, white like snow, flat like a plain.

  But Li Xian knew there was a hole there.

  That was a place Li Xian discovered when he went hunting in the back mountain a long time ago, and it was covered by a snowfall. The entrance to the cave wasn't particularly large, just big enough for a bear to squeeze through. And as it turned out, this really was a hibernation spot for a mountain bear, which had already been turned into a big pot of stewed meat that Li Xian and his friends ate a month ago.

  Li Xian stopped in his tracks, quickly dug open the entrance and then burrowed inside.

  Li Xian used the remaining snow to block the entrance of the cave, then crawled inside. About five meters in, it became spacious enough for him to stand upright and walk. He walked to where he and Chao Su Ge had killed the bear, and sat down at a spot where bloodstains were still visible. He was panting heavily, his lungs desperately needing air after the frantic sprint. The air inside the cave wasn't great, with a foul smell that lingered, but it didn't hinder Li Xian's need for oxygen or his ability to sit on the ground and recover.

  More than 300 war horses carrying Xianbei cavalry followed Li Huan's footprints all the way to here. The leading knight was a sturdy man who looked around forty years old. After reining in his horse, he raised his hand and gestured, and the cavalry behind him slowed down and stopped behind him.

  "Why are all Khitans so stupid?"

  The leader of the Xianbei people curled his lip in disdain, his tone full of contempt.

  "Ai Jie, I'll take a few men in and drag him out!"

  A Xianbei warrior said.

  Ejin is a title for tribal leaders. The robust man sitting on the horseback is Anji, the leader of the Xianbei tribe.

  "The footprints later became somewhat larger."

  He didn't answer his subordinate, but instead said something that sounded irrelevant.

  "There were only two people and no other Khitan was seen."

  The warrior behind him nodded and said, "It seems that Mohe may have indeed crossed the Xilamu River and gone to the Suolun tribe on the other side of the river. These two people are his followers, waiting for him to return here."

  Da Qi smiled and said, "Mo Hui brought less than fifty guards this time. More than thirty were killed on the way. If he had crossed the river to Su Zhe's department, why would he leave two people behind to wait for him? If Su Zhe Xin Mi wanted to lay hands on him, could these two people still save Mo Hui?"

  He burst out laughing, laughing very freely.

  "The footprints grew bigger later on, but it was still a child."

  The samurai behind him suddenly realized: "It's the daughter of Mo Hui! Mo Hui knew that Su Zhen Xin Mi might not agree to his request, and the relationship between the Su Zhen Department and the Khitan He Da He Department had always been bad!"

  He nodded and said, "He's afraid that Su Zhenxin will kill him, so he left his daughter on the mountain to wait for him."

  The smile at the corner of his mouth was obscene, and the white snow that had been hastily piled up to cover the hole looked like a slender woman lying in front of him, her clothes gone, and the snow was her enticing body.

  "A year ago I went to He Dahu's pasture and saw Mo Hui's daughter."

  "He sincerely praised: 'That is a white swan-like pure girl, beautiful to the point of suffocation. A year ago, I wanted to propose to Mo Hui, but that guy hesitated and didn't agree. The remaining guards and Mo Hui's daughter ran separately to divert the pursuers. I don't know if it was that Ans Lang Chong Hong or not, but he is really stupid. I have a thousand men! Can't we divide our troops to chase? Has he forgotten? A girl's feet are always smaller.'"

  "Ou Si Qingqing, I remember it was this name."

  The greedy look in his eyes, he pointed to the cave entrance and said: "Go in, I want Ousai Qingqing intact. If you touch a single hair on her head, I'll cut off all your heads."

  "Relax!"

  Four or five knights jumped down from their horses, laughing as they approached the entrance of the cave: "I guarantee that when I pull her out, she'll be just as captivating as she was the first time you saw her a year ago."

  Several people crouched down and worked together to clear away the snow that had blocked the entrance, then turned around to look at An Qi.

  "Remember, I want Osi Qingqing to be perfectly fine. If you do well, each of you will get thirty sheep when we return."

  Lie

  The cavalry behind let out a burst of whispers, but it wasn't that they had any disrespect for Dahe. The whispers expressed admiration for the knights who had caught the people, and disappointment that they hadn't gotten in on this opportunity to make some money themselves. Thirty sheep might not be a lot, but it was enough for a family to safely get through the winter.

  "Hahaha!"

  He burst out laughing, his laughter exuding a sense of confidence: "Once we've seized all the Khitan pastures, I guarantee that each and every one of you will get no less than thirty sheep. And if you do well, you'll even get to share some beautiful and gentle female slaves, as well as some sturdy male slaves as strong as oxen."

  When he spoke, the first Xianbei knight had already crawled into the cave entrance.

  A big bear squeezed in and out of the cave entrance, an adult could even crouch forward. He was a sturdy Xi tribesman warrior, in his impression, the petite figure he saw from afar in the Khitan cavalry a few days ago, he could subdue with one hand. He didn't even want his companions behind to follow him, if it were him who caught Ouyang Qingqing, perhaps Ejin would increase the reward to fifty sheep!

  So he deliberately climbed very slowly and deliberately slipped his knee on the way down and kicked out the person following behind him with one foot.

  The man behind him cursed and crawled up, continuing to drill inside. He knew what his companions in front of him were thinking, if it were himself, he might have kicked even harder.

  However, when the man in front of him kicked his second foot on his face, he couldn't help but get angry.

  "What are you doing! Believe it or not, I'll chop off your leg with one knife!"

  The snow that had stuck to the soles of his feet melted and mixed with the mud in the hole, all of which remained on his face. He cursed fiercely, then freed one hand to wipe his face, and found that his mouth was also full of dirty snow, making him feel like he had a mouthful of sand as soon as he moved his teeth.

  The person in front didn't answer him and also didn't kick him again.

  The person in front stopped and stood still.

  "Hey! You're blocking the way!"

  The second Xian stretched out his hand and pushed forward slightly.

  The feeling in my hand is strange, as if I'm pushing into a ball of cotton.

  Something's off!

  The second Xie person keenly sensed that something was wrong with Eke crawling in front!

  Aike was a sturdy man in the tribe, his arms and thighs were as hard as iron! But just now, pushing against his thigh felt like pushing against a lump of rotting flesh, soft and terrifying! The second Xian warrior had also killed people, so he knew that this was the change that occurred in a person's body after they had just died! First it was soft like mud, and then it would gradually become cold and stiff.

  He grabbed Eck's wrist and loudly shouted for his companions behind him to retreat while dragging Eck's body.

  Very heavy, Eck's body weight was all piled up on the ground.

  "What's going on?"

  He furrowed his brow and asked.

  "Ek is dood!"

  Someone loudly replied to his words and pulled out the crossbow bolt stuck in Eck's neck, shaking it to indicate that he was not lying. The bolt had been shot very accurately, directly through the trachea and got stuck in the neck. This bolt was quite short, about ten centimeters or so, and was not commonly seen.

  "Wrist bow?"

  When he saw the crossbow, he was amazed for a moment. It was an exquisite thing that only Han people could create. The range is very short, and it can't penetrate thick leather armor three meters away. Daku has seen such things before, they are used by Han women to defend themselves. The price is expensive, ordinary civilians can't afford it at all.

  "Charge in with your shield! Idiot!"

  Answer loudly.

  After seeing that short crossbow arrow, An Qi was even more certain that his judgment was correct. The wrist crossbow could almost be said to be a woman's exclusive self-defense weapon, and no man would dare to use such a delicate thing. The crossbow mechanism attached to the wrist was too exquisite, and its lethality was pitifully low. Even if they were standing face-to-face, the crossbow arrow couldn't penetrate two layers of thick armor.

  Apart from women, who would use such a shameful thing to defend against enemies?

  Li Xian is not a woman, definitely not. This has been strongly proven over the past twelve years. Standing up to pee is something that girls over ten years old would definitely not have the courage to try.

  But Li Xian had an aunt, an aunt named Hong Fo.

  A woman with a small trick as numerous as cow hair, teaching a guy who regards keeping his life as the most important thing, would he still care about the difference between men and women?

  So, let alone Li Xian didn't know what Da Qi was thinking, even if he did, he wouldn't blush.

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