Big dream 18 years

Chapter 33

The brief silence passed, and the scuffle resumed.

Ji Shuliu clenched his long sword tightly and dealt with Mount Tai alone.During the fierce battle, he couldn't feel the pain from the wound on his right leg, but he could feel the fatigue from blood loss and cold.Taishan may have shed more blood than him, but unfortunately, it seems that he never gets tired, and the strength of each knife is still the same as when the battle just started.

Ji Shuliu became anxious, but he had to be anxious. If he didn't make a quick decision, he would be the one who lost.

A disciple of Zuizun Castle suddenly proudly said: "Wait to die! We go back to report every few hours, and now no one reports, and rescuers will come soon!"

Many disciples of Drunken Sun Fort were perked up when they heard this.Liu Junwen passed through the enemy's gap, and suddenly appeared in front of the speaker. He hit his face with a sword and broke the bridge of his nose.The man was stunned for a moment, he didn't retreat immediately, the empty door was wide open, Liu Junwen slashed obliquely with the tip of his sword, and cut off his right hand holding the knife, then he passed through the enemy and returned to the original place, protecting Ge Xingli and others again.

The severed hand and the knife in his hand fell to the muddy ground together, and the man then wailed and rolled down, holding the severed wrist tightly with his left hand, revealing a hideous and terrifying face gushing blood.The Zuishi Fortress saw his tragic situation, and the fighting spirit that had just been raised was suppressed again.

The scuffle continued, even Taishan was tired, and Ji Shuliu barely supported it.Fortunately, Liu Junwen's stamina is superb, and his advantage becomes more obvious as he goes to the back. After fighting off several enemies one after another, the remaining number is not enough to trap them here.One boy carried Wen Ruyi's body on his back, while the other two protected Ge Xingli, and began to slowly retreat along the direction of the stream.Taishan's martial arts are not bad, but his mind is not bright, he only knows how to chase, he never thought of sending people to encircle and surround him.

Seeing that he had retreated to the middle of the stream, several figures suddenly appeared from the upstream direction, and one of them shouted sharply: "Shu Liu, you are courting death!"

Ji Shuliu's heart tightened suddenly, it was "Chef" Wang Guitong.

Wang Guitong's stocky figure rushed to this side first, and first stabbed the dagger at Liu Junwen.Liu Junwen was sluggish after a long battle, and he didn't dodge the first move, his shoulder was injured, and he switched to holding the sword in his left hand.

Ge Xingli cried in despair: "Are you really going to die? It's all my fault..."

A young man said angrily: "Little bastard, who are you cursing?" He tried his best to block the attacks other than Wang Guitong for Liu Junwen.

"there!"

"That's right, they are!"

Two more voices for help came from the downstream direction, it turned out to be Wang Hu and the buddy who often stayed with him.Wang Hu shouted as he ran towards this side: "Found it! The bastard from Zuishi Castle is here! Brother Baidao nearby, let's kill the dog together!"

The two rushed over quickly, one carrying Wen Ruyi's body and the other carrying Ge Xingli. Although their voices did not attract other nearby Baidao friends, they turned the overwhelming battle situation. With their help, Ji Shuliu and others were able to quickly retreat .

"We heard that Ge Daxia's son was in danger, so he came here as soon as he drew his hand! There are a few people who are going to look elsewhere, and they can come later!" Wang Hu explained while withdrawing while carrying Wen Ruyi, "It's a pity for this child. "

The crowd staggered and fought and retreated, passing through a large patch of muddy ground, getting closer and closer to Jingping Garden.Tai Shan roared unwillingly, pounced with all his strength, and bumped into Ji Shuliu who was falling downhill at the end from a high place.Ji Shuliu had no choice but to return his sword to fight back. In a short while, the disciples of Zuishi Castle who were chasing him stopped and surrounded Ji Shuliu.

Ji Shu was left at the end, partly because of a broken back, partly because his leg was seriously injured and he couldn't walk fast.Facing these people who surrounded him, he had to deal with even more hardships. It was not easy to stand still, let alone break out of the tight encirclement.

Wang Hu realized something was wrong, so he handed Wen Ruyi's body to Liu Junwen, and turned back to help, but was suppressed by Wang Guitong.Wang Guitong's martial arts seemed to be stronger than last time in Bixiao Villa, maybe it was because he was ashamed of losing to Ji Shuliu and practiced hard.

Ji Shuliu's strength was exhausted, and he knew he couldn't last long, but Bai Dao's rescuers couldn't even see their shadows.He finally gave up: "you go first."

Wang Hu said fiercely: "I'm not Su Tie's face, I have no reason to abandon my own people!"

Zuiri Fort's formation changed, several people replaced Wang Guitong and surrounded Wang Hu, Wang Guitong replaced Taishan and fought Ji Shuliu, Taishan pulled out his hand and rushed into the middle of Liu Junwen and others to hack.Liu Junwen and Wang Hu's buddies were almost unable to defend, Wang Hu had no choice but to break through the siege and go back to help.

Ji Shuliu could hardly hold his sword steady, and said in a trembling voice, "Send the child back first, don't delay any longer!"

Liu Junwen's eyes were red, and he finally made a decision, took Ge Xingli and others back, and swore from a distance: "Shu Liu, listen carefully, if you have any troubles, I will commit suicide and make amends to you!"

Ji Shuliu was shocked: "If you don't understand, don't mix it up!" There is no reason to follow friends, only to follow lovers.But Wang Guitong pressed him so hard that he couldn't speak anymore.

Taishan chased after him, and followed Liu Junwen and others.When they were far away, Wang Guitong stabbed Ji Shuliu's left wrist three times in a row, and while Ji Shuliu's weapon was out of his hand, he slid close to his back and pushed his palm on the back of his heart.

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Ji Shuliu spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes turned black, and he could no longer resist, vaguely knowing that Wang Guitong took out a pair of shackles to lock his hands.The lock spring clicked lightly, and he gritted his teeth slightly. Fortunately, these were just ordinary shackles, and there were no spikes pierced into his wrists.Wang Guitong tore off a piece of cloth from his clothes to cover his eyes, and carried him on his shoulders, not knowing where he was going.Soon, Taishan also joined them, but no one from Baidao came after them.

"Take a detour and bring Huashan's body back?" Wang Guitong suggested.

"Farewell, it's useless to take it back," Taishan said in a rather cold tone, "He doesn't smile all day long when he's alive, and his face is darker than Hades' face when he's dead. So many brothers haven't been buried yet, how can there be time to bury him. But Should this traitor surnamed Ji be kept and handed over to the boss, or should he be dealt with with one blow?"

"You dare to kill?" Wang Guitong laughed, "Anyway, I don't dare."

"You dare not, how dare I."

Wang Guitong sighed: "He is the only direct disciple of the boss, Shang Tongtian even framed Qu Laowu, so he didn't dare to set his mind on this kid."

Taishan's voice turned cold: "Why do you still call him Qu Lao Wu? It's because we didn't kill Qu Ze that we indulged so many traitors and became cowards when the momentum was wrong, and some even went to our enemies !"

"Short-sighted." Wang Guitong was displeased, "Qu Ze is in peace with us, how can you call him a traitor, if you don't even let him go, no one will dare to follow us in the future."

"It's a bunch of nonsense. If you follow you, it's for your money and your power. If you want to show affection, it's a white way. As long as the momentum is strong in the underworld, there is absolutely no shortage of people! The boss is good at everything, but he is too loyal to traitors."

"Hehe, first use money and power to recruit a master who can catch up with Qu Ze, and then criticize the boss for his mistakes." Wang Guitong confronted each other, "Don't look at Shang Tongtian's reputation, compared with real knives and guns, even he can't compare Qu Laowu."

"Ha ha."

The words were not speculative, and the two of them shut up at the same time and hurried on their way in silence. All Ji Shuliu could hear was the sound of rain and Taishan's heavy breathing.He was thinking drowsily.

In my memory, Wen Ruyi is still the same as she was two years ago, with a stubborn face, and she is focused on the "big cause" that he and a few younger brothers roamed the streets to become kings.Ji Shuliu once thought that what he did was just a child's play and couldn't be taken seriously, but he lost his life in the end, proving that Gu Nian's loyalty was not just talk.

The sharp thorns that pierced Qin Songfeng's limb joints still seemed to be stuck in Ji Shuliu's heart.He has been silent for a long time.

I don't know how long it took, he noticed the darkness in front of his eyes through the strip of cloth, Wang Guitong slowed down, as if walking into a cave, and put him down.

The outside wind kept blowing in, blowing on the rain-soaked clothes, Ji Shuliu couldn't help shivering, the wound on his body was getting more and more painful, especially his right leg, which made his whole body stiff.

After resting for a while, Tai Shan stepped in front of him with heavy steps, and the cloth strips covering his eyes were untied.

Ji Shuliu opened his eyes with a calm expression.

"Are you awake?" Taishan grabbed Ji Shuliu's wrists with one hand and dragged him out of the cave, passed the rope through the shackles on his wrists, and hung him on a thick branch of a nearby tree, leaving only half of his feet on the ground , then cut off another branch and slammed it down on him.

Wang Guitong asked unhurriedly, "What are you doing?"

"Even if you don't dare to kill, you still have to vent your anger."

"You don't even bother to talk to Huashan, so who would believe it if you vent your anger on him?"

"Who said it was for Huashan. I will vent my anger for you, and then I will vent my anger for you Quze, can't you? I heard that Baidao also dealt with Quze in the same way."

"Okay, good job." Wang Guitong picked up another branch and leaned over to help him pump it a few times, "This is revenge for stabbing me with a sword." A few more pumps, "This is a lesson for you , Squat down in Jingping Garden, who told you to come out and seek death?" After speaking, he leisurely returned to the cave, and sat in a place sheltered from wind and rain to watch the excitement.

Tai Shan and several other disciples of Drunken Sun Fort formed a group, beating the captives happily.They are purely for the fun of venting their anger, and the strength and direction of their shots are just right, and the injuries caused are all on the surface, and they will not hurt the muscles and bones, but the pain is abnormal.

The rain hadn't finished yet, Ji Shuliu's whole body was clammy and cold, and the wound on his right leg was touched from time to time. He gritted his teeth tightly and resisted the endless and boundless pain.After a long time, he felt a strange feeling in his heart and opened his eyes suddenly.Everyone around except Taishan has stopped, only Taishan continued provocatively.

Li Xiao probably killed Fanghui, his clothes were covered with blood, he was standing two feet away from Ji Shuliu, staring at him motionless, his eyes showed neither concern, pity, nor hatred, violence, just like looking at a mountain, a tree.

Ji Shuliu had never seen such indifferent eyes from Li Xiao.From the time he urged Liu Junwen and the others to leave first, he had already had the will to die, but at this moment, he felt an inexplicable fear, closed his eyes again, and couldn't help but open a gap.

Taishan finally stopped slowly and let go of the branches.

Li Xiao walked over and patted Taishan on the shoulder affectionately: "Thanks for your hard work. Didn't Huashan bring you back?"

Wang Guitong walked out of the cave: "No."

Li Xiao turned to face the empty space, and sighed: "Huashan, go all the way, I don't have time to see you off." After a pause, he shook his head and added, "I said a long time ago, don't mess with Chisumen. Listen, no one is to blame. Shu Liu was taught by me, where can he go? If you recognize him, let him go, or at least don’t kill him indiscriminately in front of him, what’s the matter now.”

Wang Guitong said behind him: "Forget it, Huashan relied on his quick brain to support him all the time, even if he didn't die this time, he might not make it to the end. Xiao Shuliu's brain is also very quick, maybe it's Wei Kaishan's credit?"

"Kaishan's grave, my second brother's grave, I didn't even have time to visit, I'm really sorry for them."

Wang Guitong smiled wryly: "Boss, our military situation is tight now, if this continues, we can go directly to the ground to see them."

"Don't talk about being discouraged." Li Xiao turned around and asked Taishan, "Have you exhausted your anger yet?"

Tai Shan said helplessly: "It's over."

"It just so happens that I can't bear it either. I'll take him away, you rest for a while, and what to do next, follow Guitong's orders."

"Row!"

Li Xiao broke the rope tied to the branch with a sword, put the sword back into its sheath, picked up Ji Shuliu and walked up the nearby hillside.

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A new one-person-wide path was stepped on the hillside, and the guards became more and more strict along it for a while.As soon as Li Xiao passed by, everyone greeted with a smile.

There was a small cave near the top of the slope, and a fire was burned inside near the door, and Li Xiao walked straight there.When Ji Shuliu raised his eyes, he suddenly saw Qin Songfeng and was shocked.He was still trapped in the iron cage, placed on the top of the cave, with three people closely guarding it.The sharp shackles locked many joints of his limbs, only his left arm was untied by someone. At this moment, his pale left hand was holding an iron bar on the cage. On the ground, motionless, the rain ran down the drenched clothes and hair in streams.

Li Xiao walked into the cave with Ji Shuliu in his arms, took a look into the depths, and turned around to tell the person sitting at the entrance of the cave: "I'll change his clothes, if a woman comes, tell her to wait outside first, don't worry about it." See what you shouldn't see."

The man was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "I know!" Ji Shuliu pulled his eyes back when he heard the voice, and suddenly found that he knew the man himself.His name is Yan Er, and he is 40 years old. Since he can remember, he has been managing books in the library of Mianxingyuan. He often takes the young Ji Shuliu to dry books.

Ji Shuliu felt a little pain in his heart, Yan Er's temperament was not at all quack, he always hoped that Yan Er had nothing to do with all this.

Li Xiao placed Ji Shuliu in the middle of the cave, and with a slight force on his hands, he tore his tattered clothes in half, revealing the criss-crossing scars all over his body.Staring at him for a while, Li Xiao brought a bucket of warm water and slowly poured it on him, and scrubbed his other hand with the water, especially carefully removing the dirt sticking to the wound; A large bottle of yellowing powder was applied to the wounds all over his body.

The medicine powder quickly stopped the blood oozing slowly from the wound, but severe pain spread from the wound.Li Xiao applied it very carefully. After painting the small wounds, he applied the sword scratches. Finally, he pressed all the remaining powder on the wound on Ji Shuliu's right leg that was missing a piece of flesh the size of a bowl.Ji Shu was in unbearable pain, gritted his teeth and curled up his body.

Li Xiao was silent for a moment, then mocked coldly: "Don't want to talk? I want to see how long you can last."

Ji Shuliu was frightened, and closed his eyes again, not daring to open them.It's not that he doesn't want to talk, it's just that he doesn't know where to start, but after Li Xiao put down this sentence, he really has nothing to say.

The warm water on his body had already turned cold, and the wind made it even more chilly, but the power of the medicine powder was delayed.Ji Shuliu was getting colder and shivering uncontrollably.

Li Xiao seemed to get closer, and said indifferently: "You killed the people in Drunk Sun Fort, shouldn't you be weeping bitterly and begging for mercy on your knees?"

Ji Shuliu felt the pain seep from the skin, but the cold came from the depths of the viscera, as if he had seen Li Xiao's heart and lungs torn apart, he closed his eyes desperately for fear of accidentally opening them.Regardless of the critical situation, the severe pain in his whole body consumed his will more violently. He could hardly restrain himself several times. He clenched his hands desperately and grasped his palms hard, but he could no longer feel the pain in his palms.

Everything seemed to freeze.

Suddenly, Li Xiao opened his fist, and patted his face lightly with the other hand: "Stop, I can't hold back anymore!" Seeing that he didn't respond, he added helplessly, "It's okay if you win!" ?”

Ji Shuliu carefully opened one eye a crack, seeing Li Xiao's most familiar expression, he slowly opened his eyes and looked directly at him.Li Xiao unfastened his shackles, took a dry towel to roughly dry off the water droplets on his body, then found a set of undershirt, naturally helped him sit up, and helped him put it on himself.

The movements of the two cooperated very tacitly, just like the carefree years before the defeat of Drunken Sun Castle.Ji Shuliu's heart was touched, and he called out in a low voice, "Brother."

Li Xiao picked him up, stood still for a while, and then put him on the floor deep in the cave, covered him lightly, hesitated, locked the shackles on his scarred wrist again, and sighed: "Slim It’s gone, but it’s stronger than before. When you were young, you cried at every turn, but when you grow up, you have to hold on no matter how hard you try? Who tortured you like this.”

Ji Shuliu was still curled up, but laughed: "I don't like to cry, it's because you like to see me cry that I cry to coax you to play."

"I love to see you cry?"

"Of course. When I cried before, you tried every means to tease me. You seemed much more excited than me."

Li Xiao laughed, turned back to Yan Er and said, "Listen, this kid has been playing us like monkeys for so many years, and we still don't know." wet hair.Ji Shuliu stared at him blankly, as if in a dream, but Qin Songfeng's trapped figure always stuck in his heart, pulling him back to reality again and again.

His body was still trembling, Li Xiao sat next to him and wiped his sweat, and comforted him in a low voice: "This medicine heals quickly, and it will be fine in a while." After a while, he said, "Shu Liu really grows up." You are a man, but I have washed all the pants you pissed on, what kind of hero are you playing with me?"

Someone seemed to be coming from outside the cave, and Yan Er, who was sitting at the entrance of the cave, said in a pompous manner: "Boss brought a man to take off his clothes inside, and told you—" He changed into Li Xiao's deep tone, "Wait a little later Come in so you don't see what you shouldn't see."

"Don't play tricks, the replacement has already been done." Li Xiao said immediately.

"Even if it's not finished, what are you afraid of?" A slightly hoarse female voice came from the entrance of the cave, "Don't forget where I came from, what should be seen and what should not be seen, I have seen it [-] times."

She strode into the entrance of the cave, and Ji Shuliu first saw her blood-stained skirt before seeing her whole body.She is about thirty or so years old, with a certain style between her eyebrows and eyes, and her whole body is drenched by rain, showing off her vigorous and graceful figure.

Li Xiao asked concerned: "Is it not hurt?"

"No. Wait, I'll change clothes too." She seemed to be deliberately provocative, and found a set of clothes from the other side of the cave to hide in a not-so-secret corner.

Yan Er hurriedly turned his back, Li Xiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and covered Ji Shuliu's head with the quilt: "Don't teach children badly."

She changed clothes faster than men, and quickly came out and sat next to Li Xiao: "This is your Shuliu? Show me quickly. You haven't shown me for so many years."

Li Xiao uncovered Ji Shuliu's quilt, and Ji Shuliu glanced at her carefully to make sure that her clothes were neat, before asking, "What's the girl's name?"

Before she could answer, Li Xiao said first, "She called Jin Yun, you can call me Sister Yun."

"I'm his woman." Ting Yun pointed at Li Xiao and emphasized, "I'm his only woman now."

"Sister Yun... It's a pleasure to meet you." Ji Shuliu heard from Qu Ze that Li Xiao had bought a group of brothel dancers more than ten years ago, taught them martial arts, and distributed them to the disciples of Drunken Sun Fort. It seems that he also kept one for himself. , but I have never brought her into the Sleeping Star Academy, and I have never allowed myself to call her sister-in-law.

Li Xiao's inner strength is profound, and he secretly practiced his strength during his actions. Most of his clothes were dry, leaving only brown blood stains stiff on his coat. He rubbed his hands twice, stood up and asked, "Has the second brother come back yet?"

"came back."

"It's my turn. Where does he want me to fight this time?"

Ting Yun asked for a topographical map from Yan Er, and whispered in Li Xiao's ear while gesticulating.Li Xiao pondered and said: "Second Shang's idea is not good, I don't listen to him, I'm going to fight here." He pointed on the map.

"Then I'll go and tell him later." Ting Yun took out an umbrella from the bag deep in the cave.

"Second Shang, is there anything else?"

Ting Yun glanced at Ji Shuliu, and smiled softly: "Say it out for fear of spoiling the children..." Li Xiao opened her mouth as if to stop her, but she said the rest in one breath, "Second Shang said that Ji Ping is really I can’t get it. Qin Songfeng, it’s a pity to let go of this ready-made one. Don’t you really give him to everyone to play with? Although most people are not interested, there are a few who are interested. The subordinate resigns——I will inform the second brother Shang about the business Son."

She disappeared into the cave with an umbrella in her hand. Li Xiao was silent for a moment facing her back, then suddenly turned around and squatted next to Ji Shuliu, and asked word by word: "What expression did you have just now? Do you really recognize Chisumen?" gone?"

Ji Shuliu didn't expect that Li Xiao could pay attention to his expression in his busy schedule, and he didn't know how to answer, so he simply kept silent.Li Xiao's eyes and tone didn't look like anger, but a hint of anticipation. He really couldn't figure out Li Xiao's true meaning.

Li Xiao stared at him, worry gradually showing in his eyes: "You tell the truth, if Shang Laoer can really do it, what will you do?"

Ji Shuliu saw that Yan Er was standing far away, so he simply said in a voice that only he and Li Xiao could hear: "Qin Songfeng is already mine, what will happen to you if someone else touches your wife, I will. I'm not afraid to treat you Admit it, no one will believe you when you say it anyway.”

Li Xiao's stunned expression remained until he finished speaking, and suddenly laughed loudly: "Good job!"

Amidst the laughter, he raised his sword and swept out of the cave, so close that Ji Shuliu didn't have time to say a word.