my wife is mulan

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Chapter 173 Tracking

"It's almost dawn, they should be back! There are only three of Wandugui and the others, and we have 28 here. It's an ambush again, so we can't kill him?" said one of the gray-clothed men.

Wan Yutong, who was tied to the wooden post, changed his expression greatly when he heard the conversation of these men in gray, and immediately asked, "Who are you? Why did you tie me up? Why did I harm my grandfather?"

The leader of the man in gray turned his head to look at Wan Yutong and smiled: "Little lady wants to know? I just won't tell you!"

At this time, another voice came from a distance, and several people in the room heard it.

"Sounds like a horse neighing? Sixth, go out and see if they're back!" the leader of the man in gray ordered.

"Yes, boss!"

Lao Liu opened the wooden door and walked out. At this time, the sky was just getting bright, and there were three torches moving in the distance.

"Why are there only three people? That's not right!" Lao Liu was full of doubts, looked at it for a while, his face changed, and immediately turned and ran into the cabin.

"Boss, the situation is wrong. It's not that they came back. There are only three people. I guess they failed. The three people who came here should be the people brought by Wan Dugui and him!"

The grey-clothed man's expression became serious in an instant, and he quickly walked out of the cabin to take a look, and soon confirmed what his subordinates said, and immediately turned around and shouted: "Quick, take these two girls, we'll retreat!"

The remaining three gray-clothed men immediately untied Wan Yutong and Xiao Cui from the wooden post, but did not untie them. The two gray-clothed men put knives on their necks and pushed them out. The cabin followed the leader and left in the direction behind the cabin, and soon disappeared into the white snow.

Zhao Junsheng, Hua Mulan, and Lu Xuanbo got off their horses when they were only about a mile away from the cabin, and left the horses where they were, while the three short-legged horses searched for weeds under the snow to eat. The people spread out and quietly approached the cabin with their weapons in hand.

There was a light in the wooden house, and Zhao Junsheng and the three of them were very careful, and quietly came to the eaves of the wooden house. Under Zhao Junsheng's signal, Lu Xuanbo inserted his sword into the crack of the door and pulled the bolt.

However, when Lu Xuanbo pointed his sword at the wooden door, a gust of cold wind blew, and the wooden door was blown open, and the burning fire in the house was blown into sparks.

Without hesitation, Lu Xuanbo, Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan rushed into the wooden house one after another.

There was no one in the house, only the flames of the burning firewood pile were blown loudly.

Zhao Junsheng took the knife and walked under a wooden pillar, picked up a ball of rope and looked at it, then went to the wooden table and saw several pottery bowls on the table, the water in the bowls was still steaming.

"It should have spotted us in advance. Looking at the untied rope and the steaming tea, they should have left not long ago. Let's chase after them!" Zhao Junsheng said, turned and walked out of the wooden house. Hua Mulan and Lu Xuanbo also followed with their swords in hand. come out.

There were some deep footprints on the snow outside the eaves, going around the wooden house to the back of the house. Zhao Junsheng bent over and followed the footprints with a knife in his hand. Hua Mulan and Lu Xuanbo scattered left and right with their swords in hand, each on guard.

This barren mountain and wild ridge is uninhabited, with thick snow everywhere, and occasionally withered grass exposed in the snow, and there are mountains and forests that can't be seen at a glance. However, life here is really extinct.

After leaving the cabin, the sky was completely bright, and Zhao Junsheng, Hua Mulan, and Lu Xuanbo all exclaimed

With long white hot air, they followed the footprints on the snow at a faster speed, and the footprints on the snow became more and more clear.

"There are a total of six footprints, including Miss Wan and the maid Xiaocui, which is consistent with the fact that there are four guards here!" Zhao Junsheng said as he walked with a knife in his hand.

Hua Mulan wiped the snot from her reddened nose and said, "Then let's chase after her, and nothing will happen to Miss Wan and the others, otherwise we won't be able to explain it both publically and privately!"

Seeing that Hua Mulan had a runny nose from the cold, Zhao Junsheng quickly took off the leather water bag from his waist and handed it to her: "Take a sip of wine to warm up your body!"

Hua Mulan doesn't know that Zhao Junsheng puts it in a leather water bag

It was strong wine, she opened the cork and poured it into her mouth. After taking a sip of the wine, it was so hot that she wrinkled her face and spit out her pink tongue again and again.

"Huh... what kind of wine is this, why is it so spicy?" When Hua Mulan said this, her face was flushed red by the alcohol, and her whole body became hot .

Zhao Junsheng took the wine bag and poured it into his mouth, "Is it strong enough?" After speaking, he threw the wine bag to Lu Xuanbo.

As he asked, he took off the thick cashmere scarf around his neck and wrapped it around Mulan's neck: "Put on the scarf, it should be warmer."

Zhao Junsheng put a scarf around Mulan's neck, covering his mouth, nose and most of his face with the scarf, only his eyes were exposed, and a cape cap was placed on his head to keep out the wind and snow.

"How does it feel like this?"

Hua Mulan nodded: "Well, it's much warmer!"

Lu Xuanbo was pouring wine into his mouth, when he saw this scene, he felt like eating a handful of dog food, turned his head and continued to follow the footsteps of the Snow Mountain.

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan put on their scarves, one left and one right quickened their pace to keep up with Lu Xuanbo.

After chasing for about half an hour, Lu Xuanbo saw several figures flickering in front of him, and immediately said to Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan: "They are in front!"

"Speed ​​up, chase!"

The three quickly caught up, and their speed suddenly more than doubled.

A few gray-clothed men escorted Wan Yutong's master and servant, and when they heard the movement from behind, they all turned their heads to look, and suddenly paled in shock, "They are catching up, let's go!"

With two women who were not very willing to cooperate, the gray-clothed men could not walk fast no matter what, and were quickly overtaken by Zhao Junsheng, Hua Mulan and Lu Xuanbo.

"You two stay and stop them!" The leader of the man in gray ordered, pointing to the two behind him.

Holding their weapons, the two turned around and rushed towards the three of Zhao Junsheng, who hacked them to death in the snow two or three times.

"Stop!" Zhao Junsheng yelled while running after him.

The remaining two gray-clothed men panicked, and each escorted the other to flee quickly.

Zhao Junsheng took out his hand crossbow and stopped to aim at the man in gray who was holding Wan Yutong hostage. With a sound of "whoosh", the crossbow shot out, but the figure in front of him shook a few times, but the arrow missed the man in gray who was holding Wan Yutong hostage. , but shot the man in gray who was holding Xiaocui hostage.

Xiao Cui got out of control and regained her freedom, but her hands were tied behind her back, making it difficult for her to move. She tripped and fell on the snow when she wanted to escape, and her whole body was deeply trapped in the snow.

Hua Mulan and Lu Xuanbo quickly caught up. They jumped over Zhao Junsheng and rushed towards the only remaining leader in gray.

The leader of the gray-clothed man saw a miniature crossbow in Zhao Junsheng's hand, and was frightened. He blocked Wan Yutong, dragged her back, and put the knife on Wan Yutong's neck. The police yelled at Zhao Junsheng and others: "If you come again, I will kill her!"

Chapter 174

The steel knife rested on Wan Yutong's neck, and the blade plunged deep into the flesh, and blood would splash on the spot with a little force. Zhao Junsheng, Hua Mulan, and Lu Xuanbo were greatly afraid, and stopped attacking one after another, not daring to attack easily again. forward.

Hua Mulan, who was closest, immediately shouted: "You better not be impulsive, put down the knife, I can let you go, and spare your life!"

The man in gray showed a ferocious face: "Do you think I will believe you? Putting down the knife is tantamount to handing over my own life to your hands. Isn't life and death at the mercy of you? You listen to me well, put everything in your hands." Put down your weapons, especially that crossbow, or I will kill her!"

Hua Mulan hesitated, Lu Xuanbo turned to look at Zhao Junsheng, at this time Hua Mulan had made a decision: "Okay, let's put down the weapons, but you have to let her go too!"

"Hey, if you want her to live, put down your weapon. As for whether I put down the weapon or not, it's not up to you, put it down quickly! I'll count to three, if you don't put down the weapon, I will kill her."

Not waiting for the second call from the number of people in gray, Hua Mulan and the three of them lowered their weapons.

The man in gray showed a relaxed look on his face, and he also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, his eyes swept over the faces of the three of them, and finally fell on Zhao Junsheng's face: "You, throw the crossbow here, no one is allowed to come forward! "

Now that he has caught up, he can't let the man in gray go easily. How could Zhao Junsheng dare to throw the crossbow to the man in gray? You take her away, otherwise we will be executed if we go back, if both of us want to survive, we can only compromise and give in, you let her go, we let you go, or we all die together!"

When the man in gray saw Zhao Junsheng approaching and was about to pass Hua Mulan, he tightened his grip on the steel knife in his hand, while controlling Wan Yutong, while pulling her back continuously, he shouted, "Stop, give me a break!" Stop, and I'll kill him if I go forward!"