She flicked a stray hair from her sideburns. "What right do you have to arrest us?"
"Given your unknown identities, as the garrison commander of this pass, I have no choice but to take you both back for a thorough investigation!"
The young general smirked lewdly; whether or not he was a spy was entirely up to him.
In the shadows, behind the tree,
"Xiaoyan, you stay put, I'm going to rescue people." Ling Qi couldn't stand it anymore.
He reached for the musket at his waist with one hand, preparing to step forward, but then heard Qiu Yan say:
"How can we save them?" They absolutely must be saved, but the number of people they have is far too small compared to the Northern Qi.
Ling Qi toyed with the musket in his hand.
"Kill that nameless young general with a single blow."
Qiu Yan: "And then? Surrounded by enemy forces again?"
Ling Qi: "Without a leader, they're bound to fall into chaos."
Qiu Yan: "Ling Qi, please use your brain. With such a formidable fortress, do you think that the only general from Northern Qi is that young fellow? Right now, there are only two of us, we absolutely cannot act rashly."
"This..." Ling Qi chuckled awkwardly. He had forgotten that they were no longer fighting on the front lines like before.
They have no one behind them, so they cannot act rashly.
Finally, Qiu Yan said one more thing.
"The muskets did not contain gunpowder."
It chilled him to the bone.
"Cousin, tell me, what should we do to save her? I'll listen to you."
As Ling Qi spoke, he glanced at the two people in the distance. "Sigh," he thought, "I never imagined Ling Ba would be in such a predicament."
Seriously, that's hilarious.
Qiu Yan: "A feint to the east while attacking in the west!"
Ling Qi asked, puzzled, "What do you mean, a feint attack?"
Qiu Yan took out a bamboo tube from the bundle behind her.
"Ignite it."
Ling Qi's eyes flashed. "You're really something, Xiao Yan. Didn't you give all the gunpowder to the General?"
“I just said, the musket doesn’t have gunpowder.” Qiu Yan glanced down at the bamboo tube and added:
"Hurry up, set it on fire, and throw it far away."
As she spoke, she pointed to the towering mountain peaks in the distance.
"Okay, be careful. Wait for me here and don't wander off."
It turned out that Xiaoyan had filled bamboo tubes with the remaining gunpowder from the musket.
After finishing his explanation, Ling Qi ran off into the distance with the bamboo tube.
Below the cliff, the young general laughed loudly, and his two large, thick hands had already gripped Qin Susu's arms.
Qin Susu was getting anxious. "Ling Ba, are you even a man?!"
Ling Ba slowly straightened up. Seeing the soldiers closing in to take him hostage, he flinched slightly, then calmly looked at the young officer.
"Let me go. You can take this woman and do whatever you want with her. Anyway, you'll just release me in a few days. It's pointless and a waste of food."
The young man inwardly glared at Ling Ba with utter contempt.
The more you say he's not a man, the less manly he becomes.
However, upon closer reflection, it makes a lot of sense.
Ever since they occupied Western Qin, they have frequently treated the villagers as spies.
Qin Susu's head throbbed, and her teeth ground together with a grinding sound.
"So, you're Ling Ba. I never thought you were this kind of person. I..." As she spoke, she suddenly kicked out at Ling Ba's back of the knee, but Ling Ba skillfully dodged it.
“Cousin, I know you like me, but you can’t force feelings. I think this young general is quite handsome. Why don’t you go with him? In the future, our whole family will be counting on you to make a name for yourself.”
Qin Susu: "You..."
Who likes you!
She was so angry that she burst into tears, and in her heart she cursed Ling Ba's ancestors for eighteen generations.
"Fine, since you're so heartless, what else can I say? Young general, I'll go back with you."
One by one, we'll see.
Although she knew that Ling Ba was just stalling for time and that he would definitely come back to save her, she was still angry.
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