"No!" Lin Rui refused bluntly: "I'll go and divert the pursuers!"
As soon as he said this, not only Han Wenjing but also Xing Lie looked at him with deep emotion. Well... he felt that it was unnecessary. Perhaps it was because he had established an image of being too cowardly and afraid of death. Now, the rare selfless act had made them look at him differently.
Oh, people! You really can't let others' expectations be too high, otherwise there will be no room for improvement.
It would be great if we could be as bad as him. If we tried hard once in a while, we would win a lot of applause.
"Nonsense!" Xing Lie refused without hesitation, "You can hardly even protect yourself, how can you lure away those vicious minions of the Marquis of Xinyang?"
Of course he can protect himself. As long as he is not with you, his chance of survival will be greatly improved. If necessary, he can directly hide in the mansion space. Even if they search this woods for three days and three nights, they will not find any clues.
"It may seem safe to lure away the pursuers with just a few people, but it is difficult to implement in practice. Lord Han and I have limited physical strength, and the Major General is even heavier than us. We can only take turns carrying you on our backs during the escape. This will not only waste time, but also cause the wound on your foot to reopen during the transfer." Lin Rui said as he circled a crooked torch.
Han Wenjing couldn't bear it anymore, so he made him a lighter torch.
Lin Rui looked at Xing Lie seriously. "Major General, Huangmo Pass can do without Lin Rui, but it absolutely cannot do without the Major General. Trading my life for the Major General's is a huge win. If I really can't survive this, please take good care of my family and the Lin family. Don't let them get involved in the party struggles. I'll just be a leisurely wealthy man with a backer."
Xing Lie wanted to say that Lin Rui was thinking too far ahead. What party disputes? That was a problem that only happened in the royal family. Did he really believe that the Xing family would eventually conquer the world and possess the throne?
However, Lin Rui didn't give him a chance to ask back. He snatched the lit torch from Han Wenjing's hand and left in the opposite direction, reminding them: "Hurry up, they are well prepared for this place. Before you leave, remember to find a wooden stick to test the mechanism of the trap."
San Liang wanted to follow, but Lin Rui stopped him sternly: "San Liang, you must take Lord Han and the Major General out of danger. Don't worry about me, and don't let me down."
Sanliang stopped and could only watch Lin Rui's back as he walked away with red eyes.
Han Wenjing also had a complicated look. Besides him, there was another person who could risk his life for the Major General. If Lin Rui didn't die this time, there would be a place for Lin Rui wherever there was a Major General in the future.
If he died, the Lin family and the Lin clan members would be blessed by him in the future. As long as they did not commit suicide, they would surely live a rich, safe and happy life.
"Why are you still standing there?"
"Han Wenjing, take the Major General and leave first!"
Lin Rui's words finally made San Liang and Han Wenjing move. San Liang carried Xing Lie, who was 185 cm tall, on his back, while Han Wenjing used a wooden stick to quickly check for animal traps around. They worked together very well, and the distance between them and Lin Rui was getting farther and farther. Lin Rui's bright torch gradually disappeared from their sight.
Lin Rui was getting closer and closer to the soldiers holding torches, until they spotted him and shouted, "There they are!"
Lin Ruicai pretended to be panicked and extinguished the torches repeatedly, but it was too late. A large number of officers and soldiers began to rush here.
Lin Rui figured out the trick. It seemed that there were no traps in this area. In order to allow the major general and his men to run further, Lin Rui used all his strength to walk in the opposite direction to the officers and soldiers chasing him.
Mud, bushes, thorn bushes, hillsides, any place with complex terrain that could keep a distance from the officers and soldiers, he was happy to try. He took a gas mask from the mansion and put it on his face, so when passing through the bushes and thorn bushes, he didn't have to worry about the thorns scratching his face or blinding her eyes.
The officers and soldiers behind were not so lucky. They were stabbed and screamed, cursing at the fleeing figures in front.
Seeing this, Chu Wu was a little skeptical. Was the person in front really Xing Lie? Could they have found a scapegoat to divert attention?
"Someone come here!" Chu Wu shouted in a low voice.
The deputy general beside him skillfully and respectfully placed his commonly used bow and arrow in his hand.
He drew his bow, shot the arrow, and let it fly. Then, the arrow flew off the string and hurtled towards Lin Rui. Lin Rui only heard the sound of something breaking through the air from behind him. He wasn't as quick to dodge as a martial arts master, but instead felt something hit him hard in the lower back. The pain made him fall backward in a cold sweat.
It's strange that the moonlight at Yishu Pass is so good at night that these people can still capture his figure. Isn't it said that night blindness was quite common among ancient people?
When Chu Wu saw Lin Rui fall down, he waved his hand and asked his men to pick up the body.
Who knew that as soon as his deputy general moved, he saw the man who was previously shot by the arrow staggering to his feet again. Not only the deputy general, but even Chu Wu widened his eyes in surprise.
"Get the bow!" he whispered again.
Draw the bow, shoot the arrow, and hit the target again.
Then the figure got up again.
Shoot the arrow for the third time, get up for the third time.
Chu Wu felt that the man in front of him was humiliating him, and he was convinced that there was no other candidate for the protection of armor except Xing Lie, which further confirmed the possibility that the other party was Xing Lie.
After all, no matter how hard he guessed, he could not have guessed that Xing Lie would give the armor given to him by Xing Changyuan to one of his staff members.
"Chase!" A group of people and horses chased after them again in a hurry.
Lin Rui has walked too many rugged mountain roads. He doesn't like to work very much, but now his legs feel like they weigh a thousand pounds and he has reached his limit.
I don't know which bastard shot arrows at me, but every arrow hit me so accurately. Damn, it hurts even more. All the joints in my body are about to be dislocated, and there must be a lot of bruises on the skin under the armor.
Beast, so inhumane!
Have the people in Yishu Pass become so perverted that they torture people to death before killing them?
Lin Rui was lying in a secluded valley, watching the people hunting him approaching cautiously little by little. It was quite exciting, like a scene from a horror movie.
It had taken at least an hour from the time he separated from the major general to the time he got here. The major general and his men should have escaped from the ambush and hunting area. Running all over the mountain in this armor weighing dozens of kilograms made him as tired as a dog, but he had finally completed his mission.
Through the protective bushes around him, he saw a man in armor walking in front of him. He had a scar on his face and a ferocious look, which was scary.
"General Chu, no one is seen!"
"He's right here!" Chu Wu said confidently, "Xing Lie, I've heard that you're quite skilled in Huangmo Pass. We're both generals, so why not come out and challenge each other? If you can win, I'll let you live today."
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