Chapter 90 That wasn't just a head, it was five taels of silver!
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Agulang stood behind the two remaining barbarians, and he certainly heard the roars of pain from the two barbarians who had stormed into the kitchen.
Standing outside the kitchen, about three steps away, Agulang saw the headless corpse of the barbarian lying on the ground through the gap between the two barbarians blocking his way!
Silence permeated the entire courtyard; even a person standing in the courtyard could hear the crackling sound of firewood burning in the kitchen.
Inside the kitchen, Erdan's mother stood in the corner, holding a lamb. Neither of them dared to move, afraid of making any noise that might disturb Li Shiyue, who was standing behind the kitchen door with his hands holding a knife to his chest.
Li Shiyue clearly heard three heartbeats outside. She was waiting, waiting for the person outside to finally come into the kitchen to investigate.
Faced with a corpse that had been beheaded, was Agulang afraid?
What's there to be afraid of!
Agulang felt he must have hit the jackpot; anyone who could behead someone with a single stroke must be a soldier!
He originally only wanted to bring his wolf cubs to plunder some more grain and women, but he never expected to capture Han soldiers as well.
You think that Han Chinese have a bounty of five taels of silver for a barbarian's head, but barbarians don't offer bounties for Han Chinese?
That makes sense. The ordinary Han people in the barbarians' territory are nothing more than two-legged sheep. When there is food, they come to work; when there is no food, they are killed and eaten!
However, among the barbarians, taking the head of a Han soldier is also a kind of honor!
The glory of a barbarian is related to the size of their grasslands, which in turn determines the amount of feed the tribe can provide for its cattle, sheep, and horses.
In short, the heads of ordinary Han people are of little use, but the heads of Han soldiers are of great use!
Agulang's heart was pounding rapidly. He felt that if he could cut off a few heads of Han soldiers and bring them back, the chief of the Blackwater tribe, who was also Agulang's uncle, would surely reward him!
Agulang raised his sword forward and lightly patted the shoulder of the barbarian to his right with the back of the sword. Facing the barbarian who turned around to look at him, he gestured with his eyes, indicating that he should go forward to the kitchen to test the waters.
After receiving Agulang's message, the barbarian hesitated for a moment. Clearly, someone who could cut off a person's head with one stroke must be highly skilled in martial arts, and who knew how many people were in the kitchen?
If there are five or six people lying in ambush inside, the two barbarians who rushed in first are already dead. If they go in again, wouldn't it be like lambs to the slaughter?
Agulang noticed the barbarian's hesitation, and immediately pointed his blade at the barbarian's neck.
Under Agulang's coercion, the barbarian had no choice but to boldly raise his knife and move forward. He took small steps and walked very lightly, as if he wanted to pass by silently and catch the enemy off guard.
Little did the barbarian know that Li Shiyue not only possessed superhuman strength, but also extraordinary senses.
Li Shiyue heard the sound of footsteps landing. Using the sound to pinpoint the location, she mentally calculated where she would be in the blind spot of the barbarian who would enter later.
Taking two steps back and then half a step closer to the wall, Li Shiyue held the knife in front of her chest with both hands, waiting for the barbarian to come in.
The barbarian arrived at the door and stepped over the threshold. His gaze first swept over the two headless corpses lying cross-legged on the ground, and then he saw Erdan's mother holding a lamb in the corner.
This is the time!
Just as the barbarian turned his gaze toward Li Shiyue, Li Shiyue took only half a step forward and stabbed directly at the heart, the force of which pierced right through!
Before the barbarian could utter a sound, Li Shiyue drew his sword, took a half-step back, and leaned against the wall again.
Agulang, who was waiting in the courtyard, didn't even blink, but he only caught a fleeting glimpse of the blade.
The barbarian who had been stabbed through fell backward with a "thud," landing directly on the headless barbarian corpse. Just then, the barbarian's head was exposed at the kitchen doorway, and Agulang, standing outside, could clearly see the barbarian's wide-open eyes!
Another barbarian has died!
Now only Agulang and another barbarian are left in the courtyard!
Agulang was genuinely afraid at this moment. He wasn't afraid of fighting the Han army, but he was afraid of the hidden Han army that could cut off people's heads with great speed and high martial arts skills!
Without a moment's hesitation, in just a split second, Agulang turned and ran. The last remaining barbarian was terrified. Three of them died right away, and two more were beheaded. No one knew how many people were lying in ambush inside the kitchen.
If you don't run now, are you going to wait until they rush out and kill you before you run?
The two of them moved incredibly fast on all fours, and in just a few breaths they were out of the courtyard, running in the direction that the other group of barbarians had gone.
Actually, Li Shiyue could have gone out of the kitchen to give chase at this point, but considering the lambs and Erdan's mother inside, she gave up the idea.
Standing by the wall, listening carefully to make sure there was no one outside, Li Shiyue turned to Yangzai and Erdan's mother, who were standing in the corner, and said, "You two go into the cellar and hide. I'm going to chase after those two barbarians!"
After Erdan's mother nodded, Li Shiyue took her knife and went out the door. After leaving the courtyard, she stopped, listened carefully, and then chased after Agulang in the direction he had fled.
The lamb in the kitchen was finally released by Erdan's mother. The little lamb squatted down in front of the barbarian head rolling on the ground. After looking down at the barbarian head for a couple of seconds, he looked up at Erdan's mother, who was still standing there, seemingly not yet recovered from the shock: "Auntie, didn't Sister Shiyue say that this barbarian head is worth five taels of silver?"
"We've cut down those two, what about the other one?"
The lamb pointed to the barbarian who had been stabbed through by Li Shiyue and looked at Erdan's mother with a hint of doubt.
After catching her breath, Erdan's mother spoke to the lamb: "Lamb, why aren't you scared?"
Those are human heads!
The lamb blurted out to Erdan's mother, "Auntie, that's not a head, that's five taels of silver!"
"Three heads, I can calculate, that's fifteen taels of silver!"
Erdan's mother was taken aback by Yangzai's words. Just as she was wondering what to say, Yangzai continued, "Auntie, my father was killed by refugees on the road while trying to save me, and my mother was stripped of her clothes and strangled by the refugees."
The barbarians want to come down the mountain to kill me again. I don't want to die. I'm going to die. My parents are so angry down there. They died for nothing.
"Well, if the barbarian dies, I won't have to die. That's a good thing, Auntie."
The lamb's logic was already self-consistent. Convinced by the lamb's words, Erdan's mother bent down and picked up the wood-chopping knife she had been preparing. She walked towards the barbarian's body, which still had its head attached.
It took a lot of effort to finally cut off the barbarian's head. Erdan's mother was splattered with blood. She tucked the woodcutter's knife into her belt, carried the two heads in front, and Yangzai carried one head behind her. The two of them went into the cellar in the west room to hide.
As Li Shiyue chased after him, they arrived at Li Wangshui's house.
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