14 Desperate Situation
◎See how she escapes◎
The house was burned so hard that all the beams fell off, and the fire spread to the side. Shu Yao was so blinded by the burning, she raised her hands to block the blazing flames and did not dare to move forward at all.
With such a big fire, if there were people inside, they would have been burned to ashes long ago.
The bandits in front of the house also looked at the burning house of the Seventh Boss with horror, and none of them dared to go in to save people. They looked at each other, and finally they all tacitly went to the well to fetch water to put out the fire.
Shu Yao couldn't help but feel worried: "System, what should we do? There's no way we can get in with such a big fire."
The system reminded her: "Master, your health is tied to Ji Shijing's. If you die together, you will die together. Yet, you are still standing here."
Shu Yao slapped her head and immediately realized that Ji Shijing might not be in this room. So where would he go? She hid in the dark and thought to herself, "I'd better go look for him. I can't leave him alone in this mountain where people are eaten without leaving any bones."
She took a step forward and began to search carefully in Banyan Village. She didn't know the road, so she had to memorize the terrain with every step she took.
When they walked to the drinking hall, they saw drunk bandits lying all over the place. Several servants of Ji Mansion were also lying on the ground drunk with wine jars in their arms, muttering bad things about Ji Mansion.
Shu Yao cautiously stepped past the group of people.
But suddenly.
Her ankle was grabbed, and Shu Yao froze in fear, breaking out in a cold sweat. She slowly turned her head and looked down.
I saw a bandit with his eyes closed, mumbling something nonsense, waving his other hand in the air, and he was unconscious.
She breathed a sigh of relief, broke free from his grasp, and walked forward calmly.
As time ticked by, Shu Yao grew increasingly anxious. The system quickly reminded her: "Master, the longer you stay here, the more dangerous it will be."
Shu Yao naturally understood that she had wasted so much time and the boss would probably wake up soon, so it was not advisable to stay here for long. But Ji Shijing... maybe he had already run away, she comforted herself in her heart.
She returned along the route she remembered. As the village was on fire, the bandits at the sentry post also went to put out the fire, which gave Shu Yao a chance to escape. She lifted her skirt and quickly ran out of the village gate.
Just as he ran to the door, he heard the sound of hurried horse hooves and an angry voice behind him: "Bitch, how dare you run away? I'll kill you if I catch you." It was the voice of the boss.
Shu Yao secretly thought that something was wrong. She looked around and found that there was no place to hide. So she gritted her teeth, stumbled up to the sentry post, and then squatted inside, not daring to breathe.
The leader's horse stopped at the entrance of the village, and he brought four bandits with him.
Shu Yao pricked up her ears and listened carefully to the noise outside, her heart pounding in her chest.
The big boss held a reflective axe in his hand, his expression like the King of Hell. The joints of his body creaked as he held the axe handle, and his tiger-like eyes looked at the two paths going down the mountain, as if he was judging which one Shu Yao would take.
A very perceptive bandit stepped forward and said, "Boss, that woman is not familiar with Banyan Mountain, but I think she definitely doesn't dare to take the main road."
The big boss stretched the muscles in his neck, looked at the other path fiercely, and without saying a word, he kicked the horse's belly. The horse neighed loudly, and the group of people hurried down the path.
Hearing the sound of horse hooves gradually fading away, Shu Yao stuck her head out and watched the boss and his group walk away. Only when she could no longer hear the sound did she hurriedly run down the watchtower and escape to another road.
It was dark, the road was bumpy, and there were a lot of gravel on the road. In addition, the snow was over her knees. Shu Yao ran fast and stumbled several times. Her knees were bleeding and aching slightly. She gritted her teeth and had only one belief in her mind, which was to survive.
Otherwise, she couldn't imagine what would be waiting for her if she was caught. She was not the protagonist of this book and would definitely not have the protagonist's halo, so she had to rely on herself to escape.
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The other side.
The boss and his men chased for more than ten miles, but still could not see Shu Yao. Moreover, there was no place to hide on this small road. He immediately realized that they had taken the wrong road, and quickly turned the reins to chase on another road.
The bandit who had suggested taking the small road at the beginning now hid at the back of the team, fearing that the boss would come to cause trouble for him.
The chaotic sound of horse hooves tore through the tranquility of the night, like a fatal evil song.
The temperature dropped sharply at night, and Shu Yao's thin wedding dress was not enough to keep her warm. In addition, her shoes were soaked by the snow water, her feet had no feeling, her legs trembled uncontrollably, and her pace slowed down significantly.
She was really afraid that she would freeze to death in the mountains before she even got down.
But she didn't dare to stop, and dragged her injured leg forward in the snow. She looked straight ahead, so she didn't pay attention to the road conditions. She was not careful and was tripped by a "thing" across the road.
Shu Yao screamed "Ouch!" and her hand was cut by the gravel on the ground. Now, not only her foot was injured, but her hand was also injured. She breathed twice on the wound. Fortunately, the wound was not deep. She tore off a piece of her clothes and bandaged it simply.
Then he kicked the "thing" angrily.
But as soon as she took a step, she immediately felt something was wrong. The thing under her feet was soft, not like a stone or a branch.
She tentatively touched the "thing" with her foot, and it was really soft. She reached out and touched it...but it felt like a person. She was so scared that she took several steps back.
Why is there a person lying on the ground in the middle of the night? Is he alive or dead?
She was breathing rapidly and stood up, intending to leave without thinking, but she looked back for some reason. The man was covered in snow and her appearance could not be seen.
If a person is still alive, he will be crippled if not dead after lying in this snow and ice for a night.
Shu Yao was very conflicted. She could hardly protect herself, let alone save others. She was not a person who liked to meddle in other people's affairs. Thinking of this, she ran forward without looking back.
After taking a dozen steps, she finally stopped. Although she didn't want to meddle in other people's business, she really couldn't just stand by and watch someone die.
Shu Yao turned around and ran back. She squatted beside the man and reached out to brush away the snow on his face. The light from the snow shone on his face. Her fingertips trembled as she stared at the man on the ground.
His sickly pale cheeks made him look seven times more beautiful than a woman.
Who else but Ji Shijing could have such a striking appearance.
He had indeed run out.
Shu Yao couldn't explain how she felt. Every moment she was in the village, she was thinking about saving him, but he abandoned her and ran away. To be honest, at this moment, she felt a little heartbroken.
Fortunately, Ji Shijing escaped and her life was saved, so she should be thankful.
Noticing something was wrong with her, the system asked worriedly: [Master?]
Shu Yao sighed and smiled slightly: [It's okay.]
She checked Ji Shijing's breath and found it was very weak. Fortunately, he was not dead. She cleaned the fallen snow off his body and put him on her back with great effort. At first, she fell to the ground because of her unstable center of gravity.
Shu Yao took a few deep breaths and stood up despite the severe pain in her legs. She didn't believe that she would die here today, and she would definitely escape. She silently encouraged herself in her heart.
The frail girl carried the sick boy on her back, her steps trembling but firm, leaving traces in the snow.
It was unknown how long it had been, but Shu Yao was exhausted. Her face was pale and she was breathing heavily. Ji Shijing slowly slid down her back. She grabbed his arm and tried her best to prevent him from falling to the ground.
The cold wind blew, bringing with it the sound of horse hooves.
Shu Yao initially thought it was her own illusion, but as the sound of horse hooves got closer and closer, the fear in her heart was infinitely magnified. This road was extremely wide, with no place to hide, and there was a thousand-foot cliff next to it. She closed her eyes and kept preparing herself mentally, praying that the sound she had just heard was an illusion.
But obviously not. She heard the roar of a wild horse, and her legs became weaker and weaker. Finally, she stumbled and fell to the ground, and Ji Shijing rolled to the edge of the cliff.
Shu Yao didn't dare to turn around, for fear of seeing the face that was more terrifying than the King of Hell. She climbed to the edge of the cliff and pulled Ji Shijing in.
The sound of horse hooves behind had stopped. Shu Yao was trembling all over. In a trance, an axe came towards her and stopped at her neck.
Shu Yao tilted her head back, her gaze fixed on the axe across her neck. Her eyes were filled with fear, as if her head was about to be chopped off.
She slowly shifted her gaze to look at the man sitting on the horse.
As expected, he caught up with us.
The boss's mouth curved into a cruel arc. He exerted a little force on his hand, and the sharp axe instantly cut Shu Yao's neck, and thin drops of blood dripped out.
Shu Yao didn't feel any pain from this minor skin injury. This pain was nothing compared to the fear in her heart.
The big boss retracted the axe, looked at the bright red on it, and smiled coldly: "Aren't you quite a runner? Keep running."
She covered her neck and said nothing.
The eldest boss looked down at her from his horse, his eyes filled with undisguised anger. "I underestimated you. You actually set fire to my Banyan Village and burned Old Seven to death in the house. I will bury him with your blood."
Shu Yao's thoughts gradually cleared. She looked at Ji Shijing lying on the ground. Could he have started the fire? After a moment, she looked straight at the boss and said in an unpleasant tone: "You bandits from Banyanshan have committed all kinds of crimes, bullied men and women, and harmed innocent people. You have done all kinds of evil things. You deserve to die."
The boss stared at her in disbelief. The woman who used to be timid in front of him was now so bold to challenge him. He could no longer tolerate it and took out his horsewhip to hit Shu Yao hard.
The whip broke the wind with such force.
There was a burning pain in her shoulder and cold sweat broke out on her back.
The boss glanced to the side again, as if he had just discovered Ji Shijing lying on the ground. He whipped out the whip again, and the unconscious Ji Shijing was whipped alive.
Perhaps because the pain was too great, he frowned slightly.
Shu Yao stepped forward to protect him, and met the big boss's murderous gaze: "I will go back to the village with you, and you let him go."
The eldest boss's eyes moved back and forth between Shu Yao and Ji Shijing. Finally, he seemed to understand something. He laughed twice, but his laughter was chilling to the bone: "Bitch, it turns out you've been having an affair with him for a long time. It's great, it's great."
Shu Yao looked at him as if he was a lunatic. What nonsense!
The chief ordered the people behind him: "Tie them both up and take them back." After a moment's thought, he cruelly said, "Use two fierce horses to drag them along."
After saying that, the two bandits dismounted, holding two bundles of thick ropes in their hands, and walked towards Shu Yao and Ji Shijing with fierce looks.
The boss turned his horse around and walked back slowly.
There was a loud noise coming from behind, but he thought they wouldn't cause much trouble, so he didn't take it seriously.
But before he took two steps, he heard the bandits behind him shouting, "Oh no!"
The boss turned around quickly and saw two blurry figures falling down the cliff.
Shu Yao hugged Ji Shijing tightly. The only thing left in her world was the sound of the wind. The feeling of weightlessness from falling made her lose consciousness.
The boss looked down at the cliff and spat viciously.
"Go down and look for him. If he's alive, I want to see him. If he's dead, I want to see his
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