Chapter 16
Xie Chen followed the wheel tracks all the way, but the snow was getting heavier and heavier, gradually covering the wheel tracks. After chasing to the outskirts of the city, the road ahead was unclear, the wind and snow blinded my eyes, and all I could see was white.
The wind was cold and biting, and the snow on the dead branches fell down in a hurry, startling the birds in the forest. Then a group of birds flew out of the forest, chirping.
There is a situation.
Xie Chen's body was tense as he moved swiftly towards the woods. A dilapidated hut was vaguely visible through the trees. He slowly approached until he saw a man running out of the hut.
The man looked very nervous. He looked around and walked forward tentatively.
Xie Chen crouched down and carefully avoided him, then went around to the back of the dilapidated house. He carefully looked inside through the shaky window, only to see a man in black raising a knife to chop Lin Qingyuan.
In the blink of an eye, without even thinking, he threw a stone to knock the knife to the ground and quickly jumped into the window. He took advantage of the moment when the man in black was stunned and kicked him away.
When Lin Qingyuan saw him, he was so surprised and happy that tears streamed down his face. He had never encountered such a dangerous thing before. His quick thinking just now had already exhausted all his courage. Now seeing his relatives, and Erlang who looked very reliable, he felt only fear and aggrieved. If Xie Chen hadn't had a look on his face that said "keep away from strangers", he would have rushed over and cried.
Xie Chen picked up the knife on the ground and helped Lin Qingyuan cut the rope tied to his hands. Qian Ying beside him hurriedly shouted: "Are you Lin Qingyuan's brother? And me, help me untie it too."
Xie Chen motioned Lin Qingyuan to help him and turned to look at the man in black. The man was knocked down by Xie Chen's kick, and his blood immediately surged up. He rushed towards Xie Chen. Xie Chen's body was as fast as lightning. He dodged behind him, then swung his hand and punched out with such swiftness that the man could not resist and gradually retreated.
"Wow, good, that's awesome." Qian Ying's eyes were filled with excitement and she looked very excited, not caring about the current situation at all.
Lin Qingyuan glared at Qian Ying and took the opportunity to hand the knife to Xie Chen. Xie Chen swung the knife and chopped at him. The man ducked and raised his leg to sweep across. Xie Chen anticipated his move, dodged and put the knife to his neck.
"The sword is merciless. If you are afraid of death, just tell the truth. Why are you kidnapping people?
The man in black looked calm and closed his eyes. "I am inferior to you in skills. You can kill me or chop me up. It's all up to you."
"Erlang, he is an accomplice of Manager Cheng who lent the money to the children. He wanted to capture Axuan to sell her to pay off the debt, but was reported to the county magistrate by my elder brother. County Magistrate Li ordered them to be captured, but Manager Cheng escaped. He wanted to capture Qian Ying to blackmail the Qian family for money," Lin Qingyuan pointed at Qian Ying next to him, "I accidentally saw it, so I was also kidnapped."
The person who was outside the house just now was Manager Cheng.
Xie Chen lifted up the man in black, held him with a knife, and walked out of the house with Lin Qingyuan and Qian Ying.
Manager Cheng heard the fighting outside and thought that someone came to rescue Qian Ying, but he didn't know martial arts and was afraid that he would be a burden if he went in, so he just watched from outside, thinking that he would escape quickly if anything happened. As the saying goes, there is life, there is hope.
He hid behind a tree and watched Xie Chen tie up Hei San and bring him out. It turns out that the man in black is called Heisan. Except for his master, no one knows whether Heisan is his real name or a nickname.
Seeing that the situation was not good, he stepped back and prepared to escape first, but Xie Chen was very sharp-eyed and sharp-eared. Hearing the sound, he kicked up a branch with his toes and hit Manager Cheng on the back with great force, making him stagger and fall flat on his face.
Manager Cheng felt hopeless and thought he would not be able to escape today. Suddenly, a voice came from behind, "Where is your manager? I have the money. Let my husband go home immediately." The person came with a heavy bag in his hand, which contained a lot of gold cakes.
Manager Cheng had previously sent a message saying that the ransom only required gold cakes. Gold cakes are small and easy to hold, so they are perfect for taking the money and running away.
"Uncle Feng, I'm here." Qian Ying was extremely excited and shouted to his housekeeper, but he saw that housekeeper Cheng had a fierce look on his face, "Uncle Feng, be careful."
Manager Cheng seized the opportunity, took out the dagger from his bosom, and took the lead to put the dagger against Manager Feng's neck. He took the bundle and laughed, "Boy, if you want him to live, put down the knife and let me go first."
Xie Chen wanted to step forward, but Manager Cheng shouted, "Stop, I know you are a skilled martial artist, but before you can do anything I will stab you with my hand, and if Manager Feng's life is in danger, it will be your fault."
"Don't mind me, young man."
Manager Cheng said coldly: "If I die today, I'll take someone with me. Let's see who dares to come over."
Xie Chen's eyes were cold, he had to fight quickly and decisively, "Okay, I promise you," he threw the knife in his hand to the ground. Hei San avoided the threat of the knife at his throat and kicked the knife several meters away while Xie Chen was not paying attention.
"You...Ji Lang, what should we do now?"
Xie Chen said loudly: "The knife has been put down, and Steward Feng has been released, but your accomplices cannot leave."
It would rather let my friend die than let me die. Manager Cheng no longer cared about all these things. "I will let him go once I get out of this forest." He forced Manager Feng to retreat out of the forest.
Xie Chen was quick-witted and quick-handed. He threw a stone at him, knocking the dagger out of his hand. When Butler Feng saw that he did not have the dagger in his hand, he ran over here at the speed of life and death.
Manager Cheng's eyes were bloodshot, and he picked up the dagger in rage and stabbed at Manager Feng without hesitation. Everyone's heartbeat quickened at this moment, watching the dagger get closer and closer to Butler Feng.
But then he saw a long knife flying up, as if with a tremendous force, and piercing straight into Manager Cheng's chest. Manager Cheng held the dagger in his hand, spitting blood. The bag in his arms fell to the ground, and the gold cake inside rolled out. Manager Cheng tried to grab it with his magic hand, but was killed with his eyes wide open.
Butler Feng walked in front of the Yama Palace and suddenly his hands and feet became weak. He looked at the young man in the distance in shock.
Everyone was dumbfounded. Xie Chen picked up Hei San and walked to the front. The snow fell on his hair, and he looked so handsome that he looked like the god who was in charge of death.
The sound of footsteps was heard, and everyone woke up from their unrealistic fantasies and saw Zhou Du and Lin Xuan rushing over with the county officials.
"Ayuan, Erlang, are you okay?" Lin Xuan ran over first.
"Oh, are these kidnappers? Have they been executed on the spot?" Zhou Du asked, looking at the group of people.
Lin Qingyuan was afraid that Zhou Du would misunderstand Xie Chen, so he spoke first, "He held Manager Feng hostage and wanted to kill someone with a knife, but was hit by Erlang."
Zhou Du was about to speak to express that he understood, when he heard a noisy voice in his ear, "Aying, my son, are you okay?"
The Qian family has arrived.
I saw a group of people running towards this side, led by a rich man, followed by a noble lady. They were the head of the Qian family, Qian Wancai, and his wife Xu. The two men patted their son up and down, holding him in their arms and calling him their beloved.
"Father and mother, I'm fine. It was this young man who saved me. He is so powerful that he defeated the kidnappers in just a few moves."
The Qian family was about to run over here. Xie Chen looked at Zhou Du and said, "Hei San was an accomplice and has been captured. The one who died was the mastermind. You can ask them about the rest. I will take A Yuan and A Xuan back first."
"Okay, I'll take you back later. I promised your eldest brother that I would take good care of you, and this is really..." Zhou Du hesitated, feeling a little guilty. After all, Lin Shuge entrusted his brother and sister-in-law to him before he left, and then such a life-and-death matter happened.
"No, we're going back."
"Thank you, Master Zhou. I'm fine. We're going home with Erlang."
Zhou Du watched the three siblings walk farther and farther away until they disappeared in the wind and snow. He sighed secretly, and asked the officers to carry away Manager Cheng's body and then put Heisan in jail.
Night fell. It gets dark early in winter and the snow gradually stopped. Xie Chen took Lin Xuan and Lin Qingyuan out of the forest. None of the three spoke a word along the way.
Xie Chen looked back at the twins and suddenly squatted in front of Lin Qingyuan, "Come up."
"Erlang, I don't need it. I'm fine." Lin Qingyuan said hurriedly.
Xie Chen ignored him and just glanced at his feet. During the fight just now, everyone's attention was on Xie Chen and Manager Cheng, and no one noticed that Lin Qingyuan accidentally sprained his ankle.
Lin Xuan followed his gaze and asked, "Ayuan, what's wrong with your foot?"
"It's okay, I just sprained it, it's nothing serious," Lin Xuan looked doubtful, and Xie Chen looked at him intently. He had no choice but to climb onto Xie Chen's back, looking at Xie Chen's figure, he felt it was broad and powerful.
Well, actually Jilang is also very gentle.
Xie Chen carried Lin Qingyuan on his back, stepping on the snow one step at a time, making a crunching sound. Lin Xuan strode up and followed closely in his pace.
The three of them returned home. Xie Chen put Lin Qingyuan on the kang. Lin Xuan took out some medicine for bruises from the medicine box and asked Xie Chen to apply some medicine on him first, otherwise the swelling would be worse tomorrow.
Seeing the wound on Lin Qingyuan's face, Lin Xuan distressedly helped him apply a cloth to his face, "That thief is really abominable, he didn't even let the children go."
"Ah Xuan, it's Manager Cheng."
"Who are you talking about? Manager Cheng?" Lin Xuan obviously remembered him too.
"Well, he wanted to kidnap Qian Ying, and took me with him, and then he recognized me."
Lin Xuan said angrily, "I let him get away last time. I will not let him go when Big Brother comes back."
"A Xuan, I'm hungry. Is there any food?" Afraid that Lin Xuan would ask more, Lin Qingyuan quickly changed the subject.
"I forgot you haven't eaten yet. I'll heat it up and it will be ready in the afternoon." She turned and went to the kitchen.
Seeing Lin Xuan go out, Lin Qingyuan stole a glance at Xie Chen who was still applying medicine to him, and hesitated to speak. He glanced again until Xie Chen became impatient and said, "Erlang, I am grateful to you today, otherwise I would not be able to save my life."
"You're welcome. I promised my brother that I would take care of you."
Lin Qingyuan was very careful and could tell from his stubbornness, "Well, thanks to my brother for asking you to take care of me and Axuan."
Xie Chen's eyes moved slightly, but he said nothing more.
"Ayuan, Erlang, come and eat." Lin Xuan came in with the food. The three of them were exhausted both physically and mentally. No one spoke and they just started eating in silence.
After dinner, Lin Qingyuan said he wanted to go to bed first and went back to his room.
Xie Chen watched him go out. "I will sleep with him tonight. He was frightened today and is holding on to his last breath. He might have a fever tonight."
Lin Xuan's eyes flashed with worry, but then he smiled, causing Xie Chen to look at him with confusion. "When we rescued you that day, Big Brother said the same thing. He had agreed to be on duty the next day, and the three of us would take turns to watch over you. But A Yuan and I didn't wake up at all, and Big Brother didn't call us either. We watched over you all night."
Xie Chen felt a little warm in his chest when he heard this, "Brother, did you stay with me all night?"
"Then it can't be fake..."
Xie Chen's heartbeat quickened, and he didn't hear anything Lin Xuan said.
"I don't know when my brother will come back. It's been several days." Lin Xuan sighed.
Xie Chen looked at the bright moon in the clouds, his thoughts drifting away.
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