Under the sky

Chapter 249: Uncertainty

Master Jin thought that Xie Yunjin would eventually return to Nabu Batu, and after waiting outside Batu for a long time but still no one was seen, he was worried that he would be captured by slaves.He regarded Xie Yunjin as his son, and he was crazy about his son, so he immediately chased after him.He was from the Night Ranking and was good at tracking and assassinating people. After searching for a whole day, he finally found him.

When Xie Yunjin saw Master Jin, he was frightened and turned around to run away. Just as Master Jin was about to catch him, a refugee came at him with a knife. Master Jin had no choice but to wave his knife to meet the enemy and shouted: "Yun'er, it's dangerous! Come back quickly!" "

Xie Yunjin saw the one-armed man being surrounded from a distance, and he had a plan in mind and shouted: "I want to save him!"

Master Jin said: "Come back quickly!"

Two spears came at him. Jin Fuzi dismounted from his horse, blocked with his sword, hit one person with his left fist, kicked the other person down, shouted loudly, and used Qi Tianmen's unique skill "Thousands of Knives and Tens of Waves", rolling around his body. When the wave of swords rises, people rise with the waves, tossing and jumping.This set of swordsmanship is close to the "One Rider, the Longer the Wind" in the Nine Orders of Kongtong Dragon City. They are both used to break through the encirclement. The difference is that the sword light is concentrated in front, and the body rises with the sword to break through the encirclement. This The sword technique is to protect the body with waves of swords, constantly leaping, disrupting the surroundings, not only opening the way, but also protecting the whole body.

After a few rolls, Jin Fuzi stretched out his hand, grabbed Xie Yunjin's wrist, and shouted: "Yun'er, don't mess around!"

Xie Yunjin couldn't get away, so he pointed at the one-armed man and said, "I won't leave until he is rescued!"

Jin Fuzi didn't care about him, but there were many enemies around him, and several long knives were swung at him, so he had to let go.Xie Yunjin ran towards the one-armed man and shouted: "This way! This way!"

The one-armed man has great martial arts skills, and the refugees can't do anything to him for a while.The master guarding Mahler was about to mount his horse and go into battle. The one-armed man heard Xie Yunjin's cry and was surprised that he was alive. He looked back and saw Master Jin protecting him.He had lost his mount, so he shouted loudly and used the eagle's wings to strike three times from the left and three times from the right. He jumped and knocked down a homeless man on horseback, snatched the horse and ran towards Xie Yunjin.

He knew that without Jin Fuzi's help, he could not save anyone.

At least rescue this boy!

Master Jin recognized the man from his broken arm and was surprised. Xie Yunjin said anxiously: "Let's go quickly!"

The situation could not be delayed. Master Jin stopped a horse, urged Xie Yunjin to get on the horse, and shouted: "You go first!" The one-armed man led Xie Yunjin to kill on the hillside on the right, and Master Jin followed behind, both of them holding hands. The sword dance was so powerful that the enemy could not get close for a while.

Seeing that there were more and more people around, Jin Fuzi gave a loud shout and used the move of "Thousands of Knives and Tens of Waves" again. He saw waves of knives stacked up one after another, like a ball of exploding golden light, in front of Xie Yun's lapel horse. The horse writhes behind his back.The one-armed man shouted: "Hurry up!" He lightly cut Xie Yunjin's horse on the buttocks. The horse felt pain and ran towards the slope.

Xie Yunjin was shaken so much that he could only hug the horse's neck tightly, and the one-armed man caught up with him. Xie Yunjin turned around and saw three refugees chasing after him.Suddenly a cold light suddenly appeared, and a man was cut off from his horse. Jin Fuzi rushed over, and immediately threw out his knife, piercing one of the pursuers from behind, and turned back to cut off Xie Yunjin's rear.I saw more than ten refugees swarming up and surrounding Jin Fuzi, and there were more refugees around...

There was only one pursuer left, and the one-armed man shouted: "You go first!" He turned around and fought with that man.Xie Yunjin couldn't help but look back, and saw that the man fled not long after, and the one-armed man did not pursue him, but rode after him.

The two ran for a long time until their horse power failed.The horse didn't want to go anymore and kept jumping. Xie Yunjin couldn't rein it in. The one-armed man stretched out his hand to hold the reins for him, and the horse stabilized.The two dismounted and sat on the wasteland, both panting.

After a lot of bumps in the panic, Xie Yunjin felt pain all over his body when he relaxed, and he didn't know when he was scratched on several minor wounds.

The one-armed man sat down on the ground, his body covered in blood, his clothes torn in many places, and he obviously suffered a lot of injuries.He stared blankly at the ground, shed tears, and murmured to himself: "I have harmed them, I have harmed them..."

Xie Yunjin was in pain and tired, and had no strength to comfort him. He only said: "No, it's not you who harmed them, it's the refugees who did bad things. It's not you. You have good intentions. They lied to you. We want to avenge them." .”

"Why are they doing this? Why!" The one-armed man kept beating the ground. He couldn't understand.

Xie Yunjin asked: "Is it for those belongings?"

"They came here specially to pick us up. How dangerous would it be if they were chased by soldiers? Just to deceive and trap us for something?" the one-armed man said, "If it was to rob property, and I have been running on both sides for more than half a year, they would have agreed long ago, why bother? procrastination?"

There were many possibilities, but Xie Yunjin didn't have the time to think about it. He felt that there was something wrong with this matter, but he couldn't figure it out despite racking his brains. He always felt that there was a key point missing.He wants to clear up the questions one by one, but which is the most critical question?

He suddenly thought of Master Jin after his death.He was frightened by this adoptive father, but he could not help but be moved by his efforts for him. Master Jin truly loved him.

Thinking of Master Jin, Xie Yunjin asked: "Where is Luskale? Did the refugees kill him?"

"That beast!" The one-armed man gritted his teeth and shook his head, "No."

Having said this, the one-armed man remembered something strange: "I heard Luce calling Uncle Mahler."

"Uncle Wang?" Xie Yunjin was stunned and thought about the relationship. "He is an exiled royal family? The brother of Rotelaryen?"

The predecessor Yalian Gule was exiled for trying to murder Gulthas. There were many nobles who were exiled with him at that time. Maybe there was Lotyalian's brother. Lotyalian was also a Hugen. The prince's brother.

In this way, asking the slaves to capture Luce alive was not just to get a name for him, but for an ulterior motive.Why did he want to arrest his brother's son?

Things would not be that simple. The place where the slaves were attacked was a good place for an ambush. They had deliberately set up an ambush in advance.

And just now, why did they stop shooting?The quiver is not empty yet, but the refugees have given up archery and switched to hand-to-hand combat. Doesn't this only increase casualties?Why, save bows and arrows?is it necessary?There seemed to be a lot of arrows left in the quiver. With this batch of supplies, they could make a new batch of bows and arrows.They went out with bows and arrows, and of course they planned to use them up. If they kept firing arrows, they would not be able to save themselves and the one-armed man even if Master Jin came.

They kept their arrows…

"Did he ask about the chasing soldiers?" Xie Yunjin asked the one-armed man.

"Of course I asked. I said the pursuers took another route." The one-armed man replied.

"Xilidege is in danger!" Xie Yunjin stood up, "They also want to surround and kill the Prison Division's pursuers!"

"Impossible!" the one-armed man said firmly, "The refugees would not take the initiative to provoke Batu, they are too stupid."

"A refugee association full of hatred!" Xie Yunyan said, "Revenge for killing his father and seizing power. Mahler wants revenge, and he also wants to kill the nobles or priests of Batu!"

"Then why did he capture Luce?" the one-armed man asked, "That's his nephew."

"Maybe it's revenge for being punished, but Hu Gen can continue to be a prince, or maybe he's a hostage." Xie Yunyan said, "Only he knows it. But... if they really wanted to kill the prison chief, why did they kill him? slave?"

"Some people are cruel by nature. That's Luce's uncle. They are all dogs from the same litter!" The one-armed man said bitterly. "In order to take revenge, he used us to attract pursuers and killed the pursuers to avenge Batu. But the pursuers have been led astray by us."

"They still have the arrows." Xie Yunjin felt that there were still many details that he hadn't figured out, but he didn't have time to think about it. He thought deeply, "Xilidege went the wrong way. He will find out and rush back in less than a day."

"That three-way intersection!" Xie Yunjin woke up, "These bad guys will ambush at the three-way intersection, and Xili Dege will be ambushed if he is not prepared!" When he thought of this, he was immediately shocked, "Is this really the case? ? They killed the slaves because they were afraid that the slaves would go back and report the news after being robbed of their property, so they wanted to silence them!"

But it doesn’t make sense. These people are slaves. Does snitching mean death?Xie Yunjin guessed that this was why they did not pursue him and the one-armed man closely.If you are not afraid of slaves snitching, why do you kill slaves? Is it really just cruel and easy to kill?

"No matter whether the guess is correct or not, you have to inform Hillidege!" Xie Yunjin said.

"There is no way to report the news." The one-armed man shook his head, "If we turn back the same way, we will fall behind the refugees and cannot go around them."

Xie Yunjin thought for a while and said, "Let's climb over this mountain so that we can reach the other end of the three-way road, right?"

The one-armed man still shook his head: "There is no road and no map. Do you know how to get there?"

This was hard for Xie Yunjin. Although the mountain was neither high nor deep, there were no roads and some rugged terrain that horses could not walk on. How could he cross it on his own?

"You can't get over it, but I can." The one-armed man said, "Although I only have one hand left, climbing this mountain is not a problem. But Hillidegg has no reason to trust me."

He lowered his head: "I am the mastermind of the slave rebellion. Why should he believe me?"

"Of course he believes you, but he doesn't know." Xie Yunjin said, "He saw you with me, so we just have to think of a good excuse to make him believe it. But..."

"Are you worried that I can't escape?" the one-armed man asked.

Indeed, if such important information comes out, Hillidegg will definitely detain the one-armed man for investigation, but he may not be released later.

"Am I not worthy of death?" The one-armed man lowered his head and covered his face with his hands, "I killed so many people..."

"Remember what your benefactor said." Xie Yunjin tried to comfort this new friend, "You were deceived, and it has nothing to do with whether you are a good person or not. Even if you are a bad guy who kidnaps and sells slaves, you will be deceived. Don't make a mistake. Damn it."

The one-armed man was silent for a long time. Xie Yunjin knew that he blamed himself and was unable to escape from his grief and anger, so he did not bother him.Not only the one-armed man, Xie Yunjin himself also blamed himself. If he hadn't lured Hillidge away, would these slaves still have a chance of survival?
More than 200 people, how many can survive?
After a long time, the one-armed man asked: "Are you hungry?"

Having just experienced a thrilling massacre, Xie Yunjin was in an extremely agitated mood. When the one-armed man said this, Xie Yunjin suddenly felt hungry, so he nodded.The one-armed man stood up and walked over to the horse whose butt was injured by him, and stabbed the horse's neck with his knife. The horse only struggled for a moment before falling over, and horse blood spurted all over him.

Xie Yunjin was shocked: "What are you doing?"

"We have no food." The one-armed man said, "You can't hunt, and I don't have the time. Can you take care of yourself?"

Xie Yunjin immediately understood his intention and nodded: "I can."

Even if you can’t, you have to say you can.

The one-armed man cut off several large pieces of horse meat, and Xie Yunjin gathered firewood. The one-armed man roasted the horse meat, and the two of them ate it. The rest was put in a leather bag and hung on another horse.

"I'll notify Hillidger if I can find him." The one-armed man said, "You have to take care of yourself. There are refugees on the way back. You can't go back. The other side of the road leads to the Holy Mountain, and there are villages along the way. , but there may be refugees, who are just as dangerous. You stay here and roast as much horse meat as possible. Make a fire to keep warm at night. I will leave the horse to you. If no one comes to pick you up in two days, you can go back to Nabu Batu. Go." Xie Yunjin asked, "How can you cross the mountain without a horse?"

The one-armed man smiled and said: "I know martial arts. Although light kung fu is not as durable as horse power, it is more convenient than horses in some places. We don't know the terrain on the mountain. If I encounter obstacles, I can jump over them. Horses can't do it, so I might as well leave it to you. .”

Xie Yunjin nodded: "If we are all safe, I will definitely intercede for you when we return to Batu."

The one-armed man touched Xie Yunjin's head and said with a helpless smile: "Good boy."

While he was talking, the one-armed man's expression suddenly changed, he listened for a moment, put out the fire, and said, "Quiet!" He picked up Xie Yunjin.The two of them ran to a rock deep in the woods. Xie Yunjin didn't know why, so he looked up. The one-armed man quickly pushed his head down. Xie Yunjin vaguely heard the sound of horse hooves.

Not long after, a horse arrived.The man leaned on his horse and came to the fire. He turned over and dismounted tremblingly. He walked to the fire and touched it with his hand, and then fell down next to the horse's corpse.Xie Yunjin didn't know why. After thinking for a while, he realized that he was drinking horse blood. Then he took horse meat and chewed it, and then rekindled the fire.

When the fire light came on, Xie Yunjin confirmed who this person was - Mrs. Jin. How could he escape from the refugees?

Jin Fuzi got angry, took a breath, and suddenly thought of something. He stood up, looked around, and shouted loudly: "Yun'er! Yun'er!" Xie Yunjin didn't dare to speak out.

The one-armed man whispered worriedly: "No, the horses and food are left there. Now we can only hope that he leaves quickly and doesn't find us."

Jin Fuzi lit a torch and lit it around, walked towards the direction where the two were hiding, and shouted: "Yun'er, stop hiding, dad knows you are nearby!"

Xie Yunjin saw the one-armed man looking at him suspiciously, clutching the one-armed man's empty sleeve tightly and shaking his head desperately.

"Yun'er, I know you are here! Stop hiding, come out, and daddy will apologize to you!" Jin Fuzi's voice was a little weak, and his steps were frivolous. Xie Yunjin peeked over and saw Jin Fuzi covered in blood, but he didn't know. He suffered numerous injuries, a scar on his cheek was still bleeding, and an ear was missing.

Jin Fuzi walked a few steps and stopped to breathe, as if he was in pain from a wound.Xie Yunyan's eyes were red, and he hurriedly knelt down and covered his mouth with his hands, trying not to cry.

"Yun'er, Yun'er, come out and see dad!" Jin Fuzi shouted, "Yun'er, look at dad being so seriously injured because of you..."

Xie Yunjin thought of all the benefits that Mrs. Jin had done to her, and couldn't help sobbing "Oh...".Master Jin was so alert that he shouted: "I heard it, Yun'er! I heard your voice!" As he said this, he followed the sound.Xie Yunjin was so scared that his whole body trembled, and he clung to the one-armed man.

The one-armed man asked in a low voice: "Are you really so afraid of your adoptive father?"

"I found you!" Jin Fuzi shouted, and a big face poked out from behind the stone. Xie Yunjin was so frightened that he rolled away and ran away.The one-armed man was about to draw his sword when Master Jin slashed at him with his sword. The one-armed man rolled away in a hurry. With a "clang", the sword struck the stone and sparks flew everywhere.

"Give me your son back!" Jin Fuzi shouted, as if he was crazy, as if he thought the one-armed man was the murderer who held Xie Yunjin hostage.The one-armed man responded with a sword. The two were enemies, and they didn't talk to each other. They rolled and fought together.The one-armed man's arms were sound and fashionable, and he was no match for Master Jin. Although his martial arts became more refined after receiving the Bengong Sword Manual, he suffered from the disadvantage of being disabled, and his body balance, offense, and defense were deficient.But Jin Fuzi's injuries were really serious, and since he didn't have enough rest after the battle, his physical strength and internal strength were greatly reduced, so the two were evenly matched for a while.

Xie Yunjin was afraid that the two of them would be injured, so he shouted loudly: "Stop! Stop it quickly! Stop! Dad, he is my friend, he means no harm!"

When the one-armed man heard Xie Yunjin's call to stop, he was about to stop, but Jin Fuzi slashed three times in a row, and the attack became more intense, forcing him to be in danger and almost injured.Seeing that he was in danger, Xie Yunjin hurriedly shouted: "One-armed brother, be careful, don't get distracted!"

Master Jin heard that Xie Yunjin wanted to protect the one-armed man, and his anger became even more intense. He said loudly: "This man is here to seek revenge from dad! Don't worry, Yun'er, dad will protect you!"

Jin Fuzi's attack was so fierce that the one-armed man couldn't stop even if he wanted to. Xie Yunjin saw that the one-armed man was in danger and shouted loudly: "He is not here for revenge, he is my friend! You are the one who wants to harm me." !”

Master Jin shouted angrily: "Yun'er, you were deceived by him, he is a bad person!"

"You are the bad guy! I hate you!" Xie Yunjin said loudly, "I am not your son! Master Jin, stop it and step back!"

Master Jin's heart was shaken when he heard this. The one-armed man was originally at a disadvantage, but he finally regained his breath, and forced Master Jin back with several consecutive blows, shouting: "Stop fighting!"

Jin Fuzi lost his energy and roared: "You lied to my son, I will kill you!" The offensive became more and more fierce.

Xie Yunjin knew that Master Jin had finally gone crazy, completely crazy. He could no longer hear the voice he didn't want to hear. He just wanted to find his son, and he just wanted his son.

"Master Jin, stop!" Xie Yunjin shouted, "As long as you stop, I will still recognize you as my father! Dad, stop it!"

However, Jin Fuzi ignored him. For him, if he wanted to never lose his son, he must kill everyone involved with Xie Yunjin, so that the child could only rely on himself forever.

The one-armed man knew that one of them would die today, and he had nowhere to vent his grief and anger. Remembering that his arm was broken because of Master Jin, he was filled with anger and anger. Not only did he respond with all his strength to the enemy, but he also left no room for offensive attacks.His advantage is that he has abundant physical strength, but his disadvantage is that his martial arts is not as good as that of Jin Fuzi, and he even broke an arm. Jin Fuzi's advantage is that he has exquisite moves, but his disadvantage is that his whole body is injured.The two of them rolled and rolled for more than ten moves. After all, Jin Fuzi was a night killer who was used to killing people. He stepped forward and floated to the right. He grabbed the weak point of the one-armed man's left hand and slashed with all his swords. The opponent attacked from the left, and the one-armed man waved his sword to block. Jin Fuzi struck with his palms, punches, swords, chops and kicks, and his attacks were continuous.

Seeing the one-armed man retreating steadily, Xie Yunjin became anxious and kept opening his mouth to disturb Master Jin.However, Jin Fuzi had already become red-eyed and turned a deaf ear. His eyes were bloodshot and he regarded the one-armed man in front of him as the enemy who stole his son.

Jin Fuzi slashed at the right side with his sword, and the one-armed man blocked it sideways. Jin Fuzi caught the moment when his grip weakened and pressed the knife skillfully, holding the knife with both hands and turning it upward.This time he exerted all his strength, but the one-armed man finally couldn't hold it up. The knife flew up from his hand and fell far away on the ground. Jin Fuzi took a step forward and slashed his right arm with the knife, and was about to chop off his other arm. It was broken, but the sword suddenly became crooked and weak.It turned out that Jin Fuzi's injuries were serious and he had lost too much blood. He had used all his strength to force the one-armed man to take off the knife, but when his true strength was suffocated, the knife was unable to tilt.

One-armed man's life is at stake, how can he miss the opportunity?He grabbed Jin Fuzi's wrist with his right hand and tried to force him to take off the knife.After Jin Fuzi regained his breath, he fired a series of left fists, hitting the one-armed man's head and face. The one-armed man was dizzy from the beating, but he also knew that he would be hacked to death if he let go, so he flew up and kicked Jin Fuzi with his left foot.Jin Fuzi raised his hand to block and kicked the one-armed man in the lower abdomen. The pain was so painful that he almost let go.

Seeing that the one-armed man's defeat was certain, Xie Yunjin mustered up the courage to rush forward, grabbed Master Jin and shouted, "Dad, stop it!" Master Jin pushed him away and said, "Yun'er, I'll do it right away." Deal with this bad guy!" Seize the opportunity and grab the one-armed man's throat.The one-armed man turned his head to dodge, and Jin Fuzi turned his claws into fists and hit the one-armed man hard on the face.

The one-armed man was about to die in Jin Fuzi's hands. Xie Yunqian's heart ached. He lowered his head and saw the one-armed man's knife at his feet, and hurriedly picked it up.But so what?Even if he took a knife to chop Jin Fuzi, Jin Fuzi would just wave his hand and the knife would be taken away from him, and instead he would be used to kill the one-armed man.

He held the knife to his neck and shouted, "Dad, if you don't let me go, I will kill myself!"

Master Jin shouted: "It doesn't matter! Yun'er, don't be afraid. If you die, I will kill him and follow immediately! Yun'er, if we are father and son again in Huangquan, dad will take good care of you!"

Xie Yunjin shuddered. Could it be that Master Jin actually thought... Yes, Master Jin knew that he was about to escape control, and only by dying could he "take care of" him forever.

He didn't want to die, he didn't want to die... An idea flashed in his mind, and there was only one way left... Xie Yunyan held the knife in both hands, trying not to tremble, waiting for the one-armed man to stand in line with Jin Fuzi, and seize the opportunity Rush forward violently.

Instead of rushing towards Master Jin, he used the one-armed man to block Master Jin’s sight and used the one-armed man as a cover...

The long knife penetrated the one-armed man's back, and the one-armed man screamed. Xie Yunyan rushed forward with all his strength, and with both hands, the knife penetrated the one-armed man's body and stabbed into Jin Fuzi's abdomen.

Jin Fuzi screamed loudly, but the knife was not long enough. It penetrated the back of the one-armed man and only penetrated three inches of Jin Fuzi's lower abdomen.

Not deadly enough.

Jin Fuzi wanted to move away, but the one-armed man held his right hand tightly. Regardless of life or death, he rushed forward and sent all the long knives sticking out of his body into Jin Fuzi's body. He then endured the severe pain and relied on his last courage and belief. , and the absolute determination to rescue Xie Yunjin, twisted his waist...

Jin Fuzi screamed and fell backward, and the one-armed man also fell backward.Xie Yunjin hugged the one-armed man, his heavy body almost unbearable, and tears burst out uncontrollably: "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry..." He repeated this sentence of sorry more than ten times. The originally dexterous eloquent person could no longer say a second sentence.

The one-armed man reached out and touched Xie Yunjin's head: "Well done, you avenged me." He shed tears, "Avenge me... for... the slaves..." After saying this, Stop breathing immediately.

Xie Yunjin cried loudly and hugged the body of the one-armed man tightly. Although he had only known him for two days, it felt like he had known him for a long time.

"Cloud... Yun'er..."

Xie Yunjin was stunned and looked at Master Jin... Master Jin hadn't died yet?
"Yun'er... Dad... it hurts... it hurts... ah..." Jin Fuzi couldn't get up. The pain from having his intestines cut was too severe, and he screamed and moaned.

Xie Yunjin wanted to reply, but when he thought of Master Jin's death, countless memories came to his mind... the greetings at Guigu Palace, every dish cooked for him, the proper care he took when he was sick...

He thought of Master Jin's loving eyes in the snowy field, carrying him step by step out of the snowfield; he thought of Master Jin riding a bull on the grassland, and Master Jin leading the cow; he thought of Master Jin hunting on the way to Nabu Batu, and hunting for him. Mending clothes...

But he couldn't forget Sired and Lika, Tuya and the village, or the one-armed man beside him... He hated, but also loved, his real father, who was not related by blood.

"Yun'er, daddy hurts so much...it hurts so much...Yun'er...help daddy, help daddy...send daddy...on the road..." The pain of splitting the internal organs is the most unbearable, and he won't die for a while, Jin The Master endured endless pain and torture, but was unable to commit suicide.

After hearing his screams, Xie Yunjin finally couldn't bear it anymore, stood up with trembling hands and feet, and walked towards this "father" step by step.

"Dad... Yun'er is here to help you." He said softly.

It was already dark, and only the torch that had just been thrown down still had some light. Xie Yunjin stumbled and almost fell down.

"Yun'er... Yun'er... come... help dad... uh... ah!"

"Dad, please let go of the knife, okay?" Xie Yunjin stopped and saw that although Jin Fuzi was about to die, he still held the knife tightly in his hand.

"Uh-huh..." Jin Fuzi raised his upper body with all his strength, and threw the knife with all his strength. The knife flew straight towards Xie Yunjin, and Xie Yunjin's eyes widened.

Missing, the knife flew past Xie Yunjin and stuck diagonally on the ground.Xie Yunjin turned around, picked up the knife, and walked to Master Jin.

"Yun'er..." Master Jin said, "Dad loves you so much..."

"I know, dad..."

He cut Master Jin's throat and completed the evil deed of patricide with his own hands.

(End of this chapter)