Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1349 Trap
  "Little brother, what is your purpose in coming to the mountain?"

Yan Lingji suppressed her thoughts and kept a smile on her face. She changed the subject and asked Tianming.

"Uh..." Tianming thought for a while and chose to tell the truth, "I came to see my friend, Shao Yu. He should be hunting in the mountains right now."

"So... the sound of horse hooves could come from him?"

"That's not necessarily true..." Tianming laughed and laughed, trying to avoid getting himself involved in trivial matters. "Although he should have come on horseback, he was not alone. There were other people traveling with him, so he shouldn't have Just the sound of a horse.”

"Haha..." Yan Lingji swung the ribbon around her waist, turned around and walked towards Wushuang Ghost, who didn't make any sound except for breathing. She reminded her pointedly, "This mountain is bigger than you can imagine. It’s much more dangerous, little brother.”

"You'd better think about it, if the voice just now is really your friend, then why is he alone?"

"Danger?" Tianming frowned, "What other dangers could there be on this mountain? Is there really a wild bear?"

At this time, Yan Lingji had easily sat back on Wushuanggui's shoulder, her left leg crossed over her right leg, and her posture was both charming and dignified.

However, in Tianming's eyes, he could only see the meaning of bewitching and instigating.

I always feel that Chitaki’s mother doesn’t have any good intentions?

This doubt was abandoned in Tianming's mind for a moment. Now he has basically determined that Yan Lingji is Qiantaki's mother. He can't plan his future mother-in-law just by looking at the goddess's face.

What's more...how can someone with such a good look have such a bad heart?

But if what she said was true... Tianming's mind immediately became clearer.

All joking aside, it was impossible to completely abandon his good brother for Qianlong. If Shaoyu was in danger, then he would definitely have to take care of Shaoyu first.

"Hey, hey, sister, what danger are you talking about?" Tianming rubbed his hands and tried to ask for some information with a naive smile.

Yan Lingji tilted her head and generously gave Tianming some fairly clear information, "There is a group of people hiding in these mountains, um... maybe there are more than one group? This is not important, anyway, these people don't seem to be very kind, and they are so rash. If they come into contact, there may be some conflict.”

"I don't know the specifics. I just got here."

"So... little brother, are you still going to follow me to find Qianlong?" Yan Lingji supported her delicate chin with her right hand and looked at Tianming playfully.

"...Haha, I, I may have something urgent to deal with first. I can only come back to help you with Qiantaki's matter. I'm sorry." Tianming smiled and said that what he just said was all nonsense, and now he needs to deal with it first. a while.

Yan Lingji just waved her hand casually, indicating that he could do what he wanted.

Tianming stopped talking nonsense and chased directly in the direction where he heard the sound coming from just now.

After Tianming walked away, Yan Lingji patted Wushuang Ghost's smooth head and said, "Okay Wushuang, it's time for us to leave."

Wushuang Ghost remained silent, just moved his thick thighs and walked slowly towards the forest.

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Da da da……

The dull sound of horse hooves trampling the earth echoed through the forest.

Shao Yu pulled the reins and galloped on the open space in the mountain forest that could barely be called a road. His head kept turning around and looking at the surrounding environment.

He followed Shi Lan's traces all the way to this area.

He is not very familiar with this place. To be precise, in this large mountain forest, there are not many areas he is familiar with.

After all, this stretch of mountains is not big at all, but it is certainly not small at all. He has been here in Songhai for only a few days, so he has no free time to walk in the mountains every day.

The few times I went up the mountain, it was not normal. Either there were pursuers behind me and I was too busy running to remember the terrain. Or it was dark at night and I couldn't see my surroundings clearly.

But it didn't matter whether the place was familiar or not. What was important was that he was basically sure that Shi Lan must have run into some trouble and was anxious to deal with it.

When he was following behind just now, the movement of the horse was not small, and the distance between the two of them was not very far for a while. Shi Lan should have noticed him.

But she had no intention of stopping to say hello to him. Instead, she accelerated on her way. After a lot of twists and turns, she even threw him away on horseback.

Even if she doesn't like to interact with others, if she keeps chasing after her on a horse, she still has to give some reaction.

This kind of headlong and forward-looking attitude makes it difficult for Shaoyu to suspect that something has happened and she needs to solve it personally.

With this guess, Shao Yu naturally became more enthusiastic.

The goddess was in trouble, and he couldn't just sit back and ignore it. He had to rush to help as soon as possible.

Just when Shao Yu was observing the environment intently and trying to find Shi Lan, he suddenly discovered a dynamic object not far in front of him, but it was obviously not a person.

rope!

The sudden change made Shao Yu start to secrete adrenaline, his eyes widened, and he saw clearly what appeared in front of him.

A piece of rope, a piece of obviously thick and refined hemp rope.

This is no ordinary rope, and it's almost impossible to buy unless you make it yourself.

This thought flashed through Shao Yu's mind quickly, without stopping for a moment, because the focus now is not this but the role of this rope here.

Trip the horse!

wrong! It's not an ordinary tripping rope, it's... a cutting rope! ?
  But this kind of...

Shaoyu had no time to think about more thoughts. He had to quickly deal with the crisis he was about to face.

The reason why he judged that this was not a horse-tripping rope but a horse-cutting rope was, firstly, because the rope used was very special and there was no need to use hemp rope of this quality to simply jump the horse. Secondly, it was because the rope was not static, but Mobile!
  For ordinary trip wires, the position can be fixed. For concealment, you can wait for the target to get close and then pull it up, but it is basically a change in height.

But the horse-cutting rope is different. As the name suggests, this thing does very high damage. You can tell by looking at its position. It doesn't go towards the horse's legs, but close to the horse's head.

The rope is instantly tightened and bounces towards the target at high speed. In the process, once it collides with the horse, it will not only produce the forward momentum of the galloping horse, but also the blocking force of the rope itself.

In this case, the horse can be strangled almost directly at the moment of collision, instead of just causing it to lose balance and fall to the ground like a normal tripping rope.

For the current Shaoyu, it is not only his horse that is on the line of life and death, but also himself.

Based on the height of this horse-cutting rope, he suspected that he might not be able to escape, and would live and die with the horse. Fortunately, Shao Yu, who was born into a great military aristocrat of Chu State and once led an elite cavalry, may be lacking in other aspects, but his attainments in riding skills are absolutely superb.

At the critical moment, he directly pulled the reins, clamped the horse's belly with both legs, and dexterously and accurately controlled the black horse under his crotch to jump up, just missing the horse-cutting rope that was more than half a person's height.

The full-strength horse-cutting rope passed by the horse's hooves, and hit a big tree behind that was nearly as thick as a person's arms. In an instant, there was a clicking sound, and the big tree was cut off at the waist, slowly. Fall to the ground.

Shao Yu's eyes moved away from Zhan Masuo, who was gradually moving away from him, and looked forward. He did not show joy because he had escaped the trap, because the crisis had not been resolved yet.

After killing Masuo, it should be...

Shao Yu's eyes were focused on the place where the horse was about to land, and his expression suddenly changed. However, the horse was not a master of light kung fu. There was no way to use force in mid-air, so there was no way to change its landing point.

As Shao Yu expected, the land was simply a trap. There was only a thin layer of camouflage on it, and it collapsed as soon as the horse stood on it.

Shao Yu fell into a horse pit with his horse and man.

Fortunately, he was still quick to respond. At the last moment, he grabbed the saddle with both hands and stood on the horse's back. Then he used his mount as a stepping stone and jumped up. He jumped out of the pit in time and headed towards a big tree on the ground. Fly away.

After escaping another disaster but breaking his horse, Shao Yu knew that he still couldn't relax and didn't dare to stop for a moment. He grabbed the tree trunk with one hand, kicked up his legs, and jumped out with the help of his strength.

Following Shao Yu's movements, a series of whooshing wind sounds passed by, and several sharp arrows reflected the cold light and shot towards his previous landing point. After a few thumping sounds, they all stuck firmly in the trunk of the tree. superior.

Shao Yu dodged the first wave of arrows but still didn't dare to relax, and kept darting around in the forest without looking back.

The attacks from the dark places were indeed as he expected, continuous and attacking every place he landed one after another.

However, Shao Yu's expression still did not improve at all because he had successfully dodged the waves of arrows. Instead, he became even more gloomy.

This set of combos... Shaoyu felt a strong sense of déjà vu.

Of course, the key now is not whether the trap looks familiar or not, but if his guess is correct, then...

Shao Yu was thinking about his escape route in his mind. He jumped over and hid behind a big rock. He once again dodged the arrows aimed at his vitals. Then... he was hit by a lasso on his right foot accurately, and he was directly cut off. He hung upside down.

Shao Yu struggled a few times, but could not change the reality of being hit. He could only helplessly swing back and forth in mid-air.

He was not surprised by his fate.

When he was dodging before, he felt that the landing point of the enemy's arrows was obviously deliberately controlled, blocking most of his escape routes, leaving only limited gaps, and they were getting fewer and fewer.

There is a high probability that they can use this to invisibly control themselves to escape along the route they planned, and finally end up at their predicted landing point.

In this way, being trapped is inevitable.

Although Shaoyu had expected this outcome, he was unable to change it because he really couldn't find an additional escape route and could only bite the bullet and follow the plan.

Fortunately, the person who set up the trap followed the rules, and the final arrangement was indeed as Shaoyu expected, with a noose for catching people instead of a stab pit for killing people.

As Shao Yu was arrested, the people who were hiding in the dark and shooting cold arrows at him were no longer hiding. They all rushed out and slowly surrounded him with careful steps.

Shao Yu glanced around with an inverted gaze, and after taking a look at the other party's clothing and appearance, his heart skipped a beat.

These people are all wearing armor!
  Of course, the armor they wear is definitely not comparable to the full-body armor of the regular army of the Empire. It basically only covers part of the body, and it comes in various shapes and styles. It is not uniform at all and is very crude.

But this is alarming enough.

The empire banned soldiers, and even more so armor, and compared to the former which was repeatedly banned due to various reasons, the latter was much more effective.

Even if it is a large bandit and bandit gang, the members are basically all dressed in commoners, and only a few leaders can obtain a set of body protection.

As a result, these guys, who looked like minions at first glance, all had armor!

Although Shao Yu realized from the moment he discovered Zhan Masuo that the people ambushing him were no ordinary bandits, he really didn't expect that all of them were wearing armor... The background of this group of people is worth pondering. !
  ………………

On the other side of the forest, in a large open space, a low and violent roar spread wantonly in all directions.

Looking around, he saw a huge rope net twisting constantly. Under the rope net was Shi Lan's pet black panther, Xiao Hei.

With a body as strong as an elephant, it is now tightly pressed under the rope net, struggling and twisting but unable to free itself - there are a large number of large rocks tied to the corners of the rope net, and a lot of extra ropes extend out. It was tightly tied to the surrounding fixed objects, such as a big tree or a boulder about the same size as Xiao Hei.

Faced with this dilemma, even if you are as talented as Xiao Hei, you really can't escape.

Although its size is close to that of an elephant, in terms of brute strength, how can a feline compare to the elephant family?

What's more, even if it's a real elephant, it can't get away with such a trick!
  Next to Xiao Hei, Shi Lan clenched his hands into fists, his eyes were solemn, and he was on guard. He was carrying a stick-like object tightly wrapped in cloth behind his back.

Opposite her, or around the open space, were a dense circle of people, all dressed similarly to those who ambushed Shao Yu in the forest. They wore simple armor, and most of them were stronger than ordinary people. , looking eagerly at Shi Lan who was surrounded by them.

This group of people doesn't look like soldiers when they talk about it, and they don't look like bandits when they talk about it. It feels very strange, but one thing is for sure, that is, there are really many people.

At least there were nearly a hundred people in this circle.

This number is already quite a lot for Shi Lan. Her strength is not enough to stop one hundred. No matter whether they are fighting together or in a wheel battle, she is no match.

Of course, if you can't fight, it's still easy to escape.

But the problem is, the reason why she was surrounded by this group of people was because she wanted to save Xiao Hei, but because these people were so eager to look at her, she didn't care about rescuing Xiao Hei - the quality of this rope net was very good, and her dagger actually It cannot be cut easily.

If Xiao Hei can't be saved, what's the point of escaping on her own?

She might as well not make this trip!

So...we still have to fight.

Shi Lan's eyes turned to a big stone. There was a man lying half on it. He was bare-chested, with a big head and a thick neck, a strong body, a muscular body, and a round belly. There was a knife beside him that was so sharp that it looked cold. holding a big axe, and surrounded by several people.

He is the leader of this group of people.

This is also what Shi Lan believes is the key to solving the problem quickly.

(End of this chapter)