But the strange bird didn't move, just stood on the edge of the cliff, staring at Zhong Zhiqing quietly, its wings clinging to its sides, if it weren't for those two shining white eyes, it would look like a strange mountain rock.
Seeing this scene, Zhong Zhiqing had a glimmer of hope in his heart, he beat his spirits, barely stood up straight with his hands on the ground, and retreated towards the back little by little.
However, the general took two steps out, and his body bumped into something.
Zhong Zhiqing was stunned, and just wanted to turn around, but was grabbed by a person from behind, not with his arms, but with an axe, the cold axe blade was facing his throat, just a little closer, and he would understand his life.
"Tell you the truth, I won't kill you."
A hoarse voice came into Zhong Zhiqing's ears.
"The strong man is merciful, I will say anything."
Zhong Zhiqing didn't expect that someone would suddenly be killed behind him, and he was so frightened on the spot that he couldn't think about anything except begging for mercy in a low voice.
"Sixteen years ago, it was your men who burned the salt ship, right?"
These words pierced his heart like a sharp sword, and he shook his head tremblingly, "I just let them hijack the ship, and didn't let them set it on fire, this incident was purely accidental, and it was definitely not intentional for me. ” The body behind him suddenly softened, and the axe blade slid down a little, cutting Zhong Zhiqing's neck into a blood-red cut, "What an accident, just because of such an accident, the lives of more than 20 members of my Xu family were destroyed overnight" His voice became deeper and deeper, and in the end, he was crying, and even his arms trembled slightly.
Seeing that his mind was sluggish, Zhong Zhiqing seized the opportunity, pushed away the arm resting on the front of his neck, and ran towards the black woods behind him like crazy.
The mountain breeze swept across his cheeks, bringing the smell of blood and sweat into his mouth and nose, and he gritted his teeth, his mind went blank, and all his senses converged in the woods ahead, and he felt nothing else.
Ten or five steps are about to arrive, the forest is very dense, even if the strange bird catches up, I am afraid it will not be able to pass through the middle, so when the time comes, as long as you get rid of the angry man, you will be saved.
Thinking of this, Zhong Zhiqing couldn't help but take a bigger step, and with a "tearing" sound, he actually tore the corners of his clothes.
However, before his feet hit the ground, his back tightened suddenly, and the whole person rose backwards, and was pulled back to the edge of the cliff by a huge force.
The body fell heavily on the gravel on the edge of the cliff, and the severe pain made Zhong Zhiqing can't help but scream, but halfway through the call, the sound stopped abruptly, because he saw a hook-like beak hanging from the tip of his nose, and the sharp edge shone with a dazzling cold light in the moonlight.
"Didn't you say it, strong man, if I tell the truth, you will spare my life" A short sentence, but he used all his strength to finish it, and when the words fell, the sweat of the bean continued to slide down his head, soaking his clothes.
"I said I wouldn't kill you, but it didn't promise you anything, blood debts, blood debts, and it's time to pay them what you owe them."
After Xu Danian said this sentence expressionlessly, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Qu Ziniao reverently, there was no flame of revenge in his eyes, but filled with the vicissitudes of daily life, he was laughing, and there was endless desolation in his laughter, "It's him, he is the real culprit behind the fire, you can take revenge today." ” When she heard Zhong Zhiqing's heart-rending screams coming from below, Yan Niang sat motionless on a tall branch with Erlang's legs crossed, squinting her eyes to admire Qu Ziniao's execution of the enemy: it pecked his flesh piece by piece, only pecking off a little bit at a time, without hurting the parts that could be immediately fatal, the chest, back, thighs, and cheeks Every time it bowed its head, Zhong Zhiqing's ghost-like screams would be heard below, and the screams were terrible and terrifying, echoing in the valley and not being able to disperse for a long time.
In the end, Yan Niang couldn't stand it anymore, shook her head and smacked her lips, "It's okay, I was so badly hurt by him, if I didn't torture you, I'm afraid I won't be able to give you a ride for a while," Speaking of this, a white light suddenly flashed in her mind, and she said to herself, "Since Zhong Zhiqing is the real culprit behind the fire, then Yan Qingyang is wronged, if so, then Zhong Zhiqing will be guilty of one more degree, and it is not worthy of sympathy to end up like this." ” After about an hour, the movement below gradually disappeared, Yan Niang looked at the corpse that had become white bones, her eyes flashed with cold light, she jumped down from the treetops, fell lightly behind Qu Ziniao, took out a silver needle from her arms and threw it at it.
With a glimmer of light, the silver needle pierced the back of the bird's head impartially, and its wings fluttered lightly a few times, and then it stood still as if it was frozen, and the blood on the bird's beak flowed "tick-tock".
After trapping Qu Ziniao, Yan Niang turned around, her eyes turned on Xu Danian's face, and seeing that he looked calm, she was surprised in her heart, slowly paced in front of him, circled around him, and asked softly, "It's easy to release it from the bottom of the river, why are you not in a hurry when you see me trapping it now?"
” Xu Danian smiled dumbly, "Urgent?
Why the hurry?
In the past sixteen years, I have never been as comfortable as today," after speaking, he looked at Yan Niang, took a deep breath of the cold mountain wind, and a heartfelt smile was reflected on his face, "This taste is really wonderful, in the past sixteen years, I have not been happy for a day, I dare not relax a little, just for this day," his eyes slanted slightly, looking at the Qu Ziniao on the edge of the cliff, "You look at its eyes, calm like a pool of water, I think it is the same as me, relieved, no longer worried." ” Yan Niang turned around and glanced at Qu Ziniao, only to see that its pale pupils were still the same, round like two paper coins, but for some reason, she saw the calm that Xu Danian said: its gaze was deep and distant, like a wasteland after a flood.
Yan Niang groaned slightly, then looked at Xu Danian again, "Do you know how many lives this beast has caused, so today, I will not be able to keep it." ” Xu Danian looked at her and smiled, "The truth of blood debt and blood repayment, I'm afraid there are few people in this world who understand it better than me, girl, you can take my life and its life as much as you want, anyway, this revenge has been avenged, and it can sleep peacefully from now on." ” Yan Niang was slightly stunned, she thought that Xu Danian had been suppressed for too long, so she had already cast a hateful character, but she didn't expect him to be so open-minded, and he would accept it calmly in the face of death. was thinking to himself, and suddenly heard Xu Danian sigh in a low voice, "In addition to these lives, there is another person I am sorry for him, and I will tell the girl about this today, and I hope that the girl can offer incense to him for me in the future to apologize." ”