sjar Chapter 233 Escape
Chapter 233 Escape
Looking at the crowd of people, Xu Shu felt worried for Wu Yong who was going to the town.
Apparently, the house would soon be razed to the ground.
Seeing Qiao Wan rushing towards them, Xu Shu acted quickly and took Mu Jinghua with him and ran towards the back door.
Qu Xiu panicked for a second, then followed them and ran, calling out to his master as he ran: "Master, run, Master!"
He just shouted twice. After all, even if Qi Huairen heard it, Xiao Ran would never let him go.
But the Qiao family army was not just targeting Qiao Wan. Seeing that Qiao Wan and Mu Jinghua were running in different directions, they split into two groups to chase them.
Qiao Wan originally wanted to run to the back door, but the Qiao soldiers were one step faster than them, so he said helplessly: "Xuan Er, let's get on the beam, get on the beam."
Xuan Er responded, jumped lightly and climbed onto the eaves, climbed up to the beam with light movements, and immediately reached out to pull Qiao Wan.
This was obviously not the first time they climbed the beams. Qiao Wan reacted quickly and the two of them climbed onto the beams immediately.
The Qiao family soldiers behind did not dare to hurt Qiao Wan, so even if they reached a high place, they could not directly shoot arrows from behind, and could only clumsily find a ladder to climb up.
Xu Shu had already pulled Mu Jinghua out of the back door. Qu Xiu had short legs and was unable to catch up with them for a while, so he screamed in fear.
Xu Shu was a little speechless, and reminded him without turning his head: "They don't mean to arrest you, go in another direction to find your master."
Qu Xiu let out a cry, feeling a little unconvinced.
He wasn't running because someone was chasing him. He clearly wanted to protect his junior brother!
Although it doesn't look like it can provide any protection at all.
Qu Xiu was feeling so frustrated that he accidentally fell to the ground and was instantly caught by Qiao's army.
As Xu Shu said, Qiao's army had no intention of arresting him, but only left a small soldier to guard him.
It is not unfair to call him a small soldier. After all, soldiers as tall as him are really not very common.
Qu Xiu slowly got up from the ground, looked at Xu Shu and Mu Jinghua who were no longer visible, sighed helplessly, and asked the young soldier beside him: "How old are you? You came to join the army?"
The young soldier was stunned when he heard this, and then said, "No... it's none of your business."
Qu Xiu was just asking. It was pointless to be with a monster here, so he asked the little soldier, "Then come back with me to find my master."
The little soldier waved the long sword in his hand, which was a little bigger than him, and threatened in a not very imposing manner: "No, don't run around, the master asked you to stay here."
"Who is he, sir?" Qu Xiu had no sense of being a captive and was even trying to make others laugh.
Xu Shu was not as comfortable as Qu Xiu. After running for a while with Mu Jinghua, Mu Jinghua's physical fitness could not keep up.
Even if you can keep up, playing this crude game of chase and escape will only result in you being unable to escape.
So when he heard that Mu Jinghua could not keep up, Xu Shu immediately changed his strategy and took Mu Jinghua up the mountain, intending to use the complex terrain of the mountain to bypass this group of people.
In fact, Xu Shu was not so sure. He was a native city dweller and did not like to go to the mountains on weekdays. In total, he had done it less than five times.
However, he had good physical strength and ran fast, so the obstacles in the forest were completely ignored by him, and he actually widened the distance a lot.
But no one knew what orders the damn Qiao Jianhong gave to the Qiao family army. When they saw that the distance was shortened, they actually ordered the archers to start shooting at Xu Shu and Mu Jinghua.
Dense arrows fell like rain, so fast that even Xu Shu couldn't dodge them in time.
He tried his best to protect Mu Jinghua, but was soon hit by two arrows in the shoulder.
Xu Shu didn't even make a sound, but Mu Jinghua's eyes were already red. He looked coldly at the person who shot the arrow, then started to pull Xu Shu and run.
"Follow me, this way."
It was obvious that Mu Jinghua knew the situation in the mountains better than Xu Shu. Although he did not run as fast as Xu Shu, he soon found a fork in the road and very cleverly took Xu Shu to hide in the bushes nearby.
The Qiao soldiers caught up with them soon. When they saw the fork in the road, the leader immediately said, "Split into two more groups. Mu Jinghua must not die, and Xu Shu doesn't matter."
Mu Jinghua, who was hiding in the dark, frowned.
Fortunately, they managed to avoid the pursuit of Qiao's soldiers. When there was no sound around, Xu Shu poked his head out of the bushes. After making sure that there was no one around, he patted Mu Jinghua and said, "It's okay."
Mu Jinghua didn't say anything, but pulled Xu Shu to a very remote path. After walking for about ten minutes, they found a small cave.
The outside of the cave was full of weeds and was very hidden, but Mu Jinghua seemed to be very familiar with this place. He pushed aside the weeds and pulled Xu Shu deeper into the cave.
There seemed to be a hidden river in the cave, and Xu Shu could clearly hear the sound of flowing water.
Mu Jinghua's target was obviously the secret river. He brought Xu Shu to the river with ease and wanted to help Xu Shu check his wound, but Xu Shu blocked his way with his hand.
Mu Jinghua frowned, but before he could speak, he saw a strange object in Xu Shu's hand.
Xu Shu pressed the thing lightly, and the dim cave was lit up with white light.
Mu Jinghua was a little surprised, and then he heard Xu Shu say: "This is a light. What else do you need?"
"Fire, scissors, bandages..." Mu Jinghua walked around behind Xu Shu and looked at his shoulder.
Even though Xu Shu had a strong recovery ability, he could not withstand the barbed arrows of Qiao's army. Mu Jinghua tried to pull it out and heard Xu Shu groan.
He didn't dare to move immediately. He looked at the wound, which became more and more bleak. He said pitifully, "Xu Shu, the arrow..."
"Toxic?" Xu Shu handed the scissors disinfected with a lighter to Mu Jinghua, thinking a little, "It shouldn't be highly toxic."
He made a reasonable inference and comforted Mu Jinghua at the same time: "I don't feel anything at all now, which means this poison is not very strong."
He took out the anti-inflammatory medicine from the ring and swallowed it. He felt that Mu Jinghua behind him still had no reaction, and he was a little confused: "What's wrong?"
"Does it hurt?" Mu Jinghua's throat tightened.
"It's okay." Xu Shu didn't care about the injury. "You forgot, the landslide we had a few days ago was so serious but I was fine. Just help me pull out the arrow."
If the arrow hadn't been stuck in his back and was a little out of reach, he would have done it himself.
Mu Jinghua hummed in a depressed tone, and hardened his heart to help Xu Shu pull out one.
Xu Shu just groaned, and then handed Mu Jinghua a bottle of medicine powder: "Clean the wound and apply this."
Xu Shu had also given this powder to Qi Huairen when he was treating Mu Jinghua's wound. Mu Jinghua knew how to use it and how effective it was, so he didn't ask any more questions.
He treated Xu Shu's wound very skillfully, but he still broke into a sweat from nervousness.
Looking at his wrist again, it seemed to be bleeding due to excessive force.