Chapter 111: Uncle and Lolita Fight Side by Side
As soon as Xia Jiu saw the "hissing" flame in the darkness, he immediately guessed what it was and rushed over to stomp on it with his feet. However, the fuse was as thick as a thumb and although it burned slower than a thinner line, it was also harder to extinguish. Xia Jiu stomped several times but failed to put out the fuse, and instead almost set his own pants leg on fire.
He was just under house arrest by the Prince of Yan's mansion, with no long-term possessions. Since they couldn't trample it out, they really couldn't come up with anything to put out the fire. Meng'er was anxious and running around in circles beside him. In her desperation, she also stretched out her small boots to help stomp a few times. As a result, in the chaos, she didn't achieve much effect, but instead got trampled by Xia Jiu's big feet several times, hurting the little girl so much that her feet were numb.
"This won't do, this won't do..."
Xia Xun held up the candle and chased forward, although he covered it with his hand, the airflow in the cave was not great, but it almost went out, the light dimmed, and Cang Er became even more frightened, holding up her skirt to chase closely behind him.
"Got it"
Xia Liu suddenly shouted and roared: "Young lady, hurry up and run fast!" As he spoke, he suddenly accelerated his speed. Ming'er didn't know what had happened, so she quickly picked up her skirt and chased after him tightly.
Xia Fu was far beyond the burning fire line, and at the next fork in the road where the fire line turned, he suddenly stopped his body. Ming Er let out a cry of "Ah" as she collided with his back, rubbing her sore nose to a stop.
Xia Liu turned around and thrust the candle into her hand, shouting: "Light it!"
Ming'er held up the fire candle and asked stupidly: "What's the point?"
Xiang Yan took a glance and saw Xia Jiu hastily unbuttoning his clothes. Ming Er couldn't help but let out a shrill cry: "What are you doing?"
"Come on, it's too late, use urine to put it out."
Meng Er's face turned bright red as she stuttered: "Y-you...".
Xia Liu Dao: "If there's any more hesitation, the entire Yan Wang Palace will be destroyed and everyone will die here. I'm sorry, young princess, if I've offended you in any way, it's truly unavoidable."
Xia Jiu's pants slipped down, her long gown was lifted, and her face turned bright red with shame. Her heart beat rapidly, but she dared not move the arm that held the candle.
After a while, Xia Yu heard: "Young lady, please...please turn around, I...I can't pee..."
Xu Meng'er's face turned red with anger and embarrassment: "Others have already looked away, only you didn't..."
"Oh..."
After a while, Xu Meng'er waited until her face was hot enough to fry an egg, and her heart was in a mess. Before she could wait for the "Ganlin Pujiang", she couldn't help but ask: "How... how not... good?"
Xia Liu Dao: "I... really can't hold it in, or... would you like to come, Princess?"
Xu Ming'er was startled and hastily said: "I don't want to"
"General, the overall situation is more important," Xia Liu said with a bitter face.
Xu Ming'er said loudly: "I don't want to, I'd rather die, absolutely not...absolutely not..., it's coming, it's coming..."
Xia Yu tightened his pants while happily saying: "Has the young mistress agreed? This is right, when doing great things one should not be constrained by trivial matters..."
Xu Ming'er stamped her foot and said: "I told you the fire is coming"
"What?"
Xia Liu raised his head and took a look, as expected. In his haste, he suddenly reached out and snatched the candle holder from Xu Ming'er's hand, pulling out the candle. The candle originally had three branches, Xia Liu didn't know when he could get out, so in order to prevent the lamp from going out, he had already pulled out two branches and hidden them in his arms. At this time, the last lit candle was pulled out, and the candle was stuffed into Ming'er's hand, while he held the candle holder. Ming'er said stupidly: "What are you doing?"
Next, Meng'er saw a shocking scene that would be etched in her memory forever: the fuse on the ground was not tightly wrapped, and Xia Yu pulled it over with one pull. He held the extended load plate in front of him, ripped open his robe, bared his shoulder, turned the candle holder upside down, and stabbed himself fiercely on the shoulder.
One, two, three times, the copper sharp nail for inserting candles pierced his body. As the fire head approached, the blood flow was still too slow. Xia Jiu gritted his teeth and stabbed the candle holder into his arm, then pulled it down fiercely. Fresh blood gushed out and accumulated into a pool of blood on the wick.
Meng'er covered her small mouth tightly with her lips, and tears welled up in her eyes, but she held back and didn't make a sound.
At last, when the flames had almost reached his feet, Xia Yu ruthlessly stamped them out with one foot, pressing the fire head tightly into the pool of blood, and the fire was extinguished.
"Are...are you okay?"
Ming'er asked nervously, just as Xia Xian was about to speak, a hurried footsteps came, the firelight flashed, and someone holding a torch rushed out from the fork in the road. The three of them were stunned when they saw each other.
Xia Yu saw clearly what that person looked like, and that person also saw clearly what Xia Yu looked like. The two of them exclaimed in unison: "Is it you?"
This man was Xi Rijirabu, he ignited the fuse and started running wildly, as a result of which he ran around in circles and ended up coming back.
Look at Xia Zhen's appearance, then lower his head to look at the unburned fuse under his feet. Xiribajiri suddenly understood something, and a hint of ferocity flashed in his eyes. He slowly raised the steel knife in his hand, Xia Zhen's face was solemn, and he quickly pulled Meng'er behind him, slowly opening up his stance...
This was a very difficult fight. Xiribadai was tall and powerful, with a sharp blade in his hand, but his expertise lay in mounted sabre techniques, which were too expansive to be fully utilized in such a narrow passageway. As for Xiaolong, although he was agile and nimble, it wasn't easy to take on an opponent armed with a knife and a torch bare-handed, especially since he couldn't retreat, at least not significantly, because his opponent had one hand holding the knife and the other holding the torch, and he still had to protect the local fire starter from being re-ignited.
Xiribaya swung his sword and slashed, forcing Xia Chou to retreat. The torches probed the ground, and Xia Chou suddenly counterattacked on horseback, lifting his leg to kick sideways, forcing Xiribaya to defend himself. The two men were locked in a stalemate, exchanging blows back and forth for over ten rounds. Xiribaya grew increasingly anxious, thinking that if those soldiers searched this far, he would be dragged down by Xia Chou like this, then he would truly die with his eyes open.
Xi Rijia let out a loud roar, his knife dancing in the air as he forced Xia Chou to retreat. Then, with a swift motion, he pointed his knife at the ground, and the flames from the torch in his hand shot towards the earth. Xia Chou's eyes widened in alarm, but his steel knife was still pointing forward, blocking his own line of attack. If he were to launch a fierce assault, he would surely be met with a counterattack.
Xia Fu turned his head to look, saw Ming Er standing beside him, immediately reached out and snatched it, threw it forward, a spark flashed into Xiribajie's leather robe.
"Ah"
Hei Ri Ba let out a loud cry, and before he could see what it was, he felt a burning sensation in his sleeve. Suddenly, a thick smoke burst out of the cuff, and it turned out that Xia Zhen had casually tossed the small half-root candle into his sleeve.
Taking advantage of Xiribaya's momentary distraction, Xia Liu seized the opportunity to leap into the air, kicking out with one foot and striking Xiribaya's wrist with a loud clang. The knife flew off in an unknown direction, and Xia Liu also fell heavily to the ground. Xiribaya flung aside the candle head, not even noticing that his sleeve was still smoldering, and immediately swung the torch at Xia Liu's face with all his might.
Xia Liu was thrown to the ground with a somersault, his legs entwined around him, and he was flipped over. The torch fell to one side, and the two men began to wrestle. In this fight, Xia Liu was at a disadvantage. Although he had also practiced grappling and fighting techniques, it's not necessarily true that these techniques were superior to the Mongolians' wrestling skills, especially since they had been practicing since childhood, riding horses and herding sheep, and would often engage in wrestling matches when they had nothing else to do. Moreover, Xia Liu was injured on his arm, so how could he gain the upper hand?
Although Meng'er was young and looked timid, she was surprisingly calm in the face of danger. Seeing Xia Jie at a disadvantage, being pinned down by that Mongolian strongman, an ordinary ten-year-old girl who had been pampered would have either burst into tears or run away with her tail between her legs. But Meng'er actually dared to summon up her courage and rush forward, using her small boots to kick Xiribadai viciously.
Although this little girl's strength was small, kicking on the body didn't hurt or itch, but it was really annoying. Xi Ri Ba Ri and Xia Yu fought for a while, wrapping their legs around his legs, pressing him firmly under her body, and taking out a dagger from her waist, she stabbed towards Tang Er's chest.
This dagger is over a foot long, and with Qing'er's small build, wouldn't she be pierced through by this one knife? Qing'er was frightened stiff, wanting to escape, but it was already too late to react. Seeing the knife about to pierce her chest, she was so scared that her eyes closed shut, thinking in her heart: "I'm dead, I'm dead, this time I'm dead."
A loud "pa" sound was heard as the sharp blade entered, but Ming'er didn't feel any pain. She opened her eyes to see Xia Jiu struggling with all his might, managing to free half of his body from Xi Ri Ba's grasp. He stretched out his arm, and Xi Ri Ba's knife barely missed him, stabbing into his arm instead. The tip of the blade pierced through his arm, and a drop of deep red blood slowly dripped down from the tip of the knife.
Xiribaya was also stunned, Xiaojun's waist suddenly shook, and he pulled back one leg, fiercely colliding with Xiribaya's abdomen, using the pain of childbirth to muster his strength and push forward, reversing their positions and pinning Xiribaya beneath him. He reached out and pulled out a sharp knife from his arm, and fresh blood spurted out, splashing onto the face of the midwife, who was so startled that she stumbled backward several steps, almost falling to the ground.
Her hands and feet went soft, staring blankly, just as Xia Jiu swung his dagger to stab Xierbajie, but was countered by Xierbajie grasping his wrist. The two men were locked in a stalemate, clutching each other's robes, sometimes one on top, sometimes the other, wrestling like beasts on the ground. However, Xia Jiu was originally weaker than him and had been injured, with fresh blood gushing from his arm, gradually becoming unable to hold on. Once again, he was pinned down by Xierbajie, who twisted his wrist back and pointed the knife tip at his eyes, stabbing down fiercely.
Xia Jie exerted all his strength to resist, but Xi Ri Ba suddenly became fierce, grabbing his hair and slamming his head to the ground, gritting his teeth and saying: "Die for me, die for me, go to hell"
Seeing this, Xu Meng'er suddenly found a great deal of courage from somewhere, she picked up the candle holder on the ground and pounced forward, using all her strength to heavily strike Xierdabai's back of the head with the candle holder.
"Ah"
Xirijabai let out a mournful cry, the three iron nails on the candle holder, each about an inch long and sharp at the tip, pierced into the back of his head. The copper candle holder also heavily struck his skull, Xirijabai's brain went dizzy, and his hands immediately lost their strength. Xia Nuo, who was exerting himself to parry, suddenly turned his hand over, and the sharp knife plunged into his throat with a "plop".
Xia Liu pushed away the corpse of Xi Rizhaba, sat up and panted heavily, Xu Ming'er's hands and feet were soft, kneeling beside him, panting heavily, it was her first time killing someone, and she was really scared.
Just then, the torch that had fallen to the ground spat out a few sparks and went out with a "puff", plunging the cave into total darkness. Xu Ming'er, who was already frightened out of her wits, let out a sharp cry and flung herself into Xia Zuo's arms.
Xia Yu's arm hurt terribly, but he also knew that this young girl who had never experienced the world was really scared. He endured the pain and gently stroked her hair, softly comforting her: "Don't be afraid, that bad guy is dead, we're safe, don't be afraid..."
Xu Meng'er had been holding back her tears, but upon hearing his gentle words of comfort, she instead became weak and couldn't help but burst into tears, sobbing: "What about you? Are you going to die?"
"Of course not," Xia Xiao smiled. "I've been through a thousand mountains and ten thousand rivers, how could I die here? I'm the indestructible Little Qiang."
Xu Ming'er said with a sob: "How many names do you have, why are you called Xiao Qiang again?"
Xia Yu: "Uh..."
At this time, a meteor flew in the darkness, like a ball of ghost fire. When the ghost fire stopped abruptly in front of the two men, the flames suddenly burst out with a loud noise, illuminating everything in front of them.
It turned out that it was a torch, but the person holding the torch ran so fast that they suppressed the flame, and their footsteps were light and soundless. In the darkness, it seemed like there was only a spark flying rapidly.
The newcomer was a man under thirty, with dark skin and a square face, wearing an eunuch's robe. He caught sight of Xu Meng'er's petite figure and let out a long sigh, but when he saw the bloodstains on her body, his face immediately turned ashen.
He didn't know that the blood was from Xia Liu's arm, his eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he calmly asked Xia Liu: "Is the young lady injured?"
Xu Meng'er wiped away a pair of teary eyes, took a clear look at his appearance, and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise: "Master Ma, have you come to rescue me?"
The eunuch's expression changed again, and he hastily asked: "Young mistress, are you all right?"
Xia Chuo lost too much blood, exhausted and weak, his head was grabbed by Xiribadai and knocked hard several times. He relied on a strong will to hold on, but when he saw the eunuch with extraordinary martial arts skills arrive beside Yan Wang, he felt relieved, fell backwards, and fainted.
Xu Ming'er saw Ma Sanbao move and asked, nodding in response: "I'm fine, I'm very good, oh no, he fainted! Master Ma, you must save him, whatever happens, don't let him die..."
At this time, the sound of footsteps was loud and many officers and soldiers came chasing in this direction. Ma Sanbao frowned and thought: "The county lord's identity is noble, and it's not good to be trapped here for no reason. It's better not to be seen by people. There are many mouths, and some inappropriate words may be spread, which can damage the county lord's reputation."
Thinking of this, Ma Sanbao quickly bowed and said: "Princess, please forgive me for being rude."
Dropping the torch, he bent down to grab Xiahou's waistband and lifted him up, then stretched out his hand to scoop up Xu Man'er and flashed into the fork in the road...
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