frightfiction Chapter 250 Caught
Chapter 250 Caught
According to local chronicles, there are mostly mountain roads near Beidaishan and no flat land for farming, so there are no towns or villages around it.
Smoke from cooking appeared in a place where there was no record of residents in the government archives. If there were only a few fireworks, he could still guess that it was the hermits in the mountains, but the closer they got, the more obvious the traces of human existence became.
Moreover, there are by no means a minority of people living here.
When they were still some distance away, Liuyun stopped and turned back to remind him in a low voice: "My lord, something is wrong here."
Qin Ke also noticed this, stopped, and looked around carefully. The trees in front showed signs of having been cut down, not just one or two trees, but large areas of them.
Liu Yun, who was standing in front of him, suddenly lowered his body, stretched out his right arm to protect Qin Ke, and said in a low voice: "Someone is coming!"
Qin Ke's heart also tensed up. Although he didn't hear anything, he absolutely believed in Liuyun's professionalism. He hurriedly held his breath and squatted down slightly.
After a few breaths, even Qin Ke heard the rustling footsteps and voices coming from his ears, and saw the light getting closer and closer in the distance.
It's a torch!
There were about seven or eight beams of fire, getting closer and closer to them, so close that Qin Ke could see the cold light reflected from the swords in the hands of several people.
The possibility of avoiding several people and escaping from here is very low, not to mention that it is dark and the vision is obstructed; the most important thing is that the two of them are completely unfamiliar with the terrain here and don’t know where to escape if they want to.
However, Qin Ke looked at Liu Yun who was standing in front of him with his muscles tensed. If it were him alone, he might be able to avoid the search of these people quietly.
"If you were alone, could you escape?"
Liuyun looked back at Qin Ke in surprise, pursed his lips, and didn't know how to answer.
When Qin Ke saw his expression, she knew the answer.
The man chosen by his wife to protect him closely must be one in a million in terms of skills and abilities. If Qin Ke runs away under such circumstances, he will be a burden.
However, if Liuyun was in normal and healthy condition, it would be no problem for him to kill these people, but Liuyun's health bar was probably only a little bit left.
Even if we kill these people, there are still more people ahead, and we won’t be able to escape at that time, which will only anger the other party.
"Well, you run away on your own and don't get noticed by these people."
Liuyun was both surprised and puzzled.
But he shook his head and refused without even thinking: "I will never abandon you and run away alone."
His attitude was extremely resolute.
Even if we take a step back and say that he is the kind of selfish person who only cares about his own life, he survived when Lord Qin was in trouble. Even if he returns alive, he will have seriously neglected his duty. The court will not let him go, and Lord Lu will not let him go either.
Qin Ke thought about it and tried another way to persuade him: "How about this, you hide first, in the dark. If you see that the situation is not right, you can take action. This way you can also catch the enemy by surprise."
Liuyun hesitated.
Qin Ke saw those people starting to walk towards where they were hiding, and urged them again in a hurry: "This is an order!"
At this time, the voices of those people could be heard faintly.
"Is there really someone there? I searched for a long time but didn't see anything?"
"But Brother Sun said he saw footprints, and they were fresh, so the man must be nearby."
……
Liuyun hesitated for a moment, then could only nod and agree. He stood up and flew up the tree.
Qin Ke stood up and shouted loudly to attract their attention.
"anyone there?"
The next second, several people looked over in the direction of the voice, and the torches in their hands moved closer to him.
"who is it!"
"I'm sorry, I'm from Ningtang County. I was accidentally washed here by the flood. I came here because I saw the smoke."
Qin Ke pretended to be very reserved and scared. He was very glad that he was wearing coarse cloth today for the convenience of patrolling the port, instead of the usual silk and brocade, so that he could pretend to be an ordinary citizen.
Instead of knowing at first glance that he is a high-ranking official.
Those people looked at each other, but did not doubt Qin Ke's words. After all, Qin Ke's muddy and miserable appearance could not be faked.
"How to deal with it?"
“Do you want to…” The person who said this made a gesture of cutting his neck.
The oldest man in the group looked at Qin Ke, shook his head and said, "Lock him up like those guys. The mine still needs laborers."
Qin Ke had been carefully observing the expressions of several people.
Until the leader gave the order to arrest him, Qin Ke turned his back to the others and waved at Liu Yun, signaling him not to take any action.
"What are you doing? Why are you arresting me..." Qin Ke screamed and resisted when he was caught by those people.
After struggling for a few times, he pretended to be weak and was tied up by several people and taken inside.
Liuyun, who had been hiding in the tree canopy, stared at the direction where the few people left. His fingers gripping the tree trunk turned white from the force, leaving obvious scratches under the wrinkled bark.
Lord Qin told him not to act rashly, and it was obvious that Lord Qin was the one who was captured voluntarily.
Then he must have his own ideas in mind.
Qin Ke did have his own purpose in mind. When he saw those people from afar, he found that their attire seemed somewhat familiar.
When he got a little closer, Qin Ke suddenly realized that this was the outfit of the rebels in the pictures in history books.
So he exposed himself, and when those men approached to catch him, he carefully looked at the knives in their hands.
What surprised Qin Ke was that it was definitely an official sword and he would not make a mistake.
This matter is more serious than he thought.
In history textbooks, peasant uprisings were caused by heavy taxes and tyranny, so what name do these people have?
After Your Majesty ascended the throne, you reduced taxes and implemented benevolent policies, and the land of Dayan was peaceful and prosperous. If an uprising was staged simply because of Your Majesty's gender, Qin Ke would never tolerate it.
Since God has made him run to the enemy's lair, it would be unreasonable not to go in and investigate.
Of course, it was because he knew that Liuyun was following him in the dark, and he had the space and system to support him, that he dared to take the risk.
Those people pushed Qin Ke inside. Qin Ke looked around the situation as he walked. Because it was night, there were not many people outside, but from the facilities and equipment placed around, it can be inferred that this group of people has begun to take shape.
The men took Qin Ke to a remote cave. There were oil lamps lit at regular intervals on the cliff walls, so one could barely see the road beneath their feet.
Turning left and right, there were cells surrounded by wooden fences. Qin Ke was thrown into one of them roughly. Then the man said nothing, ignored Qin Ke's shouting, locked the door and left.