Chapter 222: Rescuing Hostages (2)

Then, they approached the target in groups of three. One person attracted the attention of the men in black from the front, another paid attention to the movement around them, and the third moved extremely fast to strangle the neck of the man in black from behind, wiping the dagger across the man's neck swiftly and ruthlessly. After the man in black breathed his last, the three worked together to drag the corpse into the woods in the backyard. This series of actions was very tacit, and they solved the guards outside the house in a short moment, as if nothing had happened.

*Whoosh, whoosh! * The sound of two crossbow arrows being fired simultaneously rang out. The man in black who was hiding by the window on the third floor and squatting with an arrow was hit by two crossbow arrows at the same time and died immediately. These two arrows were shot by Shi Hu and Leng Xiao. It was relatively easy for Leng Xiao to discover and hit the target, but for Shi Hu to hit the target from his position required extremely precise archery. Gu Yun stared at Shi Hu's focused profile. She always felt that this person had potential. Could it be that there was a reason for him to change the surprise attack plan without authorization back then?

Leng Xiao and Shi Hu solved the men in black upstairs, and Luo Yan's group also successfully solved the men in black guarding near the small building, successfully taking down the small building. Everything went smoothly, and Gu Yun breathed a secret sigh of relief. At this moment, a strange noise suddenly came from the main hall, followed by a child's scream. A man in black dragged the little girl out of the main hall and walked toward the front gate.

Gu Yun was shocked, "What are they doing? It hasn't been an hour yet!"

When the man in black dragged the little girl out of the courtyard gate, Dan Yulan immediately greeted him. Standing beside him was Zhuo Qing, whose hands were tied behind her back. The distance was too far to hear what they were saying. Gu Yun only hoped to rescue the hostages as soon as possible.

Dozens of people sneaking in from the stream also quietly entered the villa. The sentry post of the high building had already been taken down by Luo Yan. Ge Jingyun's team's action was very smooth. The two teams joined up in front of the study and touched toward the main hall together.

Forty or fifty people besieged a main hall, and the result was without suspense. Ge Jingyun quickly helped several people out of the main hall. Liu Xing gestured to Gu Yun to report, "Boss, the hostages are in the main hall. Four have been rescued."

"Bring the rescued hostages up first." Gu Yun signaled, but her gaze never left the little girl at the courtyard gate. How could she save her?

Under the protection of the soldiers, Gao Hongjian's family finally arrived at the foot of the mountain. Gao Hongjian was a slightly plump middle-aged man, about forty years old, with an injury on his right leg. Although a cloth strip was tied to the wound, the blood didn't seem to have stopped. His face had already turned from white to blue, and he was about to faint at any moment. The soldiers helped him up to the foot of the mountain. Gao Hongjian looked up, saw the people standing on the mountainside, his chaotic eyes suddenly widened, and he hurriedly knelt on the ground, "Greetings, Your Majesty!" The Emperor had actually come to rescue him in person! Gao Hongjian was incredibly excited, and his wilted spirit seemed to be invigorated again.

Yan Hongtian glanced at his injured leg and replied coldly, "Rise, go and rest on the side." Gao Hongjian had been rescued, so Qing Mo could be considered successful. However, looking at her appearance, it seemed she still wanted to save that little girl, which was simply impossible. Was she going to save her or not?

Gao Hongjian didn't dare to say more and shrank beside a large tree, the wound on his leg still oozing blood.

Putting down the crossbow in his hand, Leng Xiao looked at Gu Yun, whose brow was deeply knotted, and said, "Boss, now the girl is in their hands. If we storm in, the girl's life definitely won't be saved; if we don't storm in, the explosives outside haven't been cleared, the hostages can't get out, and if we drag it on, Gao Hongjian will probably not survive."

Liu Xing held a red flag in his hand and asked in a dilemma, "Both are human lives. Should I wave this flag?" He didn't want to wave it. Once the flag was waved, that child would definitely lose her life.

Gu Yun's brow was locked tight. The little girl's crying in the front courtyard pierced her eardrums, shrill and panicked. The situation was somewhat complicated now. Currently, the backyard was basically under their control. There were six men in black in the front courtyard, three by the courtyard wall, two at the main gate, and one standing outside the gate grabbing the child. Storming in was an easy thing, but wanting to save the child in the hands of the men in black was incredibly difficult!

Hearing that there was a plan to storm in, Mistress Gao stood up and roared at Gu Yun, "What are you still waiting for? Have the people outside storm in quickly!"

Gao Hongjian, who was originally weak, also followed and shouted, "Yes, have them storm in quickly!"

The young secondary mistress holding the frightened little boy had tears blurring her eyes, sobbing and begging, "Master, Pei'er is your daughter!"

Gao Hongjian sighed and didn't speak again, but Mistress Gao pointed at the secondary mistress and scolded sternly, "She's just a daughter from a secondary wife. Is the Master's life more important, or is her life more important!" The secondary mistress didn't dare to reply and could only weep silently on the side, her misty eyes staring blankly at the crying child in the distance.

Seeing that none of them moved, Mistress Gao simply rushed up and grabbed the flagpole, about to raise it and wave it. A plain hand suddenly pressed down on the crimson flag. Gu Yun sneered. Sure enough, they were a family. In their eyes, other people's lives were not worth mentioning!

Mistress Gao stared at Gu Yun and became anxious, "What are you doing!"

Gu Yun snatched the flag, with such force that Mistress Gao fell to the ground. Gu Yun said coldly, "I am determined to save that child's life!"

Mistress Gao was so frightened by that push and Gu Yun's cold gaze that she trembled, "You, you, who are you?!" What right did she have to act wildly in front of the Emperor and General Su?

Gu Yun ignored her, threw the flag to a soldier on the side to put away, turned to Leng Xiao and the others, and said, "Shi Hu, Leng Xiao, Liu Xing, you three go to the small building to ambush. Ge Jingyun, Luo Yan, and I will sneak into the front courtyard. Before we enter, you take down the three people by the courtyard wall. Ge Jingyun, Luo Yan, you solve the two at the courtyard gate, and I will handle the one outside!" Storming in from the outside wouldn't work, so she would storm in from the inside!

"Yes." Several people were very excited. The duty of a soldier was to obey orders, but they also had feelings. No one was willing to watch a child's life be sacrificed like this. Now that the boss said she wanted to save her, it was exactly what they wanted.

"Action." After checking their weapons, the six walked toward the foot of the mountain. Gu Yun suddenly felt a chill on her back. Looking back, she met Su Ling's deep and cold eyes, but the other five had already gone down the mountain. Gu Yun smiled slightly at him and said loudly, "I will be careful." After speaking, she didn't wait for Su Ling to speak and ran down the mountain extremely fast.

Standing beside the smiling Yan Hongtian, dozens of soldiers were also quietly watching him. Su Ling wished he could rush down and catch Gu Yun and beat her up, but now he couldn't vent.

Gu Yun's group successfully passed through the backyard. Leng Xiao and the others ambushed in the small building, and Gu Yun, Ge Jingyun, and Luo Yan slowly touched toward the front courtyard.

Between the front courtyard and the main hall, there was a low wall about the height of a person. This was also the reason why they successfully rescued the hostages without alerting the people in the front courtyard. The men in black were all highly skilled in martial arts. For fear of alerting the enemy, Gu Yun and the others didn't dare to move forward rashly for a while, observing the situation in the front courtyard from outside the low wall. From the open courtyard gate, they could see the man in black grabbing the little girl and talking to Dan Yulan. Here, they could hear the content of their negotiation.

"Dan Yulan, you send the person over, and I will release Gao Hongjian's family, otherwise I will kill her first now." The man in black began to lose patience, which showed that the previous negotiation had made him dissatisfied.

"There are bombs everywhere, how can I send her?" Dan Yulan's voice came from afar, sounding somewhat ethereal.

The man in black pondered for a while and replied, "Leave the person there, and order your people to retreat to one mile away."

"No, you must release Lord Gao first before you can take Qing Mo away." Dan Yulan insisted on this point, which obviously angered the man in black.

"If you bargain again, I will collect her corpse first." The man in black grabbed the girl's collar, walked a few steps forward, and held her half in the air. As long as he threw her forward, the girl would immediately be blown up by the explosives buried underground.

"Mother! Mother—" The little girl's crying was already hoarse. Dan Yulan looked at the back mountain from time to time nervously, but unfortunately, he didn't see the signal. Could it be that the hostage rescue failed? Zhuo Qing, who had been standing behind Dan Yulan with her head down, also felt her heart in her throat. Even if they could storm in now, there was no way to save the child.

Originally, she could see the back of the man in black, but now she could only see the corner of his clothes from the low wall. Hearing the voice, Gu Yun could feel the man in black's emotions becoming increasingly irritable. Her heart tightened, and she gestured a "prepare to attack" to the two beside her. The two nodded and gripped their daggers tightly.

Gu Yun turned back. Yan Hongtian watched her gesture to the small building again. The next second, three short arrows were fired at the same time, hitting the eyebrows of the three men in black under the courtyard wall accurately. At this moment, Ge Jingyun and Luo Yan beside Gu Yun tacitly rushed into the front courtyard, flanking from left and right, covering the mouths of the two men in black guarding the courtyard gate from behind, and their daggers cut their throats in the next second.

Gu Yun entered the front courtyard last, aiming the crossbow in her hand at the back of the head of the man in black outside the courtyard gate. Just as she was about to fire, the man in black seemed to feel something and turned around suddenly, grabbing the girl and blocking her in front of him. Gu Yun's hand stopped immediately, controlling her strength at the last moment. The short arrow didn't shoot out, but she was discovered by the man in black.

The man in black stared at the thin woman in the courtyard, his heart shocked. How did she get in? Since she could appear behind him so silently, the man in black had already guessed that the others were probably dead. Even knowing that he was fighting alone, there was not much panic on his face. The woman in front of him also had two scars on her cheeks, and a pair of sharp, cold eyes stared directly at him. The man in black suddenly seemed to understand something, stared at Gu Yun, and said coldly, "You are Qing Mo!"

Gu Yun didn't admit it, and without a trace, she gave a look to Luo Yan and Ge Jingyun, who were hiding on both sides of the courtyard gate, telling them not to be reckless and to wait for an opportunity.

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