The men in black could not hold on any longer. Seeing their leader's head being chopped off, their morale immediately collapsed. They screamed and fled in all directions.
"Is it broken bamboo outside the wall?" A torch lit up in the darkness. Li Yuan stood on the wall and asked.
"It's Li Rui!" Li Rui replied loudly.
"Get your men to chase after the deserters.”Li Yuan said in a deep voice, his face expressionless.
"Martial Warrior Shi, lead your men and wipe out the remaining enemies!”Li Rui ordered loudly. He rode his horse to the door and waited for it to open.
Soon, the side door of the Li Residence opened, and the chief aide of the Li Residence, Chen Yanshou, personally went out to receive Li Rui.
When Li Rui entered the door, he found that the Li Residence had already started to catch fire everywhere. The armorers in the residence were desperately trying to put out the fire.
Li Rui immediately frowned. The manor had been burned to such a state, yet Li Yuan did not allow his men to come in and put out the fire, but instead asked them to chase after the enemy. Why was this?
Just as he was feeling puzzled, Li Yuan walked over and said in a low voice,"Everyone in the residence is here."
Li Rui suddenly understood. Since everyone was fine, it didn't matter if their belongings were burned. The Tang Empire's public business was big, and they could afford to waste it. However, Li Yuan's next sentence made Li Rui raise his eyebrows again.
"Xiu Ning has been kidnapped!" Li Yuan stared at Li Rui and said in a low voice.
"How long have you been gone? Which direction did he go?" Li Rui immediately became anxious. Although he had only met Li Xiu Ning a few times, Xiu Ning had a pretty face and a good figure. The key was that she didn't have the bad habits of a rich young lady. Li Rui was still very interested. He had been thinking about how to make Xiuning his wife for the past few days. How did she get snatched away?
Moreover, Li Yuan, you old man, you're not being honest. Your daughter has been snatched away. Why aren't you sending people to chase after her? Why are you glaring at me? He even sent my subordinates away. If I still can't tell that you're suspecting me, my intelligence should really be fed to the dogs.
Seeing that Li Rui was also staring at him without saying anything, Li Yuan's expression relaxed. He took the initiative to look away and continued,"Xiu Ning was kidnapped before the attack. The kidnappers left a note asking for 100,000 strings of cash to redeem her.”
"And then?" Li Rui straightened his neck and asked.
"Although Xiu Ning hasn't married yet, she's already married to the Chai family!”Li Yuan said angrily.
"And then?" Li Rui continued to stare at Li Yuan and asked.
"It's night time now." Li Yuan sighed.
Li Rui understood. In most kidnapping cases, the thief would first send an undercover agent to infiltrate the victim's home to inquire about the property status and the target's whereabouts, and then wait for the right opportunity to make a move. Moreover, unmarried women were usually kidnapped during the day. They had to be redeemed on the same day. If they were kidnapped after the night, they were afraid that their chastity would be lost. Usually, if they were engaged, their husband would abandon them.
Now, the people in the Li Residence were all old people who had been working for more than ten years. Only Li Rui was a newcomer. When he thought about the matter of Li Rui detaining the Left Martial Guards for ransom and the fact that Li Rui was the first to arrive at the Tang Duke's Residence tonight, even if Li Yuan did not suspect Li Rui, his aides must have long suspected him. What's more, Li Rui and Li Xiu Ning did like each other. Li Yuan also saw this, but he didn't think too much about it in the past.
After understanding all this, Li Rui suddenly felt angry, and his eyes were almost burning with fire. However, the most important thing now was to save Li Xiu Ning as soon as possible, not to be angry with Li Yuan here.
At this moment, the system's female voice sounded again."The system has issued a side quest to rescue Li Xiu Ning. Do you accept it?”
"Accept!" Li Rui confirmed without hesitation.
[Rescue Li Xiu Ning mission confirmed: Rescue Li Xiu Ning within 24 hours. Li Xiu Ning must remain intact and must not be injured.]”
After confirming the mission, Li Rui said coldly to Li Yuan,""Duke Tang. You may not be worried about your daughter, but I, Li Rui, am. Tell me, how long has Xiu Ning been kidnapped? Do you know which direction it went?"
Li Yuan shivered at Li Rui's cold gaze and tone. He couldn't help but say,"We've been walking for about an hour.”
Li Rui ignored Li Yuan and immediately opened the system interface. He used all his remaining research and development experience to develop the tracking technique in the art of war. Then, he jumped onto his horse and left.
Li Rui rode his horse around the courtyard wall of the Li Residence. With his tracking technique, he had already found clues in the messy traces. There were about ten kidnappers, and they had horses. They had gone west. This further proved that it was done by a mole. If it was done by the Koreans, they should have gone east, not west.
Li Rui galloped on his horse. Fortunately, Li Xiu Ning had not been kidnapped for long, and the traces left by the kidnappers had not been eliminated, so he had traces along the way.
After running for about half an hour, a mountain appeared in front of him. The vegetation on the mountain was lush. Li Rui dismounted again and checked the hoof prints and horse manure on the ground to make sure that he was chasing in the right direction. Moreover, from the freshness of the horse manure, the kidnappers had just passed by not long ago. At this speed, he should be able to catch up very quickly.
Li Rui spurred his horse up the mountain and into the forest. He had just run out for a short distance when the front legs of the warhorse suddenly gave way and it knelt down. Li Rui was caught off guard and was fiercely thrown out. There was actually a bridle.
Li Rui's figure had just landed when two arrows shot over. One of them brushed past his neck, leaving a bloody mark on his neck. Li Rui quickly somersaulted a few times and plunged into the grass.
"F * ck. It seemed like they were really bandits. These scraps did not seem to be something that the army could do.”Li Rui quickly judged the situation in his mind." Who cares who your mother is? Anyone who dares to have designs on my woman will die.”
After a while, two burly men flashed out from behind the tree. They searched in the direction of the fallen grass and the broken roots after Li Rui fell to the ground. However, they found that they had actually disappeared under a big tree.
"Damn it, can it fly?”One of the kidnappers with a full beard cursed. He looked around, but the forest was silent. There was no one.
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