Back in Bakeshu Village, Lin Xiaotian and the others happened to see Geng Zhengming, who came first, with the police to seal the village chief's house, and Geng Zhengming, who was very good at drilling, even deliberately took the village chief who was handcuffed and turned around in front of him and Ao Tian.

Ma Sanbao rushed over and hugged Ao Tian, and said happily: "Brother Tian, that old thing has finally been punished!" After the joy, he saw the injury on Ao Tian's face, and hurriedly worried: "Brother Tian, are you okay?"

Ao Tian shook his head and said calmly: "It's much lighter than grandpa's bamboo board." ”

Ma Sanbao laughed when he heard this, and poked Ao Tian's swollen face with his finger in amusement, and said, "Brother Tian, your face is injured like this, it won't break its appearance, right?"

"You know a fart, this is a man's medal!" Ao Tian looked disdainful.

When they reached the mountainside hut, both of them fell silent.

The monk stood outside the house, looking at the injuries on Ao Tian's face and the tenacity and ambition in his eyes, which were different from before, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's a real world after all. ”

After saying this, he didn't thank Lin Xiaotian, just nodded lightly, and said with a complicated look in his eyes: "You go back, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility." There's a lot going on out there without you!"

Lin Xiaotian nodded, said goodbye to his master, and left Bakeshu Village overnight. The matter of the defenders, can not wait any longer.

On the way back to the city, Lin Xiaotian called the spider.

As soon as the phone rang, the spider immediately asked, "The matter is settled?"

"I just wanted to give that little guy a try, otherwise I would have solved it a long time ago. Saying that, Lin Xiaotian paused, his eyes quickly flashed with a hint of essence, and he said in a deep voice, "By the way, you call the headquarters and say that I am busy with Mingzhu's affairs and cannot attend the joint conference, and let them handle the affairs of the conference." ”

There was silence on the other end of the phone, and then a spider's solemn voice came: "Understood!"

After following Lin Xiaotian for so many years, the spider naturally understood the significance of his move: it was nothing more than to release a smoke bomb to avoid the surveillance of some people who might have ulterior motives, and then book a ticket from the Northeast and secretly cross Chen Cang......

After hanging up the phone, Lin Xiaotian frowned slightly. The Mercenary Joint Conference is an absolute event in the mercenary world, and at the meeting, the mercenary organizations of all countries in the world will redivide the scope of control.

The so-called control area is the area where the mercenary group has absolute power.

For example, the Defender Mercenary Group, after becoming the king of mercenaries, has absolute control over the Middle East and Africa. Other mercenary organizations that want to carry out missions in the Middle East or Africa must seek the consent of the defenders in advance, otherwise they will be retaliated against by the defenders even if they violate the defenders' sovereignty.

Recently, the butcher mercenary group, the Nanban mercenary group, and the blood-colored cherry blossom mercenary group, the successive provocations of these three mercenary groups have made Lin Xiaotian feel a little abnormal. Now that the Imperial Spirit had been stabbed and seriously injured at the very moment when the conference was about to begin, he had to suspect that there was some kind of conspiracy involved.

After frowning and thinking for a while, he gradually locked on the suspect to an old friend.

The Defenders have always done a good job of secrecy, and with the exception of a few of the world's top mercenary organizations, almost no one knows the true location of the Defenders' headquarters. And these mercenary organizations and defenders are too familiar with each other, if they want to do it, they are afraid that before the people are sent, the people of the defender shadow will already know in advance.

Therefore, it is possible to accurately find the defender's headquarters and have the strength to assassinate the imperial spirit, which is likely to be Situ Yu, who defected from the defender.

Thinking of Situ Yu, Lin Xiaotian took a deep breath and muttered to himself: "Situ Yu, if you really did it, then we really have to have an end!"

…………

Egypt. The ancient and mysterious country has a history of 7,000 years, and is known as the world's four major ancient civilizations together with China, Afghanistan and Babylon.

The ancient Egyptians left behind mysterious sphinxes, a large number of ancient temples, and magnificent pyramids. And the headquarters of the defenders is in Cairo, the capital of this magical country.

In the gloomy basement of the headquarters, two strong men in mercenary uniforms are tied to a cross. The great man on the first cross was already dead, and the skin on his legs was peeled off and covered over his face. The flesh and skin of the soles of the feet have also disappeared, leaving only the bones of the white feet.

A middle-aged man stood in front of another cross, turned to a young man beside him and said, "If a person is strong-willed, or has the belief that he will die, it is not difficult to resist torture. Because sometimes, when the pain is extreme, it turns into a pleasure, and as long as you can cross the line of pain, you will feel that pleasure!"

The young man bowed respectfully and listened to the teachings.

The middle-aged man in front of him, called Mourning Ghost, was a veteran of the Defender Mercenary Organization, who had created the Defender together with the monk. However, the division of labor between the mourning ghost and the monk is different. If the monk is the external image of the defender, then the mourning ghost is the shadow hidden in the darkness, they are both the backbone of the defender mercenary group.

The mourning ghost is in charge of the shadow of the defender, the shadow guard, responsible for the internal punishment of the defender and solving the problems that the defender is inconvenient to solve, which is equivalent to the Jinyi guard during the Ming Dynasty of China.

He is rarely seen in general, and even within the defenders, there are many members who have not seen him. However, if anyone violates the Defenders Ordinance, his shadow guards will be the first to arrive!

The young man is one of the members of the Shadow Guard, codenamed Imp in the organization.

"When the dead man takes pleasure in torture, he can't ask anything. The ghost crushed the throat of the strong man on another cross with his hand.

"Chief, at this critical juncture, I suspect that someone wants to take advantage of the convening of the mercenary joint conference to disadvantage the defenders. ”

The mourning ghost turned around and poured a glass of scarlet wine, took a sip, and sneered: "My 'craft' has almost never failed, and today I actually missed two dead soldiers in succession. You say, 'Who can raise such a dead man?'

The little ghost was stunned, at a loss, and didn't know how to answer.

The mourning ghost glanced at the little ghost with dissatisfaction, and prompted: "Only people who are very familiar with my methods can cultivate dead soldiers who can resist my punishment in a targeted manner!"

"You mean that the people who raised these dead men are within us defenders?" the imp was shocked.

The mourning ghost closed his eyes even more disappointed, and waved his hand after the figure of the judge Situ Yu flashed in his mind: "If you think it's someone inside the defenders, then go check it and see what you can find." ”

"Yes!" the little ghost bent down, and then said solemnly: "Chief, just now the spider called and said that the gods can't get away from Huaguo and can't participate in the joint conference, you see?"

A trace of annoyance flashed in the ghost's eyes, and he said: "What can be more important than the Mercenary United Conference, this Lin Xiaotian is too eager to achieve quick results." For the sake of China's little interests, he actually put the overall situation of the defenders behind his mind! Such a person is not worthy to be in charge of the defenders!"

A strange look flashed in the little ghost's eyes, and he said tentatively: "The defender is the leader, you founded it single-handedly, and let Lin Xiaotian be the leader for so many years for no reason, it's cheap enough for him." Take advantage of this opportunity, Chief, why don't you take his place......"

"Don't forget your identity, there are some things you shouldn't say!" the mourning ghost stared coldly at the little ghost, and a trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

The imp shuddered and almost collapsed to the ground.

The mourning ghost retracted his gaze and said in a deep voice: "If it weren't for the incompetence of the shadow guard, you would be the only one who inherited my craft, and now you are already a dead man!

The imp should be in a hurry.

"Inform the mercenary organizations of all countries that I am participating in this meeting on behalf of the defenders. The mourning ghost said,

The back of the eye-eyed ghost disappeared, and the mourning ghost shook the wine in his hand and said to himself: "Monk, you are leisurely." But the heir you chose really disappointed me. He's not fit to be in charge of the defenders. ”

……

Egypt, Sharm el-Sheikh International Hospital.

The spirit was lying on the hospital bed with all kinds of tubes stuck all over his body. He was sometimes unconscious, sometimes awake, with a slight pain in the corners of his closed eyes.

After being assassinated, he was in a very bad state and was given critical illness notices several times. If it weren't for the fact that the defenders spared no expense, used the best medicine, and hired the best doctors, I am afraid that he would have become a cold corpse lying on the hospital bed at this time.

When the spirit woke up again, the door to the hospital room was opened.

In the oblique sunlight, a young man with a delicate face walked in with a wild chrysanthemum.

"Sixteen, here you are. Hearing footsteps approaching, the spirit opened his eyes with difficulty, and his mouth, which was clasped by the oxygen mask, let out a dull and hoarse sound.

"How do you know it's me?" Sixteen was a little surprised.

Yu Ling smiled with difficulty, "We have been brothers for so many years, I can hear your footsteps at once. ”

Sixteen smiled, but there was a hint of strangeness in his eyes.

Yu Ling didn't notice his strange appearance, glanced at the wild chrysanthemum in his hand and teased, "I'm about to die of serious injuries, can't you spend some money to buy me a bouquet of flowers?" ”

"You don't understand, the wild chrysanthemum has a tenacious vitality, I'm bless you from dying!" replied with a smile.

"Don't fool me, I don't know you yet, the first miser of the defenders!" After saying that, the spirit seemed a little tired and closed his eyes again.

Seeing his weak appearance, Sixteen wanted to speak and stopped.

"Say, what's the matter. Sensing something, the spirit opened his eyes again, "If it's not something particularly important, you won't bother me to recuperate at this time!"

Sixteen sighed and said, "When can you stop being so smart?" The spider just came to the phone, saying that there are too many things about Huaguo Mingzhu, and Brother Tian will not come back to participate in the joint conference. ”

Yu Ling opened his eyes: "With Brother Tian's wisdom, he should know that my assassination at this time is obviously a big conspiracy against our defenders, how could he not come back!"

"I don't understand, but Brother Tian must have his plans to do this. Sixteen bowed his head.

The spirit closed his eyes again, breathing a little heavily. A white mist rose from the oxygen mask.

Sixteen soothed him, and then asked tentatively, "Imperial Spirit, do you remember the person who killed you?"

"Defenders...... Shadows. The voice of the spirit was intermittent: "That person...... is the dress of the Shadow of the Defender".

"Shadow Guard?" Sixteen was slightly surprised, "Could it be a mourning ghost? Did he assassinate you, did he want to take advantage of the opportunity of the Heavenly God in Huaguo to leave the defenders leaderless, and then take the opportunity to take power? I already knew that he had always been dissatisfied with Brother Tian as the leader of the defenders!"

"It's not him!" the spirit said in a weak, but firm voice, "If I had doubted him, I wouldn't have given the assassin's two helpers to him for interrogation." ”

"But apart from the Mourning Ghost, I really can't think of anyone who can use the power of the Shadow Guard. Sixteen's face was a little unpleasant.

The Imperial Spirit opened his eyes again and asked, "Is there any news for the two people I asked the mourning ghost to interrogate?"

"News came from the shadow guard, those two people resisted the torture of the mourning ghost, and there was no confession, they are dead soldiers!"

"Dead?" "Dead?" the spirit whispered as he closed his eyes, a smile on his lips, "If that's the case...... Then I'll know who assassinated me. ”

Sixteen looked at the Imperial Spirit in shock and asked, "Who?"

"The first person who used to be a defender, the judge Situ Yu!"

"Are you sure it's him?" Sixteen's face was a little ugly.

The spirit said weakly, "It can't be wrong. Only those who have a complete understanding of the perverted craft of the mourning ghost can cultivate a dead soldier who can resist the torture of the mourning ghost, and among the defenders, only Situ Yu is proficient in the torture of the mourning ghost! Moreover, the location of the defender's headquarters, in addition to the defender's brother, is only known to him and those mercenary groups. ”

"You can recuperate in peace, I know what to do. Sixteen nodded.

Yu Ling smiled: "Contact the spider and tell Brother Tian for me, saying that the person who assassinated me this time is Situ Yu, and let him rush back no matter what." As long as Situ Yu, the ghostly guy, is here, there must be a huge conspiracy against the defenders. ”

"Okay, you can rest. Sixteen got up and left the room.

The moment he closed the door of the ward, a hint of complexity flashed in his eyes, and he whispered, "Brother, I really don't want to kill you." But you ...... When will I not be so smart......"