The fire shone on hundreds of corpses, and there were no wounds on the corpses except for the heads. That is to say, these more than 100 horse bandits were all killed by a single blow, and the fatal wound was in the neck.

At first, she thought that the murderer had beheaded the bandit after killing him. But as soon as the light of the torches shone brightly, she found that the wounds on the necks of the corpses were in a state - the flesh on the back of the neck shrank inward, the flesh at the throat was torn outward, and some of the flesh was in a pool of blood.

This shows that these bandits were not decapitated after death, but were killed by a high-speed technique, and only speed and inertia can show this kind of wound.

The murderer did not go so much trouble to kill and decapitate, but directly cut off the head and took it away.

In homicide cases, the victim's head is cut off and taken away, and the murderer usually has only a few purposes. The first is to cover up the identity of the victim, the second is to have a special hatred with the victim, and the third is to have a perverted purpose. Tonight's events, none of the above three points are like.

These more than 100 people wore the clothes of horse bandits, held bows and arrows, and went to Shangyu Village, their identities were obvious, and they could not hide their heads if they were cut off. If the murderer and the horse bandits have a special hatred, and hundreds of horse bandits have come to Shangyu Village in a bitter battle day and night, why didn't the murderer kill those people, but it was just these 100 people? As for the perverted purpose, to collect a hundred horse bandit heads? It may be possible, but why tonight, and why when the hundred archers are preparing to ambush them?

The murderer killed these people, no matter the purpose, the five of them who fought hard in Shangyu Village tonight were all beneficiaries.

This cannot help but make people think in one direction - the murderer killed in order to save them.

But why take the head of a horse bandit after killing someone? She could only make one guess, and that was to hide the killer blade.

Because if on the village road at this time, hundreds of corpses are lying and their heads fly out of the ground, it is easy for people to guess that these horse bandits were cut off with a blow, then the blade is likely to be seen, after all, high-speed killing blades are rare in this era, very special, so special that once the blade is seen, the identity of the person who did it will be exposed.

Take away the head in order to confuse the line of sight.

So, who will be the person who wants to save them, but also wants to conceal his identity, has strong martial arts, and is special enough to kill people at such a high speed?

The answer is imminent.

Twilight lowered her head, her fingertips touched the cold cavity wound, the moonlight fell on her shoulders, and there were hundreds of headless corpses on the ground, but her posture seemed to be caressing, and the west wind called out on the village road, suddenly adding to the treacherous atmosphere.

"Corpse ......" Twilight opened her mouth just as the people waiting on the road to the village all showed strange looks. She has always been decisive in her autopsy, but this time she was a little hesitant and difficult for some reason, "There are no other wounds on the corpse, everyone is killed in one blow, the wounds are neat, they are beheaded after being killed, and the other party is a professional killer." It seems that these horse bandits ...... There are many enemies. ”

Twilight lowered her head, half of her face sunk in the shadows, and no one saw her slightly closed eyes.

She misrepresented the manner of the victim's death, and was decapitated only after being killed and severed off with a single blow, and the inference of the murder weapon would be very different.

She induces the direction of finding the murderer, pointing to the enemy of the horse bandits.

These...... All violated her work ethic.

In two lives, she took the ideal of no injustice in the world, and never thought that the matter of hiding the crime for the murderer would happen to her one day. Before tonight, she was a person who could not tolerate crime, and after tonight, she no longer deserved to be called the judge of the underworld.

However, she did not regret her decision tonight.

Who told you to do this...... Is it his people?

Only the blades used by his shadow guards are filaments, and only this kind of blade can be qualified to do tonight's things, and only he will save her.

He was far away in Jiangnan, far away in Bianhe, and thousands of miles away, but he still solved her danger tonight. Judging from the stiff Cheng Dù of these people, and judging from the anxious demeanor of the horse bandits led tonight, these archers should have arrived in Shangyu Village a long time ago. The people did not arrive because they had already been killed.

These people died before the arrival of the elite cavalry vanguard of the Northwest Army, and the person who saved her tonight was actually him......

She didn't know how many shadow guards he had in the northwest, and where these people were lurking, but since these people were in the northwest, they must be useful. In order to save her tonight, he used the power of the shadows, risking exposure, how could she bear to push his power out? These people are used for tonight's affairs, who knows if they need to be rearranged in the future, and how much effort will be spent on him?

He spent all this effort, just to save her life thousands of miles away, and she gave up the name of the Yin Judge for him?

"The village road was very narrow and dirt again, and the bodies lay on the ground, and the blood covered up many traces. The scene was destroyed during the probing of the front and rear of the road, and some clues were no longer visible. The other party is a professional killer and has not left any valuable clues. Twilight got up and made this statement to mean that tonight's events were going to be a mystery forever.

Yuan Xiu frowned and pondered, he had not seen Twilight Qing's ability to solve cases with his own eyes, so he was not disappointed that she only provided this clue, in fact, she provided a lot of clues - the murderer was a person who killed from behind, and had the ability to kill hundreds of people in an instant, and he killed and took away his head.

She came to Xia Yu Village for only a moment, and she made these inferences, and her ability was quite amazing. He just couldn't think of anyone in the northwest realm who fit these inferences.

Lu Da, Lao Xiong, Zhang Tong and Han Qichu also followed, and the four of them all felt that Twilight Qing closed the case a little quickly tonight, but they had all learned her skills, and since she said so, it was impossible to be wrong.

"Could it be a Hu man?" Lu Da guessed, and when he saw Yuan Xiu turn his head, he said, "This matter is related to Ma Zhai, I only found out last night, and I haven't had time to send the army report to the general, go back and talk about it!" ”

"Good! Rest in the village tonight and go back. "Yuan Xiudao.

When everyone was ordered, they were to return to Shangyu Village with him. At this time, the sound of horses' hooves was heard behind him, and a fine horseman galloped over, dismounted and reported: "Report! Report to the general, there is a change in the horse village, there are horse bandits escaped from the village, the scout team arrested people for interrogation, and learned that the big boss, the second boss, the third boss, the head of the sect and other 23 big and small leaders of the bandit village were all killed tonight, and the heads were all gone! The horse village has been in chaos! ”

Yuan Xiu's eyebrows were slightly sunk, the night wind was flickering, the galaxy was sparse, and when he saw the flying snow, "Order!" The horse bandits who went out of the village were killed, and they explored whether there was a secret way, and blocked the way out, so that a bandit could not flow into the township! ”

"Yes!" The elite soldier was ordered, mounted his horse and galloped away.

Yuan Xiu only brought a hundred elite horsemen to Shangyu Village tonight, but since he gave this military order, he said that the army had arrived, but when he came to Shangyu Village, he sent them to the vicinity of Mazhai. I thought it was to force Ma Zhai not to attack Shangyu Village again, and cut off the follow-up danger of Shangyu Village, but he never thought that someone was one step faster than him, and he had killed the big and small leaders of Ma Village, and a group of dragons had no leader to draw salary!

Who did it?

"Damn! It must be Hu people! Lu scolded loudly. The big boss of the horse village often met a black-robed man at night, and the black-robed man provided him with war horses, and those war horses were quite like Hu Ma. No matter how you look at this, it was all revealed that Ma Zhai had premeditated, and the leader of a village was killed and killed.

"How so?" Yuan Xiu asked.

"It's a long story, let's go back to Shangyu Village first, there are still four horse bandits left in the village chief's house, and the general will know it as soon as he asks." Lu Boulevard.

"Good! Back to the village! "Yuan Xiudao.

Everyone really returned to the village this time, but Twilight walked last, looking up at the night sky in the northwest, but her eyes were towards Jiangnan.

He......

That's it, from now on, she is no longer the upright person she thinks she is.

But, no regrets.

After returning to the village, there was no way to avoid healing.

There is no way to avoid it, so Twilight simply does not avoid it, she bluntly says that she is withdrawn, does not like people to heal injuries, asks for a basin of warm water, makes it clear that she wants to deal with the wounds by herself, and asks unrelated people to close the door when they go out.

This move made Qi He angry, "Lonely? I've never heard of such a reason! ”

"Heard it." Twilight threw the towel into the copper basin without raising her head.

Qi He choked and glared at her angrily, "I've never seen a military doctor here, and I have to ...... it myself."

"I've seen it." Twilight picks up a pair of scissors from the table and places them on the candle to roast.

"You! It's all like you, what's the use of a military doctor! ”

"Yes, in the General's room." Tonight, they all stayed in the village chief's house, six rooms, the village chief's father and son lived in two, Yuan Xiu and Lu Da lived in one, Lao Xiong and Han Qichu lived in one, Zhang Tong and her one, and one lived in Qi He and the commander of the elite cavalry, and the rest were scattered in the homes of the people in the village.

Lu Da and Yuan Xiu had something to discuss, so Qi He first dealt with the injuries of Lao Xiong and Zhang Tong, and planned to go to Lu Da after dealing with Duqing, but he didn't expect Duqing to insist on treating his wounds by himself.

"I don't understand why you don't need a military doctor!"

"I'm withdrawn."

Qi He was so angry that a mouthful of blood was stuffed in his throat, and after talking for a long time, he returned to the original point.

Eccentric! I've never heard of such a reason!

"You have a temper and affect my mood." Twilight puts down the baked scissors, is that enough?

He...... Tempered?!

Qi He's eyes were black, he had a temper, he knew it. He also knows that the patient is in a bad mood and affects his recovery. But in the army, it's not as good as at home, it's good to be able to save your life if you are injured, who the hell cares about your mood? Why is this kid so hard to serve?

In the army for three years, as a military doctor, he has never been so disliked, Qi He couldn't accept it for a while, and without saying more, he threw up his sleeves and left angrily.

At the door, Zhang Tong smiled bitterly, but when he came in and saw the basin, towels, scissors and wound medicine on Twilight's table, he couldn't help frowning again, and his face sank and said, "You really don't need to help?" I...... I can not look at it. ”

"How can you help?" Twilight looks to the door.

Zhang Tong was speechless for a moment, yes, how can you help if you don't look at it? But can she really handle it alone? The clothes were stuck to the flesh and skin, and the pain of the medicine was not the most unbearable, but the pain of the flesh being peeled off alive. He is a man, just before Qi He treated his wounds, he was sweating, how could she bear it? You have to deal with it yourself.

But obviously, she won't let him help, and the woman always has to take care of Qingyu.

"Then you deal with it. I saw that Qi He went to the general's room, it should be a complaint, General Lu's injury has not been dealt with, it should take some time for him to come out, you deal with it slowly, I am guarding the door. Zhang Tong glanced at Twilight Qing in a complicated way, and no longer delayed her time to deal with her injuries, so he exited the room and closed the door.

With his back to the door, he heard Twilight come and bang on the door, then it was silent.

Twilight lifted the futon from the bed, took the basin, brought a towel, scissors, medicine, a bronze mirror, and a candlestick, and put the tent and went into the bed.

She did not have abrasion wounds, but she had two knife wounds, one on her left shoulder and one on her right lower back. You can't see either of them, but it's good to be able to get there. Twilight untied her clothes, the inner shirt and the outer shirt were stuck to the flesh of the wound, she picked up the scissors and cut the clothes, and threw the bloody clothes aside, only to see that in the bed tent, the girl was wearing a chest belt, and the back had been stained red with blood, and the dark red blood clot lined the skin with extra snow, and a light shadow was reflected on the curtain, softening the night.

But in the tent, the water in the copper basin gradually turned a bright red color, and the towel was thrown into the water again and again to wash, and again and again picked up and applied to the shoulders and waist, until the dried blood on the wound melted, and Twilight reached out to remove the fragments of the clothes that were stuck to the wound.

A layer of flesh and skin was gradually torn off from the fragments of the clothes, connected with the ointment and melted dried blood, and the pain of a blunt knife cutting flesh made Twilight's shoulders gradually rise a layer of fine sweat, like the moonlight shining on the snow, a piece of light, and the starlight sprinkled on the bed tent.

But when the clothes were taken off, the snow was shining, and suddenly it was hideous. Two knife wounds, the wound was a little white, fortunately, the ointment was rare, and it was wiped early, and there was no redness and swelling around the wound, but the skin and flesh that had turned white needed to be removed before the medicine could be applied.

Twilight picked a scalpel that had never killed anyone, roasted it on the fire, holding a mirror in one hand and a knife in the other, and slowly slashed it on her shoulder.

The candlelight reflected the warm tent, which was originally a slender shadow, adding to the color of the knife......

In Yuan Xiu and Lu Da's house, there is a warm kang.

On the August day in the northwest, there is no warm kang at night, a low table is placed on the kang head, and there is a military newspaper on it, Yuan Xiu and Lu Da each sit aside, and read the military newspaper by the light.

The four horse bandits had already been interrogated and taken to the firewood room, where someone was watching.

Yuan Xiu looked down at the military newspaper, and the flames shone on his eyebrows, flickering bright and dark. After a while, he threw the general on the table and said, "It's not Huren." ”

"Isn't it?" Lu Da also dropped the military newspaper in his hand and frowned.

"If it is a Hu person, it is reasonable to kill the bandit leader in the village, but it is unreasonable to kill a hundred archers in Yu Village."

Lu Da was stunned, raised his hand and touched his chin, but he didn't touch his beard, he was a little unaccustomed to it, and was slightly irritable, "Damn, who did that?" The one who killed the leader of the bandits and the one who killed the archers are obviously the same group of people, are they helping us or making trouble? ”

Killing those archers in Xia Yu Village happened to save their lives, and it looked like they were helping the Northwest Army. However, those people killed the bandit leader of the horse village again, and the bandit leader they still wanted to catch him alive, and found out the origin of the war horse, their purpose and the identity of the black-robed man, and now everyone is dead, and the clues are all fucking broken!

"Xu is to help us, if I don't come tonight, the leader of the bandits in the village will die, and the horse bandits will have no leader, and no one will have the heart to come to Shangyu Village to kill you."

"Help us? So why is the god mysteriously refusing to show his face? ”

"Simple, I don't want us to know our identity." Yuan Xiu said with a smile.

"Huh?" Lu Da was a little incredulous, "Help us still be incognito?" ”

Since you help them, it means that there is no hostility to the Northwest Army, so what is there to hide?

Yuan Xiu couldn't figure out for a while which people helped the Northwest Army on the Northwest Territory, but he didn't want to leave his name.

Lu Dadao: "Anyway, the bandit leader is dead, so it's hard to check anything." Where did the horses come from? If you don't find out about this, you have to keep your eyes open when you sleep at night! ”

Five or six thousand war horses of unknown origin appeared in the rear of the Northwest Army like this, how can people sleep?

"The horses were not Huma, they were similar in size, but they were not as wild as Huma, and they ran with a smaller stride. But it's not a war horse in our army, and it looks like it's newly bred. Since the war a year ago, martial law has been imposed at the border pass, and the Hu scouts have a way to come in, but the horses cannot, five or six thousand, even if they are divided into several batches, the goal is too big. It should have taken advantage of the war, our minds were on the front, and the horses were quietly transported in from the rear. Yuan Xiu said lightly.

"Rear?" Lu Da was shocked by this speculation, "How is this possible?" There must be a horse farm to raise horses, and the horse farms in the northwest are registered with the government, and there are so many horses, if you want to keep them secretly, it is impossible for us not to find out! ”

"It may not be the northwest, it may also be Qingzhou." Yuan Xiudao, his eyes were clear and bright, he was in a farmhouse, but his eyes seemed to be thousands of miles away, and he was already outside the northwest.

"Qingzhou?"

"Or else? Do you think Hu Yanhao has the ability to go deep into Qingzhou, and he also has the ability to carry those short arrows alone? ”

Lu Da stopped talking, he really didn't consider these two things together.

"Qingzhou must have someone to help him, the horse of the bandit, although he is not Huma, he has Huma blood, and this matter is inseparable from the Hu people. Horses will be found by us in the northwest, but Qingzhou is not our territory, Qingzhou 100,000 mountains, grasslands, valleys, salt lakes, deep mountains, are good places to raise horses. Yuan Xiu lightly tapped on the military newspaper on the table and made a conclusion, "Qingzhou, you must check!" ”

The room was silent for a while, and Lu Da frowned. As soon as the general came, the direction of the matter became clear, but it always made people feel that their hearts were not clear, as if they smelled the smell of conspiracy.

If someone in Qingzhou really helped the Hu people to raise war horses and help the Hu people go deep into the hinterland of Daxing, this matter has been related to the society of the country and the country, and there is a suspicion of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country and plotting rebellion.

The Northwest Army has been guarding the border for ten years, and how many soldiers have stained the battlefield with blood, who the hell is collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country behind them!

Lu Da Meiyu was heavy, and the atmosphere in the room was quiet, only the crackling sound of candles was heard. After a while, Yuan Xiu lowered his head and picked up the military newspaper on the table, and there was more sound of reading the military newspaper in the room.

At this time, I suddenly heard footsteps outside, the footsteps were quite heavy, and before anyone entered the house, Yuan Xiu smiled and said, "Who can make Qi He angry like this?" No more knocking, let's go inside. ”

The door opened, and it was Qi He who entered the house. The young man made a calm face and said, "General, I can't cure that kid, I'm gone!" ”

Yuan Xiu raised his eyes from the military newspaper, and there was a hearty smile in his eyes, "Which kid?" ”

"Tuesday Egg!" This is a broken name, and he is not a worry-free kid when he hears it!

Yuan Xiu was stunned for a moment, "Fang Cai still saw that he was quite energetic, and he didn't seem to be seriously injured, why can't you cure him?" ”

"Yes, the injury is not serious, and he can't die, but his wounded flesh is the most sticky, and the flesh near the wound needs to be cleaned before it can be medicated, but that kid doesn't need me, he has to do it himself! I have never seen a soldier who does not use a military doctor, and since he dislikes me, I am not cured! ”

"Why doesn't he have a military doctor?" Yuan Xiu was puzzled and glanced at Lu Da.

"He said he was withdrawn." Qi He's face turned dark, what kind of reason is this!

"Withdrawn?" Yuan Xiu also smiled, "This kid, what kind of reason is this?" ”

It is!

Qi He looked angry, "He also said that I have a bad temper, which affects his mood!" The general gave a comment, you are not so difficult to serve! ”

Yuan Xiu's eyebrows were raised, and he suddenly laughed, and said to Lu Dao: "This kid is very interesting!" ”

Lu Dahaha laughed, and Yan Sù, who had just discussed the military aircraft business, was swept away, "That kid, Lao Tzu has nothing to do with him, he just has that temper!" The general didn't see it, when he was calling for the grassland, he broke Hu Yanhao's trap array, and he had to sit opposite Hu Yanhao on the grassland for five days and five nights, Lao Tzu gave a military order to let him go back, but he refused, so angry that Lao Tzu wanted to punch him and stunned him, and he was so reluctant to fuck it! ”

Yuan Xiu smiled and got up and said to Qi He: "Okay, you can show Lu Da the injury here, I'll go and see that kid." ”

When Yuan Xiu came to the front of the twilight house, he saw Zhang Tong standing outside.

"General!" When Zhang Tong saw Yuan Xiu, his face changed slightly, he stood up straight, and deliberately raised his voice.

"Why don't you go into the house?" Yuan Xiu's face was puzzled.

Zhang Tong sighed in his heart, knowing that the two men were in the same room, one was healing his injuries, and the other deliberately avoided going out, no matter how he looked at it, he would feel weird, but he couldn't find any other reason for a while, and suddenly remembered what Twilight Qing said to Qi He, so he said, "Uh...... She was withdrawn. ”

This strange reason made Yuan Xiu smile with relief, looked at the door with his hand, and said, "The lonely kid inside, has the injury been dealt with?" Can it be convenient for the general to enter the house? ”

The candlelight in the room was dim, and there was no human figure, and after a long time, I saw that someone had opened the tent curtain, and the figure reflected the window sill, and several times back and forth, the door latched and the door opened.

The young man was dressed in a blue and gray plain clothes, which were borrowed from the farmer's family, most of the men in the northwest were strong, and the plain shirt was a little wide on her, and the west wind blew through the courtyard, and the moonlight made her face pale, showing a little thin and cold.

Yuan Xiu frowned slightly, this kid is too thin, if it weren't for Lu Da's military report, it would be hard to imagine that those feats on the march were from the young man in front of him.

"Refuse to let the military doctor heal his wounds, and work in the house by himself, okay?" Yuan Xiu stood at the door, unloading his battle armor and wearing only the red battle robe. The west wind rises, the robe dances, and the spirit is like seeing 90,000 miles in the sky, and the goshawk soars.

Twilight was suddenly in a trance, for that red robe......

She lowered her eyes, avoided her gaze, and leaned to the side of the door, "Alright." ”

Now that she had changed into clean clothes, it was natural that the wound had been healed. Yuan Xiu smiled, raised his feet and entered the house, and when he walked past Twilight Qing, he saw the moonlight chasing the young man's face, and saw the slender neck under the wide clothes, if he couldn't see the Adam's apple, he would really feel too delicate.

As soon as he entered the house, the strong smell of blood and medicine in the room washed away the strange bit in Yuan Xiu's heart, there was a basin of blood water on the table, scissors were put aside, and the candle flame was shining, glowing with a ghostly light.

"You kid, you look thin, but you're also a man!" Yuan Xiu smiled, his eyebrows were full of heartiness, and when Zhang Tong heard this outside the house, the corners of his mouth twitched.

Twilight didn't say anything, just stood and bowed her head, looking a little deferential.

Yuan Xiu looked a little amused, "Lu Da said that you are so bold that you don't even listen to his military orders, why did you come to me so deferentially?" Don't be restrained, the border is not the DPRK, there are not so many rules! ”

Twilight only bowed her head, still speechless. The man stood in the house, only three steps with her, the breath on the robe smelled quite good, not like the northwest with the smell of yellow mud, the breath was stronger than the wind in the northwest, it seemed to make people see the desert Guanshan at a glance, the grassland thousands of miles.

Seeing that she said so little, Yuan Xiu was not reluctant, this kid is a good seedling, and he will grow in the future.

"Defend day and night, you are also tired, rest early." Yuan Xiu patted Twilight's arm and walked out of the house.

"General." When Yuan Xiu walked to the gate of the courtyard, Twilight suddenly spoke.

Yuan Xiu was a little surprised, looked back at her, and heard her ask, "When will the army arrive?" Yue Ci, who returned to Gezhou City to report the news, followed the army? ”

"That boy, follow the army behind, and arrive tomorrow morning. Don't worry about him, he's not as badly hurt as you. Yuan Xiu replied and went out of the room.

Zhang Tong saw that Yuan Xiu had walked away before entering the house, and said, "You and Yue Ci are quite compatible." ”

When he sent someone to report the news that night, he found out that she told Yue Ci to think about her family, and it seemed that the two had a good personal relationship. I asked the general twice tonight, and I think I know him really well.

Zhang Tong frowned, for some reason there was something wrong in his heart, but the sour taste dissipated after seeing the basin of blood on the table, strode over, and poured it out.

Yuan Xiu stopped before returning to the house, looked back at the door that was closed not far away, and then looked at his palm.

That kid has thin arms...... This thin body, how can you afford to eat at the border? When the injury is healed, you need to practice more.

This night, Twilight and Zhang slept in the same room, and Zhang Tong made a bunk on the floor. After a day and night of hard fighting, both of them were tired, and they slept until the third pole of the day, and when they got up, they found that Yuan Xiu was no longer there, and only left the hundred elite horsemen in the village.

Lu Da, Lao Xiong and Han Qichu were all there, and they heard that Yuan Xiu went to the bandit village early in the morning.

Last night, some elite horsemen rushed 800 miles to the camp tent of the new army, and ordered the new army to go to the bandit village to join the northwest army and do the work of suppressing the bandits.

Because Du Qing and the others were injured, they were ordered by Yuan Xiu to recuperate in the village, and they did not have to participate in the suppression of bandits. Now that the leader of the bandit village is dead, it is extremely easy to suppress the bandits, but it is just to let the knives of the new army stain blood.

There is no need to participate in the suppression of bandits, and Twilight doesn't care, after breakfast at the village chief's house, she sees that the moon has come back.