The night was getting darker, and in the dark night, the heavy dark clouds completely obscured the moon, and only a little starlight loomed. The night wind unique to the mountains swept through the valley, and the ghosts wept and whined like gods.

All the people in the valley entered the dock fort to rest before the end of the day according to Gao Shun's strict order, and they all fell into a deep sleep at this time. Only a few samurai on duty were still vigilantly stationed on the walls of Taniguchi Pass and Wubao, and every once in a while, they used torches as signals to convey messages of peace to each other.

On a short section of the city wall, two samurai had just patrolled, and four masked men dressed in black appeared silently, one of them made a gesture, and all four of them jumped down from under the wall like big birds and flew away from the outside of the castle.

The four men ran until the edge of the valley before they stopped.

The man in black at the head pulled down his mask, revealing an old face, and it turned out to be Zheng Sanshan's third uncle. He said in a deep voice, "How are you listening today?" ”

A man in black said respectfully: "Offering sacrificial wine, after many investigations by subordinates today, there are more than 1,400 people of all ages in this valley, and about 200 people are long-trained warriors, many of whom are still from the army. Gao Shun, the owner of the valley, is the number one master in the valley, his skills are unfathomable, and he also has a few hard hands. ”

Another person continued: "As far as I can see, the inhabitants of the valley do not seem to have discovered the secrets of the mountains, and I have heard that the rampant tiger plague in this mountain must have greatly limited the range of activities of the valley people. ”

The third uncle said "En" and looked at the last person.

The man laughed softly: "Sacrificial wine, I'm afraid that the news of these two brothers is not very accurate!" ”

The three of them were surprised together: "What do you mean?" ”

The man said in a low voice: "Today I have a lot of contact with Zheng Sanshan, the nephew of the sacrificial wine, and several guards on duty, and I know from them that the number one master in the valley is not Gao Shun, but Gao Shun's newly married brother Nanying. ”

"I heard that yesterday when they were investigating the tiger's den, they encountered a group of tigers, and this surnamed Nan killed more than ten tigers in a row with the strength of only one person. Although he was slightly injured, he easily knocked out Fang Yue, who is known as the second master, twice today, and trained the samurai of Yanaka for a whole day. ”

The three of them couldn't help but take a breath in unison and said, "What! So powerful! ”

"Exactly!" The man nodded heavily, "This man is not simple, I heard that he has only been here for a few days, but I have seen him train from a distance today, and all the warriors in the valley are in awe of him." ”

"Not good, not good!" Saijiu said with a solemn face, "No wonder when I came, Shijun repeatedly instructed us to be careful, it is said that Zhang Jiao, the great sage and good teacher of Taiping Dao, also found out about this place, and he had already secretly sent a master to come, could it be this person?" ”

The other three heard Zhang Jiao's name and glanced at each other, all with a hint of fear.

One person hesitated and said: "Tell the sacrificial wine, this surnamed Nan is too strange, I'm afraid that it is either a person from Taiping Dao, or a master sent by other forces, and the purpose is the same as ours!" ”

The sacrificial wine said hatefully: "I'm afraid that's it!" ”

He pondered for a long time, and suddenly said, "I can't wait any longer!" We need to act now! ”

The other three changed color together, and one said: "Sacrificial wine, there are only 4 of us in total, how to act?" Why not wait for backup or convince your nephew to work for us as soon as possible, won't it increase your chances of success? ”

Saijiu said impatiently: "I originally wanted to lie dormant and wait, but now I can't give it, if all the forces have snooped on this mountain, we will completely lose the opportunity if we don't move!" At that time, how do we explain to the teacher? ”

He thought for a while and said, "For now, we must find out where it is first, and then immediately send someone to the master and ask him to come as a master before we can control the situation!" ”

A cold light flashed in his eyes as he spoke: "Remember, if we successfully complete the task this time, we will be the great heroes of this sect!" But if it fails...... Hum! You should know what happened! ”

The other three said in unison: "Obey the order of sacrificial wine!" I wish to go to the soup with the sacrificial wine and build this miracle! ”

"Good!" "During the day, I have secretly found a path leading to the outside of the mountain, although it is difficult for ordinary people to walk, but it should not be difficult for us masters who are accustomed to acting at night, you come with me!" ”

The four of them were about to act, when suddenly a gust of wind blew, and one looked behind his companion, his eyes shot with horror.

A huge black shadow swooped down in the air without warning, overwhelming one person, and the other three couldn't help but cry out in unison when they saw the image in front of them.

In the dark night, there was a murmur of screaming, scolding, fighting, and jumping. Then a high-pitched, desperate, terrified scream spread throughout the valley, and suddenly the screams came to an abrupt end.

The mournful cry spread far away in the silence of the night, and the castle guard heard it and immediately rang the gong in the city.

Nan Ying jumped up from the couch and rushed out while getting dressed, just in time to meet Gao Shun and Gao Gao'er with a panicked face, the three of them didn't have time to speak, and ran towards the city together.

The captain on duty in the city was Zheng Sanshan, and when he saw Gao Shun and others coming, he stepped forward and said, "Lord Yugu, just now we heard the faint sound of fighting in the northwest corner of the valley, and then someone shouted miserably, so we immediately sounded the gong to warn. ”

Gao Shun said in a deep voice: "Are there any of us outside?" ”

Zheng Sanshan said solemnly: "As soon as the hour is over, we will count the number of people according to the routine, except for the pass and the thirty-two people on duty here, the other 1,412 people have entered the fort, it seems that they should not be the people in the fort!" ”

Gao Shun said "um", and seeing that Fang Yue and Gao Tie and others also hurried over, he said decisively: "Sanshan, you lead a few brothers, light the torches, and immediately lead us to the direction where the shouts came from, and the others stick to their posts and are not allowed to move!" ”

Everyone has been running for more than a thousand steps, Nanying's nose fluttered, and his complexion changed greatly, and he suddenly shouted: "Stop!" Then he fell to the ground and listened.

Everyone stopped in shock, Gao Shun squatted beside Nan Ying, and said softly: "What's wrong?" What did you find? ”

Nanying closed his eyes and listened for a while, then exhaled and got up and said, "It seems that my old friend and Qing'er are here!" ”

Gao Gao'er was surprised: "Who is it?" ”

Nanying replied calmly: "It's time to leave now!" Let's go to the front and take a look, the bloody gas is getting heavier and heavier, and it's time to be not far ahead! He pointed forward as he spoke.

Zheng Sanshan led a few people to lead the way with torches, and they didn't go far, only to hear an exclamation from one of the guards, and everyone stepped forward to see that except for Gao Shun and Nan Ying, their faces changed miserably, and Gao Gao'er was even more stomach-turning, almost throwing up.

Within a radius of dozens of steps, there was a wolf after the fight, four black-clothed people fell to the ground, two of them were already dismembered, blood was splattered everywhere, stumps and broken arms and several blades were scattered on the ground, the scene was unbearable.

Zheng Sanshan saw the appearance of a person on the ground, and exclaimed in disbelief: "Third uncle! ”

Everyone changed color together, and Gao Shun said sharply: "Sanshan, is it your third uncle who only moved to the valley yesterday?" ”

Zheng Sanshan picked up the third uncle and said sadly: "Exactly! How so? How so? ”

Nan Ying happened to be standing beside Zheng Sanshan, glanced at the third uncle a few times at random, and suddenly his eyes lit up, grabbed a handful and pushed Zheng Sanshan away, opened the third uncle's eyelids, carefully checked the wound, and said happily: "He's not dead yet!" ”

Zheng Sanshan was pushed to sit on the ground, and when he heard Nanying say this inexplicably, he jumped up with joy and said, "What! My third uncle is not dead! ”

Gao Shun said in a deep voice: "Sanshan, immediately carry your third uncle back to the fort for first aid!" We'll be right here! ”

Zheng Sanshan and several guards picked up the third uncle and quickly walked towards the castle, leaving only Gao Shun, Nanying, Fang Yue, Gao Tie, Gao Feng and Gao Gao'er in the field.

Gao Shun turned to Nan Ying and asked, "Brother, how is his injury?" Is your life in danger? ”

Nan Ying grinned and said, "Big brother, don't worry, I see that he only has a few scratches, most of them are frightened, and his life is absolutely fine!" ”

With a smile, he said to Gao Gao'er: "Miss, now you can guess who the murderer is, right?" ”

Under the firelight, Gao Gao'er's face turned pale, and he said in a trembling voice: "Scratch? Could it be ......?"

"Not bad!" Nan Ying said with a heavy face, "It's that black tiger, I didn't expect it to come so soon!" And it also invaded the valley! ”

For a while, there was a dead silence in the field, and only the heavy breathing of a few people was heard.

After a long time, Gao Shuncai said abruptly: "It's really that beast!" Brother, your words have been fulfilled! ”

Gao Feng suddenly whispered, "Valley Lord, look at that corpse!" So saying, he lowered himself and shone the torch in his hand.

Under the light of the fire, the clothes on the corpse's chest were torn to shreds, revealing a gossip mark on his chest.

With Gao Shun's steadiness, he couldn't help but change his complexion, and stepped forward to untie the clothes on the chests of the rest of the corpses regardless of the blood, and sure enough, they all had the same mark.

In addition to Nanying and Gao Gao'er, the faces of several other people also changed greatly.

Gao Shun straightened up, his face was already sinking like water, and he shouted in a low voice: "Old Fang, you take the Gaofeng high-speed rail to bury a few corpses immediately, clean up the scene, and no one will make a noise when you return to the fort!" Nanying and Qing'er immediately went back with me. ”

After saying that, he turned around and ran towards the castle, and when everyone saw his reaction, no one dared to ask more, and they each acted according to their orders.

Gao Shun didn't say a word along the way, and as soon as he entered the fort, he whispered to Gao Gao'er: "Qing'er, immediately transfer the roster of all the displaced people in the valley, and at the same time send people to monitor the people in Hanzhong who moved with the third uncle yesterday." And ......"

He stared at the strange light and said, "You will personally keep an eye on Zheng Sanshan for me!" ”

Gao Gao'er exclaimed: "What? Why ......"

Seeing Gao Shun's fierce eyes, he had to bow his head and say, "Yes!" "Turned around and went.

Gao Shun saw Gao Gao'er's figure disappear at the corner of the corridor, so he sighed heavily and walked to his study.

Nan Ying followed him into the room, closed the door and said, "Big brother, it's because you recognize the origin of those people that you are so close to the enemy!" ”

Gao Shun sat down in the chair, his brows furrowed, and he said after a while: "Not bad!" ”

Looking up at Nan Ying and said, "Brother, you are from a thousand years later, I wonder if the history books of later generations record the current number of great sects?" ”