Chapter 3: Early Cold (Mikami)

No, seeing that he was about to follow the few people in front of him on the roof to approach the main hall, Lei Wanchun's heart suddenly froze, and he immediately stopped his steps.

It's weird. This compound is so strange. Leaning on the cold roof tiles, Lei Wanchun held the handle of the knife in his hand and looked around. The surrounding houses were dark and dreary, with only the lights shining a short distance ahead. As long as he doesn't stumble, those guys in the bright spot will definitely not be able to spot him. But the feeling of danger in his heart became stronger and stronger, as if he had been targeted by a fierce beast, which made the muscles up and down his body tense suddenly.

After looking at it several times, he finally understood where the source of his alarm was. The road was so smooth tonight that I actually climbed over the back wall and kept going back and forth along the ridge of the roof, and I approached the core of the house without my feet touching the ground! This is no simple coincidence! With his experience as a ranger, Lei Wanchun quickly noticed the abnormality of the courtyard under his feet. In those days of robbing the rich and helping the poor, he did not enter the courtyards of rich and noble families. But whether it is a wealthy party or a rich man with only 100 acres of land at home, building a yard pays attention to a feng shui pattern. The main hall, the wings, the courtyard, and the garden, which rooms should be located in whatever position, must not be built casually like a shack to accommodate the victims. And the courtyard at your foot cannot simply be described as "chaotic". Although the main house and the wing room are next to each other, and the front hall for people to live and the horse shed for raising livestock are also corner to corner, but standing on a high place and looking carefully, Huo Ran found that all the buildings are matched together, and it is actually a complete "Hui" shape. Although there is a corridor connecting the inner and outer courtyards, if the columns of the corridor are temporarily lowered, the inner and outer courtyards can be separated from each other within a few breaths. As long as the archers occupy the seemingly abrupt small buildings in the corners, they can seal the gate and the second gate. And even if the courtyard wall and the first courtyard were breached by the enemy by surprise, with the second courtyard, the master could hold on and wait for help, struggling for several hours.

Obviously, this mansion under your feet is not just a stronghold. Thinking about this, Lei Wanchun couldn't hold back the idea of continuing to explore. Bending his body, he moved gently along the ridge of the roof, and with the convenience of the close proximity of the various buildings in the Xue family's mansion to each other, he soon came to the core of the courtyard.

There was still a distance of three or four zhang from the main hall where the master lived, but the ridge under his feet suddenly came to the end again. The main hall was not connected to the second courtyard, and it became a relatively independent large house. There are more than 20 butter waxes lit inside, and the clothes on everyone's body are clearly illuminated. Because the smoke of butter wax was too heavy, the windows at the front of the room had to be left open to make it easier for the people in the room to breathe. Lei Wanchun walked along the eaves, found a position facing the window and hid it, raised his eyes to look inside, and suddenly shuddered in his heart.

Sitting in the master's position at the moment, where is the head catcher of Wannian County who is not in the stream. Looking at the color of the clothes, it is clear that he is a high-ranking official of the fifth grade. And those who stand in two rows on both sides of the main seat are not only the head-catchers, fast catchers and helpers of Chang'an and Wannian counties. A few years ago, the local "heroes" in Chang'an, who had a relationship with Lei Wanchun, also stood respectfully at the end of the team at this moment.

The two errand servants who came out of the urinary tract just now were obviously being trained, half-bowed, like two boiled river shrimps. The high-ranking official sitting on the main seat had a great temper, and after scolding a few words, he suddenly slapped the table hard, and took out a bamboo skewer and threw it on the ground. When the two officers saw this, they immediately fell on their stomachs and prostrated themselves like garlic. The high-ranking official ignored them, waved his hand, and ordered them to be dragged out of the door.

The distance was a bit far, and Lei Wanchun couldn't hear what the people in the room were saying. Based on the words coming from the night breeze and the movements and expressions of everyone inside, it was roughly inferred that the high-ranking official was purging discipline. And the unlucky Liu and Wang were just because of their behavior just now, and they were just regarded as the object of example by the other party. Liu and Wang couldn't mourn, and were dragged out of the house by several big men. Seeing that he was about to be dragged out of the door, the messenger surnamed Wang suddenly opened his throat and shouted, "Spare your life, your lord." The little one has something important to say! ”

Lei Wanchun heard this sentence clearly. Immediately after, he saw the big men dragging Liu and Wang back together. The officer surnamed Liu continued to kowtow and beg for mercy, but the officer surnamed Wang raised his head and said a few words loudly. I don't know what he said, and immediately, the officer surnamed Liu jumped up and wanted to fight with him, but was held down by the strong men on both sides. The officer surnamed Wang dodged a few steps to the side, pointing at the other party, with a righteous and awe-inspiring expression on his face.

When he arrived, the high-ranking official of Wupin stood up and shouted at the officer surnamed Liu. The officer surnamed Liu couldn't shirk it, so he had to lie on the ground and beg bitterly. The senior official seemed to sigh, and then waved his hand slightly. Two big men immediately clasped the arms of the officer surnamed Liu, and the other man trotted to get a basin and buckled several pieces of wet thick cloth on the face of the officer surnamed Liu.

The servant surnamed Liu struggled desperately, struggled, and finally stretched out his legs and never moved again. The five-rank high-ranking official turned his head with a smile, as if he praised the servant surnamed Wang a few words. Suddenly, his face changed again, and he ordered someone to clasp his arm. The officer surnamed Wang was obviously not convinced, and shouted at the top of his voice. But no one paid any attention to him, and several pieces of wet cloth were attached to his mouth and nose, and he was suffocated to death in front of everyone.

The whole process, the left and right officers and heroes watched. No one dared to come forward to intercede, not even to have a look of pity. The five-grade high-ranking official didn't seem to be satisfied, so he pointed out two more people from the team and scolded him. After the reprimand, he dragged him to the courtyard, crackled and beat the board, and saw that the beaten errand had more air in his mouth and less air out.

Lei Wanchun, who was lying on the ridge of the roof, was cold, and the hairs on his back stood up one by one. He also killed people when he was young, but it was all a matter of falling with a knife, and he never deliberately let the other party die a miserable death like a high-ranking official. Not to mention, while laughing, he took the other party's life, as easily as crushing an ant.

In the blink of an eye, he killed two people, and beat the other two half to death, and the high-ranking officials of the fifth grade were finally satisfied. He paced back and forth and preached a few words aloud. Then, the order was brought out of a box. Kicked it away with his foot on the spot, and it was actually full of yellow, white, and dazzling. After the bounty was distributed, the morale of the army, which was still sluggish, was immediately greatly boosted. He smiled, took a piece of paper out of his pocket, and read it in public. The people around them stretched out their ears one by one to listen, and the expressions on their faces were extremely excited.

Lei Wanchun couldn't hear what the other party was reading, but with his intuition, he judged that it might be a near-term course of action. In order to find out the secret, he moved slowly, and then turned sideways against the ridge of the house. There is a large locust tree on the side, and if you climb along the branches of the locust tree, you may be able to hear the sound of the house clearly.

Unexpectedly, not long after the man walked out, he realized that things were not good. There was a guy in the room dressed as an archer who suddenly pricked up his ears and shouted loudly. Immediately after, the high-ranking official put away the paper he was reading. Then everyone drew their weapons and rushed into the courtyard.

"Who's there? In Xia Xue Rongguang, invite friends from the road to come into the house to talk. "I couldn't see the situation on the ridge of the roof, and a man dressed as a headhunter shouted.

"The gutter capsizes!" Lei Wanchun secretly complained in his heart. Before, I just thought that it was dark enough to hide my whereabouts well. But I didn't expect that there was a tailwind ear in the house. At present, there are fifty or sixty people carrying weapons in the courtyard, and the rest of the small miscellaneous fish scattered in the various rooms sleeping are not counted. With his own ability, it must be an act of seeking death. I can only take one step at a time, and find a way to get out first.

Thinking of this, he quickly adjusted his posture, and before anyone else noticed him, he pulled out a dart more than three inches long from the leg of his boot. Checked the weight, clasped it upside down in the palm of his hand, and then stared at County Lieutenant Xue with both eyes, without blinking.

"Friends on the road, please show up, Xue has always liked to make friends with heroes and heroes, and it will definitely not be difficult for you. Come down and have a bowl of wine, let's discuss everything! Seeing that there was no echo on the roof, Xue Rongguang smiled and continued to follow the path. At the same time, several servants behind him had already taken several bronze mirrors, leaned into a fan, raised the torch, and asked the king to put it in the center of the fan.

In the midst of this lightning and fire, Lei Wanchun shot the dart in his hand. Then he didn't look at it, and ran wildly with his legs open. I just listened to the courtyard "Ah! With a bang, Xue Rongguang, the head catcher of Wannian County, fell on his back, and a swarthy dart was inserted in his neck, and blood splattered out along the grooves on the edge of the dart.

"Xue Tou!" Several servants hugged Xue Rongguang and shouted loudly. The high-ranking official in the color of the five-grade uniform rushed over, snatched a horizontal knife with his hand, and raised it high, "What is the funeral!" Hurry up and chase him, if you can't catch him, everyone will die! ”

Hearing this, the catch in the yard was fast, and the helpers and heroes woke up like a dream. Ignoring Xue Rongguang's life or death, he moved the ladder to the upper room, the detour against the wall, and the footsteps on the roof, trying to catch up. Only the archer who had noticed Lei Wanchun's movements with his human ear power before frowned, pulled out a wolf's tooth arrow, and placed it on the bowstring.

"Shoot him, shoot him!" The patrolmen who rushed in from the outer courtyard were immediately inspired, shouting and bending their bows and arrows. Lei Wanchun's most taboo is this situation, seeing that the outermost high wall is close ahead, regardless of whether he can jump that far, his long body jumps up, and his body falls out of the wall like a wild goose.

A few insufficiently charged eagle feathers hurried over his head, and he was about to flee from his life. Suddenly, Lei Wanchun swung the sword in his hand backwards, and then his body suddenly froze, and half of the arrow came out from the front of the shoulder socket.

"Hmm!" He let out a muffled snort, and the whole person fell into darkness in an instant.