In the darkness, more than a dozen figures quietly jumped over the ruined city wall and quickly flashed into the alley.

Ningcheng is not big, and it is very regular, with nine streets horizontally and vertically, turning a city into an upgraded version of the nine-square grid.

Cai's Mansion is right in the middle of the Nine Square Grid.

The dozen or so figures that infiltrated the city were Liu Cheng and a dozen soldiers of the special operations team.

For an unfamiliar environment, the words "cautious" are the rules of conduct.

Although Cai Zhong behaved very cowardly when he was in Y Awata, Liu Cheng did not underestimate him because of this.

Fear of death can be said to be an instinctive reaction of people, but some people can control and cover it up well, while some people cannot.

Cai Zhong is afraid of death, but it doesn't mean that he has no ability, let alone no brains.

On the contrary, many people who are eager to take out their fathers in exchange for life and death often survive to the end.

Because they are unscrupulous and have no scruples.

And those who occupy an absolute advantage, when they see the opponent's cowardly appearance, they will always be complacent, and even want to appreciate the opponent's kneel in front of him and beg for mercy for a long time.

That's how those Jedi counter-kills came about.

At the same time, in a forest more than ten miles south of the city, Xu Zhizheng was frowning and smoking.

Before leaving, Liu Cheng gave him a mission--- kill those people.

It stands to reason that the leader is dead, and even if these people are released, there will generally be no hidden dangers.

But Liu Cheng didn't want to take risks, let alone take risks.

Moreover, killing these people can also remind the enemy hiding in the shadows to a certain extent, which will have a somewhat deterrent effect.

Xu Zhi threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stomped on it with his foot.

Then he stood up and drew his dagger.

The men had been scattered and tied to trees and gagged.

Xu Zhi walked up to the person closest to him, and his hand holding the knife trembled a little.

He is not afraid to kill and even expects to kill in battle.

But in the face of the captives who had lost the ability to resist, he was a little unable to do anything.

A soldier from the special operations team walked up behind him and asked in a low voice:

"Captain, when will you do it?"

Xu Zhi looked at the person who was tied to the tree, sighed softly, and his voice was a little dry:

"Now!"

The warrior saw the unbearability on his face, and whispered to him:

"Captain, I think what the battalion commander said makes sense, although these people are not important people, but once they are released, if there is a little bit of a mistake, our losses will be great!"

Xu Zhi nodded slowly:

"I understand the truth, but they are captives after all......"

Liu Cheng knew that Xu Zhi didn't want to kill these people, and he deliberately handed over this task to Xu Zhi to complete.

It stands to reason that these people did not deserve death, but they had to be killed.

Liu Cheng's purpose in doing this is to make Xu Zhi understand that in some special circumstances, those so-called rules and superfluous kindness must be abandoned!

Anyone can say something good, and anyone can do it.

However, if you want to be a good person, you have to pay a price.

This truth is timeless.

In the past, there were farmers and snakes, Mr. Dongguo and wolves, and now there are well-wishers and old men and old ladies who fell on the side of the road.

There's a saying that doesn't sound good, but it's true:

"Poor people must have something to hate."

Since you have chosen to eat with your head lifted, you must naturally be prepared to lose your head.

All things are like this, and there is an effect for the cause.

If these people hadn't appeared here, and hadn't wanted to build momentum under the banner of Liu Cheng and the independent battalion, they would naturally not have been captured, let alone died.

The person tied to the tree looked at Xu Zhi with a frightened face, pleading, and made a "whine" sound from his gagged mouth.

Xu Zhi sighed again, slowly stepped forward, and whispered four words in the man's ear:

"Go all the way!"

"Huh"

The dagger slashed through his throat, and blood splattered out.

If a person's carotid artery or trachea is severed, he will not die immediately.

For the person who was killed, it was extremely cruel to wait and feel the blood in the body flow little by little, and to watch death slowly approach.

Originally, Xu Zhi wanted to hang them directly from a tree, but Liu Cheng disagreed.

He clearly told Xu Zhi that these people would all be tied to a tree and cut their throats, and the bodies would be left here waiting to be found.

In this way, the person who is hiding in the shadows will know.

Otherwise, there is no point in killing them.

Half an hour later, Xu Zhi walked out of the woods with the soldiers of the special operations company and walked straight towards the eastern hillside.

Ningcheng, Caifu.

The conversation between Cai Zhong and Song Wen lasted for more than an hour, and then they went to the eldest lady's house.

In his current state, once he is plotted, he has no ability to fight back at all.

Therefore, he didn't plan to go to Zhou Lan.

At such a time, the place he wants to go and the person he wants to see must be the safest and most believing.

Cai Zhong's original wife married him at the age of thirteen, although he didn't give birth to a son and a half daughter for so many years, Cai Zhong also married a few little wives, and he hadn't even entered her house for several years, but at this time, the only place he could sleep with peace of mind was on the kang of the eldest lady.

On the surface, the courtyard of Cai's mansion was the same as usual, and there was no increased vigilance.

But in several corners, roofs and other corners, a pair of eagle-like eyes quietly appeared, vigilantly surrounding the house where Cai Zhong lived.

In the backyard of Cai's mansion, Song Wen closed his door, quietly passed through the moon gate, and quickly flashed into Zhou Lan's room.

Zhou Lan was dressing her face with a hot egg, and as soon as she raised her head when she heard the voice, she saw Song Wen's face with a lewd smile.

She was startled, quickly stood up, and whispered:

"Why are you here? Hurry back! Don't let anyone see it! ”

Song Wen smiled "hehe":

"It's okay, the master will definitely not be able to come tonight, he is sleeping in the eldest lady's room."

After speaking, he noticed that Zhou Lan's right face was a little red and swollen, and hurriedly asked:

"What's going on? Did he hit you? ”

Zhou Lan covered her face in disguise, lowered her head and did not speak.

Under Song Wen's repeated questioning, she choked up and told the process of being beaten as it was.

After Song Wen listened, he didn't speak for a long time.

Zhou Lan smiled sadly:

"It's okay, anyway, I'm a small one, even the eldest lady has been beaten, I've only been slapped like this for so many years, it's nothing."

Song Wen stretched out his hand and pulled her into his arms with a distressed face, and his tone was full of helplessness:

"It's useless for me to make you feel wronged!"

A hint of strangeness flashed in Zhou Lan's eyes, and she cried silently on Song Wen's shoulder, but she didn't say a word.

Song Wen's reaction now is what she wants to see the most......