Li Mao found a pit on the southern slope of the mountaintop, very dry, the view is good, and even better is that there is a cliff nearby, although it is not high, it is not easy for wolves, insects, tigers and leopards to come up, and on the rock wall of the cliff grows a pine tree with a crooked neck, and the huge crown stretches into the air, like an open umbrella.

The crater is only a few feet away from the crooked-necked pine tree, and you can hide in the tree in case of danger. Of course, if the danger comes from a mountain leopard that is out foraging, it is a different matter.

The night fog became thicker and thicker, and suddenly, a wolf howl sounded in the mountains and forests, and this wolf howl was like a horn blowing in front of the battle, arousing a response, one after another, and it sounded creepy. Li Mao looked around, his eyes were gray, and the unknown brought fear, Li Mao immediately gave up his plan to spend the night in the pit, and instead climbed the crooked-necked pine tree early.

To his delight, the dense canopy of the pine trees provides shelter from the wind and rain, and there is a natural "chair" on the tree for rest.

The "chair" is composed of four branches, one thick, three and thin, riding on the thick branches, using two slightly thinner branches as the back of the chair, and holding one more in the arms, so that it is very suitable for sitting or lying. The rich rosin repels mosquitoes and does not dare to come forward, this season, snakes are not very happy to go out at night, Li Mao is very grateful for the wolf howl, if it were not for their continuous intimidation, he would not have found this good place. Hiding in that pit and being scared all night is like lying on a "chair" and being comfortable.

The cold air gradually soaked up, and the body was suspended in the air and was exposed to the wind on all sides, not ordinary cold. The cold helped Li Mao stay awake, but it was difficult to beat the fatigue of the day, he was too sleepy.

After taking a nap in a daze, and waking up suddenly, Li Mao broke out in a cold sweat, and several small things he had scavenged from Yang Qi had slipped down the cliff, but fortunately, the dagger was still stuck in the trunk of the tree. The dense fog has dissipated, a bright moon hangs in the sky, and the night sky of Datang is cold and clear, and you can see it miles away when you look up.

Li Mao pulled out a wine gourd from his arms, which he gave when he bought wine from a roadside wine shop at the foot of Shaohua Mountain. After two sips of wine, Li Mao's body warmed up, he rubbed his eyes, yawned, and was still very sleepy, but sleeping on such a cold day was undoubtedly a chore.

Listen closely, the wolf howls in the distance have stopped, and on the night of the full moon, they are afraid that they have all become people.

A strange sound came, which made people very uncomfortable to listen to, Li Mao looked down with his eyes, under the bright moonlight, in the open space under the cliff more than ten zhang away from him, four sturdy men were surrounding a woman who was violent, and the woman's two pink and delicate long legs were standing tall and trembling rhythmically.

Li Mao's throat seemed to be pinched by a big hand, he instinctively wanted to jump up, but when he was about to hold back, he saw that behind the four strong men, there were seven or eight other big men with sharp blades, they were stabbing a male corpse.

Not far from them, in the clearing, there were two dead horses and three or five bloody corpses. The male corpse quickly became a blur of flesh and blood.

Looking up, in the grass not far away, a group of strong men were in a circle and were teasing an old woman, who was crawling around on the ground like a dog, and her mouth was howling in terror, she had gone mad.

In the distance, seven or eight men lined up, armed with spears, were examining the corpses on the ground one by one, whether they were dead or alive, and they were shooting them in the neck.

In the moonlight, there were thirty or fifty corpses lying on the grass, men and women, old and young, some killed by crossbow arrows, some killed by swords and guns, and so on.

These strong men carried weapons of various lengths and variety, but they wore short shirts of the same color, the same straps, leather boots of one style, and even a type of hairstyle.

Li Mao was sweating like a pulp, he just took a nap, why did so many things happen? He rubbed his eyes and looked down, the moonlight was clear, and everything was clear. This is by no means a dream, but a real atrocity. Li Mao swallowed his saliva unconsciously, and suddenly lost his sleepiness, he quietly stood up and prepared to leave from the tree, but he quickly dispelled this idea, and a group of people came from under the cliff, stopped at the edge of the cliff four or five feet away from him, overlooking the entire killing field.

Except for a middle-aged strong man with a stubby figure and hands on his back, the rest of the people were all carrying two knives and holding crossbow machines, and their murderous aura was overwhelming.

Li Mao sat down silently, hiding his body behind a tree branch, which was only the thickness of an adult's thigh, and the so-called stealth was just self-deception and self-comfort.

"Ugh."

The stubby middle-aged man sighed suddenly, he turned around, pointed out the atrocities on the grass under the cliff, and said to a man with a long face and a hooked nose: "Killing people is not enough, why bother, they are all fifty years old." ”

"Ahh

The long-faced hooked nose also sighed, shook his head, and did not speak.

A big man with a full beard came running over, he was extremely majestic, moving like a mountain of flesh when he moved, he was open in his arms, and he had a handful of heart guards on his chest. He wiped the sweat with his sleeve and said happily:

"Two brothers, the girl found it, hid in a hollow in a tree, and I cut down the tree to get it out."

Behind the bearded man, two sturdy young men were rushing towards a beautiful young woman in her twenties, who was weak, dressed in tattered sackcloth, with her hair in a disheveled bun and missing one of her shoes.

The stubby middle-aged man snorted, raised his eyes to look at the young woman, and frowned for a moment. He was about forty years old, not tall, with long legs, a very short waist, and an extremely ordinary appearance, except for a black mole the size of a grain of rice in the corner of his left eye. He met the young woman, took her chin with his hand, lifted her face, looked left and right, threw away his hand, and said to the long-faced hooked nose, "It's her." ”

The young woman puffed up her chest haughtily, stared resentfully at the short, stubby middle-aged man with a mole in the corner of her left eye, and spat at him in the face with a "poof", but the strong man did not hide or get angry, but lowered his head in some shame. But the beard was furious, and he took a step forward, grabbed the young woman by the hair, opened his bow from side to side, slapped her four or five times viciously, and struck the young woman in the heart with another fist. The young woman bled from the corners of her mouth and bent down in pain.

The beard spat a mouthful of thick phlegm on her face, and said: "Fuck you, I thought I was the young lady of the assassin family, Mi Rulong tried to rebel, and the Son of Heaven issued an edict to kill, let's raid your home on the order of the marshal." You son of a bitch, you don't know how to confess your guilt, and you kidnapped your family to escape, do you know that Skynet is restored and not leaked? ”

The young woman endured the severe pain, turned her lips and retorted: "The assassin was framed by you, and it is you who want to rebel!" The bearded man raised his fist and wanted to fight, but the middle-aged man grabbed his wrist, and the man with the long face and hooked nose also shouted: "Lu Er, it's okay!" The bearded man was obviously in awe of the hooked nose, and said with a sneer: "If you don't fight, you won't fight, but I don't dare not do what Xiao Langjun ordered, do the two brothers avoid it?" The middle-aged man with a mole in the corner of his eye suddenly became angry, his eyes were misty, his face was flushed, he suppressed his anger, and asked in a trembling voice: "What, even she won't let go?" The bearded man was taken aback, shrunk his head and took a step back, accompanied by a smiling face, not daring to say anything.

The hooked nose persuaded the excited middle-aged strong man to the side, whispered a few times, and the middle-aged man suddenly turned his head to stare at the young woman, his face turned from black to white, from white to blue, and after a long time, he sighed and left the top of the mountain with a black face.

The beard nodded and sent each other off, and after the group left, he straightened his waist, strode to the young woman, and said with a smile: "Xiao Langjun said, 'Some people toast and don't eat and drink, they must teach a good lesson, and death can't cheapen her.'" 'Young lady, your Zhu family is also a wealthy family in Yingzhou, and you can be regarded as well-informed, why don't you know how to seek perfection from grievances? Xiao Langjun is young and dashing, and he doesn't deserve ......."

Before she finished speaking, the bearded face was spitted, and the young woman raised her face proudly, snorted a trace of disdain in her nose, and scolded: "Brute." ”

The bearded man laughed, and said in a left and right voice: "She scolded me for being a brute, then I will show her a brute." With a "sizzle" he tore off the young woman's shirt and threw herself over with a smirk......

Although the hooked nose and face were always covered with a scarf, Li Mao still recognized him at a glance as Wang Xun, a judicial member of the Caozhou Judicial Army. And he also knew that Mi Xiu, the eldest son of Caozhou Thorn Shi Mi Rulong, was married to the daughter of the Zhu family in Yingzhou.

Mi Rulong, I only saw it the day before yesterday, when he was still the assassin of Caozhou in Ziqing Dao, how could he become a rebel of the imperial court in just one day, and his family was ruined. These people are well-disciplined, their killing actions are uniform, and they are obviously well-trained soldiers, and their condescending tone looks like a tooth army from Yunzhou.

Li Mao thought of the mysterious army hidden outside Qingfu Temple, and his heart was shocked, could these people be them? Where did Mi Rulong offend Li Shigu and suffer a tragedy? If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Li Mao would definitely think that Mi Rulong was killed because he offended Wang Zhibang, Wang Zhibang stood behind Li Shidao, Mi Rulong was guilty of his murder, although it was strange but also convincing.

It's another conspiracy, Li Mao only smiled bitterly in his heart, the dignified history of the assassin was destroyed in such a daze, not counting the death of the family, but also the murder of the whole family, the assassination history is still like this, who will protect the net worth of the small people?