On the intertwined mountain road, a distant cavalry came along the way, passed by a nearby village, sent someone in to ask for directions, and then continued to move forward, the figure on horseback draped in a big coat looked at a mountain ridge that was already in the field of vision, grinning.

…….

Tietou Ridge.

The morning light rose, and the village under the hillside faintly resounded with the sound of dogs barking and chickens, and the golden glow poured from the east on the wooden village, and the flags were caressing in the wind, and only a few minions patrolled from below.

Jin Hui spread out the earth is the most pleasant time in the early morning of summer, a few figures rode back, and then ran up from the hillside, there are not many people walking around the village, the whole village seems to have not woken up from the night, the minions of the guards saw them, and only nodded and said hello.

A few people strode inside, and there were more than a dozen drunken and sleeping bandits lying in the hall of the village, and their footsteps were past these 'corpse'-like guys, and after passing through here, the rear guards were tight, and there were quite a few minions with weapons, but most of them were leaning against the wall and napping, or sitting on the ground and drowsy.

After walking a little inside, he stopped in front of a large door and woke up a minion at the door, "We're back, go tell the chief." ”

The man rubbed his eyes, sighed, and pushed open the door behind him, and the moment the tinkling sound came through the crack, the figure walked in and closed it again, isolating the sound inside, but the four people outside the door naturally knew what it was.

Woman's voice......

The iron chain jingled and shook in the room, the one nailed to the wall hung down and straightened, and the other end down the chain was the woman's bruised and swollen ankle, the woman's faint cry came from her mouth, but only a few would make such a sound, most of the women here were almost naked and stared dullly, sitting on the ground numbly, looking at the minion who walked in, holding up the tattered pottery bowl in front of him and shaking it to him, the slightly open mouth was just the sound of whimpering, and half of the tongue was exposed.

There were also a few corpses, their bodies as thin as wood and no longer moving, lying there quietly, the air rippling with a disgusting smell.

These women are from the villages near Zhongshan Kingdom, and some are from the city, but they are all people from small households, and they were taken here after being remembered by Cao Shi, and the other party's family could not find the door, and some of them were directly killed after all, and the ordinary government couldn't control such an intertwined black mountain thief, and these women could only blame themselves for their bad lives in the end.

Walking through here, there is still a door in the lookout, and in the past, there are still the rough panting of men and the painful moans of women inside. Yin, the minions who came in had to stop, and knocked lightly on the door a few times.

"Get out—" Inside, the man shouted angrily.

The minion lowered his head and frowned, but finally spoke: "Leader, the brothers who were sent out last night have returned, and they are waiting outside." ”

Bangbang ...... The sound of stepping barefoot over the stone bricks, and after a while, he arrived behind the door, with a creak, the wooden door opened, and Cao Shi, who was bare-chested, still had sweat stains on his face, and showed a smile: "They're back, how are things?" ”

"Small... I don't know ......."

"Rubbish!" He cursed, turned around and went in to get dressed, put on a robe at random and walked out again, raised his hand and waved it in, "The woman inside dragged it and locked it." With that, he strode away.

The minion is actually not very old, that is, fourteen or sixteen years old, he naturally understands the affairs of men and women, looking at the trembling woman on his immature face, his lower body is in a mess, he gritted his teeth and trembled slightly, then closed his eyes, stepped forward to pick up the woman, and his voice stammered a little, "Don't...... I'm afraid, I'm ...... I...... Won't spoil you......"

On his arm, the woman buried her head and began to cry.

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Cao Shi came to the hall, and then with a bang, he threw the pottery bowl on the ground and smashed it.

“…… So you kept watch all night and didn't even find a single loophole? ”

The four people standing in the middle lowered their heads and looked at the broken pottery shards in their footsteps and did not dare to speak, after a while, the maid serving in the village trembled and came over with the food to put it here, and then someone in the middle of the four figures spoke: "Leader, the other party is really cautious, we don't know that after they go all the way, there will be someone secretly on duty at night, and the four of us brothers will go to explore again tonight." ”

"Forget it." Cao Shi took the long chopsticks and sandwiched a piece of meat, and shook it: "Since the other party is vigilant, don't startle the snake, you go down." ”

A henchman stepped forward, compared his hand to a knife, slashed his neck, and whispered: "Chief, it is better to invite the other party to the banquet and kill him during the banquet." ”

"This is a good idea, he has just arrived, I will invite him, and I will definitely agree to come, at most a few guards during the banquet......" Cao Shi put down his chopsticks, stroked his beard and nodded, glanced at the man appreciatively, and clapped his hand on the table, "This plan is good, it should be rewarded-"

While he was talking, someone outside suddenly spoke noisily, Cao Shi stopped his words and raised his eyes to look out of the hall, and the four minions who had just gone out rushed in from the door in a panic: "Leader... Outside... ...... outside"

"Officers and soldiers are calling?" He stood up.

A minion blushed anxiously: "No, it's Gongsun who has stopped." ”

"Oh?" Cao Shi walked out of a few cases and frowned, "How many people did you bring?" ”

"Less than two hundred ......."

The henchman approached from behind, and said in his ear: "Leader, this is a good time, the other party may have saved the meaning of coming to thank you, Gongsun Zhi definitely didn't expect the leader to suddenly attack." ”

"Okay—" Cao Shi slammed his fist into his palm.

"Leader Cao, what are you talking about?"

The voice suddenly sounded outside the hall door, Gongsun Zhi appeared at the door with a few guards, untied the scimitar at his waist and handed it to the guard's cottage minions, and strode straight to this side. Seeing that the other party actually handed over his weapon, Cao Shi secretly glanced at the henchman, who understood, and quietly retreated, so he waved his hand to let the minions in the middle retreat, and called someone to put another table of food.

"Don't be so troublesome, stay on the grassland for a long time, like a wolf, eat everything." The tall figure dressed in a big coat came over and arched his hand, his eyes sharp, "...... So it's not so particular, just make do with it. ”

Cao Shi frowned slightly, and when he was a little uncomfortable stared at by the other party's eyes, he turned around and sat straight in front of his case, and unceremoniously grabbed a few pieces of meat from the plate and stuffed them into his mouth, chewing them with relish.

"Vulgar ......" he cursed in his heart, then walked over, knelt down on the opposite side, and before he could speak, over there, under the loose hair, Gongsun Zhi's voice came flatly: "...... It was your guy out there last night, right? ”

"What... What the? ”

Suddenly hearing the other party's words, he was still shocked in his heart, and a smile appeared on his face: "What did the leader of Gongsun say, what was last night's person?" Can you be clearer? ”

"It doesn't look like you...... Then you get closer, I suspect that someone is watching ......" Speaking of the back, the words gradually became smaller, Cao Shi on the opposite side was a little inaudible, and moved closer to the front, and then the other party's words changed: "Leader Cao knows that it is a hot day, why did I wear this big coat here?" ”

His gaze lifted from under his hair, and his gaze was cold.

Cao Shi's heart seemed to be pinched, his whole body trembled, he realized that it was not good, and the moment he stepped back, the words on the other side were saying, and the big one was lifted at the same time.

"I've got two knives—"

A few cases slammed into the chest of the retreating figure, the dishes flew around, the scimitar came out of the sheath, and the next second, Cao Shi's neck was slashed with a knife.

Poof-

The dull sound of blades slicing through flesh and bone. In the hall, everyone stood there stupidly, the henchman before was beckoning people to come and ambush, and then he heard a soft bang, his head fell to the ground and rolled, and his head with a frightened look opened his mouth wide, and he looked at it blindly, and the corpse gushing blood was still twitching next to the fierce figure over there......

With a bang, the weapon fell to the ground.