Chapter 18: A Knife
The spring rain is coming, the red sunset has not yet fallen, the people on the streets of the city of Yinguan are staring at the things in their hands and running to avoid the rain, a pair of feet wearing straw sandals step on the rain, towards a magnificent house.
The guards were guarding outside the courtyard gate, and when the atmosphere was warm inside, they crossed the closed doors and rain curtains, and under the eaves, the sound of wanton debauchery sounded loudly and noisily.
Hou Jie laughed as he rubbed a woman's coarse cloth clothes torn apart.
"Scream... Scream...... Hurry up and call it out!! I want to hear your voice crying for mercy... How wonderful it is, scream, call out, and let you go when I've had enough. β
On the ground, the almost half-naked woman was frightened, and pushed the other party away with her hands, but the disparity in strength was overwhelming, and after a few struggles, she was grabbed by the wrist, torn and pulled, and finally the cloth on her chest was also torn off. The woman's 'Ah! He let out a terrible scream, cried out in horror, clutched his chest, and tugged at the shroud with one hand.
This made the man more excited, and at the same time, the hideous and distorted laughter was greater, and he stepped on the woman's abdomen with one foot, and waved his hand to slap two faces, the woman's head shook, and a pair of white rabbits on her chest also swayed.
got up and retreated to the back and pulled off half of the woman's lower skirt with a smile, and then began to untie the belt on his own, at this time, the footsteps outside came, Hou Jie turned back vigilantly, the guard opened the door and led a person in, and then whispered a few words closely.
Hou Jie, who was on the rise, re-fastened his belt, glanced at the woman who was shrunk into a trembling ball, and waved his hand: "Lock it up first, and then come back at night to have fun." He waved to the servant standing in the rain.
"Are they really coming?" Hou Jie walked and tidied up his appearance.
The servant nodded, followed the other party with small steps, and smiled flatteringly: "The villain doesn't dare to lie, he really came, he has already reached twenty miles outside the city, but he won't enter the city, presumably the people who killed them before the master were frightened." β
Hou Jie hummed, unconsciously raised his head, strode out of the courtyard gate and stepped into the carriage, he called a few henchmen, "You go first, strong momentum, I will come later." β
"Yes!" Five henchmen who often bring the doormen around them got on the horse and galloped into the rain curtain.
After the people left, he lifted the curtain and sat in, grinding his fists and palms, with a disdainful face: "These guts bandits, they don't dare to come in when the city gate is open, and they are afraid of killing a few minions like this...... I'll take care of you when I'm here. β
The sound became quieter, the wheels ran over the puddle, and slowly drove out, and more than a dozen knights around them, wearing leather armor and hats, slowly followed behind and walked towards the outside of the city.
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The rain was falling, the sky was about to darken, the thunderous sound came from afar, the raindrops on the grass fell into the dirt, the light of the torches in the distance was in the blue-gray sight, the specks floated, from far to near, it was the figure of the cavalry holding the torch galloping.
Located in the east of Yinguan City, a small mound about twenty miles, the sound of horses' hooves stopped here, and the tall figure covered with rain looked over, there was a large bluestone half a person high, and the stone surface facing up was flat and smooth, like a table, when he first came to Yanmen County to trade, it was here that he met Zhang Liao.
This time, the location he set was naturally chosen here, as for entering the city, Gongsun Zhi never thought about it, he would not tie his life to a fluke.
After a while, behind him, Gao Sheng approached on horseback: "Chief, will they not come?" β
"Wait!"
Gongsun stopped speaking in a low voice, then raised his head slightly, and looked at the rain falling from the sky, which was cold and hit his face. In the sound of the rain, there was the sound of horses' hooves, and the figure of the five horses galloped under the rain curtain, and when they were about to reach the big bluestone, they suddenly pulled the reins, and shouted "hoo" in their mouths before they stopped.
A man with a torch shouted, "Listen up, horse thief in front, my master said......."
The sound was ringing, but in the middle of the sentence, the bowstring tightened in the light of the fire in front of them, and the arrow flew over the bluestone, and with a pop it into the throat of the person who was speaking, and pierced the back of the neck, and the corpse fell on the horse's back, and the torch in his hand fell to the ground, and the other four immediately panicked.
Over there, Gongsun Zhi put down the short bow with a fierce look in his eyes.
"Let your master talk to me personally, what are you, get out!"
The remaining four people are bullies, where have they seen this kind of horse thief who lets go and kills people without saying a word, he was so frightened that he pulled out his horse and ran back, Gongsun Zhi sneered and rode a step, and pulled his bow and arrows again. Here, the four people who ran felt the sound of breaking the air behind their heads, and one of their companions was thrown off the horse with a scream of an arrow, leaving only three people with a big revenant, desperately whipping the horsewhip and running forward, and then a loud laugh rang out from the rear.
Soon, they met their own masters, and one by one they knelt in front of the carriage with a crying voice and told them what had happened before, the curtain opened, but Hou Jie disagreed, "It seems that these horse thieves are really fierce, but this is interesting, you three embarrassed guys roll to the back." β
He scolded a few more words, and continued to let the carriage on the road, Hou Cheng knew the whole story from the mouths of the three people, caught up from behind, and persuaded the man inside through the curtain: "These people kill people without blinking, you don't have to go in person, so as not to fall into danger, and Hou is not easy to deal with Lord Assassin." β
"Captain Hou is afraid? No matter how strong a gang of horse thieves is, can they be stronger than the dozens of elites we brought? The curtain opened, Hou Jie poked out his mustache face, and said proudly: "If you let these horse thieves know, I, the principal, don't even dare to show my face, wouldn't it make people laugh at them, and they will be pressed like this in the future?" β
"This ......."
Hou Cheng frowned, not knowing how to continue, so he had to give up: "Then Lang Jun shouldn't be too far away from Hou." β
"Got it, got it....... Go and take your soldiers. Hou Jie waved his hand impatiently, and after driving away Rory's chatty counterparty, he put down the curtain and half-lay on the cushion and hummed a little song, and then thought of the woman who was hidden in the house today, and couldn't help licking his lips when he thought of the excitement.
Soon after, the carriage stopped, and before the coachman could report, he was a little impatient to get out, and when he got out of the carriage, someone held up a paper umbrella for him, and looked at the black rain curtain opposite, with torches in the shadows.
"The leader of Gongsun, the name has been heard for a long time."
From the dim firelight, the horse's hooves took a few light steps, Gongsun Zhi looked down at the somewhat obscene middle-aged man, his brows were furrowed, and he arched his hand casually, but he did not speak.
Over there, the voice sounded again: "Why is the leader riding alone on a horse, why don't you have a frank conversation with me." β
Gongsun Zhi tilted his head, and even Gao Sheng next to him felt that this guy was sick in the brain, and then, the figure on horseback turned over, walked to the edge of the big bluestone, supported his hands on it, and looked at Hou Jie: "Talk?" Good! I ask you, what does it mean to kill my brother and detain me for sale? β
"This ...... Belch... It's your brother who is a little unruly in the city..."The figure who was trying to think about the words walked towards the other party with an indifferent smile on his face, and spread his hands: "You have to know.... The Yin Pavilion is the Yanmen County Governor's Office, and the defense is strict, and they can't change their temperament, so they are in chaos, for our future business...... It's better for the two parties to be one side, and everything is convenient. β
"You deserve it too?!" The tall figure on the opposite side of the big bluestone opened in a low voice.
Nearby, Hou Cheng stared fiercely, in the opposite horse team, someone pulled a bow, and with a whoosh, a black shadow flew straight towards him, and the iron spear swept away, and the moment Jin Ming struck, the Gongsun Zhi Dayu behind the big bluestone stretched out, and the scimitar was unsheathed.
"Be carefulβ" Hou Cheng shouted, running wildly with a gun.
However, in an instant, the sword light slashed out, and the snow-white and cold blade split the rain curtain.
Hou Jie, who was talking, had not yet recovered from the sudden change, blood had already shot out from his shoulders and sprayed into the air, his head tumbling in mid-air, and then falling to the ground.
"Ahhh
Hou Cheng watched the large areas of blood mist being pressed down by the rain, held the iron gun and roared fiercely, turned back and ran back, turned over the war horse, and stabbed wildly at the horse thief holding the knife over there.
PS: First update.