On the morning of the seventh day of the fourth month, it had been more than three days and three nights since Ji Zheng left the village to go to the county government for help.

Zhang Xun fell asleep on several cases, he had hardly rested in the past three or four days, and now he was already exhausted. He was in charge of everything in the village, treating the wounded, burying the bodies, disposing of the prisoners, and pacifying the villagers.

Suddenly, there was a noisy shout at the entrance of the village, Zhang Xun woke up suddenly, and hurriedly ran out of the door to check what was going on. I saw a group of people swaggering through the city, the leader wearing official uniforms, riding on horses and waving to the villagers, followed by a group of government soldiers with weapons, these people looked like they were in a hurry, probably caused by the fatigue of the journey.

Zhang Xun searched carefully in the crowd for a long time, but he never found Ji Zheng or Winter Ya, just when he was puzzled, someone called Zhang Xun to go to the meeting hall to discuss things, Zhang Xun did not dare to delay, so he hurried away.

When he came to the council hall, Zhang Xun saw that all the elders were already waiting in the hall, and after a while, the person who took the lead just now swaggered into the council hall.

Mr. Juan led the elders to stand up and salute, and the leader arched his hand with a lewd smile on his face. After introducing each other, Zhang Xun learned that this person's name was Li Shi, and he was ordered by the county order to bring 30 soldiers to defend the land and the people.

Zhang Xun saluted Li Shi and said, "Thank you Lord Li for coming to help, but there is something unclear below." ”

"Oh? You say, hehe, you say. ”

"My brother's name is Ji Zheng, and he went to Changyi County with the villager Dongya to ask for help, but he ...... Why don't you see them both today? ”

"Oh, Ji Zheng, I know, I know, it's the letter he went to report. We set off together that day, but he disliked us for marching too slowly, hehe, well, people must not walk as fast as horses, right? So the day after he set out on the road, he hurried back to the village with the winter tooth. How? Hasn't he arrived yet? ”

"Nope."

"Huh? That's weird, they're faster, they should have arrived yesterday, what? Is this horse rider not as fast as walking? Li Shi scratched his head and said.

"Did they say anything when they left?"

"Huh? What's this...... They didn't seem to say anything, didn't they get lost? ”

"Probably not, after all, with Winter Tooth as a guide, since they can find their way when they go, they won't get lost when they come back."

"That's what kind of bandit you encountered."

"My brother is strong in martial arts, so he shouldn't be trapped by bandits."

"Then if you want to say that, it can only be that the two of them are greedy for life and afraid of death, so they ran somewhere to hide, after all, this errand is going to kill people."

"Brother Ji is definitely not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death!"

"Not necessarily."

Although Zhang Xun was in a hurry, he knew that it was useless to say more at this time, so he didn't say anything anymore. Next, the elders exchanged a few words of greeting, explained what had happened before and the current situation, and then took Li Shi to check on the prisoners.

After the discussion, Zhang Xun came to visit Gong Wanran's room. Gong Hui Ran has improved a lot, the high fever has subsided, his complexion has improved a lot, and Frost Tu is feeding Gong Hui Ran chicken soup.

"Brother Xiao Ran, are you better?"

"Well, I'm much better, thanks to Frost taking care of me these days." Gong said suddenly, touching Frost's head with his hand.

"Brother Gonghui, you have to finish drinking." Frosty put the cool chicken soup to Gong Wanran's mouth and stared at him and said.

"The soldiers have arrived, but Xiao Ji and Dongya have not come back together."

Gong Wanran's lips just touched the spoon, but he stopped again, and asked a little anxiously, "Why is this?" ”

"The soldiers said that the two of them were in a hurry and came back first, but it is said that the two of them should have arrived yesterday."

"Did something happen on the way?"

"I don't know......," Zhang Xun shook his head.

"There shouldn't be any danger with Senior Brother Ji's martial arts, I hope the two of them can return safely."

"Well, I'll arrange for people to look for them along the way tomorrow."

"It's okay, even if the soldiers come to solve the urgent need, you haven't had a good rest in the past few days, so get a good night's sleep today."

"Well, you should also take care of yourself, hurry up and drink all the soup." Zhang Xun smiled slightly.

At night, Zhang Xun lay down in bed early, wanting to have a good night's sleep, but he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. Although the affairs of the village have been handled almost well, he is always worried that there will be chaos again, and now Ji Zheng is nowhere to be found, and Li Shi is a little unreliable. Zhang Xun thought about it, but he couldn't sleep at all, so he simply got up, got dressed, and went to the village entrance to breathe.

The village was immersed in peace, and the villagers were finally relieved from the tension of the days, and most of them were sure to get a good night's sleep tonight. Zhang Xun stretched his waist and took a deep breath, the night was still a little cold at this time, and he couldn't help but shiver.

Suddenly, Zhang Xun saw a person galloping on a fast horse not far away.

Could it be that Ji Zheng is back?

Zhang Xun hurriedly greeted him, but he found that the person on the horse was not Ji Zheng, but Dongya, Zhang Xun hurriedly asked, "Dongya, where is Ji Zheng?" ”

"Ji ...... Brother Ji Zheng, he ...... He's in danger! "Wintertooth panting.

"What's going on?!"

He ...... He's been captured! No, he said, he wanted to see what it was! Ah, no! Wrong! Nor is it like that! Wintertooth looked flustered and his words were confused.

"Don't worry, Ji Zheng is worried about his life?"

"Twin knives! Double Knife! Brother Ji Zheng wants to go to a place with him! Wintertooth gasped and almost cried.

"Twin knives?! What the hell is going on?! Zhang Xun was anxious.

"A sentence or two...... I can't say a word or two! Dongya obviously couldn't figure out his thoughts, and didn't know how to explain the complicated process, but suddenly, Dongya thought of something more important, and hurriedly said: "Where are the soldiers! Are the government soldiers here?! ”

"The soldiers have arrived at noon, and they are resting now!"

"They're in a bunch!"

"Oops!" Zhang Xun was shocked, he didn't have time to ask the reason, but immediately instructed Dong Ya how to act.

After some instructions, Dongya nodded again and again, and finally, Zhang Xun pointed to the bronze bell in the center of the village and said, "Go ring the bell first!" Wake up the villagers! ”

"I see!"

"Quick!"

The two immediately split up, and soon a clear and hurried bell rang from the center of the village. At the same time, Zhang Xun also rushed to the barn where the prisoners were held with his sword, only to see that the barn door was open, and the guards were also lying in a pool of blood, Zhang Xun flashed into the barn, but it was empty, and the ground was scattered with sawn ropes.

Zhang Xun didn't have time to hesitate, and hurriedly ran to the outside of Mr. Yan's house, banged on the door and shouted, "Mr. Yan!" Open the door! There is danger! ”

The door opened, and the person who opened the door turned out to be a public man, and I saw that he was holding a sword, and he was already in battle.

"It's a big deal, the government soldiers are in a league with them!"

"When I heard the bell, I guessed that something was wrong, I had already woken up Mr. Yan, we must prepare for the worst!"

"But! Your injuries ......."

"I can't care about that!" Gong Wan said it suddenly, and suddenly drew his sword out of its sheath.

Soon, fires broke out in the village, and the sky was dyed blood-red with smoke and firelight, and the sounds of slashing, shouting, and crying were intertwined, plunging the otherwise quiet village into purgatory on earth.

Suddenly, the courtyard door was kicked open, and two government soldiers roared in.

One of them brandished a big knife and slashed at Gong Huiran, only to see Gong Huiran flash sideways, dodging the knife, and then he turned around and took out the sword, stabbing directly at the door of the government soldier, the house soldier hurriedly blocked with a horizontal knife, who wanted Gong Huiran to quickly retract the sword, and then rushed forward, hitting the heart of the government soldier with the hilt of the sword, the government soldier was in pain, and stumbled back two steps. Gong Hui Ran stepped forward, his left hand held his palm, and he fought out of the situation, and hit the wrist of the government soldier, the wrist of the government soldier shook, and the big knife fell to the ground, he just wanted to lean over to pick it up, but was turned around by Gong Hui Ran and kicked it in the ear, he swayed two steps, and finally fainted on the ground.

At the same time, Zhang Xun also subdued another bald soldier, his sword resting on the bald man's neck, and he could kill him with just one stroke.

Zhang Xun had never killed anyone with his own hands, and even when he fought with assassins before, he only caused injuries, but never fatal. But now, he is in control of a person's life and death, looking at the trembling bald head, Zhang Xun finally shook his head, withdrew his sword, turned around and kicked a side kick, and kicked the bald head unconscious.

After a while, Mr. Juan came to the courtyard with Purple Kite and Frost, and he said anxiously, "What's going on?" The village shouted to kill! ”

"Mr. Yan, these government soldiers and assassins are in a group, I'm afraid they will kill people tonight!" Zhang Xun said anxiously.

"Huh! These beasts! ”

"There are too many enemies, we can't hold it at all! The village must be evacuated as soon as possible! ”

"Alright, alright, let's go!"

So, Zhang Xun opened the way, behind the palace, Mr. Juan and Purple Kite walked in the middle, and Shuang Di tightly grasped Gong Wanran's clothes, she wrung her brows, her teeth bit her lower lip tightly, looking very scared and nervous, Gong Wanran stroked her head from time to time, giving her some comfort.

Along the way, the government soldiers slashed and killed the villagers everywhere, and Zhang Xun tried to rescue him repeatedly, but he couldn't do anything, so he could only move forward with hatred. At this time, a little girl suddenly ran out of the street a few steps away, the girl was the same age as Shuang Di, she saw Zhang Xun and ran desperately towards Zhang Xun, Zhang Xun realized that the girl might be in danger, so he immediately took two steps forward, leaned down and wanted to pick her up. But just when Zhang Xun was about to hug the girl, the girl's footsteps suddenly lost their strength and fell to the ground.

Blood gushed out of the girl's back, blooming in the air like a flower, and the blood spilled on the ground, mixed with dust and turned into dirt, and the flower withered in an instant was like the girl's short life. And what took this beautiful life was the bald head that Zhang Xun had not killed before, the bald head shouted hysterically, and slashed at Zhang Xun with a knife.

A gust of wind, mixed with the smell of blood, whistled before the knife fell.

"Bell!"

The sound of the sword striking echoed in Zhang Xun's ears, and he just looked at the girl's corpse intently, but his right hand was already blocked by the sword. In an instant, Zhang Xun suddenly got up, pulled the sword flower wildly, and disarmed the bald head, and then he took advantage of the situation to swing the sword horizontally and put it on the bald man's neck again.

Only this time, Zhang Xun never gave the bald head a chance to tremble, he flicked his wrist, the blade of the sword slashed outward, and with a scream, he withdrew his saber and walked forward without saying a word, leaving only the filthy corpse of the bald head behind him.

Gong Wan covered Frost's eyes, although Frost Rose tried his best to control it, he could still feel Frost Blossom's slight tremor due to fear, he raised his head, looked at Zhang Xun's bloody blade, sighed lightly, and said sadly: "Xiao Xun......"