After a night of fierce fighting, the sky had begun to turn white, and the sound of roosters crowing could be heard from time to time in the village.

Longhorn pricked up his ears and searched for sounds outside the barn. The previous sounds of fighting and crying had completely disappeared, and now the village was a little eerily quiet, and only the sound of snoring was left in his ears.

Long Horn kicked the sleeping subordinate on the side, and scolded angrily: "Sleep, sleep! Just know how to sleep! Her life is gone, and she can sleep her mother! ”

And at this moment, the door suddenly creaked open, and a man in black with a face covered in dust and blood flashed in sideways, and he said in a low voice, "I'm here to save you." ”

Hearing this whisper, everyone came to their senses, and looked at the man in black with wide eyes one by one. I saw that the man in black was carrying two short knives on his back, he came to everyone softly, squatted down, pulled out one of them from behind, and sawed the rope on Changjiao's body hard, but after repeating it several times, the rope was still intact.

"Why is this rope so strong?" The man in black said.

"This rope is the same thing as the black net that nets us, and it is not afraid of sharp weapons at all. Hey, otherwise we wouldn't be so embarrassed! Longhorn grumbled.

"It's good that you still sent the signal, otherwise how could we have arrived so quickly."

"Well, those villagers were just celebrating, but I didn't expect that I had a fire bullet hidden in my arms. By the way, brother, have you killed all these villagers? ”

The man in black shook his head and said, "No, although these villagers are stupid, the three people who took the lead are very good at kung fu, and they also taught these villagers a powerful formation, and they are well prepared, we have more than 20 brothers, and they have not taken advantage." In this night's fighting, the brothers suffered heavy casualties, but the villagers were almost dead. ”

"So what's going on now?" Longhorn asked with a little excitement.

"The brothers had to leave the village first, they are also resting, I have come to rescue you, so that counting a few of you, we will have enough to kill them and slaughter them cleanly."

"Good! Brother, find a way to get us out! Fuck these villagers, I'm going to make them bleed! ”

"Hmm!" The man in black nodded, and continued to desperately saw the rope on the horn.

"Huh? That's right! Is the thing safe? The man in black asked.

"They've taken the horses, the horses, and our stuff somewhere else."

"Huh? So what to do?! If they take what's inside, we're doomed! ”

"Hehe, brother, don't worry, they can't open the box at all! It was a box made of pig iron, so hard that it was impossible for an ordinary instrument to pry it open in such a short time, and besides, the key was still on me! ”

"That's good, hehe, if something goes wrong, we'll all have to finish it." It took a lot of effort for the man in black to finally cut one part of the rope, and he just wanted to free the horn, but found that the rope was tied with a knot, and one part was broken, and the other places were still connected.

Seeing that the rope was broken but could not be untied, Long Horn panicked all of a sudden, and he tried to struggle out, but the knots were immediately locked between the buckles, and he was still tightly tied.

"Fuck, what the hell is this! Damn it! Longhorn scolded viciously.

At this moment, a loud rooster crow came from the window, and the sky had already dawned.

"Oops! It's dawn! The man in black was so anxious that his head was sweating, and he continued to saw, but to little avail.

"Brother! Brothers! Changjiao said anxiously: "I said brother, this can't be done!" This rope is so powerful that unless you know how to untie it, you can't get it at all. ”

"How do I know how to solve it! It's already dawn! I won't be able to leave for a while! The black-clothed man said in a hurry.

"Brother, can you go find a wood saw? I reckon the woodsaw is about the same! ”

"Where can I find you a wooden saw!" The man in black shook his head, then stood up suddenly, he pulled out another short knife from his body, stared at Changjiao and the others fiercely and said, "Brothers! I can't save you! But you know the rules! I can't let the villagers know our secrets! So! I'm sorry! ”

With that, the man in black lifted the two short knives and was about to beckon to the long horn's neck.

"I have something to say! Brothers! I have something to say! The horn was in a panic and cried out, and his men cried out like a herd of animals tied up for slaughter.

The black-clad man's knife stopped suddenly, but there was still a cut in the neck of the long horn, and blood flowed down the neck.

"What else do you want to say!? Fast! There are so many brothers waiting for me to send them on their way! ”

The men wept, and one of them begged, "Don't kill us!" Woo, don't kill! We're all family people! There are old and young, and the family is waiting for us to feed! Brothers! For the sake of our brothers, let us be merciful! Be merciful under the knife! ”

The man in black snorted contemptuously and said, "It's because of my brother that I personally sent you on the road, otherwise!" Hmph, if the news leaks out, none of your family members will survive! You should thank me for dying to save your family's lives! ”

"Woohoo! Don't! Don't kill me! The men wept incessantly.

Long Horn was also frightened, he endured the severe pain in his neck, and said tremblingly: "Brother, don't kill us, in this way, if you take the key, they will not be able to open the box!" You can rest assured! We people are very tight-mouthed and won't say anything! ”

"Humph! What about the keys! The man in black asked.

"In my arms!"

The man in black reached into the arms of the long horn and fumbled for a while, and sure enough, he pulled out a key.

"Humph!" The man in black stuffed the key into his arms, but raised the knife again, "How do I know if you are tight-mouthed!" I can't leave woe behind! Unless ......"

"Unless anything! Brothers! Unless what! You say! The horn seemed to grasp a glimmer of hope.

"Unless you can find reinforcements, you can still control the situation now when you come back, there are not many brothers left on my side, and there is no one left on your side?"

"Over there? Ay...... We're all coolies over there, either mining or building roads, and we're the only ones who can beat us! So, brother! Save us, save me to kill the villagers! ”

The man in black didn't answer, but asked curiously, "Build a road?" ”

"Yes! A few months ago, the earthquake destroyed our freight route, so we had to fix the road as soon as possible, and now it's almost repaired, and we won't have to go from the village next month! Ay! It was supposed to be the last time, but ...... Ay! ”

"For the last time?" The man in black showed a trace of imperceptible astonishment on his face, he took a breath, fixed his mind and said: "Forget it, to my brother, I can't do it, I won't send you on the road for the time being, but you must keep your mouth shut, otherwise your family's lives will be lost!" ”

"Thank you, brother! Thanks a lot! Thanks a lot! ”

"Ask for more blessings!" With that, the man in black arched his hands and left the barn with his knife in his hand.

The faint morning light entered the room, casting a patch of crimson, Zhang Xun sat on the edge of a thick cast iron box, rubbing an iron key in his hand, staring at the window in a daze. The box was wide open, and it was full of gold dollars from the official system of the Yue Kingdom, which were about two thousand taels, and they were shining with bright golden light.

At this time, Zhang Xun had basically sorted out his thoughts.

It turned out that the man in black just now was Zhang Xun, who smeared the blood and mud on the ground on his face, changed into the night clothes of a dead assassin, and took advantage of the dark to once again extract important information from Changjiao. And this technique is exactly the technique of flying hoops taught to him by the master according to his aptitude, that is, the use of tone, tone, questions, rhetorical questions, expressions, movements and other methods to infiltrate people's hearts from subtleties, set out the truth of the matter, or induce others to say certain words.

The information that Zhang Xun set out this time showed that this organization had no reinforcements available for the time being, and although Shuangdao escaped, it would not quickly lead troops to counterattack. If Ji Zheng can move in to rescue the troops within three days, it should be too late.

However, before the reinforcements arrived, it was necessary to let the eighteen villagers form two groups of "Nine Cadres Array" to patrol the village, although these people could not fight at all, they could still be used as a cover, even if the double swords arrived before Ji Zheng, it could also make them unclear.

In addition, Zhang Xun also had a rough guess about the ins and outs of the whole thing, this organization should belong to the Yue Kingdom, they found a gold mine in the forest north of the village, and in order to mine the gold mine, they took some villagers from the village to work as coolies.

Originally, the transportation of gold and supplies did not need to pass through the village, but a few months ago an earthquake destroyed the gold mine transportation line, so these people had to pass through the village, but in order to prevent the matter from leaking and the villagers from discovering it, they came up with a plan to hide the eyes and ears of the people and confuse the public. The tricks and the practice of slashing snakes and drinking blood were all designed to terrify the villagers so that they would not discover the truth about the gold mines.

However, what made Zhang Xun extremely painful was the "last time" that Changjiao said, I am afraid that after this borrowing, the transportation route will be repaired, and after that, the "Yin Soldier" will never appear again. Zhang Xun was afraid to think about it, and he didn't want to admit that it was their troubles that killed dozens of lives and caused the serious crisis that the village is currently facing.

Zhang Xun stood up and wandered anxiously in the room, he felt remorse and grief for what had happened, and even more nervous and irritable about what was about to happen, he sometimes recalculated the plan, sometimes overturned it all, he didn't know what kind of changes would happen in the future, whether it would be like this time, desperate efforts only brought tragic consequences.

Zhang Xun was distraught and couldn't calm down, he pushed open the door of the house and decided to go to see Gong Huiran, but he didn't dare to tell Gong Huiran about these speculations, maybe at this time, he just wanted to get some peace of mind from Gong Huiran.

When he came to Gong Huiran's room, he saw that Shuang Di was lying on the side of the bed, holding Gong Wanran's sleeve in his hand, and he was already asleep. The arrow under Gong's shoulder had been removed, and the linen cloth wrapped around his chest was still stained with blood.

Gong Wanran heard the voice, opened his eyes slightly and looked at Zhang Xun, as if he wanted to say something.

Zhang Xun looked at the white lips and bloodless face, and didn't know how to speak for a while, but said, "You can rest for a while." ”

Immediately, Zhang Xun turned around and was about to leave, when a weak voice came from behind him, "It's hard for you." ”

Zhang Xun didn't turn back, just nodded, and then left Gong Wanran's room.