Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Night Walk in Brocade (Part II)
The town of Osan is actually only two miles away from the dense forest to the northwest, but if you want to find the stronghold of the bandits, you have to walk twenty miles in the forest. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
In fact, it was already difficult to exert combat power in the forest, and the natural barrier of these twenty miles would make the first two anti-bandit operations end in failure.
However, if the practitioner is in a hurry, he will be able to reach it in less than an hour.
Shi Wuwei has just broken through the second grade, and Mu Yiyi has been in the second grade for a long time.
So at this time, just after the ugly time, the two came to a dense mountain forest.
Mu Yiyi is wearing a dark green silk coat and a pair of black boots today.
Such a dress is difficult to find in this sea of forests.
Unless the other person is a practitioner and consciously perceives the situation around them.
Shi Wuwei also wore a black robe as a cover. In addition, the vertical and horizontal true qi he cultivated was light ink, so this dark night and forest was actually the most suitable battlefield for him.
At this time, Mu Yiyi was following Shi Wuwei cautiously into the forest, and said in a low voice.
"Senior brother, I heard from the officers and soldiers in the town that although there are many bandits in this mountain forest, they are scattered. Only when it is time to prepare for war will it be concentrated on two or three hills. And in this forest where we are, there should be a stronghold, which is also the lookout of these bandits, and if there is any movement, the bandits here will light the beacon fire and wolf smoke as a warning."
The full moon had emerged from the clouds, and the forest was not as blind as it had been.
In the forest, the trees are thick, and each towering into the sky. Each tree is estimated to be 100 years old and requires two people to hug it.
So, this also provides a hidden place for the actions of the two.
Suddenly.
Just as the two were walking, they suddenly stopped and restrained their breath.
Shi Wuwei turned his head in front of him and glanced at Mu Yiyi.
Then, the brother and sister leaned close to a big tree.
Mu Yiyi also heard a few sudden movements in front of him, which seemed to be the sound of people talking.
This one is large, and the foliage is luxuriant, enough to block the two of them from being discovered.
Both of them held their breath at this time, listening carefully to the louder and louder conversations coming from afar.
"Big brother, I heard that the army of the imperial court is about to arrive in Wushan Town. I wonder if we can prevent it this time? I wonder how many brothers will die? ”
Walking in the distance were two bandits patrolling the mountains. One of them, wearing a skinny bandit covered in patches, was talking worriedly.
In fact, it can be seen from the clothes on his body that life after falling grass is actually not good.
"Well, that's not what we're thinking about anymore. I think the general has already made up his mind."
Another bandit, who was wearing a shabby military uniform, also sighed. It's not that he hasn't thought about it,
After all, several of his brothers who had advanced and retreated together on the battlefield had died in the previous encirclement and suppression of the imperial court.
Although the two encirclements and suppressions of the imperial court ended in failure, after seeing his close brothers leave one by one, he also became a little numb and just wanted to live.
"I don't know why the general attacked Wushan Town and why he provoked the imperial court."
A month ago, after learning the news that the general was going to attack the town of Ossan, he actually refused.
Although many soldiers in the mountains have long been accustomed to or acquiesced in the identity of bandits, he always felt that it was really inappropriate to kill these innocent people.
He has not forgotten the grandeur he had made when he was in the army.
It's just that this wish now seems impossible to achieve.
"Hey brother, this world is no longer something you and I can change. Although I don't know why the general did this. However, this operation will allow the brothers to live without food and clothing for a few months. We are now bandits, and we are no longer on the same front as the people."
Just as the two of them were lamenting the injustice of their lives, in the darkness ahead, a black long sword suddenly poked out and stuck to the back of the thief's neck in a shabby military uniform.
"Don't move, don't make a sound. I ask you to answer, or you will die".
Shi Wuwei has arrived.
And his action immediately made the bandit a little stunned.
Immediately afterwards, I saw him say in a panic, "Hero... Don't be impulsive, have something to say".
At the same time, the wooden sword in Mu Yiyi's hand was already on the neck of another lean bandit.
But her expression was a little puzzled.
She felt that today's senior brother seemed to be a little different, and seemed to have become a little colder.
Shi Wuwei slowly walked to the front and came face to face with the two thieves.
And Mu Yiyi was still on the back of the bandit and did not move.
"Hero, spare your life, hero. If you have any doubts, my brothers and I will tell you the truth. Please don't kill us, hero." When the lean thief saw that Dao Shi Wuwei was facing the two of them, he couldn't stop pleading.
"As long as you answer truthfully, I will keep you from dying." Shi Wuwei's face had no expression, and ordinary people would not see any emotional fluctuations on his face, he was very calm.
"I ask you where the stronghold of this forest is."
"This...". The bandit in a shabby military uniform was also a little entangled when he saw the other party asking such a question.
Because if he tells the stronghold, even if this person does not kill him, the leader will definitely kill him when he knows about it.
Seeing that the other party didn't answer, Shi Wuwei slightly lifted the sword in his hand, and pressed the sharp blade tightly against the thief's neck, as if the next moment, he might use his strength to cut down.
The lean thief beside him saw Shi Wuwei's appearance, and hurriedly said, "Hero, go around my eldest brother." I say, I say".
After hearing the other person's promise, Shi Wuwei looked at the person coldly, waiting for the other party's answer.
The lean thief felt in his heart that the other party was only two people. And there are as many as 200 people in this stronghold, and even if they are told, what can they do?
So he immediately said, "It's on that hill two miles to the west." The two of us are just going down the mountain to patrol, hoping that the two heroes will bypass my brothers' lives."
"How many people are there on the hill?".
"Well, there are more than 100 people."
"Are there people who practice martial arts?"
"Well, the big boss is a second-rank martial artist. There are also five first-rank martial artists."
After hearing about the situation in the mountains, Shi Wuwei was silent for a moment.
If this thief is telling the truth, then with the strength of the two of them, he should be able to do something.
So he looked at the bandit in the shabby military uniform again, and said leisurely, "He is telling the truth."
After hearing his brother's reply, the thief knew what the other party meant.
How could he not know the situation in the mountains, since his brother said this, then he also took the opportunity to say, "Eh, yes, young man." We really don't dare to hide it."
After getting the answer in his heart, Shi Wuwei paused again. Then I saw him slowly withdraw the sword in his hand.
The two thieves didn't expect the other party to really let the two of them go like this, and they were a little excited. He didn't expect the other party to be so easy to fool. So, he said repeatedly, "Thank you for the grace of the young man who doesn't kill!!" ”
But....
Just when the two thanked each other one after another.
Although this forest is still somewhat bright, a black sword shadow flashed.
The black light fell.
Two red lines of blood appeared on the necks of the two thieves.
Immediately after, hot, bright red blood poured out of their respective necks.
And they could only open their eyes in disbelief and look at the young man in front of them, who didn't keep his promises.
……
Mu Yi was stunned one by one, although the wooden sword in her hand had been put down. But her eyes were fixed on her brother's face.
At such a moment, she felt a strange aura from her senior brother's face.
And such a feeling made her very uncomfortable.......