By this time, the sky had completely turned white, and the sun was slowly rising over the sea in the east. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info The sea is fairly calm, with only a few tiny waves gently tumbling.

A few people went up to a high place and looked around. It's a relatively flat coast, with a winding path leading to a nearby wooded field, behind which clouds and mountains loom over.

Song Qi estimated that the Meng bandit should have gotten into the woods from this path, and he should have run far away at this time.

"Do you know what the purpose of that bandit sneaked into Dream Island?" Song Qi asked casually while looking forward to the woods.

"Stealing the Book of Heaven!" Mingyu and Lingxue said in unison.

"So you all know?" Song Qi was stunned.

Ling Xue squinted at Song Qi and said with a shallow smile: "Something like this happens at least once or twice a year. Sister Mingyu, you said yes, right? ”

Mingyu raised his hand and brushed his hair, and replied calmly, "Yes." ”

"Really?" Song Qi looked at Mingyu in surprise, "Dream Island is far away from the mainland, and the island is heavily defended, how did the bandits get in?" ”

Mingyu stared at the distant mountains behind the woods, his eyes were gloomy, and he sighed and said, "This is exactly what I am worried about. No matter how tightly defended it is, there will inevitably be omissions. Moreover, these thieves are not dead, but they hide in the shadows. It's really hard to prevent! ”

Song Qi lowered his head and thought for a while, and asked, "You said that there are bandits every year, so did those bandits escape or catch more in the past?" ”

Ling Xue raised her eyebrows and hurriedly said, "Of course you catch a lot." There are so many domestic guards on the island who are not vegetarians. The Ming and Zhu Mansions are well guarded, and it can be said that they are guarded in all directions. Once those bandits enter the palace, their whereabouts will soon be revealed. Once his whereabouts are revealed, it will be difficult to escape from Dream Island, and even if he is lucky enough to jump into the sea, he will be caught by the sea patrol before he has swam a few miles. ”

Mingyu glanced at Ling Xue, and Ying Ying smiled, "Xue'er is right. However, after being caught, they either committed suicide by swallowing poison or biting their tongues, and never found a living mouth. Only one of the bandits who came last year disappeared after jumping into the sea. After searching the sea on the island for several days, I couldn't find anyone at all. In the end, it didn't work. ”

"Huh?" Song Qi was shocked, and his eyebrows furrowed, "So that Meng bandit is the bandit who escaped last time to commit the crime again?" ”

"Maybe, maybe!" Mingyu sighed helplessly.

Song Qi opened his mouth, and several times wanted to tell Mingyu that he saw a flash of human figure on the big boat. But the words came to his lips and swallowed again. On the one hand, he did not see it clearly, and on the other hand, the Mongolian bandits had already left the island, and it was useless to say it. Moreover, once it is spoken, it will involve the dock manager Le Wugan and the captain Fan Yinao, at least they are also derelict in their duties. Now that the bandits have left, and their hostages are safe, why bother doing nothing?

Song Qi thought back to the person behind the command mentioned by the bandits, and he shuddered a little in his heart, frowned, and said, "It seems that these bandits are prepared. can instruct these strong bandits to sacrifice their lives, and the energy of those who command people behind them is definitely not to be underestimated! Do you know who is behind it? ”

Mingyu sighed and said, "Because I have never captured the living mouth, there is no way to know who is behind it." ”

Ling Xue raised her eyebrows, stretched out a hand in front of Song Qi's eyes, and said with a smile: "Although I don't know which one it is, I can guess it, the Mi firm that ranks first in Chen State, the Jingkang firm that ranks first in Wei Guo, the Bi firm that ranks first in Chu State, and the Fucheng firm that ranks first in Liang State, they are the most suspicious." ”

Mingyu glanced at Ling Xue and said in a quiet tone, "This is just speculation. After all, no evidence was caught. ”

Song Qi listened and nodded secretly. The Meng bandit said that the person behind the command has the dream of becoming the richest man, and can drive the person with strong martial arts to work for him, and he must already have a very strong strength.

"Evidence?" Ling Xue sneered and said, "Have you forgotten that our caravan was robbed by the Bi clan of the Chu State and the bandits in Niutou Mountain six years ago? ”

"The firm and the bandits jointly robbed? How ridiculous is this? Song Qi was taken aback.

"Yes." Mingyu's eyes suddenly had a trace of moisture, and through Yingying's tears, he looked at Song Qi and said, "In that robbery, my mother and Aunt Lan were both hit by arrows, and soon after they came back, the treatment was ineffective and they passed away one after another. ”

When Ling Xue heard this, a trace of sadness suddenly appeared on her face, and tears welled up in her eyes, almost wanting to cry.

Song Qi looked at Ling Xue, then at Mingyu, and hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry!" ”

Mingyu let out a long sigh and said, "It's okay." It's been so long! ”

Ling Xue rubbed her eyes and said angrily, "That Chu State Bi's firm is really the worst business in the world. One day I will punish them! ”

Suddenly, there was a crisp sound of metal crashing from the trees ahead, piercing the calm of the morning light.

When the three of them heard this, they looked at each other and were very surprised.

"Let's go over and have a look!" Ling Xue drew her sword as she spoke, and ran forward. Song Qi Mingyu also followed closely, and more than a dozen family members such as Mao Yong on the boat also jumped ashore one after another, followed with swords.

They hurried into the woods, and ran along the path of sheep intestines between the trees on both sides, and walked through another three or four hundred paces, and saw a man lying on the ground in front of them. And not far from him, a figure flickered and quickly disappeared into the depths of the dense forest.

"He's the bandit!" Ling Xue took the lead in running close to the man on the ground, bent down and reached out to his nose, and exclaimed, "It's out of breath!" ”

Song Qimingyu also arrived. When I looked down, I saw that the bandit's body was twisted and lying on the ground, with a short arrow in his neck, and his blood was still gurgling outward. Looking at the marks on the ground, it seems that there was a brief fight before.

Song Qi suddenly thought of a word, and blurted out: "Are they killing people and killing people?" ”

Ling Xue frowned, turned her head to look in the direction where the figure had disappeared just now, and sighed faintly: "To be able to put this bandit to death in such a short period of time, that killer's martial arts are unfathomable!" ”

"Maybe this bandit didn't resist with all his might." Mingyu pursed the corners of his mouth and said.

"It's possible." Song Qi nodded while looking around, "The bandit saw that the other party was an acquaintance, maybe it was his connector, so he was defenseless and was killed by the other party by looking at a loophole." ”

At this time, Mao Yong led more than a dozen family members to the scene from behind.

"Take off his mask and see what he really looks like." As he spoke, he bent down and pulled the black veil off the bandit's head, revealing a dark, distorted face with angry eyes full of fear.

"Zhai Wang!" At the moment when the true face of the bandit was revealed, everyone at the scene, except for Song Qi, was extremely shocked, and they were stunned for a while.

Song Qi looked at this, then at that, and asked in surprise, "Do you know this bandit?" ”

"This man used to be one of my father's apprentices." Ling Xue whispered in Song Qi's ear.

When Song Qi heard this, his eyes widened, and he couldn't close his mouth, as if he couldn't believe it.

"He's no longer Master's apprentice." Mao Yong seemed to hear Ling Xue's words, glanced at Ling Xue apologetically, and then slowly glanced at the audience, and sighed: "Six years ago, Zhai Wang revealed our whereabouts to the Bi Firm of Chu State, causing my Ming Zhu Firm to be robbed by the Bi Firm and the bandits on the head of the cattle of Chu State, and suffered heavy losses. After the master knew the truth, he was angry and angry, and he wanted to slaughter this guy with his own hands, but he was taken advantage of by this guy to escape. After that, the master announced to the Jianghu shopping mall at the same time that Zhai Wang was a traitor and thief of the Ming Zhu firm, and broke off the master-apprentice relationship with him forever. ”

When all the family members heard this, they all hated it, and they spat on the corpses on the ground, and shouted and cursed:

"You despicable and shameless traitor!"

"This thief whose conscience has eaten the dog!"

"The Duchess killed this traitor!"

"Shi Niang was also killed by this thief!"

"Look at what kind of person you're working for!"

"You deserve to be killed!"

One of the housekeepers was so angry that he kicked the corpse on the ground with his foot.

Mao Yong saw that everyone was almost venting, so he waved his hand to stop it: "Okay! People die and debts are destroyed! What's the use of kicking him and scolding him now? ”

"Sect Leader Mao, what now?" A housekeeper asked, pointing to the corpse on the ground.

Mao Yong glanced up at Mingyu Lingxue, and saw that the two direct victims had indifferent expressions and did not say anything, so he waved his hand and said, "Just dig a pit and bury it." ”

Song Qi didn't expect that such a kind person as his master would be betrayed by his own apprentice and pay a terrible price for it. Judging from the conversation on the ship, this Zhai Wang is not an extremely evil outlaw, maybe he also has his own last resort. It seems that things in the world are really difficult to say in a few words.

The identity of the bandit has been clarified, but it brings out another mystery, who is the killer who killed the bandit in a very short time?