Qiao Zhong carried the blood-dripping dagger, touched the man's pulse, and after being sure that he was dead, he ran to the previous man named Gangzi, probed his nose, and then relaxed, beckoned to Yun Qi, and the two of them dragged the two corpses behind the tree and hid them.

Although it was getting late now, there might still be people passing by on this road, and if they were seen by their accomplices, it would be really troublesome.

After everything was cleaned up, the two sat on the side of the road, gasping for breath. Qiao Zhong looked at Yun Qi in surprise and asked, "How did you escape?" They have guns, and it looks like you're not hurt at all, and you even grabbed a crossbow, and if it weren't for you, I'm afraid I'd have died here. ”

Yun Qi didn't want to expose his details, let alone say that he killed four people, and thought about it: "I told you before that my family is a hunter, so after we separated, I ran headlong into the mountains and forests, and when I entered the mountains and forests, they couldn't catch up with me, and I ran all over the mountains with my nose, and a robber broke his foot and fell behind, and then took the time to stun him, and took away his crossbow, so he ran out, but when I returned to the place where I broke up, I found that all the people in the dart game were dead, and I wanted to go directly to Shaoxing to meet you, But when I saw the rut marks on the ground, I thought that I should find out who did it first, and then I could go back to the dart bureau to settle the account with the murderer, so I touched it first, but I didn't expect you to follow it, how did you run out? ”

Qiao Zhong sighed and said: "I'm not as lucky as you, after the breakup, I ran all the way, but there were always a few people chasing me behind, they had guns and crossbows, and I was almost shot to death by them several times, you see I still have a hole in my sleeve, this is a crossbow arrow, just a little bit, the arrow flew under my ribs, scared me to death." Fortunately, my feet are good, I ran fast, after running for more than half an hour, I finally dragged them down, no longer chasing me, I went around a big circle, back to the place where we parted, and then things were similar to you, I also wanted to touch their lair, and almost gave up my life, fortunately, you were ambushed here in advance. ”

Yun Qi looked at Qiao Zhong and hesitated for a while, not knowing whether to tell Qiao Zhong the identities of these two people, after thinking about it, he decided to test it first, and asked, "Qiao Zhong, who do you think robbed our dart?" ”

Qiao Zhong looked confused: "I don't know, it stands to reason that our Sanjiang Dart Bureau also has a certain reputation, who ate the leopard gall and came to rob our dart, and killed so many people." ”

Qiao Zhong said, suddenly slapped his forehead, and smiled at Yunqi: "Ouch, we are really stupid, these two people are in a gang with thieves, let's search their bodies, maybe there are any marks, as long as there are clues, we can follow the vine and trace it all the way." ”

After saying that, regardless of Yun Qi's reaction, he rushed to the two corpses and rummaged through them, but like Yun Qi before, there was nothing on these two people, and nothing to prove their identities was found.

They were well prepared before they acted, and it was evident that these people had strict discipline.

Qiao Zhong sat down disappointed, looked at the gradually darkened sky, and couldn't help sighing: "This time the dart game has suffered a big loss, not only lost the goods, but also died so many people, the dart game will inevitably lose a lot of money now, I'm afraid I can't get through it, and the dart game may collapse." ”

The two discussed, now in such a day, tracking is definitely impossible, the two of them can not chase the footprints with torches, if there are still the eyes of the enemy, it is simply a live target, and after tomorrow, people will come and go on this road, their only clue - rut marks will definitely be blurred, and mixed with various other imprints, instead of waiting here, it is better to go back to the dart bureau directly, and ask the dart bureau to deal with this matter, it is better than the two of them being busy.

"From here to Hangzhou Mansion about two hours to arrive, Hangzhou City is the headquarters of our dart bureau, now there is such a big thing, I think it should be reported directly to the headquarters, Yun Qi, what do you see?" Qiao Zhong said.

Yun Qi nodded.

The two ran to Hangzhou City overnight, although they fought for a day and never had a good rest, but the two still shook their spirits and strode forward, along the way, neither of them spoke, each thinking about their own thoughts.

Just after the time, the two finally rushed to the outside of Hangzhou, but what they didn't expect was that they came in a hurry, but found that the city gate was closed at this time, and no one could pass, the two looked at each other and smiled bitterly, so they had to turn around and walk to a place far away from the city gate, find a secluded place, find some dry firewood leaves, and light a bonfire. Otherwise, I really don't know how to spend this long, cold winter night.

Time is always like this, when you want it to go slow, it swoops forward, non-stop, making you cry in vain, but when you want it to go faster, it is like an old snail, slow to make you anxious.

The night seemed endless, the night seemed infinitely long, and there was no end in sight, and the two sat by the fire, waiting, waiting, and waiting, and the time seemed to stand still, and there was no change in the inky night sky.

I don't know when, the two of them fell asleep in a daze, and when they woke up again, the sky had revealed a trace of fish belly white, the cold air around them was pressing, and the fire on the firewood was weakly rising and extinguishing, and it was still breathing.

Yun Qi stood up, stomped his numb feet, and looked at the tall Hangzhou City shrouded in the night, speechless for a long time. Qiao Zhong sat by the fire, put his head on his knees, and held his calves with both hands, not knowing what he was thinking.

Yun Qi had never been to Hangzhou City, he had never even thought that he would come to such a big city in his life, for him, the county seat was already very big, and the Hangzhou City in front of him was undoubtedly much bigger than all the places he had stayed in before.

What is the future? What greets him in the city? Yun Qi didn't know.

Qiao Zhong is also thinking about it, this is his hometown, here is his childhood and family, he once left this place with a lot of blood, hoping to show his skills in another strange place and break into the world, but it turns out that all success is not accidental, even if he is just a fast foot, he has not done his best. Originally, after the year, he wanted to change his job, and happened to meet the dart bureau to receive this big dart, Qiao Zhong felt that the opportunity had come, he could finally prove his strength, but he didn't expect that the dart had not gone far, everyone died, only himself and Yun Qi were left, and the dart was gone, if it wasn't for Yun Qi today, he might not even be able to save his life, which made him have a strong sense of frustration.

There are still a lot of secrets hidden in him, and I don't know if this friend around me will like him as much as ever after these secrets are revealed, and whether the two can continue to be friends.

The two of them added some leaves and firewood to the fire that was about to be extinguished, and the flame rose again, and the heat hit their faces, and at last they felt warm again, but the night before dawn was longer and colder, and they looked at each other, smiled bitterly, and then hugged each other's shoulders, and were silent.

The city gate finally opened, Qiao Zhong took Yun Qi into the city gate, very familiar on the street, turned a few corners, and came to a tall and majestic courtyard gate, in front of the door stood two stone lions more than one zhang high, and a few people who looked like family members were sweeping the floor, and there was a big plaque hanging on the courtyard gate, with four golden characters on it, "Sanjiang Dart Bureau".

This is the third time that Yun Qi has seen the plaque of the "Sanjiang Dart Bureau", the words on this plaque are exactly the same, the gold hook and silver stroke, it is very powerful, it must be written by someone, but unlike the previous two times, this plaque is even more huge.

"Yo, it's Qiao Zhong who is back, aren't you a bodyguard going to Yangzhou? How can it be so fast? A sweeping house looked at Qiao Zhong and greeted him with a smile.

"Uncle Feng," Qiao Zhong greeted the family, and then asked hurriedly, "Is the head dart there?" I have something important to report to him. ”

"Here, he's practicing in the backyard practice ground, you can go directly to him." Uncle Feng didn't ask anything, and replied directly.

Qiao Zhong beckoned to Yun Qi, and the two walked directly into the gate of the dart game, Qiao Zhong was very familiar with the environment here, leading him to turn left and right, and after a while, he came to the practice ground. Yun Qi secretly wondered in his heart, didn't Qiao Zhong originally say that he was from a small family in the countryside, how could he be so familiar with this general dart bureau, he must have something to hide from me.

The practice ground of the Sanjiang Dart Bureau is very large, there are dozens of men practicing in it, it is very lively, some are throwing stone locks, some are practicing knives, and some are just standing there quietly doing spitting, Yun Qi glanced at it, there are a few people in this martial arts are indeed very strong, very everyone's demeanor, I am not an opponent.

Although the winter has just passed now, and it is still in the New Year, the weather is quite cold, but many juniors on the martial arts training ground are sweating, shirtless, and shouting loudly, full of strength and masculinity.

Qiao Zhong stood on the edge of the martial arts training ground and greeted an old man who practiced swords in the middle of the field: "Chief dart, I have something important to report." ”

The old man's eyes squinted at Qiao Zhong, but he didn't pay attention to it, still dancing his sword unhurriedly, this sword was slow and leisurely, and it didn't seem to be lethal at all, but Yun Qi could see that this old man was definitely a master, and in each of his swords, there was a kind of oppressive aura, looking at his every move, it was all so natural, that sword seemed to be no longer a simple sword, but a part of his arm, a joint of him, and this sword seemed to give people the feeling of a whip, it was not stiff, Rather, it is a nimble snake that can change into other forms at will, and no matter how you try to escape, it can always quickly wrap around you and bite you fiercely where you want to be harmed.

Qiao Zhong was so anxious that he stomped his feet, but the old man remained silent, looking like Mount Tai collapsed in front of him silently.

Finally, as soon as the old man moved, the long sword was hidden behind his arm, his left hand was pressed from top to bottom, he let out a long breath, and then slowly walked towards Qiao Zhong.

A person walked up next to him, handed over a large sword, took the old man's long sword, and brought a small purple sand pot.

The old man unhurriedly put the purple clay spout in his mouth, took a leisurely sip, and then asked Qiao Zhong, "What is the matter so hurried?" ”

Qiao Zhong replied with a sad face: "Chief dart, it's not good, our dart has been robbed." ”

"What?" The old man's eyes widened, and he shouted at Qiao Zhong: "Is this true? ”

"Chief dart, how dare I lie to you?" Qiao Zhongdao.

"Bang" The purple clay pot fell to the ground and shattered, and the head of the dart muttered, "It's over, something big is happening." ”