With a bang, the door was slammed open, and then the assassin was seen, no, such perseverance should be called a dead man. The dead man on the opposite side, armed with a weapon, rushed into the store from both sides of the men who had slammed the door, kicking open the tables and chairs behind the door.

Qiu Batian was about to lead someone to rush over, but Zhu Houzhao shouted, "Shopkeeper Qiu, don't go over, there are crossbowmen on the opposite floor." Qiu Batian immediately stopped, and then retreated a little back to the stairs.

The staircase is not facing the gate, so the opposing crossbowmen can't attack here.

At this time, one of the dead soldiers who came in raised his bow and arrow, and the crossbow arrow was ready to shoot at the crowd that had already formed a formation on the stairs. But before I could shoot out, I heard the sound of fried beans at the top of the staircase. About a dozen men with bows and crossbows fell at once, and just as they continued to run, there was another burst of gunfire, and a dozen or so people fell again. Then the short muskets of the two Zhu Houzhao brothers fired, and the two fell unexpectedly. There is no way, the distance is less than 10 meters, as long as the water and land battalion training shooting for more than a month, you can basically achieve no missed shots.

Qiu Batian was a little stunned, it was the first time he had seen such a sharp firearm, and the three bursts of gunfire added up to less than ten seconds, and more than twenty people fell on the opposite side, all this happened too fast. However, there was no time for Qiu Batian to be stunned, because the dead man had already rushed over, and the two parties met, and then they were cut down.

There is no black tiger digging out the heart, the immortal pointing the way, jumping up and turning around at every turn, both sides seem to be veterans of the battlefield, and they both use the most concise actions to cause damage to the enemy.

Qiu Batian's martial arts opened the eyes of the Zhu Houzhao brothers, the sword that the other party cut or chopped over was avoided by just a slight twist of the body, and even if it was not avoided, it was only the clothes on the body that were cut, and the person was not injured. Even with some dodging movements, his attack power was not reduced, the movements were still so wide open and closed, and the strength was still so full, old-fashioned, not too strong, not too strong, two or three knives to solve an enemy, Zhu Houwei who watched it was a little lingering.

"Bang" Another gunshot interrupted Zhu Houwei's thoughts, this time the nearest enemy who ran around Shopkeeper Qiu was less than half a meter away from the stairs, and even touched the soldier's musket when he fell. The only dead soldiers left behind were the five or six people who were desperate with Shopkeeper Qiu, and Zhu Houzhao shouted, "Shopkeeper Qiu should return as much as possible." ”

Shopkeeper Qiu didn't seem to hear it, and still fought with the dead man. The more you retreat, the more the enemy will follow, and maybe they will find your loophole and end up with you.

The man who fought against Qiu Batian should not be a small character, everyone else fell after two or three knives, but he was the only one who survived more than a dozen knives and was still not injured. At this time, the other few people had already decided the winner, one of the shopkeeper Qiu had a sword stuck in his thigh, and the other three were unharmed, just slightly panting.

Zhu Houwei originally wanted to ask the soldiers of the land and water battalion to go up to help, but when he saw that the shopkeeper Qiu did not go up, he saved that heart, maybe people are the psychology of masters, "I am at war with the opponent, whoever dares to intervene will not give me face, and if you don't give me face, I will cut you." ”

The two of them fought and slowly arrived at the gate, and suddenly, the dead man fought hard with the shopkeeper Qiu, and the shopkeeper Qiu took a few steps back, and the man also borrowed his strength, jumped back, and went out of the door. In the flash of lightning, the soldiers of the amphibious battalion did not have time to aim and shoot, and they saw that he was about to flee, but the unexpected happened, as soon as the man stood still, he suddenly slashed to the side with the knife in his hand, and a sword floated through the man's Adam's apple at a thunderous speed. The speed was too fast, and after the sword was closed, the dead man's neck began to spurt blood in large quantities, like a hole in the toilet pipe, spraying wantonly.

Brother Zhu Houzhao only felt that the person who shot just now was successful because the dead man had not gained a stable foothold and the sneak attack was successful, but Shopkeeper Qiu and Ma Sanniang had their pupils shrunk. Judging from the strength and speed of the sword just now, this person is definitely a master.

The man was blocked by the door, and all he could see was Shopkeeper Qiu. The man behind the door stepped calmly into the door. I saw that the person who came was dressed in coarse cloth clothes, about 1.8 meters tall, with gray hair but a very young face, looking less than thirty. Wheat-colored skin, a cleanly shaved beard, and a look that can only be regarded as ordinary, barely handsome, but a pair of eyes that are ancient and waveless, and have vicissitudes that are not commensurate with the face. The whole person feels like an unsheathed sword, which looks ordinary, but you know that he is sharp and cold.

Zhu Houwei and Ma Sanniang both felt a little familiar, but they couldn't remember it for a while. The shopkeeper Qiu, who was closest to him, did not retreat, but only raised the large ring knife slightly, revealing a cautious look of vigilance.

No one knew him, and this person didn't introduce himself, but said in a flat tone, "The other one, I'll kill it." I owe you and I pay it back. When he spoke, he looked at Zhu Houwei, and Zhu Houwei also remembered at this time, and shouted "Broken sword." When the man heard this, his eyelids went down, his face was expressionless, but the corners of his mouth twitched almost imperceptibly.

Suddenly, a few people from behind ran to the front hall, and the sound of fast footsteps attracted the attention of everyone in the front hall, and the first person said to the shopkeeper Qiu, "Master, the thief behind has left." ”

The strange man suddenly turned around and prepared to walk out. Zhu Houwei walked down the stairs and said, "Don't hurry to go, your broken sword is still with me, I'll give it back to you." The man paused, and without looking back, he said, "Outside the South City Gate." ”

Zhu Houwei muttered in a low voice, "Oh, I'll go, so individual." But my five dollars of silver are considered to be a big profit. ”

The next thing is to clean up the battlefield, see if there is anyone who can still breathe, and then mend the knife, if it can last for a while, take it for interrogation, but unlucky, these people have received lunches.

Zhu Houzhao sent two people to report outside the city, and then brought more people to escort him back twice, and sent two more people to the teahouse opposite to clean up the battlefield. At this time, there was silence around the street, and not even a single figure could be seen. It seems that the atmosphere in Texas will have to be suppressed for a while.

Everyone sat down on the second floor, drank a cup of tea to suppress the shock, and said something by the way. There are two Zhu Houwei brothers, Qiu Batian and Ma Sanniang. Zhu Houwei frowned, he was not in a very good mood, due to negligence, the first two soldiers were not rescued, this was still Ma Sanniang's discovery, otherwise the loss would be greater.

Shopkeeper Qiu took a sip of tea and said lightly, "I didn't expect that in addition to such a thing, in addition to such a thing, I will apologize to the distinguished guest on behalf of my young lady in the next generation." As he spoke, he put down his teacup and saluted.

Zhu Houzhao shook his head, "Shopkeeper Qiu is serious, this group of people came prepared for my brother, and it has nothing to do with you." "Shopkeeper Qiu's eyes are full of anger, "It happened that I eat first, if there is any difference between the two of them, my young lady will not be able to get rid of it." It seems that we have to do our part in this matter, otherwise it will be too late to put the knife on the neck one day. Several people fell silent, drinking tea and being silent.

Suddenly, two soldiers ran upstairs with three burdens, and then stood still and didn't speak, just looked at Zhu Houzhao and then at the shopkeeper Qiu. Before Shopkeeper Qiu could say anything, Zhu Houwei said, "It's okay, just say anything directly." Now it's all my own people. Shopkeeper Qiu closed his eyes slightly, and the soldier opened his baggage, revealing three crossbow machines. Zhu Houzhao's brothers' faces turned dark, these three are all Zhuge crossbows that are only equipped with water and land battalions. Zhu Houwei, who originally said that Hongzhi wanted to equip the border army, didn't agree, one is that the cost is not small, and it can't be equipped in large quantities, and the other is that the range is too close, and it rarely comes in handy when fighting, the most important thing is that you put the border army in this thing, maybe when the north is equipped with more than your Daming, and the quality may be better. Unexpectedly, three planes were found here, and it was ironic to assassinate Zhu Houwei with what Zhu Houwei had made.

Zhu Houzhao had a gloomy face and asked in a low voice, "What do you think?" Zhu Houwei lowered his head, couldn't see his expression, and said in a flat voice, "Either the water and land battalions flowed out, or the Ministry of Industry, how else can you see it?" Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly, and said with a sneer: "I know the words of the water and land camp, it should be impossible." It seems that we are doing so well in Shandong that some people can't see it. ”

Ma Sanniang didn't quite understand the meaning of this Zhuge Repeater, and she was not very sensitive to politics, so she just looked at Zhu Houzhao and then Zhu Houwei suspiciously, as if she wanted to see something on their faces.