Wu Ming, who was eager to save people, rushed through the three-way intersection, and finally saw a dilapidated land temple under the big tree more than 100 meters in front of the right fork.

Wu Ming clearly saw that the left wheel of the mule cart had slid into the ditch at the intersection of the broken temple intersection, and the pack horse pulling the cart had not yet been untied, and it was steaming all over its body, raising its head and snoring from time to time.

In the cold wind and drizzle, the woman's helpless cry for help faintly came, Wu Ming jumped off the side of the road in a hurry, bent down and bowed his head and quickly turned to the side of the broken temple, and as soon as he stabilized his body, he heard a loud slap in the rude scolding, and the delicate scream suddenly rose, followed by a dull fall.

Wu Ming jumped on the high cliff, separated the dense weeds with his hands and feet, walked more than ten meters and touched the broken window on the side of the temple, took a deep breath and slowly squatted up, poked out half of his head to observe carefully.

In the narrow temple, crying and whimpering and shortness of breath, the officer known as the fourth brother was slapped by the woman and became angry, rudely threw the desperately struggling woman onto the dusty offering table, stretched out his big hand to choke the woman's neck, and savagely tore the woman's clothes and pants with the other hand.

Three or four meters away from the offering table, the little maid who had passed out was lying on the ground, the small padded jacket on her body had been untied, the floral middle coat had also been torn apart, the red belly pocket was removed and thrown aside, and the white and immature body was in full view.

The tall and thin soldier with a stubble on his face glanced at the fourth brother who was busy green, and untied the belt around his waist with a smile.

Wu Ming left the window, bent his waist to the front door, picked up a stone the size of a sea bowl on the way, came to the door frame and stood against the wall, slowly stretched out his head to look at the two soldiers in the room who had untied their trousers, and suddenly crashed into it like crazy, swinging the stone and slamming the back of the officer's head.

After the muffled sound, blood splashed, and the officer with a burst brain was smashed directly on the woman's body, and the red and white things splashed the woman's face, and the woman who was so frightened that she was unable to struggle suddenly fell unconscious.

The tall and thin man who had untied his pants three meters away had turned back, and Wu Ming, who had succeeded in the sneak attack, had already flown in, clenched his fists and knees and struck angrily, and the huge momentum knocked the tall and thin man into a flight three meters away, screaming and falling to the ground and rolling twice in a row, crushing a broken tile and stirring up a cloud of dirty dust.

Wu Ming's figure fell to the ground again, hugged the tall and thin man's raised head and suddenly exerted force, the tall and thin man's cervical vertebrae "clicked" and broke, Wu Ming also fell to the ground because of too much force, propped himself up and gasped for breath, and it took a while to let go of the hideous head that had twisted most of the circle in his arms.

The dust fell, and Wu Ming, who had killed for the first time, was still wheezing violently, only feeling that his mouth was dry and his whole body was soft, and he stood up tremblingly for a long time and still couldn't take a step.

The officer's still convulsive body was still pressed on the woman's body, and Wu Mingqiang, who had come back to his soul, endured the overturning of the river and the sea in his abdomen, pushed the officer's body away, and hurriedly sorted out the woman's clothes.

After tidying up, Wu Ming stopped his hands, bent down and tore off the clothes on the corpse, tore off a piece of cloth and carefully wiped off the blood on the woman's face.

The woman let out a groan, slowly opened her eyes and suddenly screamed, Wu Ming was so frightened that she took two steps back, and explained while waving her hand: "Don't be afraid, I happened to be passing by, and I followed when I saw two officers and soldiers doing evil, it's okay, you're safe." ”

The woman wanted to get up but fell to the ground, Wu Ming hurriedly stepped forward to help, the woman struggled a few times, and saw that it was Wu Ming's appearance, her whole body relaxed, and she looked around the messy ground and corpses in panic, and couldn't help covering her face and crying bitterly.

Wu Ming didn't know how to comfort Lu Dao, and he could only point to the little girl who fainted on the ground: "She didn't have anything to do, she was just stunned." ”

After Wu Ming finished speaking, he hurriedly ran to the little girl and squatted down, quickly helped her button her clothes and pants, shook the little girl a few times and still showed no signs of waking up, thought about it and picked up the little girl and ran out of the broken temple, quickly put the little girl into the mule cart, turned around and ran back to the broken temple again.

"Where's the coachman?" Wu Ming came to the woman with messy hair and crying pear blossoms and rain.

The woman had already come to her senses, sniffed a few times, raised her head and choked up: "I ran away first, I guess I'll go back to report the news." ”

"Where do you live?"

"Huanggu Town in front."

Wu Ming looked around, knowing that he couldn't stay here for a long time, so he simply stepped forward and forcibly picked up the trembling woman and left quickly: "I killed two soldiers, the officers and soldiers in the city will definitely not give up, if I don't leave, I'm afraid I'll suffer again, go quickly!" ”

Wu Ming half-hugged the woman who was weak and brought the mule cart to the side of the mule cart, stepped forward to grab the mule that was grazing and chewed her head, whispered and pulled it hard, laboriously pulled the mule cart out of the shallow ditch on the side of the road, bent down to pick up the reins on the ground and strangled the mule cart, urging the woman to get on the cart quickly.

The frightened woman couldn't even lift her legs, Wu Ming took a few steps up when he saw this, picked up the woman and put her in the driver's seat in front of the carriage, grabbed the reins and stuffed them into her hands: "Don't panic, just grab the reins, let the mule go slowly, it will take you back to Huanggu Town." Remember, if someone asks, you will say that you can't see my appearance clearly, I am covered with my face, remember! Drive! ”

The mule cart carried the woman in a trance and the unconscious maid forward, Wu Ming turned around and ran quickly away from the place of right and wrong, ran out of dozens of meters, suddenly remembered the weapons on the two officers and soldiers in the temple, immediately turned around and rushed back to the broken temple, hurriedly searched around, and sure enough, he found a German-made Mauser pistol with a wooden shell, a new Hanyang-made rifle, more than 30 pieces of ocean, and a canvas cartridge belt loaded with bullets.

Wu Ming hurriedly picked up the shell gun, tied the wide belt with four leather magazines around his waist, and then hung the canvas cartridge belt and sheath bayonet of the thin officer and soldier, put away the rifle on the back of the ocean and carefully moved to the inside of the temple gate, looked around, rushed down the gentle slope, and ran towards the three forks in the rain.

Running to the fork, Wu Ming suddenly found that his whole body was almost soaked, the coat on his body and the hat on his head were gone, and he was afraid that he would leave any clues, so he turned back and looked for it along the road.

When night fell, the sky finally got dark, and Wu Ming, who was wearing a hat and a robe, finally ran to the foot of Taijin Mountain, sat on the wet stone slab and couldn't stop panting, and after a while, he vomited heavily.

After tossing for a long time, Wu Ming, who had calmed down, regained some strength, and then slowly stood up and raised his legs up the mountain, and before he stepped on the bluestone steps, he saw a black figure towering in front of him.

"Who?"

Wu Ming was so frightened that he took a few steps back, and hurriedly touched the holster, but he couldn't untie the shell and pull out the gun.

"Brother Wu, it's me, I've been waiting for you here." Seungjong's familiar voice rang out.

Wu Ming suddenly languished all over, panted and stepped forward, pretending to be calm and said, "Startle me, hehe...... Let's go back. ”

Chengzong, who was also wearing a hat and a robe, did not move: "I smell a strong smell of blood from a distance, Brother Wu, what happened?" ”

Wu Ming knew that he couldn't hide it, so he had to explain the cause and effect of the matter, and apologized helplessly: "I'm sorry, I'll leave tomorrow, and I won't cause trouble to the Taoist temple." ”

Chengzong was dumbfounded when he heard this, and it took a while to react: "Brother Wu, are you sure that no one saw you save people?" ”

Wu Ming recalled again and replied very accurately: "No, when I went out of the city, I met a few people, and I couldn't see anyone when I walked away, it was such a cold day, and it was raining densely, and the whole process of saving people was less than a quarter of an hour, there was no half a figure before and after, and it was already dark when I came back." ”

"Do you really hear the accents of those two officers and soldiers?" Seongjong asked again.

"It's a Nanchang accent, in the afternoon in the Wenxuan Pavilion in the city, the shopkeeper told me that the Nanchang Bandit Army originally stationed in the city left at the beginning of the month, leaving only one company of officers and soldiers to supervise the recruitment of the county government, and it is estimated that the two who were killed by me were this part." Wu Ming had completely calmed down and made an accurate analysis.

Chengzong breathed a sigh of relief: "If that's the case, it's not a big deal, let's go back, the rain is getting heavier and heavier, let's talk about it when we go back." ”

Finally returned to the Qizhen Guanshan Gate, Wu Ming was already exhausted and floating. The careful Chengzong did not lead Wu Ming into the Taoist temple, but led Wu Ming back to his newly completed cabin.

Entering the door and lighting the candles, Chengzong instructed Wu Ming to wash and change his clothes quickly, hide the weapons on his body, and don't let Uncle Shi and Chengyuan find out about the abnormality, and talk about it tomorrow.

After Chengzong left, Wu Ming quickly took off his clothes and threw them into the wooden barrel, carried the wooden barrel naked to the back door under the bamboo tube to draw water, gritted his teeth and rushed into the running water to scrub his whole body, so cold that his whole body trembled, his face stiffened, and his upper and lower teeth hit each other "clicking" sound.

After cleaning up, Wu Ming wrapped himself tightly in a quilt and lit the fireplace, and he was shivering for a long time before his body warmed up.

The fire was vigorous, the room was as warm as spring, Wu Ming continued to put on a candle, climbed onto the bed wrapped in a warm quilt, took out eighty percent of the new German Mauser pistol from under the bed and looked at it again and again, saw enough, got out of bed and found a piece of cloth to wipe it carefully, and his eyes flickered under the candlelight.

The next morning, the drizzle was still falling, Chengzong, who had finished the morning class, strolled with an oil-paper umbrella and a food box, and couldn't help but shake his head when he heard the uniform snoring sound coming from the house, climbed the steps of the wooden house to put away the umbrella, pushed the door in, put the food box on the log square table, and walked to the dim fireplace of Mars to add firewood.

Wu Ming opened his eyes when he heard the sound, slowly sat up and asked apologetically, "Didn't you alarm your uncle?" ”

Chengzong clapped his hands and stood up: "How can it be so fast?" The news reached the mountains in the afternoon at the earliest. Get dressed and eat while it's hot, you must be hungry. ”

Wu Ming put on his shirt and pants, ran to the back to wash his face and rinse his mouth, put on a cotton robe and came to sit down opposite Chengzong, and smiled when he saw the hot food on the table: "Thank you!" ”

Chengzong walked to the bed, picked up the polished German Mauser pistol from the side of the pillow, returned to his place and sat down to play with it, but his mouth couldn't help but sarcastic: "You are not small! Not to mention killing two officers and soldiers, but also robbing other people's guns, if I hadn't seen you with my own eyes last night, I can't believe you are so ruthless, tsk! ”

Wu Ming swallowed a big mouthful of rice hard, smacked his lips and helplessly defended: "Don't be sarcastic, now I think about it, I regret it, I was too panicked at the time, and I didn't search my body carefully after putting people down, if I calmed down, I guess I could find something back, especially the two military horses left by the officers and soldiers, which made people greedy, I endured it and didn't bring it back, it's a pity!" ”

Chengzong shook his head helplessly and put the short gun on the table: "It's not good to be insatiable, many things are often bad on this greedy word." After I went back last night, I carefully scrutinized the process you said, and found that although you succeeded in the sneak attack, it was very lucky, if you missed the blow, I am afraid that it will be you who lie down, let alone save people. From tonight onwards, you'll have to put aside other things and learn new techniques from me, which may be useful to you in the future. The Green Dragon Festival is coming, and I will return to Longhu Mountain after the Green Dragon Festival, and everything will depend on you in the future. ”

Wu Ming slowly put down the bowl and looked at Chengzong silently, his heart was full of sadness for no reason.

Chengzong glared at Wu Ming: "What do you want me to do?" Why don't you show me that spear? ”

Wu Ming was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but laugh: "I said that you are a Taoist priest, why do you like these things?" But that's normal, haha! On the stool next to the fireplace are the two books I bought back yesterday, which are probably dried and more suitable for you. ”

"Less nonsense! What about the spear? ”

"Good! Who makes me owe you ...... for the rest of my life"