Sun Ren exchanged the horse he rode out of the cottage for silver, bought a clean set of clothes, and placed his wife and daughter in the inn, while he hurried out, and after asking the people on the street, he walked briskly in the direction of the criminal department.

This is just a county seat, and the scale of the criminal department cannot be compared with the two male cities of Tiankui and Tianxiong, it looks like a very ordinary, like a courtyard of a slightly richer family, three in and three out.

The military guards who received him at the Criminal Department saw that he had a rich round face, but there were two deep and new whip marks, and he was already suspicious, and when he heard him say that it was a case involving the Great Wilderness Village, he didn't dare to slack off at all, and hurriedly introduced him into the yamen.

A moment later.

A yellow-faced official of the Criminal Department sat opposite him, yawned lazily, held a wolf pen, and gestured to ask Sun Ren to tell him everything he knew.

Sun Ren came here for this purpose, and he did not hide it at the moment, and told in detail about his origin, the purpose of going to Xiongcheng, and how he was robbed, and how he was able to go down the mountain alive.

The listless official on the other side was dumbfounded when he heard this, and he couldn't turn back.

？？？

What is this talking about?

The first half of this is a trace.

It is not uncommon for a wandering merchant to encounter a big coward rampant in the northwest and outside the territory, fighting with a knife for his wife and children, and being captured by the enemy, and this kind of thief did not intercept and kill himself, but chose to fight with a knife, and there are not necessarily three out of ten who are a man.

But after that, it was different.

The lonely pharmacist who traveled with him turned out to be a hidden master?

The master with a knife in his hand smashed the entire wilderness?

And the reason why such a master did this was just a simple and ridiculous thing as his daughter giving that master a piece of fruit a few days ago?

The official of the Criminal Department rubbed the corners of his forehead, and couldn't help but interrupt Sun Ren, saying:

"This Sun brother, in my Daqin, it is a violation of the criminal law to lie about the case."

Sun Ren was stunned for a moment, then became angry, got up suddenly, lifted his clothes at once, revealed the whip marks in front of his chest, and said loudly:

"What is said below is true, and there is no half-truth!"

Seeing the bloody whip marks on his chest, criss-crossing and shocking, the official couldn't help but gasp, waved his hand to let him put on his clothes, and said with a warm voice: "I don't doubt your experience, who would make such a joke about his wife and daughter?" ”

"But...... Isn't that right? ”

"Only one person killed? Is it possible that many people actually went in, but you were too injured at the time, and your consciousness was not very clear, and you only saw him? It's been three days since that happened, right? Could it be that during this time, the impression is already vague, and I think it is a little worse......"

"After all, a person is this, this is too ridiculous, it is the book of rivers and lakes, the family dialect of the Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness, etc., will not write such a thing......"

Sun Ren calmed down and just said:

"What is said below is true."

The official pinched the corners of his forehead, and seeing that his expression was firm, he had no choice but to record the matter completely, and casually mentioned it again, saying:

"Anything else missing?"

Sun Ren was about to shake his head, but suddenly thought of something and hesitated:

"No, no...... A little. ”

The official was bowing his head to sort out his things, and when he heard this, he said curiously:

"What?"

Sun Ren pursed his lips and said, "I suspect that there are traitors in the caravan I am in. ”

"His name is Zhou Chao."

……………………

Zhou Chao took a sip of wine, and his mood was a little irritable compared to three days ago.

He couldn't get in touch with the stockade.

This kind of thing has never happened since he entered the Great Wilderness Village more than 20 years ago, and the old owner of the Great Wilderness Village used the method of commanding the army to train this gang of horse thieves and set up the rule of three beheadings.

Those who don't listen to orders are cut, those who don't listen to gongs and drums are cut, and those who are afraid are not cut!

The old village owner is ruthless, even his own son died under his knife for violating the ban, and his subordinates are all in danger, for fear of angering the old village owner, the village and the leader keep in touch all the time, which is the rule implemented in the great wilderness village thirty years ago.

But such an ancient and cold rule was broken.

For the past three days, he has been waiting for a secret message every day.

On the first day, he waited from sunset to sunrise, his clothes were wet with dew, his heart was angry, extremely unhappy, and even rose in his heart, and reported the matter here to the old village owner, so that the old village owner killed Wen Jie, and then he went to try the idea of being the village owner.

But the next day, when no one came, he hesitated.

On the third day, that is, yesterday, my heart was very unstable, and one by one thoughts came out uncontrollably - did Wen Jie plan to yin him? Are they planning to kill him together and eat black for once? Or is there something else going on?

If I had known that he was not a righteous thing......

One thought after another kept coming to mind, forcibly suppressed by his reason, but it still upset him, and in the past three days, he had been angry with the guards many times because of some trivial matter.

Yesterday just arrived at the beginning of the winter solar term, in fact, as early as a few days ago, there was already a little winter feeling, the sky got darker and earlier, and faster and faster, the sun was still hanging on the side of the mountain, and suddenly it disappeared, and the sky and the earth were dark and gloomy.

Zhou Chao looked at the sky, suppressed the irritability in his heart, turned around, and said in a loud voice:

"Stop, big guy."

"It's dark today, there is no way to walk, take a rest, the next road is not far, follow this road, keep going, let's either tomorrow night, or the morning after tomorrow, we will definitely be able to reach Tianxiong City."

"Although it is in the northwest, it is also delicious, good to drink, and good to live."

"When the time comes, I will be able to raise it in peace for a few days."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this. First, after many days of tiring, I was finally able to go to the city inn, where I could sleep warmly and comfortably, and I could also take a hot bath, so that the tense nerves that had been tense all the way to this point could be relaxed.

Second, Tianxiong City is majestic in the northwest, there are many masters in the city, and the weapons are sufficient, even if there are ten big desert villages, they will also be crushed.

Since encountering the Great Wilderness Village three days ago, everyone has felt that someone is chasing behind them in the past few days, like a fierce wolf in the dark, with its mouth open, swimming quietly and silently, I don't know when, it will pounce and tear its neck, and its nerves have been tight.

At that moment, there were warriors with strong skills and excellent equestrian skills who drove the carriage away and formed a circle, and then ignored Wang Anfeng intentionally or unintentionally, either because their 'inference' was still in their hearts that day, or because of Zhou Chao's secret words and discussions in the past few days.

Everyone was relaxed, talking and laughing, or driving horses, or lighting fires, or taking out daggers from their backs, cutting the mutton into small pieces and throwing them into the pot, but they were unwilling to talk to Wang Anfeng, and they didn't even look at him for a while, as if there was no such person here.

When Zhou Chao saw this scene, his restless heart calmed down slightly, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

As long as this atmosphere continues, when he arrives in Tianxiong City tomorrow, he will be able to force that person away, and then secretly deal with him, and on the surface, his status and identity in the caravan will not have any effect.

It all happened naturally.

He reached into his arms, took out the flat white iron flask, opened the spout, and the light green liquor in it shook and rippled like a lake, and poured his mouth up, his mind turned back to the connection with the cottage.

This has already arrived here, and he is about to enter the city, and at the latest he can only delay until the morning after tomorrow, and if there is no contact, it will be completely difficult for him to estimate the movement and location of the cottage, so that in the vast territory, it is almost like a lone wolf that has left the pack.

Relying on him alone, even if he can kill so many people, he can't eat so many goods, and acting alone is a taboo in the big wilderness village, and he will be helped by the old village owner.

Could it be that you really want to escort them to the merchant honestly?!

Zhou Chao couldn't help but curse secretly, thinking of this, even the liquor in his hand had no taste, stood up, and saw an autumn insect on the ground, trampled to death, and crushed it a few times, and his heart eased slightly.

He felt that he couldn't touch the knife now, and if he did, he might be so agitated that he would draw his knife and kill something.

At this time, a caravan member over there suddenly raised his head and said with a smile:

"What's that sound?"

The companion next to him was blowing the fire and said casually:

"Did you hear me wrong? What sound can there be in such a remote place? ”

The man from before shook his head, pointed to his own pair of ears, and said:

"I can't be mistaken, I hear it like some kind of bird."

The companion said impatiently: "It doesn't matter what kind of bird he is, if you don't hurry up and help him live, you will have to fade out of your mouth today." ”

The merchant smiled and squatted down to help clean up the firewood.

The speaker was unintentional, the listener was intentional, Zhou Chao was slightly stunned, then held his breath, listened carefully, the dryness was forcibly suppressed, and the original extraordinary perception was brought into play, in a dead and quiet night, there was indeed a subtle sound of bird calls mixed in the wind.

The bird calls, it's the partridge.

Zhou Chao's eyes lit up slightly, pressed his heart, and continued to listen, sure enough, it was a partridge cry of three long and three short, with an interval of more than a dozen breaths, and then it sounded again, and it didn't seem to be very far from here.

Zhou Chao suppressed his urge to cry out.

After tidying up his clothes, he thought about it, picked up the knife hidden in the sheath, and said to the person next to him: "Big guy, now pack up first, I'll go around to investigate, and when I come to the city, I am more and more careless." ”

Others naturally had no doubt, complimenting him a few words, Zhou Chao smiled, got up and walked out, and after walking hundreds of meters, he did not hesitate, followed the sound of birdsong, but in a moment, he arrived at a wilderness.

At this moment, there was a considerable distance from the caravan behind, and the sound of birdsong had disappeared, he frowned, held the knife in his right hand, put his thumb against the hilt, and popped out an inch of blade, and moved forward carefully, shouting in his mouth, making a strange cry, but there was no response.

It was pitch black, and there was no sound.

Zhou Chao frowned and said:

"Strange...... What about people? Could it be that it's really just a partridge? ”

At this time, he suddenly heard a soft sound, a little happy, a little annoyed: "Why haven't you come until now, I don't know how long I've been waiting?!" ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to look, but the rest of his words came to an abrupt end.

Behind him was not the subordinate of the cottage he thought, but the pharmacist of the caravan, who was quietly watching him.

"It's you?!"

Zhou Chao's eyes shrank slightly, and then showed a fierce color, and said:

"What are you sitting here?"

"You came with me?!"

Wang Anfeng's expression was calm, and he replied:

"All of your body is covered with skin wounds, and with the physique of a warrior, you have healed, right?"

"When you fight, you lose the battle but you only have a skin injury, and your martial arts are good."

"Better luck."

Zhou Chao was silent, he looked around, the four fields were dark, and the firelight of the caravan could only see a seemingly nonexistent star point at this distance.

His shoulders loosened, the color in his eyes disappeared, and he sighed:

"You are indeed a very good pharmacist, you have good eyesight, you came with me, do you want to know something? I see, what did you find when you left that day, and now you are coming back for these stupid lambs? It's just a pity that they don't accept your affection. ”

"Let me guess again, you haven't made a sound until this time, are you worried that without me, these merchants will not be able to go to Tianxiong City safely? So the showdown has not been until now? ”

"Good, good, you're a good guy, just a little stupid."

His smile was calm, his eyes were quiet, and he said:

"Smart people know how to measure the strength of themselves and their opponents, but unfortunately you don't know this simple truth, yes, I am indeed a person from the Great Wilderness, but what does it matter? Only you know about it, and when you die, no one knows about it. ”

"Everybody will think you're the one who attracted the horse thief."

His palm rested on the hilt of the sword, and the blade that popped out was pressed back down, and the power flowed in the muscles and bones, resonating, attracting the surrounding qi engines, outlining the void, forming all kinds of visions, turning into strange beasts, lurking in the darkness.

Liberating his own suppressed power, Zhou Chao became more and more calm, and when he saw Wang Anfeng holding the knife in his left hand, he smiled even more, and said:

"If you have a next life, let's make the moves brighter."

"A certain knife is called Cutting Tiger Blade."

With a shock of the wrist, the spirit and spirit were united, and the treasure knife in the sheath slashed out, like thunder.

The vision behind him was entangled, agitating for a radius of several zhang.

There was the silent roar of the tiger, the collision of bone joints.

Then he saw the medicine master on the opposite side swing out the black knife that even a nine-rank martial artist could swing lightly with his left hand, a trace of disdain and ridicule appeared on the corner of his mouth, and the strength in his hand was even more powerful, intending to smash the opponent's black knife with the treasure knife in his hand.

Two knives collide.

The smile on Zhou Chao's face instantly stiffened.

Terrifying, brutal, and incomparable power, instantly dispersed his qi, and in his last memory, what he saw was the indifferent and bland curvature of his face, and the same cold voice.

"This knife is called King Kong."

"With so-and-so, kneel!"

Rumble!!!

PS: Today's second update is presented............

Four thousand two hundred words.