Chapter 40: Halfway Attack
On the side of the muddy dirt road, a broken carriage overturned, but there were no horses or people to be seen.
On the ground around it, there were still many messy footprints that could be discerned, and it was clear that there had been a lot of people here.
Zhang Tian squatted aside, holding the broken weeds in his hands, and the leaves of the weeds were scattered with traces of dry dark red and blackening.
"I guess that's it." Zhang Tianzou frowned and spoke.
Hutong, who was checking the carriage, looked a little excited, "Absolutely, this car is from Changyun Carriage, and there are their marks on the carriage!"
Maybe Ah Wen was killed here, these mountain bandits are really not a thing! ”
Zhang Tian glanced at Boss Hu, who was full of indignation, and sighed, it had been three days since they left the lake.
Soon after today's departure, I found this overturned carriage on the side of the road, so I hurriedly came to check, but I didn't expect that this was the floating corpse found by the river, Awen's carriage.
"Something is wrong!" Hu Tong was squatting next to the carriage and rummaging for something, and he suddenly said something puzzled.
Hearing this, Zhang Tian got up and walked over to him, "What's wrong?" ”
"The people and horses are gone, why are the bags and packages still there?!"
After Zhang Tian walked in, he found that Hu Tong was rummaging through a cloth bag, which looked like some women's clothes.
"Maybe there are no women among the bandits, so it's useless to ask for these clothes." Zhang Tiandao.
"Clothes are useless, but these silver are always useful!"
Hu Tong pointed to a purse with embroidered patterns, which was bulging and full of broken silver, as well as a few silver tickets.
Then he stooped down and climbed into the carriage, and came out with two more backpacks, which also contained silver, but did not move a penny!
At this time, Zhang Tian was also a little puzzled, didn't they meet mountain bandits?
At this time, Xia Xue ran out of the forest not far away and waved her hand at Zhang Tian and the others, "Come here, there's a discovery here!" ”
When they got out of the car to check just now, they let Shaochun and Xia Xue stay where they were to watch the car, while Ji Lingyan took Xia Xue along the footprints on the ground and went into the forest to check.
The two hurriedly got up and followed Xia Yu into the forest, and before they went far, they saw Ji Lingyan, and in front of her, there were several corpses lying there.
"This, why did this kill these old people!" Hu Tong gasped, looking at the dozen corpses lying in the forest, his frightened face changed greatly.
"It seems that Awen did not die from the mountain bandits, but was intercepted and killed, who was he pulling in the carriage?" Zhang Tianzou said with a frown.
The corpses on the ground were all wearing the same black suits, apparently from a group, presumably the ones who intercepted the carriage.
But just now the woman's package was found in the overturned carriage, and there was no woman's body here, apparently the people in the carriage either ran away or died elsewhere.
Ji Lingyan turned her back to everyone, and the expression on her face was a little strange, as if she knew something, but she didn't speak.
Zhang Tian found a wooden stick, endured the stench, and rummaged around these corpses for a while, but found nothing, and did not find anything related to the identity of this group.
"Shaoxia, don't turn it over, it's too stinky, let's go back!"
Hu Tong stood in the distance and shouted at Zhang Tian, obviously he couldn't stand it anymore.
The forest was already damp, and coupled with the current temperature, flies and insects were flying all over the corpse, which made him disgusting.
"Well, let's go!" Zhang Tian threw away the wooden stick and returned to the carriage the same way as Hu.
Ji Lingyan and Xia Yu had already come back when Zhang Tian began to turn over the corpse, and they were talking to Xia Xue Shaochun, who was staying in the carriage.
"Young master, let's go!" Shaochun's face turned pale, obviously hearing about what was going on in the forest, and he was a little scared.
"Well, let's go." Zhang Tian glanced at Ji Lingyan.
In the forest just now, he found that Ji Lingyan's expression was a little wrong, he should know something, looking at her appearance, he obviously didn't intend to say it.
Before he could climb into the carriage, there were several sound of breaking the air in his ears!
Zhang Tian's heartbeat seemed to have missed a beat, and his hair trembled instantly, and he subconsciously pulled out the long sword on his waist and turned around to block!
"Get out of the way!"
Ji Lingyan exclaimed, obviously also noticed something abnormal, and hurriedly reminded Zhang Tian.
'Phew! ’
Zhang Tianyi slashed the attacking thing with a sword, only to find that it was an arrow that had been arrowing jet black!
"Oh, go into the woods!"
He hurriedly jumped out of the carriage and ran into the forest by the roadside with Shaochun in tow.
Then the people who reacted hurriedly followed Zhang Tian and drilled into the forest.
Before they could run into the woods, there were several more sounds of breaking the air!
Zhang Tian let go of Shaochun's hand and ran to the alley that followed the last, "You guys go in first, quickly!" ”
The blue sword swung out, narrowly blocking the arrows that came at him.
Hu Tong is just an ordinary person, how can he outrun these warriors, if it weren't for Zhang Tianhui coming back to save him, it would have been cool at this time!
His face was pale, his forehead was full of cold sweat, and he ran into the forest with all his strength, and Zhang Tian followed behind Hu Tong and also got in.
"Hide behind a tree and don't show your head!"
Zhang Tian's expression was solemn, and he shouted, with his cultivation, he didn't see where the arrows that shot at them came from, this group of people who attacked them was obviously not simple!
Before he could catch his breath, he heard scattered footsteps in the distance, Zhang Tian turned his head to look at Hutong who was hiding not far from him, "Boss Hu, you hurry up and run up the mountain, don't look back!" ”
Hu Tong gasped and nodded at Zhang Tian, his eyes mixed with a trace of gratitude in addition to horror.
If Zhang Tian hadn't saved him just now, he would have followed in the footsteps of Ah Wen, and now he wouldn't hesitate to do whatever Zhang Tian asked him to do.
Hu Tong took a sharp breath, and the girl ran up the mountain!
As soon as he ran, Zhang Tian jumped out from behind the tree, and saw five men in black suits and bows and arrows on their backs, holding long knives in their hands, and had already rushed into the forest!
The outfits of these people are exactly the same as the corpses in the forest!
Zhang Tian's pupils shrank, and before he had time to think about it, the long sword stabbed out in an instant, and the pale yellow sword qi turned into a match, shooting out towards one of the black-clothed people!
The man hurriedly blocked, only to see that the long knife he raised was haunted by the turquoise color, forming a circular shield of light, which cracked inch by inch after being hit by the sword qi, but he was unharmed!
The man in black's eyes narrowed slightly, and he snorted coldly at Zhang Tian with some disdain, "You go after others, leave this kid to me!" ”
His accomplice didn't hesitate at all, didn't even look at Zhang Tian, and ran towards Li Sitong and them.
Zhang Tian's heart sank, this group of people is not simple, and their cultivation is all above the eighth layer!
But how could he be willing to let these people leave, Ji Lingyan and the others aside, Shaochun's cultivation is only at the fourth level, if he is caught, he will definitely die!
The storage bag on his waist was slightly bright, and several yellow talismans instantly appeared in Zhang Tian's hands, and the spiritual power in his body surged rapidly, and the spiritual runes lit up and flew towards the four black-clothed people!