Soon, a small boat slowly drove over, and Zhou Pu also got on the boat, he lifted his sleeve and arched his hand and said, "General Li, Youruo girl, what happened?" ”

Sima Mufeng said: "Lord Zhou, we found the bodies of more than a dozen killers in the cabin of a ship, and Xuanyuan Ding'an is already dead, and someone saw him floating on the river. And according to Shangguan Xunyu, last night, Xuanyuan Dingan took a mysterious master on the ship, so this matter is likely to have something to do with the mysterious killer. ”

With that, Zhou Pu also clarified his thinking, and that mysterious master was likely to be the mastermind of the entire ambush.

"And who is he?"

Li Mu replied: "He was one of the more than 300 assassins last night, I originally thought that there were no assassins alive last night, but now it seems that there are still a lot of living mouths among the corpses. ”

Zhou Pu nodded: "Okay, it's better to have a living mouth than nothing, now ask him who the person who assassinated us last night was." ”

Zhou Pu hated the killers of last night, because they had consumed most of the combat power of the entire Zhongzi Battalion.

If Mu Bai led the troops, then there would definitely not be such a tragic situation.

But what he didn't expect was that Zhou Pu was beaten to the ground for the first time when he led the troops alone.

Therefore, in addition to blaming himself, Zhou Pu felt more that he had not fulfilled His Majesty's trust.

At this time, seeing that the killer had recovered a little, and the whole person's temperament did not look as sick as just now, it seemed that he could knock something out of this person's mouth.

I saw that when the killer had just woken up, Zhou Pu said to the two soldiers: "Come on, hang him up." ”

Zhou Pu did this because he wanted to tell this killer that you have no other choice, your only choice is to cooperate with me obediently, otherwise, your end will be a dead end.

Zhou Pu knew that these killers were hard-spoken, they were professionally trained, and once they were caught, they usually had two choices, one was to commit suicide by poisoning, and the other was to choose an assassination target to die together.

No matter which one you choose, it's a dead end.

These killers didn't want to come back alive from the time they set out, which is why, these killers carried thousands of taels of silver tickets on their bodies, because these things, they don't bring them in life, they don't take them in death, most of them don't have families, and once they die, they will fall into the hands of others.

But Zhou Pu, Sima Mufeng, and Youruo don't know, why is this person still alive?

It's very different from the killers they've encountered in the past.

So Zhou Pu asked him to hang him up first to see if he could knock something out of his mouth.

Soon the killer was hung high and hung on the sails.

"Ah......h

The injuries on the killer's body began to kick in, and the whole person was much better than the state of the dazed state just now.

And Zhou Pu then asked people to move three chairs, and he and Sima Mufeng, the three of them sat there and admired.

At first, the three of them were all smart, and they all knew how to play this hard-mouthed guy to death, so they soon saw that he was already panicking.

Sima Mufeng said: "Lord Zhou, this trick is clever! ”

Sima Mufeng had to give him a thumbs up.

Zhou Pu had also been in the Criminal Department for a period of time before, although these people seem to be hard bones, but to put it bluntly, who is not afraid of death?

It's just that these people have hard-mouthed mouths and are professionally trained, and they seem to be more courageous than ordinary people.

But this kind of courage may not last long under extreme fear, as well as serious injuries and delirium.

I saw the killer struggle slowly, and then shake his body even more violently.

"Ahh My lord, let me go, let me go. I can't die, I still have a three-year-old child at home! ”

Zhou Pu, Sima Mufeng, and Youruo finally knew why this killer was still alive, and he would not commit suicide by taking poison, or die with a soldier in the Zhongzi Battalion, the main reason was because he still had concerns in his heart.

This concern will turn into a kind of motivation to survive.

Of course, from the perspective of Zhou Pu, Sima Mufeng, and Youruo, his concern is an opportunity for them to pry their mouths open.

Sima Mufeng said: "This is not what we want to hear, you think about it slowly, think clearly, we will put you down, but if you can't think clearly, then you will keep hanging on it." It's windy on the river, see how long you can shake like this. ”

At this time, the killer lowered his head and looked down, unbelievable, the soles of his shoes had begun to slowly drip his own blood.

If you don't say anything more, before you can say something, you will already die of blood.

So the killer panicked at this time.

"I know where the killer group's den is, and there are still dozens of killers in that place, ready to organize a new ambush before you head to Winterin City."

After the killer said this, Zhou Pu, Sima Mufeng, and Youruo stood up at the same time.

That's big news.

They didn't expect that those killers were not the final killers, and they would actually organize a second ambush?

It was not what they expected.

Originally, in Zhou Pu's expectation, these murderers would be on the Yunjiang River, sending out all the combat power, and breaking the net.

In this way, you can not only eradicate all the grain armies and obtain these materials, but also get rid of Mu Bai at the same time.

It can be said that it is a good thing to kill three birds with one stone, why do they divide their soldiers into two or two?

There are dozens of killers left, why don't they come over together and participate in the roundup?

This is hard to figure out.

Therefore, Zhou Pu, Sima Mufeng, and Youruo felt that this matter was unreasonable and strange.

Sima Mufeng said: "You are lying, it is impossible for dozens of killers to ambush us on the way to Winter Rin City. The soldiers in Winter Rin City are strong, and you don't have a chance to do it. ”

The killer is not ambiguous, anyway, now he is going to die, rather than this, it is better to tell everything he knows:

"My lord, the villain is telling the truth, please put the villain down first, and then drag it down, the villain's blood will be drained."

The killer looked terrified, afraid that he would be hanged alive like this.

Zhou Pu, Sima Mufeng, and Youruo glanced at each other, and felt that it was time to put him down, and if he hung it again, he would really be killed by the blood party.

Then I saw Youruo release a dart from his body, accurately hitting the hemp rope above the killer's head, and with a snort, he fell to the ground.

The killer saw that he didn't fall to the ground, and it was not high, more than a meter high, and there was a muffled sound, and there was no movement.

Then Yuruo asked someone to untie the rope from his hand.

Zhou Pu was a little worried: "You won't kill yourself, will you?" ”

Youruo shook his head: "If he wants to commit suicide, there are ten thousand ways, but looking at his appearance, he has no intention of committing suicide." ”

"Hmm!"

Hearing Youruo, who was strong in martial arts, say this, Zhou Pu was also relieved.

After all, this killer is also seriously injured now, and it is impossible to fight back here.

On the deck of this ship, it was already dawn at this time, and the soldiers of the Zhongzi Battalion were very carefully guarded.

If there's really anything to worry about now, it's that around here, there will be no masters, and if this person is killed remotely, it will be a big problem.

Zhou Pu said: "Let's say, where is the killer ambushed, how many people are there, whose people are they." ”

Zhou Pu asked three key questions, and the killer covered his injuries and said:

"The location is in the slag cave, that is, after the Yunjiang River is about a hundred miles away, when you are close to Dongrin City, you still need to walk a section of the road, this section of the road is bumpy, it is very to take away. Moreover, it is also the most difficult and dangerous part of the road from the capital to here. There are many cliffs. ”

After saying this, Zhou Pu, Sima Mufeng and Youruo also gasped, you know, they rushed from the capital all the way, thousands of miles away, although they were tired, but fortunately, they walked all the way on the official road, and it was not difficult to walk.

And now, with a huge amount of supplies but a sharp decrease in personnel, there is still a difficult road to take, which is a huge challenge for the entire march.

Zhou Pu thought like this, and took out the map from his arms, this killer was not wrong, after crossing the Yunjiang ferry from here, he walked a hundred miles to the north, the mountain road was rugged, but there was a place called the Slag Cave, this place was full of dangerous and difficult roads, not to mention horses, even if people walked on it, it was estimated that it was enough to choke.

"At that time, when Master Mu and I discussed this section of the road again, we reserved three days!"

This section of the road is not long, about fifty miles, but now it seems that it is a blessing to be able to walk in three days.

What he didn't expect was that there were assassins in ambush, which made Zhou Pu, who was carrying grain to the north for the first time, feel Alexander.

"How many of those killers are there?"

The killer clutched his chest and said, "There are more than sixty people, and all of them are second-rate killers. ”

Zhou Pu now knows what the level of second-rate killers is, the more than 300 killers last night are at most third-rate killers, and the main reason why they were able to defeat the soldiers of the Zhongzi Battalion is that they took advantage of the night to sneak attack.

If it was a frontal charge, the strength of these killers was simply not enough to overturn the entire Zhongzi battalion. After Sima Mufeng and Youruo joined the battlefield later, the stark contrast formed could be seen, and their strength was the level of a third-rate killer.

"How big is the gap between second-rate killers and third-rate killers?"

The killer said: "Very large, the strength of a second-rate killer can be equivalent to four third-rate killers. If these killers all relied on favorable terrain, the combat effectiveness of the team of sixty people would have exceeded that of the team of three hundred people last night. ”

As soon as he heard this, Youruo, Zhou Pu, and Sima Mufeng were all shocked.

You know, this is not alarmist.

Sixty second-rate killers, if they really have the strength of a dozen or four third-rate killers as she said, then basically relying on the dangerous terrain of the slag cave to set up an ambush, it is really terrifying.

As soon as Zhou Pu thought of this, his heart was cold.

The Zhongzi battalion had already suffered heavy losses in last night's battle, and if it encountered another ambush in the slag hole, it would have basically been declared annihilated.

In this way, there is no need to wait for Dong Rin City and Wei Qingfeng and others to intrigue and be harmed by political enemies.

Your Majesty will also put them to death with a holy judgment.

It's all dead horizontally and vertically!