Volume 1 The Wind Rises Chapter 13 The Unpredictable Heart

Wu Lun ignored him and continued to preach: "Because this rich businessman is rich and powerful, there are many people who know that he wants to return to his hometown. So this road has not been smooth from the beginning, and someone has been following it. At first, I didn't care about it and left it to the dart game. I think these people are just trying to rob money, and I just need to protect the rich businessman and prevent him from being harmed. But I don't know why, the more I walked, the more I felt that something was wrong, because no matter how the dart game adjusted the route and departure time, there was always someone who could find out where we were and couldn't get rid of it.

After all, I was young and inexperienced. If I had known by now, it was because there was an inner ghost, but I didn't think of it at the time. When we were in the post station or around the city, they just hung from afar, and when we rested, they harassed us in all kinds of indiscriminate ways to prevent us from having a good rest. The people in the dart board have negotiated several times in the past, and they have used all methods. But the men either ignored them or ran away, and the next day they followed.

We are getting more and more anxious, more and more tired, and those who follow us are getting bolder. They began to dig pits, throw stones, set fires, and poison people in the sparsely populated mountainous areas, and we continued to suffer casualties. I could only brace myself and stay by the rich man's side at all times, protecting him, and sleeping only two or three hours a day.

The rich man was already frightened, but he couldn't ride the tiger. The road has been more than half of the way, and it is estimated that it is more dangerous to go back, and only when we get to Qingzhou City can we rely on the strength of the government to seek peace, so we have to continue to move forward. Finally, near the junction of Shanxi Road, Hebei Road and Shandong Road, something happened.

It is located in the Taihang Mountains, with dense mountains and rocks, dense forests and sparsely populated. We had been on the road all morning, tired, hungry, and exhausted. One of the deputy darts saw a clearing and offered to take a break there and eat some dry food. We followed the advice, just parked the car, unloaded the mules and horses, and didn't have time to eat. Suddenly, many arrows were shot from the dense forest by the roadside, and we were ambushed, and many of us were hit by arrows.

I covered the rich man's family back in the car and hid, the Outback hid under the car, and I leaned back against the car and used my fist gloves and arm guards to shoot the arrows. When the arrows were finished, more than thirty people came out of the woods. They were all masked, dressed in uniform clothes, and armed with the same knives, and surrounded us in the middle.

The dart head stepped forward to talk to them through the incision of the rivers and lakes, but the other party did not say a word. At this time, the deputy dart head who proposed to let us rest ran over, and just said, "Second master, you are finally here!" The man led by the other party raised his left hand, as if he wanted to pat the shoulder of the deputy dart head to show his closeness. But as soon as the hand fell on his shoulder, the tip of the knife was already sticking out of his back. The man patted his hand on the shoulder, and covered the mouth of the deputy dart head to prevent him from making any more noise, and at the same time twisted his right hand, which killed him.

The dart head and the dart masters were taken aback, but they didn't expect this deputy dart head to be the other party's inner ghost. I didn't expect the other party to be so ruthless, and when he came up, he killed the deputy dart head and killed his mouth. Dare to kill people in front of them, the dart masters knew that they couldn't easily pass the test today, so they took out their weapons together with the rich man's family and the nursing home to prepare to fight hard. Although there are many of us, many of them have been injured by arrows, and only about 20 of us are still fighting power.

But the bandits didn't speak, but slowly approached us. I knew that the situation was already critical, so I asked the rich family to stay in the car and stay by the Outback. The other party didn't say a word, and the battle began. In addition to me, we only have the dart head and another deputy dart head martial arts, ordinary dart masters are very average, and those family guards are even worse.

The two sides could not communicate peacefully, so they could only fight desperately. The dart head, the dart master, the family member, and the nursing home were all killed one by one, and the other party also lost more than 20 people at the same time. In the end, the rich family and I were left in the middle. I said you can take away your belongings, can you let a few of us live?

The group all stared at the man who was called the second in charge, waiting for him to speak. But the man didn't say a word, just raised his hand and made a gesture, and then the group rushed towards me. I can only fight, these people have average martial arts, at most they are at the level of samurai, they are not my opponents at all, and they are all killed by me one by one. In the end, only the one who took the lead remained, but the man was not in a hurry at all. ”

Liu Jizu asked: "Why is this, seeing that his gang was killed, he didn't help, and he died out, how can he rob it?"

Wu Lun snorted, "I also figured out the trick later." It is estimated that after receiving the news of the return of the wealthy businessmen to their hometowns, the bandit leader temporarily gathered such a group of people, on the one hand, they used this group of people to harass us, stalk us, and make all kinds of preparations, and then used this group of people to reduce our manpower and physical strength. On the other hand, they deliberately borrowed our hands to get rid of these people, firstly, so that the secret would not be leaked, and in addition, a lot of money would be reduced. As for the accomplices, the mastermind did not regard these people as accomplices at all, but just used the tools that they discarded. ”

Liu Jizu suddenly realized when he heard this, and thought that this person was too insidious.

Wu Lun continued: "I know that they must have a backhand, but at that time, they were not afraid to rely on their high martial skills. Sure enough, I had just finished killing the last minions, and before I could catch my breath, two more people came out of the woods and stopped in front of the road. One of the two men was dressed in the same costume as the one in front of them, and they were holding knives next to the other. The other was different, with his face covered, but he did not hold a knife, and he wore a hat with a gauze curtain and a large black cloak. But the cloak is not close to the body, it is propped up, and it looks very bloated. I hadn't been walking the rivers and lakes for a long time, and I couldn't see the doorway, so I didn't know that this was a common attire for the secret weapon masters of Zhige City. ”

Liu Jizu was a little puzzled, "Is there anything special about this dress?"

Wu Lun nodded, "The hidden weapon masters of Zhige City generally do not reveal their faces, and they like to wear a hat with a curtain to cover their faces when they walk in the rivers and lakes as a person from the rivers and lakes. And the cloak is to hide the hidden weapon inside, and of course they have other ways to hide it. You just have to remember that in the rivers and lakes, as long as you don't dare to show your face, you must beware, and those with suspicious things on your body must keep a distance of more than ten feet from him. ”

"Why don't they dare to expose their faces?" asked Liu Jizu.

"It's very simple, no one knows what he looks like, and when he's fine, he can walk freely like an ordinary person. If others know who he is, he is in danger. Because most of the other martial arts of the people who practice hidden weapons are average, they don't have much time to improve other martial arts, but they must spend most of their time practicing manipulation, firing hidden weapons, and improving their hit rate. If he showed his face and was discovered, how could he dare to pretend to be an ordinary person and walk the rivers and lakes with his true face when he didn't have a hidden weapon or the secret weapon was not ready. In that case, they will either be found and killed by the enemy, or they will be targeted and robbed by people with bad intentions. Because the use of hidden weapons must be prepared in advance, and can be taken by surprise, or you can't avoid it, otherwise you won't be able to exert its power.

And the secret weapon that Zhige City does not spread is powerful enough to make you avoidable. This kind of hidden weapon is not a conventional throwing knife, flying locust stone, iron ball and the like that that is launched by one's own strength and skill. It's not a simple weapon to fire, such as crossbow arrows, hidden arrows, or hidden weapon barrels. Rather, it relies on a certain device to fire several highly lethal hidden weapons at the same time, and can be fired multiple times.

They wear cloaks to keep you from seeing their hands and feet and their weapons, so you don't know where they are and when they will be launched. Their hands and feet manipulate hidden weapons in their cloaks, ready at any time. In addition, in order to increase the lethality and number of shots of the hidden weapon, the device for firing the hidden weapon is relatively large, and the belt is very conspicuous on the body, so it is generally covered by a cloak, and the cloak is only bounced off before launching. ”

Liu Jizu was puzzled, "Why did you bounce off the cloak?"

Wu Lun was very satisfied with Liu Jizu's ability to pay attention to this detail, and he praised Liu Jizu before replying: "This was discovered by the master himself, and the sect didn't know about it before." Prior to this, the sect only knew that these cloaked secret weapon masters would suddenly pull the cloak apart or take it off before they could make a move. I told the sect the news, and the sect thought it was very meaningful, and let us know that this might be a new technique in Zhige City, not only did it not count me as a failure in the mission, but also rewarded me with some money! But this is also what I bought in exchange for my life, because I saw his cloak suddenly float to both sides, and his hand did not make any movement to lift the cloak, and his hand was always manipulating the hidden device on his chest and under his ribs. ”

Liu Jizu felt a little incredible.

Wu Lun continued: "I guess his cloak is equipped with a mechanism, and as soon as it is triggered, it can be taken off or bounced to both sides. But by the time he takes off or flicks off his cloak, it means he's ready to fire, and the opponent is already in his range. At that time, I had already made a deal with the one who took the lead. The man's martial arts level was significantly higher, but he wasn't my match yet. Seeing that I was about to succeed, the other man with the knife rushed to help. I ordered the Outback to pounce on him, pestering him for a short time. I didn't want to delay because of the high physical exertion, so I didn't have too many dreams at night, so I desperately injured myself to create an opportunity to kill the man quickly.

Then, together with the Outback, I knocked down the other man, and the Outback took the opportunity to bite the man's throat and kill him. That's when I realized that the last man in the black cloak was very close to me, only about five paces away. His cloak suddenly flew up in both directions, and I saw four objects of different shapes on his chest, under his ribs, and between his legs. I tried to take a closer look, but I instinctively had a premonition, and after only a few bangs, four hidden weapons shot at my face, left and right chest, and abdomen.

I was already tired and didn't have the strength to react optimally, so I leaned back to avoid it or pushed it away with my gloves. I could only do the same as your reaction on the day I took you as an apprentice, lying on the ground and dodging this first round of hidden weapon attacks. What's slightly better than you is that I immediately made a decision without hesitation and immediately rolled into the distance, dodging the second round of hidden weapons. I don't know how many there are in the second round, but I can hear the constant swishing sound behind me and the sound of hidden weapons entering the ground. I rolled to the side of the road, and without looking back, got up and whistled for the Outback to flee with me into the woods.

But the speed at which this man fired the secret weapon was too fast, round after round. In the third round, I guess he sent out about eight hidden weapons at the same time, shooting at my back. I had no way to avoid it, and I was afraid that there would be an ambush on the road, so I could only run desperately towards the woods. The Outback had just bitten the man in front of him, but instead of running with me, he desperately pounced on the person who fired the hidden weapon and helped me block a few hidden weapons.

On that day, I was wearing the inner armor, and the iron pieces inlaid on the inner armor protected the vital points, but there were still three hidden weapons that hit the places that were not covered by the iron plates, penetrated the leather armor, and nailed to my back. That man would have had a fourth round of hidden weapons, and with the accuracy with which he fired them, as long as he aimed at my head or legs, I guess it would be over.

Or because of the Outback, although it was hit by the hidden weapon, it did not die immediately, but desperately continued to attack the man. I don't know if the Outback bit him or not, because I didn't have time to turn my head to look, so I could only rely on my impression to flee back in the mountains and forests in the direction of Xinzhou. In the end, all I heard was the man's scream and the Proud Tiger's wail. ”