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Fork in the road.

When the mute guard discovered that the scout was coming to visit him, he turned around without hesitation and used Qinggong to run towards Zhou An, who was running wildly on the country road.

At this time, Zhou An was following the guards and leading the eight killer leaders forward on horseback.

The reason why he acted as a vanguard was not because Zhou An wanted to take the lead, but because these killers were too cunning and worried that the mute guards who were spying on intelligence would be discovered, causing the operation to fail.

In this case, if Zhou An is at the front and encounters Ning Wushuang's team, he can still find an excuse to say that they are here to play horse racing.

When Zhou An heard that eight like-minded people wanted him to play forward and lead the team, he agreed without saying a word.

The reason why he agreed was not that he wanted to leave room for this assassination operation, but for another reason.

"Hush!"

When Zhou An saw the mute guard rushing towards him, he quickly reined in the reins.

"Stop!"

"Ahh..."

When the mute guard rushed to less than one step away from the horse's head, he quickly made a few numbers with his hands.

Another guard quickly reported: "Ning Wuchang and the others are only one mile away from the fork in the road, and less than fifty feet away from us. If we go further, we will be discovered by the people they sent to explore the road. Lord Marquis, what should we do?

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"God help me today. Our side has the upper hand. The arrows can fly more than forty feet. Let's work hard and prepare to abandon the horses into the fields and let the horses continue to run forward. We will go forward twenty feet and get ahead of the fork in the road.

If you intercept them and kill them, they will not expect that there will be no one around!"

Zhou An's adaptability sounds very feasible.

Coupled with the large size of Ning Wuyan's convoy, they could already see the flickering torches across the golden rice fields that were half a person tall.

This is a living target!

"Act quickly, otherwise we won't have a chance when they cross the fork in the road too late!"

Zhou An shouted, immediately got off his horse, and chased the killers on the other side of the official road into the rice fields like ducks.

Seeing that Ning Wuyan's motorcade was getting closer and closer, they naturally did not want to give up this excellent opportunity.

In addition, Zhou An was able to make such a favorable judgment immediately when encountering something unplanned, which also gave them great confidence in the success of their action.

Only Zhou An and his guards knew.

All this was actually planned by Zhou An.

He had no intention of launching a surprise attack at the fork in the road from the beginning, so he deliberately pretended to be the leader and ran ahead.

Only when an unexpected situation arises can the team be adjusted and the leading killers go to die.

He didn't know how many people Ning Wuchang had brought with him, but he also knew that the Ning family was definitely not vegetarian, not to mention Zhou Jingxian, whose martial arts was so strong that even Grandpa Huang had praised it.

If they fight to the death, the one at the front will definitely become a dead soul by the sword.

And although he is good at using his brain, his martial arts skills are really mediocre. When it comes to a real fight, it is safest to hide behind him.

The killers swarmed towards the rice fields.

Zhou An turned around and asked the mute guard beside him.

"Have you seen clearly where Ning Wuyan and Zhou Jingxian are?"

"Ahh..."

The mute guard shook his head, but made another long square gesture.

Another guard hurriedly translated.

"The night was too dark to see clearly. I didn't see Ning Wushuang and Zhou Jingxian leading the team, but there was a carriage in the team."

carriage?

Do you think it will be safe if you hide inside and have someone protecting you?

Zhou An proudly said: "They would never have imagined that I would not even attack them, but just use bows and arrows to attack. In this way, the whereabouts of the two people were exposed, and the killer with good eyesight in front could not see Zhou Jingxian.

Where."

Say it.

Zhou An then made arrangements for the two of them.

"Mute, follow me. Go ahead and tell them where the target is, and come back quickly when no one is paying attention."

Nowadays, these are the only two people he can use around him.

Once the rain of arrows has passed and there are still people left alive to fight, he must make sure that he is foolproof.

"Don't worry, little Marquis, I'll be back as soon as I go."

The guard did not dare to say anything, for fear that the killers around him would react and hurriedly rushed towards the eight leaders.

Click, click, click...

swish swish...

Rice straw and rice grains bent and fell under the killers' feet.

They did not dare to get too close, lest they be discovered by Ning Wuyan's convoy. About thirty feet away, the torches on the official road became brighter and brighter, gradually becoming clear from blur, and they finally saw the size of the convoy clearly.

"There should be twenty or thirty vehicles, why are there so many?"

"Those carts are loaded with tall and big things. They don't look like perfume bottles, but more like dry firewood?"

"What dry firewood? They are tobacco seeds. They are not heavy but take up a lot of space and are easy to catch fire. Fortunately, all the arrows prepared for us are feathered arrows. I also thought that I am not good at archery, so I got some fuel rockets.

Even if you can't shoot them to death, you can still burn them to death. Fortunately, I just thought about it, otherwise if it catches fire, it will definitely alert the officers and soldiers who came to An County to defend the city."

Creak, creak, creak~~

The killer leaders standing at the front looked suspicious when they heard the small sound of a vehicle containing seeds not far away.

Aren't they packed with light-weight tobacco seeds?

Why does it sound like it's loaded with something heavy?

But since it was dark and they had no way to illuminate, they couldn't see the details clearly with just the backlit torches.

Thinking that Zhou An had found out everything clearly and was fully prepared, plus they were all here, there was no need to worry about what was in the car.

"Strike the bow!"

The eldest killer gave the order.

All the killers took out the longbows on their backs.

At this time, someone asked: "Isn't it said that Princess Xian is also in the convoy, where are the people?"

As the convoy got closer and closer, it was only thirty feet away, but the killers could only see the coachmen wearing coarse linen clothes and a carriage surrounding it.

The most eye-catching thing is the three people riding on horses in front of the carriage.

Although their faces were not covered, they could not clearly see their specific faces from a distance. They could only rely on their martial arts aura to determine that these three people were not just ordinary people, but martial arts masters.

Probably a veteran.

"I didn't find it. Why don't you ask Mr. Zhou?"

The elder leader just finished speaking.

Before he had time to look for Zhou An, who had been leading the way, where he was now, he saw Zhou An's bodyguard emerging from the open space on the left.

"Ning Wuyang is in the carriage. Princess Xian's horse was tripped and fell behind. We must take advantage of this opportunity to take action. This opportunity must not be missed."

The guards' words excited the killers.

It turned out that in addition to sending them to assassinate Zhou An, he also called helpers to trip Princess Xian's horse legs.

When it comes to killing people, Zhou An is more skilled than them and is too reliable.

"Then what are you waiting for? Shoot the arrow!"

The elder leader gave an order.

The killers all put their arrows on the strings, fully drew the bowstrings, and aimed in the direction of the carriage.

Nearly a hundred feather arrows pierced the void, falling like heavy rain.
Chapter completed!