"Staff, please give me two steamed buns, a plate of pickles, half a catty of beef and a bottle of wine."
"Okay, Brother Jiang is going to have a drink with Lao Cai?" The store clerk greeted him to the backyard kitchen with a smile, and then led a soldier to sit down in the lobby. The sun was not high yet, and the wave of people who went to the market before had passed.
It's the holiday period now, and there aren't many customers.
Soldier Brother Jiang smiled and said: "There is nothing wrong with drinking, but it is not Lao Cai. This time there is a rush of 800 miles. Lao Cai will have to get on the horse when I get to the next station. But I can have some drinks with Lao Cai's daughter!
"
The shop clerk smiled very manly, "I know you have been thinking about Xiao Cai. Hehe, just wait, I will change you to strong drinks. This woman is not drunk, and men have no chance."
"Hey, you really understand, why don't you switch it to venison for me?"
"We have venison, but you have to pay extra."
"Forget it."
"Xiao Cai, I'm afraid you won't be able to see me."
"Who is it, crow..."
The sudden interruption made the soldier Brother Jiang get angry. However, when he and the store clerk turned around to look at each other, they suppressed the greetings in their mouths.
This... is a bad person. After all, if he is wearing a black scarf in broad daylight, he is either planning to do bad things or has already done them!
Soldier Brother Jiang leaned forward, grabbed the baggage on his chest with one hand, and blocked the store clerk, "I don't know where he is from the green forest, but there is some misunderstanding, I am just a soldier!"
The masked man was wearing a gray-green robe that looked softer in color than the fierce and dazzling green forest strongman. With the black cloak behind him, he looked more like a dusty hero. But the steel gun in his hand flashed with cold light.
The tip of the spear pointed diagonally towards the ground, vaguely blocking the retreat of the soldier Brother Jiang.
"No misunderstanding, I just came to see you."
Hearing this, Brother Jiang, the soldier, had no intention of taking any chances anymore. He stretched out his hand and pushed the store clerk, "Let the innocent people leave first."
The masked man with the gun said nothing, but the soldier Brother Jiang pushed the store clerk and asked him to leave through the back door. However, before he could take two steps, the steel gun suddenly fell out of his hand and flew out, as if it had penetrated through the night.
The bed crossbow on the wall instantly nailed the store clerk to the wall.
"you……"
"You were very quick. You gave him the letter before you blocked him. It's a pity that it couldn't escape my eyes."
The soldier Brother Jiang was furious when he heard this. He pulled out the steel knife from his waist and slashed at the masked man with the gun. As an emergency messenger from the government, he knew the green forest along the way better than the ordinary police officer. He knew the enemy in front of him.
His strength exceeds his own. Whether he can survive today depends on whether he can hurt him after he loses his weapon.
Ding ding ding!
The masked man's hands flashed an afterimage in front of his eyes. The steel knife broke into pieces and fell to the ground. Then a hand pressed on the head of the soldier Brother Jiang. He didn't even see what was going on, and felt
Severe pain at the top of my head.
For a moment, Soldier Brother Jiang thought of the young man in colorful clothes he dealt with last night. He was good at making five holes in people's heads. But as the feeling came from the top of his head, he only felt that three fingers were digging into his brain.
.
Eagle claw skill?
This was the last thought of Brother Jiang, the soldier. When his body fell limp, the masked man had already found the urgent letter from the store clerk.
He didn't read the letter. As soon as he got the letter, he used the candle on the counter to set it on fire. Amidst the scattered sparks, he seemed to feel relieved and walked out of the store with the iron gun in hand.
This is the last inn near the border of Yong'an County. It mostly entertains mountain people and traveling businessmen who go to the market. There are really no people there usually.
After the masked man came out, he looked around and disappeared into the woods after a few ups and downs.
Less than three minutes later, a carriage slowly emerged from the forest. This carriage was a sedan-style three-horse carriage. The three horses looked very good, as if they could travel thousands of miles in a day without taking off the lasso.
The white satin covering both sides of the carriage looks quite luxurious. The blue silk tassels extending down the roof of the carriage look solemn and elegant. Together with the white satin curtains, it creates a strange bookish atmosphere.
The carriage slowly arrived in front of the inn, but only stayed for a minute before continuing on its journey.
"Why don't we go down and take a look?"
In the carriage, the Khan was dressed like an old scholar who had gone to Beijing to take the exam. He even shaved off his beard. Anyone who was not familiar with him would never know that he was a Turkic Khan.
"Didn't you guess everything that the masked man did? Since you guessed it, why did you get out of the car? Besides, the time I calculated seems to be a bit wrong. Maybe something happened that I don't understand, which is a bit troublesome." Zuo
Zhou sat cross-legged next to Xiao Qing, with a soft blanket underneath him, and he took very good care of Xiao Qing.
Xiaomei stretched out her sleeves. She was wearing a dark red gauze skirt. It was not that gorgeous and outstanding, but it was not the kind of dress that a knight-errant would wear, which made her a little uncomfortable. It had been a long time since she had worn such good clothes.
She didn't even remember the skirt.
"What do you mean? The killer is catching up?" Shibi Khan panicked again. What he was most afraid of was something 'unexpected', and he might die.
Zuo Zhou took a deep breath. Through the gap in the car window screen, he could vaguely smell the bloody smell in the inn. This was the effect of Taoist health-preserving skills. It nourished all organs all year round, not only making his eyesight amazing.
, even the sense of smell is far more sensitive than the average person.
"Based on the time Xiaomei sent the letter last night, the messenger should have left us far behind. My original plan was to travel all the way to the imperial capital like a normal family, but I didn't expect that I would catch up.
This scene."
"Then what does this mean?" Xiaoqing lay nearby and listened to Zuo Zhou's analysis, seeming to realize the seriousness of the problem.
It's like a hungry tiger descending from the mountain. If you see it from a hundred miles away, you can raise your middle finger and shout, "Come here!" and you won't be harmed. But if the distance is too close,
Even if you do nothing or even take care to hide yourself, you may still be targeted by a tiger, because tigers can move and have vision!
In a word, trouble will come to you automatically.
"This means that the courier Xiaomei saw setting off at that time was indeed a cover-up, and Magistrate Hua did have a problem. But it also means that Magistrate Hua did not fully control Yong'an County, and there were people who sent another messenger when they found out there was something wrong with the courier.
There was a second wave, and that’s what happened just now.”
Zuo Zhou said with joy again, "I am becoming more and more curious now. Who are these enemies? Their power radiates far away. They can know the route of the Turkic mission and gather enough power to kill them."
The regimental guards can penetrate into the officialdom and reach such a remote Yong'an County, so what are their limits? Who is the one with the highest status among them?"
Shibi Khan opened his mouth for a long time before sighing: "You, Great Qin, are really awesome, even the bad guys are so powerful."
Zuo Zhou disdainfully said, "We don't know yet whether they are powerful or not. We have to see how far they can go first."
Xiaomei looked at him curiously, "Then guess what we will encounter next?"
Zuo Zhou paused for a moment, then reached out and picked up the strong bow, "If I were a killer, I would probably return to the scene to take a look after completing the task. It is impossible to say that we have already entered the sight of the killer just now."
Whoops, the carriage suddenly stopped. The horses stopped on their own, because in front of them stood a masked man holding a spear.