The sun is getting stronger and stronger, making the mountains, rivers and rivers in the distance sparkle with reflection.
Shen Lie stood on the hillside, his straight and straight figure seemed to be condensed into green bamboo, the sun was blocked by a bamboo hat on his head, and his deep eyes in the shadow calmly looked at the secret guards of the Guo family who were leaving in the mountains.
The queue was as long as a dragon and numbered in the thousands. The so-called secret guards of the Guo family were actually called the "Guo family army".
The Guo family was originally a large family and had been around for thousands of years. They indeed had the capital to cultivate a strong enough family army.
Their pace was not very fast, and before they completely disappeared from sight, Shen Lie turned around and walked away, riding to the big wooden frame.
Six corpses were hanging high, and Guo Yu was "considerate" and left a climbing ladder at the scene.
Shen Lie didn't touch it, and cut the thick hemp rope holding the rock with the sharp blade. He kicked the wooden pole at the base of the wooden frame with his long legs and broke it with three kicks.
He used his arms to slow down the fallen wooden frame, and the six corpses swayed and sank, slumping to the ground.
Bloody holes opened on the face that should have been fresh, and the remaining white spots were gradually stained by corpse spots.
The shape and color of the wound are visible, and it was dug out before death.
Shen Lie was a little out of breath. He raised his eyes and looked into the distance. The lush and lush forest blocked most of his field of vision. There were fragrant grasses and green radish all over the mountain, and there were also groups of wild rhododendrons blooming in the vast world.
After a moment of slowing down, he squatted down silently and cut the hemp ropes tied to their wrists one by one.
His dark eyes touched the fingerless palm, and his eyes gradually turned red as he had not shed tears for a long time.
They were all tall and strong men. It was impossible to take all the bodies back, so Shen Lie found soft soil on the spot and buried all six of them.
There are wild beasts in the wilderness, and he needs to be buried deep.
He cannot erect a brand new monument when there are hungry refugees.
When the last handful of earth was covered, the sky was already stained with gold. Shen Lie looked at them quietly for a while, then picked up the crossbow arrows on the ground and took off the letter tied to the arrows.
"For those who are humble, seeing words is like meeting each other.
These six corpses are a small gift, and a rich gift comes after. People have parents, and thieves also have parents. The hometown of the hometown is Zuilu, and the root is Zuilu. If the parents of the thieves are alive, they will kill their parents. If the parents are dead, there will be heirs. .Since you are dedicated to the coldness of evil and evil gizzards, how can you leave harm to the land of drunken deer?
The clan alliance of thieves is about to lose its vitality, and you are a treacherous and unfaithful person, with a heart like a wolf and a dog's heart, a snake like a fox, and eventually everyone will betray their relatives and abandon them.
As a humble person, you should be ashamed of yourself in heaven and earth. You should repay this humble life to a drunken deer and punish yourself."
It's Guo Yu's name.
And the three words "humble person", "shabby and humble person", Guo Yu said this twice about him in his early years.
Both times were big occasions where the whole family was present. Guo Yu appeared to be joking, but in fact he was really sarcastic. The gentlemen of the Guo family heard this harshly, but because of the joke, they could not persuade him, so they had to forcefully smooth things over.
Shen Lie had no expression at that time, and he still has no expression now.
He read it calmly and put away the letter with his long, muddy fingers.
The wind becomes slightly stronger in the evening, and soon the earth will cool down and become cold.
Shen Lie leaned over to pick up the bamboo hat he had taken off before and put it on again. He took one last look at the six newly buried graves and left on horseback.
Returning to the foot of Niuling Mountain, it was late at night.
Du Xuan and Dai Yu took turns waiting at the intersection for a day. When they heard the sound of horse hooves in the distance, Dai Yu ran out.
When he left, Shen Lie was alone, but when he came back, he was still there. Dai Yu felt congested and stepped forward and shouted: "Master!"
Shen Lie reined in his horse and stopped: "Did anything happen today?"
"No!"
Shen Lie nodded, got off his horse and said, "I need to rest as soon as possible. We will leave early tomorrow morning."
"Yes!" Dai Yu responded, paused, and couldn't help but ask, "Master, Lu Bao and the others..."
"I buried it with my own hands."
"...Buried."
Although he had guessed the result, Dai Yu still felt uncomfortable hearing it with his own ears.
"Guo Yu left a letter for me." Shen Lie handed the letter to Dai Yu. "You give it to Du Xuan and he will keep it."
"Really them?!"
"Um."
Shen Lie didn't want to eat, so he specifically told Dai Yu that he didn't need it, so that Du Xuan or others wouldn't have to come to him.
After returning to the house, there was only one light on in his house, but it went out soon after, and it was so quiet that it seemed like he hadn't come back.
Dai Yu went to Du Xuan with the letter. The content of the letter made Du Xuan angry and his eyes were red.
"Six corpses are a small gift, six corpses are a small gift?! How can you say this!"
"The young master buried it with his own hands."
"The humble one," Du Xuan laughed angrily, "I barely maintained my hypocrisy before, but now I don't even pretend to be pretentious anymore. That's great!"
Dai Yu couldn't help but look worriedly in the direction of Shen Lie's bedroom, as if he could see through several walls.
Du Xuan was still cursing, and after cursing, he laughed angrily: "Earlier, I was worried that the young master would be angry. After all, the Guo family has a nurturing grace. Although the young master has worked so hard for the Guo family, he has already deserved it, but the young master values love and loyalty. It’s hard for me to persuade you, but it’s better now and kill better!”
"You're crazy!" Dai Yu said angrily, "What does it mean to kill well?"
"The Guo family will know," Du Xuan's voice turned cold, "They have offended someone they shouldn't have."
He looked at the reply paper: "Did they think that the young master was led by Shen Xu since childhood and was willing to run errands for Shen Xu, so they thought that the young master was really a weak person? No," Du Xuan smiled, "the young master is actually very Cruel."
Dai Yu frowned, paused, and raised his hand to place on Du Xuan's forehead.
Du Xuan waved his hand away: "Do you still remember the first time we went to Taoxi Village in Bajiang Lake?"
"The first time? It was when the young master learned that Miss Ali lived in Taoxi Village?"
"No," Du Xuan said coldly, "when we followed Ji Zhongchuan from the left and took a boat to Guangzhui, we stopped to rest on the road."
"Yes, I did rest there."
"The young master wrote a letter that day and asked me to make five copies. Before sailing, I ran off the shore to deliver it."
Dai Yu quickly recalled: "Yes, you said at that time that the young master played a big game this time. I asked you, but you didn't tell me anything."
"The young master is very good at predicting things. He had predicted today a few months ago!" Du Xuan laughed, "In fact, it is not difficult to predict that the Ji family's escape from Guangzhui will definitely anger Song Zhiyi, but the two brothers Lin Dagui and the Xiong family are still angry. The violence along the way only added fuel to the fire, how could Song Zhiyi let the Ji family run free? He will deal with the Guo family and our young master who led the Ji family to escape, this is inevitable! "
"What does the young master's letter say?"
"How many correct ways are there to go to Drunken Deer in Huazhou?"
Dai Yu paused: "Could it be that the young master asked Song Zhiyi's people to ambush you on the road?"
"Moreover, if they want to capture the biggest prey, they need to deal with the soldiers and horses who return the drunken deer, not the people who come out of the drunken deer. And who do you think is their big prey now?"
"It must be our young master!"
"Yes," Du Xuan smiled again, "The Guo family must push the young master out as the culprit, and the young master is indeed accompanying him all the way on this trip. The most obvious thing at the moment is that our young master must have entered the drunken deer from outside. , instead of going out from Drunken Deer.”
"So they will ambush the troops returning from abroad?"
"In order to catch Shen Lie without any risk, the young master suggested that they should stay put unless they see the troops led by Guo Yu and Pei Xianhong, in which Shen Lie must be hiding."
"Pei Xianhong..." Dai Yu was stunned, "The young master's move was so ruthless and so foresight, he actually included Pei Xianhong in it."
When it comes to Pei Xianhong, both Dai Yu and Du Xuan are somewhat complicated.
Pei Xianhong is the secret guard instructor, and they are the more outstanding secret guards of the Guo family.
Precisely because they were outstanding, they were personally chosen by Guo Shu to be with Shen Lie.
Especially Dai Yu, compared to Du Xuan who is not very good at martial arts, Dai Yu's good skills were trained by Pei Xianhong.
Pei Xianhong has not been out for a long time. If he does, there must be something important, and it must be related to the Guo family's secret guards.
Therefore, Shen Lie really included him.
And if Song Zhiyi's soldiers and horses don't know Pei Xianhong, then Song Zhiyi should not become the emperor at all, because his spies don't even have this ability and are really useless.
As for the Guo family's reputation, Song Zhiyi would not really attack Zuilu on the surface, but if he could succeed behind the scenes, how could he give up?
That is to say, Song Zhiyi was obviously affected by the Mouye battle, and had to give the Guo family "face", which could make the Guo family relax their vigilance.
"One link after another," Dai Yu said, "before we arrived at Guangzhui, the young master thought of so many things..."
It was indeed a big deal, using himself as bait to lure Song Zhiyi to deal with Guo Yu. Even if Guo Yu could escape, his vitality would definitely be severely damaged.
