In this battle, the officers and soldiers suffered heavy losses. More than 20 people were killed and more than 50 people were seriously injured... In this era, serious injury and death can basically be equated.
The soldiers cleaned up the battlefield, collected the dead, and treated the wounded. The strong smell of blood in the air made Wang Xian nauseous, but he insisted on cleaning the wounds of the injured police officers and bandaging them to stop the bleeding. This was what he had to do, because then he
He left the team's military doctor in a bamboo hut to take care of Xianyun... Lingxiao didn't understand at first, but as soon as Wang Xian explained, she not only started to attack immediately, but also donated all the healing medicine from Wudang Mountain.
However, the little first aid knowledge that Wang Xian learned when he was a volunteer in his previous life was really not put on the table. He sewed up the wounds in a mess and made people scream in pain... but Zhou Yong and others were shocked by it.
"Can the wound be sutured?" Zhou Yong asked with wide eyes.
"Why not?" Wang Xian found out that he could use his skin as clothing. He couldn't help but said with a little satisfaction. "This can help the wound heal."
"I see, can the sewing be neater?" Zhou Yong gulped and said, the sewing done by Wang Xian was really terrible.
"It's ugly when it's tidy," Wang Xian said without blushing: "It looks like a centipede..."
"That's true..." Zhou Yong suddenly realized: "Sir, you are wise." When the injured heard this, they all said it was reasonable. They had just sewn it up, and they also asked to take it apart and sew it up again to make it a little messier.
"Let's have fun and don't cause trouble." Wang Xian naturally refused.
The officers here were more skilled in martial arts and had fewer injuries. Only two were dead and eight were injured. Even so, by the time Wang Xian had stitched up and bandaged the injured, it was already the fourth day of the night. I was tired.
He collapsed on the ground and fell into a deep sleep.
Zhou Yong quickly put the bedding of his fallen brother on him...
After daybreak, a letter came from the government and the army. As expected, Uncle Tang did not want the body and asked Wang Xian and others to take it to Zhou Zhitai for disposal.
Wang Xian also got the information he needed from the officers and soldiers. It turned out that they were Uncle Tang's vanguard, preparing to survey the terrain for the army, but they ran into those eight well-dressed men... It was these eight men from the beginning.
There is no such thing as a monk, a Taoist priest, or a scholar.
"The purpose of these people is to distract us, but I didn't expect that the officers and soldiers would come in such a hurry." For breakfast, he had snow boiled in water and some salt added. Wang Xian was able to hold the bowl and eat with gusto.
: "Looking at this situation, the initial judgment was correct. They did not go east, but returned to Pujiang County."
"What should we do?" Zhou Yong and others were finally convinced of Wang Xian.
"Return." Wang Xian pondered for a long time, then slowly said: "We have enough to explain to Mr. Zedai."
"Yes." Seeing that his suggestions were so unconstructive, Zhou Yong and others were a little disappointed, but they also had no good ideas, so they had no choice but to second the proposal.
After eating, the detectives made stretchers, carried ten corpses and eight injured companions, and embarked on the return journey.
Wang Xian and Ling Xiao walked in the front, neither of them talking much along the way, until Ling Xiao finally couldn't hold it in anymore and asked in a low voice: "Xiao Xianzi, why do I feel that we are doing bad things?"
"Why do you say that?" Wang Xian was leaning on a wooden stick. It was not because he hurt his foot, but because Zhou Yong was afraid that he would fall and prepared it for him.
"Those people don't look like bad people." Lingxiao said gloomily: "Bad people can't sing that kind of song."
"I pity Jun Zhongxiaowu the most. The man is determined to die. Let me try my hand at repairing the cracks in the sky..." Wang Xian hummed softly, and his nose became sore again. How long has it been since he was so moved? Or maybe he has never been touched before.
Such a shock... His heart, which seemed warm but was actually cold, was severely hit by the eight brave men who regarded death as their own and sacrificed their lives generously.
"Of course they are not bad people..." Wang Xian replied to his younger sister in a low voice: "They are loyal and noble, and are nobler than all the dignitaries in the world.
"Then why should we kill them?" Ling Xiao found it even more difficult to accept: "Are we bad people?"
"We...are not bad people." Wang Xian shook his head, looked at the vast world in the distance, and sighed: "Things in this world are not either good or bad. It's the public speaking that the public is right, and the mother-in-law saying that the mother-in-law is right. Since we
Once we are involved, we can only be responsible for ourselves, our families, and our responsibilities. The rest... we can't control so much."
"Oh." Lingxiao nodded as if understanding, and asked in a low voice: "What kind of person are they loyal to?"
"I don't know." Wang Xian shook his head and said, "I don't want to know either. I hope that after this time, he can disappear from my world forever."
"I hear what you want..." Lingxiao's heart is like crystal. He doesn't understand many things, but he can see through people's hearts: "It seems that he hopes that person can escape."
"Nonsense." Wang Xian glared at her and said, "You want my life," but he didn't deny it... He couldn't understand what it was like. He was obviously trying very hard to find that person, but he didn't really want to find him.
Maybe it was the eight martyrs who shocked him too much.
When it got dark, the team returned to the bamboo grove where Xianyun was. Xianyun was still unconscious, but the people who stayed behind told Wang Xian that Zhou Zhitai had discovered new clues... Towards the north of the bamboo forest, he found a
The cleaned footprints are just like those found on the mountain. If you peel back the snow layer, you will find the marks left by the feet on the grass.
The people who stayed behind told Wang Xian that Zhou Zhitai had already led people to follow him. Wang Xian and the others stayed in the bamboo forest that night and prepared to set off to find Zhou Zhitai the next day.
Before dinner, Wang Xian came to the central room again and carefully inspected it inside and out. He made some new discoveries...
Early the next morning, the team set off again, following the marks left by Zhou Zhengtai. The speed was naturally very fast, and finally caught up with Zhou Xin in the morning of the next day. After reporting the situation after departure to Zhou Zhengtai, Zhou Xin nodded slowly and said
: "The true Lord is on this road."
"What have you gained from your visit to Taitai?" Wang Xian asked.
"In the past few days, they have used many methods to get rid of me." Zhou Xin said coldly: "But I saw through them all. We have been chasing them, following them in circles in the mountains and forests." There was a pause.
Said: "Now we have to speed up the pursuit and force them to jump out of the forest."
After Zhou Xin gave the order, the detectives threw away their burdens and set out on the road lightly, carrying only their weapons. Wang Xian couldn't help but sweat secretly, what would he do if he slept at night?
However, the effect of traveling lightly was still very obvious. The team's marching speed doubled. Zhou Zhitai was not satisfied. He urged to speed up from time to time and even ordered a night march. What is even more incredible is that Zhou Xin seemed to be able to see in the dark.
Likewise, if you lead the way calmly from the front, you won't be afraid of leading the team astray.
Although Wang Xian was surprised, he believed that Zhou Zhitai must have a clever trick, so he suppressed his doubts and followed the team on their way. At the fifth watch, Zhou Xin finally ordered to stop the advance, but only gave them some time to eat food, and ordered the torches to be extinguished.
After running around for days, Lingxiao was extremely physically strong and a little tired. She couldn't eat enough food. While rubbing her sore and swollen legs, she stared at the mountain peak in front of her and said with some surprise: "It's such a familiar mountain."
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"This is Xianyun Peak, have you been here?" Zhou Zhengtai's confidence comes from his familiarity with the terrain. With his steady character, he naturally will not place all his hopes on a few young boys. At the same time, he
I also secretly surveyed the mountains and valleys here, so I was able to arrive here accurately overnight.
"It turns out this is here," Ling Xiao said in surprise: "My eldest brother, Wei Queque, and I have been up there and had dinner at the Xianyun Temple up there."
"We have forced them to sleep in the open for several days. The noble man must not be able to bear it. Most likely they will stay here tonight." Zhou Xin said lightly. "They didn't expect that we would march overnight, but by now, they should have known that.
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"So we're here?"
"Wait for them to come down the mountain." Zhou Xin squinted at Xianyun Peak and suddenly whispered: "Here they come."
Wang Xian and Ling Xiao followed his gaze and saw torches slowly coming down the mountain.
"Ambush" Zhou Xin ordered in a low voice, and the detectives immediately dropped their food and leaned on both sides of the mountain road.
This is how it is in mountainous areas. It often seems to be very close, but in fact it is far away. After a meal, those people walked into the ambush.
"Don't move." The policemen burst out from both sides of the road and surrounded him. In the dim light of the sky, Wang Xian could already see clearly that they were a group of big and small cow noses...
The Taoist priests were shocked. Some people sat down on the ground, while others were trembling all over. An old Taoist priest said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, we are poor monks and have no money..."
"You are the bandit. We are the agents of Zhejiang Zhensi Yamen." Zhou Yong shouted: "Stop talking nonsense, everyone lies on the ground, and whoever moves will be killed." This sentence revealed the truth, this guy is probably a bandit.
The Taoist priests were obedient. They all lay down on the ground and were tied up by the policemen.
But a mile behind them, there was a sudden crisp sound of branches snapping, which was particularly clear in the quiet night sky.
"It's broken, there are people behind." It's not like Zhou Yong and the others didn't expect this, but firstly, they were limited in manpower, and secondly, they didn't expect that they would be so far apart.
"Chase!" Zhou Xin ordered loudly, and Zhou Yong hurriedly led people to chase after him.
"Sir, we probably let them run away again." Wang Xian asked Lingxiao to take a closer look at the group of Taoist priests, and found that they were all the ones he had seen in Baiyun that day, and there was no one he was looking for.
"Normal." Zhou Xin said indifferently: "They came again and the golden cicada escaped from its shell. There are too few of us to seal off the entire mountain."
"It would be great if Uncle Tang's army arrived." Wang Xian whispered.
"If the army comes, it's impossible to find someone at the foot of the mountain before they find it." Zhou Xin shook his head and said: "Besides, I don't expect to catch him this time. We have only one purpose, which is to drive him out of the forest."