The canyon is pitch black, and from time to time there will be a gust of wind blowing through the trees like a ghostly horn. Zhao Yue took a few glances at Wen Liunian, and saw that he was walking and looking around, he didn't seem to be visiting at night, but he was out to play with a group of literati.
"Are you cold, sir?" Zhao Wu asked.
"It's not very cold." Wen Liunian was wearing warm jade, and was still eating jelly beans—there was ginger in it, which can drive away the cold.
There was a voice not far away, and Lu Zhui made a "careful" gesture, and everyone was instantly hidden in the darkness like civet cats.
Wen Liunian squatted behind a huge rock, feeling a little irritated - this was the first time in his life that he was spying.
Zhao Yue reached out and pressed his head down.
Wen Liunian: ...
The commotion in the forest gradually became louder, and after a while, seven or eight young men walked out of the forest, holding a few pheasants in their hands, looking like they had just returned from hunting on the mountain. The crowd followed silently, and after crossing a barren rocky beach, they turned a corner and saw a village in front of them, with a broken flag waving in the wind, with the words "facai" written on it huge.
"It looks like the village isn't too big." An Wei said, "Why don't we take advantage of it and wipe it out in one fell swoop." It's been a long time since we've had a fight, and I really miss it.
Lu Zhui shook his head, "This village gate is just a cover. The real bandit den is deep in the canyon, so it's not so easy to sneak in."
Sure enough, after entering the gate of the village, those little guys walked forward for a while, and came to a place similar to "a line of sky". The canyon is so narrow that only two people can walk side by side, and there is a guard post above If there is a slight change in the mechanism, there will be countless huge boulders rolling down, firmly blocking the way into the mountain, coupled with kerosene bombs, it is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack.
"Stop, what are you trying to do!" Seeing someone approaching, the guard above scolded loudly, and then said, "The family of fortune will last forever!"
The young man replied, "Fat Cai Sect is all over the place!"
The sentry waved his hand, "Let go!"
The dark guard's teeth ached when he heard it, but there was still a secret code.
"How do we get in?" Wen Liunian asked.
"If you want to enter the mountain, you have to find a way to stun the sentry post, which is not difficult." Lu Zhui said, "But if you do this, it will be easy for the other party to notice something strange."
"Is there another place to enter the mountain?" Wen Liunian asked.
"No, Houshan is the site of Luoyingzhai." Lu Zhui said, "The reason why the remaining three gangs are difficult to deal with is mostly because of the steep terrain and the tight defense recently, so it is difficult for us to sneak in quietly. Go in. If there is any movement outside, the people inside will probably hide in the mountains, and it will only be more difficult to find in the future."
Wen Liunian squeezed his chin, glanced at the sentry post again, and asked, "Is there any medicine that can make people temporarily lose their sanity, and then wake up by themselves after a while?"
"Yes." Hua Tang nodded, and took out a bottle from the pouch on her waist, "Huan Shen San, the efficacy is exactly as the adults said."
The dark guards all looked at Xiao Wu sympathetically. According to Zuo Hufa's love for all kinds of poisons, he must be stunned from time to time.
I really can't think carefully.
"But even with sweat medicine, it's hard to be unnoticed." Lu Zhui reminded, "Besides, so many people lost their sanity at the same time, and you can know there is a ghost in it when you think about it."
"It's just to make them feel that there is a ghost." Wen Liunian smiled, and called one of the hidden guards to whisper a few words.
"Don't worry, my lord." After hearing this, the dark guard's eyes lit up, obviously impatient.
Lu Zhui also couldn't help laughing, "My lord is really quick-witted, I am ashamed of myself."
"Second leader has a great reputation, but it's actually not foolproof." Wen Liunian said, "It's just that there is no other way at the moment, so I have to give it a try."
Zhao Yue couldn't help but turned to look at him.
It was cold in the middle of the night in the mountains, even though he had warm jade on his body, Wen Liunian couldn't help shivering.
Zhao Yue curled his lips, a nerd is not resistant to the cold, no one reminded him to wear thicker clothes.
Anyway, the opponent is a mob, not to mention a jacket, even if they are wearing a red wedding dress, no one will notice.
The dark wind in the valley was getting stronger and stronger, and even the charcoal fire used for heating was almost extinguished. Several sentry posts wrapped their clothes tightly to add firewood, just thinking about changing the guard in the middle of the night so that they could go back to rest earlier.
There were a few dry and hard scones on the brazier, and it was quite difficult to bite. The tea next to it had been soaked for a long time, and it was as bland and tasteless as plain water. The few people chatted while eating, cursing and swearing, obviously they were also extremely dissatisfied with the status quo.
"I don't know when it will be over." One of them said, "Three to five months is enough. If the government doesn't withdraw troops, then we will have to live this hard life forever?"
"Be patient, the boss has said that the government can't be stationed at the mountain pass all the time." Another person said, "Besides, we are not the only ones trapped in this mountain. There is also a tiger head gang in Xishan, they are not easy to provoke. , if you are really offended, it will be enough for the government to drink a pot."
"Then they should act quickly." The person before filled the teapot, "We can also take this opportunity to have an autumn breeze."
The two hidden guards looked at each other—this tiger gang really seemed to have some skills.
There was another strong wind blowing in the mountains, and the dark guard took the opportunity to quietly land beside the crowd, with a rather bitter voice, "You... you... are... eating... what... what... ah..."
The sentry was scared out of his wits, instinctively scrambled to the other side, drew out the knife and pointed it at the two of them.
The dark guard's clothes were torn, his hair was messy and flying, his face was red and white, and there was a streak of blood at the corner of his mouth. Not to mention it was the middle of the night, even in broad daylight, if he saw it on the street, he would be scared to cry.
Before everyone at the sentry post screamed, the dark guard waved his hand lightly and scattered the phantom god, "Don't be afraid, we just want to eat... We haven't eaten for hundreds of years, and our heart... bitter... ah... "
Their throats seemed to be choked, and the bandits collapsed on the ground with weak knees, unable to speak a word, and could only open their eyes in horror, fearing that they would be eaten.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the rest of the people quickly crossed the canyon and entered the mountain with Wen Liunian.
The dark guard put the scones into his arms, and then laughed dryly for a while, very eerie.
There was a burst of heat in the bandit's crotch, and it was very miserable to be scared to pee alive.
"There's nothing to eat..." The dark guard reached into the brazier, picked up a piece of fiery red charcoal and threw it away, without being burned at all.
The bandits were even more horrified.
"Go back..." Another person said, "If you don't go, the rooster is about to crow..."
"No...eat...full..." The dark guard was still tirelessly turning the brazier, a little disappointed that there were really only a few scones, and thought he could plan a stewed sweet potato for the adults.
The other person had no choice but to forcibly drag him up, and the two walked forward stiffly.
The bandit could almost hear his own teeth chattering.
"Don't tell the celestial master about this..." The dark guard's voice was stern, "Don't tell anyone, they have seen us before..."
The bandit nodded frantically.
"Otherwise, I'll dig out your hearts..." The dark guard's fingertips were cold, and he slid across the face of one of them, and then he saw his eyes rolled white, and he fainted backwards.
Very miserable.
The dark guards slowly moved to the edge of the high platform, and then they both fell headfirst.
The strong wind continued to howl, and the bandits were in shock for a long time before they finally got up. Boldly took a look down, but saw nothing.
"What's going on?" One of them chattered his teeth.
"What the hell is going on, what the hell!" The other person's knees were still weak.
Not enough to eat and not to wear warm clothes, and even to watch the night will encounter ghosts, what is the life of a human being...
Just as Wen Liunian had expected before, this group of bandits had never seen much of the world, so they would easily be blinded by strange powers, and because they were afraid of being dug out by ghosts, they naturally wouldn't take the initiative to tell the story , After the changing of the guard, they all pissed off and went back to the bedroom, kowtow to ask the Bodhisattva to bless them and stop evil spirits.
After Wen Liunian and his party entered the canyon, they quickly figured out the general situation in the village. Except that it was a little difficult when entering the mountain, there really wasn't much fancy inside, just a few ordinary houses, at most Just fifty people.
"After finding the bandit leader, we will start to encircle and suppress them!" Wen Liunian ordered.
Hua Tang nodded, but before he could disperse, Zhao Yue made a silent gesture, "There seems to be someone in the back mountain."
"Is there someone?" The rest of the people looked in his direction, only to see a large dark forest.
"There is someone." Lu Zhui also said, "But I don't know who it is, so let's hide for a while."
"Could it be another gangster?" Wen Liunian asked.
"Maybe." Zhao Yue held the handle of the knife firmly with his left hand and looked outside vigilantly.
After a while, dozens of hundreds of black figures appeared from the woods and quickly surrounded the cottage. The dark guard took Wen Liunian into the sky, landed firmly on a tree, and continued to watch the situation below.
The group of men in black had obviously been prepared for a long time, and they walked all the way from the forest to the Fa Cai Gate, but there was no movement at all.
"Maybe the second leader can see who it is?" Wen Liunian asked.
Lu Zhui shook his head, "The distance is too far."
But soon everyone knew the answer.
Because someone in Fa Cai Sect finally discovered the enemy's situation, panicked and shouted, "The people from Luoyingzhai are here"!
"Sure enough." Lu Zhui said with a smile, "This trip can be considered lucky, just in time for a dog to bite a dog."
Wen Liunian continued to stare intently at the village, with the bag on his waist shriveled—the jelly beans had obviously been eaten up.
Zhao Yue felt that he had a toothache.
Fa Caimen was woken up in a dream. Facing Luoying Village, which had been prepared for a long time, they could only pick up a knife indiscriminately. .
"Bah!" Gong Facai knew he was going to die, so he went all out and cursed, "I heard rumors that someone was colluding with the government to sell brothers, but I didn't expect it to be you!"
"I colluded with the government?" The leader of Luoyingzhai kicked him hard, "If you hadn't tipped off the news, how could I have been captured by the government inside the Cangwu City? Now that I know that I won't live long, it's quite Will act."
"The inside route of Luoyingzhai in Cangwu City?" Lu Zhui heard this and looked at Wen Liunian.
Wen Liunian shook his head, "I've never heard of it, let alone captured it, there must be some misunderstanding."
"Could it be Luoyingzhai talking nonsense?" the dark guard asked.
"It's unlikely." Wen Liunian said, "Now that Fa Cai Sect is his defeated opponent, there is no point in acting."
"Yang Ying, grandpa won't let you go even if he's a ghost!" Gong Facai was still yelling.
"Yang Ying?" Lu Zhui said, "He is the head of Luoying Village."
"Then what are you waiting for!" Wen Liunian's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he said decisively, "Take this opportunity to catch them all!"
Before, I was still having a headache on how to deal with the other two gangs, but I didn't expect that it would take no effort at all.
"Yes!" The hidden guards all took the order, and rushed towards the Fa Cai Gate almost like a thunderbolt.
After all, this kind of opportunity to let go of fighting is rare, so we must cherish it.
Luoyingzhai won a complete victory, and he was still complacent at first, planning to kill and set fire to his lair after looting all the food and property. Who would have thought of killing Cheng Yaojin halfway, seven or eight masked men appeared out of nowhere, They didn't even have time to recover, they were all beaten to the ground in the blink of an eye, their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen, crying for their father and mother.
Wen Liunian squatted on the tree and said, "Thank you."
Zhao Yue: ...
Wen Liunian looked innocent.
Huatang and Zhao Wu were on another tree, and Lu Zhui had already gone to the village to help, so Zhao Yue had no choice but to reach out and hug Wen Liunian, and brought them to the ground.
Wen Liunian said, "Thank you, Master."
Zhao Yue put him down and felt... Looking at a handful of bones, he didn't expect it to be quite soft when hugged.
Sure enough, it was not in vain.
Wen Liunian habitually reached into the cloth pocket and felt it was empty, only then realized that the jelly beans had been eaten, so he turned it over and poured out the sugar residue.
Zhao Yue threw him a small cloth bag.
"What is it?" Wen Liunian caught it.
Zhao Yue has strode forward.
While trotting to keep up, Wen Liunian opened the cloth bag, and saw three or five pieces of peanut candy.
"My lord." The hidden guards had already tied up the two groups of bandits with ropes.
"Thank you, everyone." Wen Liunian put the peanut candy into a cloth pocket, "It's almost dawn, bring it back to the government office, and I will interrogate it slowly!"