The leader looked at the dozen brothers tied to the tree, smiled coquettishly, and begged tentatively: "Well, good man, can you let me brothers go first?"
Han Changmu glanced at these people and said expressionlessly: "These people are hostages. Take us to find the fake King of Han first, and release them when we come back."
The big boss choked up, and his intestines were blue with regret. He finally did something big, but who knew he was still a fake. This fake even emptied his family fortune. Who could he ask to explain to him?
With his head hanging down, he led Han Changmu and others deeper into the dense forest.
The deep forest was silent, and every step made a creaking sound. When they reached the back of the snow slope where the bandits had previously ambush, a series of messy footsteps ran in the opposite direction.
Han Changmu made a gesture to make everyone stop, looked down, and asked the leader: "Is the direction this person went in the same direction where you hid the fake King of Han?"
The boss nodded: "Yes, after leaving the forest and walking for a cup of tea, you will reach the cave."
Han Changmu nodded and asked everyone to follow the leader and continue moving forward.
After walking hard in the forest for a full hour, the field of vision suddenly broadened.
The boss exhaled a breath of white mist and shouted in a rough voice: "Heroes are just ahead."
After walking a few steps, Gu Chen wrinkled the tip of his nose and called out to Han Changmu: "Sir, the smell of blood."
Han Changmu also smelled it, his face darkened slightly, and the smell of blood in the cold air became stronger and stronger.
The boss noticed something was wrong, yelled, staggered and ran forward.
Han Changmu and others ran behind.
As soon as he saw the dark hole, the smell of blood became stronger.
It was already completely dark at this time, and a crescent moon hung on the treetops. The moonlight was cold and the snow was a mess.
The faces and bodies of more than a dozen people who fell to the ground were covered with a layer of white frost, and they were frozen stiff. Blood was flowing all over their bodies, and they were frozen into streaks of broken ice.
The blood smeared under his body seeped into the snow, and before it spread, it was already frozen to the bone.
The leader's eyes were red and his liver and gallbladder were split. He picked up this one, touched that one, and screamed in pain at the top of his lungs: "My boys, what's wrong with you, what's wrong, boys."
The rude man burst into tears and cried loudly. The floating snow on the shaking treetops fell rustlingly, as if white flowers were flying everywhere.
Han Changmu and others were completely shocked by this scene.
The so-called bandits are just ordinary people who can't live anymore. All they want is a good meal, so why should they do this?
Why die in this ice and snow with no way out and no place to go?
The snow was so thick that the headmaster sat on his knees on the ground, half of his body sunk into the snow.
The cold air penetrated his bones and gathered into a thick white mist around him. His face was blue from the cold, his lips were pale, and his whole body was shaking uncontrollably.
If the cold continues like this, the boss will suffer from the cold.
Gu Chen and Wang Xian ran over quickly, picking up the flying snow. One of them grabbed one of his arms and dragged him to the side.
Tears condensed on his face, and there was a layer of frost on his eyebrows. He pointed at the corpses on the ground, and when he cried, a cold mist curled up: "Help, help my boys, I 's boys."
Gu Chen firmly held down the boss and asked him to calm down.
Han Changmu's face was solemn and he spat out every word coldly: "If you want to avenge them, just calm down."
The leader immediately stopped crying, and his remaining single eye turned red from crying. He stared at Han Changmu tightly, and his voice became hoarse from crying: "Hero, you, can you help avenge me and these boys?"
Han Changmu said calmly: "I can."
The leader suddenly broke free from Gu Chen's control and threw himself at Han Changmu's feet, kowtowing continuously: "Hero, hero, I beg you, please, these boys are all poor common people, hero, They haven’t even had a good meal.”
Han Changmu personally supported the headmaster with his eyes determined and serious: "Master, please calm down. I will find out the murderer."
Gu Chen and the others walked to the body and began to examine it carefully.
These people were all wearing thin clothes and did not have any handy weapons. They all died very quickly. Their stiff faces had a look of surprise. It was obvious that the person who did it was unexpected.
Gu Chen turned the stiff body and made a thumping sound.
The head of the house also held back his grief and watched Gu Chen look through the body.
Han Changmu asked the eldest master: "The eldest master, are there any second masters here?"
The leader shook his head: "No, there is no such thing as the fake King of Han."
Han Changmu naturally discovered that there was no fake King of Han. He nodded thoughtfully: "That's right, the fake King of Han was taken away by the second master."
This series of blows had already completely hit the head of the family. His strong body shook, and he said bitterly: "Hero, you, you mean, these boys of mine were, were killed by the second brother. Yes." He shook his head repeatedly and was about to cry again: "No, no, no, he obviously doesn't know kung fu."
Gu Chen and the others had already finished examining the bodies and reported back in a low voice: "Sir, everything in the cave has been taken away. There are horse hoof marks on the side peak. These dead people were all killed with one knife and there was no sign of resistance."
Han Changmu nodded: "If the person who did it was not extremely skilled in martial arts and did not give these people a chance to resist, it is because the person who did it was someone they knew well, and they did not expect that this person would kill them."
Gu Chen continued to reply in a low voice: "It should be the second situation. The deceased's eyes were wide open and their faces were frightened."
Chen Gui didn't quite agree with this and shook his head: "He's almost dead. He must be frightened. It's normal to have a frightened expression."
Wang Xian pulled one person's head and pointed at the person's eyes: "These people's pupils are dilated and dull. It's not a look of fear, but an expression of surprise."
Chen Gui raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise: "Wang Xian, how do you know this?"
Wang Xiandao: "That's what Ah Yao said."
Han Changmu raised his eyebrows and turned to ask Gu Chen: "Can you tell what weapons they all died from?"
Gu Chen nodded: "It is a very thin blade with a slight curvature. It is a knife on the neck. It will kill you very quickly and there will be no pain."
Hearing this, the big boss cried again: "It's better not to suffer. It's better not to suffer. My boys, they will be reborn as good babies in the next life and can have enough to eat."
Han Changmu said expressionlessly: "Did they all die from the same weapon?"
Gu Chen nodded: "Yes."
Han Changmu no longer had any doubts in his heart, and neither did the boss.
He wiped away his tears fiercely and widened his single red eye: "I, I took in a wolf. I'm sorry for my boys. I, I must avenge them."
Han Changmu patted the head master on the shoulder and said calmly to Gu Chen and the others: "Okay, let's bury them properly."
Gu Chen and the others looked at the knee-deep snow and shook their heads in misery.
This is an extremely difficult job.
Buried in the snow, after the snow melts, the deceased still cannot rest in peace.
If we keep digging through the snow until we dig into the soil, the soil will be frozen hard. Even if we dig overnight, we won't be able to dig a hole deep enough to bury more than a dozen bodies.
The head of the family bowed deeply to Gu Chen and the others: "Excuse me, three heroes, help me put my boys into the cave and block the entrance with stones. Wait until the next day. I will pay for the boys tomorrow." Qiu, come back and bury them properly."
That's a good idea.
Gu Chen and the others did not refuse, and together with the head of the family, they sealed the body into the cave.
The leader suddenly knelt down in the snow, kowtowed three times, and wiped away his tears: "Boys, wait for me to avenge you."
Several people staggered out of the dense forest, one foot deep and the other shallow.
I saw that a dozen bandits tied to the tree had been loosened, and a bonfire had been set up. They were gathering around the fire, preparing to eat.
Seeing the big boss coming back, these bandits stood up one after another and asked strangely: "Brother, where are they? Why didn't they come with the second boss?"
The first master choked and wanted to cry, but he held it back. After gritting his teeth for a long time, he forced a smile and said, "The second master took them and the fake away first. He left a message and will wait for us at the round platform." ."
The bandits didn't suspect it was a lie and repeatedly asked the leader to sit down.
Xiao Liuzi filled a bowl of hot mutton soup and handed it to his hand. He smiled like a treasure: "Brother, try it quickly. This mutton soup is delicious."
The head of the house was holding the fragrant mutton soup, and he was sad again. Before he took a sip, tears burst into the soup.
Xiao Liuzi was stunned and asked tremblingly: "Brother, is it hot? Let me blow it for you."
The eldest son shuddered and shook his head with a wry smile: "No, it's because the little six will feel sorry for the eldest brother when he grows up, and the eldest brother will be happy."
Yao Yao looked at it from a distance and felt it was strange.
A moment ago, he was a careless and rough man, a typical bold and unrestrained person. How could he turn into a sentimental and graceful person in the blink of an eye? He even saw the shadow of the super white lotus.
She coughed lightly, poked Han Changmu with her elbow, and asked in a low voice: "Sir, what medicine did you give the boss?"
Han Changmu was stunned as he didn't understand.
Xie Mengxia actually poked Han Changmu: "Yes, Jiuchao, I was just about to ask, what kind of medicine did you give the boss, and why did he become a sissy?"
"..." Han Changmu sighed and told the two people about the tragic situation just now. His voice was very low, for fear of alarming the bandits in the distance.
The atmosphere suddenly became solemn, no one spoke, only the soft crackling sound in the fire was heard.
After being quiet for a long time, Xie Mengxia suddenly punched the ground heavily, and cursed with red eyes: "Damn you, you damned beast."
