[Backstage revision, only second-level authors can use illustrations. The previous book was downloaded, and all royalties and experience were wiped out, so I can’t illustrate for the time being. If you want to see character pictures, I will send them to two groups]
At the foot of the mountain.
Ning Xuan led the horse in circles and kept looking towards the top of the mountain. It had been more than half an hour, why hadn't he come back yet?
It would be fine if the master of Sanzong was an ordinary person. He was obviously a master, but why did it take so long?
Ning Xuan was thinking about it when he suddenly heard a gust of wind. He turned around and found that Qing Chen was already sitting on the horse, holding a handkerchief and wiping his blood-stained fingers.
"Master Three Burials, what are you..." Ning Xuan swallowed hard. The smell of blood was very strong, and there was still some blood on his hands. What were you doing?
"We cleaned up a bandit's stronghold. It's okay. Let's go." Chen Qing threw the handkerchief away and said with a smile.
"Ah this..." Ning Xuan was a little dumbfounded.
A bandit cottage?
There should be a lot of evil people in there. It looks like they were all killed by the three burial masters?
"What is this? The delay has been long enough. The poor monk did not expect that there are so many people in the village, but it is very tiring for the poor monk." Chen Chen waved his hand and said.
Then in the early hours of the morning, she took out the jade bottle that Wu Ningshuang had given her from her sleeve, opened it, poured out one of the pills inside, and popped it directly into her mouth.
After swallowing the elixir, I closed my eyes for a long time before sighing slowly, feeling much better.
This trip, including rushing to kill people, put too much burden on the meridians. When I came back, I had to hold on for a while so that nothing went wrong.
"Huh, okay, let's go." Chen Chen greeted.
…………
"No! Where did the smell of blood come from?" Mr. Zhou frowned and looked around cautiously.
After hearing this, the others stopped and sniffed carefully, and their faces were a little unhappy. They were still some distance away from the mountain stronghold.
Even if the smell of blood is here, you can imagine what the scene will be like where the real incident happened.
"Hurry up! Something might have happened on the top of the mountain! Maybe the bandits from Hutou Mountain killed the hostages!" Even though Mr. Zhou said this, he was unsure.
As far as they knew, there were only about a dozen hostages. Even if there were more, they wouldn't be that many. It was completely impossible to create such a bloody smell.
But the key is that among these hostages is the illegitimate son of the prefect of Shangyang Mansion. If something happens to that young master, the sky will really fall.
As for why the illegitimate son of the prefect came here, Mr. Zhou didn't know. After all, he was only a seventh-grade military attache, and could barely be regarded as a figure in the county.
But thrown into the city, he is just a little ant. Even the ordinary soldiers guarding the city have a higher official position than him. There is no way he can touch the illegitimate son of the highest official of the government.
Not to mention the prefect, even the county governor is not someone he can reach. If the young master is okay, just give it up, maybe he can be promoted by the prefect because of this matter.
If something happens to that young master, let alone him, even the county magistrate may not be able to get over it.
But now I can only pray that that person is still alive. Even if he is injured or even has his arms and legs broken, as long as there is no problem with his lower body, it is not unacceptable.
The group didn't know why Mr. Zhou, who was leading the team, was so impatient, but after all, he had the highest official position, so they could only obey the orders and move quickly.
When the group of people reached the top of the mountain, they were stunned at the sight in front of them. It could be said that the entire village had been razed to the ground, with only some broken walls standing firm.
"It's over...it's completely over." Mr. Zhou's legs went weak and he knelt down on the ground, muttering to himself without tears.
"My lord, my lord! Please calm down first! That person is probably still alive. He wants to see someone dead or a corpse!" A person next to him leaned into Master Zhou's ear and reminded him.
"Yes, yes! You are right! Maybe that person is fine!" Mr. Zhou jumped up as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.
"Quick! Everyone, go in quickly and look for me! Even if you dig three feet into the ground, you have to find him... Find someone alive!" Mr. Zhou almost spilled the beans in his excitement.
"Here!" A group of people responded quickly, then took out the knives from their waists and rushed towards the stronghold.
When all his subordinates rushed in, Mr. Zhou shook his body, and he might have fallen down if his confidants hadn't supported him.
"Let's... let's go in too. Help me in quickly. I really can't rest assured if I don't see it with my own eyes." Mr. Zhou ordered with a pale face.
"Hey, my lord, please watch your step." The confidant responded quickly.
Mr. Zhou walked into the cottage and couldn't help but take a half step back when he saw the scene in front of him.
Just because the sight in front of me was so chilling. There were broken limbs and broken arms all over the ground, almost none of which were humanoid. The scarlet blood had formed puddles of various sizes on the ground.
"Sir! Look at that!" The confidant suddenly exclaimed.
After hearing this, Mr. Zhou looked over and took a deep breath. The corpse there turned out to be the Poisonous Widow, the No. 3 figure in Hutou Mountain.
News came out a few days ago that the number one and number two figures in Hutoushan went out to plunder and were slaughtered by the soldiers of Zhenshan King. Only then did they dare to come up to the rescue.
Otherwise, they would have to wait for the county guard to send someone to help before they dare to go up the mountain. After all, copperskin realm is also a scarce commodity in the county.
Even before he came, he had imagined how he would fight the poisonous widow to win at the minimum cost. He did not expect that this woman would die like this.
He lay on the ground like a rag doll, with half of his face covered in a pool of blood, and the exposed eye was wide open, with a look of death.
After all, he was a master in the copper-skin realm. It was said that his strength was second only to that thief leader, but he died just like that.
Master Zhou swallowed dryly. He could see that the poisonous widow was killed with almost no resistance, which meant that if he met that person, it would end in the same way.
Now I just hope that the one who takes action will not kill the red-eyed one and kill the other one smoothly, otherwise he will have no choice but to die to apologize.
"Sir! There are people in the dungeon over there! More than ten! They are all still alive!" A yamen officer ran over quickly and shouted loudly.
When these words fell into Mr. Zhou's ears, it was like the sound of nature. He immediately relaxed and almost sat down on the ground. The confidant beside him wanted to come up and help him.
"Hurry up and save people! Rescue them! What are you doing standing still! Get out of here! Leave me alone! Save people!" Mr. Zhou pushed his heart and rolled towards the dungeon.
Mr. Zhou was so excited that he almost cried. Thanks to the gods and Buddhas in the sky, his life was saved!
After running to the dungeon, Mr. Zhou glanced at the wrist-thick door lock chain on the ground and couldn't help but be surprised for a moment.
"Who cut this open? It's amazing." Mr. Zhou praised.
"Uh... Sir, the chain was already open when we came in. The people inside didn't come out immediately out of caution, so we bumped into each other." A yamen officer explained with some embarrassment.
"...That's not important! Are everyone inside okay!?" Mr. Zhou was stunned and changed the topic directly.
"They are all here, no one is missing." The officer nodded.
Upon hearing this, Mr. Zhou immediately opened the cell door and rushed in. At a glance, he saw a young man with a look that was different from the others.
"You...are you?" Mr. Zhou asked tentatively.
The young man nodded when he heard this and walked towards Mr. Zhou.
