After everyone entered the city, Mu Sheng followed Yao Ji into the inn and checked in smoothly after showing his badge to the boss. It seemed that it should be one of Guo Huan's secret strongholds in Lu County, Dongjun.
In the evening, Yao Ji came to Mu Sheng's room alone, obviously to discuss tomorrow's affairs. He took out a map from his body and spread it on the table.
Yao Ji pointed to a mark and said, "Brother Liu, please look, this is the location of Qin Wu. It is a small mountain village surrounded by mountains and rivers not far from Lu County. This is actually just their disguise. Wan Jiu relied on The relationship with the county government is to secretly manufacture and sell private salt, and Wanjiu once ordered his subordinates to steal several of our salt mines."
"In the past, he had the support of Mr. Huang, the magistrate of Lu County. We were quite afraid, so we never started a big fight. Recently, we heard that Mr. Huang was transferred by the court, and Wanjiu temporarily had no backer, so we decided to get rid of him. .”
Mu Sheng asked, "Tell me, how is this Wanjiu usually behaved?"
Yao Jidao said, "This person usually doesn't leave the village at all. Wanjiu is a gambler and occasionally comes to Lu County for entertainment. He has about 300 people under him to guard the village. It is difficult for outsiders to sneak in. The government has already Let him take care of himself, and almost no one in the local area dares to mess with him."
Mu Sheng thought for a while and said, "This man is a gambler. Can we find an opportunity to kill him when he enters the city and the guards around him are weak?"
Yao Ji shook his head when he heard this and said, "This won't work. We have thought about it before. Doing something in the city will alarm the officials. Although we are the prince's people, we can't be seen in the light. We can't admit it on the face, and we can never live up to our words. , it will be very troublesome to deal with the aftermath, and it will also cause unnecessary trouble to the East Palace."
At this point, Mu Sheng understood. If someone kills people in the city and there is no time to retreat, there are so many people. If one or two people are caught alive by the government, it will be troublesome if Guo Huan is traced. The prince is behind Guo Huan. This matter We can only solve it privately, let alone be stupid enough to pull out the banner of the Crown Prince and pretend to be powerful, so that the Crown Prince's political opponents will find the opportunity to criticize the Crown Prince in the court.
Mu Sheng looked at the terrain map and was stunned for a while, then said to Yao Ji, "Let's do this. The current plan is that the opponent has a large number of people. You can lead the team and be responsible for attracting attention outside the village and feint attack. I will lead a few brothers from the south." Sneak into the direction and kill Wanjiu in a sneak attack. By the way, Yao Ji, does Wanjiu have anything to do with the monk sect?"
Yao Jidao said, "Brother Liu, please don't worry. He is not worthy of dealing with practitioners. His backer is nothing more than County Magistrate Huang."
"Okay, Brother Yao, do you think this plan is feasible?"
"I think it's feasible. Brother Liu, I have planned this in detail before I came here. It's still difficult to deal with hundreds of people with our current manpower. Although Wanjiu's subordinates are mediocre in martial arts, they are well-equipped and not easy to deal with. , we still have some people in the local area and I plan to deploy them all, even though they are only proficient in martial arts, they can still build up momentum."
Speaking of this, Mu Sheng heard footsteps coming from outside the door. He saw the hotel manager pushing the door open and bowing to Yao Ji and saying, "Master Yao, the government has already taken care of it. The newly appointed county magistrate doesn't know." As long as we don’t make too much noise about the disputes between us, the government will not interfere."
Yao Ji waved his hand and said, "Yes! I understand."
Upon seeing this, the shopkeeper exited, closed the door, and turned to leave.
Yao Jidao said, "Brother Liu must be very careful when sneaking into the village. When the time comes, we will start a strong attack outside with fire. Also, Brother Liu must be careful about the weapons in Wanjiu's hands. He usually holds a forty-pound iron halberd." , Ordinary people can’t get close to him, and he’s very hard to deal with because of his tough kung fu and rough skin.”
Mu Sheng heard this and said, "Brother Yao, let's take another night's rest and start taking action tomorrow night. When most of the people have rested in the middle of the night, we can start taking action again. After all, we don't have many people."
Yao Ji touched his chin and said, "Okay, let's do it this way. I've already figured out the terrain over there, so I can catch him by surprise and attack him unprepared."
In the evening of the next day, Mu Sheng watched Yao Ji and the others calmly take out various sophisticated swords, hidden weapons, and cowhide and soft armor from the cellar of the inn. Everyone was carefully wiped clean and dressed neatly. Mu Sheng took a look at these equipment, although they were privately owned. It is made, but it is not inferior to the standard weapons of the army.
It seems that selling private salt in this era is indeed a huge profit. Considering that all the salt merchants in the Qing Dynasty were so rich that they could rival the country. No wonder many people still want to do this business with their heads tucked into their belts.
After getting ready, the group went out to lurk in the woods outside the city during the day. It was not easy to get out once the city gate was closed at night under the curfew. At night, the group went into the mountains and lurked near Qin Wu to observe the enemy's situation.
Although it was evening, Mu Sheng arrived at his destination and took a quick look, my dear, where is this small mountain village? This is a small dock, with trenches to block horses, a towering earth fence, and several wooden tower sentries standing in the distance. Even if there are thousands of people surrounding it, it will not be easy to capture. It seems that we are here. Outsmart Weihu Mountain.
Mu Sheng turned back and nodded to Yao Ji, and selected five skilled brothers to follow him. The six of them were dressed in black night clothes and leather armor. They sneaked out of the woods quietly, climbed over the trench under the cover of night, and lurked to the Under the earth wall.
At this time, Mu Sheng let go of his five senses and carefully observed the surrounding environment. He nodded to the brothers behind him. They threw their iron claws and flew up the earth wall in a few steps, just missing the gap when the sentry patrolled.
The six people climbed over the wall and observed the surrounding environment before jumping down, narrowly dodging several patrol teams along the way. Fortunately, they were all wearing night clothes and were almost undetectable at night.
The six-man team sneaked all the way and finally saw the largest courtyard in the middle of the village. Mu Sheng stepped forward and took a look. There were more patrols around. He observed the surrounding environment and saw a tree in the courtyard. Throwing the grappling hook with his right hand, he flew up the high wall next to him, and then used his strength to fly to the tree in the courtyard. He did all this almost without anyone noticing. The few of them held their breath and looked down at the topography of the courtyard.
Mu Shengxin said that Wanjiu was quite impressive, and more than a dozen people were assigned to take turns on duty that night. He saw the largest house at the back of the courtyard and guessed that it should be Wanjiu's residence.
Mu Sheng quietly flew up to the roof with all his strength, and asked the brothers behind him to stay put. Mu Sheng stepped forward to observe if there was the person we were looking for in the room. He quietly lurked down and held his breath. Open your five senses and listen.
I only heard some strange noises. There were men and women, who seemed to be gasping for breath. Mu Sheng gently opened the tiles on the roof and looked down. Good guy, okay! He saw the bed curtains in the room shaking violently, and he immediately guessed what was going on inside...
After a while, the movement in the room gradually stopped, and the curtain on the couch was suddenly opened, revealing a fat, dark man with strong muscles and protruding veins.
Mu Sheng took a closer look and found that the fat, dark man in the room who had just finished his work was Wan Jiu. Mu Sheng smiled bitterly in his heart. Really, this is the first time he went on a mission and he bumped into the chief executive? It's quite unlucky, but it's normal when you think about it. In this era, there are no other entertainment activities in the middle of the night. Why not do this?
After confirming the target, Mu Sheng retreated slowly, gestured to his teammates behind to confirm the target, and then lay on the roof to observe the patrols around him. Mu Sheng thought to himself, if he goes down and kills him now, then these people will rush in. It was quite troublesome, and I had to think of a foolproof plan. At this time, Mu Sheng was looking around and suddenly saw the stables not far from the yard, and he had a plan in mind...
In the Wanjiu room, the fat black man took a breath and turned back to look at the newly acquired concubine on the couch. He was angry again and wanted to fight for another 300 rounds.
At this moment, someone outside the house suddenly shouted that the water was leaking! The stable was leaked, and the big man didn't care. Someone should handle such a small matter soon, so he ignored it...
Not long after, someone reported outside the village that a large group of people had gathered outside the village and were attacking the village. When Wan Jiu heard this, he thought that it might be the gang of old thief Guo who were looking for trouble again, and this should not attract his attention.
Wan Jiu said, "Listen carefully, I will go to the door right away to supervise the battle. Damn it, I won't let anyone calm down for a while in the middle of the night. I'll go out and chop off a few of his thieves' heads to shock him."
After sending the people away, Wanjiu stood up and was about to get dressed and leave the village to defend himself against the enemy. Suddenly he felt his heart skip a beat, not good! This might be the enemy's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Almost subconsciously, he rolled over and picked up the iron halberd beside the bed. He saw a flash of green light sword energy just in time to avoid Mu Sheng's killing blow.
Wan Jiu broke into a cold sweat and was shocked. He almost succeeded in a sneak attack without the ninth-level master being aware of it? Who is this?
Wan Jiu didn't have time to think about it and immediately became alert. He looked back and saw in the dark room a person wearing a strange mask and night clothes. The person didn't waste any time and directly attacked with a sword. His moves were extremely vicious. Find its vital points.
Wan Jiu held his breath and concentrated on relying on many years of actual combat experience. He raised his hand and saw sparks flying. The tiger's mouth shook slightly. The two sides exchanged more than ten moves.
The big man felt a little unable to resist. Although the opponent only held a sword, his strength was astonishing and it was quite difficult to deal with it. At this moment, several screams sounded outside the house. Except for those who went to put out the fire, there were only a few guards left. It was also solved easily.
Suddenly there was a knock outside the door, the door panel was kicked open, and five men in black rushed in, attacking him without saying a word.
Wan Jiu was finally frightened and quickly retreated while fighting, "Heroes, please spare your life. I am willing to sacrifice all my property to spare the life of a certain family."
Mu Sheng just tested a few moves and felt that this person could be taken down, so he just stabbed him without any nonsense. When the big man saw that the few of us didn't stop, he knew that these people were going to kill him. Death warrior.
Mu Sheng was a little surprised that Wanjiu could dodge his killing blow just now. The ninth-level master was really difficult to deal with. The big man didn't even parry his sword moves, he just opened the door and ran out, shouting to find him. Reinforcements, soon the surrounding cronies came after hearing the news, and gathered a team of more than a dozen people holding shields to block Wanjiu behind him.
Mu Sheng stood with his sword in hand, looked at the group of soldiers and said his only words tonight, "Trouble..."
Then he rushed straight into the crowd with full firepower. The sword shadows were green and green. The soldiers around him screamed like they were cutting grass. After a while, they all fell to the ground. Mu Sheng had no intention of killing them all. There was no need for these soldiers. Take their lives, injure them and lose their fighting ability. They are just workers begging for food for their own masters.
Wan Jiu has obviously been shocked by Mu Sheng's superb combat power. Facing a master like Mu Sheng, it is definitely impossible to escape. It is better to fight to the death or there is a chance of survival. I saw the big man waving his iron hands. The halberd rushed towards him like a madman.
Mu Sheng just dodged sideways slightly to avoid his powerful moves. For some reason, since he started practicing Taoism, the speed of ordinary Jianghu people's moves has changed in his eyes, like a slow-motion replay, and he can easily see through the opponent. routine.
Mu Sheng easily dodged several of his attacks. During the battle, he was silently analyzing his opponent's current ability in his mind, just to increase his experience against the enemy, so he was not in a hurry to make a killing move.
Wan Jiu couldn't hurt Mu Sheng with several consecutive attacks. Seeing that the assassin who came with Mu Sheng was eager to try, he was waiting for an opportunity to take action.
Wanjiu understood that if he didn't fight hard at this moment, there would be no chance again. He was holding his breath and his whole aura suddenly changed. His muscles gradually became exposed and his eyes bulged. It looked like he must have used some secret technique. , his momentum actually vaguely surpassed that of Mu Sheng.
However, Wanjiu did not shout out the name of a certain secret technique like in the comics. Wanjiu just shook the iron halberd in his hand, ducked and attacked with a roar.
