At the same time, as the fighting inside and outside the hotel ended, a small group of people were running away in a hurry on the road in the distance. But it was the young master and the instigator behind the attack in the hotel's mouth. As soon as an accident occurred during the attack on the hotel, he was quickly surrounded by several followers and fled.
However, at this time, his dark silk cloak and wide-brimmed hat had to be thrown away. The white shirt with lace underneath and the lace bow tie were exposed; however, they were soaked with sweat and scratched into strands. But at this moment, the sound of horse hooves galloping came from the distant road;
Immediately, these seemingly well-trained followers pushed him to the ground without hesitation; they also avoided the light of the lanterns running and swaying on the road. When they stood up with dust and grass blades in the distance, they found a subordinate standing opposite.
This man had a face full of ridges and grooves. He was wearing a leather vest, gray duffle trousers, and an animal skin vest. He held a curved blade knife and a silver rapier in his hands. Her long frost-white hair was tied into a ponytail, and she looked at them with a faint look. But it was the old hunter Ajax who was ordered to pursue him.
"It seems that you are the pests that the chief said." He said in a dull voice: However, the followers surrounding the "little master" on the other side pulled out their lace-guarded rapiers and faced them with the old-fashioned sabers. There was a sudden sound in the darkness, and it hit their bodies unexpectedly.
It was the crossbowman hiding in the bushes behind Ajax who launched the attack first. However, what was unexpected was that only one of those who were hit by the arrow fell to the ground with his hands on his neck; the others did not hesitate. He shook off his cloak, revealing his breastplate with arrow clusters embedded inside;
Then they all roared lowly and formed an inverted triangle formation, charging back towards Ajax. Then, at the moment when they were about to confront Ajax, they saw the old hunter's muscles suddenly tense up, and the afterimage of a butterfly flying past him as his swords crossed.
After a sharp clash of swords and a sharp clang, Ajax, who passed by like lightning, suddenly lost a piece of his animal skin waistcoat, and then it seeped out from under the skin. A streak of dark red blood came out; however, he continued to move forward without looking back.
Then I heard the inverted triangle behind me suddenly erupting into short screams; and from their heads, faces, shoulders and necks, and from the back of their necks, thin lines of blood spurted out one after another. Then, they continued to work hard to turn around and catch up, but fell down after taking two steps.
At this time, Ajax was in no mood to pay attention to them, because a sharp sword light suddenly flashed in front of him, crossing a strange trajectory like a poisonous snake's flying drill, heading straight for his vitals; After blocking, he took several steps back before temporarily getting rid of it.
"Snake-biting swordsmanship?" Ajax couldn't help but look at him in awe, protecting one of the last two followers beside the "little master"; and the one wearing a big-brimmed hat, covering half of his face Then, he slowly raised his head: "I really miss the Griffin Sect's eagle fencing skills!"
"The Serpentine sect, which was once famous in the underground world, has now fallen to the point where it is necessary to act as an accomplice of the country gentry to maintain its livelihood." Ajax retorted with a sneer: "I remember that your ancestors, the great master, still I have hunted down those who were willing to be lackeys of the royal power.”
"You guys, the Griffin Sect, are really as stubborn as stone!" This follower laughed: "Even if all the people who can pass on the inheritance are almost dead, there are no aliens in the world. Even the church and those associations have After giving up, you still cling to the old dogma.”
However, the next moment, crossbows flew behind Ajax, and more soldiers appeared; but these scattered crossbows were all dialed away one by one by the acquaintance who was following him with his sword like a wheel. ; Kankan protected himself. But the other person who followed him missed several times in a muffled voice.
As the follower slumped to his knees, the "little master" who was behind him had disappeared, as if he had never appeared before. And Ajax's old acquaintance suddenly jumped up a tree, once again dodged a wave of arrows, and panted slightly:
"That's enough. My goal has been achieved. Do you still want to continue to fight me? At least he is still useful to me now. I can't leave it to you. I'll see you again in the future!"
Before he finished speaking, this personal follower climbed up the branches one after another and disappeared into the darkness of the mountain forest slowly like the wind. Naturally, the remaining soldiers were unwilling to give up and chased Ajax for a while before losing their trace. I had to withdraw again...
And after dawn. The small village near Chichi has been blocked by soldiers with stern expressions on their faces. Then there was a search, smashing, and yelling; but Jiang Tian watched it all calmly and expressionlessly. Because this is a village without any children.
What does this also mean? This represents the extremely dark evil of human nature hidden under this abnormal pastoral scenery and simple folk customs. It shows that the village adjacent to the hotel, as a former accomplice/recidivist and long-term beneficiary, is not a matter of a day or two.
And this time, even the pedestrians who had followed the team took the initiative to join in the village search operation. Because, just now, several women who had disappeared on the road were found in the cellar of the village chief's house, which is the largest house. However, their clothes were torn and their bodies were covered with dirt.
Therefore, when the villagers were awakened from their dreams and violently dragged out of their homes; when the women with disheveled hair were crying and cursing, trying to protect the beaten men with bruised noses, swollen faces, and bloody heads, they were also beaten. Pushed to the ground, no one would sympathize with them.
Especially in the hidden ravines behind the mountains, they found the remains of corpses that had been hastily buried, dug out by wild dogs and the like, and almost stripped naked; they were found under the beds, in cabinets, and in pillows in every house. , finding objects that were clearly not their usual suspects.
As a result, even the washerwomen headed by Lali and Dolly joined in the rough search of the village women. They yelled, pushed, and scratched, tearing apart the clothes of village women with thick limbs, stripping them naked, and driving them around like pigs and sheep.
They sorted out the underwear accessories that they could not afford one by one like a treasure offering and then discarded them on the ground. Occasionally, there would be individuals who would yell, resist, and fight in turn, and they would be beaten with sticks and wattle sticks in the hands of these washerwomen and rolled all over the floor.
After finally completing the clearing of this village with only two to three hundred people, several corpses that had been chewed to pieces and several old skeletons were found in the pig pen. And in the confessions of many elders, this was the punishment for betraying the informer in the village.
However, this shop owner actually dared to target such a small and well-established army like himself, but he had other secrets and original intentions. This is because the former patron behind the shop owner was also a local nobleman who had served in the provincial capital and needed enough equipment to arm himself.
On the other hand, he felt that the team led by Jiang Tian was too different. In other words, he felt that Jiang Tian, who made a mistake in making a bold move, was actually a rich and fat sheep who was being shunned by his subordinates in disguise. and blackmail. So much so that it seems like there is an opportunity.
The generosity and fair dealings that are so serious to these people are actually a kind of original sin? And being kind to your subordinates and those who follow you is actually regarded as a kind of inability to effectively control the weakness of your subordinates? Jiang Tian was immediately speechless. Could it be that I am too good to be a good person?
And the group of thieves mixed among the villagers, although there are only fifty or sixty people, are also habitual criminals and old thieves with bloody hands; they also belong to the local nobleman named Sir Lelian, who controls and controls behind the scenes. There are even some members from his country manor.
Therefore, they usually used this busy hotel as their eyes and eyes, and used the residents of the village as their accomplices; and they were able to escape many times and were investigated by the provincial court and county inspectors; they even pretended to be Bandits traveling across the border robbed and killed tax collectors in the kingdom.
Therefore, Jiang Tian stayed for another day and led the team to find the bandit group's camp hidden in the mountains, thoroughly searched it and burned it to the ground. However, how to deal with these villagers who have long been accomplices and have a symbiotic relationship has become a big problem that Jiang Tian needs to face.
So, he simply used his identity as an officer to form a simple makeshift court in the hotel; then he asked the female victims and their relatives to stand up as witnesses and prosecutors; after displaying a pile of evidence and testimony , Jiang Tian also took advantage of the situation and sentenced him to the death penalty of the village.
The so-called punishment of village destruction is to completely burn the village; all villagers, regardless of gender, old or weak, are punished with dozens of whippings; then, all male members are stripped naked, blindfolded and driven into the wilderness with their hands tied behind their backs. among. The rest were left to their own devices.
Then, the general causes, consequences and verdicts were carved on many wooden boards in multiple languages and erected in front and back of the village and hotel. As a witness to all those who travel. The culprit, the shopkeeper, was even tied to a wooden pole and beaten into pieces by the victims with stones.
It's a pity that some key figures still escaped; and the manor of Sir Lelian, the man behind the scenes, was a bit far from the main road. Jiang Tian didn't want to cause trouble, so he wasted more time on the road. Otherwise, it would be better to destroy them together.
On the third day of this stop and go, we encountered a group of soldiers in front again, suspected to be soldiers wearing Kingdom uniforms. They were robbing pedestrians and stripping them naked and taking everything including their clothes in the name of check-in. The leader brought branches and hung them into a fresh row.
Jiang Tian also got good news, good news and bad news from these soldiers again.
