Li Xiudao: "According to your description, if this person is not an accomplice of those robbers, he may have had an accident. After a fight, he got separated and happened to come here."
Lu Youshi said: "We are inseparable. I thought so too at first. I exchanged a few words with him at that time, and then I found out that the man had suffered internal injuries. He had indeed become separated and came to that village. By chance, When he met me, he was escorting the women, children, and children to leave. To tell you the truth, I had the intention of killing him at the time. After all, he saw those corpses. I can only count him as unlucky if he bumped into them!"
Li Xiu nodded. If the military attaché was quite powerful, Lu Youshi could only kill him. He could not clear their memories like he could with women and children. If it were Li Xiu himself, if he encountered a similar situation The situation is probably the same.
"What happened next? You didn't kill him?" Li Xiu asked.
Lu Youshi said: "The man himself explained that his name was Wang Miao, and he was sent back to his hometown of Chucitang on errands by Baili Fu, the mayor of Lang's Mansion in Hancheng City. On the way, he encountered a gangster who robbed him, and he did not dare to break up after being separated. He was seriously injured while walking on the waterway, and he recuperated in the nearby mountains for several days. Only then did he meet me when he came to the village. He also showed me his official certificate, which was genuine!"
"You mean, that person's name is Wang Miao? Does he have high cheekbones, deep-set eye sockets, thick eyebrows and big eyes, but his face is quite delicate, without a beard, his lips are slightly thin, and there is a black mole on the left cheek?" Li Xiu asked .
Lu Youshi said: "Yes, I can't tell whether he is delicate or not, but his eyes are quite scary, like the eyes of a dead fish, his lips are thin, and he does have a mole on his left cheek."
Li Xiudao: "Well, this man is indeed the only remaining one of the nine Chu Citang brothers. His name is Wang Miao. He is Baili Fu's sworn brother. He is a fifth-rank Shui Cao official. I have met him once."
"So, he is yours? This is very strange!" Lu Youshi said, "After I saw his official certificate, I breathed a sigh of relief. Since he is a junior Shui Cao official in Hancheng, I must be with you, so I didn’t kill him again and let him recover from his injuries in the carriage. I kept a careful eye on it, dug the corpses of the robbers into a big hole and buried them, and used corpse-dissolving water to destroy the corpses and eliminate any traces. , and then I took him on the road with me. I didn’t dare to delay along the way, lest I have to rush back to Hancheng overnight for fear of long nights and dreams." At this point, Lu Youshi's face suddenly became a little angry.
"It seems that your journey has not been smooth!" Li Xiudao.
Lu Youshi said: "The total distance from the dock to Hancheng is only about 120 miles. If I hadn't brought those women, children and children with me, I would have returned to the city in half an hour. But I overlooked one problem, then It was difficult to drive in the deep and snowy snow. If you were riding a horse, you would probably be able to move forward. This is a mistake that ordinary people would not make. I was really too careless. I barely dragged them for twenty miles. Only when I couldn’t walk anymore did I realize the seriousness of the problem.”
"What happened next?" Li Xiu asked.
Lu Youshi said: "It was getting dark, and I saw that the women and children couldn't ride even if there were horses for them, so I had to abandon the carriage and walk. Not long after, I found a leeward mountain col and took them to stay overnight. Deep in the mountains. I didn't dare to relax at all at night, but in that cruel environment, the children and infants made me very irritable, so I had to compromise with them and let them light a fire to make food. Who knew that it was me at this moment? Being soft-hearted makes a big mistake!”
"What's wrong?" Li Xiu asked.
"I actually slept to death!" Lu Youshi's breathing became heavy and rapid: "When I woke up, there was blood on the ground, corpses on the ground, women, children, and babies were all dead! Wang Miao was holding a blood knife and coldly He stared at me coldly and asked me whether I wanted to die or live!"
Li Xiu frowned.
Lu Youshi gritted her teeth and said, "I later realized that I was knocked unconscious by the smoke. It was obvious that Wang Miao came prepared. He plotted against me. He was the one who killed those women, children, and babies!" At this point, Lu Youshi breathed out heavily and said, "Of course I want to live! Fortunately, they didn't know my identity and only regarded me as a murderer and a gangster. They wanted to recruit me into their gang. Only then did I realize that I had killed Those robbers were their accomplices, but he had no intention of avenging them. Instead, he said that he admired my strength and swordsmanship. As long as I joined the gang, he would entrust me with a bigger business, saying that he would kill all those women and children. Children and babies are also for my own good.”
Li Xiu sighed and said: "This style of conduct is indeed like that of Skynet. Human life has always been insignificant in their eyes. They only look at whether it is of use value. But they didn't expect that Wang Miao was actually from Skynet. "
"No, that person is not Wang Miao!" Lu Youshi suddenly said, "That's his disguise. I've seen his true face."
"Oh? So, the real Wang Miao has been killed by them? But what is his purpose of pretending to be Wang Miao? Besides, Wang Miao has been a water officer for many years and held the same position at the end of the previous dynasty. The water controller His ability is very strong, and it would be difficult for a human immortal who is not at the level of Gathering and Dispersion to kill him on the water!" Li Xiu had a premonition of a conspiracy, a conspiracy against Hancheng. But if Skynet wants to deal with Hancheng, it has more and better ways, so why should it start with Wang Miao? Is it a conspiracy against Baili Fu?
"That Wang Miao asked people to carry me away and lock me in a secret room for about ten days. Then they took me to a place, a place you would never expect!" Lu Youshi said.
"Where?" Li Xiu asked.
Lu Youshi said: "Tianshui City, Zhenbei Hou Ma Tiancheng personally received me, and Chief Shi Pei Jin was also there."
Li Xiu nodded.
"You don't seem surprised at all?" When Lu Youshi saw Li Xiu's expression, it was beyond his expectation.
Li Xiudao: "Ma Tiancheng is a die-hard royalist. It is difficult for others to win over him. But I am not surprised at all that he became a member of Skynet. Especially since I killed Ma Xingkong, Ma Tiancheng and I are The mortal enemy, now that Hancheng is so powerful, he does not seek refuge with Skynet, so he feels that he has no sense of security. As for Pei Jin, he has always been the leader of the Northern Rangers and has a high reputation. I expected them to join forces. . It seems that Skynet’s power in the north cannot be underestimated. Whether it is the official, the immortal world or the people, it is deeply rooted. Unfortunately, it is not difficult for me to dig them out. It is not the time yet." Here, Li Xiu asked, "It stands to reason that you have hidden your identity and have just been recruited by them. Ma Tiancheng and Pei Jin will not show their true faces in front of you. Is there any other hidden secret in this?"
Lu Youshi said: "I couldn't figure out the reason at first, but later I realized that they didn't want me to come back alive in the first place."
"What do you mean?" Li Xiu asked.
Lu Youshi said: "I am a member of Skynet who was recruited by them in name, but in fact I am just a dead soldier they recruited temporarily. They only revealed their true face to show their persuasiveness and convincing power. They probably want to tell Everyone, there is such a big official and such a big mansion like Zhenbei Marquis, there is no way he can escape!"
"What do they want you to do?" Li Xiu felt that this matter was unusual, because the strength of these guys was high and low. If they were asked to assassinate someone powerful, it is estimated that Skynet would not be able to use them if they were dispatched. If a high-level character is dealing with low-level monks and local bullies, there will be no need for these dead warriors.
"They won't explain the specific thing at once. I know almost nothing inside. I only know that I have to do a big thing. After it is completed, I will be rewarded with two hundred top-quality spiritual stones, and I have already I paid 30% of the remuneration, which is a windfall for the rangers and casual cultivators. My mind is not on that. I have left many marks secretly, hoping that people in Chu Ting will see the marks I left. Come and save me, just two days ago, my men found one of our hidden strongholds and launched an attack!" Lu Youshi said.
"Oh? Look at this situation, that stronghold is not far from here?" Li Xiudao.
Lu Youshi thought for a moment and said, "It should be two hundred miles southwest of here!"
"Two hundred miles southwest should be near Bowang Mountain!" Li Xiudao.
Lu Youshi said a little embarrassedly: "For such a small place, I don't know the place name very well!"
Li Xiudao: "Bo Wang Mountain is not a small place. Brother Lu, did you know that the hometown of the former Martial Saint was in Bowang Mountain?"
Lu Youshi suddenly said: "I have heard of this."
"Brother Lu, you are out of danger. Do you dare to accompany me for a walk later?" Li Xiu asked.
Lu Youshi said: "I wish I could learn more by your side, Brother Li, and I don't dare to refuse! What's more, the grudge between me and them can only be put aside if we are out of danger. Even if Skynet is great, I They also have to pay the price! But Brother Li...how is Sword Spirit doing now?"
Li Xiu waved his hand and said: "How can I break my promise? It won't be long before you can see the sword spirit!"
"That's great!" Lu Youshi said.
After a long time like this, it was getting late. Lu Youshi and others did not feel impatient at all. They ate cooked food, drank some spiritual wine, applied medicine, and healed their wounds on the spot with his six men. With Li Xiu by his side, although he was not very familiar with Lu Youshi, for some reason, he felt very safe and almost lowered his guard, hoping to recover from his injuries as soon as possible.
It was getting brighter the next day, and Lu Youshi opened his eyes. Not long after, he sent his Chu Ting's men away and explained. Although those men were worried about Lu Youshi's safety, they could not disobey and had to leave. They, Chu Ting, are just some intelligence officers in the North, and the strongest ones are only late-stage Yuanyings. Several late-stage Yuanyings were damaged in the battle just now. Lu Youshi must let these men go back, at least to Gu Qin County. While a large county like that can recruit people to fill the gap, he can now have someone to take care of him in the Northland.
Suddenly, Lu Youshi's pores expanded, and he felt a strange force coming from the ground, and he couldn't help but be surprised.
He found that at some point, Li Xiu and Yang Zi, together with four big demons headed by the widowers, were standing aside leisurely. Lu Youshi also ran over. He wanted to ask a question, but saw the expressions on Li Xiu and the others. , it seems that this movement is what they have been waiting for for a long time, rather than the attack of a powerful enemy.
