I'm playing tricks in Daqin

But no matter what, seeing is believing, he took people out of Wujia Village, and went to the farther and more remote Oujia Village to find another bitter master, District Honesty.

Chapter 494

Qu honestly is an old hunter. A few years ago, he broke his leg while hunting. After healed, his leg was no longer as agile as before. In addition, he was getting older and had to open up wasteland for farming.

Ou Laoshi has a son named Ou Hu. The young man is unusually strong and strong. Under the influence of his father, he often goes hunting in the mountains and is good at archery.

A few months ago, Ou Hu went hunting in the mountains and caught a tigress. A complete adult tiger skin was worth hundreds of gold. Ou Hu excitedly took the tiger skin and sold it in the city, and he never returned.

When his body was found, it had been gnawed beyond recognition by wild animals. It is said that he died so miserably because of revenge from the male tiger.

Qu honestly didn't believe in evil, after he buried his son's body, he tried every means to inquire, spent a lot of effort and exhausted his savings for many years, and finally inquired about a piece of news that Mr. tiger skin.

The Yang family is one of the most powerful in the local area. County captain Yang Sheng is the eldest son of Mr. Yang, rich and powerful, no one dares to provoke the Yang family.

It is impossible for Ou Laoshi to sneak into Yang's mansion to check whether the tiger skin is the one his son hunted, but based on his intuition, his son Ou Hu must have died at the hands of the Yang family.

Although Ou honestly had no evidence, he also sued the Yang family. Shang Yu found an excuse to sneak into Yang's mansion, sneaked into Master Yang's bedroom, saw the tiger skin, and found Ou's father and son according to what Ou honestly described. The secret note left on the tiger skin confirmed that the tiger skin was a tiger skin hunted by the district tiger and sold in the city.

Of course, these are all narrated by Shang Yu alone. Wei Laosi needs to confirm the authenticity and get the tiger skin as evidence.

However, when he found Ou's house, the Ou's house had been reduced to ruins. According to the villagers, Ou honestly lost his son in old age and was overly sad. When the son died, he collapsed on the spot. After being rescued, he was unconscious and lost the ability to take care of himself. Both husband and wife were buried in the flames.

"Nimma is more ruthless than me!"

Wei Lao Si cursed, the two sufferers disappeared and the other died, it seemed accidental, but in fact they were silenced, with the viciousness of the murderer, the other sufferers might have been silenced as well.

These few clues are all broken, but there is still the tiger skin of Yang Mansion, he intends to observe the terrain first, and then sneak into Yang Mansion to steal the tiger skin.

When leaving Oujia Village, returning from the same road, and walking on the rugged and difficult mountain road, Wei Lao Si always felt a strange feeling of uneasiness, as if he was being watched secretly by people or beasts. When I looked back for the first time, I saw nothing but lush greenery.

When he was about to return to Wujia Village, Wei Lao Si saw a woman waving to him in the woods by the side of the road. He hesitated for a moment, looked around, and went into the woods, and the four accompanying men also followed into the woods. .

"Who are these uncles from the Li Chen family?"

The woman asked timidly, with a nervous expression on her face.

Wei Lao Si could tell from her words that the other party might know the whereabouts of Mrs. Li Chen. He looked at the woman. She was in her thirties, and the coarse cloth dress on her body had been patched in several places. Her complexion was dark and rough due to years of hard work. , like a fake rural peasant woman.

After thinking about it quickly, he revealed his identity, but he didn't reveal the identity of the guard in black. He only said that he was arrested by the Criminal Department of the Imperial Capital and was ordered to secretly investigate the murder case in Tianshui County. He also gave the village woman two taels of silver and told her not to be afraid. The Lord of the Ministry of Criminal Justice judges the case impartially, and will never let a bad person go, and will not wrong a good person. If she knows Li Chenshi's whereabouts, he will give her a favor fee of ten taels of silver and keep it secret for her.

For the poor, ten taels of silver is a lot of wealth. The village woman couldn't resist such a temptation. After accepting the silver, she immediately took Wei Laosi and others up the mountain. Li Chenshi hid in the hidden fairy cave on the mountain Here, she accidentally discovered it when delivering meals to the head family who were chopping firewood in the mountains.

Wei Laosi and the others rushed back and forth non-stop. Apart from gnawing dry food and drinking water, they basically never rested.

"Sister, can you walk slowly?"

Halfway up the mountain, everyone was panting and their legs were numb. A guard in black saw that the distance had been stretched a lot, so he had to tell the village woman to go slower.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he made a sound, the village woman's climbing speed increased instead of decreasing, and disappeared into the vast forest in the blink of an eye.

"Everyone be careful!"

Wei Lao Si had already noticed something was wrong, so he quickly reminded his subordinates to be careful. Even if a first-rank official sees the dignified vice-commander of the black-clothed guard, he should be polite. Yes, it would be a shame to say it.

Before the words were finished, there was a sharp howling sound of a powerful arrow flying rapidly and tearing through the air. A black-clothed guard couldn't react in time, and was pierced by an arrow in the chest. He fell down screaming, and his body rolled down the mountain.

"There is an ambush!"

Fourth Wei roared in warning, dodged and hid behind a big tree, and at the same time drew out the iron sword stuck upside down behind his back.

The other three subordinates huddled behind the big tree in a rather embarrassing state, carefully sticking out half of their heads, searching for the trace of the assassin.

The mountains are lush and green, the wind is blowing, the branches and leaves are swaying, and there are rustling sounds. The assassin is hiding in it, and tens of thousands of people may not be able to find it.

The whizzing sound of the sharp arrow piercing through the air resounded again, and with a beeping sound, it hit the tree, causing the branches and leaves to rustle.

The black-clothed guard who was looking around just now was so frightened that his face was pale and bloodless. If the arrow missed a little bit, it would definitely pierce his cheek, which is very dangerous.

"damn it!"

Wei Laosi cursed, the forest is too dense, he can only judge the approximate location of the assassin, not the exact location at all, he is still a good archer, fortunately there is only one person, otherwise he will be in great trouble.

If you can't kill the assassin, you can only retreat under the cover of the big tree.

Only after Wei Laosi gave the order to retreat, he suddenly heard a lot of movement from the foot of the mountain, he probed down and glanced down, his thick black face instantly turned pale and bloodless.

At the foot of the mountain, a large group of men in black with all kinds of killers are climbing up, they should be the assassin's accomplices.

If you didn't guess wrong, there should be people besieging the front, back, left, and right sides, and they have become turtles in the urn.

Wei Laosi now understands why he felt that strange uncomfortable feeling on the return journey. He had been secretly eyeing them, but they didn't notice it.

It's just that the other party didn't have enough people, so they sent a village woman to trap them and take them to climb the mountain, delaying time, they jumped into the pit foolishly.

Chapter 495 A Narrow Escape

The power of the black hand behind the scenes was so powerful that Wei Laosi was frightened, but he had to save his life before he could pass on the news.

He weighed it quickly, ignored the magic arrow hidden in the dark and shot a cold arrow, and rushed to the top of the mountain at a risk.

Wei Laosi's judgment was correct. There were many people in black on both sides of the mountain at the bottom of the mountain, but there was no one on the top of the mountain.

Although Wei Laosi and the others were exhausted and out of breath, their legs were numb and sore, but their desire to survive revealed an amazing potential. They ran and climbed, and under the cover of the big tree, they ran desperately towards the mountain, and shot several times. A powerful arrow shot from the attack.

"what……"

While fleeing, a black-clothed guard suddenly felt a shock in his back, and the boundless waves of pain quickly spread to the nerve center, causing him to let out a miserable cry, his huge body fell backwards, and rolled down the hillside downhill.

Another powerful arrow roared towards him, and a black-clothed guard was shot in the thigh. He fell down with a scream, rolled a few times, and was caught by a big tree, so he didn't fall down the mountain.

"Hold on."

Fourth Wei roared, wanting to turn around and save others.

"Boss, run, little wife and child, please."

The black-clothed guard roared and bit the poison sac hidden in his mouth, black blood flowed out from the seven orifices very quickly.

All black-clothed guards are equipped with a poisonous capsule, in case they fall into the hands of the enemy, they cannot survive the torture and confess. Being a traitor will implicate relatives in the family, and if they die, they can be a martyr, and the family can receive a considerable sum of money. Generous pensions.

"Brother, don't worry, as long as I have something to eat, they will never be hungry!"

Fourth Wei roared with tears in his eyes, and ran desperately towards the mountain. These subordinates were all old brothers who followed him through thick and thin, but now they died one by one in front of him, which made his heart feel like a knife-wrenching pain.

"Little Five follows."

In his busy schedule, he still didn't forget to urge Xiao Wu, the only remaining master torturer.

"Boss, I can't run anymore, you can go, my mother also please."

Panting, Xiao Wu stopped and turned around, his pale face was full of absolute expression. He was good at using torture, but his physique was a bit weak. Instead of dragging down the boss and killing everyone in the barren hills, it would be better to cover the boss to escape, at least the old mother in the family could still get the boss Take care, he has nothing to worry about even if he hangs up.

"Xiao Wu, what crazy words are you talking about? Go away...be careful..."

Wei Lao Si yelled, what time is it, Xiao Wu, who is usually very clever, suddenly became stupid? "ah……"

A powerful arrow came at him, Xiao Wu couldn't dodge it in time, he was shot in the chest and fell down screaming.

"Little five..."

Wei Laosi let out a mournful roar, and ran desperately to the top of the mountain. Now is not the time to act emotionally, he must be alive in order to pass on the news.

There was another mournful cry from behind, and the fleeing Wei Lao Si turned his head and looked back in a hurry, and saw a tall, thin man in black holding a strong bow staggering down, in front of him Under the crotch, Xiao Wu's saber is deeply inserted.

Although Xiao Wu was hit by an arrow in the chest, he didn't hit the vital point. He reluctantly lay down on the ground and pretended to be dead. He waited until the sharp archer who had been hiding very secretly approached him before making a sudden move. The sword is sent whole into the crotch of the enemy.

Lao Tzu pulled at least one bottom, hehe.

Xiao Wu giggled, but the pain in his spine distorted his facial features, making them extremely hideous and frightening.

He bit the poison capsule in his mouth, and then lay quietly on the grass.

From the bottom of the mountain, and on both sides of the mountainside, a large group of men in black rushed towards Wei Lao Si silently, but there was still a distance.

The sharp archer was killed by Xiao Wu, and Wei Lao Si had no restraint, so he was able to run with confidence and ran to the top of the mountain in one breath. However, he was completely stunned. There was a cliff behind the mountain, and there was no way to pass.

He stood on the edge of the cliff, looked at the surging river below the cliff, gritted his teeth, and jumped down.

Left and right are dead, falling into the hands of those people, I am afraid that the death will be even worse, if he jumps, he may fall to his death or drown, but there may be a slight chance, he can only fight to the death.

The men in black at the bottom of the mountain chased after them, looking at the surging river under the cliff, the leader snorted coldly: "I want to see people when I live, and I want to see corpses when I die. Chase me down!"

"..."

The people in black were dissatisfied, but no one dared to complain in front of the leader, turned around and rushed down the mountain, searching from the upstream and downstream to the middle.

These black-clothed guards searched back and forth by the Tianshui River several times, but did not find Wei Laosi's body. Seeing that the sky was getting dark, they had to evacuate.

In fact, Wei Lao Si hid under a clump of bamboo roots on the bank. There are dense clumps of bamboo forests growing on both sides of the Tianshui River. Some bamboo clumps were washed by the river, and the roots of the bamboo rotted and the bottom was hollow. Unless those men in black went down the river , Search carefully one by one, otherwise Wei Lao Si hiding inside would not be found at all.

Wei Laosi lay motionless on his back and soaked in the river water. He used the dagger he carried with him to cut out a small hole in the bottom of the bamboo bush. His nose stuck out of the water, and he breathed in the small hole. He could clearly feel the people in black. The shock of walking on the shore.

I don't know how long it took, but he could no longer feel the vibration of walking on the shore, but he remained motionless. It took a long time before he carefully crawled out from under the bamboo roots where he was hiding.

He didn't climb ashore immediately, but lay prone in the shallow water, carefully observing the movement around him.

At this time, the sky was dark, and the surroundings were so dark that you couldn't see your fingers.

Wei Lao Si observed his surroundings under the hazy moonlight, and then floated downstream along the flowing water. His water skills were good, but he was cold and hungry after soaking in the river for a long time, which was very uncomfortable. One piece, the vision is unclear, the terrain is unfamiliar, and I don’t know the way out of the mountain. It’s better to go down the river, which saves trouble and effort.

After swimming in the river for a long time, he had passed the rolling mountains, and there were low fields on both sides of the river bank. Only then did he feel his grumbling stomach, and groped ashore with one foot high and the other low.

After landing, he took off his shoes, poured out the water in the shoe shaft, put them on again, and then took off his clothes while walking, wringing out the water from the clothes, and then hung them on his shoulders, shirtless, with one foot high and the other foot low Walking on the wasteland full of weeds.

Wei Lao Si didn't know where he was, but he just discerned the general direction and walked northeast by feeling.

After walking for about ten li, there was a dense forest in front of him. He got into the forest and leaned against a big tree to sleep soundly.

He didn't know how long he had slept, but he was awakened by a strong sense of hunger. When he opened his eyes, the sky was still gray, but it was almost dawn, and he could see farther.

Wei Laosi walked out of the woods and walked eastward along the edge of the woods for about three or four miles. At the end of the woods, there was a winding path leading directly to the river.

He was overjoyed, for there was a road, which meant that there were people. He walked along the winding path for nearly a mile, and finally saw a reclaimed wasteland beside the road, which also meant that there were people living nearby.

Going forward for about a mile, I finally saw a faint light shining through the sparse peach forest not far to the right.

Fourth Wei put on his still wet clothes, held a dagger in his sleeve, and walked towards the light.

On the sloping land not far away, surrounded by the peach forest, there are a dozen wooden houses with lights on, and people can be faintly seen walking around, obviously the people who got up early to get busy.

Wei Laosi approached and saw that the busy person was an old man over half a century old. He clasped his fists and asked the old man where he was.

The old man just looked at it suspiciously, and told him while returning the gift, Zhaojia Village and Wujia Village are more than [-] miles away on the left.

The country people are simple and hospitable. The old man led Wei Laosi into the house, gave him a bowl of water, and then found clean clothes for him to change into.

Old Si Wei wolfed down three big bowls of noodles. After filling his stomach, he left five taels of silver, and wearing the old clothes given by the old man, he headed towards Wujia Village.

The sky gradually brightened and the vision was clear. Wei Laosi quickened his pace, and when he was approaching Wujia Village, he burrowed into the woods outside the village.

This forest was where they gathered when they entered the village. He brought Xiao Wu and others into the village, and left a few others in the forest to meet him.

Fortunately, not all of them went into the village to investigate, so they were not taken away by others.

In the woods near the meeting point, several people flashed out from behind several big trees, with swords in their hands on Wei Lao Si's body.

Those people were the black-clothed guards who stayed on the ground to respond, and two of them were special night guards. When they saw that it was Boss Wei, they quickly put away their swords.

"Boss, where are Xiao Wu and the others?"

Some of the subordinates who could chat with Xiao Wu looked at the direction Wei Lao Si was coming from, but they didn't see Xiao Wu and other companions, so they couldn't help asking.

"They all died in the line of duty."

Wei Laosi led the crowd to evacuate, and told what happened while walking. There seemed to be a powerful mysterious force lurking in this area. Once strange faces like them appeared, they would definitely be watched by others. I don’t even know what’s going on, and it’s impossible to go into the village to find out the news. Why don’t you retreat to Langjiaji near Tianshui County, where there is a secret stronghold of the Black Guards. He has to share the news with the The suspicious ones are sent back to Chang'an first.

There are also two secret strongholds of the Black Guards in Tianshui County, but yesterday's accident shows that they have already alarmed the snake, and that mysterious force must be more vigilant. I'm afraid Tianshui County is full of their eyeliners. Wouldn't it be self-inflicted for him to enter the city? snare?

Huang Yifeng of Langjiaji. Boss Huang is a grocer in the Jishang. Another identity is the deputy team leader of the Black Guards Team in Tianshui County. s home.

Huang Yifeng happened to have urgent information to pass on, and Wei Laosi arrived, and he immediately presented the information. Wei Laosi took it and looked at it, frowning, and his face was gloomy.

The secret spies of the two secret bases set up by the black guards in Tianshui County had accidents one after another. One was drunk and fell into a stinky ditch and drowned. , the fake doctor absconded in fear of crime, and has not been seized so far.

The other two were even better, disappeared for no reason, and evaporated from the world.

Wei Xiansi knew that these secret spies seemed to have died accidentally, but they were actually killed by someone. The situation was more serious than he imagined.

Chapter 496 A Bad Thing and a Good Thing

The imperial capital Chang'an, the imperial palace, and the garden pavilion.