On the Seven Towers

"Teacher Qin, how long do we have to chase before we can catch up? They came out an hour earlier than us." Ye Zi asked Qin Mu, who was running at the front of the team.

"No problem, we're very close." Qin Mu smiled, adjusted the strap of his rifle, and continued moving forward, "I'm here, don't worry."

The group of people walked along the path until they reached a fork in the road ahead. Nearby here are places where hunters in the Montenegro region often come to hunt. There are many man-made traces, and it is not easy to track specific traces. However, Qin Mu pushed aside the dense grass under his feet, inspected for a moment and then said: "The left side."

Ye Zi said to the dozen or so people behind him: "Go left and chase."

These people were all her bodyguards, some armed with spears and machetes, others with crossbows, and wearing training uniforms or simple leather armor. Among them was a girl about the same age as Ye Zi, but carrying a rifle like Qin Mu. Her name was Cao Lu, and she was Ye Zi's roommate and her team member.

As a woman, Cao Lu can join the escort team, so she has her own abilities. She was originally a shooter on the school's shooting team, so after joining the escort team, she became one of the few students who could carry a gun.

"Teacher Qin is indeed a geological twin. He is so handsome in this hunter's outfit." Cao Lu said quietly to Ye Zi.

"What twins? Nickname?" Ye Zi was puzzled.

"You don't know this? Geological twins! Qin Mu and Zhang Sicheng from the geological team, one is sunny, the other is melancholy, and both are rare handsome guys. There are many people who are fascinated by them."

"Zhang Sicheng... Well, he is also a person who likes to get into trouble." Ye Zi frowned, looking quite regretful.

"Who says it's not the case, but if it wasn't like that, there would be no 'Melancholy Prince'. But I still like Teacher Qin's type."

"It seems you are quite obsessed, don't you?"

"Oh, falling flowers are intentional, but running water is ruthless. I heard that Teacher Qin has someone he likes." She leaned into Ye Zi's ear and said, "It's Luo Ling, the leader of the foreign affairs team. Alas, Team Leader Luo has too much aura, what a young college student, Dr. MIT, the youngest associate professor in the school, is still in the Department of Mathematics, and now she is the team leader. Apart from being young and beautiful, we can’t compare with her.”

"Luo Ling?" Ye Zi raised his eyebrows. He had heard Xiao Chen talk about it many times, "Why do you inquire so carefully?"

"Know yourself and know your enemy."

At this time, Qin Mu, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped and raised his hand to stop the team from advancing.

"Found it!" Qin Mu said in a very soft voice. Ye Zi looked along his finger and saw four students who looked like students sitting around and resting together under the gentle slope in front. They were the targets they were tracking.

"Teacher Qin, just stay here and help us hold down the battle. It's better to leave the arresting matter to our escort team." Ye Zi instructed.

Qin Mu nodded, took off the rifle, held it in his hand and said, "I'm here to guard against those goblins and horse thieves."

Ye Zi made two gestures to the people behind her, and a class behind her circled behind these people from the forest and surrounded them from all sides.

After confirming that everyone was in place, Ye Zi broke through the bushes in front of him and Cao Lu walked over.

The four people were eating and laughing in low voices. He stood up in panic when he heard footsteps behind him.

"It's Ye Zi! She's from the escort team!" One of the tall boys shouted, grabbing a small girl next to him and about to run away. A short boy sitting opposite him hurriedly grabbed the bag on the ground and went to Carrying on the body. Another girl next to her was so frightened that she didn't know what to do, and tightly grabbed the short boy's arm. The boy was pulled by her and couldn't carry the bag, so he pushed her down in a hurry, and rushed into the woods with the bag. .

"You don't have to worry about it. I brought a whole class with me, and you are surrounded." Ye Zi shouted. As expected, those few people ran a few steps into the forest and were grabbed by the people who had ambushed them in advance and were escorted out.

"Guard member Niu Guangcheng, Li Qiuxin from the logistics team, Wu Qi from the textile factory, and Jiang Jie from the business team." Ye Zi confirmed their identities one by one, and then said: "Your runaway from home ends here, follow me Go back."

The four of them looked at each other with ugly expressions. The tall boy Niu Guangcheng shouted: "I won't go back. If you want me to be cannon fodder, there's no way! Let me go."

"It's up to you whether you want to go or not. Now that I've caught you, don't try to escape." Ye Zi said with a straight face.

"Why are you so stubborn? What difference does it make if you catch us and let us go?" The short boy Li Qiuxin shouted while struggling, "Thousands of horse thieves are coming. How can such people in the school survive? Let's take advantage of them If you don't attack the city, run away! I think you are all capable people, so just run with us. I heard that if you run in this direction, you will be able to survive with our knowledge and skills. Very decent.”

Li Qiuxin found that no one else was talking. It seemed that some people were considering the feasibility of escaping, so he took advantage of the heat and said, "What have we eaten here? We eat food that even pigs hate every day. What benefits have we gained? Every day." They were driven to work like dogs. The money from the sales went into the pockets of the committee. Those committee bosses had no need to work, but now they want us to die? Whoever you want to go, I won’t go anyway. I advise you to think carefully about it, so you don’t die without knowing why!”

Ye Zi noticed that several of the escorts who were following him were looking at each other, and some even began to whisper among themselves. She said angrily, "Take the person away and shut his mouth if he spreads rumors."

"Run with me, believe me!" Li Qiuxin broke away from the guard's loosened hand, opened his backpack, and took out a handful of gold coins, "Look, I have a lot of gold coins here. You can Hua, those who want to buy a house will buy a house, and those who want a woman will find a woman." Looking at Li Qiuxin's heart-breaking look, he looked very sincere.

"Catch him and gag him." Ye Zi said it a second time, but the two guards around him didn't gag him.

"If you are honest, why did you stop me from talking?" Li Qiuxin sneered.

Ye Zi was about to rush forward and take action, but was held back by Cao Lu. She pointed at the girl who was pushed down before and was now kneeling on the ground covering her face in tears and said coldly: "Humph, your girlfriend does believe you. In the blink of an eye, I just left you alone. This is what you will end up with.”

Her voice was sharp and sharp, and she immediately suppressed the boy's voice, while the girl sitting on the ground began to sob in frustration.

Ye Zi took advantage of the situation and said: "These people betrayed everyone at the most critical moment and stole our gold coins and food. Now they have betrayed their companions again. Think about it for yourselves, can you believe his words? Just based on that. Can they pass through the blockade of horse thieves and avoid the danger of the forest? Maybe they will be chopped into pieces by horse thieves when they walk out of the forest!"

Several guards looked at each other, and two of them rushed forward with some embarrassment and grabbed Li Qiuxin's arm.

"Take them away!" Seeing that everyone was under control, Ye Zi breathed a sigh of relief. The pursuit and escape operation for most of the day was finally a complete success. She turned around and led the team back along the original route to meet Qin Mu.

But after walking a few steps, the sound of pushing and fighting was heard from the team. She looked back and saw that one of the two team members who were guarding Niu Guangcheng was pushed to the ground, and the other was held in front of him by Niu Guangcheng as a hostage. Niu Guangcheng actually held a May 4th-style pistol in his hand and pointed it at The man's temple.

Ye Zi suddenly felt as if a basin of cold water was pouring down her head.

"Don't move!" Niu Guangcheng shouted loudly.

The sunlight shone through the gaps in the leaves and shone on his face, giving him a ferocious look, making him look like an evil beast with bared teeth. While dragging the team member back slowly to distance himself from everyone, he shouted urgently: "Put all your weapons on the ground, otherwise don't blame me for being rude."

Ye Zi pushed aside the crowd, tried to calm down, walked slowly to him, and persuaded: "There is a rifle, three crossbows, and the big gun in my hand. Do you know what you are doing?"

"I don't want to listen to nonsense, put the weapons on the ground, and let go of my people." Niu Guangcheng shouted to himself, not giving Ye Zi a chance to persuade him.

"You'd better calm down and think about it. If you hurt one of our people, you won't survive."

Niu Guangcheng gasped, his voice excited, "Death? Which one of you wants to back me up? Who wants to try the gun first? Damn it, I've had enough of this crappy place and won't play with you anymore. Again, hand over all your weapons come out."

At this time, Cao Lu, who was behind Ye Zi, took advantage of the confrontation between Ye Zi and Niu Guangcheng and slowly raised his gun, preparing to aim at the opponent's arm and wait for an opportunity to make a rescue. When Niu Guangcheng launched an attack before, she was too slow to respond and was very annoyed, so now she was thinking of regaining the ground.

But before she could take aim, Niu Guangcheng's gun rang out and hit Cao Lu in the arm. She screamed and the gun fell to the ground.

"Cao Lu!" Ye Zi anxiously wanted to see her wounds. Niu Guangcheng fired another shot, and the bullet grazed Ye Zi's calf, leaving a bloody mark.

"Don't even move." Niu Guangcheng shouted.

After firing two shots, he quickly put the gun against the hostage's head and sneered: "You are not the only one who has participated in the shooting team. I practiced pistol rapid fire for six years before college. Don't challenge my patience, otherwise I will let you do it." Try my shooting skills next time not with your arms and legs, but with your head!”

He winked at Li Qiuxin, and the short boy quickly snatched Cao Lu's rifle into his hands, and then forced several guards to throw the crossbow arrows and spears to the ground. Ye Zi wished he could punch this bastard to death, but he could only throw away the spear in his hand. Li Qiuxin also wanted to ask the two girls who fled together to follow him. However, both women were frightened by their performance. Instead, they hid behind the guards and did not dare to go past.

When Niu Guangcheng saw Li Qiuxin and the girls messing around, he said impatiently: "Don't waste time with them! These two ungrateful things, let's go on our own! Are you afraid of not finding a woman when you have money?"

The two of them slowly retreated to the edge of the clearing. Niu Guangcheng kicked over the hostage in front of him, and he and Li Qiuxin turned around and ran into the woods.

Ye Zi knew that there was nothing she could do against these two people.

However, at this moment, a gunshot was heard. Niu Guangcheng, who was running, was hit in the thigh by a bullet and fell to the ground. He instinctively used his pistol to fight back at where everyone was. The bullets flew and everyone fled in panic. Li Qiuxin also leaned behind the tree, raising his rifle and preparing to shoot. At this time, the sound of rifles rang out again. One shot hit Niu Guangcheng in the chest, and the other hit Li Qiuxin in the head. Both of them fell to the ground.

Everyone present was stunned, even the two girls who were sobbing were so frightened that they stopped crying. Everyone just watched the "enemy" being knocked down in public and lying motionless in the grass, not knowing what to do for a while.

"Teacher Qin..." Ye Zi looked at Qin Mu who ran out of the bushes behind him, her voice was very bitter.

"Health staff, bandage Cao Lu and Ye Zi quickly." Qin Mu held the gun and ran carefully towards Niu Guangcheng and the others.

"Dead." Qin Mu's hand left Niu Guangcheng's neck and heaved a sigh of relief.

"Teacher Qin... do we really have to kill them?" Ye Zi said sadly, "They are our classmates after all. If we let them go, they won't shoot back..."

"The school at this time... can't tolerate a traitor." Qin Mu patted her shoulder and said, "When Niu Guangcheng shot at you for the first time, this was the ending he deserved."

"I... don't know. Maybe one day when I think back, I will regret chasing them." Ye Zi said with red eyes.

Qin Mu gently stroked his gun for a while, then lifted it heavily and put it on his shoulder, showing a somewhat forced smile, and said, "I don't regret it."