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In the blink of an eye, the six guard posts of the Yan Owl were gone, but the six torches were still burning violently. It was precisely because the light did not change significantly that the other Yan Owls did not notice that they had six of their dead companions at all. As for the woman in the middle of the venue, she was too busy to take care of herself and had no time to pay attention to the situation outside.

At this time, there were less than ten people left by the woman. However, there were more than twenty people besieging her, all of them seemed very fierce. The weapons they used were all the same colored Yanling Knife. Seeing Yanling Knife, Zhang Zhun couldn't help but frowned.

The Yanling Knife appeared very early in our country. During the melee of the Song, Liao, Jin, Mongolia, and Western Xia, this kind of knife was used in large quantities. At that time, it had no special meaning, it was just a simple tool for killing. However, in the Ming Dynasty, the Yanling Knife was often associated with another type of knife and was a symbol of distinguishing identity.

Another type of knife is called the embroidered spring knife.

The embroidered spring sword specially used by Jinyiwei.

The real Jinyiwei uses embroidered spring swords, and the fake Jinyiwei uses a Yanfeng sword, which is a very popular saying among the people. This statement is not necessarily accurate, and there is no historical evidence to prove it. However, many people still believe that most people who like to use Yanfeng swords have some connections with the Jinyiwei. In other words, it has the background of the Jinyiwei.

Could it be that these people are actually the periphery of the Jinyiwei?

In the eyes of later generations, the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty was indeed the coolest and most prominent secret agent organization in history. Except for the Dongchang, Xichang, and the short-lived Inyiwei, no organization could overcome it. After Emperor Chongzhen came to power, the strength of the Dongchang was weakened under the strong restraint of the Donglin Party. Wang Chengen, the eunuch of the Dongchang, was not very strong, and he did not pay much attention to the construction of the Dongchang. Therefore, the secret agents of the Ming Dynasty, only the Jinyiwei did not change much.

However, the number of Jinyiwei is not very large in Shandong. There are only a few key areas such as Jinan, Yanzhou, Dengzhou, etc., with thousands of Jinyiwei households and hundreds of households stationed in the city. In other areas, there are no official public identity stationed in Jinyiwei. If something happens in a certain place, Jinyiwei will come from afar. This is true in Laizhou and Qingzhou.

The reason is that the control ability of the Jinyiwei began to fade, which was much worse than before. In the late Ming Dynasty, military generals and military power were increasing. They were not afraid of the Jinyiwei at all. Only civil officials were bound by the Jinyiwei. There was constant war in Shandong, and there was no oil or water. The Jinyiwei did not want to suffer this crime and was too lazy to arrange too many people.

However, the Jinyiwei still has a lot of work to do, how can I do it without anyone? So, a group of fake Jinyiwei who pretended to be Jinyiwei came into being. They used the Jinyiwei brand to work for Jinyiwei and paid a certain monthly "affiliation fee". In fact, they did not receive wages (create their own income) and did not have a staffing (temporary worker). Of course, the flying fish suit and embroidered spring knife cannot be awarded to such temporary workers, so they used the Yanling sword instead.

The privileged department, which was originally quite serious, has now opened an opening, and all kinds of fake Jinyiwei have flocked to it. Which ones are authorized, even if they are not authorized at all, I am afraid that the Jinyiwei will not be able to tell the difference between them. The Yanling Knife is not very valuable, and you can buy one for three or five taels of silver. Of course, the rich people will use it as a storefront.

However, among the salt owls, there are still a few people who use the Yanfeng sword. After all, the government wants to crack down on private salt. The officers of the Jinyiwei smuggled private salt by themselves must have to clear the relationship between them. It is impossible to use the Xiuchun Sword and the Yanfeng sword. The group of salt owls in front of them blatantly use the Yanfeng sword, and I don’t know if it has anything to do with the Jinyiwei.

The Jinyiwei in the past was indeed very scary, with great power. He didn't need to go through any other department to catch and kill people. However, in the late Ming Dynasty, the Jinyiwei was nothing great. As long as his strength was strong enough, he didn't have to buy the Jinyiwei's tent. Those who were afraid of the Jinyiwei were civil officials, and military generals were not afraid at all. Of course, except those who were extremely foolish and loyal. Therefore, Zhang Zhun just frowned and did not take it seriously.

The salt owls besieged outside were very fierce and continued. The woman's entourage was equally fierce and unwilling to surrender. Even if they fell one by one, no one could hear screams. In fact, every salt owl that fell quickly died and no one was injured at all.

The attack was fierce and the defense was heroic, and there were no wounded.

It's indeed a cruel battle.

The tip of the knife is getting closer and closer to the woman.

There were only the last four entourages beside her.

From beginning to end, Zhang Zhun did not hear any communication between the two groups of salt owls. I don’t know if there was no need to communicate or if there was no need to communicate. The woman had no words except screaming. In short, looking at the fighting between the two sides, she could only describe it in one sentence: life and death.

"Swish!"

Zhang Zhun saw the opportunity and suddenly jumped out of the darkness.

The position he jumped out happened to be opposite the salt owls. The light was not very clear because of the personnel's obstruction. And because the two sides were in a fierce battle, they did not notice it at all.

The triangular pricks stabbed left and right, and the two salt owls were killed immediately, without even making a sound.

The Yan Owl in the fierce battle was hot-headed and didn't care about the person around her falling down. She continued to besiege the woman. Since she embarked on the Yan Owl's path, she was not prepared to have a chance to survive. When the Yan Owl fell down, the Yan Owl didn't care.

"Swish!"

The Triangle Puncture attacked again.

Two more salt owls were killed.

But at this time, the salt owls also noticed it.

"Who?"

Someone stopped drinking.

Of course, Zhang Zhun couldn't answer and continued to stab him without saying a word.

In a blink of an eye, two more salt owls fell down.

The Yan Owl, who besieged the woman, hurriedly assigned a few people to try to intercept Zhang Zhun.

However, Zhang Zhun's whereabouts were very erratic, with triangular pricks left and right, up and down, and each time he made a move, he would cause a wound to the other party.

To be fair, those salt owls are all people who lick blood on the edge of the knife, and they have very rich combat experience. However, Zhang Zhun's triangular thorns are too weird. Because they are covered in blood, it is difficult to see in the beating fire. Before they even had time to see what weapon this was, they had already fallen under the triangular thorns.

"Kill him!"

When the salt owls saw that it was not a road, they hurriedly mobilized people to focus on Zhang Zhun.

In an instant, more than a dozen salt owls surrounded Zhang Zhun, waving the bloody goose-feathered sword, trying to surround Zhang Zhun in the middle.

Zhang Zhun was not so stupid. He immediately ran around after falling into the other party's encirclement.

Running and fighting, hitandrun, the most familiar routine.

The open space in the valley was already very empty, and he rushed towards a place with few people. For a moment, the salt owls could not surround him. On the contrary, Zhang Zhun accidentally found the opportunity to attack him.

"laugh!"

Zhang Zhun's move was quick, accurate and ruthless.

Every time the Triangle stab strikes, it is almost silent.

A slight sound can only be heard by the person stabbed. To be precise, it can only be felt with his own body. However, when he hears this sound, everything is no longer redeemable.

The large amount of blood loss in the wound will soon end a living life.

In a blink of an eye, three more salt owls fell in front of Zhang Zhun.

The Yan Xiao, who was chasing Zhang Zhun, was angry and angry. The Yanling Knife in his hand was particularly powerful and ran faster, but he still had no choice but to deal with Zhang Zhun.

There is no way, Zhang Zhun's movements are too erratic, too weird, and too flexible, so they have no chance to surround each other. On the contrary, during the running process, they almost all had one-on-one with Zhang Zhun, but ended up suffering a big loss.

Zhang Zhun's weapon is too thin and weird. In such an environment, it is difficult to see clearly. What's more serious is that there seem to be two such weapons in Zhang Zhun's hand. Even if he is lucky enough to block the first one, it is difficult to predict what angle the second one will come from.

In a moment, four more salt owls died under the triangular thorns.

The woman in the middle had a deeper look. The helper who suddenly appeared had nothing to do with her, which is certain. If she had such a powerful helper, she would not have been ambushed by the other party and almost died here. However, she couldn't understand why the other party wanted to help her. No matter what she knew or the people she didn't know, there seemed to be no such ruthless killer.

That's right, ruthless.

She could see at a glance that this sudden helper was too ruthless in his attack. Every time he took action, he would never fail. Every salt owl stabbed by him could never get up after falling down.

The salt owls usually fight and their actions are very cold and ruthless, which makes her amazed. However, compared with the person in front of her, it seems that they are still a little worse. This person's killing efficiency is really too high. He almost killed one-third of the salt owls.

It seems that there is a God of Death in this person. As long as you meet him, there will be only one outcome, that is:

die.

Death can't die again.

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen people were killed. What is this not the god of death?

With such a God of Death Helper, it seems that today's difficulties can be overcome.

The salt owls opposite her did not feel so good when they saw the real strange movements. A good action was about to win, but they were disturbed by a boy who suddenly appeared.

But this kid is still very difficult to deal with.

The night wind blew, and for the first time, some salt owls felt a little chilling behind their backs, as if they were possessed by some demon. Thinking of the enemy's ghostly movements, they actually felt a sense of fear like never before.

"The wind is tight!"

"Turn!"

The remaining salt owl had to scream and quickly retreat.

If you can't do anything, it will be meaningless if you continue to get entangled.

These salt owls were indeed decisive in killing and decisive, and they came to the scene and left as soon as possible. They didn't even want the corpses on the ground, so they quickly evacuated.

In a moment, there was only the woman left in the open space in the mountains and four followers.

The four followers were already scarred and could not hold on. When they saw the enemy retreat, they all fell to the ground in a sluggish manner.

Only that woman, unscathed, stood there quietly, staring at Zhang Zhun, thinking about something.
Chapter completed!