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Chapter 914 Killing Heart

 The heavy snow came and went intermittently. Although it was not heavy, it still snowed intermittently for four or five days, covering the entire Black Mountain with a layer of silvery white.

Although Qian Laohan was a true Northeastern, he still felt a little numb after being watched for more than ten consecutive days and huddled motionless in the thorn bushes.

Qian Laohan is just a small leader in Baimuzhai, in charge of more than a dozen people, but this time he was reused by the fourth master and arranged to keep an eye on people at the intersection outside Huangtu Village. According to the promise of the fourth master, if he completes the task, he will get the reward immediately.

promoted.

There is also a strict hierarchy in the mountains, and the level of status determines the amount of rations.

Qian Laohan has a wife and children to support. Although his current monthly rations are more than those of ordinary gangsters, the family is still struggling. If he can be promoted and his rations are increased, the family will be much better off.

But he didn't know when he would be able to complete the task.

These days, he has been guarding the intersection going down the mountain, taking turns to guard it day and night, but he has never seen a ghost coming down the mountain.

It hadn't snowed a few days ago, and although the night was cold, it was still bearable. But after the snow fell, the cold at night penetrated deep into the bones. Even if he was wearing thick fur, it was still difficult to block the cold. Qian Laohan knew that again

If this continues, there will be several frozen corpses in the thorn bush that morning.

But he didn't dare to leave.

If you fail to complete the task and leave your post without authorization, the fourth master's knife will not show any mercy.

Now we can only hope that people will come down from the mountain as soon as possible.

"Brother, it's too cold." It had already darkened and it was freezing cold. The three brothers who were hiding in the thorns with him seemed to be unable to hold on. One of them asked cautiously: "Would you like to pick up some firewood to make a fire?"

It's good to make a fire and warm yourself up."

"I think you are out of your mind." Qian Laohan was favored by the fourth master because he was always meticulous in doing things and would do the things he was told to do. He glared at the man and said angrily: "We are

If you keep an eye on people here, with the light of the fire, you can immediately see someone coming down the mountain and leave without turning around."

The man said with a bitter face: "We have been squatting here for more than ten days. If we don't see anyone anymore, we will freeze to death here. We haven't seen a ghost in the past ten days. I guess there will be no ghosts tonight."

People come down the mountain.”

"Stop talking." The person next to him huddled up and said with his eyes closed: "You don't know the temper of the fourth master. If things really go wrong, our heads will be cut off by his own hands. If you want to start a fire, why not?

Why don't we ask Bodhisattva to bless us and help us catch the person as soon as possible."

"Brother, who do you think the fourth master asked us to catch here?" The man who wanted to light a fire sighed and asked softly: "Why are you staring at the intersection of Huangtu Village going down the mountain?"

Qian Laohan grabbed a ball of snow and without saying a word, he threw it at the man's face and cursed: "If you want to die, just jump off the cliff yourself, but don't hurt our brothers."

The man was so embarrassed that he shut his mouth and did not dare to say anything.

"Don't make any noise!" someone whispered: "There's something going on!"

Several people immediately held their breath and looked out from the thorn bushes. They heard a "crunching" sound, which was the sound of stepping on the snow. Soon, they saw a figure coming down the mountain. Qian Laohan and others suddenly became excited.

, each picked up a knife.

The voice looked left and right, but his pace was not slow. He was wearing a thick cotton coat and a fur hat. In the night, he could only see dim figures, but his appearance was unclear.

"Follow me!" Qian Laohan whispered: "Be careful, don't let him find out."

Several people hunkered down and saw the figure walking away, coming out of the thorns, and followed it from a distance.

The man in front walked seven or eight miles without noticing anyone following him. Qian Laohan turned around and made a gesture. Several of his men understood, and immediately two people separated, one on the left and one on the right, and surrounded him from both sides. Qian Laohan and another man

He continued to follow for two or three miles, then suddenly quickened his pace.

His steps were very fast, and the sound of trampling on the snow naturally alerted the man in front of him. The man turned around and saw someone following behind him. He drew his sword in his hand and accelerated his pace. Qian Laohan did not hesitate anymore and said in a deep voice: "Stop.

, don't run!" As he started running, the man in front also ran away. Less than two miles away, a figure suddenly jumped out from the left and threw the man to the ground. The man was strong and strong.

He turned over, pushed the figure to the ground, punched it down, got up and started to run again, but Qian Laohan had already rushed close by and shouted. The man turned around, and before he could shout, he had already been stabbed by Qian Laohan.

He was hit in the neck and blood spurted out. The man shook his body and fell to the ground.

"Brother, how can we kill him?" His companion was shocked when he saw this.

Qian Laohan put away the knife and sneered: "Didn't you see that he had a knife in his hand and was resisting stubbornly? If we don't kill him, he will kill us." He squatted down, searched for the body, and quickly removed it.

He took a letter in his hand, sealed it without opening it, and said: "You pick up the body and take it back."

The three of them looked at each other and did not dare to say anything.

It was dark at night, and inside Heishui Village, Zhou Hongji was sleeping with his young body in his arms. He was awakened by a rapid knock on the door. He sat up suddenly, grabbed a big knife beside him, and asked sharply: "Who is this person?"

?”

"The Chief, the Fourth Chief wants to see you in an urgent matter!" A voice came from outside: "The Fourth Chief said it is extremely urgent, so please go and see the Chief as soon as possible."

Zhou Hongji put down the knife, his face looked a little ugly, but he still got up, put on his clothes, and went out. There was someone waiting outside the door. When he saw Zhou Hongji coming out, he said softly: "The fourth master is waiting in front!"

When Zhou Hongji arrived in the front hall, Du Zitong was walking back and forth in the hall, a little impatient, but more excited. When he saw Zhou Hongji, he hurriedly greeted him and said excitedly: "Brother, I got it, I got it!"

Zhou Hongji was startled, but he immediately understood. He raised his hand to signal Du Zitong not to speak. Then he looked around, beckoned Du Zitong to follow him to the side hall, and then asked: "What's the situation?"

"Brother, look." Du Zitong handed a letter to Zhou Hongji and explained: "You asked me to send someone to ambush at the intersection of Huangtu Village down the mountain. I have been watched for more than ten days, but there has been no movement. Today

In the evening, they suddenly noticed someone coming down the mountain. They immediately followed him and wanted to arrest him. However, when the man saw someone chasing him, he resisted with a knife. My men had no choice but to chop him with a knife and found a letter from him. I can't read.

Brother, look at what is written in it, is it evidence that Xuanyuan Chong colluded with Qin Xiao?"

Zhou Hongji opened the envelope, leaned under the light, opened the letter, looked at it carefully, his face suddenly changed, and he sneered: "You Xuanyuan Chong, you are so cruel and ruthless, you actually want to drive us all away!" He sat down,

Passing the letter to Du Zitong, Du Zitong was a little embarrassed and said: "Brother, I can't read...1" But when he saw that there were pictures on the letter, he couldn't help but take it in his hand, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but say

: "Brother, why are there no words? It looks familiar. What is this painting?"

"Map." Zhou Hongji glanced at Du Zitong and said, "Don't you understand the map of the five villages in Black Mountain?"

Du Zitong also changed his face in horror, and said in a voiceless voice: "He wants to give the Montenegro map to the officers and soldiers? This...!"

"The second boss is really attentive." Zhou Hongji took the letter from Du Zitong, held it under the lamp, and looked at it carefully. His voice was solemn: "He has clearly marked the important points in Montenegro.

All our hard work is on this map. If this map falls into the hands of officers and soldiers, we will be in catastrophe."

Du Zitong clenched his fists and said bitterly: "Brother, you have guessed that Xuanyuan Chong is indeed the traitor." He sat down on the chair next to him and said: "Xuanyuan Chong tried to persuade us to recruit us, but we can't do it. There is no other way."

, we can only cooperate with the officers and soldiers inside and outside. Qin Xiao has the map, and Xuanyuan Chong is on the mountain to support him...!" A shiver ran down his spine.

"Fourth Brother, are you sure the messenger came down from Huangtu Village?" Zhou Hongji looked grim.

Du Zitong said anxiously: "Brother, do you still think that I will deceive you? My people rotate day and night and guard the place that must be passed down the mountain from Huangtu Village. The messenger must have come down from the mountain, and he sneaked down from the mountain at night."

"Why not keep him alive?" Zhou Hongji said angrily: "The person who delivered the letter should have been captured alive."

Du Zitong said angrily: "I also ordered them to capture him alive, but the messenger drew his sword and fought hard, so they could only chop him to death. For this, I also gave them a severe punishment. Brother, in my opinion, the messenger is dead or not."

It doesn’t matter if we are alive, what matters is that Xuanyuan Chong is really a traitor, and he wants to cooperate with the officers and soldiers inside and outside to drive us all away."

Zhou Hongji looked solemn, staring into Du Zitong's eyes with deep eyes, and said nothing for a while.

When Du Zitong saw this, he was a little startled at first. Then he realized something and frowned: "Brother, you don't think this is evidence I forged, do you? I can swear to God, if it was me who did it, God will strike with five thunderbolts and he will die."

It will never be restored again."

"Where are you thinking?" Zhou Hongji said solemnly: "I am thinking about how to deal with Xuanyuan Chong next."

Du Zitong immediately said: "Gather soldiers and horses from all villages, kill them all at Huangtu Village, and kill them all."

"Confused." Zhou Hongji said angrily: "Can you use your brain?" After thinking for a while, he ordered: "Send someone to find the third child immediately. Don't let other people know. Let the third child come here secretly."

Du Zitong didn't waste any time and went to make arrangements immediately.

When Shen Xuangan arrived at Heishui Village, it was already bright. Zijin Village was somewhat far away from Heishui Village. Although there was a shortcut on the mountain to travel through, it still took a lot of time to go back and forth.

Zhou Hongji looked tired. When he saw Shen Xuangan coming over, he handed over the letter before Shen Xuangan could speak. After Shen Xuangan took it, he looked at it carefully and said with some surprise: "Brother, this is Montenegro.

Topographic map, what’s going on?”

"Fourth brother, please tell your third brother clearly."

Du Zitong immediately told the details, and Shen Xuangan was surprised: "Brother has been sending people to keep an eye on Huangtu Village?"

"It's not that I can't trust you." Zhou Hongji sighed: "I don't want Xuanyuan Chong to be a traitor. Before the evidence is conclusive, the fewer people who know about it, the better. There has been no news for more than ten days, and I am still feeling lucky, thinking that

I made a mistake in my judgment, but...!"

Shen Xuangan sat down slowly and frowned: "Brother, if this letter is really sent by Xuanyuan Chong, the situation is already quite serious. There is something that I haven't had time to tell you. I just got the news, the day before yesterday.

Another group of officers and soldiers came from the pass, and there were two to three thousand people. They joined forces with Long Rui's army. They should be reinforcements sent from the pass. As I said before, Long Rui's army was stationed in Songyang.

The purpose of Caochang is to come to us. They have won a big victory, their morale is high, and reinforcements from the pass have arrived, so they are really going to attack us."

"No wonder Xuanyuan Chong would send someone to deliver the topographic map of Montenegro at this time." Du Zitong suddenly realized and gritted his teeth and said: "Long Rui Army reinforcements have arrived, and they must want to take advantage of our defeat to take advantage of it and kill them." Xiang Shen Xuangan said.

: "Third brother, what do you think we should do?"

Shen Xuangan was very calm and said: "Fourth brother, don't be impatient, just listen to the instructions of the elder brother."

Zhou Hongji was silent for a long time, and then sighed: "Xuanyuan Chong has always wanted to be recruited, but he has not found the opportunity for many years. This time Long Ruijun came out of seclusion, he must have felt that the time had come, so he colluded with Qin Xiao. But.

I lament our long-term brotherhood, but he doesn’t take it seriously at all. In order to gain promotion and promotion, he actually betrayed us." He looked at his two brothers, thought for a moment, and finally said: "We have had a long-term friendship, and if I kill him, I really don’t care.

I can’t bear it.”

"Brother, what can we do now?" Shen Xuangan said with a bitter smile: "He knows the defenses on the mountain very well, and even most of the defenses were built by him. If he comes down the mountain alive, he will be able to return to the mountain.

, as long as he defectes to Qin Xiao, we are no match at all."

Du Zitong said angrily: "Eldest brother and third brother have reached this point, how can we still talk about brotherhood with him? He doesn't treat us as brothers, why should we treat him as a brother? Third brother is right, he will die if he doesn't.

It’s us.”

Shen Xuangan looked at Zhou Hongji and asked: "Brother, are you sure Xuanyuan Chong sent someone to send this letter? It is a matter of great importance and cannot be ignored."

"The terrain map of Montenegro is extraordinary. We know the layout of the mountain so well that no one except us would know it." Zhou Hongji said: "The fourth brother is naturally brave when he goes into battle to kill the enemy, but let him draw such a complicated terrain.

If you give him a year, he can't do it. I'm afraid only Xuanyuan Chong can memorize the topography of the mountain and draw it on paper. The person who sent the letter came down from Huangtu Village in the middle of the night, and the letter was

It is natural that there is no signature, but Xuanyuan Chong must have sent someone to send it down the mountain."

"If this is the case, brother cannot be merciful." Shen Xuangan said sternly: "Since Huangtu Village has become rebellious, we will remain indifferent and we will only wait for disaster."

Du Zitong said hurriedly: "The third brother is right. Xuanyuan Chong sent people down the mountain. If the person who delivered the message has not returned yet, with his shrewdness, he may have noticed that something is wrong. It only takes one day to go from Heishan to Longrui Military Camp.

That's enough. Even if the messenger rests there for a long time, he should be back by the night after tomorrow. So if he doesn't see anyone returning the night after tomorrow, he must be suspicious." He glanced at Shen Xuangan and then said softly: "What if?

If Xuanyuan Chong is alerted, it will not be easy for us to take action again."

Zhou Hongji seems to be still hesitating.

"Brother, do you have anything else to worry about?" Shen Xuangan asked softly.

Zhou Hongji sighed: "I am really worried that if I get rid of Xuanyuan Chong, will I destroy my own strength? We brothers, if we really want to discuss military strategy, he is far above us. If he is loyal and loyal, he will guard Montenegro together with us.

, even if the Long Rui Army and the Liaodong Army join forces to attack, I have confidence in my heart. Without him, I am only worried about whether we can still defend Montenegro."

"If he was really of one mind with us, there would be no current problems." Shen Xuangan said: "It is precisely because he is so brave that he is a serious problem that must be eliminated. Otherwise, if he takes action first, the consequences will be disastrous.

.Brother, now is the time when you and I are fighting to the death. You must not be benevolent as a woman!"

Du Zitong also nodded and said: "That's right, brother, you often say that we should be disturbed by others. Now is not the time to hesitate."

Zhou Hongji pondered for a moment, and finally said: "Third brother, tomorrow you go to Huangtu Village in person and tell Xuanyuan Chong that we want to discuss increasing the defense on the mountain, so I will invite him to come over for a drink." Thinking of something, he said: "Yes.

Well, the second leader of Huangtu Village, Yang Shixin, is not an ordinary person. You asked him to bring Yang Shixin with him to discuss it. You only said that the leaders of each village will discuss important matters at the Juyi Hall tomorrow night, and no one can be absent. Huangtu Village is gone.

Two people are leaderless."

Shen Xuangan nodded and said: "Brother, don't worry, I will go and invite you personally." After a pause, he whispered: "Brother, there is something I don't know whether to talk about or not!"

"you say!"

"Brother is going to take action tomorrow night, but... what should Yuan Bao do?" Shen Xuangan asked worriedly: "Yuan Bao has always respected Xuanyuan Chong and has a good personal relationship with him. If Yuan Bao is on his side...

.!”

Zhou Hongji shook his head and said: "Don't worry about this. I raised Yuanbao with my own hands. I treat him as my own son, and he also regards me as his father. He will never betray me because of Xuanyuan Chong." He stood up, walked to the window, and opened it.

A biting cold wind blew in through the window. He put his hands behind his back and looked at the courtyard outside, dazed.


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