At the same time, as the fighting inside and outside the hotel ended, a small group of people were running away on the road in the distance. But it was the little master and the instigator behind the attack in the hotel who the owner said was the first to attack the hotel.
He was quickly surrounded by several followers and fled.
However, at this time, his dark silk cloak and wide-brimmed hat had to be thrown away. The white shirt with lace underneath and the lace bow tie were exposed; they were soaked with sweat and scratched. But
At this time, the sound of horse hooves galloping came from the distant road;
Immediately, these seemingly well-trained followers pushed him to the ground without hesitation; they also avoided the light of the running and swaying lanterns on the road. As they kicked away in the distance, they were carrying dust and
When Cao Ye stood up, he found a subordinate standing opposite him.
This man has a face full of grooves. He is wearing a leather vest, gray trousers, and an animal skin waistcoat. He holds a curved blade knife and a silver rapier in both hands. His long frosty white hair is tied into a ponytail, and his eyes are serious.
Looking at them was the old hunter Ajax who was ordered to pursue them.
"It seems that you are the pests that the officer said." He said in a dull voice: However, the followers surrounding the "little master" on the other side pulled out their lace-guarded rapiers and faced them with the old-fashioned sabers.
There was a sudden roar in the darkness, and it hit their bodies unexpectedly.
It was the crossbowman hiding in the bushes behind Ajax who launched the attack first. However, what was unexpected was that only one of those who were hit by the arrow fell to the ground with his hands on his neck; the others did not hesitate.
He shook off his cloak, revealing his breastplate with arrow clusters embedded inside;
Then they all roared lowly and formed an inverted triangle formation, charging back towards Ajax. Then, at the moment when they were about to confront Ajax, they saw the old hunter's muscles suddenly pumping, and his swords were crossed.
Afterimages like fluttering butterflies passed by.
After a sharp clash of swords and a sharp clang, Ajax, who passed by like lightning, suddenly lost a piece of his animal skin vest, and it seeped out from under the back of the skin.
A streak of dark red blood appeared; however, he continued to move forward without looking back.
Then they heard the inverted triangle behind them suddenly erupting into short screams; and from their heads and faces, between their shoulders and necks, and from the back of their necks, thin lines of blood spurted out one after another. Then, they
He continued to try hard to turn around and catch up, but fell down after taking two steps.
At this time, Ajax was in no mood to pay attention to them, because a sharp sword light suddenly flashed in front of him, crossing a strange trajectory like a poisonous snake's flying drill, heading straight for his vitals;
After blocking, he took several steps back before temporarily getting rid of it.
"Snake-biting swordsmanship?" Ajax couldn't help but look at him in awe, protecting one of the last two followers beside the "little master"; and the one wearing a big-brimmed hat, covering half of his face
Then, he slowly raised his head: "I really miss the Griffin Sect's eagle fencing skills!"
"The Serpentine sect, which was once famous in the underground world, has now fallen to the point where it is necessary to act as an accomplice of the country gentry to maintain its livelihood." Ajax retorted with a sneer: "I remember your ancestors, the great master, and
I have hunted down those who were willing to be lackeys of the royal power."
"You guys, the Griffin Sect, are really as stubborn as stone!" The follower laughed: "Even if all the people who can pass on the inheritance are almost dead, there are no aliens in the world. Even the church and those associations have already
After giving up, you still cling to the old dogma."
However, the next moment, crossbows flew behind Ajax, and more soldiers appeared; but these scattered crossbows were all dialed away one by one by the acquaintance who was following him with his sword like a wheel.
; He was able to protect himself. However, the other follower missed several times in a muffled voice.
As this follower slumped to his knees, the "little master" who was hidden behind him had disappeared, as if he had never appeared before. And Ajax's old acquaintance suddenly jumped up.
He climbed up a tree, dodged another wave of arrows, and panted slightly:
"That's enough. My goal has been achieved. Do you still want to continue to fight me? At least he is still useful to me now. I can't leave it to you. I'll see you again in the future!"
Before he finished speaking, this personal follower climbed up the branches one after another and disappeared into the darkness of the mountain forest slowly like the wind. Naturally, the remaining soldiers were unwilling to give up and chased Ajax for a while before losing their trace.
I had to withdraw again...
After daybreak, the small village near Chichi was sealed off by soldiers with stern expressions on their faces. Then there were searches, smashing, and shouting, but Jiang Tian remained expressionless and calm.
Look at all this. Because this is a village without any children.
What does this also mean? This represents the extremely dark evil of human nature hidden under this abnormal pastoral scenery and simple folk customs. It shows that the village adjacent to the hotel, as a former accomplice/recidivist and long-term beneficiary
, it’s not just a matter of one or two days.
In this village search operation, even the pedestrians who had followed the team took the initiative to join in. Because just now, several women who had disappeared on the road were found in the cellar of the village chief's house, which has the largest house. However, their clothes were all missing.
It was torn and covered in dirt.
Therefore, when the villagers were awakened from their dreams and violently dragged out of their homes; when the women with disheveled hair were crying and cursing, trying to protect the beaten men with bruises on their noses, swollen faces, and bloody heads, they were also beaten.
They were pushed to the ground, but no one would sympathize with them.
Especially in the hidden ravines behind the mountains, they found the remains of corpses that had been hastily buried, dug out by wild dogs and the like, and almost stripped naked; they were found under the beds, in boxes and in pillows in every house.
, found objects that were clearly not their usual items.
So, even the washerwomen headed by Lali and Dolly joined in the rough search of the village women. They yelled, pushed, scratched, and tore the clothes of the village women with thick hands and feet.
Then he stripped them naked and drove them away like pigs and sheep.
It's like offering treasures to those underwear and accessories that they can't afford, sorting them out one by one and then discarding them on the ground. Occasionally, some individuals would yell and resist and fight for them, and they would be kicked out.
The sticks and wattle sticks held by these washerwomen were rolling all over the floor.
After finally completing the cleanup of this village with only two to three hundred people, several corpses that had been chewed to pieces and several old skeletons were found in the pig pen. And among many elderly people
According to the reporter's confession, this was the punishment for betraying the informer in the village.
However, this shop owner actually had ulterior motives for targeting such a small and well-established army. This was because the former backer of the shop owner was also a local nobleman who had served in the provincial capital.
, need enough equipment to arm yourself.
On the other hand, he felt that the team led by Jiang Tian was too different. In other words, he felt that Jiang Tian, who had made a mistake in making a bold move, was actually a rich and fat sheep who was being ostracized by his subordinates in disguise.
and coercion, so that it seems that there is an opportunity to take advantage of it.
How serious is the generosity and fair trade of these people, that it is actually a kind of original sin? And treating his subordinates and those followers kindly is also regarded as a kind of inability to effectively control the weak and easy to bully of his subordinates? Jiang Tian was speechless for a moment.
.Is it true that I can’t be a good person if I’m so nice?
And the group of thieves mixed among the villagers, although there are only fifty or sixty people, are also habitual criminals and old thieves with bloody hands; they also belong to the local nobleman named Sir Lelian, who controls and controls behind the scenes.
There are even some members from his country manor.
Therefore, they usually use this busy hotel as their eyes and eyes, and use the residents of the village as their accomplices. They have been able to escape many times and have been investigated by the provincial court and county inspectors; they even pretended to be
The robbers who crossed the border robbed and killed the tax collectors of the kingdom.
Therefore, Jiang Tian stayed for another day and led the team to find the bandit camp hidden in the mountains, thoroughly searched it and burned it to the ground. However, how to deal with these villagers who had long been accomplices and symbiotic relationships became a problem that Jiang Tian needed to face.
It's not a big or small problem.
So, he simply used his identity as an officer to form a simple makeshift court in the hotel; then he asked the female victims and their relatives to stand up as witnesses and prosecutors; after displaying a pile of evidence and testimonies,
, Jiang Tian also took advantage of the situation and sentenced him to the death penalty of the village.
The so-called punishment of village destruction is to completely burn the village; all villagers, regardless of gender, old or weak, are punished with dozens of whippings; then, all male members are stripped naked, blindfolded and driven into the wilderness with their hands tied behind their backs.
Among them, the remaining people were left to fend for themselves.
Then, the general causes, consequences and verdicts were carved on many wooden boards in multiple languages and erected in front and back of the village and hotel as witnesses for all passers-by. As the chief culprit, the shopkeeper was even tied to a wooden pole.
On top, the victims were stoned and beaten into pieces.
It's a pity that some key figures still escaped; and the manor of Sir Lelian, the mastermind behind the scenes, is a bit far from the main road. Jiang Tian didn't want to cause trouble, so he wasted more time on the road. Otherwise
If so, it would be best to destroy them together.
On the third day of this stop and go, we encountered a group of soldiers in front again, suspected to be soldiers wearing the Kingdom's military uniforms. They were robbing pedestrians and stripping them naked and taking everything including their clothes in the name of check-in.
The leader brought branches and hung them into a fresh row.
Jiang Tian once again got good news, good news and bad news from these soldiers.