The Yetai Mountain in Chunhua County is dozens of miles in radius, with mountains and mountains, ravines and ravines, and it is rarely visited by people on weekdays. That night, in a valley called "Leopard Ditch", there was a team of fifty or sixty people, all with swords in hand, staring at the lights on the hill not far away.

This is exactly the officials led by Zhu Youzhen and Sun Chuanting. They had been following the bandits for a whole day, from Sagashan in Jingyang County to Yetai Mountain in Chunhua County.

Along the way, there are terrible aftermath scenes. Due to the mountainous territory of Chunhua County, many villages are living in caves dug at the foot of the mountain. When the earthquake came, most of these caves collapsed, burying people in them, and the whole village died.

Now that seven or eight days have passed since the earthquake, no one has come to the rescue, and these poor people have missed their last chance to survive. Everyone couldn't help but sigh with emotion, thinking that if Zhu Youzhen hadn't organized a large number of workers to rescue the emergency, Jingyang County would probably be like this now.

And some small villages on flat land, although not much damaged in the earthquake, were frantically plundered by this bandit. When they passed through a small village, they found that all the men, the old and the young, had been killed, and the women were missing, presumably abducted by bandits.

A short distance forward, two naked women were tied to the stump by the side of the road. One of them had been stabbed in the stomach and his intestines were bleeding to the ground, and he had been dead for a long time; The other was also unconscious.

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly ordered people to rescue the woman, covered her with clothes, and fed her a little water. After a long time, the woman woke up leisurely, but immediately gritted her teeth and scolded: "You brutes! Kill me! ”

"Don't get excited, this eldest sister, we're not bad guys, we're here to save you!" Zhu Youzhen said busily.

"Huh?" The woman glanced at Zhu Youzhen in disbelief, and suddenly cried out, "The thieves who were killed by heaven used to rob food and things, but this time they killed the whole village..."

When everyone saw her crying miserably, they couldn't bear to hear it, which aroused their anger against the bandits. Zhu Youzhen hurriedly comforted the woman and said: "Eldest sister, we are the officials of Jingyang County, and we are going to exterminate this gang of bandits." Did they go in the direction of Yetai Mountain? ”

The woman whimpered, "Exactly! But there are hundreds of them, and you dozens of people are no match! ”

"Sister, don't worry, there are still a large number of officers and soldiers behind us, and none of the bandits can escape! Who else is in your family? Zhu Youzhen asked with concern.

When the woman heard this, she let out a cry of grief: "There is no one, all are dead!" I also let the bandits spoil me, I don't want to live! This lord, please do a good job and reward me with a knife, let me go with my family! I don't want to suffer any longer in the world, woooooooooooooo

Zhu Youzhen also shed tears sadly, choked up: "Eldest sister, why are you doing this!" It's not your fault that you've been spoiled by thieves! We will avenge your family; As for you, if you feel that you can't live here, you can come with us to Jingyang County. No one knows that you have been ruined there, you can still find a good family, and life will slowly get better! ”

"Really?" The woman's eyes flashed with a hint of hope, "I've also heard that since there is a prince in Jingyang County, the life of the common people has been better, and even the forced labor has been exempted!" Have you seen this prince? ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled but did not answer, and ordered someone to stay and take care of the woman. But the woman stood up and said, "I know where the bandits' den is, I'll take you there!" ”

At this moment, it was under the guidance of this woman that Zhu Youzhen and the others touched the bottom of the bandits' cottage. Everyone listened quietly at the foot of the mountain, only to hear the noise in the cottage for a long time, thinking that the bandits were celebrating the achievement.

After a long time, the noise gradually subsided, and the leopard ditch fell silent again. At this time, it was already the third watch, and Sun Chuanting whispered to Zhu Youzhen: "Your Highness, the situation in the cottage is unknown, it is better to send someone to send a letter to Commander Lin, and wait for Qin Wangwei to come." ”

Zhu Youzhen took out the Traceless Sword and said in a low voice: "No! There are mountains everywhere around here, and Qin Wangwei and his family don't have many people in total, so it's impossible to lock them all down. Once the mountain is attacked on a large scale, the bandits will inevitably scatter and flee, and it will take a lot of trouble to pursue and suppress them. Now is a good opportunity, the thief has just grabbed a circle and returned to the cottage, and at this time they are sleeping soundly, and they will be defenseless. Let's go up the mountain in two ways now, and kill them by surprise! ”

"But Your Highness, this is too risky!" Sun Chuanting persuaded bitterly, "Even if you want to attack the mountain, Your Highness, you can't go into battle in person!" ”

Zhu Youzhen stroked the sword in his hand and smiled contemptuously: "There are three points of danger in riding a horse and taking a boat." Don't hide it from Lord Sun, this king's subordinates are all well-known figures. These nameless grass cobs are just a rabble, and we really don't take them seriously. Without further ado, let's do it right away! ”

Sun Chuanting couldn't resist Zhu Youzhen, so he had to act according to the plan.

Zhu Youzhen's plan was: Sun Chuanting led 40 officials from the station class and the Zhuang class to ambush in front of the main gate of the cottage, and he himself led the 20 officials from the capture squad to quietly climb up from the back mountain and go straight to the bandits' lair. When they heard that the mountain was moving, the bandits guarding the gate of the cottage must have panicked, and at this time, Sun Chuanting led the crowd to attack again, and came to meet with the outside.

After the two divided their troops, Zhu Youzhen immediately led twenty arresting officers, quietly slipped out of their hiding place, and climbed up along the trail on the back mountain. These twenty officials are all young men with strong skills, and the leader is Zhao Er, the leader of the team.

Sure enough, as Zhu Youzhen expected, these bandits are usually used to robbing the common people, but their defense of the nest is very lax, and they only erect wooden fences and sentry posts in the front, but the back mountain is empty. The crowd disappeared in the darkness, and in a short time they successfully touched the top of the mountain.

On the top of the hill, there happened to be rows of houses, which were where the bandits lived. Zhu Youzhen immediately stopped everyone and squatted on the ground vigilantly, observing the surrounding movements. But in the wide tiled house in the center, there seemed to be some lights, and there were faint sounds of thieves laughing and scolding and women crying. The rest of the house was pitch black, snoring was thundering, and the bandits were asleep.

Zhu Youzhen turned around and whispered to the officials: "Have you ever killed anyone?" ”

Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads. Some of them were timid, and they were even more frightened.

Zhu Youzhen glared at him and said: "The brave wins when they meet on a narrow road!" Now that the thieves are asleep, what are you afraid of! Follow me into the house and learn from me! ”

As he spoke, he gently opened the door of the easternmost room, and nodded to call everyone over.

The officials already knew Zhu Youzhen's identity. At this moment, seeing that the prince was taking the lead, he also stimulated the blood in his body, picked up the bright sword, and followed without saying a word.

When I entered the house, I found that there was a large bunk with more than a dozen thieves sleeping on it. Zhu Youzhen tiptoed to the innermost, raised the traceless sword in his right hand, and covered the sleeping thief's mouth with his left hand, and then raised the sword in his hand and cut off his head. This guy is really unlucky, and he is still in a sweet dream, so he met the king of Hades in a daze.

Including Zhao Er, no one expected that Zhu Youzhen would kill people so neatly, and they were all stupid on the spot.

Zhu Youzhen glared at everyone sharply, meaning: Don't do it yet!

Only then did everyone wake up, and they also followed Zhu Youzhen's example, and attacked the dozen or so thieves who were sleeping. For a moment, the heads were rolling, blood was spurting wildly, and the snoring immediately stopped, and this time the room was really dead silent.

"How? Killing people isn't a big deal, is it? Zhu Youzhen lowered his voice and laughed.

"It's easier than killing a pig!" A servant replied quietly. Everyone was almost amused by him, and quickly covered their mouths.

"That's right! Treat this group of things that are not as good as pigs and dogs, but you can't be soft! Zhu Youzhen said murderously, "Let's go, the next one!" ”

In this way, the officials touched one by one, but in five or six minutes, they actually killed more than a hundred bandits. After the killing, everyone was already a little familiar with the road, and some of the subordinates were so quick that they actually contracted a room by themselves, and went in like chopping melons and vegetables, and after a while, they reimbursed more than a dozen bandits.

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but feel proud in his heart, and secretly thought that according to this progress, he didn't need Sun Chuanting, and he would send all the bandits with about 20 people. But when he slipped into a room again, one of the bandits got up to pee, and when he saw someone breaking in with a bright sword, he immediately screamed in horror.

Zhu Youzhen was in a hurry, and he swung his sword and chopped. The bandit was unarmed and unable to dodge, so he had to block it with his arm. That traceless sword could even cut through a steel knife, let alone flesh and blood, and cut off the bandit's right arm right right at once. The bandit let out a heart-rending scream: "Ah! ~~~~~”

This voice finally woke the sleeping bandits. The bandit leader in the main house also rushed out of the house naked, and shouted: "Someone has robbed the village!" Little guys, copy me guys! ”

Although Zhu Youzhen made up another sword and stabbed the bandit in the heart, the other bandits in the room were also startled and picked up the steel knife beside him. Zhu Youzhen hurriedly withdrew from the room, but shouted loudly: "The officers and soldiers have broken through the cottage!" Run for your life! ”

As soon as the bandits woke up from their dreams, they heard that there was a great chaos outside, and that the officers and soldiers had attacked, and everyone was frightened and their fighting spirit was completely lost, and most of them fled for their lives.

The bandit leader was still able to hold on, and when he saw that there were only about 20 people on the other side, he exploded his chest in anger and shouted, "Stop the!" That's all they have, give it to me! ”

And dozens of desperate bandits also surrounded them, trapping Zhu Youzhen and others in their hearts.

At this time, there was no master protection, and there was no flintlock pistol, so Zhu Youzhen only had the sword in his hand and twenty officials who had just experienced the battle array. But he had no fear, and roared: "The time has come to avenge the common people, kill !! ”