The Bandit’s Strategy

[Chapter 38-The Secret of the Tiger Head Gang] Not like a bandit, like a cult

Shang Yunze never considered himself a gentleman.

But at this moment, facing the undefended person in his arms, he had to force himself to be a gentleman. There are some things and some people, once they want to cherish in their hearts, their worries will increase, and they will not easily go beyond the rules.

It was a little cold at night, and Mu Qingshan leaned back in the arms of the people around him, sleeping more and more sweetly.

Shang Yunze patted his back with his right hand, feeling that the long water flowing between the two is actually a beautiful thing.

The weather in the vast mountains is unpredictable, and after a whistling gust of wind, heavy rain comes just as it says. Zhao Yue took Wen Liunian and jumped up to a cliff and found a shelter from the rain. After a while, the black wind also ran up, shaking the rain on his body, and napping on his side.

Zhao Yue took the fire fold from his arms and picked up some dry wood from the cave, which soon lit the fire.

Wen Liunian said, "Call all the heroes from the Shadow Palace to come in."

Zhao Yue was a little surprised, "How do you know someone is following?" Isn't it true that he still has the ability to hide.

"Guess." Wen Liunian smiled, "They shouldn't let the master bring me out in the middle of the night."

"You are only half right." Zhao Yue turned the fire to light, "I followed, but when you looked at the stars, you had already gone back."

"That's good." Wen Liunian warmed up the fire, "otherwise it will inevitably be rained."

Zhao Yue found a long branch to dry his clothes to avoid catching cold again.

Wen Liunian yawned lazily, then hugged his knees to doze. Zhao Yue had just laid hay on Heifeng, and when he turned around, he was swaying. He was shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to catch him.

Wen Liunian shook his head, "Is there something to do with the boss?"

"Don't be afraid to fall into the fire!" Zhao Yue knocked on his head.

Wen Liunian's eyelids drooped together, "sleepy."

Zhao Yue:...

Outside the cave, it was windy and rainy, but inside the cave was very dry and warm. Wen Liunian slept drowsy on Zhao Yue's lap, covered with a large robe and hay under him, soft and comfortable.

As Zhao Yue fiddled with the fire, he thought, nerds and horses are both ancestors, and one is more difficult to serve than the other.

The next morning, Wen Liunian stretched his waist vigorously, feeling a little itchy on his face, and when he opened his eyes he saw a huge...horse face.

"Morning." Wen Liunian sat up and rubbed his head.

The black wind flicked his tail and wandered outside the cave to have fun.

The fire was extinguished, and Wen Liunian followed out of the cave, just to see Zhao Yue coming back with a few fish.

"Master." Wen Liunian greeted with a smile.

Zhao Yue said with a paralyzed face, "Are you a dog?"

Wen Liunian wondered, "Why did the master say this?"

Zhao Yue stretched out his hand in front of him, and there was a ring of tooth marks on the back of his hand.

Wen Liunian:...

Zhao Yue gritted his teeth, "This is not the first time." Where can there be such a nerd who bites as soon as he falls asleep?

Wen Liunian said calmly, "It's probably a nightmare."

"If you become a relative in the future, you will be killed sooner or later." Zhao Yue wrapped the fish with clean grass blades, and rekindled the fire.

Wen Liunian squatted aside to watch him busy, "Good fat fish."

"Whitewater fish is only found in the streams of the Cangmang Mountains. Dry roasting is already delicious." Zhao Yue said, "If it is fried and cooked with tempeh, it will be more delicious in the world."

Wen Liunian swallowed.

"Go back after eating." Zhao Yue said, "It's rare to go to the mountain."

"Yeah." Wen Liunian stared at the fish on the fire, "It smells good."

Zhao Yue felt from the bottom of his heart that even if it was nothing else, even if it was just to eat white water fish every day, he should do his best to suppress the bandits.

"The adults and the master haven't come back?" Within the government office, Huatang frowned after hearing the news, "What are you doing, how can you stay all night in the boundless mountains."

The secret guard said, "Look at the stars." Then he added, "It looks like a good conversation."

Everyone at the breakfast table was quite relieved, and went out to watch the stars in the middle of the night... Although it sounded like something was wrong, it was finally no longer a pinpoint to the wheat. It was a good thing.

After another half an hour, Wen Liunian returned to Shang Mansion with Zhao Yue as expected, and carried a lot of fish.

Lu Chai praised, "The master is really interesting." He even jumped into the river to catch fish.

Zhao Yue glared at the nerd.

Wen Liunian scratched his face, very calm.

After eating the grilled fish in the morning, Zhao Yue originally wanted to take someone out of the mountain, but after walking two steps, Wen Liunian sighed with emotion, "Fish is delicious," and his ears are almost callused. In the end, the master Zhao had to turn back angrily, and went to fish for a dozen fish to string together, before he stopped talking about it.

How could there be such annoying nerds! Zhao Yue thought while taking a bath, and wanted to keep holding his mouth and not letting go.

"Master." Wen Liunian knocked on the door.

Zhao Yue's head buzzed, why is it here again, why not hurry back to the government office?

Seeing that there was no movement in the room, Wen Liunian stretched out his hand and opened the door to see.

Zhao Yue soaked in the bathtub, staring at him with a dark face.

Wen Liunian:...

Zhao Yue gritted his teeth, "What's the matter?"

Wen Liunian said, "Everyone is waiting."

Zhao Yue said, "The fish is in the kitchen."

Wen Liunian looked puzzled, "Everyone is waiting for the master in the study, discussing the suppression of bandits together." What does it have to do with the fish?

Zhao Yue:...

"I'll also go to the study first." Wen Liunian helped him close the door.

Zhao Yue began to reflect on why his head has become insufficient recently. When meeting a nerd, the first thing he thought of was not the prefect against the bandit Cangmang Mountain, but peanut candy and white water fish, plus hot and sour powder.

"I heard that the lord had a very happy conversation with the master last night?" Huatang asked.

Wen Liunian nodded, "Not bad."

"Can you ask, what have you been talking about?" Lu Zhui was really curious.

"It's nothing, it's just some old things and future plans." Wen Liunian said, "The master seems to like Cangmang Mountain very much."

"Because the days in the mountains are very quiet." Lu Chau smiled, "There won't be too many worldly disturbances."

Thinking of the hideous scars on Zhao Yue's chest just now, Wen Liunian thought, people in the rivers and lakes will really have some old things in the past.

After Zhao Yue came over, everyone began to discuss the matter of night detectives. Because they don’t know the foundation of each other, and Zhao Wu and Huatang are famous in the arena and few people don’t know each other. Therefore, Wen Liunian insisted on not approving that they should go together. With the two dark guards—because they joined the Palace of Shadows only half a year ago, they haven’t gotten acquainted with each other in the arena. Even if they are discovered, they can be said to be Chaomuya’s disciples.

Without further ado, since it had been negotiated and settled, there was no reason to delay, so the four of them pretended to leave the city in the afternoon of the next day and headed straight for the Cangmang Mountain.

The tiger head post was in the depths of the vast mountains. Even if the four of them were masters, it was already midnight when they arrived. The entrance was pitch black, the sky was starless and moonless, and it was so quiet that the wind blowing and falling leaves could almost be heard.

"Will there be a mechanism?" Lu Zhui said, "Otherwise, the defense will be too loose."

Zhao Yue looked around, and jumped to the cliff. The black night clothes merged with the rocks, making it hard to be spotted.

The other three followed suit and sneaked into the depths of the valley silently.

After turning a few turns, a stockade appeared in front of him. A raging fire was lit in front of the door. About seventeen or eight guards were patrolling.

Lu Zhui said, "The last time I came was two years ago, I didn't expect it to become so grand now."

"Just by robbing the house in the vast city, I am afraid that it will not be possible to achieve such a scale." Zhao Yue said, "It really is not an ordinary bandit den."

"Someone is coming." The dark guard whispered.

After the four of them concealed on a huge rock, they saw that on the mountain road far away, the three were riding horses galloping here. The first one was thin, with two moustaches, and looked a bit familiar.

"I saw the portrait in Master Wen's study. It is Zhang Shengrui." Lu Chai said, "Uncle Zhang's son in the shantang."

"Look at the attitude towards him, it should be some status in the stockade." The dark guard said, "The posture of dismounting does not seem to be kung fu."

"The bandit who is purely robbing the house will not need such a literati who has no power to restrain the chicken." Lu Chai said, "Go in and take a look, maybe you will find something else."

The darkness of the night also added a bit of convenience to everyone. Taking advantage of the moment when the sentry was slack, he quickly sneaked into the tiger head gang. Followed Zhang Shengrui and others for a while, and finally arrived outside a delicate house.

"It looks like a building in the south of the Yangtze River." Lu Chai frowned, "How could it appear in the vast mountains."

Zhang Shengrui fell asleep soon after washing and there was nothing unusual.

"What an evil smell." The guard sniffed, "I have never smelled it before."

Zhao Yue:...

Lu Zhui:...

Generally, people in the rivers and lakes smell weird odors, and their first reaction is to hold their breath, and wherever they take advantage, they will breathe hard.

The dark guard actively explained, "Having drunk Phoenix blood before coming, the general poisonous mist and miasma can be relieved."

Lu Chai was curious, "Is it the little phoenix raised by Palace Master Qin and Son Shen?"

The dark guard immediately shook his head frantically. That was the Young Palace Master of my house. Every day, he was so tired that he would be more tired than that. How could he still be willing to pierce his claws with a silver needle! The Phoenix blood was brought when Star Dou was a guest.

"The source of the fragrance seems to be at the front." Zhao Yue said, "Let's take a look."

Lu Chai nodded, but before he could act, there was a huge explosion not far away.

The fire burst into the sky, almost igniting half of the sky.

The village suddenly became noisy, and the number of torches gradually increased. Several people took advantage of the chaos and rushed to the place where the explosion occurred.

A house is burning, and many people around are splashing water to fight the fire. Zhang Shengrui also hurried over, Zhao Yue said, "Looks like you are doing alchemy?"

The dark guard immediately looked disgusted, "It turns out that this gang leader didn't raise it."

Lu Zhui:...

Most people would think of prolonging one's life or being immortal, right?

"It's good, how can it suddenly explode?" A middle-aged man looked anxious, stomping his feet as he watched the skyrocketing flames.

"It's estimated that two little boys are lazy." Zhang Shengrui said, "but now eight out of ten|nine have been reduced to ashes."

"How can this be good?" The middle-aged man turned around, "The helper will leave tomorrow, seeing that the pill is about to be made, but these things happen again. If the blame comes down at that time, who can afford this? responsibility."

"Things have happened, and being anxious doesn't help." Zhang Shengrui said lightly. "The lieutenant gang leader doesn't have to be so angry. Although the gang leader is a little irritable, he is not unreasonable."

The dark guard looked disgusted, so he needed a doctor for impotence, so what's the use of retreat.

The fire has gradually diminished and was finally extinguished by water. Amidst the charcoal, seven or eight human skulls can be seen.

The dark guard frowned, "Use a living person to refine alchemy?"

"It's not like, otherwise it should be blown up together, it won't be so complete." Lu Zhui said, "It should be piled up in the house."

"What the hell." The dark guard said, "The Demon Cult was not so vicious and terrifying back then."

"Take advantage of the chaos, and look elsewhere." Zhao Yue said, "I can't find more clues here."

The sky is showing a tendency to be white. The four of them explored the stockade and saw that there were white bones everywhere, and there were even a lot of poisonous insect pits. The walls were painted with strange totems, like a pair of eyes that looked at it for a long time. Will numb the back.

At dawn, everyone sneaked out of the cottage, and the dark guard shook his head, "Where is this bandit's den, it's clearly a devil's den."

"It's estimated that going out to fight the house is also doing it." Lu Zhui said, "I don't know what I'm doing secretly."

"You go back first." Zhao Yue said.

"Shall we go back first?" The dark guard was taken aback for a moment. "Where is the master?"

"I will stay one more night." Zhao Yue said.

Lu Zhui said, "Do you want to wait for the tiger head gang leader to exit?"

Zhao Yue nodded, "Since it's already here, I naturally have to listen to everything clearly."

"Alright." Lu Zhui said, "I will stay too."

The dark guards naturally had no objection, so one of them went back to report, and the other followed Zhao Yuelu, looking for a cave and waiting for it to get dark.

"Magic?" Within the government office, Wen Liunian frowned upon hearing this.

"Even if it's not the Demon Cult, it's eight|nine ten." The secret guard said, "It's a poisonous insect and a miasma, as well as human bones and alchemy furnaces. It's not like the martial art of Jianghu, and it's not like a bandit's den."

"What do you think?" Wen Liunian asked.

"It's really not a normal place." Huatang said, "It sounds like a cult."

"Is there a record of such things in the Boundless City before?" Zhao Wu asked.

Mu Qingshan shook his head, "Since I was born, I have never heard of such a thing."

"I haven't seen it on the dossier." Wen Liunian said, "It should be moved to Cangmang Mountain from elsewhere, and then settled down, and then use bandits as a cover to hide what you really did."

Huatang and Zhao Wu looked at each other, looking at the posture, they probably had a headache again...