I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 202 The Dead Man
Before the sun set, Chen Luo followed a winding road to an open space on the mountainside.

Here, he saw the shrubs that had been cut and cleared, the turf that had been crushed and flattened, and several corpses lying in a pool of blood and covered in arrows.

Qu Xianwei stood aside respectfully and said: "Report Chen Gong, this is the hiding place of the gang of thieves during this time."

After sizing it up, Chen Luo frowned slightly, turned his head and asked, "Then why didn't I see any traces of fire?"

Lieutenant Qu Xian did not get stuck, and replied decisively: "In order to avoid attracting others' attention, those thieves brought their own dry food and cold food to satisfy their hunger, and they don't need to light a fire when cooking. This is my guess.

The bread was indeed found from those thieves, which can confirm that my idea is probably correct. "

Chen Luo glanced at him approvingly.

I also searched the corpses of those thieves after the war, and indeed found food such as bread on them. I didn't think much about it at the time, but now it seems that this can be mutually confirmed with the statement of the county captain Qu.

"Then I would like to ask Lieutenant Qu to explain to me what happened here just now." Chen Luo pointed at the "freshly baked" corpses.

Qu Xianwei cupped his hands and said: "Among the infantry led by you, there are people who are familiar with this area, so we followed his instructions and took a remote path up the mountain, and then found five sneaky thieves here. , and your three personal guards are being detained beside you.

So we shot and wounded the three thieves who were close to your personal guards with a bow and crossbow. The remaining two thieves saw this and wanted to kill us, but we shot them into a sieve. "

"Why don't you leave him alive for torture." Chen Luo rubbed his chin, and felt that what he said was a bit too much. After all, he was facing a vicious thief, and if he didn't pay attention, he would lose his life in the fight. How could he think about that? many.

So he apologized slightly: "I'm not blaming you, I just captured one or two culprits alive, that would make it easier for me to find the culprit."

Qu Xianwei smiled wryly and said: "To Mr. Chen, I agree with your thoughts, but this group of people are dead men.

The soldiers under my command rushed to the three injured thieves at the first moment, trying to tie them up, but these thieves who were aroused fiercely wanted to kill your personal guards first. Killed two of them with a crossbow.

And the last thief was hit by an arrow in the leg at the beginning. We thought we could capture him, but we didn't expect him to take out his short sword and kill himself. "

Hearing Lieutenant Qu's words, Chen Luo was taken aback for a moment, then turned his head and saw that among the corpses on the ground, there was indeed an old man with a dagger stuck in his chest, passing through his body.But his expression was calm and resolute, without showing the slightest pain, as if what the dagger pierced was not his chest, but a piece of tofu.

Seeing death as home, he really is a dead warrior cultivated by others.

Showing the same wry smile, he patted Lieutenant Qu on the shoulder and said, "You have done your best within the scope of your duties, and I have no right to blame you.

Now take me to see my personal guards, they came to explore the way, but fell into such a dangerous place. "

Qu Xianwei asked hesitantly: "Aren't you worried that after they were captured, they couldn't stand the torture and betrayed your position?"

Chen Luo shook his head and said: "As long as they appear in the field of vision of these thieves, then these thieves will know that I have doubts about the road ahead. In addition, I have not appeared in this Wuning Valley for a long time. It’s not incomprehensible to attack and kill me.”

Qu Xianwei blinked, but did not answer.

I feel that the reason why Chen Luo said this is that he is still unwilling to pursue the responsibility of those personal guards, otherwise how could he find so many excuses for them.

He did guess right.

As soon as Chen Luo appeared, the three guards who were rubbing the medicine with their shoulders bare immediately put down the herbs in their hands, stood up and saluted respectfully, but buried their heads deeply, and dared not look directly at Chen Luo in guilt.

"You are willing to risk your life to explore such a dangerous place, and you survived in the end. I will reward you according to the standard of fighting the enemy. The three of you don't need to lower your heads, you can accept it with dignity." Chen Luo showed a faint smile smile.

I survived this time because of my own guards who risked their lives to kill them. Because these guards who went to investigate were captured, it should not be punished or even killed.

The three guards raised their heads, their eyes still full of annoyance.

One of them stepped forward and said, "Grand Chen, it's great to know that you didn't have an accident, otherwise we would have no face to live in this world.

However, we have not completed the task you entrusted us with, so it is absolutely unacceptable for us to be rewarded. "

The other two nodded in agreement, and explained why their mission failed.

The six of them were divided into three teams, two of them had horses, and the rest walked, and they were not far apart, achieving the effect of echoing each other from a distance.

After arriving in the Valley of No Peace, they became more cautious. The vendors walking along the main road did not dare to ask questions, and then a herbal picker came down from the mountain with a basket on his back.

So they approached to talk, and asked if there were any strange people nearby.

As a result, the herbal picker nodded and offered to take them to see it, but it required a lot of money.

On the contrary, this lowered their vigilance, so they took out the copper coins on their bodies and handed them to him.

The two teams on foot followed the herb pickers into the mountain to check, while the team with horses waited at the foot of the mountain, and let them go back to report after they had a clear idea of ​​the thief's approximate location.

However, there was a dispute between the two personal guards, and it was finally decided to let one go first and the other wait in place.

It turned out that the herbal picker was a thief pretending to be a thief. When the team entering the mountain came to this open space, they were quickly subdued, and two of them were killed during the resistance.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of thieves went down the mountain, shot and captured the guard who was waiting there, and then sent many cavalry to chase the guard who reported the message.

Judging from the final results, those thieves caught up with the guard who reported the letter, killed him halfway, and then dispatched in the direction of Chen Luo, leaving only five people to guard them.

Chen Luo rubbed his chin, and asked his own guards a key question: "The accents of those thieves sound like people from where?"

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Qu Yingying practiced martial arts since she was a child, and she was a well-known female hero in Chu. When she saw the five cult masters, she naturally had no fear in her heart. Attacking, she used the "Yue Nv Sword", a unique family tradition. The awe-inspiring sword energy passed through the chests of those cult masters. After they showed incredible gazes, they suddenly fell down.

The great Confucian Chen Luo who was rescued at the side applauded and praised: "The heroine is really good at it." —— "The Heroes of the Early Han Dynasty"

(End of this chapter)