A small gray mouse waded through the pool of blood, leaving tiny bloody footprints on the ground, and wobbled over to a severed finger. After taking a couple of bites with its buck teeth, it seemed to find it unpalatable and turned to run towards a corpse. The corpse was lying on its side, its intestines spilling out. The little gray mouse quickened its pace, clearly more interested in that.

puff!

Unfortunately, before the little gray mouse could reach its destination, it was crushed into a pulp by a falling foot.

"There's a little girl hiding here!"

A soldier pulled back a tarpaulin and saw Yingying crouching inside, trembling, clutching a hairpin tightly in her hand.

"Team leader, should we kill them?"

"What's the point of keeping it? Don't cut off the child's head, he can't be taught anything bad, just bury him."

"yes."

The team leader, Miao Shang, was a man in his thirties with a robust build and extremely fierce eyes. He walked over, glanced at Yingying, and his expression immediately relaxed. He then said, "Wait!"

The soldiers made way, and Miao Shang bent down to look at Yingying, laughing, "This girl is so pretty, she'll be useful."

As he spoke, Miao Shang reached out to Yingying, wanting to pinch her cheek.

Yingying suddenly stuck the hairpin into Miao Shang's palm.

"Ah!" Miao Shang exclaimed in surprise, and the soldiers rushed to check on Miao Shang's injury.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Yingying slipped away from the two men's legs and ran away on her bare feet.

"Damn it!" Miao Shang cursed, shook his hand, took the bow and arrow from the soldier's waist, and nocked the bow at Yingying's back.

"If you don't want to live, I'll grant your wish!"

Yingying hadn't run far; at such close range, Miao Shang's strength was enough to pierce through the little girl's body.

Whoosh!

As the arrow flew out, Miao Shang laughed cruelly.

Clang!

A blade flashed past Yingying's back, and the arrow split in two.

Zhao Wu arrived first, and Yingying, seeing the crowd ahead, immediately opened her arms and ran over.

"Big brother! Big sister! Waaah..." The little girl, who hadn't cried even when facing the villains, burst into tears in Xia Qi's arms.

Xia Qi held Yingying tightly in her arms, glanced at the tragic scene in the village, and her eyes reddened as she looked up at Zhao Cheng.

"master……"

Xu An asked doubtfully, "Why did the Jing Army massacre the village?"

Zhao Cheng sized up the Jing army that was gathering opposite him and said, "Jiangyang County has the most pirates. They may be pirates in disguise."

“Whether they are pirates or the Jing Army, they all deserve to die for doing such a thing!” Xu An turned his head and said, “Yu Jin, the time has come to prove your worth.”

Yu Jin was a top-notch expert in Xu An's team.

Upon hearing this, he and ten others behind him stepped forward. Despite facing a hundred Jingjun soldiers, they showed no fear.

Xu An was very satisfied with their attitude; at least in terms of their demeanor, the money had not been wasted.

"Why did you have to come to this wretched village of all places? You can only blame your bad luck."

Miao Shang adopted a firm stance, raising his hand to signal the soldiers to spread out their formation.

Xu An sneered, "Grandpa will show you later whether it's our bad luck or your bad luck."

"Arrogant!" Miao Shang roared, "More than a dozen heads have been added. Chop them all off!"

At a command, the Jing Army soldiers rushed forward.

"Go!" Yu Jin shouted, and he and his guards rushed forward.

The two groups immediately clashed. Miao Shang divided his men into two teams, sending only half of them to deal with Yu Jin, but even then, the numbers were five to one.

Yu Jin used a sword, while the other ten second-rate experts used various weapons, but most of them were knives. In their first exchange, they were like a sharp knife, opening a gap in the Jing army's ranks. Xu An was very excited, his face beaming with pride, as if the money had been well spent.

Seeing this, Miao Shang pushed all his men forward, and Yu Jin and the others were then surrounded and attacked.

Yu Jin shouted, "Why aren't the two experts helping us? Fighting like this will cost extra money!"

"First come, first served, price negotiable!"

"Ten taels for each head!"

"You underestimate me. I'll give you twenty taels for every head you take!"

Upon hearing this, Miao Shang's face turned green. He was clearly in the advantageous position, but the other party had actually started to bargain?

That's incredibly insulting!

Xu An walked up behind Zhao Wu and Heng Wenhao and asked, "Why aren't you going to help?"

Zhao Wu said, "I'm giving you a chance to test their abilities."

Xu An said, "Stop messing around. If this keeps up, they'll be worn down and killed."

As the two were talking, Miao Shang also drew his sword and joined the battle. He rushed directly at Yu Jin, and the two exchanged several blows in the blink of an eye, with neither gaining the upper hand.

"I didn't realize this person was such a top-tier expert." Zhao Wu snorted, said no more, and finally made his move.

Heng Wenhao looked around and then looked at Yuan Fei.

Yuan Fei said, "Don't worry, there's no danger around."

Heng Wenhao nodded and joined the battle.

As soon as Zhao Wu and Heng Wenhao made their move, the situation on the battlefield reversed at a speed visible to the naked eye. Their knives sliced ​​through enemies one by one as easily as cutting radishes, leaving Yu Jin and the others dumbfounded.

Especially when Zhao Wu came to help, he forced Miao Shang back with one slash and knocked him down with another, leaving Yu Jin speechless with shock.

With two such powerful experts in the team, what's the point of having us guards?!

He suddenly felt embarrassed about arguing with Xu An...

In less than a hundred breaths, more than half of the Jing army were killed, and the survivors lay on the ground, unable to fight.

Miao Shang clutched the knife wound on his abdomen, knelt on one knee, and looked at Zhao Wu with eyes full of fear.

The shadow of that knife strike had been etched into his mind. He knew very well that if he hadn't been so fearless and had tried his best to dodge, he might have been cut in two by Zhao Wu's blade!

This person is too strong... a top-tier expert!

Not only that, his knife was filled with a deathly killing intent!

There is another person who, judging from his moves and speed, should also be a top-notch expert.

Miao Shang couldn't help but look at Zhao Cheng and the others who were walking towards him, wondering what important figures he had encountered, as they actually had two top-notch guards!

Zhao Cheng stopped in front of Miao Shang, looked down at him, and asked in a cold voice, "Who are you?"

Miao Shang glared fiercely at Zhao Cheng.

Zhao Cheng turned around and said, "If you don't want to talk, then kill me."

Upon hearing this, Miao Shang immediately cowered and shouted, "You can't kill me!"

Zhao Wu raised his knife.

Miao Shang raised his hand and said, "I am Miao Shang, the captain of the Jiangcheng garrison. My sister is Miao Shaohua, and my brother-in-law is Qi Bainian! This is Jiangyang County, and Jiangcheng is just ahead. If you kill me, my brother-in-law will not let you get away with it!"