"Well, have you been discovered?" Shangguan Ziqi was concerned about his subordinates and was not interested in whether there was a woman.

There are many women in the underworld. It is normal for them to participate in such things.

"No, I am not hiding. I am walking near them openly, which makes them let down their guard. Besides, I am just one person, there is nothing to be afraid of." Gao Shan also has his own style of doing things.

There were only a dozen of them, and they had to travel to so many places, so they had to act individually.

Of course, they are not really alone. Once they are responsible for the area, they use money to hire some beggars to help keep an eye on the places, so that their network can be spread wider.

䀴These people can get things done as long as they are paid, and it doesn't arouse suspicion.

Shangguan Ziqi led the secret guards to search everywhere in the mountain.

In the afternoon, they found a corpse that had been eaten by wild beasts. The scattered clothes made it impossible to tell the identity of the body.

Those people might wear anything to disguise themselves.

After walking a little further, they saw two more corpses. This time they were not eaten by wild beasts and still had weapons in their hands.

Qingfeng and Mingyue went forward to check and found that he had died of fatal injuries.

"Zi, he was killed by someone. He must have had a fierce fight before his death." Qingfeng looked around again and there were no signs of a fight.

"Everyone, spread out and look around." Shangguan Ziqi ordered.

There were more than a dozen people, and they went in eight directions in groups.

A quarter of an hour later, the sound of a spoon was heard.

Shangguan Ziqi and Jinshui immediately flew over there.

As a result, several more bodies were found in an even denser area of ​​the woods.

All died under the sword.

"Let's go and follow the traces." Shangguan Ziqi took the lead, and when he found a direction with some traces, he lightly moved his sword and flew several feet away in a breath.

The guards followed.

We walked like this for about half an hour.

The higher you go, the higher the mountain becomes.

Along the way, they occasionally saw one or two corpses.

When they were about to reach the top of a hill, they heard the sound of fighting.

Shangguan Ziqi stopped immediately and asked everyone to move forward stealthily.

It was almost dark at this time.

When they reached the top of the mountain, they saw a group of people fighting.

There were already more than a dozen bodies lying on the ground.

Two of the men dressed as farmers were still alive, the rest were men in black.

As Gao Shan said, there was a woman among them, but she was wearing a mask.

At this time, the woman was carrying a backpack.

䀴The farmer was fighting with the woman.

The woman's martial arts was amazing, and Shangguan Ziqi saw that every move and sword she made was as powerful as thunder.

䀴The other group of men in black ignored the woman and focused on dealing with another man who was leaning against the woman. The man was also wearing a mask.

The man had a hard time coping.

Every time the sword thrust out, the power was obviously insufficient.

At this moment, when the farmer wanted to snatch the basket, the woman suddenly took advantage of his approach and stabbed his chest with the dagger in her left hand.

The sword in her right hand also helped her companion block the attack of a man in black.

Shangguan Ziqi observed for a while, and when he felt that the woman and her companion were about to collapse, he waved his hand.

He immediately attacked the woman first.

The goal was clear, the backpack on her back.

When the woman saw so many people coming, she knew the situation was not good. She and her companions were on the edge of the cliff at this time.

Shangguan Ziqi went up to her without hesitation and used his killing move to take the woman's life.

At this moment, the woman's companion groaned in pain.

"Brother, how are you?" the woman asked the person behind her while dealing with Shangguan Ziqi.

"Little sister, big brother can't hold on any longer, hurry up and jump off the cliff." The man only had time to say this sentence before he was stabbed directly by a sword from a man in black. Under the push, he fell off the cliff.

When the woman saw that her elder brother had fallen off the cliff, she blocked Shangguan Ziqi's sword with all her strength, and then jumped off the cliff without hesitation.

At the critical moment, Shangguan Ziqi pulled out his belt, swung it out, and wrapped the woman around to prevent her from falling.

"Give me the backpack on your back, I'll rescue you. I'll also go down and help you find your brother." Shangguan Ziqi held his belt with one hand and held the ground tightly with the other hand to prevent himself from being pulled down.

But the woman ignored Shangguan Ziqi and swung the long sword in her right hand, breaking her belt.

The woman fell quickly and disappeared from Shangguan Ziqi's sight, sinking into the darkness.

The secret guards fought together with another group of men in black.

Those people had experienced several battles before and were already exhausted.

He was killed by Qingfeng and his men in a few moves.

Two people were left alive, but before they could press their acupoints, the two men jumped off the cliff.

"Hey, we're a little late." Mingyue was very annoyed.

"Let's check who these people are and go find them." Shangguan Ziqi never missed any opportunity.

He couldn't be sure whether the basket contained an iron box.

The bodies were checked one by one, but nothing was found. No one had anything that could indicate their identity. There were only some banknotes.

All we can see is that they are all martial artists.

Shangguan Ziqi frowned after hearing the result.

He went forward to check it again personally.

I found that one of them had a special inner garment.

It was dyed with a dyeing technique unique to the Southern Shu Kingdom.

He had worn it once before, and there was no mark on it.

"These people should be from Southern Shu." Shangguan Ziqi guessed.

"Just because of this matter, even the Southern Shu Kingdom has been mobilized?" Qingfeng was confused.

"It's just a guess. The Wei Dynasty lost an iron box, it's such a big deal, and we made such a big fuss looking for the iron box, there's no way they don't know about it, it's normal for them to want to get involved. I just don't know which side the two people who fell down were from." Shangguan Ziqi figured it out quickly.

If the iron box is lost and taken by Canglan, the balance between Wei and Canglan will definitely be lost, which will naturally affect the Southern Shu Kingdom.

Canglan is a warlike country. They have few resources, vast land and sparse population, so they have to buy everything from the other two countries. It has been their long-term goal to seize other people's territory.

The Great Wei was the first to bear the brunt.

This is why there is such deep hatred.

"Let's go down and look for it." Shangguan Ziqi stood on the edge of the cliff and looked down.

But it was dark and I couldn't see anything.

I don't know how deep it is down there.

As a result, when they reached the bottom of the cliff, it was already dawn. They had taken a long detour.

Below was a lake of flowing water.

In the early morning light, Shangguan Ziqi looked up. What a coincidence this location was. He would fall into the lake if he fell down.

Although it was March, it was not warm. If I fell, I would definitely die.

"Zi, shall we go down to the lake to fish?" Mingyue asked.

"Build a big fire on the shore. Everyone goes down once, warm up your body when you come up. Then go down again, and be careful not to get sick." Shangguan Ziqi cares about his subordinates very much.

Just let them act according to their physical condition and not try to show off.

They fished for two days.

The bodies of the two who jumped down last were fished out, but the bodies of the first two, a man and a woman, were not fished out, nor was the backpack.

In a village about ten miles away from Jingkai City.

In a small hunting shed halfway up the mountain, no one usually comes here. Unless someone who goes up the mountain to hunt wants to stop here temporarily, they will stay in this small hunting shed for a night.

A woman was wiping the body of a man on a cot.