As a seventh-rank warrior, Xu Cheng had noticed early on that someone was following them. He put his hand on Liu Qian's shoulder and walked in another direction.

The people following behind thought that the five hundred households were also going in that direction, so they followed without hesitation. However, when they entered the woods, they only saw Xu Cheng and Liu Qian relieving themselves.

He was worried that something might happen, so he quickly turned around and went to look for Wubaihu and the others.

Immediately afterwards, a person fell from the sky and blocked his way. The person who stopped him was Xu Cheng.

Xu Cheng asked lazily: "Tell me, why did you follow us all the way?"

"What's wrong?" Liu Qian, who had just finished relieving himself, ran over and saw that the person who stopped him was a boy of seven or eight years old: "Brother Xu, why are you stopping a child?"

Xu Cheng asked him: "Didn't you notice? He followed us all the way."

Liu Qian shook his head. He didn’t notice it, but he wasn’t stupid. Someone who didn’t let him notice it meant that his cultivation level was either fourth rank or above.

"Tell me, why are you following us?"

Xu Cheng held a knife to the child's neck.

The boy showed a frightened look: "Uncle, uncle, I just came here to see you because I admire you, and I have no ill intentions. Please don't kill me, uncle."

Xu Cheng had no expression on his face.

The boy saw that he was not someone who could be easily fooled, so he turned to Liu Qian and said, "Big brother, please let me go. My mother is waiting for me to come home for dinner."

Liu Qian said calmly: "I didn't put the knife on your neck. I can't make the decision."

"I really followed you because I admire you."

The boy saw that they didn't believe him, so he lowered his eyes to hide the murderous intent in his eyes, and suddenly raised his hand towards Liu Qian and the others.

However, Xu Cheng's knife was faster than his. Before he could spread the poison powder in his hand, his neck was cut by the knife.

"You..." The boy looked at Xu Cheng in disbelief.

He is a fifth-rank warrior and can definitely dodge the attack of a ninth-rank Jinyiwei.

The ninth-rank Jinyi Guards usually only have the strength of the first or second rank, and even a third-rank warrior cannot be faster than him, but the opponent's speed is faster than him, which means that the opponent's martial arts is better than his. How can a person with higher martial arts than him be a ninth-rank Jinyi Guard? The boy fell to the ground without an answer.

Liu Qian squatted down and felt the boy's temper: "Brother Xu, didn't Captain Liang say to capture them alive? Why did you kill him?"

"That's because they were afraid of killing the wrong person, so they captured him alive. Since we know he's from Fang Dashi, we can only feel at ease if we kill him directly."

Xu Cheng squatted down and touched the boy's neck, then, with a hiss, he tore off a piece of skin from the boy's face, revealing an old and ugly face.

"It's actually an old man pretending to be him. He has the nerve to call me big brother. It makes me sick."

Liu Qian stood up with disgust.

Xu Cheng smiled and said, "Little brother Liu, I will teach you another trick."

Liu Qian's eyes lit up: "Brother Xu, do you want to teach me kung fu?"

"Of course not, but you have to watch it."

Xu Cheng took out a knife and stabbed it towards the old man's heart. Once was not enough, so he stabbed him to the right. Only after he was sure that he was dead did he pull out the knife and wipe the blade with the old man's clothes.

"This is to prevent him from faking his own death and then going back to tip off the enemy. Remember, in the martial arts world, there are many people who will fake their own death to escape death. If the other person is really your enemy, don't give him this opportunity."

Liu Qian nodded. He understood because his father had a drug that could fake death.

Xu Cheng put the knife back into the sheath: "Very good, let's cover his body so that no one can find it."

Liu Qian looked around and saw a three-foot-wide pit in front of him, so he dragged the man over there and covered his body with the surrounding leaves and grass. He made sure that no one would find him before going back with Xu Cheng.

The two men pretended nothing had happened and returned to the village head's yard.

Captain Liang asked with a smile: "Why are only the two of you back? Where are the others?"

"They have two households with 500 people who want to relieve the big one, but they are worried that someone will peek, so they want others to help keep watch for them."

The other five hundred households burst out laughing: "You are all grown men, are you afraid of others peeking at you?"

"Then leave them alone and let's eat first."

Fang Dashi felt relieved after hearing their words, but after a long time, he felt that something might be wrong. Just as he was about to give the order to take action, the six soldiers of five hundred households came back.

Liang Baihu asked: "Why did you take so long?"

Su Wubaihu held up the hare in his hand and said, "We saw a hare, so we caught it and brought it back to Miss Mu for her meal."

[You helped me find barbecue even when I was using the toilet. What a nice guy. ]

All the hundred households: "..."

He threw the hare to Dabei: "Kill it and roast it."

"yes."

Dabei hurriedly caught the rabbit and went into the kitchen. After he killed the rabbit and cleaned it, he suddenly realized something was wrong. He quickly found Fang Dashi and asked, "Brother, is Ma Yuan back?"

Fang Dashi frowned: "No."

"Something must have happened." Dabei was very anxious: "Maybe something happened to others too."

"I'll go blow a secret whistle and ask."

Fang Dashi walked out the back door and whistled: "Chijijiji——"

Captain Liang's eyes flickered, and he asked the head of the village, "Why are there birds singing?"

The village head smiled and said, "There are many birds in our forest, and we can often hear bird calls."

When Fang Dashi saw no response, he whistled again: "Ji-ji-ji"

Still no one responded. This time, not only him, but all his subordinates knew that something had happened.

Fang Dashi returned to the house with a sullen face and made a gesture of wiping his neck to his brothers.

They nodded.

Fang Dashi said to Dabei, "When you deliver the food later, take the girl they brought hostage."

Dabei nodded, went back to the kitchen and cooked a delicious dish of meat: "Serve the food, serve the food."

He walked towards Mu Nanjin.

Zhong Yu and the others knew at first sight that he had come with ill intentions and couldn't help but curl their lips.

Dabei put the dishes in front of Mu Nanjin: "Girl, eat slowly."

Mu Nanjin nodded.

As Dabei withdrew his hand, his face suddenly turned stern and he pinched Mu Nanjin from behind the neck.

Immediately afterwards, a knife was placed in front of Mu Nanjin's neck.

Dabei was stunned.

Zhong Yu and the others saw that the person blocking Dabei was Yang Bo. They saw that the other party used his internal force to shake Dabei away.

Dabei took two steps back and spat out a mouthful of blood.

“…”

There was a flash of surprise in Zhong Yu and the others' eyes.

According to their understanding, Fang Dashi's men are all fourth- and fifth-rank warriors, but Yang Bo was able to repel them with just one move. It can be seen that the other party's strength is above Dabei, but he is willing to be only a ninth-rank Jinyiwei?

The head of the village, who did not see Dabei reaching out to grab Mu Nanjin, knelt down hurriedly and said, "My lords, Dabei is an honest man in our village. Please spare his life."

Seeing this, Captain Liang drew out his sword and shouted, "Whoever attacks us with a sword will be killed or alive."

"Yes." The Jinyiwei also drew their swords from their waists.

【Alas, my roast rabbit is gone. 】

【I'd better eat vegetables. 】

Mu Nanjin calmly picked up the vegetables and put them into his mouth.

The head of the village was terrified.

I didn't expect that Fang Dashi and his men would use knives to kill court officials.

The headman's family huddled in the house and dared not move.

Fang Dashi shouted, "Li Zheng, this is none of your business, go hide in your house."

The village head was so scared that he peed his pants and hurriedly crawled into the house: "Da Shi, don't do anything stupid, they are officials, if you kill them you will be beheaded."

Fang Dashi sneered: "If we don't kill them, they will kill us, so we might as well give it a try."

Village head: “…”

Before Fang Dashi's men smashed the table, Mu Nanjin quickly picked up the dish and said to Yang Bo and the others who were protecting him, "Go and help, don't worry about me."

Yang Bo and the others looked at each other and nodded: "Okay, girl, you have to be careful too."

Mu Nanjin walked under the big tree and continued eating.

Yang Bo and his men came over with knives to help. With their skills and those of the centurions, they were more than capable of dealing with twenty fourth- and fifth-rank warriors, but Fang Dashi and his men knew how to use poison. Moreover, there were many types of poison, so it was quite difficult for the Jinyiwei to catch people. After fighting for half a quarter of an hour, they had not captured anyone.

Fang Dashi's men took advantage of the Jinyiwei avoiding the poison to approach Mu Nanjin.

Zhong Yu, who was closest to Mu Nanjin and the others, discovered their purpose and pretended to be defeated and was beaten back a few steps.

Guan Nianyun and Chunhua rushed towards Mu Nanjin as fast as they could. Their swords were about to fall on Mu Nanjin's neck, but they inexplicably passed in front of Mu Nanjin, as if their swords were suddenly shorter or they misjudged the distance. Not to mention hitting the opponent's neck, they didn't even touch the opponent's clothes.

They were stunned and looked at Mu Nanjin again, and he was still standing in the same position.

Zhong Yu and the others were also stunned for a moment. They seemed to see Mu Nanjin move back a step just now, but when they looked again, she moved again.

Were they dazzled, or did they see a ghost? Guan Nianyun and Chunhua came to their senses and raised their knives again. Then, they were slashed on the back.

"ah--"

The two men turned around in a hurry, only to see Yang Bo and Xu Cheng standing up and slashing towards them with their knives. The frightened looks in their eyes remained forever at that moment.

Yang Bo came to Mu Nanjin and said, "Miss, are you okay?"

"It's okay, just continue with your work."

Mu Nanjin continued to eat.

Zhong Yu and the others were furious.

In such a dangerous situation, Mu Nanjin was not captured, and she was not afraid at all? Should they praise her for her courage, or should they say that she trusted the Jinyiwei's ability?

"Year's luck! Spring flowers!"

When Fang Dashi saw two of his generals fall to the ground, his eyes immediately turned red: "I'm going to kill you."

He scattered a handful of black powder at the two Five Hundred Households in front of him, and then swung a powerful knife at them while they were dodging.

With a hissing sound, the knife cut the hands of the two centurions and also scratched their arms. The powder fell on their wounds and immediately corroded their flesh.

The two Five Hundred Households quickly pressed the acupuncture points on their arms, took a detoxification pill, and then tore their clothes without hesitation and cut off the rotten flesh that was stained with poison.

Captain Liang said in a deep voice: "To catch a thief, first catch the leader."

The five hundred households attacked Fang Dashi in unison, and even Yang Bo and Xu Cheng joined in the siege.

The other general flags were responsible for dealing with Fang Dashi's men and preventing them from supporting Fang Dashi.

Fang Dashi was only a sixth-rank warrior. Even if he had more poisons, he could not deal with so many Jinyiwei, not to mention that the Jinyiwei were preparing antidote pills.

At that moment, he had his arms chopped off by Captain Liang and Captain Su, his legs broken by other captains, and finally his acupoints were pressed.

Captain Liang put the knife on Fang Dashi's neck and shouted, "If you don't want him to die, stop it."

Fang Dashi endured the severe pain and yelled: "Don't worry about me, kill them for me, only by killing them can we survive."

Those who were originally preparing to stop started fighting with the Jinyiwei again.

Captain Liang said to him in a deep voice: "If you don't want your family to be implicated by you, then you'd better stop."

When Fang Dashi thought of his wife and children at home, his face froze, and the others also stopped what they were doing.

Dabei thought about what Liubaihu had done to their families when they went to relieve themselves, and asked anxiously, "Did you do anything to our family members?"

Captain Liang sneered: "Are you scared now? Why didn't you think this day would come when you killed the officials of the imperial court?"

Dabei: “…”

The Jinyiwei took advantage of their distraction to quickly press their acupoints and then found ropes to tie them up.

Liang Baihu asked Su Wubaihu, "How are the others?"

"We tied them up."

Su Wubaihu said he was going to relieve himself, but he actually took the other five Wubaihu and used Qinggong to break into each household. He didn't care whether the other party was from Fang Dashi or not, he immediately pinned them down and tied them up.

Fortunately, Fang Dashi's people did not gather together, and fortunately, the houses in the village were not clustered together, so they were able to sneak into the house and kidnap people silently.

Liang Baihu said, "Bring all these people up here, and let Fang Dashi and his men identify who is theirs."

Su Wubaihu nodded and took people to bring all the people in the village to the headman's house.

When Fang Dashi's wife saw Fang Dashi covered in blood, she fainted, and the child was frightened and cried loudly: "Daddy..."

Fang Dashi felt very distressed: "Don't cry, Daddy is fine."

Captain Liang put his knife on Dabei and said, "Tell me, which of these people coming later are your people?"

Dabei lowered his head: "No."

"Do you think we are fools?" Captain Liang kicked him hard.

"The child's father." Dabei's wife shouted anxiously, "Are you okay?"

Captain Liang deliberately asked, "Your wife is so worried about you, is she an accomplice of yours?"

"No, she is not. Don't frame her." Dabei said anxiously.

Captain Liang sneered: "Then tell me honestly, who are your people? Otherwise, your children and your wife will suffer with you."

"I am." At this time, a middle-aged man said, "I am one of them."

Then, more than ten people came one after another to admit that they were from Fang Dashi.

Captain Liang counted the number of people and found that there were only thirty-five in total. "Only thirty-five. Where are the remaining fifteen?"

Fang Dashi and his men were shocked. They were worthy of being the Embroidered Uniform Guards, as they actually knew how many of them there were.

You have to know that every time they assassinated an official, they did not act in groups of fifty people. How did they know that there were so many of them?