Suddenly, Song Liu's eyes darkened.
The row of candles in front of him went out. He was wondering about it when he felt a pain in the back of his neck and lost consciousness instantly.
"Boss, Wei Yuan is here!"
A man in black pointed at the naked Wei Yuan and said.
Two men in black stood guard at the door.
The man in black, called "Boss," glanced at Wei Yuan and pulled out a sack from his waist. "Put him in!"
The second and third brothers worked together to stuff Wei Yuan into a sack. The second brother carried the sack on his back, and the five of them tiptoed out of the house and ran away over the wall.
The old butler at the door didn't notice anything.
It was pitch dark in the deep mountains, but these men were well-trained killers and could move freely in the darkness.
The second brother carried Wei Yuan's body and asked, "Boss, what should we do next?"
"The master said to destroy the body. Let's find a place to bury him."
After saying that, they looked towards the top of the mountain. In the darkness, only the dozens of wooden tablets and white banners of different colors looked so different.
The boss immediately fell in love with it and pointed to the circle of wild graves, "Bury it there!"
…
I don’t know the years in the mountains.
But for Shangguan Shu, it was different.
Early in the morning of the first day, he went down the mountain to do some shopping under the twilight sun. His silver was gone, but his yard was full.
Early the next morning, two chickens died.
One was killed by a weasel, leaving only some chicken feathers. Another... maybe it was frightened to death...
The next morning, just as it was getting light, a sheep died.
The cause of death is unknown.
He pulled the dead sheep to a nearby market on an ox cart and sold it for ten cents.
On the morning of the third day, the dew was heavy and another sheep died.
He pulled the dead sheep to a nearby market on an ox cart and sold it for ten cents.
Day 4…
Now, he and the old ox were the only ones left alive in the yard. He had a premonition that tonight, one of them would die. He wondered if tomorrow morning, he would be the one pulling the ox to the market, or the ox would be the one pulling him to the market...
He didn't mind the cold, so he sat in the yard and confronted the old ox.
Old Ox: ...
In fact, he was thinking of Zhao Ying.
I can't fall asleep because of thinking about it.
Thinking of her every smile and every move.
He thought about every scene from the day he rescued her on the battlefield to when they got married and had children. He thought that so much time had passed and his memory would be blurred, but in fact, it was not the case. Instead, he remembered it very clearly.
How could he not love her...
She was so cute, so... attractive to him.
His Zhao Ying...
His thoughts always suddenly turned at some point, bringing him back to the cruel reality.
Zhao Ying is no longer his.
Zhao Ying no longer loves him.
The dreary and quiet night always easily drags people into the abyss. More than once, a thought flashed through his mind: if he died in the wilderness at this moment, would Zhao Ying shed a tear for him?
He couldn't get an answer.
He still had a faint hope in his heart.
There is a glimmer of hope amidst the despair.
Just like now, he was waiting day by day for Zhao Ying to come to him.
Zhao Ying didn't come, and Shangguan Qingyue didn't come either. But that little fairy Heng Lin came once every three days, and only came when she was too hungry to bear it.
Then I cooked a few plates of wild vegetables for him, and after he finished eating, I cleaned up and left.
Shangguan Shu really didn't know how to cook. The rice he made every day was either mushy or undercooked, and he could only eat a few bites. Thanks to Henglin, he could have a meal that was barely edible every three days.
He had been so hungry over the past few days that his belt had shrunk a little.
But he was not in the mood to take care of himself. For the first time in his life, he was worried about money. He was thinking, if Yue'er came and all his sheep died, what would he do if Yue'er wanted to drink goat's milk?
No matter how hard it is, we must not let our children suffer!
It is not time to plant wheat yet. Besides, even if he does, he can't wait. He has to find a way to earn some money to buy sheep for Yue'er.
Just as he was thinking about it, there was movement in the circle of graves above his head. Shangguan Shu looked closely and his sharp eyes suddenly darkened.
At the same time, the killers in the grave circle also discovered Shangguan Shu.
The two looked at each other, feeling a little awkward.
None of the six moved.
In the grave circle.
Lao Wu exclaimed, "Boss, there's someone down there!"
The second child was a little scared, "What should I do?"
The third brother frowned.
The fourth brother was puzzled. "Is it a human? It can't be a wooden man, right?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Shangguan Shu turned around and walked into the house.
Fourth Brother: ...
After a while, the boss spoke in a cold voice, "Bury it quickly, and then go and silence it!"
"yes!"
The night is so quiet that it makes people's hair stand on end.
The five assassins quietly approached the dilapidated house at the foot of the mountain. The second assassin said in a deep voice, "Boss, let me go! He's just a farmer. I can do it alone!"
"good!"
The remaining four men lay in ambush, watching the second one approach.
Suddenly, several people were tapped on the shoulders.
"What are you doing here?"
A few of them turned around fiercely and found a large group of people in black behind them. They were just wearing black robes, which looked much more advanced than what they were wearing.
The eldest brother was about to speak when the fourth brother spoke first, with a tone of surprise, "Traveling together?"
Liao Mu nodded with a complicated expression.
The killers relaxed.
The third brother said, "That's such a coincidence. Who are you going to kill?"
Liao Mu: "Keep it secret."
The eldest brother pushed the third brother and warned him with his eyes, asking why he asked such a stupid question. For a professional killer, keeping secret the mission information is the most basic quality.
Lao Wu, however, became more suspicious and thought that these people were here to steal the mission. Just imagine, there was only one family living in the wilderness. They appeared here for no reason. They must be crazy.
The fifth brother pulled the eldest brother aside and told him his suspicions.
The boss thought about it and felt that what he said made sense, so he stepped forward and asked Liao Mu, "Are you going to kill the people down the mountain?"
Liao Mu paused after hearing this, then smiled meaningfully.
The boss thought he was right and was about to negotiate with him and ask him to leave when he suddenly felt an itch in his throat.
The boss blinked, reached out and touched his neck, his hand was covered in blood.
The next second, the boss fell in a pool of blood.
The remaining three were stunned. The fifth was shocked and angry, "You are going too far. There is no need to steal the mission..." A sword stabbed into his chest.
In the blink of an eye, four killers fell to the ground.
Liao Mu drew his sword and touched the corpse, "If you kill my master, even with five people, there won't be enough for the hundred or so brothers of ours!"
“That’s right!”
The others said in unison.
Liao Mu stepped aside, and the secret guards behind him stepped forward, moved the corpse, dug a pit and buried it. They were so skilled.
After cleaning up the scene, a group of people came and went in a hurry, and hid in the mountains and forests again.
"Captain Liao, what about the other one?"
"Leave it for the master to play with."
Otherwise the master would be too bored.
In the room, Shangguan Shu was lying with his back to the door.
The second one approached quietly.
After a while, the second brother was beaten and thrown out of the door with a bruised face.
He kept muttering, "I'll give you all the money..."
"I wasn't the one who killed the chickens and sheep..."
"I really didn't kill him..."
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