New and dark light years

Chapter 43: In Qiying, but in the South

The interior space of the fortress was quite large. After the young man helped the southern barbarian women to untie their shackles, he took them to the barracks, which happened to be opposite to where Li Lin and others were hiding.

After these people disappeared into the small house, Li Lin gathered together behind the obstacle.

They hunched over and whispered to each other.

"I'm not seeing things, that's An Zhijian." Zhao Hao said in surprise.

Bai Liwei nodded: "It looks like it is indeed him."

Su Huafang hissed at the side: "Isn't he dead? His clothes and bones were found at that time..."

Then the three of them looked at Li Lin.

Li Lin was still wearing a mask at this time. He took it off because he had worn it for a long time and his face always felt cold and numb.

"Apart from these people, I didn't see anything else strange. That man is a human, not a ghost."

Bai Liwei snorted, "It seems he faked his own death to escape. Over a hundred soldiers were tragically killed before we arrived, and now he's deeply involved with this southern barbarian woman. It seems An Zhijian is a collaborator. He might even have murdered all the border troops in the fortress."

Su Huafang shook his head: "We shouldn't pay attention to this matter. Anyway, the border troops will be here soon, and they will handle An Zhijian's affairs."

This suggestion was reasonable. After all, they came here to get money, and there was a large amount of money in this place. It would not be a good thing to attract other people's attention.

Zhao Hao said, "The three routes we're going to take are all behind the barracks. It's going to be difficult to avoid alerting An Zhijian."

"The shackles worn by those southern barbarian women are obviously of the border army standard. In other words, An Zhijian is saving these southern barbarian bandits. Why?" Bai Liwei asked in confusion.

Zhao Hao snorted coldly, "Not surprising. An Zhijian's mother... was a Nanman servant. His father beat her to death when she got drunk years ago. I thought he considered himself a Qi person, but now it seems he considers himself a Nanman."

Su Huafang was a good man, but upon hearing this, he said, "Since An Zhijian doesn't consider himself a Qi person and is helping the southern barbarians, he's wrong. Let's surround him and kill him. This will eliminate a traitor and conceal the secret of our presence here. It's a two-pronged approach."

Bai Liwei and Zhao Hao both nodded slightly.

Then everyone looked at Li Lin.

Li Lin smiled and said, "I'll listen to you."

The three people opposite laughed.

The four of them sneaked past through the blind spot where the doors and windows of the barracks were within their sight.

When I came not far from the barracks, I heard the conversation inside.

A man's voice said, "Tang Qi's border troops will patrol the border regularly. If you want to return to your homes, you must start from here and cross the mountains and ridges. You must take the mountain road with the most trees and grass to return."

"What are we going to do when we go back... We will be sacrificed to the gods."

"Although life is hard following you all, at least I can survive."

The man seemed a little angry. "What do you know... The Qi people have never treated us as human beings, never. There is a secret cellar in this fortress. Several women from your Yue tribe are locked up inside. They are responsible for solving that kind of problem every day and cannot come out."

"What's the big deal? I know many Hu women can live well in your Qi territory. The women here are just more unlucky." One woman retorted, "If I were sold to a Qi village, I wouldn't have to suffer so much. With a little disguise, I'd be almost the same as you Qi women. I'd be happy to marry a poor Qi man."

"You don't have a household registration." The man's voice became louder. "You can't make a living on Qi's territory. Who will give you a household registration? Without a household registration, in the eyes of the Qi people, we are no different from chickens and ducks, not even dogs. Dogs can guard the house, but you are only fit to be eaten."

"Help us get our household registration!"

"I can't do it." The man roared. "I'm just a spirit hunter, not an official. Besides, you've also committed murder by the border troops. They'll definitely find out about you. Tang Qi is very clever."

The barracks fell silent.

At this time, the four of them had already reached a very close place to the barracks.

Bai Liwei made a few simple and clear gestures, and the other three immediately understood.

Then Zhao Hao suddenly stood up and broke into the room, shouting, "An Zhijian, your crime has been exposed. The county magistrate has sent us to arrest you."

Then Bai Liwei and Su Huafang followed behind and rushed in.

"Why are you here!" An Zhijian's voice was filled with horror.

Then there was a burst of fighting sounds inside.

Li Lin went to the window and stood guard. After a few breaths, a woman jumped onto the window and was about to jump down.

Then a red tasseled spear stabbed at her throat.

This woman actually had martial arts skills. She flipped over and leaped forward, taking out a dagger from her clothes and blocking the gun tip.

When she fell to the ground, the tip of the gun stabbed her again, and even faster than before.

The woman blocked several times with her short knife and retreated at full speed, but she was using a short weapon after all, so how could she fight against a long spear in such an open area?

After barely blocking six attacks, the seventh stab hit her heart.

"Don't kill me..." She looked at Li Lin, her eyes full of pleading: "I can be your slave..."

There was no extra expression on Li Lin's face. He exerted a little force with both hands and stabbed the spear into her heart.

The woman's eyes quickly lost their luster and her body fell backwards.

Li Lin took a step forward, raised his gun with both hands, turned around and stabbed.

Back carbine!
Before the man turned around, the gun was already there!

The tip of the gun, with a red glow, directly stabbed a southern barbarian woman down from mid-air.

The woman jumped out of the window and tried to launch a sneak attack, but unfortunately... Li Lin had already seen her jumping out of the window out of the corner of his eye.

After throwing the woman from the air to the ground, Li Lin took two steps forward and pushed the southern barbarian woman who had just climbed up the window and was about to escape back into the house.

The screams went from shrill to faint in just a few breaths.

Then there was a loud bang, and the mud wall of the barracks was broken open by brute force.

A young man covered in dust was running in front, followed by Su Huafang and the other two.

Smoke and dust were everywhere. Li Lin covered his mouth and nose and looked into the room. There were two southern barbarian women holding barbarian short knives and gasping for air.

When they saw Li Lin, their eyes flashed with murderous intent and they immediately rushed over.

I heard that the people in the southern barbarian region are tough and everyone is a soldier. Now it seems that the rumor is true.

Li Lin chuckled and went forward with his spear in hand.

In less than ten rounds, the two barbarian women were stabbed to death with spears.

One was stabbed in the throat, another stabbed in the heart.

He shook the gun, and the blood on the red tassel was scattered.

Then Li Lin turned his head and saw An Zhijian "flying" out of the secret passage. He was waving a long whip, which made Bai Liwei and the other two dare not attack him for the time being.

At the same time, An Zhijian shouted frantically, "Soul Refining Altar, where is my Soul Refining Altar? Did you steal it?"

Li Lin rushed over with a gun in hand to help. Hearing this, he couldn't help but look at the burned carriage in the distance.

He remembered that the people from the Demon Exorcism Bureau had carried out a red jar from the secret passage and placed it on the carriage.

It can’t be that thing.

At this time, An Zhijian looked around and finally saw the burned carriage.

He seemed to have a special connection with the thing and immediately confirmed that it was in the car. He then threw out a paper bag and green powder flew out of it.

"It's poisonous!" Zhao Hao shouted.

Bai Liwei and the other two who were surrounding him immediately covered their mouths and noses and retreated. Li Lin also stopped and did not run up.

In just two breaths, An Zhijian rushed to the side of the carriage. He dug it hard twice and saw a jar that was mostly burnt black.

"Hahaha, it's here as expected!"

An Zhijian suddenly opened the lid of the jar and took out a purple thing from it. It looked like a plant root, but also like a soft piece of meat.

Then he swallowed a few mouthfuls, and in less than two breaths, his eyes rolled back!
(End of this chapter)