Chapter 748: Attack on Patrol Guards

He pointed at the man and said with a chuckle: "Why are you here!"

It turned out that he was right a few days ago!

"I came back to do some things and visit old friends." He Lingchuan smiled, "Let's find a quiet place to talk?"

Liu Baobao had calmed down: "Come with me!"

The servant walked in front holding a lantern, and the two followed behind, chatting as they walked:

"How are Blackwater City and Hongya Road in the past year or so?"

"Oh, it's not good, my business has plummeted!" Liu Baobao complained quickly, as if he had returned to the previous conversation mode.

"Really? Then I have a good job for you." He Lingchuan patted his shoulder, "By the way, I'm leaving soon, but I'll come again in a few days."

The two walked across the main street, and Liu Baobao subconsciously looked north.

The crazy sand season suddenly ended, and this person suddenly appeared.

Is there any connection between the two?

Hey, he shook his head, what nonsense was he thinking. What can such a major weather change have to do with one person?

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This March is unusually hot. It’s just the Spring Equinox, but I’m sweating all over when I move.

At this time of year in previous years, the old trees on the roadside haven’t sprouted yet.

Under the bright sun, a group of Yuheng City patrolmen arrived at Manjia Village and hurried to the post station. Without being led by anyone, the horses gathered at the water trough to drink water greedily, and the twenty patrolmen went to the shade of the trees to cool off.

The post station put a few tables under the big tree. In addition to white cold water, it also provides bitter and refreshing herbal tea. If you are willing to pay a few more coins, there is also thin honey water for drinking.

Aphid honey and honey are originally specialties of Panlong City, and are also one of the most common goods on this trade route.

As soon as people sat down, the sweat on their foreheads flowed into a stream. Several patrolmen simply went to the well to fetch water, and poured a bucket from head to toe, and then they recovered.

"It's so damn hot." Someone complained, "It's terrible in March. If it's July, we'll be dried up by the sun."

The others laughed and said, "Miao Mingming, isn't your cousin in the city guard? I heard that he works for the commander-in-chief every day. Why don't you ask him to give you a promotion so that you don't have to be exposed to the wind and sun every day and suffer with us?"

Miao Mingming glanced at him and said, "If you want to move up, you have to earn military merits. How can you earn military merits just by sitting in the house in Yuheng City?"

"You are quite ambitious." The companion laughed, "But the robbers on the trade route haven't come out much recently. If you can't beat them, there will be no merits to be earned."

Only those who kill or surrender the enemy can get merits. They patrol on time like this, which only makes them tired and exhausted.

Everyone chatted for a while and laughed a few times, all very relaxed. Miao Mingming suddenly said, "Where is Xingwu? He has been squatting in the toilet for a quarter of an hour. Why hasn't he come back yet?"

"Who knows? Maybe his legs are weak. I told him that there was something wrong with the mushroom soup he drank this morning, but he still didn't believe it." Everyone laughed again, and someone said, "I'll go call him."

But before the laughter was over, a sound of breaking through the air suddenly came from the bushes.

Swish, swish, swish, more than 20 arrows were shot out, a small part of them missed, and the rest were shot at the patrol guards!

Several patrol guards fell backwards, and the one who just stood up was the most unlucky. An arrow pierced his eye and passed through his skull.

"Enemy attack!" The patrol guards were shocked and angry, and drew their weapons to meet them.

The bushes rustled, and the bandits came out together, and the number was more than a hundred!

Miao Mingming shouted, "Hurry into the post station!"

The enemy is numerous and we are few, so we have to find a good cover quickly.

However, the guest sitting at the back table suddenly came up behind him, strangled his neck with one hand, and stabbed his waist and ribs with the other hand!

In an instant, four or five people at the table raised their weapons and joined the siege.

The bloody storm at the post station lasted only half a minute. Except for two patrol guards who took the opportunity to escape on horseback, the rest were lying on the ground.

The sand was full of blood.

The bandits put away their weapons and laughed: "I thought the Yuheng Army was so strong, but it's just like this!"

Someone else asked: "What should we do with these people at the post station?"

There were also postmen and merchants and travelers at the post station. The smart ones just slipped to the back mountain, and there were more than a dozen people huddled inside and outside the post station, trembling.

The man who plotted against Miao Mingming glanced at them and said: "Don't pay attention to it."

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One day later, it was still Manjia Village.

He Lingchuan and his adjutant Chao Qian were both standing outside the post station, looking up at the long pole next to the horse trough -

Eighteen human heads were tied to the pole, swaying in the wind.

The heads of the Yuheng City patrol guards.

In just one day, the head was sun-dried and dehydrated, and the expression became more hideous, but it did not prevent the family of the deceased from recognizing the relative.

Chao Qian stared at him intently, and He Lingchuan asked him: "Is he really your relative?"

"My cousin's nephew, the child of my cousin." Chao Qian was very sad, "Although he is a distant relative, this child is ambitious and came to Yuheng City to join the army on his own. He did not ask me for a back door and volunteered to patrol the front line."

He sighed: "Alas, I don't know how to explain to my cousin."

"Fighting bravely, generous compensation." He Lingchuan pressed his shoulder, "Don't worry, this revenge will be avenged."

Chao Qian nodded subconsciously.

He Lingchuan knew that he only regarded this sentence as a comforting word.

It doesn't matter, he keeps his word, and everyone will know soon.

Then he walked into the low courtyard behind the post station, where the bodies of the patrol guards were parked.

The smell of the bodies was terrible after being left for more than ten hours in such hot weather.

No one dared to approach the post station, but He Lingchuan looked calm and began to examine the wounds on the bodies.

Most of them were caused by swords, guns, or arrows, which were very common.

But the wounds of two people were quite special, with three blood holes in a row. Willow came over to take a closer look: "Hmm, could this be caused by the claws?"

There are many warriors who use strange weapons, and some like to use the claws to hurt people.

But she immediately overturned her judgment: "No, the claws should be scratches, not so deep."

The claws of bears, wolves and tigers will cause the skin and flesh to turn outward, not so straight and deep.

He Lingchuan silently stretched out his palm, like a claw, and probed into the wound.

Although the size is different, the shape is basically the same.

"Directly use your fingers, no, use your claws to dig? Is this a monster?" Willow was surprised, "But the witnesses at the post station said that the attackers were all humans."

He Lingchuan looked at another corpse again, and it was the same wound, and there was a small hole in the neck.

Of course, the blood had coagulated. He stared at the wound for a long time, and then said to Willow: "Put all the heads in and return them to a complete body."

"Yes."

It took a lot of effort to compare, and everyone put the eighteen heads back to their original bodies.

He Lingchuan found the body he had been concerned about before and took a look at it: "No, this one is wrong."

Everyone had to endure the stench of the corpse and piece it together again.

The neck incisions of the eighteen heads had to be re-matched, which was not easy.

It was He Lingchuan who found it first.

When he pieced the head back together, Chao Qian came in: "The witnesses outside have recorded their statements... Mingming?"

He looked at the body in front of He Lingchuan: "This is my cousin, Miao Mingming. Sir, is there anything wrong?"