My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 12 Human Heads (15 more updates for leader Ba Bao Z)

The carriage drove through the long street. While the passers-by avoided, some people rushed forward, and a voice shouted: "There is a show to watch!"

At the market entrance in the east of the city, a dozen officials wearing prison uniforms were pushed onto a makeshift wooden platform, and officials from the government office read their charges.

When the carriage stopped, Su Chen lifted the curtain and looked at the figures kneeling down on the stage: "This time, brother didn't hesitate."

"Hmph, these people deserve to die." Thirteen snorted disdainfully while riding on horseback.

"Who are the people behind them? These officials would rather die than tell them." Su Chen looked directly at the top of the wooden platform. After reading out the charges, the officials walked down. The executioner took a sip of wine and sprayed it on the wooden platform. On the blade, in the sight of a crowd of people whispering, he came behind the first official.

The officer supervising the beheading lost his token.

"cut!"

The tokens jingled and rolled on the ground. The executioner stepped forward and pressed down on the prisoner's head. He raised the steel knife and chopped off the head. Blood arrows sprayed all over the ground. The fallen head rolled and fell into the bamboo basket.

"Ouch!!" A timid woman turned pale with fright when she saw the bloody scene, squeezed through the crowd and ran away.

"Let's go, the cavalry of the Ding'an Army and the policemen from the government office should be waiting impatiently." Su Chen looked at it for a while, estimated the time, lowered the curtain and gave the order.

As the carriage slowly drove away, No. 12 prisoners were beheaded on the wooden platform. The last man was so frightened that he was trembling all over. Looking at the piles of human heads in bamboo baskets on the ground, he raised his face and looked at that person in horror. The executioner spoke.

"I will explain everything..."

……

The wind blew through the clouds and the sky was scorching hot.

Outside the east gate of Ding'an, victims of the disaster were entrenched. There had been assassinations before, and many patrols could be seen around them. Among them were guards sent by big families in the city.

"Third Young Master, look over there!" In the direction Thirteen was looking, an old man named Zhang Jiao and his two brothers were running from one hut to another. The ground herbs were wrapped in talisman paper, and the juice was squeezed out and seeped into the wounds. .The surrounding area is filled with the filthy stench and cries of people, and victims can be seen everywhere, as skinny as corpses.

After all, there are many people who have survived here, and it is much better than the plague he encountered when he was in Jizhou.He can't control natural disasters, and he can't produce food, but if he can heal some people, he feels it's worth it.

After being reminded by Zhang Liang, Zhang Jiao turned around and saw the stopped carriage. He smiled and asked Zhang Bao to continue treating the patient, then got up and came over.

"Great Master." Thirteen raised his hands respectfully. It was hard to imagine how the old man's body could hold lightning in his hand.

Su Chen heard Thirteen's voice, got off the carriage, and greeted each other in the scorching sunshine. Su Chen told him to go after the accomplices of yesterday's assassin.

"Third Young Master is Hope. Will the three of my brothers go together?"

"Well, that man's martial arts skills are not bad either. Zhu Gongdao was injured and recuperating. After all, my martial arts skills as a guard are somewhat inferior."

Su Chen's words made Shisan curl his lips, but he didn't dare to refute.

"Okay, then let's go with the Third Young Master, but since there is no thunder today, I'm afraid I won't be able to provide much help."

After Su Chen heard this, he realized that opening his horn that night was not a way to attract thunder, but to induce it. But being able to hold lightning with his bare hands was also very powerful.

After inviting three people to get on the bus, they continued to the agreed place. Over there, more than a hundred cavalrymen from the Ding'an Army were inspecting their equipment under their horses, including arm crossbows, steel knives, leather armor, spears...

Seeing Su Chen and the three Zhang Jiao brothers coming down, these cavalrymen quickly placed their weapons and stepped forward to salute them.

"You guys came here so early, do you want to earn more money? I don't know if Sima in your camp brought enough people to my yard this morning to carry the reward money."

Hearing the Third Young Master's straightforward words, as soldiers they were the most susceptible to this, and they immediately laughed. Su Chen pressed his hand to stop them, and looked back at the more than 30 prisoners who were arriving. quick.

"Everyone is here."

Su Chen took the reins handed over by a cavalryman. He turned over and looked at the belated arrests. His eyes swept across them and then fell on the cavalrymen.

"The people we face this time may be more powerful than the man or woman last night. Those who dare to attack the Hou Mansion are ruthless people. When we meet them later, we will use the most suitable method to deal with them. , Don’t be a hero alone, otherwise don’t blame me if you die.” The crowd burst into laughter again.

Zhang Jue stood not far away, looking at Su Chen over there, stroking his beard and smiling. Zhang Liang, who was riding over, also laughed: "If I could go back to before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, I really want to take him there to build a canal." handsome."

"Just you?" Zhang Bao glanced at him.

After a moment, the laughter here stopped. Su Chen asked Shisan to open the birdcage and let out the seeking bird inside. The bird's body was a little bigger than a thumb. When he got out of the cage, he seemed to smell a familiar smell and the wings were vibrating rapidly. , flew towards the northeast, and was several feet away in the blink of an eye.

"Follow!"

Su Chen whipped his whip, and the war horse neighed and kicked its hooves. Carrying the figure on the horse, it galloped down the official road. More than a hundred riders followed closely behind, and more than 30 police officers ran wildly on foot.

……

The early morning mountain breeze blew over the sneaky figure. The man named Li Peihu walked carefully close to the shade of the trees and shrubs. He had a special ability, that is, his eyesight was very good, and he could see even if he was more than a hundred feet away. Will not lose people.

In Ding'an City, he relied on this ability to get everything done, and many people asked him to do things. Recently, he was even appreciated by the Third Young Master. At midnight last night, he just came out of Zuihua Tower, and the girl who usually needs a few taels of silver, You can come and go as you please without paying.

This day is simply not too comfortable.

Now, he has received another errand from the Third Young Master. As long as he completes it, the reward will be more generous. The best thing is to be able to join the Ding'an Army. tips.

He thought that he had been following the man in his sight into the mountains for an hour. Fortunately, it was not a remote place. The searching bird of the Third Young Master should be easily found. All he had to do was keep an eye on him.

There was one thing he didn't understand. These assassins came to assassinate the Marquis of Ding'an after they were full. They were a good old man who had not offended anyone, so why did they kill him?
Really bullying honest people.

While watching the other party digging the ground and burying the charred corpse and head into the pit, Li Peihu felt someone behind him. He quickly turned around and saw that it was the man who had just dug the soil who was staring straight at him.

Li Peihu quickly turned his head back. There was no one on the other side of the pit.

Oops.

He stood up and rushed out of the bushes. The man digging the soil suddenly stood in front of him wearing a black turban, staring at him like a hawk.

Then, reach out and grab him!
……

"Follow!"

War horses galloped down the official road and turned into the mountain trails. Su Chen rode on the horse and stared closely at the seeking bird in front of him. He passed through several woods and finally stopped at the top of a mountain col.

Thirteen whistled, opened the birdcage, and let the bird fly back into the cage.

"Third Young Master, he should be nearby."

If the body is here, then someone must have been here. Su Chen pondered for a moment and raised his hand: "Search around, inch by inch, to see where the soil has been renovated."

The cavalry guarded the surrounding thoroughfares, and a group of detectives spread out based on their experience in handling cases and swept along the mountains and forests.

After a moment, someone shouted: "Third Young Master!"

Su Chen and Zhang Jiao looked at each other, reined up their horses and rushed up the gentle slope, following the direction of the sound. When they arrived, a policeman pointed at a big tree not far away.

The branches drooped and swayed slightly, with human hair tied to the end of the treetop, and a human head dripping with blood underneath.

Li Peihu...

Su Chen recognized this head, and his heart sank. It seemed that he had been going smoothly these few times and thought of others too simply.

"Take off the head, find the body, and take it back for a proper burial!"

(End of this chapter)