He was very suspicious that the forest battlefield here in Lingxian Mountaineering was a trap, but he found that it was not reasonable in some important links. Xiang Kang, who had once wanted to give up and retreat quickly, could not help but hesitate. As a result, the militia members had already followed Feng Zhong and Cui Pai to cross Xiang Kang, and kept calling Xiang Kang to follow him quickly. Xiang Kang, who was afraid that he would be alone, had no choice but to put his doubts aside for the time being and continue to follow the brigade.

There were rocks, weeds, roots and thorns everywhere. I had never been to this forest before. Of course, it was not easy for Feng Zhong, Xiang Kang and others to catch up with the bandits in front. Moreover, the bandits were particularly cunning. In addition to drilling into dense trees, they gradually divided into two groups and fled in two different directions, forcing Feng Zhong, Xiang Kang and others to divide into two groups, one led by Feng Zhong and the other led by Xiang Kang and Cui Pai to chase these two groups of bandits respectively.

During this period, the militia under Xiang Kang, as well as the pavilion soldiers brought by Feng Zhong and Cui Pai, all opened their bows and tried to shoot the enemy with crossbow arrows. However, because the bandits had already dropped the torches before entering the woods, most of them were hidden in the darkness, and the effect was not great. Just from the bandits' screams, they should have shot twice. Unfortunately, they were too dark and could not hit the deadly place. The two bandits who were shot were gritting their teeth and fled with injuries. Feng Zhong and Xiang Kang and their group did not gain further results. At the same time, because the trees became increasingly dense, Xiang Kang, Feng Zhong and others simply lost the chance to shoot arrows later, and they could only chase them all by relying on their feet.

Fortunately, although everyone was carrying weapons, there were no long-range weapons such as crossbows. So while chasing, Feng Zhong and Xiang Kang and their group didn't have to worry about being attacked by the enemy with hidden arrows. At the same time, hard work paid off. After desperate pursuit, Xiang Kang and Cui Pai finally gradually approached the enemy, and there was hope to catch up. However, at this moment, Xiang Kang, who was walking quickly, was extremely unlucky and suddenly staggered by the tree roots on the ground, lost their center of gravity, and fell a dog in a mess, almost breaking his chin.

"Ah! Ouch!"

The one who screamed was not Xiang Kang, who had a dog snatched a flying dog, but a lower militia behind Xiang Kang. He crawled on the ground and turned his head to look in confusion. With the light of the torches in the hands of other militias, Xiang Kang was surprised to see that the reason why the militia suddenly screamed was that it was caused by a sudden arrow hitting the right rib. The sharp arrow pierced into the ribs, and the injuries were very serious. The other militias beside the militia also shouted in surprise: "There are hidden arrows, be careful!"

"Why did there be a hidden arrow suddenly? The bandits didn't shoot arrows just now?"

Xiang Kang was surprised. When he was about to struggle to stand up, Xiang Kang quickly thought of a fatal matter - if he hadn't accidentally dropped a dog and snatched a catfish, this hidden arrow might have hit him!

"Coincidence? by chance? or intention?" Xiang Kang's heart flashed countless questions in an instant, and at the same time, he subconsciously shouted: "Extinguish the torch! Be careful of the hidden arrow!"

Only the militia under Xiang Kang followed the order, but the Daxing Tingting Ting Ting under Cui Pai was still holding a torch stupidly. Cui Pai, who was about to catch up with the bandit, turned around and hurried towards Xiang Kang and the militia who were caught in the arrow, asked: "How was it hurt? The hidden arrow from that?"

Seeing that the torch light shone on him, Xiang Kang didn't have time to think about anything else, almost subconsciously rolled on the spot, rolling and crawling away from the place. Then what happened immediately scared Xiang Kang out of a cold sweat. With a swish, another hidden arrow suddenly flew over, and was nailed to the place where he was just lying down! Xiang Kang was so heartbroken that he quickly shouted: "Brother Cui, throw away the torch, the enemy's target is me!"

Suddenly being roared by Xiang Kang, Cui Pai instinctively knocked the torch in his hand onto the tree and smashed it directly to the fire. Xiang Kang roared like thunder, urging Cui Pai's men to extinguish the torch, and at the same time rolled and crawled to dodge in the dark. During this period, another sharp arrow flew in, and shot to the vicinity of Xiang Kang, and accidentally injured a militia. As a result, when things came to this point, the Daxing Ting Ting Ting Ting Ting Ting Ting Ting Ting Ting Ting Ting Ting Ting Ting Ting Ting in a hurry to extinguish the remaining torch, leaving him and his group in the dark, raised their weapons and were careful to be wary of the surroundings. Only then did there be no hidden arrows flying in the dark woods.

Taking advantage of the faint moonlight to touch Xiang Kang, Cui Pai was about to speak, but Xiang Kang hurriedly greeted in a low voice: "Speak quietly, don't let the enemy hear you talking to me, otherwise my position will be exposed."

Cui Pao nodded and asked in a low voice: "Brother Xiang, what's going on?"

"I don't know either." Xiang Kang replied: "But the enemy's target this time is probably me. As soon as I exposed my position, someone will definitely shoot me again. Maybe they will rush up to kill me."

Looking at the two unlucky militia who were unfortunately caught in the arrow for Xiang Kang in surprise, Cui Pai hurriedly asked in a low voice: "Brother Xiang, what should I do?"

Xiang Kang did not answer, but just tried hard to analyze the reason why the enemy could easily identify himself in the crowd, and he quickly found the answer - he already had a few spare money in his hand, so he bought himself a pair of cowhide armor for his clothes, which was very different from other militias in terms of clothing. At the same time, he liked to be stinky and beautiful, and his hair was combed in the middle straight bun, while other militias combed all the right buns for military soldiers according to their requirements, so the enemy could easily discover himself in the crowd.

Thinking of this, Xiang Kang felt at ease, quickly took off his cowhide armor and untied his bun. He asked Cui Pai to help him tie a right-sided oblique bun, making himself look similar to other militias, and then said to Cui Pai: "Brother Cui, stop chasing him, this is a trap, we have to go back quickly."

"But what should those bandits do?" Cui Pai was a little unwilling to accept it and said, "Those are all thieves. If you catch one, you will get a bounty of fourteen."

"Is life important or money important? Do you know how many killers are still ambushing in the woods?" Xiang Kang asked back, and said, "Don't worry, as long as these bandits don't escape far, I will definitely help you catch them tomorrow. My brothers are all very skilled in martial arts, and it is easier to deal with these bandits than to kill a group of chickens. But now you have to leave immediately, otherwise, the person who fires the hidden arrows may be able to shoot arrows at us, and then we will have great trouble."

Unable to resist Xiang Kang, Cui Pai had to nod, and instructed his men to follow him and retreat around Xiang Kang. During this period, Xiang Kang naturally tried his best to get along with the crowd, and tried his best to move forward, using the crowd to cover himself as much as possible. As expected, he did not attract any hidden arrows to attack him again and gradually retreated to the edge of the woods.

It was still because Xiang Kang was about to walk out of the woods. When he and his group were about to walk out of the woods, two hidden arrows flew out in a row like venting their anger. They shot another pavilion soldier from Daxing Pavilion, and they happened to hit the vital vest of the unlucky pavilion soldier. Cui Pai and the militia were shocked and quickly dragged the seriously injured pavilion soldier and rushed out of the woods. Xiang Kang, who cared for his life, rolled and crawled, hid among the militia crowd and escaped hundreds of steps in one breath until he stopped away from the woods.

He hid among the militia crowd and waited for a long time. It was still in the middle of the night that Feng Zhong and his group cursed and dragged a body out of the woods. Xiang Kang, Cui Pai and others stepped forward to ask, and then they learned that Feng Zhong and others could not catch up with the bandits, and just caught a bandit body with unknown names. At the same time, seeing Xiang Kang's outfits had changed drastically, Feng Zhong also asked strangely: "Brother, why did you do this? What happened?"

"Brother Feng, have you ever encountered a sneak attack from a hidden arrow?" Xiang Kang asked without answering.

"Surprising arrows attack?" Feng Zhong was stunned when asked, and replied: "That group of bandits either took an axe or a fork. The weapons are best if they were just swords and swords. What kind of arrows came to sneak attack?"

"It's really for me."

Xiang Kang's heart sank, and then he told Feng Zhong what he encountered with Cui Pai. As a result, Feng Zhong was of course shocked when he heard this and asked, "Brother Xiang, what enemies do you have in Lingxian? Do they target you like this, and they don't want your life?"

"Brother, what do you think?" Xiang Kang asked back.

Feng Zhong's face changed again, and he didn't say the man's name, but nodded and said, "Yes, he is the most likely, and only he can do this."

"Let's go back to Daxingting first." Xiang Kang said: "This is the territory of Ling County. We must be careful that he has some tricks."

Feng Zhong nodded quickly and agreed, quickly letting everyone surround Xiang Kang to retreat in a hurry. At this time, Xiang Kang discovered that this incident was a proof that Shan Youwei was making trouble behind his back. Feng Zhong and others caught the corpse of the bandit. It was not killed by Feng Zhong's pavilion or the militia of the lower court, but was killed by other bandits! At the same time, the reason why he was silenced by his accomplices was very simple. There was a crossbow arrow shot from the militia of the lower court. The accomplices were obviously afraid that he would not escape and were captured alive, so they cut off his throat and killed him.

"Ninety-nine percent of it was done by Shan Youwei. The officials and bandits colluded with each other to kill me and avenge his son." Xiang Kang came to a conclusion in his heart, and said in his heart: "That group of bandits should be just a bait arranged by Shan Youwei. The person who fired the hidden arrows is the real killer. He wants to frame the charge of killing me on the head of the bandits. No matter how the government investigates it, it will be difficult to track down his head. But this matter is a bit strange. How could Shan Youwei be so clear about my situation and know that using this group of bandits will definitely lead me to death?"

After thinking more carefully, Xiang Kang found that this was not too strange. With Shan Youwei's intelligence ability, it should be easy to know what he was doing to form a militia. It was expected that something happened to Daxingting would definitely bring the militia over, and it should not be difficult. It was reasonable to design and kill him. But Xiang Kang still felt something was wrong, and always felt that there seemed to be something wrong, but Xiang Kang couldn't figure out what the specific problem was.

After returning to Daxingting smoothly, Xiang Kang, who was greedy for safety, chose to live with his direct militia, carefully changed into the militia's clothes, and changed his seat several times when he was sleeping. Fortunately, nothing else happened afterwards. The next morning, when the Xiang family's children, who had many good men, hurried to Daxingting, Xiang Kang finally felt relieved and told the Xiang family's children what he had last night.

When they learned that Xiang Kang was almost attacked and died last night, the Xiang family members who were generally more united were of course shouting, yelling to go to Lingxian to settle the score. Feng Zhong and Xiang Kang quickly stopped them and advised: "Brothers, calm down. We just suspect that what happened last night was done by Shan Youwei, but there was no evidence. Without any evidence, we went to Lingxian to settle the score without any evidence. We would only give him an excuse to take the opportunity to take you down."

After thinking carefully, I found that this is the same reason, so the Xiang family members had to stop. Xiang Zhuang said hatefully: "It's a pity that I was not here yesterday. If I were there, I would rush into the woods, take down the two small thieves who shot arrows, and force them to explain to the commander behind the scenes!"

Hearing this, Xiang Kang's heart moved and he immediately asked Xiang Zhuang without thinking: "Brother, what did you say just now?"

"I said it's a pity that I was not here last night, otherwise even if I was injured, I would have to rush over and take down the two thieves." Xiang Zhuang replied, asking in confusion: "What? What's wrong with my words?"

Xiang Kang finally knew that something was wrong, but Xiang Kang remained silent, just nodded and said, "Thank you, Brother, I know if you were there last night, this would definitely not happen."

When Xiang Kang said the word "must", his tone became a little aggravated. Unfortunately, Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Guan did not hear any of the Xiang family elites. They just kept greeting Shan Youwei's mother and all the female relatives, and swearing to avenge Xiang Kang's revenge.

Afterwards, from Xiangta, Xiang Yang and others, they learned why the Xiang family's children happened to go to a distance yesterday, and why the Xiang family's children did not come to Daxingting overnight to help him, Xiang Kang still did not make any noise, but just hid the matter deep in his stomach, and there was a little grim smile on the corner of his mouth...

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As Xiang Kang and others expected, the mastermind behind this matter was indeed Shan Youwei, who had a grudge against Xiang Kang to kill his son. After learning that the assassination plan he had worked hard to set up failed, Shan Youwei was of course furious and beat and kicked, scolded the five confidants who sent him to assassinate Xiang Kang and roared: "Bare! Idiot! Useless dog thing! I didn't shoot the arrow, why can't I rush up and kill him with one sword? Wasting my gold! Wasting my painstaking arrangements!"

"Master, we didn't think we could rush up and kill him directly." The two families who were beaten up were full of bitterness and decided: "It's because the little boy is so many people around him and it's too cunning. We rushed up and killed him at all, but we could only shoot arrows and attack him. I thought that we only fired one arrow, but he immediately guessed that we were targeting him. Not only did we hide in the crowd immediately, but we also changed our clothes and buns. We were so dark that we couldn't recognize him at all. If we wanted to rush up and kill him directly, we would be even less sure."

"Bad! Can't do it! Useless dog stuff!"

The two families' distinction only resulted in more insults and fists. Shan Youwei, who was furious, was angry and failed, and almost wanted to kill the two families on the spot. Fortunately, Wang Ju, the confidant who was trusted by Shan Youwei, pulled him and advised: "Master, forget it, this time, the little man is really lucky. He is going to die and took another path. If he comes to the younger generation, the younger generation will rush forward and kill him. Master, you told me that you should not rush to kill Feng Zhong in a hurry, so that the noise will make too much noise and attract the next minister to investigate with all his might. So we only went for nothing this time."

"But we are not working hard this time." Wang Ju said again: "At least, it proves that the little clerk named Xiang You really wanted to help us kill his brother, otherwise he would not deliberately cheat the Xiang family's destructive goods who dared to fight and kill according to the master's arrangement. It's a pity that we didn't dare to trust him easily, and did not dare to let him know the details of our plan and let him help us more, otherwise we would definitely succeed this time. But it doesn't matter. As long as we make good use of Xiang You who came to the door, it would be easy to kill Xiang Kang's little clerk, and there are opportunities."

"Fart! Is that easy?!" Shan Youwei scolded angrily: "That little clerk is already very cunning and he rarely goes out alone. This time he found that our design targets him, so he will definitely be more careful in the future. It will only be more difficult for us to kill him!"

"Master, it's certainly difficult for us to do it, but what if we ask Xiang You to do it directly? Xiang Kang's little master can be guarded against his own brothers?" Wang Ju asked with a silly smile.

"He has the courage to do it directly, so he has already done it. He still has to take the initiative to find me and ask us to do it. He will help behind his back?" Shan Youwei became even more angry when he heard this.

"He may not have the courage to ask him to use a sword directly, but if he is asked to poison, he may not dare to agree." Wang Ju said gloomyly: "A bottle of crane red (arsenic) is enough to take the life of ten Xiang Kang Xiao Shuzi. Moreover, after that little boy died, the deceased Xiang family will only doubt us and will not doubt their own brothers in any case. As long as Xiang You understands this principle, he will definitely dare to take this action!"
Chapter completed!