cynical

Yin Sheng regretted it almost as soon as Nangong Le turned to leave.He was excited for a while, and vented his anger on the other party without thinking, but after calming down, he immediately understood.

What Tong Le said was not unreasonable, he took his cronies into the desert as a secret operation, even if he met the enemy by chance, but Tamumu seemed to have prepared in advance, leading people disguised as sand robbers to attack them!

But there are very few people who know about this operation, each of them is his brother who was born and died with him, if these people betrayed him...

Yin Sheng clenched his fists, his veins bulged and his joints turned white.

Although he knew he was wrong, but he couldn't say an apology, and when he saw Nangong Le again, his face was sullen, as if it was Nangong Le who was wrong and not him.

Nangong Le ignored him, turned away with a cold snort when he saw Yin Sheng's black face, without any compromise, but he didn't embarrass him about the disaster relief, he did what he should do, which made Yin Sheng feel even more guilty.

On the third day of the Cold War, they patrolled the refugee camp outside the city as usual, walking side by side, but they did not chat like before.

Surrounded by the clamor of refugees, but the person closest to him had no voice, Yin Sheng was not used to it, so he couldn't help taking a sneak peek, but saw the handsome young man looking away calmly, as if he didn't care about his eyes at all. Take the embarrassing situation to heart.

Yin Sheng couldn't take it anymore, he thought to himself that he was used to being bullied, his skin was itchy after a few days of being bullied, but then he told himself that he was just a little bit guilty.

Yin Sheng coughed lightly, and said stiffly: "Lele, Mining's condition has almost stabilized, should we go to the next city?"

Nangong Le glanced at him, and said with a half-smile, "You want to talk to me now?"

He was so embarrassed that he bit the bullet and said, "I never wanted to talk to you..."

"Hmph!" Nangong Le rolled his eyes at him, and said calmly, "You want to talk, but I don't want to talk to you! Go to the next city by yourself!"

Yin Sheng's scalp was numb, although he really wanted to say "Go by yourself", but he knew how important the other party's role in disaster relief was. That's enough for him.

Yin Sheng whispered: "Lele, for the people..."

Nangong Le curled his lips and interrupted him, "I'm a contemptuous businessman, how can I have people in my heart!"

"Lele..."

"What's the fun? What's so fun about a calamity year!"

Yin Sheng had no choice but hesitated for a while, and finally decided to apologize, hesitating and whispering: "Lele, that day I was..."

Before he finished speaking, Dong Lin had already walked behind Nangong Le, whispering in his ear.Seeing that he was listening attentively, Yin Sheng couldn't continue to speak. He pricked up his ears to listen to a few words secretly, but found that he couldn't hear clearly with his own skill.

When Dong Lin finished speaking, Nangong Le pondered for a moment, then cast a sidelong glance at Yin Sheng, and said indifferently: "I have to leave beforehand. I will make arrangements for the next city. Don't worry, General Yin. Although the little one is contemptuous, but The head is still needed, if you accidentally delay your plan and ask you to go to the emperor to participate in a book about the ineffectiveness of disaster relief, I can't stand it."

Yin Sheng was so blocked that he couldn't speak, he could only watch Nangong Le Shishi leave in silence.

After leaving Yin Sheng's sight, Nangong Le asked, "Has the army moved?"

"Yes." Dong Lin nodded slightly, "The spies came to report that one of Li Yin's subordinates named Lin Lan secretly mobilized some people to leave Xingshan City, and planned to attack Yin Sheng on his way to the next city."

"How many people were mobilized?"

"300 people."

He frowned, pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you know the reason for his betrayal? Was it forced?"

"The reason has not been found out yet, but there is no sign of anyone coercing him. But this Lin Lan..."

"Say."

"During our investigation, we discovered that this Lin Lan and Gui Guanghe had a secret relationship."

Nangong Le was a little surprised.Both Li Yin and Gui Guanghe are Yin Sheng's confidantes, and they have been with him for many years, so they shouldn't easily betray Yin Sheng, let alone two at a time!

He thought for a while, and ordered in a low voice.Dong Lin nodded in response, then took the order and left.

The next city Yin Sheng is going to is called Anhe, which is a big city near Mining. It also has a large number of victims. After slowly settling down, the situation on Anhe's side was still not optimistic, but it stabilized a lot.

On the way, he listened to Nangong Le's subordinates report the relevant situation, and learned that a few days ago, on the day they had a conflict, Nangong Le had sent people to Anhe to prepare for disaster relief. After Yin Sheng arrived in Anhe, he only needed to be in charge And supervision on it.The job was fairly easy, and it took all the credit he could see.

When Yin Sheng heard this, he couldn't help but feel a deeper apology, and he was used to the other party's noisy, suddenly without this person, he felt as if something was missing in his heart, feeling empty and uncomfortable.

"General Yin, there are Wanshan Mountains ahead. There are many bandits here. Because of the severe disasters this year, many victims were forced to become bandits." Dong Yu explained that he was a person sent by Nangong Le to assist Yin Sheng as a guide.

Yin Sheng looked at the situation of his team, there were no more than a hundred people in front and back, eighty or ninety of them were soldiers brought by him, and the rest were servants of the Tong family. The team was very loose, perhaps because they were not going to fight. They even gather together in small groups to chat.

This time he went to Anhe, in order to reduce the burden of food and grass, Yin Sheng only brought less than a hundred soldiers with him, and the rest went to other cities in batches to stabilize the situation.His eyes swept over the entire team, and he couldn't help shaking his head secretly, not to mention the sergeants he brought, these handymen from Tong's family, from the way they chatted and laughed, he knew that they could not be regarded as combat power. , if you meet bandits...

While he was worrying, he heard Dong Yu say with a smile, "But the young master has checked beforehand, and the bandits here are all mobs with little ability, and those victims who are forced to make a living are not worth mentioning..."

Before the words were finished, the person looking for the way ahead galloped forward, and said nervously, "Speak to the general, there is a giant tree blocking the way ahead!"

Everyone was startled, and Dong Yu even asked: "It was cut down by humans?"

The pathfinder replied: "Yes! There are four or five of them. If you want to move them, it will take an hour or two!"

He couldn't help but glanced at Dongyu, as if he was asking——didn't you say they were all mobs?

Dong Yu showed embarrassment and asked for his opinion, "General Yin, do you think we should make a detour?"

Yin Sheng was silent.

Dongyu analyzed: "Although it may be a trap set by bandits, it would be a waste of time to clear the roads, and the bandits may not necessarily target us. They saw that we have many people and no valuable goods. Probably There will be no robbery."

Yin Sheng thought about it, nodded and agreed to let the team bypass.

Compared with the original road, this mountain road is much narrower.Yin Sheng looked around and thought about the roadblock. He always felt that something was not right, and the mountain road was too quiet at the moment. There must be someone ambushing in the forest, so the birds and animals did not approach. It was bandits who set up roadblocks to rob passers-by. He was not afraid of bandits, but...

wrong!Yin Sheng suddenly realized something was wrong!Bandits also have bandits' rules. If they block the main road, the carriages of large caravans will not be able to pass, and even if they are given money, they will not be able to do business. Over time, they will not want to take this road. Die, this breaks the rules!Besides, how could ordinary bandits lie in wait for such a long time and still not act?

Yin Sheng reined in the reins suddenly and shouted loudly: "Stop! Stop!"

The team slowly stopped, and everyone looked at Yin Sheng in confusion.

"General Yin found something wrong?" Dong Yu asked.

"The one who set up an ambush was not an ordinary bandit!" Yin Sheng said hurriedly, before he had time to explain, he shouted loudly at the crowd: "Turn around! Go back the same way, remove those roadblocks, and go from the main road──"

However, before he finished speaking, an arrow pierced through the air, and Yin Sheng drew his sword hastily to block it. With a clang sound, the arrow hit the blade of the sword and fell to the ground.

Yin Shenggao shouted: "There is an ambush! Get ready to fight!"

The sergeants immediately put away their smiles, but at the same time as they drew their weapons, dense figures suddenly appeared in the forest, there were two to three hundred people!

Someone yelled "Kill!", and the bandit rushed down the mountain immediately, fighting with Yin Sheng and others.

Yin Sheng jumped off his horse, raised his sword to meet him, and at the same time shouted at Dong Yu: "Dong Yu, let all the people in your caravan stand behind! Brothers, protect the people in the caravan!"

Yin Sheng commanded like this because in his opinion, those handymen are naturally incapable of fighting, and the soldiers under him don't think there is anything wrong with this, and consciously stand in the front.

Dong Yu seemed to retreat hastily, and said loudly, "Thank you, General!"

Yin Sheng had no time to pay attention to him, and fought with a bandit who rushed in front of him.However, as soon as he fought against each other, he felt something was wrong—this bandit was too powerful!

He made the move with a tentative heart, so he only used [-]% of his strength, but he didn't expect that he was forced to take half a step back when the sword intersected!

Yin Sheng was startled, the masked bandit had already stepped forward, slashing down with his long knife without mercy.

He wants to kill him!

Such a thought flashed through Yin Sheng's mind, and he raised his sword subconsciously to block, this time he also used all his strength──

"Go!" Yin Sheng yelled, pushed the bandit's long knife away, and then caught up with him and swung his sword several times.

But this bandit is not a light-saving lamp, he hastily retreated a few steps in the shadow of swords and swords, avoiding Yin Sheng's attack, and even forced him back with a backhand.

Having a chance to breathe, Yin Sheng was full of doubts. It's okay that this bandit's kung fu is unexpectedly high, but he kills people as soon as he comes up, without mentioning money at all-this is not a bandit, but a killer!Thinking of this and looking at each other again, Yin Sheng strengthened his mind. These "bandits" who set up an ambush were all dressed in black clothes. How could ordinary bandits be so neatly attired?

Yin Sheng caught up and asked, "Who are you! Why did you attack us?"

The man in black didn't speak, his eyes were fixed, and he swung his knife to attack.The strength of the two was equal to that of brothers, and they fought together. After several moves in a row, Yin Sheng suddenly felt a sense of absurd familiarity. The person in front of him seemed to have fought against him before...

Is it a barbarian?

Yin Sheng was puzzled, the swords collided, and the two of them took a step back. He couldn't help but look closely, but the shape of the eyes and the color of the pupils of the other party did not belong to barbarians, but...

Kind of familiar!

Yin Sheng was shocked, he must have seen this person, and even knew him!

As soon as Yin Sheng was distracted, the man in black rushed forward and slashed him down with a knife. Although Yin Sheng managed to avoid it and did not hurt his vitals, the deep knife mark still remained on his shoulder, and the blood flow continued. He remained calm and unmoved. I moved my left hand──I can no longer use force!

The sky darkened unknowingly, black clouds shrouded the top of the head, so that the sun could not penetrate a ray, it seemed that it was going to rain.

"Who are you!" Yin Sheng asked in a low voice, staring straight at the man in black, as if trying to see his identity clearly through the mask.

But the man in black didn't give him this chance, and attacked again.

Just now Yin Sheng had a slight upper hand, but now because of his left hand injury, he can only use his right hand to contend with this person, feeling powerless and gradually losing the upper hand.

It was raining patteringly from the sky, and the rain slowly took away the blood and strength from Yin Sheng's body, and the muddy ground under his feet was dragging his footsteps like a swamp. , he couldn't help but feel a little anxious, if this situation continues, the lives of his party may be left here!

However, at this moment, Dong Yu's voice sounded behind him, "Everyone of the Tong family, Shanzizhen!"

"Yes!"

The orderly responses from the handymen made both sides in the battle slightly startled. Yin Sheng found a gap and turned his head to look, only to see Dong Yu put away his usual smiling and friendly appearance, and he was expressionless. There is an extra layer of majesty from a superior, and he looks calm and calm, without the slightest panic just now.In Yin Sheng's eyes, those handymen who felt disorganized even changed their bodies, showing a terrifying aura. They took out a cylindrical metal stick from their arms one after another, and with a flick of their hand, the metal stick turned into a sharp blade in an instant!

The silhouettes of these handymen flashed, and they suddenly joined the battle, and their attacks were faster and fiercer than anyone thought. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen enemies had fallen, blood flowed like rivers in an instant, and the battle situation was reversed!

A trace of panic flashed in the eyes of the man in black who was fighting with Yin Sheng. He paused, and Yin Sheng immediately caught him. He swung his sword with the right speed, strength, and timing—it was inevitable!

The man in black flew upside down with a scream, and fell into the mud, with sewage splashing everywhere. Yin Sheng chased after him, and pointed his sword point at the man in black's throat, restraining him.

Yin Sheng grabbed the mask, and finally the true face of the man in black was revealed. Yin Sheng took a closer look and exclaimed, "You are the person next to Li Yin!"

The man in black who was recognized didn't care, just snorted coldly.

Yin Sheng was stunned for a moment, and almost let the man in black escape because of his loss of consciousness. Fortunately, a servant of the Tong family nearby made a timely move and restrained the man in black again.

Yin Sheng stared at the man blankly, unable to react for a long time.

Li Yin is a good brother who has been with him many times through life and death. This person in front of him is a sergeant under Li Yin. He made his mark in battle a few months ago. Yin Sheng only met him once, although he doesn't remember his name. but the face is recognizable!

It was his good brother who attacked him?

Yin Sheng couldn't believe this fact, but he suddenly thought of what Tong Le said before. Could it be that the attack in the desert was also...

"It's not Li Yin."

A clear voice sounded from behind, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

Yin Sheng looked back in astonishment, and saw that handsome young man walking towards Shi Shiran with a smile on his face, holding a black umbrella in his hand to open up a small world in the rain curtain, his silver-white body was like the moonlight in the darkness, shining brightly The world around him.

Nangong Le smiled and said to Mimi: "Xiao Shengsheng, you can't just look at the surface." He walked up to the man in black and said unhurriedly: "Lin Lan──oh, maybe I should call you Tengka Lo?"

The man in black suddenly changed his face, and looked at the boy who suddenly appeared in disbelief.

The smile on the corner of Nangong Le's mouth widened a little, "Although you look similar to Yongren, I know that your mother is a barbarian and a nobleman, but it's a pity that she is an illegitimate daughter, and you are just a barbarian. bastard……"

Teng Carlo growled angrily: "You shut up!"

"Tsk, are you angry like this?" Nangong Le wore an angry mocking smile, "I haven't even gotten to the point yet. Tell me, why did you frame Li Yin?"

"I didn't!" Ten Carlo's eyes widened. "Since I've been recognized by you, I have nothing to say!"

Teng Kaluo suddenly sneered and closed his mouth after roaring. Yin Sheng was startled, and immediately realized that the other party wanted to commit suicide. However, it was too late to make a move at this moment, but in the blink of an eye, a white wrist squeezed like lightning quickly. Holding the man in black's chin, his slender fingers seemed useless, but Tenkalo struggled several times but still couldn't close his mouth!

Nangong Le sneered, took out a steel ball from his bosom and stuffed it into his mouth, making the other party unable to shut up. He raised his eyebrows and said, "It's pretty tough, but even if you want to die, I won't allow you to die so quickly."

Seeing that he could not kill himself, Tenkalo turned his head to show his resistance.

Nangong Le chuckled, took the long sword from her servant, took a sword flower in her hand, pointed it at his throat, and said with a smile: "Teng Kaluo, answer my question obediently, if you want to talk, just nod your head, I will show you something again. Now I ask you, who sent you here?"

Yin Sheng also stared closely at the other party.

Teng Kalo remained silent, with a determined face.

"Hmph, compare your patience with me? Let me tell you, the person who can survive three rounds under my interrogation has not yet been born. If you don't want to suffer, it's better to be honest." Nangong Le said with a look of disdain. The long sword moved forward a little, and the sharp tip of the sword immediately pierced Teng Kaluo's throat with blood beads.

But Teng Kalo remained motionless, with blood dripping from his throat, but he didn't even frown.

"Tsk, what a hassle."

Nangong Le smacked his lips, moved the tip of the sword down, pointed at his crotch, and said with a wicked smile: "Hurry up and tell the truth, or... I will cut your descendants in half, and then send you to Xiao In the restaurant. Although no one likes you with thick skin and thick skin, there are always some people with strange tastes. They like to entertain you with leather whips and candles, and they also like to stuff some strange things into your body , let you and some animals..."

"Woooo!" Teng Kaluo's face became uglier the more he heard it, as if he was frightened, he nodded vigorously, and looked at Nangong Le with pleading eyes.

Nangong Le was not in a hurry to let him speak, but said: "Want to talk? Well, let me ask you a few questions first. If you find out that you are lying, your lifeblood will say goodbye to you, you know?" ?”

Teng Carlo nodded.

"Are you sent by Li Yin?"

Yin Sheng looked nervous.

Ten Carlo hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly, as if reluctantly.

Nangong Le smiled slightly, as if he was satisfied, but suddenly stabbed his sword into the root of his thigh.The smile on his face turned into a sneer, and he said coldly, "You are quite brave, you dare to lie in front of me!"

Yin Sheng was shocked, "Why..."

Nangong Le raised his hand to stop Yin Sheng's inquiry, and stared at Teng Kaluo intently, "Teng Kaluo, don't try to lie to me, I know everything about you and your master very well, and now I want you to tell it to someone Listen to someone who doesn’t want to listen to me, if you dare to lie again, I will let you know what life is better than death.”

Teng Kaluo obviously didn't believe Nangong Le's words, and once again showed his unwillingness to cooperate.

Without further ado, Nangong Le pierced his groin with a sword, and the blade almost passed by the opponent's penis. Teng Kaluo's face was pale, trembling in pain, but with an iron ball stuffed in his mouth, he couldn't even scream. He couldn't scream, and everyone else could see that he was in a cold sweat.

Nangong Le leaned down slightly, with a smile on his lips, and said softly, "You don't want to say? Why don't I remind you that although you are under Li Yin's subordinates, you are under Gui Guanghe's orders, right?"

A strange light flashed in Teng Kaluo's eyes, although it was fleeting, Yin Sheng saw it clearly.

"Gui, Gui Guanghe?" Yin Sheng couldn't believe it, he couldn't even speak coherently, and turned to look at Nan Gongle, "What's going on? How do you know?"

Nangong Le smiled like a little devil, and gave Yin Sheng an exasperating answer. "You guess."

Yin Sheng's heart was in a mess, he didn't have the mood to guess, he said angrily, "I can't guess!"

"If you can't figure it out, just wait obediently, and I'll explain it to you later."

Nangong Le giggled, looking harmless to humans and animals, but his hands were unambiguous, and without looking at him, he stabbed Teng Kaluo with a sword again, this time it was the other side of the groin, the sharp sword A piece of skin came off the blade, blood gushed out, meandered and spread out in the rain, and disappeared.

"If you don't talk about it, it's not a piece of skin, but half a root."

As soon as these words came out, all the men present were chilled.

Teng Kaluo has shown signs of struggling. He has no doubts about the authenticity of Nangong Le's words, but...

"Maybe I can remind you?" Nangong Le tapped the opponent's vitals with his sword, and said with a smile, "You were originally a spy sent by the barbarians to the army, but Gui Guanghe owed you money because of gambling." A large debt, and you are taking advantage of this... oops!" Accompanied by Teng Kaluo's sharp gasp and wailing, Nangong Le let out a cry, pretending to be surprised and said: "I'm so sorry, I just softened my hand just now, If you're not careful, you won't be able to hold the sword firmly."

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"

Teng Kaluo screamed, and a piece of flesh was missing from his crotch.Seeing the thing rolling down, the onlookers involuntarily took half a step back, only the members of the Tong family stood motionless.

Finally unable to bear the double torment of mind and body, Tenkalo nodded frantically and whimpered.

Nangong Le smiled and asked, "Are you willing to tell the truth?"

"Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, tears mixed with rainwater to flow all over his cheeks.

Nangong Le asked leisurely: "Then let me ask you, are you sent by Li Yin or Gui Guanghe? If it's the former, just nod, and if the latter shakes your head."

The man in black shook his head quickly.

Nangong Le showed a satisfied smile and motioned his subordinates to take out the iron ball.

The mouth was free, and Tengkalo cried out at once. "I said, I said everything! General Gui asked me to come! I was sent by Elder Xida to join the army in Central Plains! General Gui likes to gamble, so we tricked him into going to the casino, making him lose a lot of money and then owe usury , and the original governor of Mizhou is the same! The governor ran out of the treasury to pay off his debts, but General Gui had nowhere to get money, so he dared not tell others, so he was threatened by us! The last time he attacked General Yin in the desert, he also tipped off the news! I I’ve said it all, just forgive me, forgive me!”

As soon as these words came out, Nangong Le put away the sword with a sneer, and turned to look at Yin Sheng. The latter's pale face was full of shock and pain.