Chapter 42: Clearing the Gate and Cutting the Grass (Part 1)

  Lao San sighed and waved his hand at several brothers behind him. The several brothers nodded and carried the six corpses into the hall with stretchers from outside the door.

  Shan Yixuan furrowed his brow and walked up to one of the brothers, his night attire already soaked with blood. Looking at the knife wound on the brother's body, Shan Yixuan completely confirmed his own speculation.

  The people who ambushed them were not members of the special forces, but Xiao Feng and Liu San had also trained them in a series of exercises. By comparison, they were already very excellent. At such close range, if it was an enemy, it would be impossible to take them down without making any noise. The only way was to pretend to be familiar with them, take advantage of their carelessness, and use the knife to silently end the battle.

  Shan Yixuan looked at the wounds of six people, and the identical wounds made Shan Yixuan furious.

  "Xuan Ge, what did you figure out?" Lao San asked in a low voice as he saw Shan Yi Xuan's angry expression.

  Shan Yixuan took a deep breath, nodded and said: "The only person who can kill them with cold weapons so simply and effortlessly without startling the enemy is one of our own people. I don't believe anyone else can get that close to them undetected."

  "Xuan Ge's meaning is, it must be done by Zu Jianmin's people?" Xiao Feng asked as he stepped forward.

  Shan Yixuan sighed and coldly laughed: "Apart from this guy, I really don't know who else could do something like this!"

  "Damn it, that son of a bitch with the surname Zǔ, I'll catch him and twist his head off to use as a urinal!" Lǎo Sān slammed his hand heavily on the table.

  "It doesn't matter if it's a urine pot or not, what matters is ensuring the safety of several elderly people. It's best to capture this person alive!" Dān Yìxuān smiled sinisterly, he was indeed an expert at torturing people.

  "Did you guys notice where Zujianmin went last night?" Xiao Feng asked as he walked up to the twenty-four brothers.

  "Last night, one of Zujianmin's subordinates said that the second master ordered Zujianmin to escort a few elders to Kongque Ling. We were also hesitant at the time, but Zujianmin said that the second master's instructions on this matter must be kept absolutely confidential, so we didn't report it to you!" A brother of the dark horn said in a low voice.

  "Haha!" Shuang Yixuan smiled and said, "Good kid, using my name to bully others, where is the Peacock Feather?" Shuang Yixuan looked at Old Three.

  "The Peacock Feather is on the west side of Qinglong Village, but that's Tiger's territory. We've never gotten along with them because a few years ago, we snatched their business and became sworn enemies. Now that we've grown stronger, those people from Tiger's gang don't even dare to set foot in Yangcheng."

  "Map!" Di Yixuan licked his tongue tip, this ancestor was really interesting.

  As soon as Shan Yixuan's words fell, Xiao Feng spread out a map of the surrounding area of Yangcheng in front of him. Shan Yixuan looked at the route from Qinglong Village to Kongque Ling and laughed, laughing extremely happily, making everyone feel surprised.

  "Xuan Ge, what's wrong?" Lao San asked, looking at Xuan Yi Xuan who couldn't stop laughing.

  "Look at the map," said Shan Yixuan, "behind Qinglong Village is a steep cliff, it's a dead end. Even if our special forces team went down, I wouldn't feel at ease, let alone with several elderly people? If we want to go to Kongque Ling, we have to take the main road down the mountain, and after getting down the mountain, we still need to walk for at least three hours to get there. You just said that a few years ago, we had a run-in with the old tiger of Kongque Ling. Zu Jianmin is very clever, he wants us to bring people to Kongque Ling to find the old tiger and demand people back, then have a fierce battle with the old tiger's men, while he sits back and enjoys the benefits. Not simple at all! Haha, what a talent, but also a complete idiot!"

  Upon hearing Dan Yixuan's explanation, several people couldn't help but laugh, never expecting that Zu Jianmin would have such thoughts, truly underestimating this guy.

  "Order twenty brothers to guard the road down the mountain, and give me all the bullets. We can't let anyone escape. If we let this cunning guy go, it'll be harder to catch him again than a loach! Single Yixuan paused for a moment, then continued: "The rest of you, search the mountain thoroughly, I want to see where these guys are hiding!" If Zu Jianmin's heart wasn't so heavy with schemes, he might have become Single Yixuan's trusted assistant. Now it seems that this person is just a troublemaker."

  "Yes!" With Single Yixuan's command, everyone turned around and walked out. The entire hall was suddenly left with only Liu San, Xiao Feng, and Single Yixuan.

  Shan Yixuan looked at the three people and smiled: "Brothers, it's time to get to work. Let's go clean up the door! As for Zu Jianmin, try to capture him alive. Do you have confidence?"

  "Of course!" The three people said in unison.

  "Xiao Feng's first shot, let's just say it's for Big Brother to clean up the door! Except for Zu Jianmin, anyone else can be killed! Since we are cutting grass, we must eradicate it, otherwise the wildfire will not burn out, and the spring breeze will blow again."

  Shan Yixuan picked up the revolver on the table, loaded it with bullets and walked out first. The three men carried long guns on their backs, one of them holding a handgun followed Shan Yixuan out. The simultaneous appearance of the special forces made all the brothers extremely excited, this was the largest "clearing the door" action in the history of Qinglong Fort, also the first time Qinglong Fort had taken "mowing the grass" action against its own brothers! Such a large array and scale, was rare since the establishment of Qinglong Fort.

  Zu Jianmin's betrayal sounded the alarm for all brothers in Qinglong Village, this is the first lesson that Shan Yixuan taught them, this is the outcome of betrayal. Shan Yixuan wants to make this matter a long-lasting warning in everyone's heart.

  If the previous guard force could see whether a fly flying over was male or female, now the brothers of Qinglong Village should be able to distinguish between male and female mosquitoes. From the foot of the mountain to the top, each person is separated by a distance of five meters, searching horizontally. In addition, Shan Yixuan specially arranged several snipers in high places to cover up, so as not to have unexpected situations that cannot be controlled.

  "Listen up, everyone! We've already lost six brothers at the hands of Zhu Jianmin. From now on, he's our enemy and has nothing to do with Qinglong Village anymore. What was that oath we once swore? Who can remind me?" Lao San led a team of people in a meticulous search halfway up the mountain.

  "Guns will never be aimed at brothers, knives will never cut brothers!" The voices of the brothers echoed through the mountains.

  Xiao Feng led a team of people walking on the mountain top, hearing the sound from halfway up the mountain to the top, couldn't help but smile, and loudly shouted: "Brothers, being merciful to the enemy is being cruel to ourselves. What is our purpose for this trip? Who can tell me?"

  "Sweep away the traitors, cut off their roots! Capture Zujianmin alive!" The brothers' voices echoed through the valley, and almost everyone near Qinglong Village could hear it clearly.

  "Xuan Ge, look at these two, they're still laughing and joking around at a time like this!" Liu San and Shan Yi Xuan led a team of people walking down the mountain.

  Shan Yixuan smiled and said, "It's better this way. I actually hope the commotion gets even bigger."

  "Huh? Is Xuan Ge trying to scare Zujianmin?" Liu San said as he walked. Indeed, with such a large-scale blanket search, not even a mouse hole would be spared, let alone twenty or so big living people? If they continued searching like this, they would soon reveal their tracks and have nowhere to go.

  Shan Yixuan smiled and nodded, Nannan said: "Zu Jianmin's heart is too heavy, let the brothers behind him be careful, I think they won't last much longer."

  Shan Yixuan finished speaking, and Liu San immediately turned around and shouted loudly: "Brothers, all of you must boost your morale, don't let the blind bullets get the better of you. Our lives may be worthless, but we can't let them fall into the hands of these bastards. Keep your eyes wide open, we must capture Zu Jianmin alive and annihilate his accomplices. Do you have confidence?"

  "Capture Zujianmin alive and annihilate his accomplices! Capture Zujianmin alive and annihilate his accomplices!"

  Hearing the deafening response, Liu San gave a sly smile to Shan Yixuan and muttered to himself: "We can't be much worse than them, right?"

  Lao San and Xiao Feng looked down the mountain together, and several people couldn't help but burst out laughing. A tense and playful search battle was passionately performed at Qinglong Village.

  An hour later, the brothers' carpet search had narrowed down to the last valley. The valley was called "Wang Ba Cave", because there was a small hole above the valley that could only accommodate one person coming and going. Although the hole was very small, the inside space was very large, at least fifty people could rest together without feeling suffocated. If there was a heavy machine gun, plus strong ammunition support, it would be extremely difficult to take down this cave entrance. This is the legendary defensive terrain of "one man holding the pass, ten thousand men can't open". Anyone who escaped to Wang Ba Cave was very hard to get out, so it was named Wang Ba Cave, with the implication of a turtle shrinking its head.

  "Xuan Ge, the valley in front is Wang Ba Dong." Xiao Feng and Lao San ran from the top of the mountain to the bottom in one breath, standing in front of Shan Yi Xuan, both looking exceptionally calm. If it were before training, the two would have been lying on the ground, panting non-stop.

  Shan Yixuan curled up her mouth and smiled: "Wang Badong, this name is really good!"

  Several people heard what Xuan said and couldn't help but roll their eyes. "Xuan, we haven't searched the cliff or the steep wall, only Wang Ba Cave is left in front of us, could Zhu Jianmin be inside?" Xiao Feng asked with some concern. Although no one usually says anything, almost all the brothers in the village know that Zhu Jianmin is a follower who will follow anyone with money, and if he's being used by the devils, it would be a huge threat to Qinglong Village. This was also what Xuan Yixuan was worried about.

  "Have the steep cliffs along the way been checked for anyone? Are there any signs of rock climbing?" Shuang Yixuan was worried that these guys would take the elders down the "rope ladder".

  "Xuan Ge, brothers have all checked, no signs of rock climbing. And no rope ladder was found!" Lao San reported seriously.

  Shan Yixuan nodded, a sly smile spreading across his face as he pointed in the direction of Wang Badong and said: "It seems that this guy really went to become a turtle, let's go meet our ancestor in the front mountain valley!"