Chapter 62: Butcher of the Crossroads

  In order to capture the enemy quickly, I had to get close to these sturdy men and think of a way to approach him.

  I pulled out a pack of cigarettes, lit one myself and handed it to him, saying "Come on, buddy, have a drag."

  We are now in a cooperative relationship, and he doesn't want to refuse me because of our relationship. However, he is quite vigilant, takes out his own cigarettes, and tells me that he only smokes these.

  During this time, Panzi and I smoothly moved in one by one to the left and right, but we couldn't just smoke without talking, it would be too awkward.

  I'm just making small talk for no reason at all.

  I asked Jiamu what's fun about this place? Especially where is the massage better?

  This is also my experience, when people who practice Taoism get together, talking about women is the fastest way to become familiar with each other. And as expected, once the topic of prostitution was brought up, the men snickered and no longer seemed so awkward, launching into a garrulous discussion of which local prostitutes were the best.

  I was just dragging out the time and didn't really care about the place he mentioned, but Panzi this little beast is not good, actually listened so seriously, even repeatedly agreeing.

  Just as we were about to finish a cigarette, a gunshot suddenly came from the woods.

  I knew Lu Yifeng had made his move, but the whole heart was tangled. We didn't bring a gun, and this gunshot must have been fired by Hei Lao Da and his men. I'm worried that Yifeng got hurt.

  But worrying is useless, the top priority is to deal with these strong men.

  I reacted quickly, shouted loudly and threw a punch at the sturdy men beside me.

  This punch was heading straight for his neck, and if it really hit him, he would definitely be oxygen-deprived in an instant and go into shock.

  Those sturdy guys aren't so easy to deal with. Although they react slowly, half a beat behind me, at the critical moment they suddenly shrink their necks. This punch of mine landed squarely on his chin.

  He groaned in pain and was dragged forward a few more steps by the force of the punch. Pan Zi followed closely behind, but he used another move, first stepping on the left leg of the strong men, making them lose their balance and half-kneel down.

  This way, he was a head shorter than us, and Panzi used his elbow to strike the back of his head with great force.

  A person's elbow is very hard and can be used as a weapon with great force. I was originally delighted to see this, thinking that we would succeed.

  But after Pan Zi's elbow hit him, he came out with a loud "dang" sound, and the strong men didn't even show any signs of dizziness.

  My mind is gone bad, this guy is a real person who doesn't show his face, he's a master of disguise, his whole head has received special training, it's like having some iron-headed skills.

  The strong men were knocked down, and one of them suddenly became spirited. He let out a loud cry, stood up, turned around, grabbed Panzi's collar with both hands, and violently bumped his forehead against Panzi's nasal bone.

  This seems to have a bit of a provocative meaning, isn't Panzi interested in the heads of the Zhuang masters? The Zhuang masters will use his head and let Panzi taste the pain of being beaten.

  And it must be said that this collision was too powerful, Panzi not only had two nostrils bleeding, but also the fake eyelid on his left eye was knocked open, and at first glance, he became a big-eyed and small-eyed person.

  The strong men gave Panzi a slap in the face, and with a loud "thud", Panzi sat down on the ground.

  I thought Panzi could hold on for a while, during which I would take out the waist stick and make another move to support him, and the strong man would be settled. Who would have thought that Panzi would be dealt with so quickly?

  I was about to grab the whip when I had to give up on that plan, and as I saw the strong men turn their heads to look at me, another idea suddenly came to mind.

  His head is hard, it's impossible that his body is also hard, right? At his age, it's impossible to train into steel bones and iron muscles.

  I let out a grunt, bowed my head, and used my shoulder to heavily bump into his small belly, then with one swift motion, I scooped him up and pushed forward.

  We were close to Hei Lao Da's sedan, I pushed a few times and the strong men were pressed against the front cover of the car. I took advantage of the momentum and stretched out my hands, tightly pressing down on his two arms.

  Now that I have a good position to borrow strength from, I can trap the strong men for a short time. I also shouted at Panzi repeatedly, telling him to hurry up and come over.

  My intention was for Panzi to aim at the weak points of those strong men, such as their armpits, and hit them with all his might. But Panzi had a different idea.

  After he sat on the ground, there happened to be a big stone beside him, and he used this stone as a weapon. He grasped it and rushed up, using the corner of the stone to hit the strong men's foreheads, while scolding them with abusive language.

  No matter how hard the men's heads were, they couldn't compare to stones. After a few blows, his forehead was smashed with several big holes, and his face looked like a bloody gourd, gradually fainting away.

  Pan Zi let out a long sigh and told me it was settled.

  But looking at this bloodied suspect, I don't know what to say. In my heart, I think that when the police arrive soon, they will see us two working together to take down just one person, yet struggling so much. They must be secretly ridiculing us.

  I pulled out two small ropes from my pocket, which we had brought with us before. This kind of rope has a special property, it has the elasticity of rubber, but inside is embedded a thin iron wire. When used to bind someone, as long as it's tightened, no matter how hard they struggle, the rope will only sink deeper.

  I and Panzi worked together, tying up the strong men's hands and feet. The two of us left him alone here and rushed to the forest together.

  Pan Zi's nose was bleeding, and he ran while pinching it hard with his hand to stop the bleeding. My whole mind wasn't on Pan Zi at all, but I kept thinking of Lu Yu Feng.

  We didn't know where Ah Feng and Hei Lao Da were hiding, nor did we dare to shout out to ask. We relied on our impression, aiming in the direction of the gunshot earlier, and roughly charged forward blindly.

  But we were lucky and soon found them, I saw that Lu Yifeng was not injured, on the ground lay Hei Lao Da holding a gun and a bodyguard, both had fainted, Lu Yifeng was tying them up.

  I was initially delighted, thinking the task was over, but then suddenly realized that someone was missing.

  Hei Lao Da came in with two bodyguards, which means one of them escaped.

  Lu Yifeng looked at me and Panzi coming over, took out a praising expression and nodded, then threw the rope to Panzi saying "You tie him up, then call the police. Xiao Bai you come with me to chase after him."

  I nodded with Panzi and took action immediately.

  At this time, I took out the stick and followed behind Ah Feng. Lu Yu Feng understood some tracking techniques, he ran while bending down to identify the footprints on the ground.

  His actions reminded me of a hunting dog again.

  That fleeing bodyguard was very clever, choosing to walk through the desolate bushes. The two of us chased after him for half a minute, one in front and one behind, but still didn't see his shadow.

  Just as I was about to give up hope of catching up, Lu Yifeng suddenly stopped and looked around cautiously, saying "The footprints have disappeared here."

  I also took a look around and although I don't understand trace theory, I could tell that this patch of shrubs was a bit disordered, as if someone had been fighting here.

  I find it strange that the bodyguard fled in a hurry, but why did he start fighting halfway? There's no one here, is he fighting himself?

  Lu Yufeng asked me to follow him and take a look around, being more careful to see if we could find anything.

  I didn't dare to leave A Feng too far, taking him as the center and searching around in a circle. When I walked under a dwarf neck tree, suddenly, my neck felt cool, as if hit by raindrops.

  I was quite puzzled, thinking that with the starry sky tonight, how could it be raining? Along with my thoughts, I touched it casually, but when I saw a patch of red on my palm, my head buzzed.

  I hastily retreated two steps back and stared at that dwarf neck tree.

  The branches and leaves of this dwarf tree are too lush, and it's impossible to see what's inside. I have an idea that the bodyguard might be hiding in the tree.

  My whole heart was tight, I raised the whip and swept it against the branches.

  I was all prepared, and as soon as someone jumped down from the dwarf neck tree, I turned my head and ran away, avoiding his attack first. But I never thought that with a swish of this, a bloody head would pop out from among the branches.

  It's actually an understatement to describe it as a bloody head, the hair on his head was completely dyed red with blood, and the drops of blood on my neck earlier were dripping from this very hair.

  I was frightened by this scene, and looking along the side, half of the right face skin of this head was gone.

  I couldn't control myself and hastily shouted at Ah Feng.

  Lu Yifeng was not far from me and rushed over immediately. When he saw the bloody head, he said with certainty, "It's that bodyguard, how did he end up dead here?"

  I no longer care whether the bodyguard is dead or not, but this method of killing suddenly reminds me of the killer who carved wooden puppets. I didn't expect him to be so skilled, and he's been following us all along, like a vengeful spirit that won't leave us alone. But there's one question: why did he kill this fleeing bodyguard?

  I didn't have time to think carefully, Lu Yifeng asked me to wait, he climbed up the tree again, wanting to get this corpse down.

  The corpse was tied up with a rope around its feet and hung upside down. If Lu Yifeng had loosened the rope, the corpse would have fallen to the ground by itself. In order not to damage the corpse, he also gave me a despicable task, asking me to support the corpse and slowly lift it to the ground.

  I looked at the blood-covered face and my whole body got goosebumps, let alone being able to calmly carry the corpse. I wanted to refuse Ah Feng, but Ah Feng didn't give me a chance to retort, immediately loosening the ropes and lowering the body down.

  I'm so unlucky, I had no choice but to look away and keep telling myself in my heart that it's not a corpse, but a mannequin.

  Under this benevolent deception, I used my shoulders to carry the corpse and completed the task.

  It just so happened that my shirt was ruined again, all covered in blood.

  Lu Yifeng jumped down from the tree and walked up to the corpse, examining it carefully. He even pinched open its mouth and said, "It's another Triangular Thorn."

  I said, "Let's not autopsy here, just hand it over to the police forensic doctor." And I asked him, "The killer of the wooden puppet is definitely still nearby. Shouldn't we request more police force and search this area thoroughly?"

  Lu Yifeng surprisingly shook his head and said, "That assassin is very formidable, searching won't work, let's wait for him to take the initiative to find us. For now, we should hurry up and meet with Panzi."

  I can tell that Lu Yifeng is very familiar with this killer's background, and after he said that, I'm also worried about Panzi. I thought to myself that the ruthless beast's skills are not good, and the killer might take advantage of us being distracted to make a move on Panzi, which would put Panzi in danger.