Chapter 3: The Murderer's Own Sword

  "Don't move! Young Master Lin! I didn't expect this! I didn't think your skills were so good, brother. I was wrong about you. Originally, I wanted to let you off, but you were too ruthless. My two brothers lost their lives unjustly, and as the big brother, I have to avenge them and save face."

  Lin Fei didn't relax his guard against Qingzi at all. When he saw Qingzi push the two people over and reach into his chest, he knew what this kid was going to do. He slid forward a few steps, his right hand's short knife stabbing into one of them with a "pu" sound, while his left hand grabbed onto the other one.

  When Qingzi pulled out the gun, Lin Feifei kicked one foot and kicked the person who was stabbed in the chest over, and quickly dragged another person to slide towards Qingzi.

  Qingzi was gloating when he suddenly saw Lin Fei do this, his face changed greatly. He didn't have time to think much, his feet stomped quickly as he flashed backwards, but Lin Fei was even faster. Before Qingzi could catch his breath, Lin Fei had already dragged that person in front of him.

  Qingzi wanted to shoot, but Lin Fei always held that person in front of him, making it impossible for Qingzi to find an opportunity to strike. As Lin Fei approached, Qingzi gritted his teeth and turned to run, but where could he go? Lin Fei raised the person and slammed them towards Qingzi's body.

  "Ah yo!" "Plop!" Qingzi had just run out a few steps when he was knocked to the ground. He crawled forward with his hands and feet for several steps before he couldn't crawl anymore, and Lin Fei's foot stepped on him.

  Qingzi's intestines were already regretful, he was secretly resentful and hated himself for not having a word with Lin Fei. If they had settled it once and for all, wouldn't everything be fine? But now it's too late to think about anything.

  Lin Fei snatched the Mauser pistol from Qingzi's hand with a swift movement, and Qingzi's face turned pale as he trembled all over, shouting "Grandfather spare my life! Grandfather spare my life!"

  Lin Fei kicked Qingzi into the wall corner with one foot, turned around and took a look, the remaining few people were stunned, not daring to move.

  Lin Fei waved his gun: "All of you come over here! Tie this dog thing up for me!"

  Those people trembled as they tied up Qingzi, a fierce glint flashed in Lin Fei's eyes, and the several people couldn't help but shudder, plop, plop, plop, one by one knelt down, one of them quietly making a bow to Lin Fei, hoping that Lin Fei would spare their lives.

  Lin Fei didn't even glance at them and pulled up a chair to sit down: "Qingzi! What kind of people are you? You all participated in the Lin family's case, right?"

  At this time, Qingzi had long lost his arrogance earlier. He trembled and crawled in front of Lin Fei, knocking his head like pounding garlic: "Master Lin! Grandpa Lin! Spare us! We are also entrusted by others!"

  "Hmph! Answer me!"

  "Ah! Old Master Lin! We're from the Fire Dragon Mountain in the west of the city. We only came up the mountain because we had no other choice! I swear to you, I've never done anything to harm our fellow villagers. And those two young ones you just killed with your own hands, they were covered in the blood of your own Lin family's sacrifices!"

  Lin Fei slowly turned his face, his sharp eyes made Qingzi dare not look directly at him: "What do you have to say?"

  Those people looked at each other, a thin man crawled over on his knees: "Old Master Lin! Please spare us? Qingzi is not what he said earlier, he is the second master of our Huolong Mountain."

  A flash of viciousness flickered in Qingzi's eyes, and when he saw Lin Fei's gaze sweep over, he hastily lowered his head: "Grandpa Lin! I don't dare to deceive you! I..."

  Lin Fei waved his hand and pointed at the person from earlier: "You continue speaking!"

  "Yes! We have more than a hundred brothers in Huolong Mountain. This time, everything was discussed by the second master, no! It was Qingzi himself who talked to Zhang Yunbin. Our big master doesn't know about this matter because he has been out for over half a month." The person continued to say.

  Lin Fei raised an eyebrow: "What does this mean? Are you saying that if your master was here, this wouldn't have happened?"

  He nodded: "Yes! Old Master Lin, you don't know this, but our big boss has a rule that we can rob and steal, but absolutely cannot harm people's lives. Last year, one of the brothers accidentally injured someone's life, and when our big boss found out, he cut off that brother's arm."

  "Oh? There's this too?" Lin Fei was slightly surprised, and he gestured for the person to continue speaking.

  "What's more! Our master hates it the most when people collude with government officials. He says that there are no good people in the government, and if our master were at home, this thing would never have happened. That's right! The bloody case at the old master's house two days ago was done by Second Master and Third Son, Liangzi and others. We didn't dare to take action because we were afraid of being blamed by Master!"

  The murderous aura between Lin's eyebrows grew thicker and thicker, causing Qingzi to be frightened out of his wits: "Master Lin! Spare me! I was also splashed with dog blood on my head, and in a moment of confusion, I did something stupid. I won't dare do it again..."

  Lin Fei slowly stood up: "Where is Zhang Yunbin's home? Why did he want to take action against our Lin family?"

  "Grandfather! Why did you deal with the Lin family without telling me? I didn't even ask, their house is just behind the station street, but there are many soldiers there. If you go, it's likely to be troublesome."

  "Hmph! No need for you to remind me! All of you, get out of here immediately! Don't let me see you again!"

  Those few people scrambled to their feet as if they had been granted a great amnesty. Lin Fei pointed at Qingzi: "You stay! I haven't settled accounts with you yet!"

  Qīngzi was so frightened that his soul flew away, and his eyes were filled with fear: "Lín... Lín yéye! Yóu... Yóu jiù... jiù ráo le xiǎo de ba! Wǒ... wǒ zài yě..."

  Lin Fei's eyes flashed with a hint of ferocity, he took a step forward and raised his foot to stomp down, immediately followed by the sound of bones shattering and several blood-curdling screams, and in an instant the courtyard fell silent.

  A bustling scene unfolded on the street behind the station, with pedestrians and vendors occupying most of the road. At the end of the street stood a grand mansion with the two large characters "Zhang Fu" written in gold powder, which seemed particularly eye-catching. The black lacquered gate was especially striking, while the two stone lions at the entrance appeared to be showing off their bloody mouths to passersby. Two soldiers with rifles slung over their shoulders leaned against the doorframe, looking tired.

  Lin Fei walked around the Zhang family's large courtyard several times, this Zhang family's large courtyard was really too big, it was over a hundred mu in size. In order to prevent outsiders from entering, the walls surrounding the courtyard were two or three meters high, it seemed that they had spent a lot of thought on this aspect.

  At around 4 or 5 o'clock in the early spring, the sky darkened, but the Zhang family's large courtyard was as bright as daylight. The four sides were all high-hanging lanterns. As the sky gradually darkened, the pedestrians on the street behind the house gradually disappeared, followed by a desolate atmosphere.

  The grandfather clock in the Zhang family's courtyard struck twelve, and the lights in each of the houses went out one by one. The two men at the gate couldn't stop yawning, muttering to themselves, rubbing their hands, and pacing back and forth.

  A dark figure appeared near the Zhang family's large courtyard, and through the distant lights, only a person in black clothes and hat was seen, with a black cloth covering his face, revealing only two eyes that seemed to be full of spirit.

  A man in black was hiding behind a big tree, observing. As the sound of the night watchman's call came from the courtyard, several lanterns outside the wall were extinguished one after another, leaving only two lanterns at the gate swaying back and forth in the cold wind.

  The man in black came quickly to the outside of the courtyard wall, he carefully listened with his ear against the wall, then took out a flying tiger claw from his bosom and looked around before throwing it with force. The flying tiger claw stuck firmly on top of the courtyard wall, the man in black climbed up like a nimble cat along the rope, and soon everything was quiet again.

  After a while, the man in black appeared in the yard. He came along the wall to the backyard and looked around, shaking his head. The yard was pitch black, and it was impossible to tell which direction was which.

  Just as the man in black was hesitating, a light came on in one of the rooms. The man in black hastily dodged and hid in the shadows. After a long time with no one coming out, he crept forward stealthily.

  A voice came from inside the house, and the man in black quietly put his ear to the window and listened for a while. He slowly got up, moistened his finger with saliva, and silently wetted the window, revealing a small hole that let in a ray of light.