Chapter 3【003】Ambush
The cold wind blew and snowflakes fluttered.
Han Ming walked hurriedly on the street. After returning from outside the city, he went home first and took a shower to remove the smell of blood.
At this moment, I hurried to the class room because I heard that there was an action in the evening. I was late, but I had no chance.
"Han Ming."
Just as I took a shortcut and turned into the alley, I heard a shout coming from behind.
Subconsciously, Han Ming paused and turned to look behind him, "Liu Xiaoji? What can I do for you?"
After that, he picked up his steps and continued on his way.
"Han Ming, your chance has come."
Liu Xiaoji, who was wearing a uniform and had a lean figure and was a head shorter than Han Ming, caught up with him and walked quickly beside Han Ming. He said, "I got news that Gu Zheng's action at night will probably fail. He went to the National People's Congress Chances are everyone will die."
"Then what?" Han Ming responded indifferently without stopping.
"Then, our opportunity comes!"
Liu Xiaoji clenched his fist hard and waved it excitedly, "As long as Gu Zheng dies, we can go around fishing for money and water as we did before, eat and drink, and go to the brothel every day! Gu Zheng has a lot of money, so he has nothing to worry about. There is no shortage of women when it comes to food and clothing, so why should we be allowed to drink clear soup and not enough water? Han Ming, do you think this is true?"
"Tell me the important point." Han Ming was impatient.
"Hehe~" Liu Xiaoji was not angry. He looked around and lowered his voice, "The key point is that during the night operation, if Gu Zheng wants to escape, you can find an opportunity to trick him from behind. Mr. Zhang said that as long as Gu Zheng dies, the arrest will be The position of head is yours. If it weren't for Gu Zheng, you would have been the head catcher half a year ago! It was Gu Zheng..."
"Master Zhang asked you to come?"
Han Ming interrupted abruptly, "Master Zhang can put me in the position without looking back. Are you sure?"
"I……"
"It's enough to deceive the ignorant villagers in the mountains. Don't embarrass yourself in the city." Han Ming sneered, "You, Liu Xiaoji, are as brave as ever, but don't treat other people as fools."
"Gu Tou prohibits us from making money from the common people, but which brother doesn't get Fan Lou's monthly dividend? Even if he sacrifices his family, he will continue to receive it on his behalf, and you, Liu Xiaoji, won't take any less!"
Reaching out and tapping the chest of Liu Xiaoji, who had an ugly face and was speechless, Han Ming shouted coldly, "Finally, you want me to serve as a gun at your command, are you qualified!?"
After speaking, he pushed Liu Xiaoji away, stopped entangled, and strode away.
Liu Xiaoji's face turned green and red for a while, then he breathed out and cursed, "Go to hell, it's best if you all die!"
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Criminal arrest squad room.
In the main hall, Gu Zheng was sitting behind the desk, his eyebrows solemn, and he was constantly rehearsing tonight's plan to eliminate the demon in his mind.
The demon needs to be eliminated, but the current information about the demon is all inferred.
Fast and powerful.
In response to these two aspects, responses are indispensable.
And what about the others?
What about defense?
Will it be magic?
If so, what kind of magic is it?
The demonic skills on the panel clearly tell Gu Zheng that demons are not only outstanding in the physical aspect, but also have a high probability of being able to perform magic arts!
It’s true to eliminate demons, but the safety of your subordinates must also be taken into consideration.
"Head, everyone is here."
While thinking, a person came in from the door and bowed to report.
"Um."
Gu Zheng nodded, put away his thoughts, stood up and walked outside.
Standing on the steps, Gu Zheng had a stern look on his face, his eyes glanced at the thirty or so people standing silently in the hall, holding knives to catch the police, and said loudly.
"The risk factor of tonight's operation is the highest in history. Including me, there is a chance of a narrow escape. Although you are not the main force and are only responsible for the periphery, once the battle breaks out, no one can predict whether the murderer will fight for a breakout." , go straight to the outer circle.”
"So, you must remain extremely vigilant when taking action. If there is a little..."
"Gu Tou, the county magistrate is looking for you in an emergency." A clerk suddenly ran in quickly and whispered in Gu Zheng's ear, "Your Excellency is waiting outside."
Gu Zheng nodded and continued, "What needs to be said has been said before. In short, there is only one life, and only by living can you have a future. Wear protective clothing down there, and we will set off when I come back."
"yes!"
A group of detectives responded in unison, dispersed and walked to the corner, picked up protective clothing with iron plates hidden on the front and back, and put them on.
Gu Zheng here came outside the class room and saw Tong Yuanshan.
"grown ups……"
"Gu Zheng~" Tong Yuanshan frowned, biting a cucumber, and whispered angrily and guiltily, "I'm so ashamed. I didn't ask Pang Qianding to send out county soldiers to help. That idiot said that the cook misplaced the food at noon. After the attack on Croton, all the county soldiers in the camp were recruited. They were lying in their huts from time to time and had no energy to come out to fight! "
Gu Zheng, "..."
"That old guy Pang Qian Ding is blind to money. If he doesn't have money, we don't want him to send troops." Tong Yuanshan took a bite of the cucumber bitterly and ate it hard, "But this time the situation is different. I threatened him in person, so he was unwilling to do so. Twenty pieces of iron armor and ten powerful crossbows are provided, Gu Zheng, take a look..."
"That's enough."
Gu Zheng, who wanted to say that he would pay for it, then said, "With the iron armor and strong crossbow, that's enough. As a county soldier, without the iron armor and strong crossbow, a real fight would be just like that."
"Yes, the county soldiers are rotten from top to bottom, and their combat effectiveness has long been exhausted."
Tong Yuanshan swallowed the cucumber, slowed down his movements, and breathed a sigh of relief, "But, Gu Zheng, what we have to deal with this time is a demon after all. None of the demons in this novel are simple, so you must be careful."
"clear!"
Gu Zheng nodded and clasped his fists to show respect.
Afterwards, he accepted the armor and crossbows brought by Tong Yuanshan and put them on the carriage and covered with thick cloth.
Returning to the squad room, Gu Zheng faced the gazes of more than thirty police officers and said loudly, "The situation has changed. We are the only ones doing the action tonight, but the magistrate has provided us with twenty pieces of iron armor and ten powerful crossbows. "
"Han Ming, Li Yidao, Wang Meng..."
After calling the names of twenty people in succession, Gu Zheng said in a deep voice, "You guys put on your armor."
"yes!"
Han Ming, Li Yidao and others responded in unison, walked to the side, took off their protective clothing, and with the help of a group of civilian personnel, put on armor.
"The remaining people will immediately become familiar with the strong crossbow."
Gu Zheng faced the remaining agents, waved his hand and said, "We will set off in a quarter of an hour!"
"yes!"
Everyone responded and got busy immediately, working in pairs to quickly get started controlling the crossbow.
A powerful crossbow often requires two people, one to eject and one to load the arrow.
If they cooperate well, their lethality will be unparalleled, even if the master has to avoid it.
Without good coordination, he is not as good as an archer.
A group of people are busy at work.
Han Ming suddenly walked into the lobby and came to Gu Zheng, who was resting with his eyes closed. He said softly, "Boss, I met Liu Xiaoji on the way to the Yamen. He wanted me to find an opportunity to do something behind his back during my actions at night." Just tell me what Mr. Zhang meant."
"I didn't think much about it before, but now the county soldiers are unwilling to help. Tell me, could it be Master Zhang's trick? Is it because Pang Qian Ding refuses to send troops?"
"...I understand." Gu Zheng said calmly, "Don't make this matter public."
"clear."
Han Ming clasped his fists, then turned and left.
‘As for why Pang Qian Ding refused to send troops, it turned out that Zhang Laohu was behind it. ’
Although the personnel and property rights of the garrison of the City Defense Department are not under the jurisdiction of the county government.
But in name, they still have to obey the county magistrate's command.
After all, the county government is responsible for distributing food and drink.
The main reason why the garrison captain Pang Qian Ding dared to refuse was because the county captain Zhang Hucheng had been fighting privately with Tong Yuanshan.
Especially since Tong Yuanshan hired Gu Zheng as the head catcher, and Gu Zheng ignored his superior, Zhang Hucheng had long regarded him as a thorn in his side and a thorn in his side.
Now that he had the opportunity to make Gu Zheng suffer a big loss or even lose his life, Zhang Hucheng would naturally not let it go.
The only question is, how did Zhang Hucheng know that operating at night was very dangerous?
"Is it possible that this tiger knows about the existence of demons?"
Gu Zheng was thoughtful.
As for what Han Ming said about him.
When he first entered the arresting room, Gu Zheng was still thinking too much.
Now...
Han Ming blocked the knife for him three times.
…………
Snowflakes are still falling.
The sky began to darken.
At the gate of the Runan King's Courtyard, Gu Zheng led a group of heavily armed policemen and stood outside the door, knocking on the heavy copper door.
Dong Dong~
"The Yamen is handling the case and has been ordered to conduct a search. Please open the door." Han Ming, dressed in iron armor, shouted towards the door.
No one responded.
There was silence behind the door.
"Xiaoqi."
Gu Zheng, who was in front of the crowd, immediately shouted to a sixteen-year-old boy who was looking enviously at his comrades in armor and wearing only protective clothing.
"ah?"
When he suddenly heard the summons, Tao Qi was stunned for a moment, then reacted, smiled dryly at Gu Zheng, and said awkwardly, "Sorry, I was distracted just now, I'm going to go up the wall."
After that, he ran towards the tall wall at a trot, and in two lunges, he climbed up to the top of the wall which was more than ten feet high.
Standing on the wall, he glanced inside for a few times, then turned and shouted to Gu Zheng, "Brother Zheng, there is no one in there, not a single one."
No one?
Gu Zheng frowned, then thought of something, tiptoed, and quickly climbed up to the wall, and jumped directly in.
"Going in now?"
Seeing this, Tao Qi hurriedly climbed down the wall.
"Brother Zheng..."
"Go and open the door." Gu Zheng raised his hand and strode towards the courtyard in front of the other courtyard.
"……yes."
Tao Qi didn't dare to say anything, so she ran to the door and opened it from the inside.
Gu Zheng walked out of the path and walked around the rockery. A skinny corpse with all its internal organs eviscerated suddenly came into view.
After a pause, Gu Zheng continued to walk forward, passed through the corridor, and entered the garden. Another corpse with its internal organs removed came into view.
This time, I kept walking, moved simultaneously, concentrated, and listened carefully to what was going on around me.
As a result, there was nothing, and the huge courtyard was completely silent.
On the other hand, Han Ming and others came in through the gate and hurriedly caught up with Gu Zheng.
"Head, the people here..."
"They're all dead." Gu Zheng interrupted calmly, "It's getting dark, so immediately set up an ambush site and prepare for action."
"……yes!"
The group took orders.
He quickly found a spacious open space and deployed the flying claws, reins, fish gill nets, torches, and powerful crossbows.
When everything is done, the detectives wearing protective clothing will all go up to the roof or the tree.
Those wearing iron armor each found a hidden corner and hid.
Gu Zheng personally carried the two prisoners with cloth balls stuffed in their mouths and tied with ropes, and placed them in the center of the open space.
"Chi~" "Chi~"
One person was cut with a knife, and blood flowed out.
Ignoring the struggles and roars of the two prisoners, Gu Zheng calmly retreated to the corner, scanning several possible directions, holding his breath and waiting patiently.
The corpses in the other courtyard had been dead for several days, which was enough to prove that the monster was hiding in the compound where the prince lived.
The other party won't come out until dark.
By this time, dusk had fallen.
Gu Zheng hid less than a stick of incense, and the night completely enveloped him.
It was quiet all around, and there was no sound of insects.
All the detectives were waiting nervously.
The two prisoners in the center of the clearing were struggling more and more fiercely, causing more and more blood to flow from the wounds.
Finally, the sound of rolling stones was heard in the distance, and a black shadow rushed over quickly.
With Gu Zheng's hearing and eyesight, as soon as he heard it, he saw a rat as big as a calf rushing into the open space, knocking down one of the two prisoners, tearing open his abdomen with sharp claws, and burying his head in to devour it. Organs and blood.
The eyes of another prisoner next to him suddenly widened, and his originally angry and aggrieved expression instantly turned into fear and horror. His chest heaved violently and his body kept shaking. Suddenly, he stretched out his legs and his eyeballs turned white. He was scared to death.
"Squeak~!"
The giant rat, which was munching on the fresh internal organs, noticed it and raised its head in dissatisfaction, revealing its scarlet eyes and sharp fangs, biting through the chest and abdomen of the corpse, and devoured it with big mouthfuls, as if it was eating while it was hot.
The detectives lurking around saw this scene in a hazy state, and were all shocked and horrified, forgetting everything else.
Before Gu Zheng came, he emphasized several times the dangers of action and the narrow escape from death.
But actually facing the demon eating people live still made everyone tremble with fear and their hands and feet were cold.
Even Gu Zheng's heartbeat accelerated.
This was also the first time he saw a demon.
Taking a deep breath, Gu Zheng forced himself to calm down and shouted.
"Do it!"
Huh~huh~huh~
Whoa!
He was so nervous that he forgot about the other agents, and upon hearing the order, he instinctively took action.
The fish gill nets lurking underground took the lead in covering the giant rat, and then the flying claws were thrown out from the corners, accurately entangled with each other, and bound the giant rat.
Torches were lit one after another, illuminating the entire open space and even the surrounding area, making it extremely bright.
Whoosh whoosh!
On the roof and on the treetops, ten powerful crossbows were fired at the same time. The thick crossbow arrows shone with cold light, tearing up the airflow and heading straight for the giant rat.
"Puff! Puff! Puff~"
Six of the ten crossbow arrows penetrated the giant rat's body, splattering drops of blood.
"Zhihou~!"
The giant rat that was caught in the surprise screamed sharply on the spot. Its body as big as a calf seemed to be covered with scales under the firelight, and it dragged the crossbow arrow towards the direction it came from.
But due to the combination of fish gill net and flying claws, he was pulled into the open space and struggled continuously.
"Keep cumming!"
Gu Zheng stood up, waved his hand and shouted, "Throw the spear too!"
Whoosh~
Everyone had no time to respond. One by one, those who shot arrows shot arrows, and those who threw spears threw spears.
Crossbow arrows and spears kept calling the giant rat, and more than half of them were submerged in the body.
But the giant rat's struggle did not diminish at all. Instead, it dragged the fish gill net, waving its tail fiercely, and struggled left and right.
"not good!"
A policeman wearing iron armor felt his eyes blurred, and while he was shouting in surprise, he was approached by a giant rat and swept towards him with its thick and long tail.
Bang~
“Puff!”
Under the muffled sound, the catcher vomited blood and flew backwards, falling into the flowers.
The giant rat roared, and took the opportunity to tear open the fishing net with its sharp claws. It took the crossbow arrows and spears on its body and rushed out to the empty corner.
The police officers in other corners were immediately taken away and fell to the ground.
Uh-huh!
Gu Zheng swung his sword and rushed over in time to block the way.
The figure moved left and right, and the long knife in his hand brought up the afterimages, which were completely natural and covered a ten-foot area around the body. As he wandered, he got close to the giant rat.
"Pfft~!"
The sword light bloomed, and a deep wound appeared on the giant rat's neck, and dark red blood spurted out.
In an instant, the giant rat screamed in pain, and the invisible evil energy swarmed over Gu Zheng. When it hit Gu Zheng, it attacked with sharp claws in front and a thick long tail behind.
call!
Gu Zheng jumped on the spot, leaping ten feet high, avoiding the double attacks from the front and rear. At the same time, he flipped down in the air and slashed with a brilliant sword light in his hand.
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the deep wound on the giant rat's neck that he had made a moment ago, and it was restored to its original state in an instant!
(End of this chapter)