Cypress Boat Floating

Interrogation should not be a difficult task for Liang Kai, but for some reason, when he walked out from the next door, his face became unusually solemn. According to the original plan, it should have been his turn to interrogate the next target person, but after seeing Liang Kai's condition, Ye Honghai decisively called a halt.

"No need to ask any more questions. It's too tiring to torture everyone like this. As for these people... just kill them." Ye Honghai said lightly, as if taking other people's lives was just a trivial matter to him. Liang Kai stared at him, then nodded slightly to show his agreement.

Since even Ye Honghai and Liang Kai have reached a consensus, it would be futile for Lu Ciqiu and Ye Jianqing to express their opinions even if they wanted to. Moreover, if they are not ruthless and have a little mercy, they will be the ones facing the threat of death in the end. This world is so cruel and ruthless, the law of the jungle is the way of survival. If you want to assassinate others, you must be prepared to be killed in return.

Liang Kai turned back to the place where he had just been interrogated and brought back the person who had just been interrogated. Ye Honghai stretched out his palm and skillfully restored the jaws of these people to their original state. As a well-trained secret guard, they mastered many ways to end their own lives.

The conversation between the four of them just now did not avoid the assassins. When their jaws had just returned to normal, under the leadership of the leader, one after another bit the poison in their mouths and chose to let their lives disappear along with the flying snow.

"Now that the matter has been resolved, it's time for us to set off. After all, we have stayed here long enough." Liang Kai stared expressionlessly at the few people lying on the ground in front of him who had lost their breath. After taking a deep breath, he turned to the other three people and said.

"Then let's set off in the afternoon." In the end, it was Ye Honghai who made the final decision and determined the specific time of departure. After some discussion, the four reached a consensus. Afterwards, they returned to their rooms to pack their bags, and immediately set off to leave Yedu City after lunch and continue to head towards the capital. As for these dead assassins, they were just corpses anyway, and only needed to be cleaned up a little.

Although the heavy snow had stopped, there was still snow on the road. Now that they were out of Yedu City, in order to ensure the safety of the four people, they no longer walked separately, but walked together. After leaving the city on both sides, there were wild roads behind.

Lu Ci Qiu and Ye Jianqing each rode a horse and walked behind Ye Honghai, while Liang Kai stood guard at the back just in case.

The four of them hurried forward without stopping. To avoid being tracked or exposing their whereabouts, they carefully tried not to leave any traces on the road. However, the winter daytime was unusually short, and it seemed that night had already quietly fallen not long after they set out. As the sun set, the air became colder and the temperature dropped sharply. Considering the dangers of walking at night, the few decided to find a place to rest first and set off tomorrow.

After searching for a long time, they finally found a dilapidated house that had been abandoned for a long time. Although the house was dusty and messy, and the roof was damaged in many places, compared to sleeping in the open air, this place was already a paradise. The crowd did not complain too much, and went into the house and lit a fire to keep warm and keep out the cold.

Liang Kai held a wooden stick and gently poked the burning fire, while telling the people present about the next journey: "We are about to enter the mountainous area, the road is rugged and difficult to travel, and the most worrying thing is that we may encounter ferocious wild animals on the way." His tone was full of worry and vigilance.

Ye Jianqing shivered and put her hands to her mouth, exhaling a few times, trying to warm up her frozen fingers. She rubbed her hands and said worriedly, "I think there may be wolves around here. When I was chatting with the waiter at the inn in Yedu City, he mentioned that some experienced hunters often go to this area to hunt, and then take the captured prey to the city to sell for money."

After listening to this, Liang Kai frowned tightly, his face full of worry: "Wolves are animals that usually move in groups. If we are unlucky enough to run into one of them, I'm afraid we will be in big trouble." Everyone's mood instantly became heavy at the thought of the possibility of being attacked by a vicious wolf.

After hearing this news, Ye Honghai was also very worried. After all, with only four people, if they really confronted the wolf pack head-on, their chances of winning were slim. So he pondered for a moment and asked, "So how long will it take to cross this mountain? We'd better hurry up during the day, it's too dangerous to stay in the mountain at night."

Liang Kai lowered his head and thought for a moment before answering, "If we walk faster, we can probably climb over the mountain in one day. But if we walk a little slower, it will probably take at least one day and one night."

Ye Honghai nodded slightly to show his agreement, and then reminded everyone: "We must set off as early as possible tomorrow morning and try our best to complete the task of crossing the mountains and ridges within one day."

In addition, he had a thrilling experience of fighting with wolves, and he didn't expect that it would come in handy now. So he broke down these key points one by one and told them in detail to everyone, so that they could pay more attention when encountering wolves, at least to ensure their own safety.

"Also, remember to take out everything that might make a loud noise. Usually, the size of a wolf pack is between eight and twenty. If you are unlucky enough to run into one tomorrow, you need to be especially careful not to panic, let alone run away. You can first use sound and torches to scare them. If that doesn't work and the wolves start to attack, the most important thing is to hit their waists, because this is their vital part and can kill them with one blow. If that doesn't work, attack their legs to make them unable to move. Also, the wolf's nose is their advantage but also their weakness. You can attack their nose fiercely, which will make them fall to the ground due to severe pain. At this time, it will be more effective to make a finishing blow."

Seeing everyone's solemn faces, Ye Jianqing was also worried, but she also knew that she couldn't let this emotion spread. This would only affect everyone, so she clapped her hands and successfully focused everyone's attention on herself. Then she prayed sincerely: "I hope everything can go smoothly tomorrow! After all, the appearance of wolves is just a rumor and has not been confirmed. Don't worry so much. We haven't encountered them yet. If we really encounter them, we will just abandon our armor and run away."

Ye Honghai nodded slightly, indicating his approval of what Ye Jianqing said. He then calmly comforted everyone, "Xiao Ye is right. The wolves are indeed difficult to deal with, but they are by no means invincible. Moreover, it is extremely cold right now, so the wolves may not risk going out to look for food. Don't worry too much."

Liang Kai raised his lips slightly and said softly: "Everyone take a good rest tonight, I will be in charge of the watch and alert at night."

As the commander of the Imperial Guards, Liang Kai's position and status were not as high as Ye Honghai and Lu Ciqiu. He would never let Lu Ciqiu and Ye Honghai work all night, but Ye Jianqing was quite self-aware and did not agree to let Liang Kai take the responsibility of guarding all night. So she stepped forward and took the initiative to ask for help to share the night watch task: "Commander Liang, guard the first half of the night, and let me take care of the second half! This way, you can also have a good rest, so you won't be tired tomorrow."

"Okay, then I'll have to trouble you, Miss Ye." Liang Kai readily agreed and gave Ye Jianqing a grateful look. He then sat down by the campfire again and focused on fiddling with the fire, trying to make it burn more vigorously.

As the saying goes, "It's not cold when it snows, but it is cold when it melts." The snow has started to melt today, and the weather is getting colder and colder. Ye Jianqing looked around at this empty, even drafty, old house, and couldn't help feeling a little bitter.

She couldn't think of a place where she could sleep peacefully, for fear that she would be frozen when she woke up. However, she couldn't be too far away from the fire, otherwise she wouldn't feel any warmth. In desperation, she had to find a pillar near the fire, then put her cloak on herself, wrapped her body tightly, leaned against the pillar, closed her eyes, and tried to fall asleep as soon as possible.