Chapter 71, Chasing and Interception

There are indeed many feather arrows inserted on the wasteland, some nailed to the ground, and some directly tilted to the side.

Looking for a place where the feathers and arrows were dense, Zu Zhao seemed to find some clues. He immediately narrowed his eyes and looked closely. Sure enough, he found a pool of blood. It seems that the soldiers on the wall are right. Some of them did shoot the assassin. In this case, the next pursuit will naturally be easier. Hiking and injury will definitely not run far, and more clues will be left along the way.

At the thought of this, Zu Zhao shouted, "The thief can't run far. Let's go north to chase him."

The riders saw some clues from the scene, and for a while, they were more encouraged and responded loudly.

Zui Zhao was the first horse, followed by the horses, and rushed to the forest to the north.

Within less than two miles away, everyone came to the edge of the forest. Although the whole north is a forest, the distance between the trees is quite spacious and not dense. This is naturally a good thing for them. It is not only more convenient for them to shuttle, but also to see the movement around them at a glance.

The sky is as blue as ink, and the forest in winter is silent.

Zu Zhao asked the crowd to distance themselves slightly and slowly marched into the depths of the forest in a line. According to his estimate, the time before and after he and others detoured out of the city and then to trace clues under the wall, the speed of the black arrow female thief walked in almost nearby. I believe that the other party has heard the movement of the horse's hoof early, and the best way now is to find a place to hide.

Unfortunately, I didn't carry a torch when I went out, and the only torch was left by the previous officers and soldiers.

Zu Ji held the torch high and walked in the middle of the queue, closely inspecting the movements of the left and right trees.

Halfway through, Zu Zhao suddenly grabbed the reins, jumped down from the horse's back, and squatted on the ground to search carefully. The ground is mostly rotten leaves accumulated over the years, and the soil is dry and slightly damp. Walking along a few beads of trees nearby, you can occasionally see some traces of blood foam, or places that have recently been trampled on, but if you go further, you can't find anything at all.

He stood up and raised his eyes to look deeper into the woods. Where he looked, it was completely dark.

A breeze passed slowly, and there was a fine sound from the withered trees.

"The direction should be right, but when it's time to catch up, the thief is bound to escape, and where can he hide?"

Zuzu Zhao muttered to himself.

"Big son, are we looking around?" On the horse's back, Zu Ji asked Zu Zhao for instructions.

Zu Zhao has already seen the surrounding environment clearly. The trees are not dense, and there is no huge thing enough to hide. Even if he hides behind the trunk, there are some tree species the size of three or five punches, and it is impossible to cover up a big living person.

For a long time in silence, an idea suddenly flashed in his mind. When chasing in the Taishou Mansion and the city, the black arrow girl used sleeve arrows and bows with ropes to make a huge leap. Although there is no place to hide on the ground of the forest, the other party can obviously climb to the tree trunk to hide by rope.

"Be careful and pay attention to the top of your head." Considering this, Zu Zhao immediately issued a voice to the left and right.

The people behind them were stunned when they heard this, and then they reacted and quickly looked up at the top of the tree trunk.

Zuji also specially stirs up torches, so that the light can shine on the treetops.

In winter, many trees have already faded their leaves, and there are only bare branches like teeth and claws.

"Look, someone...ah!"

Not long after, a child on the far left suddenly shouted, but his voice was ordinary, and he was immediately replaced by a sudden scream.

Everyone quickly looked for the sound and saw that the son had already been shot down. Looking up at the forest on the left, there was indeed a dark shadow hidden between the branches of the tree more than ten feet away.

"Black Arrow Thief, today your grandfather Zuping will take your head!" Zuji was the most excited and immediately kicked the Spurs and ran to the tree. Naturally, the rest of the people did not dare to neglect and rushed up.

The dark shadows on the tree have been exposed, and they can only jump from the tree. There was a little staggering when landing, and it was obvious that there were indeed injuries to his legs and feet. The other party did not want to escape in the opposite direction, but ran to the mount of the child who was shot down. Now the best way to escape is to get a horse, otherwise there will be no other chance.

Zu Zhao was quick-eyed and shouted first: "Don't let him take the horse!" Then, he pulled out his knife very quickly and threw it in the direction of the shadow. At a distance of about ten feet, it is still difficult to throw with one hand, especially the fast moving target, so he did not intend to hit the thief with a knife from the beginning, but threw it at the ownerless horse.

The knife crossed the parabola in the sky and barely wiped the horse's back. The blade cut a cut on the back of the horse, and the horse roared in pain and ran away for a while.

At the same time, Zuji had already killed him. He threw the torch in his hand at the shadow, quickly pulled out his waist knife, and cut it down according to the thief's face. Seeing that the horse had escaped, the thief had cut off the opportunity to escape. Even though he was discouraged, he instinctively jumped sideways and dodged because of the wind of the knife. Zuji was shot, but unfortunately, he couldn't control the speed of the horse and continued to run forward for a distance.

Zuling and others followed closely. They were not in a hurry to attack the thief, but dispersed to surround and force them from multiple directions. Since there are many people, the thief is just a lonely person. Even if he doesn't need to move any blade, he can be captured just by striking with a mount.

Zuzu Zhao didn't have time to get on the horse and simply ran over.

Several horses surrounded the thief, and the thief retreated on the festival. Soon he was forced to under a tree trunk and could not retreat for a while.

At a critical moment, the thief suddenly raised an arm and only heard a crisp "swish" sound, and a short sleeve arrow flew out of the sleeve. Such a sky is a hidden weapon, and even if you are on guard, you can't avoid it. A child who was moving forward was unprepared and was shot in the chest by the arrow on the spot. He didn't have time to hum and fell to the ground.

The thief got this gap, and a fish jumped out from the side of the horse in front of him. After landing, he was busy turning around to grab the reins and trying to grab the horse again. But as soon as I grabbed the reins, a wind suddenly came from behind me. The thief subconsciously glanced back and saw Zu Zhao rushing forward with lightning and jumping up and kicking over. The speed and momentum of this sudden attack are unavoidable. The thief only felt a pain in his back, and his whole body had already flown out, and suddenly rolled back to the trunk of the tree he had been forced to.

Zuring has already turned over and dislodged his horse and drew a knife to force the thief. Other children and Zu Ji, who came later, also took out their own knives.

Looking around, the thief was trapped in it and had no way to escape.

"Black arrow thief, look how I cut your arm first and ask you to hurt people!" Zu Ji was so powerful that he was about to rush up and chop the thief with a knife.

"Aji, stop!" Zu Zhao picked up his knife from the ground and walked over slowly.

"Son, the black arrow thief is so abominable. I know that I have to keep a dog's life to torture the clues first. I don't intend to let him die so happily. Let's waste his hand first, and then tie it back and ask slowly." Zu Ji said with unabated emotion.

"If I tell you to stop, you can stop. At least I'm a son of a family. How can I act like a mountain thief and a bandit?" Zu Zhao stared at Zu Ji and taught him a cold lesson.

Zu Ji thought about it. Although he was still a little wronged, he still didn't say anything else.

Zu Zhao stepped to the thief. At this time, a child had picked up the torch again. With the light of the fire, he could see the thief clearly. It was not wrong with what he had guessed earlier. The other party was the girl who shot his two arrows in the Taishou Mansion.

When it was clear that this black arrow thief turned out to be a female generation, Zu Ji, Zu Ling and others were also a little surprised.

The black arrow girl leaned against the tree trunk and gasped. She was dressed in black, which made her convex and curvy figure look perfect. Bai Jie's cheeks were full of anger, and her eyes stared at Zu Zhao like a starry sky, but there was also some panic and fear. She has slender legs, an arrow wound on her left leg, and she is still bleeding at this moment.

"If you die, I won't say anything and just kill me." The girl said coldly.

Zu Zhao saw that the other party's age may be more than 20 years old, much older than his own. Although the scar on the woman's face was not very ugly, it was also a little more dangerous.

"Do you remember me?" He asked unhurriedly, in a calm manner.

The girl first flashed some doubts, then looked carefully and quickly recognized Zu Zhao.

"So it's your doll! Well, if I had known, I should have shot you to death with an arrow. The girl said chagrinly.

"I'm not a doll. My name is Zu Zhao. If I remember correctly, the arrow wound on your cheek is also caused by me. It's in the wasteland outside the northwest of Lingzhi County!" Zu Zhao was not asking the other party if he recognized himself when he was too guarded by the house, but when he really wanted to play for the first time.

When the girl heard this, she looked stunned, and her beautiful eyebrows instantly twisted into the word "chuan".

"You... you led the team to raid us that day!" Her tone contained many emotions, anger, surprise, unwillingness and murderous intent.

After receiving such an answer, Zu Zhao could have expected that this black arrow girl was the same person as the black arrow thief who had been with the Hu people before, and because of this, he felt more and more questions in his heart. I didn't expect that the ruthless black arrow thief was actually a girl and a Han girl.