Sure enough, there were many feathered arrows stuck in the wasteland, some of which were nailed into the ground, and some of which fell directly to the side.

Looking forward to the place where the feather arrows were dense, Zu Zhao seemed to have found some clues, he immediately squinted his eyes and stared closely, and sure enough, he found a pool of blood. It seems that the soldiers on the walls were right, and one of them did indeed shoot the Assassin. In this case, the next pursuit will naturally be easier, and if you are injured on foot, you will definitely not be able to run far, and you will leave more clues along the way.

As soon as he thought of this, Zu Zhao shouted and said, "The thieves can't run far, let's go north to chase them." The

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

Zu Zhao took the lead, and the horses followed, galloping towards the forest to the north.

Within two miles, the crowd came to the edge of the forest. Although the whole north is a forest, the distance between the trees is quite wide and not dense. For them, this is a good thing, not only because it is easier for them to move around, but they can also see their surroundings at a glance.

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

Zu Zhao asked everyone to distance themselves a little, and slowly advanced into the depths of the forest in a line. According to his estimates, from the time when he and the others took a detour out of the city to the time before and after they followed the clues under the city walls, the speed of the black arrow female thief on foot was almost to the vicinity. I believe that the other party has already heard the movement of the horse's hooves early, and the best way to do this is to find a place to hide.

It's a pity that he didn't carry torches with him when he traveled, and the only torches were left by the previous officers and soldiers.

Zu Ji held his torch high and walked in the center of the queue, closely inspecting the movement of the trees on the left and right.

Halfway through, Zu Zhao suddenly grabbed the reins, jumped down from the horse, 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 nearby trees, you can occasionally see some traces of blood foam, or a place that has recently been stepped on, but further on, you can't find anything at all.

He stood up and lifted up his eyes to look deeper into the woods, and as far as he could see, there was darkness.

A fresh breeze passed, and the sound of the withered trees was coming from the small fragmentation.

"The direction should be correct, but after chasing it here, the thief is bound to be unable to escape, where can he hide?"

Zu Zhao muttered to himself.

"Son, let's take a look around." On horseback, Zu Ji asked Zu Zhao for instructions.

Zu Zhao had already seen the surrounding environment clearly, the forest was not dense, and there were no behemoths enough to hide, even if they were hiding behind the trunks of trees, but here were some tree species the size of three or five fists, and it was completely impossible to cover a big living person.

After being silent for a long time, a thought suddenly flashed in his mind, when chasing in the Taishou Mansion and the city, the black arrow girl had used sleeve arrows and bow arrows with ropes to make a big leap. Although there was nowhere to hide on the ground of the woods, it was obvious that the other party could climb above the trunk of the tree by rope to hide.

"Everyone, be careful, watch the top of your head." Considering this, Zu Zhao immediately spoke out and told the left and right.

When everyone behind him heard this, they were stunned for a moment, and then they reacted one after another, and hurriedly raised their heads to look above the tree trunk.

Zu Ji also specially provoked torches so that the light could shine on the treetops.

In winter, many of the trees have long since lost their leaves, and only the branches that look like teeth and claws are left.

"Look, someone... Yes! It

wasn't long before one of the children on the far left suddenly screamed, but his voice came out loud and was replaced by a sudden scream.

Everyone hurried to find a reputation, only to see that the boy had already been shot off his horse. Looking up at the woods on the left, there was a dark shadow hiding in the branches of a tree more than ten zhang away.

"Black arrow thief, today your grandfather Zuping will take your head!" Zu Ji was most excited, and immediately kicked the spur hard and ran under the tree. The rest of the crowd naturally didn't dare to slack off, and they also rushed up.

The dark shadow on the tree was exposed, and he could only jump from the tree. There was a bit of a staggering when he landed, and it was obvious that there were indeed injuries on his legs and feet. The other party did not think about running away in the opposite direction, but ran towards the mount where Shicai was shot down. The best way to escape now is to capture a horse, otherwise there is no other chance.

Zu Zhao's eyes were quick, and he first shouted: "Hugh wants him to take the horse!" Then, he quickly drew the saber from his waist and threw it in the direction of the black shadow. At a distance of more than ten zhang, it was still difficult to throw with one hand, especially if it was a fast-moving target, so he did not intend to smash the thief with a throwing knife from the beginning, but threw it at the ownerless horse.

The saber sliced across the parabola in the sky, barely grazing the horse's back. The blade made a cut in the horse's back, and the horse screamed in pain, shook off the horse's hooves and ran away for a while.

At the same time, Zu Ji had already killed him, he threw the torch in his hand at the black shadow, quickly pulled out his waist knife, and slashed down at the thief's face. Seeing that the horse had fled, the thief had already cut off the chance of escaping, even though he was disheartened, but instinctively because of the sword wind, he jumped sideways to dodge. Zu Ji missed the blow, but unfortunately the speed of the horse could not be controlled when he sat down, and continued to run forward for a distance.

Zu Ling and the others followed, they were not in a hurry to attack the thieves, but scattered to surround and persecute from multiple directions. Since there are many people, the thief is just a single person, even if he doesn't need to use any blades, he can be captured just by hitting him with his mount.

Zu Zhao didn't have time to get on the horse, so he simply hurried over.

Several horses surrounded the thief, and the thief retreated, and soon was forced under a tree trunk, and for a while there was no way to retreat.

At the critical moment, the thief suddenly raised one arm, only to hear a crisp "whoosh" sound, and a short sleeve arrow flew out of the sleeve. It's so dark, and it's a hidden weapon, even if you take precautions, you can't avoid it. One of the disciples who was advancing forward was defenseless, and was shot in the chest on the spot by this arrow, and before he could snort, he fell to the ground.

The thief got into this gap, and a fish leaped out from the side of the horse in front of him. After landing, he turned around and grabbed the reins, trying to grab the horse again. But just as his hand grabbed the reins, a gust of wind suddenly rushed from behind. The thief subconsciously glanced back, and saw Zu Zhao rushing forward with lightning speed, jumping up and kicking over. The speed and momentum of this sudden attack were so fast that there was no way to avoid it. The thief only felt pain in his back, and his whole body had already flown out, and he suddenly rolled back under the trunk of the tree he had been forced to before.

Zu Ling had already turned over and dismounted, drawing his sword and approaching the thief. The other disciples and Zu Ji, who came later, also came with their own knives.

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

"Black arrow thief, look at me cutting off your arm first, so how can you hurt people with secret arrows!" Zu Ji was so aggressive that he was about to rush up with his knife and slash at the thief.

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

"The eldest prince, the black arrow thief is so hateful, I know that I want to leave him a dog life to torture the clues, and I don't plan to let him die so happily, so let's abolish his hand first, and then tie it back and ask him slowly." Zu Ji said with unabated emotion.

"If you stop it, you will stop, I am a child of a family, how can I act like a bandit." Zu Zhao glared at Zu Ji and said coldly.

Zu Ji thought about it, although he still had a little grievance in his heart, he still didn't say anything else.

Zu Zhao stepped up to the thief, and at this time one of his disciples had picked up the torch again, and by the light of the fire he could see the thief's appearance clearly, which was not wrong with his earlier guess, the other party was the girl who shot his two arrows in the Taishou Mansion.

When they saw clearly that this black arrow thief turned out to be a female person, Zu Ji, Zu Ling and the others were also a little surprised.

The Black Arrow Girl leaned her back against the trunk of the tree, panting. She was dressed in a black suit, which made her bumpy and curvy figure appear very perfectly, her white cheeks were full of anger, and her starry eyes were staring at Zu Zhao, but there was also a little panic and fear in it. She had slender legs and an arrow wound on her left leg, which was still bleeding.

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

Zu Zhao saw that the other party's age might be in his twenties, many years older than his own, and although the scar on the woman's face was not very ugly, it was also a little more dangerous.

"You remember me." He asked unhurriedly, with a calm and unhurried attitude.

The girl first flashed some puzzled looks, then looked at it carefully, and soon recognized Zu Zhao.

"It's you, the doll! Hmph, I knew that I should have shot you with an arrow at that time. The girl said in annoyance.

"I'm not a doll, my name is Zu Zhao. If I remember correctly, the arrow wound on your cheek was caused by me. It's on the wasteland outside the northwest of Lingzhi County! "Zu Zhao didn't ask the other party if he recognized himself when he was too guarded, but when he fought for the first time in the real sense.

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

"You... It was you, the doll, who led the raid on us that day! Her tone contained many emotions, anger, surprise, unwillingness, and murderous intent.

After receiving such an answer, Zu Zhao could already predict that this black arrow girl was the same person as the black arrow thief who had been with Hu Ren before, and because of this, he felt more and more doubts in his heart. I really didn't expect the ruthless black arrow thief to be a girl, and it was a Han girl.

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