Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 646 - 647: There’s An Ambush_1

Chapter 646: Chapter 647: There’s An Ambush_1

Mo Wenxuan ran over, picked up the hoe and pointed it at the few people there, "Stay back, you scoundrels!"

Mo Wenxuan doesn’t know Kung Fu, so naturally, the two of them didn’t take him seriously. One of them raised a knife, and quickly knocked the hoe out of his hand. With the hoe gone, the thief raised the knife once more...

Just as it seemed that Mo Wenxuan was going to be hacked to death, a dagger suddenly shot over from the darkness, aiming straight for the neck of the man.

Seeing his companion fall, another thief shouted out loudly, "Watch out, it’s an ambush!"

Another dagger was shot over, and another bandit fell.

Mo Wenxuan, seeing the two bandits fall, recalled how he almost lost his own life just moments ago, was instantly overcome with fear, and knelt down in the midst of the garden. At this point, he couldn’t shout nor run.

The other thieves at the Academy, upon hearing of the ambush, started retreating. Some were shouting towards the outside, "It’s an ambush, two men are down!"

The leader also retreated.

He stood in the courtyard, cautiously observing his surroundings in the darkness of the night, which had once again fallen silent.

Before long, several short arrows flew from an unknown location, and a few more bandits fell screaming.

Shortly after a group of them had fallen, another round of arrows was fired, causing more to fall.

The leader seemed slightly flustered.

However, the fact that he could do such deeds was indicative of his strong nerve, as he had been involved in plenty of killings and arson attacks before.

Knowing that there were experts hiding nearby, he carefully scrutinized the places where they might be hiding.

After a while, when he saw that there was no more movement, the leader took a few arrows and shot towards every possible area where someone could be hiding: the tree shadows, and corners of the walls.

But he didn’t hit anyone.

Instead, more of his men had fallen.

The operation tonight did not require many men, as they were merely dealing with a group of scholars, so just over a dozen men were enough. After more of them fell, only the leader and two other men remained.

Another short arrow was shot, this time aiming for the leader.

As the leader was also an expert and highly focused at this point, as soon as he heard the arrow coming, he quickly dodged sideways and then threw his dagger in the opposite direction.

A figure quickly disappeared from the edge of the wall. Worried that there might be more experts nearby, the leader quickly ran off with the remaining two men.

...

The leader’s name was Zhou Honghai, and he worked as a military officer under the governor. He was particularly ruthless, and he loved gambling. The governor and Qin Kun spotted him, so they specifically asked him to act as a mountain bandit. All those killings and arsons were carried out by the people he sent.

Tonight’s operation was not successful, so Zhou Honghai did not dare to delay until the next day, returning immediately to Qin Kun’s residence to report the matter.

It was already after midnight. Since Qin Kun was over fifty, he usually went to bed early. Even knowing that a group of innocent scholars would die under his command tonight, he still fell asleep deeply, snoring heavily.

The people under Qin Kun did not dare to wake him up. After all, Qin Kun had once done something similar to what Cao Cao had done, claiming that he could kill people in his dreams. He had even killed one of his concubines, woke up, and claimed he had no recollection of the event. So nobody dared to wake him at such times, and Zhou Honghai could only wait for dawn.