Chapter 727: To Kill him (2/2)

Huo Jin swiftly moved left and then turned back He ran into the forest while those five masked men chased him

Huo Jin had no weapon with hi away He looked back and saw that they were close to theround

His hands got bruised as they hit against the uneven surface

The masked man at his front attacked hiht knee He fell, and Huo Jin took it as a chance

He swiftly stood up and dodged thehim with a stone froht with the other four His sword skills were better than those masked men, so he easily overpowered the one alive

He moved his mask away and asked hi arrow killed him

Huo Jin turned around to look when the arrow hit hiht below his shoulder, just above his chest

"These five useless servants!" The er, who shot an arroards Huo Jin

Huo Jin fell on his knees and lifted his head to look His vision had turned blurry and found a faot unconscious, lying on the ground

Liang Wu chuckled and put his right foot on his chest "Die! You lowly bastard!" He spat at him More blood oozed from the spot where the arrow had hit hi Wu screamed and applied more pressure on Huo Jin's chest

His friends pulled him back and told hi Wu tried to leave fro here," one of the Wu was shocked to hear it

"What? They never co period Let's run before we get caught," the other one said Liang Wu quickly threw the quiver and ran with his two friends

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Sheng Li and Jian Guozhi entered the famous cloth house, where yesterday Nianzu was denied entry They had both gone as the workers with huge sacks on their backs

Earlier, they had found out that a feorkers were hired to put the rice sacks in the storehouse of the cloth house

Lord Lian's men had converted the cloth house to a ration shop from where he had decided to sell rice to the people, at aLi and Jian Guozhi put the sacks on the floor They heard the workers whispering a thereat person He thinks so much about us poor people The recent tax hike on rice ed ot puzzled "But why did the rice tax get a hike? The rice is available at a cheaper rate in Luoyang," he raised his voice

"Are you new to this town?" Another one asked

"Yes We recently shi+fted to this town," Jian Guozhi answered on behalf of Sheng Li "We are confused why the tax on rice is more here," he said cal of rice was done by high officials It became difficult to afford it, even for thenized the voice It was the same person, who impressed him in the fish market

"Zhe Yan," Jian Guozhi murmured as he recalled his name

"However, I think it was Lord Lian, who had his hands behind it," Zhe Yan said and walked away

"Zhe Yan! This kid!" anot

her man shouted his name, but he did not stop

"Don'tand suck the blood of people like us," the same man replied "Lord Lian has announced free taxes if ill support him You two shall support him too Ask your families too"

Jian Guozhi nodded his head and took Sheng Li, whose mood was already ruined He took him to the backyard of this new ration shop

"Who is this Lian? He is foolingLi er

"Do you think you can burn Lord Lian alive?" They both heard a voice and got intimidated for a second