"Master, Mr. Cao Chang and the 200,000 Mu family troops have arrived at Xishan Jijun, and have started disaster relief work."
Zhu Lian rode on the horse and said to the carriage.
Compared with before, these people have exchanged shotguns for cannons. Now we have one man and one horse, which is many times better than when we first set off from the imperial city.
These were originally ordinary horses, but Lin Xu spent some silver to turn them into good horses.
You can easily travel thousands of miles in a day.
Therefore, their journey was several times faster. It would have taken two weeks to reach Jijun in Xishan, even if they traveled day and night.
But in just three days, they had already traveled two-thirds of the way.
Occasionally, you can see the shadows of disaster victims on the roadside.
Lin Xu did not stop and rushed towards the disaster area without stopping. There are so many victims that it makes no sense to treat just a few people.
They were walking on an official road.
It was quiet all around, not even the sound of birds.
As the former commander of the Anwu Guard, Zhu Lian naturally smelled something unusual immediately.
He immediately became solemn: "Everyone is on alert, speed up the pace, and leave this road as soon as possible."
It is surrounded by weeds and is good at hiding.
If they encounter an ambush, they will be very passive.
I am really afraid of what will happen.
Hundreds of archers suddenly appeared around, shooting a large number of arrows directly towards the forest in the middle of the road.
"There is an assassin! Protect the young master." =-
Zhu Lian shouted angrily, a sword energy flew out of the air, and dozens of arrows broke and fell.
The other guards were not ordinary people. They quickly reacted, surrounded the carriage, and tried their best to block the arrows.
"Kill~"
At this moment, hundreds of figures rushed out of the grass and fought with the guards.
There were enemies in front of them and archers firing cold arrows behind them. Even these experienced former dark warriors gradually began to suffer injuries.
The people here are not ordinary people. They attack and defend in an orderly manner and know how to cooperate with each other.
Coupled with the large number of people, it was a bit confusing for a while.
"A bunch of scoundrels looking for death."
Zhu Lian snorted, jumped up, and waved the blade wildly. A large amount of sword energy fell into the surrounding archers like raindrops.
The violent sword energy tore them apart instantly.
However, the archers behind them reacted and separated directly, resulting in very limited casualties.
Suddenly, more than a dozen Dongchang guards broke out from the surrounding men in black, rushed directly into the hands of the archers and started killing.
As a former dark warrior, Zhu Lian was not the only master. In fact, their team is stronger than imagined.
In addition to Zhu Lian, there are eight grand masters, more than 20 innates, and more than 50 first-class masters.
Although the rest only have second or third-rate strength, they have experienced countless battles and have rich combat experience and will.
They were caught off guard at first, but as the battle became more intense, they gradually gained the upper hand.
In addition, the archers were held back and were unable to attack effectively. The Dongchang guards seized this opportunity and chopped down dozens of men in black to the ground in one confrontation.
"Whoops~"
Suddenly, a black shadow suddenly burst out of the grass, like a cheetah, directly cutting down several Dongchang guards to the ground, and then quickly attacked the carriage.
"No, protect the young master."
Zhu Lian yelled angrily and was about to rush over, but the men in black held him back like crazy, causing his speed to slow down.
At this time, the black figure had already arrived in front of the carriage and swung the blade directly to chop inside.
"clang!"
The blade cut into the carriage, and there was a sound of sharp blades clashing.
Zhu Lian finally got away and quickly stepped forward to fight with the black shadow.
Heiying had the strength of a master, but he was no match at all. Not long after, Zhu Lian chopped off his neck and died.
Seeing this, the other men in black had no intention of fighting and quickly chose to retreat.
"If you want to run away, chase after me." Just after Zhu Lian gave the order, Lin Xu's voice came: "Forget it, don't chase after the poor bandits, so as not to be ambushed again."
"Zhu Lian, find out who these people are."
"I obey my orders."
Zhu Lian went directly to the body of the shadow that attacked the carriage and began to examine it carefully.
In the carriage, Lin Xu stretched out an index finger, and a golden thread like silk stretched out from the middle of the index finger. It was it that blocked the assassin's blade just now.
This is the ultimate divine thread, completely transformed by internal force.
Although he still hasn't learned a single formation, he can already control the extremely divine threads like arms.
If you want it to be hard, be hard.
If you want it to be soft, be soft.
The internal force transformed into silk is extremely concealable and can kill people invisible.
It is indeed produced by the system.
After a while, Zhu Lian came back and said with an ugly face: "I'm sorry, Your Majesty, these assassins have no obvious characteristics."
"During the fight, my subordinates had to leave a few alive. As a result, they came prepared and all of them committed suicide by taking poison."
"It's okay. Since they're here, they must be well prepared. If they don't succeed this time, there will definitely be another time."
"As long as I am alive, they will not stop and continue on their way! Let everyone be careful, there may be more and more assassinations like this in the future."
"My subordinate understands!"
"By the way, how are our casualties?"
"Only a dozen brothers were slightly injured, but fortunately no one died. They just need to rest for a while."
"Go to a nearby village and town to drop off the injured brother, leaving two people to take care of him. Wait until they recover from their injuries before returning to the team."
Who knows if there will be assassinations later. It would be unwise to take the wounded with them. Not to mention their own safety, it would also distract their own people.
"Thank you Lord for your grace."
Zhu Lian looked moved. Since ancient times, kings have had many righteousnesses.
These people have been trained since childhood to be the sharp swords of the royal family, and they will never complain even if they are asked to commit suicide.
How can a human be ruthless than a plant or a tree?
Even those who have been trained to die since childhood cannot truly give up their emotions.
To His Majesty, this may have been an unintentional remark, but to Anwuwei, who had been surrounded by cold loneliness all day long, he felt the warmth that he had not seen for a long time.
For them, gold, silver, treasures, beauties and high officials are not worth the recognition of their masters.
Even if it is said unintentionally, it is a great honor.
Zhu Lian came to the wounded and informed His Majesty of his order to let them stay in the town ahead to rest.
Who admits it.
All of their expressions changed greatly.
They all knelt down.
"Deputy Factory Master, this injury is nothing. Please ask Your Majesty not to abandon us."
"Yes, we just made a mistake temporarily. Please ask the deputy factory manager to intercede on our behalf."
"We are not afraid of death."
....
Listening to the words of his subordinates, Zhu Lian felt sad and helpless.
Immediately, he personally helped them up: "Where are you thinking? His Majesty did not abandon you, but sympathized with you and let you recover from your injuries first, and then return to the team after your injuries are healed."
"Have sympathy for us?" these guards murmured, their eyes turned red involuntarily, and they immediately knelt down towards the carriage, kowtowed heavily, and shouted: "Thank you, Lord, for your kindness."
From the beginning to the end, they were the tools of the imperial power that could come and go at any time, and they were the blades that stabilized the regime.
Their lives were worthless, and no emperor had ever treated them as human beings.
But in front of His Majesty.
For the first time, they felt that they were still "human".
