Naturally, not all of the guards at Prince Lu's Mansion are just for a living.
Think about it, even Song Xiang, the tyrant of Runan City who appeared in the previous article... his family has good players like Zhao Youyou and Ma Zhu. The retainers in the palace are better than those of the old Song family. Is it bad?
What's more, as we have mentioned before, Zhu Xu is not an ordinary prince. He is a very ambitious person, so the number of "masters" he has raised under his sect is not ordinary.
Of course... among them, those who fish in troubled waters and pretend to be fake still account for the majority.
After all, the young prince's own martial arts skills were mediocre, and he couldn't tell which ones were real masters and which ones could only deceive an amateur like him.
As for those "masters", whether they are real masters or fake masters... they will not go to the master to expose each other's true level.
This can be considered an industry rule.
Because warriors like them who work for the powerful, whether in Jianghu Dao or Green Forest Dao, are somewhat discriminatory towards them, so they can only rely on their peers to take care of each other.
They all come out to make a living. If you say too much today and say that someone's martial arts skills are not as good as yours, their job may be ruined tomorrow. What about someone with a higher martial arts skill than you tomorrow? He also ruined your job and then lived alone? This is no longer interesting.
So, among Zhu Yeyang's many disciples, which ones are the real masters?
Leaving aside the corpse, there are three people whose martial arts are indeed impressive.
The first one is named Xiahou Yuan, the Yuanyang. This man is about forty years old, tall and thin, with extraordinary arms. He wields a nine-section whip in one hand, and is known as the "dragon on the arm".
The second person, whose surname is Gongsun, has the single character "Jiu" (Jiu), meaning "Jiu" (Jiu). He is in his fifties, has a thin body, and is known as "Blood Covers Silver Front".
The third one, Tai Shi Ci, is the porcelain who touches porcelain. This man is in his mid-thirties, has a strong back, and wields an iron rod. He is known as the "King of Mountain Knockers".
Then why do you think the pronunciation of the names of these three people has the same accent as that of the generals of the Three Kingdoms?
If I tell you from the perspective of setting, it is that their parents love to watch Three Kingdoms, so they were naughty when naming them; but from the perspective of my personal creation, it was just a whim.
Let's talk about these three people. They were already resting in the room in the middle of the night. Unexpectedly, they suddenly heard Xixanzi's voice.
Most of these martial arts practitioners don't sleep particularly deeply, and some can even practice breathing meditation instead of sleeping, so the three of them almost opened their eyes as soon as they heard the shout.
After a short breath, three figures came out of three different rooms.
Although they were only wearing white pajamas at this time and didn't even have time to put on a coat, they could hold the weapons in their hands well.
There is a saying that an army can be raised for a thousand days and used for a while. The more capable disciples like them are, the more they look forward to the opportunity to show off.
Now, this opportunity has come.
These three are all veterans. When they heard someone shouting to catch the thief, they did not run towards the source of the shout immediately after going out. Instead, they used their ear skills to detect whether there was anyone stepping on the tiles "on the house". Voice.
When Jiang Muchan sneaked in, he was cautious and would rather slow down than make that kind of noise, but now he was in a hurry to leave, so he made the noise.
When the three heard the sound, they naturally jumped onto the roof...
Just like that, about twenty seconds later, Jiang Muchan was blocked by them on a roof between the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard.
In fact, Jiang Muchan's running was not too slow, but the "explosive speed increase" he had used to avoid the corpse's magic was obviously impossible to maintain for a long time, otherwise he would have become the Flash.
At this moment, Jiang Muchan's direction to the courtyard wall was blocked by those three people. If he turned back and went to the inner courtyard... not to mention there was a corpse there, there might be other masters showing up again.
Therefore, after weighing the situation for a while, Jiang Muchan sighed, looked at the three people standing in front of him and said, "Oh...it seems I have to go to the sword with you."
The three people opposite him just sneered when they heard this.
Isn’t it time to laugh?
One on three, just use the knife, not Gatling. Do you think you have a chance to win?
"Little brother, I see that you are still young, and we have no grievances, so I advise you... hurry up and capture him, lest you lose your life in vain." Xia Houyuan, who said this, was arrogant and arrogant. In his heart, he felt that three against one could not win with force, but after all, he was a retainer of the family, and his responsibility was more important than his pride. If he really took action, he would never show mercy.
"Ha... I accept my brother's kindness." Jiang Muchan responded with a smile, "To be honest, I don't want to hurt the lives of the three of you, so I would like to advise... you should get out of the way."
"Hmph! What a crazy boy... I think you are toasting instead of having to drink as a penalty!" Gongsun finally heard it. The other party thought that there was a chance of winning against three. Can he bear this?
Before he finished speaking, he had already bent down and took a bow, shrinking down to the ground.
His pair of judge pens have double tips and a ring in the middle. The pen barrel can be rotated in the ring of the finger sleeve. The pen can be grasped, flicked, released, and rotated to pierce, point, pick, and poke the enemy. There are many changes. It's both dangerous and dangerous.
Everyone in the martial arts world knows that most of the exotic weapons other than the "Eighteen Weapons" are difficult to deal with. A person who is used to dealing with swords and sticks will be completely overwhelmed when facing this kind of weapon for the first time. If he doesn't know the opponent's attack mode, then it's very likely that... he won't have a second chance.
After all, you only have one life.
It was too late, but it was faster than that, but I saw Gongsun Jiu's thin figure walking on the sloping roof as if he was on the ground. Electricity came towards him. The silver tip of the Judge's Pen in his right hand flashed, and a fairy needle was drawn out. The Judge's Pen in his left hand Then I walked down the third road and came to steal peaches from the bottom of the leaves.
Seeing this, Jiang Muchan stepped back with her right foot, turned right, touched the ground with her left foot, and jumped back one minute.
With this step of turning around and taking a step back, it seemed like the world was so far away. It didn't seem like a big move, and he didn't even move his position much, but he completely avoided the opponent's dangerous killing move, allowing Gongsun to temporarily Can't even catch the follow-up move.
After Gongsun Jiu's attack failed, his physical strength was greatly reduced, and a big flaw was immediately exposed... Considering that Jiang Muchan had not moved too far, if Jiang took action at this time, even if it was just a slap with his bare hands, Gongsun Jiu would be seriously injured. .
But, he didn't do that.
He just stood there and slowly...at least slowly for himself...pulled the knife on his back out of the sheath.
In the two seconds he was "working hard", Gongsun Jiu had adjusted his body shape, turned around, and performed a move of "Double Butterfly Dance" with both hands. At the same time, he shouted: "Great idea! Help!"
In fact, there was no need for him to shout. At this moment, Xia Houyuan and Tai Shi Ci had already taken advantage of the situation to take action.
These two are not blind either. They all saw what happened just now; they could also see Jiang Muchan's behavior of "raising her hand" even though she could seriously injure Gongsun Jiu.
Xia Houyuan thought to himself at that time: "This boy... is either soft-hearted or too arrogant. He feels that he can do anything at any time. Even if the three of us come together, he can handle it more than enough..."
His guess was probably 80% correct.
Jiang Muchan did think that it would be easy to deal with the three of them, and he did not want to kill people indiscriminately, but what he did was not called soft-hearted, but kind-hearted.
Some people may think that using "kindhearted" to describe a "thief" is a bit contradictory, but it is not.
As the saying goes, "There are many people who slaughter dogs for being righteous, and there are many people who are scholars who are unfaithful."
Human beings are inherently contradictory.
Prostitutes can have true feelings, and good people can also have evil intentions. Not all thieves are bad people, and not all officials are good people.
Why is Jiang Muchan called "a man who wants money but not his life"? First, because he specializes in picking on corrupt officials, local tyrants and evil gentry, and even princes and generals. Comrades describe him as bold; second, because he really "just wants money, not life" - he will not kill people unless absolutely necessary. Not even dogs are killed.
Just like now, even when faced with the siege of three people, Jiang Muchan didn't really have the intention to kill.
Crack, crack, crack——
Along with a sound of metal twisting, the nine-section whip in Xiahou Yuan's hand rose up from the air like a dragon, and the whip's edge hit Jiang Muchan's left torso.
call--
Taishi Ci's iron rod was swept against the tiles at Jiang Muchan's feet, attacking his lower plate.
Chicking chiking—
And just a few inches in front of Jiang Muchan, there was a pair of judge pens spinning towards her.
Three fronts, three dangers.
A life, a knife.
At this moment, the "dull knife" finally came out of its sheath.
The knife is fast, and so are the people.
Jiang Muchan's move "Wind and Snow" is like the breeze chasing the moon, like a flying giant imprinted in snow.
This sword move was actually silent.
But in this silence, Gongsun Jiu and Tai Shi Ci fell.
They didn't die, or even bleed. They were just stabbed in the ribs with a blunt knife one after another, and were so shaken by the force that they could no longer stand.
When they fell, the sound of them crawling on the tiles and the sound of their weapons falling from the roof broke the "moment of silence" that seemed to be frozen just now.
"My sword is not sharp, it is benevolence." At this time, Jiang Muchan spoke again, "I am merciful to the three men, it is righteousness..." He paused for half a second, and his tone suddenly became cold, "I hope you three This is the end of my position, I will fulfill my benevolence and righteousness, otherwise..."
"Otherwise... what?" Xia Houyuan, as the only person who could still stand and speak at this moment, naturally shouldered the obligation to communicate with the other party.
But in fact, he also knew in his heart... The biggest reason why he could stand was because his nine-section whip attacked from a distance... If he had also attacked from close range, he would probably have been lying there by now.
"Otherwise, I have to show you my 'wu'." Jiang Muchan continued.
"Isn't what you did just now considered 'martial arts'?" When Xia Houyuan asked this, he was calm on the surface, but he was a little shocked in his heart.
"Of course not." Jiang Muchan said.
"Then let me ask you boldly...what should I do?" Xia Houyuan said.
"The ability to cut things without sharpening the blade is my 'wu'." Jiang Muchan said.
"What?" Xiahou Yuan asked again.
"Anything." Jiang Muchan replied.
"Well..." Xiahou Yuan heard the words and groaned, then took two steps back, turned sideways, and made a way out, "Hero, please come this way..."
