"Gongyang Shen is the number one Taoist practitioner in Beimang. Those two Beimang warriors who practice Taoism are probably his disciples. Qianjunhou Liu Honglie is going to Beimang to seek revenge on him!"
The next morning, on the official road leading to the south gate of Shengjing, there were clattering horseshoes and flying dust.
The young warriors from the twenty-seven provinces, either one person and one horse, or in groups of three or five, or in large numbers, surrounded by retainers and servants, galloped towards the imperial city of Shengjing. They did not know that last night , what a tragic scene happened in Shengjing City.
Jiang Li walked alone, walking slowly on the edge of the official road, gently rubbing the half-moon iron seal.
Gongyang Shen, as the Imperial Master of Beimang, had a high position and high reputation. His imprint might be useless in the Great Zhou Dynasty, but he could exercise his privileges unimpeded in Beimang.
The war between Zhou and Mang was not an absolute military showdown, but also involved strategies, infiltration, lurking, and instigating rebellion.
This half-moon mark may have unexpected effects.
"Boom boom boom"
While Jiang Li was thinking about it, the sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded, dozens of miles away behind him.
Different from the horse teams of aristocratic families on the road, the sound of these hoofbeats is heavier and the frequency of the steps is exactly the same. When the horseshoes step on the ground, they will make a completely different sound from ordinary shoes, like thunder.
"It's the Raging Tiger Guards of Zhenwuhou Mansion!"
Jiang Li turned slightly sideways and saw a sea of silver suddenly flashing out from the dusty official road in the distance. It surged and roared towards him. Only then did he appear a heavy cavalryman wearing heavy armor and holding a halberd.
And among these silver armors, there were more than a dozen figures dressed in brocade and common clothes.
The two leaders, a boy and a girl, are both young.
The woman was fifteen or sixteen years old. She was pretty and pretty, but she wore plain clothes and had a black hairpin. Her face was a little haggard, her eyes were lowered, and there were still tears in the corners of her eyes that had not yet dried up.
The tall man on the side rode his horse beside the girl, his eyes never leaving the girl even half an inch, his expression was caring, nervous and distressed, his admiration could not be expressed in words.
"Sister Xinbai, please don't be too sad. Although Xinyu was killed by a villain, the murderer was most likely the Beimang warrior I killed last night. It's a pity that we met on a narrow road and didn't interrogate him carefully!"
Murong Heng sighed regretfully, with a little helplessness in his voice. He turned to look at a young man in brocade clothes behind him, and asked: "Brother Shang, you camped outside the city last night. Except for the two Beimang warriors, did you see anyone around Xu Shi?" Until other suspicious characters appear."
"Reporting to Brother Murong, in addition to the two Beimang spies, around Xu Shi, there was also a young man in white who appeared in the forest. He was alone, but the horse he led was of extraordinary appearance and seemed to be of high origin!"
Shang Weiran followed the two of them on horseback, his eyes moving covertly on Jiang Xinbai's beautiful figure. When he heard Murong Heng's question, he quickly straightened his posture and answered respectfully.
"The boy in white?" Jiang Xinbai suddenly turned around and asked, "What's suspicious about him?"
"Reporting to Miss Xinbai, this person has extraordinary skills, but he cultivates Qi. When I was avoiding the reckless man, I met him on the path. I wanted to let him go first, but unexpectedly, this person was very vicious. He directly used Qi and knocked him away. My two retainers blocked the way, and then they were overtaken by the reckless men!"
Shang Weiran said bitterly: "If it weren't for him, several of my maids would not have stood in front of the Beimang people to save me. However, the laws of nature are clear and unmissable. In the end, he was also stopped by the Mang people, and most of them died in the mountains. The maniac's sword is down!"
"But we searched hundreds of miles around last night, and we didn't see another wild man, nor the young man in white you mentioned!" Murong Heng frowned.
"Brother Murong, that boy in white may be Jiang Li!" Jiang Xinbai said.
"Do you suspect Jiang Li killed Xinyu?" Murong Heng was stunned.
"Impossible. Unless Jiang Li is followed by two or more masters of the seventh realm, with his strength in the fifth realm of Qi, it is impossible to get close!"
Jiang Xinbai shook her head decisively: "It's not that I look down on Jiang Li, but Xinyu has the Luo Hun Umbrella, one of the ten magical weapons of my Linghe Castle, in her hand, and she is not afraid at all when facing a seventh-level warrior!"
"Nothing is absolute. If Jiang Li dies, everything will be fine. But if he is still alive, we'd better interrogate him carefully!" Murong Heng said.
"Brother Murong is right. We would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go. After we return home, we will go to Lanhong Pavilion first to see if we can find out Jiang Li's whereabouts from Jiang Li's maid! "
Jiang Xinbai nodded, and the cavalry speeded up, galloping towards Shengjing City like lightning.
Along the way, all the rushing warriors noticed the thundering iron hooves behind them and quickly stepped aside. With awe and envy on their faces, they watched the Furious Tiger Guards leave.
"This is an elite soldier from which guard station in Shengjing City? Could it be the Qilin Guards beside the Holy Master?"
"The armors of these heavy cavalry have cloud and tiger patterns on them, which look like the emblem of the Zhenwu Marquis Mansion!"
"You are talking about the number one person in the martial arts of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Jiang Shirong, the Marquis of Zhenwu?"
"Marquis Wu is really the pride of the hundreds of millions of warriors of the Great Zhou Dynasty. I hope that after passing the martial arts examination, we can worship under Marquis Wu and join him in his expeditions east and west and achieve unparalleled feats!"
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"Jiang Xinbai has indeed returned to Shengjing. I wonder if the half of the dragon picture is on her body!"
Jiang Li stood among the young warriors, also looking at the back of the Furious Tiger Guard in the distance, but in his heart he was thinking about the left half of the Tyrant Dragon Crane Picture.
If a dragon and a crane appear on the same picture scroll, it is inevitable that the two techniques can be integrated and complement each other.
Looking at the increasingly clear outline of Shengjing City in his sight, Jiang Li also increased his speed.
Jiang Xuanxin and Mo Yunliang had returned to Shengjing a few days ago and secretly purchased horses and customized armor and weapons. I don't know if everything went well.
The city walls of Shengjing are tall and wide enough to accommodate eighteen horses running side by side.
When Jiang Li arrived at the south gate of Shengjing City, he saw more than a dozen mutilated corpses hanging on the wall near the city gate. He could vaguely tell that they were all young people in their early twenties.
Walking into the city, Jiang Li could clearly feel that there were many more soldiers patrolling the city than before, and there were also many figures with sharp eyes walking by in the crowd from time to time.
"The turmoil last night must have been quite big. I wonder if Zhao Tiehe successfully delivered the message. If the young warriors entering the capital suffer too many casualties, it may affect whether the imperial court's Northern Expedition can proceed as scheduled!"
Jiang Li shook his head and went straight back to the Hou Mansion.
The moment he stepped into the gate of the Hou Mansion, two figures flashed past behind the screen wall, which aroused Jiang Li's alert. However, when he walked around the screen wall, the two figures had already disappeared.
"It must be Jiang Xinbai!"
Jiang Li's heart tightened, and he vaguely felt that something was a little subtle. He stood up and walked quickly towards Lanhong Pavilion.
A moment later, Jiang Li appeared at the foot of Lanhong Pavilion. The stone steps along the mountain were covered with cracks. On the grass on both sides, dense iron hoof marks spread all the way to the gate of Lanhong Pavilion on the mountainside.
Standing at the foot of the mountain, Jiang Li could vaguely hear stern yells and arguments coming from the top of the mountain.
"Jiang Xinbai!"
Jiang Li narrowed his eyes slightly, and his true energy exploded in his body. He stepped on the ground with both feet and flew out like an arrow. He rushed into Lanhong Pavilion tens of meters in one step.
The gates to the first and second courtyards seemed to have been knocked open by a huge object. Half of the door panels fell to the ground and were trampled to pieces by horse hooves.
The originally clean and tidy courtyard now has broken stone slabs, potholes, and soil stains all over the floor.
Jiang Li raised his eyes and saw that in the third courtyard, dozens of Furious Tiger Guards wearing heavy silver armor were riding horses, surrounding the maids from Lanhong Pavilion.
Jiang Xinyu stood aside coldly, looking down at the people of Lanhong Pavilion who were kneeling on the ground, and shouted sternly: "I will give you three breaths to tell the whereabouts of Jiang Li. If you dare to conceal the slightest bit, you will be stripped of your clothes." Broken to pieces, flesh and blood flying everywhere!"
As if in response to Jiang Xinyu's scolding, an angry tiger guard swung his arm, and the two-meter-long whip exploded in the air with a terrifying roar, shaking the entire courtyard.
The trees and roofs all rustled.
"Jiang Xinbai, who gave you the courage to act cruelly in my courtyard!"
Jiang Li looked at Chu Chu who was kneeling on the ground, and the anger in his heart was boiling with boundless anger!
(End of chapter)
