The journey from Chang'an Town to Guilin is nearly four hundred miles, and there are many remote places on the road. The fifth person suggested that Jin Zhu accompany him as his escort.
Jinzhu naturally agreed: "I'm still waiting for the master to be expelled from the family, and I will go to Wulong Mountain with me to rescue my parents. Naturally, I will follow the master to protect his safety."
Zhu Renxia smiled: "I have Heavenly Lord protecting me, so you don't have to follow me."
"A question suddenly occurred to me."
The fifth man held his chin and said in deep thought, "If Master is not at home and our Chang'an Town is in danger, will Tianzun take action to protect us?"
For a moment, everyone fell into silence, and no one could answer this question.
Liu Gongfu laughed and said: "The number of people in our Chang'an Town now exceeds 150. After this period of training, we have already achieved a certain level of combat effectiveness.
In addition, we are protected by a city wall more than four feet high. Even if a small group of bandits invades, they can't do anything to us. The fifth master's worries are a bit unfounded. "
"Hehe...I was just talking casually."
The fifth one grinned, "With our current strength, if the Sky-Zhiding Eagle attacks again, even if Tianzun doesn't take action, we can still protect ourselves. But brother Ren Xia, you should be more careful along the way. Tianzun has his own after all." It would be more appropriate to let Jinzhu accompany you for protection."
"Then there's Miss Lauchin."
Zhu Renxia was not polite, and thanked Jin Zhu with his hands, "I'm sorry that I bother you every time I go out."
Jin Zhu smiled faintly: "I am helping you so that you can help me. After a while, you can follow me to Wulong Mountain and ask Tianzun to help rescue my parents."
Zhu Renxia nodded: "When I am expelled and come back, I will ask Tianzun to help you rescue your father-in-law."
When Jiang Axiu learned that Zhu Renxia was going back to Guilin, she asked to accompany him: "My husband is going home to remove his membership, and he will no longer be a descendant of the Jingjiang clan. As your fiancée, I should follow you back to lay a stick on the graves of your father-in-law and mother-in-law." fragrant."
Jiang Fuzi, Chen Huang and other elders all agreed, "What Axiu said makes sense. Let Ren Xia take him back to Guilin!"
"Well... Then I have a busy lady to follow me and travel a lot."
Zhu Renxia thought about it and felt that what Jiang Axiu said made sense, so he nodded and agreed.
The three of them packed their bags, Zhu Renxia and Jiang Axiu rode together, Jin Zhu rode alone, said goodbye to everyone, and left Chang'an Town and headed east to Guilin.
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Just after Zhu Renxia went out, a spy who was watching in the dark immediately rushed to the distant jungle to report the news.
"Master... the man named Zhu left Jiangjiacun with two women and headed east."
The spy clasped his hands and made a report to Zhang Baichu.
I saw more than 300 elite killers ambush in this hidden jungle, all dressed in gray and elegant clothes. The leader was Zhang Baichu, the master of Liping Mansion.
"Master, why didn't you reveal your identity and rush into Jiangjiacun to arrest people?"
A young man wearing a vermilion armor and holding a long sword asked in confusion, "The crime is that Zhu Renxia left the vassal fiefdom without permission, formed a clique for personal gain, and plotted rebellion."
"Haha... Third Young Master, please listen to me."
Zhang Baichu shook his folding fan and said with a sinister smile, "What you want is for the entire Jiangjia Village to disappear from the world to prevent these people from talking nonsense, not to kill just one Zhu Renxia."
It turned out that this group of people was the killers sent by Tian Zongren, the prefect of Liping, and they were led by Master Zhang Baichu and Tian Wu, the third son of the Tian family.
A month ago, Zhang Baichu sent someone to contact the One-Eyed Dragon of Wulong Mountain and offered them 1,500 taels of silver, asking them to rush thousands of miles to massacre Jiangjia Village.
Who would have thought that after paying a deposit of three hundred taels of silver, the One-Eyed Dragon who contacted him about the matter was no longer heard from, as if he had disappeared into the sea.
Zhang Baichu sent someone to Jiangjia Village to take a sneak look and found that the village was still intact.
This made Zhang Baichu think that the bandits were dishonest and took money without doing anything, so he was so angry that he sent the introducer to the West. The eradication of Jiangjiacun was temporarily put on hold.
Half a month ago, Guizhou Chief Minister Jia Chang sent a letter to Tian Zongren, which said:
[A few days ago, Governor Jiangdong convened the three divisions to hold a regular meeting. The inspector Guo Zizhang mentioned that "a huge temple fell from the sky in Jiangjia Village, Yinma Town, Jinping County, trapping the prefect son Tian Gui and more than 20 people who accompanied him to death. After the official mission arrived, This huge temple disappeared in full view of the public, which is really strange."
Jiang Dongzhi took this matter very seriously and planned to take time to visit Jinping County to investigate the matter and asked Magistrate Tian to make preparations. 】
Tian Zongren was afraid that his son's robbery of civilian girls would be exposed, so he became worried and ordered his youngest son Tian Wu to select 300 killers from the clan soldiers and secretly sneaked to Yinma Town to wait for an opportunity to massacre Jiangjia Village.
Just massacre all the people in Jiangjia Village, set off a fire, and finally blame the bandits in Wulong Mountain, and they will die without any evidence.
It's just that the plan didn't change as fast as it did. After Zhang Baichu and Tian Wu led the killers to secretly arrive near Jiangjiacun, they discovered that a four-foot-high city wall had been built outside this small mountain village.
Moreover, refugees come to seek refuge every day, making this small mountain village more and more populated.
However, the arrogant and domineering Tian clan did not pay attention to the villagers who practiced every day. They thought that these mud-legged people were just fish meat on the chopping board, lambs to be slaughtered. As long as the master gave an order, Jiangjia Village would bleed. into a river.
Just as the killers were waiting for the opportunity, Tian Zongren received a secret report that a group of troops from the Bozhou Yang family secretly arrived in Yinma Town with unknown intentions.
Yinma Town is only more than 20 miles away from Jiangjiacun. If a village massacre occurs at this time, Yang Yinglong will definitely be implicated.
With Yang Yinglong's power, he naturally refused to take the blame. If he was involved, the Yang family would definitely investigate the matter thoroughly.
Therefore, Tian Zongren ordered Zhang Baichu and Tian Wu to stay put for the time being, and lay in ambush in the jungle in Yinma Town, waiting for Yang Yinglong's people to leave before taking action.
This team waited in the jungle for seven or eight days before receiving the news that Yang Yinglong's men had left Yinma Town.
Just when Tian Wu and his minions were eager to take action, Liu Zhaoguang came to Jiangjia Village with a caravan of more than 300 people to purchase goods.
Although the killers of the Tian family did not take these coachmen and footmen seriously, they did not dare to make too much noise. After all, this caravan came from Guiyang, so they continued to lurk in the jungle, and they did not find it until today. Chance.
With a "choking" sound, Tian Wu unsheathed his sword and said, "In that case, please give me the order to take action, Master."
Zhang Baichu put away the folding fan and said with a gloomy expression: "This matter is related to the future of the Tian family. You must keep your hands and feet clean and never let anyone live."
"Master, Third Young Master."
A leader stood up and said worriedly: "Now Jiangjiacun has developed into a large village with a population of six to seven hundred people. If the village is really massacred, will there be too much noise?"
"you wanna die!"
With a flash of cold light, the leader's throat was torn apart in an instant.
Tian Wu took out a handkerchief from his arms and coldly wiped the blood on the sword, "I say it again, no one is allowed to question my father's words, otherwise he will die!"
Everyone present looked stern and clasped their fists: "I will obey the instructions of Third Young Master and Master."
"Ahem..."
Zhang Baichu cleared his throat and said with cold eyes: "Brothers, to be honest, I, Zhang Baichu, am actually an outsider. For whom did I take such a big risk and plan this shocking case? Of course it is for your Tian family. !”
"What the prefect is afraid of is not that the eldest son's rape of civilian girls will be exposed, but that someone will use this matter to make a fuss, slander our Tian family and cause divine punishment."
"If this matter spreads to the capital, the emperor may use this as an excuse to deprive our Tian family of the power of chieftain. I hope you know the seriousness of this matter."
Tian Wu took the words and said viciously: "Why is Yang Yinglong in Bozhou so powerful now? It's because he is cruel!"
"Back then, the Yang family committed a serious crime in Chong'an Town. In order to silence them, the Yang family massacred all 3,500 people in the entire town. In the end, Emperor Wanli didn't get along with each other, and the matter was settled. The Yang family in Bozhou Still the biggest toast in the world."
"Since then, I, Tian Wu, have known that if we, the chieftains, want to survive, we must be more ruthless than merciless and murder without blinking an eye! As long as we don't leave any clues, no one can do anything to us!"
"So, in order for the Tian family to regain its former glory, no matter how big the population of Jiangjia Village is, he must be wiped out today!"
There was a loud "choking" sound at the scene, and more than 300 killers unsheathed their swords and shouted in unison: "For the glory of the Tian family!"
Tian Wu's eyes fell on a man and a woman: "Tian Huo, Tian Shui."
"Please give the order, Third Young Master." The two of them came out at the same time.
"Order you two to lead fifty people to hunt down Zhu Renxia. He will definitely not go too far with two women!"
"yes!"
Tian Huo and Tian Shui took the order together.
Zhang Baichu shook the folding fan in his hand and said coldly: "That boy knows magic. Don't forget to bring black dog blood, glutinous rice, and Taoist talismans from Longhu Mountain."
Someone brought over a black dog, and the woman named Tian Shui slashed it with a knife, killing the black dog immediately.
All fifty people mounted their horses, covered their faces with black scarves, and followed Tian Huo and Tian Shui to chase Zhu Renxia eastward.
The remaining two hundred people also covered their faces with black scarves and took advantage of the setting sun to quietly approach Chang'an Town, which was unaware of it.
