Sword from Hengshan

Chapter 52 Cut off the beard
"Brother Rong~!!"

One arm of the bearded man was wrapped in a blood-soaked plaster cloth, and he sat slumped on the collapsed thatched hut, holding a broken sword in both hands, with only a look of desolation in his eyes.

One of the escort agents said sadly:

"I heard from some Jianghu people that they saw Brother Zhao heading east out of Le'an City with one against four."

"We searched for traces and found a pool of human-shaped ashes at the edge of the bamboo forest, and found this broken sword not far away."

Lu Shilai sighed, took the broken sword from Xing Daosi and looked at it, "It is indeed Brother Zhao's sword."

"He led away the four sword-wielding black-clad warriors by himself, and now our pressure is greatly reduced. Otherwise, more people would have died. We all owe him a life."

"Brother Rong himself, he ah~!"

Lu Shilai looked up at the dark sky, feeling so empty and depressed.

"There are people from Shajiao Island hidden among the men in black!" Xing Daosi's eyes were bloodshot. "I owe Brother Rong several lives. I should settle this blood feud with the Haisha Gang for the rest of my life to comfort his soul in heaven!"

Regardless of whether it was Xing Daosi, Lu Shilai, Mr. Long, or the surviving people around him, they basically acquiesced that Zhao Rong was dead.

So much so that the team that went out to look for Zhao Rong was careful enough to put the puddle of ashes in a box and bring some back.

"I still don't believe he died so easily!" Lu Gui looked gloomy. He had injuries on his back and it was difficult to straighten his waist.

Mr. Long, who had suffered a huge blow, shook his head and spoke dejectedly: "I don't know where these green forest strongmen came from. Those black-clothed swordsmen all have extraordinary swordsmanship. Brother Rong is at his limit against both of them. Facing them at the same time The four of them had no chance of surviving."

"Chang Rui is dead."

"Boss Lu, I will take the initiative to ask Third Master to apologize. Mr. Long is sorry to all of you brothers."

Long Changxu seemed to have aged ten years for a moment.

In the subsequent battle at the inn, Ma Tingchuan was too poisoned and was suddenly killed by a man in black. His good brother Xie Weixin defended the man in black, but failed to guard against a well-hidden Red Wolf gang insider and was stabbed. He died with hatred in his heart.

In addition to Dou Yingzu who had died earlier, none of the three friends he relied on the most were alive.

A large number of escort officers and bodyguards were killed or injured, and the losses were incalculable.

From the inner ghost to the attack of a large number of men in black, no matter how stupid Long Changxu is, he can understand that this is a trap for Chang Rui. In anger, he tore off the seal and opened the dart box. Except for the first few, they were normal. Apart from the escorted goods, the rest of the silver and porcelain goods turned out to be a pile of broken stones!

This employer has done business with him many times, and both parties are old friends who trust each other.

Unexpectedly.
After decades of escorting people from north to south, Long Changxu felt for the first time that he could no longer understand the world.

If Zhao Rong had not seen through Wu Xilei's poisoning plot and lured away four good fighters, this group of people in Le'an would probably not have been able to survive.

Even so, the Changrui Escort Bureau will surely fail.

Long Changxu sighed again, and there seemed to be a lot of wrinkles on his face.

Suddenly, he seemed to hear a slight sound of footsteps.

Turning his head to look in the direction of the footsteps, he saw a figure walking from the darkness. The hair on his body suddenly exploded, and he calmed down, with a look of surprise on his face.

"Brother Rongrong"

The people around him looked out, and their reactions were similar to Long Changxu's.

The very nervous Xing Daosi also turned around and saw Zhao Rong.

At this time, the cold autumn wind passed by, and a puff of green smoke rolled up from nowhere, spreading behind Zhao Rong. His face was expressionless and pale, and he slowly walked towards them from under the blood-stained lantern, as if he had just beaten a ghost. The resentful ghost returns from the door.

Everyone felt even colder.

Then I heard Xing Daosi crying sadly: "Brother Rong, the first seven have come back before their souls arrive. Why do you have to worry? Xing will be waiting here to prevent you from becoming that lonely ghost."

He picked up the urn and said, "Brother, I will take you back to Hengyang and sacrifice the head of my enemy to you!"

Xingdaosi looked sad and angry.

"Hahaha!" Lu Gui on the side suddenly laughed heartily and quickly came forward to meet him. He straightened his waist. At this moment, the injuries on his back seemed to no longer hurt.

"I knew you were still alive!"

Everyone quickly looked to the ground.

"There is a shadow!" Xing Daosi shouted and threw the urn in his hand directly.

Lu Shilai, who was originally depressed, was also extremely pleasantly surprised: "That's great!"

"Brother Rong!"

At a moment when everyone was feeling extremely heavy, a companion who was thought to be dead suddenly came back alive. This kind of loss and recovery gave everyone a sense of comfort and couldn't help but feel a lot happier.

"Brother Rong, I thought you were dead!" Xing Daosi was very excited and wanted to give him a hug right away.

Zhao Rong patted his uninjured shoulder and said, "Of course I'm not dead. How can I make my relatives happy and my enemies happy?"

"Those four men in black chased them all the way, and met their rescuers on the road. They were destined to die. Unexpectedly, they were lucky enough to be saved by an expert."

He was slightly sighing: "Now I have the opportunity to come back and see everyone."

"Where are those men in black?" "The government of Le'an City joined forces with the martial artists in the city and sent a large group of people. They fled to the west of the city. We caught one alive and he turned out to be from Shajiao Island."

Lu Shilai had a gloomy look on his face, "In order to prevent being deceived by him, I also opened the masks of many men in black to check, and there were some familiar faces from the Haisha Gang."

"I will repay my mentor, and I will never let this matter go."

Lao Lu knew too little of the inside story, which affected his judgment. It was far from simple to deal with this matter.

Zhao Rong did not answer the conversation and turned around to say hello to everyone in the escort agency.

Long Changxu was haggard and withered, the escort agency was missing many familiar faces, and none of the martial arts comrades who assisted him survived.

I felt sad for a while.

The world is full of surging people, the rivers and lakes are in chaos, and human lives are like grass.

Zhao Rong was not too surprised when he heard from Lu Gui that the escorts were hiding fake goods.

Even Wu Xilei could backstab the Red Wolf Gang, so it didn't matter that Long Changxu was backstabbed by an old business friend.

The left leader of the Songshan faction is ambitious and has a complete plan to develop and attract people.

Changrui Escort is in a whirlpool, and it is not strong enough, so it can only be smashed into pieces.

Only when he truly put himself in his shoes did Zhao Rong realize the tremendous pressure involved.

Since Shajiao Island is the nail stuck in Hengzhou Prefecture by the Songshan Sect, it is not easy to pull out.

There are different attitudes within the Hengshan sect.

At this time, Zhao Rong also had a headache when considering the problem from the perspective of the head of the family.

There seems to be quite a mess.

First of all, there is the issue of insiders. The Red Wolf Gang is the leader of a group of forces, and there is no guarantee that there will not be another Wu Xi type.

He thought and looked at Lu Shilai.

I have to tell Lao Lu about the apprenticeship.

"How are the bodies disposed of?"

"More than a hundred people died on both sides. Officials came yesterday. They were afraid of the plague and took them all to the countryside to be burned and buried."

"We originally planned to look for you outside at dawn, but now that you are back, we will probably return to Hengyang in two days."

Lu Gui sighed, "This incident has dealt a great blow to the chief escort. I'm afraid he will be disheartened. It will be difficult for the escorts facing north in the future to be escorted."

This topic silences everyone, and no one wants to see this happen.

The day after Zhao Rong came back, Mr. Long cheered up and made an agreement with everyone to return in two days.

On the same day, Zhao Rong went out of the inn to look for Lin Zhennan.

However, they found out that Fuwei Escort and his entourage left the city overnight and did not stay for a moment.

The idea of ​​thanking him in person had to be given up.

In the evening, Zhao Rong told Lu Shilai and others at the same table roughly what happened in the bamboo forest while eating.

When they heard that Mr. Mo Da saved people with his sword, and also knew that Zhao Rong had become a disciple of Mo Da and was accepted as his direct disciple, the expressions of several people were extremely exciting.

Especially Lu Shilai.

In a short period of time, it was impossible to digest this shocking news.

He felt sad and couldn't blame Zhao Rong.

Due to emotion and reason, this life-saving grace cannot be violated.

Besides, it’s true that I didn’t take Mr. Liu as my teacher.

The deal was done, so he could only say "congratulations."

Lu Gui and Xing Daosi were surprised and congratulated loudly.

Everyone understands that being accepted by Mo Da as the leader must have given him a higher status and made him jump to the core of the sect.

Lu Shilai thought of a series of things that happened to Zhao Rong, and for the first time he felt a little bit resentful towards his mentor.

Master Mo has not accepted a disciple for more than ten years, and he has never mentioned a direct disciple.

Now after meeting Zhao Rong, he directly intercepted Hu and grabbed it.

Otherwise, why come all the way to Le'an?
Even Master Mo was so eager to take it seriously that he even disregarded his dignity.
Master, my disciples come to my door again and again, why do you keep putting it off?
What a great opportunity, but you didn't seize it!
Alas, there is so much sorrow in the world.
On this day, Lu Shilai drank many glasses of wine.

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(End of this chapter)