Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 315: Drifting in Troubled Times
first month.

Winter is not over yet.

The sky and the earth were filled with biting cold winds, and ice had formed on the river. In such freezing weather, people should have stayed at home to avoid the wind and the cold, but the woods by the river were filled with crowds of people.

These people were carrying their families and luggage, as if they were fleeing. Many of them had bandages wrapped around their bodies, and no one knew how they had been injured.

Almost all of them had red and swollen skin from the cold, and frostbite on their faces. They soon could not hold on any longer and collapsed in the forest, shivering against the tree trunks, blowing on their hands constantly, trying to regain some warmth.

Only a woman carrying a long wooden box on her back was still standing gracefully. She seemed not to be afraid of the cold, but she was wearing a coarse jute cloth, which made her look thinner than anyone else present.

She had a scarf wrapped around her head, covering her long black hair. Her face was dull and she showed no emotion. Her nose was a little big, which was very inconsistent with her facial features.

But her voice was soft and pleasant, and she shouted in the woods: "There are fleeing soldiers everywhere around here, the situation is not safe, everyone, don't stop, let's continue on our way!"

Everyone replied in a sparse voice: "I really can't walk anymore. I'm cold and hungry. I really don't have any strength left."

An old man nearby saw that the girl in hemp clothes looked normal, so he advised: "Madam Divine Doctor, thank you for taking care of us along the way. We know that you are very capable, and we don't want to hold you back. You should go on your own first. We will continue our journey slowly after we have enough strength!"

The girl in sackcloth clothes was in deep thought. She didn't know these hundreds of people in the forest. They just happened to encounter a war and were fleeing together.

The girl in hemp clothes often traveled around the world, carrying some medicine for wounds. When she saw someone being injured by the rebels, she bandaged the wound.

Because her medicine was extremely effective and could stop bleeding and relieve pain instantly, everyone was shocked and started calling her "Madam Miracle Doctor".

She was not a professional doctor, but she was not a cold person either. She thought, "I'll go to the nearby mountains and find them a sheltered cave. I'll also prepare some food. It won't be too late to leave. We can't let them die in the wild."

She was about to go patrol the mountain when she heard a young man at the edge of the forest exclaim, "Huh? It's raining!"

Next to the boy was a middle-aged man who looked very similar to the boy. He should be the father and son. He immediately scolded him: "Why are you yelling! How can it rain in the middle of winter? If it rains, it should be snowing!"

The father and son were both strong and had been walking at the front of the team. Their resting place was next to the river. The boy felt water splashing on his face and thought it was raining.

When the boy reached out to wipe it, he suddenly found that his palm was covered with blood. He screamed, "Ah, it's blood! My God, whose blood sprayed on me!"

The middle-aged man quickly embraced the young man and looked around vigilantly, but did not find any figure nearby.

The girl in sackcloth clothes heard the cry, turned her head and looked, her clear eyes widened as she witnessed an incredible and magical scene.

Suddenly, more than ten feet above the river, the wind and clouds moved, as if a whirlpool had suddenly formed. Blood spurted out from the center of the whirlpool, instantly dyeing the sky red.

There was another "whoosh!" sound, and a bloody head flew out of the whirlpool and fell among the crowd in the woods.

At this moment, the crowd went wild.

Hundreds of people in the forest were originally exhausted, and stimulated by the cold wind, their bodies were stiff and they were unwilling to move. Suddenly, they miraculously regained their energy, jumped up, and ran backwards.

At the scene, only the girl in hemp clothes remained calm and stood there without moving.

The middle-aged man and the young man were closest to the scene of the incident. They saw the real appearance of the head clearly and were terrified. Although they were backing away, their hands and feet were out of control and they were shaking.

The father and son were almost crawling on all fours. They had just crawled more than ten steps when, with a whistling sound, a thick-backed long sword fell from the air and stabbed in front of the young man.

The boy felt the blade approaching, and subconsciously stretched out his right hand to protect his face, but the blade emitted a cold current, freezing the boy's whole body limp. His body moved forward uncontrollably, and his palm unfortunately pressed on the blade. With a "puff!", it was cut through, and half of his palm fell to the ground.

The boy suddenly fell to his side, crying loudly.

When the middle-aged man saw the young man was injured, he rushed over. However, just as he was about to turn around, he saw a tall figure covered in blood suddenly falling from the sky and standing between him and the young man.

This figure was none other than Huang Sixi who broke through the barrier of the Fengyun Jianghu.

He had just assassinated the last batch of targets in the Japanese royal palace and cleared out all the martial artists in the palace, thus ending his year-long assassination campaign. He then used 'Mahamutrom' to open the door to break through the wall and rushed to the Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty.

After he landed, he planned to grasp the handle of the thick-backed long sword, which was his trophy in Japan.

He glanced around and found that there were only ordinary people nearby. The young man under his feet was even more unlucky as he was accidentally injured by the blade.

He immediately dropped the knife and picked up half of his palm from the ground.

The middle-aged man saw him picking up his son's severed hand and blurted out: "What are you doing!"

He turned his head to glance at the middle-aged man, who looked like he had rushed out of a sea of blood and corpses, with a murderous aura that made people shudder. The middle-aged man lowered his head in a hurry, not daring to look at him again, his teeth trembling with nervousness: "You...if you want to pick it up, just pick it up. Please don't hurt my little boy!"

Huang Sixi didn't answer. He half squatted down, grabbed the boy's wrist and began to take over.

As Huang Sixi channeled the Rama Qi, the young man who was originally screaming suddenly stopped crying. He was stunned for a moment, and suddenly shouted to the middle-aged man: "Dad, my hand doesn't hurt anymore, and my body is not cold anymore!"

The middle-aged man had already bypassed Huang Sixi and crawled to the side of the young man, whispering: "Silly boy, don't let this be a flash of brilliance!"

He was worried that the boy would not feel pain or cold before dying.

The young man was excited: "This big brother is treating my wounds. Look, Dad, the blood on my hands has stopped flowing. Now I am full of energy. He is also a miracle doctor like the miracle doctor lady!"

The middle-aged man lowered his head and took a closer look, and indeed found that the boy's broken hand had been reattached. But he was puzzled. How could Huang Sixi reattach the broken limb without using any medicine, just by taking the boy's pulse and asking questions?

He couldn't believe it at first, until Huang Sixi's luck ran out. He took out the "Black Jade Broken Palm Ointment" and applied it to the boy's broken palm wound, and then bandaged it. The boy raised his hand in front of him and moved his five fingers.

He finally became convinced that Huang Sixi possessed the miraculous medical skill of regenerating severed limbs, and he could not help but shout with joy: "He is truly a miracle doctor!"

He waved to his companions who had already hidden outside the woods and shouted, "Don't be afraid, this is a miracle doctor! First we met the miracle doctor's wife, and now we've met the miracle doctor's husband. This time we will definitely be able to escape the disaster and avoid danger!"

When hundreds of people outside the forest heard these words, they gradually became bolder and rushed back into the forest and gathered around.

They are currently fleeing outside, and any minor illness or injury may cost them their lives. But if there is a miracle doctor in the team, their lives can be saved.

"Hello, Mr. Miraculous Doctor!"

"The genius doctor is here to show his courtesy!"

"Mr. Miracle Doctor, give me back your head! It's a really great head!" Hundreds of people mustered up their courage and bowed to Huang Sixi, but the young man picked up the head that fell from mid-air and rushed it to Huang Sixi's feet.

After the boy finished speaking, the crowd fell silent.

Everyone was a little nervous, secretly blaming the boy for not being able to speak. What did he mean by "return your head"? And what good head was it? What if he angered the miracle doctor?
Huang Sixi shook his head at the young man: "This is the thief head of the Emperor of Dongdao of Japan. He is not a good head!"

The young man didn't know what country Wa was, but he knew what an island meant. He asked, "The ruler of a small island dared to call himself an emperor. He deserves to die. Good job, my genius doctor! My genius doctor, do you want me to grind this head to dust?"

Huang Sixi said: "That's not necessary, just kick it away, it's an eyesore!"

The young man kicked up and said, "Get lost!"

The head flew straight into the river, broke through the ice, and fell to the bottom of the river without a trace.

Huang Sixi laughed heartily upon seeing this.

When the people around saw Huang Sixi so happy, their faces relaxed and they started laughing too.

The middle-aged man saw that Huang Sixi and the young man were getting along well, so he called out to the girl in hemp clothes, "Madam Divine Doctor, did you invite this Divine Doctor?"

The girl in hemp clothes stepped forward and smiled softly: "I don't know this gentleman, but I admire his limb-replacing skills!"

She was still shocked by Huang Sixi's appearance. She had been staring at the air just now, and Huang Sixi seemed to have appeared out of thin air, but it was impossible for a person to fall from the sky. Perhaps Huang Sixi had performed some kind of peerless martial arts, and his speed was so fast that she could not catch it with her naked eyes. She could only guess this.

She bowed to Huang Sixi and asked, "Is your Excellency also a scholar in the medical field?"

"I did practice medicine once!"

Huang Sixi saw that she seemed to be the leader of this team, so he asked her, "What year is it now?"

Since Huang Sixi's appearance was too sudden, she did not think Huang Sixi's question was too strange, and replied: "In the thirteenth year of Daye, the Spring Festival just passed a few days ago!"

Huang Sixi calculated in his mind that the 617th year of Daye was AD. The world was in chaos. The next year, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty would be killed by the rebels, and the Tang Empire, which was famous in later generations, would be established.

The Twin Dragons Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling have also made their debut, but it has only been a short time. They have just stolen the ancient treasure book "The Secret of Immortality" and left their hometown Yangzhou to venture into the world.

Huang Sixi continued to ask: "What is this place?"

The maid patiently introduced: "This is in Zhongli County. The government soldiers and the righteous soldiers are fighting nearby. The defeated soldiers are committing crimes everywhere and looting the people. We fled here from Huaming Town in the east!"

During the Daye period of the Sui Dynasty, the county division was implemented. Zhongli County was located near Chuzhou in Huainan, and had jurisdiction over three or four counties, with its seat in Linhuai Pass, Fengyang.

Huang Sixi once again looked at the people around him. Being driven out of his home in the middle of winter was not surprising in the war years. He asked, "Are the defeated soldiers government soldiers or volunteer soldiers?"

The lady in hemp clothes said calmly, "They are the emperor's guards! Last December, the emperor went on a tour to Jiangdu. This place is only a hundred miles away from Jiangdu, but it was captured by the rebel army. The emperor sent out the guards to suppress it, but they were defeated. The defeated guards did not dare to return to Jiangdu, fearing that they would be punished by the emperor, so they went around harming the people in the country!"

Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty repaired the Grand Canal, which allowed people to take a boat directly from the eastern capital Luoyang to Jiangdu. He had traveled south twice several years ago, and each time he brought hardship to the local people.

This time, Yang Guang made another southern tour, which consumed thousands of ships and the fleet stretched for hundreds of miles. He asked the people to provide supplies along the way. Naturally, corrupt officials would not miss the opportunity to plunder the people's wealth.

Unfortunately, the domestic situation was that bandits were everywhere. The people were robbed outside and exploited by county officials at home. They had almost no way to survive. As a result, rebellions broke out everywhere, and the ranks of the rebel army grew like a snowball.

Huang Sixi knew that this turbulent and chaotic world would continue for several more years. In the future, there would be more and more rebel armies in the Central Plains, and the situation would become more and more chaotic. "This place is so close to Jiangdu, it should be under the emperor's feet. Which rebel army is so fierce that it could fight under the emperor's nose?"

Miss Mai Yi had a deep understanding of the turbulent situation: "It is said that it was Li Zitong of the East China Sea and Du Fuwei of the Jianghuai. Their troops marched south from the Huai River and fought all the way to the Yangtze River coast. They captured Liyang and cut off the Yangtze River waterway. They can now threaten Jiangdu!"

Huang Sixi knew that Li Zitong and Du Fuwei could not capture Jiangdu because there was a Danyang County between Liyang and Jiangdu, with its capital in Jiangning. It was an important town along the river for the Sui army and was not easy to break through.

Li Zitong and Du Fuwei were ambitious heroes, all vying to become kings. The two rebel armies were not united and could fight among themselves for territory at any time. They could not overthrow the tyrannical Sui Dynasty, nor pacify the chaotic world.

Huang Sixi found that the girl in hemp clothes was quite knowledgeable, so he began to look at her carefully, and suddenly pointed at her face and asked: "Are you a beauty changer?"

She did not think it was a surprise that Huang Sixi saw through her. She looked at Huang Sixi calmly and said, "A weak woman going out into the world must disguise herself to protect her safety. Do you think this is appropriate, my dear?"

Huang Sixi nodded: "It is necessary! They just called you the Miraculous Doctor Lady, so you must be a Jianghu doctor, right?"

The lady in hemp clothes smiled and said, "I'm not a doctor, nor am I from here! I was just invited by an elder to go to Dongping County to celebrate his birthday. I knew the situation in the world was unstable, so I set off a few months in advance. As a result, I encountered war when I passed through here, and I have been trapped for nearly a month!"

Huang Sixi exclaimed, and pointed at the crowd nearby: "Aren't you from the same hometown as these people?"

Without waiting for the maiden's reply.

The middle-aged man rushed to say, "The lady doctor was just staying in our town. She informed us to flee before the defeated soldiers attacked the city. If she hadn't taken care of us along the way, I'm afraid we would have died in vain."

Hundreds of people present were extremely grateful to the girl in hemp clothes, but now it was freezing cold and dangerous everywhere, and they might not be able to survive the winter. When they thought of their uncertain future, their gratitude gradually faded, and only fear and despair remained in their hearts.

Huang Sixi continued to ask Miss Sackcloth: "Dongping County is very big, where exactly are you going?"

"Yuncheng County!"

"Yuncheng near Liangshan?"

"Not bad!"

"That's a bit far away. The war is not over yet. Can you make it in time to wish him a happy birthday?"

"The birthday banquet is scheduled for March, so there's still plenty of time! From July to December last year, the entire Grand Canal was blocked and only allowed to be used by the emperor on his southern tour. I couldn't take a boat. Now the emperor has arrived in Jiangdu, and the Grand Canal has reopened. I plan to go to Jiangdu, take a boat north along the Grand Canal, and reach Yuncheng in half a month!"

Miss Ma Yi did not plan to travel by land, because the Jianghuai area was full of wars ignited by Li Zitong and Du Fuwei. Even if she passed through the war zone safely and crossed the Huai River, she would enter Yuzhou.

The war in Yuzhou is even more intense at the moment. That is the territory where the world's number one rebel group, Wagangzhai, is roaming. The ground is filled with smoke of gunpowder, and it is easier for her to be trapped if she travels through Yuzhou.

　All the backgrounds in this volume are based on the setting of "The Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty". Please understand if there are any discrepancies with the real history.

　　
　
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