Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 331: Jiang Xin Ambush
It was almost dusk when Huang Sixi returned to the river.

In order to eat the blood bodhi again, the little dragon followed him and jumped onto the river bank.

But the little dragon has lived in a lake in the center of the earth since birth, and the environment it sees is always grayish dark red.

Suddenly leaving the center of the earth, it saw the vast sky and the dazzling sunlight, and subconsciously felt fear, and jumped back into the river with a splash.

Huang Sixi understood its uneasiness, so he took out the leather bag that had contained Manggu Zhuha, opened the bag and said to it: "You can hide in the bag, the sunlight can't reach you."

After saying that, he put a blood bodhi into the bag.

When the little dragon saw the food, all his worries disappeared and he dived into the bag like a gust of wind.

After it ate the blood bodhi at the bottom of the river, it realized that this fruit could help it grow, increase its strength, and contained a flavor that made it feel close to it, so it was so greedy.

If other flowers and fruits were used, it would never be so carried away.

Huang Sixi started to travel with it, thinking that the number of blood bodhi trees in his collection was limited. Even if he fed it one per month, it would soon be finished. He needed to plant a batch as soon as possible.

The Blood Bodhi grows from the soil where the Qilin's fire blood has been sprinkled. When Huang Sixi left Fengyun Jianghu, he collected fire blood and brought with him the Blood Bodhi seeds, which provided the conditions for planting.

After a while, Huang Sixi returned to the valley where Jianglongyuan was located.

There is a sentry post outside the valley, with two groups of older students stationed there. One group is made up of female disciples from the Jade Bee Hall, who work together to manage a box of poisonous bees, and the other group is made up of male disciples from the Qilin Hall, who control poisonous snakes.

In fact, in desolate mountains and wilderness like this, you may not see a single person for months, so there is no need to stand guard.

However, in order to cultivate students' vigilance habits, Huang Sixi immediately set up sentry posts in Yufeng Hall and Qilin Hall after taming the first batch of poisonous bees and snakes, and asked students to take turns to guard them.

It was just time for dinner and the valley was bustling with activity.

In the past month, Huang Sixi asked students to practice by building houses and schools in the valley, casting sword furnaces and utensils, and opening up mountain fields and medicinal gardens.

Since it was the first time for the students to learn this skill, the progress was slow and they hadn’t even built the prototype of Jianglongyuan, but they were busy and enjoyed it.

Seeing Huang Sixi returning to the valley, Du Silang immediately went to meet him.

Huang Sixi didn't see Zhai Jiao and asked where she was going.

Du Silang said, "We purchased a batch of leather from Madam Song. She delivered it today. Senior Sister Zhai went outside the mountain to transport the goods!"

This batch of leather was ordered by Huang Sixi himself, as he wanted to teach his students how to use leather to make soft armor.

After the Jianglongyuan building is completed, the next step will be actual combat training. Many students are too young, and in order to reduce injuries, they need some protective gear.

Over the past month, Song Yuzhi helped allocate a large amount of supplies, including food, clothing, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. Every time the supplies were pulled out of the mountain, Song Yuzhi would personally take over and come to meet alone.

Song Yuzhi's subordinates knew that there were a group of important customers in Shannei, but they were not clear about their identities. Song Yuzhi took very thorough confidentiality measures.

Huang Sixi knew that Song Yuzhi had been living in Chun'an County, but every time he placed an order, he asked Zhai Jiao to negotiate with him, bringing the personal seal given by Song Yuzhi.

He himself had never had any contact with Song Yuzhi. When he learned that Song Yuzhi was outside the mountain, he told Du Silang and went to meet Song Yuzhi.

There is a bamboo forest on the north side of the mountain, which is where the goods are delivered every time.

When Huang Sixi arrived, Zhai Jiao and a dozen of his fellow disciples from the Xuantie Palace had already tied the leather tightly onto the horses' backs, preparing to go into the mountains and return home.

As soon as they saw Huang Sixi leap into the woods, they shouted in unison: "Dean!"

Huang Sixi waved his hand at them, then signaled to Zhai Jiao: "Wuxia, you take them back first. Madam Song and I have something to discuss."

Zhai Jiao said hello to Song Yuzhi before leading the horse out of the forest.

After the cavalry went away, Huang Sixi turned his attention to Song Yuzhi.

Today Song Yuzhi was dressed as a man again, with a hero bun on her head and a plain yellow headscarf. She wore a snow-white tight warrior suit with gold edges, and her voluptuous figure was so beautiful that it made people dizzy.

She had a narrow silver-sheathed knife hanging from her waist. She stood with her hand on the handle, looking at the eyes that Huang Sixi was casting at her. She smiled, "Seeing Mr. Huang coming here makes Yuzhi very happy."

Huang Sixi said with a smile: "Why should you be happy? I have ordered so many goods from you recently, which has caused you to work hard every day. I guess you don't even have time to rest."

Song Yuzhi stretched out his hand and patted the package on the pony beside him, making a crisp "ding ding" sound. The shopkeepers who often managed finances could immediately tell that it was the sound caused by the collision of silver ingots.

"Mr. Huang is very generous and gives generous rewards. If Yuzhi does one deal with you, the profit will be equal to ten deals before. Even if she is exhausted and falls ill, Yuzhi will be happy!"

The amount of silver she handled every year was as high as hundreds of thousands, so she would not value Huang Sixi's small profit. She only cared about Huang Sixi's attitude. She was also curious about what Huang Sixi's sudden appearance was for.
Huang Sixi came to see her specially, of course not to reminisce about the past.

Huang Sixi got straight to the point: "Mrs. Song is the young master of a powerful family, but you have abandoned the core business of the Song family and stayed in Chun'an County. What is your purpose? Is it just to make a little money from me?"

Song Yuzhi smiled slightly: "If Yuzhi said that I live in Chun'an just to see Mr. Huang more often, would Mr. Huang believe it?"

Huang Sixi immediately asked her, "How long do you plan to stay here? If you can stay here for ten years, I will definitely believe you!"

Song Yuzhi smiled even more and covered his mouth with his hands, laughing happily.

By the time her laughter stopped, she had already thought of the words to answer.

She confessed, "Mr. Huang, you have several hunting warrants on your back. Assassins all over the world are on the move. Yuzhi thinks you may not allow the assassins to gather together and attack you. I will keep Chun'an to collect information about the assassins in case Mr. Huang needs it!"

Huang Sixi nodded: "You guessed correctly, I will not tolerate the killing orders of Du Fuwei and Qu Ao for a long time! Qu Ao is a Tiele alien who sneaked into the Middle-earth to cause trouble. I have decided to assassinate him, but Du Fuwei is a little different!"

Song Yu was suspicious and asked, "Du Fuwei colluded with the Tiele and invited the wolf into the house. His crime was extremely serious. Shouldn't he be executed?"

Huang Sixi did not hide his thoughts: "The reason why I destroyed the Iron Cavalry Society is because this gang has harmed the people, and they deserve to die! Du Fuwei colluded with foreign tribes, and it is enough for me to kill him alone. All his subordinates are anti-Sui rebels, and I don't want to cause additional casualties!"

This is not because Huang Sixi was kind to the rebels, but the situation in the world has become so corrupt that Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty cannot escape blame.

If Huang Sixi started a massacre in the Jianghuai Volunteer Army, the final beneficiary would be Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty. Huang Sixi only wanted to kill the main culprits Du Fuwei and Qu Ao, the Tiele people, without causing serious damage to the Jianghuai Volunteer Army, allowing them to continue to rebel against the Sui Dynasty. This was the effect Huang Sixi wanted.

Song Yuzhi already understood what Huang Sixi meant, and couldn't help but feel that the situation was thorny: "Ever since Du Fuwei colluded with Qu Ao, he has been hiding near Liyang County and no longer goes out. He must be worried that you, Mr. Huang, will kill him!"

In the past, Du Fuwei, as the leader of the Jianghuai rebel army, always relied on his outstanding martial arts to roam the world alone. He acted alone when he arrested Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.

However, Huang Sixi single-handedly wiped out the Iron Cavalry Society, which intimidated Du Fuwei and made him dare not act rashly again.

Now that Du Fuwei has issued a killing order against Huang Sixi, it is only temporary.

He has been waiting anxiously for Huang Sixi's whereabouts. Once Huang Sixi's whereabouts are exposed, he will immediately send his trained death squads and recruited killers to follow Qu Ao to hunt down Huang Sixi.

Du Fuwei's plan was to use Qu Ao to eliminate Huang Sixi.

If Qu Ao eventually died at the hands of Huang Sixi, it would mean that Huang Sixi's martial arts was invincible. Du Fuwei would then decisively revoke the killing order and show goodwill to Huang Sixi at all costs.

Therefore, before the decisive battle between Huang Sixi and Qu Ao, Du Fuwei would not let himself go out alone.

Song Yuzhi pondered for a moment and proposed a solution to Huang Sixi: "In the past month, Du Fuwei has robbed hundreds of merchant ships on the river. In order to show off his military power, Qu Ao was willing to be Du Fuwei's lackey. Together, they killed more than ten masters on the river. These masters were all merchant ship guards hired by various forces!"

In fact, all the merchant ships intercepted by Du Fuwei came from the official families of the Sui Dynasty, especially the four major families.

After Du Fuwei cut off the river route, these aristocratic families recruited a large number of gangsters to escort the merchant ships and hired martial arts masters as bodyguards, trying to force their way through Du Fuwei's jurisdiction. However, they were all intercepted by the Tiele people led by Qu Ao.

Song Yuzhi added, "There is a Shuilong Gang on the southeast coast that specializes in smuggling salt and has secretly joined our Song clan! Yuzhi can have the Shuilong Gang dispatched to drive salt boats across the river guarded by the Jianghuai Volunteer Army to lure Du Fuwei and Qu Ao to come and kill them. When the time comes, you, Mr. Huang, can deal with them on the river, and the impact should be minimized!"

Huang Sixi thought this idea was very good.

Fighting on the river can not only get rid of the assassins and death squads recruited by Du Fuwei and Qu Ao, but also prevent the Jianghuai rebel army from launching a large-scale attack, which can be said to kill several birds with one stone.

But Huang Sixi still felt that Song Yuzhi's plan was not perfect: "Your people cannot be involved in this matter. Everyone in the underworld knows that the Water Dragon Gang is the henchmen of the Song family..."

Song Yuzhi couldn't help but interrupt: "Mr. Huang, what is a horseman?"

"It's just a henchman!"

"In fact, the Water Dragon Gang joined the Song clan just to prevent being harassed by local government. We are partners, not thugs!"

"That won't work! I'm not familiar with the situation in the martial arts world. I've heard that the power behind the Water Dragon Gang is supported by the Song clan. Outsiders must know better! If the Water Dragon Gang sets up a scheme, and the news spreads in the future, outsiders will think that the Song clan conspired with me to assassinate Du Fuwei and Qu Ao!"

Huang Sixi finished speaking.

Song Yuzhi fell silent.

She stared at Huang Sixi quietly for a while, then said hesitantly, "Mr. Huang, among the four great clans in the world, only our Song clan is a pure Han clan. We have a good reputation among the people and the public. Don't worry about any adverse effects on you if you are involved with the Song clan! When the time comes, I will ask my father to come forward and clarify the matter, and that will eliminate the misunderstanding!"

"This misunderstanding doesn't really affect me, after all, I don't have any family business!"

Huang Sixi explained to her: "If the assassination of Du Fuwei and Qu Ao is successful, the Jianghuai Volunteer Army, the Donghai Volunteer Army, and the Tiele people will all withdraw their hunting orders against me, but the Demon Sect will not. Those people are mentally ill and can do anything. Do you want the Demon Sect to continue to sabotage your Song clan's industry?"

Song Yuzhi was stunned, thinking that Mr. Huang was worried about her and not dissatisfied with the Song family.

Song Yuzhi immediately proposed a new method: "Mr. Huang, in addition to the Water Dragon Gang, we can also use the salt ships of the Sea Sand Gang to lure Du Fuwei and Qu Ao to the river!
However, the power behind the Haisha Gang is the Yuwen clan. We need to find out when they will send a fleet to force their way through the river guarded by the Jianghuai Volunteer Army. It may take one or two months, or three or four months!"

Any gang in the underworld needs huge financial support. The Haisha Gang and the Shuilong Gang are located on the southeast coast. They all accumulated wealth through smuggling salt, and thus they were included in the eight gangs and ten associations.

However, in order to protect their wealth, the eight gangs and ten associations all sought their own backers.

The Shuilong Gang is backed by the Song clan, while the Haisha Gang is backed by the Yuwen clan.

If we compare the scale and strength, the Song clan is weaker than the Yuwen clan, and the Shuilong Gang is weaker than the Haisha Gang.

The Haisha Gang built eighteen branches in the coastal salt-producing areas. Every year, a large number of salt ships enter the inland through the Yangtze River. They can be regarded as the largest salt merchants in the world.

Ever since Du Fuwei cut off the river route, the Haisha Gang suffered the most losses, and naturally the Yuwen clan was the one that hated Du Fuwei the most.

In the past month, 90% of the salt ships that the Haisha Gang used to enter the inland were seized by the Jianghuai Volunteer Army, causing them to no longer dare to send ships into the river easily.

Currently, the leader of the Haisha Gang, Han Gaitian, is in the Yuwen clan's residence in Jiangdu to discuss countermeasures.

Given the arrogance of the Yuwen clan, they would definitely not be able to tolerate Du Fuwei's constant looting and would definitely send experts to accompany the fleet to have a good fight with Du Fuwei.

But it will take time to find out when the Yuwen clan will take retaliatory actions.

When Huang Sixi heard that it was the salt ship of the Yuwen clan, he immediately said to Song Yuzhi: "If we can use the Yuwen clan's fleet to lure Du Fuwei and Qu Ao to ambush them in the middle of the river, that would be great!"

When Song Yuzhi saw that Huang Sixi agreed, he knew that the assassination of Du Fuwei and Qu Ao was inevitable.

She stayed in Chun'an County just for this matter, and now she finally got the result.

This made her look forward to it even more: "Yuzhi will return to Jiangdu and inquire about the time when the Yuwen clan and the Haisha Gang will send salt ships into the Yangtze River. A few days ago, Yuzhi communicated with her second uncle and learned that Yuwen Wudi recently led his death squad to station at the Haisha Gang headquarters. Yuwen Wudi may accompany them when the ship is transported next time!"

Huang Sixi asked casually: "How is Yuwen Wudi's martial arts?"

Song Yuzhi knew the masters of the four major clans very well: "The strongest martial artist of the Yuwen clan is the clan leader Yuwen Shang, followed by Yuwen Wenji, Yuwen Chengdu and Yuwen Shi, and Yuwen Wudi ranks fifth!"

Huang Sixi shook his head: "Then he is definitely no match for Qu Ao!"

Song Yuzhi smiled and said, "Yuwen Wudi is not going to deal with Qu Ao. He may want to kill the generals under Du Fuwei to vent his anger!"

In the Yuwen clan, only Yuwen Shang and Yuwen Huaji can be ranked among the top masters and compete with underworld tycoons such as Du Fuwei, Zhai Rang, Li Mi, Dou Jiande, and Wang Bo.

(End of this chapter)