Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 70: Blood and Loyalty
Huang Sixi did not stop at Taibai Mountain that day and continued riding north.

When he crossed the border and entered the grassland, he could not help but look back towards the Central Plains.

After this trip to Liaodong, he will never come back.

He thought to himself: "After I leave, at least Tie Luohan, Hu Guinan, and Miss He will miss me. Having made such close friends, my trip will not be in vain."

But he really underestimated his own reputation. In the future, more and more people will miss him, and the memory will become more and more profound.

Not long after, Huang Sixi arrived near the Khalsa Mountains in the south of Shengjing City.

At the foot of the mountain, I saw densely packed tents, fluttering flags, and war horses galloping among them. It was a huge camp.

This is the Tatars' favorite hunting ground.

In autumn, the Tatars gathered in the mountains again to hold a hunting event, horse racing, and Bu Ku entertainment activities. They also invited nobles from all ethnic groups outside Liaodong to attend the ceremony.

When Huang Sixi arrived in Liaodong, the Tartar central government had already moved to Khalsa Mountain. He did not enter Shengjing, but went directly to the hunting ground. However, he had no good idea on how to sneak into the Golden Tent of the Tartar nobles as he had just arrived.

At dusk that day, he wandered in the wild forest more than ten miles outside the mountain, preparing to sneak into the camp after dark.

While waiting, he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves. He looked over and found a young man in green clothes, dressed like a Han Chinese, getting off his horse beside a tree.

The young man in green was not tall and was a little thin. His face was very haggard, as if he had not slept for several days.

He first tied the reins to a tree trunk, then found a piece of bluestone nearby and sat down to rest, looking towards the camp with a worried look on his face.

He looked for a while, as if he remembered something sad, and began to sob softly, wiping his tears with his fingers raised. His behavior was no different from that of a woman.

Huang Sixi guessed that the young man in green was a woman disguised as a man.

Her soliloquy also confirmed this: "I will sneak into the camp tonight and save Brother Yuan. If I can't save him, I will die with him, and that's fine too."

When Huang Sixi heard her mention Brother Yuan, he walked towards her.

She heard some noise nearby and became very alert. When she saw Huang Sixi, she immediately drew her sword and asked, "Who are you?"

"Like you, I am also a Han Chinese!"

Huang Sixi immediately stopped and called out to her, "I heard you crying here, I thought you must have encountered some trouble, so I came over to take a look."

She replied calmly: "It is true that I have encountered difficulties, but this is my business, can you still help me?"

Huang Sixi said: "I dare not say anything for sure. You must first tell me the problem. After I listen, I can tell you whether I can help!"

She was stunned for a moment, sheathed her sword, and put away her hostility.

Huang Sixi saw this and continued to walk towards her, put down the beehive, sat down next to her, and asked her, "What's your name, young lady?"

She introduced herself: "My last name is Xia Qingqing, and I am not from Liaodong."

Huang Sixi smiled and said, "You must be from the Central Plains. I am one too. What are you doing all the way to the wilderness of Liaodong?"

Xia Qingqing asked back: "What about you? What are you doing in Liaodong?"

Huang Sixi patted the beehive and said, "I am a beekeeper. I came to Liaodong to collect rare bees and insects."

"Bee bug? Can you let me see it?"

"You can look at it as you like!"

Xia Qingqing walked forward and lifted a corner of the beehive. After just one look, she felt her hair stand on end and quickly closed the box again.

When she looked at Huang Sixi again, she already had a hint of admiration in her eyes: "These bees are really scary. You are really brave to raise such powerful bees."

Huang Sixi said: "That's not as good as you. As a weak woman, you dare to travel thousands of miles and enter the dangerous territory of foreign countries. Aren't you afraid of being caught by the Tartars?"

"I'm here to kill the Tartars!" Xia Qingqing said frankly, "I'm not alone either. I'm here with Brother Yuan."

"Brother Yuan? Where is he?" Huang Sixi asked.

"He was captured by the Tartars!" Xia Qingqing pointed in the direction of the camp:

"He originally wanted to assassinate the Tartar regent Duoduo, but failed. He was detained in the Tartar camp and I'm afraid he will be executed by the Tartars."

Xia Qingqing started to cry, obviously very sad: "Big brother, how do you say we can save him?"

She was so anxious that she tried all kinds of medical treatments.

Huang Sixi said: "If you want to save someone, you must first know his name. What is his name?"

"His name is Yuan Chengzhi!"

Xia Qingqing revealed: "His father was Yuan Chonghuan, the former military commander who guarded Liaodong. Have you heard of him, brother?"

"So he is the descendant of General Yuan. This gentleman is very famous in the Central Plains. I have often heard of him."

Huang Sixi had guessed that it was Yuan Chengzhi when he heard Xia Qingqing mention "Brother Yuan" earlier.

In the original novel, Yuan Chengzhi and Xia Qingqing rushed to Liaodong together and attempted to assassinate Huang Taiji, but they were intercepted by Yu Zhenzi and captured. They were later rescued by Zu Dashou, an old subordinate of Yuan Chonghuan.

Now Huang Taiji had been assassinated by Huang Sixi long ago, the Tartars no longer had an emperor, only a regent in power, and Yuan Chengzhi actually came to assassinate him again.

This surprised Huang Sixi.

In fact, the whole "Sword of Royal Blood" is about Yuan Chengzhi's process of revenge for his father. He went to Mount Huashan at the age of ten, learned martial arts for ten years, and then went down the mountain to take revenge.

Since he inherited the mantle of Xia Xueyi, the Golden Snake Prince, in the deserted cave of Mount Hua and obtained the treasure map left by Xia Xueyi, after he came down the mountain, he went to Jinling first to get the treasure.

On the way, he met Xia Qingqing, the daughter of Xia Xueyi, and began to be with her day and night.

Yuan Chengzhi dug out ten boxes of treasures and jewels in Jinling. Not wanting to be greedy, he insisted on giving them to Wang Chuang's rebel army. In order to send the money thousands of miles away, he escorted the ten boxes of jewels northward, which attracted a swarm of green forests in Jiangbei to fight for them.

However, due to his great martial arts skills, he was able to safely escort the ten boxes of jewels to the capital, and then sell the treasures for money to support the rebel army.

Afterwards, Yuan Chengzhi went north to Shengjing to assassinate the Tatar chieftain, but was captured alive and the assassination attempt failed.

After being rescued, he returned to the capital to assassinate Chongzhen, but Chongzhen's daughter, Miss Jiu, pleaded for him. He was too soft-hearted to do it and the assassination failed again.

When the rebel army entered the capital, the Tartars drove them away. Yuan Chengzhi formed the Golden Snake Battalion to fight against the Tartars, but the entire army was destroyed and he ultimately failed.

Perhaps because he had suffered too many failures and became disheartened, Yuan Chengzhi finally left the Central Plains sadly and took a boat to an island in the south to live in seclusion.

Even without the influence of Huang Sixi's time travel, Yuan Chengzhi's life could not be considered outstanding. Apart from relying on his father Yuan Chonghuan's fame to gain the title of the leader of the martial arts world in the seven northern provinces, he had no other achievements.

Now with the butterfly effect of Huang Sixi, Yuan Chengzhi is unable to call on the martial arts circles of the seven northern provinces to gather together, and he remains unknown in the Central Plains.

It can also be said that apart from meeting Xia Qingqing, Yuan Chengzhi did not participate in any major events in "The Sword of Blood and Valour", because these events all disappeared due to Huang Sixi's interference.

Yuan Chengzhi had nothing to do in the Central Plains, so he went to Liaodong to assassinate the Tartars. However, the Tartars had already made sufficient defenses to prevent the Dragon-Subduing Hero from attacking again. As you can imagine, Yuan Chengzhi was eventually captured alive. But no one knew how the Tartars would deal with Yuan Chengzhi.

Huang Sixi felt that Yuan Chengzhi would not be killed in the short term, because there were a large number of Yuan Chonghuan's old subordinates in the Tartar Han army. In order to stabilize these old subordinates, the Tartars would definitely persuade Yuan Chengzhi to surrender first.

Xia Qingqing recounted the circumstances of Yuan Chengzhi's capture and was about to ask Huang Sixi for advice on how to rescue him.

She suddenly heard a familiar male voice coming from outside the forest. It was the lover she had been dreaming about.

She jumped up immediately: "Ah! It's Brother Yuan's voice, Brother Yuan has escaped!"

She ran out of the woods and saw Yuan Chengzhi. She threw herself into his arms and said, "You're back! You're finally back!"

She didn't notice at all that there was a strong, white-haired old man beside Yuan Chengzhi.

The old man rode on his horse and clasped his fists towards Yuan Chengzhi: "Sir, let's say goodbye now!"

Seeing the old man riding his horse to leave, Yuan Chengzhi shouted, "Uncle Grandpa! Uncle Grandpa!"

The old man surnamed Zu suddenly reined in his horse, turned around and said, "Thank you for calling me uncle! Then I will give you a piece of advice, return to the Central Plains as soon as possible. In this world, not everyone can be the Dragon Subduing Hero. Even if the Dragon Subduing Hero comes to Shengjing again, he will only be captured!"

After he said that, he turned his horse around and headed back towards the camp.

Yuan Chengzhi already knew the situation in the Tartar camp, and the danger was beyond his imagination. He no longer had the intention to continue the assassination, and said to Xia Qingqing: "Let's go home!"

Xia Qingqing had long wanted to return to the Central Plains, and she didn't want to stay in Liaodong for a moment.

She immediately grabbed Yuan Chengzhi's arm and went back to the forest to get the horse. When she came back, she found that Huang Sixi was gone: "Huh? Where's that big brother?"

"What big brother?" Yuan Chengzhi asked, "Are there any others here?"

"I just met a beekeeper, how come he disappeared in the blink of an eye?" Xia Qingqing was full of doubts.

"Beekeeper? It's already autumn now, and the weather in Liaodong is getting colder, which is not suitable for beekeeping." Yuan Chengzhi shook his head: "Forget it, let's not worry about it, let's go back first!"

It was about to get dark, so they dared not hurry and walked slowly along the mountain road.

They didn't know that the beekeeper had already run into his uncle at this moment.

"You just said that even if the Dragon Subduing Hero comes to Shengjing again, he will only be captured?"

Huang Sixi dragged his uncle off his horse and said, "Then you will be disappointed! If I can kill Huang Taiji, I can also kill the Regent!"

"You...you are the Dragon Slayer..."

Before Grandpa Zu could finish his words, Huang Sixi hit his vital point, then took out yellow mud for disguise from a sheepskin bag and applied it on Grandpa Zu's face.

In a short while, Huang Sixi had changed his appearance and turned into Uncle Zu.

This great-uncle was a military general, tall and of similar stature to Huang Sixi. Even though he was over sixty years old, it was not difficult for Huang Sixi to impersonate him.

"In the Qing court, the only person who is capable and willing to rescue Yuan Chengzhi is Zu Dashou. This person is obviously Zu Dashou."

Huang Sixi hung the beehive on the horse's belly and rode to the camp.

As soon as I reached the entrance of the camp, I saw an old scholar with a ruddy complexion coming to greet me.

The old scholar smiled and said, "Brother, has the son of General Yuan been sent away?"

Huang Sixi nodded: "Yes!"

He then dismounted and entered the camp side by side with the old scholar. He was trying to figure out the old scholar's identity and didn't say much.

The old scholar continued, "The regent has approved your request and released Master Yuan. When we send troops to Shanhaiguan in the future, we will inevitably ask you to be a lobbyist to persuade General Wu to surrender."

Huang Sixi suddenly realized that Zu Dashou was the uncle of Wu Sangui, the defender of Shanhaiguan. The Tartars were willing to release Yuan Chengzhi in order to regain Zu Dashou's loyalty and then use Zu Dashou to persuade Wu Sangui to surrender.

In comparison, Yuan Chengzhi is far less valuable than Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui.

Huang Sixi accompanied the old scholar as he walked in the camp, and from time to time he heard the Han soldiers passing by calling him "Master Zu" and "Master Hong".

He had already guessed the identity of the old Confucian scholar. It should be Hong Chengchou who was captured by the Tartars during the Battle of Songjin.

Earlier, Hong Chengchou and Zu Dashou pleaded with the Regent Duoduo to rescue Yuan Chengzhi.

Now that the work has been done, the two of them are going to report to Duoduo.

They walked around the camp for a while and arrived at a large tent with a golden roof. Outside the tent were warriors in heavy armor, lined up in dense layers.

Huang Sixi heard laughter and singing coming from the golden tent, and knew that a banquet was being held, so he asked Hong Chengchou, "Who is the Regent entertaining?"

"I have only been in the Qing court for a short time, so how can I call myself famous? Anyway, they are all important officials of the Qing court, and we surrendered generals have no status."

Hong Chengchou pointed at the pony Huang Sixi was leading and said, "Why are you still leading the horse? Send someone to take it back to the stable."

"Not urgent!"

Huang Sixi opened the beehive and blew at it. The bees started buzzing rapidly and then scattered, swarming towards the group of warriors in front of the golden-roofed tent.

These warriors were all wearing heavy armor, but their faces were not covered. It was dark and they could not see the insects, so a surprise attack by the swarm of bees directly led to the explosion of their camp.

Hong Chengchou was shocked when he saw this: "You...what are you doing?"

"Kill the Tartars! Is there even a need to ask?"

Huang Sixi stretched out his hand and grabbed the Golden Snake Sword on the horse's belly, and with a "swish!", he drew out the sword and swung it, and Hong Chengchou's head fell to the ground.

Due to the chaos among the warriors outside the Golden Tent, the sentries near Huang Sixi were lured away, and no one noticed that Hong Chengchou was killed for a while.

Huang Sixi was not in a hurry to rush into the tent. He just wandered around the periphery of the group of warriors, staring at the tent door.

In the blink of an eye, the Tartar nobles in the tent had heard the noise and opened the tent door to check the situation. Huang Sixi immediately accumulated his internal strength and made a buzzing sound. The swarm of bees heard the call and suddenly left the group of warriors, then gathered together to form a long team of bees, and flew in through the tent door.

The golden-roofed tent looks luxurious on the outside, but the space inside is not large. However, there are a large number of Tatar nobles attending the banquet. After the swarm of bees swarmed in, the screams of ghosts and wolves howling were heard immediately.

After a while, the nobles began to rush out of the tent door. Huang Sixi jumped up and landed steadily near the tent door. He pinched out the jade bee needle with his fingertips, and he would release a needle for every Tartar noble who came out to ensure that no one would escape.

It was not until this time that the group of warriors outside the tent realized that an assassin had approached them. They immediately rushed forward, holding long swords and spears, and stabbed Huang Sixi.

Huang Sixi held the sword in his right hand and blocked the attack with ease, while he continued to attack with his left hand.

He planned to clear out the nobles and important ministers in the Golden Tent first, and then deal with the Tartar soldiers.

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(End of this chapter)