Liver into a martial arts legend: starting with Embroidered Spring Blade

Chapter 18 Helan Mountain Robbery Gang

It's a rare town in the desolate mountains, so I found an inn, but it turned out to be a black shop.

Moreover, the shopkeeper was obviously too impatient. After his attempts failed, he saw that the three of them only wanted a room, no food, and no wine, so he immediately became anxious.

Of course, it is also possible that this guy thought that they had more people, while Jiang Xuan only had three people, so he did not take them seriously.

But no matter what the reason was, Jiang Xuan was too lazy to deal with him.

Judging from this guy's attitude, they're going to have to fight each other eventually, so why waste time?

As soon as he finished speaking, before the shopkeeper could react, Jiang Xuan drew his sword and chopped off his head.

Then, a melee broke out again.

The strength of this group of people is similar to that of the horse thieves outside the town. Although they have weapons in their hands, most of them are low-quality people.

There were two among them who barely reached the third-rate level, but facing Jiang Xuan and his two second-rate masters who cooperated well with each other, they were ultimately defeated.

A quarter of an hour later, the fighting gradually subsided.

The three of them looked at the bloody corpses on the ground and the dozens of horses at the door of the inn, and they were speechless.

Originally I just wanted to stay in a hotel and sell a few horses.

In the end, the horses were not sold, and there were more than a dozen left...

Jiang Xuan sighed, glanced at the group of women hiding in the corner and screaming, and said, "Go and find out what's going on."

"Yes!" Xu Longqing took the order and went.

Soon, through a woman's story, Jiang Xuan and the other two finally understood why the residents of this town went to bed so early. It turned out that they were not afraid of horse thieves, but of the guys in the inn.

This town has long lost its order, and even the government officials have been slaughtered by the guys in the inn.

This group of people are equivalent to the local tyrants in this town. They make a living by oppressing the residents, collecting protection fees, and robbing and extorting passing merchants. It is said that they also have connections with horse thieves outside the town.

This town is dozens of miles in radius, and except for a small county town not far away, all other places are controlled by this group of people.

As for that small town, it is said to be controlled by a man named "Skull", who is fighting fiercely with a knife-making factory in the city called "Lianfenghao".

After learning about these situations, the three people were even more impressed by the chaos in this border area.

Within the imperial court, the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party were fighting fiercely. The princes and ministers were singing and dancing every day, enjoying themselves with wine and meat. However, no one could have imagined that in this bitter and cold borderland, so many Ming people were suffering.

Or, even if they thought about it, they might not care.

This dynasty is rotten to the core, and drastic measures are needed to cure it...

However, faced with this situation, Jiang Xuan and the other two were powerless.

They were just three small Jinyiwei, and at the moment even they were unable to take care of themselves.

Just a short distance north, you can encounter so many crises and chaos.

It is hard to imagine what kind of dangers are waiting for them.

Whether they can reach the Jinglu Tunbao alive is still unknown...

The three of them felt heavy in their hearts, but since they had come this far, they naturally couldn't give up halfway.

"Huh..." Jiang Xuan adjusted his mentality and asked Xu Longqing and the others to clean up the aftermath. In the end, he got more than two hundred taels of silver for free.

Jiang Xuan took out a dozen taels of silver to send away the group of victimized women, and divided the rest with Xu Chu and the other two.

As for other horses, weapons and the like, since they could not be taken away, they could only be released and destroyed.

They worked on it until midnight, and then the three of them found a clean room to rest.

The next day, I got up and continued my journey north.

Soon after the three of them left, the town erupted in cheers of surprise.

The residents of the small town have been suffering from the local bullies in the inn for a long time. Now they are overjoyed to see this group of people being eliminated by a passing knight.

As for how long this joy can last, it is unknown.

This is the way the world is, no one can do anything about it...

at the same time.

On the outskirts of the town, Li Dingan suddenly woke up.

He looked back and saw that the fire in the wooden house had been extinguished, but it had been burned beyond recognition. The blackened beams were crumbling and could collapse at any time.

Li Ding'an ignored it and rushed into the house and started searching everywhere.

Finally, after searching for an unknown amount of time, Li Dingan suddenly stopped, his eyes fixed on the half-written yellowed ancient book that was exposed in the dark stove.

Li Ding'an picked up the book with trembling hands and opened it, his expression instantly excited: "It's a martial arts secret manual... a sword manual, it's a sword manual!"

"But... why is there only half left? Why are you playing tricks on me like this?!"

Li Ding'an's eyes were bloodshot and his heart was filled with resentment.

Suddenly, he was stunned, and the words of the young man last night came back to his mind again.

"Opportunity... He said this is my opportunity? Could it be..." Li Ding'an looked down at the broken arm of his right hand and the half-broken knife under his feet, frowning and thinking deeply.

……

"Drive! Drive!"

Three horses galloped past on the winding and rugged mountain road, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Before they knew it, another day had passed and the three of them had ridden another twenty or thirty miles. Fortunately, they did not encounter any trouble along the way.

Occasionally we passed by some villages, but they were mostly remote and poor areas, and perhaps even horse thieves were too lazy to visit them.

The three of them arrived at the foot of a mountain. Xu Longqing suggested, "Sir, after we climb this mountain ahead, we'll be at Jinglu Tunbao soon. But it's getting dark. Should we rest for a night before continuing?"

Jiang Xuan glanced at the setting sun in the sky, pondered for a moment, and then nodded, "Alright."

It is indeed inconvenient to travel at night, and they are not clear about the situation of Jinglu Tunbu for the time being. It is better to go there during the day and find out clearly before taking action.

What's more, horses also need rest and food, and they have been running on the mountain trail all the time. Fortunately, this horse is a good horse raised by the cavalry, and it can travel a hundred miles a day without any problem. If it were an ordinary horse, it would have collapsed from exhaustion long ago.

"Let's go and see if there's a ruined temple or village ahead, and find a place to rest."

The three men dismounted and led their horses forward to find a place to spend the night, giving the horses a break.

But not long after entering the jungle, Jiang Xuan's expression changed slightly.

"No, there are people in the mountains!"

Hoof-clack, hoof-clack...

As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of dense horse hoofbeats suddenly came from the front.

At the same time, there was movement coming from the rear, from far away to near, and soon a large number of figures appeared in the forest.

"Oh no, it's a horse thief!"

When they saw those figures on horseback, the three of them changed their expressions.

Choke, choke, choke!

Without any hesitation, the three men drew their swords at the same time, jumped on their horses, and prepared for battle.

"Hahaha……"

A burst of laughter came from the front. The leader, a bald man with a sinister face and a string of Buddhist beads around his neck, shouted excitedly, "I haven't eaten meat for more than half a month, and I didn't expect to see three fat sheep. Shunzi, you did a good job, and I'll give you credit for this!"

"Thank you for the compliment, Boss!"

A skinny horse thief standing next to him had a big smile on his face. It was obvious that he had discovered the whereabouts of Jiang Xuan and the other two and went to inform the bald man.

"Tsk tsk tsk... This horse is obviously a top-quality horse, worth a lot of money!"

The bald man rode up on his horse and looked up and down at the horses where Jiang Xuan and the other two were sitting, his eyes almost shining.

"He Hu!"

At this time, another man with a similar bald head but a small mustache came up. He glanced at Jiang Xuan and the other two and said in a deep voice, "Ask them first. Don't mess with the wrong people!"

"Tiezhu, how come you become less courageous the older you get? How far can these three young boys come from?"

He Hu snorted softly, then looked at Jiang Xuan and the other two and said, "I am He Hu, the head of the Helan Mountain. The mountain you entered is my territory. Do you understand, kid?"

"so what?"

Jiang Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly, and his gaze swept over He Hu and Tie Zhu, with a serious look in his eyes.

I didn't expect that they were still a group of tough guys.

These two people are masters, and are definitely not comparable to the group of horse thieves we encountered yesterday.

"So, take out all your fucking belongings, leave your horses behind, and then get out of here, and I'll spare your lives!"

He Hu shouted, "Did you hear that clearly?"

"Young Master?" Xu Longqing and Chu Mo looked at Jiang Xuan with serious expressions.

They could naturally see that He Hu and Tie Zhu were both masters, and with the dozens of bandits around them, it would be quite difficult to fight them head-on.

Jiang Xuan concentrated his mind and secretly pondered a countermeasure.

With his current advanced physical skills, escaping should be no problem. The only troublesome thing is the two bald men in front of him.

As long as these two are dealt with, the remaining bandits will be nothing but a bunch of chickens and dogs and will be vulnerable.

But he was not sure whether his current strength could deal with these two people.

"He Hu, Tie Zhu, you're robbing people on the road again!"

Just when Jiang Xuan hadn't figured out a countermeasure, a gentle voice suddenly came from a distance.

He Hu and Tie Zhu looked back, their expressions suddenly changed: "Miss Qiu?!"

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