Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 354 Did you choose that?

Marquis Dong, Li Xu, was Li Qing's nephew in terms of seniority, but in reality, he was more than ten years older than Li Qing.

Unlike Li Qing, who relied on his father's prestige to take over military power and conquer territory through a series of victories.

Li Xu's father had already controlled the vast territory of Eastern Qin twenty years ago, so when Li Xu appeared as a feudal lord, his base of influence was already enormous.

Due to prolonged turmoil, constant rebellions, and invasions by other warlords, the territory of the Eastern Marquis has shrunk considerably in recent years. Even so, his population and territory are still many times larger than those of Li Qing.

In the Battle of Xianhe, Li Qing achieved a great victory over Hong Zongbi, placing him among the top ranks of the seven generals.

According to her plan, after resting and recuperating, her next target would be her nephew.

The Xian River flows eastward, forming a fertile alluvial plain in the land of Dongqin. Possessing Dongqin means controlling the most reliable grain-producing area in the entire Qin state.

More importantly, Dongqin is located right next to the Dongzhou Sea. If it can establish trade relations with the various states of Dongzhou, then Da Ling's control over it will be weakened...

Therefore, for Li Qing at this moment, the name she least wanted to hear was Li Xu.

Raindrops pelted the tall woman's face as she looked up at the imposing General Qin Zhou, showing no fear, her smile both menacing and carefree.

"Don't you feel guilty for turning people into ghosts?" The general's voice was slightly low, mixed with the rain, like some kind of inhuman muttering.

The woman laughed and said, "Where in Qin Prefecture are there any people left? Aren't all these places ghosts?"

The villagers who died on the ground were white ghosts.

Women themselves are man-eating monsters.

Li Qing is a relentless and vicious warlord.

She turned her head and looked at the woman who had pressed a sword against her neck. This richly dressed outsider was a treacherous and despicable devil.

The rain soaked Luo Xiaojin's clothes, and she seemed to have grown taller, or perhaps she appeared more dignified because of her increasingly indifferent expression.

The longsword in his hand began to faintly glow with blood. Luo Du grabbed the woman's hair, lifted her head and forced it out of her throat. The blade seeped into her flesh, and drops of blood rolled down, instantly dissolving into the rain.

"Stop," Li Qing said calmly.

Luo Xiaojin raised an eyebrow and glanced at her, but did not lower her sword. Instead, she spoke up without yielding an inch, reminding her, "General, she killed the son of the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and also the Imperial Academy..."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Qing interrupted him.

I said stop.

This time, Li Qing looked at her.

"Eyes like lightning" is usually an adjective, but when Luo Xiaojin and Li Qing looked into each other's eyes, an invisible force actually struck them through their gazes!

The fighting instincts she had developed under Chao Cuo made her instinctively raise her sword.

However, the meager spiritual energy preserved within the Spiritual Abode was simply insufficient to contend against a third-realm military strategist residing in Qin Province.

With a mournful cry, the sword broke in mid-air!
Luo Xiaojin's eyes widened, her pupils trembling.

She was indeed from Qinzhou, but she was sold by Guohan when she was young, so she didn't know much about cultivation in Qinzhou.

Chao Cuo reminded her several times before this trip.

Never provoke a Qinzhou cultivator of a high level within Qinzhou territory.

After the Dragon Cauldron shattered, these guys became virtually invincible on their own land.

However, even with some preparation, Luo Xiaojin still did not expect that with her current level of opening a manor, she would not be able to withstand even a single glance from Li Qing!

Li Qing turned her gaze away indifferently and said softly, "You acted like a dog in another state, and now you think you can come back as a human being?"

Hearing this, Luo Xiaojin subconsciously clenched her teeth.

The general looked again at the Qi family woman kneeling in the rain and asked, "Name?"

"...Qi Hongzhuang".

Li Qing looked at her tall, thin frame and rough appearance: "It doesn't match her looks."

Qi Hongzhuang sneered: "It was originally a talisman."

Li Qing turned around and looked at a cavalry general behind him: "Xu Chu, this is yours."

The rider rode up to her, responded to the general's greeting, dismounted, and, still wearing his gauntlets, pinched Qi Hongzhuang's chin, twisting it from side to side to look at her. He then laughed and said, "Good eye!" Two other men stepped forward, lifted Qi Hongzhuang, and pinned her to the horse's back.

Upon seeing this, Luo Xiaojin immediately shouted, "General, can this man not be killed?"

Li Qing pulled on the reins, and the white horse obediently turned its head, only uttering a soft "Mm."

"But Young Master Zhao..."

With her long hair swaying, the female general turned her imposing profile and said, "I came in person, isn't that enough to give you an explanation?"

If it weren't for that damned Vice Minister, at most Chen Qianye would have made a trip, just to show up and that would have been enough.

The white horse trotted along, and from afar, one could hear Li Qing speaking to someone: "We probably won't be able to rest for much longer. Li Xu has somehow concocted some evil magic, so we need to put our eastward journey on the agenda. We can send Qu Ying ahead to explore the east..."

The hundred or so elite cavalrymen who had accompanied Li Qing naturally followed him. As the group slowly departed, Luo Xiaojin was left standing alone in the rain.

Zhao Beishi sent someone to Qinzhou to be gilded, but he ended up killing him while doing so, and in such a... way.

Since the lords and officials in Beishi City can't do anything to Li Qing, they will definitely blame me even more. Even if Chao Cuo protects me, I will probably still be severely punished.

That's all.

Unfortunately, Zhao Beishi, who was in charge of the trip to Qinzhou, died, but Luo Xiaojin's "daughter" Pei Xiu is still alive. What if those heartless and powerful people do something to Xiu'er...?

Even Luo Xiaojin, the renowned "Bloodthirsty Constable" of the Insect and Bird Bureau, felt extremely anxious at this moment.

Amidst this overwhelming agitation, Li Qing's earlier word "dog" echoed in her ears like relentless raindrops.

In other states, nobody treats her like a human being.

Qin Zhou didn't treat her like a human being either.

The echoes seemed to permeate her entire consciousness.

Until a small umbrella sheltered her from the rain.

Pei Xiu walked to her side, standing on tiptoe and holding the umbrella high above her mother's head.

She could tell that Luo Xiaojin looked unwell, so she didn't dare to speak. She could only bite her lip and try to straighten her toes.

Looking at her serious little face, Luo Xiaojin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She reached out and brushed Pei Xiu's damp temples, saying in the gentlest tone she could muster, "Mother is alright."

Thinking about the incident in Sishui Town, and the experiences of raising children that I had shared with the wives of several colleagues in the yamen.

Luo Xiaojin gave Pei Xiu a rather stiff compliment: "It's all thanks to Xiu'er for coming back to find me in time. Otherwise, we would have arrived much later, and the young lady of Magistrate Jiang would probably not have escaped her clutches."

Pei Xiu was precocious, but still quite young. Hearing Luo Xiaojin's gentle praise, the tension in her heart eased considerably, and she quickly replied, "No, it's..."

As she was about to speak, she suddenly remembered Pei Xia's words of advice.

However, Luo Xiaojin had already developed a keen eye during her two years at the Insect and Bird Division.

She keenly noticed the unusual expression on Pei Xiu's face: "What is it?"

Pei Xiu looked into Luo Xiaojin's eyes, pursed her lips tightly, shrank her neck, and shook her head.

……

Fifteen li east of the Sishui River, under the eaves of a dilapidated thatched hut, Pei Xia and Jiang Shu, who were sheltering from the rain, and Feng Yao, who did not need to take shelter from the rain, were sitting side by side on the steps.

Pei Xia was holding a ginseng root and eating it raw.

Jiang Shu also had one in his hand, which Pei Xia had just handed to him.

The boy looked at it from left to right, hesitant: "This thing... can it really be eaten?"

He no longer doubted that Pei Xia had poisoned him.

But this thing in my hand doesn't look like a radish, and I can't quite put my finger on what it is.

Pei Xia crunched loudly as she chewed, saying, "Good stuff, it'd be worth a lot of money in other states... Ah, ah... Achoo!"

Rubbing her nose, Pei Xia looked at the rainy sky and wondered, "Am I so weak that I'm about to catch a cold?"

(End of this chapter)