Brocade Robe Unparalleled

Chapter 112 Heading to Jiuli
Sizhou.

Jingbian Division.

A message that had just come from the Thousand Household Office exploded like a thunderclap, causing an uproar throughout the entire Jingbian Division.

"what!"

"Commander Lin...died in the line of duty?"

"How could this be? Commander Lin is such a good person, how could he..."

"Heaven has no eyes! Heaven has no eyes!"

Although Lin Xuan had long since left Sizhou, his legend still lived on in the Jingbian Division of Sizhou.

For more than a month, the two newly arrived centurions have been vying for power and interests, fighting fiercely.

The banner officers had no choice but to choose sides between the two.

The task of escorting the caravan was divided between the two centurions, and they also pocketed all the caravan's tribute and rewards.

While the two centurions ate meat, the banner officers and guards could only follow behind them, eating scraps and leftovers. Their lives were far less comfortable than when Commander Lin was in charge.

From the lowest-ranking guards to the highest-ranking officers and commanders, everyone in the Jingbian Division fondly remembers the days when Lin Xuan was there.

Unexpectedly, when they heard news of him again, it was such devastating news.

-

The courtyard next to the Lin family's house.

Tian Qingluan has woken up and locked herself in her room, refusing to see anyone.

A'Luo sat in the courtyard for a long time before finally getting up slowly, looking at Wenren Yue beside her, and asking, "Who attacked them?"

Standing in front of A Luo, Wenren Yue dared not meet her gaze.

She whispered, "It's either Nanzhao or the Yang family."

A Luo left without saying a word.

Outside the courtyard, Zhang Hu and Chen Bao looked grief-stricken.

Seeing A Luo come out, Zhang Hu opened his mouth: "A Luo, little sister..."

A'luo seemed not to see them and walked straight into her yard.

Zhang Hu and Chen Bao exchanged a glance and sighed deeply.

If only Lin Xuan had left Jingbian Division with them back then...

If that were the case, he and A'Luo would probably be happily married by now.

Before long, when the two entered A Luo's courtyard, intending to comfort her again, they found that the place was deserted.

In Sizhou City.

A woman dressed in black and wearing a veil walked slowly down the long street.

The woman had a slender figure, and a black, openwork veil covered half of her face, but her beautiful eyes revealed the stunning beauty beneath.

Although those eyes were beautiful, they were devoid of emotion, displaying only an icy indifference and emptiness.

Several idle men had been following her for two blocks, and they had already developed some wicked thoughts about this beautiful woman who was clearly a stranger and was carrying a bundle.

After turning another corner, one of them finally mustered his courage and quickly caught up with the beautiful woman, saying with a smile, "Miss, are you alone? Would you like to... uh..."

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly collapsed to the ground, his body convulsing and foaming at the mouth...

From beginning to end, the woman didn't even glance at him. She walked past him and went straight out of the city gate.

She bought a horse at the horse market at the city gate, mounted it nimbly, and quickly disappeared at the end of the official road.

And she was heading in the direction of Bozhou...

……

Outside Bozhou City.

Longya Mountain.

A majestic fortress stands atop a hill.

Longya Mountain sits atop a mountain range, surrounded by rivers on three sides and sheer cliffs hundreds of feet high. Only a narrow path leads to the summit from the southeast. Its terrain is treacherous, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The Yang family has lived here for generations. They built Longya Fort on Longya Mountain, and over the centuries, they have made this fortress as solid as a rock.

The only road leading to the summit was fortified with nine passes, each heavily guarded.

Back then, even when the Prince of Zhennan personally led an army of 100,000, he still failed to conquer Longya Mountain.

At this moment, inside a spacious hall in Longya Fortress.

Yang Yingtian, the head of the Yang family and the most powerful man in the southwest, frowned at this moment.

These past few months have been a period of bad luck for the Yang family.

The introduction of the new salt law severely damaged the family's salt profits.

Taking advantage of the situation, the Song and An families seized a significant portion of the Yang family's business. In recent days, countless people have died in the struggle for profits among the three families.

What angered him even more was that, in recent days, members of the Yang family had been repeatedly targeted for assassination in Bozhou.

In just half a month, five sixth-rank masters were assassinated.

Two of them had even reached the peak of the sixth rank in cultivation, and were the family geniuses he had high hopes for.

If the people were recruited from outside, that would be one thing. But those who died were all members of the Yang clan.

Killing members of the Yang clan on Yang family territory is the greatest provocation against the Yang family.

The younger generation of the family were terrified and dared not leave Dragon Cliff Fortress. He had already arranged for the family's strongest members to go down the mountain, determined to capture the assassin and tear him to pieces!

A figure stood in the hall, recalling something, and said, "Patriarch, not long ago, a batch of telescopes belonging to the Jingye Division of Yong Kingdom were robbed. It seems that many of them died. There are some rumors outside that our Yang family stole them..."

Yang Yingtian frowned and asked, "Why would the Yang family want to steal their telescope?"

The telescope isn't like the Xuan Guang Armor; the Yang family has plenty of those. If they wanted it, they could buy it from the Jiuli tribe anytime. Why would they need to rob the Jingye Division?

The man said, "What I mean is, do you think that the Jingye Division of Yong Kingdom would think that the assassination of my Yang clan members is their revenge?"

Yang Yingtian shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be. The assassins used all the methods of the Nanzhao Secret Service. When did my Yang family offend these plague gods?"

The man thought for a moment, then spoke again: "The Nanzhao Secret Service... could it be the An family?"

The fact that the An family is supported by the Nanzhao Kingdom is no secret to them.

But Yang Yingtian felt that the An family wouldn't dare to do that.

After a moment of silence, he spoke again: "Send more men. We must capture that assassin and find out who is behind it!"

The man nodded in agreement.

Yang Yingtian breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Recruit more powerful outsiders, don't be stingy with money. I want to see how long the An family and the Song family can hold out..."

……

Inside Bozhou City.

In a certain courtyard.

A figure dressed in black stood quietly in the courtyard.

The once bustling atmosphere inside the courtyard has long since vanished.

The scenes of her time with Lin Xuan here kept flashing through her mind.

Although it only lasted a few months, it was one of the few happy days in her entire life.

Lin Xuan is dead.

Aro will also cease to exist.

From then on, there was only the mandala in the world.

She turned and looked around, memorizing everything, before striding away.

Stepping out of the alley, she gazed at the towering mountain fortress in the distance and whispered, "This is just the beginning. You will all be buried with him..."

……

Lang County is located 30 li west of Bozhou City and has been occupied by the Lang clan chieftain since ancient times.

Langxian County Town.

Inside a certain pharmacy.

A figure wearing a straw hat walked into the pharmacy. The shopkeeper, who was fiddling with an abacus behind the counter, looked up and asked with a smile, "Is this customer here to get medicine or to see a doctor?"

"They neither dispense medicine nor see a doctor."

A young voice came from beneath the straw hat.

The shopkeeper's eyes flickered, and he stepped out from behind the counter, asking, "This is a pharmacy. Why are you here if you're neither getting medicine nor seeing a doctor?"

The young man said calmly, "I'll keep my appointment."

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper's expression shifted, and he asked, "What appointment?"

The young man said, "The covenant with the saintess."

The shopkeeper immediately clasped his hands in greeting and said respectfully, "Honored guest, this way please."

He walked ahead and led the young man to the backyard of the pharmacy.

He then hurriedly went into a room.

Soon, a figure walked out of that room.

Youze bowed slightly to the young man wearing a bamboo hat and said, "I have been waiting for you for a long time."

He looked the young man up and down a few times. Although the man was wearing a bamboo hat, he gave him a sense of familiarity. He scratched his head and asked, "Um... have we met somewhere before?"

The young man shook his head and said, "No."

Youze looked apologetic and said, "I'm sorry, my memory isn't very good, I might have mistaken you for someone else..."

He said solemnly, "The Holy Maiden sent me here to meet you. If you have nothing else to attend to, let's set off now. It's still a two-day journey from here to the clan..."

The young man nodded slightly: "Thank you for showing me the way."

Youze went back to his room, took out a bag, and turned around to push open an inconspicuous side door in the backyard of the pharmacy.

The alleyway outside the gate was not the one I had imagined, but a path leading directly to the desolate mountains outside the city.

Two other men dressed in Miao ethnicity were already waiting at the door.

The four of them walked along the path, soon leaving the low walls and cooking smoke of Lang County behind, disappearing into the vast and desolate mountains and fields...

(End of this chapter)