Republic of China era: A hundred-year-old still practicing martial arts? Is that right?

Jiang Baichuan was the first to react, ducking down and bumping into Yan Songshan, causing him to stagger backward.

The bullet missed Yan Songshan, grazing his ear and landing on the ground, where it exploded into a bloody bloom.

"what……"

Yan Songshan's ear was torn off by a brass bullet, causing him to cry out in pain.

He turned to Jiang Baichuan and roared, "Mortar! Where's the mortar! Bomb the Gu family's house!"

"Coming right now." Jiang Baichuan gritted his teeth, turned to look at his servants, and said in a deep voice:

"Go, bring the cannon here."

"Do you two really think the Gu family has no one left?" A loud shout rang out from inside the Gu mansion, and a steel knife dragging a steel chain shot out.

"Crash! Boom!"

The steel knife, dragging the iron lock, blasted into the ground in front of the Gu residence.

A figure emerged from mid-air.

Gu Feng pulled his wrist, lifting the steel knife from the ground. He then slashed at Yan Songshan, who was at the early stage of internal energy cultivation.

"Brother Jiang!" Yan Songshan neither greeted nor avoided him. He shouted in a low voice, and a green sword rushed out.

"Ding!"

Jiang Baichuan's three-foot-long sword forcefully deflected Gu Feng's steel knife by three-tenths of an inch.

Yan Songshan then suddenly raised his hand and flicked his sleeve, a black pistol pointing directly at Gu Feng's forehead.

"Bang!"

The flames scorched the surrounding air, burning the hair on Gu Feng's forehead into curls.

Gu Feng drew his sword and slashed, but Jiang Baichuan's sword blocked it again.

this time.

Yan Songshan pointed the gun straight at Gu Feng's forehead:

"I want to see whether the late stage of internal strength is more powerful, or these Western firearms are more powerful."

Gu Feng's brows furrowed.

A frightened voice came from behind: "Master..."

"Die!" Yan Songshan grinned, uttering a few words in a sinister tone.

He slightly bent his fingertips and placed them on the trigger of the pistol.

"call out--"

A silver dragon ripped through the sky and embedded itself in the black gun barrel.

"Snap!"

The black pistol suddenly exploded, its parts bursting apart, and even Yan Songshan's finger, which was on the trigger, was torn off.

"what……"

Yan Songshan let out another scream.

In the distance, a figure carrying a wooden box leaped through the air, landing just before the silver spear shaft hit the ground, and grabbing it in his hand.

He gripped the gun with his other hand, swung it around, and aimed straight for Yan Songshan's neck.

"Bang!"

Jiang Baichuan flicked his ancient-looking longsword in mid-air to parry the silver spear.

The swords clashed.

Jiang Baichuan's pupils suddenly contracted, and he took three steps back.

The longsword in his hand was actually cut in two by the spear.

Lin Ji turned to look at Gu Feng, who was standing there in a daze, and said coldly, "What are you standing there for? Go and save them!"

"Roar! Roar!" Gu Feng finally realized what was happening, grabbed his long sword, turned around, and charged back into the courtyard.

"Who goes there? How dare you ruin your grandfather's plans! Seize him!" Yan Songshan, who had survived by sheer luck, was both shocked and frightened, with large beads of sweat dripping from his forehead, and he retreated behind his personal guards.

"Just a passerby." Lin Ji flicked his wrist, and the gun barrel shot out diagonally.

"Clang clang clang!"

With a series of sharp thrusts, several crisp sounds rang out, and all the short knives in the hands of Yan Songshan's personal guards were knocked away without exception.

Immediately following, Lin Ji swept his gun across the room.

"Bang bang bang!"

Several of Yan family guards were sent flying.

In the blink of an eye, the bodies of Yan family servants lay scattered in front of the Gu family's gate.

Yan Songshan's face turned slightly pale, his legs buckled again, and he retreated repeatedly.

He staggered down the steps in front of the door, and when he saw Jiang Baichuan, he cried out in panic:

"Mortar! Where's the mortar?! Hurry up!"

Jiang Baichuan narrowed his eyes and gave a look to the guards behind him.

More than a dozen guards rushed forward at once.

And in the distance.

Behind the crowd.

A group of Jiang family servants rushed in, dragging green cylinders in one after another.

Lin Ji raised an eyelid and decided to stop holding back.

He slammed his spear into the ground.

"Buzz!"

Weapons, rubble, and wood chips on the ground all flew into the air, shooting towards the Jiang family's guards as he swept his gun barrel.

"Pfft pfft pfft!"

Blood spurted from the bodies of the Jiang family guards, and they all collapsed to the ground in the blink of an eye.

Yan Songshan's face turned pale and then red.

He didn't expect it.

He originally intended to use this as an excuse to pick a fight with the Gu family.

Let the Gu family suffer more losses.

Who would have thought that today we would lose both our wife and our army?

Just as he was about to utter some harsh words, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from the end of the street.

The sound of horses' hooves accompanied the shouts of the guards:

"Commander He has arrived!"

The crowd instantly became noisy, but then pushed apart like a tide.

He Ze rode a white horse and slowly walked over with a squad of heavily armed guards.

His military uniform was impeccably tailored, and the epaulets on his shoulders gleamed brightly in the sunlight.

He dismounted, feigning surprise at the scene, but his gaze finally settled on Lin Ji, who was holding a gun.

"What's going on here?" He Ze asked languidly, with a hint of the arrogance of someone in a superior position.

"Isn't it because I was worried that you two would invite Brother Gu to your residence to discuss next year's plans? Why did things turn violent?"

Jiang Baichuan and Yan Songshan hurriedly went to greet them.

Just as Yan Songshan was about to defend himself, He Ze caught sight of the mortar behind the crowd and raised his hand to stop the two from speaking.

He turned and cupped his hands in a respectful greeting to Gu Feng, who had just come out of the door, a smile plastered on his face:

"Brother Gu...it's all a misunderstanding. Who would have thought these two would twist my meaning? They deserve to be punished!"

He Ze raised his horsewhip and lashed it at Jiang and Yan.

"Snapped!"

Two bloodstains were instantly imprinted beneath their thin autumn clothes.

The two looked at He Ze with suspicion and resentment in their eyes, but dared not lash out.

Taking advantage of the moment He Ze lashed out with his whip, he gave a low shout to the two of them:

"Get out of here right now and take your things with you."

He turned to Gu Feng and said, "Brother Gu, how about this: they'll pay 30% more in revenue tax next year, and your Gu family will get a 50% reduction?"

He then glanced at Lin Ji beside him and asked casually:

"This looks unfamiliar...it doesn't look like it's from Brother Gu's residence?"

Lin Ji was about to speak.

Gu Feng stepped forward: "This is a newly appointed retainer of the Gu family."

He Ze smiled, his eyes lingering on the spear in Lin Ji's hand before carefully scanning Lin Ji's features.

"Impressive skills."

He turned to look at Gu Feng again:

"Brother Gu, here's what we've done. This whole mess started because of me. So, I'll leave a team of men here to help you repair your residence and guard your yard. This will be free if anyone tries to cause trouble again. We've been working together for so many years, let's not let a petty person's instigation cause any rifts between us."

These words sounded grand and righteous, but even the common people present could see the underlying intention: to put the Gu family under surveillance.

Gu Feng lowered his eyes. He knew exactly what was going on, but he didn't confront them directly. He simply cupped his hands in a respectful gesture.

"Then thank you very much, Commander He."

"In that case, once Brother Gu is settled, please come to my residence to discuss matters for next year." With that, he turned and swaggered away from the Gu residence with his men.

Standing in front of the door, Gu Feng finally had time to examine the peddler dressed as a martial artist carrying a wooden box.

With an extraordinary bearing and resolute posture, he didn't resemble a peddler at all, but rather...

Inside the Gu residence, Lin Yueru stood under the moon gate, glancing sideways at the area in front of the gate.

Her heart stirred slightly.

This person is... Lin Ji, my grandfather.