From a slave to the Great Qian Martial Saint

Found it?

Yun'er was with the hornless black sheep, while Chen Shi and Xiao Fengxiao sat there.

Who did they find?

A moment later, people came in one after another; they were all martial arts masters hired by Zou Shichang.

In total, there were more than thirty people!

Chen Shi glanced at them and saw that the lowest cultivation level was rank 8, most were rank 7, and there were even a few rank 6!

Simply hiring these martial arts masters would cost a lot of money.

It must be said that Zou Shichang really did spend a lot of money.

Normally, one cannot judge a martial artist's rank by appearance alone. However, Chen Xi has mastered the art of observing qi, allowing him to see more than others. Combined with his breathing and footsteps, he is almost always right.

"Set off!"

Once everyone was present, a man who looked like a butler came in and gave a shout to the group.

Outside the Zou residence, horses were already prepared, one fast horse for each person, heading straight out of the city.

About twenty miles outside the city, there was a mound by the roadside where the group stopped to wait.

About 15 minutes later, a carriage slowly approached from a distance.

"this……"

Upon seeing the carriage, Chen Shi's eyes widened slightly.

The carriage was nothing special, but it was decorated with the emblem of the Marquis of Jing'an's mansion!

Could it be that other people from the Jing'an Marquis's residence have come to Wuxing Prefecture?

She couldn't help but look at Xiao Fengxiao beside her. Xiao Fengxiao shook her head slightly, she didn't know either.

"superior!"

As he pondered, the head steward of the Zou family shouted.

Everyone was already poised and ready, and they rushed down the slope.

hiss!

The horses were startled, and the coachman had to pull hard on the reins to steady the carriage.

Seeing the crowd suddenly rushing down, he thought they had encountered robbers and immediately turned pale with fright. The accompanying guards were also tense and flustered.

"You audacious madman!"

Just then, a loud shout rang out, and a young man in a white robe rode out on horseback. His gaze swept over the crowd, and a contemptuous sneer appeared on his face.

"Where did these thieves come from? Are you blind? Do you even know whose car this is? How dare you stop us!"

Ok?

The group exchanged glances; this kid's pretty arrogant.

"Manager Chen."

Just as they were about to take action, a voice suddenly came from inside the carriage; it was a woman.

The man in white responded and quickly returned to the carriage, pressing his ear against the window and nodding repeatedly.

A moment later, he returned, looking at everyone with an arrogant expression.

"You even dared to intercept the carriage of the Marquis of Jing'an's family! You're simply courting death! But you're lucky. Our Second Madam is kind-hearted and doesn't intend to hold it against you."

"The Marquis of Jing'an's residence?"

Everyone blinked and looked at each other in bewilderment.

"What? Scared now? If you're scared, then get out of here!"

The man in white robes gave a smug snort and then shouted again.

"Damn it! I can't take it anymore!"

A shout rang out, and a man was about to step forward.

The others all had gloomy faces and were also about to lose their composure.

So what if it's the Marquis of Jing'an's residence? They don't care!

The Marquis's mansion sounds impressive, but what does it have to do with them? They are all江湖人士 (jianghu figures, people of the martial arts world), and they keep to themselves and the imperial court!

As the saying goes, ignorance is bliss.

"What are you doing! Stop right there! Do you know who we are?!"

The arrogant white-robed man, who had been so haughty just moments before, suddenly became flustered when he saw these people approaching menacingly instead of being intimidated.

He took several steps back, then, forcing himself to maintain his momentum, shouted loudly.

"I am Chen Shi, the chief steward of the Jing'an Marquis's residence! This carriage contains the Second Mistress of the Jing'an Marquis's residence! How dare you offend me? Don't you value your lives?!"

Ok?

Chen Shi and Xiao Fengxiao, who were just confused, widened their eyes instantly upon hearing this.

What the heck?

Looking at the person in the white robe, he couldn't help but roll his eyes, and instantly understood.

So it turns out it wasn't anyone from the Marquis of Jing'an's residence who came, but people impersonating them!

Yes.

Zou Shichang wanted to kill them, and these imposters just happened to walk right in.

Chen Shi and Xiao Fengxiao exchanged a glance and couldn't help but laugh. They were just watching the dogs fight, so they treated it as a bit of fun.

"Take them down!"

The head steward of the Zou family stood at the back and shouted loudly.

The crowd, who could no longer contain themselves, rushed forward in one go.

"Stop them! Protect the Emperor! Protect the Emperor!"

The man in white robes looked terrified as he retreated to the side of the carriage, shouting frantically.

But the next moment, both the coachman and the guards, seeing the menacing men, turned and ran.

Protecting the emperor?

We agreed beforehand that we would act to maintain appearances, but we didn't say we would actually fight the thieves.

Ten coins a day, what kind of life are we risking?

"Don't run! Don't run!"

The man in white robes shouted loudly, but no one listened to him; instead, they ran even faster.

In the blink of an eye, he was all alone. Facing the crowd that surrounded him, the white-robed man's face turned ashen, and he barely managed to assume a fighting stance.

"Damn it! I need to pee, I'm going first!"

With a shout, a burly man rushed forward.

A few breaths later, the white-robed man was knocked to the ground.

"Damn! They call him the head steward of the Marquis's mansion, but he's only at the ninth rank in cultivation. This so-called Marquis's mansion isn't all that great."

The burly man spat on the white-robed man, his face beaming with smugness.

"Exactly! What real skills could those incompetent officials in the imperial court possibly have!"

The others were also excited and laughed in agreement.

Then, they pulled the people out of the carriage; they were two women.

Judging from their attire, they were a mistress and a servant. The maid was plain-looking, while the mistress was quite attractive.

"The man has been caught!"

Looking at the three people in front of them, everyone felt a surge of smugness.

Zou Shichang ordered them to capture one man and two women. As for the discrepancy in their cultivation levels, perhaps Zou Shichang made a mistake.

Immediately afterwards, the head steward of the Zou family came over, looked at the portrait, and couldn't help but nod.

"It's them."

ha?

Chen Shi and Xiao Fengxiao stared wide-eyed. Were these people blind? These three didn't look like them at all!

Putting everything else aside, just looking at her appearance, this guy pretending to be Xiao Fengxiao isn't even worthy of carrying Yun'er's shoes, let alone being compared to Xiao Fengxiao!

How can you say it's similar?

It seems these people are blinded by greed.

"Take him to see the master!"

After verifying his identity, the steward gave a stern rebuke.

The group tied up the three men and carried them directly onto the horses.

Should we go see Zhou Shichang?

Chen Shi and Xiao Fengxiao smiled slightly; this was just right.

Next, led by the chief steward of the Zou family, the group went straight to a temple outside the city.

The temple was surrounded by a large number of guards.

The steward of the Zou family stepped forward, and the guards then made way for everyone to enter the temple.

"They've been hiding here."

Chen Shi looked around and couldn't help but chuckle again.

It seems Zou Shichang is hiding here.

In that sense, it was all thanks to Xiao Fengxiao's quick thinking and infiltration of their ranks. Otherwise, finding Zou Shichang wouldn't have been so easy.

"Sir! We've caught them! We've caught those three!"

They went straight to the main hall, and before they even entered, the steward shouted with a joyful expression.

"Great! Bring him in quickly!"

Inside the main hall, the sound of striking the wooden fish abruptly stopped, and an excited man's voice rang out.