Chapter 73 Shooting the Seventh Young Master, Separating the Brothers
As dawn broke, a ray of setting sun shone down.
Li Xian's face was covered in frost, his eyelashes were covered in glistening dew, and his limbs were stiff from the cold. Pang Long was right; even with abundant internal energy, prolonged exposure to wind and snow was not a good thing.
"Brother!"
Li Xiaofan suddenly said, "We're back again."
With the help of the first rays of sunlight, I was finally able to see my surroundings clearly. Not far away was a mansion that had been half burned down.
In front of the house.
Dozens of people were covered in dust and looked utterly disheveled.
"Brother, what should we do?" Li Xiaofan asked in a panic, clutching Li Xian's clothes tightly.
Li Xian frowned and patted the horse's back. It turned out that the ugly horse knew the way. He had ridden it all night, but because the road was dark, Li Xian couldn't see clearly and had let the ugly horse run freely.
The ugly horse was Liu Yuanwai's pet horse, and seeing that it was almost dawn, it ran back on its own.
Just as they were about to turn their horses around and flee quickly, they suddenly noticed that although there were many people in front of the house, they were all servants and slaves, and there were no members of the Blackwater Gang at all.
"That's right, the Blackwater Gang arrested me overnight, but who would have thought that I would launch a surprise attack!"
Li Xian was delighted. He caught sight of a man in fine clothes in the crowd. Although he was also disheveled, he exuded an air of nobility that set him apart from the other servants.
Li Xian narrowed his eyes, pointed with his finger, and asked:
"Brother, is he Zheng Caiqi?"
Li Xiaofan nodded and said, "It's definitely him."
"Alright!"
Li Xian, with his feet on the saddle, suddenly stood up, drew his bow to its full extent like a full moon, and aimed at Zheng Caiqi.
The distance is getting closer and closer...
Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, all the servants of the Liu household looked over. Zheng Caiqi also turned her head when she heard the sound, but the next moment, her face showed undisguised fear.
"No…"
The word "no" had barely left his lips when Li Xian unleashed a flying arrow.
It was precisely nailed to his chest.
Zheng Caiqi winced in pain, looked down at her chest, and saw the arrowhead piercing her flesh. This time, she knew she would not survive. A wave of bitterness and resentment washed over her.
In an instant, a second arrow shot out, piercing his throat. Li Xian's eyes were icy cold; he nocked a third arrow and fired again…
It pierced his skull.
Three arrows were fired in quick succession, each one deadly and swift.
"Walk!"
Li Xian pulled on the reins, causing the ugly horse to turn around and leave.
The change happened so fast that by the time Li Xian rode away, Master Liu and his servants had finally realized what was happening and hurriedly checked Zheng Caiqi's breathing and pulse.
Seeing that the noble young man dressed in a fur coat, in his dying moments, also displayed a hideous state, with blood flowing like a torrent, excrement and urine flowing out, and his legs twitching incessantly.
The final push...
He died instantly, completely lifeless.
His expression remained one of panic, astonishment, resentment, and confusion.
Before this, Li Xian wanted to kill Zheng Caiqi, but his predicament left him little room for further thought; he only hoped to rescue his younger brother first. Unexpectedly, the ugly horse knew the way, and by a twist of fate, this gave Li Xian the opportunity.
They sped along and soon left Huangyu County.
It was already dawn by then.
Seeing that his younger brother was so young, and knowing that this parting would mean he would have to walk the rest of his life on his own, Li Xian felt a pang of heartache and wanted to see him off even further.
Suddenly, a figure appeared blocking the road ahead.
"Commander Pang." Li Xian was startled, and his heart sank at the same time.
“Li Xian, even if you take leave, you shouldn’t go too far from the manor,” Pang Long said expressionlessly.
Li Xian had no choice but to dismount. "Xiao Fan, this is the only way I can take my brother."
Li Xiaofan said, "Yes, brother, I will miss you."
"We've never been to the prefectural city before, so be careful on your journey."
Li Xian said in a deep voice.
He knew that the world was unstable, so the teenager left home and traveled thousands of miles to the prefectural city. The dangers and obstacles he encountered were unimaginable.
In this cannibalistic world, how can my younger brother, with his frail body, possibly protect himself?
"Brother, don't underestimate me," Li Xiaofan said cheerfully. "I can pick flowers."
"Okay, be careful on the road!"
Li Xian patted Li Xiaofan on the shoulder and stuffed travel money and silver into his hands. Li Xiaofan smiled, fighting back tears, waved, and quickly ran away.
Only after running quite far did she let out a few sobs, but after wiping away her tears, she continued on her way with renewed focus!
A true man doesn't shed tears.
"You, as the older brother, are truly admirable," Pang Long sighed.
Li Xian remained silent.
"Let's go back to the village." Pang Long patted Li Xian on the shoulder. "Don't blame me for stopping you."
"Those who learn the lady's martial arts will become the lady's property."
"I'm just judging a gentleman by my own petty standards. Everything has to come at a price."
"On second thought, if it weren't for your martial arts skills, how could you have rescued my brother?"
Li Xian smiled helplessly. He had long known that the rules of the manor were strict and martial arts were extremely valuable. If the guards were allowed to run around freely, the martial arts would have been leaked long ago.
But the more this is the case…
He was even more determined to help his brother break free from these many shackles.
As for himself... he firmly believed that he could break free from the shackles and shatter the fetters without relying on anyone.
Heaven rewards diligence; success depends on human effort!
...
Yang Cheng chased after Li Xian all night, digging three feet into the ground and searching meticulously, vowing to find him. However, the cunning thief was as elusive as a fox and never showed up.
Waiting for dawn to break.
With no other choice, Yang Cheng had to accept reality and lead his gang back home.
Thinking:
"Young Master's beloved horse is lost, and now that little thief has vanished without a trace. Given his temperament, I'm sure I'll have a hard time getting along with the gang in the future."
When he returned to the front of the house and saw the dilapidated state of the place, Yang Cheng sighed, just as he had expected.
However, after taking a few more steps, they caught a faint smell of blood...
Suddenly, a chill ran down my spine.
He rushed into the crowd and saw Seventh Young Master lying in a pool of blood, his body already stiff. There were three arrow wounds on his body, gruesome and terrifying: one through his heart, one through his throat, and one through his skull.
The intensity of the killing intent and the decisiveness of the attack sent chills down Yang Cheng's spine.
"It's him!"
It must be him!
Yang Cheng recalled the three arrow wounds on his body. They were also so cold, ruthless, decisive, and cunning…
It was like shooting down a wild deer.
Yang Cheng was deathly pale, trembling all over, his eyes filled with terror. The Seventh Young Master had died at his hands; if this news reached the Blackwater Gang…
His fate was so tragic it was unimaginable!
"I...I was so focused on catching the thief that I neglected to protect my master, and now...now I'm going to lose my life?"
"Instead of going back to the gang, it's better to escape now; perhaps there's still a chance of survival!"
"Yes...yes, absolutely. In that case, we must cover up Seventh Young Master's whereabouts even more. We need to buy ourselves some time to escape!"
Yang Cheng rose from poverty to his current position, and his wisdom and resourcefulness far surpass those of others.
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On the way back to the village, Li Xian recalled the events of the previous night.
The fight with Yang Cheng was extremely dangerous. If there was even the slightest mistake, he would be captured immediately.
"If it weren't for my younger brother by my side."
"I'd like to have another go at him."
Li Xian was able to win entirely by unintentionally hiding his bow, arrows, and iron sword in a tree.
Even without these, with his perfect Four Directions Fist, mastery of the Azure Palm and the Great Perfection of the Clear Wind Leg, he could still hold his own for a few moves.
Gain experience in the business world.
"Commander Pang, is the Blackwater Gang very powerful?" Li Xian asked.
“Hmm…” Pang Long pondered for a moment, “He’s quite formidable. That gang leader, Zheng Xuezhang, is no ordinary person.”
The two began discussing the Blackwater Gang.
(End of this chapter)
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