Chapter 279 Someone Escaped
The next day, when the sun was bright, Cheng Deming confidently gathered all the killers in Jianghu again. However, only a few people came to join him, and most of them were the few people who had always followed Cheng Deming!
"Where are the people? Where did the others go?" Cheng Deming roared angrily.
The people standing below looked at each other in confusion. In fact, they didn't know either. They slept in their own rooms at night. When they came to gather, they found that many people were not there. In this situation, the most likely possibility was that they all ran away!
"We don't know about this. Lord Ling can ask the brother who was on patrol last night."
Cheng Deming was very dissatisfied when he heard such an answer, but these people in front of him had followed him through thick and thin, so there was really no reason for him to doubt them. Moreover, if he punished them as well, he would be left alone!
"Someone come here! Call the people who were on patrol last night!" Cheng Deming shouted loudly.
After a while, five young men were brought into the main hall.
Cheng Deming frowned and asked, "Why are there only a few of you? I remember that our Jianghu Order must have twenty people on patrol every day, divided into two groups. Where are the others?"
The five men were also confused and shook their heads, saying, "We don't know. Last night, while on patrol, someone knocked him unconscious. We don't know what happened after that."
Cheng Deming felt deceived and betrayed, and cursed angrily: "Don't even think about helping those people deceive me. Whoever tells the truth today will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of gold!"
Ten thousand taels of gold is a huge sum of money. With that much money, why would anyone become a killer? They'd never have to worry about food and drink for the rest of their lives!
Someone immediately stepped forward and said, "Master, those people must have escaped. Please order all branches to arrest the Jianghu Order traitors! We are willing to join the team to capture the traitors!"
Although Cheng Deming wanted to capture all the people and deal with them in the most cruel way according to the Jianghu Order, Emperor Liang was anxious to kill Liang Jingyao. If he failed again this time, he would completely lose Emperor Liang as his great backer!
"You can't go. I have other tasks for you. Let the branches catch those traitors! Come on, bring the secret medicine!" Cheng Deming waved his hand, and then a masked man came in with a tray.
The other people in the main hall showed reluctant and helpless expressions on their faces. If they took this secret medicine, their future would be completely ruined. However, they had followed Cheng Deming since they joined Jianghu Ling. Cheng Deming was both the great elder and the master to them. Now was the critical moment for Jianghu Ling, and they really couldn't say no.
After hesitating for a long time, someone stood up and asked, "Master, will you take this secret medicine?"
Cheng Deming cursed as if he had heard a joke, "Who the hell are you? If I tell you to eat, you must eat. Otherwise, get out of here!"
The man's face froze, and he instantly understood that Cheng Deming was treating everyone as pawns. Maybe one day, he would sell out the entire Jianghu Order for his own benefit!
Jianghu Order is no longer the same Jianghu Order it used to be!
"I'm sorry, I don't want to drink this secret medicine. If the Lord doesn't need me anymore, I'll leave now!" The man kowtowed on the ground, then stood up and prepared to leave.
With a "whoosh" sound, the man passed through the air and fell to the ground like a kite with a broken string.
Cheng Deming put away his hidden weapon and said contemptuously, "You learned some skills in my Jianghu, and now you're ready to leave? How could such a good thing happen in this world? Who among you still wants to leave?"
When the others saw their dead brothers on the ground, their faces turned pale. They thought that they were going to die anyway, so it would be better to become disabled. At least they could still keep their lives!
"Let's drink it, Lord Ling, please rest assured!" As they said this, they took the secret medicine handed to them by the masked man and swallowed it in one breath.
Half an hour later, Chen Hu, who was guarding on the city wall, saw a group of people coming on horseback. He looked closely and found that it was Cheng Deming with more than a hundred Jianghu assassins!
"Hurry up and tell the master that the people from Jianghu Ling are here again!" Chen Hu anxiously asked someone to find Liang Jingyao.
At this time, Liang Jingyao had already returned from the bamboo courtyard. When he heard that Jianghu Order had come again, he hurriedly ran to the city wall.
"What happened? Did they take action?" Liang Jingyao leaned over the city wall and looked down.
Chen Hu reported, "Master, this shouldn't be a big problem. The Jianghu Order has only brought over a hundred people. Our Cheetah Army has far more people than them! I've already ordered the Cheetah Army to do their utmost to stop the Jianghu Order from breaking through the city gates."
Liang Jingyao waved his hand and said, "Don't act rashly! Since they dare to come, it means they have a new countermeasure. If we don't take it seriously, we will fall into their trap."
Chen Hu said ashamedly: "I'm sorry, Master, I was too simple!"
Liang Jingyao thought for a moment and said, "Send someone to inform Jiacheng on Yangming Mountain to be on high alert. I'm afraid they'll use their old tricks again. If they can't defeat us, they'll go after the people on the mountain."
Chen Hu scratched his head and said with a smile: "Master, when I sent someone to look for you, I sent someone to notify the other side, so you can rest assured!"
Liang Jingyao said with satisfaction: "You've done a good job. You're now thinking things through more and more carefully. As usual, you command the Cheetah Army below, and I'll lead the people on the city wall. No one, not even the emperor, can get up here!"
Chen Hu clasped his fists and replied, "Yes, I'll go right away!"
This time, Jianghu Ling was no easier to deal with than the last time. Although there were two-thirds fewer people, these people seemed to have exploded, with endless energy in their bodies. It became very difficult for Chen Hu to lead the team to resist the impact from outside. Several times he felt that the city gate was about to be knocked open!
"Hurry, get more people over, the more the better!" Chen Hu shouted anxiously.
There were fireworks on the other side of the city wall. Liang Jingyao, standing on the city wall, frowned even more when he heard his men reporting the situation at the city gate. Several earth bombs had been thrown down from the city wall. Except for a few people who tried to climb up the wall and were blown to death, those Jianghu killers were either ramming the city gate or throwing flints with catapults.
No matter how Jiang Hu Ling improved his martial arts in such a short period of time, it did bring a lot of trouble to himself and the Cheetah Army. It seems that Jiang Hu Ling was fully prepared this time!
If I don’t have reinforcements this time, I’m afraid the gate of Yangming Town will be broken through by Jianghu Ling’s killers again!
"Tell Chen Hu to make preparations for both situations. If you can hold on, that's the best. If you can't, be prepared to fight to the death!" Liang Jingyao said, gritting his teeth.
The men responded and hurried down the city wall.
At the city gate, Chen Hu's forehead was hit several times by the pushing gate. His hands began to tremble from the excessive force. He felt that he was really about to give up! Had the Jianghu Ling gone crazy this time? How could such a small number of people be so powerful?
Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves and shouts of "Ahhh!" were heard outside the city gate. The Jianghu killer who was trying hard to bang on the door seemed to be attracted by the shouts, which made Chen Hu's desperate face flash with light.
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