Chapter 1696 Steward Guo, it's been a long time!
Xia Yi struck the man's wrist with the hairpin, breaking the sword in his hand.
He then swiftly kicked the man to the ground, picked up the sword from the ground, and pounced on him.
The opponent tried to block, but was already at a disadvantage.
Xia Yi was the emperor's secret guard, while the other party was just a subordinate of the fifth manager of the black market. No matter how skilled he was, he was no match for Xia Yi. After only a couple of moves, he was stabbed in the chest by Xia Yi's sword.
On the other side, Meng Yunzheng also took care of one person. The other person was slightly injured and tried to escape to the side when he saw that things were not going well.
Meng Yunzheng kicked him back and said to Xia Yi, "He's yours, I'm going to chase after Guo Laowu."
"good."
Meng Yunzheng ran quickly toward the door, stabbing two bandits who were trying to open the iron cage to release the wild beasts inside.
Guo Laowu turned around and his expression changed drastically. He had originally hoped that his men could stall for time and allow the wild beasts to be released, which would at least be of some help to them. He hadn't expected Xia Yi and this man to be so skilled, taking care of his men so quickly.
Unfortunately, the bandits who were trying to open the iron cages were too nervous to open the chains.
Guo Laowu had already run to the door and was about to open it when he found that the door was tightly bound by chains.
He was utterly shocked; a sword's wind was already pressing against his back.
Guo Laowu, relying on his instincts, dodged to the left, narrowly avoiding Meng Yunzheng's sword, but his arm was still injured.
Guo Laowu rolled on the ground in a disheveled state, then looked up at the tall figure in front of him and asked nervously, "Who, who are you? What are you trying to do by barging into the black market?"
Meng Yunzheng walked towards him and said with a smile, "Manager Guo, you're so busy, you've forgotten about me?"
Guo Laowu was taken aback. He had felt that the other person was somewhat familiar, and upon hearing his voice, he exclaimed in surprise, "You are... you are Meng Yunzheng?"
"It's me, long time no see."
Meng Yunzheng did not expect that this Manager Guo was an old acquaintance. This person was the same manager from the black market in Jiangyuan County.
Last year, Meng Yunzheng approached him wanting to buy the manor, but Steward Guo kept refusing and eventually sold the manor and the hill to Master Miao.
More than a year has passed, and unexpectedly, the other party has become Guo Laowu of the Changjin Prefecture black market.
Guo Laowu looked astonished. He carefully took two steps back and said with a dry laugh, "So it's Young Master Meng. But I have no grudge against Young Master Meng, so why have I come here to get involved in this mess?"
"I didn't want to either, but Jiang Kuanyu captured my uncle, so I had no choice but to come and rescue him."
Guo Laowu whispered, "Did he arrest your uncle?"
He knew Jiang Kuanyu had captured someone, but since the person wasn't one of his men, he didn't interfere. After the chaos caused by the wild beasts, everyone around Jiang Kuanyu had died. Jiang Kuanyu had come to him saying that the other party might be after the person he had captured, but he hadn't mentioned that it was Meng Yunzheng's uncle.
If he had known, Guo Laowu would never have agreed.
Even his master was cautious about Meng Yunzheng and avoided contact with him unless absolutely necessary before the great cause was accomplished. Who would have thought that Jiang Kuanyu would provoke the Meng family?
That damned bastard, it seems he wants to pin all the blame on him, and he's not entirely wrong.
Guo Laowu's eyes darted around, and he immediately chuckled dryly, "There might be some misunderstanding here. I don't know anything about this. I'll send someone to release your uncle right away."
(End of this chapter)
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