It was the Yin hour of this night.
On the official road a hundred miles away from Jinling City, more than ten horse-drawn carriages of Xishan Express were traveling under the moonlight.
The leader in charge of this transportation was named Jiang Liu. He brought a guard team of a hundred people to escort the batch of explosives and ammunition to Jinling and handed them over to the young master Fu Xiaoguan.
These one hundred people were eliminated from the training of the Divine Sword Army. They were arranged by Bai Yulian in the West Mountain Guard. They were quite agile and were equipped with flintlock rifles.
This shipment of goods was handled with extreme caution by Xishan's current chief steward, Chunxiu. The young master was in a hurry and time was running out, and no accidents could occur. So Jiang Liu rode his horse back and forth, encouraging the guards and coachmen:
"Tomorrow morning, we will be able to reach Shangjing City."
"When we get to the Ding'an Marquis's Mansion, the Young Master will personally meet us. Haven't you always wanted to know what the Young Master looks like? The faster we go, the sooner we can see the Young Master."
"Cheer up, everyone! After we meet the Young Master tomorrow, he will naturally arrange for us to have a good meal and a good sleep!"
"Let me tell you, I heard that the women in the brothels in Jinling City are all very delicate and tender, so soft and pink that you can squeeze out water, just like the tofu made by Xiaohe in the village below."
Everyone laughed, and Jiang Liu himself laughed too. "If the young master is so happy to give you a reward, I think you will all go to that brothel..."
He hadn't finished speaking when the carriage was traveling on a mountain road.
The mountain is not high and the road is not long, but it happens right now!
A cloud of arrows poured down from the forest!
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
"ah……!"
“Bang, bang, bang…!”
"Enemy attack!"
Jiang Liuhu glared and roared, "Cover up on the spot, everyone dismount and meet the enemy!"
The enemy attacked at that moment. No one expected that there would be enemies on this official road. This rain of arrows took away more than 20 lives.
Jiang Liu jumped off his horse. An arrow flew past his head with a whizzing sound, making him break out in a cold sweat.
He drew his gun, but the enemy did not emerge from the woods.
Then came another cloud of arrows. Dozens of horses were hit by arrows and broke free from their reins and ran away with a hiss.
"Ready, fire!"
Jiang Liu calmed down after the panic. With his loud roar, the surviving guards quickly found cover and drew their flintlock rifles.
“Bang bang bang...!” After a round of volleys, bursts of wailing came from the forest. They hit the target!
The enemy could not be seen, but the flintlock had a greater range than the bow and arrow.
"Reload, be careful!"
A strong man flew out of the forest. Jiang Liu changed his ammunition but widened his eyes and took a breath.
Just when all of them were aiming at the enemy in front of them, a barrage of arrows flew from behind them!
There are enemies on both sides!
Jiang Liu's heart turned cold at this moment.
"shooting!"
He gave the last command, and another burst of gunfire rang out. More than ten men were shot, but more than thirty people in the guard team were hit by arrows.
Strong men rushed out from the front and back, with swords flashing, and it seemed that the guards were about to be wiped out.
At this moment, a burst of rapid horse hoof sounds suddenly rang out, and hundreds of black-armored cavalrymen galloped down the official road ahead.
They stood up at that moment, drew their bows and arrows. Jiang Liu was filled with despair, but he did not expect that the arrows of the cavalrymen were all shot at the strong men rushing towards him from both sides.
He suddenly woke up at that moment - this group of cavalrymen were probably the ones sent by the young master to support him!
"Reload, shoot freely, don't hurt anyone by mistake, and save your life!" He roared again, rolled over and hid behind a carriage, aiming the gun in his hand at an enemy who was rushing towards him.
“Go to hell!”
"Bang……!"
A bullet hit the strong man's forehead, and he fell from the air, deader than dead.
After firing a hail of arrows, the cavalrymen all drew their swords from their waists. They stood up and attacked the strong men on both sides like night owls.
The battle was brutal in an instant, with blood splattered and broken limbs flying all over the ground.
Eunuch Jia got out of the last carriage. He looked up at the dim light in the sky, then looked at the battlefield ahead, and finally cast his gaze into the woods on the left.
He stretched out his body and landed in the woods.
There was a man sitting here with a pot of wine in front of him and a huge knife stuck at his side.
"Song Qingtian!"
"Jia Nanxing!"
"Instead of figuring out how to shatter the void, you come here to rob people..." Eunuch Jia shook his head. "It's beneath the dignity of a Sect Leader of the Sword Mountain to do this!"
Song Qingtian grinned: "Believe it or not, I actually shattered the void with a slash, but it didn't go through. It took me a year to figure out why I didn't cut through."
"Tell me about it."
"Inner demon!"
"Who is your inner demon?"
"Su Changsheng!"
Eunuch Jia was silent for a moment, then laughed. "Twenty years ago, during the battle at Confucius Temple, Su Changsheng struck you down with a single blow. You were thirty-two that year, and the following year, at the age of thirty-three, you cut through the water with a single blow and entered the Saint Stage. I thought you would be grateful to Su Changsheng for that blow, but I didn't expect him to become your inner demon... So, you did all this just to kill Su Changsheng?"
Eunuch Jia shook his head and sighed, "Unfortunately, you are still no match for Su Changsheng."
Eunuch Jia hadn't expected Song Qingtian to nod and admit it so graciously. "You're right, old eunuch. I'm still no match for Su Changsheng. But...if Su Changsheng were the Grand Elder of the Moon Worship Sect, and all the martial arts heroes in the world gathered at Qingyun Mountain...do you think Su Changsheng could still achieve immortality?"
Eunuch Jia frowned suddenly, "How dare you resort to such a dirty trick?"
"What you said is not correct, because Su Changsheng is indeed the Grand Elder of the Moon Worshiping Sect. Look, Fu Xiaoguan wants to blow up the mountain of Confucius Temple. I think this is not good and is not respectful to the treasure.
"Fu Xiaoguan is Su Changsheng's last disciple. He should have gone to Su Changsheng to ask for the key, but he didn't expect him to use such crude means... So I want to rob someone and ask Ding Anbo to go to Su Changsheng to ask for the key. Wouldn't that be better?"
"But now that I'm here, your plan has failed. What other plans do you have?"
"Do you know why I'm waiting for you here?"
Eunuch Jia's heart sank. Song Qingtian took a sip from the wine flask and slowly stood up. "Because the five elders of Jianlin have already entered Jinling City, if you leave, there will be no masters left in the palace."
"You want to kill the king?"
"I don't want to, but the people of Jianlin do. This is because they originally belonged to the Yi Kingdom, but now the Changling Mountains have been assigned to the Yu Dynasty... Besides, Queen Shang is the second elder of Cemen. You say that the king of a country married a remnant of the Moon Worshiping Cult and is now the queen. What's the difference between her and the Queen Mother Xi?"
After saying this, Song Qingtian thought that Eunuch Jia would rush back to the palace, but he never expected that Eunuch Jia would laugh at this moment.
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