Yao Yuan was troubled by his two apprentices. He originally wanted to chop off their heads and present them to the master, but when the knife reached their necks, his mind flashed with what the two apprentices had done for him - they had chopped the rebels back to back with him, and they had embezzled money together when handing them over to the escort agency.
Yao Yuan's knife could no longer cut. He had no children in his life, and subconsciously regarded his two apprentices as his own sons. That was why he killed the other bodyguards and left these two behind. Although he often said that he would kill the two with one knife, he found out after he really did it - he had robbed and killed thousands of businessmen without hesitation, but this time he hesitated!
"Sir, I am willing to exchange my life for my two apprentices." Yao Yuan said, throwing down the knife. Anyway, his peak period has passed, and his martial arts skills in this life can only slowly decline and it is impossible to improve. In other words, he began to realize that he was getting old. In two or three years, it would not be him who would chop others, but others who would chop him with a knife!
The life of a bodyguard from the Ming Kingdom is only about killing others and being killed by others. There has never been a bodyguard who retires and enjoys a comfortable old age.
Wang Xiaohai showed an expression of surprise on his face. He thought that this cold-blooded and ruthless guy would kill his apprentice without hesitation.
"Forget it. The first time is a warning, the second time is a punishment." Wang Xiaohai said, "Since it's a first offense, it's just a warning. You can whip each of them ten times with a rope. No need to kill them."
Yao Yuan kowtowed and took his two disciples to the woods, where he picked some vines and broke one with each whip. He knew he had to teach them a lesson and make them remember it deeply.
"Sir, our two disciples can no longer move." A few minutes later, Yao Yuan walked to Wang Xiaohai and said.
"Then let's stay in the woods for one night and then make our move tomorrow," Wang Xiaohai said. "There's no rush today anyway."
Yao Yuan and Chief Escort Feng were both a little surprised. They thought that with Wang Xiaohai's status, he would not spend the night in the woods, unlike them who had escorted goods all over the country and lived everywhere.
Now that Chief Escort Feng knew Wang Xiaohai was at least as important as a vassal, he regretted handing the account book over to him. He should have burned it. He felt a sense of unease. Would the Feng family be destroyed because of him? That would be a grave sin! He hadn't heard any rumors that even vassal-level officials could have conflicts? He suspected that a conflict of that magnitude could destroy a family or a nation.
Everyone lay on the grass in the woods, each with their own thoughts.
Wang Xiaohai didn't say anything, and no one else dared to speak first.
There are no stars in Northland.
"Ah!" one of Yao Yuan's apprentices shouted.
"What's going on?" Yao Yuan asked.
"No... nothing, I just felt like a centipede crawled into my pants and bit me." Yao Yuan's apprentice said. He felt his lips a little numb, as if he was poisoned.
"It's okay. This is common in the wild. Just strangle it to death and throw it away. Don't disturb the adults' rest." Yao Yuan said in a low voice.
"But..." The apprentice hesitated to speak.
"It's nothing to worry about. Haven't you been taught a lesson enough today?" Yao Yuan whispered.
"Master, look." Yao Yuan's apprentice lifted the grass surface.
The night wasn't completely dark. The forest glowed faintly with the faint glow of some grass, and fireflies fluttered nearby. Under the uncovered grass, Yao Yuan saw a dense swarm of centipedes and venomous insects. There were at least hundreds of them at a glance. And this was just a small patch of uncovered grass. If the entire forest were covered in them, who knows how many centipedes and venomous insects there would be? Just the thought made his scalp tingle.
"Ignore them, don't make any sound, use your martial energy to protect your body and continue sleeping, so that the poisonous insects can't bite you." Yao Yuan said to his apprentice, and the golden light faded. He closed his eyes and lay on the grass. Countless centipedes were biting his butt and back, but he just thought it was a tickle.
The next morning.
Wang Xiaohai woke up refreshed. He was now immune to all poisons and naturally not afraid of these poisonous insects.
That’s right, he had long known that there were poisonous insects under the grass!
The other four people also quickly got up. The clothes on their backs had been bitten to pieces, and there were many bite marks on their skin, but they were only superficial injuries. It seemed that the martial energy to protect the body was also useful. The insects in the non-allergic country had evolved for tens of millions of years and could even bite the weak martial energy. It was really terrifying.
Linjiang City.
House of worship.
The old priest had a bad premonition today. Ever since the inspector came, he had been feeling uneasy. After all, there had not been an inspector in the history of Min State for more than three thousand years. He comforted himself in his heart - maybe the inspector was just passing by, staying here for an hour and then going to another country.
There was a knock on the door.
The old priest's face changed. He could not sense any martial energy from the person knocking on the door. There were only two possibilities - the first was that he was an ordinary person, and the second was that he was someone with a higher realm and strength than him!
If it were any other day, he would have thought it was just an ordinary person, but today he was in a state of panic. His premonition told him that the person knocking on the door was the extremely young inspector. At their level, as long as they practiced their eyes diligently, they could see through some thin objects and easily see through bones to judge a person's true age. He saw that Wang Xiaohai was really only eighteen years old, and was simply the youngest priest-level person in the history of Beixingzhou. No wonder he became an inspector!
Although he was reluctant, the old worshipper still opened the door after guessing the truth.
"Inspector, please come in."
"You seem to know I'm coming, so I won't come in. Let's just talk outside," said Wang Xiaohai.
Yao Yuan, Chief Escort Feng, and two of their apprentice escorts stood behind.
Old Feng Gongsheng did not recognize the chief escort. He had not been in charge of these matters for more than a hundred years. He could not even recognize all the direct descendants living in the palace, let alone the collateral branch of Chief Escort Feng!
"Please speak." The old priest walked out of the house.
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