Chapter 17 Murderous Intention

The fourth day of the twelfth month, at the first quarter of the morning.

The snow was falling heavily, and the streets had long been buried. Servants came out of the mansion, breathing white air and sweeping the snow to the sides in the morning mist.

Several carriages slowly drove out of the palace with its gates wide open.

At the same time, a thin young man, wearing a thick mink coat and covering his mouth with a handkerchief, was helped into the carriage by two maids.

The carriage started to move, and the hundred riders who had been waiting outside in the snow followed and protected the convoy.

It was still dark, and the carriage was swaying with lanterns hanging from it. The horsemen riding in front also held torches, acting as guards to lead the way.

In addition to more than a hundred Ya soldiers, this group of people also included dozens of Xuanming Sect's Yin soldiers.

The person in charge of the team is Yanzhou's leader, and Xiao Yan, because of his unruly nature, can only assist as his deputy.

Ji Ruxue rode beside them on horseback, her eyes quickly swept over everyone, and whispered: "I didn't see Jiang Yuanxin, and the Caozhou helmsman wasn't here either..."

"There may be one hidden in the carriage."

Xiao Yan was at the end of the convoy, looking at the buildings on both sides of the street calmly, and said, "I'm afraid most of the people have already been deployed outside the city. You and I just have to wait and see and act when the time is right."

Subconsciously grasping the hilt of the sword on horseback, Ji Ruxue exhaled slowly.

The city gates were wide open and all kinds of carriages and horses came out one after another.

Outside, hundreds of ghost soldiers who had already gathered joined the team under the leadership of their respective leaders.

She turned around and found that the city gate was closed.

There is no turning back...

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"coming."

On the way south to Songzhou, Liu Cheng poked his head out from behind the gentle slope.

His entire body was covered by the snow, and at this moment only his eyes were fixed on the convoy moving slowly on the pipeline in the distance.

A team of hundreds of people landed in this white wilderness, just like a speck of sand. Except for being able to emit a little light, it was almost no different from snow grains.

Beside him, the old man was also covered in snow, but he just squinted his eyes and said, "According to the plan, let them go first, and when Fu An takes action, we will attack him from behind."

Liu Cheng was a little excited. He lowered his voice and asked, "Old Senior, did we, the Bad People, act like this before?"

“It’s different.”

The old man chuckled, took off the mask on his face, and recalled: "In the past, the commander was still in Chang'an. Although the Tang Dynasty was in decline, the various vassal states still did not dare to act rashly. At that time, the rebel Huang Chao swept across Henan, but we, the bad guys, could still come and go freely in his camp."

He closed his eyes and sighed softly, "At that time, if the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty wanted someone dead, that person's head would be presented to the imperial desk before sunrise the next day..."

Liu Cheng fell silent. He could imagine the glory of his father's generation at that time.

Looking at the current situation of the bad guys, there is indeed a world of difference.

The fingers buried in the snow moved and grasped the cold handle of the knife.

In their sight, the convoy was heading slowly southward along the official road in the heavy snow.

But at this moment, a few human figures suddenly appeared at the end of the wilderness.

Liu Cheng was sharp-eyed and exclaimed: "That's not one of ours!"

The old man remained motionless and said calmly, "Wait and see what happens."

To the northwest of the cavalry, more than a hundred figures suddenly rushed out. They were masked and holding crossbows in their hands, shooting at the cavalrymen outside the convoy.

Most of the guards did not know the specific details of this operation. The sudden incident at this time caused many of them to be hit by arrows and fall off their horses.

The guards reacted very quickly. Under the command of the generals, they quickly held shields and protected all the carriages.

"Don't panic, charge and kill the enemy!"

At the front, the captain of Yanzhou easily avoided the arrows and shouted loudly.

After the panic, the Xuanming Sect cavalrymen immediately reorganized themselves briefly, then galloped across the snow and rushed towards the attackers.

The battle between the two sides was about to break out, but the people of Xuanming Sect were mostly wanderers and were not proficient in the art of cavalry battle formations. Most of the people on the opposite side did not have mounts, but they were able to fight them closely.

The Yanzhou helmsman's eyes were spinning as he watched, but Jiang Yuanxin's voice was heard from the carriage behind him.

"What are you still waiting for? Go and capture one of them. I want to see who they are from!"

The Yanzhou helmsman was helpless. He glanced at Xiao Yan who was at the end of the convoy, only to see that he had abandoned his horse and was hiding behind the guards' shields.

He couldn't help laughing angrily, then slapped his mount and rushed towards the crowd.

But immediately, he suddenly felt a murderous aura coming from the front.

The wilderness was dark, but the captain of Yanzhou immediately turned over, abandoned his horse, and rolled into the snow.

"Puff puff……"

Several arrows suddenly pierced through the horse, knocking it over in an instant.

The captain of Yanzhou was shocked and looked up, only to see a hunched and thin figure on a big tree in the distance.

In his hand he held a strange bow that was taller than others, and he shot out several arrows as he raised his hand.

Many people from the Xuanming Sect screamed and died immediately. The leader of Yanzhou was very scared, and the information in his mind kept circling. Finally, he said in shock: "Tongwenguan, Li Cunyong?!"

"Your Excellency has good eyesight, take my arrow!"

The ugly Li Cunyong laughed strangely, jumped down from the treetop, and several cold rays shot out from the bow in his hand.

The captain of Yanzhou waved his sword to block and kept retreating backwards.

But he only blocked two arrows before the knife in his hand shattered.

The feather arrow contained such a huge force that it made one of his hands numb.

But before he could shout, a figure swayed in the snow in the distance, and a cold light flew over quickly and suddenly pierced his eyebrows.

"Uh……"

The Yanzhou captain's eyes widened and he fell backwards unwillingly.

But Li Cunyong seemed to be just killing an ant. His body was very agile and he kept running in the snow. Whenever there was a sound of bowstring, someone would be shot to death.

"What a thief!"

Inside the carriage, Jiang Yuanxin shouted in anger, and his tall and strong figure instantly broke through the window and rushed towards the battlefield.

Li Cunyong immediately sensed the murderous intent, and he immediately fell backwards, his hands seeming to pull sparks out of the bowstring.

The precise and weightless feather arrow flew towards Jiang Yuanxin.

But the latter was not afraid at all. He just waved his hands with force, and the several cold lights were knocked away.

Li Cunyong was shocked and looked over, only to see that his arms were now covered with layers of rock-like energy, making his fists look particularly powerful.

Jiang Yuanxin smiled grimly, jumped up on the spot, and rushed straight towards Li Cunyong.

"Come and try my Mountain-shaking Fist!"

Suddenly, there was a loud rumbling sound.

The air waves emitted by the collision suddenly spread out in all directions, and the violent aura instantly overturned the crowd of people fighting around.

Far behind, Xiao Yan, who was hiding behind the shield formation with Ji Ruxue, frowned instantly.

On the blood-soaked battlefield, Jiang Yuanxin's figure flew backwards like a kite with a broken string.

In the dense forest near the battlefield, a burly figure resembling a giant slowly stepped out.

As soon as he appeared on the scene, he immediately pulled out a huge tree beside him, then roared towards the sky like a wild beast, instantly shocking the two parties who were still fighting.

The minions of the Xuanming Sect were immediately frightened and retreated backwards. Even the horses under their crotches seemed to have gone weak in their legs due to the roar, and they kept neighing.

Someone dragged Jiang Yuanxin, who was vomiting blood, back, and the burly figure finally appeared.

Xiao Yan squinted his eyes and saw that the man had a waist as strong as an ox, thick legs, and extremely long arms. The tree that he had uprooted was like a spear in his hand.

Judging from his height alone, he is probably well over ten feet tall.

But what is particularly noticeable is that on the shoulder of this giant there is a Jura figure shaped like an ape, who is now looking down at the entire convoy with his hands behind his back.

"These two people should be Li Cunzhong and Li Cunxiao from the Jin State Tongwenguan. Like Li Cunyong holding the longbow, they are all members of the Tongwenguan Thirteen Guardians."

Beside him, Ji Ruxue tensed her body and whispered to him, "Let's not talk about the strength of the other two for now. The giant Li Cunxiao alone is already a top-notch master in the world..."

Xiao Yan nodded slightly.

In his mind, the 'sword intent' judged that his chance of killing Li Cunxiao was only 38%.

Less than 40%.

Across from him, the monkey-like Li Cunzhong laughed loudly, then commanded the giant under him to walk a few steps forward, and said loudly: "Everyone, I, Tongwenguan, came to Caozhou as a guest only for the Emperor of the Great Tang Dynasty, and there is no other purpose. If there are those who are not afraid of death, you can come and meet my tenth brother."

At his feet, Li Cunxiao roared angrily, and then stabbed the tree in his hand heavily at his feet.

The Xuanming Sect members surrounding him immediately retreated back in fear.

Li Cunzhong smiled triumphantly and was about to command the people around him to surround the convoy.

But at this moment, a figure suddenly leaped onto the roof of the front car.

He suddenly waved his hand, and a scroll fell out instantly.

Then, he contracted his abdomen violently and shouted as loudly as he could.

"Where are the bad guys in the Tang Dynasty?"

"Follow me and welcome the emperor!"

As the two sides were still in a stalemate, this roar seemed to have achieved the same effect as the two previous roars, and could be heard far and wide in this dark and snowy wilderness.

The echo continued to reverberate in the wilderness, causing Ji Ruxue to shudder all over.

But beside her, Xiao Yan's eyes were already shining blue.

His hand gripped the hilt of the knife, full of murderous intent.

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