Sword from Songshan

Chapter 68 Determination
The Qingcheng Sect had already retreated, and after returning to the escort agency, Lin Zhennan summoned the escorts back again. In order not to cause unrest, he did not disclose the three-month deadline.

"Three months..."

While comforting everyone and restoring order in the escort agency, he was thinking about how to deal with the life-and-death crisis three months later.

Lin Zhennan had been running the escort agency for many years, so he naturally had some friends in the underworld, but their martial arts skills were mediocre, not as good as the couple's. Inviting them to help was tantamount to sending themselves to death.

Besides, unless they were close friends, who would be willing to offend the Qingcheng Sect on behalf of the Fuwei Escort Agency?
As for fleeing to Luoyang, although his father-in-law Wang Yuanba was known to be invincible with his golden sword, it was only limited to a small area in Luoyang. I am afraid he would not be a match for Yu Canghai, and would instead implicate his father-in-law's family in vain.

The next step was to report to the authorities. The escort agency was involved in both the black and white worlds, and Lin Zhennan had many connections with local government offices and even military camps. But it was easy to ask them for a favor, but it was obviously unrealistic to station troops for protection for a long time.

"Is there really no way?"

It was late at night and everyone was asleep. Lin Zhennan was drinking alone in the garden with a sad face.

After racking their brains, they still couldn't find a solution. Could it be that the Lin family really had no way out?

This feeling of waiting to die is really too painful.

"Brother Lin."

Lu Nanxing walked over and sat directly opposite Lin Zhennan. He poured himself a glass, but did not bring it to his mouth.

"Yu Canghai did not hesitate to use the life of his own disciple to frame the Fuwei Escort Agency. I'm afraid it's not just to vent his anger for his master Chang Qingzi."

"Are you going to kill my whole family to vent your anger? Haha."

Lin Zhennan smiled bitterly and kept shaking his head.

"As for the real reason..."

Lu Nanxing frowned, paused, drank the wine in the glass, and spoke directly.

"It must be the Sword Manual of Exorcism!"

"..."

Lin Zhennan looked up at Lu Nanxing, and after a brief silence, he spoke in a deep voice.

"My Lin family doesn't have that kind of thing."

"It doesn't matter whether the Lin family has it or not. What matters is that others think you have it!"

Lu Nanxing's eyes were sharp. Now that things had been brought out, there was no need to be shy about anything.

"Back then, Master Yuantu used the 72-Move Sword Skill to defeat all the gangsters and was feared by the entire martial arts world! Until today, it has only been passed down for three generations. In Brother Lin's hands, this peerless sword skill is no longer useful? Most people in the martial arts world speculate that it is not that the sword skill is no longer useful, but that Brother Lin has not received the true teachings. How could Master Yuantu be willing to let such a peerless sword skill be lost? Therefore, it is speculated that the Lin family still has a true copy of the Sword Skill Manual!"

"..."

The corners of Lin Zhennan's mouth trembled slightly, but he remained silent again and just lowered his head to drink.

After drinking three cups in a row, he suddenly raised his head, his eyes slightly red, and looked at Lu Nanxing with a bit of drunkenness.

"Brother Lu, you also covet my Lin family's Sword Manual of Exorcism!"

"fart!"

Lu Nanxing put the wine glass back on the table, stood up and left.

But after taking two steps, he stopped again and sighed deeply.

"If there really is a sword manual, and Brother Lin has mastered the peerless swordsmanship, he won't have to be afraid of Yu Canghai. Brother Lin, you, my sister-in-law, and Pingzhi won't have to die. That's all I have to say. Brother Lin, please make your own decision."

"Brother Lu..."

Lu Nanxing's words were so sincere that Lin Zhennan couldn't help but be moved.

He opened his mouth for a moment, not knowing what to say. While he was distracted, Lu Nanxing had already strode away.

It was not until a moment later that Lin Zhennan suddenly came back to his senses, his brows furrowed in thought.

The next morning.

In the martial arts training ground, looking at Lin Pingzhi who was practicing hard, Lin Zhennan sighed secretly.

No matter how hard Lin Pingzhi worked, he couldn't become stronger than Yu Canghai in just three months.

Besides, whether it was the current Exorcist Sword Technique, or the Sky-Flipping Palm, or the Eagle Claw Technique, they were all just third-rate martial arts, how could they rival the Qingcheng Sect's Pine Wind Sword Technique and Heart-Destroying Palm.

When he was distracted, Chu Biaotou suddenly came and handed Lin Zhennan a thin bamboo tube as long as his little finger.

"A letter from the Zhejiang Branch sent by carrier pigeon."

"Branch?"

Lin Zhennan frowned, feeling a bad premonition rising in his heart.

The men who run the escort agency travel all over the country, and for ordinary matters, they can discuss them in person. But if it is a big matter, it cannot be explained in a few words in a letter.

Therefore, whenever a letter is sent by carrier pigeon, it is usually an urgent matter!
“This is… abominable!”

He opened the bamboo tube, poured out the letter inside and unfolded it. The next moment, Lin Zhennan suddenly widened his eyes, his face full of anger, and his fists clenched.

"what's going on?"

Chu Biaotou looked suspicious and asked tentatively.

Lin Zhennan didn't say anything, but put the letter away and left quickly.

The Zhejiang branch was destroyed by the Qingcheng Sect.

The letter clearly stated that they were attacked by Qingcheng Sect disciples, suffered heavy casualties, and were unable to resist...

This was supposed to be a message asking for help, but it was not finished. I guess the situation was too urgent at the time and it did not allow me to finish it, so I hurriedly released the pigeon.

As for the current situation of the Zhejiang branch, Lin Zhennan no longer dared to think about it.

It takes some time for the carrier pigeon to travel from Zhejiang to Fuzhou. According to calculations, it should coincide with the time when Yu Canghai attacked the General Administration.

In other words, while Yu Canghai was attacking the headquarters, he also sent people to attack the Zhejiang branch.

Lin Zhennan frowned, fearing that it was not that simple. Since the Qingcheng Sect was attacking the escort agencies in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces at the same time, how could they let go of the escort agencies in the other eight provinces?
Sure enough, within the next two days, Lin Zhennan received letters from the Lianghu, Shandong, and Hebei branches, all of which reported that they had been attacked and the situation was critical.

As for the remaining few branches, no letters arrived. It was not that they were spared, but they probably did not even have the chance to release the carrier pigeons.

"Qingcheng Sect! Yu Canghai!"

The Fuwei Escort Agency has been run by three generations. Grandfather Lin Yuantu conquered four provinces, while the remaining six provinces were created by Lin Zhennan. These are all his hard work.

Now, it's all gone.

Lin Zhennan was furious and wished he could grind Yu Canghai to ashes immediately!

But with his weak martial arts skills, he couldn't even save his life after three months. How could he take revenge?

"I only regret that I don't have the peerless swordsmanship that my grandfather has!"

Lin Zhennan was angry again, and then he froze in place.

Yes, if he had Lin Yuantu's martial arts skills, Fuwei Escort Agency would not have suffered such a disaster.

"Sword Manual!"

Lin Zhennan raised his head suddenly. The only way to resolve the crisis and get revenge was to find the Sword Manual of Exorcism and practice peerless sword skills!
But where is the sword manual?

Lin Zhennan couldn't help but think of the last words his father left before his death.

"The old house cellar!"

At night, when everyone had gone to bed, Lin Zhennan quietly got up.

Instead of going through the door, he climbed over the wall and left the escort agency, running straight towards the old house.

Shortly after Lin Zhennan left, a figure appeared at the corner of the corridor. It was Lu Nanxing.

Looking at the direction where Lin Zhennan left, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

After so much effort, Lin Zhennan finally got it right.

(End of this chapter)