Sword from Songshan

Chapter 86 Lu Nanxing Met Mr. Yangming

With military generals as hostages, these officers and soldiers have no choice but to submit.

The heroes were excited and full of praise.

A mere second-generation disciple of the Songshan School actually turned the tide and saved them.

"The Condor Hero..."

With openness of heart and connections, Yang Guo taught Zhang Sanfeng the three moves to defeat Yin Kexi. Even after two hundred years, he was still able to defeat the enemy.

Yang Guo's attainments in martial arts can be said to have reached the pinnacle.

Lu Nanxing admired and sighed, but it was a pity that he had traveled to the wrong time period. There was no hero like Yang Guo in this world.

"Let everyone leave! Otherwise I will make you ..."

With his claws clamped on the general, Lu Nanxing scolded him in a deep voice.

Poof~!

Before he could finish his words, there was a dull thud and a willow-leaf flying knife had already pierced into the general's chest.

The general's eyes widened, blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, and then he died.

"This is……"

The heroes who were so excited just now were stunned.

Lu Nanxing also looked surprised, frowning as he looked at a beardless man opposite him. It was he who had just thrown the flying knife.

As a subordinate, how dare he kill the general, and he acted decisively without any hesitation.

Looking at the deputy general and the other generals' bodyguards, they did not react at all, as if there was nothing wrong with killing the generals.

"Let the soldiers outside come in! Kill him!"

A beardless man snorted, his voice hoarse and sharp.

"broken!"

Coming to their senses, the heroes were instantly in a panic.

Even if he had great martial arts skills, he would definitely not be able to handle so many soldiers armed with spears and forming a formation.

Now that the general is dead, Lu Nanxing has lost his hostage and his amulet.

Whether Lu Nanxing was killed by the soldiers or escaped, he was powerless to save them.

Just when I thought I had escaped, I fell into despair again in the blink of an eye. This feeling was like suddenly falling to the ground from a height of ten thousand meters.

"hateful."

After throwing the general's corpse aside and pulling out the Juque sword from the ground, Lu Nanxing frowned.

Although there were many officers and soldiers, he could not defeat them but he could escape.

But if he failed to save the heroes, all the battles just now would have been in vain.

"Ok?"

When everyone was getting anxious, there was a sudden noise outside, followed by the sound of fighting.

what happened?

"Kill these bastards!"

"Go in and rob Uncle Liu, oh no, Third Master Liu of all his money!"

The sound became clearer and clearer, and occasionally a few shouts could be heard.

Lu Nanxing was stunned and couldn't help laughing. This disciple of Hengshan Sect was too honest.

Obviously, the Hengshan Sect came to rescue.

As for how it came about, it was naturally done by Mr. Mo Da!

There are rumors in the world that Mr. Mo Da and Liu Zhengfeng are not on good terms, but that is only in terms of temperament and there is actually no real conflict.

Furthermore, even if we ignore this junior brother, we can't let the heroes fall into trouble in Hengshan City.

After all, Hengshan City is the territory of Hengshan Sect.

Of course, the people do not fight against the officials, and the Hengshan faction does not dare to kill government soldiers openly.

Judging from their shouts, they must be pretending to be strong men, storming Liu's mansion under the pretext of robbing.

Although everyone knew what was going on at a glance, the government could do nothing to the Hengshan School without concrete evidence.

"Great!"

The heroes who looked ashen just now were excited again.

Then, they all restrained their expressions, not daring to be happy too soon, for fear of experiencing the same ups and downs as before.

Everyone looked at the beardless men, waiting for their response.

"……withdraw!"

A moment later, after receiving the news from the subordinates outside, one of them shouted softly.

Then, both the beardless men and the officers and soldiers evacuated quickly.

In the blink of an eye, they were nowhere to be seen in Liu's residence or even on the street outside.

After everyone left, Lu Nanxing took out the antidote from the deputy general he had killed at the beginning.

Although there is only one bottle of complete antidote, it can detoxify with just one sniff and does not take much time.

In just a moment, all the heroes were detoxified and recovered their strength to stand up.

"Junior Brother Lu risked his life to rescue us. The entire Taishan Sect is grateful for your kindness and will repay you one day!"

The head of Taishan Sect, Taoist Tianmen, led a group of Taishan disciples to thank Lu Nanxing and bowed solemnly.

"Uncle Master, you are too kind. The Five Mountains Sword Sects are all of the same blood. How dare we seek rewards?"

Lu Nanxing quickly returned the greeting, looking very humble.

He has achieved such great martial arts skills at such a young age, and what is even more valuable is that he remains humble and polite, without being arrogant or impatient despite achieving such extraordinary achievements.

Taoist Tianmen nodded repeatedly and looked at Lu Nanxing with admiration.

"I'm grateful to you for saving me again. I'll remember this!"

When the Hengshan Sect members came over, Master Dingyi thanked them and then led her disciples away.

Lu Nanxing saved the Hengshan Sect twice. She will always remember this favor and repay it in the future.

But the Songshan Sect killed many of her disciples, and she hasn't forgotten this grudge!

She is clear about gratitude and resentment, this is Master Dingyi.

Yi Lin followed behind her master. Although she was reluctant to leave Brother Lu, she had no choice but to disobey her master's orders, so she looked back every two or three steps.

"Junior Brother Lu is both brave and resourceful. No disciple of the second generation of the Five Mountains Sword Sect can match him."

Yue Buqun came over with the Huashan Sect disciples, all smiling.

"Given my nephew's talent, in a few years, his voice will surely be clearer than that of an old phoenix."

"Uncle Master Yue, you are too kind. I have only gained this little martial arts skill because of Master's good teaching. I have devoted my whole life to this effort. If I can only achieve 20% or 30% of Master's martial arts skill, I will be satisfied."

Lu Nanxing looked humble but cursed in his heart that Yue Buqun, this old fox, was actually repaying kindness with enmity. This was clearly an attempt to sow discord between him and Zuo Lengchan.

Yue Buqun smiled and said nothing more. He turned to Ding Mian and said that he would definitely go to Songshan to thank him in person later, and then led the crowd away.

The first disciple following Yue Buqun didn't say anything, but he bowed solemnly to Lu Nanxing as he passed by.

Yue Lingshan was ranked the youngest, so she was at the end. She gave Lu Nanxing a fist bump before leaving.

Lu Nanxing smiled and didn't take it seriously.

The Hengshan School also belongs to the Five Mountains Sword School, but after repelling the government troops, they immediately fled for fear of being caught.

As for Liu Zhengfeng, his wife and children were killed by Ding Mian and others, and their bodies were not yet cold. Although it had nothing to do with Lu Nanxing, how could he approach the Songshan Sect at this time, let alone express his gratitude.

In addition, sects of all sizes, such as the Beggars' Sect, Liuhe Sect, and Haisha Gang, as well as other Jianghu celebrities, also came forward to express their gratitude and expressed their willingness to repay them in the future.

Only the Qingcheng Sect, after the poison was removed, Yu Canghai took his people away without even showing them a face.

After thanking Lu Nanxing, the heroes dispersed.

Before leaving, he collected the bodies of the families living under the west wall and brought them back for burial.

The Songshan Sect also collected Lu Bai's body.

Speaking of which, Lu Bai's death was really unjust.

He did not die in the martial arts competition, but was killed on the spot by the government as a target for the government to establish its authority.

Due to a series of misfortunes, Liu Zhengfeng's retirement plan ended abruptly.

The Songshan Sect originally wanted to get rid of Liu Zhengfeng.

Now that Lu Bai is dead and Fei Bin has not arrived, Ding Mian is the only one left, and there is no guarantee of victory.

Furthermore, what happened here must be reported back immediately.

After a brief pause, Ding Mian glanced at Liu Zhengfeng and led the people from the Songshan Sect away.

Liu Zhengfeng also glared at Ding Mian but did not stop him.

"He is actually a disciple of Songshan Sect."

Liu Jing and Qu Feiyan walked out from the side door, looking at Lu Nanxing who had left with the Songshan Sect, muttering to themselves with complicated looks.

It was getting late, but fearing retaliation from the Hengshan faction, Ding Mian did not dare to stay in the city.

Before it got dark, he led everyone out of Hengshan City. After walking for more than ten miles, they were already exhausted, so they simply rested in the wilderness for a night.

"who!"

It was late at night. Ding Mian, who was leaning against a dead tree, suddenly opened his eyes and saw two figures running towards him not far away.

"you?"

When I got closer, I could see clearly in the moonlight that it was He Sanqi and Mr. Wen.

He Sanqi was from Yandang Mountain in Zhejiang Province. He made a living by selling wontons since he was young. Later, after he learned martial arts, he carried a wonton basket and sold wontons on the road.

There are tens of millions of wonton sellers in the market, but He Sanqi is the only wonton seller who is also a martial artist.

Compared to the wretched old man He Sanqi, Mr. Wen is a gentle and elegant middle-aged man from southern Shaanxi who is used to using an iron pen.

Both of them were guests who came to Liu's residence during the day, and they were both top-notch masters in the martial arts world!
What are these two people doing suddenly chasing after us?
Although the Hengshan Sect was not seeking revenge, Ding Mian couldn't help but be secretly alert.

"Master Lu."

Unexpectedly, the two ignored him and walked straight up to Lu Nanxing.

Lu Nanxing had already stood up and took the two of them to a slightly farther place to talk.

Ding Mian frowned, wondering what was going on behind his back.

But Lu Nanxing is different now. This time he saved people in danger and his reputation in the martial arts world has risen rapidly. He is no longer a small disciple that he can control at will.

Besides, He Sanqi and Mr. Wen may not give him face.

Ding Mian snorted coldly, closed his eyes and pretended not to see it.

Seeing that Ding Mian did not react, Shi Dengda and other disciples tactfully did not ask any questions.

"how."

Avoiding the people from Songshan Sect, Lu Nanxing asked a question.

"Checked it out."

He Sanqi smiled and spoke.

"According to your instructions, after we detoxified ourselves, we immediately followed those imperial lackeys. We walked straight out of the city, walked another twenty or thirty miles, and finally arrived at a small Taoist temple."

"Taoist temple?"

"It was just a temporary resting place for those thieves. They killed several Taoists inside and threw their bodies in the corner."

Mr. Wen took over the conversation with indignation on his face. After calming down a little, he continued.

"There is a young man in red over there, he is the leader of this group of thieves! But the other side has a large number of people and strong guards, we two are not sure, otherwise we will definitely kill the man in red to avenge ourselves!"

"Young man in red..."

Lu Nanxing pondered for a moment. It seemed that this plan was made by the young man in red.

It is really surprising that such a strategy and method of instigating the major sects in the martial arts world to kill each other came from the hands of a young man.

Lu Nanxing couldn't figure out who this person was for a moment.

"What does he look like?"

"I guess he's about 18 or 19 years old. As for his appearance, hey, aren't all those eunuchs the same? Their faces are pale and they don't have a single beard."

He Sanqi and Mr. Wen smiled, their eyes full of contempt.

My previous guess was correct. Those twenty or so people who lurked among the guests and poisoned them were all eunuchs!
In ancient times, men considered beards to be beautiful, although not everyone did so. However, when there were more than 20 people, young and old, and not a single one had a beard, one had to think more.

Sure enough, they were all eunuchs.

And they were not ordinary eunuchs, but factory guards!

The Zhengde period was the time when the Ming Dynasty's imperial guards were at their most prosperous.

In addition to the Jinyiwei, Dongchang and Xichang, there was even an Neichang.

The power of the eunuchs was extremely powerful at this time.

In particular, the eight eunuchs headed by Liu Jin, known as the "Eight Tigers", coaxed Wuzong into having sex in the Leopard Room every day, and took the opportunity to control most of the court.

Now it's clear, it turned out to be the factory guards. No wonder they dared to kill that general at will.

I just don’t know whether they are from the East Factory, the West Factory, or Liu Jin’s Inner Factory.

But to the world, they are all the same.

What concerns Lu Nanxing is why the factory guards would attack the underworld?
This plot does not exist in the original book.

Obviously, it was because of the changes brought about by him as a time traveler, but which link went wrong?
"By the way, we just got some news."

Suddenly remembering something, He Sanqi continued.

"That bunch of eunuchs received a secret letter saying they were going to assassinate a demoted official tomorrow."

"Assassinating demoted officials?"

"We couldn't hear who it was because we were far away."

He Sanqi stroked his beard and sneered again.

"Officials are all snakes and rats in the same nest, let them fight each other."

"...No, the enemy of my enemy is my friend!"

Lu Nanxing pondered for a moment, a slight smile forming on his lips.

The next day.

Two hundred miles west of Hengshan City, there is a wilderness path.

"Damn castrated dog!"

He Sanqi kicked the corpse on the ground with a look of disdain on his face.

Mr. Wen stood aside, wiping the blood from the judge's pen.

At the bottom of the path, there was an overturned carriage. Beside it stood a master and a servant, one old and one young, who were still in shock.

After a while, the middle-aged man in the long gown came over and bowed to express his gratitude.

"Thank you for your help, man."

"Don't thank me. We don't care about you, a dog official of the imperial court."

He Sanqi snorted coldly and pointed at Lu Nanxing beside him.

"It was Master Lu who gave the order, and we all follow Master Lu's orders."

"so."

The man nodded, then quickly turned to Lu Nanxing and bowed.

"Thank you for saving my life, sir!"

"It's just a little effort."

Lu Nanxing glanced at the man, who looked to be in his thirties or forties. Although he was frightened just now, he did not lose his composure, and there was a hint of righteousness between his brows.

Maybe he is a good official.

After all, all these people from the third factory did was to harm loyal people.

"Why do these castrated dogs want to kill you?"

"Castrated dog? Haha."

The man gave a bitter smile, then raised his eyebrows.

"It must be because I offended Liu Jin."

"Liu Jin..."

The leader of the Eight Tigers, he was later listed as one of the four major eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty.

Could it be that these banners come from an expert factory?

Not necessarily. The Eight Tigers are still relatively harmonious now. Liu Jin, as the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department, is the head of the eunuchs, and both the East and West Factories are under his command.

It doesn’t matter which factory it is, you just need to know that the enemy is Liu Jin!
Lu Nanxing felt a headache, wondering how he got involved in such a big trouble.

He sighed secretly, not wanting to think about it for the moment, and turned to the man again.

"How did you offend Liu Jin, and where are you going now?"

"I was originally the director of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War. When Liu Jin usurped power and arrested more than 20 people including the Imperial Censor Dai Xian, I argued in the above way to save him, which angered him. I was beaten with 40 sticks and demoted to Longchang, Guizhou, to be a postmaster at a small post station."

"Where did you say you were going?"

Lu Nanxing didn't care at first, but when he heard the following, he was shocked. He looked at the man again and asked in a deep voice.

"I haven't asked for your name yet."

"No, no, I am Wang Shouren."

After the man finished speaking, he bowed again.

"I haven't asked for your name yet."

"How dare you."

Lu Nanxing took a deep breath and bowed deeply with a serious expression.

"Lu Nanxing has met Mr. Yangming."

(End of this chapter)