The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 93: United Against External Oppression

It seems that the speed of practicing Lightning Thunder Fist is indeed faster than last night.

Li Jingxiao became more and more certain that a stronger body could also increase the speed of cultivation.

This made Li Jingxiao think that he needed to improve his physical fitness.

Otherwise, no matter how strong your bones and understanding are, if your body, the container that can hold your true energy, is not good enough, it will still affect your cultivation.

To put it bluntly, one's aptitude and comprehension determine their upper limit. Understanding and practicing the techniques will be faster.

That's why he could learn it so easily just by reading the key points of practicing the thunder spell once.

You can even draw talismans with your fingers in the air.

However, the strength of one's physical fitness determines the lower limit of one's cultivation speed.

If the meridians are not wide enough or strong enough, the amount of true qi that can be accommodated and circulated will be limited.

After understanding this, Li Jingxiao thought to himself that it would be better to have an average three-dimensional attribute.

When you truly practice Taoism and cultivate immortality, and encounter an immortal method that cannot be mastered in a short period of time, you can then add a few more points of aptitude and understanding.

Li Jingxiao reached out and hugged his wife who had been sticking to him all night. He felt full of energy and in a very good mood.

I was just thinking of doing morning exercises with my wife.

Qin Keqing grumbled, "My husband, I'm so sleepy. Go find Baozhu and Ruizhu."

Then, he muttered in confusion, "It would be better if the sister of the Jia family could marry me sooner."

Li Jingxiao couldn't help but laugh after hearing this. As long as a man is strong enough, even the most jealous woman will have to face reality.

However, if Li Jingxiao married Wang Xifeng.

Even if she was exhausted, she would probably not let Li Jingxiao take a concubine.

At most, Li Jingxiao could seize Ping'er, the maid who grew up with him as a dowry.

Li Jingxiao kissed his wife on the face and quietly got up.

Ruizhu heard the noise in the house and hurriedly got up and went into the house to help Li Jingxiao dress and wash.

Then she dressed herself up, put on a thick cloak, stood under the eaves in the cold winter, and watched her master practicing martial arts and practicing light skills in the yard.

An hour later, we started eating at 8:20 in the morning.

Li Jingxiao had already instructed that there was no need to wake his wife up in the morning.

Baozhu and Ruizhu took turns serving in the morning, so naturally they didn't have to get up at the same time.

However, the three Jingxi sisters and Qin Zhong woke up around 7 o'clock because they all went to bed at 9 o'clock in the evening.

Li Jingxiao was practicing martial arts in the yard, while the four of them were under the eaves, practicing Zhenwu Changquan while looking at their eldest brother enviously as he flew up and down to practice Qinggong.

And the more I watched, the more serious the four little guys became when practicing Changquan.

They look forward to laying a solid foundation in the future, gaining Li Jingxiao's recognition, and being taught more advanced kung fu and light skills.

As for Qin Keqing, Baozhu and Ruizhu, Li Jingxiao was not in a hurry to teach them swordsmanship and boxing skills.

Once your internal strength reaches a certain level, learning these methods to defeat the enemy will often be twice as effective with half the effort.

Of course, this cannot be generalized.

Some people have a good talent for practicing internal strength, so they focus on practicing internal strength.

Qin Keqing was not very interested in these fighting and killing skills, and she was eager to practice internal skills first.

Every day, she enjoys feeling the subtle true energy in her body flowing through her meridians.

With the chores at home to take care of, every day is very fulfilling.

Li Jingxiao finished breakfast with the four little ones.

He said goodbye to the little guys who insisted on escorting him out of the second gate, went out, mounted his horse, and went to the yamen under the escort of Erfu and others.

As soon as he entered the government office, Zhao Junming quickly stepped forward and saluted, saying, "Sir, last night an assassin broke into the Pang family's outer house in the south of the city.

He was ambushed by soldiers from the Front Army Governor's Office.

Unexpectedly, this group of people were very powerful. They killed and injured more than a dozen soldiers and escaped unscathed.

When His Majesty learned about this at the morning court, he was furious.

Strict orders were issued to the Jinyiwei and Wucheng Bingmasi to capture this group of assassins and the people behind the scenes within three days.

Early in the morning, Commander Zhou sent Captain Zhou to ask whether you had come to the yamen."

After saying this, Zhao Junming looked towards the main house in the courtyard and whispered a reminder, "I heard from the soldiers guarding the yamen that Captain Zhou will be waiting outside the yamen before noon."

Li Jingxiao immediately understood Zhao Junming's hint. It seemed that Zhou Boyi, his great-uncle, intended to let Zhou Gongzhi come to his side to avoid disaster.

Otherwise, if the three days are up and the assassin and the person behind the scenes are not found, the Zhou family will still have a grandson who can continue to serve as an official.

Then Li Jingxiao frowned and thought.

Could it be that the Goryeo female spy surnamed Cui has discovered more than just the information that there is a traitor in Goryeo who is colluding with the Tatars?

Otherwise, if he were a Tatar, he would not have known that the woman had entered the capital and the information would have been delivered long ago.

Even with the protection of the Front Army Governor's Office, he still wanted to assassinate the other party.

Thinking of this, Li Jingxiao's brows furrowed even more tightly.

It seems that the Tatars are colluding with the traitors in Goryeo and intend to attack Goryeo after the spring.

Speaking of which, Goryeo at that time was indeed respectful to the Great Zhou.

At the beginning of the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Goryeo watched as the Great Zhou first drove away the Tatars who moved south, and then fought wars in the south and the north to unify the world.

Therefore, he quickly took the initiative to submit a sincere surrender to the Great Zhou.

Expressed willingness to regard Da Zhou as the superior country.

When the retired emperor was still in power, the Tatars, who had been recuperating for decades, went south several times. The retired emperor only needed to issue an imperial decree, and Goryeo sent troops to threaten the Tatars' flanks.

It is impossible to say that the Tatars do not hate Goryeo.

The Great Zhou must support Goryeo this time, otherwise Goryeo will never send troops to help again in the future.

After entering the lobby, Zhou Gongzhi, dressed in Feiyu clothing, hurriedly stood up and saluted.

"I've met my lord."

After saying this, he took out a letter from his chest and said, "This is the letter that the commander-in-chief asked me to pass on. After you read it, please reply."

Li Jingxiao took the letter, read it quickly, frowned, thought about it, and nodded.

After the assassination happened last night, the Jinyiwei left the city overnight and pursued in four directions around the capital.

This morning, there were reports from the Jinyiwei in the east, west and south directions.

Only no one had returned from the North Gate until now, so more than a dozen groups of Jinyiwei were sent out of the North Gate, each with three horses, to pursue them.

Commander Zhou Boyi suspected that the assassin was still in the city.

Or leave the city overnight.

After escaping for a night, he should hide somewhere outside the city to avoid being seen during the day.

The purpose of letting my nephew come here is to make him obey my orders.

He also wanted to ask me to perform a ritual and use Taoist magic to find the assassin.

Li Jingxiao was suddenly at a loss.

After thinking for a while, he said to Zhou Gongzhi, "Go back and tell the adults that it is my duty to deal with foreign enemies."

Duke Zhou was so happy that he walked much more briskly.

After everyone left, Li Jingxiao walked out of the lobby and stood under the eaves, looking at the courtyard in the cold wind. He hesitated for only a few minutes.

So he made up his mind to help Zhou Boyi once.

When it comes to foreign enemies, no matter how many little thoughts Li Jingxiao has in his mind, he has to restrain them.

He called Erfu and said, "I have urgent business to go out of the city, so you should return to the mansion immediately.

As long as I am not back, you must guard the house tightly and not allow anyone to enter or leave."

Erfu, Zhao San, Jiang Liu, Han Mengzhuo and others were shocked.

Li Jingxiao didn't explain to them. He dodged and leaped into the air, leaping over ten meters and out of the government office. He headed north of the city, leaping from roof to roof.

In just two or three minutes, it landed at the north gate of the city which had already been closed.

The countless soldiers on the city wall had actually noticed him a long time ago.

The soldiers stationed on the city walls had their bows and arrows ready, ready to shoot and kill Li Jingxiao if he tried to break in.

Fortunately, Li Jingxiao was wearing a bullfighting suit, a three-peaked hat on his head, and a shiny gold medal of the Jinyiwei Zhenfushi hanging on his waist.

It is said to be a gold medal, but in fact it is just a bronze medal.

Li Jingxiao himself was not stupid. With so many soldiers on the city wall, only a fool would try to break in.

He took out his Jinyiwei bronze medal and threw it to the soldier guarding the gate.

He said loudly, "I am Li Jingyou, the Jinyiwei pacification envoy, and I have been ordered to go out of the city to arrest the imperial criminal.

If you want to verify it, please go to the Jinyiwei and Wucheng Bingmasi immediately to check it out. Don't delay my mission."

When the general heard him say this, he hurriedly sent people to the Jinyiwei and Bingmasi to check.

Otherwise, Li Jingxiao might not be in trouble, but he, the gatekeeper, would definitely suffer the consequences.

After an incense stick of time, not only did the people who went to check come back on horseback, but they were also accompanied by a dozen Jinyiwei wearing flying fish uniforms.

Seeing Li Jingxiao's upright figure from afar, Captain Zhou Xu couldn't help but whip his horsewhip violently.

The horse under him couldn't help but speed up by three points.

When it was almost at the city gate, it suddenly slowed down and stopped seven or eight meters away from Li Jingxiao.

He dismounted and ran over, clasping his hands in a salute, "Sir, what are you doing?"

As soon as Li Jingxiao heard it, he knew that the commander Zhou Boyi had not even told his nephew Zhou Xu, and speculated that the assassin might have left the city and was hiding somewhere outside the city.

Li Jingxiao thought for a moment and whispered, "The city gates are sealed. If the assassins are trapped in the city, it's only a matter of time before they are found.

But if the assassination failed last night and he escaped from the city overnight.

If I chase them now, I might even be able to catch up with those assassins."

After hearing this, Zhou Xu began to grumble in his heart.

In his mind, no matter how powerful Li Jingxiao was, he could never catch up with the fast horse.

Not to mention, if they really escaped out of the city.

After running all night, he might be a hundred miles or even two hundred miles away.

How can I catch up?
Li Jingxiao knew Zhou Xu's worries and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I have the ability to move quickly.

There is no problem in running a hundred miles in an hour.

If I can't catch up with or encounter the assassin before noon, I'll return in the afternoon."

Deliberately saying that one can run 100 miles in one hour, that is, two hours, is also misleading the outside world.

It does make sense to describe Qinggong as a Taoist method of supernatural movement.

In fact, two hundred miles in an hour is easy for Li Jingxiao.

Moreover, as the level of lightness training increases, the speed of long-distance raids will become faster.

After saying that, he flashed and appeared on a rooftop twenty meters away.

While Zhou Xu and other Jinyiwei were stunned, Li Jingxiao had already dodged again and returned to where he had just stood.

"Should you believe it now?"

Zhou Xu was so shocked by Li Jingxiao's approach that he swallowed his saliva and felt extremely envious.

And if Li Jingxiao wanted to escape, no one could stop him.

If he wanted to assassinate someone, it would be extremely difficult to stop him.

Then Li Jingxiao shouted, "Why don't you let people open the city gate?"

Zhou Xu finally reacted and hurriedly took out an official letter from his clothes.

The soldier guarding the gate saw the seal of the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard on the official letter and felt that Zhou Yi's rank was not high enough.

Once the city gates were closed, opening them without permission from the emperor or the cabinet was a serious crime.

But thinking about the fact that the emperor had given the task of catching the assassin to the Jinyiwei and the Wucheng Bingmasi this morning.

Li Jingxiao was leaving the city alone, and if he refused at this time, the Jinyiwei and the commander of the Five Cities Army would definitely not forgive him afterwards.

Just as I was thinking about it, the sound of horse hooves came again.

Then Qiu Liang, the commander of the Five Cities Army and grandson of Marquis Jingtian, came galloping forward on his horse.

A few meters away, Qiu Liang dismounted and bowed to Li Jingxiao, saying, "Your humble servant Qiu Liang greets the Left Pacification Envoy."

Li Jingxiao hurriedly returned the gift. Although Qiu Liang was only a fifth-rank military commander, Marquis Jingtian had a good relationship with the Jia family.

His ancestor was even a general under the command of Duke Ningguo.

Therefore, Qiu Liang has always had a good relationship with Ningguo Mansion.

Since she was engaged to Jia Yuanchun, she could also inherit the Jia family's connections in the military and official circles.

Of course, if you don’t have enough ability or a high position, these old connections may not necessarily look down on you.

But now, these old friends will definitely find opportunities to make friends with me.

Not to mention, this time leaving the city, to put it bluntly, is also to help Qiu Liang.

"I've met Brother Shi."

When Qiu Liang heard Li Jingxiao call him that, he knew that this guy was different from those nerds and was not opposed to the connections in the Jia family.

Some people, even though they have connections, are too proud to use backdoors.

In Qiu Liang's opinion, this kind of person is not only pedantic, but also very stupid.

Li Jingxiao naturally had no such thoughts. As a person living in modern society, he knew from a young age that if you don't use your connections, they will become invalid after expiration.

Moreover, no matter how good the relationship is, it will become distant if you don’t visit each other.

Of course, if you want to use connections, your status needs to be equal, or not too different.

If someone helps you, you must have the ability to repay the favor, otherwise you will be annoying if you visit them.

Qiu Liang couldn't help but have a better impression of Li Jingxiao.

He said that he would wait a few days and call Jia Zhen, Jia Lian and others to get together.

Li Jingxiao did not refuse either.

He also said with a smile that Jia Zhen and Jia Rong had mentioned it a few days ago. In a few days, when the Ning and Rong mansions sent game from their farms in Liaodong, they would go to Ningguo Mansion to taste it.

Qiu Liang quickly responded, "Then let's set that day and go and bother Brother Zhen together."

Li Jingxiao also echoed a few words and looked towards the city gate.

Only then did Qiu Liang hurriedly shout to the soldiers at the city gate, "Open the city gate quickly, open the city gate quickly."

As the commander of the Five Cities Military Department, Qiu Liang is the direct superior of the soldiers guarding the city.

He held a low position but great power, and was deeply trusted by the retired emperor.

The emperor should not be disgusted with him, otherwise he, the commander, might not even be able to eat.

However, opening the city gates in that era was very cumbersome, let alone the gates of the capital.

Once the city gate is closed, it will take a long time to break it open even if a giant battering ram is used.

Li Jingxiao couldn't wait any longer. Since the city gate was already open, it didn't count as a breakthrough.

He bowed to Qiu Liang and Zhou Xu.

He leaped up seven or eight meters.

He stepped on the walls at the four corners of the city gate tower to gain leverage, and flew diagonally up the city wall that was more than ten meters high.

Qiu Liang, Zhou Xu and the soldiers at the city gate were stunned.

(End of this chapter)