Brocade Robe Unparalleled

Chapter 48 An unexpected gain
Inside the Jingbian Division compound.

The crowd stared at the two heads at their feet, unable to recover for a long time.

Wenren Yue glanced at Lin Xuan and saw that the wounds on his body were still bleeding. She took out a blue porcelain bottle from her waist, poured out a milky white pill from the bottle, handed it to Lin Xuan, and said, "Take this."

Lin Xuan decisively reached out and took the pill, then put it into his mouth.

The pill melted instantly upon entering his mouth, transforming into warm currents that flowed into his limbs and bones.

In an instant, Lin Xuan not only felt his strength return to its peak, but even the wounds on his body were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The Zhenyue Gong technique provides astonishing defense. Although the blood on his body looks terrifying, it is actually just some minor superficial wounds.

In just a few breaths, all of Lin Xuan's wounds had healed.

Lin Xuan bowed slightly to Wenren Yue and said, "Thank you, Commander Wenren."

Wenren Yue looked at Lin Xuan, finding it hard to believe that he could do all this by himself. After a moment's thought, she asked, "How are you feeling? Can you go to that bandit's lair again?"

Lin Xuan stretched his body and nodded, saying, "I feel fine, I obeyed all of Commander Wenren's orders."

"it is good."

Wenren Yue nodded, glanced around the courtyard, and said, "Zhang Hu, Chen Bao, Xue Fan, Duan Qing, each of you take five men and come with me to Black Wind Cave on Eagle Beak Mountain immediately..."

"Yes!"

The flag officer who was called out clasped his hands in a fist salute and immediately went to gather his men.

Wenren Yue gave Lin Xuan a deep look, completely unable to imagine that such a refined and scholarly body could conceal such a valiant soul.

He stormed the bandit's lair alone and annihilated all the bandits.

Such strategy and courage are extremely rare, even within the Jingye Division.

A moment later, dozens of fast horses galloped out of the west gate and headed west along the official road...

The distance of thirty li can be covered in less than half an hour on horseback.

The complete annihilation of dozens of bandits was a major event for the Sizhou Border Pacification Division, and both Commander Shen and Deputy Commander Wu personally went to the scene.

At the foot of the mountain, the body of the sentry still lies behind the rocks.

Wenren Yue stepped forward and examined the body. Judging from the manner of the man's death, he had been attacked from behind, his throat crushed first, and his neck broken.

The sentry's outer garment was nowhere to be found; it had clearly been stolen by the attacker.

His purpose in stripping off the clothes was self-evident.

The Jingbian Division group went straight up the mountain path. Halfway up, Lin Xuan dragged out the body of the sentry who had been hiding there.

Seeing Shen Qingya staring at the corpse, Lin Xuan offered to explain, "After I killed the sentry down the mountain, I changed into his clothes. It was late at night, and visibility was poor. The sentry lying in ambush here mistook me for his comrade and came out to question me. I took advantage of his unpreparedness and killed him..."

Shen Qingya glanced at Lin Xuan. The scene matched his description, so he probably wasn't lying.

The group continued up the mountain path and soon arrived at the cave.

Last night, Lin Xuan waited outside the cave for a long time before finally getting his chance. He took care of a sentry who was urinating, then stripped him of his clothes and used the same trick to ambush another sentry.

At this point, the bandits outside the cave had all been dealt with.

The banner officers who followed him looked at Lin Xuan with a hint of shock in their eyes.

If they are careful and cautious, they can still achieve this at this point.

But after doing all that, even if they dared to venture alone into the thieves' lair again, they would absolutely not dare.

Moreover, this wasn't originally his task.

Lin Xuan led the way into the Black Wind Cave, explaining to them how to evade the warning threads and how to locate the thieves' lair. There was nothing to hide from them.

Of all the events of last night, he only made a slight alteration to the order in which the scorpions died, completely concealing the presence of the man in black robes.

In Lin Xuan's story, the scorpion was killed by him while he was fast asleep, his throat crushed.

Afterwards, all the bandits were killed, and Lin Xuan dragged out his body, cut off his head, and brought it back to Jingbian Division.

The people of Jingbian Division were terrified upon hearing this.

In theory, any of the banner officers present could have done what Lin Xuan did.

But it's only in theory.

If anything goes wrong, they'll be doomed.

Finally, Lin Xuan stood at a bend in the cave, pointed ahead, and said, "The corpses of those bandits are over there..."

Lin Xuan did not go any further.

Shen Qingya still harbored doubts and took the lead, with Wenren Yue following closely behind, and the others quickly catching up as well.

Only Wu Baihu seemed to have anticipated this, standing beside Lin Xuan instead of traveling with them.

Zhang Hu was about to follow when he looked at Lin Xuan in surprise and asked, "Why aren't you going over?"

He had barely finished speaking when a chorus of vomiting erupted from ahead.

A moment later. Outside the cave.

The bodies of these bandits were carried out one by one.

The goods stolen from Xu's shop, as well as the goods accumulated by the bandits, were also moved out of the cave for inventory.

With a broad smile, Commander Wu looked at Lin Xuan and said, "Well done! I'll recommend you for commendation when I get back. This will greatly benefit your future promotions..."

Lin Xuan clasped his hands and said, "Thank you, sir!"

Commander Wu patted Lin Xuan on the shoulder and said, "I'll head back now. You should rest well and make sure you have enough energy before returning to the office."

After saying that, he mounted his horse and quickly disappeared down the mountain path.

Shen Qingya emerged from the cave, his gaze sweeping over Lin Xuan without saying much. He then instructed several officers, "Burn these bandits' corpses on the spot. Transport all the valuables from the bandit's lair back to the Jingbian Commandery. Anyone found embezzling will be dealt with according to military law!"

"Yes!"

After everyone responded, he mounted a horse and headed down the mountain.

Wenren Yue walked slowly to Lin Xuan's side, her pretty face slightly pale.

This was the first time she had ever seen such a bloody scene.

She had seen the scene; in those small caves, more than a dozen bandits lay on beds, all with their necks broken.

Outside the small cave, more than twenty corpses lay scattered about.

Judging from the scene, what happened last night was exactly as Lin Xuan described. After secretly sneaking into the bandits' lair, he assassinated more than a dozen people using the same method. Later, he was accidentally exposed and engaged in a fierce battle with the remaining bandits.

Fortunately, the most powerful bandit leader was successfully assassinated before he could reveal his whereabouts.

He must have killed the second-in-command, who had the strength of an eighth-rank expert, as soon as the conflict broke out; otherwise, he would not have survived the attack by two equally powerful individuals.

In other words, the fact that he is still standing here unharmed is entirely due to luck.

Wenren Yue frowned, looked at Lin Xuan, and asked, "Why did you act on your own regarding such an important matter?"

Lin Xuan glanced at Zhang Hu and Chen Bao, who were moving boxes, and explained, "If I hadn't come, those who came would have been my friends. I didn't want to lose my friends, so I had no choice but to come myself..."

Wenren Yue knew the reason behind this. She remained silent for a long time before slowly saying, "You are my banner officer, and your orders take precedence. In the future, if Commander Shen needs your help, you can consult me ​​first. Do not make decisions on your own..."

After these two incidents, Lin Xuan discovered that although this Commander Wenren was from the same capital as Commander Shen and seemed to be quite familiar with him, she was not entirely on Commander Shen's side.

She had once helped him out of a predicament and once gifted him a pill, for which Lin Xuan was deeply grateful.

He clasped his hands in a fist salute and said, "Your subordinate obeys."

Wenren Yue nodded slightly, nimbly mounted her horse, and rode away first.

After Wenren Yue left, Zhang Hu and Chen Bao slowly walked over, looking at Lin Xuan with complicated expressions.

Zhang Hu's lips moved, about to say something, but Lin Xuan spoke first, placing one hand on each of their shoulders and laughing, "You raise your wife and children yourself, and take care of your mother yourself. I don't have that much free time..."

Zhang Hu and Chen Bao exchanged a glance, then tacitly punched Lin Xuan lightly on the shoulder without saying anything more.

Three guards from the border emerged from the cave.

Two of them were carrying a corpse, while the other was carrying a pile of clothes and other belongings.

The bodies of these bandits will be burned on the spot.

As for what they left behind, anything useful was taken back to the Jingbian Division and confiscated, while anything useless was burned along with their clothes.

Lin Xuan's gaze swept over the body, and he raised an eyebrow slightly.

Compared to the other bandits' corpses, this body was relatively intact, with no missing limbs or obvious wounds, except for a sunken area in the chest.

Lin Xuan has a deep memory of this person.

If he hadn't suddenly woken up and discovered himself, he would have had a chance to complete the game without taking any damage last night.

What Lin Xuan finds even more puzzling is that this person was clearly sleeping soundly last night and didn't make a sound when he sneaked in. Why did he suddenly wake up?

With a casual glance, Lin Xuan pointed to a guard and said, "You, wait a moment."

Upon hearing this, the Jingbian guard carrying miscellaneous items immediately stopped in his tracks.

When he saw Lin Xuan walking over, his eyes held a hint of fanaticism.

Alone, he stormed the bandits' lair, slaughtered them all, and managed to leave unscathed... A true man should be like Lin Xiaoqi!
Lin Xuan walked to the Jingbian Guard and picked up an item from the top of a pile of miscellaneous items.

This is a yellowed, thin book; judging from the color of the paper and the marks on the edges of the pages, it must be quite old.

The writing on the booklet cover was worn and illegible. Lin Xuan casually flipped through a few pages, and when he saw what was written inside, his hand suddenly stopped, and his gaze sharpened.

The next moment, Lin Xuan closed the booklet but didn't put it back. He waved to the border guard and said, "Go. Before burning these odds and ends, check them carefully several times. Don't miss anything of value..."

"Yes!"

The border guard acknowledged the order and left respectfully.

Lin Xuan quietly tucked the booklet into his sleeve, turned to Zhang Hu and Chen Bao, and said, "I'll leave this to you. I'm going back to rest now..."

(End of this chapter)