Underworld entries, starting with ghost stories.

Su Dingfang looked at Wu Qing and said with emotion, "So you are the advisor of Wuji Village. A few days ago, Wuji Village defeated four thousand soldiers from outside the mountain with only a few hundred men. I have heard about this."

"I never expected to see Brother Wu here."

He held his gun in both hands on horseback and clasped his hands in a salute.

Liu Heita was clearly less well-informed; these days, he was being besieged by government troops in Changbai Mountain, and his life was hanging by a thread.

He was only able to escape here because the imperial troops were focused on hunting down Wang Bo.

He clasped his hands in a fist salute, but had not yet spoken.

Wu Qing said to him, "I am the daughter of Dou Jiande, and the advisor to Miss Xianniang. The one on the slope is Miss Dou."

Liu Heita said happily, "I see. It's a pleasure to meet you."

Wu Qing said, "If you two are unwilling to fight again, let's go up to the hill and talk in detail."

Liu Heita and Su Dingfang left the people they brought with them there and went up the hillside with him to meet Dou Xianniang again.

The four men rode their horses through the woods.

Wu Qing looked at Su Dingfang and asked, "May I ask where Brother Su is headed?"

Su Dingfang glanced at Dou Xianniang and Liu Heita, and surprisingly did not hide anything: "I intend to lead the heroes of my clan to join the army."

Liu Heita's eyes widened immediately: "If I had known you were going to be an accomplice to evil, I would have..."

Wu Qing raised his feather fan, stopping Liu Heita from speaking, and continued looking at Su Dingfang: "Brother Su, who are you going to pledge allegiance to, and which group are you going to eliminate?"

Su Dingfang puffed out his chest: "I'm going to Hebei to serve under Yang Yichen, the Grand Master of the Palace, and to wipe out the Wolf King Zhang Jincheng. I swear I will not rest until Zhang Jincheng is destroyed."

Wu Qing looked at Liu Heita: "This Brother Su is from Wuyi County, Hebei. When 'Wolf King' Zhang Jin conquered Ping'an, Wuyi and other counties, he killed tens of thousands of people, raped and plundered, and committed all kinds of evil deeds."

Liu Heita was ashamed. He threw down his long spear, dismounted, and bowed to Su Dingfang, muttering something, unsure how to apologize.

Su Dingfang hurriedly dismounted and said, "I know why Brother Liu just scolded me for aiding and abetting a tyrant. With a tyrannical ruler in power and the people suffering, to not rebel against that tyrannical ruler and instead serve the court is no different from being a beast."

Looking around, he said, "I am going here only for that Wolf King Zhang Jincheng. Once Zhang Jincheng is destroyed, I will abandon the Sui Dynasty and will never covet a single official position from that tyrannical emperor."

Wu Qing held a fan in both hands and bowed slightly to Su Dingfang: "I absolutely trust Brother Su's character."

Because historically, Su Dingfang did exactly that.

Because Zhang Jincheng invaded his hometown, he led the strong men of his clan to join Yang Yichen when he was a teenager. They defeated Zhang Jincheng's wolf army and killed Zhang Jincheng before leaving the Sui army.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Su Dingfang did not make many contributions due to his young age.

However, he had an excellent relationship with Liu Heita, and when Liu Heita raised an army after Dou Jiande's death, he joined him without hesitation.

Su Dingfang played a part in Liu Heita's record of defeating almost all of Li Tang's famous generals. The famous general Luo Shixin in official history died at his hands.

After Liu Heita's death, Su Dingfang lived in seclusion for many years before being summoned to serve by Emperor Taizong of Tang. Only after that did his true stage begin.

In historical records, Su Dingfang led two hundred cavalrymen into the main tent of Khagan Jieli, defeated the Turkic army, and finally successfully invited Khagan Jieli to Chang'an to dance.

He destroyed the Western Turks, gaining hundreds of thousands of people and livestock, expanded into the Western Regions, pacified Baekje, and repeatedly made great achievements in attacking Goguryeo. He was an unparalleled general who was on par with Xue Rengui.

Su Dingfang was still very young at the time, and seeing that Wu Qing was sincere, he trusted him without reservation.

He was instantly filled with excitement, returned Wu Qing's greeting, and was so overwhelmed with emotion that he couldn't speak.

Dou Xianniang laughed from the side, "This young master Su is highly skilled in martial arts. He clearly has the upper hand, but he is unwilling to kill him. This shows that he is a chivalrous person."

Wu Qing waved his fan and laughed, "Both sides are the same. Brother Liu's lance is longer than the spears that ordinary people use, but shorter than the common lances. It's a bit strange."

"There must be a trap hidden inside. If he had been so determined, Brother Su would probably be dead by now."

Liu Heita was moved and said, "Master Wu's eyesight is truly remarkable. You are the first person to be able to see through the hidden weapon inside."

He no longer concealed it, and in front of everyone, he quickly spun the back of the spear, revealing the mechanism inside.

Dou Xianniang and Su Dingfang were astonished to see that the inside was gleaming with cold light, probably containing hundreds of poisoned needles.

Liu Heita scratched his head: "I know my martial arts skills are limited, so I asked a famous craftsman to make this hidden weapon for me. I can hide it on my body or attach it to the back of a gun so that no one can see it."

"When I encounter a formidable opponent who is about to be defeated, I suddenly use it, and it has saved my life several times. Just now, seeing that Brother Su was holding back with his gun, I felt sorry for him and couldn't bear to use it for a moment."

Although he used the wrong idiom.

Dou Xianniang and Su Dingfang looked at Wu Qing, shocked and moved.

Su Dingfang thought to himself that the hidden weapon was made without any flaws. If the other party really intended to kill him, he would indeed have a hard time dodging the poisoned needle.

This Wu clerk was able to see through it so easily; he truly has extraordinary insight.

Dou Xianniang was even more surprised. She and Qingge'er had gone up the slope together and watched the whole thing from beginning to end, but she hadn't noticed anything wrong with Liu Heita's gun.

Feeling their admiring gazes, Wu Qing waved his feather fan and smiled calmly.

[Charm +1, Mystery +1]

[Charm +1, Mystery +1]

[Charm +1, Mystery +1]

Although the focus was clearly on Liu Heita and Su Dingfang, Wu Qing suddenly became the center of their attention.

Wu Qing said, "Neither of you are unreasonable people, so I wonder why you started fighting down the slope just now?"

Su Dingfang said, "I must have misunderstood. Along the way, I encountered several villages where women and children were abducted by the demons of the Maitreya Sect."

"After I learned about this, I led a group to track them down. When we saw Brother Liu, we thought they were followers of the Maitreya sect, so we tried to interrogate them about the whereabouts of the women and children they had abducted."

Liu Heita asked in surprise, "So Brother Su wasn't asking about the women and children on my side?"

Seeing that several people were looking at him, he quickly said, "I am surrendering to Hao Xiaode of Changbai Mountain. Recently, he was defeated by government troops. In the midst of the crisis, Brother Hao knew that he had no other way to survive, so he lured away the government troops and let me take him and the families of the brothers in the village to escape to Henan."

"I brought Brother Hao's family and the fleeing women and children here. We didn't know where to go, so we hid them in the forest first."

"I originally came out to scout out the way and see where else we could go. I didn't expect Brother Su to suddenly bring his men over and interrogate me about the whereabouts of the women and children. I thought he was after Brother Hao's family."

Su Dingfang said, "It was my fault for being too impulsive. I am also grateful to Brother Wu for stopping us from fighting. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unpredictable."

Both Liu Heita and Su Dingfang bowed to Wu Qing in gratitude.

Wu Qing knew that even if he did nothing, they would eventually find out something was wrong.

But I smiled first, accepted their thanks, and then discussed things further with them.

After all, they are two famous generals with gold attributes, and in his opinion, they are absolutely not to be missed when passing by!

He waved his feather fan and said, "Would you two be willing to listen to my advice?"