Martial Arts Crossover: It All Started with Hijacking Li Canghai

"Big brother!!! You actually came in person!"

He ran up to Qin Han, looked him up and down to confirm it was him, and then grabbed Qin Han's arm.

"Big brother, you actually came in person?!"

Qin Han punched him in the chest and chuckled casually.

"What? I can't come back?"

"Hehe. Of course, that Ao Bai..." Wei Xiaobao started to say, then glanced at the people from the sticky poles on the ground, swallowed the rest of his sentence, and lowered his voice, "Big brother, are these people here for you?"

"As soon as I arrived in Yangzhou, someone gave me a gift."

Qin Han's tone was calm. "While you were in the palace, did you hear anything?"

Wei Xiaobao shook his head vigorously, like a rattle-drum: "No! The young emperor has been busy dealing with Ao Bai lately, how could he have time to care about things outside..."

As he spoke, he glanced at the waist tags again and frowned.

"No, that's not right. The Sticky Rod Office is directly under the Emperor's command. If the young Emperor doesn't give the order..."

Wei Xiaobao went over and flipped up the collar of a man in black on the ground, pulling out the inner lining.

He stood up, and the playful smile on his face disappeared.

"Brother, this isn't someone from the Sticky Rod Office."

Wei Xiaobao pointed to the waist tokens.

"The waist tag is real, but the person is wrong. I've seen many people from the Sticky Pole Office; the crossbows they use are specially made in the palace, with serial numbers engraved on the shafts. These arrows don't even have any markings."

He turned over the palm of a corpse and looked at the calluses on the tiger's mouth.

"Moreover, the sticky pole office is basically composed of elites from the Eight Banners, who are skilled in battlefield combat. This group of people are definitely not Manchus."

Qin Han nodded. Wei Xiaobao had been in the palace for so long, and his insight had certainly grown considerably.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to get along so well with both the Heaven and Earth Society and Emperor Kangxi; his mind was always sharp.

"Some people are using the waist tag from the sticky pole office as a cover."

Wei Xiaobao concluded, "They want to frame the young emperor."

"Does anyone have the ability to get their hands on the official badge from the Sticky Pole Office?"

Wei Xiaobao's eyes darted around. If there was any major event recently, it was none other than Ao Bai's upcoming birthday celebration.

Two words popped out of his mouth.

"Ao Bai".

Qin Han did not respond.

Whether it was Ao Bai or someone else, today's incident served as a reminder that the most important thing was to get rid of the people around him first.

"Let's go back to the yard first and talk about it then."

Just as he turned around to walk into the courtyard, Wei Xiaobao pounced on him and hugged his leg.

"Big brother!!!"

Qin Han stopped in his tracks. "What are you doing?!"

Wei Xiaobao was hanging on his lap. He used to think that his master was a golden thigh, but now that his older brother had come, he had to hold on to him properly.

"You have no idea how much I've suffered, Xiao Bao! If you hadn't come soon, I would have died in that palace!"

Qin Han looked down and found it somewhat amusing; this guy's mind went on too fast.

"You have no idea what kind of life I've been living these past two years!!"

Wei Xiaobao's face was covered in snot and tears. "That blind old eunuch Hai Dafu forced me to practice some kind of kung fu every day, and he would beat me if I didn't do it well! And that Empress Dowager, she's actually a fake. I've never dared to tell anyone. Once she almost suffocated me under the covers!"

Qin Han's eyes changed. Wei Xiaobao trusted him completely, daring to say anything. "You mean Mao Dongzhu?"

"Huh? Big brother, you know her? That's right, it's that bastard from the Divine Dragon Cult!"

Wei Xiaobao cried uncontrollably, "She killed the Empress Dowager and took her place! I discovered this secret, and she's been trying to kill me every day ever since!"

"I almost died several times! Brother, you have no idea, I'm even afraid to close my eyes when I sleep at night!"

As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves.

There are several old scars on the inside of my arm, including scratches and burns.

"This was done by Hai Dafu. This was burned by a palace maid under Mao Dongzhu. And this one, this was cut when he was being chased and slashed by the fake Empress Dowager's men."

Qin Han's expression darkened. Regardless of the original story, he was impressed by Wei Xiaobao's two years of taking care of the family and his honesty and trustworthiness towards him.

I'll pull him aside this once, so that I can sever all ties with my childhood friend, the Qing Dynasty.

Wei Xiaobao was crying his heart out when he suddenly caught a glimpse of several people standing at the alley entrance, who were about to approach.

The tears stopped as soon as they were told.

He raised his hand and wiped his face haphazardly a couple of times, then loosened Qin Han's legs and stood up.

He was crying his eyes out just a moment ago, but now his expression has changed, and he's grinning and winking at Qin Han.

Qin Han glanced at him; his change of expression was truly remarkable. No wonder he could get along so well anywhere…

Wei Xiaobao lowered his voice: "Brother, those people behind us are from the Mu Prince's Mansion. We can't let them know what happened earlier. I haven't even told Master Chen Jinnan about these things."

Qin Han nodded.

Wei Xiaobao waved to the group of people at the alley entrance.

"Senior Liu!!"

At the alley entrance, several men and women walked over.

The leader was a man in his early fifties, with a burly build, a straight back, and deep wrinkles etched on his face by the elements. His tiger-like eyes were calm and reserved.

Liu Dahong.

The master of Mu Jiansheng, the young master of the Mu family, was known in the martial arts world as "Iron-backed Azure Dragon" and was called "The Mighty One Who Shakes the South".

He walked into the alley and the first thing he saw was corpses and broken arrows scattered all over the ground.

My steps were a beat slower than expected.

His gaze fell on Qin Han, and a hint of seriousness appeared in his eyes.

He had previously heard from Wei Xiaobao that the King of Qin's men had arrived, and he still harbored some thoughts of testing the waters.

The Mu family has been fighting against the Qing dynasty and restoring the Ming dynasty for generations. Although they cooperate with the Heaven and Earth Society, they have always kept their distance from the Prince of Qin in Sichuan.

After all, the Mu family was loyal to the former Ming dynasty.

The Qin and Han dynasties started anew in the Southern Song dynasty.

But looking at the scene in this alley now, apart from the one who got his head blown off, the other twenty-nine people were carrying crossbows and poison arrows.

It was solved by one person.

Wei Xiaobao stepped forward to introduce, "Brother, this is Senior Liu Dahong, Young Master's master, nicknamed Iron-Backed Azure Dragon, known in the martial arts world as the Mighty One Who Shakes the South!"

He then turned to Liu Dahong and said, "Senior Liu, this is my elder brother, the King of Qin of Shu."

Liu Dahong clasped his hands in a fist salute, "I have long admired Your Highness's name."

Qin Han nodded in return. He was actually a little annoyed. He had originally wanted to use a pseudonym discreetly, but Wei Xiaobao had directly used his real name.

"Senior Liu, you're too kind."

Liu Dahong gave a wry smile.

"The so-called 'powerful figure in the south' is just flattery from my friends in the martial arts world. Before Your Highness, I, Liu, dare not call myself a senior."

That's what I really meant.

In terms of age alone, he was indeed several generations older than Qin Han.

But in terms of strength and status, this young man in his early twenties was no longer someone he could look up to.

Qin and Han did not exchange many pleasantries.

His gaze swept over the group of people behind Liu Dahong, then looked at both ends of the alley, and he was already making plans in his mind.

He was ambushed as soon as he arrived in Yangzhou.

Whether it was Ao Bai's people or other forces, it shows that someone had been eyeing this alley and the courtyard where my mother lived for a long time.

If thirty people come today, three hundred will come tomorrow.