The Counterattack of the Villains

Chapter 436: His Enemy and My Hero

Author: Ning Shen Wu Mo

Chapter 436: His Enemy and My Hero

Half a month after Nangong Pushe joined the Hualong Gang, the clones Zheng Zha and Luo Li had arrived in Beiliang.

The young couple strolled leisurely on the wilderness path, unaware of the secretly watching eyes.

At this time, Zheng Zha was dressed in a gorgeous white cloak, with a Northern Liang Dao slung around his waist. His long hair was meticulously tied into a bun on the top of his head, and he looked quite noble.

Luo Li wears a pink double-breasted skirt, a fairy bun on her head, and a pretty face that can be broken by blowing. She is not inferior to any indigenous beauties.

She did not carry any weapons, but only carried a silk bundle on her shoulder.

The Beiliang Dao was a genuine item that the two of them got from the Beiliang army guarding Daoma Pass when they passed by Daoma Pass. It was also used as a decoration.

The deputy captain Zhou Xian and his son Zhou Ziru, who defeated Ma Guan and Zhe Chong, had already become the puppets of the Zhongzhou team. It was just a Northern Liangdao, so naturally it was not a problem.

The exclusive weapon of the clone Zheng Zha is the Tiger Soul Sword made by Chi You, and it is a perfect version that he has completely controlled.

This knife is hidden in his body and is nourished by his true soul day and night. It can be used out of thin air when needed, and there is no need to carry it with you.

After the two of them had walked a certain distance, two beggars in ragged clothes and unkempt hair suddenly appeared in the grass they had just passed.

Looking at Zheng Zha's back, one of the beggars said to another: "This guy might be the Xu Fengnian they are looking for. Hurry up and inform those people nearby. If it is really Xu Fengnian, we can receive the reward."

"Okay, I'll go right away and you can keep an eye on me."

…

At a fork in the road with a big dead tree, Zheng Zha and Luo Li took a break here, preparing to eat some dry food.

Not long after they sat down, a skinny old horse carrying some sundries came out of the grass and stood on the other side of the dead tree.

Zheng Zha and Luo Li smiled at each other, ignored the old horse, and just ate their own dry food.

On the northeastern path, an old man and a young man were walking towards this direction.

The old one has gray hair, shabby clothes, a slovenly face, and a simple and honest face. He carries a long suitcase on his back and wraps it in rags. He looks like an old country farmer.

The young man has unkempt hair and a dirty hemp shirt. He looks like a refugee beggar fleeing famine, but it can also be seen that his appearance is very upright.

At this time, the young man was saying proudly: "Those Chu soldiers also know how to bribe beggars and spread their spies. Fortunately, young master, I am smart."

"Yes, yes, the young master is the smartest." The old man agreed absentmindedly, but his head was looking around.

The young master asked in confusion: "Old Huang, what are you looking at?"

The old man known as Lao Huang scratched his chin and said: "Master, our horse, according to usual practice, it should be back by itself by now."

The young master rolled his eyes and curled his lips and said: "What do you care about that broken horse that comes and goes like a ghost? Leave quickly and return to Lingzhou as soon as possible."

While talking, the two of them walked to a corner. Looking out from here, they happened to be at the intersection where the dead tree was.

The young master paused, pointed forward and said, "Hey, Old Huang, do you think that's our horse?"

Old Huang looked in the direction of his finger and saw their old horse standing quietly under a dead tree.

On the other side of the dead tree, two figures, a man and a woman, were sitting, seemingly eating.

Lao Huang's eyes lit up and he said happily: "It's true."

The young master grinned and said, "This guy even ran ahead of us."

The two of them quickened their pace and ran forward. When they passed a big rock, a person suddenly jumped out of the grass nearby, covered the young master's mouth, and squatted him down behind the big rock.

Then he waved to Lao Huang who was stunned on the spot and said: "Squat down, squat down quickly."

"Oh." Lao Huang recognized that the person was one of the Chu soldiers. He didn't dare to neglect at that moment and hurriedly squatted behind the big stone.

At this time, the young master was confused, staring at the Chu Bing with wide eyes, his mind was a little confused, and he thought his identity had been leaked.

The Chu Bing raised a finger and said "shush", then said softly: "Don't speak loudly, Xu Fengnian."

The young master's eyes narrowed, his neck stiffened and he slowly turned to Chu Bing, feeling chilled in his heart.

Was it really exposed? How was it exposed?

But when he looked at the Chu Bing, he found that things didn't seem to be what he thought. The Chu Bing nodded to him with a sure face.

Xu Fengnian came back to his senses. He pointed behind him and said, "You mean, the person sitting under the tree over there eating is Xu Fengnian?"

The Chu soldier nodded once again and said clearly: "I am dressed in brocade, with a northern sword hanging on my waist. I am of the right age, and I am going to Lingzhou."

"Furthermore, it is rumored that Xu Fengnian is a womanizer and is always accompanied by beauties wherever he goes, so that guy is probably Xu Fengnian."

After listening to Chu Bing's analysis, Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang looked at each other, then gave Chu Bing a thumbs up and said, "That makes sense."

Chu Bing said: "Go and inform the Lord, we are here to keep an eye on you."

Xu Fengnian nodded repeatedly and said: "Okay."

After the Chu soldiers finished explaining, they got into the grass again and ran along the grass towards the dead tree.

After the Chu soldiers left, Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang emerged from behind the boulder again and looked at Zheng Zha and Luo Li over there. Naturally, they would not actually inform the leader of the Chu soldiers.

After a while, Zheng Zha and Luo Li seemed to have finished eating their dry food and stood up to continue their journey.

The Chu soldiers who were staring at them couldn't squat any longer. They pulled out their weapons one after another, emerged from the grass, and surrounded the two men.

Seeing this situation, Lao Huang asked: "Master, what should we do now?"

Xu Fengnian's eyes flickered slightly, and he tilted his head and said: "Slip away."

Lao Huang looked at Zheng Zha and Luo Li again and asked, "What should they do?"

Xu Fengnian frowned and said, "He is not me. It will be fine if we make it clear. Leave quickly."

"Hey, Master..." Lao Huang stopped Xu Fengnian and said, "Don't leave in a hurry, I'll see if it's good for you to learn martial arts."

Xu Fengnian rolled his sleeves and said, "I'm not interested in fighting or killing."

After saying that, he turned around and left. But just a few steps out, he paused again, turned around and walked back behind the big stone, looking over there intently.

Zheng Zha looked at the eight Chu soldiers who were surrounding him, raised the corners of his mouth, and said, "Are you trying to rob?"

A Chu soldier pointed his sword at Zheng Zha and asked, "What's your name? Is your surname Xu?"

Zheng Zha looked at the person who spoke, smiled and said, "So what if it is? So what if it's not?"

The Chu soldier shouted: "Stop talking nonsense, right?"

The smile on Zheng Zha's face gradually faded, and he said calmly: "Your Excellency, you know that by speaking and acting like this, you are actually seeking death in the right way."

The Chu Bing narrowed his eyes slightly and sneered: "Xu Fengnian, if you don't pretend to be here, today is the day you die."

As Chu Bing said these words, Zheng Zha's mind immediately heard the main god's prompt: "Trigger the side mission: Escort the crown prince."

"Task content: Safely escort the Northern Liang Prince Xu Fengnian to Lingzhou City. If you complete it, you will get a C-level branch plot with 3,000 reward points. If you fail, 10,000 reward points will be deducted. At the end of the plot, the reward points will be negative. It will be erased. Do you accept it?"

"accept."

After Zheng Zha took over the task in his mind, his expression immediately changed and he said in a serious voice: "So, you originally planned to ambush the Prince of Beiliang here?"

Hearing his words and seeing his reaction, the Chu soldiers became confused and confused.

Because this sentence has fully demonstrated that the other party is not Xu Fengnian, otherwise he would not react like this, let alone ask this question.

The leader Chu Bing said with an ugly face: "Are you really not Xu Fengnian?"

Zheng Zha shook his head and said: "I'm not Xu Fengnian, but I'm not bad either."

All the Chu soldiers were stunned when they heard this. The leader of the Chu soldiers frowned and said, "What do you mean? What do you mean it's not bad?"

Zheng Zha put his right hand on the handle of the Beiliang knife at his waist and said indifferently: "If you want to kill Xu Fengnian, I will kill you."

"So I said it's okay, because no matter whether I am Xu Fengnian or not, you will all die."

The Chu soldier's eyes turned cold and he said ferociously: "It's just you?"

"Qiang"

There was a crisp sound, and Beiliang Dao was unsheathed five inches. Zheng Zha's figure seemed to be blurred for a moment, and it seemed as if he had not moved.

The Beiliang Dao that was five inches out of its sheath was put back into its sheath. Zheng Zha said calmly: "It's up to me."

As soon as he finished speaking, a red line appeared on the necks of the eight Chu soldiers.

"Zizzizi..."

The next moment, blood spurted out. The eight Chu soldiers subconsciously covered their necks in an attempt to stop the spurting blood, but how could they stop it?

After a few breaths, the eight people fell to the ground with their eyes wide open, and they all died with their eyes open.

Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang, who had witnessed the whole scene over there, were both dumbfounded and horrified.

Lao Huang didn't act this time, and he was really frightened.

He himself is a first-grade Grandmaster, with cultivation in the Zhixuan Realm, and can use the Nine Swords to bring out the celestial combat power.

But even so, he asked himself that when faced with Zheng Zha's knife just now, he was not sure that he could escape intact.

The two of them slowly slid down to the ground with their backs against the big stone. Xu Fengnian swallowed and said in a trembling voice: "Old Huang, what happened just now?"

"He obviously didn't move, and he didn't even pull the knife out of its sheath. How come everyone is dead?"

Lao Huang said in a seductive voice: "No, he moved, but it was too fast, so fast that people's eyes can't react, so the matter is over."

Xu Fengnian turned his head and looked at Old Huang in disbelief: "You mean, at that moment, he drew his sword out of its sheath, passed by those eight people, and wiped their throats."

"Then he returned to the same place and returned the knife to its sheath, but in the eyes of others, he barely moved?"

Lao Huang nodded with difficulty and said: "We are inseparable from each other."

Xu Fengnian said in a daze: "Then how fast is it?"

"How's the job?"

A question suddenly sounded above his head, and Xu Fengnian reflexively blurted out: "Top technical work should be rewarded."

After the words fell, his neck stiffened, and he slowly turned his head mechanically, looking left and right behind him with Lao Huang.

But they saw the young man in white who had killed eight Chu soldiers with a single blow, and the pretty girl in pink skirt, who had arrived on the big rock behind them at some point, and were squatting there looking at them with a half-smile.

Xu Fengnian jumped up like his butt was on fire, took a big step back, then decisively clasped his fists and bowed: "I've seen the heroes, we were just passing by, we are not the same group as them."

Lao Huang also nodded and bowed repeatedly, with a smile on his face.

Zheng Zha smiled noncommittally, tilted his head in the direction of the Chu soldiers, and asked, "What are the backgrounds of those people?"

Xu Fengnian said: "Listening to his words, he seems to be a remnant of the Western Chu."

Zheng Zha suddenly said: "So that's the case. No wonder they came to ambush the Northern Liang Crown Prince. Do you know where their other accomplices are?"

Xu Fengnian heard this and asked cautiously: "May I ask what the hero is planning to do..."

Zheng Zha said matter-of-factly: "Of course we must eradicate the roots. If these remnants of the Six Kingdoms live one more day, they will be one more day of threat to Dazhu Kingdom and the Crown Prince."

Xu Fengnian's heart moved and he asked again: "Is the hero from Beiliang Prince's Palace?"

Zheng Zha shook his head and said: "No, I have nothing to do with Beiliang Prince's Palace, and I don't know Dazhu Kingdom or the Crown Prince."

Xu Fengnian said: "Then what is this hero?"

Zheng Zha said sternly: "Some things don't need a reason. The words 'the enemy's enemies are my heroes' are enough."

After saying this, he smiled to himself and said: "Can I talk to you as a beggar? Just tell me where they are and that's it."

Xu Fengnian was shocked and murmured the words "He's his enemy and my hero" in a low voice.

During the Spring and Autumn War, Xu Xiao slaughtered more than seventy cities with blood. For many years, people all over the world regarded him as a butcher who killed countless people.

Today was the first time he heard someone describe Xu Xiao as "my hero".

"Hey, what are you thinking about? Do you want to protect them?" Zheng Zha looked at Xu Fengnian with a suspicious expression. He pressed the thumb of his left hand on the knife grid, and the Beiliang knife was pushed out half an inch.

When Lao Huang saw this, he became anxious and quickly touched Xu Fengnian and said: "Master, I have a question for you."

Xu Fengnian came back to his senses. He looked at Zheng Zha again and asked solemnly: "Dare you ask me, hero, why do you think Xu Xiao is my hero?"

Zheng Zha raised his eyebrows and said with a worried look: "You are a little beggar, why do you ask so many questions? And the name of Dazhu Kingdom is something you can call directly?"

Xu Fengnian straightened up and put his hands behind his back. Although he still looked like an unkempt beggar, the aura of the stock market tycoon was surprisingly gone.

He looked straight at Zheng Zha and said, "I'm not a beggar. Even in front of Xu Xiao, I can call him by his first name."

Zheng Zha narrowed his eyes and asked in a deep voice: "Who are you?"

Xu Fengnian raised his head in the direction of Chu Bing's corpse and said, "I am their target."

Zheng Zha's eyes suddenly opened and he said in a concentrated voice: "You said you are Xu Fengnian, the prince of Northern Liang?"

Xu Fengnian said: "If it is true, this place is not far from Lingzhou City. It is easy to verify. If I am not the one, I will definitely die."

Zheng Zha stared at him for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said: "It makes sense. It seems that my speculation all along is not wrong at all. The Prince of Northern Liang is indeed not the idiot as rumored."

Xu Fengnian was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion: "What do you mean, hero?"

Zheng Zha led Luo Li and jumped off the boulder, stood in front of Xu Fengnian, and said: "If you ask me why I think Dazhu is my hero, it's actually very simple."

"At the beginning, the nine kingdoms were divided and the kingdoms were fighting in chaos. As a result, the wars were endless, the lives were devastated, and the people were in dire straits."

"The Dazhu Kingdom led the Northern Liang cavalry to annihilate the six kingdoms, so that Liyang could break through the situation and end the chaos in the world. Only then can we have peace today. To me, Liyang, what is he if he is not a hero?"

"As for the so-called massacre of people, huh, eight hundred years ago, the Qin Emperor swept away Liuhe and ended the war in the world. In order to show his benevolence and righteousness, he spared the remnants of the six kingdoms and did not kill them all. So what was the result?"

"As a result, the second generation died, and then there were decades of war, and the people suffered from the war. This is the evil result of beating the snake but not dying."

"In order to avoid the mistakes of the pre-Qin Dynasty, Dazhu Kingdom was willing to bear the name of massacre and be reviled by the world. Isn't this kind of ambition worthy of our respect?"

After hearing Zheng Zha's words, an inexplicable feeling surged from the bottom of Xu Fengnian's heart.

After all, there is someone in this world who understands Xu Xiao, and it’s worth it.

(End of chapter)