Chapter 107: The entirety of a commandery's foundation is in his bag (Part One)

Acting Governor!

Clan Chief!

Members of the Yu family's experts looked at each other, some at a loss.

Zhang Jian saw the situation and said: "Immediately put down your weapons; we will only execute the chief culprits, the rest will be treated leniently, but if anyone resists, they will be killed without mercy!"

His Dragon Chant Sword trembled slightly, a strand of intense red sword light swept over, falling to the ground, instantly leaving a deep trace of sword qi about several tens of zhang long on the earth.

The sword qi was chilling, causing many body-tempering martial artists and internal cultivation martial artists to lose courage.

Even if body-tempering and internal cultivation martial artists are extremely strong, this is exaggerated beyond human capability.

Clang!

As the first internal cultivation martial artist threw down his weapon, other body-tempering martial artists, manor workers, and even the Yu family's descendants, in despair, all put down their weapons.

Only a portion of the death warriors still hesitated.

Zhang Jian snorted coldly, his Dragon Chant Sword turned into a flowing light and flew out; several strands of sword light went back and forth in the crowd, and soon over a hundred black-clad death warriors were slaughtered cleanly.

At this moment he knew he could not show mercy.

Well done!

Seeing this, Qi Yi glanced at the one who spoke first, and he couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Not bad for my grandson; when it's time to act, he never holds back—truly he is from a family of generals!"

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Qi Yi's expression bore a heroic air, even though his splendid robes were stained with blood.

Beside, Zhang Yi saw this and couldn't help but curl his lip; he also waved his hand, signaling the many guards nearby to step forward and lend a hand, to collect everyone's weapons, and at the same time step forward to restrain Yu You.

Zhang Jian leapt down and spoke to Zhang Yi and Qi Yi.

"Grandfather, Father, I leave this to you; I'm now worried that the Zhang family manor might encounter trouble!"

"The Qi family's grand residence is also a target of the Yu family's attack; I must hurry there!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yi's expression became solemn as he nodded, then said.

"First go to the Qi mansion; your mother happens to be heading to the Void God Temple to offer incense; the Zhang family residence currently has no other important personnel, but rather your second uncle is currently acting as commander of the eight thousand garrison troops inside and outside Fengyang Commandery; I worry that Yu You will seize the opportunity, attack the Qi mansion, and seize hostages!"

Hearing this, Qi Yi's expression also changed.

"Clan Chief!"

At this moment, from another direction, a few mournful cries came; Zhang Jian glanced over and saw the West Wind Swordsman Wang Yuanlang and several Gu family guards with sorrowful expressions.

Gu family patriarch Gu Chengyan lay on his back on the ground, face ashen, chest stained with blood, life or death unknown.

Zhang Jian glanced, knowing that this Gu family great clan chief probably had more misfortune than fortune.

But he couldn't delay at this moment; his figure flew toward the direction of the Qi family's grand residence.

On the way, he encountered the large force entering the city to suppress the rebellion; Qi Yuanji learned that the governor's residence had Qi Yi and Zhang Yi safely rescued, and he breathed a sigh of relief; hearing that Gu Chengyan's life or death was unknown, he felt even more regret.

Zhang Jian didn't linger long; after informing Qi Yuanji of the news, he quickened his pace toward the Qi family.

Qi Yuanji also followed behind!

Soon after, he arrived at Changling Street, in front of the Qi mansion.

Inside the Qi mansion, thick smoke was rising; in the firelight, shouts of killing could be seen far away, along with scattered stubborn resistance.

On the wall, private soldiers fired a nine-pearl repeating crossbow, unleashing a sky-full of bolts; outside the Qi mansion, rows of corpses had already fallen.

"It hasn't even been breached?"

Zhang Jian gazed at the bandits still setting fire in the outer residence, his eyes somewhat surprised.

The Qi family's inner defenses were astonishingly strict, stronger than he imagined.

Zhang Jian didn't know that this was actually related to his warning; after learning from Xuan Jiu that the Qi mansion had suffered a calamity, he informed Qi Yi, who outwardly showed no movement but secretly had the Qi mansion fortified like a hidden fortress.

Inside, many fortifications had already been dug out, not only hidden passages but also hidden forts, arrow towers, and many trap mechanisms.

Ordinary rebels, if they wanted to breach it, would find it as hard as climbing to heaven, unless they used unconventional means.

However, within this Third-Rank Mighty Distant General's mansion of the Qi family, the Dragon Tiger aura suppresses, making unconventional methods hard to take effect easily.

Xiu xiu!

Zhang Jian's Dragon Chant Sword sword qi shot out; in an instant it pierced the chests of several bandits around the alley, directly extinguishing their life; his face was icy, killing intent surging, in his sight he already saw many Qi mansion servants, maidservants, and even female scrolls? (maybe a typo) unable to escape being burned to death by these Yu family retainers.

Quite tragic.

There were also many silhouettes of innocent civilians.

These overflowing flames also ignited the manors of many wealthy families around the Qi mansion, even reaching rural homesteads.

This group of Yu family death warriors clearly intended to burn all members of the Qi family alive inside.

Sword light swept past; each Yu family death warrior perished in the golden light; Zhang Jian quickly locked onto several figures engaged in fierce combat inside.

Four figures were locked in fierce combat.

Yu Fan and another death warrior leader were battling two experts of the Qi mansion; one was the Qi mansion's old steward, the other was a guest retainer recruited by the Qi family.

They are all internal martial artists at the innate stage, perhaps at the organ-refining stage; when they fight, their invisible energy is fierce.

Yu Fan at this moment gritted his teeth watching this scene; Yu You had placed high hopes on them, but they ended up botching the task.

After over an hour or two, they still hadn't breached the Qi family's grand residence.

The Qi family, being as stubborn as a turtle, actually laid out their residence as a hidden fortress, making him grit his teeth.

Moreover, these two hidden organ-refining stage body-tempering experts before him, though somewhat weaker than them, merely entangled, making victory difficult in a short time.

Yu Fan was about to exert more effort when he heard the sound of the Dragon Chant coming from his ear; this thread of Dragon Chant Heavenly Sound arrived, his body instantly stiffened slightly, as if his whole body turned cold, in an instant a thread of red light appeared on his forehead, and his body collapsed rigidly.

"Yu Commander?"

Watching this, the other death warrior leader's expression changed, his body instantly stiffened, and he similarly collapsed silently, having been directly knocked unconscious by Zhang Jian.

Afterward, Zhang Jian's figure became visible; seeing Zhang Jian's figure, the expressions of the two opposite individuals shifted.

"Young Master Zhang!"

Two body-tempering martial artists simultaneously showed great joy.

Zhang Jian nodded, then hurriedly asked, "Steward Qi, how are the ancestors and the elders of each branch?"

Qi Yue replied, "Young Master Zhang, the grandmother, the elders of each branch, the young masters, and the young ladies have mostly taken refuge deep in the hidden fortress; there should be no serious problem!"

After a slight pause, Qi Yue earnestly said, "The two young ladies of the second branch are also taking shelter deep in the underground passage; Young Master, you may want to go see them."

Zhang Jian glanced at this steward of the Qi manor, understanding his implication that Qi Yuhua was safe and sound, and Zhang Jian also felt somewhat relieved.

However, now that he knew everyone was safe, he set his mind at ease; he planned to personally go to the Cave Spirit Observatory to welcome Lady Zhang Qishi and confirm whether she was safe.

Although he knew there should be no problem being at the Cave Spirit Observatory, he still felt a bit uneasy.

"Please convey my greetings to the ancestors and all the elders; now that the Qi clan's bandits have been repelled, I will not linger, I still have other matters to attend to, farewell!"

Zhang Jian glanced at the outskirts of the Qi manor; after seeing their leader killed and another captured, the Qi manor's Yu clan warriors' morale collapsed, they began to scatter and flee, no longer a force to be reckoned with.

At that moment, the sound of hooves boomed; not far away, Qi Yuansi led the prefectural troops back as well.

Zhang Jian knew that by this point the overall situation was settled.

The Yu clan's sudden rebellion had basically stirred up no waves.

……

At this moment, on Lock Dragon Dam, two figures took in the changes inside and outside Fengyang Prefecture.

One of them was Bai Shuilongjun; seeing the boiling above his head and the chaotic dragon-tiger qi gradually calm, he said lightly.

"From now on, the descendants of the Mian King have all perished; this also counts as me venting my spite!"

The other figure spoke.

"One general's success is built on ten thousand bones; after this battle, the Yu clan will perish, the Gu clan will suffer heavy blows, the Zhang clan will rise like the midday sun, the Qi clan will cling to the steed, having basically swept away all obstacles inside and outside the prefectural city, the foundation of kings and marquises will be established, great things can be anticipated!"