Chapter 73: It's Over, Everyone in the World Knows Guan Yu

"You aren't you going to send Guan Huchen's remains back to Yingxiang Prefecture, why are you back?"

Seeing Xiao Yu and Guan Zhong again, Song Changqing was very puzzled.

Guan Zhong glared and scolded: "You followed the old master for a lifetime and received countless favors from the Guan family; now that the old master has just suffered a disaster, you call him by his name; you really are an ungrateful white-eyed wolf!"

Song Changqing said coldly: "How many 'favors' the Guan family gave me, you can go ask Guan Huchen and Guan Wenlong, but do you dare to ask?"

"Sigh, that's enough; foster father might not die, everyone don't be anxious..."

Xiao Yu lowered her voice and reminded: "There are many people watching around!"

She was actually very curious about the love-hate relationship between Song Changqing and the Guan family.

There must be a very wonderful story between them.

But Guan Huchen wouldn't say—she had asked before, and he had a cold expression and a cold tone, telling her not to ask around—and Song Changqing, upon encountering this topic, also became a silent gourd with his mouth sawed off.

Look, after looking around, seeing that there were indeed many people looking over suspiciously, Song Changqing closed his mouth again and said nothing.

On the contrary, Wei Wu, on the side, asked in surprise: "Miss Yu, you said General Guan might not die; what do you mean?"

Before returning to Hualong Pass, Xiao Yu had discussed it with Guan Zhong.

In order to facilitate Huchen's "return from the dead" later and not cause the world to be shocked, they could take advantage of the news of the "Great Shu Cavalry Commandant's" death before it spread, and give everyone a vaccination first.

In front of Marquis Lieyang, Huchen was nothing.

But in the Shu Kingdom, "Immortal Eye Tiger" was also quite famous.

Moreover, Huchen is a Cavalry Commandant of the Luye Guard; logically, the news of his death should be published in the court gazette and passed all the way along the road to the hands of the Prince of Shu in Luodu. By then, Huchen's death will basically be known to the whole world.

As a result, a few days later, Huchen walked out of the Guan mansion as if nothing had happened; how to explain it?

The City God abused his power for personal gain, using divine power to defy heaven and change fate for his descendants, doing it secretly, and being explored and discussed by the whole world, the impact caused would definitely be different.

Guan Zhong said with a serious face: "The old master stopped breathing, looking like he had no breath, but there was still a bit of heat in his heart. Um, this is the Guan family's life-saving secret technique."

——So don't keep asking what secret technique it is.

"Now the Red Smoke Colt has taken the old master to Yingxiang Prefecture, and it just so happens that my Guan mansion still has a box of Flower Mist Incense purchased from a merchant from the Boguo Kingdom." Guan Zhong continued.

At first, Xiao Yu suggested "the Guan mansion has a divine pill that brings the dead back to life," but was rejected by Guan Zhong.

A divine pill that brings the dead back to life was too exaggerated, almost an immortal pill.

Not to mention the Guan mansion, even the treasury of the Shu King in Luodu didn't have a divine medicine that could bring the dead back to life.

Xiao Yu was not as knowledgeable about this world as Guan Zhong after all.

He immediately gave a very reasonable reason: Flower Mist Incense.

Flower Mist Incense is produced in the overseas Boguo Kingdom and is a magical spice; if it soaks the ground, the soil and rocks will be fragrant; if it falls on rotten wood and rotten grass, it will return to green and bloom again; if it dyes incense and smokes withered bones, the muscles will all grow.

Xiao Yu felt this was an "immortal pill."

But Guan Zhong indicated that their Guan mansion really had a box of Flower Mist Incense.

Using jade to touch a little, the jade will persistently emit an intoxicating fragrance; using withered branches to touch a little, it does have a rejuvenating effect; as for whether it can sprout and bloom, the Guan mansion hasn't tried it; it's too wasteful of spices.

Dyeing incense to smoke wounds can indeed accelerate the recovery of injuries. But smoking withered bones to grow muscles is really exaggerated.

Pure Flower Mist Incense really couldn't save Huchen.

But Flower Mist Incense is very famous, yet very rare, so this lie is very difficult to expose.

Those who have seen Huchen's injuries haven't come into contact with Flower Mist Incense, and those who have Flower Mist Incense... still dare not assert that Flower Mist Incense definitely cannot save Huchen, because quantitative change can lead to qualitative change.

Just like the Guan mansion has a box of Flower Mist Incense, it is still not sure whether the legend of rotten wood sprouting is true.

To verify the legend, a large amount of Flower Mist Incense is needed, and a box may not be enough.

"So it's Flower Mist Incense; perhaps it can really be tried."

Look, hearing that the Guan mansion had a box of Flower Mist Incense, the second-rate military physician Wei Wu immediately dispelled most of his doubts.

"Even if General Guan might not die, you shouldn't have come back!"

Wei Wu said while looking at Cai Sima, who was commanding the soldiers to set up camp in the distance.

Xiao Yu understood what he meant, but felt only disdain in her heart, not half a bit of comfort or gratitude.

Facing a dead Huchen before, this guy didn't have half a bit of respect, even grumbling and half-pushing when lifting the corpse.

Now that he heard Huchen had a chance to live, he immediately raised his loyalty to 80 points, and even dared to "betray" the Central Plains noble in public.

"For foster father, for Great Qin, for the Western Shu monarch and the people, I killed Kong Zan, but Kong Zan has accomplices who are not dead." Xiao Yu said frankly and calmly.

Wei Wu's expression froze, and the look in his eyes when he looked at her changed a bit.

Before, there was a little awe and flattery, but now the awe increased to three points, and the other seven points were all vigilance.

After dealing with it casually, he left in a hurry.

It was Song Changqing, whose gaze toward her carried some worry, "Miss Yu, the days ahead, I'm afraid you will have to work harder.

I will come to wake you up every day, but the Fire Crow Army breaks camp early and sets up camp late, walking hundreds of miles a day, which is even more tiring than the day General Guan rushed from Hengsha Pass to Feixian Ferry."

"Hey, I'm not a delicate young lady from a boudoir." Xiao Yu said indifferently.

"Sigh, marching and fighting is really not something a young lady from a boudoir like me can bear."

Only one day passed, and Xiao Yu changed from a proud little hen with her head held high into a defeated bald old rooster.

She was a barbarian, but she truly felt that the people of the Central Plains were the real barbarians.

The thought of civilization and etiquette, and a physique more barbarian than the barbarians.

Huchen walked for a day and a half from Hengsha Pass to Feixian Ferry, a distance of two or three hundred miles.

The Fire Crow Army ran more than three hundred miles in one morning.

Those Great Qin giants of a zhang five or a zhang six didn't have war horses and ran directly with two legs.

They weren't empty-handed either, either carrying large flags or holding long spears and long knives.

Of course, the Fire Crow Army cheated; they marched urgently in the three-thousand-man Fire Crow formation.

Like a fire dragon, it sped wildly on the ground.

She was now separated from the military formation, and even with eight thousand-mile horses purchased by Guan Zhong rotating, she was still as tired as a dog.

It wasn't just her.

Guan Zhong was also listless, with messy clothes and hair, and covered in dust, like a tired ghost who escaped from hell.

There were no cement roads in ancient times, so running on the yellow earth road meant dust flying everywhere.

In the morning, Xiao Yu was like him, sweat and dust falling on her face at the same time; after running for half a day, her cheeks and neck had an extra layer of thick mud mask, which weighed at least half a catty when scraped off.

Fortunately, after entering the pass, there were many villages and taverns along the road, so she bought a veil hat and put it on her head, an extended version, which could be called a "bamboo hat," the black sand not only covered her face but also covered most of her body and back.

"Is the Fire Crow Army always at this kind of galloping marching speed?"

The Fire Crow Army was an organic life form after all, and finally stopped at dusk, stopping outside a county town called "Jiming Town."

Marquis Lieyang and the Fire Crow Army set up camp outside the city, while Xiao Yu and Guan Zhong stayed in the most luxurious inn in the city.

Guan Zhong first poured a belly of cold tea "ton ton ton," then wiped his mouth and said: "When chasing the rebel army of the Thirty-Six Nations, it was even faster than now.

Even day and night without stopping, fighting for two thousand miles in two days and one night, directly cutting the 'Chengguang Army' of twenty thousand people of the Lu Kingdom into countless pieces.

The Chengguang Army of the Lu Kingdom is similar to our Western Shu's Luye Guard, both are the most elite troops of the kingdom.

After the twenty thousand Chengguang Army was wiped out, the fifty thousand Lu Kingdom army newly formed behind surrendered directly, but was pitted and killed by Marquis Lieyang."

"I have always heard that the Great Qin Iron Cavalry trampled on the million-strong army of the Thirty-Six Nations; how many troops does the Great Qin Iron Cavalry have? To cut up twenty thousand Chengguang Army, how many people should there be?"

Xiao Yu didn't drink cold tea; she was holding a green-skinned sweet melon, chewing it with juice all over her face.

"It's just what you see now; all the remaining Great Qin Iron Cavalry are in the current Fire Crow Army."

Xiao Yu exclaimed: "Just those hundred Great Qin 'Giants'?"

Guan Zhong also took a sweet melon from the basket and said while chewing: "When crossing the Liusha River, there were more than just a hundred Great Qin giants; there were a full two hundred and fifty!

After fighting continuously for these few months, quite a few Qin warriors died.

Of course, relying only on two hundred and fifty Great Qin warriors, they definitely couldn't level the million-strong alliance.

Our Shu Kingdom also invested tens of thousands of Luye elites.

Miss, you have personally experienced the power of the three-thousand-man Fire Crow formation.

Just a few hundred people can kill human immortals; how terrifying would it be if the power of tens of thousands of people gathered together?

I guess the reason why the Eight Immortals of the West chose Feixian Ferry as the assassination location is because the terrain of Feixian Ferry is narrow, Marquis Lieyang cannot carry too many troops, and it is difficult to set up a formation."

The tactics of the Eight Immortals of the West were indeed to cut off Marquis Lieyang's wings as much as possible.

Whether it was the flag gate escape formation or the flood washing the camp, they were not aimed directly at Marquis Lieyang himself, but at killing the soldiers of the Fire Crow Army.

The fewer soldiers in the Fire Crow Army, theoretically, the weaker Marquis Lieyang's combat power would be.

In the end, the Eight Immortals were miserably defeated, and seeing Marquis Lieyang alone on his horse, the hidden assassins still couldn't help but take action and lose their lives.

This was also Marquis Lieyang's magnanimity.

He felt the Eight Immortals were only enough for an appetizer, so he deliberately used himself as bait to lure the big fish into the net.

"May I ask if Miss Yu is in? I am Wang Rengui, the Jiming County Magistrate, here to pay a visit to Miss Guan Yu and Old Gentleman Guan."

Guan Zhong's sweet melon was half-eaten, and Xiao Yu had just planned to pick up the third sweet melon, when there was a dense sound of footsteps approaching outside the door, and then a middle-aged man's enthusiastic shout.

"What is the county magistrate looking for us for? Uncle Zhong, is he looking for you?"

Xiao Yu was very surprised.

The Guan family is a great family, but she is just a cheap adopted daughter, and Guan Zhong is just a steward of the second master; is it worth the dignified county magistrate to visit in person?

"Miss, don't go out yet; I'll go see."

Although Miss Yu is just a cheap adopted daughter, she is a young lady of the Guan family after all.

How can a young lady of a great family easily go out to meet a man when the other party's purpose is not clear?

Uh, Miss Yu galloped wildly for a whole day today, and the pedestrians on the road all saw it.

Even if the county magistrate came in person, Guan Zhong took his time to finish the sweet melon, wiped his hands and face, and tossed for a cup of tea before opening the front courtyard door, apologizing repeatedly, "Sorry to keep County Magistrate Wang waiting for a long time; this little person is covered in dust, and it's not good to come out to receive a noble person without wiping clean."

"It's Wang's fault for disturbing Miss Yu and Steward Guan."

"No disturbance, no disturbance; this little person just entered the county town and should have gone to the mansion to pay a visit to the old master; it's this little person's rudeness."

Guan Zhong was very polite, even calling himself "little person," but his demeanor and movements were calm and generous, and instead, County Magistrate Wang was a bit restrained.

After chatting at the door for a few sentences, Guan Zhong led County Magistrate Wang into the hall, let him sit in the seat of honor, served tea and melon fruits, and chatted for a few more sentences before entering the topic.

County Magistrate Wang said: "Wang is here to invite Miss Yu and Steward Guan to live in the county government office. And Wang has already asked the chef of Yaxuan Tower to prepare a high-class banquet."

Guan Zhong was a bit surprised; the Guan family's signboard was easy to use, but it was far from this level.

After all, he was not Huchen himself.

As for Miss Yu...

Even if it was the authentic eldest young lady of the Guan family, at most she would find the local county magistrate when encountering trouble, and the county magistrate would help a little, but would never take the initiative to visit, and even prepare guest rooms and banquets in advance.

"Magistrate Wang, neither I nor the young lady have official positions; why bother the magistrate so much!" Guan Zhong left his seat and bowed to County Magistrate Wang.

No matter what purpose County Magistrate Wang had, if others gave high-standard courtesy, he had to express gratitude and return the salute.

County Magistrate Wang was not stupid either, and smiled: "Miss Yu beheaded the hunting flag immortal Kong Zan and abolished 'Moon-Boasting Hermit' Zhou Lang, helping the Central Plains Marquis Lieyang crush the Eight Immortals of the West; now she is famous all over the world and worthy of everyone's respect and worship.

Moreover, Kong Zan and Zhou Lang are both enemies of my Great Shu.

Now that Miss Yu beheaded them and abolished them, it is an immortal merit for the Shu Kingdom; how can Wang not receive her diligently as a Shu official?"

Guan Zhong was not flattered at all, but felt cold in his heart, muttering: "Only one day has passed, and the news of Miss Yu killing Kong Zan is already known to the world?"

Xiao Yu, who was eating melon in the side room, also felt a thud in her heart: Which bastard is using this young lady as a target?! ===== CHAPTER 74 =====