Chapter 190: Soldier-bandits! Shocking news!

Chu Yang looked down at the bearded man. In his memory, the other party was still a handsome young man. After not seeing him for a few years, he had become as sloppy as Li Ge Xiao.

"Is the life of a secret agent so hard? You look so weathered that I almost didn't recognize you." Chu Yang joked with a smile.

"Thanks to the Prince's concern, the affairs of the secret agent are indeed busy. Yi Dao couldn't take care of his appearance, making the Prince laugh."

"Stand up and talk. Everyone here is an old friend."

"Yes."

Gui Hai Yi Dao stood up slowly, doubt flashing in his eyes. The Wise Prince before him seemed to be very different from his impression.

Especially that aura, it was simply more imposing than the Emperor...

Chu Yang said: "Thank you for running this trip. I think there must be a large army waiting outside the city, but the crisis in Jinling City has been resolved, so they are not needed."

Gui Hai Yi Dao couldn't help but ask: "Prince, did someone really kill two Demon Kings?"

Chu Yang showed a playful expression and nodded.

"Who exactly is that Lord Chu in the commoners' mouths? Can you introduce him to me?"

"I don't know when our Human Race produced such a master."

Gui Hai Yi Dao's words made Li Xunhuan and Li Ge Xiao laugh at the same time.

The master was right in front of you, but unfortunately, you couldn't think of it.

"There are more important things for you to do, so don't worry about that Lord Chu!" Chu Yang shook his head and laughed: "First let the army patrol around to see if there are any lingering demons, and then go to Wang Long City to meet the Qi Family Army."

Gui Hai Yi Dao remembered the attitude of the general before and shook his head: "Those people are afraid they won't be willing to go to Wang Long City. Being able to let them come to reinforce Jinling is already reluctant."

Chu Yang frowned: "How could this be."

Gui Hai Yi Dao said solemnly: "The situation in the south has been rotten for a long time, and the imperial court hasn't managed it much. Although these generals don't say it on the surface, they have already set up their own mountain strongholds in private."

"When General Qi was there, they endured without sending out, hoping for this day to come. Now, wanting them to go to Wang Long City to save General Qi is even more of a fantasy."

Chu Yang nodded: "Understood. You take me there, and I will go and reason with them."

Gui Hai Yi Dao shook his head: "Prince, forgive my loss of words. The sky is high and the Emperor is far away. Even if His Majesty came in person, he might not be able to drive these guys with ulterior motives. Your Prince title can't scare them."

Chu Yang didn't say much, striding toward outside the city, followed by Li Ge Xiao and Li Xunhuan.

Gui Hai Yi Dao had no choice but to follow them, muttering in his heart, how did the useless Prince suddenly become so imposing.

Even he was bluffed, following the other party without knowing it.

Not long after, a black army appeared in front of Chu Yang, but what made him unhappy was that the army in front of him couldn't even maintain the most basic formation, and the discipline was a mess.

Rather than soldiers, they were more like bandits.

The bearded general in the lead looked more like the big stronghold leader on the mountain.

"General Zhao, I will introduce you. This is His Highness the Wise Prince, and the other two are Li Ge Xiao and Li Xunhuan."

"You should have heard their names."

The bearded general surnamed Zhao wore a look of disdain, not even sparing them a proper glance, and sneered: "A Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and a top-three scholar—if this were the past, I, Zhao, might have had to grovel a bit, but now..."

"As for the Wise Prince? Hehe."

Li Ge Xiao and Li Xunhuan didn't care about General Zhao's verbal belittling. Looking at the lazy army, they knew that this Zhao was going to be unlucky.

Gui Hai Yi Dao was quite angry. General Zhao speaking like this, where did it put him?

Gui Hai Yi Dao, who was suppressing his anger, said: "General Zhao, I have found that Jinling City is safe. Why don't we take advantage of the situation and go south to solve the predicament of the Qi Family Army."

"Go south? Are you crazy, or am I crazy?" General Zhao looked at the few with the eyes of looking at a fool, "Wang Long City is a dead place. Whoever goes will die. With this effort, I might as well enjoy a few days in Jinling City. This is the wealthiest major city in the south."

"Enjoy?" Chu Yang stared at him coldly. "How to enjoy it, tell me about it."

General Zhao laughed loudly, "Little Prince, you have been in the capital since you were a child and don't know the world. Haven't you heard the saying that bandits are like combs and soldiers are like fine-toothed combs?"

Once these words were spoken, Li Ge Xiao and Li Xunhuan's faces sank.

"If you say this, you deserve to die, don't blame others."

Chu Yang reached out and grabbed the void, and the huge gravitational force instantly sucked General Zhao over.

"Why can't I move!"

General Zhao was shocked and angry. His body was completely out of control, and he couldn't even resist.

"Let go of the General!"

The deputy general closest to him drew the long sword at his waist, shouting the loudest, but didn't take a single step.

The other soldiers had similar reactions. The main general was caught, but not one wanted to risk their lives to save him.

"What a bunch of trash, the safety of the south of the Ming Empire actually depends on you guys!"

Chu Yang held General Zhao's neck tightly, his eyes like knives, coldly sweeping across this group of soldiers.

With a "crack", General Zhao's neck broke directly, and his head rolled from his shoulder like a ball, rolling to the deputy general's feet.

"General Zhao is dead!!!"

The deputy general shouted at the top of his lungs, his expression extremely panicked.

Uproar rose everywhere, and the group of soldiers actually showed signs of fleeing.

Chu Yang felt more and more disappointed.

"How could the Prince..."

From the moment Chu Yang made his move, Gui Hai Yi Dao's brain fell into a crash state. The Wise Prince who had been indulging in wine and pleasure for more than twenty years could kill a general guarding two cities with a wave of his hand.

"Cao Shaoqin and Ma Jinliang left the capital twice in such a hurry, plus Guo Buqing resigned. The reason is..."

As a secret agent of the Dragon Guarding Villa, Gui Hai Yi Dao's mind was still more delicate than others, and he found the truth from the tiny clues.

Thinking of Chu Yang enduring for so many years, carrying the infamy of a useless playboy for so long, Gui Hai Yi Dao felt admiration while also feeling his scalp tingle.

What does the Prince want to do? Gui Hai Yi Dao's body trembled. At this moment, he just wanted to return to the Dragon Guarding Villa as soon as possible and tell his foster father, the Iron-hearted Divine Marquis, everything.

"Brother Yi Dao, don't be in a hurry. First follow the Prince's instructions and take the Qi Family Army back. After that, if you want to do anything, ask the Prince."

Li Ge Xiao quietly hugged Gui Hai Yi Dao's shoulder, using the Jinyiwei's unique capture secret technique to control the other party. Gui Hai Yi Dao subconsciously wanted to break free, but his shoulders felt like they weighed ten thousand pounds.

"Your cultivation has recovered?!!"

"How did you recover it?!!"

Gui Hai Yi Dao looked at Li Ge Xiao in shock. The Iron-hearted Divine Marquis once said that if Li Ge Xiao was injured like that, his martial arts foundation would be less than one in ten, and he would never recover in this life.

"Brother Yi Dao, it's better to take my words to heart. This is for your own life."

Li Ge Xiao suddenly let go, patted Gui Hai Yi Dao on the shoulder, and then retreated to the side, looking at him with a smile.

Gui Hai Yi Dao didn't doubt at all that if he didn't agree, the other party would kill him without hesitation.

"You two take these trash to meet General Qi."

"Don't wait for Duan Tianya to come back?" "No need to wait."

Chu Yang turned and glanced at the deputy general, "Do you have any opinion?"

The deputy general didn't dare to speak anymore. The head of the one who spoke last fell off, and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

"No backbone of a general at all. After this matter is over, get out on your own, don't let me see you again."

After speaking, Chu Yang didn't want to look at him more, turning and leaving.

Leaving Li Ge Xiao and Gui Hai Yi Dao to clean up the mess, they were just a bunch of soldier-bandits, and with the strength of the two of them, they could still suppress them.

Li Xunhuan followed Chu Yang and asked: "Why didn't the Prince ask if I wanted to go?"

Chu Yang said casually: "Didn't you want to leave a long time ago?"

Li Xunhuan was stunned, "How did the Prince see it?"

Chu Yang said: "Some people are born free, like birds without restraint, who may stay in a certain place for a short time, but eventually want to fly to the boundless sky."

These words accurately hit Li Xunhuan's heart, and he couldn't help but sigh: "That jar of Daughter Red back then really tasted good. Being able to drink with the Prince once in this life is truly a happy event."

Chu Yang laughed: "It's a pity that you, a bird, have too many heartbreaking things hidden in your heart. Even if you fly, you can't fly happily."

Sorrow flashed in Li Xunhuan's eyes, but matched with his handsome face and the frost at his temples, the melancholy temperament revealed set off the mature charm of a middle-aged man.

The two returned to Jinling City, wanting to take another look at the injured soldiers, but at the entrance of the medical clinic, they saw Lu Xiaofeng fighting with someone.

The person fighting with Lu Xiaofeng had extraordinary movement techniques, on par with Lu Xiaofeng, but his clothes looked a bit sloppy, and he looked indescribable, not fitting the temperament of a master.

Neither of them used lethal moves, more like friends fighting.

Lu Xiaofeng was still cursing, and Chu Yang and Li Xunhuan stepped forward to hear what he was scolding.

"You flea climbing the wall, and you call yourself the King of Thieves, you have no loyalty at all, leaving us in the Extreme Pleasure Building to wait for death!"

"Lu Xiaoji, you are farting! That was a Great Demon that had become a climate. You two were caught, how could I fight alone? I had to find someone to help!"

"Where are the people?! I looked for so many days, where are you!"

"Ghost knows that the Extreme Pleasure Building has an array. I took people around the mountain for a long time without any clue!"

"And then you stopped looking?!!"

"I have to find a Daoist who understands the way to break the array, otherwise how can I save you!"

"Where is the Daoist?"

"Still looking..."

Lu Xiaofeng was trembling with anger.

With your way of looking, I would be sucked into a dry corpse by that pink skeleton before you found anyone! "Sikong Zhaixing, you are really a bastard."

"Hehe, each other."

Lu Xiaofeng glanced at Chu Yang who was watching the show, so he took the initiative to stop, glared at Sikong Zhaixing fiercely, and walked toward Chu Yang.

Chu Yang joked: "So this is the famous King of Thieves, it looks a bit different from what I imagined."

Lu Xiaofeng explained: "Disguise, that kid's real face isn't this ugly, but it's not much better."

Sikong Zhaixing was anxious, pointing at Lu Xiaofeng and scolding: "Lu Xiaoji, who are you calling ugly?!"

Lu Xiaofeng laughed proudly: "The four of us stand together, you just say who you look better than."

Sikong Zhaixing glanced at Hua Manlou, licked his lips, and found that he didn't seem to be an opponent in terms of appearance, and then looked at Chu Yang and Li Xunhuan, his forehead instantly sweating, finding no room for rebuttal.

Sikong Zhaixing, dejected, waved his hand, "I'll take the loss in this life, let's compare in the next life."

Chu Yang couldn't help laughing. This person is really interesting, no wonder he can become a good friend of Lu Xiaofeng.

Lu Xiaofeng looked around and didn't see Li Ge Xiao's figure, asking: "Where is the drunkard?"

Chu Yang said: "He has serious business to do."

Lu Xiaofeng said with a strange look: "The drunkard still has serious business, the sun really came out from the west."

"Oh! Speaking of serious business, I have a shocking news that I haven't told you, Lu Xiaoji." Sikong Zhaixing said solemnly: "White Cloud City Lord Ye Gucheng is challenging Ximen Chuixue on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. The two want to decide who is the world's number one swordsman, and the location of the duel is at the Peak of the Forbidden City!"

Lu Xiaofeng was shocked, "The night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, isn't that coming soon!"

Hua Manlou frowned: "The Human Race is in a precarious situation, how can they fight internally for their own selfish desires? There are not many martial arts experts who are good at swordsmanship."

"No matter who loses, it is a loss for the Human Race."

Sikong Zhaixing said strangely: "Seven Young Master Hua, you are really naive. Even the Emperor doesn't care about these things, do you still expect us martial arts ruffians to care about the world?"

"The Human Race is already rotten, what future is there to talk about."

Hua Manlou was silent, silently clenching his fists.

Li Xunhuan subconsciously looked at Chu Yang beside him. The latter's expression was calm and indifferent, as if the sky falling was just a small matter.

Chu Yang smiled slightly, "In that case, let's take a boat by water, we should be able to catch up with this big show on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Lu Xiaofeng was shocked, "You want to return to the capital?"

Chu Yang looked at him inexplicably, "Is it possible that I can't return? I'm not a rebellious traitor."

Hearing the word traitor, Lu Xiaofeng's mouth twitched.

Hua Manlou and Li Xunhuan smiled at the same time.

Li Xunhuan restrained his smile, and there was a trace of worry in his eyes, "Can the Prince move to another place and talk to me a few more words?"

Chu Yang nodded and walked to the corner with Li Xunhuan.

Sikong Zhaixing pointed at Chu Yang's back and shouted: "Did you hear what he said just now..."

Lu Xiaofeng used the Lingxi Finger to point at Sikong Zhaixing's mute acupoint, and the latter's voice stopped abruptly.

"Don't shout, there are still people around, why aren't you as smart as a monkey when you should be!" Lu Xiaofeng scolded in his ear, hating that he couldn't make him better.

On the other side, Chu Yang walked to the corner with Li Xunhuan. After waiting for no one around, the other party went straight to the point.

"Everyone knows that my Li family has seven scholars in one family, father and son three top scholars. It can almost be said that since the world changed, my Li family has been an official in the court."

"Therefore, some unknown secrets have been passed down in the family. As for whether they are true or false, the Prince has to judge for himself."

Chu Yang nodded: "No problem, you can speak boldly."

Li Xunhuan then continued: "It is better for the Prince to be cautious when returning to the capital this time. Don't rely on your martial arts cultivation to feel that the throne is within reach. There have been masters like the Prince who coveted the throne before, but no one has ever left the capital alive."

"Otherwise, with Divine Marquis Zhuge's character, how could he tolerate the situation in the Ming Empire being so rotten, he would have cleared the side of the Emperor long ago!"

"Prince!"

"The water in the capital is very deep..."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 191 =====