Chapter 65: Yin Xuan has returned!

Whoosh!

The long spear swept across, the force of the wind whistling and piercing to the ear.

"Not good!"

Michael was greatly alarmed. He had just split two bluestone slabs with his sword when his pupils suddenly constricted.

The long spear swept over, and only afterimages could be seen.

He had no time to think, hurriedly pushing off with both feet and leaping into the air.

Crack!

Neigh!

The long spear snapped, and the purebred horse let out a mournful cry.

Although the horse's leg was struck, its speed was too fast, and the horse's leg bone was extremely hard, so even the long spear had snapped.

After all, this was just an ordinary long spear.

The silvery-white spearhead shot out, embedding itself into a bluestone slab several meters away.

The purebred horse fell forward, slamming violently into the ground and sliding six or seven meters before stopping. Michael landed on the ground with a fright but no harm, but before he could stand steady, Yin Qi's attack arrived again.

Although it lacked a spearhead, using a wooden staff as a spear was also fine.

The tip of the staff thrust over, like a poisonous dragon opening its mouth.

Michael could only hurriedly dodge, avoiding this thrust.

But Yin Qi flicked his wrist, and the body of the staff struck Michael's body. He felt a sharp pain in his chest, almost losing his breath, and he retreated repeatedly.

The ensuing battle was entirely Yin Qi pressing Michael and beating him.

He fully utilized the advantage of the staff's length, dancing it like a spear until it was airtight, forcing Michael to retreat constantly.

Let alone getting close, he didn't even have the strength to fight back.

This was still Yin Qi showing mercy; otherwise, the battle would have ended long ago.

This Michael's martial arts might be decent, enough to rival the Great Completion of Bright Jin, but in front of him, it was somewhat lacking.

Michael felt incomparably aggrieved, roaring repeatedly, waving the sword in his hand to try and hard-chop the staff.

With the sharpness of a Western sword, it should certainly be able to easily cut it.

But Yin Qi deliberately did not grant his wish, his spear technique vicious, forcing Michael to constantly retreat and defend.

After dozens of moves, seeing that the timing was about right.

Yin Qi's spear technique changed again, becoming even more violent and swift, directly sending Michael flying with a strike of the staff, finally falling to the ground, barely able to crawl up.

"Good spear technique!"

Nalan Yuanshu's eyes were bright, filled with appreciation.

A person like this, thrown onto the battlefield, as long as they trained for a year or two, would absolutely become a fierce general.

The surrounding commoners, seeing this, also cheered one after another:

"Haha, Yin Qi actually won! These foreigners deserve to be beaten!"

"Foreign devils, roll back to your own country! This isn't a place for you to run wild!"

"My goodness, am I the only one who noticed? How is Second Young Master Yin's martial arts so good? Wasn't it said he was incompetent and unlearned?"

Michael's eyes were angry, his gaze fixed tightly on Yin Qi.

The other eleven knights also glared with anger.

They were eager to try, wishing they could surround and kill him.

But looking at the government soldiers eyeing them covetously nearby, they could only aggrievedly endure it.

Nalan Yuanshu looked at Michael and said, "Mr. Michael, it is very clear that you have lost. If you are not convinced, this official can allow you to challenge him again, how about that?"

"Nalan!"

"Let's go!"

Michael was extremely hateful; how could he not hear the sarcasm and mockery in Nalan Yuanshu's words?

He glared at Yin Qi once more and turned to leave.

Seeing this, the other eleven knights could only leave one after another.

However, one person dismounted and gave his own mount to Michael.

Yin Qi threw away the wooden staff and bowed to Nalan Yuanshu in thanks: "Many thanks, My Lord."

If Nalan Yuanshu hadn't come to hold the fort, today would never have ended well.

Although he had offended this group of foreigners to death, Yin Qi was not too worried, because the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom uprising was imminent, and he could completely fish in troubled waters and kill them all.

By then, the imperial court and Britain would only shift their hatred onto the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and it would have nothing to do with him.

Nalan Yuanshu smiled lightly: "A small matter. This official thinks highly of you. This official will still be staying in Shanyin for a period of time; if you have any matters, feel free to come to the Yamen to find this official."

Yin Qi naturally would not decline, putting on a full show, looking deeply grateful: "Many thanks, My Lord!"

"Hmm. Let's go!"

Nalan Yuanshu nodded, turned his horse's head, and left.

The onlookers, seeing this, also dispersed one after another.

But three people walked out from the crowd, one of whom shouted excitedly: "Second brother, well done! You taught these foreign devils a good lesson for me. Big brother is truly too happy."

"Big brother!"

Yin Qi was both surprised and happy; the person who had come was none other than Yin Xuan.

"Eldest Young Master!"

The head steward and others were also incomparably surprised, exclaiming one after another.

A quick-witted servant had already turned and run into the mansion, presumably to report the good news to Yin Chengtao and his wife.

Yin Qi strode forward, and at the same time, he also saw two Japanese people following behind Yin Xuan.

One man and one woman, both very young.

The man was quite handsome, and the woman was charming and beautiful.

"Big brother, it's great that you're okay. We thought..."

Yin Qi was overjoyed. He turned his head to look at the two Japanese people, frowning: "Big brother, who are they...?"

Yin Xuan introduced happily: "Second brother, let me introduce you. This is Fujiwara Jiro, my classmate when I was studying abroad in Japan, and this is his younger sister, Fujiwara Xuezi. If it weren't for them saving our lives this time, we probably wouldn't have been able to return."

Although he didn't like Japanese people, hearing that it was this pair of siblings who saved Yin Xuan, Yin Qi was still very grateful: "Many thanks to you both. Big brother, this isn't a place to talk. Let's enter the mansion. Father and Mother don't know how worried they've been about you these days."

"Right, right! Jiro, Xuezi, let's enter the mansion and talk!"

Yin Xuan nodded hurriedly.

After returning to the mansion, Yin Qi had people lead Fujiwara Jiro and his sister to the main hall to be entertained.

He and Yin Xuan walked toward their parents' courtyard, but they didn't expect to meet halfway.

Yin Chengtao and his wife hurried up, weeping with joy and excitedly saying: "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back!"

Yin Shishi was also extremely excited, her eyes turning red: "Big brother!"

"Father, Mother, Little Sister, I'm back!"

Yin Xuan's eyes also turned red, his voice choked with sobs.

After meeting, everyone slowly calmed their emotions and returned together to their parents' courtyard.

In the hall.

Yin Chengtao slowly recounted what had happened during this period.

That night, he was forced to jump off the boat, but his fate was not to end; he encountered a wooden board floating on the sea surface, which was why he didn't sink to the bottom of the sea.

Later, relying on a tenacious belief in survival, he held on until daytime, and it wasn't until he saw a ship passing by and was saved onto the ship that he couldn't hold on anymore and fainted.

This faint lasted for two days, and when he woke up, his injuries had stabilized.

In reality, although he had many injuries, most were superficial, and even the injury to his abdomen had not damaged his internal organs.

Upon learning that the ones who saved him were Japanese classmates, he sighed at his good luck.

Although he was worried about his family, he couldn't get out of bed, so he could only entrust Fujiwara Jiro to inquire about news. After knowing that the Yin family was fine, and instead Jason and Davis had been killed, he finally set his mind at ease.

It wasn't until he got out of bed today that he couldn't wait to go home, and he happened to run into Yin Qi's battle with Michael.

Yin Chengtao frowned.

Because he harbored hostility toward Japanese people from the bottom of his heart.

But the other party had saved Yin Xuan, which made his mood somewhat complicated.

Yin Xuan also noticed Yin Chengtao's expression. He said sternly: "Father, even if you are hostile toward Japanese people, even if Japanese people have wolfish ambitions, you can't just strike everyone down with one stick."

Yin Chengtao wanted to refute, but finally sighed: "Although Japanese people are unkind, they ultimately have a debt of gratitude to us. How about this, see what help they need, and repay this kindness as soon as possible."

Yin Xuan frowned; he understood his father's thoughts.

After thinking about it for a moment, I decided not to dwell on it further and said, "By the way, Father, I heard that the foreigners came to the door twice. How did we handle them? Also, what's the story with them being killed at the prefecture office?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 66 =====