Chapter 435: Capture and Kill

Zhu Shoujing led the attendants in a death battle with Zheng Anqi.

Tang Lanzhou waited for the returning leader of the Imperial Guards and was heading to Jiang Mi Lane, preparing to sweep away the civil official forces in the Great Ming court.

And on the other side, An Ziyang and Mei Qinghe were also killing.

Killing Jianghu people.

If Tang Lanzhou was conducting large-scale, cluster-based efficient centralized slaughter, then what they were doing was the most in line with the reputation of the Embroidered Uniform Guard—search, interrogation, slaughter.

For example, if officials were sheep, they would gather together when encountering a crisis and use their concentrated power and relationships to defend against the enemy. Then Jianghu people were like birds, flying away in all directions at the first sign of danger, using others as their "cushions" by drawing lots.

There was no superiority or inferiority between the two; the power of officials was collective and power-based, while the power of Jianghu people was individual and martial-based, and their reactions in a crisis were all out of their own habits.

But for the side doing the killing, it was obviously more troublesome to kill Jianghu people than officials.

Fortunately, this was the capital.

The lair of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Following Zhu Zai's order, countless Embroidered Uniform Guards living in the Embroidered Uniform Guard office spread out along the streets like a flock of crows leaving their nest, splashing blood and wails on every street.

As for An Ziyang and Mei Qinghe, they had no time to take care of the small fry of those second and third-rate sects.

They were going to catch the real big fish.

Facing the midday sun, An Ziyang walked slowly into an inn with his hands behind his back. Two attendants with white hair and beards and hunched backs followed behind, each carrying a massive iron box.

"Battalion Commander."

An Embroidered Uniform Guard cupped his fists, and when he separated his hands, sticky blood threads stretched between his gloves.

"Interrogated."

"Last night, the female disciple Liu Jin seized was from the Kunlun Sect, and was one of the first batches to arrive in the capital. And from the timing, they had already set off before the news released by Yingzhou reached the Kunlun Sect territory."

An Ziyang twisted his fingers, his brow furrowed.

"Kunlun Sect, what is the relationship between that woman and Qiao Cailian?"

The Embroidered Uniform Guard lowered his head.

"Qiao Cailian is the master of the current Kunlun Sect leader, and that woman is the biological daughter of the Kunlun leader... Last night, that leader also died at the hands of His Majesty."

An Ziyang raised an eyebrow.

It had to be said, ever since following Li Miao, whether intentionally or unintentionally, these small actions of his were becoming more and more like Li Miao.

"The Kunlun Sect is also a sect that has been inherited for a long time. In terms of foundation, it is already the strongest tier below Shaolin and Wudang. If it were just rumors spread by Yingzhou, it shouldn't have been enough for them to bet their Heaven-Men and leader."

"Just relying on that woman last night, they couldn't make such a big scene."

"Among these Jianghu people, there is more than one clone of Liu Jin."

An Ziyang turned around and waved his hand.

The Embroidered Uniform Guards in the room raised their blade edges in unison and slashed down at the people kneeling on the ground.

Clatter—

Blood splashed, flowing along the ground.

"Liu Jin's clones are limited. To incite so many Jianghu people to come to the capital, at least seven or eight clones are needed to do it. He certainly didn't do it for the scene last night."

"Heh, that's just right."

"Just right to circle Liu Jin's clones together and slaughter them."

An Ziyang walked out of the inn, dozens of Embroidered Uniform Guards lined up on both sides, bowing in unison.

An Ziyang pointed a finger.

"Sweep through street by street for this Battalion Commander, kick open the doors and search house by house. No need for interrogation, but anyone with scars on their body, calluses on their hands, or flesh on their body, kill them directly for this Battalion Commander."

"No need to care whether they are innocent or not. Since they dare to come and join the fun, they must leave their lives behind."

"Go ahead and kill, this Battalion Commander will bear the human lives!"

The Embroidered Uniform Guards took the order in unison.

"Yes! —"

They turned and mounted their horses, scattering along both sides of the street. At this time, the killing in the room was also finished.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard who had just spoken to An Ziyang walked to An Ziyang's side and asked in a low voice.

"Battalion Commander, sweeping like this, in the end, it only sweeps out some small fry... The real threat is still those famous sects, perhaps they still have Heaven-Men who haven't appeared."

An Ziyang glanced at him.

"Can you think of it, and this Battalion Commander wouldn't?"

He turned his palm over and brought it in front of that person.

That person looked, and was surprised.

In An Ziyang's palm, there were more than a dozen Gu worms like silkworm cocoons.

"Battalion Commander, this is?"

"An improved version of the Love Gu, raised by Battalion Commander Li. Mother and son double Gu, no need to plant them in lovers, for positioning."

An Ziyang waved his hand, and the dozen Gu worms were thrown into the air and fell back into his palm, then they seemed to be shaken awake, and began to shake their heads in An Ziyang's hand.

That Embroidered Uniform Guard didn't understand, watched for a long while, but gradually widened his eyes—these Gu worms shook for a while, and actually pointed their heads in the same direction in unison!

An Ziyang flicked his hand and put them away, sneering.

"When carrying the coffin last night, more than a dozen fools came to carry it together. I saw they were still simple, so I didn't ask His Majesty to take their lives... But this Battalion Commander left these positioning Gu worms on them."

"I originally thought that if they really left, this Battalion Commander would take the initiative not to pursue their sects. But I didn't expect that these dozen Gu worms would point in the same direction."

"Not only did they not leave, they even gathered together."

An Ziyang's smile became more ferocious.

"More than a dozen people belonging to different sects, who saw His Majesty slaughtering last night, not only didn't flee, but gathered together?"

"This Battalion Commander wants to see—who gave them the guts."

"You kill these small fish and shrimp clean for this Battalion Commander, I will deal with those big fish with the two attendants!"

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Mei Qinghe slashed horizontally with her sword, cutting off the head of the person in front of her, and the corpse fell down with the weapon in its hand.

She didn't look, stepped over the pool of blood and walked forward.

All around were people fighting, and not far away there were loud noises of Heaven-Men fighting, constantly exploding in her ears.

Mei Qinghe passed through the crowd and stared at a woman hiding in the corner.

This woman looked very young, with a baby face, her stature not yet grown, hiding in the corner with both hands covering her ears and trembling incessantly, even the long sword at her waist slipped out by half.

Rather than saying she was a Jianghu person, it was better to say she was a frightened child.

But Mei Qinghe did not take it lightly at all.

She approached slowly, her sword intent pointing at the vital points of the woman's body.

"Stop pretending."

"You are Liu Jin."

That woman heard Mei Qinghe's words, but had no reaction at all, just buried her head lower, like an ostrich unwilling to face reality.

Mei Qinghe continued coldly.

"Although I... am not good at scheming, I practice the sword technique personally passed down by the Commander. He hopes that I can break away from the shackles of the five decays of Heaven-Men, so he added quite a bit of his understanding of Nature Cultivation to it."

"Since I practiced this sword technique, everyone in the world has become a sword of different forms in my heart. Regardless of appearance, only intuition."

"Like you, a sword blade that is rusted, smells pungent, and the sword body is twisted like a snake but has no sword handle, I have only seen one."

Mei Qinghe said slowly.

"That sword is called Liu Jinyi."

Following her words, the woman's trembling stopped.

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 436 =====