Ming Dynasty: pacifying the rebellion and defending the border, dominating the world

Chapter 21 A Troubled Journey Home
On the other side, after leaving Tiance Mansion, Lu Xiaofeng looked much more relaxed.

Because a huge stone in my heart finally fell to the ground.

"I didn't expect to have such an unexpected gain on this trip." Lu Xiaofeng played with the golden token, his face full of emotion.

"Don't be too happy too soon." Ximen Chuxue's cold voice sounded: "The case of Prince Su being framed for treason and collaborating with the enemy has wide-ranging implications. It could easily involve the Prince's Palace, the six ministries, the cabinet, and even the Emperor. You have no official position, and even with the secret guard golden order given to you by Prince Su to protect your life, it would be extremely difficult for you to track down the case."

"If you make a mistake, you could end up with nothing."

"Let's first think about the consequences if we fail to complete the mission."

To frame a prince of the current dynasty, and a frontier prince like Prince Su Zhu Jinzhen who holds a large army, for treason, the mastermind behind the scenes must have had a big plan. To have such powerful means, his power was so huge that even the sword god Ximen Chuxue was wary of him.

"I think I understand now."

Lu Xiaofeng's heart was heavy, but he still had a smile on his face. "But in the meantime, I need you to accompany me to meet someone. He may be able to provide me with the key clues to break the deadlock."

"Who?"

"You'll know when you get there."

Lu Xiaofeng kept the secret.

After the few people walked away, some of the vendors and pedestrians on both sides of the street turned into the box, and some returned to the room, and quickly passed on Lu Xiaofeng's message.

After a while, pigeons flew out in different directions.

"It's an important border area after all, and it's really a mixed bag."

"There are so many carrier pigeons flying outside the Great Wall. Mongol Yuan? Liao? Song? Sui? Or all of them?"

Looking at the flying pigeons in the sky, Sikong Zhaixing, who had disguised himself and mingled with the crowd before leaving Tiance Mansion, had a sarcastic smile on his lips. The twelve Earthly Branches behind him wrote down the locations where all the pigeons flew from.

These spies from all sides are very hidden. If it weren't for Lu Xiaofeng as bait, I'm afraid they wouldn't have caught so many people.

This also illustrates one thing.

Lu Xiaofeng's motives may not be a secret to some people.

His every move was monitored by someone with ulterior motives.

"Your Highness is truly wise. He knows that there must be more than one force behind Lu Xiaofeng's being used as a pawn." A lone figure looked in the direction where Lu Xiaofeng and the others left and shook his head. "He's like a puppet right now. He seems to have his own ideas, but in reality, he's just being manipulated at will."

"The person he wants to meet, if nothing unexpected happens, should be similar to what Your Highness guessed."

"Follow me."

Upon hearing this, Sikong Zhaixing and other secret guards gathered and dispersed like flowing clouds and disappeared from the spot in an instant.

On the other side, Lu Xiaofeng and his companions had already walked away.

Hua Manlou listened to Xia Feng's voice with his ears tilted, and couldn't help but shake his head and laugh: "Lu Xiaofeng, it seems that our troubles are even bigger than expected."

"They seem to know that you will come to Jiayuguan." Ximen Chuxue did not look back, but he could still sense those vague gazes lingering on the three of them.

“I don’t find this strange either.”

Lu Xiaofeng shrugged, his whereabouts were not secret.

The news about Zhu Jinzhen's conspiracy to rebel and collaborate with the enemy did not come from just one person, but from the mouths of multiple intelligence and judicial institutions in the court. With so many people and so many different opinions, it was inevitable that the news would leak out.

It was no surprise that he was targeted.

These people seemed to know the purpose of his coming to Jiayuguan, which is thought-provoking.

"Lu Xiaofeng, my master wants to see you."

"Look, trouble's here." Lu Xiaofeng shrugged, as if he had expected it. "The Four Gangs of Qinghai, the Six Righteous Men of Mo Nan (horse bandits), weren't you rats in the gutter killed by His Royal Highness Prince Su a long time ago?" "Why are you out again?"

"What kind of master did you find?"

The man in a green robe at the head of the group had a slightly changed expression. "Snakes have their ways, and rats have their ways. No matter how powerful Prince Su is, can he really dig out and kill all the rats underground?"

"Alas, but I just agreed to help Prince Su verify something, so I really don't have time to meet your master."

"How about this."

Lu Xiaofeng raised his finger and said jokingly, "Go back and tell your master that if he can persuade His Royal Highness Prince Su to show mercy, then I will go with you."

"If you don't eat the toast, you will be punished with a drink."

"Choke~!"

A flash of snow-white sword light was like a lightning strike, easily cutting the throats of several people who were blocking the way.

The few people who had just uttered the harsh words fell down with their hands covering their throats in disbelief. Then they saw that Ximen Chuxue, whose face was completely expressionless and whose snow-white clothes were spotless, indifferently blew away the blood on the hilt of the sword and slowly put the sword back into the black sheath.

Ximen Chuxue rarely spoke: "You don't have much time, and my time is also precious. Let's go."

"Indeed, business is more important."

Lu Xiaofeng nodded in approval.

After a few people left, people behind them quickly left.

"As expected of the Sword God Ximen Chuxue, even if he's not number one in the swordsmanship of Zhixuan Realm, he's still among the top three in the Ming Dynasty. That sword strike just now was incredibly sharp and incredibly skillful. He killed those idiots before they even had time to bleed from their throats. I didn't even get a clear look at how he struck the sword."

"It seems that we still need to be more cautious when dealing with Lu Xiaofeng and the others."

Several figures came together, checked the cause of death of the person who blocked the road, and then left quickly.

Soon, another uninvited guest landed in front of the corpses, nudged them with his foot in disgust, and checked the almost invisible sword marks on the wounds, feeling quite troubled.

"I was wondering why the previous owner was so generous this time, willing to pay 200,000 taels to kill Lu Xiaofeng. It turns out he's accompanied by the Sword God Ximen Chuxue."

"How about asking Wu Bing for help?"

"And Brother Bai Er?"

"Or the immortal one?"

Ji Wuli fell into deep thought. If he succeeded in this deal, he would become one of the highest-paid killers in the Ming Dynasty, more expensive than the three major underworld families and Pinggu Yidianhong and those rubbish.

But the problem is also before us.

"It's not difficult to convince Wu Bing to help. The difficult part is Second Brother Bai. He's a good Thief King, but he's retired from the martial arts world instead of following others' lead. It's not easy to get him to help me contain or even kill Lu Xiaofeng or Hua Manlou."

"As for that immortal old Master Gongsun Wulong..."

"Huh? Someone is here again?"

Ji Wuli's figure flashed and he was several feet away. In two moves, he disappeared from here.

Several mysterious figures seemed to be walking in the air. They were dozens of feet away the previous moment, and appeared in front of the corpses the next moment. The information revealed by such lightness skills was undoubtedly frightening.

The person coming is the Grand Master!!
When the person who was secretly watching saw who was coming, he immediately gave up the idea and turned away.

"This female devil is here too?"

"Let's go, let's go."

(End of this chapter)