Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 221 The Troubles of Happiness

Once again walking to the east gate of Qizhou City, Jiang Xuan looked at the gate that was still guarded by disciples of the Qizhou official martial arts school, and his mentality was different from the first time he came here.

When Jiang Xuan first arrived in Qizhou City, he entered through the East Gate. At that time, Jiang Xuan entered the city with the Mandarin Fish Mercenary Group.

"I wonder how the Mandarin Fish Mercenary Group is doing now, and I wonder if Captain Bei has successfully broken through and become a warrior with peak heavenly strength." Jiang Xuan sighed in his heart.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

Just as Jiang Xuan was sighing, a group of people quickly approached the east gate of Qizhou.

Jiang Xuan looked in the direction of the sound and saw a group of more than 30 people, 30% of whom were riding horses and the rest were running on foot.

"stop!"

Sure enough, when the team approached the east gate, they were stopped by two gate guards holding long spears.

The leading man was wearing exquisite metal armor, but without a helmet. He seemed a little angry after being stopped. He immediately jumped off his horse and took out a piece of document from his arms.

"Look, what is this!" The man placed the document in front of one of the guards and shouted.

"The City Lord's Mansion has issued an order that unless there is a document from the City Lord's Mansion, all other documents entering the city will be invalid and must be checked one by one." The guard said in a deep voice.

Jiang Xuan could see that some of the flags on that group had the word "Wu" written on them. It was obvious that this group was from one of the two major families in Qizhou City, the Wu family.

However, the Qizhou City at this time was no longer the original Qizhou City. The city lord had disappeared, and now the imperial envoy sent by the imperial capital was sitting in the city lord's mansion, controlling the operation of the entire Qizhou.

"These documents were agreed upon long ago by the city lord and my Wu family. How can they be invalidated?" The man in armor was very dissatisfied and shouted again.

"As guards at the city gates, we are naturally carrying out the orders of the City Lord's Mansion. There is no point in saying more. If you still want to argue, you can go to the City Lord's Mansion and ask after passing the inspection and entering the city."

Seeing this, another gate guard spoke seriously to the man in armor.

"Check them one by one? Can you afford to delay the Wu family's affairs?" The man still refused to give in.

"Everyone, get off your horses immediately! Accept inspection!" the guard shouted.

Unexpectedly, even after the guard said this, the man still had no intention of retreating. He stood straight and confronted the two gate guards.

Jiang Xuan had seen this kind of situation many times in Yingzhou. It was nothing more than people from large families relying on their power to quickly pass the customs.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xuan no longer planned to continue watching the excitement at the East Gate. He walked out of the queue and prepared to enter the city through other gates.

"Ling... Senior Brother Ling?" Just as Jiang Xuan walked out of the team and was about to turn around and leave, a warrior in the team saw Jiang Xuan.

Jiang Xuan had changed his appearance with the help of Old Sha as early as when he entered the winning group in the Five States Martial Arts Competition. The appearance he presented at this moment was naturally Ling Honghe, who won the first place in the Heavenly Stage Group of this Five States Martial Arts Competition.

"It's Senior Brother Ling!" The warrior once again confirmed Jiang Xuan's identity, and after seeing that it was indeed Ling Honghe, he shouted excitedly.

Suddenly, many warriors in the queue at the city gate left the team, walked towards where Jiang Xuan was, and surrounded him.

The man who had just been arguing with the city gate guards unexpectedly stopped arguing with them upon hearing the words "Senior Brother Ling" and ran to the crowd to see if it was Ling Honghe. This sudden situation left Jiang Xuan somewhat bewildered. He smiled and greeted the warriors surrounding him.

"Everyone, I came to Qizhou City for some business, and I have to hurry into the city, so I won't stay outside the city for too long." After Jiang Xuan finished speaking, he began to try to walk out.

"Senior Brother Ling wants to enter the city, hurry up." Someone in the crowd said this, and Jiang Xuan was surrounded by the crowd and came to the city gate and in front of the two gate guards.

The two city gate guards naturally saw the situation clearly and knew what had happened.

However, as guards at the city gate, they could not leave their post without permission. They could only suppress their curiosity and stay at the city gate.

Now, Ling Honghe was surrounded by the crowd and pushed to the city gate, right in front of the two of them. Naturally, their curiosity was satisfied.

After comparing it with the Ling Honghe in their memories, the two looked at each other and confirmed Ling Honghe's identity.

"Senior Brother Ling, what brings you to Qizhou City this time?" One of the city gate guards asked politely, clasping his fists towards Jiang Xuan.

"Two senior brothers, to be honest, I came to Qizhou City this time to find a friend who is a native of Qizhou." Jiang Xuan also said to the two city gate guards with a fist salute.

In Qizhou City, the four city gates in the east, west, south and north are guarded by the city guards. One of the largest sources of the city guards is Qizhou’s official martial arts school, the Qizhou Martial Arts School. Moreover, the guards at the city gates are all warriors with peak heavenly strength.

In this way, the two guards who are currently guarding the east gate of Qizhou City, no matter their names, should be warriors with peak Heavenly Rank strength.

In this case, it is reasonable for Jiang to declare them as senior brothers.

Martial artists at the peak of Heavenly Rank often address each other in this way to show respect for each other.

"Okay, in that case, we will check for Senior Brother Ling first." said one of the city gate guards.

"That won't do. I have some things to do in the north of the city, so let's go to the north gate first." Jiang Xuan said.

It's not that he doesn't want to pass through quickly, but the commotion at this moment has attracted too much attention. Entering the city under such circumstances will not only cause dissatisfaction in some people, but also be too conspicuous, which are not what he wants.

"Brother Ling, I am from the Wu family. I have a very vivid memory of Brother Ling's performance at the Five States Martial Arts Show."

The man who had previously argued with the city gate guard was now extremely gentle and expressed his admiration for Jiang Xuan.

"Thank you very much." Jiang Xuan politely clasped his fists to express his gratitude to the man.

"Everyone, since this is the order from the City Lord's Mansion, please wait patiently for the inspection. Ling will take his leave first." Jiang Xuan glanced at the man and the two city gate guards and said calmly.

"Of course, of course." The man also changed his previous attitude and signaled all the people in the team to dismount immediately in order to accept inspection by the guards at the city gate.

At this time, Jiang Xuan had already left the east gate of Qizhou City and walked slowly towards the north of Qizhou City.

He thought of another way to get into the city quickly and without much effort.

Firstly, it allows you to enter the city quickly, and secondly, it doesn't attract too much attention.

(End of this chapter)