Liver into a martial arts legend: starting with Embroidered Spring Blade

Chapter 28 The Ghostwriter Becomes Blind

Rumors in the rivers and lakes:

The jackals are fierce, the female ghosts are sinister, the blind man is cruel, and no one survives under the white-headed man's knife.

The rumor refers to the four top ghostwriters in the world, all of whom are first-class masters.

The Ming Dynasty was a time of great martial arts, and there were many masters. Generally speaking, unless one was a notorious flower thief like Tian Boguang who traveled around committing crimes, a first-rate master would at most only be famous within the prefecture or county.

The reason why these four ghostwriters are famous in the world is that they do not mingle in the underworld, but work for the court.

Over the years, the Ming Dynasty has been plagued by internal and external troubles, and the constant conflicts between the good and evil forces in the martial arts world have led to frequent cases in various places.

In order to improve the efficiency of solving cases, the imperial court set up rewards in various states and provinces. Anyone could announce the reward and capture the outlaws to receive the reward. Thus, a profession was gradually born -

Ghostwriter.

As the name suggests, "guo dao" means to do something by taking the blame and exchanging one's life for money.

Cheng Xiazi is one of the four most famous ghostwriters in the past two years, and has helped the court solve many bounty-laden cases.

Jiang Xuan and Xu Longqing looked at each other, and as they looked at the blind swordsman who walked into the restaurant, they both guessed his identity.

The blind man had just walked into the door when he suddenly stopped, sniffed, and said in a low voice, "The smell of blood? And... a knife?"

clang~

The blind man swept the "blind stick" in his hand and just happened to sweep the short knife that Tian Boguang dropped on the ground.

Wow…

Before they could figure out the situation, they suddenly heard the sound of heavy footsteps outside. A group of soldiers rushed in with sharp weapons, including many yamen runners.

When they saw the situation in the restaurant, everyone instantly felt as if they were facing a great enemy and stared at Jiang Xuan and others closely.

After a while, a middle-aged man in a green official uniform walked in.

"Your Excellency the Registrar!" All the officers, soldiers and servants saluted hurriedly.

The middle-aged man's face suddenly changed when he saw what was happening inside the restaurant. His expression immediately turned serious: "How dare you..."

Before he finished speaking, Xu Longqing took out the badge from his arms and placed it in front of him.

When he saw the words "Jinyi Qinjun" in the middle of his waist badge, the middle-aged man's body softened and he knelt down directly. With a look of panic on his face, he said, "I am the Anyang County Magistrate. I am honored to meet you, Your Excellency!"

Wow…

The surrounding officers, soldiers and runners also knelt down, not even daring to raise their heads.

His identity exposed, Jiang Xuan shook his head, too lazy to bother with the trivial matters here. He glanced at the body on the ground and said, "This man is the wanted criminal, the flower thief Tian Boguang. You should deal with him according to the rules. Come back to me when you are done."

After saying that, he glanced at Cheng the Blind next to him and walked out directly, planning to find another restaurant to eat.

"call……"

Only after the footsteps faded did the Anyang County Dianshi dare to raise his head. His face was covered in sweat. He sighed and said, "I'm so scared! How could such a big shot from the Jinyiwei come to our little place?"

He looked around and saw Yi Lin sitting still and the blind man standing in front of him who also didn't move. He felt embarrassed and shouted, "Who are you? How dare you not kneel before the Lord?!"

"The ghostwriter is Blind Cheng." Blind Cheng also took out his identity badge and showed it to him.

"Are you the famous ghostwriter Cheng Xiazi?"

The Anyang County Magistrate was a little surprised, but then he glanced at the corpse on the ground and understood immediately: "You are here for this flower-stealing thief Tian Boguang, right?"

"Yes, but it's late."

Blind Cheng shook his head, turned and walked out.

The official was stunned for a moment, then quickly shouted, "Blind man, Tian Boguang's head is worth five hundred taels, don't you want it?"

"I didn't kill him, I don't want it."

The blind man walked further and further away.

"It wasn't him who killed him, it was... those two officers just now?!"

The Dianshi hurriedly said, "Quick! Dispose of the body, take all the belongings, then go to the yamen to get the reward silver and deliver it to the official!"

"Yes!" Several yamen runners immediately stepped forward to deal with the body.

The registrar breathed a sigh of relief, then noticed Yi Lin standing beside him. He frowned and shouted, "How dare you! Which nunnery are you from? I've been here for so long, and you still dare to sit still?"

A yamen runner stepped forward, took a look, and said cautiously, "Sir, it seems she has been hit by the legendary Sunflower Acupoint Pressing Technique..."

Dianshi: "???"

……

Half an hour later.

In another restaurant in the city, Jiang Xuan and his companion finally got their wish and had their meal.

While eating, Xu Longqing looked at Jiang Xuan with a look of respect: "Sir, have you broken through to the first level?"

"Tian Boguang is a notorious flower thief in the martial arts world. He is said to have reached the first-rate level. Even the four assassins have been chasing him for a long time but have not been able to kill him. I never thought that he would die in your hands today!"

"No." Jiang Xuan shook his head. "No?" Xu Longqing was stunned.

Jiang Xuan's face was calm, and his mind was still recalling the battle with Tian Boguang.

According to the classification in the underworld, he has indeed not reached the top level.

Because his three martial arts are only at the great success level, none of them has reached perfection.

However, the success displayed on the system panel seems to be different from what is judged in the world.

It seems to be more refined than the ones judged by the world.

If we add the advantage of physical fitness, the gap will probably be even greater.

For example, Xu Longqing and the deceased Chu Mo were both at the great perfection level of Xiuchun Sword Skills, but based on the combat power they had demonstrated before, Jiang Xuan felt that he could easily crush them.

It was precisely because of this advantage that he was able to join the battle between Qiu Moyan and Xue Yanchuan that night, and cooperate with Qiu Moyan to successfully kill Xue Yanchuan.

The same is true for killing Tian Boguang today.

However, today's results were accidental.

One was that Tian Boguang was arrogant and did not use his full strength in the fight; the other was that he relied on his great archery skills to launch a sneak attack.

Otherwise, it is not certain who will win or lose.

Tian Boguang's strength is definitely not weaker than Qiu Moyan and Xue Yanchuan, and may even be stronger.

Based on these battles, Jiang Xuan judged that his actual combat power at this time should have surpassed the second-rate level, but compared with those masters who had been studying in the first-rate realm for a long time, there was still some gap.

Probably, it is equivalent to some masters who have just entered the first level.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but look forward to what level he would reach when he was promoted to the first-class level. Would he be able to match those innate masters who had cultivated internal strength, or even the legendary masters?
Just as Jiang Xuan was lost in thought, Xu Longqing suddenly coughed and reminded him, "Sir, the people from Anyang County Court are here."

Jiang Xuan came back to his senses and looked up. Sure enough, he saw three people in official uniforms coming up the stairs and approaching him. The leader was the Dianshi from before.

"I am Di Gui, a humble servant, and I am here to pay my respects to the Lord!" The registrar stepped forward respectfully and saluted.

Jiang Xuan nodded slightly: "Is Tian Boguang's case handled?"

"Your Excellency, it has been delivered to the county government office. Official documents will be posted tomorrow and reported to the prefect."

The Dianshi said this, waving his hand. Two people behind him immediately stepped forward and respectfully presented two trays. "On behalf of the Magistrate and all the innocent women who were harmed by the rapist Tian Boguang, we thank you for eliminating this thief."

"This is the five hundred taels of silver you received for beheading the rapist, as well as the fifty taels of silver found on him, and the martial arts manual he practiced."

Cheats?

Jiang Xuan's eyes lit up, and he reached out to pick up the two yellowed pages on the tray, flipping them open. On them were written the words "Kuangfeng Sword Technique" and "Duyun Body Technique".

It was indeed Tian Boguang’s famous skill. I didn’t expect this guy to have it with him.

This was an unexpected surprise.

It seems that I still need to develop the habit of touching the corpse after killing someone. I almost missed it...

Jiang Xuan was delighted and put the secret book into his arms. He then looked at the Anyang Dianshi and praised him, "You have done well. When I return to the capital, I will report back to the higher-ups and point out the achievements of your Anyang County Office."

The fact that the silver and secret books were found and not hidden was truly rare.

The Dianshi was immediately delighted and said quickly, "Thank you, sir!"

"Well, go ahead." Jiang Xuan waved his hand.

The Registrar hesitated for a moment and said, "Sir, there is one more thing. You rescued that nun in the restaurant. She seems to have been hit by an acupuncture point and is still unable to move. We don't know how to release the acupuncture points, so we don't know what to do with her..."

Yilin?

Jiang Xuan was stunned for a moment, then said, "She is a disciple of the Beiyue Hengshan Sect. You can find a carriage to send her back to Hengshan, or send someone to notify the Hengshan Sect, and someone from her sect will come to pick her up."

"Yes, I understand." The registrar left respectfully.

Jiang Xuan looked at the piles of silver on the table, and his mood became even happier.

A horse will not be fat without night grass, and a man will not be rich without windfall.

This is indeed true.

After this trip, plus what I earned in the northern border, it’s almost a thousand taels of silver.

Especially this Tian Boguang, whose head was actually worth five hundred taels, he was indeed a well-known flower-stealing thief in the world.

Jiang Xuan couldn't help but feel the urge to change his career and become a ghostwriter.

But think about it.

It is too dangerous for a ghostwriter to exchange his life for money. Relatively speaking, it is safer to be a Jinyiwei.

Moreover, working hard to climb up and gaining power is better than anything else.

Shaking his head, Jiang Xuan knocked on the table and said, "Let's divide it. You take one hundred taels."

Xu Longqing's eyes lit up, his breathing quickened, and he quickly said, "Yes, thank you, sir!"

(End of this chapter)