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Chapter 105, The Mo Family's Divine Slaughter (Seeking monthly votes and subscriptions!)
A cold glint flashed in Xu Qing's eyes, but his hands remained on his knees, showing no intention of making a move.

It's not worth revealing your martial arts skills to some nobody.

Seeing Xu Qing sitting motionless inside the carriage, the assassins assumed he had surrendered, since their intelligence indicated that this imperial physician was completely defenseless.

A dozen assassins approached the carriage step by step, and just as they were about to step within five steps of the carriage, several flashes of sword light appeared.

Before the assassins could even see what was happening, a flash of silver light streaked past their eyes, followed by a sharp pain in their necks. They clutched their necks and collapsed to the ground.

The leader, who remained where he was, watched in horror as all his men were killed, and turned to flee.

Another flash of sword light, and the leader of the assassins suffered a severed Achilles tendon, collapsing straight to the ground.

Six swordsmen, wielding broadswords, dressed in black and white robes, and wearing masks of gods and demons, appeared before the carriage. One of them instantly subdued the coachman who had fallen to the ground.

The coachman, who should have been dead, suddenly opened his eyes and began to struggle.

The God-Slaying Swordsman immediately pressed the coachman's pressure points and dislocated his jaw to prevent him from committing suicide.

A ruthless swordsman stepped forward, pinned the struggling assassin down, broke all four of his limbs, and dislocated his jaw.

The two men carried out the entire act in one swift and brutal motion, giving each other no chance to scream.

"Imperial Physician, I'm sorry to have startled you."

Han Shen's voice rang out, and then he emerged from the shadows and came to the carriage.

Xu Qing saw Han Shen appear and got off the carriage.

"It's alright, thank you for your hard work, Mo family members," Xu Qing said with a smile.

His confidence stemmed from the protection of the Mo family. Since the Six-Fingered Black Knight had said he had arranged for protection, his safety was naturally guaranteed to a certain extent.

"You are the benefactor of our Mo family, and it is our duty to protect your safety."

"These people are from the Poison Scorpion Sect, one of the three Jianghu sects in Xinzheng, and are a force under the command of Nightfall Birds."

"As for this coachman, he is probably an informant planted in the Zhang residence. He deliberately brought you, the Imperial Physician, here today."

"Now that these people are under control, Imperial Physician, what are your plans for dealing with them?"

Han Shen pointed at the two people who were being restrained, and the two Divine Slayer Swordsmen also brought the two people in front of Xu Qing.

"People from the Poison Scorpion Sect?"

Xu Qing frowned as he looked at the Scorpion Sect leader, whose expression was pained, and asked in a deep voice...

"I'm asking you, who sent you to arrest me?"

The God-Slaying Swordsman knocked out the scorpion's molars, which might have been hiding venom, with a single punch, and put its jaw back in place.

"I am the General's man. If you kill me, the General will not let you off!" Poison Scorpion shouted at Xu Qing, completely unaware of who Han Shen and the others really were.

The swordsman standing nearby stomped on the scorpion's severed Achilles tendon, causing the scorpion to grimace in pain and lie on the ground like a dead dog, gasping for breath.

"I'll ask you one more time, who sent you to arrest me?" Xu Qing asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, General. I received orders from my superiors that someone will bring you here so we can capture you and kill you somewhere secluded," the scorpion said, his voice trembling.

The pain from the ruptured Achilles tendon was unbearable for him.

"Where is the vulture? Was it a vulture that delivered the message?" Xu Qing asked again.

"No, no, the vulture hasn't been seen for a long time. It's said that the Bird People are also looking for its whereabouts."

Upon hearing this, Xu Qing's face darkened, his eyes darting around, but he felt slightly relieved.

His biggest worry was that the Poison Scorpion Sect was sent by Vulture, a small force under Vulture's command in the original story. The fact that the Hundred Birds were also searching for Vulture indicated that, as he had predicted, the other party dared not return to Hundred Birds.

"The Imperial Physician is Ji Wuye's subordinate. No one but Ji Wuye can command them."

A cold glint flashed in Han Shen's eyes, his meaning was self-evident: as long as Xu Qing said a word, the Mo family would take action to eliminate Ji Wuye for Xu Qing.

Ji Wuye is a great general of the State of Han. His exceptional martial arts skills allow him to dominate the battlefield, and he is protected by the Hundred Birds Guard, making him difficult for ordinary people to assassinate.

But were the Mohists ordinary people? Back then, the Mohists dared to intervene in wars between nations. They relied not only on tens of thousands of well-equipped disciples, but also on their divine swordsmen.

The reputation of the God-Slaying Swordsman has resounded throughout the world since Mozi founded the Mohist school, but what truly made people fear him like a tiger was Deng Lingzi's assassination attempt on Shang Yang.

Deng Lingzi, who was not yet the leader of Chu Mo at the time, misunderstood Shang Yang's new laws and led the Divine Killer Swordsmen to assassinate Duke Xiao of Qin and Shang Yang.

Ultimately, Duke Xiao of Qin was forced to personally go to the Mohist headquarters to explain the Qin laws, which cleared up the Mohists' misunderstanding of the Qin reforms and allowed them to let Shang Yang go.

From then on, the Mo family's divine swordsmen became famous throughout the world.

Unfortunately, when the Mohist school was divided into three, most of the Divine Slayer Swordsmen followed Deng Lingzi to the State of Chu, and ultimately all of them died while helping the State of Song resist the State of Chu.

Deng Lingzi led over a hundred Divine Slayer Swordsmen to hold off the Chu army for the Song Kingdom for several days. Although the Mohist school only had two teams and twenty Divine Slayer Swordsmen in Xinzheng, they were more than capable of killing Ji Wuye.

Before Xu Qing could speak, Poison Scorpion and the coachman beside him suddenly looked extremely pained, spitting out a mouthful of foul blood, their eyes rolling back as they died instantly.

Xu Qing's expression grew even more serious as he crouched down and stepped forward to check on the two of them.

"The death was likely due to poisoning. The person had ingested a slow-acting toxin beforehand, and the poison would take effect when the time was up," Xu Qing said.

"It seems the person behind this was prepared long ago. Imperial Physician, what do you think of my suggestion?" Han Shen said.

“The person behind this is not Ji Wuye. If he wanted to stop me from treating Zhang Xiangguo, he wouldn’t need to do this,” Xu Qing said, shaking his head.

If Ji Wuye's goal was to stop him from treating Zhang Kaidi, there was no need to risk having the Poison Scorpion Sect assassinate him, since Ji Wuye couldn't possibly be unaware of his connection to the Mo family.

Moreover, with the Tide Maiden in the harem, the same goal could still be achieved through her, so Xu Qing concluded that it was not Ji Wuye who instructed it.

"If it's not Ji Wuye, then who is it?" Han Shen asked in confusion.

Xu Qing remained silent. He wasn't sure who it was, but he was certain that he had been used as a pawn.

The person behind the scenes likely wanted to use the assassination attempt on him to shift the blame onto Ji Wuye, thereby using the Mo family to eliminate Ji Wuye.

There are too many people in Xinzheng who want to get rid of Ji Wuye, including Zhang Kaidi, Han Yu, and some members of the clan and royal family.

The matter of Zhang Kaidi's illness was becoming increasingly strange, and for a moment Xu Qing even had the idea that Zhang Kaidi was using himself to get involved.

But he quickly dismissed the idea, thinking that Zhang Kaidi wouldn't joke about his own body.

"I'll trouble Commander Han Shen to clean up their bodies. As for the Zhang residence, I'll explain," Xu Qing said to Han Shen.

With the enemy lurking in the shadows, he planned to remain inactive for now, waiting for the person behind the scenes to reveal their true colors.

As soon as Xu Qing finished speaking, a thick plume of smoke suddenly rose not far away, and the flames could be seen shooting into the sky even from several streets away.

“That’s the stronghold of the Poison Scorpion Sect. Since they dared to come and assassinate you, they will have to pay the price,” Han Shen said.

Sorry guys, my computer broke down and I lost the manuscript, so this is a rewrite.

After the update, it will be three chapters a day, with the word count remaining the same. A three-thousand-word break will reduce ambiguity and make it easier for everyone to read.

At the same time, this can also boost average subscriptions and generate a couple of recommendations.

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