"Commander!"

"What should we do, Commander-in-Chief?!"

"..."

"Noisy!"

Liang Jinian's mind was in turmoil: "Reinforcements, how long will it take for the fastest reinforcements to arrive!"

"General, it will be at least fifteen days from now!"

"..."

"You, you pack your things first, take your wife, and some gold and silver, then wait for me here!"

Liang Jinian left the mansion with unsteady steps, mounted a fast horse and went to a nearby grove of trees. He knelt down and looked up at the sky, pleading, "Immortal, immortal, save me!"

"Immortal! It is my incompetence that caused me to lose this battle and I have failed to live up to the treasure bestowed upon me by the immortal!"

"Please, Immortal, grant me another chance, a chance to rise again! I am not reconciled, I am not reconciled! Why do these corrupt officials flaunt their power all day long, while we have to live a life of subservience? Why do they look down on me? I want revenge, I want to kill all the scholars! Immortal, help me!"

"Immortal—"

however.

No matter how much he shouted, he received no response.

Liang Jinian gave a wry smile and kowtowed heavily: "It seems the immortal is disappointed in me. I'll take my leave!"

Back to the mansion.

Everything has been packed.

There were a total of seven or eight Red Eyebrow soldiers, plus a woman and an elderly man in his sixties.

However, the Red Eyebrow Army soldiers' eyes began to dart back and forth as they looked at the gold, silver, and beautiful ladies.

"What are you still doing?"

Liang Jinian ordered, "Leave quickly, there might still be a glimmer of hope!"

"General, he's gone!"

A Red-browed soldier with a thick beard said, "Even if we don't understand military strategy, we know that there's a 99% chance we're going to die, unless we don't bring any burdens..."

"Yes, Commander!"

Another person chimed in, "Or perhaps, Commander, you should use an even more powerful magic technique!"

"Yeah."

The others chimed in, "Otherwise, they're coming for you, Commander-in-Chief, and you can't escape no matter where you go."

"you……"

Liang Jinian clenched his fists tightly beneath his wide sleeves, finally suppressing his anger and adopting a calm demeanor. He said indifferently, "There's no need for magic! I just went to request the Heavenly Book and received guidance from an immortal once again. The immortal told me to go out of the South Gate and head towards Meishan, where immortals will protect us!"

"really?"

The Red Eyebrow Army soldiers exchanged glances, half-believing and half-doubting: "The commander-in-chief can actually see immortals?"

"You bastard! How dare you!"

Liang Jinian narrowed his eyes: "You dare to doubt me? Chop him up!"

"This……"

Several Red Eyebrow soldiers hesitated, but seeing the scholar's confident demeanor, they dared not disobey. In the end, they suddenly stabbed the man who had just raised the question to death.

"Commander!"

They knelt down again: "Give the order, and we will escort you and your wife out of the city!"

Liang Jinian commanded, "Go and choose horses first. Only black horses are acceptable. Today, only by riding a black horse can you see the immortal. Hurry!"

"Yes!"

The Red Eyebrow Army soldiers all left.

Inside the hall, only the woman, the old man, and he remained.

"Uncle Wu!"

Liang Jinian stuffed all the gold and silver treasures into their hands: "I can only trust you. You must take Peiwen to Xiqi. Zhang Xiang there will take good care of you!"

"Xiao Liang, this... this is a defeat. It's okay, don't be sad."

Butler Wu asked, somewhat confused, "What's wrong? Can't we go together?"

"Yes, my husband."

Gao Peiwen gently grasped the scholar's hand: "Aren't you coming with me?"

"no!"

Liang Jinian struggled as he said, “The Dasheng soldiers’ target is me, I am the commander of the Red Eyebrows. Wherever I am, you will not escape! Only by separating from me will you have a chance to survive.”

"Young man!"

Gao Peiwen burst into tears, her face streaked with tears, and threw herself into the scholar's arms.

"Uncle Wu, I'm begging you!"

After comforting him, Liang Jinian forcefully pushed him away: "If it weren't for you secretly taking food and books from your mansion for me back then, I probably wouldn't be able to read a single word. I will repay your kindness in my next life!"

He said this, bowed deeply, and then resolutely turned and left.

"Little Liang, don't worry, I'll risk my life to escort your wife to Xiqi!"

"Husband!"

"boom!"

Steward Wu knocked him unconscious from behind with a stick, then summoned two maids and they left in a carriage through the back door.

"Come on!"

When Liang Jinian arrived at the gate, several Red Eyebrow soldiers indeed managed to gather seven black horses. They mounted their horses and headed straight for the East Gate. However, after fleeing for twenty miles, a white horse led over a thousand men to surround them, completely blocking their way.

"General, you..."

"You, surnamed Liang, are lying to us!"

At this moment, several Red Eyebrow soldiers finally realized what was happening.

Liang Jinian wasn't leading them to escape, nor was he going to see any immortals. He was simply leading them to their deaths. His purpose was to buy time for his wife to escape!

"Hahahahaha!"

Liang Jinian laughed maniacally: "That's right, you bandits, what's the harm in dying!"

Fuck your mother!

"I'm going to chop you to death!"

"Don't kill him! Take his life to save ours!"

"boom!"

The bearded, red-browed soldier kicked out.

Liang Jinian was sent flying backward and crashed to the ground, rolling more than a dozen times before stopping, coughing up blood continuously.

"Damn!"

The Red Eyebrow Army mounted their horses, rushed forward, and pinned him down. Then they all knelt down before the Dasheng soldiers.

"Sir, spare your life!"

"We are all law-abiding citizens, and we were forced to join the Red Eyebrow Army!"

"Yes, yes, we absolutely have no intention of rebelling."

"We will atone for our mistakes with our merits!"

"This man is Liang Jinian from Meishan, the commander of the Red Eyebrow Army. We present him to you, sir!"

"..."

"Where is the celestial book?!"

"Dig it out!"

The Red Eyebrows soldiers then conducted a rough search, eventually finding several golden booklets that looked as if gold had been forged into thin sheets of paper through countless hammer blows.

"This is a heavenly book!"

"Dedicated to Dasheng as well!"

"Just spare our lives!"

"..."

“Swish, swish, swish, swish—”

The words have not yet fallen.

Without uttering a single word, General Sheng Chao, riding a white horse, unleashed a torrent of arrows, one after another, piercing their hearts with deadly accuracy. In the blink of an eye, all seven men died instantly.

"Shut up!"

Chen Sanshi reined in his horse and looked down at the scholar, calmly asking, "Are you Liang Jinian?"

"it's me……"

Liang Jinian wiped the blood from his chin with his mud-covered sleeve and looked up: "You're Chen Sanshi? Brother Chen! We have no grudges against each other, why is this happening?"

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