"okay!"

Xu Wencai was extremely excited: "Just you wait and see, sir!"

"..."

Chen Sanshi began to wonder what this guy was doing all day instead of training.

The two chatted idly as they arrived at the entrance of Yanbian Village.

"Stone, how dare you come back? You've ruined the villagers!"

A familiar, sarcastic voice came from behind.

Chen Sanshi wasn't annoyed: "Uncle Laizi, what's wrong now? Have I caused trouble for the villagers?"

"Yes, you've ruined Zhao Qiao's life!"

"Uncle Zhao?"

Chen Sanshi frowned: "What's wrong with him? I recently told him not to go up the mountain."

"Who said the accident happened on the mountain?"

The bald-headed man pouted and said, "A lot of martial arts school disciples came to the village and blocked Zhao Qiao's house. You must have offended someone!"

"Is it the Tai Lei Martial Arts School?"

Chen Sanshi asked, "Who are they?"

"There's one guy who tricked Zhang Shun into working on the canal last time, and another one with one ear, whom they call Senior Brother!"

The bald-headed man watched the young man mount his horse and warned, "You really dare to go? There's a whole bunch of them. Aren't you afraid of dying?"

"drive!"

Chen Sanshi did not answer, and rode his white swan horse into the village.

to death?

It's still uncertain who will be sent to their death.

The white swan horse vanished in the blink of an eye, leaving Xu Wencai coughing incessantly amidst the rising dust.

He covered his mouth with his sleeve and asked, "Fellow villager, how many of them are there?"

"More than thirty people!" the bald-headed man exclaimed, his eyes wide. "They're all carrying swords; it's terrifying!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Wencai did not follow into the village, but instead turned and ran towards the direction of the Thousand Household Office.

"Are you sure they have a good relationship with Chen Sanshi?"

"Sure!"

Huang Tao, with half his face wrapped in bandages, sat on a bench.

Before him stood two menial disciples, bowing and scraping.

It's Zhang Chao and Li Hao.

How could Huang Tao easily swallow this insult after having his ear chopped off?

I hate that kid in the army camp so much, I'm itching to fight him.

Unfortunately, they couldn't win the fight.

They can only resort to underhanded tactics.

When fellow disciples Zhang Chao and Li Hao found out, they came to offer their advice.

They said they had a way to teach Chen Sanshi a lesson, even if they couldn't kill him.

That means targeting the people around him.

You think you're so great, so arrogant, but what about the people around you?

"Sure!"

Zhang Chao said confidently, "We saw it with our own eyes last time. The guy surnamed Chen led these three hunters to kill a black bear and even shot an arrow at us. They're on very good terms!"

They harbored resentment but lacked the courage and strength to retaliate.

Having finally gotten a chance, of course I had to get involved.

"This trick will definitely work!"

Li Hao said with a smug look, "That kid used to have a brother, which we sent to work on the canal. We don't know if he's alive or dead. What can he do to us?"

"Senior Brother, have you really thought this through?"

Wei Xu, standing nearby, said somewhat nervously, "Fifth Master instructed us not to provoke him easily..."

"What about my ear?!"

Huang Tao angrily said, "If we don't dare kill him, we won't even touch a few poor hunters! Let him see people suffer because of him, that will be enough to vent our anger!"

"Yes."

Zhang Chao urged, "We've brought over thirty fellow disciples here today, and he's just one person. What's there to be afraid of?"

"Besides, in broad daylight, would he dare to kill someone in the street?"

"well said!"

Huang Tao waved his hand and said, "Bring those hunters up here!"

Several martial arts school disciples escorted three hunters, whose faces were bruised and swollen, upstairs.

Naturally, it was Zhao Qiao, Wu Da, and Zhuang Yi.

"Let me go, I'll curse your ancestors!"

"You deserve a beating, who are you calling a jerk?!"

Zhang Chao went up and slapped him across the face.

"What right do you have to arrest us?"

Wu Da's mouth was covered in blood: "We haven't broken any laws!"

"Not illegal?"

Li Hao reached into his clothes and pulled out a cracked jade pendant: "Then what is this? You stole our senior brother's things, and you're not admitting it?"

"You're talking nonsense! You're framing us!"

Wu Da launched into a tirade of curses.

This morning, martial arts school disciples suddenly broke into his home and found a jade pendant that he didn't recognize at all.

It is said that three people conspired to steal.

The slanderous tactics are simplistic, crude, and illogical.

"You worthless wretch!"

Huang Tao said coldly, "You go hunting in the mountains and steal my things? Country folk are just despicable!"

"You're from the countryside too!"

Zhuang Yi shouted, "Are you Huang Tao? Your family used to weave straw mats in Qianjia Village. Later, your sister became a concubine to a seventy-year-old man named Feng in the city, which is how you were able to go to the martial arts school..."

"Shut up!"

Enraged, Huang Tao stomped on his face and yelled, "If you keep spouting nonsense, I'll chop your head off!"

Zhao Qiao was older and understood that arguing was pointless.

He pleaded, "Sir, please show us the way. How can we be spared?"

"You can't afford to pay compensation."

Huang Tao revealed his true purpose: "I'm being generous, I'll give you a chance. Go and call Chen Sanshi over, and have him apologize on your behalf!"

"I...we don't know Chen Sanshi!"

Zhao Qiao's words were astonishing.

"Uncle Zhao?"

Wu Da and Zhuang Yi stared in disbelief, not understanding what he meant.

Zhao Qiao winked and gently shook his head.

He finally understood.

This group of people came for Chen Sanshi.

There were seven or eight people standing in front of him, and at least twenty more hiding nearby, each with a sword hanging from their waist.

Clearly, they didn't dare to cause trouble at the military camp; they wanted to use them to lure Shi Tou out and make things difficult for him in the street!

True.

Zhao Qiao knew that he was being implicated for no reason.

But if they hadn't begged Stone to take them up the mountain, this wouldn't have happened.

Since we are blessed by it, we cannot complain when we encounter this situation.

We must not harm the stones.

They didn't understand martial arts, but they knew there were dozens of martial arts masters here. Even if a stone could fight a tiger, it would still suffer a great loss.

"do not know?!"

Huang Tao saw through his thoughts: "You bastard, beat him up!"

Zhang Chao and Li Hao took the lead in taking action.

In no time, the three of them were covered in blood and riddled with wounds.

Many villagers in Yanbian Village watched this scene from afar.

But they dare not speak out.

Huang Tao lost his patience: "Fine, Junior Brother Wei, go to the garrison and trick that guy surnamed Chen out!"

"I?"

Wei Xu shook his head vigorously, clearly lacking the courage.

He pointed at Zhang Chao: "You two go."

"Ah, senior brother?"

Zhang Chao and Li Hao retreated repeatedly, saying, "We...we don't know where the commander is!"

"Da da da--"

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves, like war drums, rang in my ears.

Following the sound, one could see dust billowing up at the end of the dirt road.

A white steed burst forth from the yellow sand.

Immediately, a young man in armor appeared, carrying a bow and arrows and a spear on his back. His face was obscured by the dust.

"It's him!"

Zhang Chao and Li Haosong exclaimed, "He's here!"

"Well done!"

Huang Tao's face lit up with joy.

He deliberately shouted loudly in the direction of the boy, "Hey Chen, your fellow villager stole my things, I advise you not to meddle in other people's business!"

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