SFS Chapter 6: The original owner's identity was actually a member of the Crown Prince Party?
Chapter 6: The original owner's identity was actually a member of the Crown Prince Party?
After jumping out of the Qian family's residence, Xu Tianyi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the Qian family's servants had chosen to hold their ground after pursuing him for a while.
They disappeared into the alley.
Qian Diping hurriedly activated the mechanism to close the treasure vault door.
What's inside must never be seen by anyone!
As the treasure vault doors began to close inch by inch, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Then a loud crash was heard, and the entire compound seemed to tremble.
All the servants in the surrounding area were terrified.
Qian Diping also swallowed hard.
He turned to look at the others.
He immediately shouted, "What are you all standing there for?! Collect the bodies!! Steward, go and invite the other six great families over! Prepare a carriage for me; after meeting with the six great families, I want to go to Yongzhou City to personally meet the Prefect!"
"Yes, young master!"
After arranging everything, he silently closed his eyes, his heart filled with sorrow.
Grandmaster!!
They are truly invincible.
Even if he releases a blood demon, it will probably be easily killed. Why is Big Brother so greedy for Kunlun Xuan Nu?
Do you really think that the mere title of husband and wife will make her submit?
Shaking his head, Qian Diping went to the main courtyard to try and calm the six major families.
The six major families in Linxi County who were slow to escape have already been killed by Ning Hongye, including that unfortunate county magistrate who also died at the hands of the Qian family.
These are all troublesome matters.
. . .
Upon waking up, Xu Tianyi slowly walked out the door.
At this moment, he is resting in an uninhabited courtyard.
Since demons and ghosts exist in this world, he dared not rashly leave the city to rest in the mountains and forests.
There are many empty houses in the city, which is quite normal.
A martial arts master can regain their energy after resting for two hours.
He rushed to the carriage and horse shop in the city early in the morning.
After hiring a carriage, he officially set off for Yongzhou City.
With the magistrate dead, Qian Diping didn't want to get entangled with him anymore. He was also too busy to handle anything else, so naturally he wouldn't provoke Xu Tianyi again.
He demonstrated his martial arts skills and gave the driver twenty taels of silver, and the carriage company arranged a professional coachman for him.
Traveling in ancient times was very troublesome; Linxi County was more than thirty counties away from Yongzhou.
At each stop, you'll need a professional guide to determine where to stop, resupply, and rest. Otherwise, you'll be traveling in complete darkness and on an empty stomach.
Moreover, Xu Tianyi also had to guard against the driver causing trouble, which gave him a real headache.
Unlike in my previous life, when 99% of Didi drivers wouldn't cause trouble.
This is ancient times. They could stab you while you're asleep or secretly poison you to death.
Don't you see, even a grandmaster like Ning Hongye was drugged and kidnapped?
To put it bluntly, it's impossible to guard against.
Fortunately, the old driver was still very honest, and he worked diligently throughout the day's journey.
This time, when passing through Anlu County, the experienced driver took Xu Tianyi into the town and found an inn to rest.
The two continued their journey after waking up the next day.
Two hours later, at one o'clock in the afternoon.
Mountain bandits blocked the road.
It's late winter and early spring now, and the midday sun is warm.
No wonder they chose this time to come out and work.
After the enemy finished shouting their slogans, Xu Tianyi drew his sword and charged out. He killed most of the thirty-odd bandits, and the rest fled into the mountains.
He intended to continue forward, but suddenly he saw this mountain.
"Old Liu, what mountain is this?"
The coachman, Old Liu, looked up.
"Oh, this mountain is called Green Ox Mountain. Why do you ask, Young Hero Xu?"
Xu Tianyi opened the original owner's map.
He immediately understood: "Where are the surrounding villages?"
Old Liu pondered for a moment, then sighed, "There aren't any villages around. They were all slaughtered by the bandits of Green Ox Mountain..."
Xu Tianyi felt a sudden pang of pain in his heart.
He understood that this was the original owner's subconscious.
His parents, perhaps, were murdered by these villains in one of these villages on a clear, sunny afternoon.
Thinking of this, Xu Tianyi felt somewhat indignant.
"Let's go back to Anlu County."
"what?"
"Go back, I need to suppress the bandits. After I've settled you in, wait for me for three days. If I don't return in three days, you may leave on your own."
"Young hero, there are martial arts masters among these bandits; they cannot be wiped out easily."
After thinking for a long time, Xu Tianyi still said firmly, "I still want to go. Old Liu, this matter has nothing to do with you. I will escort you back to Anlu first."
Seeing that he insisted, the driver, Old Liu, stopped trying to persuade him.
Along the way, Old Liu explained the origin of Qingniu Mountain to Xu Tianyi.
As an old man who frequented the carriage and horse trade for many years, Liu had seen a great deal.
This Green Ox Mountain was supported by a powerful family in Anlu. Originally, many bandit groups were swallowed up by Green Ox Mountain.
The bandits now number three to four thousand.
It is estimated that at least one thousand of them are young adults.
There are definitely a lot of martial artists inside, and the leader, the Green Ox King, is said to be a master in the late stage of martial arts.
Within Anlu County, the family in charge is none other than the Xu family!
This led Xu Tianyi to some speculation.
Perhaps the original owner had an inseparable relationship with the Xu family, and might have been a collateral branch that lost the struggle.
The Xu family is even more powerful than the Qian family. The patriarch, Xu Qian, is sixty-five years old and a fifth-rank Grand Martial Master.
Anlu County is much larger than the small Linxi County.
In fact, Xu Qian was the magistrate of Anlu County.
They have no shortage of money, power, influence, or troops.
No wonder the Xu family was able to raise the Green Ox King, a late-stage martial arts master.
However, according to Mr. Liu, the Xu family had been purged by Prince Qi and previously belonged to the Crown Prince's faction.
After the coup at the Eastern Palace, the Prince of Qi expelled the Crown Prince, imprisoned the Emperor, and assumed regency over the entire country.
He purged a large number of princelings and their cronies on various charges.
Because the Crown Prince was on his way to escape through Yongzhou, his confidants in Yongzhou were subjected to thorough investigations of varying degrees.
Afterwards, the head of the Xu family personally eliminated a large number of his relatives who were close to the crown prince, and presented their heads to the Prince of Qi to show his loyalty. Only in this way could he stabilize the family's rule in Anlu County.
Upon hearing this, Xu Tianyi had a bold idea.
Perhaps I am the one who slipped through the net?
So, I'm a princeling?
The Crown Prince's daughter, isn't that Gu Qinghan?
Gu Qinghan is currently in Yongzhou Prefecture, running the Cangyu Pavilion to search for the Crown Prince's whereabouts.
But this information wasn't enough for him to figure everything out. He still planned to first suppress the bandits to improve his strength, and then return to the Xu family to find out their identities.