Chapter 17: Four Seas Escort Agency
southwest.
A secret manor somewhere.
A strong smell of medicine wafted out from the room. Soon, a foreign monk from the Hehuan Sect walked out with a medicine bowl and entered the next room.
Hehuan Sect's left protector Lou Zizhen was lying on the bed, his entire body as limp as a puddle of mud.
His face turned pale. When he saw the disciple, he gritted his teeth and asked, "Are they back?"
"Soon."
The disciple walked to the bedside holding a bowl and a spoon. "The sect leader sent someone to deliver a message saying that the mechanisms in the tomb have been completely cracked. They are on their way back with the treasures and will be able to return to Saska tomorrow."
"good!"
Lou Zizhen was very excited and sighed, "After more than a hundred years and five generations, we can finally go back. With the Mani Pearl, the Hehuan Sect will surely be able to regain its ancestral land and revive its prestige!"
The disciple was also very happy. They had had enough of hiding for so long.
He took the medicine and fed it to Lou Zizheng.
Just after taking two sips, there were two knocks on the door.
"Protector Lou, Jiang Yushan wants to see you."
The tone was extremely flattering.
"Come in."
A sneer flashed across Lou Zizhen's face before he turned friendly and amiable.
A young man in elegant clothes walked in. In contrast to his handsome appearance, his face was full of impatience, yet he pretended to be reserved.
"Protector, Miss Ren promised..."
He seemed embarrassed.
Lou Zizhen looked down on him, but on his face he acted like a master. He said to the disciple, "Yang Zong, take our sect's secret method and give it to Young Master Jiang."
"yes."
Yangzong took out a scroll of cloth covered with images of a man and a woman cultivating together from the bedside cabinet and handed it over with great care.
"Master Jiang, here is our sect's "Great Joy Zen Method", please accept it."
"Thank you, Dharma Protector, for teaching me the skills!"
Jiang Yushan's voice trembled with excitement. He immediately knelt on his knees and took it respectfully.
In his opinion, the method of Cai Bu is the most wonderful and fastest-progressing martial art in the world!
Jiang Yushan has always sneered at the ascetic practices practiced by people in the martial arts world. In his opinion, the best thing is for men and women to make love, replenish yin and yang, and gain supreme power in joy.
"I have it, I have it..." Jiang Yushan's face was full of excitement and his hands were shaking.
Lou Zizhen smiled and said, "With it, as long as you practice diligently, you will be able to make great progress in martial arts within a few months! By then, the Sihai Escort Agency will be in your pocket, and even your father will be unable to stop you!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Jiang Yushan laughed loudly: "I am here to ask for your blessing! Now that the old man is out delivering convoys, I have the final say over the entire escort agency. You can rest assured to reorganize your company. The escorts who stay behind will do their best to protect you, as promised by me! But..."
Jiang Yushan showed an expression that every man could understand: "Miss Ren is extremely beautiful, and she is also well versed in the method of dual cultivation. I have admired her for a long time. Now that I have the skills in my hands, I hope she can... personally guide me..."
“It’s natural.”
Lou Zizhen nodded directly: "The Dharma Protector has the responsibility to pass on the skills, and she also has a favorable impression of Young Master Jiang, so she will definitely agree."
"That's great!"
Jiang Yushan was overjoyed, he was already fantasizing about practicing dual cultivation with Ren Lingjiao, how wonderful that would feel.
at this time.
Suddenly, someone outside the room hurriedly approached and whispered, "Young Master, there are uninvited guests."
"Hit him out!"
Jiang Yushan looked impatient: "Do you still need to ask me about this? Haven't I already explained it?"
"But……"
The man said in a timid tone: "It's the Jinyiwei who came."
Jiang Yushan's expression froze.
The smile on Lou Zizhen's face disappeared instantly.
…
Lanterns are hung high.
The night is dark.
Cao Jinxing sat on the yellow flower chair at the top of the hall, staring at the thirty-eight escorts from the Sihai Escort Agency without noticing anything.
He is feeding the cat.
As long as Xuanyuan Shisi was around, he would be very brave. He would not even look at other people. He would just squat on the table, tilting his head and waiting for his master to feed him.
Sun Lang stood behind him, holding the Embroidered Spring Knife and standing proudly, as cold as a piece of wood.
"I'm so sorry."
The crowd dispersed, and from a distance, Jiang Yushan walked into the hall with a smile and a bow: "I wonder which official from the Pacification Office is here to visit ? Yushan, please forgive me for not welcoming you from afar."
Cao Jinxing didn't even raise his head: "Hidden?"
“…”
The smile on Jiang Yushan's face froze immediately: "What do you mean by this, sir? Yushan doesn't understand."
"do not understand?"
Cao Jinxing smiled and looked him straight in the eye for the first time: "No wonder your father wants to pass the escort company to your senior brother, you are such a brainless guy!"
Jiang Yushan's face was slightly cold: "My lord, our Sihai Escort Agency is one of the top ten escort agencies in the Central Plains. We have our own connections. Even if it is the Jinyiwei who broke in in the middle of the night, there should be an explanation! My lord, you insulted me for no reason, I..."
Cao Jinxing pulled out a piece of paper, on which was all the information about the Sihai Escort Agency.
" The connection you're talking about is your father's junior fellow apprentice, the Censor Chang Maotian? The Hehuan Sect dared to rob a lady. Not to mention the Censor, even the six ministries and nine officials should be put to death!"
Cao Jinxing looked at him as if he was looking at an idiot. "The remnants of the Hehuan Sect are guilty of unforgivable crimes. They harbored the wanted criminals and their families will be exterminated. The reason why I am sitting here talking to you is because your father once led the escort team to resist the Tatars in Datong. I will give you a chance. If you hand him over now, I can give you a lighter sentence."
Jiang Yushan's face became even gloomier: "What Hehuan Sect? What remnants? I don't understand what you are talking about!"
Cao Jinxing sighed.
He looked at the silver spear and dart flag planted on the large square in front of the courtyard. "Poor Jiang Xuanwei, a hero all his life, actually gave birth to a thing like you. It's the father's fault that the son didn't teach well. He shouldn't be wronged. Catch him!"
Sun Langhu pounced out.
A pair of eagle claws pointed directly at Jiang Yushan’s throat!
Jiang Yushan was uneducated and was shocked by such a fierce attack.
The escorts behind him had no time to react. At the critical moment, a silver spear suddenly shot out from behind, like a poisonous dragon, blocking the eagle's claws.
"The Overlord's Soul-Chasing Spear..."
Cao Jinxing watched the two men fighting coldly, and picked up the paper to check the information.
Seeing that this man was in his early thirties with three scars on the right side of his face, he was confirmed to be Jiang Xuanwei's eldest disciple, Ding Zhaosheng.
Most of the escorts in Sihai Escort Agency have received instruction from Jiang Xuanwei, but only three of them have received his true teachings of Overlord Spear.
The eldest disciple, Ding Zhaosheng, was accepted in his early years. He had good talent, but after he became famous, he became fond of wine and women, and gradually he lost interest in them.
The second disciple, Wang Jing, was accepted in the middle age. He had average talent, but was loyal, courageous, and willing to work hard. He had already reached 70% of his potential. In recent years, he was often kept by his side, with the intention of letting him take over the leadership of the escort agency.
The third one is his only son Jiang Yushan. Because he was busy escorting for many years and neglected education, he became lazy and had bad habits. Although Jiang Xuanwei taught him a gun, he didn't learn even the basics.
Ding Zhaosheng is one of the signature players of the escort agency. He has reached the innate level, while Sun Lang is only at the ninth level of the acquired level. It would be easy for him to win, but he was restricted by the Jinyiwei and did not dare to kill him. He ended up fighting Sun Lang to a draw.
Sun Lang failed to take the city by force.
Ding Zhaosheng was willing to give in.
The two fought for nearly a quarter of an hour.
During this time, Cao Jinxing concentrated on feeding the cat, and Jiang Yushan's expression became more and more relaxed. Finally, they faced each other with their palms, and then both took a few steps back.
Cao Jinxing asked, "Are you satisfied?"
Sun Lang smiled, rubbing his wrist and said, "It's a rare opportunity to be taught a move by Xiantian. I have already gained some insights. Within ten days, I am confident that I can break through the eighth level of Sky Eagle Claw."
Cao Jinxing nodded: "That's good."
"Unfortunately……"
Jiang Yushan suddenly spoke up from the crowd, his face grim: "You won't survive more than ten days!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a hole suddenly exploded in the roof of the lobby, and a figure in a scarlet cassock fell from the sky and slapped Cao Jinxing!
He was extremely fast, and he was using the Hehuan Sect's secret technique, the "Great Seal of Subduing Demons". It was like a meteor falling from the sky, and he was unstoppable !
"Die!"
Yang Gongbu put all his strength into this palm, vowing to kill Cao Jinxing with it!
