Chapter 44: The Local Snake Eats the Dragon From Across the River? (Thanks to the Silver Alliance Leader, the King's Hegemony Finally Came to Nothing)

The night rain had stopped. On the open space in front of the ruined temple, several apprentices who had obviously not slept all night were eating dry food around the lit bonfire.

After a night of rest, most people's moods were more stable, unlike yesterday when they were so nervous.

"Wu Ming, you stay here, I'll go find the master!"

Putting on dried clothes, Yue Yunjin, who had not slept all night, said this, and without waiting for a response, he urged his horse to rush to Fajiu Mountain.

The apprentices of the other families also became agitated, and soon, some of them also caught up.

"Huh!"

Taking a deep breath of the smell of soil in the air after the rain, Li Yuan stood with his hammer, his arms hanging down, his legs spread apart, and he was very good.

"I really want to try the superior martial arts of the pile, the training method..."

Li Yuan just thought about it in his heart, without wasting any time, moving, and tempering his blood.

…

The leaders of each team had not returned, and no apprentice dared to say they would go back to the city. They all stayed in the ruined temple waiting in the morning, and some went to nearby villages to borrow water and buy food.

Li Yuan swallowed a blood-replenishing pill and stood alone for half a day. The improvement of blood and qi only required continuous consumption and replenishment.

It was really simple and crude, as long as there was money.

“Hmm?”

Near noon, there was a hurried sound of horse hooves. Li Yuan slowly stopped and saw Yue Yunjin, who was pale, fall off the horse.

“Senior Brother Yue?”

Wu Ming and others exclaimed and rushed forward.

Yue Yunjin's voice was hoarse, as if he was greatly frightened, and he was a little incoherent:

"Qiu, Commander Qiu was killed by the big thief Nian Jiu, Master, Master's whereabouts are unknown, only Gang Leader Wang and Xiahou Liang were seriously injured and carried back..."

"Qiu, Commander Qiu is dead?!"

Several apprentices were all stunned: "How is this possible?!"

"How could Commander Qiu be killed by Nian Jiu?!"

Who is Qiu Long?

A fierce man who can wear a hundred pounds of armor and kill a mountain stronghold with a single sword!

He was a poisonous dragon crossing the river who suppressed more than a dozen forces in Gaoliu County by himself, and even the mountain bandits and horse thieves outside the city had to pay tribute every year!

"?!"

Li Yuan's brain was buzzing.

When he came to his senses, his eyelids couldn't help but jump.

This is,

The local snake ate the dragon crossing the river? !

"Yue Yunjin, what did you say? What happened to my gang leader?"

"Is Qiu leader dead?!"

"Impossible, how is it possible?!"

...

The apprentices and gang members in front of the ruined temple were all stunned. Some of them rushed to Fajiu Mountain with exclamations, but they were the gang members of Sanhe Gang and Yu Gang.

"Qiu, leader Qiu, he, he..."

Wu Ming was a little stuttering.

"Dead, dead..."

Yue Yunjin was shaking and trembling and couldn't speak.

Li Yuan reached out and touched his forehead, which was hot, and frowned:

"Brother Wu, Brother Yue has a fever, and he has to go back to the city as soon as possible!"

"Yes, yes! Go back to the city as soon as possible, notify, notify the shopkeeper!"

Wu Ming woke up as if from a dream, dropped the hammer, carried Yue Yunjin to the horse, turned over, and hurried back to the city.

The other apprentices were at a loss, still in shock of Qiu Long's death, and followed him at this time.

"Something really happened!"

Li Yuan looked back at Fajiu Mountain, muttering in his heart.

Others were shocked and unbelievable, but he absolutely did not believe that Nian Jiu killed Qiu Long.

But...

"They said that Nian Jiu killed him, so it must be Nian Jiu who killed him. Well, it has nothing to do with me anyway. It's a pity that Nian Jiu's reward is not available for anyone to get it."

Li Yuan picked up the hammer Wu Ming dropped and quickened his pace to follow him.

Li Yuan also knew a little about the dirty fights between these families and forces. If he wanted to make a profit, he thought he could get some benefits.

But why bother?

With the military talisman in hand and the silver, he now just wanted to practice martial arts quietly, push his blood and qi to perfection, and then break through the internal strength,

find more entry-level and high-level weapons, as for the others.

The Taoist priest was too lazy to care!

……

……

Qiu Long was dead!

This news was like a thunderclap in the plain, shaking the entire Gaoliu County.

On the way back to the forging shop, Li Yuan heard people talking about it. For the people of Gaoliu, this was more shocking than the death of the emperor.

Several apprentices were asked questions.

Li Yuan followed Wu Ming and sent Yue Yunjin to the Four Seasons Pharmacy before returning to the forging shop. On the way, he bought a lot of chicken, duck, fish and meat, and also got two pots of medicinal wine.

When he returned to the shop, he first asked Liu Qing to send half of it to his second brother's house, and prepared to send the rest to the kitchen. After two days of eating dry food, he really wanted to eat something good.

"My brother-in-law?!"

Before they reached the kitchen, Fatty Sun, who had received the news, had already hurried over, his face full of anxiety:

"Li Yuan, where is my brother-in-law?! Is he okay? What happened? How could Qiu Long be killed by a wanted criminal?!"

"The second shopkeeper is still in the mountain, he should be fine."

Holding down the panicked Fatty Sun, Li Yuan comforted him: "Wang Dong and Xiahou Liang were only seriously injured, how could the second shopkeeper be in trouble?"

This was not entirely comforting.

Tang Tong's martial arts skills were higher than those of the leaders of the Chai, Yu, and Sanhe gangs, and he was very well prepared. He was the only one who wore inner armor among the people entering the mountain this time.

And it was a second-level inner armor.

"Yes, my brother-in-law is so good at martial arts, how could he be in trouble?"

Fatty Sun wiped his sweat and calmed down a little, then asked about the matter of entering the mountain this time.

"It's a long story, let's go stew the fish first?"

Li Yuan raised the chicken, duck and fish in his hand.

"Okay, okay."

Fatty Sun was preoccupied, but Li Yuan didn't bother him. He skillfully plucked the hair, scraped the fish scales, poured water, and stewed the chicken, duck, and fish.

While talking about what happened on the way into the mountains, he only hid his own matters.

"Co-authored, none of you saw it?"

Fatty Sun was completely relieved. Even these apprentices were fine. How could something happen to an old fox like his brother-in-law?

"That's a criminal wanted by the court. If we really see him, I'm afraid not many of us will be able to come back."

After closing the lid of the pot, Li Yuan took a cucumber and gnawed it.

"That's true..."

"Li Yuan!"

Fatty Sun was about to say something else, but suddenly a loud shout came from outside the door.

"Who!"

Fatty Sun looked impatient, but as soon as he went out, he pulled back, and the impatience on his face turned into nervousness:

"It's Zhou Jinzhong, one of the three deputy commanders of the city guard! Qiu Long led the team out of the city, and he was stationed in the city..."

"I haven't even eaten any food."

Li Yuan took another cucumber and went out in response. As soon as he stepped out of the door, two city guards were already pressing on his shoulders.

"Commander Zhou, what do you want to do?"

Li Yuan took a step back to avoid, and Fatty Sun came out with two meat cleavers, his face full of anger.

Outside the central courtyard, more than a dozen city guards were watching eagerly. Wu Ming and others were all pinned to the ground, their faces flushed with fear.

A middle-aged man wearing armor looked indifferent and just raised his hand and pointed:

"Take it!"

"General Zhou is so overbearing!"

Cao Yan, simply wearing a coat, walked out of the backyard and glanced at the city guards coldly:

"I wonder what kind of law these apprentices like Cao have broken, and they want the city guards to come and take them directly?"

"Shopkeeper Cao?"

Zhou Jinzhong's expression changed slightly, he cupped his hands and said:

"A brother reported that something happened to the leader of my family, so..."

"What? Something happened to Brother Qiu?! With his martial arts, this, this..."

Cao Yan's expression suddenly changed. Seeing Zhou Jinzhong nodding sadly, he sighed and looked at Li Yuan and other inner courtyard apprentices:

"Oh, it's such a big event. No wonder Commander Zhou lost his composure. Anyway, just follow Commander Zhou for a while. Be sure to cooperate and tell everything you know!"