“Swoosh–”
It was the sound of a crossbow firing, but this time, it was not the Purgatory Sword Guards under Qing Yu, but someone from the other side, someone who was watching the fire from across the river.
The Purgatory Sword Guards that Qing Yu had ambushed in the woods on the other side of the path were quickly reaped by the sudden crossbow attack from the third party, and fell to the ground one after another.
After that, people, also dressed in black and similarly dressed to the Purgatory Sword Guards, came around from all sides with crossbows and arrows, surrounding Qing Yu and Blood Bat No. 1 heavily.
”Soldiers?” Looking at these black-clothed men who surrounded them, this thought flashed through Qing Yu’s mind for the first time.
These men in black possessed too many bows, so many that they could kill in no time those of Qing Yu’s men who had been ambushed on the other side of the path and had not suffered losses from Xie Long’s surprise attack.
In this era, bows and crossbows, especially the more convenient ones, were regulated by the dynasty just like the guns/arms of Qing Yu’s previous country. Those who made them privately were to be killed.
Just like the Zheng family who were dragged down by Lin Fujiwara in Linchuan province, it was because the evidence of smuggling armaments was in Lin Fujiwara’s possession that they had no choice but to commit treason. After all, treason does not necessarily mean death, but if the smuggling of armaments was leaked, it would be immediate death. When compared to the two, the Zheng family would of course choose the former. You can’t expect the Zheng family, who smuggled armaments to the Northern Zhou, to have any family sentiment, can you?
Ahem, far from it. Another reason why Qing Yu suspected that these men in black were soldiers was the neat and orderly, slowly advancing pace.
Dozens of people were advancing slowly towards Qing Yu in the same rhythm, a well-trained quality that no one in the Jianghu could have. Even for those mindless and witless killing puppets of Qing Yu, it would naturally be easy for you to get them to advance together, but it would be a bit difficult to advance in unison.
The men in black stopped as they approached to within suitable range. Not too far, not too close, keeping the crossbows at the optimal distance to strike, and not too close to the usual distance warning line.
Such quality made Qing Yu’s mind think deeper; an ordinary soldier in the army would not be this elite.
After stopping, the men in black silently parted a path and a young man, also dressed in black but without a face scarf, stepped out, “Gong Zi Yu?”
“Another innate god-killing element, the Green Dragon Society’s tactics are really not bad, admirable.”
The words of admiration were on his lips, but the gaze of this young man looking at Qing Yu was one of condescension, it was as if he was looking at an inferior person.
“Without further ado, hand over the drawings of the crossbow and those of the weapons that use gunpowder, and my lord will spare your life.” With that, the young man raised the Divine Fire Crossbow he had just obtained in his hand.
‘Fancy the Divine Fire Crossbow and other firearms? No wonder!’ Qing Yu thought to himself as he looked at the Divine Fire Crossbow in the man’s hand.
These people, if Qing Yu did not expect, were sent out by the employer who did not dare to see anyone. According to reason, in order to prevent the Green Dragon Society people from talking nonsense, they should just kill them quickly with a thunderbolt and bring their heads back.
However, they did not do it, but surrounded the Qing Yu duo. Now, after seeing the Divine Fire Crossbow, Qing Yu instantly thought of the reason why they had stopped.
If he could command these well-trained soldiers, this young man was naturally not someone who did not know anything about the military, and his true identity should still be a general in the army.
And how could a general not see the use of the firearms that Qing Yu had arranged for his men to use, which were deservedly sharp weapons in the sand?
In this world, due to the prevalence of martial arts, gunpowder was certainly available, but only as a material for fireworks, the term firearm, in this world, did not exist. This is similar to Qing Yu’s previous life in ancient times, and I don’t know if there was such a thing as martial arts in the previous life in ancient times.
The power of firearms, although at most they could only pose a threat to the Innate Realm and not much to the Divine Origin Realm, did not have much of an advantage in a Jianghu fight.
But if firearms were used in the sand, they would be of great use. Even the lower ranking soldiers could not be experts at the Ascendant Realm or even the Divine Origin Realm.
With this firearm, the military strength of the Great Qian would rise exponentially, and as the person who provided the firearm, this young man’s future was as bright as one could imagine.
When he thought that his future was about to be in his hands, the young man could not help but breathe heavier, and his eyes were full of greed when he looked at Qing Yu.
“You are only at the Xiantian realm, even if you were at your full strength, you would have perished with so many crossbow arrows. What’s more, your true qi must have been consumed in order to kill Xie Lang.”
“If you hand over the drawings, I will spare your life, otherwise, your life will be worse than death.”
When he said that, the young man’s face was full of condescending arrogance, as if Qing Yu was just a mole, his life was in his palm, and he could destroy it with the turn of his hand.
“You, I believe, are the forbidden army ——,” the sudden and shocking words, spoken by the mouth of that seemingly life-controlled Gongzi Yu, set off a furor.
“You ——” The young man turned pale with disbelief as he looked at Qing Yu who had easily revealed their identity.
“Although the Great Qian has decayed somewhat in recent years, the residual martyrdom of the Great Qian’s Great Ancestor back then has still not been dispersed. A person with a personality like yours, no matter which general would like to be your superior. And as a subordinate, you wouldn’t like to have a superior who doesn’t treat you like a human being either. Someone like you, I guess, would only be found in the Forbidden Army, which is exclusively led by those second-rate generals.”
In a matter-of-fact tone, Kiyoharu said something that made the condescending young man’s face twist.
“Of course, all of the above is speculation, and I have you to thank for my recognition of your identities, Grand Duke Fu. You are obviously not fit for bad deeds, ah, to be so arrogant as to show your face to face me, how confident are you, don’t you know that your rotten reputation is known to anyone who has been to Tianjing?”
The young man’s face became more and more twisted, as if the Three Corpses Brain God Pill had taken effect, he wanted to eat Qing Yu who cursed and revealed his shortcomings alive.
Then, Qing Yu said the last sentence, completely triggered this Duke Fu, “Although the forbidden army has been reduced to a gilded place for the sons of officials and eunuchs, if you want to mobilize soldiers, or stay away from Tianjing to exterminate me, the killer, you must go through the Great Qian Emperor’s oracle, I didn’t expect that the person behind killing Xie Lang is actually the Emperor!!!”
“Kill him, release arrows for me, kill him, I want him dead!!!” Grand Duke Fu no longer had the heart to think about his promising future, if he let this Duke Yu, who knew the secret, leave alive, not to mention his future, he would not even have someone to collect his corpse.
The emperor could not buy a murderer, but only the Duke of Fu would do so. When the time comes, his whole family will have to bury Xie Lang with him.
Therefore, this Gong Zi Yu must die, even if he has any value. If he did not die, it would be the death of the whole family of the surname Fu.
