Chapter 21: Kill Horse Sect

  After a moment of silence, Yang Hong's face gradually regained its calmness. He sighed and said: "The other day, the head of the Cui family came to our county magistrate's office, asking us to suppress Wen Bufan. Now that Wen Bufan has his own troops, especially those fierce Black Wind bandits, the Cui family dares not confront him openly, so they sought help from our county magistrate."

  Originally, Yang Dian killed Huang Le, and the Cui family hated me to the bone. But now they are seeking help from Ben Guan for Wen Bufan. Obviously, they are expressing a desire to make peace with the county magistrate. The Cui family is a powerful clan in this county, while Wen Bufan is just an ordinary person, even if he has some troops, what's the use? If the Cui family really wants to seek help from the ten eunuchs 'High Expectations', once the imperial court issues a decree, Wen Bufan and all those related to him will be destroyed.

  "What's wrong with choosing Cui's daughter when the county magistrate is between Cui and Wen?"

  "If it's a peaceful and prosperous era, then of course I would choose the Cui family. But if it's an era of chaos that is approaching... County Magistrate, sir, you'd better take back your hand and appease that young man instead. That's all this humble person has to say, nothing more."

  He Shuang finished speaking and bowed to Yang Hong before turning around and leaving.

  "Haha. Unexpectedly, that ordinary white robe, actually has the ability to make He Shuang praise like this. Good! Very good!! Unfortunately, you are not a child of my family, otherwise, it would be great!"

  The jealousy that had been hidden in Yang Hong's eyes for a long time gradually disappeared. From the birth of Ma Diao to the Battle of Heifeng Mountain, and then using the hatred between Yang Dian and Huang Le to plot against him with the strategy of "borrowing a knife to kill someone". Wen Han's talent, I don't know when it started to make Yang Hong feel a little apprehensive.

  It was precisely this fear that made Yang Hong turn a blind eye to Ma Zong's abduction of Lin Shi today, and even deliberately gave orders to facilitate Ma Zong's escape from the city gate of Xianyang.

  "Hurry! Hurry! You guys get me someone to take action quickly! If Wen Fan catches up, you guys will have to accompany me in death!"

  Ma Zong rode a black horse, running ahead of the pack. With a gloomy face, he yelled at the more than 200 thugs behind him, "Since I kidnapped Lin Shi, we successfully escaped from Xie County." However, his heart was not at peace, and his eyelids kept twitching.

  "Old Master Ma, this horse carriage is too old and can't go fast. We also want to hurry up."

  A man who looked like a thug leader replied with a bitter expression. These more than 200 thugs were surrounding a horse carriage, and the woman sitting inside was Lin Shi, the one who had been kidnapped.

  "What's with all these worries? Let that horseman hurry up! After walking for another stretch, Wen Bufan still hasn't caught up. I'll just kill Lin then!"

  Ma Zong roared fiercely and was about to whip his horse again to make it run.

  At this moment, suddenly from a distance, a nine-foot-tall man riding a horse galloped over.

  Ma Zong saw the nine-foot-tall man getting closer and closer, narrowing his eyes to look, when the figure gradually became clear, he was suddenly frightened, sweating profusely, and his face changed drastically.

  A nine-foot-tall man, Li Ma Zong, was a hundred meters away. With a shout of "Halt!", he stopped his horse and grasped a large knife, swinging it: "Ma Zong, do you recognize Guan Gong? You're hastily leading your men to go where, to commit some thievery?"

  Ma Zong saw that nine-foot-tall man, with a face like a heavy date, lips as if painted with vermilion, phoenix eyes, and eyebrows like sleeping silkworms. His appearance was majestic and awe-inspiring, giving people a feeling of being intimidated without even being angry.

  "Ah... Guan... Guan... Guan Changsheng ah! Quick escape!" At this time, Ma Zong's more than 200 followers, some of whom had contact with Guan Yu before, were so frightened that they almost lost their souls and shouted loudly as they prepared to run away.

  "Damn it! Disorderly retreat! Come back! Come back!" Ma Zong saw someone escaping and suddenly became anxious. Originally, he thought Guan Yu didn't seem to know that he had kidnapped Lin Shi, but now this chaos would surely arouse Guan Yu's suspicion.

  Guan Yu narrowed his phoenix eyes and let out a loud roar: "Why are you all so frightened when you see me, Guan Changsheng? Are you the ones who harmed my brother in Linju?"

  Guan Yu's loud shout was like thunder, and it could be heard within a radius of ten miles. Ma Zong was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse.

  "Is that Longsheng's voice? Longsheng! Longsheng! I'm your sister-in-law, and Ma Zong has kidnapped me!"

  At this time, Lin heard Guan Changsheng's name frequently in the carriage, and the voice was familiar. Guessing that Ma Zong might have met Guan Yu, he immediately shouted loudly.

  Guan Yu's face turned red with rage. His phoenix eyes, which had been narrowed, suddenly opened wide, like two flashing lightning bolts: "You dog thief, Ma Zong! How dare you abduct my sister-in-law! Come and accept your death!!!"

  Guan Yu rode alone, his momentum like a vast ocean crashing forward, frightening Ma Chong so much that he opened his mouth but couldn't make a sound.

  Within a hundred meters, it was all over in an instant. Guan Yu's face was cold and stern as his large blade chopped down, causing the air to vibrate. A flash of cold light, hot blood splattered everywhere, and Ma Zong's head flew high into the air.

  "Murder! Murder!!!" Those thugs, seeing Ma Zongyi dead, suddenly seemed to have lost their leader, and like a tree falling and monkeys scattering, they each ran in different directions.

  Guan Yu did not pursue, but quickly rode his horse to the front of the carriage, got off and walked to the back of the carriage, lifted the curtain, and saw that it was indeed Lin Shi inside. Also seeing that Lin Shi had only been startled and was not injured, he immediately put his mind at ease.

  "Sister, are you alright? How did Ma Chao abduct you? And my brother, is he safe?" Guan Yu thought of Zhou Cang and couldn't help but worry about his safety, asking subconsciously.

  "Your brother was slightly injured, but it's nothing serious. As for why Ma Zong kidnapped me, that's a long story..."

  Ah! Ah! Don't kill me!!!!!

  Lin was just about to continue, when suddenly a series of mournful cries came from not far away. Guan Yu's face turned cold, fearing that something unexpected would happen, and he immediately got on his horse: "Sister-in-law, quickly get into the carriage and hide well, I'll go take a look at the place where the cries are coming from, if there's nothing going on, I'll come back right away."

  Lin did not respond and hid back in the carriage. Perhaps due to being startled, he felt like there was something he needed to tell Guan Yu, but couldn't remember what it was.

  "Ah! That must be Wen Uncle rushing over! Long life! Long life!" Lin suddenly remembered, and immediately stuck out his head to shout, but at this time Guan Yu had already ridden far away and couldn't hear Lin's shouts.

  On the other side, Wen Han led thirty Black Wind Riders who had been chasing after Ma Zong and happened to encounter the fleeing remnants of the bandits. Not seeing Ma Zong's figure, they assumed he had called them over to block their escape route. Without another word, they led the thirty Black Wind Riders in a charge, killing the bandits who cried out in terror.

  Wen Han's face was covered with frost, and the iron spear in his hand was either stabbing or sweeping. Although his spear technique was ordinary, these thugs had been scared by Guan Yu and lost their minds, and they didn't dare to resist anymore.

  "Spare our lives, spare our lives! Ma Zong is dead, we are willing to surrender! We are willing to surrender!" One of the leaders of the thugs knelt down, some of the thugs followed suit and also knelt down, while others were still running away.

  "What! Ma Zong is dead!"

  Wen Han heard this, just about to kill a fleeing thug, suddenly hesitated, the iron spear in his hand stopped abruptly. The fleeing thug turned around, saw Wen Han's iron spear, and quickly knelt down in fright.

  "Speak! Who killed Ma Zong?" Wen Han frowned and asked sternly.

  "Spare my life! Master Ma was killed by Guan Changsheng!" The rascal wailed and wept, kowtowing repeatedly.

  At this time, in another place, five or six Black Wind Riders were chasing after a dozen or so fleeing thugs. Suddenly, a red-faced big man rode over on horseback. The red-faced big man saw the five or six Black Wind Riders and thought they looked familiar. He remembered that they were bandits from Black Wind Fort and immediately assumed they were the helpers Ma Zong had called in before he died.

  "You scoundrel, how dare you conspire with Ma Chao to harm my sister-in-law! Watch as Guan Yu cuts you down!" Guan Yu raised his great blade, his face full of killing intent, and charged forward with a fierce momentum.

  Those black wind riders saw Guan Yu coming, remembered the ferocity of this red-faced man, and were suddenly scared pale, abandoning those fleeing thugs to turn their horses around and escape.

  Guan Yu was unwilling to let them off and chased after them. The Black Wind Riders were frightened, and from a distance they saw Pei Yuan Shao's figure and subconsciously shouted: "Leader! Quickly save us! That red-faced man suddenly appeared out of nowhere and wants to take our lives!"

  Pei Yuanshao heard that it was the red-faced Hanzi, and immediately thought of Guan Changsheng. His face changed greatly. He also thought about how in the past at Black Wind Mountain, Black Wind Cavalry had surrounded and killed him, and at that time Second Master Zeng had mentioned the name Ma Zong.

  Guan Yu didn't know about the relationship between Wen Han and Zhou Yu, nor did he know that Hei Feng Cavalry was under Wen Han's command now. He must have thought that Hei Feng Cavalry had joined forces with Ma Chong.

  Pei Yuanshao pulled the reins, galloped past, and when he was at a certain distance from Guan Yu, he shouted: "Guan, brave warrior, don't hurt your own brother! My young master and Zhou Gong are still brothers, we came to rescue your sister-in-law!"

  "Nonsense!" Guan Yu sneered, riding his horse swiftly to Pei Yuanshao's front. His hand rose and fell, the knife flashing like a rainbow, its power overwhelming! Pei Yuanshao didn't have time to speak, hastily raising his weapon. Guan Yu's large knife descended fiercely, with boundless strength, splitting open Pei Yuanshao's weapon in one slash, heading straight for Pei Yuanshao's face.

  "My life is over!" At this moment, Pei Yuanshao's heart was filled with frustration. With Zhou Lian and Guan Yu's concern, they should have been like brothers of their own family, but Guan Yu wouldn't listen to explanations and instead sought his life from the start.

  At this time, Li Qiang happened to arrive, seeing Guan Changsheng was about to take Pei Yuanshao's life, he rushed up and struck with his double hammers, but only managed to knock the big knife aside by a thread.

  "What great strength!" Li Qiang was already born with incredible power, but he didn't expect that Guan Chang's strength would be even more extraordinary.

  But even so, the collision caused the big knife's trajectory to deviate somewhat. Pei Yuanshao also took advantage of this to abandon his horse and rolled on the ground for several rounds, preserving his life.

  Whoosh!

  Pei Yuanshao barely escaped, and Guan Yu's big knife fell, cutting Pei Yuanshao's horse in two. It was a shocking sight that made Li Qiang and Pei Yuanshao tremble with fear.