The desert has worked very hard, and every chapter is written with great care. Staying up late has become commonplace. Today I suddenly found the white hair on my head... I grew bright hair early and my heart was broken... It's a new week, so everyone can support me, hey...!

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Yanjing City is more than 200 miles away from Yuanjin City, the main city of the Xiao family. Master Xiao is old and naturally cannot withstand the rapid traffic. In addition, it is winter, so he only travels fifty or sixty miles a day. It will take as long as four or five days to reach Yuanjin City...

After leaving Yanjing City, Taishi Xiao felt a brief relaxation. The snowy scenery along the way was covered with mountains and frozen rivers, but the scenery was like a picture.

The journey was very smooth. On the third day, it was dusk. Butler Xiao approached the window and said, "Taishi, you will reach Fengling River in front. After crossing the bridge, there will be a town about ten miles to rest there."

"Chasing the clouds and chasing the moon for eight thousand miles, Feng Ling stopped for a foot!" Master Xiao smiled and said, "We haven't passed by Feng Ling River for many years, but I wonder if the Feng Ling Bridge is still the same?"

"When the Grand Master passed by here for the last time ten years ago, he wrote a letter on Fengling Bridge. The local officials must be well protected." Butler Xiao said respectfully: "Why didn't Grand Master rest in the county along the way?"

Master Xiao said: "It is indecent to mobilize troops. Although it is winter, the scenery along the way is picturesque and carefully appreciated without disturbing others, but it is also very comfortable."

Butler Xiao also smiled and said, "The Grand Master has not had such a state of mind for many years."

Master Xiao laughed and said, "You followed me when you were young. Naturally, I understand that although I later became an official in the court, I was also a literary and elegant person when I was young!"

Seeing Master Xiao’s words relaxed, Butler Xiao smiled and said, “Yes!”

After a while, I saw a river in front of me, which was quite wide. However, a stone bridge was built on the river. Although it was simple, it was also very complete.

When the car approached, he saw a large stone tablet standing at the bridge. On the stone tablet, there were two lines of words engraved, which were the two lines of poetry that Taishi Xiao had just recited: "Chasing the clouds and rushing the moon for eight thousand miles, the wind is soaring!"

Master Xiao lifted the curtain and looked at it, stroked his beard and smiled, "They are intent."

At this moment, I suddenly heard a sound of horse hooves coming from the other side of Fengling River. Everyone looked up and saw a group of knights appearing on the other end of the stone bridge, all of whom were wearing black clothes and black hats, like wolves and tigers, and were rushing towards the bridge.

Butler Xiao frowned, and the group of guards under Master Xiao's men had already tightened their expressions. Most of them put their hands on the hilt of the knife at their waists. However, the Thirteen Swordsmen all used ancient swords. Since they established Yanjing City, the ancient swordsman has never left their hands. Even if they were eating and sleeping, they would have to hold the ancient sword with one hand.

"Trial Master, someone is blocking the bridge!" Butler Xiao looked solemn.

Master Xiao's face became gloomy and smiled coldly, saying, "I didn't expect that someone was still thinking about me." He said lightly, "I am in a bad mood today, let them leave, they can't kill me!"

At this time, the knights were already lined up, blocking the other side of Fengling Bridge. A knight rushed to the bridge and slowly pulled out the knife from his waist. The more than 20 knights behind him also drew out the knife. The cold sword was like ice at the head of Fengling Bridge.

Butler Xiao immediately stepped forward and shouted loudly: "Who are you all? Get out of here quickly!"

The knight did not answer, but just held a knife in one hand and a rein in the other hand. He walked slowly over. The bridge could run three horses in parallel. He moved forward, and the group of knights behind him were also in two rows, following behind and coming towards this side.

As soon as Butler Xiao raised his hand, the Xiao family guards immediately rushed forward. The sound of horses sounded. In just a moment, except for the Thirteen Swordsmen who circled into a circle to guard the Grand Master's carriage in the middle, the other guards had gathered at the head of the stone bridge and drew their swords.

As the biggest killer weapon in the secret of the Xiao family, the Thirteenth Swordsman is of amazing power, but the other guards who followed the Grand Master back were also the elite shadow guards of the Xiao family.

Master Xiao sat quietly in the carriage, with a cold expression.

Although he only brought forty guards by his side, the Thirteenth Swordsman and twenty-seven Shadow Guards were already a very powerful protective force. He knew very well that even the most elite imperial guards in Yan State, without the 200 well-prepared soldiers, it would be impossible for even his own hair to be touched.

It can be said that the other party actually appeared at Fengling Bridge at the right time, so he must have been prepared. In other words, the other party has an extremely good understanding of his itinerary and has chosen to intercept Fengling Bridge.

Master Xiao was not unconsidered the safety of the passing, but because he was worried about an accident, he transferred the Thirteenth Swordsman to his side to escort him.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking about the old acquaintances in Beijing.

Soon, he heard the sound of people shouting and horses neighing, and then the sound of golden swords fighting, no doubt, the two sides had already started fighting.

The Thirteenth Swordsman just escorted the carriage seamlessly and did not come forward to participate in the battle. The Xiao family's shadow guard squeezed on the bridge with the group of knights and ruthlessly slashed the big sword at the other party.

Butler Xiao had retreated to the side of the carriage and said solemnly: "Tai Shi, these people... don't seem to be from Central Plains!"

Master Xiao frowned immediately, opened the curtains and asked, "See who they are?"

"They did not hide their faces." Butler Xiao frowned and said, "Look at their eyebrows, they look like people from the south!"

Master Xiao's face became more gloomy.

This group of knights were fearless, and Shadow Guard was also cruel and ruthless. Both sides were mixed together. In just a moment, many people had been cut off their war horses and blood splattered onto the ice of Fengling River.

The combat power of this group of knights who suddenly appeared was not first-class. In some ways, their sword skills were not as sharp as those of the Xiao family's shadow guards, but their moves were extremely strange. The sword tricks were very different from those of the Central Plains people, which made it difficult for those shadow guards to judge the moves of these knights to shoot.

What is even more surprising is that as long as you are hit by these knights, even if you hit your shoulders and arms, as long as you have a knife, Shadow Guard will fall down from the horse in a moment, twitch on the ground twice, and die.

These knights have strange sword techniques and are suicide attacks that only seek to hurt the enemy. They are often killed by the Shadow Guard and have to cut the knife against the Shadow Guard.

In fact, the Shadow Guards have already realized that the blades of these knights must contain highly poison, and they are terrifying poisons that are blood-sealed.

In this ruthless battle, two groups of ruthless people fell from the horse one by one. For most people, as long as they fell from the horse, they would almost die.

Butler Xiao watched Shadow Wei fall down one by one, his pupils shrink.

He is the leader of the Xiao family's shadow guards. These shadow guards have been cultivated bit by bit by bit with countless efforts and energy. They are extremely loyal. Compared with the Thirteen Swordsmen with the largest killing weapon, these group of shadow guards are the foundation and elites for the Xiao family to act in the dark.

However, in the battle between Feng Lingqiao, the twenty-seven first-class shadow guards carefully selected lost all their losses in a bloody battle with a group of knights that appeared underground.

The muscles on Master Xiao's face also began to twitch.

This bloody battle did not last long. When the Shadow Guard killed all twenty knights at the bridge, only six of the twenty-seven Shadow Guards were left.

This battle, which is not large in scale, is indeed surprisingly cruel.

The remaining six shadow guards turned over and got off the horse, holding a big knife, checking the corpses of the knights, but there was a trace of squirming, and immediately cut off the knight's throat with the big knife.

The smell of blood filled the head of Fengling Bridge, and an extremely strange atmosphere enveloped everyone's hearts.

Butler Xiao looked at the corpses lying on the ground on the bridge and said sternly to the carriage: "Tao Shi, since these assassins are ambushing here, there must be ambushing ahead. We... cannot move forward any more. We should turn back now. The town we passed by was only more than twenty miles away. Let's go back to the town first and notify the local government to send someone to escort!"

Master Xiao sneered, "Since someone wants to get rid of me on the road, I'm afraid we won't have the chance to notify the local government." After a pause, he said coldly: "I want to see how capable they are to kill me. My thirteenth swordsman has not moved. If they really want to kill me, it depends on whether they can step over the body of the thirteenth swordsman!" He said in a deep voice: "Cleaning the corpse of the bridgehead and crossing the bridge!"

Butler Xiao frowned slightly. He was also a person who had been through countless storms, but today was just too strange, which made a trace of uneasiness in his eyes. However, according to Master Xiao's instructions, he ordered six shadow guards to drag the corpses of the bridge over and clear the way so that the carriage could cross the bridge.

The Thirteen Swordsman did not move at all from beginning to end, but just held the ancient sword in his hand tightly, and his face under the hat was extremely cold.

Just as Shadow Guard cleared a road, a very strange sound suddenly sounded. It was a very strange music. When the tune was heard by everyone, even those who did not understand the rhythm could hear the desolate and sad taste in the song.

When Master Xiao heard the voice, his face suddenly showed an extremely shock. His originally stable hand couldn't help but tremble.

Master Xiao was knowledgeable and although he was not good at music, he knew about the general idea. However, he quickly guessed that the sound of the Hulusheng was made.

Only the gourd and desolate smell can be interpreted to the extreme.

Mr. Xiao knew very well that people in the Central Plains were good at playing the piano and the flute. This kind of gourd sucking sucking sucking sucking sucking sucking sucking sucking sucking sucking sucking sucking sucking sucking sucking sucking sucking sucking sucking sucking sucking sucking sucking sucking

Hulusheng, Fengguo!

This made the careful Master Xiao instantly think of a very terrifying possibility. He gently lifted the curtain of the carriage, walked out of the carriage with a crutch, stood at the head of the carriage, looked forward.

Although he was old, Master Xiao’s eyesight was not weak. He soon saw another person on the other side of the stone bridge, but this time there was only one person, all over his body was as black as ink. The man sat on the horse, as if he was having fun and relaxing. The horse walked towards this side leisurely and slowly, while the man in black held a gourd sleigh in his hands and played a sad tune.
Chapter completed!