The visitor was none other than Sun Yufu. He heard the sound of fighting coming from the house and came in to check. He wanted to test Hua Yuan'er's martial arts skills, but he didn't expect to be so vulnerable. He curled his lips in disappointment and then carried the
The latter jumped up and left quickly.
Hua Yuan'er was a little sluggish. He was even more surprised than when he saw so many guards in the Ma family just now. Being able to release his energy was at least a first-class peak, but the old man could block the arrows so skillfully, which showed that his strength had already reached the peak level.
In the master realm, apart from his foster father, this was the second master master he had seen, and he felt that this person was even stronger than his foster father. He couldn't help but wonder about Tang Ji's identity again.
To have a master in the master realm as a guard, Brother Tang's identity is definitely not simple!
Looking at the two figures flying away, Ma Yaosheng immediately waved his hand and shouted: "Shoot, shoot them down!"
But before the archer could react, the two men had disappeared.
Ma Yaosheng clenched his fists and angrily smashed the pillars in the corridor. Just as he was about to continue giving orders, he noticed thick smoke rising from a room in the distance. He suddenly widened his eyes and raised his finger: "Quickly.
, An'er's room is in trouble, put out the fire, put out the fire quickly!"
Just like that, the guards who originally planned to chase the assassin stopped and started putting out the fire.
On the other side, Sun Yufu and Hua Yuan'er landed safely in the alley outside Ma's house.
Hua Yuan'er exhaled a heavy breath and cupped her hands in thanks: "Thank you, senior, for helping me."
Sun Yufu waved his hand nonchalantly, picked up the wine gourd at his waist and continued to drink.
Tang Ji looked at his disgraced look, took two steps forward, and asked, "How are you doing? Why are you so embarrassed?"
"Brother Tang, you don't know. The three floors inside and outside the mansion are all full of guards, and there are even archers. His grandfather's. This Ma family is really afraid of death." Hua Yuan'er wiped his face with his hands and finished complaining.
He added: "However, the man surnamed Ma was stabbed by me, and he set his bed on fire before leaving. It's probably hard for him not to die. Let's leave quickly. 'Little Ma' is dead, and 'Old Ma' is probably going to be angry."
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Tang Ji smiled indifferently, nodded, took out the huozhezi from his waist, lit the torch that had been greased with kerosene in advance, led everyone to the front door of Ma's house, and threw it vigorously.
The not-so-long torch flew out and hit the Ma family's plaque directly.
In an instant, the fire spread and quickly extended along the plaque to the beams on both sides.
"Awesome, Brother Tang!" Hua Yuan'er gave Tang Ji a thumbs up.
Seeing that the fire had started, Tang Ji looked back and said, "Let's go after the old Cheng is over!"
Hearing this, except for Cheng Tie, the other three people quickly ran towards the west city.
Watching them go away, Cheng Tie was not idle either. He stole firewood from nearby people's homes and wrapped it in kerosene, ignited it, and then threw it towards the courtyard wall. In this way, one by one he carried the firewood with him.
The flaming firewood rushed towards the interior of Ma's house like a meteor. Only when all the firewood was used up did he laugh naively and turn around to leave.
Cheng Tie's smile didn't matter, but the Ma family suffered a disaster. Two or three pieces of firewood happened to be thrown into the room, which quickly ignited the curtains. For a while, bright lights appeared everywhere, and those who didn't know it thought it was dawn.
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"I'm running out of water, go get water quickly!"
"Put out the fire, put out the fire!"
"Save the warehouse first, no, no, no, no, the madam and the second madam's room are also on fire, hurry, hurry, hurry!"
"..."
For a time, shouts, cries, and calls for help were mixed together in the Ma family, making it very chaotic. However, Ma Yaosheng seemed to be unable to hear it. Two lines of old tears fell from his narrowed eyes, and he stared at the person lying on the bed.
The bloody corpse in front of him slowly fell to his knees with trembling hands: "An'er, An'er!"
He had this son who he had held in his hands since he was a child. He could not beat or scold him. Now he was lying in front of him. He couldn't believe it. He was stunned for a moment, and the sadness in his eyes turned into anger.
He yelled: "Come here, please pass the order and immediately seal the four city gates. Even if you dig the ground three feet, you will catch that damn assassin!"
There was a guard leader who immediately retreated to carry out the order.
"An'er~" Ma Yaosheng cried bitterly again, but suddenly remembered that Ma Chun'an's second wife was pregnant, and suddenly turned his head to look for the housekeeper: "Old Liu, protect, protect Su Qin!"
Butler Liu, who had a gray face, had a bitter look on his face, and replied softly: "Sir, the second young lady was frightened by the fire. She fell to the ground when she went out. Now she has fallen into a coma. The child in her belly... is old.
I have already sent for the doctor."
"What did you say?" Ma Yaosheng's eyes widened, his breathing became rapid, his eyes darkened and he fell back.
"Master, Master~"
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Soon after, the West Gate.
On the tower, several torches were flickering in the cool breeze. Not far away, several soldiers were sitting around a dilapidated low table. There were two jars of wine on the table. One of the jars had been poured there.
There was only half of the dish of cold dishes left, and a rosy-faced soldier asked: "Hey, is it okay for us to drink and have fistfights here at night?"
"What's going on? Are you too drunk to be a coward?" Another tall soldier said with a smile.
"That's right." The person next to him nodded in agreement, drank the remaining sip of wine in the bowl, and continued: "It's a good day to live a good life. The barbarians from Jiang State are coming, and the imperial army is also on the way. Maybe it's for sure.
When will we be dragged into fighting with the barbarians? How can we kill the barbarians like we are? So, don’t think about it, just drink up!"
The soldier who spoke first waved his hand: "No, I have to put some water in!"
After saying that, he got up and walked towards the corner of the city wall.
The tall soldier immediately took offense and said, "Hey, go pee and poop down there, don't mess up the top."
"Hey, it's nothing. The day looks wrong. It's probably going to rain. Look, there are no stars..." The red-faced soldier pointed at the night sky while urinating, and suddenly noticed something flashing.
The pouring water suddenly stopped. He raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, preparing to observe again. Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, his head was hit hard and his body leaned back: "Why are there stars again?"
Sun Yufu turned his head and glanced, then shook his head: "You are so weak now, you can't even catch the old man's kick."
The soldiers who were joking at first became nervous when they saw a few more figures on the tower. They were about to draw their swords, but they drank too much and their movements were much slower. Cheng Tie easily took care of them before they could take action.
The feeling of being carried up and down by Yufu Sun was very uncomfortable. Tang Ji took a breath and said, "Let's go, Lao Su is probably waiting for us in the woods ahead."
Hearing this, Sun Yufu grabbed his collar again and jumped off the tower, followed closely by Cheng Tie and Hua Yuan'er.
After landing, Cheng Tie asked with concern: "Xiaohua, are you okay?"
It wasn't until the other party dealt with Ma Chun'an that he completely believed that this bandit was different from other bandits. This must be the bandit in Wang Wei's poems that Brother Tang mentioned. Anyway, the guy named Wang Wei had everything in his poems...
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Hearing him call herself that, Hua Yuan'er felt weird, because he had raised a dog before and named it Xiaohua, but he didn't think much about it and said with a smile: "It's okay. Although he is only at the peak of the second rate, his Qinggong is pretty good.
, this height won’t trouble me.”
The four of them didn't stop, they picked up speed again and ran towards the forest. Soon they saw Su Qing who was outside to support them.
"Without further delay, let's leave quickly!" Su Qing distributed the horses to several people.
Cheng Tie noticed that Hua Yuan'er didn't have a horse, so he smiled and said, "Xiao Hua, you can ride one with me!"
I don't know why, hearing the tone of his voice and the weird smile made Hua Yuan'er feel a chill in his back. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva and cast his eyes on Tang Ji: "Hey, I heard that you guys haven't rested all day.
Come on, Brother Tang, you don’t know martial arts, so you will definitely be even more exhausted, so why don’t I come and ride you on horseback?”
"Uh..." Tang Jigang was about to answer.
But Hua Yuan'er quickly mounted his horse: "That's it!"
Seeing this, Cheng Tie pursed his lips in dissatisfaction.
In this way, five people sat on four horses. Hua Yuan'er raised his hand and pointed to the road ahead and shouted: "Thirty miles due west from here is Black Dragon Mountain, let's set off!"
After this, the few of them established a preliminary friendship. After looking at each other, they ran towards the woods together.