The eyes of the batman were cold and gruesome and the elder in brown robe carried the long package in one hand. The two men were facing each other, but neither of them acted rashly. The wind changed the direction of the rain that poured down, and all of them got soaked in the heavy rain.
Yang Ning knew that he should not stay long in this place, so he moved towards the horses quietly.
Although the batman had killed one more horse, two other horses were still alive and energetic. Yang Ning moved over there lightly, and was determined to take away a horse.
At present, the two escorts beside the escort carriages were also killed, but before they died, they also killed a man in black. The rest of the men in black gathered around, with scimitars in their hands, and stood behind the batman.
“You’re wrong.” The batman finally said, “If we can fulfill the task today, the Flying Cicada clan will not disappear, but will grow stronger and str
Yang Ning pressed his hands against the ground with his body leaning backwards. He smiled and said, “You don’t remember my name? I seem to have told you. My name is Bunny.”“Bunny?” The young man sneered and said, “Do you think I’m a fool? This is not your name.”Yang Ning smiled and said, “Believe it or not. I am a vagrant, so it’s not strange that I don’t have a name. By the way, it seems that your kung fu is not bad. You learned from that old man? What is your name?”Hearing Yang Ning mentioned the elder in brown robe, the young man immediately got up and said, “Give me this horse first, and I assure you that your help will be returned in ten folds and even one hundred folds in the future.” He continued before Yang Ning could open his mouth, “This horse was originally mine and it was tied outside of the tavern. You looted it in the chaos. Now that you are safe, you should return it to me.”“I don’t like your words.” Yang Ning al
In the light of fire, Yang Ning saw clearly that it was a broken ancestral temple. It seemed that a lot of people lived around here in the past, but then somehow it fell into disuse.The statue enshrined in the ancestral temple had fallen down from the altar, and broke into several pieces. It was covered with thick dust and cobwebs, so he couldn’t figure out which god it was.But the altar was quite high, and was actually above Yang Ning’s chest. It was built with stones. Yang Ning thought it must have taken people tremendous efforts to build the ancestral temple that year.There was no pot or bowl. Yang Ning had searched for a moment before finding an incense burner in the ruins which was used for offering sacrifices. It was dirty, so Yang Ning washed it with the rain outside carefully. Although it was not completely clean, he could only make do with it. He collected half a burner of rainwater, took it back, and put it over the fire to boil it
Xiao Guang managed to sit up and studied Yang Ning for a while before saying, “Do you think we are friends?”Yang Ning simply sat across from Xiao Guang and said seriously, “It depends on your act. If you remain your loyalty and seek ways to return my kindness, of course I will treat you as my friend. But if you want to burn the bridge after crossing it, I will doubt your moral quality and I’d better not make friends with you.”Xiao Guang smiled and said, “So, it’s not easy to make friends with...with you?” After a cough, he raised his hand to cover his mouth.“It’s up to you to decide whether it is easy or not,” Yang Ning smiled and said, “You can sit up now, so it seems that your life has been spared. I have no time to lose. You can just tell me whether you will repay me or not.”Yang Ning was very clear that he needed a lot of money if he continued to seek Xiaodie. Otherwise, the journey would be difficult.The silv
Yang Ning and Xiao Guang squatted behind the stone altar and heard that these people had entered the ancestral temple. Both of them first thought that their opponents had caught up, but they were not sure whether these people were the Mysterious Flying Cicada Ninjas.Yang Ning took out the icy blade from his bosom and held it in his hand. Xiao Guang glanced at it, and when he saw the icy blade reflected cold glints, he knew it was really a nice blade which could only be found by accident but not through seeking. He was quite surprised because he never thought that Yang Ning who looked like a beggar had such a good weapon. Hearing that these people had entered the house, he picked up a stone in his hand.Their footsteps were in disorder, so it seemed that those people were in large numbers. And then a voice full of respect could be heard, “My Lord, this place seems to have fallen into disuse for many years and there is no trace of human presence. I think the
The fat man in gray robe obviously thought that his shout would certainly threaten those people outside to stop shooting arrows. But he did not expect that after his shout, the arrows were fired more fiercely.The flying arrows whizzed through the entrance and the windows, so everyone was forced to sink their heads.Yang Ning was very puzzled, thinking that those people outside should come to capture the spies from the Northern Han State and their purpose was of course the hostage kidnapped by them.Normally, those people outside should hesitate to take actions and wouldn’t be so aggressive because the hostage was in the hands of the spies. But now those people didn’t seem to care about the life of the hostage.The fat man in gray robe was very angry and shouted loudly, “If you don’t stop, I will kill him with my sword.”When he just finished his words, with the sound of “Bang”, a figure came in from the window. That m
Double pupil means two pupils in one eye, which was very weird. Yang Ning had heard of this in his previous life. It was extremely rare. It was said that Shun and Xiang Yu in the history both had double pupil.The man was holding a long bow which was twice as long as the bows of the archers. His eyes were cold. He cast a glance at Yang Ning, and then gazed at the swordsmen and archers.The deathly silence only lasted for a moment. A man waved his hand to make a simple gesture. Then over ten swordsmen immediately stepped forward to form a semi-arc, and the archers stood in a row putting arrows on their bows. This time, their target was the bulky man with double pupil.The bulky man’s beard moved with his lips and the look in his eyes was sharp. Just in an instant, the man and the horse had been 10 feet away from his original position. Yang Ning was surprised to see this, thinking that this man’s horsemanship was excellent. It seemed that the man
Yang Ning wondered who was in the gunny bag. The fat man in gray robe said that the man in the bag was a fool and he could claim the credit by taking the fool to the Northern Han State. So Yang Ning thought that even if the man was a fool, he must come from a rich family.Yang Ning made a slash on the gunny bag with his icy blade easily, revealing the man inside it. One arrow was shot in the heart of the man and the other was in his neck. These injuries were fatal, so the man was unlikely to survive.He reached out his hand to the tip of this man’s nose, and found that the man’s nose was cold and he didn’t breathe any more. He was definitely dead.“You are really unlucky.” Yang Ning couldn’t help mumbling. The man was wrapped in the gunny bag, and was hit in the vital parts of his body by two arrows. That was rotten luck.Yang Ning was sure that this man was dead, so he took a closer look. The man was of thin stature, which was sim
The scar-faced burly man had already got up and looked back, “Our earl must be hungry. Bring some rations and water here soon.” Suddenly he thought of something, and asked Yang Ning, “Your Excellency, do you want to drink?”Yang Ning found a second wind, and understood what had happened after thinking for a moment.There was no doubt that this group of people must have mistaken him for somebody else. If he did not guess wrongly, the real earl should be the hostage buried in the bamboo grove.His appearance and features were almost exactly the same as those of the hostage, and he even put on the clothes of that man. It was no wonder that they had mistaken him for that earl.“That guy turned out to be an earl.” Yang Ning thought.His was quite interested in history and had read many books in his previous life, so he was very familiar with the title “earl”.Crown prince was the eldest son or the successor of