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
Duan Canghai thought for a while, and then turned around. He squatted down next to Yang Ning, and asked him with a smile, “Your Excellency, does the food suit your taste?”Yang Ning nodded vaguely, thinking that this guy must ask him how he got away. Sure enough, Duan Canghai asked, “Your Excellency, where are the kidnappers who caught you?”“The kidnappers?” Yang Ning had eaten up a roasted chicken at this time. He ate so fast that he was stuffed and even hiccupped. Duan Canghai immediately instructed, “Qi Feng, bring our earl a towel.”Qi Feng hurriedly took a towel for wiping hands. Yang Ning took it, wiped the frozen oil on his hands, and said, “You are asking me where the kidnappers went?”“Yes,” Duan Canghai said, “Your Excellency, how did you make the escape? We need to give an explanation when we return to the mansion.”Yang Ning said, “They are dead. They are all dead!”“Dead?” Duan Canghai was st
Eastward flowed the river. Far in the distance lay the splendid and grotesque mountains, surrounded by cloud and mist. The scenery was breathtaking.The water of ten thousands of miles of the Yangtze River descended from heaven, rolling and entering the ocean. All the way west, it climbed steep mountains, cut across dangerous places, and finally became narrowly contained within its banks for being blocked by the Jilong Mountain. Infinite fascinating sceneries were hidden in dangerous peaks. The integration of mountains and rivers presented a natural and magnificent landscape.The Zhongshan Mountain was like a dragon, and the Stone City a tiger. The capital city Jianye, near the mountains and by the river, was north to the Zhoushan Islands, the Jilong Mountain and the Xuanwu Lake, east to the Zhongshan Mountain, and west to the Stone City. The running river rolled and roared day and night endlessly.All the way to the capital, Duan Canghai and o
Yang Ning knew that the father of the earl was a second class General Wei in the Southern Chu State, but he did not know who the Marquis of Honor was. Since this funeral was held in the Mansion of the Marquis of Honor, this marquis should also be here.But he was more curious about the beautiful Third Lady. Was she the general’s concubine? If so, she was only Yang Ning’s co-mother-in-law because he was the earl, the heir to the general. But the Third Lady did not recognize that he was not the real earl. It seemed that he had slid through this test. But how would he cope with the following challenges?Then he thought that he could just pretend to be naive and stupid when facing unmanageable problems, because the real earl was originally a fool.When servants helped him change a suit of mourning dress, Yang Ning thought that he was damned unlucky. Then the Third Lady led him into the hall.The mourning hall was lavishly
Lady Qiong’s nails were quite long. If she clawed Gu Qinghan across the face, that beautiful and flawless snow-white face would inevitably be scratched. Yang Ning was about to stop her, only to see Gu Qinghan flashed aside lightly. The failed lunge had thrown Lady Qiong off-balance and she fell to the ground after staggering forward a few steps.Qi Yu, who had been kneeling on the side of the temporary memorial tablet and watching them with cold eyes, finally stood up and shouted, “Bitch, do you dare to bully my mother? I will show you.” He looked around, and finally grabbed an incense burner on the altar and threw it at Gu Qinghan. The guy was quite strong. Seeing that the incense burner was flying to her, Gu Qinghan’s face lost its color. When the incense burner was about to hit Gu Qinghan, a man suddenly lifted his leg and just kicked it. The incense burner immediately rebounded.No one ever expected it. Qi Yu was also stunned until the incense burner hi