Chapter 713 – Su Mengmu’s blade
Although he was already a prince who had been relegated to being a citizen, a prince was still a prince. That so called relegation to being a citizen might just be a statement that His Majesty, the Sacred Emperor, was unable to make together. For example, that Prefecture Song who thought himself to be very smart had long become another corpse in the sanctuary prison that did not see the light of day.
In front of them were three hundred Steel Cavalry to clear the way, and the pedestrians on the road all moved aside. Behind the three hundred Steel Cavalry were a string of eight carts pulled by Spirit Demon Beasts. They were loaded with items that Chen Zhongqi was used to.
Chen Zhongqi was also a very strange person, the palace had left behind a large amount of literary and play jewelry, a large amount of gold and silver jade artifacts, and even a large amount of spirit stones of various ranks, but he did not bring them along. It was just that he was used to using chairs, washbasins, and even chamber pots that did not fall.
There were three hundred cavalrymen behind the caravan, looking dignified and solemn.
The reason why An Zheng respected the great general of the State of Yan so much was because Fang Zhiji had done such an impressive thing … that is, the State of Yan heavily riding on Tie Liuhuo’s back.
It was because An Zheng had seen the Da Xi cavalry’s combat power that he knew how amazing Tie Liuhuo was. This army was built on supplies that were far inferior to Da Xi’s. However, their combat prowess was not at all inferior to Da Xi’s heavy cavalry. One thing to know was that Da Xi’s heavy cavalry beasts were all riding powerful demon beasts, while Tie Liuhuo was only riding war horses.
Until not long ago, An Zheng had just been able to change the entire mount of Tie Liuhuo.
An Zheng sat aea shop by the side of the road. With his speed, it would not be difficult for him to catch up to a group of people who were not in a hurry to leave. As for Zhuge Wenyun, it was simply nothing to him.
The dust flew, An Zheng extended his hand out to cover the teacup in front of him, with his other hand, he waved away the dust that was floating in the air. The pedestrians on the road all avoided the advancing troops. The armor, the demonic beast, the long lance that emitted a cold glow while hanging on the hook, were all enough to make one feel intimidated.
These were the cavalry of the Da Xi Empire, traversing the north and south. Every inch of ground under the feet of the people of the Great Western Region was beaten down by these brave warriors. In fact, the world is full of all kinds of contradictions, seemingly irreconcilable, but also have to co-exist.
As An Zheng sat there and watched the procession pass by, his mind involuntarily thought of the last scene when he had a long conversation with Chen Zhongqi.
That day, at the prince’s mansion, Chen Zhongqi spoke of two pots of good wine and let An Zheng taste them. Halfway through, An Zheng bought a bag of sesame seed cakes witoasted chicken.
At that time, the topic had somehow talked about the relationship between the citizens and the country, and Chen Zhongqi had drank a lot.
“Do countries and families complement each other?”
Chen Zhongqi asked An Zheng. An Zheng thought that Chen Zhongqi had gone insane and ignored him.
Chen Zhongqi drank a cup of wine and spoke as if he was talking to himself, “Tell me, if the country wasn’t big, wasn’t rich and powerful, and if it didn’t scare other countries, then where did the people of the Great Xi world get such a good day?”
An Zheng laughed: “What are you being crazy about?”
Chen Zhongqi said: “Wasn’t it all because of the historical men in the Holy See... A few days ago, a small country called Youyan Sixteen in the north opened up a war again. The battle was in a complete mess as a large number of refugees poured into Da Xi city. The soldiers at the border did not open the gate without orders and did not allow the refugees to enter. However, the generals guarding the city have been taken in by the censors, who only know how to fire their cannons with their mouths! ”
Chen Zhongqi stood up and wished he could throw the cup away. “What do they know? What do you mean, “Da Xi ioly country under the heavens”? If this opening were to be made, then the people at the borders of the Great Xixi would truly suffer. I’m not talking about refugees. Those people are crazy. The people in the Great Xixi were safe and sound, they didn’t need to worry about food and clothing, but if refugees rushed in, they would definitely be robbed clean! The citizens of other countries are their citizens, but the citizens of Da Xi are not their citizens? ”
He flung his hands away, so angry that they turned pale.
An Zheng laughed: “Your Majesty will not open this opening.”
“It can’t be, it can’t be. I told you, should we open it?”
An Zheng frowned: “If you were to consider it from my point of view, you should open it, and cut oulace to restrain and discipline me. However, this is not feasible at all. Once an opening is made, the refugees will not be able to stop it. ”
“From the national point of view, not open.”
An Zheng shook his head: “There are always many contradictions in this world.”
Chen Zhongqi said: “Speaking of conflicts, people are as disgusting as flies. Who knew how many people were envious of the Buddhist kingdoms in the Western Regions, saying that they would have freedom there, freedom of belief, freedom of everything. He said that Da Xi didn’t have any freedom, so Da Xi decided … However, they had forgotten that it was Da Xi who had given them the current day. Before the establishment of the Great Xixi country, after many years of chaos and countless deaths and injuries among the people of the world, at that time was indeed a time of freedom. If the Da Xi country is split into seventy to eighty small countries, and then the war goes on and on, I’ll see how it goes. ”
An Zheng stood up and patted his shoulder, “You’re just thinking too much.”
Chen Zhongqi: “You are thinking too little. You only know how to maintain the law and nothing else.”
An Zheng laughed: “Because that’s what I’m best at.”
Chen Zhongqi glared fiercely at An Zheng: “A person like you, sooner or later you will die a miserable death.”
An Zheng’s head hurt and the cup in his hand almost fell. The image in his mind faded away as he stared at the passing troop in a daze … Chen Zhongqi, why did you want to kill me?
People like you will diorrible death sooner or later.
When Chen Zhongqi had said those words, did he already have the intention to kill? But the reason, why?
An Zheng stood up, picked up the straw hat that was placed on the table, and put down the money for the tea shop owner, he then followed the group and walked forward. The group headed northwest, and the further they went, the more people there were. The northwest was desolate and the weather was bad, so it was the poorest place in Da Xi Country. Even so, the annual allocation of money from Da Xi to the Northwest was enough for the people to live a comfortable life.
Southwest, southeast, middle, these places were all rich, so the taxes were also higher. A small portion of these taxes were used to subsidize the Northwest. That was why the citizens of the eastern region of the Great Xixi more or less didn’t understand why the imperial government would do suching. collect the tax from them and hand it over to the people of the northwest.
However, the people did not expect that once the people in the northwest side could not get by, it would become chaotic. What if things really get chaotic? The people of the northwest were valiant. Moreover, in terms of cultivation, there were many large sects as well. If they were to fight, it was unknown how many people would die. However, in this world, it wasn’t just the Great Xixi that was powerful. Other powerful countries wouldn’t let go of this opportunity when they saw the internal strife of the Great Xixi.
This was an irreconcilable contradiction.
The people did not stand at the height of the court to think, nor did they bother to explain.
An Zheng did not know why he thought about these things, but he thought about how Chen Zhongqi had been to the northwest for five whole years, opening canals to lead water there and digging up desolated farmlands there. This was one of the reasons why the Sacred Emperor sent him to the northwest.
An Zheng followed the procession into Hao Yuan City, where the City Lord was already waiting outside the city. After An Zheng waited for the group to finish walking, he found a small tavern not far from the city gate and sat down, ordering a few dishes.
Not long after he sat down, he saw a man wearing a bamboo hat and a grey robe walk in from outside the city. The man walked with his head down, but he didn’t bump into anyone in the bustle of the street. Whenever he was about to collide with someone, his footsteps would naturally diverge. He clearly didn’t look at the road, but he didn’t deviate.
This person looked like an ordinary martial artist, and from his clothes, he didn’t seem to be doing very well. But from the moment this person appeared in front of An Zheng, An Zheng’s attention had never left him.
His man, his knife.
An Zheng frowned slightly. Sucerson, to follow Chen Zhongqi’s team into the city, what?
Perhaps because he felt An Zheng’s gaze, the man with the blade raised his head and looked over. An Zheng realized that it was a middle-aged man with a slightly elegant face, and also a bit of a scholarly look. He was obviously a swordsman, but when he raised his head, it gave off an impression that he was a scholar.
An Zheng suddenly remembered who he was.
Four of Chen Zhongxu’s subordinates were his trusted aides and one of them was called Lu Deng. He had interacted with An Zheng before, but died a violent death later on. One was called Mr. Xie and the other was called Huangfu Qing. This man and woman were practically inseparable from Chen Zhongxu by an inch. And the other one ierson with a sword in her hand … Su Mengmu.
There was a legend in the northwest. What was faster than time?
Su Mengmu’s blade.
Su Mengmu sat down on another stool not far from An Zheng, and glanced at An Zheng: “Why are you looking at me?”
An Zheng laughed: “You’re wearing a conical bamboo hat and holding onto a blade, can’t you take another look?”
Su Mengmu was silent for a while, then said: “Why don’t you tell me what it’s like?”
An Zheng: “What if they start fighting?”
Su Mengmu glanced at the direction of the city gate, and said: “Tell me, if I were to use the words that I’ve just told you to talk to others, would they start fighting?”
An Zheng: “Since you want to fight, then why are you finding excuses?”
Su Mengmu shook his head: “No, you don’t understand...”
At this moment, a carriage entered the city. The driver of the carriage looked very skilled. What was curious was that, as a coachman, he actually had a long knife sticking out from the side of his seat.
After the carriage entered, Su Mengmu stood up and walked to An Zheng’s side. She took a sip of her wine and thanked him. After that, she walked towards the carriage. Seeing that someone had come over, the carriage driver fiercely stopped and glared at Su Mengmu.
Su Mengmu asked, “Why are you looking at me?”
As expected, the coachman replied, “What do you think?”
Su Mengmu said: “I can’t do it.”
The driver drew his saber. “No, what do you want?”
Su Mengmu drew his blade: “If it doesn’t work, then pull out your blade.”
With a flash of the saber, the coachman was split into two. The blue star point in An Zheng’s left eye started to quickly spin, and then he was shocked... The unremarkable carriage driver was actually at the peak of the Lower Completion Stage. However, under Su Mengmu’s slash, he did not even manage to persevere fohousandth of a second. After the blade passed, people would die.
A golden light burst out from the carriage and quickly spread outwards. Wherever the golden light went, people would be sliced apart. In the blink of an eye, there was not a single living soul within a radius of a few hundred meters.
A red figure jumped out of the carriage, looking like a woman.
She flew high in the sky, her left hand reaching out horizontally as her right hand pulled back. Three long arrows made of force shot out from a bow that couldn’t be seen.
“The murderer has come to the wrong place, and the murderer has come to the wrong place.”
Su Mengmu did not dodge. The blade light flashed for a moment and then, the three invisible arrows were shattered.
“You creatures from another world shouldn’t have appeared. No matter who you want to kill, no matter if it’rince or a commoner, as long as it’s a person you want to kill, you deserve to die. ”
Su Mengmu raised her head to look at the lady in red in the sky, and slowly raised her blade. He was known as the fastest swordsman in the martial arts world and was even faster than time. But this time, the raising of the saber was ridiculously slow.
An Zheng closed his eyes and looked at the red-clothed female, only to see a flaming phoenix.
The girl landed from mid air and rushed towards Su Mengmu witoar. Su Mengmu was still slowly raising her blade with the middle finger of her left hand pressed together. She pointed at something with his finger, and then suddenly laughed: “I found it.”
Then he slashed.
The saber had traveled three hundred kilometers.
Three hundred miles away, a woman in red sat cross-legged on the ground. She suddenly opened her eyes. A red line appeared on her forehead, then her skull cracked and blood and brain matter flowed down the opening.
Su Mengmu retracted his blade, and turned around: “It’s almost a small day, this blade is not in vain.”
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