In the 11th year of the rising sun, on the 15th day of July

Governor of Sichuan, three hundred miles west of Jincheng

"Your Excellency Governor, our current location is in the west of the Changhe River, and three hundred miles to the east is the capital of the governor of Sichuan, the country of the East, Jincheng!"

At the edge of a vast forest like a primeval jungle, a team of hundreds of samurai covered in armor appeared.

This is a group of samurai with a completely different armor shape from the Zhengyang Empire, with a helmet on their head and a half-face armor on their face that only shows their eyes. Behind the visor are a pair of blue eyes.

It's a bunch of aliens!

The group of armored warriors were all burly and mighty, tall and strong, and when they left the dense forest, although they could see from the heavy breathing that their physical exertion was huge, they still stood there like green pines.

At the head of the team was a man over seven feet tall, as burly as a mountain god, with curly brown hair. He wore no helmet or face armor, a pair of blue eyes as deep as the ocean, a high nose, and only a few fine wrinkles on his face, looking like a thirty-year-old who had gone through vicissitudes, a weathered forty, or a fifty-year-old with wisdom. He wears heavy thick armor with a slight rust. Behind his back was a fine iron box about six feet long, firmly fastened to his armor with a golden silk rope.

The man who spoke earlier was a blonde woman, tall and tall, dressed in silver light armor and carrying a large, delicate bow behind her.

The silver light armor on her body was very slim, bulging high on her chest, showing off her graceful figure. This kind of armor form will never appear in Zhengyang.

The woman's face is delicate, the bridge of the nose is high, the facial features are three-dimensional, and she has a delicate cherry mouth, which makes her a little embarrassed by the vast dense forest, but it also adds some unique charm to her.

"Leslie, as the Secretary General of the Far Eastern Army, you are competent. As a samurai, you are qualified. Now that we have set foot on the land of the East, our team will rely on your knowledge. ”

The burly man with curly brown hair said with a smile, his eyes looking to the east with a look of curiosity in his eyes.

The blonde woman, Leslie, performed a Western etiquette, pressing her left hand to her right chest and nodding her head at the same time.

"Leslie thanked the Governor for his compliment, and that was Leslie's job. It's just that Leslie has always wondered why we listened to Earl Ann's words and traveled thousands of miles to the land of the East. It's so far from our homeland! ”

The burly man with curly brown hair was the deputy envoy of this Far Eastern Army from the west, Adolf Sauerland, who could also be called the deputy of the envoy team. He also had the status of duke, governor of the province of Vienna.

The governor was the equivalent of a governor in that Western country, and he was in charge of the military and political power of a province.

Adolf Schorland smiled and retracted his gaze, a trace of worry flashing between his eyebrows, "Ann is the only new nobleman in the Holy Empire for ten years, and his appearance has allowed Augustus (the king of the Western Realm) to discover a way to eliminate the internal turmoil that has emerged. Unlike the previous Earl Liu, what he brought was not goods or money, but the possibility of the Holy Empire continuing to expand! ”

Leslie's eyes flashed with confusion, after all, she was still too young, although her intelligence was superb, but she was still not sharp enough for some politics.

Just as the two were communicating in front of the team, there was a commotion in the dense forest behind them, and then a roaring black bear fell on all fours and rushed out frantically.

The black bear's head was covered with blood, one eye was blind, and red-white stains oozed from the blood hole. Its body was covered in fine blood holes, and black and red blood was gurgling from it.

Behind the black bear, followed by a warrior with blood-stained armor, behind his visor was a pair of eagle-sharp eyes, and in his hand was a thin sword with a very narrow blade. He walked lightly and unhurriedly following the black bear, who was obviously running for his life!

"Gust, in the face of the enemy, don't have distractions, don't do anything abusive, end the battle quickly, and lay the foundation for victory!"

The warrior holding the thin sword heard the sound behind him, and his feet immediately sped up, although the movements were clear and palpable, but the speed was unexpectedly amazing, the distance between him and the black bear was more than ten meters, but he crossed this distance in one breath, and the thin sword in his hand stabbed out, like a flash of lightning.

burst

With a soft sound, the thin sword pierced through the black bear's head with beads of blood, as easily as if it were piercing tofu with a needle.

burst

The rapier warrior drew back the rapier, and the rapier slid through a perfect arc and landed on his side, and the blood beads were swung out, and the sword body of the rapier was as smooth as new, without a trace of blood.

The Rapier warrior stood in place, like a peerless master, and the black bear continued to stagger forward two steps, and fell with a bang.

Behind the Rapier warrior, an old man with a thin figure and not wearing armor, but a red and white robe, slowly stepped forward with his back bent. His face was wrinkled, probably due to being too thin, and a large hooked nose made his face look extremely sharp, and his eyes narrowed slightly, occasionally glinting with a terrifying light from the slits.

Behind the red and white robe, a cross is embroidered with gold thread, and a sword is embroidered with silver thread, lying on the cross.

The Rapier took off his helmet and showed long sun-blonde hair, an extremely young Westerner with a handsome face and features as delicate as a sculptural face.

"Teacher, my sword speed is a few points faster than when I was in China!"

The Rapier Warrior spoke with pride in his tone, as if he was showing off to his teacher.

The thin old man walked directly past him and walked all the way to the front of the group, ignoring the Rapier warrior.

Rapier Warrior Sunshine smiled, disagreed, and walked forward. He covered his face with his visor, and in an instant his eyes turned sharp again.

Adolf Sauerland turned to look at the two men with a smile, and he nodded to the thin old man.

Leslie bowed ninety degrees, supported her chest with her right hand, and said respectfully, "Commander William, you're back." ”

As soon as she straightened up and saw the Rapier warrior behind her, Leslie had a bright smile on her face and saluted again, "Your Highness Gust!" ”

The sword warrior Gust waved his hand, and said in an indifferent voice: "Don't call me Your Highness, set foot on the land of the Eastern Country, I am the envoy of the envoys." ”

Adolf Sauerland smiled and nodded, His Highness Gust was the grandson of Augustus, one of the most gifted heirs, and the chief envoy of the legation, and he was his deputy.

He was very satisfied with Gust, who was firmly behind him and would support him to sit on the throne of Caesar.

"Hurry up to that eastern city, I can't remember what it's called! But if the Paladins don't have mounts, they won't be the Paladins! William Bucksdale, a thin old man, looked at Leslie unceremoniously.

Leslie replied respectfully, "Three hundred miles to the east is the first capital of the Eastern Kingdom, and according to the map given by Count An, the second city to the east from this city, where our knights can be equipped with the best horses!" ”

William Barksdale was dismissive of the so-called best war horses: "The best war horses are in the grasslands, and although the country of the East is vast and rich, it is too loud!" ”

Gust let the others wipe his armor clean, and at this time he took two steps forward and said: "Teacher, do we want to go to the northern steppe to see, I heard Count An say that the cavalry there is very famous." ”

William Bucksdale turned his head to look north: "There is no vanity under fame, this is what people in the country of the East like to say. If you have the chance, you really want to go and see it, if you can challenge it, it would be the best, my paladin's spears are about to decay, and there are no more enemies for us in the West. Hope to find it in the East! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, William Bucksdale turned his head back and looked into the distance, his ears moving slightly.

Adolf Sauerland also looked into the distance with a solemn expression.

"Cavalry, no more than a hundred!" William Bucksdale listened for a moment and said.

Gust's eyes showed battle intent, he glanced at the soldiers lined up behind him, turned to look at Adolf Schorland and said softly: "Governor Adolf, let's attack!" ”

Gust's fiery battle spirit affected the warriors behind him, and there was a slight sound of armor patches rubbing against the otherwise silent team, but the next moment, a basin of cold water extinguished their enthusiasm.

"It's just a rabble, and our warriors don't need to do anything to the garbage, as the Orientals often say, kill chickens with knives! Carter! William Bucksdale uttered a contemptuous remark and finally shouted.

Among the warriors behind him, a tall warrior with the same height as Adolf Sauerland came out of the line and came to the front of the line, he was the deputy head of the Holy Knights, Carter Kerr.

Behind the visor is a pair of green eyes, his bloodline is somewhat impure, but being able to join the Holy Knights shows that he has been recognized by the Holy See.

"Captain!" Carter Kerr hammered his own breastplate and burst into applause.

William Bucksdale's gaze fell into the distance, where the dust was flying, and the smoke and dust gathered in the air like a small dark cloud.

"Win mounts for our knights!"

In the eyes of the regimental commander, the young Carter Kerr erupted into a low roar, William Bucksdale was not only his regimental commander, but also had a mentor and father relationship with him, and if he hadn't met him, he would still be struggling to survive in the slave camp.

Carter Kerr's whole body armor weighs more than 100 catties, a heavy sword is more than 50 catties, the whole body is dark blue, the sword body is one foot wide, five feet long, and three inches thick, it is simply a door panel.

Carrying such heavy equipment, Carter Kerr was as fast as a cheetah, rushing towards the cavalry that could already be seen.

"Senior Brother Carter was promoted to a fourth-level heavy knight a few years ago, and this is the first time he has made an all-out shot!" Gustben was a man of great pride, but he had great respect for his brother, and he respected the strong.

The cavalry in the distance saw a man rushing towards them, and their faces showed mockery, and whistles, whistling, scolding, and laughter resounded in the sky.

They are a group of horse thieves in the governor of Sichuan (province), and they were originally a small force in the rivers and lakes, after Emperor Wu City unified the rivers and lakes, they were half black and half white and became horse thieves, and only dared to operate on the border of Sichuan and plunder some caravans.

From afar, they noticed that a strange group of people had appeared here, quite a few people, more than three hundred people, but all on foot. And they have more than sixty horsemen, and the cavalry faces the infantry, even if it is ten times the difference in strength, the cavalry has an absolute advantage.

They started charging about five hundred meters away from the group, so that their momentum could reach their maximum.

The horse thief is headed by a bearded strong man, the heart hair on the chest is exposed, and there are hideous scars on the face, as the second leader of the horse thief, he led the team today, and when he came out, he met a group of fat sheep, and was overjoyed, without saying a word, and led the team to attack.

This is the border, inaccessible, and three hundred miles away from the nearest Jincheng, where they can kill at will.

"The second master, there seems to be a person in front!" A horse thief said to the bearded man.

The second master, who was up and down on horseback, only heard half of the sentences, and the rest was blown away by the strong wind, but he knew what his subordinates were talking about, because he was not blind, and he also saw the madman who was rushing towards them.

That's right, in his heart, the one who rushed at them was a madman.

In the face of the cavalry charge, how can there be a reason for the infantry to counter-charge, who do you think you are!

"Kill!" The distance between the two sides was shortened to a hundred meters, this distance was only a moment for the cavalry, the second master roared, drew his own horse chopping knife, put the horse's back horizontally, relying on the impact of the horse, this knife is enough to be comparable to a blow at the peak of Xiaocheng Realm!

Carter Kerr ran wildly, his sword mopping the floor, he raised his head and looked at the cavalry charging in front of him, and there was a strong disdain in his eyes in addition to smoke and dust.

The cavalry's charge was so sparse, the formation was not maintained, the front and rear queues were too scattered and too open, and the weapons in their hands were also varied, and there were even those with short knives, and the cavalry's weapons could only be heavy guns or heavy swords!

The distance between the two sides is fifty meters!

The second master saw the person in front of him clearly, it was a person wrapped in an iron shell, holding an iron plate, what was that?

The distance between the two sides is twenty meters!

Hey, why is his speed so fast, and he can still be so fast with such a thick armor, but it doesn't matter, under my knife, there is nothing that can't be split.

The distance between the two sides is five meters!

Well? I jumped up, not afraid of being hit by my horse, stupid!

The distance between the two sides, minus one meter!

At the last moment, the second master staggered his horse and Carter Kerr, Carter Kerr jumped high, his body was almost higher than the horse's head, and the heavy sword spun and slashed towards the second master, who had no time to react.

After Carter Kerr landed, the second master still rode forward on his horse, but his head flew in the air for a while, and then fell into the dust.

Carter Kerr seemed to have a spring under his feet, leaping vertically and high again, constantly looking for gaps in the sparse cavalry charge, slapping or slashing a man with each leap.

By the time the entire cavalry staggered past him, Carter Kerr had already knocked at least six men off his horse.

The horse thieves only reacted at this time, their second master was gone, and a group of people fell into a panic situation without a leader, and Carter Kerr did not give them time to breathe and react at all, he was like a tireless machine, reflexively rushed into the cavalry ranks, wielding a fifty-pound heavy sword with one hand was like lifting a wooden sword in the hand of a child, it was easy!

In a short time, half of the horse thieves fell off their horses, and the ranks of the cavalry were completely scattered, and the horses that had lost their masters were running in all directions, and knights in armor appeared in all directions, and each horse was comforted by a knight.

The remaining twenty or thirty horse thieves only then realized that they had crashed into the muzzle of the gun, and one of the older horse thieves exclaimed, "The wind is howling!" The wind is howling! Wind... Ugh"

His exclamation stopped abruptly, he looked at the long-tailed feather arrow in front of him in surprise, his hands clutched his throat, the warm liquid flowing between his fingers, and after two struggles, he fell off his horse weakly.

In the distance, Leslie was smiling and relaxed with a huge bow in her hand, and no one who didn't know would not even think that it was her who had just shot a precise arrow through her throat.

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Jian Fangliang, bachelor's degree.

Yuan Dongxiang looked at the name in and out of the roster, he only had a very faint impression of this person, this is a proper civil servant, and there is a huge gap between the image of the mastermind behind a case that caused His Majesty the Emperor's anger.

But reason told him that this Jian Fangliang was indeed very suspicious.

Just now, he had already made a rational decision to send someone to arrest Jian Fangliang.

Jian Fangliang left the imperial city early this morning, and now he doesn't know where to go, but his home, his relatives and friends, his old friends, these places will be the direction of Dongchang's investigation.

glanced at Liu Xin, who was sitting at the bottom, the latter had already changed his clothes, and Yuan Dongxiang disliked everything on his body, so he let him change everything.

Liu Xin was also single, and really went to a duty room where no one was there to change out of his full clothes, as for his previous set, it had been taken out and burned by Yuan Dongxiang's order.

Don't bother Liu Xin to make a move, if he catches someone, Liu Licheng may have to fight with Dongchang.

Liu Xin is now wholeheartedly helping Dongchang, because Liu Licheng can't tolerate him, and now it seems that only Dongchang can help him. Inside Jinyiwei, half of the Nanzhen Fusi is in the hands of the commander of the East Factory.

If he can get that person's favor and transfer to Nanzhen Fuji, it will also be a good thing for him.

Mi Yusong, the commander of Dongchang, is extremely famous, whether it is the rivers and lakes or the court, after all, this is one of the grandmaster-level peak martial artists known today.

Today's Dongchang, no one will say that it is a eunuch, and no one dares to say so, all because of the relationship between Mi Yusong.

Therefore, Liu Xin looked for Yuan Dongxiang to cooperate, without the slightest psychological burden, and he also asked Senior Brother Cheng's opinion before making this decision.

Senior Brother Cheng held an indifferent attitude and let Liu Xin develop freely.

Just when the two of them sat idly in the duty room for an hour, no, Yuan Dongxiang had been reviewing the documents, and Liu Xin was the only one who really had nothing to do.

The arrest has already been arranged, and in order not to startle the snake, of course, it must be arranged well, so it will not be over in a short time.

Liu Xin is because the people in the hundred households have been transferred, and there is nowhere to go, so he can only rely here.

"Thousand households!"

Someone outside suddenly came to report, Yuan Dongxiang stopped the pen in his hand, put it firmly on the pen holder, and carefully straightened it to align it with other pens, and then looked up.

A Dongchang fan came in, glanced at Liu Xin, and then stopped talking, just handed a note to Yuan Dongxiang, and then respectfully withdrew.

Yuan Dongxiang picked up the note and glanced at it, with joy in his eyes.

"What's wrong?" Liu Xin asked curiously, he didn't realize that he shouldn't have asked that, but in front of Yuan Dongxiang, he just couldn't help but relax.

Yuan Dongxiang's reaction was even more strange, he directly handed the note to Liu Xin, as if Liu Xin was not Jinyiwei, but his henchman.

"Found the whereabouts of the Northern Barbarian!"

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Imperial capital, inner city, Chengpingfang

Jian Fangliang's house is here, and the place where the 100 households of the standard-bearer guard want to go after escaping is also Chengpingfang, and it is also for this reason that he is more suspicious.

Jian Fangliang's house is a small house with two entrances, and this is only the smallest house in the inner city, but it is quiet, and Qingliu Wenchen likes to live here.

Just a moment ago, the number of pedestrians around this house gradually increased, and there were also a few more merchants carrying burdens.

And in a small alley on the opposite side of the house, under a pile of garbage, a pair of eyes slowly opened from the tattered bamboo basket, these eyes turned, saw all the scenes around the house, and then slowly closed their eyes.

A moment later, two streets away on the east side of Jian Fangliang's house, a beggar staggered out of the alley, came to a high-gate mansion, and fell to the ground with a click.

The beggar turned over vigorously, looked up at the sky, continued to move his gaze, and saw the plaque of the mansion:

Qi House

"Pray for blessing..."The beggar repeated these two words, and the two little guys who came up to prepare to drive people heard the word prayer, and their faces immediately changed, they looked at each other, and they shot together, and they walked to the house with the beggar.

When passers-by on the street saw this scene, they only thought that this was a beggar who was about to starve to death, and was saved by this family, and then glanced at the plaque and said:

"It turned out to be Qi Shilang's family, it's no wonder if it's him, he is a famous good man in the imperial capital!"