"Believe it or not, it's up to you. What I said is true,” said Song Ngo Lin while taking a deep breath. "If you really feel compelled to kill me, please step in."
Tok Ku Bwee did not draw his machete. He didn't even say anything. Song Ngo Lin looked at him in a daze. He also kept quiet. Don't know how long has passed.
"You've helped me twice. If I kill you now, wouldn't I become a forgetful human?” again he stopped his words. He seemed to be contemplating something. It was a few moments before he continued, “Now I will let you go. Later when we meet again, then between us there is no debt anymore."
Song Ngo Lin laughed bitterly.
"Oh yeah... how did you get into Lu Wang's house?" asked Tok Ku Bwee. His tone had turned gentle.
“I was seriously injured and fell unconscious at the door of the Lu family building. If it weren't for Lu-loya's help, maybe I wouldn't be able to live to this day,” said Song Ngo Lin frankly.
“Why would someone say that you are the outer grandson of his old friend?”
"It was only recently discovered. Gwakongku used to serve as chief of bodyguards in the Bu Ciu area. Turns out he's really Lu-loya's best friend.”
"By chance?"
Song Ngo Lin laughed bitterly.
"The news that your Bu-ti-bun members got is also great."
“We sent people to sneak into the Lu family and arrest She Song students because we wanted to investigate a matter. We had absolutely no idea that it was you our members were referring to.”
Song Ngo Lin was very surprised. "What do you want to investigate?" he asked curiously.
"Go Ci-bu-kim-hoan to Lu Wang's house."
“Oh…. He's an old friend of Lu-loya. This time he just came to stop by," Song Ngo Lin replied and then asked again, "Do you have any grudges with that Ci-bu-kim-hoan Lu Ci?"
"If you say it, you won't understand either. It's better not to interfere too much in other people's affairs," Tok Ku Bwee's eyes flickered. "Let me take you home."
"You don't believe what I'm saying and now you want to ask Lu-loya directly, right?"
"Since when did your brain become so thin!" Tok Ku Bwee's eyes immediately glared at Song Ngo Lin. "Later if I ask anything, you better not interfere."
Song Ngo Lin nodded his head with a stupid face. Sometimes he seemed to turn stupid in front of her. He was completely incapable of expressing any opinion.
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When Tok Ku Bwee came out of the Lu family building, the sun was almost setting. Song Ngo Lin drove up to the front door.
"By now you should have believed that I did not lie to you," said Song Ngo Lin.
"Who told you to always lie!" Tok Ku Bwee's mouth said so, but his tone was no longer filled with anger. “Lu-loya is a kind old man. You'd better not have no intentions."
"How could it be?" Song Ngo Lin laughed bitterly.
A member of the Bu-ti-bun came running out of breath. He stopped in front of Tok Ku Bwee, then plunged deeply.
“Buncu there is an order, hope Toasiocia returns to headquarters immediately. There are important matters to be negotiated,” reported the Bu-ti-bun member.
"You go first, I will follow in a moment," said Tok Ku Bwee then pondered.
Until the Bu-ti-bun members left their sight, Tok Ku Bwee only turned his face towards Song Ngo Lin. There was a trace of guilt in the girl's eyes.
"Okay, you rest at Lu-loya's house. When the business there is finished, I will come to see you again, "he said shyly.
Song Ngo Lin nodded his head silently. He also didn't ask what the matter was until Tok-ku Bu-ti called him home, because he had never forgotten that his martial arts had disappeared. And in the world of Kangouw there is no place for him to set foot anymore.
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Dusk day. It was evening on the fifth day. One hundred and thirty-six horses and their riders accompany two large carriages. The group crossed the mountain road.
Ci-bu-kim-hoan and his four bodyguards were already standing waiting at the other end. In the first carriage sat the envoy of the King of Nepal. Meanwhile, among the one hundred and thirty-six horsemen, twenty-four of them wore martial arts clothing. Their attire is that of the martial arts commonly worn in Nepal. While the rest are definitely local royal soldiers who are in charge of escorting them. The chief bodyguard who got the assignment was called Su Cong. Seeing that Ci-bu-kim-hoan was already waiting there, Su Cong quickly got off his horse and approached. “Lu-tayjin must have waited long enough.”
“Just arrived...” said Lu Ci who also greeted
forward welcomes the head of the troop.
While talking the two men approached the horse-drawn carriage. The carriage door immediately opened. From the two carriages came two envoys from the King of Nepal. The rear is of course the representative. Their make-up is very special, much different from that of the Chinese. Their faces are also not the same as Chinese people in general. Which came out of the front carriage and aged further hugging a beautiful square box. He was so careful as if he was afraid the box would fall and its contents would be destroyed.
Lu Ci immediately sunk deeply. "General of the Silver Cloth Troop of the north, Lu Ci welcomes the arrival of the King of Nepal's envoy."
“Thank you for the cooperation Lu-tayjin,” said the older man. “I've heard that Lu-tayjin is a first-rate figure in the current government. After meeting, it turned out that this news was true.”
The language he speaks is Han. Even though it's not very fluent, it's not difficult to grasp its meaning.
His words were mere lip service, but very useful. Lu Ci's heart felt proud at the praise.
"Kuisu is too shy," he said while juggling once again.
“Punsu's task is very heavy. I hope to return to Nepal soon. Now the task can be completed properly. Of course I don't have to worry anymore. The trip back to Nepal also doesn't need to go in such circles anymore."
“Of course,” said Lu Ci with a smiling face.
His voice was also very sure. "After crossing this road, Commander Su Cong's men can also return to their headquarters."
"Isn't this road easy to walk?" "Not so easy."
“How long will it take us to get out of this territory?”
“Five days...” Lu Ci's face remained smiling. Whereas
the two envoys of the King of Nepal could not even develop a single smile.
“But Kuisu two needn't worry. We have prepared everything well along the way,” Lu Ci continued.
"Hope so."
"In order to facilitate the service, the humble me dared to ask the two Kuisu to sit in one carriage."
"May also. That way we can chat at length along the way so it doesn't feel boring,” the envoy from Nepal is also not the type of person who has many demands. He just followed what Lu Ci saw fit.
"Then tonight we just camp here." "In this place?"
“There is no other suitable place than here,” Lu Ci's words seemed to have some meaning. He immediately ordered to light a bonfire and cook rice.
“Didn't Lu-tayjin say we were going to camp here? Does the Siaute need to set up his camp now?” asked Su Cong.
“I mean camping in the open sky,” Lu Ci said with a faint smile. “The two Kuisu can rest in the carriage anyway.”
Su Cong prepared everything. Then he approached Lu Ci. Unable to contain her curiosity, she asked in a hushed voice, “Did Lu-tayjin find anything suspicious along the way?”
Lu Ci smiled faintly. "No need to worry. For a while they did not dare to take any action," he said.
"They?"
“The ones who are aiming for soat-lian.”
"What are they waiting for?"
"They were waiting for the right opportunity and place."
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This is indeed not the right place to make any movements. Therefore, the Bu-ti-bun members only watched from a distance. They are on top of the mountain. There are also many of them. Tok Ku Bwee, Li Cu, Cian-bin-hud, Kiu-bwe-hu, and the outer and inner tongcu. Only Tok-ku Bu-ti was not visible.
Even though Tok-ku Bu-ti didn't appear, he was always in contact with them. Because of that, Li Cu, who was usually the most impatient, also just sat pensively waiting for orders.
“In my opinion, we seized the opportunity when the horses and their men were tired. At night we will attack them, who knows...” this was the third time Li Cu made a similar suggestion.
Tok Ku Bwee couldn't wait to hear his babble. "Why do you keep repeating those words?"
Li Cu glanced at Tok Ku Bwee. His mouth fell silent for a moment. Cian-bin-hud who was beside laughed heartily.
“Uncle is not allowing us to take action here, there must be something he doubts.”
Li Cu felt his own chin. He laughed coldly. "Just a Ci-bu-kim-hoan, what's there to be afraid of?"
“He can hold the position of General of the Silver Cloth Army, of course his knowledge cannot be compared with ordinary people. However, if it's just that person, of course it's not difficult to deal with. The main problem is that apart from us, there are still Hekpai-siang-mo and other parties who are targeting the soat-lian. If we were to break into Lu Ci, they would definitely fish in the murky waters and make huge profits.”
Kiu-bwe-hu's eyes narrowed. "Hek-paisiang-mo's arrival to China this time is definitely to get the soatlian," he said.
According to a reliable source, their direction was also towards this place. If not to target soat-lian, what else?” said Cian-bin-hud.
"Whether they have arrived or not?"
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Since earlier Hek-pai-noon-mo has arrived. They instead hid in a place not far from the crowd of Bu-ti-bun members. The movements of the Buti-bun members have always been under their supervision.
The crickets thresh in front, the canaries wait behind. Their hearts are getting happier and happier. As long as the Bu-ti-bun members move, they just have to wait for a good opportunity and then kidnap the two envoys of the King of Nepal.
Of course Zhao Bouw and Yi Pei-sa also went with them. Along the way, even though they needed Zhao Bouw as a guide, their mouths never hesitated to spit out spicy words.
Zhao Bouw didn't take it to heart. He had already experienced various bitter trials. His demeanor was much more patient and his disposition changed to that of a reserved one. No matter how hurtful Hek-paisiang-mo's words were, he never showed anger in their presence. Throughout the trip he was in charge of serving the needs of the two demons from Tibet.
Yi Pei-sa actually didn't have the heart to see Zhao Bouw's condition. Time and time again he defended the young man in front of his two Masters. Their feelings are getting deeper and deeper.
Crickets thresh in front. The canary is waiting behind. It turns out that behind the canary is also waiting for a hunter. It was completely beyond Hek-pai-noon-mo's expectations.
On a winding mountain not far from them, a group of people had gathered. The head of this group was Thian-ti. Apart from that, Rain, Wind, Thunder, Lightning, Faceless Humans had also gathered. Even Fu Hiong-kun didn't fall behind either.
They received news from the physician Cai Hua-to who had been threatened with exposing his secret of having committed adultery with Cian-bin-hud's concubine, and then being forced to become Siau-yau-kok's spy.
Thian-ti is determined to get soat-lian at any cost. Rain once said that soat-lian can make people stay young and can even increase inner strength like the results of decades of practice. It was the latter that caught the attention of Thunder, Lightning and Wind. Of course, Fu Hiong-kun knows the benefits of soat-lian best when compared to the others. The interest is also great to get these rare objects. Even though his goal was not for himself, he still wanted to mix it into a medicinal concoction to help fellow human beings. He also did not cover up the secrets of his heart.
His determination to get soat-lian instead became the laughing stock of the other Siau-yau- really members.
They are indeed composed of two different types of humans. Now the Siau-yau-how come all the experts have gathered. Of course they were determined to get soat-lian from Ping-san.
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Even though Lu Ci knew that there were some people watching them around the place, he didn't at all expect that the strength of the people who came was far greater than his, in fact they were among the most difficult aces of the Kangouw world to deal with.
Whichever company moves first, even if they can hold on to their soat-lian, still can't escape serious injury or death, and certainly can't stand a second wave any longer that will seize their advantage.
Indeed, he is also a member of the Kangouw world, but he has served in the palace for a long time. Regarding the ins and outs of the world of Kangouw, his knowledge is not as extensive as it used to be. After all, he was always proud of his high martial arts knowledge and always looked down on others. This is the main cause of his persistence in the future.
It is certain that Siau-yau-however will not intervene first. Meanwhile, Hek-pai-noon-mo is also waiting for an opportunity to fish in the murky waters. The first group to intervene first, most likely members of the Bu-ti-bun.
Wi-tian-wei-toa, Ju-jit-pang-tiong. Judging from Bu-ti-bun's current strength, there should be no more things for them to doubt.
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The morning of the second day, the carriages and horses started moving. Lu Ci's four bodyguards led twenty horsemen to clear the way in front, the rest escorted behind the carriage. Lu Ci himself was already sitting in the other carriage.
There is no difference in the shape of the two chariots at all. The national champions of Nepal who came with the two envoys accompanied them from two sides. From the outside, of course, it is difficult to tell which train is carrying the two envoys. The shrewd Lu Ci had already thought of that possibility.
The aim of the people aiming for soat-lian must be the two envoys. If they were still sitting each other in a carriage, one of them would surely be the victim. Now they naturally had to consider carefully which train to attack.
Past noon, the group had entered the path of a lush forest. The trail is small. On both sides were tall trees. So tight that there is barely a gap.
Under these circumstances, it is most appropriate to carry out an attack. Without needing to be warned by Lu Ci, the entire party was on high alert and stepped up their escorts.
The road was barely passable by horse-drawn carriages. The Nepalese warriors who had been accompanying on both sides had to take a detour and follow from behind the mounted troops for a while. The group walked slowly. Suddenly there was a rustling sound from the forest to the left. A human dressed in black shot out of the grove of trees like an arrow. The person slid towards the carriage that was in front.
His body dived straight up, like an arrow aimed by someone. He broke through the window on the right straight through out the window on the left and then shot into the woods located on the right. The sound of clattering curtains made of shells which decorated the windows of the carriage could still be heard.
For a moment, a human hand in black was holding a beautiful box. Instead, it contains a rare soat-lian. The two Nepalese envoys were poking their heads through the window in panic.
Their faces showed deep fear. The royal soldiers immediately charged following the direction of the black clothed human.
The black clothed human Ginkang was indeed very tall. Without that tall ginkang, of course he wouldn't be able to get a box of soat-lian in such an easy way. He slid into the forest. His body shot up into the air. At that time, Lu Ci had also arrived. He immediately smacked his palms together.
The black clothed human was not expecting it at all. His face had already been smashed into Lu Ci's palm before the shock faded. His body drooped and fell to the ground. Lu Ci didn't wait for his body to fall to the ground, he immediately stretched out his hand to welcome the box filled with soat-lian that floated down.
Lu Ci did not even glance at the corpse. He walked with wide strides out of the forest. At that time, the new kingdom's soldiers came rushing in. Seeing Lu Ci's success, they cheered. Lu Ci himself just laughed dryly. He approached the stagecoach and handed the two Nepali envoys a box filled with soat-lian.
––––––––
"It turns out that Lu-tayjin's martial arts skills are indeed very high," said the two Nepali envoys praising him endlessly. A moment later the older one asked. "I don't know which group of people have that big guts?"
"He is a chief robber who rules Kang-pak's territory, his name is Cong Siau-yan."
"To the extent that the robbers from Kang-pak are also targeting Soat-lian?"
"He shouldn't have come!" Lu Ci laughed coldly. “This is not something that can be obtained easily. If you come, you can't come back!”
"Not measuring one's own strength, deserving of death!"
“Absolutely deserving of death!” Lu Ci's left hand suddenly moved. Nine strings of bracelets the size of a palm shot out and slid toward the top of a tree.
Sparkling light. There was a cold snort from the top of the tree. A girl dressed in green shot out of the grove of trees. The style is so weird. Turns out he slid down lifeless. Nine bracelets the size of a palm stuck in the girl's throat.
Everyone stared wide-eyed. Lu Ci remained calm as if nothing had happened. “Three years ago Cong Siau-yan married Ce Yin-cu. The two of them husband and wife always face the enemy together!” he said with a smile tugging at his lips.
Not only did he know the origins of these people. His ears and eyes are also extraordinarily alert. The more the way he intervened. He has always been vile and his cruelty is unquestionable. Facing humans like this, it's no wonder that Bu-ti-bun and Hek-pai-sisang-mo chose the safe and profitable path.
The group continued their journey. At dusk on the same day, they had already entered Yang-cuan province.
The local official Li Sou had received the order early on. Day and night he has people working as fast as possible to create a secret room to store rare soat-lian.
Basically he means well. Not only would he be rewarded, he could even prove that this county official was also a talented and intelligent person. Unfortunately the handyman who was summoned was actually a cunning person. He is also a member of an organization that always commits crimes. The head is named Kuo Ming.
The handyman reported to the chief about the soat-lian which would be kept in a secret room. Kuo Ming naturally didn't want to miss this good opportunity. He instructed the craftsman to make a baseboard that would flip over automatically if something was placed on it.
Upon arrival, Lu Ci immediately put the box into the secret room. He suddenly sensed something was wrong and quickly reopened the secret room. The plank had turned and dropped the box into another room below. Although he managed to kill a member of the organization who was turning the automatic board back, but the box itself had been rushed by the other members.
Lu Ci did not give chase. He just couldn't keep up. The floor where he was standing shook. The secret room was closed again. Apparently there are still other members of the organization who press the secret button in there. The place must have been hastily done so it was less than perfect. The stone door of the room plunged down with such a bang that the ground moved violently as well. It takes quite a long time to fix it.
After he finished, Lu Ci immediately turned the corpse over and checked all his clothes. From the badge he carried in his pocket, Lu Ci could guess who it was. Orders were immediately issued. Horsemen were dispatched to search for the organization's headquarters.
In an instant they had found him. Two hundred more members of the organization were massacred. Even the building itself was burned to the ground.
Meanwhile the grandson of that organization, Kuo Ming, had already crossed the river far. He immediately became a fugitive after receiving a box presented by his members. After feeling safe, he immediately opened the box and “boom!” Kuo Ming's body was shattered by the explosion. That was why the smart Lu Ci didn't chase after the person carrying the box.
Because the contents are not soat-lian but explosive drugs. So far, Kuo Ming didn't think highly of Lu Ci. Until he realized that he had made a colossal mistake, his body was already blown into small pieces.
The thing that Lu Ci put in the box was a special explosive drug from outside the borders. When the box is opened, the medicine inside will explode on its own.
Prior to this incident, he had never mentioned this plan to anyone at all. This person not only possessed high martial arts, fierce hands, a vicious heart but also had a lot of cunning senses.
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Along the way not visible traces of humans. The two mountains on the left and right also did not look suspicious. Six horse riders re-entered the valley. It wasn't long before they came back in and reported that the twelve men from the first group had crossed the valley safely.
Seeing that everything was smooth and there were no disturbances, the horse carriage just continued on its way. Of course they didn't know that the first twelve people who went inside and were said to be safe were now all corpses.
It was Bu-ti-bun's twelve ace assassins who killed them. They dashed out suddenly from the cave at the back of the mountain. In a calculating and quick way they killed the soldiers of the kingdom. The twelve people didn't even have time to scream once. Basically, their martial arts skills are not that high. What they are good at is war in the open. What's more, what they were facing at that time were assassins with a lot of experience, how could their lives be preserved?
At that moment, the party was already in the middle of a narrow valley. Suddenly there was a roar and small boulders rolled down from the top of the mountain.
Most of the group became confused. Stones continued to roll down from above, blocking the way for both the front and back. At the same time, hundreds of Bu-ti-bun's men emerged from their hiding places and aimed arrows at random.
Arrows like heavy rain. In the middle of the valley there was no hiding place anymore. In the blink of an eye, most of the bodyguards were killed by a hail of arrows. The sound of horses neighing, human screams like high and low rhythms.
Seeing this situation, the members of Bu-ti-bun immediately took out their weapons and charged to the foot of the mountain.
Cian-bin-hud and Kiu-bwe-hu preceded. Ruyung flashed, a whip grabbed. Whoever gets in the way will definitely get a share. Li Cu and Tok Ku Bwee's movements were also not slow. They took four members of Bu-ti-bun and charged towards the horse-drawn carriage where Ci-bu-kim-hoan Lu Ci was sitting. The four people are tancu from various branches. Their hands each carried an iron box and immediately scattered themselves to surround the horse-drawn carriage.
The horses that had been pulling the carriage had fallen and were shot dead by the arrows. The carriage itself was still standing there.
Suddenly the roof of the train broke apart. Ci-bu-kiam-hoan Lu Ci shot out of the carriage.
"Attack!" shouted Li Cu immediately giving the order. The four tancu immediately pressed the button on the iron box. The lid of the box immediately opened and hundreds of bluish poison needles shot out at the same time. Lu Ci's body was trapped in the blue light. Not to mention the shock was gone, his body had already sagged down and fell on the ground with hundreds of poison needles filling his whole body. He screamed hysterically. His body was still rolling over the rocks. Finally stopped. His whole body had swollen and turned purplish in color.
Seeing that state, Li Cu laughed coldly. “Look, are you the more powerful or the Seven Magical Boy's Soul Locking Needles more powerful?” he said sarcastically.
The Seven Wonder Boys are from the interior of Wi-san. Their whole lives were spent researching various types of poisonous secret weapons. According to rumors, they have spent ten years to make these seven iron boxes containing poisoned needles. In just one night their hair immediately turned all white because they were too racked up their brains. Finally they succeeded. They only use one box for
face their nemesis. But because the enemy was too shrewd, they themselves were also heavily injured. Upon returning to their hiding place, one by one they died without help. Many black and white kangouw figures are trying to find the six iron boxes containing the poisoned nails. But they couldn't find it. In fact, over time the story about the iron box containing the poisoned needles was just a legend. No one thought that this deadly secret weapon fell into the hands of Tok-ku Bu-ti.
The poison needle slid out when the automatic button outside the box was pressed. The amount per box is forty nine sticks. Meanwhile, at that time, four boxes were used entirely. The needles came out at the same time, even though Ci-bu-kim-hoan's higher level martial arts skills were also unable to escape. That was why it was said that he prided himself on his own intelligence and always looked down on others.
Meanwhile, Cian-bin-hud smashed his rugong to destroy the roof of the other carriage. One of the king's envoys of Nepal huddled himself against the corner of the carriage with his arm clutching the box tightly. His face was deathly pale. Kiu-bwe-hu's whip immediately grabbed the box. With one kick, the box was immediately pulled into the middle of the air.
The Nepali king's envoy was very panicked. His hands and feet made frantic movements. His mouth locked and his lips trembled. Not even a word could be said.
Meanwhile, Cian-bin-hud's ruyung had arrived before his eyes and crushed his skull with one movement.
Kiu-bwe-hu's whip was pulled and the box flew straight at him. Before Kiu-bwe-hu could reach out his hand to welcome it, a white shadow flashed past and the box had disappeared somewhere.
"Who?" shouted Kiu-bwe-hu while turning his body automatically. He immediately saw two humans one black and the other white.
Hek-pai-noon-mo! The beautiful box filled with soat-lian is in Pek-mo-cian's hands. The faces of the two people were beaming. Cian-bin-hud, Li Cu, and Tok Ku Bwee immediately rushed over. They confined Hekpai-noon-mo from all sides. Tok Ku Bwee's hand immediately pointed forward.
"Who are you?"
"Hek-pai-noon-mo," said Kiu-bwe-hu, taking one step back.
Tok Ku Bwee laughed coldly.