Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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The crown prince’s foundation was still shallow, and he only believed that the Western Regions was loyal to him. Who would have expected that the first person to openly rebel would be Zhong Youyu!
“Bastard!” The prince kicked over the table in front of him, and the pen and ink cups shattered on the floor, “Zhou Kang!”
“I’m here.” Zhou Kang, the original imperial guard, had now been promoted to the post of deputy commander of the Yulin Army. Because his sister was brought into the East Palace as a concubine, the status of the entire family had risen.
“You lead the troops, intercept Zhong Youyu, seize all the food and grass, and bring the person back to the capital. If he refuses or resists, he is to be killed without mercy!” The crown prince said through gritted teeth, clenching his fists.
Looting a granary at a pass was no different than treason.
“Yes!” Zhou Kang responded in a cold tone. Even if he lowered his eyebrows and lowered his head, he could not hide his three-white eyes showing a fierce glare.
Zhou Kang took the order and left, and Zhou Liangyuan came from the back hall. Today, she did not wear a black robe, but only wore an ordinary palace dress. She looked much gentler than before.
“The great witch has sent word that Marquis of Lu is in the military camp of Shen Lou. Your Highness, why not call him back in the name of the emperor? He is the son of the saint…well…” Before she could finish her words, Zhou Liangyuan’s neck was suddenly pinched by the crown prince and she suddenly became silent. He lifted the whole person up with one hand, and gradually only her toes were left touching the ground, while her legs and feet began to twitch involuntarily.
“Don’t treat Gu as a fool. Gu and your great witch are just working together for mutual benefit. We are not his believer, let alone his pawn! If you want to cause trouble again, Gu will kill the barbarians first!” Feng Zhang looked at her struggle coldly, after finishing speaking word by word, he threw the purple-faced Zhou Liangyuan to the ground.
“Cough cough cough…” Zhou Liangyuan lay on the ground as she choked and coughed. It took her a long time to recover. She looked sideways at the crown prince’s feet and lowered her head to hide the look of resentment on her face.
The carriages and horses carrying grain and fodder were not moving fast, but they were about to catch up with the Northern Territory Army just after one day’s journey, but they got news that Zhou Kang was about to arrive. Zhong Youyu was very annoyed, “If there were two of us, one could deal with him and the other could run away with the food. Now, it’s really inconvenient.”
Zhong Wumo: “…”
Zhong Youyu: “You said a sentence, why didn’t you speak again? Why didn’t I notice that you talked so little before? Now that I can’t see you, I can’t find what you are thinking if you don’t even speak.”
Zhong Wumo: “There is a way.”
Zhou Kang, who was bringing five hundred soldiers with him, quickly caught up with Zhong Youyu’s team, but there was no food and grass. Only Zhong Youyu and dozens of scattered soldiers were having a barbecue together.
“Hey, Commander Zhou, what brought you here?” Zhong Youyu was dressed in white and sat on the ground in an ungentlemanly manner. When he saw Zhou Kang, he didn’t get up. He held up a branch with roasted rabbit on it and tore it hard, “This meat is roasted until it’s old.”
“I came here on the order of the crown prince. I also ask Duke Su to bring out the grain and grass looted from Luoyang and follow me back to the palace.” Zhou Kang gestured to those who were following him. Then two Yulin soldiers went to find the food and grass.
The imperial army was already outside, and there were currently insufficient troops in the capital. The crown prince only gave Zhou Kang less than ten immortals, and the rest were ordinary soldiers. There were only a few cultivators around Zhong Youyu, so no one could kill anyone.
After sizing each other up, Zhong Youyu put his arms around Zhou Kang’s shoulders, pulled him aside, and babbled like he was pouring beans out of a bamboo tube: “It’s not because I’m willing to rob the granary, but because I was forced by Shen Lou. Look at me, do I look like a rebel? Do I? Obviously not! The crown prince and I have been close since childhood, and I would never rebel against him. These soldiers are all from the Northern Territory, and there are several masters among them. I can’t help myself. Now that Commander Zhou is here, he can save me from danger. Look, that road over there is the direction where grain and grass are transported. Let’s pretend to have a fight later, and you can take me away, let’s go over there to chase food and grass together.”
He said, pointing to the road to the west.
Zhou Kang looked at him suspiciously.
Zhong Youyu sighed, “Okay, to tell you the truth, the three thousand elite soldiers were divided into two groups, one way to the east and one to the west. They have been walking for a long time. The food in the west is real food, and the food in the east is fake. Shen Lou decided the plan which was for me to lead you to the east.”
Zhou Kang got on his horse and said, “Let’s go.”
“Wait until I finish eating.” Zhong Youyu picked up the rabbit again unhurriedly.
Zhou Kang pulled out his spiritual sword with a swipe and cut off the branch on which the meat was skewered. “If you want to eat it, you can go back to Beijing and eat it.”
“You dare to draw your sword at me?” Zhong Youyu suddenly changed his face and drew his spiritual sword and immediately rushed towards Zhou Kang. His spiritual power was not as good as Zhou Kang’s, so he struck pre-emptively and stabbed straight into those three white eyes.
Zhou Kang leaned up to dodge and slid a few feet away in a kneeling position with his knees on the ground. He turned over and jumped up, ready to fight back. However, he found that Zhong Youyu had already fled westward with his sword. He immediately stepped on his spiritual sword and chased him. After flying for a long time, he stopped him. At this moment, the soldiers he brought had been left far behind.
To guard against ambush, Zhou Kang restrained Zhong Youyu and waited for his cavalry at the same spot. There were three thousand soldiers escorting the food and fodder, and he didn’t know how many immortals there were among them. If he pursued them alone, he was afraid that he would be stabbed into pieces by a spirit sword, so he must bring his soldiers with him.
While walking, Zhong Youyu needed to urinate and drink water, which delayed a lot of time. The two Yulin troops who went to look for food and fodder came back and whispered to Zhou Kang: “There are two troops, one in the west and one in the east.”
Just as he was saying this, Zhong Youyu took advantage of his unpreparedness and ran away with his sword again.
“The food and grass are thirty miles ahead,” said the Yulin soldier who was reporting the news, “there are thousands of people.”
Zhou Kang gritted his teeth, clamped the horse’s belly and whipped it hard, and led the cavalry to chase Zhong Youyu.
No matter how fast the horses were, they could not catch up with the spirit sword, and Zhong Youyu disappeared after a while. After rounding an isolated mountain, they saw a large group of people pushing grain and grass.
Zhong Wumo, dressed in black, was riding on a horse and looking at the visitor expressionlessly.
“Duke Su!” Zhou Kang gritted his teeth and caught up.
A spiritual sword with an ink-colored tassel flew through the air and stood in front of Zhou Kang. It was Zhong Wumo’s natal spiritual sword “Yan Xi”.
Zhong Wumo said in a deep voice: “Who is it? Stop!”
Zhou Kang was startled and looked carefully at the person on the horse. The Zhong brothers looked exactly the same, but anyone who had seen them would never wrongly recognize them. It was probably because their temperaments were so different that they could be distinguished just by their expressions.
“Second Young Master, why are you here?” Zhou Kang looked around. The grassland was flat and there was no sign of Zhong Youyu at all.
“Brother ordered us to return to the Western Region.” Zhong Wumo had a debt-collecting face. No matter what he said, it was as if someone owed him money, and he was utterly confident.
Zhou Kang drew his sword and opened the cloth on a carriage, revealing a cart full of dirt-laden grass, which had obviously been picked up casually along the way. Gululu, a stone rolled out of the grass and fell next to Zhou Kang’s horse’s hooves.
He was cheated! To the east was food and grass, and Zhong Youyu had probably already moved east with his sword.
Zhou Kang gritted his teeth, turned around and left. The crown prince ordered him to capture Duke Su, but he did not say that he wanted him to capture Zhong Wumo as well. The top priority was to chase Zhong Youyu and the grain and grass immediately, otherwise they would successfully run to Shen Lou’s barracks.
Several hundred men and horses followed Zhou Kang and turned around, heading east. The dust and smoke billowed, and soon it disappeared behind the lonely mountain.
Zhong Wumo took back his spirit sword, took out his white coat from his horse pocket and put it on again. The grassland was windy and cold, so you had to wear thicker clothes to save energy. The soldiers threw away all the grass and rocks covering the cart, revealing the white grain inside.
Then they set off and rushed to Yinshan Mountain quickly.
“Hahahahahaha, that idiot, by the time he catches up with the carriages and horses in the east, the day lilies will be cold.” Zhong Youyu smiled happily, took out his spiritual sword “Zhuo Xi” from his horse pocket, and hung it on his waist again.
Zhong Wumo didn’t answer.
“My brother is so brave and resourceful. Why didn’t I notice it before?” Zhong Youyu pinched his face.
Zhong Wumo slapped away the hand that was pinching his face and asked him to hold on to the reins. “Let’s go.”
The two teams went in opposite directions. Zhou Kang rode hard for half a day and finally caught up with the team in the east, but Zhong Youyu was still missing. The so-called “grain and grass” carts were again filled with large pieces of dirt with turf.
Zhou Kang was furious, ordered all the immortals, as he jumped on the flying sword, “Follow me!”
“Oops, Zhou Kang is catching up!” Less than twenty miles away from the military camp, with victory in sight, he saw several spiritual lights flying towards him like an arrow released from a string.
Zhong Youyu drew his sword and ordered the food and grass to go ahead, while he and a few immortals stayed behind to fight.
“The Crown Prince has given an order, Duke Su has conspired to rebel, and he is to be killed without mercy!” Zhou Kang slashed at the head of his sword with his shining sword. He was obviously furious and did not want to give Zhong Youyu a chance to argue.
Zhong Youyu held “Zhuo Xi” in his left hand and “Yan Xi” in his right hand. The two swords were crossed, firmly resisting Zhou Kang’s sword.
It had been less than a year since the last hunt in Xianchi. In such a short period of time, the Zhong brothers had not made much progress. The gap between the young men and Wu Zhuangyuan was still there. Even if he used two swords, his spiritual power was still that of one person, and he was still no match for Zhou Kang.
“Xiao Mo, we can’t beat him, I’ll count one, two, three, let’s run.”
As soon as the word “run” came to the floor, Zhong Wumo had already taken over his body, jumped on the spirit sword and run away quickly.
Zhong Youyu was startled and asked his younger brother to control the spirit sword, while he shouted loudly: “Help!”
A dazzling spiritual light shot out from the center, and the sound of a giant arrow piercing the air was like the north wind in winter, calling out to the surrounding area. It shot out and penetrated its target. Zhou Kang avoided it hitting a critical point at the critical moment, but the arrow was too fast and heavy. It shattered his collarbone and carried him flying more than ten feet away, where he was firmly nailed to a small soil slope.
At the same time, Lin Xin flew out on the Yanggu Sword. Before Zhou Kang could break free, he raised his Mojian and cut off his head with a “thud”.
Everything happened so fast that no time seemed to have passed. By the time the Zhong brothers saw the situation clearly, Zhou Kang was already dead.
Lin Xin shook off the blood on his scimitar, the other party had died so neatly, which was really an advantage for him. If the war had not been tense, he would have destroyed Zhou Kang’s spiritual power, starved him for three days, and then thrown him on the battlefield so that he could repay everything Feng Zhong had suffered in his previous life.
Sheathing the knife, he glanced at Zhong Youyu who had his mouth wide open, “It’s really useless.”
Shen Yingying held the mulberry arc bow as she ran over to pick up the arrows. Her large arrows were all special, embedded with small pieces of Luli and could not be discarded. Pulling out the arrow, she made a face at the two fused brothers, “It’s really useless.”
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