It was late at night, the cold wind was howling, but the sound of killing was loud at the west gate of Yingshui City.
Zhou Ganyi stood on the city gate, and the soldiers around him looked cold and prepared. Zhou Ganyi stretched out his thumb and index finger to press the palm of his other hand with such force that his nails almost sunk into the flesh, and there was faint blood overflowing.
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He lowered his head and looked at the group of disciples from the Dafeng Academy who were rushing towards the city gate. The girl at the head was heroic and led the way. Behind her was a figure that Zhou Ganyi was very familiar with - Tang Ru.
He was somewhat surprised.
After knowing each other for more than ten years, in his opinion, this woman was just an ordinary woman who was submissive, hardworking and timid. It was hard to imagine that such a woman could become an enemy of Yingshui County in one breath.
Thinking about it, her heart should be filled with regret and fear at this moment.
Thinking of this, Zhou Ganyi's eyes turned and fell on Zhou Jingshui in the crowd. She followed behind Lord Xiwen with the nondescript giant shield in hand, her eyes cold and her steps firm.
This daughter of hers has undergone a complete change. In the past, she had to avoid his eyes for the first half of a sentence she spoke to him, but now she can actually openly refute him.
Zhou Ganyi, who is nearly fifty years old, has mixed feelings in his heart.
He and Qin Yun had two sons and two daughters, but the one he really liked was Zhou Jingshui.
There is no other reason, because compared to other children, only Zhou Jingshui is the most similar to him. They have the same humble background, and they are also bullied. Looking at Zhou Jingshui reminds Zhou Ganyi of his young self.
But with Qin Yun here, he couldn't control many things by himself. But he had made some efforts, otherwise with Qin Yun's temperament, the best outcome for Zhou Jingshui and Tang Ru would probably be to be expelled from the Zhou Mansion and live alone forever.
No support.
But Zhou Ganyi still used some methods to let Zhou Jingshui grow up in Zhou's mansion, and even gave her a chance to practice and sent her to Yangshan.
When there was news in the governor's house that Li Danqing was going to be prosecuted, Qin Yun immediately asked Zhou Ganyi to sever ties with Zhou Jingshui. After all, as long as he was even slightly implicated in the serious crime of destroying Yangshan, the Zhou family would be doomed. Zhou Ganyi traveled in many directions.
, finally the line was drawn on Qin Juxian. Although Qin Juxian had a bad reputation, he was the third master of the county governor's house after all. Having him take care of him would not only make Zhou Ganyi's career in Yingshui County smoother in the future, but also keep him safe.
Zhou Jingshui’s life.
It's just a pity that my daughter seems unwilling to accept my kindness...
"Then let your father teach you the most important lesson. All the difficulties in the world will only bring more difficulties."
“If you want to gain, you must learn to sacrifice.”
"If you don't have this kind of awareness, all you can get is regret."
As he said this, everyone from Dafengyuan rushed to the gate of Yingshui City.
At that moment, Zhou Ganyi's eyebrows sank. He no longer had the submissiveness he used to show in front of Qin Yun. The light shining in his eyes was instead terrifyingly cold.
"Form up!"
"Meet the enemy!"
He shouted loudly, and the soldiers standing behind him lowered their heads in response.
Boom!
With a dull roar, the huge city gate of Yingshui City slowly but firmly opened. The cold wind poured in from the city gate, like a ferocious beast dormant at night. At that time, it opened its bloody mouth, densely packed.
Soldiers poured in from the city gate and blocked the path of the disciples of Dafengyuan.
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This is a group of soldiers who are completely different from the Purple Sword Guards under the Sheriff's Mansion.
The weapons they use are not the blades used by the Purple Sword Guards, but mainly spears and halberds. They are somewhat similar to the Qingyun Army led by Ning Huangji. There is a small group of soldiers with black robes on their backs.
Because of the dark sky, everyone could not see the material of the cloaks, but they were vaguely aware that the material seemed different from ordinary fabrics.
Qingzhu, who was walking at the front of the team, frowned slightly.
Although he has not yet fought against the group of soldiers in front of him, the clear formation of the opponent and the chilling air that permeated his body made Qingzhu realize that the army in front of him was a real army that could fight in hundreds of battles. However, except for Zi Dao in Yingshui County,
In addition to the Wei and Qingyun armies, when did such an army appear?
Qingzhu felt a little confused, but had no time to think about it.
"Mrs. Tang, follow me closely!" She turned around and said to Tang Ru behind her, and the Dragon Bird Sword was unsheathed at this moment.
The cold Dragon Bird Sword Intent surged out, and the green sword light flashed, knocking the figures of several soldiers in front to the ground.
Ning Xiu and Liu Yanzhen behind them also jumped up at this moment, crossed the green bamboo, brandished their spears, halberds and swords, forcing all the soldiers in front to retreat.
Yuchi Wan also stepped forward at this moment, the black iron umbrella flew out, and countless sharp needles shot out. The soldiers who had not yet had time to surround the figure were interrupted again. Yuchiwan smiled coquettishly and tiptoed lightly.
Pointing to the ground, the black iron umbrella seemed to be spiritual, hovering around Yu Chiwan, blocking all the spears and halberds thrust by the incoming soldiers.
Then Ning Jiu, Jiang Yu and others also took action one after another, weapons flying in their hands, catching the group of soldiers off guard and retreating continuously.
Zhou Ganyi stood on the city wall with a gloomy face. There were less than ten people in the Dafeng courtyard, and he was dragging Tang Ru, who had no cultivation at all. He actually beat his Xuanyi army back steadily. This was obviously not what he could do.
things to tolerate.
The Qin family operates in Yingshui County
For three generations, their ambitions were no longer satisfied with the mere Yingshui County. However, with Yangshan standing in front of them and Ninghuang Ji's Qingyun Army behind them, it was difficult for the Qin family to perform here. The imperial court was also very wary of it and always refused to do so.
Let the Qin family expand the size of the Zidao Guards, so the Qin family has the idea to support a guy with the status of a prince in Yingshui County. After all, according to the laws of the Wuyang Dynasty, anyone with a title
, more or less have the right to raise private soldiers.
Although Zhou Ganyi was looked down upon by others, after going back decades, his ancestor was actually the Duke of Xuanyi who was canonized by the imperial court!
This is the title second only to the vassal king, and it is enough to support fifty thousand private soldiers. This is why Qin Yang, who was the second head of Yingshui County at the time, was able to marry his daughter to Zhou Ganyi who had accomplished nothing.
His reason was to obtain tens of thousands of private soldiers for Yingshui County.
Although Zhou Ganyi was submissive in public and was often laughed at. People said that he relied on his good skin to get the official position of the governor of the county, but in fact Zhou Ganyi has rarely done anything wrong in recent years, training new troops.
The heavy responsibility almost passed by and fell on Zhou Ganyi.
The Xuanyi army in front of him was the foundation for Zhou Ganyi to settle down in Yingshui County. Being so easily defeated by the disciples of Dafeng Academy naturally made Zhou Ganyi angry.
What's more, before being assigned here, he had received instructions from Qin Chenggu. Today, he cannot let Li Danqing and others leave under any circumstances and leave them behind, regardless of life or death!
Zhou Ganyi didn't know the details, but he probably guessed that the destruction of Yangshan was of great importance, and today's joint trial of the three prefectures and nine divisions had no results. He thought that the county governor's office must have planned to kill Li Danqing, and then let someone die without evidence.
ending.
"The crossbowmen are ready!" He thought of this, and his eyes became colder when he looked at the group of Dafengyuan disciples who were charging through the crowd.
The soldiers beside them stood in their respective positions and cocked their sharp arrows. Following the herald's loud shout, countless sharp arrows poured down like a heavy rain towards where everyone in the Gale Courtyard was.
Facing the overwhelming rain of arrows, the people in Dafengyuan did not show the slightest surprise. They waved their swords, forced the people in front of them to retreat, and then retreated to one place. At this time, they poured in.
The rain of arrows has already reached him.
But at this moment, Zhou Jingshui, who was holding a huge hunting tooth shield, flew forward, raised the giant shield above his head, and blocked everyone under the giant shield.
Jingle bell! Jingle bell!
A series of crisp sounds exploded, and a rain of arrows with huge power hit the hunting tooth shield, bursting out bursts of sparks, but it was difficult to penetrate the defense on the hunting tooth shield. And a round of arrow rain fell, and Dafengyuan's
Everyone emerged from under the hunting tooth shield again and killed the soldiers in front of them.
The soldiers who had not had time to take a breath once again showed their decline in the face of the ferocious people in the Gale Courtyard. But surprisingly, this decline did not turn into defeat in a short period of time. The soldiers retreated steadily.
But he still kept trying to organize an offensive and stabilize his formation.
However, Qingzhu was able to find the soldiers who organized the offensive many times in the crowd, and relied on his cultivation level to surpass that of most people, and killed them. The situation of the battle was not reversed by the Xuanyi army.
But it can also be seen from this that the elite level of these soldiers is no less than that of Qin Chenggu's trump card, the Purple Sword Guards!
"Crossbowman!"
The herald on the city wall also shouted loudly at this time, and the crossbowmen cocked their arrows again, trying to rush to the aid of their comrades under the city gate, delaying the offensive of everyone in Dafeng Court, and giving the Xuanyi army a chance to reorganize their formation.
"Let go..." The herald was about to give the order to let go of the arrows.
But at this time, Zhou Ganyi, who was standing next to him, stretched out his hand and stopped the herald who was about to issue an order.
The herald was stunned when he saw this, and looked at Zhou Ganyi with some confusion.
Zhou Ganyi didn't say much, he just pointed to a certain place under the city wall and said: "Aim at her."
When the herald heard this, his expression suddenly changed. He could clearly see where Zhou Ganyi was pointing. It was clearly Zhou Ganyi's daughter Zhou Jingshui...
Although as a soldier, he should obey orders and prohibitions, but this order to shoot the daughter of his immediate boss still made him feel a bit nervous.
But before he could express his confusion and hesitation, Zhou Ganyi beside him turned his head and glanced at him.
The cold look in his eyes made the herald not hesitate any longer, and said quickly: "Target Zhou Jingshui! Fire the arrow!"
As soon as he said these words, countless Taoist arrows shot out of the air and rushed straight towards Zhou Jingshui.
Zhou Jingshui, who was following her fellow disciples into the enemy formation, felt the threat coming from above and stopped in her tracks. Naturally, she could see at a glance that the target of the densely packed arrows was her.
She raised her head and looked above the city gate, and saw Zhou Ganyi standing there with his hands behind his hands, looking down at her.
The eyes of the father and daughter met in mid-air. Zhou Ganyi's eyes were cold and Zhou Jingshui's brows furrowed. He had no time to think about it and could only raise the hunting tooth shield in his hand high to block his own figure.
Ding-ding-ding-ding!
Another series of crisp sounds rang out from the shield, and countless sharp arrows landed on the hunting tooth shield and were bounced off by it.
Although the hunting tooth shield was extremely strong, Zhou Jingshui still felt a little strenuous under the impact of such a large number of sharp arrows, and his arms holding the hunting tooth shield felt a little numb.
A series of arrows rained down. Although it was temporarily unable to break through the defense of the Hunter's Tooth Shield and could not even hurt Zhou Jingshui at all, it slowed down Zhou Jingshui's progress.
However, Qingzhu and others were no longer harassed by arrows, so they could let go of their hands and beat the Xuanyi army back steadily, and they were already close to the city gate.
"Let the four battalions of White Bear, Black Snake, Black Bird, and Green Tiger attack from all four sides and divide the battlefield." Zhou Ganyi on the city wall saw this scene in his eyes and calmly uttered a series of orders.
When the messenger heard this, he naturally did not dare to neglect. He quickly raised his flag and waved it continuously, and the military orders were conveyed at this moment.
The Xuanyi army under the city wall received the military order, and their formation immediately changed. The group of soldiers with black cloaks of strange materials on their backs rushed out from the crowd. Their combat power was obviously much higher than the ordinary posture. Their
Fighting out, everyone in Dafengyuan felt a sudden increase in pressure.
Qingzhu just activated his sword and forced dozens of soldiers back. He was about to continue charging towards the city gate, but a group of cloaked soldiers came towards them. The cloaks behind them were waved and looked like cloth.
The things made are sharp and extremely hard.
When it collided with the green bamboo sword, it made a sound of metal and stone colliding.
Moreover, the opponent had a large number of people. The long halberd in his hand and the cloak on his back could be changed at will. Their moves were weird. In addition, they cooperated with each other and acted as each other's horns. Qingzhu had to retreat temporarily, but when he retreated, there were several armors beside him.
The soldiers rushed out, but their goal was not to attack Qingzhu, but to rush past Qingzhu and separate Tang Ru who was closely following Qingzhu from him.
Seeing this, Qingzhu secretly felt something was wrong. She raised her sword and stepped forward, but the elite members of the Xuanyi Army rushed in and fought with them, slowing down their rescue efforts. Qingzhu could only watch helplessly like this.
Watching Tang Ru being kidnapped by the soldiers.
Zhou Ganyi on the city wall saw this scene in his eyes, and his eyes finally showed a look of satisfaction for the first time. At that time, his body jumped straight down from the city wall several feet high.
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The dense and continuous rain of arrows finally stopped. His arms were numb, and Zhou Jingshui, who was almost unable to hold on anymore, had a chance to breathe.
She was breathing heavily, but she still hadn't completely calmed down the surging energy in her body.
clatter.
clatter.
clatter.
A low sound of footsteps suddenly came.
This is somewhat strange.
At this moment, in front of the gate of Yingshui City, troops were raging and shouts of killing could be heard, but the sound of footsteps was clearly heard in Zhou Jingshui's ears.
Zhou Jingshui felt faintly uneasy in her heart. She put down the shield in her hand and looked in the direction from which the voice came.
I saw that the people of Dafengyuan, who had been on the offensive just now, were now divided into several battlefields by the huge number of Xuanyi troops. With each fighting separately, Ling Lie's offensive was no longer.
But Zhou Jingshui had no time to worry about her fellow disciples. At that time, a figure passed through the dense crowd and walked towards her.
The man was wearing a clean white gown, which was incompatible with the scene where blood was flowing all over the ground and swords and lights were interlaced.
That's her father.
Zhou Ganyi walked towards her. One of his hands held a long sword. The tip of the sword scratched the ground, pulling out a white trace, but it was instantly submerged in blood, while the other hand dragged a person.
A woman who keeps struggling.
Zhou Jingshui recognized that person at a glance...
That's her mother!
"Let go of my mother!" Zhou Jingshui's expression suddenly changed, and she shouted loudly at Zhou Ganyi.
Zhou Ganyi stopped at this moment. He exerted a slight force with one hand and dragged the struggling Tang Ru in front of him. At the same time, the long sword in his other hand was also placed on Tang Ru.
on the neck.
Such a move made Zhou Jingshui's step of trying to come to the rescue stall, and his expression suddenly became tense: "What are you going to do..."
"Over the years, I have been very incompetent as a father, which is why we have the scene today where you and my daughter are facing each other with swords." Zhou Ganyi said calmly.
Zhou Jingshui, however, was not in the mood to listen to Zhou Ganyi's self-examination confession.
She just stared at Tang Ru who was tightly held, her eyes bloodshot.
"So, I decided to teach you a lesson."
Zhou Ganyi didn't care about the hatred in Zhou Jingshui's eyes, he spoke again calmly.
"for example……"
"One has to pay the price for one's impulses."
As he spoke, the sword in his hand lightly touched Tang Ru's neck.
His movements were smooth and flowing, as if he had done a trivial thing.
Without any accident, the long sword slashed across and blood spurted out. Tang Ru's struggle came to an abrupt end at that moment, and the brilliance in her eyes also died out at that moment.
Zhou Ganyi didn't even look at the corpse with which he had had a loving past. He just lifted it up and tossed it gently. The person who was alive a few breaths ago was like a puddle of mud, falling heavily on it.
In front of Zhou Jingshui.
Then he looked at Zhou Jingshui who was frozen in place, his eyes filled with disbelief, and continued to speak in that calm voice.
"look."
"That's how people are."
"After the pain, you realize that some costs are not something you can afford."
After saying this, Zhou Ganyi paused, seeming to recall something, and his voice suddenly became a little gentler.