Zhao Xuan hid in the inn and was terrified all night long. At noon the next day, Sun Xiaozhen had not come back. She did not dare to stay any longer, so she asked the shopkeeper to hire an ox cart for her and ride to the capital.
When they were approaching Bashang, they saw dozens of black-clothed warriors on horseback galloping from the opposite side, passing by the bullock cart at lightning speed. The driver sighed, "It's the warriors from the Hidden Sword Pavilion again. I'm sure some official is going to suffer."
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Zhao Xuan heard Sun Xiaozhen say on the road that Hidden Sword Pavilion was trying to catch them. She was immediately frightened. These black warriors must have gone to Xinfeng to catch her.
Zhao Xuan should not die. There are only three medical clinics in the county. Dozens of black-clothed warriors quickly found Dr. Zhang's hospital. However, Dr. Zhang went to the countryside for medical treatment. When the black-clad warriors found Dr. Zhang, they asked about yesterday
When they visited the inn where the patient was diagnosed, they immediately interrogated the innkeeper and found out that a pregnant woman had indeed taken a bullock cart to the capital.
Only then did dozens of black warriors remember that they had indeed encountered an ox cart on the road, and they immediately regretted it. They galloped with all their strength and rushed toward the capital to chase after Zhao Xuan. By this time, Zhao Xuan had already entered the capital.
Zhao Xuan went directly to the West Market and found the Meishou Liquor Shop. There was a long queue outside. She did not dare to go in directly to find someone, so she queued behind the queue and pretended to be a customer buying wine.
When he was about to talk about her, he saw a young lady angrily walking out of the wine shop and shouting to the shopkeeper: "I came from Ganzhou and traveled thousands of miles to deliver a message to your proprietor. Where is he?"
"Little lady, I'm not going to lie to you. My boss has indeed gone to Lingzhou. He went to make people drink. It will take a few days for him to come back."
Zhao Xuan's heart suddenly went cold. Boss Zhang actually went to Lingzhou. What should I do?
Seeing that the little lady was gone, she quickly followed her. This little lady was Xiaoyu Niang. She came from Ganzhou. Guo Song asked her to deliver a letter to her senior brother Zhang Lei. She found the wine shop, but Zhang Lei went to Lingzhou.
state.
Xiaoyu Niang walked to the horse post, untied the reins, and was about to get on the horse when someone behind her suddenly asked in a low voice: "Are you from Ganzhou?"
When Xiaoyu Niang turned around, she saw a young woman standing behind her, wearing a wide waistless dress with an anxious face.
"I came from Ganzhou, what do you want?"
Zhao Xuan felt that there were people all around who wanted to arrest her. She quickly stepped forward, glanced nervously to both sides, and asked in a low voice: "You...were you sent by Governor Guo to find Dongzhu Zhang?"
Xiaoyu Niang was startled, "Who are you?"
"Do you know Yang Yu or Sun Xiaozhen?" Zhao Xuan asked nervously.
Xiaoyu Niang nodded, "I know them all."
Zhao Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed Xiao Yu Niang's arm, and begged: "I am Yang Yu's...wife, someone is chasing me, Xiao Zhen and I got separated, please save me."
"Who is chasing you?" Xiaoyu Niang said angrily.
"Yes...it's the Hidden Sword Pavilion."
Xiaoyu Niang was shocked. The young master asked her to come to the capital to find the Cangjian Pavilion to find out about Yang Yu.
Xiaoyu Niang suddenly looked around with vigilance and found a few men with sly eyebrows stalking around the liquor store.
She quickly said: "Let's go!"
She took Zhao Xuan into the crowd and quickly left the West Market through the small gate of Qunxianfang not far away.
Not long after they left, a dozen black warriors came galloping over on horseback. The leader of the helm asked several spies who were following him: "Is there a strange woman coming to see Zhang Dongzhu this afternoon?"
"To report to the helmsman, a young lady came to see Mr. Zhang just now."
"What kind of little lady?"
"Wearing a warrior uniform and carrying a long sword, she is relatively thin and small. She said she came from Ganzhou."
"Are you sure you heard correctly? It's from Ganzhou, not Qizhou?"
"How could you hear this wrong? It's from Ganzhou. If you don't believe me, you can ask the shopkeeper."
The warrior in black did not dare to be careless. He walked into the shop and asked the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper smiled and said: "He came from Ganzhou to deliver a letter to my master. He should be from the wine shop in Zhangye."
"Did a pregnant young woman come to see your proprietor this afternoon?"
"Brother, you are kidding me. My boss now has two ladies to look after him. If he still dares to mess around, there will never be a young woman looking for him, let alone a pregnant woman."
The black-clothed warrior came out again to question his subordinates. Indeed, the pregnant young woman whom his subordinates had not seen came to see Mr. Zhang.
The helmsman in black gave them a few more words, asked his men to join in the surveillance, and then rode back to report.
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After listening to Zhao Xuan's narration, Xiaoyu Niang felt a little bad. It was impossible for Sun Xiaozhen to leave Zhao Xuan alone in Xinfeng County. He was probably in danger and could no longer stay in the capital. Hidden Sword Pavilion had many eyes and ears in the capital.
Many beggars and gangsters are controlled by Zangjian Pavilion.
Qunxianfang is close to the Jinguang Gate. She hired an oxcart and took Zhao Xuan directly out of the Jinguang Gate.
Instead of looking for an inn, Xiaoyu Niang went to the countryside and found a family to rent a private house. She gave the landlord a few taels of money and settled Zhao Xuan in to raise her child.
"Don't worry! As long as I'm here, no one can kill you."
Zhao Xuan shed tears and said, "My husband said he was going to do something big, but I don't know how he is doing?"
"Don't think too much first. Take good care of the miscarriage and keep the child. This is the most important thing. I will buy you medicine."
Zhao Xuan nodded, "I still have some medicine in the box. It can last for two or three days. There is also a prescription."
Xiaoyu Niang found the prescription and said with a smile: "It's good if you have the prescription. I'll just go to the pharmacy to steal the medicine and no one will know."
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Li Man has never been as crazy as he is today. The 5,000-person Hidden Sword Pavilion can't catch a weak and pregnant woman. When the news spreads, how can she still show face to others?
Li Man stared fiercely at the two dozen men kneeling on the ground, "You actually passed her by. What's the use of raising waste like you?"
She shouted sternly: "Take them down and chop off everyone's left hand!"
The faces of the twenty-odd men were pale, but no one dared to ask for mercy. Anyone who dared to beg would be punished with beheading instead of having their hands cut off.
More than a dozen warriors rushed in and escorted a group of black warriors out.
At this time, a middle-aged woman hurriedly walked in from outside and said to Li Man with some reproach: "Little sister, how could you chop off their hands?"
This woman is called Gu Fengming, she is also Gongsun's apprentice and one of the founders of the Hidden Sword Pavilion. She does not know martial arts, so she inherited Gongsun's sword-making skills. Later, she married Zhang Yajiu, a famous swordsmith of the Tang Dynasty. After her husband's death, she has been
She lives in the Hidden Sword Pavilion and is responsible for maintaining the emperor's hidden sword. She never interferes with the affairs of the Hidden Sword Pavilion. But just now, she saw with her own eyes that more than twenty warriors had their hands cut off just because they didn't catch anyone. This made Gu Fengming finally unable to bear it.
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Li Man said coldly: "This is the rule of the Hidden Sword Pavilion. Those who fail to do things well will be severely punished. The criminals actually slipped away under their noses. I didn't kill them because they were merciful!"
"There are no rules in the Hidden Sword Pavilion about mutilating people's limbs. When Master was alive, those who made mistakes would only be slapped with boards and put in solitary confinement. They would never cut off hands or feet, let alone kill people. Are you worthy of Master's teachings if you are so cruel?"
Li Man restrained the plan and anger in his heart and said slowly: "Seventh Senior Sister, now I am in charge of Hidden Sword Pavilion, and you have to follow my rules. It has nothing to do with Master's teachings. There is not even a weak pregnant woman among the more than 20 of them."
If you can't even catch a woman, shouldn't your subordinates kill you?"
Gu Fengming stared blankly at Li Man. After a while, she shook her head and said: "Little junior sister, among all the junior sisters, the one that master values the most is you. You have the best martial arts and the strongest ability. Everyone is counting on you to carry forward Hidden Sword Pavilion."
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"Isn't it old enough now?"
Li Man interrupted the senior sister and said angrily: "When Master was alive, there were only over a hundred people in Hidden Sword Pavilion. Now there are almost five thousand people. Isn't that enough?"
"That's not it! Strength must be matched by virtue, instead of chasing down a pregnant and weak woman and doing those unscrupulous things. What is the difference between such a Cangjian Pavilion and Yu Chaoen's men? Such a Cangjian Pavilion must be matched with virtue.
Jiange makes me feel ashamed, and Master will not be able to rest in peace even under Jiuquan!"
Li Man stared at Gu Fengming sharply and said word by word: "Senior Sister, let me tell you one last time. The Hidden Sword Pavilion is not the master's private property, it is the emperor's eyes and ears. To put it harshly, it is the emperor's eagle dog. He is kind-hearted and soft-handed.
It's not a big deal. If you can't accept it, I advise you to leave Hidden Sword Pavilion as soon as possible. According to the rules, Hidden Sword Pavilion can only die and not retreat, but I can give special permission. You can go! Don't let me see you again. "
Gu Fengming nodded, "I want to leave. I have long been dissatisfied with your cruelty and coldness, and your indiscriminate killing of innocent people. Just wish yourself well!"
After saying that, she turned around and left, but as soon as she took two steps, a sword light shot out from Li Man's hand and penetrated the back of Gu Fengming's heart. Gu Fengming screamed, and she looked back at Li Man in pain and fell to the ground.
die.
Li Man stepped forward, stepped on her head, pulled out the sword from her body, and said expressionlessly: "There is only death in Hidden Sword Pavilion, there is no retreat. Since you are looking for death, you can't blame me."