nashuaworldcup Chapter 134 Having accomplished his task, he departed.
Chapter 134 Having accomplished his task, he departed.
As dawn broke and the sun rose, Luoyang remained peaceful.
Inside a grand mansion in the city, the servants were silent as their master roared in fury in the main hall!
"What? Monkey King has disappeared? All the secret guards have been wiped out! Could it be that Monkey King betrayed me?!" A middle-aged man with a mustache, a hooked nose, and hawk-like eyes, sitting in the main hall, had veins bulging on his face and was furious!
A chubby man resembling the Monkey King stood below, his expression terrified, his legs trembling, not daring to utter a word! He simply couldn't believe that the Monkey King had defected. But if the Monkey King hadn't betrayed his master, what about the uprooted strongholds and the massacred guards…?
Li Xingzhi led the few remaining survivors he had rescued into Luoyang City when it was light and the city gates were wide open.
As soon as the group entered the Li family residence, two people who had been waiting in the main hall came out to greet them.
"Brother Da Niu!" "Brother Da Niu!"...
The people who entered were filled with excitement, their eyes were red, and tears were streaming down their faces.
"Xiao Wu, Xiao Liu, Zhang San, Liu Tou, how come there are only a few of you left? Where are Ying'er and the others? Could it be that they've all..." Zhang Daniu looked at the people who entered the room, his eyes filled with disbelief as he looked behind them, but he could no longer see anyone else. He could only turn his head back with a face full of disappointment and pain.
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the group were filled with resentment and grief!
"Brother Da Niu! There are only a few of us left! They... they died so tragically!! If it had been a few days later, I'm afraid even you wouldn't have seen them again!"
Zhang Dani wiped his bloodshot eyes and looked at the group, his voice trembling, "Alright, we're still alive, we must live well! One day we'll avenge them!" As he spoke, his eyes glanced at the girl beside him, caught up in the atmosphere, and Li Xingzhi, who stood silently in front. He quickly pointed to the two and introduced them to the group, "This is my little brother, our savior. You can call him Li Dalang. As for this lady, she is the granddaughter of the former owner of our Eagle Soaring Martial Arts School, the granddaughter of our founder. You can call her Aunt!"
At this moment, Li Xingzhi, who had been standing nearby, suddenly said, "I searched several places, but only found these people. However, I heard that some women and girls were taken to other places, but we can't find them now."
"So, Ying'er and the others might still be alive?! Li Dalang, you must save them! I, Zhang Daniu, will serve you like a slave from now on!" With that, Zhang Daniu knelt down in front of Li Xingzhi and began to kowtow fiercely, as if a person had grasped at the last straw in their most desperate moment! The other four people also knelt down and kowtowed heavily on the bluestone slab!
Li Xingzhi did not answer, but only asked, "Who is Ying'er?"
"Ying'er is younger than me, and we've always treated her like a little sister! There should be a few other girls with her..."
“If that’s the case, then she might not have been murdered! However, the trail has gone cold now, and it will take some time to find her. We can only hope for the best!” Li Xingzhi sighed, turning his head away, unable to bear seeing the disappointment on their faces.
"You are our savior, and we will repay you in any way we can!" Zhang Daniu knelt on the ground, kowtowing and shouting.
"Alright, you all go wash up and rest first!" Li Xingzhi said, looking at the group of people kneeling on the ground, covered in blood and stinking.
At this moment, those who had been rescued by Li Xingzhi outside the city had already reached the city gate. Several Wuhou soldiers looked at these ragged people and initially thought they were just refugees rushing into the city gate. However, seeing that they were covered in blood and looked like demons from hell, and that many of them were constantly kowtowing and pleading for justice, they realized that the matter was not serious!
It even involves several family annihilation cases!
The magistrate of Luoyang County dared not delay and immediately went to the main hall to understand the injustice and prepare to seek justice for the people! At this time, the magistrate of Luoyang County thought that some audacious mountain bandits were causing trouble outside Luoyang City. However, the more he listened, the more shocked he became - such well-organized bandits, could they be traitors and rebels?
Elsewhere, a dozen or so military officers, led by the released prisoners, arrived at the cave. Inside, a chilling aura filled the air, blood gushed into the sky, and countless severed limbs lay scattered about! A strong wind blew, and ghostly laughter echoed through the cave. A eerie white light flickered within, a truly horrifying sight! Even the military officers, seasoned by such things, felt a chill run down their spines and were filled with unspeakable horror!
The dozen or so warriors, suppressing their fear, held hands and continued to venture deeper into the cave, only to discover that even hell on earth was no more than this!
"You're saying...you're saying this was all caused by one person? One person killed all these people?!" A military officer, his teeth chattering, eyes bulging and bloodshot, grabbed a nearby 'prisoner' and shouted in terror!
The prisoner leading the way entered the cave, surprisingly calmer. Looking around, he said ominously, "Yes, I was watching from behind. That man was like a demon from hell, wielding an invisible dagger, slashing and slashing. All you could hear was the scraping sound of flesh being cut. Those people didn't even have time to scream before their lives were taken away, taken away..." As he spoke, he seemed to recall something horrific; his eyes bulged out, his head rolled back, and he collapsed to the ground...
With the intervention of government forces, the final result was a scene of corpses with no clues or investigations. It eventually became the biggest tragedy and mystery that shocked the entire city of Luoyang!
The one sitting high in the hall was still terrified by this, constantly erasing any possible clues. In time, who knows how many more people lost their lives because of this...
Regardless of the raging storm in Luoyang, Li Xingzhi and his entourage were already on their way back to Chang'an, and the few remaining disciples of the Eagle Soaring Martial Arts Academy had become Li's retainers.
In Chang'an, the trade routes were not calm at this time!
The Qian family, in alliance with other families, launched a final, decisive attack on the Li family's foundation. Everyone thought this would bring down the long-established Li family, but unexpectedly, the appearance of Li Xingzhi and the return of Wang Xiucai injected a miraculous cure into the nearly decaying tree. Supported by the vast network left by Li Xingzhi and with Wang Xiucai's skillful intervention, the once-collapsed giant tree sprouted new life, bursting forth with tremendous vitality! This caught everyone completely off guard!
At this time, the Qian family...
Old Master Qian, Qian Buyong, sat at the head of the table, with various business leaders seated below him.
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