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He whipped the horse as if he was going to die. The horse dashed forward like a madman, and when it was about to break away from the pursuers, suddenly, a powerful arrow shot by Li Jun's ear. Li Jun hurriedly dodged to the side, but she only felt a stabbing pain in her right shoulder; it was as if the arrow had pierced through her heart!

Li Dazhang clenched his teeth and cursed in his heart: "This bunch of sons of bitches, I thought he shot an arrow, but who would have thought he shot two!" Such bad luck! "

Because Li Jun's right shoulder was injured, her right hand was unable to hit the horse like before. As a result, the horse relaxed and slowly closed the distance between it and the Martial Master behind it. Seeing this, Li Jun couldn't help but curse in her heart: "Heavens, do you really think I, Li Jun, would die here? You are so unfair! "

When he thought to this point, he heard the arrows flying towards him from behind. He was so scared that he hid his head and neck in a hurry, barely dodging the arrows. He couldn't help but shout towards the sky: "Heavens, you are blind! I, Li Jun, dare to not rest in peace! "

After he finished cursing, he heard someone shout from behind him, "Grandson in front, stop! Your grandfather is here to take your life!"

When Li Jun heard this, she felt angry and frustrated. However, there was nothing she could do. She could only kick the horse's belly with her legs, causing the horse to move even faster!

The men in hot pursuit saw Li Jun increase her speed and this time aimed the crossbow at the horse he was riding. Four arrows shot out like a meteor, and the horse let out a loud whooshing sound. The horse swayed on its feet and fell over, but Li Jun was quick to react, or else Li Jun would have been crushed under the horse!

Seeing that there was no hope for him to escape, Li Jun could not help but pull out her long-hilted saber. Holding it in her left hand, she coldly glared at the approaching person and shouted, "Grandpa will fight it out with you!"

The four Martial Masters did not wait for Ma's arrival before they suddenly jumped down. When they landed, they had already encircled them; each of them held a steel saber in their hands, and the murderous intent in their eyes was clear. However, Li Jun smiled coldly and said: "Grandsons, come!"

At this moment, there was a whistling sound, like the rustling of clothes in the wind. Li Jun only felt a blur in front of her, and the two Martial Masters standing in front of her actually fell to the ground.

Just as he was feeling astonished, he suddenly heard the sound of wind blowing again. Soon after, a "pu peng" sound rang out from behind him. He subconsciously turned his head to look, only to see that the two Martial Masters had also collapsed.

Li Dazhi was shocked, he thought to himself: "Could it be that the gods are helping us?"

As he was thinking about this, he suddenly felt a tight grip on his left shoulder, as if someone had patted him. Without thinking, he swung his sword to his left, only to see a figure suddenly darting backwards like a ghost, crying out: "I saved you, and you still want to kill me. Why are you so against me?"

Hearing that, Li Jun couldn't help but look over to see a man in his forties with a fair face and a short beard. He was dressed very simply, and his figure wasn't tall nor short, looking a little thin. At this time, he was staring at her with a pair of round eyes, so he asked: "Who are you? Why did you save me? "

It turned out that after he stole the treasures from the Chen Residence, he had split them with Meng Chun House, but he had held onto half of them and quietly waited outside Zhao Dexing's residence. When Zhao Dexing left home to help the Spring Pavilion, he found an empty spot and sneaked into the house, hiding most of the treasures under Zhao Daxing's bed and even lost some in his study. Only then did he leave without a trace.

When he reached the street, he first went to Du Jiangsheng, but seeing that they were fighting to the point of no return, he secretly helped Little Peach Blossom escape the scene. In the end, he threw a bottle of Jubilee Dan at Du Jiangsheng's feet while he himself watched from the side.

Sure enough, after Du Jiangsheng picked up the medicine bottle, he gave it to Chen Lu, saying that it was Little Tao Hong who fell off while she was running away. Chen Lu let him confirm that it was indeed an elixir, and Du Jiangsheng pretended to sniff it for a while, before nodding his head in agreement.

However, after he left, Qiu Wuchang first arranged for Du Jiangsheng to return to the inn to wait for news, while he himself went out of the city to pick up Meng Chunlou. He did not expect that midway, he would run into Li Dazhi who was being chased down.

Hearing Li Jun dare to ask, he laughed and said, "Who I am is of no concern. I only know that those people want to kill the officials. They are definitely not good people!"

"Do you know that they are Zhao Dexian's men?" Li Jun dared to ask.

"Of course I know. If I didn't, I wouldn't have come here!" Qiu Wuchang laughed.

"Oh? "What do you mean?" Li Jun dared to ask.

"To tell you the truth, while I was drinking in the city, I overheard Zhao Daxing and the number one swordsman of the martial arts world, Li Zhi, discussing an illegal act. I thought they were planning to carry out their plan on another day, but I didn't expect them to act so soon!" Qiu Wuchang sighed.

"What kind of business? Say it clearly! " Li Jun dared to say.

"Zhao Dexing knew that the Chen Prefecture Lord had many treasures hidden in his house, but because the Chen Prefecture Lord's house was heavily guarded, he wanted to use Li Zhi to steal them. Thus, the two discussed splitting the treasures equally. "Later on, I saw the officials of the magistrate court being first tricked out of the city, and then I saw the servants of the Chen residence all deployed. I knew that they were going to carry out their plan!" Qiu Wuchang said.

"Are you saying that Zhao Dexing used the method of luring the tiger out of the mountain in order to encourage Li Zhi to steal the Chen Mansion's treasure?" Li Jun dared to ask.

"That's right!" "That's it!" Qiu Wuchang sighed helplessly, "By the time I figure it out, it's already too late! "Because the north side of the city was lit with flames, I finally understood that Zhao Dexing wasn't just luring the tiger out of its lair. He was also holding back …"

"A backup? "What do you mean?" Li Jun dared to ask.

"He's trying to cover it up, wanting to use everyone's heads to make a big deal out of it. But you guys are the ones who are going to take the blame!" Qiu Wuchang said.

"I don't understand. Tell me in detail!" Li Jun dared to say.

Qiu Wuchang gave a faint smile, then said, "He first sent people to burn the Daxing Stone Workshop to lure you guys to save the fire, then he would bring people to kill them all. At that time, he would have a crime of saying that the fire was set by you, and then use this as a chance to ruthlessly beat the head of the Chen family. If Chief Steward Chen listens to his words and gives him money, how much money will he get? "

"But my Prefect has always been on good terms with Zhao Dexian. Is there really a need for him to treat my Prefect like this?" Li Jun dared to ask.

"Humph!" Qiu Wuchang sneered, "Businessmen value their profits, how can they care about favors? For the sake of money, these people can even forsake their parents. Do they still care about the friendship they had with the Prefect? "

Li Jun pondered for a moment and could not help but say angrily: "Good Zhao Dexing, to think that he would be so vicious. If my Master Prefect were to find out, I would definitely skin him alive!"

At this moment, there was the sound of someone shouting 'kill' behind him. Qiu Wuchang immediately pointed and said, "Look, Zhao Dexing has brought people to kill you and silence you!"

He cupped his fists towards Qiu Wuxia and said, "Brave warrior, I am very grateful for saving you today. I had originally wanted to invite you to drink three cups of wine to express my gratitude, but the situation is critical now, so I'll leave it for another day!"

"Stop nagging! Run for your life! If it's too late, I won't be able to save you! " Qiu Impermanence urged.

"If that's the case, then we'll part ways here. See you later!" At this point, Li Jun no longer dared to hesitate. She hastily jumped onto a handsome horse, clamped her legs together, and madly rushed forward.

He saw Qiu Wuchang curled up into a ball, trembling from head to toe, and when he saw Zhao Dexian, he trembled even more. Zhao Dexian urged his horse forward and lit the torch with the torch, but when he saw Qiu Wuxia's mud-stained face and somewhat silly expression, he asked, "Idiot, what are you doing?"

Qiu Wuchang blinked his eyes, then shouted with a laugh, "Of course I'm an idiot if you call me an idiot!" There are a lot of torches and fireflies here, I like them so much! I want to catch fireflies! "

Seeing that he was not speaking normally, Zhao Dexian asked, "Just now, did you see anyone riding past here?"

"I saw it!" "He's so powerful, and he even knows how to kill people …" The fear in Qiu Wuyin's eyes deepened when he said this. He turned around and ran forward, shouting, "Oh my god, he's killed! There's a lot of dead people, a lot of blood!"

When Zhao Fu heard this, he could not help but go forward and advise, "Master, it must be that Li that dares to run! We cannot let him go. If he talks nonsense at Prefect Chen's place, we will be in danger! "

"Chase!" "Quickly chase!" Zhao Dexing raised his horsewhip and charged forward. The rest of the people followed closely behind. Who would care about the dead bodies on the ground?

As for Li Jun, she had been running so fast that she had arrived in Yangzhou City early on. He had spurred his whip straight into the residence of the Chen Prefect without waiting for a notice from the disciples, which frightened everyone present. Chen Lu was so angry that his face turned pale as he scolded, "Li dare, you dare to enter the residence of the Prefect of Yangzhou. How dare you!"

"I want to meet the Prefect. I'm already burning hot eyebrows. If I hesitate any longer, it'll be too late!" Li Jun dared not to say anything.

Chen Lu heard his words and knew that the situation was urgent, so he rushed over to report it to Chen Prefect. Unexpectedly, Chen Prefect had just laid down and entered his dream with great difficulty, and was awoken by someone. Chen Lu was extremely displeased, and as he dressed, he cursed, "How dare you servant disturb my rest, I'll definitely give you a few slaps!"

Before Chen Lu could explain, he heard Li Jun barging into the courtyard, shouting, "Master Chen, bad news! That grandson, Zhao Daxing, led his guards, servants, and other officials to rebel! "

"What?" Prefect Chen had yet to wake up, and was still feeling a bit dizzy, "Zhao Dexing rebelled? That was strange! He let the merchants off the hook, what is he trying to do? "

"Reporting to Sir, Zhao Dexing has coveted Sir's mansion's treasure for a long time. Tonight, he coincidentally lured us out of the mansion, and also tricked Housekeeper Chen and all the servants in the mansion. Instead, he had the martial arts expert Li Zhi come here to steal the treasure. If Sir does not believe, why not see what is in the treasury?" Li Jun dared to ask.

"Huh?" Chief Steward Chen was surprised, but before he could get dressed, he ran out barefooted, "What about your brothers? How do you know he rebelled? "

"Our brothers …" Tears rolled down from Li Jun's eyes as she sobbed, "They … They were all killed by Zhao Dexing and his men!"

"What?" Prefect Chen took two steps back and almost fell down, "They're all gone?"

"If I didn't have someone helping me, I would have been a ghost under Zhao Dexian's blade by now!" Li Jun dared not cry.

"Oh my god!" Is this Zhao Dexing crazy? " Chief Steward Chen said in shock.

"Master, now Zhao Dexing and his men are rushing to the city. If you don't make up your mind, you might lose our lives!" Li Jun dared not to say anything.

"What should we do? "What should we do?" Chief Steward Chen was anxious, "This matter was too sudden!"

"Lord, with the current situation, we should first close the city gate and prevent them from entering the city, right?" Chen Lu reminded.

"You can't!" Li Jun decisively interrupted Chen Lu's words, "If we lock them up outside the city, they will definitely flee to other places. At that time, if we want to capture them, won't it be difficult for us to ascend the sky?"

"But if we let them in and they throw away their lives to kill the innocent, wouldn't that be a loss?" Chen Lu asked.

"Their families are all in the city. If we send people to surround them, they will definitely refrain from attacking us. Wouldn't it be perfect if we tried to capture them then?" Li Jun dared to ask.

"Good!" Just do it! " Prefect Chen finally got his thoughts straight, "Li Jun, send my orders over to Supervisor Zhang right away and have him gather all the men to support us! In addition, once Zhao Dexian and the rest enter the city, give the order to close the city gates. Do not let them escape! "Go quickly!"

"As you command!" Li Jun turned around and ran frantically. In the blink of an eye, she left the courtyard.

"Butler, bring the servants to Zhao Daxing's house immediately and capture all his family members without delay!" Chief Steward Chen said in a stern voice.

"Yes sir!" Chen Lu had arrived at this point and was about to turn around when he heard Prefect Chen say, "You must find a way to contact Meng Chunlou and have him deal with Li Zhi at once. You must be quick!" Whether we can keep our heads this time will depend on whether you and Li dares to do it! "

"Rest assured, my lord. Even if I have to sacrifice my life, I will not let Zhao Dexing injure a single strand of hair on my lord's head!" With Chen Lu's words, there was no need to speak any further. He hastily prepared to go.

He lit the candle, and impatiently opened the door of the treasury. He held the candle in his hand and walked inside, only to see that the treasury was already in a mess, as expected, a lot of treasures were missing, he angrily gritted his teeth, and cursed: "Good heavens, Zhao Doxing, you really dare to have ideas for me, this time even the gods will not protect you!"

He walked out of the treasury in a huff and reassembled the mechanism, yet his eyes were focused on a treasured sword hanging on the wall. He walked over angrily and took the treasured sword out, taking half of it out, and said to himself coldly: "Zhao Daxing, I will use this sword to personally chop off your head to vent the hatred in my heart!"

Just then, a commotion broke out outside the room, causing many of the maidservants to scream in fear. There were even many men who shouted, "Where is Prefect Chen? "Speak!"

Those maidservants who were slow to respond were instantly chopped to death. That kind of dying cry was like a steel needle that pierced through the nerves of Chief Steward Chen. With a loud shout, he rushed out of the study with his sword in hand!