Jia Yu’s lips curled up into a smile: “High Shangshu, my mind isn’t very sharp, but I have a principle of an eye for an eye.”
“You dare use a crossbow on me, I won’t feel any peace until I kill him. Who dares to stop me, is my enemy!”
“Jia San, take your men from both sides, anyone who tries to stop us, kill them!”
Jia Yu’s words were devoid of emotion, only cold, merciless killing intent.
“Yes!”
Jia San, behind Jia Yu, nodded without hesitation, drawing his blade.
“Those who don’t want to die, get out of the way!”
One hundred Xuanjia Tieqi, their weapons in hand, charged forward fiercely. The High Mansion’s guards and servants saw these black-armored cavalrymen.
They instinctively retreated to both sides.
A few of the servants, wanting to show their loyalty in front of the family, looked at these black-armored riders.
They froze, lying on the ground, unable to move.
These iron riders, had followed Jia Yu to the battlefield outside the city, fighting in a dozen battles.
On the battlefield, they had charged through the Mongolian formations, leaving them in disarray.
They bore countless lives on their shoulders.
These servants had no capital to meet these black-armored riders’ gaze.
The guards around High Gu, did have the strength for a fight, but the pressure from this young Jingying Jiedushi was too great.
They feared Jia Yu would suddenly attack High Gu, and dared not leave.
“Stop them!”
Seeing the black-armored cavalry charging into the High Mansion, High Gu roared: “Jia Yu, quickly order your men to stop, otherwise, this old man will go to His Majesty to impeach you!”
Jia Yu ignored High Gu’s threat, laughing recklessly: “Go if you want, I wouldn’t stop you.”
“But, I said, anyone who stops me from searching the High family is my enemy.”
Jia Yu spoke, his eyes flashing with murderous intent: “My enemies, have only one way out – death!”
The guards of the Wu Cheng Bing Ma Si and High Gu, all felt a bone-chilling cold, a fear that pierced to their very marrow.
“You… you…,” High Gu’s face suddenly turned pale.
“Pu!”
A mouthful of blood sprayed out.
“Sir!
“Quick, support the master!”
“Hurry and call a doctor!”
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Seeing High Gu suddenly coughing up blood, the High Mansion’s guards and stewards were in chaos.
The guards supported High Gu’s body, the steward carefully held his head, while arranging for someone to find a doctor.
“Fake!”
Jia Yu watched High Gu’s act. His eyesight was sharp, and he could tell that High Gu was not really unconscious, but was just giving himself an escape.
It was too fake, this performance.
“Follow me!”
Jia Yu ignored High Gu and the guards and servants.
This guy’s status was high, if he really killed him, the Emperor’s promised title might be gone.
A title, was the foundation for him to pick up girls, find a wife.
With his near invincible power, and tens of thousands of troops, Jia Yu did not care much for power.
Being an emperor was too tiring.
Being the Jingying Jiedushi, was a good choice for him.
With the system, the Jingying would be firmly in his control.
He could delegate the unimportant and tedious tasks to the eunuchs sent by the emperor, which could not only save him from the mundane, but also increase the Emperor’s trust.
Free from worries, with the power of the army and his status.
Wouldn’t that be the perfect opportunity to find a few more wives and live a life of wealth and luxury?
Jia Yu suddenly thought of the boss lady he saw in the half-faced tavern.
Heavenly fairy, so similar, incredibly beautiful.
And then there was Daiyu, who was not yet fully grown, but already had the makings of a beauty.
Sitting on horseback, Jia Yu’s mind raced, one thought after another.
This formed a stark contrast to his confrontation with High Gu outside.
隆隆隆...
The High Mansion’s guards and servants dared not stop, the cavalry charged into the mansion.
The sound of their disorderly hooves filled the already uneasy High Mansion with chaos.
“Who are you, this is the residence of the Shangshu of the Ministry of Personnel, you cannot create havoc here!”
An old woman in her forties, with five or six young maids, stood before a courtyard that was more exquisite, with more flowers, plants, and trees than elsewhere.
By the firelight, one could see that there were green plants behind the archway, even in the dead of winter.
This old woman was the one the young lady called her wet nurse.
The wet nurse and the maids held wooden sticks in their hands, they were no match for the black-armored warriors in terms of physique.
“We are following the orders of our General, we are searching the High Mansion for assassins, anyone who stands in our way is the enemy.”
“We will give you a chance to get out of the way, since you are women. Otherwise, we will not show mercy.”
“If you want to cross this courtyard, you have to step over this old woman’s corpse.”
The wet nurse’s face was filled with fear, but her body firmly blocked the archway to the courtyard.
If she let these barbarians in, the young lady’s chastity would be lost.
Three black-armored riders raised their lances.
Jia Yu’s orders were even greater than the Heavenly Emperor’s.
They admired the old woman’s loyalty, but they had a task to complete, and could only clear this obstacle.
Seeing the three armored riders charge towards her, the wet nurse held the wooden stick and closed her eyes.
“Stop.”
Just as the old woman closed her eyes and waited for death, a stern voice came from behind.
The three armored warriors who were advancing withdrew their lances and reined their horses to a stop.
The wet nurse also heard the rough voice, and the sound of the advancing horses stopped.
She opened her eyes, and saw a tall, towering man walking slowly towards her in the firelight.
Behind him were a group of equally burly soldiers.
The Xuanjia Tieqi had a clear objective.
Following Jia Yu’s instructions, they surrounded the courtyard around the red dot.
The red dot, was right in front of this courtyard.
Everything else was going smoothly, only the gate of this courtyard was blocked by these people.
The old woman didn’t know Jia Yu’s identity, but just from his appearance and bearing, she knew this man was no ordinary person.
His face, in the flickering firelight, was vaguely handsome, and his silver-white armor reminded the wet nurse of a person she saw when she was very young, walking along the streets with the young lady.
Dressed in fine clothes, mounted on a spirited horse, followed by ten thousand troops.
The young lady dreamed of marrying him, even as a concubine would be fine.
Unfortunately, she was rejected by someone’s wife.
In her sorrow, the young lady married High Gu, the current Shangshu of the Ministry of Personnel.
Later, that man died from illness shortly after some incident, and the young lady followed him soon after.
Leaving behind a little girl who was still too young to care for herself.
“Step back!”
Jia Yu looked at the old woman who was not afraid of death, and the maids who were trembling in fear.
This woman and these maids were much tougher than the guys outside.
“I won’t hurt anyone inside, if you’re afraid I’ll do something bad, you can follow me.”
Jia Yu strode toward the archway.
刷啦…
The leaves rustled, and someone suddenly fell in front of Jia Yu…