Chapter 30: The Incident at Xichun Bridge

  Liu Jiong's knife was already placed on the young man's neck, coldly saying: "Let that woman go."

  The young master finally broke free from Liu Xuan's chokehold, took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "You bandit leader, do you know who I am?"

  Liu Xuan's heart skipped a beat as he suddenly remembered that the woman earlier seemed to be shouting "Huang Gongzi", could this be someone related to Huang Zu?

  "A leader sneered: 'Little general, you still don't know who our young master is? The nephew of Huang Taishou. If you know what's good for you, hurry up and let him go. You can leave, we won't pursue this.'"

  As expected, they're from the Huang Zu family. No wonder they're so arrogant, daring to rob people in broad daylight. Liu Xuan coldly smiled and said, "Let him go if you want, but first let the woman go."

  This young man was Huang Zu's nephew, Huang Yi, who relied on Huang Zu's power to act recklessly in Wuchang City, but today he encountered Liu Xuan.

  He was about to shout loudly, but his neck was suddenly tightened by a hand as hard as cast iron, which choked his throat, making a "gurgling" sound, almost causing him to faint.

  The leader of the evil slaves showed a strange smile on his face. This young officer has a problem with his brain. It's easy to let this woman go and catch her again, isn't it?

  He turned around and waved his hand, "Let her go!"

  The evil slave let go of his hand, the woman rushed to the edge of the bridge, tightly grasping the railing, terrified, the leader took a step forward, his sharp eyes staring at Liu Xuan.

  "Is it all right? We have released our men; you must keep your promise."

  Liu Jiong ignored him and beckoned to the young woman, "You come over here!"

  The young woman slowly walked forward, her legs softened and she knelt down on the ground, frightened to the point of chattering teeth. "General, what should I... how should I..."

  Liu Cong took out a few gold bars from Huang Yi's arms and handed them to the woman, instructing her, "They will never let you go, hurry back home and take your family to escape, flee to Jiangdong, go quickly!"

  The young woman was moved in her heart and heavily knocked three heads to Liu Xuan, "General's life-saving kindness, the little woman will repay with a grass ring in the next life."

  She thought of the cruelty of the Huang family and was extremely frightened in her heart, so she didn't dare to stay any longer. She got up and ran hastily to the other side of the bridge.

  Huang Yi was furious, struggling desperately, and finally shouted out loud, "You bastards, why don't you hurry up and catch her!"

  The slaves rushed forward, "Halt!" Liu Xuan shouted loudly, his hand gripping the war knife tightly, a stream of blood flowed down from Huang Yi's neck, scaring everyone into stillness.

  "Whoever dares to move, I'll kill him!"

  As soon as the words fell, a cold arrow shot from the opponent's rooftop with a 'whoosh', strong and accurate, hitting Huang Yi right in the heart. The cold arrow pierced through Huang Yi's heart, "Ah!" Huang Yi let out a painful scream, his body convulsing before he died shortly after.

  This arrow was unstoppable, Liu Jiong suddenly raised his head to look around, and saw a black-clad girl standing on the rooftop of a wine shop dozens of steps away, wearing a red cloak, with two swords at her waist, holding a bow and arrow in her hand, coldly staring at him.

  "The young master is dead!"

  A great chaos broke out on the bridge. "Kill them!" Sixteen evil slave soldiers divided into two groups, eight of whom killed towards Liu Xuan, and the other eight rushed towards the black skirted girl.

  Liu Jiong kicked the corpse away with one foot, fierce as a tiger, swung his sword and pounced forward, striking down at the leader of the evil slaves with a single slash, the cold light flashing, the battle knife already in front of his eyes.

  The leader of the evil slaves dodged and weaved, but was suddenly struck by a knife on his forehead. "Ah——" A long and mournful cry echoed through the air as he crashed into the river, splashing up a wave of water.

  A strong gust of wind behind him, Liu Jiong's body was like a whirlwind, swift and rapid. His war knife gathered force in an instant, a flash of lightning shot out, a burst of blood light flew up, the war knife deeply stabbed into the chest of the sneak attacker behind him, and a shocking scream shook the sky and earth.

  In the blink of an eye, he took down two men. The remaining six people saw how fierce and brave he was, and they all retreated in a hurry.

  Just then, a shout came from afar, "Get out of the way!"

  Liu Xuan raised his head, only to see the black-skirted girl had already jumped onto the horse carriage, using her sword to fiercely stab the horse's buttocks. The two horses pulling the carriage charged towards the bridgehead like madmen, amidst a chorus of mournful cries. The carriage crashed into the crowd of evil slaves, who were unable to dodge in time, and six or seven people were knocked to the ground.

  The young girl was a beautiful little daughter who had just arrived in the city by boat today. She and her uncle were having lunch on the third floor of the tavern, and happened to see Huang Yi snatch the woman from the window.

  The girl is a person who hates evil and will never tolerate the oppression of good things happening in front of her.

  Seeing the tragic scene before her eyes, seeing the ugly face of that young man, the girl's whole body was like a raging fire, a fierce and terrifying flame.

  She wants to kill all these evil people and cleanse them from this world. In her mind, tolerance for evil is a sin against the kind-hearted.

  She had a murderous intent burning in her heart, and no one could stop her. Let alone Huang Zu's nephew, even if it were the son of the Heavenly King, she would kill him, absolutely without mercy.

  A black-skirted maiden, with a sword in each hand, jumped lightly down from the carriage. With a swift swing of her swords, two evil slaves fell to the ground, killed by her single stroke. She let out a loud cry and then pounced on another two men.

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  The fierce battle on the bridge was intensifying, and with the addition of the black-skirted girl to the fighting group, the situation had changed. The girl looked like she was only eleven or twelve years old, holding two sharp swords in her hands, her eyes spewing out hatred and anger, killing people with ruthless and poisonous hands.

  Although she was young, her martial arts skills were very strong. Her body was as light as a butterfly and her twin swords flew about, killing several people in quick succession. She struck with precision and deadliness, each blow being fatal.

  In an instant, she killed seven people, including those who were wounded but not dead by Liu Xuan. She finished them off with one sword and didn't leave anyone alive, even Huang Yi was stabbed twice by her.

  At this time, 12 of Huang Yi's 16 subordinates had been killed, and the remaining four saw that things were not going well and wanted to jump into the river to escape.

  The girl's hand shook, and a sword flew out of her hand, piercing the back of an evil slave and nailing him to the ground.

  Another person was chopped down by Liu Xuan in the chaos, and the last two school knife hands jumped into the canal and disappeared instantly.

  In just a moment, fourteen of Huang Yi's sixteen subordinates were killed. At this time, the black skirted girl found that there was still one person who was injured but not dead, and walked towards him with her sword.

  The injured man was so frightened that he suddenly knelt down and kowtowed to the girl in black, begging: "Miss, spare my life! I'm just following orders..."

  Before he could finish speaking, the girl coldly said: "You have done countless evil deeds in the past, today you should pay with your life!"

  She raised her sword and with one slash cut through the man's throat, then followed up with another slash that pierced his heart.

  Liu Xuan on the bridge couldn't help but shake his head, although he had faced too many deaths and didn't feel any sympathy for these evil slaves being killed, it was just that the little girl in front of him...

  Although it is said to be chivalrous and righteous, the method used was too ruthless.

  At this time, the red-clothed girl raised her head, a pair of sharp and beautiful eyes stared at Liu Xuan, with a murderous intent flashing in her eyes, step by step approaching him. Liu Xuan was wearing the armor of the Jingzhou army, and in her eyes, he was a born enemy.

  Liu Jiong was taken aback, he didn't understand why the girl in front of him looked at him with such hostile eyes. He smiled faintly and said, "We fought side by side, went through thick and thin together, Miss won't mistake me to this extent, will she?"

  The girl suddenly realized that she had misunderstood, this officer was just like her, seeing injustice and drawing his sword to help, hating evil and helping the good.

  How could I have thought of killing him?

  The murderous intention dissipated, and she carefully took a closer look at Liu Xuan. She saw that his eyebrows were like swords, his nose was straight and high, and he looked extraordinary. His tall and majestic figure seemed to be full of strength, which suddenly reminded her of her own elder brother, whose appearance was somewhat similar to her brother's.

  The girl had a good feeling in her heart, shook her head and said, "I won't kill you, you're the only good person in Jingzhou army."

  Liu Xuan heard her speaking with a childish tone and smiled as he asked her, "What's your name, where are you from?"

  "My name is..."

  The girl hadn't finished speaking when a loud shout came from afar: "Aren, how much longer will you keep killing?"

  "We'll meet again!"

  The girl took two steps back, turned around and ran towards a distant place, soon disappearing without a trace.

  Liu Jiong gazed at the corpses scattered all over the ground, and couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh. This kind of heroic act had ultimately led to a heap of trouble. Although this young man deserved to die, he was after all Huang Zu's nephew, and Jiang Xia was Huang family's territory. How could Huang Zu possibly let things slide? This little girl was too rash.

  He originally only wanted to take Yellow Ancestor's nephew hostage and let Yellow Ancestor give himself a bit of face, spare that woman and her family, and the matter would have been settled perfectly.

  Unexpectedly, a female Zhuge Kongming appeared halfway and shot dead the nephew of Huang Zu, turning a small matter into a big one, leaving him with a pile of headaches.

  Liu Xuan picked up the dozen or so corpses on the ground and threw them all into the canal, but unexpectedly found a slender gold hairpin on the ground with nine soybean-sized gems inlaid on it, exquisitely crafted, estimated to be lost by that little girl.

  Liu Jue waited until the little girl ran far away, then loudly said to the crowd gathering around: "I am a great general of Liu Xiong's army. Seeing injustice on the road, I drew my sword to help. If the government wants to come and capture me, just go to the military camp."

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  In broad daylight in the bustling city, fifteen people were killed, including Huang Zu's nephew Huang Yi. This was a case of great magnitude, and Zhao Xianling, the county magistrate of Wuchang, immediately came to investigate personally, but after half a day, he couldn't investigate any further.

  One of the parties involved was a high-ranking general in Liu Bei's army, and at this moment, Liu Bei was visiting Huang's mountain villa. How dare he go to the military camp to demand someone, while another party involved, the black-clothed girl, had also escaped without a trace.

  County Magistrate Zhao was at his wit's end. On the one hand, he had posters drawn to offer a reward for the capture of the black-clad girl, and on the other hand, he personally rushed to the Huang family's mountain villa to report the matter to Huang Zu.