Just three days after Yan Liqiang met with Lei Sitong and others, Yan Liqiang left Pingxi City and returned to Huanglong County. He stayed at the Manufacturing Bureau and the Lu family for one day each, and had secret talks with Qian Su, Mr. Lu and others.
On the 21st, Yan Liqiang had returned to Yan'an Fort. On the morning of the 22nd, a piece of news spread throughout Pingxi County like thunder.
The news came from the Kyudo Club. It was said that on this morning, Yan Liqiang demonstrated the sound-breaking arrow stunt with a 100-stone bow in front of all the students in the Kyudo Club. No one knew the specific reason, but when Yan Liqiang shot the first two arrows, everything was normal. The sound-breaking arrow shot by Yan Liqiang directly smashed the target 5,000 meters away, shocking all the students in the Kyudo Club. They cheered loudly. But when Yan Liqiang wanted to shoot the third arrow, the 100-stone bow was just halfway drawn, and Yan Liqiang's face changed. The meridians in his body made a crisp sound, and then he spurted blood from his mouth and fell to the ground with his back to the sky. The whole Kyudo Club was in chaos...
The news that Yan Liqiang had gone insane and was seriously injured spread throughout Pingxi County like wildfire.
That same evening, upon receiving the news, the prefect of Pingxi County hurried to Yan'an Fort to check on Yan Liqiang's injuries. Later, news came from the prefect's mansion that after checking on Yan Liqiang's injuries, Wang Jianbei had a solemn look on his face and a frown on his face. He had confirmed that Yan Liqiang had taken shortcuts during his retreat because he was too eager to work hard, which in the end laid hidden dangers. Today, when he was using the Hundred Stone Strong Bow to demonstrate the Sound-Breaking Arrow stunt in public at the Archery Club, his true Qi became chaotic and he went astray. Most of his tendons, muscles and bones were injured by the Hundred Stone Strong Bow, and he was attacked by the backlash of his true Qi, and he was almost in danger of death.
On the early morning of the 23rd, before dawn, Yan Liqiang, who was pale, tightly wrapped, and even needed someone to support him, got on a black four-wheeled carriage under the watchful eyes of many Yan family servants. Then more than a hundred students from the Kyudo Club rode on tall rhinoceros horses, carrying strong bows, escorted the carriage, and left Yan'an Fort in a hurry...
A few days later, the team of students from the Archery Club that escorted Yan Liqiang returned to Yan'an Fort. News about Yan Liqiang spread again - Yan Liqiang was possessed and seriously injured. He had gone to Canglong Mountain to practice in seclusion, looking for masters and holy medicines to recover. No one knew where Yan Liqiang had gone, and no one would come out again until his body recovered.
Just before Yan Liqiang went into seclusion, he gave an order to the Manufacturing Bureau and the Woolen Mill, temporarily entrusting them to the care of Lei Sitong, the governor of Ganzhou, and asked them to take out 100,000 taels of silver every year to reward the Ganzhou army, and to provide 100,000 arrows every year to support the imperial army to march to the Gulang grassland and expel the Black Jie people.
This incident was too sudden. When the news that Yan Liqiang had gone into a trance and went to Canglong Mountain to practice in seclusion and recover spread throughout Ganzhou and even the northwest, everyone was left with nothing but shock and regret...
No one doubted that this was a lie, because thousands of students in the Kyudo Club had witnessed Yan Liqiang going crazy and vomiting blood. How could this be false? Moreover, Wang Jianbei, the governor of Pingxi County, and several famous doctors in Ganzhou also testified to this. There were also many people who saw Yan Liqiang being escorted out of Yan'an Fort. Some people even met the Kyudo Club students who escorted Yan Liqiang in Canglong Mountain. All the information was connected into a complete chain of evidence, which made people believe it.
Even though Yan Liqiang was possessed and seriously injured, he did not forget to donate money and materials to serve the court before he became a hermit. He was still working for the country and thinking about expelling the Black Jie people. Such patriotism is even more admirable.
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At noon, a week after Yan Liqiang's "obsession" incident broke out, a team of more than 50 cavalrymen, roaring, aggressive and dusty, appeared outside the gate of Yan'an Fort.
Seeing the cavalry rushing over, the guards guarding the gate of Yan'an Fort were about to step forward, but the cavalry had already rushed over without hesitation. The leader raised his whip and whipped a guard of Yan'an Fort who stepped out, knocking the guard to the ground. He stared at the guard with his eyes as bright as copper bells and shouted in an imposing manner, "We are the personal guards of General Anxi. We are here to deliver an urgent military order to Yan'an Fort in Pingxi County on the orders of General Anxi. Who dares to stop us?"
Just when the guards of Yan'an Fort hesitated for a moment, the leader had already led the cavalry team directly into Yan'an Fort, knocking the merchants and travelers on the street of Yan'an Fort into chaos, and then rushed directly to the Yan family's mansion.
"General Anxi has an urgent military order. Let Inspector Qiyun and Guard Yan Liqiang come out to listen to the order!" The leading cavalryman who rushed to the Yan family mansion shouted loudly to the guards guarding the gate of the Yan family.
The cavalrymen did not dismount at all. Instead, they remained on their horses, looking coldly at the gate of the Yan family.
After just waiting for a few seconds and seeing that no one from the Yan family had come out yet, the group of people started swearing and swearing on their horses.
"Damn it, Yan Liqiang is so arrogant, why doesn't he come out now!"
"If you don't come out, we'll just rush in on horseback and burn the house down!"
"Yan Liqiang is so bold! How dare a mere governor like Qi Yun put on airs in front of General Anxi?"
Just as the curses from these people were getting louder and louder, Butler Zhou came out of the mansion panting and trotting, "My fellow soldiers, here we come, here we come..."
“Asshole, who are you!” Seeing Butler Zhou in butler’s uniform coming out, the leader riding on the rhinoceros horse immediately changed his expression, “Where is Qiyun Supervisor Yan Liqiang? Tell him to come out and receive the urgent military order from General Anxi. If you neglect it, I’ll chop off your head!”
"To answer your question, sir, I am the steward of the Yan Mansion, and Master Yan is not in the Yan Mansion!" Steward Zhou said, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.
"Where is he then?"
Butler Zhou had no choice but to quickly tell the story of Yan Liqiang. After hearing what Butler Zhou said, the cavalrymen on horseback were stunned. They had been on the road these days, sleeping in the open air every day, and they were eager to get here as soon as possible, and wanted to eat and sleep on horseback. How could they possibly hear such news
"Doesn't Yan Liqiang have a father? Where is his father?" the cavalry leader asked directly.
"My master was in trouble, and I became ill from worry. I left Yan'an Fort the day before yesterday and went to Pingxi City for medical treatment!"
None of the Yan family members were at home, and they hadn't even seen Yan Liqiang. How could the emergency military order from General Anxi be passed on
The cavalry leader rode on his rhino horse and anxiously circled twice in front of the Yan family's gate. He looked at the open door of the Yan family, gritted his teeth, and turned around with a serious expression. He ordered, "Let's go to the Yan family's woolen mill!"
The group turned their horses around and rushed directly towards the Yan family's woolen mill.
But just in the square outside the woolen mill, they met Gong Tieshan with a dark face. Gong Tieshan waved his hand, and four or five hundred soldiers wearing Ganzhou military uniforms and holding powerful crossbows flashing with cold light in their hands rushed in from all directions and surrounded the dozens of cavalrymen. The crossbows were aimed directly at them.
"Get lost!" Gong Tieshan spit on the ground, looking coldly at the personal guards of General Anxi who were riding on horses with changed faces, and pointed at the cavalry leader with his carrot-thick hand, with a look of contempt, "I don't care whether you are a personal guard or not. The wool spinning mill in Yan'an Fort is now protected by the governor, Lord Lei, and the Ganzhou army. I am ordered to guard here. General Anxi has no control over me. The military order of General Anxi is not an imperial decree. If you want to go in, you can bring Lord Lei's order, or let Master Yan bring you in. If you don't have these two things, get lost where the hell you came from. If you don't know what's good for you, I can recognize who you are, but the bows, crossbows and arrows of my men can't recognize who you are."
(End of this chapter)