No one, including the county magistrate's son and his lackeys, had expected that Yan Liqiang and his men would dare to take action first at this time, and the place became a mess for a while.
According to their experience, they had a battalion of more than 2,000 men here, with their swords drawn and arrows on the string, and they wanted to check openly. They had found all the excuses and had made it clear that they were going to use force. Moreover, they were in their own territory, Luquan County, and the county magistrate's son was working here. Anyone would obey and not dare to resist. Even if Yan Liqiang and his group were really the people of the Imperial Horse and Infantry Division, they could shirk responsibility and sue afterwards. Anyway, the capital was in chaos now. It was said that even the emperor had disappeared. It was unknown how long the Imperial Horse and Infantry Division could keep its reputation. What was there to be afraid of? If they really couldn't explain themselves, they would just find two scapegoats.
Who could have imagined that those people were the minority in Luquan County, and at this critical moment, they actually dared to take action first and hold Master Zhou hostage!
Not only did Yan Liqiang dare to attack first, but his martial arts skills were beyond the expectations of everyone on Master Zhou's side. The few guards and bodyguards around Master Zhou and a group of soldiers were like chickens and dogs. They were blown away before they could even see the shadow of Yan Liqiang.
"Let go of the young master?" The lackey officer had already drawn his knife, and with a pair of turtle eyes, he and a large group of soldiers with spears surrounded Yan Liqiang. They were baring their fangs and claws a few meters away from Yan Liqiang, shouting at the top of their lungs.
"A slave is a slave. I don't know how many people will be humiliated by wearing this Han Empire uniform on someone like you!" Yan Liqiang smiled coldly. He didn't move his hands, but just moved his feet. With a kick, the tip of the spear that he had just broken flew out and pierced through the chest of the lackey officer. The lackey officer bleeds profusely, and his whole body is carried by the spear tip and flies twenty meters away. He is nailed to a barricade and dies without moving at all.
With Yan Liqiang's strength, he could kill people with just a move of his hands and feet. At this moment, when Yan Liqiang made a move, the soldiers from Luquan County who had surrounded him were all shocked. Their faces changed drastically, and many of them retreated in fear and dared not to surround him anymore.
When Yan Liqiang's team saw Yan Liqiang taking action, everyone drew their weapons and prepared to fight.
Seeing Yan Liqiang kill one of his men with just a wave of his hand, Master Zhou didn't even raise his eyelids, as if Yan Liqiang had killed a dog. After a brief period of confusion and fear, seeing that Yan Liqiang only held him hostage and didn't do anything, Master Zhou recovered a little, then tilted his face, stared at Yan Liqiang, and continued to speak cruelly in a tone of pretending to be calm, "Since you know my identity, you are courting death by doing this. None of you can leave Luquan County. As long as you let me go now and accept the inspection obediently, I will give you a way out and pretend that nothing happened!"
Yan Liqiang smiled lightly. In his eyes, Zhou Yanei from Luquan County was nothing but a waste, almost on the same level as those sissy and gigolos in his previous life. What else could he do except playing with women, showing off his power, and pretending to be important? Any Shatu man from Gulang grassland would be ten times more ruthless than this man. It was a joke that such a man dared to threaten him. Putting these aside, Yan Liqiang knew exactly what was going on in this Master Zhou's head at the moment.
"If we can't get out of Luquan County, then you must believe that the first person to die will not be anyone in our team, but you!"
"Haha, do you dare? You know who my father is. In Guzhou, no one dares to touch anyone from our Zhou family..." Young Master Zhou continued to be fierce, "If you dare to touch a hair on my head, not only you, but your whole family will be in trouble. Even if they escape to the ends of the earth, our Zhou family can find them. Be smart and let me go..."
"Do you think no one dares to touch you?" Yan Liqiang smiled slightly.
Master Zhou sneered with a fierce look on his face but a weak heart. He glanced at the arrow tower not far away. On the arrow tower was a master of archery that he had recruited. This master could shoot a copper coin thrown by him on the target with one arrow from a distance of 100 meters. At this moment, the master of archery had already drawn his bow on the arrow tower, and was aiming at Yan Liqiang from a distance of dozens of meters. So, Master Zhou was relieved, "Haha, who dares to touch me?"
As soon as the word "me" fell, several sounds of bowstrings were heard at the same time. The archery master on the arrow tower drew his bow, and an arrow left the bow and shot directly towards Yan Liqiang's head. However, the arrow was still in the air when it was cut off by another arrow and flew out. At the same time, the head of the archery master on the arrow tower exploded and was pierced by an arrow. After a scream, his body fell directly from the arrow tower.
Yan Qing and Yan Hong at the back of the team quietly put away their bows...
"Haha, this is what you rely on?" Yan Liqiang smiled.
"You...you...what do you want to do?" Master Zhou's expression finally changed.
"Didn't you say that no one dared to touch you? I want to give it a try!" Yan Liqiang said as he drew out the black scale sword in lightning speed and cut it cleanly from under the right ear of Master Zhou...
In just a moment, Master Zhou felt a chill in his ears, and watched his right ear fly to the ground in front of him.
Master Zhou was stunned, as if he couldn't believe what he saw. It took him three full seconds to react. Then he felt a piercing pain. The severed ear was bleeding profusely, and blood was flowing all over his face and neck. Then Master Zhou screamed, and the scream sounded just like a woman's.
"Ah, my ears, my ears..." Mr. Zhou screamed and cried, with snot and tears running down his face. His attempt to pretend in front of Yan Liqiang failed completely, and he was terrified.
"I'll count to three. Tell these soldiers to move aside and remove the barricades to let our people pass. Otherwise, I'll cut off your other ear..." Yan Liqiang said calmly in Master Zhou's ear, "One..."
“Hurry up... move the barricades away, clear the road..." Young Master Zhou screamed, his voice was so hoarse that even his voice had changed, "Hurry up... Hurry up..."
The soldiers at the checkpoint were all following orders. At this moment, they saw Master Zhou being held hostage and having one of his ears cut off. Everyone knew that Master Zhou had been bullying the people in Luquan County for so many years, and this time he had met a tough opponent and was definitely going to be defeated. Seeing how tough Yan Liqiang and his men were, they were definitely the real people from the Imperial Horse and Infantry Division. Who would dare to disobey at this moment? Teams of soldiers hurriedly moved away the barricades on the official road and quickly made way for them. No one dared to stop them.
Caiyun Zhuiyue was very smart. As soon as the barrier was moved away, Caiyun Zhuiyue ran over. Yan Liqiang lifted Master Zhou and jumped onto Caiyun Zhuiyue's back. He placed Master Zhou horizontally in front of the saddle and held him down with one hand, like a chicken. Then he said to the soldiers around him, "Tell his father that if he wants his son to live, he'd better behave himself. After our team leaves, no soldiers from Luquan are allowed to appear within a mile around us. After we pass Luming Pass and get to a safe place, I will release his son. If he wants to play any tricks on us, I will give him his son's head as a greeting gift, and then I will settle the score with him..."
After saying this, Yan Liqiang rode on Caiyun Zhuiyue and rushed through the checkpoint. The carriages and horses behind him also rushed through. None of the soldiers near the checkpoint dared to stop them. They only waited until Yan Liqiang and his team left before rushing out of the checkpoint in a hurry...
The Luquan County was in turmoil all of a sudden!
(End of this chapter)