The newly appeared man in black first killed the two girls swiftly and efficiently, and then with just a few words, he threw all the dirty water on Yan Liqiang, completely reversing the situation on the scene. In this situation, even if Yan Liqiang could get out alive, he would only become a wanted criminal of the Han Empire, just like Guoshanfeng, who would never be seen again and would be despised by others, and might be killed at any time.
Unless he could overthrow the governor of Pingxi County, he might never have the chance to prove his innocence in his entire life.
As for a fourteen-year-old boy with no background or backing, even if he has a little aptitude for cultivation, it is almost impossible for him to overthrow a county magistrate with his own ability. In his previous life, the difficulty of this matter is like asking a middle school student in the city to challenge terrorists. In the Internet society, if you have information in your hands, you can still gain a chance through shouting and exposure through online channels, but in this relatively closed information world, how many people will pay attention to you and believe you even if you shout to the sky
Yan Liqiang looked at the man in black, shocked and angry, with a surge of hot blood rushing to his head. The man in black looked at him coldly with a smile on his face. He flicked the long sword in his hand, and the long sword made a slight sound. A drop of blood on the long sword flew away. Then the man stepped over the bodies of the two girls lying on the ground and walked towards Yan Liqiang step by step. As if he was looking at a dead person, he said to Yan Liqiang coldly, "Let go of Master Ye, I can leave you with an intact body!"
Calm down, calm down, you must calm down!
Yan Liqiang said to himself in his heart, then he moved his hand, and the dog-leg knife in his hand flew twice in the air, directly cutting off Ye Xiao's two ears and dropping them to the ground.
“Ah…” Ye Xiao screamed miserably. His neck and shoulders were covered in blood. His whole body was shaking and he could hardly stand in pain. But Yan Liqiang grabbed the belt that tied him and he was able to stand. He screamed miserably in the aisle, with tears and snot coming out.
"I may die, but before I die, I will definitely take this man with me. I know I am no match for you, but as long as you get within five meters of me, I will definitely kill Ye Xiao first before you kill me. Do you want to try..." Yan Liqiang looked straight at the man in black.
The man in black stopped walking all of a sudden, and looked at Yan Liqiang with two flashes of cold light in his eyes.
"This man wants me dead, and I want you to die. Your two ears are the price he paid for his unauthorized attack. Don't you want to say a few words to him?" Yan Liqiang said to Ye Xiao.
"Master, Master, I don't want to die... Save me... Save me..." Ye Xiao cried out loudly, "If I die here, it's because of you. Even if you are my master... my father will not let you go. Zhao Songming, go tell my father quickly, let my father come, let my father come to save me..."
It turned out that the man in black was Ye Xiao's master. When he heard Ye Xiao's crying, Yan Liqiang understood the other party's identity.
The man in black glanced at Ye Xiao and said calmly, "I have sent someone to notify the county magistrate, and he will be here soon..."
"Now, I'm going to go up, don't stand in front of me..." Yan Liqiang said, and then he took Ye Xiao and walked towards the man in black step by step.
The man in black looked at Yan Liqiang coldly, still blocking the passage.
The distance between the two sides quickly approached five meters. Seeing that the man in black had no intention of retreating, the wound on Ye Xiao's neck caused by the blade of the dog-leg knife in Yan Liqiang's hand began to deepen and the wound began to grow larger. The blood flowing from Ye Xiao's neck also began to increase. The clothes Ye Xiao was wearing were now half soaked with his blood. Yan Liqiang looked directly at the man in black without fear. His hand holding the knife remained steady, and he kept controlling Ye Xiao's steps without any intention of slowing down.
“Master… I don’t want to die… I don’t want to die…” Ye Xiao was almost going crazy. Seeing that the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and was about to reach fifty feet, while the wound on his neck was getting bigger and bigger, and bleeding more and more, he couldn’t help but screaming.
Just when the two sides were close to five meters, the blade of the dog leg in Yan Liqiang's hand finally touched the aorta on Ye Xiao's neck. Yan Liqiang did not stop, and continued to push Ye Xiao forward. The man in black stared at Ye Xiao's neck and Yan Liqiang's hand, and finally took a step back. The dog leg in Yan Liqiang's hand did not cut any further.
Yan Liqiang forced Ye Xiao to move forward, and the man in black kept retreating. The two sides kept a distance of five meters and walked towards the underground entrance of the clothing store.
In just a short while, Yan Liqiang brought Ye Xiao to the exit from which he had just come out. Above the exit, there was overwhelming heat and fire was visible from a tiny gap in the exit.
The exit had been sealed. Yan Liqiang could vaguely hear someone shouting from above, "This room is also on fire. Tear down this room. Quickly, tear it down quickly. Don't let the fire spread over here..."
With a "boom...", there was a shaking sound from the ground, and the entire underground exit was blocked. It was impossible to get out from here.
The man in black looked at Yan Liqiang and smiled coldly, "You are indeed very smart. You set the house upstairs on fire and exposed the entrance to the tunnel. If people outside rush in to put out the fire, they will find the three people you killed in that room, and they will find the tunnel and report it to the authorities. Your safety and retreat will be guaranteed, so you dare to rush in. But what you didn't expect is that you offended an official, and the highest official in Pingxi County. I was the first one to rush in when I saw the fire in the house outside. I have asked the criminal police to surround the store and not allow anyone to approach. The entrance to the tunnel of this garment store has been sealed when I came in. I also set the house upstairs on fire and had people knock it down to cover the entrance to the tunnel. If you want to go out, you can only go out from the other side..."
Yan Liqiang took a deep breath, said nothing, and took Ye Xiao back again, preparing to leave Ye Xiao's house. However, in this way, everything he did now would be seen by outsiders as the crimes that the man in black had framed him for - he had kidnapped Ye Xiao and escaped from where Ye Xiao lived...
But I can’t care about so many things now. I must leave the underground first.
"How to get to the ground? You lead the way. If you think you have enough blood to shed, you can waste your time with me!" Yan Liqiang said, and with a slight force on the knife in his hand, he cut another wound on Ye Xiao's neck.
"From over there... right away... right away!" Ye Xiao replied with his teeth chattering.
Yan Liqiang escorted Ye Xiao upwards, and five feet away on both sides of him, on one side was the man in black, Ye Xiao's master, and on the other side were the guards, one side was advancing and the other side was retreating. After a while, under the leadership of Ye Xiao and surrounded by a group of people, Yan Liqiang arrived at a yard of the mansion on the ground.
As soon as Yan Liqiang brought Ye Xiao out, the whole mansion was in chaos, with the servants' panicked voices and the maids' screams rising one after another.
"Where is the exit? Take me out..."
"Here, here..." Ye Xiao was about to take Yan Liqiang out of the room.
"Slow down. Let me remind you again. If I see someone holding a bow, crossbow or hidden weapon within a hundred meters, don't blame me for stabbing you first..."
"Zhao Songming, did you hear that..." Ye Xiao shouted at the leader of the guards in a mental breakdown.
"Don't worry, sir. I have already spread the word. No one will have anything that can hurt you..."
Yan Liqiang took Ye Xiao hostage and walked out of the mansion and came to the street outside.
Heavy snow was falling, and a fire was blazing in the garment shop two hundred meters away. Outside the entire mansion, there was no one within a hundred meters, and beyond a hundred meters, the area was completely blocked and surrounded by the criminal police and soldiers of Pingxi City. Those soldiers and criminal police, each holding a torch, lit up the road. They watched from afar as Yan Liqiang walked out of the house holding Ye Xiao at knifepoint, their eyes filled with hatred, disgust, and indifference.
Just by feeling the way those soldiers and detectives were looking at him, Yan Liqiang knew that the words that the man in black had just said underground had been leaked during the time he had held Ye Xiao hostage, and they were probably now the truth believed by those soldiers and detectives. In their eyes, he was just an unforgivable criminal who would not deserve to have his heads chopped off no matter how many times he had - it was useless for him to say anything, as at this moment, he did not have the right to speak.
Yan Liqiang's heart was filled with bitterness. A snowflake flew onto the back of his hand holding the knife, and a bit of chill went straight into his heart.
Even if he could escape from Pingxi City today, all the charges against him would be completely proven and no one would be able to save him.
A middle-aged man wearing the official uniform of a county magistrate and surrounded by a group of guards was standing outside the gate. He frowned as he looked at Ye Xiao who was abducted by Yan Liqiang.
"Father, save me..." Seeing the middle-aged man, Ye Xiao immediately cried out excitedly.
"Let my son go..." the county magistrate said coldly to Yan Liqiang.
"Tell the Criminal Investigation Office to bring Yan Dechang, who they arrested today, here, and prepare a carriage for me..." Yan Liqiang said calmly, looking at the county magistrate of Pingxi City who made Huangfu Qianqi bow his head.
At this time, it was useless to say more. All Yan Liqiang wanted was to survive, to keep himself and Yan Dechang alive, and then leave Pingxi City. Yan Dechang was still in prison. If he escaped alone now, Yan Dechang would definitely not be able to survive. Therefore, he had to take Yan Dechang with him and leave, and live on the run...
(End of this chapter)