Chapter 89: A Desperate Situation

  Having been so humiliated by Jiang Xia, it was only natural that she didn't have the face to stay in Xiangyang Mountain Villa anymore.

  Before leaving, he gave Jiang Xia a cold and ruthless stare, then said: "The green hills remain unchanged..."

  "Green waters flow long, we will meet again." Jiang Xia continued after cutting off the emotional words, "Are these lines all you have? Can't you come up with something new?"

  "Hmph!" Lijue covered her chest and walked out of the guards. Her footsteps were heavy, showing that her injuries were not light.

  After seeing Lijue's departure, Jiang Xia smiled and said to Cui Ruxue: "Ruxue, you must have been scared by the sword shadows just now? Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I'll send you back to your room to rest."

  Cui Ruxiang shook her head: "I wasn't scared, but Brother Jiang, you were so frightened just now."

  Jiang Xia was taken aback for a moment, thinking to himself that this girl was too straightforward, hadn't she understood the most important thing he said was to send her back to her room to rest?

  However, Jiang Xia did not disappoint. His mind quickly turned and he immediately placed his head on Cui Ruxue's shoulder, saying: "Yes, yes, I was scared to death earlier. My little heart is still pounding now. Why don't you send me back to my room to rest?"

  "Oh." Cui Ruxue was just about to nod when Zhong Bin suddenly spoke up and said: "I'll take you there."

  "Huh?" Jiang Xia stared at Zhong Bin with a fierce gaze, constantly giving him meaningful glances. But to her surprise, Zhong Bin seemed not to understand and walked up to support her arm, saying: "I'll send you back to your room later and guard outside your door, don't worry, no one will be able to get close to you again today."

  Zhong Bin said as he pulled Jiang Xia away, Jiang Xia couldn't help but whisper to Zhong Bin: "You rascal, you did it on purpose, didn't you?"

  Zhong Bin ignored Jiang Xia and directly pulled Jiang Xia out of Cui Ruxue's courtyard.

  Back at the Four Seasons Residence, Jiang Xia originally wanted to sneak out from the back door and then go find Cui Ruxue. Who knew that Zhong Bin, this stubborn man, suddenly jumped onto the roof of the Four Seasons Residence to keep watch? With his skills, no matter where Jiang Xia left from, he couldn't escape his eyes and ears.

  Let's talk about this separately and then come back to the story of Li Jue and his cruel fate.

  Lü Bu was injured and left Mount Yiwu Mansion, staggering west towards the Straight Valley.

  It took more than an hour for Lian'er to return to the Wang family's mansion, which was also the headquarters of the Tianji Society in the capital.

  Just as he walked in through the back door, Lei Yue met He Qitian with a worried face. Just now, he was scolded by Zhu Houxi, the young master, again. This whole evening, Zhu Houxi had been looking for He Qitian to ask him about the beauty he promised, and had already scolded him several times.

  Now seeing Lie Yukim come back, Hei Qitian suddenly exclaimed excitedly: "Yukim, where's Ching?"

  Lijie shook his head, and for a moment he couldn't hold back and spat out another mouthful of blood.

  He Qizhui only then discovered that Lie Jueqing was actually injured, his emotions running over to support Lie Jueqing. Lie Jueqing's body suddenly became unstable and half of her leaned against He Qizhui's body. The high bulge on her chest pressed against He Qizhui's arm, and after feeling it, his heart couldn't help but jump violently several times.

  "How come I never discovered that this woman is actually quite interesting? He Qitian thought to himself, but on the surface, he pretended to be concerned and asked: "Jueqing, what happened? How did you get hurt?"

  Lijue Qing took a deep breath, and after spitting out that mouthful of blood, her injuries improved significantly. Lijue Qing slowly stood up straight, coldly saying: "It was someone from the Wandering Cloud Mountain Villa. I went to find Ruxue earlier, but who knew she had been bewitched by a young man and refused to come with me to the General Hall? She even said she wanted to quit the Tianji Society. In a moment of anger, I fought with the people from the Wandering Cloud Mountain Villa, and then..."

  Lijue Qing then told He Qitian everything that had happened to him in the Xianyao Mountain Villa. Upon hearing this, He Qitian suddenly became enraged and said: "This is too much! A small Xianyao Mountain Villa actually dares to be so arrogant. Do they really think Tianji Association has no one?"

  After finishing speaking, He Qiyan supported Lie Jueqing's shoulder and said: "Jueqing, don't worry, I will definitely help you get justice back."

  After finishing, He Qitian immediately began to gather his men. He brought a total of seven people, four of whom were masters of the Ninth Middle School, and the remaining three were from the Sixth Middle School. Of course, He Qitian would also follow along, his strength could be said to be among the best of the strong.

  He Qiyan ate a small pill of Huixiao Dan, which was a famous healing medicine in the Jianghu.

  After taking Li Jue's medicine, he suddenly felt that his internal injuries had improved a lot, especially the feeling of qi and blood churning in his chest gradually disappeared.

  Lethal Emotion and nine others sat in a horse-drawn carriage on their way to the Xianyao Mountain Villa. On the road, He Qitian sat tightly against Lethal Emotion, appearing to be sitting upright with his back straight, but actually having his shoulder lightly touching Lethal Emotion's shoulder all along, only that Lethal Emotion didn't notice anything out of place and was single-mindedly thinking about how he must catch Jiang Xia once they entered the Xianyao Mountain Villa and give him a good punishment...hmm, best to dismember him into eight pieces, especially cutting off his tongue.

  A ruthless heart secretly thinks in his mind.

  The horse carriage was driving towards Xiangyang Villa while Jiang Xia was thinking of ways to get out of Siji Residence. Just now, he had tried several times but was discovered by Zhong Bin every time. Jiang Xia knew that today Zhong Bin was determined not to let him go out, but once a man's thoughts were stirred up, it wasn't easy to extinguish them, so Jiang Xia racked his brains to think of ways to get out of Siji Residence.

  After messing around in the room for half a day, Jiang Xia suddenly let out a miserable cry. Zhong Bin slightly furrowed his brow, he was almost 80% sure that this was another one of Jiang Xia's tricks, but because of that 20% chance of something unexpected happening, Zhong Bin couldn't just ignore it.

  He abandoned the door and entered through the window, but as soon as he entered the room, Zhong Bin found a handful of flour coming straight at him. No matter how high Zhong Bin's martial arts were, he had to close his eyes first, and just then Jiang Xia pulled the rope hard, Zhong Bin suddenly felt his ankles being tied up, and then his body turned upside down, it was actually Jiang Xia who tied Zhong Bin to the beam with a rope.

  Jiang Xia clapped his hands contentedly and smiled, saying: "Alright, you play by yourself here for a while, I'm leaving first."

  After finishing speaking, Jiang Xia left the room.

  Jiang Xia had just left for a short while, when Zhong Bin suddenly rolled back in and did a sit-up. He pulled out a dagger from his boot and cut the rope with force. Zhong Bin rushed out of the room to chase after him, but this time he wasn't going to drag Jiang Xia back to ruin his good fortune, instead he was going to protect him.

  Jiang Xia rushed to Dongxue House where Cui Ruxue lived. As soon as he arrived at the door, Jiang Xia heard and saw a few people carrying the unconscious Cui Ruxue out of the house. Jiang Xia shouted loudly: "Hey! What are you doing?"

  "...ming" hadn't even been spoken, when Jiang Xia suddenly felt a strong gust of wind coming from behind him. He quickly dodged forward to avoid the attack that came from behind.

  He Qizheng was slightly stunned by this sudden turn of events. He hadn't expected Jiang Xia to dodge his attack.

  Jiang Xia saw that among the people who came, there was a ruthless and unfeeling person. Jiang Xia suddenly understood what was going on. A cold glint flashed in his eyes as he said: "You have no humanity, you even laid hands on your own disciple."

  "Having said that, Jiang Xia shouted loudly: 'Come on, there's an assassin!'"

  He Qi Pu rushed up immediately, and he made two moves in a row against Jiang Xia, both of which were dodged by Jiang Xia. He Qi Pu knew that he couldn't drag on for long and had to end the fight quickly, so he changed his move and swooped down from mid-air like an eagle pouncing on its prey, forcing Jiang Xia to retreat with no choice but to counterattack with a palm strike.

  He Qizheng suddenly realized that he was in a precarious situation, and as soon as this palm touched him, he flew backward and landed on the ground. After falling to the ground, he felt a sweetness in his throat, and it seemed that fresh blood had flowed out of his nose, ears, and mouth.

  The realm of lifting the tripod, the boundary of a great tripod!

  Jiang Xia was no longer able to move, and He Qiyan smiled and said: "I didn't expect this little guy to have the strength of a five-element cauldron. At his age, he can be considered a martial arts prodigy."

  He Qizheng's palm knife cut to the back of Jiang Xia's neck, but he didn't notice that Jiang Xia had secretly broken his own little finger. The intense pain kept him awake for a moment, but he pretended to be unconscious and watched what these people were going to do.

  He Qiying nodded to a man who came up, and that person was definitely a strong man with a sturdy build. He carried Jiang Xia on his shoulders, then followed the others to run towards the back door of Xiangyang Mountain Villa.

  Zhong Bin, who had just chased to this place, saw the situation and didn't say a word. He drew out his long sword and stabbed forward. But he didn't expect that He Qi's reaction was faster than he could imagine. He Qi suddenly jumped into the air, and with a light flick of his finger, Zhong Bin's long sword almost slipped from his grasp. Then, Zhong Bin was slapped on the palm, and his whole body flew backward, falling to the ground.

  Zhong Bin spat out a mouthful of blood on the ground, and He Qiutian originally wanted to kill him directly. However, footsteps sounded at this moment, and the guards inside the Xiangyang Mountain Villa were rushing over. He Qiutian immediately waved his hand and said, "Leave!"

  He Qiyan and others quickly escaped, and Zhong Bin, who was seriously injured and fell to the ground, hastily took out a commanding arrow from his bosom and fired it.

  A firework shot up into the air and then exploded.

  In the black night sky, that fireworks display was particularly beautiful. Near the Zhengyang Gate of the Imperial City, on the west side of the Thousand Step Corridor, adjacent to the Five Armies Commanding Office, there was a yamen that served as the headquarters of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

  As soon as they saw the fireworks shooting into the sky, the Jin Yiwei on duty at the headquarters immediately began to set off fireworks towards the sky.

  In the sky, fireworks were suddenly shot everywhere, and ordinary people might have thought that someone was celebrating. However, those who belonged to the Brocade Guard understood that the "Five-Colored Star Rain" fireworks made by Suzhou's Wanhuashuyan Workshop were a special signal firework of the Brocade Guard, which only those above the rank of General could possess, and once fired, it represented a major event requiring support.

  He Qiutao and others had just boarded the horse cart when they saw those fireworks rising into the air, although they didn't understand what the fireworks meant, He Qiutao guessed that the fireworks must be unusual, so he immediately said: "Let's go, hurry back."

  The space in the carriage was originally very narrow, and now it's even more cramped with ten people inside. Jiang Xia was directly thrown onto the wooden board of the carriage, and the feet of the others were trampling on his back.

  Everyone thought Jiang Xia had fainted, but he hadn't. He leaned his head against a gap in the wooden plank of the carriage and kept pouring the blood from his mouth into the gap, letting it seep through to the ground below.

  At first, due to internal injuries, there was still some blood coming out of Jiang Xia's mouth. When the bleeding finally stopped, Jiang Xia quietly bit his tongue and continued to bleed.

  In the carriage, Lie Ze was saying in a low voice: "Who did this? How could you be so ruthless, and yet she still hasn't woken up."

  While speaking, Lie Jueqing was pressing on Cui Ruxue's acupoints. Slowly, Cui Ruxue gradually woke up. Seeing Lie Jueqing, she called out in a daze: "Master..."

  Lijue was still quite concerned about Cui Ruxue and asked: "Ruxue, how are you feeling?"

  Chui Ruxiang shook her head and said, "Nothing."

  Cui Ruxue asked: "Master, where are you planning to take me?"

  Cui Rusong glanced at the people in the carriage, but it was too dark to see their faces clearly. She only knew that there were many people inside and that she had stepped on someone's foot.

  The driver of the horse-drawn carriage drove very hastily, and soon the carriage stopped at the back door of the Wang family's mansion. The gate was open, and one by one, the people in the carriage jumped down. Lie Yue also helped Cui Ruxue get out of the carriage.

  At this moment, under the dim moonlight, Cui Ruxue finally saw the people in front of her clearly. She called out somewhat nervously: "Grand Master."

  He Qitian nodded, then glanced into the carriage and finally pulled Jiang Xia out of the carriage. He asked Lie Jueqing: "Jueqing, how to deal with this kid? Might as well kill him."

  "Big Brother Jiang?" Cui Ruxue was shocked and lost her color, she immediately broke free from Lie Yue's hand and ran over to hug Jiang Xia, saying: "Why did you do this, why did you beat Jiang Xia until he's seriously injured?"

  "Master!" Cui Ruxue cried out in a mixture of sadness and anger.

  Lian Yue said with a hint of embarrassment: "Ru Xue, this guy is not a good person, listen to Shifu and forget about him. In the future, you will definitely find someone better."

  "Right, right, maybe you'll find something even better soon." He Qitian said with a smile.

  Li Jue looked at He Qiutu with a stern expression, but had no idea what he meant.

  He Qizhen knew he had misspoken and said: "Let's go in first and talk later."

  After finishing speaking, He Qi ordered two of his men to carry Jiang Xia in. He knew that as long as Jiang Xia entered the Wang family's mansion, Cui Ruxue would definitely follow him in.

  As expected, Cui Ruxue also followed and walked into the back door. She shouted loudly: "Don't touch my brother Jiang."

  As soon as he entered the house, Zhu Houxi, wearing only a silk undershirt, rushed out and shouted loudly: "He Qitian, where are you? Beauty, you promised me beauty..."

  Zhu Houxi suddenly saw Cui Ruxue and was instantly stunned, her eyes shining brightly.