“My esteemed guest, this isn't very fair of you," the old man said with some helplessness.

He could guess that the blind man held some official position, though he didn't know why a blind man could hold office in the Yan Kingdom's court. But this was after all the land of the Three Jins, and it was generally acknowledged that the Yan people here were of a higher class.

The blind man sighed and sat up in bed. He was truly exhausted and had wanted to get a good sleep after eating, but now it seemed impossible.

Because during the confrontation below, the group of people standing on the second-floor railing actually took out crossbows and aimed them downwards.

The scene went from chaotic to silent once more.

That group was using military crossbows and occupied the high ground. This kind of deterrent force was something the martial artists below couldn't ignore.

A middle-aged man in a long robe came out of a second-floor guest room. The man had a long beard and stroked it as he walked out, bowing respectfully to those below:

"Apologies, everyone, for disturbing your meal. I have a fondness for that child and wish to adopt him as my godson. I hope you will all grant me this favor."

If you don't grant this favor, then please go to the Yellow Springs.

Inside the guest room, the old man smacked his lips and whispered:

"Where did this god come from? It's not easy to get your hands on these military crossbows."

The blind man reached out and covered his face, forcibly rubbing away his sleepiness as he said:

"It used to be difficult, but now it's not. After the fall of the Wenren and Helian families, many military armories have flowed into the hands of the common people."

"Oh, so that's how it is." The old man nodded and said to the blind man: "Esteemed guest, are you traveling?"

The blind man nodded. "I was tired from the journey and wanted to rest here."

"Esteemed guest, you didn't come here for anything else?"

"Whose child is that?" the blind man suddenly asked.

Originally, the blind man didn't intend to interfere with these Jianghu ruffians and gangs buying and selling people. To put it bluntly, Sheng Le City was now the largest human trafficking market in the Three Jins, with countless captured barbarians being sold as livestock.

But now it seemed that group after group were all coming for that child, which was quite interesting.

The old man shook his head and said, "It's best not to know."

The girl also imitated her grandfather's manner, pretending to be profound as she said, "It cannot be spoken."

"Buzz!"

Suddenly, the roof of the station was smashed open, and a group of men in black fell from above, directly wielding their knives and starting to kill.

The middle-aged man who had wanted to adopt the child only had time to retreat two steps before a knife pierced him from behind.

At the same time, a group of men in black also rushed into the station from the entrance, still without saying a word, directly charging forward to kill.

The various forces inside the station, which had been relatively static, were now completely disrupted.

Ding Heng held the child in his left arm and a knife in his right, first deflecting the attacks of two men in black in succession. But just as he was about to take advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack, more men in black swarmed over, forcibly interrupting his momentum.

"They're not from the Jianghu!"

Ding Heng was alarmed. This group of men in black was clearly skilled in battle formation techniques; this was a military style of fighting.

On the second floor, the group who had been holding crossbows had been almost completely wiped out, and two men in black had rushed into the guest room where the blind man was. The previous Jianghu people still had a habit of relying three parts on fighting and seven parts on bluffing, but this group of men in black who had suddenly burst in were directly ruthless in their actions, aiming to eliminate the root of the problem.

The old man shook the wine gourd in his hand, leaned back, and immediately shot out, arriving behind the two men in black in an instant. Then, he clenched his left fist and held the gourd in his right hand, striking down at the same time.

"Bang!" "Bang!"

The necks of the two men in black were directly broken, and they fell to the ground with a "thud."

"Jin'er, stay here."

"Okay, Grandpa."

The old man glanced at the blind man again, and then his whole body darted out of the guest room.

The girl, hugging her still-undeveloped chest, raised her chin at the blind man,

Said:

"How about it? My grandfather is amazing, right?"

The blind man remained unmoved, instead asking calmly:

"Whose child is that, exactly?"

"I won't tell you unless you..."

"I beg you to tell me!"

"Uh, hehe, Grandpa's not here, so I'll tell you. The Second Prince of Chu once had a concubine, a woman from the Wenren family, who was originally returning to Jin. Who knew that the war would break out and she would be separated? Later, the Wenren family was destroyed, but that woman survived and discovered she was pregnant shortly after returning to Jin... And the Second Prince of Chu is now showing great momentum and is the most likely to sit on that throne. So, this child is extremely important.

Whoever can take this child and send him to Chu will, tsk tsk tsk, Grandpa will have enough wine to drink for the rest of his life, and I will have enough snacks to eat for the rest of my life."

"So complicated?"

A concubine was sent back to the Jin Kingdom to visit her family;

After returning home, she discovered that she was pregnant;

Then the war broke out, Yan, Jin, and Qian, the three countries went to war, and internal strife also began in the Chu Kingdom, so it was delayed all this time.

Now that the child has been born, he has suddenly attracted many Jianghu people to come here to snatch the child, thinking of receiving rewards from the future Chu Emperor after sending him to Chu.

Reasonable, the time, place, and people all match up.

But the problem is, it's too coincidental. First of all, this story has to be true. Secondly, after the Yan people entered Jin, they implemented a policy of exterminating the Wenren and Helian families.

The reason why Helian Baozhu was able to come to the Heavenly Fracture Mountain Range was just because the Secret Intelligence Division deliberately leaked her out to catch a big fish.

What's this?

Are they going to leak another one here?

Why doesn't your Yan Kingdom Secret Intelligence Division change its name to the Fisheries Administration?

"When did the news spread?" the blind man asked.

"It was rumored a few months ago, and people in the Jianghu have been moving for this for a long time."

A few months ago?

The blind man instinctively sensed that things didn't seem so simple.

Suddenly, a very bold guess arose in the blind man's mind!

The chaotic fighting below continued, and the aggressive intervention of the men in black caused the Jianghu people here to suddenly burst out with a sense of "common hatred."

After all, the Jianghu still values its own rules. Everyone plays the game under this rule, and if you suddenly come in and start a massacre, how can we tolerate your audacity?

Although many people, like Ding Heng, realized that this group of black-clothed people might be from the military camp, at this time, they couldn't care about anything else and just started slashing first.

Moreover, this small station actually hid many experts, which seemed to greatly exceed the expectations of this group of black-clothed people. At first, they did gain the upper hand, but soon, they fell into a stalemate. On the contrary, the Jianghu experts began to fight more and more bravely.

"Whirr..."

Two men in black were thrown down from the second floor, and at the same time, an iron chain flew into the ground below, sinking deeply into it. Immediately afterwards, the old man flew down along the iron chain, knocking away several people along the way, and came directly in front of Ding Heng.

Several of Ding Heng's men had been killed or injured in the encirclement of the men in black, but Ding Heng himself, even with a knife in one hand, was still firmly entrenched. And when the old man appeared behind him, Ding Heng seemed to have eyes in the back of his head, sweeping his broadsword backward, the tyrannical blade aura carrying a kind of domineering air that said "I am the only one."

However, the old man waved his sleeve, and the iron chain under him seemed to have a spirit,窜上 (cuan shang, darted up) on its own, instantly locking Ding Heng's knife, and forcibly inserting the blade into the ground tiles.

"Iron Chain Weng?"

Ding Heng exclaimed in surprise,

But the old man's attack did not diminish. Another iron chain darted out from the collar of his back, aiming directly at Ding Heng's face, while his hands grabbed at the child in Ding Heng's arms.

Ding Heng gritted his teeth and made the decision to abandon the child to save his life. Facing other Jianghu people, even facing these men in black, he had the confidence to fight, but only facing this figure who was very likely to be "Iron Chain Weng," he had no confidence at all. This old man had been famous in the Jianghu for a long time, approaching the level of a Mount Tai Beidou (a highly respected figure).

He never expected that even he would come forward this time. Well, Iron Chain Weng is said to be a Chu person, so it is only natural for him to come to Chu to snatch the future imperial heir.

The seemingly fierce confrontation had actually reached a tacit understanding at this moment. One only wanted the child, and the other more realistically retreated in the face of difficulty.

However,

Just then,

"Shua!"

A crisp sound came, and a figure appeared between Ding Heng and Iron Chain Weng.

It was none other than the swordsman who had carried the child into the station earlier.

For some reason, when Ding Heng took the child away earlier, the swordsman acted as if nothing had happened and ate noodles. But now, when Iron Chain Weng was about to snatch the child from Ding Heng's hands, the swordsman moved.

Iron Chain Weng did not hesitate at all, reaching forward with his left hand. In an instant, the iron chains that had been wrapped around the broadsword acted like灵蛇攀岩 (ling she pan yan, nimble snakes climbing rocks), directly gripping the hilt of the swordsman's sword and pulling it out.

But at the moment of pulling it out,

Iron Chain Weng's gaze suddenly froze. The sword actually only had a hilt and no blade!

It was an empty sword!

The swordsman spread his left hand,

Three chopsticks flew from the nearby table in the blink of an eye. The swordsman lightly brushed his fingertips,

The three chopsticks pierced into the three chains with lightning speed,

One chain was nailed to a pillar, one chain was nailed to the ground,

In this world, Iron Chain Weng provided the chains, and this swordsman sent the nails to lock them in place!

The third chopstick directly pierced towards Iron Chain Weng's neck. Iron Chain Weng instantly broke the chains, and his whole body flew backward.

After landing, he only felt a sweetness in his throat. Looking down slightly, he realized that half a chopstick had already pierced his throat. For a moment, Iron Chain Weng's back was dripping with cold sweat. If he had retreated any later, his neck would have been pierced.

After the initial exchange, the difference in skill was immediately apparent!

Iron Chain Weng stared at the swordsman in front of him with a look of horror,

His voice, which had become extremely hoarse due to the chopstick piercing his neck, asked in surprise:

"You...you...where is your sword?"

The swordsman sighed,

Said:

"Alas, it was snatched away by this bastard's father."