manynovel Chapter 657: Powerful! Incomparably Powerful
Chapter 657: Powerful! Incomparably Powerful
Huang Shu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the voice, but when he thought of Jiang Youzhen lying on the bed, he became nervous again.
"I was wrong about you in the past. I didn't expect you to have such courage!" said the cloaked man as he glanced at Jiang Youzhen lying on the bed, and joy suddenly flashed in his eyes.
He walked quickly towards the bed, but was stopped by Huang Shu.
"Wait! You can't take Jiang Youzhen away yet!" Huang Shu opened his arms to stop the cloaked man.
The cloaked man then took a closer look at Huang Shu, and saw that he looked disheveled, completely lacking the elegant look he had in his official uniform.
"What? You said you brought the person to me, but now you want to go back on your word?" The cloaked man asked with a cold tone.
"I am now wanted by the whole city, I have lost my official position, and this identity is no longer useful. I dare not go back. You have to give me money. I want to live in anonymity, otherwise I will not hand Jiang Youzhen over to you."
As he said this, he ran to the bedside and put his hands around Jiang Youzhen's neck with a terrifying look on his face.
Jiang Youzhen: ??? Why is it different from what we agreed before?
The cloaked man was stunned for a moment, then laughed in a deep voice.
"Then go ahead and kill him! I was going to kill him anyway, so this will save me from having to do it."
Huang Shu was shocked: What's going on? Isn't Jiang Youzhen very important to them?
"As long as Jiang Youzhen is caught, life or death doesn't matter." The man in the cloak was in a good mood. Seeing Jiang Youzhen lying on the bed with his hands tied behind his back, wearing a short brown suit covered in blood, his previous suspicions were put aside.
"I work for you, you must protect me. I have leverage over you." Huang Shu was panicked. He couldn't rely on either side, so how could he get away?
The cloaked man seemed to have heard something very funny and was laughing so hard that he fell over.
"We both get what we need. Don't you have any money? I don't believe you dare to go back. Do you think you can endure the punishment in the Dali Temple? If you know what's good for you, get out of the way. I won't make it difficult for you. If you don't know what's good for you, then killing one more person is killing too."
The cloaked man spoke in a cold tone. Huang Shu was wondering why Jiang Youzhen hadn't taken action yet, but the cloaked man revealed his murderous intent first.
He drew the soft sword from his waist and headed towards Huang Shu.
Suddenly, a strong wind broke through the door, a cold light flashed, and a long sword faced the cloaked man.
Before Huang Shu could see clearly inside the house, the two men had already fought a round very quickly.
Jiang Youzhen opened her eyes, sat up immediately, pushed Huang Shu away, and said coldly: "Come out, take him down!"
Suddenly, many young men in black clothes rushed in from outside the door and window. They stepped forward and fought with the cloaked man.
The cloaked man laughed grimly and said, "Do you think you can defeat me with just a few young boys? Dream on!"
His swordsmanship was extremely flexible and light, and he moved between several young men without being at a disadvantage at all.
The cloaked man snorted coldly. If he didn't have some skills, would he dare to come here alone? Although he was surprised that there were so many masters around Jiang Youzhen, he was not afraid at all.
Strength can defeat skill. While blocking the attack, the cloaked man flipped his right hand and threw something in the direction of Jiang Youzhen.
Jiang Youzhen immediately pushed Huang Shu down. There was a thud and Jiang Youzhen looked back, and found that there was indeed a hidden weapon stuck above the position where she had just been.
"Huh?" The cloaked man was a little surprised. He didn't expect Jiang Youzhen's reaction to be so quick.
Jiang Youzhen snorted coldly, and when he heard footsteps outside the inn, he knew that he should end the battle quickly.
She quickly raised her right hand and shot an arrow.
The cloaked man was caught off guard and was hit by an arrow in the left shoulder. He immediately became angry and his moves became even more powerful than before.
It was not easy for Jiang Li and the others to deal with him. The inner strength of this cloaked man was profound, far beyond the reach of people like them who had only practiced for two or three years.
Seeing the cloaked man dodge the attack, Jiang Youzhen snorted coldly, raised his sword and stepped forward. With just one slash of the sword, the cloaked man staggered and took several steps back, bumping into the round table behind him.
He was shocked and looked at Jiang Youzhen with disbelief in his eyes.
"How can your inner strength be so profound?"
Jiang Youzhen didn't care how shocked the other party was, she wanted a quick victory. Jiang Youzhen turned her wrist and injected 80% of her internal force into the sword, instantly becoming as powerful as a rainbow.
The cloaked man finally responded seriously, but Jiang Youzhen was very fast. He slashed with his sword, and the surroundings were instantly swept away by his internal force.
Jiang Li and his companions quickly stepped back to avoid being implicated. They immediately sought shelter, but their faces were still scratched by the flying debris.
Their fiery eyes stared at the young man in front of them. Powerful! Incomparably powerful.
The cloaked man took the sword head-on and felt the blood surging in his chest. He was struck by severe pain and flew backwards several meters, falling to the ground, spurting out a mouthful of blood.
"Catch him, keep him alive, and watch out for poison on him." Jiang Youzhen ordered.
She had just carefully observed the cloaked man and roughly knew his strength. This attack was a little less powerful, and the cloaked man would not die, but he would completely lose his fighting power.
The cloaked man lying on the ground widened his eyes in shock. He didn't expect that he was so vulnerable and couldn't even survive a single move from Jiang Youzhen.
According to the information given by the higher-ups, Jiang Youzhen is just a scholar, so where does such profound inner strength come from?
"You... Impossible! Have you been practicing since you were in your mother's womb?"
The cloaked man's voice was very hoarse, but Jiang Youzhen ignored him. Jiang Li and the others immediately stepped forward and tied him up.
Jiang Youzhen walked up to him and grabbed his cloak and pulled it down.
However, when the cloaked man's face appeared in front of Jiang Youzhen, Jiang Youzhen was immediately surprised.
"How could it be you?"
imperial study room
The emperor paced back and forth in the imperial study, feeling a little anxious.
A pair of footsteps hurriedly entered the imperial study, and the emperor asked without waiting for the person to speak: "How is it?"
"Reporting to the Emperor, Jiang Xiuzhuan and Huang Shu are still missing, and there is no news until now."
The emperor was furious when he heard this. "What are you doing? In front of everyone, the rebels openly kidnapped an official in the palace, and you actually let him go. Do you know that if this matter gets out, the people and court officials will be in a panic and cause a commotion in the city?"
The emperor just felt tired. Zhu Zhimin had been quite rigorous in his work in the past two years, but he failed to meet the standards in this matter.
Zhu Zhimin cried out in injustice, but he did not dare to refute. The emperor was angry, and stroking the tiger's whiskers at this time would be courting death.
He knelt down quickly, "I know I was wrong! But if I do this and the news gets out, it will definitely cause chaos."
Zhu Zhimin glanced at the Second Prince who was standing beside him. At this moment, the Second Prince's face was as gloomy as water. He cursed Jiang Youzhen a thousand times in his heart.
If he really did it, not only would the emperor and the prince not forgive him, even the officials would accuse him of being cruel and ruthless, disregarding the lives of his colleagues.
By then, he would be condemned by thousands of people, and the impeachment of the censors would be enough to make him suffer. Could he bear this accusation? Of course not.
This should never happen! Jiang Youzhen shouldn't have given him such a difficult problem.