"I have learned about the true nature of the great monster!" Jiang Liurer returned to the mortal world to find Hu Yuju and report to her the resentment he had for the river crab."
Qing was shocked: "The demon beast actually has dragon blood? Is he the Dragon King?"
Jiang Liuer shook his head: "I don't know. Even if he is the Dragon King, he is a wicked dragon. He has not only broken human law but also violated heavenly regulations."
Hu Yuju said: "Master, what should we do first? Should we find the great demon first, or should we save the Three Holy Beings first, or should we kill Liu Zhao first?"
Jiang Liuer hesitated not, his words resounding with determination: "First, we kill Liu Zhao!"
"This villain has committed many sins, and for every day he lives, his misdeeds multiply. Killing him is to sever his karma. This is both saving the people and cutting off his karma. To kill him is to do a great good!"
...
On the other side.
"Why hasn't Master Li Yu come yet?" Liu Hong was pacing back and forth. He got tired, so he tightened his belt and puffed out his massive belly.
The young concubine who had not yet been married was almost pressed against Liu Hong: "Master, it's less than three and a half days until the banquet for the wedding feast. Shouldn't we go back and start preparing?"
The soft and sweet voice made Liu Hong's body weak.
He rubbing and saying, "It's time to go back and get prepared."
The bandit is killing a demon, while he himself is a human. Even more so, he is the state chief of Jiangzhou and receives the salary from the Tang Dynasty, allowing him to command Jiangzhou.
Even the bandit would dare not kill an official of the court, would he?
But...
"Master~" The young concubine, seeing Liu Hong hesitating, coaxed and pouted: "We have already invited so many important people. If the wedding is postponed, what will the master's face be?"
Desire is a coward's courage.
Liu Hong had once dared to beat to death the top scholar with his desire for concubines, and today, his lewd thoughts again clouded his judgment, and he nodded in agreement.
"Come on!"
He gripped her hard, causing the concubine to cry out in pain. Liu Hong roared in triumph: "Let's head back!"
Not long after the group left, a young man arrived at this place.
Jiang Liuer looked at the relatively fresh ruts on the ground.
"Less than an incense stick's time has passed." Jiang Liuer's eyes narrowed slightly: "So many tracks and footprints. It seems that the Liu Zhaobei is very afraid to die, and even when he goes out to enjoy the mountain and water, he brings a lot of people with him."
Jiang Liuer did not allow Shouqing and Hu Yuju to follow.
He sent one man and one fox to keep watch around Liu Zhao's private office. If his mother had any trouble, they were to immediately bring his mother away.
At this moment, Jiang Liuer immediately stepped on "Tread the Wind to Shove Ghosts to Pursue Falcon Steps," following the tracks and rushing away.
A short while later.
He saw a large convoy of soldiers, many of them armored and carrying spears, protecting a luxurious carriage. In order to hurry along, the convoy did not follow the road but took a straight path, damaging many fine crops in the fields.
An old farmer wanted to cry but couldn't, wanting to confront them for justice, but seeing the cold and terrifying glint of long spears, he was too frightened to go.
Jiang Liuer stopped and said, "Old man, is this your land?"
The old man wiping his tears said, "Yes, that is. Whether my grandchildren can survive this year depends on these crops. However, the crops have all been damaged, and I don't even know if I can pay the grain tax this year."
"Ai!"
He heaved a deep sigh, the sadness in his heart: "The evil heavens are trying to doom me, ah!"
Jiang Liuer took out half a bronze coin and forcefully pushed it into the old man's chest.
Jiang Liuer said seriously: "After today, you will not need to pay so much grain tax anymore. Old man, I may get dirty in your field later. Keep this money, consider it as the cost for cleaning."
The old man was wide-eyed and stupefied: "This... this is too much!"
"Not much."
Jiang Liuer summoned the "Hun Tian Zhen Hai" sword. The sword that took flight in the sky caused the old man to exclaim in surprise, "a living god!"
...
Liu Hong indeed had two demons protecting him. The strength of these demons was not much different from the river crab demon.
In the past twelve years, there have been many righteous people who wanted to assassinate him.
But those righteous people died in the hands of the demons before they even got a glimpse of his face.
These two demons are riding on tall horses.
Protecting the two sides of Liu Hong's carriage.
"No need to be anxious. The river crab demon is very competent. Since he has decided to deal with those bandits, they won't live past these few days. Now, those bandits must be scared and hiding somewhere."
One demon saw Liu Hong still nervous and said with a face without expression.
Liu Hong wiped the sweat off his forehead and said with a smile: "I'm afraid that the bandit will suddenly kill me. Master Li Yu is tough, but I'm not."
He himself comes from a background of bandits and knows well the style of their operations.
Poisoning, ambushing, and assassination are as common as anything.
He knew he had done many evil things and that many people wanted to kill Liu Hong. That bandit who killed the demon beast was of a righteous heart. He probably would be moved to action after seeing the desolate state of Jiangzhou and want to eliminate evil and uphold virtue.
"Huh, are you looking down on us two?"
The other demon sneered: "You'd better keep your fat stomach well in mind. Even if the bandits are fierce, they can't stand up to us."
Liu Hong was unhappy with the tone of the demon but dared not argue back.
Suddenly!
Whoosh—
Liu Hong felt a chill on his ear and couldn't help reaching out to touch it. Instead, he only touched a pool of "water" and found that his ear seemed to have vanished.
"Ah ah ah!" He heard the young concubine shriek.
Unhappy and turning his head, he saw that a blood-stained ear had fallen from the young concubine's lap.
This made him stunned for a moment.
"The ear..."
"Is it mine?"
He heard the sound of something falling over with his other ear, and turning his head, he saw that one of the demons who had been protecting him had had its head chopped off and was now lying down, its body softening and it fell off its horse straight.
The other demon's pupils constricted, his hair stood on end, and he immediately drew his weapon, shattering a rushing water-fly sword with a strike, turned around and reined in his horse, his eyes fixed on a young man at the rear of the carriage.
"It's a pity, I almost could have killed two in one move."
Jiang Liuer took out the Vajra Subduing staff and quickly flew over to close the distance.
The Hun Tian Zhen Hai sword flew behind him.
"A murderer is attacking!!!" The demon roared in anger, leaped into the air, and was about to engage Jiang Liuer in a fight.
"But I never expected... "
Jiang Liuer took out a variety of weapons from his Xuemita bag—all of which were picked up in the Láng Jiàn Grotto. The knives, guns, and clubs were all there.
And each weapon was painted with the "Hundred Incantations Piercing Brain Control Sword Technique."
Numerous weapons, densely packed, filled the demon's field of vision.
It made the demon's face frozen.
The weapons rained down upon the demon, and he had to quickly block them, but he couldn't hold them back. In an instant, there were a dozen wounds on his body.
As Jiang Liuer passed by him, the demon was filled with despair. He had been pierced through the body by several spears and was also hit by a flying axe, causing his head to explode with brain fluid and dying instantly.
Liu Hong had been scared into a state of dumbfounded.
"I am Chen!" Jiang Liuer's eyes were filled with a killing intent, and the soldiers surrounding Liu Hong could not stop him: "My father was Chen Guangrui, and my mother was Yin Wenhao. Twelve years ago, you killed my father in the river with a rod. If I do not avenge this grudge, what is the point of being Jiang Liuer?"
Liu Hong widened his eyes.
The son of Chen Guangrui?
"Liu bandit, I will take your life today! To avenge my father! And to avenge the countless innocent souls of Jiangzhou that you have killed!"
His right hand turned the sword charm.
Fly the sword to take the head!
A huge, fat head was thrown up high, its neck was broken and blood spurted everywhere. Blood-red blood splattered all over the carriage, staining the young concubine's clothes.
The young concubine screamed again.
Fainted on the spot.
The officials were shocked but couldn't stop Jiang Liuer.
This was the first time for Jiang Liuer to kill a living person in front of so many people.
...
Liu Hong only felt a chill on his neck, and when he opened his eyes again, he found himself dead and appeared as a ghost soul in the underworld.
He touched his head and his brain rolled down. Terrified, he quickly picked it up, crying and afraid: "I don't want to die, I don't want to die! I haven't enjoyed enough blessings. I haven't married the young concubine yet."
"I don't want to die! Please let me go back! Let me go back quickly!"
An official nearby saw that he didn't lose his lifetime memories and came over with a mourning stick to disperse Liu Hong's lifetime memories.
But he suddenly saw a live person appeared from thin air in the underworld.
Jiang Liuer calmly glanced at the ghostly official, holding the Subduing Demon staff with great divine light, which scared the official into not moving.
Liu Hong also saw Jiang Liuer.
Liu Hong was terrified: "You…"
Without saying a word, Jiang Liuer struck the spirit of the bandit with his staff, smashing it to pieces.
The ghostly official: "…"
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