The kick landed on Liu Guangye's face, he felt the world spinning around him; he fell backwards from his horse and fell to the ground.
Sun Yuxuan, Hu Yuanli and Maqiao, as well as the several hundred people present, were all stunned by this scene. That man did not stop, as soon as Liu Guangye fell to the ground, he rushed over and picked Liu Guangye up and slapped his face repeatedly, his slapping movement was so fast that the people watching from the side could not take it all in.
Only now did Liu Guangye's two servants react; they saw that the man's head was wrapped in a cloth scarf, his body was wearing a left sleeve gown, he was dressed like a white barbarian. Immediately their courage was boosted, they raised their sabers and fiercely pounced on the man, while shouting loudly, "Bold thief barbarian, you dare to beat the imperial envoy. If I don't hack you to pieces, you won't know how fierce an official's family is!"
Niu Yilang was ordered to kill that Miao woman, his saber was already unsheathed, therefore his movement was a little faster than his partner, he was one step ahead of his partner and dashed in front of that man. 'Whoosh!' he chopped the back of that man's neck.
If this was in the capital, Niu Yilang would not dare to kill like this, even if this slash was to save someone, he would have to turn the blade around and knock this man out. But in this kind of place, the imperial envoy was bigger than the sky, killing people was like slaughtering chickens and dogs, Niu Yilang was already used to it, he did not hesitate at all when he slashed down with his saber.
But that man was clearly grabbing Liu Guangye's collar and was slapping him so hard that Liu Guangye's head shook left and right like a rattle drum. Niu Yilang slashed down with his saber, he thought that the man's head was about to fly up, but for some reason, he suddenly saw that the man was facing him.
Niu Yilang's wrist shook, the saber flew out of his hand, immediately his palm tightened, something was stuffed into it. By this time his companion had also rushed in front of that man, he just happened to see that man swiftly snatching the saber from Niu Yilang's hand. He clenched his teeth, without saying anything, the saber in his hand whistled and slashed towards the back of that man's head.
These two men were both government officials, but they liked to attack from the back even more than thieves. Unfortunately, as soon as he swung his saber, the man turned around like a ghost and faced him again. Then, his hand was empty and the saber was snatched away by the man.
This servant also knew some martial arts, but he had never seen such a brilliant empty-handed catch. The steel saber left his hand, and he was completely stunned.
Unexpectedly, the man did not kill him. As soon as the steel knife left his hand, it was thrown away by the man. Immediately after, the servant felt something stuffed into his hand. It seemed to be … a short stick?
Liu Guangye was first kicked in the face, followed by a series of slaps. He was slapped so hard that the world spun and he couldn't tell what was going on. The process of the man letting go of the two servants and turning around to subdue them seemed complicated, but it actually happened in an instant. After the man let go, Liu Guangye's body swayed and was about to fall.
But he swayed left and right, and only swayed three times. Before he fell down, the man had already turned around, grabbed him by the collar, and slapped him again.
At this time, Maqiao finally saw clearly that this man dressed in white barbarian clothing was the head imperial envoy, his good brother, Yang Fan.
Maqiao was surprised and delighted. He blurted out, "Yang Fan! Brother Fan! "
Hu Yuanli and Sun Yuxuan were staring at this bold barbarian with their mouths agape. Hearing Maqiao's shout, they recognized that this man was indeed Yang Fan. Sun Yuxuan and Yang Fan were colleagues in the same yamen, so they could be considered to be very familiar with each other. Just now, he was only concerned with the strange method of beating Liu Guangye and snatching away the steel sabers from the hands of the two servants. Because he was dressed in barbarian clothing, he had already determined that he couldn't be someone he knew, so he didn't pay attention to his appearance. Only when he heard Maqiao's shout did he recognize him. He couldn't help but feel ashamed.
The two servants who had their steel sabers snatched away were as fast as lightning. If he wanted to kill them, it would be as easy as flipping his hand. They had long been scared silly by this man's terrifying method. When Yang Fan turned around and grabbed Liu Guangye by the collar again, and slapped him hard, the two of them actually forgot to protect their master. Instead, they stared blankly at the thing in their hands.
Niu Yilang looked at the glistening yellow copper seal in his hand. He turned it over and saw that it was the imperial envoy Kanhe. His companion was also looking down at the thing in his hand. How was that a stick? It was clearly a piece of yellow silk. Even though the yellow silk was rolled up, one could still see a five-clawed dragon woven from golden silk. This man unfolded the yellow silk to take a look. Astonishingly, it was an imperial edict.
"Yang Langzhong, luckily you arrived in time."
The moment they recognized Yang Fan's identity, Sun Yuxuan and Hu Yuanli couldn't help but be overjoyed. They rushed to his front and saw that Yang Fan's face was ashen. He was still beating Liu Guangye ferociously, as if he had a great hatred and had already gone mad. Hu Yuanli immediately felt that something was wrong. He hurriedly advised, "Yang Langzhong, the imperial court has its own system. This … seems rather inappropriate."
Even though those soldiers were from the Song family, they were Liu Guangye's entourage. The moment they saw Liu Guangye being beaten up by a barbarian, they couldn't help but become ferocious. They raised their weapons and were about to charge forward. But when Niu Yilang and the other servant saw the imperial edict in their hands and understood Yang Fan's identity, they didn't dare to let them go forward. They hurriedly shouted at them to stop.
They shouted at the soldiers to stop. Seeing that Yang Fan was still beating up imperial envoy Liu, they had seen Yang Fan's skills and didn't dare to go forward to help. Just as they were at a loss of what to do, Yang Fan might have gotten tired from beating Liu Guangye. The moment he loosened his grip, the already unconscious Liu Guangye fell to the ground with a thud like half a gunny sack.
Niu Yilang and Hu Yuanli hurriedly rushed forward and dragged him to the side for treatment.
Song Chumeng saw this imperial envoy beat up another imperial envoy the moment he arrived. It turned out that the imperial envoys sent by the imperial court were each fiercer than the last, each with a temper worse than the last. He was so shocked that he didn't dare to say anything. Now that he saw Liu Guangye lying on the ground with his head beaten into a pig's head, his teeth all falling out and blood foaming his mouth, his appearance was indescribably frightening. Afraid that he would die just like that, he hurriedly went to the carriage to retrieve the gourd filled with water and handed it to Niu Yilang.
Niu Yilang poured half of the water into the gourd and after a long while, Liu Guangye finally regained consciousness. Liu Guangye's swollen face squeezed his eyes into a slit. The moment he opened his eyes a little, Niu Yilang shouted at Yang Fan with a bitter face, "Imperial Envoy Yang, you … Even though you're also an imperial envoy, there's no reason for you to beat up another imperial envoy!"
This Niu Yilang was the imperial envoy's attendant, but when the imperial envoy was beaten up, he didn't go forward to help. That would be dereliction of duty. Putting aside this matter, he was a servant of the Imperial Censorate while Liu Guangye was an imperial censor of the Imperial Censorate. If Liu Guangye bore a grudge against him, he would have plenty of ways to punish him later on.
Niu Yilang was born a ruffian, so he still had this bit of scheming. That was why he immediately protested to Yang Fan when Liu Guangye had just woken up. Liu Guangye, who had just woken up, didn't know what was going on and thought that Niu Yilang was arguing on his behalf.
However, his tone and words of protest were too weak, not enough to infuriate Yang Fan. Thinking about it, Yang Fan was a high-ranking official of the imperial court, he wouldn't disregard his status and make a move on him just because of a sentence like this. This was where Niu Yilang was smart.
As expected, Yang Fan didn't make a move. When Niu Yilang and his companions were treating Liu Guangye, Yang Fan had already met with Hu Yuanli, Sun Yuxuan and Maqiao. He gave them a simple account of his experience and asked about the reason for the confrontation on the street. When Niu Yilang raised his voice in protest, Yang Fan suddenly turned around and shot him a cold glance.
This glance was very indifferent and didn't have any killing intent, but Niu Yilang felt as if he was pricked by a needle. His body trembled violently and he almost threw Liu Guangye, who was in his arms, to the ground. He was really afraid of this imperial envoy Yang who didn't play by the rules.
Yang Fan glanced at him, then lowered his gaze slightly and landed on Liu Guangye's pig head. He said indifferently, "Me beating up Liu Guangye has nothing to do with whether he and I are imperial envoys or not! I beat him up because I wanted to beat him up. Haven't you fought with your colleagues before? "
Niu Yilang was speechless when he heard this. The servants recruited by the Censorate were all born ruffians and they formed cliques with each other. How could they not have fought before? Fighting was a common occurrence. But … that was only between the petty officials. The high-ranking officials of the imperial court were all people who valued their status. Would people who were high up in the imperial court also rub their arms and grab their weapons to fight?
Liu Guangye forced his swollen eyes open. From those narrow slits, two rays of incomparably resentful light shot out, "Yang Fan, what enmity do I have with you? Why do you … want to beat me up like this?"
When Liu Guangye said these words, his voice was muffled and almost couldn't be heard clearly. All of his teeth were knocked out, even his molars were knocked out. It could be seen how ruthless Yang Fan was in beating him up. His tongue was also injured, so it was already extremely difficult for him to say these few words. But he really couldn't understand it no matter how he thought about it. If he didn't find out the reason behind it, this question would make him go crazy.
He also guessed that Yang Fan might be angry because of those people who were killed. Because he and Yang Fan did not have any personal grudges. Other than that, there was no conflict between them. But when he thought about it again, it was impossible. Yang Fan was not related to these people. Even if his sympathy flared up, at most he would behave like Hu Yuanli and Sun Yuxuan. No matter what, he wouldn't beat them up to vent his anger, right?
Doing so would not solve any problem. Instead, it would give others something to use against him. Would a dignified fifth-ranked official make such an impulsive and vulgar mistake? Unfortunately, he didn't know Yang Fan's background. He guessed correctly. Yang Fan beat him up because of those people who died tragically.
Yang Fan came in from the south gate. Before he entered the city, he already knew about the numerous crimes Liu Guangye had committed in the barbarian province. But hearing people talk about it was far less shocking than seeing it with his own eyes. Yang Fan's journey from the south city was like a trip to hell. His bones felt cold!
Beat up Liu Guangye to vent his anger?
That was because he had already arranged a plan to kill Liu Guangye before he entered the city. Otherwise, he wouldn't have beaten Liu Guangye the moment he saw him. He would have politely met Liu Guangye and exchanged pleasantries with him. Then, they would stay in the same inn and even drink at the same table. In the middle of the night, he would secretly take his head.
The reason why he made a move now was because he had suppressed his killing intent. He could suppress his killing intent because in his eyes, Liu Guangye was already a dead man.
Seeing that Yang Fan did not answer, Liu Guangye angrily asked again, "Speak! Why did you beat this official? "
Yang Fan raised his eyebrows and said in a carefree manner, "This Yang finds you to be an eyesore, so I beat you up to vent my anger. What are you going to do?"
Liu Guangye was unable to restrain his anger. He broke free from the two servants who were supporting him and slammed his head into Yang Fan, shouting, "This Liu will fight you to the death!"
Yang Fan lifted his robe and gave a flying kick. The sole of his foot was as flexible as a palm, and it fiercely slapped Liu Guangye's face. But this time, it was a kick. Liu Guangye was sent flying and flipped 360 degrees in the air before falling to the ground with a "bang".
He fainted again!
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