Build the Traveler Alliance from Scratch.

Chapter 984 Sky-high price reward
Xin Yue is Mr. Yushan’s granddaughter. Naturally, she will live in Yushan Academy when she gets married this time.

The Xin family had traveled hundreds of miles to Chang'an, and were now waiting in the high-walled compound owned by Mr. Yushan, ready for battle.

The students of the academy originally wanted to join in the fun and make things difficult for the groom on behalf of Mr. Yushan, but the groom was Yun Ye. Under his tyranny as the president of the academy, the students reluctantly gave up the idea of ​​making things difficult and chose to simply join in the fun.

In this way, the wedding procession drove all the way to Yushan Academy.

As Yun Ye walked along the road, more than a dozen agile figures followed him in the woods on both sides.

The leading man held a strong bow, and his sharp eyes swept around like an eagle.

The next second, a slight sound came from the big tree seven steps away.

The man was quick-eyed and quick-handed. In the blink of an eye, he drew his bow and arrow and shot in the direction where the noise came from.

"Pfft-"

The arrow pierced the flesh, a muffled groan came from the treetop, and then something heavy fell down with a thud.

The man immediately led his men over, and seeing the assassin still gasping for breath on the ground, he immediately kicked him over.

The people nearby quickly surrounded him, tied him up skillfully, and stuffed a piece of sackcloth into his mouth.

Only then did the man lower his bow, tear open the assassin's clothes, and see a tiger head tattoo on his chest.

"It's really the Tiger Gang..." the man sneered, "Do you really think you can run rampant in the streets of Chang'an?"

As he spoke, the man drew out his dagger and stabbed the assassin hard in the heart.

At this moment, a stream of energy shot out from the side, knocking the man's short knife crooked and piercing his shoulder with a "puff".

"Woo!"

The assassin's eyes widened, his face bloodshot as he whimpered in pain.

The man didn't care about the assassin's reaction at all. He immediately loosened the handle of the knife, drew the bow and arrow, and looked around vigilantly.

"who?!"

"..."

Apart from the breeze, there was no sound in the forest.

The man frowned tightly and his eyes kept scanning the surroundings, not daring to miss any details.

“Puff—puff—”

There were a few more light noises, and several figures around the man fell down inexplicably.

The people around were horrified and quickly reached out to check. They found that they were still breathing and then they breathed a sigh of relief.

The man gestured to the leading man, indicating that his companion was fine, just fainted.

The man nodded slightly, still drawing his bow and arrow, and looking around vigilantly with a serious expression.

But unfortunately, the person who came was much stronger than them, and no matter how alert he was, he could not guard against the opponent's sneak attack.

Then, with the occasional light noises, the figures around the man fell down one after another.

Every thump of a companion falling to the ground would bring him great psychological pressure.

After all his companions were knocked down by that unpredictable means, the man broke out in a cold sweat and finally couldn't help but let out a loud shout.

"who?!"

"Come out and meet someone!"

As the words fell, a white figure quietly emerged from the woods in front of the right.

caught you!

The man's eyes flashed, and he loosened his fingers without hesitation and shot the iron arrow from the bow.

"call out!"

The arrow cut through the air, crossed a distance of more than ten meters in the blink of an eye, and arrived in front of the white figure.

But before the iron arrow touched his body, a slender hand reached out from the side, grabbed the arrow shaft lightly, and let it hum and vibrate in its hand.

Seeing this scene, the man's pupils suddenly shrank, and he immediately shot three arrows in a row like rain.

With the first arrow, the man in white loosened his grip on the arrow.

With the second arrow, the man in white took a step forward and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The third arrow was fired. The man in white crossed a distance of more than ten meters and appeared in front of the man like a ghost. His strong and powerful hand stretched forward lightly, passed through the gap between the bow arm and the bowstring, and grabbed the man's neck.

Only then did the three consecutive arrows pierce into the tree trunk with a "thump thump thump" sound, and the falling arrows finally fell to the ground.

Looking at the man in white who appeared like a ghost in front of him, the man widened his eyes and looked at him in horror as if he had seen a ghost. But even though he was terrified, the man still did not give up resistance. He quickly pulled the bowstring and tried to use the empty string to whip the man in white's arm.

The man in white noticed his intention, and immediately shook his arm, breaking the strong bow, then grabbed the man's neck and lifted him up.

It was at this moment that the man finally saw the face of the man in white clearly.

His eyes widened and he quickly loosened his grip on the knife handle. Instead, he raised his hands and grabbed the large, iron-like hand on his neck, making inarticulate sounds with difficulty.

"Hehe Lin... Hehe..."

When the man in white heard the word "Lin", he immediately raised his eyebrows, loosened his hand, and let the man fall.

The man fell to the ground, covering his neck without caring about his image, and started coughing violently.

The man in white frowned, looked at the man in front of him and said calmly: "Who are you, and what is the Tiger Gang?"

The man recovered and struggled to stand up. He clasped his hands towards the man in white and said in a difficult tone, "Mr. Lin, I am Liu Xian, the commander of the palace guards. I am here on the emperor's order to protect Marquis Yun's wedding procession..."

"……what?"

Lin Zhongtian twitched his lips and said with a frown, "Are you from the palace?"

Liu Xian cupped his hands and said with a wry smile, "That's right."

Lin Zhongtian said unhappily, "Then why are you acting so sneakily?"

Liu Xian glanced at Lin Zhongtian cautiously and whispered, "His Majesty has ordered that we do not need to let Yun Hou know what we are waiting for."

Lin Zhongtian glanced at him and said, "Then will I know?"

Liu Xian bowed his hands respectfully and said, "His Majesty has instructed that if you are discovered by me, you must report your name as soon as possible. Otherwise, I and others may be in danger of losing their lives."

Before meeting Lin Zhongtian, he felt a little bit disapproving of His Majesty's instructions.

But now, he finally understood His Majesty's good intentions, and was very glad that he had carefully memorized Lin Zhongtian's portrait.

Otherwise, he would probably end up like his colleagues around him, not knowing what happened until he fell into a coma.

Thinking of this, Liu Xian said sincerely: "Sir, your martial arts are indeed well-deserved. I admire you!"

Lin Zhongtian ignored Liu Xian's compliment. Instead, he raised his head, glanced at the dense treetops, and said calmly, "So you already knew that he was from the palace?"

Hearing Lin Zhongtian's words, Liu Xian was stunned for a moment, then he suddenly reacted and looked at the treetops above his head in astonishment.

I saw the dense tree canopy rising up, and a dirty head poked out from it, grinning at the two people below.

There was a missing front tooth in the open mouth, which, combined with the face smeared with tree sap, looked extremely funny.

But this old guy with such a funny appearance had been hiding in the treetops above their heads from the very beginning, and until now, he had not been discovered by Liu Xian and his men.

Looking at Lin Zhongtian and Liu Xian below, the old man with missing front teeth chuckled.

"Mr. Lin, didn't you hear it just now? It's inconvenient for the Marquis to know about this. We two are also concerned about those who are doing the work, so we didn't dare to show up..."

The two of us?!

Liu Xian widened his eyes, meaning there was more than one on the tree?
When Liu Xian's confidence collapsed and he was in despair, Lin Zhongtian said unhappily, "Come down and talk!"

"Got it!"

The old man responded simply, then slid down the tree trunk with his short bow on his back.

At the same time, a figure jumped down from another tree nearby. He was also an old man carrying a short bow and holding a short knife.

Lin Zhongtian glanced at the distraught Liu Xian, then cast his gaze towards the second old man and chuckled, "This guy seems to have had his confidence hit by you. I don't think he will be able to recover for a while."

"Old Jiang, you two can tell me, what is this Tiger Gang?"

There is no doubt that these two veterans who are very good at hiding are the men sent out by the Yun family.

Old Jiang glanced at Liu Xian beside him, then bowed to Lin Zhongtian and said, "In reply to your question, sir, the Tiger Gang is a local gang in Chang'an. They have been doing some shady business for many years. The people of Chang'an are afraid of them like tigers, but because they are said to have aristocratic families as their backers, they have not been eliminated by the county government in these years."

"As for why the Tiger Gang wanted to attack the Marquis this time, I don't know..."

Another old man with missing front teeth also nodded, glanced at the tightly bound assassin and sneered: "Logically speaking, these local gangs have always only dared to harm the people. When did they dare to take action against the Great Tang Wu Hou?"

"I feel like there must be something fishy going on here. Why don't you hand this guy over to me and Lao Jiang? We can definitely get everything he knows out of him!"

"No need." Liu Xian, who was standing next to him, finally came to his senses. He looked at the two veterans with a complicated expression, then turned around and saluted, saying, "Three days ago, the underworld suddenly posted a sky-high reward. Someone offered a bounty of 5,000 strings of cash for Yun Hou's head."

"These desperate Tiger Gang members were probably motivated by greed and accepted the reward."

Lin Zhongtian looked at him thoughtfully and said, "Is it the Dou Yanshan who escaped from the Dou family?"

Liu Xian replied without changing his expression: "I don't know."

(End of this chapter)