Dingbei Hou's doctor brother

Chapter 173 New Year’s Eve

Peng Bing's knife had only fallen halfway when he felt a sharp pain in his arm. An arrow pierced his arm and the knife in his hand fell to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, he suddenly felt a heavy sensation on his back, and was kicked far away by Yang Zhounan.

At the same time, Yang Zhounan changed the arrows in one go, and before Jie Caizhen could load the bullets, the crossbow arrow had already flown in front of him.

He quickly dodged to the side, and the arrow passed through the place where he had just stood and hit the door panel behind him.

Peng Bing took advantage of Yang Zhounan's distraction and pulled out the pistol from his waist with lightning speed. He pulled the trigger with his finger. The next second, a snowy light flashed across his arm.

As soon as the gunshot rang out, the right hand fell off, and hot blood splattered on Xiao Yan. Peng Bing screamed in pain and rolled on the ground.

Xiao Yan bent over and covered his waist, then struggled to get up from the ground. Yang Zhounan was still in shock, and immediately helped him lean against the wall, asking with a worried look on his face.

"How about it? Let me take a look."

He pushed Xiao Yan's hand away, and the armor on his waist was pierced, and blood had stained the armor.

"Fuck, it really hit me."

Xiao Yan leaned his head against the wall, breathing heavily, and said, "Don't worry about me, go and see the hostages."

Yang Zhounan said anxiously and hesitantly: "But you..."

"Go quickly." Xiao Yan urged him, "Find them first."

The bandits in the village may have been brainwashed by their boss and they fought stubbornly until noon before fleeing.

To the east, south, west, north and south, there were scattered figures of fleeing people at all crossroads. The soldiers chased them all over the mountains and plains until dusk when they returned to the city.

In a room in the side courtyard of the yamen, Yang Zhounan and Su Chengfeng stood guard in the center of the room, watching the doctor take off Xiao Yan's armor and remove the dagger from his waist.

After pulling aside the clothes, the doctor saw that the skin on his waist was covered in blood. Half of the bullet was embedded in the wound, and the other half was still exposed. The doctor breathed a sigh of relief.

"Luckily, the bullet missed, and it was the dagger on your waist that blocked some of the force. Otherwise, the consequences would have been disastrous."

Yang Zhounan and Su Chengfeng also breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.

Xiao Yan picked up the dagger on the table. The scabbard was a silver cylindrical barrel with a deep bullet mark on it.

He looked at the dagger thoughtfully, and after a while came back to his senses. He then gave instructions to Yang Zhounan.

"Immediately write a letter to Song Lan, telling him that his wife and children are doing well."

After a brief night of settling, Xiao Yan walked into the cell the next day.

Peng Bing's severed hand was still wrapped in cloth, which had been soaked black and red with blood. He leaned weakly against the wall and said nothing when he saw the person coming.

Xiao Yan asked him in a cold voice, "Where is Xie Caizhen hiding?"

Peng Bing still didn't say anything. Xiao Yan stepped on his broken hand. He screamed in pain and fell to the ground on his side.

"Where is Xie Caizhen hiding?" Xiao Yan asked coldly.

"I'll tell you, I'll tell you." Peng Bing shouted in pain.

Xiao Yan glared at him and slowly moved his feet away. Peng Bing breathed heavily and took a while to calm down. He said with difficulty.

"Two, two places. There's the temple on the mountain behind the village, and there's a cave called Tiger Cave about five miles east of Changyun Mountain. If, if you can't find it at these two places, then you must have gone to Wuqing Mountain."

Without thinking, Xiao Yan said, "Wuqing Mountain is in Yongzhou. Are you trying to trick me? You'd better tell the truth."

"Now that it has come to this, how dare I coax you?" said Peng Bing.

Xiao Yan's eyes turned and he asked, "It's over a thousand miles to Yongzhou. Why are you so sure he'll go there?"

Peng Bing said, "Xie Caizhen and the leader of Wuqing Mountain are brothers and keep in touch. If he escapes Shuzhou this time, he will definitely seek refuge in Wuqing Mountain. That's all I know."

In the following days, the soldiers of the yamen searched several key points in Changyun Mountain, but found no trace of Jie Caizhen, so they had no choice but to withdraw their troops.

The white mist on the top of the mountain was still lingering. The village was engulfed in flames, and thick smoke billowed through the white mist and rose into the sky.

The common people standing in the city all clapped and cheered, but when they heard the shouting behind them, they turned their eyes back to the execution platform on the street.

It was drizzling today, and the cold wind was biting through my bones.

The bandits were tied up one by one and stood in rows trembling on the execution platform. The dense gunfire took away the nightmare of Changshan County and restored peace to the people.

The snow in the capital continued until New Year's Eve, but Chen Ji still stayed in the Marquis' Mansion and refused to leave. After dinner, he and Su Chengyi set off fireworks in the yard. Wen Zhong and several servants were also there.

Xiaoliu looked up at the fireworks, his eyes sparkling with stars. He smiled and said, "Wen Bo, this is the most lively year the Marquis' Mansion has ever had, don't you think?"

Wen Zhong looked at everyone's smiling faces, smiled but said nothing, and Xiao Wu took over.

"That's for sure. Ever since Young Master Lu came to our house, it's become much more lively. Even Prince Su and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince often come here. I've never seen fireworks during the New Year before. This year, we're really happy."

Su Chengyi lit the fireworks and turned around to say, "Prince Su doesn't come here often, he just refuses to leave."

Chen Ji watched the fireworks explode in the night sky. When he heard Su Chengyi's words, he grabbed a handful of snow and threw it over.

"I can stay as long as I want. It's none of your business."

"Hey, don't you dare throw me."

Su Chengyi also rolled a snowball and threw it over, but missed. He threw a few more snowballs in a row.

Chen Ji couldn't dodge in time, so he stepped on the ground and jumped onto the roof, feeling very proud.

"Hey, come here."

The servants were delighted. Su Chengyi stood in the yard and looked up at Chen Ji. "You've made great progress. You've learned quickly. You even know how to climb onto the roof. You're really smart."

"You are the smart one." Chen Ji sat down and scooped up a handful of snow to scatter. "Don't think I don't understand."

Su Chengyi dodged and said with a smile: "Oh, now you know what it means, you have made progress."

Chen Ji said, "You think I'm a child."

"You're not?" Su Chengyi also climbed onto the roof. "Fifteen-year-old kid, come here, let me see how good your martial arts are."

As soon as he finished speaking, before Chen Ji could stand up, the palm wind had already reached his cheek.

His face flashed with shock, and he immediately rolled sideways to stand up, facing the approaching palm, which made his arm numb and he took two steps back.

Su Chengyi smiled and waved his palm again. Chen Ji blocked several blows with his palm, but Su Chengyi was a veteran in the martial arts world. He was overwhelmed and jumped into the yard.

Su Chengyi jumped down and chased after him as if playing. The two of them jumped up and down in the yard, fighting so hard that snowflakes flew all over the sky.

The little boy who was standing in the middle suffered the consequences and was almost turned into a living snowman. Xiaowu and Xiaoliu simply ignored them and joined them in the snowball fight, and Wuji pounced on them.

After Lu Ziqing finished meditating in the room, he heard some noise, put on his cloak and went out. Seeing everyone having fun, he smiled.

The fireworks exploded in the night sky in a variety of colors, which was very beautiful. He looked up and watched intently. His thoughts unconsciously turned to Xiao Yan and Su Chengfeng, and he muttered to himself.

"Another year has passed, and the time has finally arrived."

"When will it arrive?"

When Lu Ziqing heard the voice, he suddenly turned around and looked sideways, and saw Chen Jing walking towards him with a smile on his face.

He immediately bowed and saluted, "Your humble servant greets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."