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This time, Zhang Long disguised himself as a merchant.

He had dealt with a number of merchants in the escort office in the early days, and he knew what a businessman was, so he pretended to be decent.

After arriving at River Qu County, in order to expose his identity due to his impatience, he did not rush to find out about these killing warriors. Instead, he called himself a merchant from Beijing and went around asking about some mountain goods.

Slowly, he found some clues. According to the local people, not long ago, there was a group of twenty or so vicious people, each of whom was very skilled. As a result, the Prefect of Eastern Mountain Prefecture gathered two hundred yamen runners from all the counties to arrest them.

As a result of this, the Prince was furious. The Prince had personally ordered one hundred of his elite troops to come to the Eastern Mountain County to capture this damn thief.

The perception he had gained from traveling in the Jianghu for many years had told him that the identities of these people were not simple. Relying on just over twenty people to break out of the encirclement of more than two hundred people and wipe them all out, no matter how useless these yamen runners were, this was not something an ordinary person could do.

Only those elite warriors who had fought in the battlefields for years could do so. Thinking of this, Zhang Long was sure that these people were the warriors that his brother Na Lu Tu had summoned from the Kulman tribe.

However, at this time, these people were hiding in the mountains. Not to mention Zhang Long, even Ye Feian's hundred elite soldiers were unable to find any trace of them.

The helpers Xue Kaishan had chosen to avenge this time were all extremely powerful. Any one of them could survive in the Wolf Mountain alone for ten to fifteen days, let alone twenty companions.

When they were deep in the mountains, they lived well on their own good archery and the natural hunting skills of the Kurmans. At this moment, the pursuers were unable to find the whereabouts of the crowd.

It was not until this day that one of them fell gravely ill from the heavy rain. Everyone had to risk sending someone down the mountain to get their medicine.

This trip down the mountain had exposed the location of the crowd. The group of people were besieged on the mountain. After a bitter battle, everyone was still captured.

The commander of this hundred-man squad had been stationed at the border and had joined the army. Therefore, he had recognized them as barbarians. He immediately sent some men to deliver a letter to Ye Feian, while he himself led the rest of the barbarians to escort them back to the palace.

Ye Feian was greatly shocked when he heard the news. He thought that this time, it was Lian He who had interfered, but he didn't expect that these people were actually from the barbarian race. Could it be that the barbarian race wanted to take advantage of these years when the two countries had been on good terms and the imperial government was paralyzed to invade and occupy the Xuan realm? However, this place was a long way from the border mountains and highways. If they wanted to start a war with the Great Xuan, they should first investigate the military situation in the north and not come to their own southeastern corner.

The more Ye Feian thought about it, the more confused he became, so he decided not to think about it anymore. In any case, he had already caught it.

At this time, Xiaoqing and Xue Kaishan had been hiding for nearly a month. If they didn't go down the mountain now, the two of them would become savages. As soon as the two came to a conclusion, they decided to change their appearances first before heading down the mountain to the Hidden Wind Valley.

After the two of them changed their appearances, they disguised themselves as two travelling merchants and brought the goods to a small town near River Qu County. After some investigation, he found out that the group of warriors he had been planning to meet up with a few days ago had been captured.

The two of them were like ants on a hot pan. Xue Kaishan in particular. If these warriors were to reveal their identities, it might affect the relationship between Da Xuan and the Kulman tribe. If the two parliaments were to offend each other and start another war, then he would be the sinner of the entire Kulman tribe.

After discussing with Xiaoqing, he immediately decided to go save her. That night, he scouted everywhere for news of the hundred man team and quietly followed behind.

Zhang Long was one of the people who shared the same thoughts as them. The day Zhang Long learned that these people had been captured, he had been secretly observing them, hoping to find a suitable opportunity to rescue them. However, he couldn't do anything about it, so he had to find a spy from the King's Manor in Hechang County and ask him to pass a message to Zhao Wei, asking him to send someone over to help.

Now that three days had passed, most likely the news had reached Zhao Wei. If they counted the distance they had traveled, the reinforcements should have arrived by now.

Furthermore, they were getting closer and closer to the Azure Province where the Duke Bao Palace was located. If there were no reinforcements, even if he was alone, he would have to bite the bullet and charge forward.

That night, Zhang Long disguised himself and put on a set of night clothes before heading to the military camp to inquire about the situation.

Although there were not many people in the group, they were still Ye Feian's elites. Thus, they could walk, sit, and rest. The group of warriors was locked in a simple cage, and both cages were filled to the brim.

The night watchmen changed shifts every four hours. There were a total of three people in the first group. The rest of the people were also standing guard in the surrounding area. Although everyone thought that it was impossible for someone to come to their rescue, there were still sentries under their command just to be on the safe side.

After figuring out these joints, Zhang Long left the military camp and returned to the dilapidated temple that he was temporarily staying in.

However, just as he arrived at the entrance of the temple, Zhang Long vaguely saw a bit of fire inside. It seemed that someone had also arrived at the temple while he was away.

Clutching the steel knife tied around his waist, Zhang Long sneaked his way to the entrance of the dilapidated temple. At this time, the sky was dark and there was no moonlight. Coupled with Zhang Long's night clothes, the people in the broken temple did not notice him.

He thought to himself that in order to not reveal his whereabouts, if the people in the broken temple had any evil intentions, he would go up and kill him.

Who would have thought that Zhang Long would accidentally step on a dried up branch in front of the temple's entrance, and with a creak, it entered the ears of the people inside the temple.

Zhang Long took advantage of the light from the broken temple and saw that the man was holding a steel knife. He knew that the man was not easy to deal with, so he stepped into the temple and chopped down at the man's head.

However, that person also reacted. He immediately blocked Zhang Long's saber, took advantage of that to twist his body, and moved behind Zhang Long. He borrowed the momentum of the blade to slash towards Zhang Long's ribs.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Long rolled to the side like a lazy donkey, barely dodging the blade.

Seeing that the other party was skilled, he didn't dare to be careless.

As the two of them faced off, the moon peeked its head out from the dark clouds. Under the bright moonlight and the light from the ruined temple, their figures could be seen in the future.

Seeing that person's appearance, Zhang Long could not help but exclaim: "That Lu Tu!"