Chapter Nineteen: The Butcher Arrives

  This word is a street in Kyoto, and this street is not one that ordinary people can enter. Because the people who live on this street are all high-ranking officials and generals, and as the commander-in-chief of Xia Guo's army, Qin Xiao Tian naturally has the qualifications to own a mansion here.

  "Haha! Qin big brother, I have a doubt, I wonder if Qin big brother can answer one or two?" Zhang Xiao Tian asked with a smiling face.

  "Oh! What's up? Zhang, you can ask me anything, as long as I know the answer, I won't keep it from you." Qin Xiao Tian heard Zhang Xiao Tian call him "older brother" and his mood naturally lifted, he asked with a confident attitude.

  "Qin big brother, why do I feel that all the officials and generals around here look at you as if they've seen a ghost? What's going on?" Zhang Xiao Tian asked with a puzzled face. From his interactions with Qin Xiao Tian over the past month, he found that Qin Xiao Tian was not a reckless person, so why did the officials and nobles around his residence look at him like a mouse seeing a cat, especially one minister who even changed direction from afar, as if they'd really seen a ghost.

  "Uh!" Qin Xiao Tian's smile froze as he heard the question, and a hint of embarrassment appeared on his face.

  "Haha! Zhang brother, this question is not easy to answer for you, it's better if I explain it to you." Hu Tian said with a smile on his face. Not only was Hu Tian delighted, but also Wang Hu and the three brothers were all smiling from ear to ear, as if they had picked up some money.

  "Old Hu..." Qin Xiao Tian glared at Hu Tian, then saw Zhang Xiao Tian's expectant expression and let out a sigh: "Suit yourselves, I'm going in first."

  "Haha!" Hu Tian and the others saw Qin Xiao Tian's childish tantrum as he walked away, and the four of them laughed even harder. However, after they finished laughing, their smiles immediately disappeared, replaced by a hint of sadness on their faces.

  Zhang Huaming naturally sensed the changes in the four people's expressions and looked at Hu Tian with an expectant expression, waiting for an answer.

  "Alas!" Hu Tian suddenly sighed and said: "Zhang brother, I don't know if you've ever heard of the nickname Kyoto people have for the general?"

  "What's his nickname?" Zhang Huaming thought for a moment before blurting out: "Little Butcher?"

  "It's true." Hu Tian said with a nostalgic expression: "Everyone thinks that the general was wrong that time, but these trivial matters never think about why the general would kill thousands of people in a fit of rage."

  "It's just that the general is too kind-hearted, if it were me, all those women and children would have to die." Wang Hu shouted with a furious expression.

  "Kill a thousand people in one angry outburst?" Zhang Huaming heard this sentence, his heart suddenly skipped a beat. Although the number of people who died at his hands in his previous life exceeded a thousand, he had only killed a thousand people once, and that was when his military mentor was murdered and left exposed. He had killed in a state of frenzy, if he were in a sober state, he probably wouldn't have been able to do it.

  "It's like this..." Hu Tian slowly said.

  Three years ago, Qin Xiao Tian had a guard named Little Wu. The so-called Imperial Guard is now commonly known as a security guard. This guard's hometown was also in Kyoto, and he followed Qin Xiao Tian for six years. During the battles, Little Wu's achievements were remarkable. If he wanted to, he could have become a general long ago, but he chose to remain a guard, following Qin Xiao Tian through every battle. He even risked his life twice to block fatal attacks on Qin Xiao Tian and nearly died both times. Fortunately, this young man was lucky enough to survive each time. As a result, in Qin Xiao Tian's heart, Little Wu was an irreplaceable person, and he always treated him like his own younger brother.

  The result was unexpectedly melodramatic. Xiaowu's fiancée caught the eye of a high-ranking official's son in Kyoto, and the outcome was predictable. The official's son used his influence to first abduct Xiaowu's fiancée, then threw her family members into prison to coerce her into submission. Xiaowu's fiancée was fiercely resistant, preferring death over surrender, which enraged the high-ranking official's son. He then planned to send people to capture Xiaowu's family members. Fortunately, one of Xiaowu's elder cousins was clever and immediately fled Kyoto to seek help from Xiaowu in Longhua City.

  Xiao Wu was stunned after receiving the news from his elder brother, and then he was furious. Considering some factors, this kid actually didn't seek support from his general, but instead rushed back to Kyoto alone. The result is obvious: Xiao Wu, even if he was a low-level martial artist, how could he be a match for them? Although there were no top-notch masters in the capital, there were plenty of martial artists! As a result, Xiao Wu was captured before he even entered the high-ranking official's mansion, and after three days of brutal torture, he finally died. But that's not all - the official's son actually hung Xiao Wu's corpse on a small hill ten miles outside Kyoto to expose his body.

  Qin Xiao Tian didn't feel anything was off until the second day after Xiao Wu left, so he immediately had someone secretly follow him. However, by the time the person following him brought back Xiao Wu's older brother to report back to him, it was already three days later.

  When Qin Xiao Tian learned of the situation, he immediately rushed back to Kyoto with his guards. Just ten miles outside the city, they saw the beheaded corpse of Little Wu. Enraged, Qin Xiao Tian led his men into the city and directly charged towards the high-ranking official's residence.

  The high-ranking official's mansion naturally had guards present, and those who could serve in the high-ranking official's mansion were all of a very noble character. How could they let Qin Xiao Tian bring so many people in? So they showed off their might, but when Qin Xiao Tian saw this scene again, his anger naturally intensified even more. With a wave of his hand, the Imperial Guard following him received their general's order - did they need to be told what to do? As soldiers, it was their duty to obey orders, so they directly attacked.

  The high-ranking officials' mansion guards naturally wouldn't be left out, seeing the opposing soldiers being so rude, they also shouted loudly and sought reinforcements. One side refused to let them in, while the other side insisted on entering, both sides didn't exchange a word before directly engaging in battle. As soon as the fight started, the entire noble street was shaken, even the Kyoto Imperial Guard rushed over.

  Would the guards of a high-ranking official's mansion be a match for the elite soldiers of the First Legion of the Summer Country, the Tiger Guard? In less than a hundred breaths, Qin Xiao Tian had already entered the mansion and begun searching for Xiaowu's fiancée. But when he finally found her, his entire body was like ice, as if he had seen a ghost. He had stumbled upon a scene that made him unable to face it, not just him, but also the five great generals who followed him back.

  Only Xiao Wu's fiancée was seen hanging naked on a wooden cross, her eyes empty and lifeless because they had been dug out alive, her chest caved in where her breasts had been cut off, all ten fingers severed by a sharp object, her originally delicate face now marred by crisscrossing gashes, fine flesh protruding from the wounds, her entire body covered in scars, but what enraged people most was the wooden stake inserted below.

  "Ah!!!!!" Qin Xiao Tian and others simultaneously let out a furious roar.

  "General! I can't bear it!" Wang Hu and others shouted in unison, each of them trembling from head to toe. They were not afraid, but had reached the peak of anger.

  "Except for the elderly and children, I don't want to see anyone else here." Qin Xiao Tian said coldly.

  "Yes, General." Wang Hu and others quickly turned around.

  "Hu Tian, Wang Hu, you two stay behind." Qin Xiao Tian suddenly spoke up and called out to stop Hu Tian and Wang Hu who were leaving.

  "Halt!" Hu Tian and Wang Hu turned around, their faces filled with puzzled expressions as they looked at their general, not understanding why he wanted to retain the two of them.

  "Wang Hu, you wait for several brothers to properly bury Xiao Wu and his wife. Then, take a few people to capture all the family members who are outside and bring them back to me, I want not a single one left."

  "Yes, General." Wang Hu immediately took orders and left.

  "Lao Hu, according to what we know, Xiao Wu and his fiancée's family are still being held in the big prison. You take some brothers to rescue them."

  "Yes." Hu Tian responded, and the next moment his face showed a hesitant expression: "General, what if those people don't let go?"

  "Are you not letting go?" Qin Xiao Tian's eyes widened, and he said coldly: "Hu Tian, do these trivial matters still need me to teach you? If so, tomorrow you will die and start over as a low-ranking soldier."

  "Yes, General. I understand." After Hu Tian gave a military salute, he immediately turned around and left. If he still didn't know what his general was thinking about now, then he had followed him in vain for over ten years. He knew that his general was furious, and this time the high-ranking official would definitely be finished, even if the God of War himself came to save them. Because he knew his general's temperament too well.

  Kill! Kill! Kill! Throughout the entire mansion, after Qin Xiao Tian gave the order, the elite guards of the Tiger Guard did not hesitate to raise their blades and slaughter everyone in the mansion. As long as they were not old people or children, they only killed, including those who came to persuade them, it was all the same. In the end, even the Imperial Guards of the capital joined the battle. However, for the elite guards who received the order, anyone who dared to block their actions was an enemy, and how do you treat enemies? That's right, kill!

  This event shocked the Emperor, and if it wasn't for the Emperor himself coming to your street to stop it, I'm afraid even more Imperial Guards would have been wrongly killed. In this battle, over 2,000 people were killed by the Tiger Guard, including nearly a thousand Imperial Guards. For the next two months, the air on your street was filled with the smell of blood.

  At that time, when Qin Xiao Tian met the owner of the mansion in front of the emperor, he directly beheaded the high-ranking official of the mansion in front of the emperor, and this move almost caused a fight between the Imperial Guard and the Hu Ben Wei near the emperor.

  In the end, Qin Xiao Tian was unexpectedly summoned by the Emperor to Cloud City to train a new batch of troops, specifically the Vanguard Camp.