An old general comes out of retirement

  At this moment, even the strength to lift his head was gone.

  Ignoring Wang Xuan's ridicule and insult, he crawled forward with all his heart.

  In response to his indifference, Wang Xuan felt a bit embarrassed, especially seeing Zhen Mingshu still not giving up, his face couldn't hold on, he drew out the exquisite gemstone-encrusted sword from his waist and stabbed it into Zhen Mingshu's other palm.

  "Ah——"

  Zhen Ming let out a miserable cry, his palm nailed to the ground.

  "After climbing for so long, it's time to take a rest. Tell me, why does Pei Qiantong want to capture you? If you speak up, perhaps you'll suffer less torture."

  Wang Xuan said, pulling out the sword inserted in Zhen Mingshu's palm, wiping it clean on Zhen Mingshu's body and reinserting it into the scabbard.

  Zhen Ming gasped for breath, his body covered in over a dozen wounds of varying sizes. He looked utterly miserable, yet he still managed to lift his head and glance at Wang Xuan Ying with a hint of disdainful cold smile on the corner of his mouth.

  His smile made Wang Xuan feel ridiculed, his face sank, and he drew his long sword again, slashing down at Zhen Ming's palm...

  All I heard was a "gulp".

  A large hammer flew over from the side, smashing the sword in his hand, flying out of his hand and falling to the ground tens of meters away, breaking into two pieces.

  "Who's getting impatient!" Wang Xuan-yin shouted loudly, turning his head towards the street corner.

  Suddenly, a tall and sturdy man rushed out from the street corner, wielding a large hammer weighing 40-50 kilograms in his hand, charging towards Wang Xuan, shouting: "Who dares to move him!"

  It can be seen that the big hammer that smashed the sword in Wang Xuan's hand just now is one of the hammers in this man's hand.

  Everyone looked up at this person, only to see that he was over eight feet tall, with dark and shiny skin. On a cold day, he wore only one cowhide apron, with his shoulders exposed, and on his arm was a sword emblem, particularly eye-catching.

  Like an enraged bull, he charged at Wang Xuanying.

  "It's Wei Chi Tiejiangpu's pillar!" someone recognized him.

  Before Wang Xuan could react, one of his subordinates hastily held up a shield in front of him, but was smashed together with the shield by a pillar and sent flying.

  Zhùzi was anxious and flustered, turning his head back to shout at Zhen Ming, who lay on the ground gasping for breath: "Didn't you run away? How did you come back!"

  He still had wounds from the clash with the Salt Gang a few days ago, wearing a leather apron, and was obviously just working in the blacksmith's shop. When he heard that Zhen Ming was being surrounded, he rushed over without even changing his clothes.

  "Zhu zi......" Zhen Ming was somewhat unexpectedly looking at this foolish big guy who had never gotten along with him since they met, and their friendship only went as far as the last time they went to the brothel together to drink flower wine.

  He never thought that at a critical moment he would be the one who saved his own life.

  Wang Xuan was knocked flying by the pillar for over a dozen meters, and the subordinate who used an iron shield to block the pillar's attack had his arm broken, spat out blood, and fainted on the ground. Wang Xuan, however, didn't suffer any injuries.

  He scrambled up from the ground in a sorry state, shouting hysterically: "Take down this rebel who dares to commit treason!"

  Shouting as he went, he chased away those followers who were coming from behind him.

  His men then gathered around Zhu Zi one after another.

  "Can you still move? Run quickly, I'll block for you!"

  As they spoke, his twin hammers had already smashed four or five guards into flight.

  Zhen Ming bitterly used up the last bit of strength in his body, struggling to climb up, covering his wound, and walked forward step by step...

  One hundred meters, fifty meters...

  He finally saw the mansion at the corner of the street.

  The Mansion of the Right Guard General

  He fell at the gate of General's Mansion, raised the jade pendant in his hand, and with his last strength, shouted: "Zhang Heng's daughter Zhang E asks to see Dugu Xuan, the general!"

  The sound went far and wide, entering the general's mansion...

  ……

  The residence of the Right Wuwei General.

  In one of the study rooms in a mansion, an old man with gray hair and a full beard, his eyebrows furrowed, exuding an aura of authority without being angry, heard this loud shout, as if struck by lightning, suddenly stood up, and the book in his hand fell to the ground.

  Then, like a gust of wind, he swept across the desk, kicked open the door of the study with one foot, and the two doors were kicked flying by him, flying out more than ten meters away, like two flying leaves inserted into the fake mountain beside the house, trembling like butterfly wings.

  His strength and ferocity were completely unlike what an elderly person of his age should possess.

  When he looked again, the man had vanished into the courtyard.

  ……

  When Zhen Ming saw the old man, who was emotionally agitated, take over the jade pendant with the word "E" engraved on it from his hand, his hands trembling and his expression excited, he finally let out a sigh of relief.

  This man should be the "Dugu's uncle" Right Wuwei General she mentioned.

  In a daze, he struggled to hold on to his last shred of consciousness and croaked out one sentence "Quick! She's at the Azure Temple outside Luoyang City" before collapsing into unconsciousness.

  ……

  Three days passed in a hurry.

  The whole of Luoyang was abuzz with a shocking piece of news that had shaken the city.

  The 60-year-old Right Guard General Du Guo Sheng, who had long since retired from politics and was living a leisurely life at home, for some unknown reason, single-handedly stormed into the Yan Bang's Pei Mansion, severely injuring the Yan Bang leader Pei Qiantong, a former champion of martial arts.

  Rumors spread that Dugu Xiude, the old general, kicked open the two heavy 300-kilogram doors of the Pei Mansion with one foot and rushed into the heavily guarded mansion. With a wave of his hand and a lift of his foot, he defeated the salt merchants' men, making it seem like no one was there.

  Pei Qiantong, the most famous Wuju champion since the Sui Dynasty's imperial examination, was taken down by General Dugu Sheng in just a few moves. He was kicked hard on the buttocks and scolded loudly for being a treacherous villain who brought disaster to the country and oppressed the people, before spitting out blood and falling to the ground.

  Dugu Sheng, an old general from the prestigious Dugu family, was a third-grade official who had served in two dynasties and held the position of Right Wuwei General. In terms of prestige, status, and merit, he far surpassed Pei Qiantong, a mere sixth-grade official serving as a water administrator. Even if Pei Qiantong suffered humiliation, he did not dare to resist.

  The Yanbang gang members could only watch as General Dugu Sheng released the few people they had worked hard to capture from the dungeon and took them out of the mansion with a swagger.

  The people of Luoyang all cheered with great joy, the actions of the Salt Gang were seen by everyone, but they dared not speak out. Now that someone has stood up for them and severely punished Pei Qiantong, everyone applauded and praised the bravery of the Right Guard General, saying an old general is worth ten men.

  ……

  When he opened his eyes, the first thing that caught his attention was a slender and elegant figure sitting beside his bed, holding a needle and thread with his old worn-out robe, carefully mending the damaged parts.

  He let out a sigh of relief, she was fine.