Chapter 138 You’re only fifteen?

"What's your name?"

While running on the roof of the prefectural mansion, Chu Yuan asked the boy who was held in his hands like a chick.

"Senior...Senior, my name is Di Yun."

Di Yun only felt the cold wind whistling past his ears, and he felt as if he was riding on clouds, his whole body was chilled by the night wind. Di Yun responded.

"Di Yun?"

Chu Yuan pondered in his heart.

He remembered that this guy should be the protagonist of "The Untold Story".

No wonder he was imprisoned with Ding Dian.

This guy……

It seems that he was crowned as the most miserable male protagonist in Mr. Jin's book.

I just don’t know what’s so miserable about this kid. No matter how miserable he is, can he be as miserable as Brother Gou?

But he has been put in prison. If we compare how miserable he is, he is indeed more miserable than Brother Gou.

At first, Gou Ge just went out to find his mother and became a beggar like himself, but he had not ended up in jail like Di Yun.

"You don't have to call me senior. I'm only fifteen years old. I'm probably not even older than you."

Chu Yuan said to Di Yun.

Just now, when he was running on the roof, the strong wind blew off a lot of the fake beard that Di Yun had stuck around his lips, revealing Di Yun's original appearance. He looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, and should be much older than him.

"You are only fifteen?"

Di Yun looked so surprised that he almost bit his tongue.

Although he had long seen that Chu Yuan was very young, he really didn't expect that Chu Yuan would be so young.

He had practiced martial arts and swordplay for many years, but had never seen a master more powerful than his brother Ding, but the fifteen-year-old boy in front of him was one.

How did the other party practice this martial art?

At such a young age, he has mastered such powerful and profound martial arts.

He also practiced martial arts and swordsmanship since he was a child. In comparison, he felt that his previous martial arts and swordsmanship were like a dog's.

"I'll call you Brother Chu."

Di Yun thought for a moment and said.

Since Chu Yuan didn't let him call him senior, and Chu Yuan was younger than him, he might as well call Chu Yuan "Brother Chu".

Although Chu Yuan is younger than him, he can't let Chu Yuan call him "big brother"!
It would be better to be sensible and call Chu Yuan "big brother".

Looking at the bright side, with a big brother like Chu Yuan and another big brother like Ding Dian, he feels that he can walk sideways in the world.

"can."

Chu Yuan nodded.

The combined age of his three lives is enough to be Di Yun’s grandfather.

So Di Yun calling him "big brother" was exactly what he wanted.

"There are assassins!"

While Chu Yuan and Di Yun were chatting, a scream was heard from the prefect's mansion, waking up many people who were sleeping in the mansion.

"Is there an assassin?"

"Where did the assassin come from?"

"Everyone, get up quickly and catch the assassin together!"

"Go and inform the master!"

Many rooms in the prefect's mansion were lit up, and the entire mansion began to become chaotic.

At the same time, a group of martial arts masters who were protecting the safety of the prefect's residence all surrounded Chu Yuan's location.

Chu Yuan had just been running on the roof carrying Di Yun, and he did not lower his voice when talking to Di Yun.

This caused him and Di Yun to be quickly discovered by the people in the residence of the Jingzhou prefect!

A group of people surrounded Chu Yuan and Di Yun.

This was actually done intentionally by Chu Yuan, with the purpose of attracting the masters and servants and guards of the prefect's mansion so that Ding Dian could take his old lover away smoothly.

In the Ming Dynasty, wealthy families or official families.

The owner usually lives in the main courtyard.

Chu Yuan walked around the front hall and headed straight for the main courtyard.

However, the area of ​​the Jingzhou prefect's residence is not small, covering an area of ​​nearly ten acres. It is a large mansion with five entrances and three exits. In addition to the main courtyard, there are more than a hundred houses in the side courtyards and side yards. There are rockery and lakes in the house, and there are countless pavilions, towers, corridors and corridors.

Its level of luxury is far beyond ordinary people's imagination.

Chu Yuan didn't care and went straight to the main courtyard.

Along the way, masters and servants and guards appeared, wanting to capture Chu Yuan.

However, Chu Yuan was running on the roof, and they couldn't stop him at all.

There were more than a dozen masters in the prefect's mansion wearing black clothes and holding swords and other weapons in their hands. They also used their lightness skills to climb onto the roof, drew their swords, and wanted to capture Chu Yuan.

"Who are these thieves who dare to break into the prefect's residence at night?"

"Stop ahead!"

"Be brave, and you won't be captured without mercy!"

Someone shouted, the weapon in his hand flashed with cold light, and slashed and stabbed towards Chu Yuan.

"Go away!"

Chu Yuan remained unmoved, and passed by these people, swinging the bamboo stick in his hand lightly, accompanied by the sound of clanging swords.

These people rolled down from the roof to the ground like rolling gourds and were badly injured.

By the time they got up from the ground, Chu Yuan had already walked away.

They felt a chill on their chests and looked down, only to find that the baby-fist-sized piece of cloth at the heart position on their chests had disappeared, leaving only an irregular hole.

It looked like it was pierced by a long sword!
But the man just now clearly had no sword in his hand. In addition to holding another person in one hand, he also held a bamboo stick in the other hand.

"What a terrifying swordsmanship!"

"Where did this expert come from?"

"This kind of swordsmanship would definitely not be unknown in the martial arts world!"

The dozen or so people who were knocked off the roof by Chu Yuan looked at the extra holes in their clothes at the heart position, and horror and fear flashed in their eyes.

If the man had used a little more force, it would not be their clothes that were pierced, but their hearts.

I'm afraid they will lose their lives here tonight.

"That man just now clearly had no sword in his hand, he only had a bamboo stick in his hand. This doesn't make sense. Did we see a ghost?"

Someone recalled the scene just now and said with an ugly and puzzled look.

"He went straight to the main courtyard where the prefect lives. Should we chase him?"

someone asked.

"Chase him, but don't chase him too hastily. This person is not an ordinary expert in the martial arts world. You need to be careful when dealing with him."

Another person said.

Although the prefect hired them at a huge price, no matter how much money they make, they still have to live to spend it, right?
The other party had just pierced their clothes on their chests just to warn them.

If they don't know what's good for them, there's no guarantee that the other party won't kill them.

Just like that, Chu Yuan carried Di Yun and headed straight to the main courtyard where Ling Tui Si, the governor of Jingzhou, lived.

The reason why Chu Yuan didn't kill him just now was just to warn the group of martial arts guards in the prefect's mansion.

After all, the other party is just doing the job for money, but if they don't know what's good for them, don't blame him.

……

at this time.

Ling Tui Si, the prefect of Jingzhou, was also awakened from his sleep by the report of his servants.

When he got up in his underwear, the maid had already lit the candle. After listening to the report from the person who came, Ling Tui Si looked at the person who reported it, his eyes full of confusion, and said, "So, this expert who broke into the prefect's house at night is coming for me?"

The person who came to report was a middle-aged scholar wearing a scholar's robe, holding a folding fan, with a pale face and a short mustache under his chin. He nodded and said, "Not bad."

"Yumian, what do you think of this man's martial arts?"

Ling Tuisi asked the pale-faced scholar.

"I just saw him from a distance. He was a very skilled martial artist. He was considered an expert among the big gangs in the martial arts world. But he was knocked off the roof before he could even touch his figure. There was a hole in his clothes at the heart position. If that person hadn't shown mercy, these people would have died when they passed by him and turned into corpses."

The scholar known as Ghost Hand said.

"By the way, this man is holding another person in his hand."

The scholar then added.

Ling Tuisi's face turned pale after hearing this. He knew that this man was so powerful, and he was holding a person in his hand. What did that mean...

This means that this person, even with a burden, is still so powerful in martial arts, which is far beyond their imagination. He is a top master that they cannot figure out.

"When did I offend such a master?"

Ling Tui Si was restless and walked around the room, sighing.

He was just an official, the prefect of a prefecture, a fourth-rank official of the Ming Dynasty court. Logically, he should not have offended such a martial arts master!
"Jade Face, do you think you and the Monkey King together are a match for this man?"

Ling Tuisi asked the scholar.

The Iron-Armed Monkey and the Jade-Faced Scholar are both two of the most skilled fighters under his command.

The Jade-faced Scholar had almost no hesitation. He shook his head and said, "Don't even mention that the Monkey King and I are teaming up. If this person really wants to kill people, even if everyone in the mansion attacks together, I'm afraid they won't be his match, unless..."

Ling Tuisi immediately asked: "Unless what?"

The scholar said, "Unless the prefect can call in soldiers!"

No matter how powerful a martial arts master is, he can only defeat ten or a hundred people at most!

The officers and soldiers were able to form a military formation. Once the number exceeded a hundred, even the most powerful martial arts masters would not be their match.

"It's probably too late to mobilize troops now."

Ling Tui Si thought about it in his mind.

Local officials and soldiers in the Ming Dynasty were stationed in various garrisons.

Jingzhou happened to be located on the Yangtze River, and there were the Jingzhou Left Guard, Jingzhou Right Guard, and Jingzhou Three Guards nearby, but they were all stationed outside the city. As the prefect of Jingzhou, it was possible for him to dispatch officers and soldiers on the grounds that someone was against the court officials and wanted to assassinate the court officials, but the problem was that it was too late now. After thinking about it, Ling Tui Si finally decided to make preparations for both situations.

One is to immediately send his trusted followers out of the city to mobilize troops from the surrounding garrisons.

Second, he took out the many "treasures" he had collected over the years as the prefect of Jingzhou.

"I was the head of the Longsha Sect back then. Although my martial arts skills have become a little rusty over the years, they have not completely fallen behind. Together with the Jade-faced Scholar and the Iron-armed Monkey God, as well as more than 30 martial arts masters in the mansion and more than a hundred servants and guards, I don't believe that I can't be a match for this man."

Ling Tuisi said in his heart.

Ling Tui Si had just made these preparations when the voice of an unfamiliar young man came from not far away, accompanied by a burst of noisy shouting.

Although Ling Tuisi was somewhat afraid, he could only force himself to be brave. He said to the jade-faced scholar beside him: "Let's go, let's go out together."

……

Chu Yuan carried Di Yun and found a yard in front of the right.

After observing for a while, he was quite sure that this courtyard was the main courtyard of the Jingzhou prefect's residence.

Because as he and Di Yun continued to move forward, the power of the guards on the ground and on the roof became stronger and stronger, preventing him from approaching the yard.

But this couldn't stop Chu Yuan at all!

There were many masters guarding the Jingzhou prefect's residence who tried to jump onto the roof to stop Chu Yuan from moving forward, but they were all knocked to the ground by Chu Yuan.

Although Chu Yuan did not do much, he attracted the attention of the entire Jingzhou prefectural government's residence.

Chu Yuan never killed anyone.

After all, Ling Tui Si was the prefect of Jingzhou and an official appointed by the imperial court.

If he killed the people in his mansion and left a murder case on his body, he would become a wanted criminal by the imperial court in the future. Although he was not afraid, it would still be a trouble.

Of course, although he is avoiding trouble, he is not afraid of trouble.

Seeing Chu Yuan carrying Di Yun and moving freely on the roof, the guards of the Jingzhou prefect's mansion immediately dispatched a group of fifteen archers. The archers bent their bows and drew arrows. The arrows flashed coldly, and rows of arrows were shot towards Chu Yuan on the roof in the dark night.

It seemed that he not only wanted to shoot Chu Yuan off the roof, but also wanted to take Chu Yuan's life.

"Brother Chu, bow and arrow!"

Di Yun, who was being carried by Chu Yuan, also saw this scene and his face changed.

In his opinion, no matter how high the martial arts skills of the martial artists are, they cannot resist bows and arrows.

As the saying goes, it is easy to guard against an open attack, but difficult to dodge an arrow from the dark.

What's more, there were nearly twenty archers shooting arrows together.

If Chu Yuan was hit by an arrow, both of them would be in danger.

"Don't worry, they can't hurt me."

Chu Yuan said.

He directly performed the "Nine Heavens Gangqi", which stimulated his innate true qi, and a circle of protective gangqi appeared around his body, which was invisible to the naked eye.

shhhhhh!
More than a dozen arrows shot towards Chu Yuan.

However, because Chu Yuan was extremely fast on the roof, and these archers looked intimidating but their archery skills were actually mediocre, most of their shots missed.

But there were still a few arrows shot at Chu Yuan and Di Yun.

Di Yun had a look of despair on his face, ready to wait for death.

Clang!

As a result, he saw a scene that he would never forget. The arrows were blocked when they flew to within a foot or two of Chu Yuan's body.

It was as if the arrows hit an invisible layer of metal and stone, and then they fell to the ground one after another.

This scene stunned Di Yun. His mouth was slightly open and he was reluctant to close it.

He had heard of the Golden Bell Cover and Iron Shirt in the martial arts world, but he had never seen such an outrageous martial art.

This scene not only shocked Di Yun, but also stunned the servants and guards of the Jingzhou prefect's mansion and the martial arts masters on the ground who hoped to capture Chu Yuan and Di Yun!
"court death!"

Seeing that the Jingzhou prefect's residence had actually sent out archers.

After shooting this round, I want to put the arrow on and shoot again.

Chu Yuan frowned. He no longer showed mercy and decided to teach the Jingzhou prefect a lesson.

He waved the bamboo stick in his hand and slashed two swords at the archers on the ground from a distance!

Two dragon and tiger sword energies, nearly ten feet long and visible to the naked eye, slashed towards the archers on the ground.

They had no time to dodge before the sword energy cut through their bodies, leaving a cross-shaped sword mark on the ground where they were standing and the wall behind them.

The next moment, blood mist burst out from the bodies of these fifteen archers, and they fell to the ground dead together.

Seeing Chu Yuan kill more than a dozen archers with just two swings of his sword, the guards at the Jingzhou prefect's residence were suddenly frightened and no longer dared to chase and intercept Chu Yuan. They could only watch Chu Yuan go straight to the main courtyard where the prefect lived.

Chu Yuan brought Di Yun to the main courtyard and immediately saw an old man standing in the courtyard. He was about fifty years old, with a sallow complexion, a medium build, slightly sunken cheeks, and wearing a blue shirt.

Beside him was a pale-faced middle-aged scholar and an old man who was short and skinny like a monkey.

In addition to the many masters and servants holding torches and lanterns as guards, all together there were more than a hundred people.

The originally spacious yard became a bit crowded.

The candles in the rooms of the main courtyard had already been lit, making the entire courtyard as bright as day.

"May I ask your name, young man? I wonder how I have offended you to such an extent that you have to break into the prefect's residence at night?"

When Ling Tui Si saw Chu Yuan standing on the roof, a hint of suspicion flashed in his eyes. It was hard to imagine that with such high martial arts skills, the person who caused such a big commotion in his Jingzhou prefect's mansion tonight was just a teenager who looked fifteen or sixteen years old, no more than seventeen or eighteen years old.

Just now, Chu Yuan, who was not far away, used the bamboo stick in his hand to cut out two dragon and tiger sword energies, killing more than a dozen archers in the prefect's mansion. He also saw it.

At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind, that is, this person was invincible.

Because no matter whether it was the invulnerability to swords and spears that this person had just displayed, the arrows that were blocked when they came two feet in front of him, or his martial arts that could cut out dragon and tiger sword energy, they were not ordinary martial arts.

According to common sense, things like sword energy cannot be seen by the naked eye, but just now he actually saw sword energy in the shape of a dragon and a tiger.

"I heard that the prefect is a fourth-rank official in the court and was the former head of the Longsha Sect, so I wanted to come and learn martial arts from him. I didn't expect the guards in the prefect's mansion to be so unfriendly and even send out archers to take my life?"

Chu Yuan stood on the roof, looking down at Ling Tui Si, and took the initiative to question him directly.

"Young man, you are joking. If you want to spar with me, just send me a visiting card during the day and I will come to meet you in person. Why bother to break into my house at night?"

Ling Tuisi then smiled and said: "As for those dead archers, they are dead."

As he said this, he felt a chill in his heart.

It stands to reason that few people know that he used to be the head of the Longsha Sect in Lianghu.

Since the young man knew this, it meant that this person was indeed coming for him.

However, at this time he had already sent his confidants out of the city to mobilize troops, so he needed to pretend to be friendly with Chu Yuan first and could not break off relations with him. He could only pretend to be confused along with Chu Yuan.

"May I ask your name, young man?"

Ling Tuisi asked Chu Yuan's name again.

"Let's not talk about the name for now. The prefect will know it later."

Chu Yuan was not stupid, so he would not tell Ling Tui Si his name.

He just killed someone, he certainly wouldn't leave his name. If he left his name, wouldn't he be wanted by the government?
As for these people, they all looked at his and Di Yun's appearance...

Chu Yuan felt that in later times there were photos, and the police had wanted criminals that they could not catch. Chu Yuan did not believe that with those abstract portraits from ancient times, the government detectives could catch them.

"In that case, why don't you come down and have a chat and a cup of tea before leaving?"

Seeing Chu Yuan being so cautious, Ling Tui Si invited him again.

He knew that for a martial arts master as skilled as Chu Yuan to suddenly break into the prefect's residence at night, he must have a purpose.

Unfortunately, he now knew nothing about Chu Yuan's purpose.

So he hoped to trick Chu Yuan down. As long as Chu Yuan was willing to come down, he could always achieve his goal by poisoning him, testing him with words, or finding out the other party's purpose of breaking into the prefect's mansion at night.

"No need to drink tea. Since I have met the prefect this time, there will always be opportunities in the future."

Chu Yuan was not fooled at all.

According to Ding Dian, Ling Tui Si must be a person who speaks sweet words but has a sharp tongue.

In order to seize the treasure of "Liancheng Jue", he even used his own daughter as bait to lure Ding Dian, poisoned him, and forced him to tell him the secrets of martial arts and "Liancheng Jue".

Chu Yuan didn't want to and wouldn't go down, giving the other party a chance to poison him or plot against him.

Seeing Chu Yuan refuse, Ling Tui Si felt a little disappointed.

I originally thought that because the other person looked young, his mind was immature, which was a weakness that could be exploited.

It now seems that the other party is meticulous and cautious, and is more difficult to deal with than many old foxes.

Especially, it formed a sharp contrast with Ding Dian, who was imprisoned by him, loved his daughter, and was easily controlled by him.

Chu Yuan calculated the time and saw that more than two quarters of an hour had passed since he was discovered at the prefect's residence.

Based on Ding Dian's knowledge of the prefect's mansion, he should have taken his old lover away.

Chu Yuan immediately said, "That's it for today, Mr. Prefect. Today is just a misunderstanding. I will visit you again another day."

After saying this, he picked up Di Yun and turned to leave.

Chu Yuan was seen running across the rooftop, as light as a swallow, carrying a person. As he walked into the night, he disappeared.

Ling Tuisi looked at Chu Yuan who was retreating, with a surprised expression: "Leaving now?"

All the preparations he had made for this person were never used at all.

"No, this person would never break into the prefect's residence at night for no reason. He is so high-profile, he must be covering up something else."

Ling Tuisi frowned and pondered the reason.

"Go, check immediately to see if there is anything else happening in the mansion!"

Ling Tui Si immediately gave the order and said to the jade-faced scholar beside him.

"Yes, my lord."

The Jade-faced Scholar just left.

"My lord, something bad has happened. Just now, the young lady's personal maid sent a message saying that the young lady has disappeared."

At this moment, a servant came to the old man named "Iron-Armed Monkey" and whispered a few words. The Iron-Armed Monkey's expression changed, and he walked to Ling Tui Si and said.

"what!"

Ling Tui Si's eyes were filled with anger.

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