The Heavenly Dao Divine Realm, December 4, 17th year of Yuanping...

After nearly three months of hard trek, Yan Liqiang and the Sihai Escort Bureau finally arrived in Laizhou. At this time, Laizhou had already ushered in the first snowfall in the winter of the 17th year of Yuanping, and the temperature dropped sharply.

The heavy snow like goose feathers mixed with the cold wind blew towards him and blew on his face, just like someone was cutting it with an ice skate. Yan Liqiang, who was riding on the rhino dragon horse, pulled up some of his mask, so that the cold snowflakes and cold air would not penetrate into his collar. Even without touching it with his hands, Yan Liqiang could already feel that a layer of crystal snowflakes were stained on his eyelashes.

Yan Liqiang, who was riding on the horse, was wearing gloves. He just held the reins with one hand, and his other hand kept pinching into fists, unfolding, and then clenching into fists, and unfolding again. After doing this for a while, he changed his hand and freed up the hand holding the reins, allowing the hand to repeatedly clench and unfold the movements.

In this cold weather, only in this way can you always keep your fingers and arms flexible, and not make your fingers stiff. Then, when you encounter danger, you can draw the bow as quickly as possible and keep the archery accurate. This is the experience Yan Liqiang summarized along the way.

There are few pedestrians on the official road, and the snow has accumulated more than a foot thick. The rhino dragon horses have become slowly and solemnly as they take steps. The team is walking weakly. The dozens of days of running around and various obstacles on the road have already made everyone in the team extremely tired, both mentally and physically, and they are all approaching the limit. Fortunately, although they have encountered many dangers and difficulties on the way, under the protection of a strong bow on Yan Liqiang's hand, the team has not lost any further personnel. Only a few bodyguards have suffered some injuries of varying degrees, but none of them are in danger of life.

"Everyone cheer up. Today we will try to arrive in Su'an City before dark. Tomorrow, we will be able to return to the Sword God Sect..." Yan Liqiang, who was walking in front of the team, turned his head and shouted, giving everyone a shot of chicken blood and stimulant.

At this time, Yan Liqiang's position in the team was completely different from when he was in Jinling. He was definitely the core and leader of the team. The escorts in several teams looked at Yan Liqiang's eyes just like they looked at the head of the escort before. Just like now, Yan Liqiang shouted, and Wang Hui and several escorts followed, "Get up on your spirits, cheer up, don't give up on your picks here..."

Several escorts shouted, and the silent team slowly rose up again.

Before returning to Laizhou, everyone was thinking about coming back. In fact, when they returned to Laizhou, in addition to being exhausted and suddenly relaxed, the whole group did not feel much excited. If there was, there was only a kind of relaxation after a disaster, and there was also an indescribable complex feeling that was so spectacular when the team went out a few months ago. Unexpectedly, there were only a few people who came back today. The chaos in the Han Empire that we saw along the way, as well as the various rumors and news that were not true or false, cast a shadow on everyone's hearts.

Everyone continued to walk on the official road for a while. Just after turning an intersection, they saw that there was a checkpoint on the official road ahead.

Yan Liqiang remembered that when he left Laizhou a few months ago, he also took this road. There were no signs here. I wonder why there were two more signs now. There were some rejected horses piled up on the road outside the rejected horses, blocking the official road with a crossbar in the middle of the rejected horses.

The people stationed at the checkpoint also found Yan Liqiang and his party approaching the checkpoint. A bunch of people who were hiding next to the checkpoint came out one after another with weapons, quite vigilant.

"What's going on? Why is there an extra checkpoint in front..." Wang Huihe rode a rhino dragon horse and trotted forward for two steps, came to Yan Liqiang, asking Yan Liqiang for his opinion, "Or why I'll go over and take a look first, everyone is waiting here..."

Along the way, everyone was nervous by the endless situation and accidents. The White Lotus Sect, bandits, bandits, local tyrants, and soldiers who had lost their restraints suddenly emerged from all over the place. It was okay to be close to the city. As long as you stay away from the city, along the way, there were people who set up checkpoints, some people who took advantage of the tricks, some people who killed and robbed people, and all people who robbed people, and all people who robbed people, were in chaos everywhere. So as soon as you saw the checkpoint in front, the nerves of several escorts in the escort agency and the team in the team suddenly became tense.

Yan Liqiang had quietly taken off the gloves of both hands. He pinched his fingers, then moved the arch bag with the bow and arrow sideways, putting it in a more convenient position, and then squinted his eyes and looked at the checkpoint and the environment on both sides of the road. "No need, they have seen us, so let's go together. If we are careful, we will make the other party feel uneasy and more alert. Maybe something will happen. This is already the territory of Laizhou, only hundreds of miles away from the mountain gate of the Sword God Sect. The Sword God Sect should not allow anyone to mess around in Laizhou. I will act according to my winks later!"

"good!"

After the order was passed, the entire team was filled with energy. Zhao Huipeng and Gu Zexuan, who were originally following Yan Liqiang, rode to Yan Liqiang's side without saying a word and made a warning gesture.

"Stop, get off the horse and get checked..." There were still 50 steps away from the checkpoint, and a sound arrow shot from the wardrobe and landed on the ground seven or eight meters in front of Yan Liqiang. Someone shouted on the wardrobe.

Yan Liqiang raised his hand and the entire team stopped. Then Yan Liqiang was the first to get off the horse, pulled down his mask, exposed his face, and walked towards the checkpoint with a crunch on the thick snow. Everyone behind Yan Liqiang also got off the horse one by one and led the Xilong horse and walked over.

Yan Liqiang looked at the dozens of people garrisoned at the checkpoint. The men were fully armoured and weapons, and they looked like soldiers, but the clothes they wore were a little different from the regular military uniforms of the Han Empire. The clothes of the regular military soldiers of the Han Empire were red or dark red, while the clothes of the soldiers garrisoned at the checkpoint were black, which made Yan Liqiang a little confused. However, from the face and temperament, these soldiers garrisoned at the checkpoint were not like bandits and bullies blocking the road, which made Yan Liqiang feel a little relieved.

"Where did you come from? What are you doing in Laizhou?" A man with a long sword on his waist asked at the other side of the checkpoint, looking at Yan Li and powerfully walking over.

"We are from the Sword God Sect!" According to the experience along the way, Yan Liqiang first reported out of the mountain gate to shock the other party, making the other party dare not act rashly, "We come from Jinling and want to return to the Sword God Sect!"

"What? You are also from the Sword God Sect, but you have the identity card of the Sword God Sect?" The person who looked like a leader was stunned for a moment.

Also? Why?

Yan Liqiang muttered in his heart, but he still took out his identity card of the outer disciple of the Sword God Sect, allowing the other party to see clearly.

"Ah, not bad, not bad, it's indeed the waist card of the Sword God Sect. Everyone is a family!" Hearing that man said this, everyone's spirit suddenly relaxed, but Yan Liqiang felt even more strange in his heart. He vaguely had a guess that the card in front of him was set up by the Sword God Sect?

At this moment, a soldier next to the man who looked like a leader seemed to remember something. After looking at Yan Liqiang and others, he quickly turned his head and muttered in the ear of the leader.

"By the way, you said that you came from Jinling City and you could meet the team of the Sihai Escort Bureau of the Sword God Sect along the way?"

"If the Sihai Escort Bureau had not sent an escort team to Jinling City a few months ago, we would be the team of the Sihai Escort Bureau returning from Jinling City!" Yan Liqiang put away his waist sign and said calmly.

"Ah..." The man with the boss's appearance suddenly widened his eyes and looked shocked. After carefully looking at Yan Liqiang, he suddenly became energetic, "Is your escort leader Feng?"

"Yes, our head of the ward is Feng!"

Yan Liqiang had just finished speaking, the man who looked like a leader almost jumped up and quickly ordered a soldier next to him, "I'll inform you quickly, the team that was escorting Jinling from the Sihai Escort Bureau is back..."

"What's going on?"

"Please don't be accustomed. We have received notice before. If the team of the Sihai Escort Bureau sealed the head of the escort department comes back, we will notify the sect immediately!" In a blink of an eye, the man who looked like a leader suddenly improved several times towards Yan Liqiang and others.

"You are also from the Sword God Sect?" Yan Liqiang asked strangely.

"Yes, now the entire Laizhou has been taken over by our Sword God Sect..." The man with the boss-like appearance answered proudly.

As soon as the little leader finished speaking, a sound of flapping came from the roof of a whistle tower next to him. A spiritual pigeon that was sending messages suddenly flew up from the roof of the whistle tower and flew quickly to the distance. After a few breaths, he disappeared into the wind and snow in the sky.

Although there have been some speculations before and various chaos were seen along the way, when Yan Liqiang heard the little leader in front of him say that the Sword God Sect had taken over the entire Laizhou, he still couldn't help but feel a little shocked. What does this mean? This shows that the current situation in the Han Empire is already chaotic and disorderly, so a super sect like the Sword God Sect will directly take over the entire Laizhou with strong means, no longer caring about any face of the court. If there is still a court now...

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Two hours later, Yan Liqiang and his group met a team of cavalry coming from Su'an City to greet them on the way. After revealing their identities, the team of cavalry escorted Yan Liqiang and the others back to Su'an City.
Chapter completed!