"There's no need to send me off. Goodbye!"
Su Hao waved his hand and left Sky Spirit City alone.
Looking at Su Hao's back, Bai Lingyu sighed and muttered,""I hope…we will have the chance to meet again in the future.”
However, Bai Lingyu knew that once she became a Qi Practitioner, she would be in a completely different world from the ordinary people. Qi Practitioners usually cultivated in places with abundant spiritual energy, and they would often cultivate in seclusion for years or even decades.
Su Hao naturally didn't know what Bai Lingyu was thinking. He carried a knife by his waist and rode back to Lingyun Bodyguard Agency in Lingyue City.
Nothing unexpected happened on the way. Three days later, Su Hao successfully arrived at Spirit Moon City.
However, once he returned to the Lingyun Bodyguard Agency, Su Hao was stunned. The entire agency was filled with a faint sense of worry.
"Young Escort Leader, you're back?"
As soon as they entered the agency, a bodyguard came up to them with a face full of joy.
" What happened?" Su Hao frowned and asked. Why did everyone look so unhappy?”
Hesitation appeared on the bodyguard's face. At this time, a middle-aged man saw Su Hao and said happily,""Young Escort Leader, you're finally back.”
This middle-aged man was Zhang Qing. Previously, he had escorted Bai Lingyu with Su Hao, but Su Hao had asked him to return to the Lingyun Bodyguard Agency.
When Su Hao saw Zhang Qing, he asked curiously,""Uncle Zhang, what happened to the Lingyun Bodyguard Agency recently?”
When Zhang Qing heard this, a hint of worry appeared on his face. He said to Su Hao,""Young Escort Leader, this is not the place to talk. Let's talk inside.”
"Yes."
Su Hao nodded and entered the house with Zhang Qing.
Zhang Qing sighed and told him about the recent events that had happened at the Lingyun Bodyguard Agency."A few days ago, Yang Wu was in charge of escorting a batch of goods to Xuanhua County. However, when we passed by Iron Furnace Mountain, we were intercepted by Iron Furnace Mountain bandits. Not only were the goods stolen, but Yang Wu and the others were also captured by Iron Furnace Mountain. Now, these bandits are saying that they want us to bring 3,000 taels of silver to Iron Furnace Mountain Village to redeem them.”
As soon as these words were said, Su Hao was slightly shocked. He knew about the Iron Furnace Fort of Iron Furnace Mountain.
The Iron Furnace Village had gathered thousands of Mountain Bandits and was entrenched in the Iron Furnace Mountain, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack. The local government had also sent troops to attack Iron Furnace Mountain several times, but they had all returned in defeat.
Caravans that passed by Iron Furnace Fort would pay a toll, and Iron Furnace Fort would let them pass. After all, a small stream of water flowed for a long time.
This was not the first time the Lingyun Bodyguard Agency had passed through Iron Furnace Mountain, but it was the first time that the goods and escorts had been detained by Iron Furnace Fort. Asking the Lingyun Bodyguard Agency to bring three thousand taels of silver to redeem someone was undoubtedly going overboard.
Yang Wu, like Zhang Qing, was Su Tian's right-hand man and an elite of the Lingyun Bodyguard Agency. It was impossible for the Lingyun Bodyguard Agency to ignore their lives.
"Where's my father?" Su Hao couldn't help but ask. Does he know about this?"
Su Hao was puzzled. He hadn't seen Su Tian when he returned.
Zhang Qing shook his head." Before this, the Head Escort received a letter and left in a hurry. As for where he went and what he did, he did not elaborate."”
Su Hao muttered to himself. Su Tian seemed to have something urgent to attend to and left the Lingyun Bodyguard Agency. When a guest came, Yang Wu was in charge of escorting the goods, but this happened.
"Prepare three thousand taels of silver. I'll go to Iron Furnace Village immediately. No matter what, we have to rescue Yang Wu and the others.”
Su Hao thought for a moment and said to Zhang Qing.
Yang Wu was the backbone of the Lingyun Bodyguard Agency. Now that Su Tian was not around, Su Hao naturally could not leave him in the lurch. He asked Zhang Qing to prepare the silver and personally go to Iron Furnace Fort.
"Good! I'll go prepare it immediately!"
Zhang Qing also nodded repeatedly. The time set by the Mountain Bandits was almost up. If they didn't go now, given the ferocity of these Mountain Bandits, they would really kill the hostage!
Zhang Qing turned around to prepare the ransom.
Su Hao's eyes were filled with coldness."My Lingyun Bodyguard Agency's goods aren't that easy to rob! If you want silver…you have to see if you have the life to spend it!”
Su Hao wanted to see why Iron Furnace Fort would break the rules, rob their escorts, detain their people, and even ask them to pay ransom!
In the afternoon, Zhang Qing and two other elite escorts prepared three thousand taels of silver and followed Su Hao to Iron Furnace Village on Iron Furnace Mountain.
The four of them hurried on their journey and arrived at Iron Furnace Mountain in the evening a day later.
Iron Furnace Mountain was a steep mountain that was easy to defend and difficult to attack. The road was narrow, and Iron Furnace Village was located on it.
Due to the terrain, even if they sent out several times or even ten times the number of troops, they might not be able to take down Iron Furnace Fort. Therefore, Iron Furnace Fort was notorious in this generation. Every merchant group and pedestrian that passed by would obediently pay a toll.
At the entrance of Iron Furnace Mountain, there was a group of men wearing leather armor and holding swords. Just by looking at their appearance, one could tell that these people were the Mountain Bandits of Iron Furnace Fort.
"What are you guys doing?"
Su Hao and the others approached. A fierce man immediately pulled out his knife and pointed at Su Hao and the others.
Zhang Qing stepped forward and forced a smile.""We are from the Lingyun Bodyguard Agency. There might have been a misunderstanding with Iron Furnace Gang some time ago, and we are here to clarify the misunderstanding.”
"So it's you guys. Come with us. I'll take you to see the leader and the others.”
The fierce-looking man obviously knew about the Lingyun Bodyguard Agency. He immediately asked Su Hao and the others to follow him up the mountain.
"Be careful."
Zhang Qing lowered his voice and reminded Su Hao and the others to be careful.
The group dismounted and walked on foot. Zhang Qing and the other two each carried a box of silver. They walked along the steep mountain road and arrived at the Iron Furnace Fort on the top of Iron Furnace Mountain.
The Iron Furnace Village was built entirely of wood and stone. The gate at the entrance of the village was very thick and heavy, requiring several adult men to push it. On the stone wall that was several meters high, there were fully armed Mountain Bandits with bows and arrows on their backs guarding it.
These Mountain Bandits were all standing straight and did not whisper to each other or make any noise. It was obvious that they had been trained and were not a group of motley crew.
Iron Furnace Stronghold, which had been able to repel the attacks of the local government several times, was indeed extraordinary.
"They're from the Lingyun Bodyguard Agency. The Chief had instructed them to meet him when they arrived.”
The fierce man said to the guard at the door. The guard looked at Su Hao and the others with a strange look, then nodded and let them go.
The group successfully entered the village. Su Hao saw that many bandits were practicing martial arts under the leadership of a burly man.
"This Iron Furnace Fort has really become something. Their combat strength is probably no less than a well-trained regular army.”
Seeing this scene, Zhang Qing and the others were secretly shocked. Usually, these Mountain Bandits of Iron Furnace Fort had to undergo training. It could be said that they had strong soldiers and strong horses, and their combat strength was outstanding.
They arrived at a large hall in the village.
It was obvious that someone had already reported to them. On both sides of the hall were burly men holding swords and spears. All of them had valiant auras.
At the head of the hall, there were two magnificent chairs. Two people with different temperaments sat on them. They were the two leaders of Iron Furnace Fort.
Sitting in the middle, on a chair covered with tiger skin, was a burly man with a full beard. His eyes contained a sense of oppression as he sized up Su Hao and the others. He frowned and said,"The Lingyun Bodyguard Agency only sent a few of you? Where was Su Tian? He didn't come personally?"
The Lingyun Bodyguard Agency had passed by Iron Furnace Stockade more than once. The burly man was the leader of Iron Furnace Stockade, Tie Xiong. Therefore, he had met Su Tian a few times before asking this question.
Su Hao took a step forward and said,""My father has gone out recently and can't come personally.”
"Su Tian's son?"
Xiong the Iron was slightly surprised. Su Hao wasn't famous, so of course he didn't know Su Hao.
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