The best county magistrate

Once people get busy, when they look back, they will find that time flies by quickly.

The winter of the thirteenth year of Jianwen's reign was undoubtedly a busy season.

On the day of the Laba Festival, a team of people came to the capital to pick up Zhao Xue, and also brought a message from the palace to Yang Xuanchen, hoping that he would come to Beijing as soon as possible.

He was excellent in exams and had outstanding literary talent. Based on these two points alone, countless people turned their attention to Qingshui County and Yang Xuanchen.

The whole temple was waiting for him, wanting to see if he had three heads and six arms, and if he was really the Wen Quxing who descended to earth as the rumors said.

After counting the days, Yang Xuanchen and his party set out from Qingshui County on the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

"Going a little further through the woods to the west is Crow Ridge. We can take a nap in Night Town at noon."

The people who were traveling with him all nodded after hearing Yang Xuanchen's words.

Zhang Biao rode his horse into the lead and entered the dense forest.

"Third brother, master, hurry up. I haven't eaten breakfast yet. I'm so hungry that my stomach is growling..."

When Wang Tieshan heard this, he laughed and scolded: "You fool, didn't you just go to the capital city and you were so excited to make chicken feathers?"

After saying that, he set up the carriage and chased him forward.

This dense forest originally had no name. Since more and more people came to Qingshui County to do business, Yang Xuanchen gave this forest a name: Twilight Forest.

There are two reasons. One is to pay tribute to the youth of the previous life, and the other is to pay homage to the dead people who were buried in the dense forest in the past few years.

After entering the twilight forest, the branches and leaves of the giant old forest blocked the sunlight.

The road ahead became increasingly light and dark, and the floating mist fell on the horses' manes, causing them to shake their heads from time to time.

The speed of the convoy slowed down for a while.

The atmosphere inside and outside the car seemed a bit depressing, because the trail was a bit quiet today, and not even a bird chirped.

Wang Tieshan reined in his horse and stopped. He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked around, frowning slightly, as if he had discovered something.

"Xiao Biaozi! Stop!"

Before he finished speaking, a copper coin shot forward against Zhang Biao's scalp, making a clanging sound with an oncoming arrow.

At the same time as the feather arrow hit the ground, there was a rustling sound from all around the forest. It was obvious that the killers who were ambushing could no longer hold back.

Three masked men wielded swords and slashed at Zhang Biao, while more people surrounded the five carriages behind him.

When these masked men gathered around, banging sounds were heard from the five carriages at the same time.

Then screams of pain came from their mouths, yes, they were all shot.

Two graceful masked women squatted on a giant tree in the distance, with shock on their faces.

"I never expected that the legendary alchemist would commit himself to a seventh-grade county magistrate!"

"It seems he is not so easy to deal with."

Another woman said: "Master, how do you know that the dog official has an alchemist around him?"

The woman called the host chuckled lightly, "I didn't know it originally, but through the testing of these fools, I know it this time."

"Let's retreat first. When they reach Shangjing City, there will be many ways to make the alchemist available to me."

The woman said something calmly and fled out of the woods. The other woman took a deep look in the direction of the carriage and followed closely behind.

In a few blinks, the two of them disappeared into the twilight forest.

The battle went quickly as it came.

The Tiangongmen people in the carriage got out of the carriage, inspected the wounds of these masked killers, and discussed while writing and drawing on paper with charcoal pens.

"Second Senior Brother, the penetration power of this bullet is not good. We need to study it later."

"Senior Brother, lead bullets are still more lethal. Look at this man, his internal organs have exploded."

In the eyes of the masked killers, their words and deeds were like demonic whispers.

Yes, these people are demons!

As soon as he got close to the carriage, thunder rang out. Before he could figure out the situation, the thunder struck him.

The intense pain instantly made him lose his fighting ability, and then his wounds became the focus of this group of demons.

Looking at their sometimes excited and sometimes frustrated eyes, the masked killer fainted one after another, and finally... met a man-eating monster.

At the same time, Tiangong Guanyao stared at the gun in his hand and fell into deep thought.

After a while, the battlefield had been cleaned up, but Guan Yao still remained motionless in his original posture.

"Brother, why are you so stunned?"

Yang Xuanchen's voice brought Guan Yao back from his thoughts. His brows relaxed a little and a smile appeared on his lips.

"Third brother, the magazines of these guns can only hold nine bullets. You have to change the magazine after firing. No matter how fast you move, you will leave a gap for your opponent."

"I was thinking, why don't we make this gun bigger, and the magazine will naturally be bigger, one hundred rounds, two hundred rounds, and we don't even need to change the magazine..."

Yang Xuanchen, who lives next door to Mary, never expected that a practical test would spark the creative inspiration of the person in front of him.

Guan Yao was talking about nothing more than submachine guns, rifles and Gatling, but these firearms are obviously more difficult to make than pistols.

"Brother, if you have an idea, go and try it. If we come up with it, even a few masters from the heavenly realm can press them to the ground and rub them."

While they were talking and laughing, Zhang Biao and Wang Tieshan gathered around them.

"Brother, the steel knife you forged for me is so good. None of those gangsters can take my move."

As he spoke, he pointed at the masked killer who was cut into pieces by him with a few knives in the distance, with a proud look on his face.

"Boy Yang, these people's martial arts are mediocre, and their strongest ones are only in the realm of the earth. They seem to be here to test you."

"There are no obvious signs of power, and I can't tell who sent it..."

Yang Xuanchen waved his hand, then put a smile on his face, "Isn't this what Mao Feng has always wanted to do a practical test of the pistol..."

"A few days ago, my people found out that there is a force that wants to take action against me. We just took this opportunity to satisfy Mao Feng's wishes."

"Although I haven't found out which force it is, they will definitely choose me to take action on my way out of Qingshui County to Shangjing City."

"But judging from these masked people, the other party doesn't seem to have any murderous intentions towards me for the time being."

"Just like Master Wang said, everything they are doing now is just to test me."

At this time, Zhang Biao scratched his head and stepped in, "Third brother, tell me, what is their purpose of testing us?"

"I don't know. It will become clear when we find out who sent him."

After Yang Xuanchen finished speaking, he turned to look at Guan Yao, "Brother, the actual combat test has been completed. Go back early."

"With Master Wang and Second Brother walking the rest of the way, our target will be smaller and safer..."

Before he finished speaking, Guan Yao hugged him tightly and said, "Third brother, eldest brother is waiting for your return at home. I will give you a surprise then!"

His extremely sincere feelings made Yang Xuanchen's heart surge, and he patted Guan Yao's back several times with both hands.

There were no more words to say goodbye between the brothers, and all the emotions in their hearts were reflected in this hug.

Yang Xuanchen poked his head out of the carriage and waved to Guan Yao, "Brother, go back!"