"It's not easy to make a living on this road. In this tiny region, we don't get to see a single person for numerous days, who would have thought that the moment we started, we would instantly run into the imperial envoys. Us peasants are innocent... No, we are not quite innocent, but we still have young ones and elders, it's not at all easy!"

Sun Jiao: "..."

At this moment, a Black Iron Camp soldier suddenly walked in quickly and whispered in Gu Yun's ear: "Marshal, Southern Central Inspector Master Kuai sent a messenger, saying that he had heard the news of the Marquis being harassed by the local gangsters. He will be arriving soon with two hundred personal guards."

Gu Yun raised his expressionless face, just in time to meet Sun Jiao’s gaze. The blood on Marshal Gu's body still hadn't dried, scaring away any triumphant glint in Sun Jiao's eyes.

Fu Zhi Cheng was originally a bandit. Even if he had later on surrendered and was recruited in the army, and even with his awe-inspiring merits, it was still very unreasonable for him to become a high-ranking officer at the frontier.

But unfortunately, with the Western Regions' rebellion that year, the thieves from the southern areas also took this opportunity to invade the territory of Great Liang. Gu Yun had already gone to the West, there was no available personnel in the imperial court. They had no other choice but to resurrect a dead horse and ordered Fu Zhi Cheng to lead the troops in the Southern Frontiers.

However, Emperor Yuan He still did not trust him. The Southern Central Inspector Kuai Lan Tu was designed specially to restrain Fu Zhi Cheng, holding in his hands two hundred personal guards, as skilled as elite troops, allowing him to act at will in any critical moment. Even if a real incident was to happen, these two hundred soldiers would still be unable to fight against the garrison troops stationed in the Southern Frontier, but it would not be difficult for them to break out of the siege and send a message back.

Both Kuai Lan Tu and Fu Zhi Cheng could be described as enemies clashing in the narrow roads, both sides had long wanted to plunge the other party to their death. The one soon to arrive definitely wouldn't harbor good intentions.

Gu Yun: "My foot has just entered the bandit's den but Inspector Kuai had already 'heard' about it, his news system is even better than the God of the Soil* himself."

*Tu Di Gong(土地公), a popular local deity, believed to be in charge of administering the affairs of a particular village.