After Hong Kang returned to Pucheng, he found that the atmosphere in the city had changed.

There is no such panic anymore.

After meeting Yang Kenan and the others, he heard from Yang Kenan that the matter had been temporarily resolved.

As for how it was resolved, Yang Kenan did not say.

They only said that Zhang Yi was in contact with the Southern Army, and others remained silent.

Hong Kang understood that this should involve some secrets of the Southern Army, so he didn't ask any more questions.

For Hong Kang, the matter is over here.

Bai Ling and the others had already avenged their revenge, and they didn't cause any major turmoil.

"Those kids have been sent to the provincial capital, and your apprentice is also there. Are Brother Hong planning to go there?"

"No, I've recently had some ideas in terms of practice. I need a peaceful environment to study in. Pucheng is pretty good here."

"Then your apprentice..."

"Please, Commander Yang, please contact Madam and ask him to bring Xiaochuan back."

"It's not troublesome, it's just a matter of convenience. I originally wanted to let the two of them take refuge; now that the matter has been resolved, it's time to let them come back."

Zhang Yi had no plans to meet Hong Kang, but only ordered his men not to treat him lightly.

He didn't want his memory to have problems again.

After Liu Cheng learned that Hong Kang was back, he hurriedly asked him to come back and take charge.

When Hong Kang was away before, he was restless.

It was his idea to surrender to Cao Shaolin, but it was only a temporary measure.

With how cunning he has been in business for many years, how could he really trust the words of a playboy?!

I just wanted to stabilize Cao Shaolin first, and then I would flatter him, offer him something good, and secretly transfer assets.

Now that Cao Shaolin is dead, Cao Jun seems to have no intention of pursuing him.

But that's just a superficial phenomenon. What if Cao Jun and the Southern Army fail to reach an agreement??!

Although Yang Kenan did not reveal what Hong Kang did that night, Liu Cheng had his own guess.

Because the news that Cao Ying was assassinated by an assassin in black has been published in the newspapers.

Black Assassin??

Hong Kang always dressed in black and had great martial arts skills. On the night of the accident, Hong Kang was not in Pucheng.

Combining these several factors, it is extremely likely that Hong Kang is the assassin in black.

Even if not, Liu Cheng would not dare to offend such a great master.

…

More than half a month passed quickly.

In the past half month, regarding the news of "Cao Ying's assassination", the major warlords who received the news had different reactions.

Some have long been unhappy with Cao Ying and think he is bringing it upon himself; some who have relationships with Cao Ying are worried about whether it will affect their own interests; and some are thinking about whether they can take the opportunity to occupy Cao Ying's territory...

But no matter what, they were wary of the assassin in black.

If you can assassinate Cao Ying under the guard of 20,000 garrison, will you assassinate yourself?

They don't care whether Cao Ying is a man of evil deeds or not. They only know a martial artist who dares to assassinate someone of their status just because he knows some martial arts!

It’s really audacious!!

On the surface, they all praised the knight in black, but secretly, they ordered to vigorously monitor the martial arts sects under their rule, and some warlords chose to recruit those warriors.

But among the people, the reputation of this black knight is very good.

After all, he killed the dog warlord Cao Ying, which was really satisfying.

Even among the people's word-of-mouth, rumors about him punishing evil and promoting good, being more handsome than Pan An, having a tiger's back and waist, green face and fangs... were all applied to him, which became more and more outrageous.

As for the warlords' plan to occupy Cao Ying's territory, they also came to nothing.

Because of Zhang Yi’s rise.

According to their understanding, Zhang Yi was originally just a colonel under Cao Ying, and then he quickly took over the command of the garrison in Stone City by some unknown means.

The 50,000 troops who originally belonged to Cao's army and were fighting the Southern Army on the front line received the news of Cao Ying's death. Their morale was unstable for a while, leading to a possible defeat.

Then I heard that Zhang Yi became the commander-in-chief and ordered them to retreat.

They already felt that the Southern Army's offensive was fierce, and they seemed to always be able to predict how they would fight. The more they fought, the more the Army became irritated, so they retreated as the tide went.

When they retreated, they were originally on guard against the Southern Army's pursuit, but the Southern Army only occupied their original defensive position and stopped moving forward, leaving them puzzled for a while.

After Ma Feng stayed in Pucheng for so long, he saw that he was almost no longer needed, so he said goodbye.

Hong Kang and Yang Kenan's family of three came to see him off.

Ma Feng held a piece of dogtail grass in his mouth and said, "It's time for me to go. Take care of yourself."

"If you have the chance to come to Pucheng again, remember to find me." Yang Kenan carried his daughter on his back and said with a smile, "I will help you trim your beard again, free of charge."

Ma Feng said: "If you want to travel around the world and be a rogue, you can come to me."

Before the adults could say anything, Yang Kenan's daughter screamed: "I want to travel around the world, be a heroine, and eliminate harm for the people."

This statement immediately made everyone laugh.

Hong Kang cupped his fists and said, "Brother Ma, it's a long way to go. Have a safe journey."

Ma Feng returned the gesture and cupped his fists: "Take care!"

Yang Kenan asked: "Where are you going?"

Ma Feng mounted his horse and said, "I don't know, I will go wherever Taiping wants me to go."

After saying that, he pulled out a piece of cloth and covered his eyes.

"Taiping, let's go."

Several people watched Ma Feng go away along the mountain road.

At a place where Hong Kang and the others could no longer see, Ma Feng's speed gradually slowed down.

As if he noticed something, Ma Feng took off the cloth bandage from his eyes and saw the figure waiting there.

It's Zhang Yi, followed by a group of guards.

"I thought you should be very busy now, after all, you just took the position of commander-in-chief."

"No matter how busy I am, I still have time to see you off. After all, this is a farewell, and I don't know when we will see you again?!"

"...Okay, my junior brother appreciates your kindness."

"If you encounter any trouble outside in the future, remember to come to me."

"With a handsome senior brother like you as my backer, I will definitely come to you!"

"Then... take care of yourself all the way!"

"You should also take care of yourself. Even though you are handsome, there are many people watching you."

"I know it well."

When Ma Feng gradually disappeared from his sight, Zhang Yi looked to the other side, where Hong Kang and the others were.

The reason why he came to see Ma Feng off alone was because he didn't want to meet Hong Kang.

…

After Ma Feng left.

Hong Kang continued to live in Liu Cheng's home.

Liu Cheng also provided medicinal materials to the master and apprentice as always.

However, now Hong Kang needs something more - knives.

If Hong Kang wants to practice the method of stimulating sword energy, he must have a need for swords.

Fortunately, what Hong Kang needs is not a sword.

On the contrary, a variety of knives of varying quality can better enable him to understand the difference in how different materials stimulate knife energy.

In just about half a year, the sword energy that Hong Kang can inspire has increased to three feet long!!

The cost was just to break dozens of knives.

Compared with his "Nine Dragons Together", although the attack distance is much shorter, the advantage is the faster activation speed.

Today's Hong Kang can activate the sword energy at a moment's notice; unlike "Nine Dragons Together", there is always one to two seconds of forward movement.

Hong Kang cannot let others pay without getting anything in return.
Chapter completed!