The Great Bandit of Journey to the West

Chapter 44 The Brocade Robe

Because Jiang Feng gave him special treatment and amplified the magic of the bullet, after one shot, Dugu Shan's severed arm slammed against the wall and then fell to the ground.

Dugu Shan's expression was ferocious as he clutched his severed arm and howled in pain, tears streaming down his face.

Soon, the commotion attracted a group of servants.

Seeing Dugu Shan's miserable state, the group of people were so shocked that they forgot to rush over to help. They had never seen their master in such a sorry state before, and they were all dumbfounded.

"Kill him! Kill him!"

Dugu Shan's furious shout finally woke them up, and the group drew their swords and slashed at Jiang Feng.

"Da da da!"

Jiang Feng calmly pulled the trigger, and after a burst of fire, limbs and torsos littered the ground, leaving no survivors.

He turned around, looked at the terrified Dugu Shan, and said, "Human traffickers only have one end: death! Take me to where the girls are being held. Don't make me say it a third time!"

"Okay, okay, I'll take you there right away..."

Dugu Shan stumbled and almost fell to the ground. With trembling legs, he came to Jiang Feng's side and led him outside.

Upon arriving at the garden, a middle-aged man dressed in a brown, luxurious robe blocked the entrance to the moon gate.

Upon seeing this man, Dugu Shan felt as if he had seen a savior and cried out for help, "Sixth Uncle, save me!"

The man in fine clothes frowned as he glanced at Dugu Shan, then turned his gaze to Jiang Feng.

"My name is Dugu Tuo. I wonder where my nephew has offended you, Master? Could you please give my Dugu family some face and release my nephew first?"

Jiang Feng sized up Dugu Tuo and said, "I've long heard of your great name. I've caught you kidnapping girls. You should order your men to release them first."

Dugu Tuo's expression turned somewhat ugly: "Just for such a trivial matter, you severed his arm?"

"And you, Dugu Shan, how desperate for money are you? Our Dugu family can't even afford to buy servants?"

Dugu Shan dared not answer, only weeping, "Sixth Uncle, save me! This man is a madman, he kills people without even blinking an eye..."

Dugu Tuo glanced at the maid beside him, who quickly left and returned shortly afterward with more than thirty girls who had blank stares.

"Master, all the girls we kidnapped are here."

Dugu Tuo looked at Jiang Feng: "Now can you release my nephew?"

Jiang Feng brandished the AK47 in his hand and said calmly, "I never arrested him, so why would I say I released him?"

Dugu Tuo, furious at Dugu Shan's lack of ambition, shouted, "Come here now!"

Dugu Shan's face lit up with joy, and he hurriedly ran towards Dugu Tuo. He had only taken two steps when a gunshot suddenly rang out from behind him.

With a bloody hole in his chest, Dugu Shan looked on in disbelief. He turned around to look at Jiang Feng, but halfway there, he suddenly collapsed to the ground.

"Shan'er!"

Dugu Tuo cried out in alarm and went forward to take a look, only to find that his nephew had already stopped breathing.

After a moment of silence, Dugu Tuo stood up, his eyes filled with anger, exuding a terrifying killing intent, and stared coldly at Jiang Feng's face.

"He is my second brother's only son. Since my second brother died, he has been taken care of by us brothers and treated as our own son!"

Now that he's dead at your hands, everyone connected to you should be buried with him.

Jiang Feng said with a strange expression, "Are you sure you want to do this? I am Jiang Feng, a brother of the Prince of Jin, and a dear friend and relative."

"Just asking casually, is it true that even the Prince of Jin will be buried with Dugu Shan?"

Dugu Tuo: "..."

After a deathly silence, Dugu Tuo gritted his teeth and said, "Since you are a man of the Prince of Jin, don't you know that the Dugu clan shares the same fate as the Prince of Jin? Don't you know we are all on the same side?"

Jiang Feng replied matter-of-factly, "Of course I know, but Dugu Shan is abducting girls!"

"you……"

Dugu Tuo was so angry that his head throbbed, but when he thought of the Buddhist mark on Empress Dugu's forehead, he suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice, "You can leave now. We'll settle this score another day!"

Jiang Feng smiled slightly: "I also killed Dugu Ming. He cut off the water flow of Longxu Ditch, ruining the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people. I couldn't stand it, so I killed him."

Although you didn't instigate this, he wouldn't have dared to do it even if you gave him two lives.

You can write this down, and we'll settle the score together later.

Dugu Tuo's pupils shrank: "Fine, fine! Jiang Feng, you're something else. I'll remember this debt."

Jiang Feng fell silent, looked at the group of girls with dazed expressions, made a hand seal, and chanted the mantra: "Om Mani Padme Hum!"

As the sound faded, a gentle Buddhist light descended from the sky, enveloping the girls, and their eyes gradually regained their luster in the light.

"Come with me!"

Jiang Feng's voice had a magical quality that made the girls quietly follow behind him and walk outside in an orderly fashion.

Dugu Tuo watched him walk away with a gloomy expression, then instructed his maid, "Ani, send a message to Prince Jin for me: I want Jiang Feng dead!"

The maidservant quickly responded, summoned a black cat, and whispered a few words into its ear.

After a moment, the black cat meowed.

The maid was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, and said to Dugu Tuo in a trembling voice, "Master, His Highness Prince Jin said... he won't get involved in this matter, but he hopes you won't seek death."

Dugu Tuo paused for a moment, then let out a disdainful snort: "If I didn't need him to treat my sister, how could I let him leave this courtyard?"

Since the Prince of Jin is not taking sides, then I will no longer hold back. Have the other six return and await orders. The day my sister recovers will be the day Jiang Feng dies!

Meanwhile, Jiang Feng met up with Zhang Guo at the post station and, together with a total of fifty-two girls, found Cui Ying and asked her to help send the girls home.

[Your compassion and rescue of the trafficked girl have moved Heaven, and you are rewarded with mastery of the "Mind Control Technique"]

Jiang Feng flipped through the book on mind control techniques and couldn't help but click his tongue a few times.

This Mind-Bending Technique and the Heavenly Demon Freedom Technique are truly a perfect match. When combined, they can actually become a new spell: the Heavenly Demon Mind-Bending Technique.

Dugu Shan was also unlucky. The Heavenly Demon Freedom Technique was immune to all mind-controlling spells. As soon as Dugu Shan used the Mind-Binding Technique on him, the technique started running automatically.

Otherwise, Jiang Feng would have had to put in some effort to break free of the mind-controlling spell, let alone pretend to be affected.

At this moment, Cui Ying came to him and said, "My master and Daoist Qi Hui have arrived and invited you to enter the palace this afternoon to examine the Empress."

"Qi Hui..."

Jiang Feng's expression turned somewhat amused. If he remembered correctly, Qi Hui had also served Li Yuan many years earlier.

Li Yuan seems to be in Daxing right now, waiting for Yang Jian to issue a new appointment.

Could it be that the three of them have gotten together recently?

Jiang Feng smiled wryly and said to Ao Ying, who was eating melon beside him, "Ao Ying, fetch my brocade cassock. I need to go to the palace to meet the Emperor!"

Ao Ying rolled her eyes, pulled a piece of rag pieced together from under her buttocks, wiped her hands, crumpled it up, and tossed it to Jiang Feng.

Seeing Jiang Feng drape the tattered cloth over his body, Cui Ying's face showed a conflicted expression: "You call this thing a brocade cassock? Don't you think it's shabby?"

Jiang Feng sneered, "What's so shabby about it? This is a brocade cassock I made from scraps of cloth bestowed upon me by the emperor. If anyone's shabby, it's that old emperor!"

Cui Ying: "..."

This is clearly someone holding a grudge!