Chapter 996: Captured a Little A Zi
There are two routes from the Song Dynasty to Tubo.

One is to go up from Yizhou Road, and the other is to go up from Qingtang Road.

And Xingxiu Lake is near Qingtang Road.

The disciples of the Xingxiu Sect captured A Zi near Xuchang. In order to rush back to Xingxiu Sea as soon as possible, they went west from Shaanxi Road and headed straight for Qingtang Road, not daring to delay for even a moment.

Su Mingzhe led a group of Ti cavalry in pursuit, and they actually chased all the way to Qingtang Road. They were about to reach the territory of Tubo when they saw the figure of the Xingxuhai disciple.

Without Su Mingzhe's order, the Tiqi team let out a roar, and all of their subordinates took out their crossbows, strung them, and shot a crossbow arrow at the Xingxiuhai disciple who was walking:
"Stop, everyone stop!"

"Gentlemen, why are you stopping us? We have the customs clearance documents!"

As the eldest senior brother of the Xingxiu Sect, Zhaixingzi is well-informed.

Although Su Mingzhe and others were not wearing the official robes and armor of the Song Dynasty, their identities were still guessed by Zhaixingzi based on the tall horses they rode, the brocade clothes and jade belts, and most importantly, the crossbows.

Even though the Song Dynasty lost face in front of the Liao people, more than a hundred years had passed and they still hadn't gotten back the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.

However, in front of Western Xia, Tubo, Dali, Nanyue, Goryeo, and Eastern Japan, the Song Dynasty was a giant.

If the Song Dynasty had not adopted the policy of controlling the military with the civil, the soldiers on the border would have annexed these small vassal states long ago.

The Xingxiu Sect is located on the border between Tubo and the Song Dynasty, and is most aware of the Song Army's combat effectiveness.

Therefore, when Zhaixingzi saw Su Mingzhe and his group stopping him and others, his attitude was particularly "friendly".

Seeing that the Xingxiu Sect's people were so polite, Su Mingzhe couldn't just turn hostile, so he could only say:

"Leave that woman behind and let you go!"

In order to intimidate the Xingxiu Sect disciples and prevent them from acting rashly, Su Mingzhe used their sect's poison skills. With a wave of his hand, twelve Ti cavalrymen fired another round of attacks with their twelve arm crossbows.

The Song Dynasty's arm crossbow can fire ten rounds in a row. Even after firing two rounds, it still has ninety-six crossbow arrows.

What's more, there is a spare "crossbow box" hanging on everyone's mount, which contains twenty crossbow arrows that can be filled at any time.

The faces of Zhaixingzi and his fellow disciples suddenly turned dusty gray.

They had no doubt about the power of these crossbows.

Twelve Song cavalrymen, armed with crossbows, can easily wipe out fifty or sixty Tibetan cavalrymen.

There are only a dozen or so fellow disciples including Zhaixingzi. How can they dodge such powerful crossbow arrows?

Seeing that the Song people were about to fight, Zhaixingzi quickly hid back and explained hastily:
"My fellow soldiers, this is our junior sister, not a woman from your Song State!"

At this time, Zhaixingzi still thought that the Song people in front of him misunderstood that he and his companions were abducting women.

Su Mingzhe just snorted coldly after hearing this:
"I know this woman is a disciple of your Xingxiu Sect. What? Does your Xingxiu Sect not fall under the jurisdiction of the Great Song Dynasty's laws?"

As Su Mingzhe spoke, he sent out a palm force with his backhand, and a Xingxiu sect disciple who had drawn his weapon and was on guard was instantly beaten to pieces.

Several Xingxiu Sect disciples standing nearby, including Zhaixingzi, were so shocked that their internal organs became disordered and they vomited blood.

Seeing that the Xingxiu Sect disciples were already trembling with fear and no longer dared to look up and look at him, Su Mingzhe continued to sneer:
"I'm just asking you now, do you want to release it or not?"

"Let him go, let him go quickly!"

Zhaixingzi was already exhausted at this moment, feeling powerless all over. He was only able to hold on for a breath just to stand where he was.

A good man does not suffer from immediate losses!
The disciples of the Xingxiu Sect are basically cowards who bully the weak and fear the strong. When they saw Su Mingzhe kill someone with a single palm strike from mid-air, it seemed that his strength was even stronger than that of their master.

Everyone had already wanted to submit.

It’s just that the eldest brother Zhaixingzi has a very strong authority. If he doesn’t speak, others don’t want to be the first to speak out.

Now, Zhaixingzi asked to release her, and several disciples rushed to push the tied-up little sister out of the crowd.

"You are quite well-behaved!" Su Mingzhe used the 'Dragon Catching Hand' to grab the still doubtful Ah Zi into his arms, and then let the Xingxiu Sect disciples leave.

Seeing that the Xingxiu Sect disciples had disappeared from his sight, Su Mingzhe took out a bottle of "elixir" and handed it to Yang Pogong:

"Brother Yang, Xingxiu Sea is less than a day's journey away. You can rest here for a night. I will follow the Xingxiu Sect disciples to find the old demon Ding Chunqiu and kill him. When you see black smoke rising, take a 'detoxification pill' and then come find me!"

"There are all kinds of poisonous smoke and miasma in Xingxiu Sect. This detoxification pill can protect you from all poisons for thirty-six hours!"

"Thank you for your generous gift!"

The captain of the Tiqi team took the porcelain bottle very respectfully, and then watched Su Mingzhe and A Zi leave.

Su Mingzhe rode on a horse and followed behind the disciples of Xingxiu Sect without fear of being discovered by them.

We walked like this for about half an hour.

Ah Zi, who was held in the man's arms, couldn't help but speak first:

"Sir, there is a spring ahead. How about you take a rest and let Ah Zi take a bath and change clothes?"

Since being captured by Zhaixingzi, Ah Zi has not bathed for more than ten days. Although her body does not smell bad, it does not smell good either.

Su Mingzhe held her in his arms. At most, she felt soft and boneless, which was just a nice touch.

"Well, my horse has been running for so long, it's time to let it rest."

Su Mingzhe carried A Zi off the horse and asked her to lead the way. They came to a geothermal hot spring, took off their clothes and started bathing.

Ah Zi wanted to find another spring, but the man stopped her:
"Azi, didn't you say you wanted to take off your clothes and take a bath? Why haven't you taken off your clothes yet?"

"Sir, men and women should not touch each other, please don't embarrass Ah Zi!"

Although Ah Zi grew up in the Xingxiu Sect and had seen life and death since childhood, she had never been exposed to matters between men and women because she was protected by Ding Chunqiu.

"I'm going to embarrass you, what are you going to do?"

Su Mingzhe generally doesn't like to make things difficult for women.

Unfortunately, this girl A Zi is obviously not an ordinary woman.

Seeing that Su Mingzhe's expression was getting colder, Ah Zi was just a little girl and could not bear the psychological pressure. She could only take off her skirt in front of the man and jump into the spring.

Fortunately, Su Mingzhe was thinking about destroying the Xingxiu Sect at night. Although he forced A Zi to take a bath with him, he did not do anything else.

The bathing time in geothermal hot springs should not be too long.

In two quarters of an hour, Su Mingzhe and A Zi changed into dry clothes and started to make a fire and cook.

After Ah Zi was captured, all the hidden weapons and poisons on her were searched away by her senior brothers. At this moment, she was very honest and did not do anything weird.

After dinner, the two men continued on their journey on horseback.

Ah Zi, who had just taken a shower, exuded a faint fragrance, and her slightly wet black hair was blown up by the breeze, constantly brushing across the man's face.

Su Mingzhe was not a gentleman to begin with, and when he looked around, he saw a vast world with only two people walking in it, so he soon became impolite.

Ah Zi was so angry that she wanted to kill the man with a single elbow.

However, she also knew that this was impossible.

A small leak will sink a great ship!
Ah Zi took a deep breath and tried to suppress the anger in her heart:

"When we get to the front, we'll find the Xingxiu Sea! Now that we're in my territory, wait and see how I'll deal with you!"

(End of this chapter)