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Chapter 253: Bao Chong and Shi Xiong Return to the Iron Hand Group

Yangzhou, the secret room of Prince Ying’s Mansion, the headquarters of the Iron Hand Group.

Except for the six hall masters who were sent abroad and Lu Jiying who was still in Shanyang County, all the hall masters had arrived.

Long Feng and Hu Yun sat upright, as if they had known some important news in advance. The other hall masters also sat in their seats, not daring to say a word. The atmosphere was quite weird.

Sect leader Yuan Qi paced back and forth among the crowd, his face as gloomy as water, and deep in his eyes was a rage that almost burned people.

Everyone sat there until half an hour later, when a member of the Iron Hand Group walked in with his head half lowered, clasped his fists and said:

"Reporting to the Sect Master, the brothers who went out to gather information were unable to find any trace of the three hall masters. It seems that they disappeared out of thin air."

Yuan Qi raised his hand angrily and slapped the Iron Hand killer in the face, causing the man to spin around in circles.

Yuan Qi's eyes were almost spitting fire. He slapped the Iron Hand killer in front of him in the face left and right, madly. After more than ten slaps, all of the Iron Hand killer's teeth were knocked out. His nose and face were swollen, his eyes were narrowed into slits, and he could not speak clearly.

Yuan Qi, still not satisfied, raised his hands and was ready for another round. At the critical moment, two hands stretched out from left and right, grabbing Yuan Qi's hands with all their strength.

Yuan Qi turned around with red eyes and saw Long Feng and Hu Yun, the two eldest and second eldest brothers of the Iron Hand Group. They each pulled one of his arms to stop him from continuing.

"What are you two doing? Are you committing treason?" Yuan Qi glared and roared.

Long Feng looked helplessly at the almost unconscious Iron Hand assassin, and said earnestly: "Master, even if you beat him to death, you still haven't found the three junior brothers, right?"

"Yes, Sect Leader, even if you beat him to death, it will be useless. Why don't you discuss how to find our three junior brothers?" Hu Yun also advised.

Yuan Qi shook off his good helpers with all his strength, returned to his seat and sat down, breathing heavily, his eyes full of bloodshot.

Hu Yun called for people to send the Iron Hand killer, who was almost beaten to death, out for treatment, and then he came back and sat down with Long Feng.

"I haven't encountered such a big setback since I took over the Iron Hand Group and started to build it. This time, if I hadn't secretly sent a team to follow them, it would have taken a month for them to get the news."

"Master, the brothers' assassination attempt failed and the heavy casualties cannot be blamed entirely on them. According to what those brothers said, there was a master among the inner guards who killed Hu Wei and Zhang Zhi in one round, leaving them without any chance to fight back."

"Long Feng, you don't have to say anything. Anyway, their failure is a thing of the past. Of the 120 brothers who died, only Qi Hai, Bao Chong and Shi Xiong are left. If Qi Hai hadn't protected Bao Chong and Shi Xiong at the last moment, they would have died too. Our loss is too great!"

Yuan Qi slammed the table angrily, his teeth almost breaking.

"Bao Chong has an unshirkable responsibility for this!"

Yuan Qi was furious, spitting everywhere, and Long Feng and Hu Yun, who were closest to him, were in trouble.

The two looked at each other and lowered their heads helplessly.

After Yuan Qi had finished venting his anger, the two of them looked up and looked at each other again.

Long Feng stood up, clasped his fists and said:

"... Sect Master, as the deputy sect master and the eldest senior brother of the Iron Hand Group, it is only natural for me to go and find my three junior brothers. Please allow me to follow the route from Yangzhou to Luoyang to find my three junior brothers."

Hu Yun also stood up, bowed, and said:

"I am willing to follow my eldest brother to look for the three junior brothers. Although they failed, it is obvious that they are doomed to fail. Even if my eldest brother and I go, we can only escape. I hope that the sect master will not blame the three junior brothers when the time comes."

Yun Gu also stood up, thought for a moment, and said:

"I am willing to go with my eldest and second senior brothers. They are both men, and they are not as meticulous as me. If they find any clues, it will be easier to find them."

At this moment, a killer from the Iron Hand Group suddenly came in from outside, with an anxious look on his face. He knelt on one knee and said:

"Report to the Sect Master, we found it, we found it... we found the Fourth Hall Master and the Fifth Hall Master!"

Yuan Qi, who was originally furious and secretly vowed to give Bao Chong a lesson when he came back, immediately stood up, walked through Long Feng, Hu Yun and Yun Gu, came to the Iron Hand Group killer, and grabbed the other's collar with joy on his face.

"Tell me, tell me, where are they, where are they?"

"Reporting to the Sect Master, they were seriously injured. We found them outside Yangzhou City and have now brought them to the mansion."

Yuan Qi got the exact information, pushed the Iron Hand killer aside, and was the first to leave the secret room.

The other hall masters did not dare to delay and followed him out immediately.

Half a cup of tea later, in the backyard of Prince Ying's mansion, Yuan Qi finally saw Bao Chong and Shi Xiong, whom he had been thinking about day and night for almost a week. They were lying on the bed, being treated by two doctors.

It was obvious that Shi Xiong and Bao Chong were seriously injured. They both closed their eyes with veins bulging and beads of sweat on their foreheads.

After waiting for more than an hour, the two doctors finally finished their work. They applied the medicine and fed the patients. Bao Chong and Shi Xiong's expressions were relieved a little.

Nearing midnight, the two finally woke up. Having escaped death, they lay in the comfortable bed and looked at Yuan Qi and the heads of various halls who had been guarding them for most of the day, and they immediately burst into tears.

Yuan Qi wanted to put on a fierce face, but when he remembered that he had said at the beginning that he would not punish anyone, he had to force a gentle expression.

"Don't cry so quickly. Tell me, what happened? Why are only two of you back?"

Upon hearing about Yuanqi culture, Bao Chong had no choice but to cry while recounting the process of assassinating Li Cunxi that day, which was roughly the same as what the informant said.

Bao Chong was also an honest man. Without exaggerating, he told the story of his brothers' miserable plight while crying.

When talking about how three of the six leaders of the Iron Hand Group were eliminated by a man who called himself the Demon Spirit, Bao Chong almost cried to death, and Shi Xiong next to him also burst into tears.

Later, Chen Yiqu protected them and fled into the mountains. In order to resist the attack of the inner guards, they cut off the suspension bridge and continued to flee desperately. On the way, the three of them met assassins in purple robes several times, and Chen Yiqu protected them. At the very end, in the suburbs of Luoyang, Chen Yiqu was intercepted by the assassin, and the last words he said were to let the two of them run fast.

They wanted to help but were powerless to do anything. They fled all the way and supported each other until they returned to Yangzhou.

After hearing about the twists and turns along the way, Yuan Qi sat down on the edge of Bao Chong's bed, the light in his eyes almost fading.

"That is to say, in order to save you two, Qi Hai alone fended off the assassins' attacks more than a dozen times, and now his life is in danger."

Yuan Qi gritted his teeth and said word by word: "And you two escaped all the way back and reported to me?"