An Ape of Divine Power

Chapter 8

Pan Qiang quickly took his men over and found something standing behind a tree not far away. It had four limbs and five facial features like a human. It was nine feet tall and had two legs and a thick arm. However, its body was covered with red brown hair. Its hair was shoulder length hair, which covered half of its face in a mess. It looked like a human but not human. It was holding a villager's leg in its hand.

Fang Yu also saw the half-human thing at this time. When she saw that it was holding the villagers' shanks, she was scared and shouted.

Liu Zhen picked up the bow in his hand and shot it at the creature without giving it any chance to react. Unexpectedly, the creature caught sight of an arrow flying toward it without trying to evade it. It caught the arrow with incredible speed when it reached its target. The warrior and his cohorts were astonished to see this. Zhang Wu and the rest of his men followed suit, but they were caught by the arrow without being able to do much damage to the creature.

Pan Qiang suddenly felt nervous. He had been practicing martial arts for decades, but he had never seen such a mysterious thing. It was said that it used martial arts, but its movements were not agile enough. It was said that it didn't use martial arts, but it could so easily catch the arrows that were rushing like meteors. It was incredible.

That thing caught the arrow, but didn't resist. It only threw it onto the ground, and then, under everyone's gaze, jumped onto a tree. The tree was fifty to sixty zhang tall, and it could actually jump up. Following the echo of the branches, it lightly jumped onto another tree. Its body was as light as a goose feather, making everyone stare blankly. Pan Qiang didn't think that there would actually be such a high level of Lightness Skill in this world. It really was hard to understand.

Everyone watched as the object disappeared in front of them, but they couldn't do anything about it. They were all shocked and couldn't speak for a long time.

After a long time, Pan Qiang ordered to continue searching, but nothing was found after searching for a long time. Seeing that it was dark, everyone could only find a place to rest and search again tomorrow morning.

In the evening, they roasted several hares. Looking at the delicious food in front of them, they couldn't eat it. They were all confused about what happened in the daytime.

When it came to rest, in order to prevent a sneak attack, Pan Qiang specially arranged a few people to be on duty.

It was peaceful in the first half of the night, but there was a guard in the second half of the night. When they saw two bright things in the distance, it was very horrible, so they quickly woke up Pan Qiang. The soldiers looked at the things and did not dare to bite them. Pan Qiang ordered people to shoot arrows, but heard a cry. Knowing that they were shot, everyone quickly took up the torch to look for them. They found that the one who was shot was an adult wolf with arrows all over its body. Everyone was scared.

The next day, everyone grilled the wolf meat and continued to search, but they never found the mysterious thing they encountered the day before yesterday.

After searching for another few days, it was still nowhere to be found. That thing had never appeared again. Pan Qiang thought that there was no other way to find it, so he ordered to go down the mountain and was ready to report it to the emperor, and then he would make a judgment.

The soldiers returned to the village where they came from. Pan Qiang ordered them not to talk nonsense. He only said that the villager fell into the cliff accidentally and died accidentally, so as to prevent the villagers from being frightened.

The family of the deceased had been crying for most of the day. Pan Qiang had been standing at the side, comforting and apologizing. Later, he left a lot of money behind, and then he gave up.

Two days later, Pan Qiang ordered a large number of troops to return to report. Suddenly, he saw Zhang Long riding a white horse and rushing over.

Panqiang saw Zhang Long and couldn't figure out why he came here all the way. Before he could ask why, Zhang Long got off his horse and bowed. He said loudly, "Lord Bao has given an order. I have come to inform you, General Pan. If you don't go back soon, there will be a change."

Pan Qiang quickly helped him up and asked, "Zhang Long, what's the matter? Does Mr. Hu urge me to hurry?" After saying that, he saw that Zhang Long was covered in sweat and must have hurried on with his journey, so he took a bowl of water and handed it to him.

Zhang Long took the bowl and drank all the water in it. Then he said, "Did Lord Pan kill a County Magistrate on the way?"

Pan Qiang was shocked when he heard this. He thought to himself, "No one knows about what happened to me on my way, and I don't know where he heard about it." A sense of foreboding welled up in his heart as he hastily replied, "Yes! I don't know where Brother Zhang found out about this."

"General, there's something you don't know. The officer has taken two women to the capital city to complain to Ding Yi. Ding Yi took the two women to see the emperor and also complained to the emperor that you not only killed the officer, but also..." Zhang Long hurriedly answered when he heard Pan Qiang's question. He stopped when he thought it would damage his reputation if he said it directly.

"We're brothers here. Brother Zhang, don't say we're unguarded. Is there something wrong?" Pan Qiang saw that he was worried, so he said bluntly.

"That woman said that General Pan not only broke into the county government with his troops and killed the county magistrate, but also insulted them, and captured their two maids and tried to rebel." Zhang Long knew it was urgent and he couldn't delay, so he spoke out directly.

"Those two bitches must have been ordered by Ding Ning to slander me. They are clearly trying to kill me. I, Pan Qiang, have been aboveboard all my life. How can I do such a shameless thing?" Pan Qiang was furious when he heard the words. He cursed Ding Ba and asked hurriedly, "What does Your Majesty say after hearing it?"

"After His Majesty heard it, Long Yan was furious. At that time, he ordered to arrest your wife and servants and put them in death cell. Then he ordered servants to interrogate them strictly. Lord Pan looked around for information, but there was nothing he could do. Empress Yang went to burn incense in the temple again and could not come back in a short time. So I ordered Lord Pan to inform the general to go back soon in case of accidents." Zhang Long saw Pan Jiangqiang was angry, so he quickly told everything he knew.

"How could the emperor do that? Before he got to the bottom of the matter, it was just a one-sided statement. How could he believe it and arrest it? Where is the justice?" After hearing this, all the soldiers were angry and shouted that it was unfair. When Liu Zhen heard that Madam Wang was caught, he became even more anxious. For a long time, Madam Wang had regarded him as someone who had taken good care of him, but now he was in prison. It was conceivable that he was in a bad mood.

"Liu Zhen, don't talk nonsense and ruin the Emperor's reputation. Let's go back. The Emperor will naturally return justice to us. We must leave immediately and return to the capital as soon as possible to explain the situation to the Emperor." Pan Qiang was anxious when he heard that his wife was caught. He had to go back to see the Emperor first before making any plans.

The group got on their horses and galloped towards the capital city.

###Chapter10,soldiers lost their arms and became slaves

The group of people hurried for half a day and arrived at the Danjiang region. The soldiers were empty, so they had to get off their horses and fill their stomachs before continuing their journey. Just as they sat down, they suddenly saw Zhao Hu approaching on a galloping horse. The horse seemed to have run a lot of distance and was foaming at the mouth.

An ominous omen suddenly surged into the hearts of all the soldiers.

Zhao Hu saw Pan Qiang and quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

Pan Qiang helped him up and asked in a hurry, "General Zhao, you are here in a hurry. Is there something wrong?"

"Lord Pan, I've been ordered by Lord Pan to inform you that you mustn't return to the capital again. Madam... she's already been beheaded publicly. The Emperor has issued a decree to send troops to arrest all the soldiers. If you go back now, I'm afraid that you'll be in trouble again!" Seeing Pan Qiang's question, Zhao Hu didn't have time to drink water and quickly told him the truth.

"What... what did you say? My wife, she..." Pan Qiang felt dizzy after hearing that and almost fainted. Fortunately, Liu Zhen held him up so that he could stand steadily and asked in a trembling voice.

"Ten days ago, Mrs. Wang and the servants were beheaded by His Majesty. Ding said that the old thief supervised the death in person. I held the Empress Dowager's edict and ran 5 horses to death, but I still couldn't save him. My wife died with a grievance. After hearing the news, Lord Bao fell into a coma and didn't know how the situation was. My lord, you mustn't return to the capital. Now that Lord Ding said that the old thief had sent soldiers to guard General's mansion. Once my lord returned, he would be executed immediately. My lord, you should think twice!" Zhao Hu said these words in pain. The big iron man couldn't help but shed tears.

"Impossible! Impossible! This is not true, Madam won't die!" Pan Qiang suffered a huge blow at this time. He seemed to be a few decades older, and his expression became dispirited. He immediately sat down on the ground and murmured as tears began to flow uncontrollably.

"I killed a dog or a thief to avenge Madam's death." The soldiers were furious upon hearing the news. For a moment, they could not help but roar in anger.

"No, if everyone really goes back like this, won't they be caught in Ding Qi's trap? At that time, Lord Pan's mouth will be full of words!" Hearing everyone's roars, Zhao Hu suddenly felt that something was wrong and quickly stopped them.

"Don't tell me that we can only watch Madame Wang's tragic death! Where's the justice?" A soldier said indignantly.

"Now the emperor believes in the words of the traitor, and he is in a rage. If we clash with him, we will be the one to suffer losses. The revenge will have to be taken into consideration before it's possible to win." Although Liu Zhen was angry, Guan Feng was always very rational at the moment, which was also what Pan Qiang appreciated most.

"You're right, Brother Liu. We need to think about it carefully before we can make any further plans. But I'm afraid that you can't go back to the capital city anymore, otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable!" Zhang Long was also in favor of Liu Feng's words and quickly persuaded him.