The Fragrant Wood Swordsman
pkh 08 part 3

"Well, Temperature!" replied the two tosu people who immediately left the place with wide steps.

Kiang Tojin only looked on with concern because he himself did not understand why Keng Hong dared to commit such a fraud. Then the sword of Siang-bhok-kiam must still be held by the boy, and somehow hidden where. Because if the sword was carried around, he felt sure that the sword must have been taken by a powerful kang-ouw character.

However, as the kang-ouw figures who all came to attack Kun-lun-pai, this indicates that they also did not manage to get Siang-bhok-kiam from Keng Hong.

Kiang Tojin understood that his temperature was very angry and disappointed in him, so he just kept quiet, knowing that once this was wrong, his calculations missed in judging Keng Hong.

Because his heart was upset, Kiang Tojin then said loudly to the unwanted guests,

"Cu-wi all prove with his own eyes how we Kun-lun-pai's own side has been deceived as well, that here now there is nothing else that concerns Sin-jiu Kiam-ong's legacy. Please Cu-wi leave this place because between us there is no more business!"

Laughing, Bu-tek Sam-kwi flashed away, followed by kang-ouw figures who went to take their own paths, but it was understandable that their hearts were not much different, that is, in addition to being disappointed, also each of them certainly took the determination to find Cia Keng Hong, who was not happy, the only person who becomes the secret key and can take them back to the heritage heirloom stash of Sin-jiu Kiam-ong.

Also the two armies from the north and south quickly went back to their respective origins without a fight. This is indeed funny because under ordinary circumstances, the two hostile forces will certainly fight desperately. Presumably because they met such powerful figures, their hearts became buds, afraid that the magicians become angry and help one side if they hold a war in that place.

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As has been told on the front, the civil war that occurred between the north and south was the result of the seizure of the crown after the emperor Thaicu died in 1398. At that time, the eldest son of the emperor Thaicu had already died and therefore, before he died, the emperor Thaicu had bequeathed the throne to his grandson, the son of the eldest son, so before he died, the emperor had passed on the throne to his grandson, his name was Hui Ti.

Under the protection and support of the dignitaries who used the opportunity to elevate themselves to high positions and swim in worldly glory, a year after the death of the emperor Thaicu, Hui Ti ascended the throne and became Emperor of the Kingdom of Beng.

In his opinion, it was unfair that the crown bequeathed to his nephew, and he who had contributed much to the kingdom, he as the second prince, felt more entitled to inherit the crown. Thus, the Young King Yung Lo who was based in Peking then brought troops and stormed into Nanking until there was a civil war for the throne of the Kingdom of Beng-tiauw.

It has become a reality in the historical record that every time there is a war, what is more civil war between nations, then the people are suffering. Who fight for power for self-glorification are only a few big men, but who are made into food cleaver and sword are soldiers, commoner children.

War can have even worse consequences, namely chaos and rampant crime, using the opportunity while the government poured strength to fight, where the security guard for the people became empty so that there were robberies, he said, burning of hamlets, abductions and arbitrary rape.

Not infrequently also occur the troops who always live face to face with death, which by war is implanted to become bloodthirsty humans who always suffer from inner pressures, because of birth pressures, because, turned into humans who are more violent than criminals. Under the pretext of ‘partying to the enemy’ many commoners fall victim to their ferocity, simply because they are glare by treasure and glare by the beauty of women!

This chaotic situation along the road that Keng Hong passed was actually what even helped Keng Hong, making the kang-ouw figures including the two Kun-lun-pai tosu people lose track of him.

Over the next year Keng Hong wandered, his goal was to return to Kun-lun-san because he had taken the decision to deepen his knowledge after feeling the bitter experience he had suffered. He must immediately have high intelligence if he does not want disturbances in the future. However, the chaos that occurred everywhere made him stray. There are times when he has to take a detour, there are times when he has to come back again if hindered by a terrible war.

One morning he entered the hamlet of Ciang-cung located at the foot of Min-san mountain, in the valley of the Cia-liang river. Because the Cia-liang river drains its water into the Yang-ce-kiang river which is the best and fastest way of transportation to the interior, the hamlet of Ciang-cung is quite crowded. Unbeknownst to him, Keng Hong is getting closer to Kun-lun-san who is west of Min-san Mountain.

The further west, the less war, because the armies of both sides only fought over the areas between Peking and Nanking. However, this western region cannot be said to be peaceful at all, and due to civil war also hit areas far from the center of the war itself. Here there was chaos and criminals ran rampant, feasting as if a pack of rats in an empty house, left forsaken by the cats they feared.

When Keng Hong entered the hamlet of Ciang-cung in the morning, soon he saw the aftermath of the chaos that was engulfing everywhere. That day, there are already people fighting. Indeed Keng Hong lately often saw people fighting.

As usual, he was about to take another path so as not to get involved in the fight. Too many people fight the kill-kill he meets everywhere until he becomes fed up and bored.