A knife in love

Chapter 1055

At this time, all the Japanese pirates had retreated to the left side of the courtyard, leaving the front of the main hall open.

Yin Butou saw the Japanese pirates gathered in one place, and the road from the main hall to the temple gate was smooth. He was surprised and happy, and couldn't help whispering to Li Qiufeng: "Master Li, the Japanese pirates have retreated, why don't we go?" Take the opportunity to rush out!"

Li Qiufeng shook his head and said: "They didn't want to let us escape, but they were afraid that they would be caught between the main hall and the temple gate. Once our reinforcements arrived outside the temple, the Japanese pirates would suffer a lot if they attacked twice. They retreated To the left, it seems to give way to the passage. In fact, it can not only avoid the enemy from both sides, but also monitor the main hall and the temple gate at the same time. The temple gate can only allow three people to enter and exit at the same time. Entering Chenghuang Temple, the Japanese pirates only need to guard the left side of the courtyard and attack with bows and arrows, and the temple gate can be sealed."

When Li Qiufeng said this, he paused for a while, glanced at Shidaozhu, who was protected by Japanese pirates, and then said to Yin Butou: "This Shidaozhu's martial arts may not be great, but he is proficient in the way of using soldiers. Think about it." When we were on the southeast coast, we fought many battles with officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that this man is well-organized in his formation. Although the situation may not be favorable for the Japanese pirates at this time, he is already invincible with such formation. place."

When Li Qiufeng was talking to Yin Tutou, the head of the Zhao family led a dozen or so children of the Zhao family down the stone steps and walked straight to the temple gate.It was about fifteen or sixty feet from the main hall to the temple gate, and there was no one blocking the way. The Japanese pirates neither fired arrows nor rushed to intercept and kill them.

Seeing that the head of the Zhao family and the clan members walked through the yard and were about to reach the stone steps at the entrance of the temple, nothing unexpected happened.Seeing this situation, several disciples of Shijia Dao who were hiding in the crowd in front of the main hall couldn't bear it anymore, pushed away the people standing in front of them, and ran straight down the stone steps, intending to escape from the Chenghuang Temple with the disciples of the Zhao family .

The members of Shijiadao, Leiquanmen and Biyunwu just saw Shi Nianhao, Yang Ziqiao and Cai Xiao killed with their own eyes.At this time, among these gang members, there were quite a few people who wanted to escape from the Town God's Temple, but although Shi Nianhao and others were dead, these people were afraid of Ji Dingzhong's turn against him, so they kept holding back.Ji Dingzhong didn't stop him even though his face was gloomy until he saw that the Zhao family's disciples had left the hall and several Shijiadao's disciples followed.How can the people who want to escape with all their heart be patient?I saw people constantly squeezing out the crowd, jumping down the stone steps in three steps and two steps, and ran straight to the gate of the temple.

In a blink of an eye, sixty or seventy gang members from Shijiadao, Leiquanmen, and Biyunwu all ran down the stone steps.In addition, more than a dozen police officers from the Luoyang magistrate's yamen also sneaked out of the crowd, and fled to the gate of the temple with the crowd.

Seeing this, Liao Gang blushed. He saw a policeman running past him. He shouted and cursed, but the policeman still ran down the steps without hesitation.Liao Dagang was furious, raised the steel knife in his hand, and wanted to chop off the back of the arrester's head.Huang Chong happened to be standing next to Liao Dagang, he hastily reached out his hand to stop him, and said, "It's a big disaster, everyone has their own thoughts, why should you make things difficult for them?"

Although Liao Dagang was the head catcher of Luoyang magistrate's yamen, he was just a petty official, not an official. In the officialdom, his status was far lower than that of the high-ranking Huang Chong.At this time, Han Qusi, the magistrate of Luoyang, was dead. Among the officials in the Town God's Temple, in terms of official rank, Huang Chong, the magistrate of Qipin County, was the largest.Therefore, although Liao Dagang was dissatisfied, he could only hold back his anger and watched the arrester run into the courtyard, and followed the crowd towards the temple gate.

The patriarch of the Zhao family has mediocre qualifications, but he is the eldest son of Zhao's family, so the position of patriarch fell into his hands.Since he took charge of the Zhao family, the Lu family has risen and competed with the Nie family.The Zhao family was sandwiched between the Nie and Lu families, and they were often angry.Seeing that the patriarch was obedient to the Nie and Lu families, many of the Zhao family's children were very dissatisfied with the patriarch.Although Hu Kun is not from Zhao's family lineage, he is like a fish in water in the officialdom, and finally became the commander of Ruyang Guard, holding a heavy army.As Hu Kun's power grew day by day, he became more and more disrespectful to the head of the Zhao family.Every year on the day of offering sacrifices to the ancestors of the Zhao family, he either made excuses and refused to return, or after returning, he was extremely indifferent to the head of the Zhao family and did not have much respect.Seeing this situation, some Zhao family members secretly exchanged songs with Hu Kun and vowed to elect Hu Kun as the patriarch of the Zhao family.

Although the head of the Zhao family is mediocre, he is not a fool. He knows that his clan members are dissatisfied with him, and the Nie family has bad intentions. Therefore, he has been trembling all these years, and hardly ever sleeps peacefully.Today, he fell into the trap of Japanese pirates and almost fell into a desperate situation.However, things turned upside down several times, and the Nie family was in danger now, but it was a good opportunity for him.As long as he escapes from the Town God's Temple with the Zhao family's children and returns to Fengmen Village first, relying on the natural danger of Fengmen Village, even if some members of the Nie family escape back, they can only obey their own orders.At that time, it is not impossible for him to send someone to frame Hu Kun for the crime of "associating with gangsters with evil intentions", so that the court will remove Hu Kun from his official position, and even have his whole family executed.In this way, it is naturally the dream of the head of the Zhao family to settle both internal and external troubles.Therefore, he is really anxious at this moment, wishing he could step out of the Town God's Temple in one step.

When the head of the Zhao family stepped on the stone steps in front of the temple gate, he heard footsteps behind him.He was startled, turned his head to look, and couldn't help being startled.But he saw that besides a dozen members of the Zhao family, there were seven or eighty people following him.These people include the helpers of Shijiadao, Leiquanmen and Biyunwu, as well as the Tolerance arrests from the Yamen.

Seeing this situation, the head of the Zhao family was startled at first, then he was ecstatic, thinking to himself that Shi Nianhao, Yang Ziqiao, and Cai Xiao were dead, and these gangsters under his command had no leader, if he left Chenghuang Temple with him, he would recruit them great opportunity.More than half of the Zhao family was lost in the Haizhou battle, and many people died in Xiuwu County today.With the help of these 80 or [-] people, the strength of the Zhao family will not only not be weakened, but will actually be strengthened a lot.Thinking of this, he became more and more proud, and said to the people behind him: "Everyone, don't fall behind, go out with me to seek a way out!"

Ji Dingzhong stood on the stone steps and watched as the head of the Zhao family led the crowd up the stone steps at the entrance of the temple.With Ji Dingzhong's wise plan, knowing that the head of the Zhao family left with more than a dozen Zhao family children, in terms of the overall situation, it is not a big problem.But the most fearful thing is that after the members of the Zhao family leave, the rest of the people will be unsure, and their morale will inevitably be frustrated.Sure enough, after the Zhao family's children walked down the stone steps, the helpers from Shijiadao, Leiquanmen, and Biyunwu followed one after another.In the end, even the Tolerance Detectives of Luoyang Prefect Yamen left a lot.Ji Ding was very anxious in the center, thinking that if this continues, everyone will disperse in an instant, and if the Japanese pirates take the opportunity to kill them, the Nie family will definitely be destroyed.

Ji Dingzhong was thinking of asking Mrs. Nie for an idea, but saw the head of the Zhao family turn around and speak to the seven or eighty people behind him, clearly wanting to attract them.Ji Ding became more and more anxious in the middle, but he hadn't spoken yet. He suddenly heard Mrs. Nie sneer and said: "Zhao Lao Si is also a man in his 80s and 60s, and he has lived like a dog for his age. Not only does he not know how to hide his strength and bide his time, It's all come to this point, and they still want to buy people's hearts. If the sky does evil, you can live, if you do evil yourself, you can't live. Humph."

When Ji Dingzhong heard Mrs. Nie say this, his heart froze and he turned his head to look.However, old Mrs. Nie had a gloomy face, looking at the backs of the head of the Zhao family and the others, with a gloomy smile on his face.

In the blink of an eye, the figure of the head of the Zhao family disappeared at the gate of the temple.The members of the three gangs, including Zhao's children and Shijiadao, scrambled to follow.

There was silence in the yard, only a dozen or so fires were still crackling and burning.

Liu Sheng Zongyan, Shi Daozhu, Monk Guangzhi and Xu Chengsi stood among the Japanese pirates, quietly watching the entrance of the temple.

Li Qiufeng held the Xiuchun knife in his right hand, and his eyes kept turning around Liu Shengzongyan and Xu Chengsi.

Ji Dingzhong stood on the stone steps, looked at the temple gate for a while, looked at Liu Shengzongyan and others for a while, and glanced at Li Qiufeng standing under the stone steps from time to time.

Huang Chong stopped Huang Xu tightly behind him, as if he was afraid that a feathered arrow would shoot towards Huang Xu.

Under the protection of several Nie family children, Mrs. Nie looked at the snowflakes that fell from the air with the cold wind, his face was cloudy and uncertain.

It seemed that after a long time, the sound of arrows piercing the sky outside the City God's Temple was heard again, which was also mixed with the screams of many people.Everyone in the yard immediately moved.The tolerance officers in front of the main hall put their knives, swords, iron rulers, and water and fire sticks across their chests, and fixed their eyes on the temple gate.Although the Japanese pirates did not move, the long knives in their hands were all pointed at the temple gate.

(End of this chapter)