A knife in love

Chapter 32

"He Yi and I rushed straight to the archway, but there were corpses all over the ground. Most of the companions of the second and third teams were dead here. The white marble pillars and stone steps were splattered with blood, which looked particularly frightening. I They didn't dare to stay, and jumped down the stone steps. He Yi said: "There may be an ambush on the way we came, so we'd better go out over the mountain." I nodded in agreement, not daring to go back along the way I came, and rushed in with He Yi On the right side of the woods, they climbed over mountains and ridges, trying to escape back to the city.

"This battle frightened me to the core. I am not afraid of the jokes of the two of you. That day, He Yi and I were really like lost dogs. We just wanted to find a hole to get in. We just stumbled in the woods and got lost halfway. We could vaguely see the end of the forest. He Yi and I were quite pleasantly surprised to see that we could escape from that mountain.

"But at this moment, I suddenly heard a long howl from behind. We were terrified, and thought that the enemy had chased us, and hurriedly burrowed into a bush. The bush had dark thorns, which pierced into the flesh It was extremely painful. It was just that at the moment of life and death, neither of us dared to make a sound.

"After a while, I saw a person running over from the right rear. Presumably, he chose to escape from the woods to avoid pursuit. When we saw the face of this person, we were both shocked. It turned out that this person was It was Xu En, the eunuch of the East Factory. But at this moment, his clothes were torn, the gauze crown on his head was lost somewhere, his hair was disheveled, and there were a few bloodstains on his face. He looked quite embarrassed.

"Xu En passed by us, his lightness kung fu is really good. I couldn't help but think to myself: This eunuch's martial arts is so good, who can force him to escape in such a panic? While I was thinking, I only heard the wind above my head There was a sound, and a gray shadow passed over our heads swiftly and inexorably. After a few ups and downs, it caught up with Xu En and stopped in front of him.

"Xu En stopped in his tracks and screamed: 'Our family is the eunuch of Dongchang, and we went out of the capital to do business under the imperial order. You killed Dongchang fanzi and Jin Yiwei, and committed a capital crime. Aren't you afraid of ransacking your family and exterminating your family?' I Looking out from the bushes, it turned out that the person who stopped Xu En was very thin, dressed in gray cloth, his face was covered with a black cloth, only his eyes were exposed, his hair was gray, and he was holding an oilcloth umbrella in his hand.

"After listening to Xu En's question, he just shook his head slowly and said: 'You eunuchs of the East Factory have always been domineering, doing evil in the capital, relying on the emperor's favor to do all kinds of evil. Today your subordinates have died cleanly. , Now you know you’re afraid.” Xu En said through gritted teeth: “You secretly aided the rebels and attempted to usurp the throne. If you rein in the precipice, there is still a way out. If you are obsessed with your obsession, wait until the governor of Dongchang and the commander of Jinyiwei arrive in person , you have three heads and six arms, and you cannot escape justice!'

"The man in gray smiled and said: 'What about the governor of the East Factory and the commander of the Jinyiwei? Let me tell you the truth, in less than three months, the governor of the East Factory and the commander of the Jinyiwei will be replaced. Your wish I'm afraid the calculation is wrong.'

"Xu En yelled, and rushed forward. Although the eunuch spoke in a strange way, his martial arts were so high that I had never seen them before. I saw his palms circling, with the sound of whistling wind, beckoning It didn't leave the vital points of the man in gray. It's just that the man in gray was nimble like an ape, dodging among the trees and dodging all of Xu En's killing moves.

"The two fought for a long time, and Xu En's moves were no longer as swift as they were at the beginning. The man in gray laughed and said, "I heard that Zhang Yong, the governor of the East Factory, is very skilled in martial arts. I don't know how he is compared to you?" Xu En gritted his teeth and said, "Duke Duke killing you is like crushing an ant! If you have the guts, you might as well go to the capital to compete with Duke Du."

"The man in gray laughed and said, 'Of course I have the guts, but you, a eunuch who doesn't have the guts, won't survive today!' After saying that, he grabbed the handle of the umbrella with his right hand, and with a sudden twitch, a long sword appeared in his hand. I saw this long sword with a long and narrow blade, shining with a gloomy cold light. Although we were far apart, we still felt the sword's aura was compelling.

"The man in gray had a long sword in his hand, and immediately stabbed Xu En three times. The situation changed suddenly, and Xu En had no strength to pursue, so he had to defend with all his strength. In the light of the sword, Xu En was struggling left and right, and he was already at a loss. Ten After the rest of the move, Xu En suddenly heard a loud cry, the gray-clothed man jumped back and jumped two feet away, with the umbrella in his left hand behind his back, and the long sword in his right pointed at the ground obliquely, there were a few drops on the tip of the sword Blood fell to the ground drop by drop.

"Xu En stood stiffly on the ground, his face pale, and suddenly blood spurted from his throat, and he fell straight backwards, seeing that he was dying. The man in gray put the umbrella on the ground and took it out from his arms. A snow-white silk scarf, wiped the long sword in his hand, and then inserted the long sword back into the umbrella. I saw him throw the silk scarf for wiping the sword on the ground, then walked to Xu En's body, and looked carefully After a while, he took out a bottle from his bosom, opened the lid, and sprinkled the medicine powder in the bottle on Xu En's body. With a bang, Xu En's body actually caught fire. The fire was extremely strong , Xu En's body was burned to the point of crackling, and then Xu En's body slowly sat up..."

Speaking of this, Zhuang Hengyun's voice trembled, and he said after a long while: "Seeing Xu En's body burned to ashes, no one would have thought that the famous Dongchang eunuch did not even leave a body after his death. Exit. The man in gray waited for Xu En's body to be burned, he pulled himself up, jumped onto a branch of a big tree, and then fell down a few times before disappearing at the end of the forest. He Yi and I were stunned. I didn't dare to show up for a while. After more than an hour, it was already dark in the woods, and we both got out of the bushes. He Yi hadn't practiced Thunderbolt at that time, but he was also an expert in gunpowder. He couldn't help but Going to Xu En's body which was burnt to ashes, he looked at it for a moment and said: "The man in gray must have used the phosphorous fire powder which has been lost for a long time in the martial arts. It is said that this phosphorous fire powder was introduced from far away overseas. The blood is on fire, I didn't expect to meet it here.'

"At that time, how dare I talk to him about phosphorous fire powder? I wish I could fly out of that ghost place as soon as possible. We escaped from the mountain in the dark, but luckily we didn't encounter any enemies along the way. We stayed outside the city , the city gate had already been closed. He Yi and I had to hide in a dilapidated mountain temple outside the city, hoping to wait until dawn before entering the city.

"Unexpectedly, at midnight, three more people broke into the temple. It was Big Brother Yu, Zhu Ming and Zhou Jingtian. Everyone was in tattered clothes and in a state of distress. Zhou Jingtian's right arm was also cut, and the injury was quite severe. Qing, the five of us met at this time, it seems like a lifetime away. It turned out that Zhu Ming and Zhou Jingtian were assigned to the second team. They encountered an ambush as soon as they entered the first hall. The enemy attacked with hidden weapons and killed five or six people first. Companions, and then a group of men in black rushed into the hall and besieged the remaining companions. There was a fierce battle between the two sides. The second team suffered heavy casualties. The two met, and the two sides fought again under the archway. Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhu Ming and Zhou Jingtian sneaked out of the tomb. They also walked through the woods to return to the city. They happened to meet Yu Changyuan on the way, so the three of them went together He fled, and when he arrived at the city gate, he couldn't get in, so he had to take refuge in the mountain temple.

"The five of us told each other about our experiences, and we didn't even know who attacked us. It's just that the battle was extremely tragic. No less than 50 people died on our side, but only five of us escaped. Yu Changyuan heard that Xu En He was actually killed by a mysterious master, and he was stunned. I asked him where Yun Feiyang had gone, and he said that before departure in the morning, Yun Feiyang received a letter from Fei Ge, saying that he had to rush back to the capital for something important. He said bitterly: "As soon as Yun Feiyang leaves, our entire army will be wiped out. This man slipped away quickly!" The five of us discussed it. The matter of presenting the king's tomb is absolutely out of the question. So many people have died this time. Once the news leaks out, Dongchang and Jinyiwei will only push us out. Besides, those killers in black will not let us go , it is better not to enter the city.

"After the five of us discussed it, we decided to leave Anluzhou overnight. Brother Yu said that he had a villa outside the capital, which was a good place for us to hide. So we rushed all the way back to the capital, and we have been in Brother Yu's villa ever since. We settled down. To be honest, the five of us didn't dare to separate, for fear that we would be targeted by those black-clothed killers that day. It's just that after so many years, we gradually let go of this matter."

(End of this chapter)