That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 45 Who is the mantis and who is the cicada

Gongsun Zhongmou and Xu Beiyou left this prefecture's Biefu in the early hours of the morning. On the way, Xu Beiyou recounted his experience last night in detail, especially the senior official of the secret guard and his son Xiao Shilue who were dressed in flying fish.

Gongsun Zhongmou was not surprised. At the level of Xiao Mahe, an important official in the temple is used to keeping most things in his hands. For Gongsun Zhongmou, who is difficult to control, he seems to be familiar with him, but in fact he is on guard. heart-to-heart.

This is true for Xiao Mahe, and it is also true for the King of Liao in the Northeast.

The two masters and apprentices did not continue to stay in the East City. After returning to the South City Inn and taking Zhiyun with them, they walked out of the gate of Dunhuang City in the morning light.

After leaving the city for about twenty miles, Xu Beiyou finally couldn't help asking, "Master, why are we leaving Dunhuang in such a hurry?"

Gongsun Zhongmou said flatly: "The Town Demon Palace and the Dark Guard Palace are about to attack."

Xu Beiyou was a little shocked, but he didn't ask how Master knew the news.From his point of view, since the master was able to make friends with Xiao Mahe and others, it is by no means so rootless on the surface. Maybe there are also "old friends" of the master in the Temple of Demon Suppression and the Palace of Dark Guards.

From Gongsun Zhongmou's face, we can't see what he thinks in his heart. In fact, he himself doesn't have much emotion. In the state of chasing and counter-chasing, the so-called tension and fear have long since disappeared. On the contrary, those masters of the Temple of Demons who chased and killed him have been surrounded by these two emotions. For the current master of the Sword Sect, one mistake is the death of the body and the disappearance of the Dao. There is a great horror between life and death, and after all, only a small number of people can face it calmly.

This is not the first time and it won't be the last time that the Dark Guard Mansion and the Town Demon Palace have teamed up to hunt down and kill them.

An hour after Xu Beiyou and Gongsun Zhongmou left the city, a carriage also left the city. Outside the carriage were two hundred guards from Xiliang generals.

There were three people in the carriage, Lu Chen, the Wheel Runner and a blood armor.

Lu Chen opened the workshop to look at the situation outside, and said with a sneer, "Gongsun Zhongmou didn't hide his whereabouts, and is waiting for us to throw himself into a trap."

The runner king leaned against the wall of the carriage, and said casually: "The mantis catches the cicada, who is the mantis and who is the cicada? Gongsun Zhongmou is indeed a master, but he also has the fault of Jianzong, that is, he believes too much in the sword in his hand, and he is too much. Self-righteous, I always feel that with the sword in my hand, the world can go. Back then, the Emperor Taizu used the Dark Guard Mansion to weave a huge net covering the world, and then taught the real person to put the Demon Town Hall as a spider on this web, The two cooperate to kill flying insects, and there is no disadvantage. It is a pity that the Taoist sect and the imperial court have separated each other these years. Spiders have no skills to kill flying insects, but they cannot catch flying insects. Snare. Today you and I join forces, there is no reason to miss."

Lu Chen sarcastically said, "If you and I could kill Gongsun Zhongmou, then Gongsun Zhongmou would have died a long time ago, and he wouldn't be able to walk around alive and well now."

Turning Wheel King's face became paler, he coughed a few times, and said with a smile: "Who said you and I are going to kill Gongsun Zhongmou? We don't have that much ability, and even if we did, it wouldn't be our turn to claim the credit. We are only a part of this big web, and the spider has other people. For us, success does not necessarily mean killing, and failure does not necessarily mean not killing, as long as the goal is achieved, that is enough."

Lu Chen was thoughtful, and then said with emotion: "The King of the Wheel is indeed the right-hand man of the Ksitigarbha King. I can't compare this kind of thought."

The Wheel-Running King laughed and said, "It's just that I'm lucky enough to live a little longer, and I have a bit of insight, and I know what to do and what not to do."

Lu Chen sighed, "All of us have become pawns on the chessboard after all, and we can't help ourselves."

The king of runners crossed his pale fingers in front of him, and said slowly: "The world is like a chessboard, the Daomen and the imperial court are players who play chess, the Central Plains and the south of the Yangtze River are where the great dragon is located, and the northwest is in a corner, so we shouldn't be involved in the dragon slaying battle." , but for a certain reason, Chonglongguan, an idler, became the key point of the corner dispute, and the whole body was affected by a single hair, so the situation today came into being. In fact, you and I have already been pawns in the game, but I just didn’t realize it before.”

Lu Chen lowered his head and acquiesced to what the Wheel-Turning King said.

The King of the Wheel continued: "This is a chess game between the imperial court and the Taoist sect. Our faction hopes to draw a game, and your faction insists on a winner. In fact, no matter which one, there must be a prerequisite, that is, the chess game." It must be within the rules, and if the rules are violated, someone will definitely overturn the chessboard, from playing chess to fighting, and in the end both sides will suffer."

Lu Chen raised his head and said in a deep voice, "It will also benefit others."

King Zhuanlun nodded in agreement, "Gongsun Zhongmou has seen through this point, so he wants to be a spoiler, disrupt the chess game, let the court and the Taoist sect remove the chessboard, only in this way can he revive Jianzong."

Lu Chen said in a low voice: "What a Gongsun Zhongmou, he is worthy of being the master of the Sword Sect."

Zhuanlun Wang lightly wrote: "Back then, the master of Jianfeng abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, betrayed the sword sect, and slaughtered the sword Qi Lingkong hall with his own hands. Only Patriarch Tianchen and Emperor Xiao knew about this beforehand, and even Shangguan Xianchen had never expected it, but it happened Seen through by Gongsun Zhongmou, he escaped from Biyou Island early to save himself from death. From then on, I knew he was great. If he was not from the Sword Sect but from the Taoist sect, he should be playing chess now One of the people."

Lu Chen was a little bit depressed. If the world is like a chessboard, then he is not far from being an abandoned child.escape?The world is so big, where is it not in the net of the Dark Guard Mansion?The dark guards have always treated traitors more cruelly than enemies.

Lu Chen felt trembling physically and mentally when he thought of the three gloomy governors in the White Tiger Hall.

King Zhuanlun sat cross-legged, put his hands on his knees, and said softly: "Gongsun Zhong has broken the rules, so he must die. The Taoist sect and the imperial court are no different in this point, even if they don't hesitate to temporarily close the chess game. Pan, we must also get rid of Gongsun Zhongmou."

He looked at Lu Chen, his deep eyes seemed to see through his thoughts, and he said flatly: "This is also your last chance to make up for it."

Lu Chen straightened up without speaking.

The murderous aura instantly permeated the entire carriage.

But the source of the murderous aura was not Lu Chen, but the bloody armored man beside him.

Lu Chen couldn't hide his depression, and said weakly: "Emperor Wuzu left twelve blood guards to guard the prison. After being improved by King Wei, they are more powerful than before. Because the situation in the northwest is becoming increasingly tense, Dudu Fu specially handed over one of them to the prison guards. in my hands."

The Wheel-Running King nodded slightly, not surprised.

Lu Chen stretched out his hand to remove the town seal talisman on the forehead of the prison blood guard.

The next moment, the prison blood guard smashed through the carriage and began to run wildly, like a dazzling scarlet streaking across the world.

(End of this chapter)