The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 92 'Awe-inspiring Righteousness' 'Two Faces and Three Swords'

As the sky set against the city wall, the rays of light slowly receded to the end of the world, and the darkness swept in like a tide, engulfing the huge city.

Before the curfew, bright red lanterns were raised up the long street and intertwined. The noise of a certain restaurant spread beyond the guardrail. Zhuang Renli stood on the roof of the building on the ridge facing the street, and the lights of Wanjia unfolded in his field of vision. The galaxy stretches for comparison.

The night wind blew over his slender and straight body, his long gray beard and robes fluttered slightly, and he had the aura of a master like Yuan Tingyue. He had already healed from the injury he had exchanged palms with that old eunuch in the north.

His martial arts has reached the peak, and he no longer has any pursuit of martial arts. For ordinary people, he should be a friend of the rivers and lakes, absorb the directors of hundreds of schools, find a mountain to start a sect, but for Zhuang Renli, he is already a sect The head of the sect, not to mention having his own outlook on life, seeing the road under his feet with different eyes.

This year he is over fifty. No matter how hard he tries on his martial arts journey, his body will decline further and further, which is unstoppable. Even if he maintains his status as a martial arts master for another ten or twenty years, he will still be punished. After the waves cover the sand.

Maybe God also wants him to do something. When his martial arts were at their peak, the Tang Dynasty was on the verge of collapse, the world's feudal towns were divided, and the rebel army was invincible.

Instead of making small troubles in the rivers and lakes, it is better to join the rebel army and do something within his ability. As long as he succeeds all the way and assists the general to climb the dragon chair, his value is not limited to a small rivers and lakes that only talk about grievances.

Even now, his eyes are no longer on the rivers and lakes. Sneak attacking and plotting against Li Jun, the Jiedu envoy of the Zhaoyi Army, are the best manifestations. Countless people looked sideways at him, which made him extremely useful, even if several disciples died , is also worthwhile.

It is impossible to fail, the general has a wide range of friends, and he was born in the battle of the army. There are also a lot of generals such as Meng Juehai, Zheng Tianwang, Ge Cunzhou, Ge Hong, Zhu Wen, Fei Xuanwu, and many other green forests to help him. For so many years, although there have been defeats in the north and the south, they have never been truly defeated. Now they are approaching Luoyang and heading west to Chang'an.

If the rebel army fails, he also has a way out. At worst, seeing that the situation is not right, he withdraws and leaves to go back to the mountain forest. He teaches his disciples carefully and never interferes with world affairs.

All the lights gradually went out one by one in the curfew drums of the Bell and Drum Tower, and the noisy restaurant became quiet. On the roof behind him, a figure floated up from below, stepping on the tiles and approaching. It was a rough man, showing half A shoulder, wrapped in a bandage, was the injury suffered by Li Jun who assassinated Jiedu Envoy before.

"Old Nine, where's Bao'er?" Zhuang Renli withdrew his gaze, his long beard swaying slightly in the wind, and looked slightly sideways at the person behind him, it was Chen Shujiu.

The man clasped his fists and lowered his head: "Master, Bao'er is resting in the small rented courtyard to recharge his batteries, with Lao Ba and Brother Lin guarding him."

Zhuang Renli glanced at him, nodded his head slightly, and looked at the row upon row of buildings in the dark night.

"Assassinating Jiedu envoy Li Jun, she did a good job. Of course, you are also very good. The general already knows your names. As long as there is chaos in Chang'an, Tongguan will no longer be a majestic and majestic pass, but a group of trembling people. Small gates and courtyards with ordinary people's handles."

He paused while looking at the distance, and asked about the gains in the city today, all of them were from his own family, and he didn't make so many detours when he asked, "How about inquiring about the son-in-law?"

In the night wind, there was a whimpering cat meowing, and Chen Shujiu nodded, his tone seemed a little excited.

"What you said before the head of the sect is not bad, that son-in-law Yu Cong has a good reputation in Chang'an, and has a very important prestige in the court. If he dies, Chang'an dare not say that there will be chaos, and the emperor is covered in cold sweat, making him trembling and unable to sleep. There are also."

After hearing these words, Zhuang Renli laughed, he had been with the rebel army for a long time, met with generals and advisors in the army, naturally learned some tactics, he no longer fights and kills like before, only knows martial arts.

"Let's do it this way, but there are naturally many guards around the son-in-law and the minister's servant, and there are even some masters to protect them. Most of the mansions are familiar people. If Qiao Zhuang can't get in, he can only ambush outside. But this time People are high-ranking officials, they live in seclusion and don’t leave home, the only opportunity is the early court, most court officials usually get up to wash at the fourth watch, and go out by car at the fifth watch, this is the best time.”

The old man's body is tall and straight like an old pine standing proudly in the wind, with his eyes closed, he has Chen Zhu's grasp in his chest.

"You also go down and get ready, the fifth watch will do it!"

He still needs to look at this bustling night scene for a while.

At the same time, there were also people sitting on the roof, watching the people in the yard chatting together. Geng Qing was sitting on the roof, with the tiles under his feet, and beside him was a little fox looking down, tightening his tail, shivering under the hands of the man. trembling.

"Hehe. What are you afraid of? I won't throw you down."

Geng Qing stroked its neck hair to its tail, and said to himself: "I don't know if that group of people will make a move tonight. It's better to do it, otherwise there will be no show. Or, I go back and sleep for a while? Or Go to sleep for a while, if something really happened, someone will come to inform you."

"Uncle (Mr.)!"

Below, Bai Yunxiang and Qiaoniang were calling, and Geng Qing picked up the little fox, carefully stepped on the tiles and walked down the wooden ladder on one side. He fled wildly, over there, his mother Wang Jinqiu came and nagged him a few words, Bai Yunxiang also complained a bit, saying what would be good if he stepped on the air and fell down.

"It's okay, I'm light, and I won't collapse."

After saying this, Geng Qing still decided to wash up and go to bed first, tossing and turning under the blanket, until the third watch was played outside, and then sat up with thick bags under his eyes, really unable to fall asleep.

When the sound of the watch on the fourth watch came, he simply got out of bed, and while putting on his robe, he called Dou Wei, "Call for the help, let's go over and see the situation from a distance."

The carriage drove out of the courtyard. At this time, the sky was gradually darkening. On the side of the Baiguan mansion, lanterns were hung on the doors of each house. The night wind blew through the side yard of a certain mansion, and the door leaf opened inward. Yu Cong was seen off by his wife. He got off, got on the frame, opened the curtain and waved goodbye to the woman.

In the dark, someone stared at the vehicle exiting the alleyway of the side yard, and drove east along the long street to the Anfu Gate of the imperial city. Along the way, dozens of guards with high martial arts skills walked on both sides. Yu Cong lifted the curtain corner of the car frame. , the eyes are all dark colors, places beyond the eyesight, nearby pavilions and dark alleys, more than 20 figures slowly lean out, and when the escorted carriage passes by, there is a slight sound of weapons being unsheathed , all eyes were fixed on the driving carriage and the guards.

In the shadows, a woman took off her hat, lifted the veil and threw it aside, her eyes were clear and serious, she gradually stepped out of the firelight from a distance, between the shadows under her feet, there was a heavy trace of staring at the rolling shaft, that is, towards The others nodded.

In the darkness in the distance, a bird's song suddenly sounded, reaching the ears of figures lurking in the shadows, and then they moved silently. The sound spread.

The marching team and the guards also reacted immediately, turned around with their knives in their hands, Tang Baoer, Chen Shujiu, Chen Shuba, Lin Laien and a group of more than 20 figures rushed out from the second floor of the building and the streets and alleys, stomping on the ground. The guardrails leaped down, and some ran wildly, relying on their high martial arts skills, desperately rushed into the queue and dragged a group of guards back.

In the carriage, Yu Cong put down the memorial and frowned. He had already heard the sound of swords being drawn outside, metal and iron striking each other, and fierce fighting rang out.

The old man took the saber hanging on the wall of the car, and stretched out his hand to lift the curtain of the car!
The fight on the long street was mixed, and the carriage parked on the other street, someone hurried through the alley with a robe, and hid in the dark with a dozen of his men, watching the chaotic battle group over there.

Geng Qing was about to speak when Dou Wei on the side suddenly raised his hand to cover his mouth. The next moment, something whizzed past his head. When he raised his eyes, he saw a figure leaping across the alley, stepping on the tiles silently. From the eaves, several twitches and leaps, like a big bird soaring towards the long street, from the front to the carriage in front of the team.

The falling figure stared at the stroking carriage curtain, stomped off the horse's head, knocked the coachman flying, and yelled, "Officer Tang, I want your life—"

The curtain was torn open with a 'squeak', the long sword stabbing like lightning stopped with a 'buzz', and the curtain fell from the hands of Zhuang Ren. In the field of vision, there was only a large vat in the carriage.

The curtain of the car was lifted, Yu Cong stood on the chariot and listened to the long street to the south, coughed twice, raised his sword and said, "Go and help, surround and kill these thieves!"

Behind him, a group of detectives and guards who had been waiting for him drew their swords and ran wildly.

"It's hit!"

Zhuang Renli looked at the water tank in the carriage, raised his head suddenly, and turned to the disciples and elders who were still fighting around him, "The court thieves are ready, retreat!"

"Can't go!"

The voices of someone on the long street were high-pitched and powerful, and the lit torches spread quickly from the nearby alley. The three leaders, wearing the arrest uniforms of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, each armed with iron whips, long guns, and big knives, rushed out of the alley first, and plunged into the chaotic fight , two of the chief arresters directly bypassed the chaos, jumped up with whips and knives, and went straight to the old man in the carriage.

There were a few bang bang bangs, gold and iron collided, weapons swung and smashed violently, Zhuang Renli used a few tricks to force back the two people who rushed forward. He knew these three people as the chief arrester of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. , wanted to kill the two together with a few tricks, but it was obviously not possible.

The two over there also saw the old man clearly, one fell to the ground with a whip in front of him, and the other stood on the roof of the carriage with a knife and shouted: "Zhuang Renli, I didn't expect it to be you!"

"It's the old man!"

Zhuang Renli and the two of them hit the ground from the carriage, raised their feet to cut off the blade that was going down the road, slapped the iron whip away with a sideways palm, turned back to the doormen who were gathering back, and shouted in a low voice: "Scatter Go, get out first!"

Lin Li's torches illuminated the long street. When Geng Qing came out with Dou Wei and others, Zhang Huaiyi and Li Xun also poked their heads out from the dark and brought out the nursing home at home. The three groups rushed over there together. At this moment, Zhuang Ren Li had already led a few confidants to fight a bloody road, the rest were either killed or arrested, and only a few scattered and fled.

The fire was flickering, and among the fighting figures, Geng Qing seemed to see a few familiar figures and faces, and hissed his teeth.

".It seems that there are a few acquaintances in there."

Zhang Huaiyi, Li Xun, and one of the three chief arresters heard his words and looked over. Geng Qing smiled without changing his face.

"Don't look at me like that. I have a lot of friends. It's normal to know some green forest people."

On the side, Zhang Huaiyi frowned and said, "Since it's your friend, why not?"

"Familiar, but not a friend, how can I compare with you."

Geng Qing waved his hand and took a sword from Dou Wei's hand, with a serious look on his face: "Smiling, even if they are my friends at this time, but the son of heaven commits crimes at the foot of the emperor. No punishment!"

"Okay!" Seeing his stern face, everyone arched their hands one after another. Zhang Huaiyi, Li Xun, and Li Fu even drew out their weapons and shouted. The entire long street was besieged in almost all directions except for the prisoners.

Geng Qing, who was following behind, suddenly called Dou Wei who was beside him, and lowered his voice.

"Go and save a few people, that's our way out."

The man hadn't recovered from the awe-inspiring righteousness of Mr. Geng just now, when he heard this sentence, his expression was stunned, "Mr. You are."

"Don't talk nonsense, Chang'an will definitely not be able to hold on. These people have left their lives. When the city falls, they will always save us. If you lose your feet, you won’t be able to get out of Chang’an in a disheveled manner, right? Remember, don’t let other people see you.”

Although Dou Wei didn't know, it was always right to do things according to Mr. Geng's words. Immediately, he nodded and took a few people to sneak into a nearby alley.

　There will be an update tonight, I haven't slept well in the past few nights

　　
　
(End of this chapter)