Lanting prelude
Chapter 40
Chapter 40
After Xiao Junmo and his party took out the original "Lanting Preface" and the alliance seal, they didn't dare to stay for a while, so they left Yuezhou on the same day, intending to go north to Yangzhou to visit Yuan Gongwang.From Yuezhou to Yangzhou, the fastest way is to take the waterway, that is, go down the canal from Hangzhou, take a boat through Suzhou, Changzhou, Runzhou, and then cross the Yangtze River. The whole journey is six to seven hundred miles, and it will take three or four days arrive.
Hangzhou is in the northwest of Yuezhou, more than a hundred li away from Shanyin. Xiao Junmo and his party rode their horses and galloped, and they arrived in Hangzhou that night.Everyone found an inn outside the east gate to stay. Xiao Junmo immediately went to the canal pier to contact the boat so that he could leave early tomorrow morning, but the debater stopped him and asked him to delay for a day to contact the boat the day after tomorrow.
Xiao Junmo was puzzled: "Master, the Xuanjiawei must be biting us from behind now, why did you delay for a day?"
Biancai looked at him, hesitated to speak.
Looking at his expression, Xiao Junmo knew that he must have some important things to do, but he was worried about extra problems, so he hesitated.Thinking of this, Xiao Junmo didn't urge him, and waited for him to say it himself.
The debater was silent for a while, before he let out a long sigh, and said, "Xiao Lang, today on Mount Lanzhu, we mentioned that the tomb and pagoda were not raised after the death of the late master, so do you know where the remains of the late master are buried?" ?”
Xiao Junmo pondered for a while: "I guess, in order to prevent the remains of the lord from being disturbed by those who covet the "Lanting Preface", you must have kept it very secret when you took care of the lord's funeral. As for the specific place where the bones are buried, junior Although it is impossible to guess, there is still one point that I dare to make a bold guess.”
"Which point?"
"The leader's remains will definitely not be buried on Mount Lanzhu, and even...not in the territory of Yuezhou."
Biancai smiled: "Smart. Don't lie to Xiao Lang, the remains of the former master are buried on Tianmu Mountain not far from here."
"Tianmu Mountain?"
"Yes."
Xiao Junmo knows that Tianmu Mountain is more than 100 miles west of Hangzhou. .Biancai buried Zhiyong's remains here, and it was a matter of course after thinking about it.
"Master, you delayed your departure by a day, do you want to pay homage to the leader at Tianmu Mountain?"
Biancai nodded, with a sad expression on his face: "The poor monk has never come back to pay homage to his ancestor since he went into exile in the ninth year of Wude, and he often feels guilty in his heart. Monks can't feel at ease..."
Xiao Junmo can fully understand his mood, but now he is fleeing, and if he delays for another day, there may be changes, and he hesitates for a while, not knowing how to respond.
"The poor monk is nearly [-] years old, and half of his body is buried in the ground. If he misses this time again, I'm afraid there will be no chance in this life..." Biancai's tone was almost pleading, "Xiao Lang, one day is enough to go back and forth to Tianmu Mountain. Nothing will go wrong."
Xiao Junmo frowned and thought: "The mage buried the leader's remains in Tianmu Mountain, who else knew?"
"Absolutely no one knows!" Biancai hurriedly said, "Only me and Sang'er's mother know that the bones of the former master were also buried by us."
"Are you sure, apart from you, no third person knows about it? For example...Mingzang?"
Biancai was slightly startled, shook his head and said, "Impossible, Mingzang can't know. When he forced my late master to hand over power, my late master and I hid in the cave in Lanzhu Mountain, and Mingzang didn't find us either. Master Jiuxian passed away, and after that, he did not participate in the funeral, burial, etc., let alone know about it."
Xiao Junmo pondered for a while again, although he was still a little inexplicably worried, but after all he couldn't bear to see Biancai in such pain, so he said: "In that case, let's go to worship tomorrow."
The eloquent was overjoyed, but immediately thought of something else: "Xiao Lang, if you are really worried, just stay in the inn with Sang'er and the others, and the poor monk can go alone."
"No, it's more dangerous for you to act alone. If you want to go, go with everyone and take care of each other."
Biancai looked at Xiao Junmo with gratitude in his eyes.
At noon the next day, a group of five rode to Tianmu Mountain.
The peaks of Tianmu Mountain are emerald, and there are two peaks facing each other at a distance. There is a pool on the top of the two peaks.Xiao Junmo and others rode their horses and walked in the mountains. They saw dense ancient trees, gurgling water, abrupt cliffs, and jagged rocks. Although it was noon and the sun was high in the sky, they didn't feel the heat because of the dense forests.
Zhiyong's tomb is on Xiaoyao Peak in the "East Tianmu", and the mountain road is impassable, so everyone tied their horses under the peak and climbed on foot from the south.The mountain was not high, and after about half an hour, everyone climbed to the top.There is a large piece of tall cedar growing on the top. Standing on the edge of the forest and looking around, you can see a canyon suddenly opened up, a deep green pool at the foot, an endless lush bamboo forest on the left, and a waterfall on the right. Flying down the cliff, seeing the water splashing and the mist forming a rainbow in the sun, it makes people feel like they are in a fairyland.
Seeing such a rare beauty in the world, Chu Lisang and Hua Linger couldn't help cheering, and even Mi Mancang screamed excitedly, causing echoes from the opposite mountain.
Biancai told Xiao Junmo that the scenic spot on the left is the famous "Ten Li Bamboo Sea", the waterfall on the right comes from the Bailong River in Dongtianmu, and the deep pool at the foot is Bailongtan. "This place is full of clouds and rosy clouds. It hides wind and gathers water. It is a rare and rare treasure land." Biancai said with emotion, "Master came here by chance back then, and fell in love with it immediately at first sight."
Xiao Junmo listened, and suddenly realized something, and frowned slightly: "So, it is the leader's wish to sleep here forever?"
"It's not a very clear last wish, but it does have such intentions, so the poor monk decided to bury the ancestor here." Biancai said, noticing his expression, "What's wrong with Xiao Lang?"
"Oh, nothing."
Xiao Junmo was perfunctory, but glanced around sharply.Suddenly, there seemed to be a little white light flashing in the depths of the lush bamboo sea, and when he took a closer look, there was nothing, as if it was just his illusion.
After 16 years, Zhiyong's tomb was long gone and could no longer be identified. It was only with great difficulty that Biancai found it under a huge cedar tree.In order to deceive people, Biancai did not dare to erect a monument to the tomb, so he only carved a mark on the cedar beside the tomb. Now the cedar is much stronger, and the mark on the trunk has also been deformed. Fortunately, it is still vaguely visible.
The five people drew out the dragon head knife and spent a long time cleaning up the weeds and vines on the tomb. Xiao Junmo picked up a few more stones and laid them on the tomb, and the outline of a tomb emerged.
Then, everyone took turns offering incense, and took out the sacrifices that had been prepared, placed them in front of the grave, and bowed down to worship.Biancai knelt down in front of the grave with red eyes, muttering softly all the time, as if he was telling his master his state of mind and experience in the past ten years, and also as if he was reporting the general situation of the world and the current situation of the Tianxing League to the leader.When Chu Lisang saw his father being so sad, his eyes turned red.
Xiao Junmo was thinking about the white light he had just glimpsed, so he walked to the edge of the forest, jumped onto a high rock, built a pergola with his hands, and carefully observed the vast expanse of blue sea of bamboo.
"What are you looking at?" Hua Ling'er was bored in front of the grave, so she followed.
"Enjoy the beautiful scenery!" Xiao Junmo said casually, "It's such a beautiful scenery, wouldn't it be a pity not to take a closer look?"
"I think you are on guard?" Hua Ling'er said, "Don't be so nervous, leader, Xuanjiawei has already been dumped by us, so we can't follow here."
"It's not just Xuanjiawei who want to find us."
"Who else is there?"
Xiao Junmo still looked ahead, and said lightly: "Mingzang."
"Ming Zang?!" Hua Ling'er was startled, "Isn't he in Chang'an?"
"If my predictions are correct, he should have arrived in Jiangling more than half a month ago, and he was ambushed by Xuanjiawei." Xiao Junmo said, "But Mingzang is cunning, most of them just died, he must be behind After chasing us all the way, it's really hard to say where we are now."
Hua Ling'er looked around subconsciously: "So, we should hurry to Yangzhou, wouldn't it be dangerous to stay here?"
"The Zuo envoy wants to come to pay homage to the lord, and that's what it should be. It's been 16 years, no one has visited the tomb, no one has worshiped, and even the tomb is so desolate, how can we feel at ease?" Xiao Junmo said, pretending to be relaxed Smiled, "Okay, don't be scared by me, I just said it casually, maybe Mingzang was caught by Xuanjiawei long ago, and it's not necessarily true."
"Tch! Can I be scared by you?" Hua Ling'er rolled his eyes at him, "Who am I, Hua Ling'er? Since I was a child, I haven't seen any battles? What kind of thing is Mingzang? If he dares to come , this girl really wants to fight him!"
"Well, with ambition, she is worthy of being the female...heroine of the Thousand Demon Cave."
"What were you trying to say just now?"
"It's nothing, just a heroine."
"You want to say the head of the female thief, the head of the female devil?" Hua Ling'er looked at him with her hips akimbo.
"You said it yourself."
Xiao Junmo smiled, but the smile instantly condensed on his face.
The bamboo sea in the distance flashed white light again, and more than a dozen dots of white light flashed at the same time—that was clearly the reflection of a weapon under the scorching sun!
Hua Ling'er noticed that there was something strange in his expression, and just about to follow his gaze, two cold arrows shot out from the cedar forest behind him, flying towards the two of them respectively.Xiao Junmo yelled "be careful", pulled out the dragon head knife to block, knocked one into the air with a clang, and at the same time stretched out his hand to grab Hua Ling'er and pulled it aside, another arrow flew past her cheek.
At the same time, several cold arrows also shot at Biancai and others in front of the grave.Biancai was caught off guard and was shot in the left arm; Chu Lisang reacted quickly and dodged; Mi Mancang stood aside and was shot in the right leg.
Xiao Junmo and Hua Ling'er were shocked when they saw this, and immediately jumped down from the rock, and quickly approached them, but just after rushing two or three feet away, dozens of men in black jumped out of the woods, blocking their way way to go.Xiao Junmo saw that the leader was Wei Laoliu who had fought at Gantang Station.
He had been worried that Mingzang would find him here, but he never expected that he would actually come, and he would come so fast!
Xiao Junmo cursed in his heart, before he had time to think about it, he swung his knife and took Wei Laoliu straight.Now he has to tear apart the opponent's line of defense and join up with Biancai and the others, because among the three of them only Chu Lisang knows martial arts, it must be a disaster.
Wei Laoliu obviously knew his intentions, quickly took a few steps back, and ordered his subordinates to surround him and Hua Ling'er, with the purpose of entangled them.
In front of Zhiyong's grave, more than a dozen men in black surrounded the three of Biancai.Chu Lisang drew his saber in his hand, defending Biancai and Mi Mancang while fighting and retreating.Since the men in black came out of the woods, the only escape route left for them was the direction of the bamboo forest, so the three of them could only retreat there.Xiao Junmo saw from a distance, and knew that there were more enemies in the bamboo forest, and it was likely that Mingzang himself was there, so he was extremely anxious, and shouted: "Li Sang, go down the mountain, don't go through the bamboo forest!"
However, with outnumbered enemies and the sudden incident, even if Chu Lisang wanted to retreat down the mountain, he had no chance at all.Soon, the three of them were forced into the ten-mile bamboo sea by the opponent.
Xiao Junmo tried his best to cut down the two men in black in front of him, and ran towards the bamboo forest, but several cold arrows were shot from behind, and he had to turn around to block.After such a delay, Wei Laoliu and a dozen men in black caught up and entangled him again.Hua Ling'er also tried her best to meet Xiao Junmo, but was also bitten by a dozen men in black, unable to escape.
Chu Lisang escorted the injured Biancai and Mi Mancang into the bamboo forest. After running not far, he had to stop because Mingzang led twenty men in black to block their way.A dozen or so men in black also caught up and surrounded the three of them.Obviously, just now they deliberately did not make a ruthless move, the purpose is to force them to face Mingzang.
Ming Zang still wore that weird bronze mask.He stared fixedly at the three of Biancai, and then he chuckled: "Biancai, we haven't seen each other for more than ten years, right? We reunited after a long absence today, and it turned out to be in front of the leader's tomb. It's also fate!"
"How do you know that the leader is buried here?" Biancai was very confused.
"The leader once mentioned to me that he likes Tianmu Mountain. He said that this place is beautiful and beautiful, so I guess his tomb must be here. It's a pity that I have searched here countless times over the years, but I have never found it. This time from Jiangling Come here, I just wanted to take a look along the way, but unfortunately I ran into you. Biancai, do you think this is God's will?"
Just as Xiao Junmo judged, after receiving Xie Ji's letter from Feige in Chang'an, Ming Zang quickly led people to Jiangling, and then sent people to Fulitang Restaurant to meet up. In the ambush circle, fortunately, he was cautious and did not go out in person, but lost some of his men.Afterwards, Mingzang realized that Biancai and others might have left Jiangling for Yuezhou, so he chased after him day and night.When he came to Shezhou, he suddenly had a thought, wanting to try his luck at Tianmu Mountain again.Unexpectedly, luck was really so good, as soon as they arrived, they heard cheers from Xiaoyao Peak, so they divided into two groups and quietly surrounded the peak from both wings.
After listening to the debate, he couldn't help regretting his carelessness, and at the same time subconsciously grasped the burden on his shoulders.
Ming Zang glanced at him sharply: "Biancai, I guess you have already taken out the original handwriting and the alliance seal? Hehe, this is good, it saves me a lot of trouble."
"Mingzang, even if you snatch these two things, the brothers of the Sky Punishment Alliance may not listen to you."
"Do you think so?" Ming Zang looked complacent, "I am a descendant of the dignified Langya Wang family, and Wang Xizhi is my ancestor. They don't listen to me, so why should they listen to you, who has no special skills but only knows how to chant scriptures?" Monk's?"
"It's true that you are a descendant of Wang Xizhi, but brothers recognize morality, not blood."
"Morality?!" Ming Zang chuckled, "Biancai, saying that you can only chant scriptures, I didn't wrong you. You are still pedantic after all! As the saying goes, 'The world is dominated by intelligence', people who can rule the world, fight hard. It’s all about scheming and strength. When have you ever fought for morality? Isn’t morality something that the winner uses to decorate the facade? As long as I win, morality is naturally on my side. Such a simple truth, don’t you understand? ?”
"Mingzang," Chu Lisang suddenly interjected coldly, "You have been playing tricks for so many years, but what have you gained? It is said that you assisted Xiao Xian back then, but Xiao Xian was defeated; later you assisted Prince Yin, and Yin The crown prince was also defeated; you have always wanted to be the leader of the alliance for so many years, but you have not even seen the original "Lanting Preface". Don't talk about morality, you don't even have the qualifications to be a man, but you have lived to such a long age, but you still don't know what morality is, don't you feel shameful? You don't even know how to be a man, why should you be the leader? No wonder you You always wear a mask when you go out, don’t you even feel ashamed to see others?”
After hearing the cynicism, Mingzang was taken aback for a moment, then laughed, and turned to Biancai and said, "Biancai, you say that you, a wild monk who broke the precepts, have no right to speak morally to me? Back then you not only abducted I gave birth to my wife, and gave birth to such a sharp-mouthed bastard with her! Is there a monk like you in the world? Are you not afraid of tarnishing Buddhism and humiliating the Buddha?"
"What did you say?" Chu Lisang was trying to relieve his anger by scolding, but he was shocked when he heard the words, and looked at the debater in astonishment, "Father, what is he talking about? When did my mother become his wife?!"
Chu Lisang clearly remembered that Biancai had told her in Jiangling not long ago that Mingzang had pursued her mother back then, but her mother refused to agree, but why did Mingzang say such things suddenly now?
The debater was embarrassed for a while, and hurriedly said: "Sang'er, don't listen to his nonsense, he is humiliating your mother!"
When Chu Lisang heard the words, he suddenly felt the blood rushing upwards, so he desperately swung his knife straight at Mingzang.Mingzang sneered, took a few steps back, and the subordinates on both sides quickly stepped forward and surrounded her.Chu Lisang's kung fu was not weak in the first place, coupled with the fact that he was filled with righteous indignation at this time, every move was a killer move, and three or four men in black were cut down in the blink of an eye.
However, as soon as she rushed forward, the already injured Biancai and Mi Mancang lost their protection, and Mingzang's subordinates rushed up immediately, trying to grab their burdens.The two used the dense bamboo to dodge left and right, but they were still in danger. Several clumps of bamboo that were as thick as bowls were cut off and fell down with a clatter, which made Mi Mancang scream in fright.Immediately there was another man in black slashing at him with a knife. Seeing that there was nowhere to dodge, Mi Mancang picked up the burden and threw it in a hurry. The dozens of ingots of gold and various jewels inside flew in all directions and fell to the ground.
When the men in black saw this, their eyes lit up.Although Ming Zang was present, the gold, silver and jewels that were readily available made them irresistible after all, so they fought desperately, and there was a mess in an instant.
At this moment, Chu Lisang realized that he was too reckless, so he hurriedly turned around to save the two, preparing to take them to escape down the mountain while taking advantage of the chaos.Mingzang, who had been watching coldly, finally made a move, jumped up, raised his right hand, and shot three darts one after another, flying towards the three of them respectively.Chu Lisang quickly turned around, swung his knife to block, and knocked into the air the two darts that were aimed at Biancai and Mi Mancang, but he couldn't stop the knife, and was shot by the third dart in his right arm, and he felt numb for a while.
Almost at the same time, Ming Zang flew past Chu Lisang, stabbing Biancai's chest with the horizontal knife in his hand.At the critical moment, Mi Mancang suddenly stood up and stood in front of Biancai. The sharp point of the knife instantly pierced his heart and penetrated his chest.
"Full warehouse!" Biancai and Chu Lisang let out a mournful cry at the same time.
Mingzang withdrew the horizontal saber, and was about to stab Biancai again, when Chu Lisang swung the saber and slashed at the back of his head, Mingzang had no choice but to turn around to receive the attack.
Mi Mancang clutched his chest, blood spurted from his mouth, and then he fell straight backwards.Biancai supported him from behind, and slowly put him on the ground.
Mi Mancang's eyes were wide open, looking at the rays of sunlight shining from among the dense bamboo leaves, he smiled sadly, and said intermittently: "Dharma, Mage, tell Xiao, Xiao Lang, he still owes, owes me, twenty gold."
Biancai's eyes were wet with tears, he choked up and couldn't speak.
"Tell him, I will, in my next life, find him, and..." Mi Mancang said, slowly speaking like a gnat, and finally tilted his head to the side and stopped breathing.
At this moment, Ming Zang's subordinates had already suppressed those guys who were scrambling for jewels, and then divided into two groups, one group followed him to besiege Chu Lisang, and the remaining four or five used knives to force Biancai to grab him. The burden on him.
Chu Lisang defeated Ming Zang and other five or six people with one manpower, and he was already at a disadvantage. In addition, he was hit by a dart smeared with anesthetics, so he was sore, numb and painful, and soon he was powerless to parry. The dragon head knife fell to the ground with a clatter.
"Little wild species, die!" Ming Zang grinned, and raised the horizontal knife high.
Chu Lisang covered his wound, and closed his eyes in despair.
At this moment, Biancai suddenly shouted sharply: "Mingzang, stop, she is your daughter!"
As soon as these words came out, Ming Zang and Chu Lisang couldn't help looking at Biancai at the same time, with the same shock and astonishment written all over their faces.
In the cedar forest, Xiao Junmo had already killed six or seven men in black, while he himself was stabbed several times and shot a cold arrow on his left shoulder.He cut off the shaft, but the arrowhead and a small portion of the shaft remained stuck in his body.
Wei Laoliu and the remaining four or five subordinates were still clinging to him, and the two sides were roughly tied, with no one gaining the upper hand.
The situation on Hua Ling'er's side was similar. Although she cut down a few opponents, she was wounded in many places. Fortunately, they were all minor injuries, and her combat power had not weakened. She was still fighting to the death with five or six men in black who besieged her.
Xiao Junmo was concerned about Chu Lisang and the others, and realized that he could no longer entangle with his opponent, so he jumped onto a cedar tree beside him, and then jumped a few times, and in the blink of an eye, he climbed to a tree six or seven feet above the ground superior.
The ancient trees in Tianmu Mountain are very old, and this cedar forest is even taller, the tallest is more than ten feet long, and the shortest is seven or eight feet long.The archers on Mingzang's side used these big trees to hide, so they were able to repeatedly cast hidden arrows.The best way for Xiao Junmo to break the situation is to throw off the enemies on the ground and take the archers directly.
"Miss Hua, climb up the tree!" Xiao Junmo shouted from the tree.With the shout, an archer hidden in the bushes was slashed by him, fell heavily to the ground, and died on the spot.
Hua Ling'er came to her senses and jumped up the big tree.
Of course, Wei Laoliu and the others understood Xiao Junmo's intentions, but they were good at swordsmanship, but not at all light kung fu, so only Wei Laoliu led three or four of his men up the big tree, and the others either stared blankly under the tree , or fell down after climbing two or three feet.
With a change in tactics, the situation changed immediately.Xiao Junmo shuttled and jumped between the big trees, and within a short while he solved three or four ambushing archers.Although Wei Laoliu and the others chased desperately, their Qinggong was far inferior to him, and Hua Linger entangled them in turn, so they could only watch helplessly as those archers were killed one by one.
In the bamboo forest, after Biancai yelled that sentence, the scene froze instantly.
Although Mingzang's subordinates put their knives on the necks of Chu Lisang and Biancai, but without Mingzang's order, no one dared to act rashly.
However, at this moment, Mingzang couldn't give any orders, because he had already stood there as if struck by lightning, unable to recover for a long time.
After a long while, Mingzang said: "Biancai, tell me the truth, Xiaoye...whose daughter is this girl?"
"Of course it's your daughter." Biancai smiled wryly, "Look carefully at her face, does she look like me in any way?"
Hearing this, Mingzang stared at Chu Lisang with wide eyes, and sure enough, as the debater had said, Chu Lisang didn't look like him at all, but he looked a bit like himself.
"Father, are you crazy?!" Chu Lisang glared at Biancai, and shouted hoarsely, "Even if you want to save me, you can't insult my mother like this!"
Biancai lowered his head to avoid her gaze, his lips trembled, but he couldn't speak.
"Father, didn't you tell me that my biological father is Yu Liang?" Chu Lisang shouted, his eyes were red and his voice was hoarse.
"Yu Liang?" Mingzang looked at her in confusion, "Yu Liang is Liniang's brother, and he is your uncle!"
Chu Lisang was shocked again, and looked at Biancai in disbelief: "Father, is he lying? Tell him quickly, Yu Liang is not my uncle, he...he is my father, tell him quickly!"
Biancai shook his head, but didn't dare to look at her: "Sang'er, father can no longer hide it from you. He is right. Yu Liang is indeed your mother's eldest brother, your uncle."
Chu Lisang remembered that that day at the Jiangling Inn, when she learned that her parents were both surnamed Yu, she felt strange, but Biancai explained that her parents were from the same family.Now it seems that the reason why Biancai lied was to conceal the truth that Mingzang was his biological father.
"Bian Cai!" Ming Zang said in a deep voice, "Don't think that I will believe you if you say so, if you don't speak clearly today, I will still kill her!"
Biancai smiled wryly: "When Yingniang left Jiangling, she was already pregnant with your flesh and blood, but you didn't know it."
A complicated look flashed across Mingzang's eyes, he suddenly took off his mask, took a long look at Chu Lisang, and then said to Biancai, "Go ahead."
Chu Lisang subconsciously looked at Ming Zang, and suddenly realized that his appearance was somewhat similar to her, especially the eyes and eyebrows!
Realizing this, Chu Lisang couldn't help but smile miserably.
Next, Biancai began to recount this tragic past:
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and Xiao Mian, a descendant of Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan, ruled separately and proclaimed himself emperor in Jiangling.Knowing that Xiao Xian is a man who loves the people like a son, Zhiyong brought Mingzang, Xitang, Haoliang and other rudders to Jiangling to assist Xiao Xian.At that time, Chu Lisang's uncle, Yu Liang, had a secret identity as the helmsman of Haoliang, but a public identity as the general of the imperial army of Xiao Xian's dynasty.At first, both Yu Liang and Wang Hongyi were Xiao Xian's reliance, but with the expansion of Nanliang's territory, Wang Hongyi took credit for his pride and his ambition was gradually exposed, and Xiao Xian also began to guard against him. The rift between the two deepened and the conflict intensified.
At this juncture, Yu Liang became the person Xiao Xian and Wang Hongyi wanted to fight for.At that time, Wang Hongyi was in love with Yu Liniang and they were married. He thought that his brother-in-law Yu Liang must belong to him, so he secretly ordered Yu Liang to assassinate Xiao Mian.Yu Liang was deeply shocked, and then reported the matter to the leader Zhiyong.Zhiyong reprimanded Wang Hongyi sternly and planned to transfer him away from Jiangling.On the surface, Wang Hongyi blamed himself and repented, and persuaded Zhiyong to take back his life, but in fact he held a grudge.
Soon, Xiao Xian also secretly summoned Yu Liang, and also asked him to attack Wang Hongyi, and promised him a high-ranking official and generous salary.Yu Liang didn't agree on the spot, but he didn't refuse outright either. He only said that the matter was of great importance and had to be discussed in the long term.Soon, Wang Hongyi found out the news through his own eyeliner, and made a murderous attempt on Yu Liang.
In fact, Yu Liang didn't want to do anything to Wang Hongyi at all, he just had to make a deal with Xiao Xianxu because of his status as a minister.Later he found his younger sister, Yu Liniang, and asked her to persuade Wang Hongyi, either to be loyal to Xiao Xian, or to leave Jiangling altogether, otherwise it would lead to a catastrophe sooner or later, which would be of no benefit to anyone.Yu Liniang immediately conveyed this intention to Wang Hongyi, but Wang Hongyi sneered repeatedly, saying that Yu Liang's elbow was turned outward.Yu Liniang kept persuading her with good words, but Wang Hongyi didn't listen at all.At that time, Yu Liniang had an ominous premonition and warned him not to mess around.Seeing that she seemed to be aware of it, Wang Hongyi immediately changed his attitude, saying with a smile that they are a family anyway, and he would not do anything to Yu Liang.Yu Liniang was dubious, so she kept an extra eye on her since then.
In the fourth year of Wude in a blink of an eye, Tang Jun began to attack Nanliang.Xiao Xian was worried that Wang Hongyi would take the opportunity to betray him, so he urged Yu Liang to do something again, but Yu Liang agreed on the surface, but actually stood still.However, Wang Hongyi immediately got the secret report from the eyeliner, so he made up his mind and sent several assassins to sneak into Yu Liang's mansion, assassinate himself, his wife and children, and set the Yu mansion on fire.Later, Wang Hongyi ordered people to kill the assassins one by one.
When Yu Liniang heard the news, she was heartbroken, so she secretly investigated, and soon learned the whole truth from an assassin who escaped from death.At that time, Yu Liniang was pregnant with Chu Lisang, but she couldn't forgive Wang Hongyi's deception, let alone his cruelty to his relatives, so she found Zhiyong, reported everything, and said that she never wanted to see Wang Hongyi again in her life.Zhiyong had no choice but to entrust her to Biancai, and told him to protect their mother and child no matter what.
Later, Jiangling was besieged by the Tang army regiments. In order to protect the safety of the people in the city, Xiao Xian voluntarily left the city and surrendered, and the Nanliang Dynasty fell.Without telling Wang Hongyi, Yu Liniang followed Zhiyong and Biancai to leave Jiangling with Hao Liangduo's few cronies, and came to live in seclusion in Lanzhu Mountain in Shanyin, Yuezhou, where she gave birth to Chu Lisang.
From the beginning to the end, Wang Hongyi didn't know that Yu Liniang had his child, let alone that she followed Zhiyong to hide in Yuezhou.Even after he rushed to Yuezhou to force Zhiyong to hand over power, Yu Liniang's mother and daughter kept avoiding him.After Zhiyong passed away, Biancai and Yu Liniang buried his remains in Tianmu Mountain, and immediately went to Yique, Luozhou to live an ordinary life in the name of husband and wife. ...
After listening to Biancai's narration, Wang Hongyi was already in tears.
Chu Lisang looked at him in surprise.
Although she deeply hated this biological father who appeared out of nowhere, at this moment she clearly felt that his tears were sincere.
"Liniang, I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for both of you..." Wang Hongyi turned his back to the sky, choked up and unable to make a sound.
After Yu Liniang disappeared suddenly, Wang Hongyi acted like crazy and ordered people to search the entire Jiangling City, but they found nothing.Since the Tang army had already entered the city at that time, Jiangling was in turmoil. Wang Hongyi's search was fruitless, so he had to leave sadly.In the next few years, he sent people to search many counties in Jiangnan and Lingnan many times, but there was still no news.Later, although Wang Hongyi gradually gave up looking for her, he never forgot her in his heart, so he didn't continue the string for so many years.He secretly believed that one day, he would see Yu Liniang again.But Wang Hongyi never expected that he would actually reunite with Yu Liniang during the robbery at Gantang Station not long ago, and what made him even more unexpected was that at this time Yu Liniang had already become someone else's wife and had Such a big daughter.
At that time, how much he wanted to question Yu Liniang why she left without saying goodbye, and how much he wanted to tell her how he had been looking for and missing her crazily for so many years, but when he saw Yu Liniang's eyes full of hatred like swords, he still didn't have the courage to say it .
That night, Wang Hongyi was full of joy and sorrow, but he was helpless.
During the fight, Yu Liniang slapped him hard, hurting him badly, but that night Wang Hongyi knew that what really hurt him was not the chest that was slapped hard by her, but the blood dripping from the chest that was ruthlessly teased by fate. heart of……
At this moment, Wang Hongyi told Chu Lisang all his mental journeys over the years, and asked her for forgiveness.
"Is that how you ask others to forgive you?" Chu Lisang looked at him mockingly, "Put a knife on someone's neck and ask them to forgive you?"
Wang Hongyi hurriedly signaled his subordinates to put down the knife.
"Sang'er, can you tell me, your mother... what happened to her?" That night at Gantang Station, Wang Hongyi only knew that Yu Liniang was stabbed by Wei Laoliu, and the injury was probably not serious, but he didn't know what happened afterwards .
"Thanks to you," Chu Lisang stared into his eyes, "My mother left. Do you want to know what she said to me before she left?"
Although he had already had a premonition that Yu Liniang might be dead, but when he actually heard the news, Wang Hongyi still couldn't help feeling as if his heart was twisting like a knife. "She... what did she say?"
"She said you were her—enemy!"
Wang Hongyi was shocked again, his eyes suddenly turned black.If the only woman he loves in his life dies with hatred towards him, then Wang Hongyi will never be able to forgive himself.
"Mingzang, whether you are my biological father or not, I don't think it matters anymore, he is the one who raised me." Chu Lisang pointed at the debate, "When my mother was most helpless, guarding her The person next to my mother is also him, so he is my real father!"
Hearing the words, the debater was greatly moved, and tears welled up in his eyes.
At this moment, five or six men in black were still holding Biancai's neck with their knives.Wang Hongyi gave a sour smile and waved his hand, and those men had no choice but to put down their knives.
"Sang'er, I'm sorry for your mother, and I'm sorry for you, you... let's go." Wang Hongyi sighed, "However, we must leave the "Orchid Pavilion Preface" and the Cup of Heavenly Punishment."
"I don't understand what you're talking about." Chu Lisang said coldly.
Wang Hongyi gave his subordinates a wink.Several subordinates quickly untied the baggage of Biancai, only to find that there were only a few clothes inside, nothing else.Wang Hongyi frowned, squinting and looking in the direction of the cedar forest.He knew that if something was not in Biancai's hands, it must be in Xiao Junmo's hands.
At this moment, a cold arrow shot suddenly, and shot down one of the men next to him. Before they could react, another arrow roared, and another man fell to the ground.
Wang Hongyi was furious, looked up, and suddenly saw Xiao Junmo carrying a quiver, holding a bow and arrow, his feet straddling two big bamboos five or six feet high, his body swaying with the elasticity of the bamboos, and he seemed to be smiling. Looking at him non-smilingly.
Just now, Xiao Junmo used his extraordinary lightness to walk on tall cedar trees, cleared out all the dozen or so archers under Mingzang, and then shot arrows at the men in black below. In a blink of an eye, more than a dozen men in black were killed or injured, all of them fell under his arrows.Wei Laoliu and a few subordinates who know how to do light work have been chasing him among the big trees, but they are helplessly entangled by Hua Linger, and can only watch helplessly as those subordinates are cleaned up by Xiao Junmo.
"kill him!"
Wang Hongyi yelled angrily, and led a dozen of his men to jump onto the bamboo and attacked Xiao Junmo.These people's lightness skills are obviously much better than those of Wei Laoliu's side, so Xiao Junmo had no choice but to carry his bow and arrows and swing his sword to meet the enemy.At this time, Hua Ling'er, Wei Laoliu and others also rushed into the bamboo forest.All of a sudden, dozens of figures flew back and forth among the dense bamboos, clusters of bamboo branches were chopped down, and bamboo leaves fluttered in the sunlight.
Chu Lisang yelled at Biancai to leave quickly, then picked up the dragon head knife on the ground, and was about to join the battle group, but before he could run a few steps, he suddenly felt dizzy, and his body shook immediately after.
The wound on her shoulder was bleeding all the time, and the anesthetic on Wang Hongyi's dart that was enough to cause fainting also started to take effect.
Biancai hurried over: "Sang'er, how are you?"
"I...I'm fine." Chu Lisang passed out before he finished speaking.
Biancai hastily supported her.
At this time, Xiao Junmo was fighting with Wang Hongyi and others inextricably. Seeing that Chu Lisang fainted suddenly, he became very anxious, so he stopped fighting, and forced Wang Hongyi and others back a little with a quick attack, then put the knife back into its sheath, and returned Grabbing two bamboos with his body, he bent the bamboos with the weight of his falling body, and then let go suddenly.Wang Hongyi and others didn't know what to do, so they came forward just in time, and only heard a few bangs, Wang Hongyi and six or seven of his subordinates were knocked away by the huge force of the bamboo's rebound at the same time.
Xiao Junmo landed lightly, and was about to run towards Chu Lisang, when he suddenly saw Mi Mancang lying motionless on the ground.
In an instant, his heart throbbed.
Along the way, Xiao Junmo and this young eunuch, whom he didn't know well at first, have become life and death brothers.Although he always talks about money and looks like a miser, Xiao Junmo knows that this guy is actually more righteous than anyone else in his bones!From the day he was forced to rescue the father and daughter of Biancai and fled with him, Mi Mancang gave his life to him and gave him unreserved trust, but today, he left his brother's life here Among the mountains...
The situation is critical now, and there is no time for him to mourn and be sentimental.Xiao Junmo endured his grief and ran to Chu Lisang's side, observing her injuries.Fortunately, the two wounds were minor injuries, and there was nothing serious, so he was slightly relieved.At this time Hua Ling'er also ran over, Xiao Junmo threw her the quiver and bow and arrows on his body, and then carried Chu Lisang on his back.Biancai and Hua Linger wanted to run down the mountain, but Xiao Junmo hurriedly stopped them: "Now we can't run to an open place, we can only go inside the mountain and use the complicated terrain to get rid of them."
After finishing speaking, Xiao Junmo ran to the depths of the bamboo forest with Chu Lisang on his back, followed by Biancai and Hua Linger.
Wang Hongyi and his subordinates were knocked to the ground by the two bamboo plants, and they all coughed up blood, and they were seriously injured.Wei Laoliu and others hurriedly helped them up.Wang Hongyi gasped heavily, and said in a deep voice: "Hurry up, the thing must be in Xiao Junmo's hands, take the thing and my daughter back, and kill other personalities!"
"Your daughter?" Wei Laoliu looked confused.
"It's Chu Lisang!"
Wei Laoliu was astonished, but still couldn't react.
"Why are you still standing there? Hurry up!" Wang Hongyi said sharply.
Only then did Wei Laoliu wake up, and immediately took a dozen of his men to chase after him.
Xiao Junmo ran wildly in the bamboo forest with Chu Lisang on his back.
He was wounded in many places, blood was flowing all the time, and he had just fought for a long time, and his physical strength was exhausted, so even though he tried his best at this moment, he couldn't get up to speed.
Biancai and Hua Linger followed closely behind.While running, Hua Ling'er kept shooting arrows with a bow, blocking the pursuers, and shot and killed three or four more in a short while.Wei Laoliu was apprehensive, so he could only bite tightly from behind, not daring to get too close.
After running for about three quarters, Xiao Junmo suddenly felt that his eyes were bright, and he had already reached the end of the bamboo forest.The terrain in front of you is steep and full of strange rocks. The mountain on the right is a dense pine forest, and the mountain on the left is a ginkgo forest.Xiao Junmo turned back to Biancai and Hua Linger and said, "Continue to walk up the mountain, can you hold on?"
The two were out of breath and unable to answer, obviously their physical strength was close to exhaustion.
Xiao Junmo realized that if this continues, no one will be able to escape, and there must be a decision.He quickly looked around, and said in the fastest way: "Now there is only one way, you and Li Sang hide behind the rocks over there, I will lead them down the mountain, as soon as they enter the ginkgo forest, you hurry up Run up the mountain and try to find a cave to hide in."
Biancai smiled wryly: "Xiao Lang, only you can protect Sang'er now, you can't leave her behind." After speaking, he gave him a meaningful look, and immediately ran down the mountain.
"Mage!" Xiao Junmo was shocked, and hurriedly said to Hua Ling'er, "Ling'er, Li Sang is in your hands. You guys hide first, and I will go after the mage." After speaking, he turned his back to her and motioned for her to take Chu Li away. Sang carried her back.
Hua Ling'er took two steps back, and smiled sadly: "Xiao Lang, the Zuoshi is right, only you can protect Miss Chu. Don't worry, the Zuoshi will leave it to me. Let's... let's leave now." Said After finishing, Hua Ling'er suddenly came over, kissed him on the cheek, and then followed Biancai away.
Xiao Junmo's whole body froze suddenly, and his mind was completely messed up.It wasn't until the footsteps of Wei Laoliu and others running in the bamboo forest that he had no choice but to run behind a nearby rock and hide.
Wei Laoliu led his men out of the bamboo forest, stopped to pant for breath, and looked left and right at the same time, not knowing which direction to chase.At this time, an arrow suddenly shot from the left side, and with a whizzing sound, it passed by Wei Laoliu's ear.Wei Laoliu looked up and saw the backs of Hua Linger and Biancai, then waved his right hand and led his men to chase after them.
Xiao Junmo poked his head out from behind the rock, watched Biancai and Hua Linger sink into the ginkgo forest one after the other from a distance, couldn't help but punched the rock hard, and a cluster of blood instantly stained the rock red.
He knew that if Biancai and Hua Linger chose to lure the enemy away, it would be tantamount to choosing to sacrifice, just like when he proposed this method just now, he was already ready to die.
The sun had sunk to the western sky at some point, and the dark red sunset covered the sky like a large bleeding wound.
Xiao Junmo picked up Chu Lisang again and ran towards the pine forest on the mountain.A teardrop slipped quietly from the corner of his eye, fell on the rock and smashed into pieces...
(End of this chapter)
After Xiao Junmo and his party took out the original "Lanting Preface" and the alliance seal, they didn't dare to stay for a while, so they left Yuezhou on the same day, intending to go north to Yangzhou to visit Yuan Gongwang.From Yuezhou to Yangzhou, the fastest way is to take the waterway, that is, go down the canal from Hangzhou, take a boat through Suzhou, Changzhou, Runzhou, and then cross the Yangtze River. The whole journey is six to seven hundred miles, and it will take three or four days arrive.
Hangzhou is in the northwest of Yuezhou, more than a hundred li away from Shanyin. Xiao Junmo and his party rode their horses and galloped, and they arrived in Hangzhou that night.Everyone found an inn outside the east gate to stay. Xiao Junmo immediately went to the canal pier to contact the boat so that he could leave early tomorrow morning, but the debater stopped him and asked him to delay for a day to contact the boat the day after tomorrow.
Xiao Junmo was puzzled: "Master, the Xuanjiawei must be biting us from behind now, why did you delay for a day?"
Biancai looked at him, hesitated to speak.
Looking at his expression, Xiao Junmo knew that he must have some important things to do, but he was worried about extra problems, so he hesitated.Thinking of this, Xiao Junmo didn't urge him, and waited for him to say it himself.
The debater was silent for a while, before he let out a long sigh, and said, "Xiao Lang, today on Mount Lanzhu, we mentioned that the tomb and pagoda were not raised after the death of the late master, so do you know where the remains of the late master are buried?" ?”
Xiao Junmo pondered for a while: "I guess, in order to prevent the remains of the lord from being disturbed by those who covet the "Lanting Preface", you must have kept it very secret when you took care of the lord's funeral. As for the specific place where the bones are buried, junior Although it is impossible to guess, there is still one point that I dare to make a bold guess.”
"Which point?"
"The leader's remains will definitely not be buried on Mount Lanzhu, and even...not in the territory of Yuezhou."
Biancai smiled: "Smart. Don't lie to Xiao Lang, the remains of the former master are buried on Tianmu Mountain not far from here."
"Tianmu Mountain?"
"Yes."
Xiao Junmo knows that Tianmu Mountain is more than 100 miles west of Hangzhou. .Biancai buried Zhiyong's remains here, and it was a matter of course after thinking about it.
"Master, you delayed your departure by a day, do you want to pay homage to the leader at Tianmu Mountain?"
Biancai nodded, with a sad expression on his face: "The poor monk has never come back to pay homage to his ancestor since he went into exile in the ninth year of Wude, and he often feels guilty in his heart. Monks can't feel at ease..."
Xiao Junmo can fully understand his mood, but now he is fleeing, and if he delays for another day, there may be changes, and he hesitates for a while, not knowing how to respond.
"The poor monk is nearly [-] years old, and half of his body is buried in the ground. If he misses this time again, I'm afraid there will be no chance in this life..." Biancai's tone was almost pleading, "Xiao Lang, one day is enough to go back and forth to Tianmu Mountain. Nothing will go wrong."
Xiao Junmo frowned and thought: "The mage buried the leader's remains in Tianmu Mountain, who else knew?"
"Absolutely no one knows!" Biancai hurriedly said, "Only me and Sang'er's mother know that the bones of the former master were also buried by us."
"Are you sure, apart from you, no third person knows about it? For example...Mingzang?"
Biancai was slightly startled, shook his head and said, "Impossible, Mingzang can't know. When he forced my late master to hand over power, my late master and I hid in the cave in Lanzhu Mountain, and Mingzang didn't find us either. Master Jiuxian passed away, and after that, he did not participate in the funeral, burial, etc., let alone know about it."
Xiao Junmo pondered for a while again, although he was still a little inexplicably worried, but after all he couldn't bear to see Biancai in such pain, so he said: "In that case, let's go to worship tomorrow."
The eloquent was overjoyed, but immediately thought of something else: "Xiao Lang, if you are really worried, just stay in the inn with Sang'er and the others, and the poor monk can go alone."
"No, it's more dangerous for you to act alone. If you want to go, go with everyone and take care of each other."
Biancai looked at Xiao Junmo with gratitude in his eyes.
At noon the next day, a group of five rode to Tianmu Mountain.
The peaks of Tianmu Mountain are emerald, and there are two peaks facing each other at a distance. There is a pool on the top of the two peaks.Xiao Junmo and others rode their horses and walked in the mountains. They saw dense ancient trees, gurgling water, abrupt cliffs, and jagged rocks. Although it was noon and the sun was high in the sky, they didn't feel the heat because of the dense forests.
Zhiyong's tomb is on Xiaoyao Peak in the "East Tianmu", and the mountain road is impassable, so everyone tied their horses under the peak and climbed on foot from the south.The mountain was not high, and after about half an hour, everyone climbed to the top.There is a large piece of tall cedar growing on the top. Standing on the edge of the forest and looking around, you can see a canyon suddenly opened up, a deep green pool at the foot, an endless lush bamboo forest on the left, and a waterfall on the right. Flying down the cliff, seeing the water splashing and the mist forming a rainbow in the sun, it makes people feel like they are in a fairyland.
Seeing such a rare beauty in the world, Chu Lisang and Hua Linger couldn't help cheering, and even Mi Mancang screamed excitedly, causing echoes from the opposite mountain.
Biancai told Xiao Junmo that the scenic spot on the left is the famous "Ten Li Bamboo Sea", the waterfall on the right comes from the Bailong River in Dongtianmu, and the deep pool at the foot is Bailongtan. "This place is full of clouds and rosy clouds. It hides wind and gathers water. It is a rare and rare treasure land." Biancai said with emotion, "Master came here by chance back then, and fell in love with it immediately at first sight."
Xiao Junmo listened, and suddenly realized something, and frowned slightly: "So, it is the leader's wish to sleep here forever?"
"It's not a very clear last wish, but it does have such intentions, so the poor monk decided to bury the ancestor here." Biancai said, noticing his expression, "What's wrong with Xiao Lang?"
"Oh, nothing."
Xiao Junmo was perfunctory, but glanced around sharply.Suddenly, there seemed to be a little white light flashing in the depths of the lush bamboo sea, and when he took a closer look, there was nothing, as if it was just his illusion.
After 16 years, Zhiyong's tomb was long gone and could no longer be identified. It was only with great difficulty that Biancai found it under a huge cedar tree.In order to deceive people, Biancai did not dare to erect a monument to the tomb, so he only carved a mark on the cedar beside the tomb. Now the cedar is much stronger, and the mark on the trunk has also been deformed. Fortunately, it is still vaguely visible.
The five people drew out the dragon head knife and spent a long time cleaning up the weeds and vines on the tomb. Xiao Junmo picked up a few more stones and laid them on the tomb, and the outline of a tomb emerged.
Then, everyone took turns offering incense, and took out the sacrifices that had been prepared, placed them in front of the grave, and bowed down to worship.Biancai knelt down in front of the grave with red eyes, muttering softly all the time, as if he was telling his master his state of mind and experience in the past ten years, and also as if he was reporting the general situation of the world and the current situation of the Tianxing League to the leader.When Chu Lisang saw his father being so sad, his eyes turned red.
Xiao Junmo was thinking about the white light he had just glimpsed, so he walked to the edge of the forest, jumped onto a high rock, built a pergola with his hands, and carefully observed the vast expanse of blue sea of bamboo.
"What are you looking at?" Hua Ling'er was bored in front of the grave, so she followed.
"Enjoy the beautiful scenery!" Xiao Junmo said casually, "It's such a beautiful scenery, wouldn't it be a pity not to take a closer look?"
"I think you are on guard?" Hua Ling'er said, "Don't be so nervous, leader, Xuanjiawei has already been dumped by us, so we can't follow here."
"It's not just Xuanjiawei who want to find us."
"Who else is there?"
Xiao Junmo still looked ahead, and said lightly: "Mingzang."
"Ming Zang?!" Hua Ling'er was startled, "Isn't he in Chang'an?"
"If my predictions are correct, he should have arrived in Jiangling more than half a month ago, and he was ambushed by Xuanjiawei." Xiao Junmo said, "But Mingzang is cunning, most of them just died, he must be behind After chasing us all the way, it's really hard to say where we are now."
Hua Ling'er looked around subconsciously: "So, we should hurry to Yangzhou, wouldn't it be dangerous to stay here?"
"The Zuo envoy wants to come to pay homage to the lord, and that's what it should be. It's been 16 years, no one has visited the tomb, no one has worshiped, and even the tomb is so desolate, how can we feel at ease?" Xiao Junmo said, pretending to be relaxed Smiled, "Okay, don't be scared by me, I just said it casually, maybe Mingzang was caught by Xuanjiawei long ago, and it's not necessarily true."
"Tch! Can I be scared by you?" Hua Ling'er rolled his eyes at him, "Who am I, Hua Ling'er? Since I was a child, I haven't seen any battles? What kind of thing is Mingzang? If he dares to come , this girl really wants to fight him!"
"Well, with ambition, she is worthy of being the female...heroine of the Thousand Demon Cave."
"What were you trying to say just now?"
"It's nothing, just a heroine."
"You want to say the head of the female thief, the head of the female devil?" Hua Ling'er looked at him with her hips akimbo.
"You said it yourself."
Xiao Junmo smiled, but the smile instantly condensed on his face.
The bamboo sea in the distance flashed white light again, and more than a dozen dots of white light flashed at the same time—that was clearly the reflection of a weapon under the scorching sun!
Hua Ling'er noticed that there was something strange in his expression, and just about to follow his gaze, two cold arrows shot out from the cedar forest behind him, flying towards the two of them respectively.Xiao Junmo yelled "be careful", pulled out the dragon head knife to block, knocked one into the air with a clang, and at the same time stretched out his hand to grab Hua Ling'er and pulled it aside, another arrow flew past her cheek.
At the same time, several cold arrows also shot at Biancai and others in front of the grave.Biancai was caught off guard and was shot in the left arm; Chu Lisang reacted quickly and dodged; Mi Mancang stood aside and was shot in the right leg.
Xiao Junmo and Hua Ling'er were shocked when they saw this, and immediately jumped down from the rock, and quickly approached them, but just after rushing two or three feet away, dozens of men in black jumped out of the woods, blocking their way way to go.Xiao Junmo saw that the leader was Wei Laoliu who had fought at Gantang Station.
He had been worried that Mingzang would find him here, but he never expected that he would actually come, and he would come so fast!
Xiao Junmo cursed in his heart, before he had time to think about it, he swung his knife and took Wei Laoliu straight.Now he has to tear apart the opponent's line of defense and join up with Biancai and the others, because among the three of them only Chu Lisang knows martial arts, it must be a disaster.
Wei Laoliu obviously knew his intentions, quickly took a few steps back, and ordered his subordinates to surround him and Hua Ling'er, with the purpose of entangled them.
In front of Zhiyong's grave, more than a dozen men in black surrounded the three of Biancai.Chu Lisang drew his saber in his hand, defending Biancai and Mi Mancang while fighting and retreating.Since the men in black came out of the woods, the only escape route left for them was the direction of the bamboo forest, so the three of them could only retreat there.Xiao Junmo saw from a distance, and knew that there were more enemies in the bamboo forest, and it was likely that Mingzang himself was there, so he was extremely anxious, and shouted: "Li Sang, go down the mountain, don't go through the bamboo forest!"
However, with outnumbered enemies and the sudden incident, even if Chu Lisang wanted to retreat down the mountain, he had no chance at all.Soon, the three of them were forced into the ten-mile bamboo sea by the opponent.
Xiao Junmo tried his best to cut down the two men in black in front of him, and ran towards the bamboo forest, but several cold arrows were shot from behind, and he had to turn around to block.After such a delay, Wei Laoliu and a dozen men in black caught up and entangled him again.Hua Ling'er also tried her best to meet Xiao Junmo, but was also bitten by a dozen men in black, unable to escape.
Chu Lisang escorted the injured Biancai and Mi Mancang into the bamboo forest. After running not far, he had to stop because Mingzang led twenty men in black to block their way.A dozen or so men in black also caught up and surrounded the three of them.Obviously, just now they deliberately did not make a ruthless move, the purpose is to force them to face Mingzang.
Ming Zang still wore that weird bronze mask.He stared fixedly at the three of Biancai, and then he chuckled: "Biancai, we haven't seen each other for more than ten years, right? We reunited after a long absence today, and it turned out to be in front of the leader's tomb. It's also fate!"
"How do you know that the leader is buried here?" Biancai was very confused.
"The leader once mentioned to me that he likes Tianmu Mountain. He said that this place is beautiful and beautiful, so I guess his tomb must be here. It's a pity that I have searched here countless times over the years, but I have never found it. This time from Jiangling Come here, I just wanted to take a look along the way, but unfortunately I ran into you. Biancai, do you think this is God's will?"
Just as Xiao Junmo judged, after receiving Xie Ji's letter from Feige in Chang'an, Ming Zang quickly led people to Jiangling, and then sent people to Fulitang Restaurant to meet up. In the ambush circle, fortunately, he was cautious and did not go out in person, but lost some of his men.Afterwards, Mingzang realized that Biancai and others might have left Jiangling for Yuezhou, so he chased after him day and night.When he came to Shezhou, he suddenly had a thought, wanting to try his luck at Tianmu Mountain again.Unexpectedly, luck was really so good, as soon as they arrived, they heard cheers from Xiaoyao Peak, so they divided into two groups and quietly surrounded the peak from both wings.
After listening to the debate, he couldn't help regretting his carelessness, and at the same time subconsciously grasped the burden on his shoulders.
Ming Zang glanced at him sharply: "Biancai, I guess you have already taken out the original handwriting and the alliance seal? Hehe, this is good, it saves me a lot of trouble."
"Mingzang, even if you snatch these two things, the brothers of the Sky Punishment Alliance may not listen to you."
"Do you think so?" Ming Zang looked complacent, "I am a descendant of the dignified Langya Wang family, and Wang Xizhi is my ancestor. They don't listen to me, so why should they listen to you, who has no special skills but only knows how to chant scriptures?" Monk's?"
"It's true that you are a descendant of Wang Xizhi, but brothers recognize morality, not blood."
"Morality?!" Ming Zang chuckled, "Biancai, saying that you can only chant scriptures, I didn't wrong you. You are still pedantic after all! As the saying goes, 'The world is dominated by intelligence', people who can rule the world, fight hard. It’s all about scheming and strength. When have you ever fought for morality? Isn’t morality something that the winner uses to decorate the facade? As long as I win, morality is naturally on my side. Such a simple truth, don’t you understand? ?”
"Mingzang," Chu Lisang suddenly interjected coldly, "You have been playing tricks for so many years, but what have you gained? It is said that you assisted Xiao Xian back then, but Xiao Xian was defeated; later you assisted Prince Yin, and Yin The crown prince was also defeated; you have always wanted to be the leader of the alliance for so many years, but you have not even seen the original "Lanting Preface". Don't talk about morality, you don't even have the qualifications to be a man, but you have lived to such a long age, but you still don't know what morality is, don't you feel shameful? You don't even know how to be a man, why should you be the leader? No wonder you You always wear a mask when you go out, don’t you even feel ashamed to see others?”
After hearing the cynicism, Mingzang was taken aback for a moment, then laughed, and turned to Biancai and said, "Biancai, you say that you, a wild monk who broke the precepts, have no right to speak morally to me? Back then you not only abducted I gave birth to my wife, and gave birth to such a sharp-mouthed bastard with her! Is there a monk like you in the world? Are you not afraid of tarnishing Buddhism and humiliating the Buddha?"
"What did you say?" Chu Lisang was trying to relieve his anger by scolding, but he was shocked when he heard the words, and looked at the debater in astonishment, "Father, what is he talking about? When did my mother become his wife?!"
Chu Lisang clearly remembered that Biancai had told her in Jiangling not long ago that Mingzang had pursued her mother back then, but her mother refused to agree, but why did Mingzang say such things suddenly now?
The debater was embarrassed for a while, and hurriedly said: "Sang'er, don't listen to his nonsense, he is humiliating your mother!"
When Chu Lisang heard the words, he suddenly felt the blood rushing upwards, so he desperately swung his knife straight at Mingzang.Mingzang sneered, took a few steps back, and the subordinates on both sides quickly stepped forward and surrounded her.Chu Lisang's kung fu was not weak in the first place, coupled with the fact that he was filled with righteous indignation at this time, every move was a killer move, and three or four men in black were cut down in the blink of an eye.
However, as soon as she rushed forward, the already injured Biancai and Mi Mancang lost their protection, and Mingzang's subordinates rushed up immediately, trying to grab their burdens.The two used the dense bamboo to dodge left and right, but they were still in danger. Several clumps of bamboo that were as thick as bowls were cut off and fell down with a clatter, which made Mi Mancang scream in fright.Immediately there was another man in black slashing at him with a knife. Seeing that there was nowhere to dodge, Mi Mancang picked up the burden and threw it in a hurry. The dozens of ingots of gold and various jewels inside flew in all directions and fell to the ground.
When the men in black saw this, their eyes lit up.Although Ming Zang was present, the gold, silver and jewels that were readily available made them irresistible after all, so they fought desperately, and there was a mess in an instant.
At this moment, Chu Lisang realized that he was too reckless, so he hurriedly turned around to save the two, preparing to take them to escape down the mountain while taking advantage of the chaos.Mingzang, who had been watching coldly, finally made a move, jumped up, raised his right hand, and shot three darts one after another, flying towards the three of them respectively.Chu Lisang quickly turned around, swung his knife to block, and knocked into the air the two darts that were aimed at Biancai and Mi Mancang, but he couldn't stop the knife, and was shot by the third dart in his right arm, and he felt numb for a while.
Almost at the same time, Ming Zang flew past Chu Lisang, stabbing Biancai's chest with the horizontal knife in his hand.At the critical moment, Mi Mancang suddenly stood up and stood in front of Biancai. The sharp point of the knife instantly pierced his heart and penetrated his chest.
"Full warehouse!" Biancai and Chu Lisang let out a mournful cry at the same time.
Mingzang withdrew the horizontal saber, and was about to stab Biancai again, when Chu Lisang swung the saber and slashed at the back of his head, Mingzang had no choice but to turn around to receive the attack.
Mi Mancang clutched his chest, blood spurted from his mouth, and then he fell straight backwards.Biancai supported him from behind, and slowly put him on the ground.
Mi Mancang's eyes were wide open, looking at the rays of sunlight shining from among the dense bamboo leaves, he smiled sadly, and said intermittently: "Dharma, Mage, tell Xiao, Xiao Lang, he still owes, owes me, twenty gold."
Biancai's eyes were wet with tears, he choked up and couldn't speak.
"Tell him, I will, in my next life, find him, and..." Mi Mancang said, slowly speaking like a gnat, and finally tilted his head to the side and stopped breathing.
At this moment, Ming Zang's subordinates had already suppressed those guys who were scrambling for jewels, and then divided into two groups, one group followed him to besiege Chu Lisang, and the remaining four or five used knives to force Biancai to grab him. The burden on him.
Chu Lisang defeated Ming Zang and other five or six people with one manpower, and he was already at a disadvantage. In addition, he was hit by a dart smeared with anesthetics, so he was sore, numb and painful, and soon he was powerless to parry. The dragon head knife fell to the ground with a clatter.
"Little wild species, die!" Ming Zang grinned, and raised the horizontal knife high.
Chu Lisang covered his wound, and closed his eyes in despair.
At this moment, Biancai suddenly shouted sharply: "Mingzang, stop, she is your daughter!"
As soon as these words came out, Ming Zang and Chu Lisang couldn't help looking at Biancai at the same time, with the same shock and astonishment written all over their faces.
In the cedar forest, Xiao Junmo had already killed six or seven men in black, while he himself was stabbed several times and shot a cold arrow on his left shoulder.He cut off the shaft, but the arrowhead and a small portion of the shaft remained stuck in his body.
Wei Laoliu and the remaining four or five subordinates were still clinging to him, and the two sides were roughly tied, with no one gaining the upper hand.
The situation on Hua Ling'er's side was similar. Although she cut down a few opponents, she was wounded in many places. Fortunately, they were all minor injuries, and her combat power had not weakened. She was still fighting to the death with five or six men in black who besieged her.
Xiao Junmo was concerned about Chu Lisang and the others, and realized that he could no longer entangle with his opponent, so he jumped onto a cedar tree beside him, and then jumped a few times, and in the blink of an eye, he climbed to a tree six or seven feet above the ground superior.
The ancient trees in Tianmu Mountain are very old, and this cedar forest is even taller, the tallest is more than ten feet long, and the shortest is seven or eight feet long.The archers on Mingzang's side used these big trees to hide, so they were able to repeatedly cast hidden arrows.The best way for Xiao Junmo to break the situation is to throw off the enemies on the ground and take the archers directly.
"Miss Hua, climb up the tree!" Xiao Junmo shouted from the tree.With the shout, an archer hidden in the bushes was slashed by him, fell heavily to the ground, and died on the spot.
Hua Ling'er came to her senses and jumped up the big tree.
Of course, Wei Laoliu and the others understood Xiao Junmo's intentions, but they were good at swordsmanship, but not at all light kung fu, so only Wei Laoliu led three or four of his men up the big tree, and the others either stared blankly under the tree , or fell down after climbing two or three feet.
With a change in tactics, the situation changed immediately.Xiao Junmo shuttled and jumped between the big trees, and within a short while he solved three or four ambushing archers.Although Wei Laoliu and the others chased desperately, their Qinggong was far inferior to him, and Hua Linger entangled them in turn, so they could only watch helplessly as those archers were killed one by one.
In the bamboo forest, after Biancai yelled that sentence, the scene froze instantly.
Although Mingzang's subordinates put their knives on the necks of Chu Lisang and Biancai, but without Mingzang's order, no one dared to act rashly.
However, at this moment, Mingzang couldn't give any orders, because he had already stood there as if struck by lightning, unable to recover for a long time.
After a long while, Mingzang said: "Biancai, tell me the truth, Xiaoye...whose daughter is this girl?"
"Of course it's your daughter." Biancai smiled wryly, "Look carefully at her face, does she look like me in any way?"
Hearing this, Mingzang stared at Chu Lisang with wide eyes, and sure enough, as the debater had said, Chu Lisang didn't look like him at all, but he looked a bit like himself.
"Father, are you crazy?!" Chu Lisang glared at Biancai, and shouted hoarsely, "Even if you want to save me, you can't insult my mother like this!"
Biancai lowered his head to avoid her gaze, his lips trembled, but he couldn't speak.
"Father, didn't you tell me that my biological father is Yu Liang?" Chu Lisang shouted, his eyes were red and his voice was hoarse.
"Yu Liang?" Mingzang looked at her in confusion, "Yu Liang is Liniang's brother, and he is your uncle!"
Chu Lisang was shocked again, and looked at Biancai in disbelief: "Father, is he lying? Tell him quickly, Yu Liang is not my uncle, he...he is my father, tell him quickly!"
Biancai shook his head, but didn't dare to look at her: "Sang'er, father can no longer hide it from you. He is right. Yu Liang is indeed your mother's eldest brother, your uncle."
Chu Lisang remembered that that day at the Jiangling Inn, when she learned that her parents were both surnamed Yu, she felt strange, but Biancai explained that her parents were from the same family.Now it seems that the reason why Biancai lied was to conceal the truth that Mingzang was his biological father.
"Bian Cai!" Ming Zang said in a deep voice, "Don't think that I will believe you if you say so, if you don't speak clearly today, I will still kill her!"
Biancai smiled wryly: "When Yingniang left Jiangling, she was already pregnant with your flesh and blood, but you didn't know it."
A complicated look flashed across Mingzang's eyes, he suddenly took off his mask, took a long look at Chu Lisang, and then said to Biancai, "Go ahead."
Chu Lisang subconsciously looked at Ming Zang, and suddenly realized that his appearance was somewhat similar to her, especially the eyes and eyebrows!
Realizing this, Chu Lisang couldn't help but smile miserably.
Next, Biancai began to recount this tragic past:
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and Xiao Mian, a descendant of Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan, ruled separately and proclaimed himself emperor in Jiangling.Knowing that Xiao Xian is a man who loves the people like a son, Zhiyong brought Mingzang, Xitang, Haoliang and other rudders to Jiangling to assist Xiao Xian.At that time, Chu Lisang's uncle, Yu Liang, had a secret identity as the helmsman of Haoliang, but a public identity as the general of the imperial army of Xiao Xian's dynasty.At first, both Yu Liang and Wang Hongyi were Xiao Xian's reliance, but with the expansion of Nanliang's territory, Wang Hongyi took credit for his pride and his ambition was gradually exposed, and Xiao Xian also began to guard against him. The rift between the two deepened and the conflict intensified.
At this juncture, Yu Liang became the person Xiao Xian and Wang Hongyi wanted to fight for.At that time, Wang Hongyi was in love with Yu Liniang and they were married. He thought that his brother-in-law Yu Liang must belong to him, so he secretly ordered Yu Liang to assassinate Xiao Mian.Yu Liang was deeply shocked, and then reported the matter to the leader Zhiyong.Zhiyong reprimanded Wang Hongyi sternly and planned to transfer him away from Jiangling.On the surface, Wang Hongyi blamed himself and repented, and persuaded Zhiyong to take back his life, but in fact he held a grudge.
Soon, Xiao Xian also secretly summoned Yu Liang, and also asked him to attack Wang Hongyi, and promised him a high-ranking official and generous salary.Yu Liang didn't agree on the spot, but he didn't refuse outright either. He only said that the matter was of great importance and had to be discussed in the long term.Soon, Wang Hongyi found out the news through his own eyeliner, and made a murderous attempt on Yu Liang.
In fact, Yu Liang didn't want to do anything to Wang Hongyi at all, he just had to make a deal with Xiao Xianxu because of his status as a minister.Later he found his younger sister, Yu Liniang, and asked her to persuade Wang Hongyi, either to be loyal to Xiao Xian, or to leave Jiangling altogether, otherwise it would lead to a catastrophe sooner or later, which would be of no benefit to anyone.Yu Liniang immediately conveyed this intention to Wang Hongyi, but Wang Hongyi sneered repeatedly, saying that Yu Liang's elbow was turned outward.Yu Liniang kept persuading her with good words, but Wang Hongyi didn't listen at all.At that time, Yu Liniang had an ominous premonition and warned him not to mess around.Seeing that she seemed to be aware of it, Wang Hongyi immediately changed his attitude, saying with a smile that they are a family anyway, and he would not do anything to Yu Liang.Yu Liniang was dubious, so she kept an extra eye on her since then.
In the fourth year of Wude in a blink of an eye, Tang Jun began to attack Nanliang.Xiao Xian was worried that Wang Hongyi would take the opportunity to betray him, so he urged Yu Liang to do something again, but Yu Liang agreed on the surface, but actually stood still.However, Wang Hongyi immediately got the secret report from the eyeliner, so he made up his mind and sent several assassins to sneak into Yu Liang's mansion, assassinate himself, his wife and children, and set the Yu mansion on fire.Later, Wang Hongyi ordered people to kill the assassins one by one.
When Yu Liniang heard the news, she was heartbroken, so she secretly investigated, and soon learned the whole truth from an assassin who escaped from death.At that time, Yu Liniang was pregnant with Chu Lisang, but she couldn't forgive Wang Hongyi's deception, let alone his cruelty to his relatives, so she found Zhiyong, reported everything, and said that she never wanted to see Wang Hongyi again in her life.Zhiyong had no choice but to entrust her to Biancai, and told him to protect their mother and child no matter what.
Later, Jiangling was besieged by the Tang army regiments. In order to protect the safety of the people in the city, Xiao Xian voluntarily left the city and surrendered, and the Nanliang Dynasty fell.Without telling Wang Hongyi, Yu Liniang followed Zhiyong and Biancai to leave Jiangling with Hao Liangduo's few cronies, and came to live in seclusion in Lanzhu Mountain in Shanyin, Yuezhou, where she gave birth to Chu Lisang.
From the beginning to the end, Wang Hongyi didn't know that Yu Liniang had his child, let alone that she followed Zhiyong to hide in Yuezhou.Even after he rushed to Yuezhou to force Zhiyong to hand over power, Yu Liniang's mother and daughter kept avoiding him.After Zhiyong passed away, Biancai and Yu Liniang buried his remains in Tianmu Mountain, and immediately went to Yique, Luozhou to live an ordinary life in the name of husband and wife. ...
After listening to Biancai's narration, Wang Hongyi was already in tears.
Chu Lisang looked at him in surprise.
Although she deeply hated this biological father who appeared out of nowhere, at this moment she clearly felt that his tears were sincere.
"Liniang, I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for both of you..." Wang Hongyi turned his back to the sky, choked up and unable to make a sound.
After Yu Liniang disappeared suddenly, Wang Hongyi acted like crazy and ordered people to search the entire Jiangling City, but they found nothing.Since the Tang army had already entered the city at that time, Jiangling was in turmoil. Wang Hongyi's search was fruitless, so he had to leave sadly.In the next few years, he sent people to search many counties in Jiangnan and Lingnan many times, but there was still no news.Later, although Wang Hongyi gradually gave up looking for her, he never forgot her in his heart, so he didn't continue the string for so many years.He secretly believed that one day, he would see Yu Liniang again.But Wang Hongyi never expected that he would actually reunite with Yu Liniang during the robbery at Gantang Station not long ago, and what made him even more unexpected was that at this time Yu Liniang had already become someone else's wife and had Such a big daughter.
At that time, how much he wanted to question Yu Liniang why she left without saying goodbye, and how much he wanted to tell her how he had been looking for and missing her crazily for so many years, but when he saw Yu Liniang's eyes full of hatred like swords, he still didn't have the courage to say it .
That night, Wang Hongyi was full of joy and sorrow, but he was helpless.
During the fight, Yu Liniang slapped him hard, hurting him badly, but that night Wang Hongyi knew that what really hurt him was not the chest that was slapped hard by her, but the blood dripping from the chest that was ruthlessly teased by fate. heart of……
At this moment, Wang Hongyi told Chu Lisang all his mental journeys over the years, and asked her for forgiveness.
"Is that how you ask others to forgive you?" Chu Lisang looked at him mockingly, "Put a knife on someone's neck and ask them to forgive you?"
Wang Hongyi hurriedly signaled his subordinates to put down the knife.
"Sang'er, can you tell me, your mother... what happened to her?" That night at Gantang Station, Wang Hongyi only knew that Yu Liniang was stabbed by Wei Laoliu, and the injury was probably not serious, but he didn't know what happened afterwards .
"Thanks to you," Chu Lisang stared into his eyes, "My mother left. Do you want to know what she said to me before she left?"
Although he had already had a premonition that Yu Liniang might be dead, but when he actually heard the news, Wang Hongyi still couldn't help feeling as if his heart was twisting like a knife. "She... what did she say?"
"She said you were her—enemy!"
Wang Hongyi was shocked again, his eyes suddenly turned black.If the only woman he loves in his life dies with hatred towards him, then Wang Hongyi will never be able to forgive himself.
"Mingzang, whether you are my biological father or not, I don't think it matters anymore, he is the one who raised me." Chu Lisang pointed at the debate, "When my mother was most helpless, guarding her The person next to my mother is also him, so he is my real father!"
Hearing the words, the debater was greatly moved, and tears welled up in his eyes.
At this moment, five or six men in black were still holding Biancai's neck with their knives.Wang Hongyi gave a sour smile and waved his hand, and those men had no choice but to put down their knives.
"Sang'er, I'm sorry for your mother, and I'm sorry for you, you... let's go." Wang Hongyi sighed, "However, we must leave the "Orchid Pavilion Preface" and the Cup of Heavenly Punishment."
"I don't understand what you're talking about." Chu Lisang said coldly.
Wang Hongyi gave his subordinates a wink.Several subordinates quickly untied the baggage of Biancai, only to find that there were only a few clothes inside, nothing else.Wang Hongyi frowned, squinting and looking in the direction of the cedar forest.He knew that if something was not in Biancai's hands, it must be in Xiao Junmo's hands.
At this moment, a cold arrow shot suddenly, and shot down one of the men next to him. Before they could react, another arrow roared, and another man fell to the ground.
Wang Hongyi was furious, looked up, and suddenly saw Xiao Junmo carrying a quiver, holding a bow and arrow, his feet straddling two big bamboos five or six feet high, his body swaying with the elasticity of the bamboos, and he seemed to be smiling. Looking at him non-smilingly.
Just now, Xiao Junmo used his extraordinary lightness to walk on tall cedar trees, cleared out all the dozen or so archers under Mingzang, and then shot arrows at the men in black below. In a blink of an eye, more than a dozen men in black were killed or injured, all of them fell under his arrows.Wei Laoliu and a few subordinates who know how to do light work have been chasing him among the big trees, but they are helplessly entangled by Hua Linger, and can only watch helplessly as those subordinates are cleaned up by Xiao Junmo.
"kill him!"
Wang Hongyi yelled angrily, and led a dozen of his men to jump onto the bamboo and attacked Xiao Junmo.These people's lightness skills are obviously much better than those of Wei Laoliu's side, so Xiao Junmo had no choice but to carry his bow and arrows and swing his sword to meet the enemy.At this time, Hua Ling'er, Wei Laoliu and others also rushed into the bamboo forest.All of a sudden, dozens of figures flew back and forth among the dense bamboos, clusters of bamboo branches were chopped down, and bamboo leaves fluttered in the sunlight.
Chu Lisang yelled at Biancai to leave quickly, then picked up the dragon head knife on the ground, and was about to join the battle group, but before he could run a few steps, he suddenly felt dizzy, and his body shook immediately after.
The wound on her shoulder was bleeding all the time, and the anesthetic on Wang Hongyi's dart that was enough to cause fainting also started to take effect.
Biancai hurried over: "Sang'er, how are you?"
"I...I'm fine." Chu Lisang passed out before he finished speaking.
Biancai hastily supported her.
At this time, Xiao Junmo was fighting with Wang Hongyi and others inextricably. Seeing that Chu Lisang fainted suddenly, he became very anxious, so he stopped fighting, and forced Wang Hongyi and others back a little with a quick attack, then put the knife back into its sheath, and returned Grabbing two bamboos with his body, he bent the bamboos with the weight of his falling body, and then let go suddenly.Wang Hongyi and others didn't know what to do, so they came forward just in time, and only heard a few bangs, Wang Hongyi and six or seven of his subordinates were knocked away by the huge force of the bamboo's rebound at the same time.
Xiao Junmo landed lightly, and was about to run towards Chu Lisang, when he suddenly saw Mi Mancang lying motionless on the ground.
In an instant, his heart throbbed.
Along the way, Xiao Junmo and this young eunuch, whom he didn't know well at first, have become life and death brothers.Although he always talks about money and looks like a miser, Xiao Junmo knows that this guy is actually more righteous than anyone else in his bones!From the day he was forced to rescue the father and daughter of Biancai and fled with him, Mi Mancang gave his life to him and gave him unreserved trust, but today, he left his brother's life here Among the mountains...
The situation is critical now, and there is no time for him to mourn and be sentimental.Xiao Junmo endured his grief and ran to Chu Lisang's side, observing her injuries.Fortunately, the two wounds were minor injuries, and there was nothing serious, so he was slightly relieved.At this time Hua Ling'er also ran over, Xiao Junmo threw her the quiver and bow and arrows on his body, and then carried Chu Lisang on his back.Biancai and Hua Linger wanted to run down the mountain, but Xiao Junmo hurriedly stopped them: "Now we can't run to an open place, we can only go inside the mountain and use the complicated terrain to get rid of them."
After finishing speaking, Xiao Junmo ran to the depths of the bamboo forest with Chu Lisang on his back, followed by Biancai and Hua Linger.
Wang Hongyi and his subordinates were knocked to the ground by the two bamboo plants, and they all coughed up blood, and they were seriously injured.Wei Laoliu and others hurriedly helped them up.Wang Hongyi gasped heavily, and said in a deep voice: "Hurry up, the thing must be in Xiao Junmo's hands, take the thing and my daughter back, and kill other personalities!"
"Your daughter?" Wei Laoliu looked confused.
"It's Chu Lisang!"
Wei Laoliu was astonished, but still couldn't react.
"Why are you still standing there? Hurry up!" Wang Hongyi said sharply.
Only then did Wei Laoliu wake up, and immediately took a dozen of his men to chase after him.
Xiao Junmo ran wildly in the bamboo forest with Chu Lisang on his back.
He was wounded in many places, blood was flowing all the time, and he had just fought for a long time, and his physical strength was exhausted, so even though he tried his best at this moment, he couldn't get up to speed.
Biancai and Hua Linger followed closely behind.While running, Hua Ling'er kept shooting arrows with a bow, blocking the pursuers, and shot and killed three or four more in a short while.Wei Laoliu was apprehensive, so he could only bite tightly from behind, not daring to get too close.
After running for about three quarters, Xiao Junmo suddenly felt that his eyes were bright, and he had already reached the end of the bamboo forest.The terrain in front of you is steep and full of strange rocks. The mountain on the right is a dense pine forest, and the mountain on the left is a ginkgo forest.Xiao Junmo turned back to Biancai and Hua Linger and said, "Continue to walk up the mountain, can you hold on?"
The two were out of breath and unable to answer, obviously their physical strength was close to exhaustion.
Xiao Junmo realized that if this continues, no one will be able to escape, and there must be a decision.He quickly looked around, and said in the fastest way: "Now there is only one way, you and Li Sang hide behind the rocks over there, I will lead them down the mountain, as soon as they enter the ginkgo forest, you hurry up Run up the mountain and try to find a cave to hide in."
Biancai smiled wryly: "Xiao Lang, only you can protect Sang'er now, you can't leave her behind." After speaking, he gave him a meaningful look, and immediately ran down the mountain.
"Mage!" Xiao Junmo was shocked, and hurriedly said to Hua Ling'er, "Ling'er, Li Sang is in your hands. You guys hide first, and I will go after the mage." After speaking, he turned his back to her and motioned for her to take Chu Li away. Sang carried her back.
Hua Ling'er took two steps back, and smiled sadly: "Xiao Lang, the Zuoshi is right, only you can protect Miss Chu. Don't worry, the Zuoshi will leave it to me. Let's... let's leave now." Said After finishing, Hua Ling'er suddenly came over, kissed him on the cheek, and then followed Biancai away.
Xiao Junmo's whole body froze suddenly, and his mind was completely messed up.It wasn't until the footsteps of Wei Laoliu and others running in the bamboo forest that he had no choice but to run behind a nearby rock and hide.
Wei Laoliu led his men out of the bamboo forest, stopped to pant for breath, and looked left and right at the same time, not knowing which direction to chase.At this time, an arrow suddenly shot from the left side, and with a whizzing sound, it passed by Wei Laoliu's ear.Wei Laoliu looked up and saw the backs of Hua Linger and Biancai, then waved his right hand and led his men to chase after them.
Xiao Junmo poked his head out from behind the rock, watched Biancai and Hua Linger sink into the ginkgo forest one after the other from a distance, couldn't help but punched the rock hard, and a cluster of blood instantly stained the rock red.
He knew that if Biancai and Hua Linger chose to lure the enemy away, it would be tantamount to choosing to sacrifice, just like when he proposed this method just now, he was already ready to die.
The sun had sunk to the western sky at some point, and the dark red sunset covered the sky like a large bleeding wound.
Xiao Junmo picked up Chu Lisang again and ran towards the pine forest on the mountain.A teardrop slipped quietly from the corner of his eye, fell on the rock and smashed into pieces...
(End of this chapter)
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