Chapter 67: The Danger of Silver Leaves
A group of people who killed the Long Whisker Dao people, killed Chang Mingkong, and killed Gu Zhengyuan didn't even have a chance to breathe in the hands of Gongsun Yunliang. The person with the double dagger www.biquge.info pen & fun > didn't even let the world know who she was before she died.
"Are you still satisfied with my strength?" Gongsun Yunliang squinted at the hunchbacked old man and said.
"It seems that I miscalculated, no wonder someone asked me not to provoke you, it seems that he was right." The hunchbacked old man said hoarsely.
"Don't you think it's too late to say this, do I still need your praise?"
Sou...... Boom......
As soon as the words fell, Gongsun Yunliang was like an arrow off the string, and instantly came to the front of the hunchbacked old man, and stepped heavily on the chest of the big man with a heavy foot, with the crisp sound of broken bones, the big man's chest collapsed directly, and he couldn't stand up again.
"Both of your children are dead, isn't it your turn?" Gongsun Yunliang said close to the hunchbacked old man's face, with a contemptuous smile on the corner of his mouth, and his voice was cold and low.
The old man frowned and remained silent, he admitted that he was afraid, the terrifying pressure from hell left him speechless, but at least he didn't appear so afraid.
"Why don't you speak? You're scared, where is that invincible arrogance just now, I haven't even pulled out my sword. ”
Gongsun Yunliang's every word stimulated him, but there was nothing he could do, in the case of absolute crushing strength, he could only bow his head.
"Tell me who you are, or who is the one who commanded you?"
"It's my mistake, kill me, I won't say anything." The old man avoided Gongsun Yunliang's gaze and said in a deep voice.
Click......
Without warning, Gongsun Yunliang grabbed the old man's right arm and pulled it outward, and the arm was torn off.
The hunchbacked old man let out a heart-rending howl, and his voice echoed throughout the bamboo forest. He thought that his strength was outstanding, and he was so vulnerable in front of Gongsun Yunliang.
"Gongsun Yunliang! You're going to kill me. The old man shouted with a hideous face.
"Huh...... Kill you? You can't stand my torture now, so you asked me to kill you, but if I really want to kill you, you will kneel on the ground and beg me not to kill you, why bother? ”
"If you are still the Dragon Yuan Sword Master, give me a good time, otherwise you will regret it." The old man said viciously.
"Whether I am the sword master or not has nothing to do with you, and it has nothing to do with you whether I regret it or not. I'm in a good mood today, get out! ”
The old man wondered if he had heard it wrong, Gongsun Yunliang would want to let him go. He froze there, pain seemingly disturbing his thoughts.
"Why, don't you understand? Do you really want to die that much? Gongsun Yunliang said impatiently.
Only then did the old man react, took a few steps back, picked up his broken arm not far away, and ran away in disgrace.
"Stop!"
Just after running a few steps, he was stopped by Gongsun Yunliang, and the hunchbacked old man stood there motionless as if he had been immobilized.
"You regretted it?" The old man asked in a trembling voice.
"Go back and tell your master, if he is impatient to let him come and die, don't send some waste here, whatever his purpose is, let him settle down a little, I am not in such a good mood every day."
"Don't worry, I will, you don't have to worry about that." The old man said viciously, and then disappeared into the bamboo forest like a lost dog.
"Master Gongsun Zhuang is so scary." Ruyan whispered.
"Well, I haven't seen him like this in a long time." Linglong chimed in.
Gongsun Yunliang turned around and passed by Lang Li, as if he didn't see it, and walked straight inside.
"Why did you let him go?"
"If I don't let him go, I'm afraid more people will come to harass me."
"Are you scared?"
"I'm not afraid of them, I'm afraid of you!"
Lang Li was confused, and he wanted to understand that Gongsun Yunliang had ignored him.
Walking to the front of Ruyan, Gongsun Yunliang stopped, and his face was serious and serious: "Are there still dumplings?" ”
“……”
The first day after the winter solstice is an ordinary day, and it is also the day of the Silver Leaf Castle Festival.
It has just snowed, the streets and houses are covered in silver, children are playing and playing, pedestrians are stepping on the thick snow to travel, the sky and the earth are pure white, it is really worthy of the city of silver leaves.
The city is unusually quiet after the snow, but it soon comes alive again. Soldiers in the city blocked off the main streets, and lanterns and streamers filled the streets early.
Towards noon, with the sound of several cannons, followed by the sound of drums, a long procession of carriages and horses slowly drove out of the main city.
Ji Hongtu rode a bright silver horse, walked out of the main city gate under the protection of the soldiers, and waved to the silver-leaf subjects on both sides, his face was as kind as a great man.
The subjects of Silver Leaf City also did not skimp on their flowers and praises, and every step Ji Hongtu took, all flowers spread on the ground, and the voices were full of voices. He enjoyed the feeling of being above 10,000 people. So much so that indulging in this feeling made him have even more terrifying ambitions.
After a week around the city, the horse team came to a high mountain not far from the main city, this mountain is called the Silver Leaf Sacred Mountain, which is a scenic spot and the sacred mountain of the Silver Leaf City.
Ji Hongtu was wearing a purple and gold robe that symbolized the status of the city lord, dismounted and stood at the foot of the mountain, looking up at the majestic Silver Leaf Holy Mountain. Walking through the bluestone road and walking one hundred and eight stone steps, he came to the Qiankun Temple located at the top of the Silver Leaf Holy Mountain, Ji Hongtu fell down and bowed, not only praying for the Silver Leaf City, but also secretly making a wish in his heart.
The soldiers and military generals behind him also followed his example, and fell to their knees one after another, extremely religious.
The monks of the temple brought three lit incense sticks and handed them to Ji Hongtu, and then guided him to bow to the east.
"May the country and the people be safe, and the silver leaf will be forever! May the wind and rain be smooth, and the silver leaves will be stable for a long time! May people prosper and animals prosper, and silver leaves and grains abundant! May the gods and Buddhas bless you, and the silver leaf longevity and the heavens! ”
After Ji Hongtu finished praying, he carefully inserted Gao Xiang into the incense burner, and then clasped his hands together, secretly wishing in his heart.
At this moment, a man who looked like a general in armor hurriedly approached an old man and whispered something in his ear, but when he saw that the old man looked nervous, cold sweat flowed down.
The general retreated, and the old man quickly walked up to Ji Hongtu and said in a low voice: "City Lord, Beijun has been attacked by a barbarian army, and the sixteen towns of Beijun have been lost!" ”
Just a sentence sounded like a thunderbolt in Ji Hongtu's ears.
"When?"
"Last night, they quietly came to the city with the help of the wind and snow, and today they took advantage of our silver leaf festival, and it happened that Sigu Zhengyuan of Beijun died tragically, and they conquered sixteen of the forty towns in Beijun in just one morning."
"Why don't you report early?"
"It is said that they were prepared for a long time, and they got rid of the various post stations that we contacted with Beijun as soon as possible, and now the news is that Gu Shiming, the son of Gu Zhengyuan, came to report at the risk of death."
"Damn it!" Ji Hongtu's fist creaked. The incident was too sudden, and he was not given a little time to react, and today's Silver Leaf Festival was not easy to publicize, if the people of the city knew that Bi Dingren was panicking, the consequences would be even more unimaginable, and in this way, his years of planning were likely to be in vain. Now the only and most direct way is to send reinforcements, but who is better? For a while, Ji Hongtu was anxious.
"Chen Xun, what can you do?"
Chen Xun is also the old man who reported the matter, he was Lang Yunfan's former minister, because he was full of wit, so Ji Hongtu spared his life back then and made him his own think tank, Chen Xun didn't want to, but for some reason, he agreed to Ji Hongtu's request.
"According to the following opinion, the most direct way at present is to send reinforcements, quickly drive out the barbarians with enough troops, and stay there for a long time, and make the matter as small as possible, if it can't be solved quickly, I'm afraid the city lord will not be easy to explain to the court!"
Chen Xun's words can be said to be in Ji Hongtu's heart, what he is most worried about is not the safety of Beijun, but the court's opinion of him.
"What the gentleman said is very true, and I think so too, but I don't know who it is safer to send."
Chen Xun thought for a moment and said: "City Lord, I think that this person must be your henchman, and also have the ability, as far as I know, the barbarian army is not only warlike, but also has high skills, and you know that the city lord you also have an identity in the rivers and lakes, that is, the sect master of the Sword Sect, in my opinion, it is better to send a Jianghu sect that you can trust, so that it can not only alleviate the urgent need, but also not be afraid of the strong combat effectiveness of the barbarians, I don't know what to do with the city idea?" ”
"Good! Just according to the words of the gentleman! ”
The two of them were muttering something, and the people behind them were all inexplicable, but they both felt that something should have happened.
The Silver Leaf Festival was still going on, as if nothing had happened, and Ji Hongtu found an opportunity to call Leng Qingfeng to his side.
"Qingfeng, I just got the news, the barbarians have attacked Beijun on a large scale, and now there are sixteen towns that have missed, I want you to take your Hanxuanmen to rush over to help, and I will give you another 10,000 troops, all of which will be mobilized by you, and you must recapture the sixteen towns of Beijun." Ji Hongtu whispered.
"When's it?" Leng Qingfeng couldn't believe his ears, and asked with a glare.
"It's this morning, it's too sudden, I can't catch it off guard, I have discussed it with Chen Xun, you are the most trustworthy person in me, I can rest assured that you go."
Leng Qingfeng nodded, turned around and was about to leave, but Ji Hongtu stopped him again.
"Wait!"
Leng Qingfeng turned around, and Ji Hongtu continued: "Only a few people know about this matter at present, don't make a noise first, you can hide it for as long as you can, and after the matter is resolved, you and the rest of the people will stay in Beijun for the time being, I have my own arrangements, in short, it must be solved as soon as possible." ”
Leng Qingfeng nodded, turned around and left the Silver Leaf Holy Mountain and hurried to Beijun, where all the good fortunes and misfortunes were unknown, and the Silver Leaf City, which had been at ease for twenty years, finally felt the smell of crisis.