Chapter Forty-Eight: The Battle Night Xiao Shunming's Eggs Are Broken
Dongping is located a little to the west of Pengcheng. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info as far as the map is concerned, it is about eleven o'clock in Pengcheng, it is more than 500 miles away from Pengcheng. Although the terrain is a little flat and the road is wide, as long as it is not a crazy rush, playing some kind of rapid marching or something, it is not a day to arrive.
There are still seven days left before Wang Tong's birthday banquet, and Li Qin has no intention of hurrying up at all. He set out from Pengcheng in the afternoon, and by the evening he had arrived at a large town a hundred miles away from Pengcheng.
This is a bustling market town, with a radius of two miles, nearly 1,000 households, two main streets, more than a dozen shops, four or five inns and two green buildings.
When Li Qin came to the town, it was already in full bloom. Bright lanterns have been hung in the shops on both sides of the town's streets.
The lanterns are mostly not red, but they are definitely not white either. A few strung together, gently swaying in the warm evening breeze, there is an indescribable tranquility and elegance.
There are a lot of pedestrians on the street, some in groups of threes and threes, and some in groups of dozens of people, blocking the streets. They're still moving, but they're moving too slowly.
Li Qin stood at the entrance of the town, looking at the situation in the town, and frowned slightly: "Why are there so many people...... And all of them are outsiders? ”
He ordered someone to ask, and soon got the answer: "Old Man Wang Tong's birthday banquet, many people went to attend." Although there are not so many bigwigs who can enter the mansion, they follow their subordinates...... Which is not too little. They came a little earlier than you, and they stayed at the inn almost, with only a few sporadic rooms. ”
"So?" Li Qin heard that he was a little embarrassed.
The inns in the town are full, so what about my own group.
"My lord, let's find an inn in the town to rest. The guards were arranged outside the town by the Su commander. Yan Shigu suggested to Li Qin.
"But who will guarantee the safety of the lord?" Su Dingye, who grew from Li Qin's pro-soldier to the commander of the pro-guard, questioned this.
"This ......" Yan Shigu was also a little embarrassed.
Li Qin is a martial arts master, his strength is far above everyone, and it stands to reason that his own safety does not need everyone's guarantee at all.
However, in this case, Li Qin himself said that he could, but his subordinates could not say so.
So as soon as Su Dingye spoke, Yan Shigu realized that there was a big mistake in principle in his previous suggestion.
"Don't think about it so much, just follow Shigu's advice. My security ...... I can guarantee it myself. Li Qin calmly made a decision.
"But ......" Su Dingye still has opinions.
"Rest assured, this is so many people. Everyone wants some face. I don't think anyone will mess around. Li Qin patted Su Dingye on the shoulder and asked him to rest assured.
"This ......" Su Dingye wanted to persuade again, but Li Qin had already turned his head.
Su Dingye knew that Li Qin had made up his mind, so he had to take a compromise solution: "Then the lord must at least let me lead a few guards to follow." Even if you can't protect the lord, you can do chores for the lord. ”
"What's the chore? We're just going to rest here for the night. Li Qin shook his head: "Forget it, if you want to follow, just follow." ”
Li Qin didn't want to be entangled, so he agreed with Su Dingye's suggestion.
So, Su Dingye selected five quite capable personal guards to come out, and together with himself as Li Qin's personal entourage, followed Li Qin and Yan Shigu into the market town. As for the remaining guards, Su Dingye handed them over to his deputy to lead and set up camp one mile outside the town.
Although there were only 100 people, although it was not in the time of war, the rules taught by Li Qin could not be forgotten, and the arrangements that should be made were still meticulously completed.
The town is still very stable. Due to the great power of the rebel army, the Wagang army broke through Luoxingcang one after another, becoming the most powerful force in the world's righteous army, Xu Yuanlang, who originally controlled Dongping, also merged with the Wagang army, so that this area was all returned to the Wagang army.
Since it is the territory of the rebel army, Li Qin, as a Sui general, naturally cannot be so high-profile. He ordered people to put away the banners of "Danyang Town General Li" and "Dangtu County Hou Li", and only pretended to be ordinary children of the family, and stepped into the market town.
Of course, this is the so-called act of covering up your ears and stealing the bell, which can be hidden from ordinary people, but it can't be hidden from people with intentions. Fortunately, everyone knows that most of the people who come here are here for Wang Tong's birthday banquet, whether it is the righteous army or the Jianghu guests, no matter what their political stance is, even for Wang Tong's face, they still turn a blind eye.
No one will say how Li Qin is like this, and Li Qin is naturally happy. He took Yan Shigu and others into the town, found an inn in the town, chartered three rooms, and stayed.
The night soon wore on, and the market town fell silent.
The night is dark and the moon is high, and this is the time to facilitate the movement of some people. Half an hour after Li Qin blew out the lights in the guest room, four fluttering figures stepped on the eaves paved with green tiles and came to Li Qin's house.
Li Qin's house was located on the third floor of the inn by the street, and there was a window facing outward.
The four cats dressed in night clothes came to Li Qin's window, lowered their heads and listened to the movement in the house.
There was no movement in the room, only the sound of Li Qin's particularly weak breathing.
"Is this the room?" A petite figure asked softly.
"Well, I saw him enter this room with my own eyes." A muscular man behind him nodded heavily and whispered in affirmation.
"Then let's go up!" The man at the front of the group whispered.
"Good!" Another sturdy man answered, moved forward slightly, took out a pipe from his arms, and pierced the window paper of Li Qin's house. Then he lit a cigarette, held it in one hand, and blew it into the house with the flickering of his left hand.
After being so busy for half an hour, listening to the breathing sound inside the room seemed to be a little heavier, several people outside the house nodded with satisfaction.
"Looks like this thing is pretty useful." The tall man nodded in satisfaction.
"This is from the Northland Flower Fox, I think about how much work we spent to destroy him. The Northland Flower Fox has caused a lot of evil with this smoke. The man who used the smoke said very smugly.
"It's good!" The tall man praised again.
Immediately, he was pinched by the woman behind him: "You can't use this kind of bad thing indiscriminately." ”
"Do I need to use this smoke?" The man bent down and pressed close to the woman's cheek: "I'm enough to have you, where do I need anything else." As he spoke, he raised his head: "There is no good or bad tool, the key depends on the person who uses the tool." Let's go, we should go in. ”
Before he could finish speaking, the man opened the window and rolled into the room. Although it was a joyful leap, his light feats were good, and he only made a slight sound when he fell to the ground.
"Smack...... Smack, smack, smack! After the man entered, the other three rolled in. It's just that their kung fu is not as good as that of men, and their voices are slightly louder.
The man frowned slightly, his eyes stared at the figure lying on the bed covered with a quilt.
The figure didn't move much, still maintaining its original position, with a slight undulation on it, obviously still asleep.
"Good chance!" The man winked at the two behind him.
The two behind him nodded, strode past the man, and crept to the bed.
"Huh!" They drew two daggers from their belts, held them in one hand, and threw themselves at the bed.
However, before they could get to the bed, something happened suddenly. The quilt that was originally covered by the end "whew" and flew up.
The "Collapsed ......" quilt cracked, and the scattered linen cloth and the kapok silk wool filled in it turned into steel needles and steel knives in the cold palm wind, and slammed into the bodies of the two.
"Not good!" Several people in the room exclaimed.
When they saw this, they didn't know that their actions had already been exposed and discovered by the people in the house.
"Hurry back!" The tall man shouted.
You can't do anything right now, and protecting yourself is the most important thing. As for killing each other? Let's talk about that later!
The tall man has some eyesight, and he knows that the person who makes the shot is very strong.
Under his shout, the two people who rushed forward stopped castration and turned around to avoid it. However, they moved faster, but the man in the ambush in the room moved faster.
Just when the two of them endured the uncomfortable reversal of the true qi between the meridians and stopped retreating, the comer's hand was already on their wrists.
"Smack...... Syllable! A crackling sound sounded like fried beans, and the two of them only felt that the hand that was holding their wrists was going up along their arms, and when they reacted, the other party pointed to the well point on their shoulders, and a cold and piercing true qi pierced out from their fingers, thus sealing most of their bodies.
"Ah......h The two exclaimed, and their bodies had already involuntarily softened.
"Where to go? Leave it for me. At this moment, a calm young male voice sounded in their ears. Immediately, they felt that the shoulder well on the other side of them was also numb, and the whole person was frozen on the spot.
"It's so strong!" The two of them secretly said that it was not good in their hearts.
But now they can't do anything.
"Wushuang, retreat!" The tall man said, pulling his female companion behind him and running to the window.
Obviously, for them at this time, the best way to escape is to go straight to the street through the window.
However, what they could think of, the people in the room could not have imagined.
Just as they took two steps towards the window, a strong wind swept in front of the man. The man only felt that it was dark in front of him, and he stopped in shock, and saw a figure half a head shorter than himself already standing on the edge of the window, blocking his way.
At this time, the night was already deep, the crescent moon in the sky was only so thin, and there were very few stars like sesame seeds, and the sky was not bright in the whole night. The man's voice blocked his side, and the man could only faintly see the figure in the hazy light.
I didn't want him to look at it, so one of them couldn't help but be surprised: "What? Is it you? Are you lying to us? ”
The man was a little angry.
"Liar? How can this be said to be a lie. I, Li Yuanhua, am just setting up a bureau and taking the bait against one of you. The figure smiled faintly, turned to face the tall man, and completely exposed his face - who else could appear here at this point, out of Li Qin.
"You!" The tall man's heart was endlessly desolate.
There were too many surprises brought to him by tonight's events, and it was one of them that his actions were discovered, and the person who found it was actually Li Qin's sick seedling, and this sick seedling was also an unexpected martial arts master.
What to do?
The tall man glanced at the window that was close at hand, and then looked at Li Qin, who was leaning against the window, holding his chin, and looking at his IDE with a smile, and knew in his heart that if he didn't try to overcome the person in front of him, he was afraid that he would have to stay here tonight.
"How can this work?" The tall man gritted his teeth, drew a long sword from his waist, and stabbed straight at Li Qin.
This sword is like a goshawk hunting, with the momentum of looking at everything, and telling the fierceness of the sword itself with a sharp sword sound. The blade of the sword forward, the tip of the sword trembled, it seemed that the sword was unstable, but it was actually waiting for an opportunity to move.
For a while, the virtual and real sword shadows spilled out layer by layer, turning into pieces of silver and cutting towards Li Qin.
"Eagle Yang Sect's Eagle Flying Sword Technique? Well...... It's kind of a doorway. The tall man's swordsmanship is not bad, but Li Qin doesn't seem to care at all, and he still has the strength to evaluate the man's sword momentum.
This made the tall man feel aggrieved: "Don't look down on people! ”
The man snorted coldly, and the sword blade that suddenly hit Li Qin's chest was suddenly struck, thousands of frosts, condensed into a strand, changed his moves, turned fiction into reality, and picked at Li Qin's throat, which was ruthless.
"Hey!" Li Qin sneered, and gently pinched his left hand holding his chin forward, and grabbed the tall man's sword.
"Buzz!" A dull sound sounded, and the dark energy in Li Qin's hand vibrate, and the steel long sword that was held by himself passed directly to the tall man's body.
The tall man wailed, his whole body trembled like an electric shock, the long sword in his hand fell, and his body was numb and weak, but the door was wide open.
"Liang Shunming, I hope your father Liang Shidu can still have another son!" Li Qin said this lightly, suddenly straightened his body, flew out like lightning, and rushed straight to the crotch of the tall man.
Cut off the feet of the children and grandchildren!
This is the simplest and most unacceptable trick in the world. Li Qin's simple use at this time was precisely to make up his mind to let Liang Shidu and Liang Shunming cut off their children and grandchildren.
"Ah......" the woman behind Liang Shunming exclaimed.
"Stop!" At the same time as this exclamation sounded, there was a powerful snort from outside the window.
However, neither exclamation nor drinking could stop Li Qin's action, even if Liang Shunming flew backwards.
"Smack!" A thump.
"Whew!" Liang Shunming covered his legs and screamed strangely, like an inaudible sound of broken eggs.