Chapter 55: The Peach Garden Flies Red
Taoyuan is flying red
It is said that after Zhu Xuanzhi came back, he sat in front of the window, did not eat or drink, and only fell asleep casually in the second half of the night. At first, I couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning, but then I dreamed in a daze. First, I dreamed of Master Tongyuan, and came with a smile. And then there was the grandfather and the father. Mother. My sister Xiaoxuan is in the garden of the house, and the family is happy, enjoying the scenery in the garden while drinking tea......
Suddenly, there was a shout of killing from outside, a chaotic army rushed in with murderous energy, raised a knife and rushed to the family, father and mother protected their sister, resisted to the death, and finally were outnumbered, and fell in a pool of blood one after another, and finally Yuwen Hu, who came in slowly, showed a devilish smile......
In a trance, he arrived at Murong Mansion again, and he saw his beloved Qingshi, holding a Qingyi long sword, her blue skirt was stained with blood, and the sword dance was smart, and that touch of light blue flew in the chaos of the army, flying a little vermilion. The shadow danced above the sword, falling from pieces of iron armor. Then, a rain of arrows flew, and the green poems fell into the air like fallen leaves in the rainstorm, like a blue bird that was shot, and fell heavily to the ground. Allure's face was poignant, and the cold and sharp eyes just now were now looking at him with tenderness, but he still waved his long sword and shouted: "Hurry up!" Let's go......"
When Zhu Xuanzhi screamed and sat up, he found that his whole body was soaked with cold sweat, at this time, the Jiang family brothers, Uncle Tian, and Aunt Tian who heard the news had already come to the bed, and Aunt Tian asked with concern: "The helper has a nightmare again, heyββ"
"What are you talking about? Hurry up and get the medicine, Jiang Lei, you go and get a cup of warm water, and give the medicine to the helper. Uncle Tian commanded.
Soon, Aunt Tian and Jiang Lei brought medicine and water and served Zhu Xuanzhi to drink. After Zhu Xuanzhi drank the medicine, he felt that he had eased up, perhaps because of the effect of the medicine, and he slept very quietly in the second half of the night, while Aunt Tian had been guarding by his side.
It wasn't until the next morning that Zhu Xuanzhi woke up, but as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Dugu Zhen and Yu Wenruo looking at him beside him, Yu Wenruo smiled and said: "Brother Lan, it's too late for you to do this, Brother Zhen and I have been waiting for most of the day, hehe." β
"No kidding!" Dugu Zhen stopped Yu Wenruo's joke, and then asked, "Brother Lan is feeling better?" I heard Aunt Tian say that you couldn't sleep well last night? β
"It's okay, I had a bad dream, I took medicine in the middle of the night, and I slept a little deeper, so I kept you waiting for a long time." Zhu Xuanzhi said a little worriedly.
"We've been here for a while, Brother Lan, why don't you lie down for a while?" Yu Wenruo said.
"No, if you sleep too long, you won't be refreshed, you go to the front hall and wait for me for a while, and I'll be fine right away."
"Okay," after Dugu Zhen and the two went out, Zhu Xuanzhi quickly got up and freshened up, and came to the front hall with a neat appearance, Aunt Tian brought breakfast, and Zhu Xuanzhi asked, "You guys came over so early and had breakfast?" β
"After eating, Brother Lan, you don't have to worry about us, we were eating in the morning, Wen Ruo broke in and had breakfast." Dugu Zhen said.
"Look at Dugu and said, won't I just rub you off on breakfast? Do you need to go around talking? I was just in a hurry to see Brother Lan, so I didn't have time," Yu Wenruo argued.
"Oh? Is there something wrong with you looking at me in such a hurry? Zhu Xuanzhi put down his chopsticks and asked.
"Oh, Wen Ruo, you are so anxious to talk, isn't it good to let Brother Lan finish the meal?" Dugu Zhen complained about Yu Wenruo, and then he couldn't help but say: "Actually, it doesn't matter, that is, I heard that Yu Wenshen's recital was from Brother Lan's hand, and yesterday Tonghui Zen Master was invited by you and Princess Qingshi, Brother Lan's face is really big, Tonghui Zen Master is rare for us to see." β
"What about Aoyama? Aren't you all together? Why don't you ask him? Zhu Xuanzhi asked.
"Brother Lan doesn't know, Qingshan is managed by Sister Qingshi, not like us who come and go freely." Yu Wenruo said a little proudly.
"Okay, in the second son's note, there is indeed a suggestion under it, but I don't have that much face to invite the Zen master to go out of the mountain, it all depends on the face of the princess, and the Zen master's determination to maintain the reputation of Buddhism and eliminate the evil of Buddhism." Zhu Xuanzhi said.
"Brother Lan came to my house that day, is it also for this matter?" Yu Wenruo asked.
"Then Japan wants to invite the old general and the Zen master to go to the court together, but the old general has long known about it, and asked the Zen master to go out of the mountain on his behalf, so the promotion of this matter, the old general also made a great effort, Wen Ruo, see Ling Zun, but on behalf of our juniors, I want to greet us," Zhu Xuanzhi said solemnly.
"No problem, I'll tell my father." Yu Wenruo seemed very happy to hear that his father was also involved.
Zhu Xuanzhi continued to pick up the dishes and chopsticks, and ate unhurriedly, after eating, Zhu Xuanzhi said: "It's not interesting for us to sit idle, and the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are also boring, why don't you learn from Jiang Feng and Jiang Lei, let me see how your martial arts are improving?" β
"Let's talk to the big brother of the Jiang family? Did I hear me right? Brother Lan, although these two are your subordinates, they are among the best masters in the rivers and lakes, let us fight them, we will definitely suffer. Yu Wenruo seemed reluctant.
"Don't worry, our brothers will definitely show mercy." Jiang Feng said with bad intentions, Jiang Lei didn't say much, but nodded cooperatively on the side.
"Ahh Yu Wenruo was a little scared.
"Let's go, the two big brothers will be merciful." Dugu Zhen said and pulled Yu Wenruo out.
In the courtyard, Jiang Lei looked at the two sons opposite with an expressionless face, and Jiang Feng's expression was a little playful, because his expression was like a cat seeing two mice that were forced into a corner and had nowhere to escape. Dugu Zhen and Yu Wenruo had no choice but to pull out their swords, gritted their teeth, stomped their feet, and rushed forward......
Needless to say, in the end, Dugu Zhen was panting like a cow, and he didn't take advantage of a move, Yu Wenruo simply lay on the ground tiredly, motionless, and the Jiang brothers still looked at them with a smile.
"Well, yes, there is progress, I have lasted half a pillar of incense more than last time, you can help them to wash it." Zhu Xuanshi commented.
The two of them helped each other to clean up, and when they came back, they rested, and while talking to Zhu Xuanzhi for a long time, they went back separately.
At night, the moon is dark and the wind is high.
Zhu Xuanzhi was flipping through the books under the lamp, and the Jiang brothers were guarding outside, everything was so similar to every night in peacetime. However, outside the Taoyuan wall, more than a dozen black shadows quietly climbed up the wall and turned in.
With the sound of footsteps on the ground, the Jiang family brothers had already rushed forward to stop in front of the dozen or so black-clothed people, Jiang Lei shouted: "What kind of person, dare to trespass, looking for death?" β
"You're the one looking for death!" One of the men in black returned ferociously, and then ordered: "Up! When the rest of the people heard this, they immediately divided into three groups, two groups of Chaojiang brothers, and the remaining group went directly to the bamboo Xuanzhi in the house. The Jiang brothers didn't seem to care about the people who rushed into the house at all, they just tried their best to drag the people besieging them.
Just when the other black-clothed people thought that there was only one old man Tian and Zhu Xuanzhi in the house, and they were sure to win, all the ones who had just rushed in flew out of the door and the window screaming, and fell to the ground like a broken window, spitting blood from their mouths, and could no longer move. The people outside were shocked, but they didn't expect that there were masters inside, so they accelerated the offensive.
Just when Jiang Lei was drinking loudly just now, as soon as Aunt Tian, who was behind, heard the sound, she immediately went out and cut two thin ropes, so that the two red Kong Ming lanterns tied up flew into the sky. It turned out that this was the code of the Lantern Society, and after the red lantern flew up, the Lantern Society brothers who were lying in ambush around knew that there was a change in Taoyuan, so they immediately rushed over to help.
The black-clothed men besieging the Jiang brothers saw that they couldn't fight quickly, so someone shouted: "The second team is on!" As soon as the words fell, more than a dozen people flew in from outside the wall, filling the not very large courtyard with bright swords. At this time, the Jiang family brothers were not afraid, and took the initiative to attack forward, catching several of them off guard and falling to the ground with serious injuries.
The gang of assassins reacted at once and fiercely rushed towards the Jiang brothers, but a group of people still rushed into the back room. At this moment, the people of the Lantern Society arrived, some rushed in directly through the gate, and some stood guard against the wall with bows and arrows, as if they did not intend to let them leave alive. For a time, the sword light and sword shadows, flesh and blood flying, vermilion splashing, and blood splattering blue bricks. Although the peach blossoms have fallen, the peach trees that fill the yard are luxuriant, but now they have been tragically destroyed, and the young branches and new leaves have been cut down to the ground by swords, trampled and ravaged in the blood water......
After a while, the whole yard was filled with the pungent smell of blood, but it seemed that there was no sound of fighting, so Zhu Xuanzhi put down the book in his hand, put on his clothes and walked to the front yard, covering his nose with a handkerchief, and Uncle Tian followed closely beside him.
Seeing that the peach trees in the yard are now stumpled and rotten, and the only remaining trunks are also dyed red, leaving knife marks on them, Zhu Xuanzhi sighed under the corridor and said: "Alas, it seems that we can't eat the peaches produced in this peach orchard this year, and I don't know if we can enjoy the peach blossoms next year." This General Dugu Luo really doesn't care about his yard, and if it is like this, it is not easy for us to explain it to Dugu Zhen, after all, he invited us to live. β
At this time, Jiang Feng came and asked, "Helper, how many people are seriously injured but not dead, do you want to try them for trial?" β
"Judging what? Fetch some water, light the lamp, clean it all overnight, don't leave any blood, get some more incense to get rid of the smell, and tomorrow find a few gardeners to take care of these peach trees! Zhu Xuanzhi commanded casually.