Volume 1 The Wind Rises in Xichuan Chapter 46 Waiting for the Rabbit
In the fifth year of Taihe, in September, Zizheng.
Chengdu Mansion, Yacheng Prison.
"Stop!"
Hearing this voice, Li Zhi found that there was a trace of panic in the eyes of the man in black, and the right hand holding Li Zhi's neck was slightly relaxed, Li Zhi took this opportunity and hurriedly struggled to escape from the restraint of the man in black, and lay straight on the ground. Li Zhi caressed his neck, which had been strangled with blood, and his lungs surged like a river, and he coughed violently again and again with the suffocation of Fang Cai.
At this moment, the originally dark prison has also been brightly illuminated by torches.
Outside the prison, there stood two armored tooth soldiers with torches, and the crossbow machine in their hands pointed directly at the man in black. Li Zhi knew at a glance that it was the elite of the tooth army guarding the marshal's mansion.
Immediately after, a slender young man walked slowly to the cell door. Without this person to speak, Li Zhi had already guessed the identity of the person, and then let out a sigh, his head fell back and collapsed on the thatch exhausted, Zhang Yijun finally came.
"It is worthy of the hidden stake that has been able to hide in the Shuaifu for so long, and Your Excellency can silence all the heavily armed prison guards without making a sound...... Zhang Yijun held his hands on his shoulder, and praised with his chin in his head: "...... Or should I call you ...... 'Bird City'?" ”
"Bird City" didn't say a word, just quickly looked at the three people outside the prison, as if they were carefully looking for flaws.
Since Zhang Yijun was standing in front of the torch, Li Zhi only saw a silhouette of him, but listening to this light tone, Li Zhi could already imagine the corners of Zhang Yijun's lips when he said this.
Li Zhi wanted to reveal the identity of the man in black, but after thinking about it, it would not be beneficial to him, so he simply gave up and decided to keep silent about the true identity of "Crane City".
Zhang Yijun glanced at Li Zhi, and then his eyes were still fixed on the deep dark eyes of the "Bird City", as if he was figuring out his identity, and at the same time, he was also buying time for the tooth soldiers outside the prison to take place. Zhang Yi didn't dare to look away easily, after all, a moment ago, he had just seen with his own eyes that this person had only taken ten breaths to knock down the prison guards who had been guarding the prison, and he didn't know what poison he had given, and he was still lying in a coma outside the prison gate.
"If it weren't for the fact that I hid on the eaves of the corner and witnessed your masterpiece, I'm afraid that Envoy Li would already be a corpse at this time," in order to avoid the "Crane City" taking risks, Zhang Yijun continued with careful consideration: "After receiving my news, at this moment, the Yacheng Prison has been surrounded by a team of Marshal's Mansion guards, Li Jiedu has ordered the blockade of Jiande Fang, and personally led the Wuwei army in the Fang to arrive later. Excellency...... I'm afraid I'm already ...... wings."
Zhang Yijun is actually bluffing, although Li Deyu has indeed ordered the blockade of Jiande Fang, and will lead the army here. However, it took time to assemble the night tooth army in the workshop, and the matter was in a hurry, and Zhang Yijun only had time to call the two tooth soldiers who were guarding the main gate of the Shuai Mansion.
In other words, the current huge Yacheng Prison, counting the "Bird City" and Li Zhi who collapsed to the ground, only the five of them who can move.
Zhang Yijun still needs to delay for at least a moment......
"Crane City" just silently looked at Zhang Yijun and the two armored warriors beside him, and then looked back at the Jiedu envoy who was paralyzed on the ground. As if weighing the pros and cons, as well as his own chances of winning, he finally hung his hands at his side, looked up and stared blankly for a long time, as if he had accepted his fate, untied the short-bladed dagger from his waist, threw it to the prison door, put the wrists of his hands together, knelt on the ground, and was ready to be restrained.
Zhang Yijun didn't expect Fang Cai's words to really bluff the "Bird City", and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart.
One of the armored soldiers removed the rope from his belt and cautiously walked through the prison door, all four pairs of eyes staring closely at the "Bird City".
The tooth soldiers walked to the "Bird City", but Zhang Yijun suddenly caught a glimpse of a cold light popping out of the cuffs of the "Bird City".
"Hidden Blade! Watch out! ”
However, it was too late, and the Hidden Blade stabbed straight into the heart of the fangs.
The Tooth Soldier is covered with heavy piercing armor, which is extremely difficult to pierce with a single blow of the Hidden Blade. The tooth soldier also subconsciously threw down the rope and used his arm armor to protect the position of his heart.
He turned the tip of his Hidden Blade slightly downward, and with a flick of his fingers, the sharp tip of the sword had pierced the tooth soldier's poorly protected right thigh.
The Tooth Soldier howled in pain, and when the Hidden Blade was drawn, a mist of blood was released. The tooth soldier couldn't hold it up, and he covered his right leg with his hand and knelt down heavily.
The tooth soldiers outside the cell were stunned, and then realized the great changes that had just taken place in an instant, and with a hanging knife in his hand, the crossbow arrow was shot out on the spot, but the "Bird City" seemed to have been expected, and he dodged lightly with a little flash.
Without waiting for the others to react, "Bird City" jumped up with excellent bounce power, stepped on the shoulders of the tooth soldiers kneeling in front of him, and jumped towards the vents in the ceiling......
Oops!
Zhang Yijun was shocked and hurriedly rushed into the prison.
The vents in the cell were more than two people above the ground, and could not be reached by a single person bouncing. However, the tooth soldier who knelt on one knee became a perfect springboard at this moment, allowing the "Bird City" to jump hard by the shoulder of the tooth soldier, and actually happened to hold the edge of the vent with both hands, and with the force of both arms, the upper body twisted left and right, and actually poked half of the body out of the narrow vent.
Zhang Yijun hurriedly pounced on the ankle of "Bird City", but he was still a step too late and only tore off a piece of black cloth.
Zhang Yijun was shocked, the top of the vent here led to the back of the Yacheng Prison, and a little corner, it was the place where he hid his horse!
Before entering the Yacheng Prison, Zhang Yi avoided startling the snake, and at the same time cut off the possibility of the "Bird City" escaping on horseback, and deliberately led the horse of the "Bird City" and the "Sa Yuhu" to the corner of the back of the Tooth City Prison and tied them up. Through repeated observation during the day, Zhang Yijun had already concluded that this one-foot-square vent was definitely something that no one person could climb up, but he didn't expect the "Bird City" to be so agile.
Zhang Yi didn't care to say much, so he hurriedly snatched the crossbow machine and three crossbow arrows from the hands of the tooth soldier on his side, and ran up the stone steps along the prison corridor in three steps and two steps, and ran straight towards the gate.
He was so anxious because he knew too well how the stake was doing. If the "Bird City" is allowed to escape, this person will never show up in Xichuan again. And after this assassination, Zhang Yijun was not completely sure of what Li Zhi said.
Therefore, this is likely to be the only clue, the only opportunity, and must not be missed!
Coming out of the prison gate, Zhang Yijun stepped on the stone lion at the door, jumped backwards, and it took some effort to climb to the eaves. Zhang Yijun didn't expect that this fishing operation would be so troublesome, so he didn't wear a corset suitable for jumping over the wall.
Zhang Yijun set up his crossbow arrows, crouched in the hidden place on the roof, crossed the Wangshan Mountain with his eyes, and stared at the streets and alleys behind the Yacheng Prison.
There is an acute angle between the place where the horse is tied and the street that Zhang Yijun is facing, and the horse must slow down when turning this corner, and Zhang Yijun's position is just the blind spot before the turn, so this sharp angle bend is an excellent ambush location.
As soon as you see the "Bird City" galloping out on horseback, you can pull the hanging knife and shoot the crossbow arrow at the horse's neck.
There is only one exit from Yacheng, and the rest are surrounded by tall and wide walls, without mounts, only by foot strength, even if the "Bird City" is agile and fast, when it arrives at the exit, the entire Jiande Fang must have been blocked by the heavy troops of the Jiedu envoy, and the next work is just to catch turtles in the urn.
Sure enough, the sound of horses' hooves came from the corner of the street facing Zhang Yijun.
But when Zhang Yijun saw the figure of "Crane City", the finger that was about to pull the hanging knife hesitated.
He didn't ride his own horse, he rode a "sassy jade horse"!
At the last moment, Zhang Yijun finally struggled to kill the killer. The crossbow bolts shot out quickly, heading straight for the "Sa Yuhu".
However, because of Fang Cai's momentary hesitation, the crossbow arrow finally deviated from the target and "snapped" and hit the blue bricks of the high wall.
Zhang Yijun hurriedly set up the next crossbow arrow on the arrow road, but to no avail, "Bird City" after noticing Zhang Yijun ambushed on the roof, quickly lowered his body, and clamped the horse's belly with both feet, and when Zhang Yijun pulled the bowstring, "Bird City" had already entered his shooting blind spot.
A strong sense of frustration arose spontaneously in Zhang Yijun's heart.
Zhang Yijun put down the crossbow machine out of breath and sat down on the roof.
Defeated......
All that remains is to hope that Jiedu will enable Li Deyu to block Yacheng and Jiandefang Gate sooner, if this does not work, then all the efforts made by Zhang Yidu to find out the secret stake of the Shuai Mansion will be in vain.
Zhang Yijun was in a trance, but suddenly heard the strange hissing sound of "Sa Yuqi", and the sound of several collisions between the horseshoe and the stone brick pavement.
Wait a minute......
“…… Sa Yuqi is not an ordinary horse, not everyone can ride it, Mr. has to bribe it with an apple first, otherwise, he may be thrown down by Sa Yuqi......"
Xue Tao's maidservant Ah Lian's words suddenly echoed in Zhang Yijun's mind.
Isn't it ......?
Zhang Yijun hurriedly ran down from the roof, his legs shrank as soon as he took advantage of the situation, and the whole person fell to the ground steadily. The tooth soldiers, who had been taking care of their injured colleagues in the prison, also rushed up from the prison at this time. The two of them quickly ran out of the prison courtyard and walked straight to the alley where the horses were constantly roaring. Just in time to see the sturdy front hooves of "Sa Yuqiu" suddenly lifted, the hind legs were erect, and the rider on his back could not control his balance, and was thrown to the ground heavily.
Zhang Yijun seized the opportunity and rushed forward, "Bird City" wanted to quickly get up from the ground with his agile skills and shake Zhang Yijun over, but it seemed that his bones were broken due to the fall of the horse, and his body stumbled and sat down on the ground. This delayed flick of his fingers was enough for Zhang Yijun to rush to the side of the "Bird City" and hold the right forearm of the "Bird City" with the hidden blade.
And Zhang Yijun suddenly saw a cold light flashing on his left side with his peripheral vision, and the left arm of "Bird City" also popped out the Hidden Blade!
This time, the tooth soldier's crossbow bolt finally missed the target.
The arrow pierced the left arm of the "Bird City". At this distance, the momentum of the crossbow bolt was enough to nail his left hand to the ground.
The tooth soldiers hurriedly moved forward, and together with Zhang Yijun, they buckled the arms of the "Bird City" with their backhands, and put pliers on their feet, completely subduing him.
Zhang Yijun gasped, only then did he realize that he was covered in sweat, and he smiled at each other and nodded at each other with the tooth soldiers on his side. Zhang Yijun took out a fire fold, and after lighting it, he stretched out his hand to the black cloth wrapped around the face of the "Bird City" and tore it off.
The two exclaimed almost simultaneously.
Wei ...... Wei Rong Wei Yuhou?! ”