Chapter 253: Swinging the Sword Returns the Favor
On a scorching summer day that shouldn't have been windy, a strong wind suddenly blew, wantonly pulling the two sides of the confrontation between the city and the city. This person is dressed in white armor, and everyone is dressed in black, and they are clearly distinguished, and they are about to explode.
Gu Xing and the others looked at the situation over there, and after some summing, they still decided that they couldn't sit still. He followed the path to the west of the city, wanting to sneak into Luoyang City on the eve of the war.
This is a last resort, if you continue to stay here, sooner or later you will be discovered by the black-armored soldiers, and even if you have three heads and six arms, you will be crushed into powder.
Luo Xiu did not leave with the others, but chose to stay alone. After whispering a few words to Mo Ye, he has been hiding in the hiding place where everyone stayed just now, waiting for the arrival of the wave of dead soldiers in the Lone Howling Heights Villa.
Mo Ye didn't know at this time that the dead soldiers of Guxiao Villa chose the purpose of coming to Luoyang at this time, but Luo Xiu knew the ins and outs, this was a risky move by the owner of Guxiao Zhuang, that is, to take advantage of the chaos of the Later Tang Dynasty into a pot of porridge, to do the "blood sacrifice of rivers and lakes".
It's just that what Luo Xiu doesn't know is that this is actually just a pretense, because this group of people was originally used to send them to death, and the Lone Howling Heights Villa has secretly informed Hou Zhou, believing that at this time, Hou Zhou's iron cavalry has begun to intrude on the Hou Tang border.
This kind of practice of "taking advantage of your illness to kill you" can be described as a salary from the bottom of the kettle.
After the Tang River and Mountains have been stormy, all the forces want to sit from the fisherman's profits, for a time all parties hidden dragons into the river set off monstrous waves, the eight directions of the wind and clouds surging thousands of miles of black clouds covering the sky and the sun.
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On the eve of the war, Ziwei Palace, Zhengying Palace.
The monarch, who was not so calm at any time, was now in a deep melancholy. It's not for the love of children, nor is it a royal secret room, but the general trend of the world, which will be determined at sunrise.
The sorrow in his heart gradually rose, not only for the general trend of the world, but also for the woman who once existed, but was nowhere to be found. The woman who was once so real, but now she is far away.
Just as a poem reads: "The threshold chrysanthemum is sorrowful, the orchid is crying and dew, the curtain is light and cold, and the swallows are flying away." Mingyue does not know how to leave hatred and bitterness, and the oblique light penetrates Zhu Hu. Last night, the west wind withered the green trees, and I went up to the tall building alone, looking at the end of the world. If you want to send color notes and rulers, where do you know where the mountains and rivers are? ”
He had never heard of this poem, but he was shocked, and kept asking the woman if it was from her, but he still did not receive an answer. The woman just said lightly, it doesn't matter.
Because, this poem was not written to him.
So he hated, hated the man the woman liked, and cherished everyone, but he still left a place for her in the softest place in his heart.
Even tonight, at this critical juncture, he was still not flustered, but fell into a state of sorrow that he hadn't had for a long time.
When you hear the sound of stumbling footsteps, you know that you are afraid that you will be alone. The chief eunuch Wang Itch came to report, but he failed to intercept and kill the kid surnamed Gu, which made his heart even worse.
He arranged this net, but he still let the kid escape safely, did he really respond to what the woman once said, "Heaven's will cannot be violated." ”
Back then, it was this providence that made him soar to 90,000 miles, making him from the lord of a domain to the orthodox king of the world. But now, when he stood on top of a tall building, and the hair on his sideburns was ridiculed by the west wind wantonly, the former woman became the memory of today.
I still remember one night that year, the woman also leaned on the high platform railing like this, and read a sentence that shocked the heavens.
It's just that when the woman left many years ago, she seemed to have expected this day, so she left him the last "gift", provided that he couldn't kill the Gu Mansion.
Back then, he was high-spirited and had the world in mind, so he didn't take it to heart, and boasted that he could do this despicable thing of "the cunning rabbit dies and the lackey cooks".
The woman just sighed and shook her head, as if she knew it, but she had helplessness that she couldn't say. The woman may still be thinking of the old love, so she led Li Cunqiao to the secret room of Ziwei Palace, handed him an artifact, and left a sentence, "If there is trouble in the future, you can use this thing to resolve it." ”
Li Cunqiao was skeptical at the time, but he still accepted the artifact with a smile. According to the woman, this is the secret technique she laid in Luoyang City, which can solve the siege for a while.
It's just that I didn't expect that all the things that followed were expected by the woman, and none of them could escape the fate in her words.
It's not that Li Cunmiao didn't think that when a woman was born out of thin air, she helped him win these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, maybe it was heaven and man. But later, as they got along day and night, they found that the woman did not have the aura of an immortal, but behaved differently from ordinary people, and always spoke surprisingly, so he became suspicious.
But the woman always skillfully resolved it, did not make any intervention in his follow-up, but let go and escaped into the rivers and lakes, and was never heard from again.
When he moved the capital to Luoyang, the woman appeared out of thin air and told her to wait here for many years, just to help him resolve a catastrophe many years later. It can be regarded as a one-time compensation and repayment. Li Cunqiao was puzzled at the time, but now he has some epiphany.
As a secret letter fell into the Zhengying Hall like a snowflake, Li Cunqiao actually didn't have too many worries. Because when the Later Tang began to be turbulent, he had already prepared his heart.
There are also all the forces in Luoyang City now, and he knows it well. Only for Nalan, the owner of the Mingyue Mansion who helped him destroy the Gu Mansion back then, he never saw through it.
Such a man, at this critical juncture, chose to keep his door closed. Neither helping nor falling into the ground, which surprised him a little.
However, the powerful ministers who showed loyalty on weekdays began to mess up one by one, as if Tang Sheji would collapse overnight after tonight.
Li Cunmiao did not choose to sit idly by, but preemptively.
Although Wang Qi is an unfamiliar "watchdog", he can still play a certain role at a critical time. Li Cunmiao knew this person's thoughts, but at this time, he had no intention of thinking about it, and everything would wait for the dust to settle.
Judging from the latest information just obtained, the Gao Mansion has openly rebelled, and the close ministers who used to be stationed next to him on the couch are now going to fight against him.
And he can only choose to face it calmly.
As for Li Yanyun and the other forces, Li Cunxuan let out the rumors, and everyone must understand that these forces will more or less choose to watch the fire from the other side, so they will buy him time.
When Li Cunmiao walked into the secret room of Ziwei Palace alone, when the artifact came out, he was calm and peaceful, but he was still shocked and opened his mouth wide. Because that artifact is just a box, there is nothing special about it. But he believes that the woman, although the woman has brought him irreparable trauma, is the only hero who has helped him get to where he is today.
Li Cunmiao finally opened the box with a simple shape, but it seemed to have infinite magic, and there was only one round object in the box, the material was ordinary, and there was nothing special about it.
Li Cunmiao was already dead at this time, and just as he was about to put down the box, a secret letter fell out of the box and fell to the ground. Li Cunmiao hurriedly picked it up, looked at the content of the letter, and the corners of his mouth gradually smiled.
For the first time in so many years, when Li Cunqiao walked out of the Zhengying Hall of Ziwei Palace, he suddenly sighed for no reason: "Honesty does not deceive me!" ”
When he stood on the head of the north gate of Luoyang, the morale of the army was greatly boosted, as he led thousands of troops and horses, all the way to conquer the city, and he was full of spirit.
The armor that was still shiny, and the clothes still fit so well, and when he leaned over the black-armored soldiers under the city, he felt a little more confident in his heart.
Li Cunmiao looked at Gao Chengying from afar, and said indifferently: "Why did you betray me?" ”
Gao Chengying was silent, but it was the black-robed old man beside Gao Chengying, who scolded loudly: "Li Cunqing, as the king of a country, you are mediocre, causing chaos in the world and the people are not living, do you think you recognize it?" ”
Li Cunmiao just smiled contemptuously and did not answer, but asked rhetorically: "You are an ant, and you dare to accuse the saint of meritorious?" ”
The black-robed old man spat and laughed hideously, "What a saint's merits, you Li Cunqiao claims to be Li Tang orthodoxy, but in this world nine abysses, how can you ever put Li Tang orthodoxy in your eyes?" Today, the old man will touch this decay together, so that the sun and the moon can change the sky! ”
Li Cunmiao's eyes were slight, he drew his sword out of its sheath, pointed to the head of the black-robed old man and said, "The light of the mayfly dares to compete with the sun and the moon?" Bite off more than one can chew! ”
When the long sword was split in the void, the archers on the head of the city had to order the arrows to be released, and suddenly ten thousand arrows were fired in unison, shooting towards the black-armored soldiers under the city.
When the dwarfs who had climbed up to the top of the city just now saw this scene, they let out a strange cry, and the black-armored soldiers waved their swords in their hands as if they had received an order, blocking the rain of arrows that were being shot.
The black-robed old man and Gao Chengying did not move at all, and the rain of arrows was blocked before they got close, and there was no threat at all. But the dwarf who was crawling on the city wall felt a little annoyed, and after another strange cry, he rushed up to the wall, and fought with the group of swords and axes who were like a great enemy.
The dwarf didn't play his cards according to common sense, but just rushed left and right, knocked the group of sword and axe hands away, and pounced towards Li Cunqiao. It seems that even if this "monster" has lost his mind, he still knows the truth of "capture the thief and capture the king first".
Seeing that the "monster" was coming, Li Cunqiao was not afraid at all, but just held the sword with one hand, ready to fight to the death.
But at this critical moment, a person jumped down from the sky, blocked in front of Li Cunmiao, and slashed at the menacing dwarf with a sword, like a god descending from heaven.
Li Cunmiao took a step back and laughed loudly: "If it weren't for the moment of life and death, you wouldn't have made a move?" ”
The man who came swept away the dwarf with a sword, did not turn around, but said indifferently: "I accept your kindness, and now I will return the favor, after this battle, the two do not owe each other." ”
The person who came was dressed in white, and under the sunlight, the golden light flowed, like an immortal in the sky......