Chapter 5: The Outsider
In front of the White Tiger Gate, there was a scuffle, the strength of the soldiers of the General Staff Office far exceeded Wang Zhishu's expectations, originally thought that these sergeants who had not experienced the war would be vulnerable, but now the sergeants are brave, and Dong Yun, who is leading the army, has killed one of the commanders of the Wang family. If he wants to capture the White Tiger Gate in a short period of time, he must pay a price.
The old man in the green robe is a staff member recruited by Wang Zhishu a few years ago, claiming to be Mu An, this person is from the Southern Chu Wu Clan, the strange thing is that he is not good at witchcraft, but he does have a strange knife technique in his hand, and there are few opponents. Mu An has been hiding in the shadows for several years, rarely coming out and walking around, and secretly helped Wang Zhishu train a lot of dead soldiers.
The three people who fought with Dong Yun before have all been personally handled by Mu An in the past few years**. After seeing his disciple killed, Mu An had no choice but to take action.
Dong Yun knew from the blow just now that this old man was not easy to deal with. He glanced at the White Tiger Gate behind him, the soldiers of the General Staff Office did not waste his hard training on weekdays, although it was the first time to fight for his life, but he did not fall behind for a while, and the military formation was still intact.
Mu An slowly walked over to Dong Yun and suddenly spoke: "You are a disciple of Xuanmen?" ”
When Dong Yun heard him say this, he didn't want to hide anything, so he replied: "So what?" ”
"Then you're going to die." Mu An said with some resentment, and after finishing his words, the whole person quickly rushed towards Dong Yun.
Before anyone arrived, the black scimitar had already flown in front of Dong Yun, Dong Yun took a step back, swung at the scimitar with a strong hand in his hand, and the long sword and the scimitar collided, making a sharp and piercing impact sound, and at the same time bursting out a little spark. His mouth was a little sore again, and he raised the qi in his body to the extreme, threw out a few sword flowers, and met Mu An.
The black scimitar had returned to Mu An's hand, and the two swords intertwined, fighting for several rounds. Dong Yun obviously felt that the situation was weird, every time the scimitar slashed the long sword in his hand, the sword on the sword would be corroded by a point, and after a few rounds, the sword on the long sword was dim, and he wanted to urge it again, but he found that the long sword was a little wooden. A sly smile appeared on Mu An's wrinkled face, and the scimitar in his hand danced more rapidly, and it slashed heavily on the sword body several times, and Dong Yun tried his best to support it.
There are constantly spies coming in and out of the imperial study, and the real-time battle situation of the White Tiger Gate is transmitted one by one. In addition, the city defense army has assembled and set off to the palace, and the soldiers of the Nine Gate Admiral's Mansion rushed to Qinglongmen and the palace defense, and the forbidden army camp still did not move. These news caused a great headache for everyone in the imperial study.
Suddenly, a little eunuch in the Empress Dowager's palace came to help, he came to Zou Gonggong's side, whispered, Zou Gonggong's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly stepped forward to Emperor Wen and informed: "In the Empress Dowager's palace, Mama Li repelled several internal guards, just left the palace from the Xuanwu Gate, and vaguely went to the south. ”
Emperor Wen frowned, Mama Li has followed the Queen Mother for nearly 30 years, she is loyal, she is too thick and seriously ill at the moment, she is still in a hurry to get out of the palace, it must be the Queen Mother has an order, so what is the purpose, he is very puzzled, no matter what, he must figure out the purpose of Mama Li leaving the palace, he looked at the few people who sat down, and said to Xiao Cheng: "Get out of the palace, catch up with Mama Li, and figure out the purpose of her leaving the palace at this moment." ”
Xiao Cheng is the commander of the Ouchi guards, at this moment the rebels are outside the palace, once the four gates are broken, the next thing is the Ouchi guards to come forward to resist, as the commander, he wants to leave at this time to chase a grandmother, he is very puzzled.
Emperor Wen saw Xiao Cheng's hesitation, and said very resolutely: "Go quickly." ”
Xiao Cheng could only get up immediately, receive the order, turn around and order a few guards, and rushed in the direction of Xuanwu Gate.
Prince Kang and the rest of the people were also a little puzzled, but a few spies from the imperial study came to report: "Cao Ji has led the city defense army to Xuanwu Gate." ”
Mu Yingzheng and Tong Lin of the Criminal Department, Wuping Hou Chen Lin hurriedly got up, and in front of Xuanwu Gate it was the Criminal Department Supervision and Arrest Division and the soldiers of Wuping Hou Mansion who were defending. Tong Lin took the lead in stepping forward to personally supervise the battle, Emperor Wen agreed, and at the same time asked Gu Xutang in front of the Qinglong Gate to divide his troops and support the Xuanwu Gate.
Wang Zhishu also received the news at this moment, Cui Ji and Cao Ji have gone to the Xuanwu Gate, no matter what the result is, as long as they can break through the palace and capture Emperor Wen, their mutiny will be successful, he trusts his son-in-law and Cui Ji, the city defense army is the largest military force in Jianye City, he believes that soon, the Xuanwu Gate will be able to come to the good news. Looking at the front again, Mu An and Dong Yun were fighting together, and Mu An had gradually gained the upper hand.
The black scimitar no longer knew that it was the first time that it had slashed Dong Yun's long sword, and there was no longer any sword light on the sword, and Dong Yun had nothing to do with the weird black scimitar. The scimitar came over again, this time Mu An's hand was full of strength, Dong Yun swung his sword to block it, the scimitar slammed on the sword body, making a crisp cracking sound, and the long sword was cut off in a daze.
The blade in the hand of the Xuanmen disciple will be more or less related to the mind, the long sword was broken, Dong Yun's mind was a little damaged, and he took a few steps back. Mu An would not let go of such a good opportunity, and the scimitar was thrown directly at Dong Yun's chest.
Between the lightning and flint, Dong Yunqi guarded the dantian, urging the righteous qi of the Haoran Xuanmen in his body to gush out, and his clothes on his chest were suddenly shattered, and the righteous qi turned into a light blue hexagram, firmly protecting his chest.
The black scimitar touched the hexagram and was directly stopped, the scimitar gushed out black gas, and the two qi were staggered, Mu An stepped forward quickly, pinched out the strange magic seal in his hand, and slapped it directly at Dong Yun.
Dong Yun saw the Dharma seal on Mu An's hand clearly, and finally understood the opponent's methods, this is the second time he has seen this kind of law seal and weird black qi, his mind is damaged at the moment, and he forcibly urges the hexagram to defend, and his chest is a little stuffy, but in front of the White Tiger Gate, except for himself, there should be no one who is Mu An's opponent, he cheered up again, and urged the Gen hexagram and Kan hexagram with both palms, and the hexagram energy quickly condensed.
Dong Yun took a step forward, slapped out his palms, the hexagram and the law seal were slapped together, and the layers of qi waves immediately exploded, and the two of them were hit by the qi waves at the same time, and the surrounding people wanted to step forward, but the qi waves were quite violent, and ordinary people could not approach within a few steps.
Sun Lin followed the team of government soldiers from the Staff Office to the White Tiger Gate, and the sergeants saw that their colleagues and the rebels had been fighting together, so they immediately drew their blades and joined the battle group. Sun Lin's eyes were sharp, and he saw his senior brother Dong Yun and Mu An at first glance, he didn't care about it so much, he walked up quickly, and just got close to the two of them, with a bang, Dong Yun and Mu An retreated a few steps at the same time.
In this competition, the two barely drawn, but Dong Yun retreated further, a trace of blood oozed from the corner of his mouth, Sun Lin helped his senior brother and asked, "Second senior brother, how are you?" ”
When Dong Yun saw Sun Lin, his eyes widened, he was surprised, and tried his best to squeeze out a few words: "Why are you here?" ”
"I'll tell you later, who is this old man?" Sun Lin looked at Mu An.
"The master of the Wang clan is not easy to deal with." Dong Yun replied simply, although Sun Lin didn't know about the Wang family, he could make Dong Yun say that it was not easy to deal with, and when he saw the scene just now, Sun Lin's expression became serious, and his body suddenly turned into Xuanmen righteousness.
Mu An looked at the two of them, his face changed slightly, and the black scimitar in his hand suddenly split in two, quickly threw out, and flew towards Dong Yun and Sun Lin respectively.
Dong Yun took the first step, stopped in front of Sun Lin, and offered a hexagram with both palms, vowing to protect his junior brother. Sun Lin was more active than Dong Yun imagined, he rushed directly towards Mu An with an arrow step, the Xuanmen righteous qi in his left hand condensed into gold, and his right hand glowed with blue light, which was the two qi of gold and wood in the power of the five elements.
Mu An saw Sun Lin rushing directly towards him, and black gas suddenly gushed out from his body, and a cloud of black mist converged forward, forming a momentum of enveloping Sun Lin. Sun Lin didn't hesitate, slapped his palms directly, quickly slapped away the black mist, and slapped Mu An firmly. Mu An didn't move, Sun Lin took two steps back, but he didn't pause, after stopping the retreat, he jumped up directly, and drew an arc with both hands, and the two golden and green qi rushed towards Mu An with a staggered arc trajectory. Mu An waved his sleeves and shot out two clouds of black gas, directly hitting and blocking the opponent's attack. Sun Lin's body was extremely fast, he fell around to one side and slapped his palms to the ground. On the other side, after Dong Yun blocked the two black scimitars, he moved to the opposite direction of Sun Lin, and also slapped them with both palms at the same time. Two forces surged from the ground, one left and one right, rushing towards Mu An.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Mu An's whole person suddenly jumped up and avoided his strength. Dong Yun and Sun Lin signaled to each other, and they also jumped up suddenly, pinching Mu An, the three of them stood together back and forth, and the senior brothers joined forces to suppress the opponent for a while.
Not far away, Wang Zhisu commanded the rebels to attack Baihumen, and the soldiers of the General Staff Office refused to back down a step, the two sides were deadlocked, and several master staff members appeared behind Wang Zhishu, after they joined the battle group, the situation immediately fell to the rebels, many of the soldiers of the General Staff Office were killed, and the morale of the rebels came up, and the army of the government was dispersed.
From time to time, the government soldiers fell, the army was disorganized, and they were defeated and retreated. Dong Yun saw it sideways, a little anxious, Mu An was suppressed for a while, seeing that Dong Yun was distracted, he seized the opportunity, and several short knives flew out of his sleeve, stabbing Dong Yun in the face. The distance was extremely short, and there was no time to resist, so Dong Yun could only take advantage of the situation and fall backwards to avoid the short knife.
Seeing the green-robed old man like this, Sun Lin condensed the knife with one palm of his left hand, and quickly waved it to form a net, Mu An did not show weakness, and waved his palm frequently, and the two were deadlocked.
After Dong Yun got up, he looked around and saw that Sun Lin and Mu An were indistinguishable for a while, but the soldiers of the General Staff Office had retreated to the gate of the White Tiger Gate, so he turned around and rushed directly to the direction of the palace gate, wanting to reverse the defeat.
In the imperial study, the guards came to report, the Qintian supervisor was asking to see him, after Emperor Wen heard it, his face was a little unhappy, Li Xuanzi came over at this time, it must have something to do with last night's incident. The rest of the people were wondering what was going on at this time. Emperor Wen thought for a moment and let Li Xuanzi come in.
As soon as he entered the imperial study, Li Xuanzi saw Prince Kang and others, he wanted to stop talking, Emperor Wen knew his concerns, and let him go into the inner room to talk. After entering the inner room, Emperor Wen immediately asked, "Li Jianzheng, is there something wrong?" ”
Li Xuanzi hesitated for a moment again, then was extremely respectful, and said: "Your Majesty, there is a big chaos today, and the old minister still has something to say about last night's game. ”
Emperor Wen's expression moved, and he said eagerly: "You can say it." ”
"Last night's game, the queen mother was deduced, and the day was dry, and the time was the son, and the bureau also pointed to the time dry." Li Xuanzi said quite cautiously.
When Emperor Wen heard that Shi Gan was a son, wasn't that himself, he was even more anxious and asked, "What is the omen?" ”
The old eunuch suddenly knelt down and said respectfully: "Shi Gan fell and injured the door, which is unlucky, but when Rigan was in the big murder, he seemed to have some protection for Shi Gan, and the Shengmen echoed, and there was a glimmer of life in the north direction." ”
Emperor Wen was a little overwhelmed when he heard this, as soon as this storm began, he hesitated, and at this moment Li Xuanzi said this, he fell into silence.
Li Xuanzi saw that Emperor Wen was silent, and he didn't dare to say more. After a long time, there was a sudden noise outside the door, and the two hurried out.
The spies came to report: "The battle situation in Baihumen is unfavorable, and the rebels are besieging the palace gate. ”