Since Li Qi came and found the book "Seventeen Shi Mengqiu", Chen An moved to the nunnery to live with his mother, came to the East Cross Courtyard once every ten days, brought his own books, and Wang Shu explained to him alone, assigned homework, and then went back to study on his own, living in a simple place, so as not to expose his collection. Qingde also warned the monks not to speak falsely.

After two or three months, no one came to their trouble.

On this day, suddenly Li Cheng came with troops, but he didn't come to find Chen An, but invited Zhu Yunwen and others into the palace for a talk.

Although Zhu Yunwen was surprised, how dare he not bow his head when he was under the eaves, so he had to lead his disciples into the carriage and follow Li Cheng all the way, and unconsciously entered Thang Long City.

When I came to the crossroads, I saw a group of soldiers shuttling back and forth, driving away the crowd, enclosing a vacant space in the middle, erecting a high platform under the eaves facing the street, placing two imperial cases in the center, two dragon chairs in the back, a pair of tables and chairs on the left, obviously for the use of the prison officer, and four chairs on the right, I don't know who to use.

Li Cheng reined in the horse's head, jumped off the horse, and asked Zhu Yunwen and the others to sit on the right chair. Huang Zhan and Wang Shu had seen Zhang Xin, the champion of Ling Chi, in Jingshi, and when they saw this situation, they only felt frightened, and they didn't know who they were going to execute this time.

Li Cheng sat down in the position of the prison officer, slapped the waking wood, and shouted: "Bring it up." ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw a car slowly driving from the corner of the street, and the people in the car were wearing shackles on their hands and feet.

Then a soldier stepped forward and dragged the man from the cart, and another soldier erected a stake in the middle of the street and tied the man to the stake.

An executioner with a red scarf on his head and his belly exposed, holding a large bowl of Haikou with clear water in it, he took a mouthful of water in his mouth, and then poofed, all sprayed on the person's face, this person hit two smart, shook his hair, sobered up, looked left and right, and suddenly found Zhang Shixing on the stage, and shouted loudly at him, but he seemed to have walnuts stuffed in his mouth, just made a few ho-ho sounds, but did not speak.

Zhang Shixing was finally alarmed by him, looked at him carefully, and was surprised, it turned out that this person was Chen Tianping, who had been rescued by him.

He was about to get up and walk off the stage, but Huang Zhan next to him pulled him hard and said in a low voice: "Senior brother, don't act rashly, let's see the situation." ”

Suddenly, the drums sounded, the whip sounded on the street, and the two dragon chariots came one after another, and with the support of the eunuchs, Li Jiyak and Li Hancang, father and son, both came to the stage.

The chamberlain shouted: "Emperor Taishang, the emperor has arrived, and all the ministers pay respects." ”

I saw the subjects of the Annan Kingdom kneeling down together, and the mountain shouted long live.

Zhu Yunwen and the others stood up, clasped their hands together, and bowed to the Li father and son.

Li Jiyak waved his hand and said, "Zhongqing is flat." ”

Then the people stood up.

Li Jiyak nodded to Li Cheng and said, "Let's execute." ”

Li Cheng pointed to Chen Tianping in the field, and said to the onlookers of Annan: "Everyone, this person was originally Ruan Kang, the house slave of the traitor Chen Xianzhen, pretending to be Chen Tianping, the son of Chen Xian, the king of Zhuangding, colluding with the Ming Dynasty army, invading our territory, and vainly trying to steal my Dayu country. ”

When the people of Annan who did not know the truth heard that he had colluded with foreign countries and invaded territory, they all raised their arms and shouted: "This kind of traitor, collusion with outsiders, should be killed!" Damn it! ”

Li Cheng threw the token into the field and shouted, "Execution." ”

When the executioner heard an order, he tore open Chen Tianping's clothes, sprayed a mouthful of water into his heart, and then the knife flashed, and a piece of meat the size of a thumb cover was unscrewed down from Chen Tianping's chest, and walked to the crowd of onlookers with a knife. ”

Chen Tianping trembled when he received this knife, and a trace of blood slowly flowed down from his chest, but he couldn't make a sound, his face was distorted and deformed in pain, and his expression was hideous and terrifying.

When Zhu Yunwen saw this tragic scene, he couldn't help but lower his head and chant the Buddha's name.

Zhang Shixing couldn't hold back any longer, jumped up, and was about to rush off the field.

Na Li Cheng suddenly shouted again: "Take it." ”

A group of soldiers suddenly rushed up behind Zhang Shixing, each holding a knife and a gun, and captured Zhu Yunwen and the others and tied them up.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Shixing kicked left and right, and in a blink of an eye, he put it in front of a few soldiers, and he saw that the Li father and son were walking down the high platform under the protection of several forbidden soldiers.

As soon as his dantian lifted his breath, he jumped up, turned his palms into claws with both hands, and grabbed Li Hancang like an eagle.

Two forbidden soldiers swung their knives at him, Zhang Shixing pressed the heads of the two knives in mid-air, turned a somersault with his strength, and landed in front of Li Hancang, his feet did not touch the ground, one hand clasped Li Hancang's right hand vein, and the other hand grabbed his throat, shouting: "Tell them to stop." ”

Li Hancang suppressed his voice and said, "Zhongqing, stop." Then he turned his head to Zhang Shixing and said with a smile: "Master Kongzhi, I have something to say." ”

But Li Cheng made a gesture to the executioner in the field, and the executioner understood, and stabbed Chen Tianping in the heart, and Chen Tianping died of anger.

Seeing this, Zhang Shixing was overwhelmed with grief, and with the force in his hands, he wanted to strangle Li Hancang to death on the spot.

When Huang Zhan saw it, he hurriedly shouted, "Senior brother, don't." ”

Zhang Shixing relaxed his hand and shouted to Li Cheng: "If you dare to move, we will fight to the death." ”

Li Jiyak hurriedly persuaded: "Master Kongzhi, there is something to say. We have no ill will towards Master Kongwen, otherwise we would have been able to do it in Xingsheng Temple, how could we wait until now. I don't think this is a place to speak, why don't you go to my Renshou Palace and talk about it? ”

Zhang Shixing thought about it, felt that what he said was reasonable, nodded and said: "Go and go, I'm afraid that where you come from, it's a big deal to end up together." ”

So Zhang Shixing still detained Li Hancang and rode in a dragon chariot with him, Zhu Yunwen and others were still escorted into the carriage when they came, followed by Li Jiyak, and Li Cheng led the forbidden army to escort the mighty to Renshou Palace.

Walking up to the hall, Li Ji Yak ordered someone to loosen the ties to Zhu Yunwen and the others, and gave them seats, but behind each of them stood a forbidden army, just in case.

Li Jiyak sat in the middle, Li Hancang sat in the first place, Zhang Shixing stood behind him, one palm against the back of his heart, if he moved, Zhang Shixing spit out his palm, he could kill him.

Li Jiyak looked at Zhang Shixing and said with a smile: "Master Kongzhi, it's really good kung fu, if it can be used by me, why not be afraid of the million-strong army of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Zhu Yunwen and others were shocked when they heard this.

Li Jiyak told the emperor how Chen Tianping entered Beijing, how Emperor Yongle sent troops to escort him, how Li Cheng set up an ambush to capture Chen Tianping halfway, and how Emperor Yongle sent troops to ask for a brief explanation, of course, he reversed black and white, and said that Chen Tianping was Ruan Kang, and at the end, he smiled at Zhang Shixing and said: "Of course, all this is thanks to Master Kongzhi, you don't have to deny it, then Ruan Kang has confessed." ”

Zhang Shixing sneered a few times and said: "Could it be that I am chivalrous and righteous, helping the needy, and there is still something wrong." If you had been faithful to the Lord, you would have had the woe of today. ”

Huang Zhan asked a little strangely: "Emperor Taishang, the Ming army is coming, you will fight or surrender, decide by yourself, what is the intention of arresting a few of us?" If it is said that he is angry with my junior brother, he is a monk, he is compassionate, it is inevitable to meddle in things, and it is also an unintentional mistake, since that Ruan Kang is dead, you also have this evil breath, let us go, we will leave this place immediately, and we will not be involved in these mundane affairs. ”

Li Cheng said: "You said it lightly, your junior brother broke through this catastrophe and attracted 800,000 Ming troops to attack my Dayu, how can you just leave." ”

Zhang Shixing said angrily: "In this case, this matter is borne by me alone, and it has nothing to do with my master and brothers, you let them go, and I will stay here, if you want to kill or chop, whatever you want." ”

Li Ji said with a smile: "If I want to kill you, how can you survive until now." ”

Zhang Shixing was puzzled: "Then what do you mean?" ”

Li Ji said: "Do you know who is the person who led the troops to attack me this time?" ”

The crowd was amazed and asked, "Who is it?" ”

Li Jiyak said: "The chief officer is Zhu Neng, the Duke of Chengguo, the left deputy general is Xiping Hou Musheng, and the right deputy is Xincheng Hou Zhang Fu, and the soldiers come from two ways. One led by Zhu Neng and Zhang Fu came from Guangxi, and the other led by Mu Sheng came from Yunnan, in a vain attempt to attack from two ways and destroy our Dayu. ”

At this time, Zhu Yunwen suddenly opened his eyes and said, "We are monks, and we don't know about the world, so I'm afraid we won't be able to help." ”

Li Hancang hurriedly said: "Why can't you help, didn't you come here recommended by Mu Sheng, you must be familiar with him, you can pass the word on my behalf, if he can help secretly, if he doesn't move, I will give him all the gold and silver mountains." ”

Zhu Yunwen shook his head and said: "You are really delusional, the discipline of the Ming army is very strict, who dares to disobey." Besides, even if Mu Sheng doesn't move, you can't deal with Zhu Neng all the way. You'd better kill us, I'm afraid we won't be able to help with this. ”

When Li Cheng heard this, he glared at him and shouted, "Take it." ”

The soldiers behind Zhu Yunwen and the others immediately pulled out their knives and put them on their necks.

Zhang Shixing pressed Li Hancang's heart hard at the same time, Li Hancang's body was shocked, and he couldn't help coughing a few times.

Li Jiyak hurriedly said: "Master Kongwen, there is no need to be like this, you should think carefully about what other strategies there are to retreat from the enemy, if you can repel the Ming army, I will definitely be grateful." ”

Huang Zhan thought for a while and said, "I have a plan, but I can retreat from the Ming army." ”

The Li father and son said curiously: "If you have any good plans, tell me quickly." ”

Huang Zhan said: "You might as well send an assassin to infiltrate the Ming Dynasty and stab the Ming army commander Zhu Neng to death, once the commander dies, the Ming army will inevitably be in chaos." If you apologize again, the Ming Emperor didn't want to kill him, so maybe he would withdraw and the two countries would be reconciled. ”

The Li father and son exclaimed: "Master Empty Seal's plan is wonderful. ”

Li Jiyak waved his hand and ordered the soldiers of the forbidden army to put away their knives, he looked at Zhang Shixing with a smile and said: "The bell must be tied to the bell, since this catastrophe is caused by Master Kongzhi, I still have to trouble you to eliminate it." ”

Zhang Shixing shook his head and said: "Although I have a little martial arts, I never do the conspiracy behind my back, and it is absolutely impossible for me to be an assassin." ”

At this time, Wang Shu said: "Senior brother, I also have one or two percent of your kung fu now, and I will assassinate Na Zhu Neng for you." ”

Zhang Shixing said resolutely: "No, you have very little actual combat, and if you go, you will be sent to death." ”

Huang Zhan sighed and said, "Let's go, even if I didn't say it, our big guys will die together, and it won't be in vain for the senior brothers." ”

Zhang Shixing was forced to be helpless, so he had to say to Li Jiyak: "I can go and kill that Zhu Neng, but you will let us go at that time." ”

Li Jiyak stepped down from the throne, came to Zhang Shixing, stretched out his palm, and said to Zhang Shixing: "You and I high-five as an oath, and we will never break our promises." ”

Zhang Shixing stretched out the palm of his left hand and slapped Li Jiyak three times in a row, and then let go of Li Hancang.

Li Hancang's face was pale, and he was about to attack, Li Jiyak made a gesture to stop him, and said to Zhang Shixing: "I first wronged Master Kongwen to live in Xingsheng Temple temporarily, and when you kill that Zhu Neng, I will let you leave Dayu." ”

With tears in his eyes, Zhang Shixing bowed deeply to Zhu Yunwen and the others, and said, "Master, take care, this matter was caused by the apprentice, and naturally I will end it." If there is an accident that affects the Master, please don't blame the Master. ”

Zhu Yunwen also got up and saluted: "Kong Zhi, take care of yourself." I wish you a successful journey, a victorious return, and a family reunion. ”

Bidding farewell to everyone, Zhang Shixing left Thang Long City and headed east, towards Guangxi.