Chapter 70: Grafting Flowers and Trees (II)
Night has completely fallen on Tanzhou City at the foot of Yuelu Mountain, and a fast horse is setting off from the Sunset Book House at this moment, passing through the bustling Dongjie Night Market to the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion located on the side of the city.
In the General's Mansion, not far from the Mansion of the Marquis of Zhongyong, Chen Fangning and Gao Che were working together to fight fiercely against Cheng Zhang, the general of Zhennan of the Chu State. After a period of fighting, Cheng Zhang seemed to be a little difficult to resist the fierce offensive of the two, especially in the face of Gao Che, Cheng Zhang was even more helpless when the two sides had been deadlocked for a long time. Soon, Cheng Zhang, who seemed to have been injured by Gao Che, was gradually defeated, and Chen Fangning also stopped in front of Gao Che in time to prevent him from shooting too seriously and injuring Cheng Zhang's life.
"The general has conceded, I wonder if we can take Miss Liu away now?" Chen Fang stared at Cheng Zhang, who was half-kneeling on the ground with his hands on his chest, and asked in a calm tone.
"Hehehe, I can't bear to do it to the girl, I didn't expect the girl to return the favor to me, it's really good." Cheng Zhang said while panting and slowly stood up, "It's just that the girl's kindness seems to be in the wrong place, and the girl's trust seems to be given to the wrong person, hehehe!" ”
"What? What does the general mean by this...... Yes! ”
As soon as Chen Fangning's words fell, a palm with enough force to penetrate her chest slammed into her back, and a mouthful of blood suddenly gushed out of her mouth, and she instantly collapsed to the ground at this moment after being hit hard.
"How...... How so? You...... It's not Gao Che......" Chen Fangning slowly looked behind him with frightened eyes, only to see Gao Che showing a smug smile at this time, and then he stretched out a hand to his left side of his face and slowly took off the camouflage mask covering his face.
The true face of the person in front of him made Chen Fangning shudder, he turned out to be the leader of the man in black who had contacted and cooperated with him many times before to complete the bank robbery.
It was only at this time that Chen Fangning felt like waking up from a dream, it turned out that the entire robbery of the official silver was a play completed by Cheng Chang and the leader of the man in black, as for what their purpose Chen Fangning was still difficult to guess for a while.
"Hehe, although I have only had a few encounters with Gao Che Gao Gongzi, some of his behaviors tonight really confused me. Unexpectedly, I was too careless, and you actually ...... It has been done to this point. Fang Cai's heavy blow made Chen Fangning feel that his chest was burning like a fire, and the blood oozing from the corners of his mouth at this moment also stained the white stone slab on the ground drop by drop.
"Hmph, now that you have entered the Hades Sect and fallen into purgatory forever, do you really think that your sisters can escape from the palm of the Hades King of the Ten Halls so easily?" The leader of the man in black leaned down with a wicked smile on his face and whispered to Chen Fangning, who slowly raised his head and stared at him with an unwilling expression.
"Come on, bring that little girl over, this farce should come to an end." With Cheng Zhang's order, the soldiers escorted Liu Yangyang, who was watching all this in surprise on the sidelines, to Cheng Zhang.
Cheng Zhang ordered someone to loosen Liu Yangyang's bonds, and then he threatened the lives of Chen Fangning and Gao Che to ask Liu Yangyang to hand over the jade seal of the country, and it seemed that everything was developing in the direction that Cheng Zhang expected this night.
Just when Liu Yangyang trembled and took out an object wrapped in a yellow embroidered handkerchief from his body and walked towards Cheng Zhang, suddenly with a loud noise, a brilliant firework bloomed in the sky above Tanzhou City, and the attention of everyone in the General's Mansion was instantly affected by the fireworks.
Taking advantage of this opportunity to appear in the flick of her fingers, Liu Yangyang suddenly threw the imitation jade seal in her hand to the ground, and then she quickly kicked down the leader of the black-clothed man holding Chen Fangning hostage and snatched the blade from his hand, and quickly held it under her own knife at the moment when Cheng Zhang was shocked.
"Order your men to get out of the way immediately, or you're welcome!" Liu Yangyang ordered Cheng Zhang in a tough tone, and at the same time, her frowning and resentful face also made the guards around her who were trying to wait for the opportunity to move feel a little chilled.
"Miss Chen, come to me!" Under Liu Yangyang's quiet guidance, Chen Fangning endured the sharp pain in her chest and stood up and leaned against Liu Yangyang's side.
"Hehe, don't forget, that kid named Gao Che is still in my hands, if you dare to move Ben Jiang today, Ben Jiang will definitely make his bones gone!"
"Yo, are you talking about me?"
Just when Cheng Zhang tried to use Gao Che to coerce Liu Yangyang not to act rashly, Tong Kun actually appeared with Gao Che safe and sound beside everyone in the General's Mansion.
"What? You're not ......."
"Oh, do you mean him?"
After Tong Kun finished speaking, he pulled Yang Min, who was hiding behind the two of them at the moment, and his hands were tightly bound, in front of Cheng Zhang.
"Hmph, the guy who has more than enough to do and more to lose." Cheng Zhang complained quietly, while Yang Min's legs trembled and he didn't dare to look directly into Cheng Zhang's eyes at this time. It turned out that Cheng Zhang had already transferred the real Gao Che to the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion and imprisoned him, and in order to avoid attracting attention, he did not arrange for his subordinates to be stationed in the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion. Originally, he thought that his arrangement was unaware, who would have thought that such a hidden plan would be so easily seen through by these young people who had just set foot in the rivers and lakes in front of him.
"It looks like I've been planted in the hands of a master, hehe!" Cheng Zhang smiled helplessly, and then Liu Yangyang and Chen Fangning took him hostage to the position where Tong Kun and Gao Che were, and the four of them gradually retreated to the gate of the General's Mansion after they converged.
Just as the four of them were about to retreat from tonight's layout, suddenly with a strange whistle, a group of unidentified black-robed people appeared from all directions, cooperating with the guards in the General's Mansion to surround several people again.
"Don't you understand? If you want your generals alive, get out of the way at once! Liu Yangyang continued to shout at the enemies around him.
"I'm sorry guys, I'm afraid none of you will be able to leave tonight!" A column of heavily armed black-robed men escorted a familiar figure from the darkness to everyone, and at the same time, beside him, another Liu Yangyang who was being held hostage by two black-robed men appeared.
"Ah, Yangyang, why are you here?" Tong Kun instantly became a little impatient after seeing Liu Yangyang who was being held hostage by the other party, and Liu Yangyang just sobbed with some remorse and apologized to everyone.
"Huh? How is this ...... Have two three princesses? Cheng Zhang was dumbfounded for a while by the two identical Liu Yangyang in front of him, and the other people present in the general's mansion suddenly felt a little confused by this sudden strange situation.
"Hehe, this girl was just sneaking around near the General's Mansion and was discovered by me, it seems that if I hadn't come to visit the general today, I'm afraid General Cheng would have been questioned by His Majesty the Emperor of Chu tomorrow, right?" This person's tone of voice was so calm and calm, and then he briefly glanced at the people present and then stopped his gaze on the other Liu Yangyang.
"It seems that there is an old man here. This girl, so far, don't you still want to show your true face of Lushan? ”
"Liu Yangyang", who was holding Cheng Zhang, looked like a torch at the moment, revealing Chu Birou's true face after slowly tearing off the camouflage mask on his face.
"It seems that the little woman's luck has been really bad recently, I didn't expect to meet you again after escaping a catastrophe in Chengdu, I don't know what your advice you have today?" Standing in front of Chu Birou at this time was Zhou Xuan, the Taishou of Yuzhou, who had sent someone to hunt down and kill her when she was in Chengdu.
"Haha, maybe this is the will of God, originally the old man just came to visit his old friend General Cheng Zhang, and by the way, he missed a period of leisure time in Yuezhou City in the past. It's a pity, the Shuitian Pavilion that was very prosperous back then is now only left with broken walls, and the Chu clan in charge of the Shuitian Pavilion is said to have suffered the disaster of annihilation, I wonder if this girl has also heard of this? ”
Zhou Xuan's words obviously wanted to remind Chu Birou of the tragic past. Sure enough, Chu Birou really showed a slightly strange look after hearing what Zhou Xuanfang said about Shui Tiange.
"You...... Who is it? What do you know about the Water Sky Pavilion? Chu Birou's tone of questioning Zhou Xuan obviously became urgent.
"Hehe, I know a lot more than you think, after all, it's me, myself...... Cut off the head of the traitor Chu Yi, hahaha! Although Chu Birou's eyes quickly changed from horror to extreme anger when she heard this, Zhou Xuan threatened Liu Yangyang's life and asked everyone to release Cheng Zhang and Yang Min immediately, so in such a difficult situation, everyone couldn't help but unwillingly temporarily comply with Zhou Xuan's request.
However, when Cheng Zhang and Yang Min took this opportunity and were about to run away from everyone, a black-robed man standing beside Zhou Xuan suddenly shot and injured the black-robed man holding Liu Yangyang hostage and led Liu Yangyang to run to everyone's side.
"Huh? Who are you? Why help them? This time it was finally Zhou Xuan's turn to be surprised.
"Hmph, Zhou Xuan, you traitor to Shuitian Pavilion, today I will clean up the portal for Brother Chu!" The person who came took off his face towel, and he turned out to be Ling Wanli, who was still in the Firmament Palace.
"What? It's impossible, you've already exhausted your martial arts, and it's impossible for you to be so strong. ”
"Hehe, it looks like I'm going to disappoint you. It's useless to talk more, I want these children and your lives today! After Ling Wanli finished speaking, he pulled out his sword and set up a formation to protect Chu Birou and the others.
"Come on, take down these traitors to the general!" With Cheng Zhang's order, the guards of the General's Mansion who surrounded everyone rushed up in an instant, and the front of the General's Mansion quickly fell into a scuffle.
"You guys also go up and kill others, but you must capture Chu Yi's daughter alive for the old man!" After Zhou Xuan also gave the order, the black-robed man then joined the melee, and the scene suddenly burst into endless shouts of killing.
"Two young heroes, you take the three girls to go first, here I am on top!" After everyone fought fiercely for a long time and it was difficult to find an opportunity to break out of the encirclement, Ling Wanli gathered his internal strength and unleashed a powerful sword qi to break through the guards guarding the southeast of the street, and then he beckoned everyone to immediately evacuate from the gap in this encirclement.
"Senior, then you ......" Chu Birou couldn't bear to leave, she seemed to subconsciously realize that there was a deep affection between Ling Wanli and her.
"Don't worry about me, we'll see each other again soon." Ling Wanli glanced at Chu Birou's face a few times with a kind face like a father and brother, and then he quickly sucked the lanterns hanging on both sides of the street around him with his internal force and knocked them over at the same time, a fierce wall of fire instantly isolated Chu Birou and the other four from the battlefield.
"Senior ......" No matter how reluctant he was, seeing Ling Wanli's incomparably determined eyes, Chu Birou gradually took steps and followed Gao Che and the others to leave the General's Mansion quickly.
"Ling Wanli, you were also a powerful figure back then, is it necessary to oppose so many of us for the sake of a long-disappeared Water Heaven Pavilion?" Zhou Xuan seemed to be shocked by the momentum of Ling Wanli's desperate battle.
"Hmph, it's the way of chivalry to be trustworthy and righteous, how can a villain like you understand? Drink! As Ling Wanli stuck the sword in his hand on the ground and shouted, the ground was instantly shattered by the powerful sword qi flowing around, and the guards and black-robed people who surrounded Ling Wanli also retreated after being frightened.
"Come on those who are not afraid of death, and fight me for another three hundred rounds!" Facing an enemy several times his size, Ling Wanli stood fearlessly in the center of the crowd with his sword leaning on his sword, letting the flying wind and sand whirl past the corners of his eyes.