Chapter Twenty-Five: Escape
Chao Chong grabbed a ghost-faced man as a shield in his hand, and successfully escaped to the north courtyard wall, originally wanting to throw away the burden in his hand and jump on the wall to escape. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info but looked at the crossbowmen who were chasing behind and the ghost-faced man who was blocking the arrows in front of him, in case he was in a high place, it would not be good to be used as a live target, so he still took this shield to safe.
So he ran a few steps, climbed a nearby rockery, and on the top of the rockery, he carried the ghost-faced man and jumped more than two feet in the air, jumped to the opposite wall, and took a look, and found Chaoyang.
Chao Yang, who had already heard the shouts of killing in the courtyard, was waiting nearby on horseback, Chao Chong jumped down, straddled the horse, and pressed the ghost-faced man in front of him, Chao Chong and Chao Yang rode in pairs, patted their horses and ran towards the north city gate.
Everyone in the palace hurriedly organized soldiers to chase after them on horseback. The Taiwei Mansion covers a huge area, and when they went to look for horses, and then went around to the back wall to the north, Chao Chong and they had already run away.
Chao Chong and Chao Yang galloped on the street, disturbing everyone on the street for a while, and as for whether they accidentally injured and damaged people, they didn't care so much. When he ran to the Deloitte Yuan teahouse ambushed by the thunder, the pursuers behind him were far from being seen, Chao Chong overestimated the reaction speed of those juggling forbidden soldiers, so he shouted at the thunder upstairs while running: "The wind is tight!" ”
Thunder saw it clearly from the upper floor, and after Chao rushed over them, he ordered the crowd to knock down the bamboo leaning next to the teahouse, blocking the road, dozens of cans of tung oil were smashed, and a torch was dropped and ignited. Leave the silver for those splashes to divide themselves, and hurriedly go downstairs and ride on their horses to chase Chao Chong.
The thunder horse caught up with Chao Chong and them, Chao Chong looked back at the burning road on the horse, Deloitte Yuan was also ignited by the flames, a little surprised, and asked while running: "Thunder, is anyone chasing after you?" ”
Lei Ting said with a smile: "I didn't see a figure, but I didn't use it when I bought something, wouldn't it be a waste." ”
Chao Yang patted his horse closer to Chao Chong and said: "This is what I discussed with the eldest brother after he entered the Taiwei Mansion, big brother, look!" As he spoke, he pointed in the direction of Lin Chong's house with his hand, and there was also a billowing fire.
Chao Yang said: "There are still dozens of corpses piled up in Lin Jiaotou's family, if you trace it a little, you will definitely find that Lin Jiaotou's family is gone." So I thought I'd just burn down the old mansion with a fire. In this way, at least the government investigation will take several days, and Lin Jiaotou's family will be safer. So I hired some puffers to smash more than a dozen cans of tung oil into Lin's house through the courtyard wall in the morning, declaring to them that I had a grudge against Lin Chong's family, and I couldn't beat Zhang Laojiao, so I wanted revenge. Then tell them to set fire to the house if they see a fire in Deloitte Garden. ”
Chao Chong smiled: "Good job." I don't think about it, you can think for yourself, and fill in the gaps for me, which means that you are growing more and more! After this escape, let's have another drink to celebrate! ”
The three men and six horsemen ran wildly on the street, which soon attracted the attention of the defenders at the city gate, but their first reaction was to think that the children of which family were making trouble in the streets again, and this situation would always make trouble every once in a while.
But the officers guarding the city gate soon found out that something was wrong, because on the way from the three people, there was a fire, could it be that these were the prisoners of the fire? The officer hurriedly ordered the soldiers guarding the city gate to stop them and ask them carefully.
Nine times out of ten, the world was unsatisfactory, and it was originally a fire that was prepared to intercept the pursuers, but because the pursuers of the Taiwei Mansion reacted slowly, they did not play their due role. As a result, he was stopped at the city gate gate by the city gate guards as a zong.
The officer at the city gate summoned more than a dozen officers and soldiers to line up at the city gate, pointed at Chao Chong and others who came on horseback with spears, and shouted: "Who are you? Running wild in the middle of the city, you can know that you have broken the law! Dismount quickly! In the officer's imagination, if he roared like this, the other party must have obediently dismounted and been inspected, because he had been on duty here for many years, and he had never seen anyone who dared to break into the city gate. As for closing the gates, there are strict rules, and it is a felony to close the gates without permission.
But the six horses and three people who rushed there had no intention of slowing down, and the officers at the city gate were secretly frightened in their hearts, could they really meet someone who did not want to die? Hurriedly ordered the soldiers around him to align their spears and line them up in a neat formation, and the spearheads brushed at the galloping horses. The officer shouted at the people behind him to evacuate the crowd.
Li Kui, who pretended to be a performer at the city gate, had been waiting impatiently, and saw Chao Chong and the three of them rushing on horseback from a distance, if they forcibly hit the gun array, they were afraid that they would not be able to fall well, so they picked up the two clamping steel plate axes, pushed away the crowd, and suddenly shook the spearmen, the blade of the plate axe was as wide as a copper plate, and the head of a spearman was cut off with an axe, Li Kuisha was crazy, very suitable for team battles, those ordinary soldiers were not the enemy at all, even the officers of the city gate were also caught off guard, and Li Kui cut off the waist knife in his hand, Half of his body was split in half.
So when Chao Chong rushed to the city gate, the soldiers blocking the city gate had been beheaded by Li Kui, who had been suffocating for a long time. Finding that the soldiers on the tower of the city gate were in a commotion, the archers also began to prepare, and hurriedly asked Li Kui to bring those wooden planks, and one person took a piece, got on the horse, and quickly rushed out of the city gate hole.
The soldiers on the tower of the city gate hurriedly released their arrows, but the speed of the horses, coupled with a large wooden plank above their heads, so that only a few arrows hit the horses, and Chao Chong and his party drove away.
Chao Sheng, who was waiting outside the city gate, also led the horse and waited for everyone to come out, Chao rushed to Chao Sheng to say hello, did not stop, and galloped all the way to the north.
After passing Chen Qiaoyi, looking for a quiet place, Chao Chong dropped the ghost-faced man he had captured, wanting to study what kind of sacredness this flying divine soldier was. Li Kui saw that the ghost-faced man was very funny, so he asked, "Boss Chao, what kind of person is this?" ”
Chao Chong told the story of the Taiwei Mansion and said, "This kind of warrior who is not afraid of death, I am really curious. ”
Li Kui said to the ghost-faced man: "Hey, I Tie Niu admires those who are not afraid of death, what do you call them?" "The ghost-faced man had a few arrows pierced into his body, and the blood kept leaching out, but he refused to say a word.
Lei Ting also said: "Look at you as a man, if you tell us about the inexpensive things of the demon way, we may let you live." The ghost-faced man still stood still, silent.
Chao Yang frowned and said, "We don't want to shave you, can you say a few words, what's your name?" The ghost-faced man looked up to the sky and didn't answer.
Chao Sheng had been observing the ghost-faced man, and said to Chao Chong: "Big brother, take off his ghost mask, aren't you curious about what such a good man looks like?" ”
Although it was an enemy, but the other party's courage of not fearing life and death still made everyone feel a little, Chao Chong nodded, Chao Sheng stepped forward and reached out to remove the mask of the ghost-faced man, and the ghost-faced man, who had remained motionless and silent, suddenly reacted violently and stopped Chao Sheng's movements.
Li Kui saw it next to him, so he stepped out to help, hugged the ghost-faced man behind his back, strangled his arms, and Chao Sheng took the opportunity to grab the ghost-faced face and uncover it. But when they saw the face inside, everyone was amazed. Even Li Kui, who was holding the ghost-faced man, took a look from the side of his face, and let go in fright, jumping five feet away to dodge.
What a disgusting face, rotting and ugly as a zombie, but a pair of bright, rolling eyes proved that he was alive.
The moment he unveiled the ghost mask, Chao Chong saw a hint of panic and timidity in the ghost-faced man's bright eyes. But as everyone stared at his face like a monster, the ghost-faced man's eyes turned resentful and hateful.
Lei Ting clenched the long-handled Pu Dao in his hand and said, "What the hell are you!" This sentence made the ghost-faced man's gaze even more vicious, staring at the thunder, as if he wanted to choose someone to devour.
Chao Sheng said to Chao Chong: "Big brother, look at his mouth!" ”
Chao Chong nodded, ignoring the disgust, grabbed the cheek of the ghost-faced man, and pinched his mouth hard, revealing a tongue that had been cut off in half.
Chao Sheng said: "It seems that my guess is correct, these people are ghost servants who have been trained by special methods since childhood. ”
"What is a ghost servant?"
Chao Sheng explained: "I once heard the king mention that there is a vicious method in the rivers and lakes, which is to adopt orphans as young as seven or eight years old, destroy their appearance, cut off their tongues, and constantly instill in them the brainwashing of obedience to their masters, and teach them the skills of killing. When you grow up, you will become a terrifying but loyal slave like a ghost. ”
Chao Chong nodded and said, "But their strength is really not very good. ”
Chao Sheng said: "Their greatest value lies in loyalty and not being afraid of death. Without a sense of independence, like a walking corpse, how can it be the opponent of a cunning hero? But these people can deal with ordinary soldiers, but they can be ten at a time, and if they are not afraid of death, it is possible to be one as a hundred. ”
Chao Chong looked at the ghost servant, who had been tortured since he was a child, his face was ruined, he couldn't speak, he could only live like a walking corpse, it was supposed that his eyes should be full of gray, why was it so bright? Through that ugly appearance, he can vaguely recognize that this is just a sixteen or seventeen-year-old child, maybe he also has a yearning for life.
But, next life! I hope that you will be able to vote for a good family in your next life, and you will no longer be abandoned, disfigured, or deprived of the right to dream. Chao Chong unsheathed the Sun Treasure knife around his waist and decapitated it as quickly as possible.
What I can do for this poor boy may be to use the fastest knife to free him and bless the next life.
After burying the ghost-faced man, Chao Chong and the five men continued to mount their horses and head north.
The reaction speed of the government is not very fast, firstly, because the defenders of the city gate are not rich in horses, and there are not many cavalry to pursue Chao Chong.
Second, because of the assassination of Gao Taiwei, there was a lot of controversy in the court, and everyone was speculating about who instructed it? What are the hidden games of the court bigwigs? So I didn't make up my mind for a while. In particular, Liu Zhongwu, the commander of the imperial court's border army, died in the Taiwei Mansion, which involved a lot. It also aroused the dissatisfaction of the official family, and the generals of the border army colluded with the important ministers of the court to form a party for personal gain, and the official family was very taboo about this.
Thirdly, Chao Chong, who knew too little information about the assassin and was the only one who had ever shown his face, took a lot of effort to draw a shadow figure under the description of the Taiwei Mansion.
Fourth, Gao Yu is now disabled, and everyone thinks that Gao Yu's official position will definitely not be guaranteed, and the officials of Gao Yu's family are fluctuating. Liu Zhongwu is dead, and the position of the general of the border army will also be changed. Those who have selfish thoughts have begun to plan and calculate the distribution of benefits in the future, which one really has the heart to spend too much thought on a high-ranking man who is about to return home.
If it weren't for the anger of the official family, the assassin would have to be arrested in the court, and I was afraid that the wanted arrest of Chao Chong would have to be postponed for a few days. Two days after the assassination, the government's documents on sea capture began to spread from the capital to all directions. A picture signed by an anonymous person with a similar appearance to Chao Chong was soon plastered all over countless large and small cities. The bounty of up to 3,000 is also quite exciting. But news of the Assassins was far away.
The Assassin was not caught, but more gossip began to circulate in the rivers and lakes, and it was said that the Hua Hua Tai Sui Gao Yanei, who had plagued countless women from good families, was found dead in the secret room of Gao Yu's study. For this reason, the people in the capital rejoiced, ran to tell each other, and said hello to each other, such as celebrating the New Year.
Soon there was news that Gao Yu took the initiative to ask Zhishi to return to his hometown because of his disability, and the literati in the capital, street vendors and pawns, all laughed heartily to celebrate the removal of a national thief in the Great Song Dynasty.
But what people didn't expect was that Emperor Huizong rejected Gao Yu's request, but instead rewarded him with thousands of hectares of good land, countless money, and the title of Sanlu doctor, and sent the imperial doctor to Gao Mansion to treat Gao Yu's injuries. A moment of grace.
This shocked the world, and corrupt officials quickly gathered under Gao Yu's banner.
At the same time, a large number of "Tokyo Heroes" who claimed to be assassinating Gao Yu and acting for Tianxing Dao have emerged on the rivers and lakes. The government arrested a large number of people, but there was no real criminal, and the government did not dare to find someone to convict at will, because this was a case ordered by the emperor himself.
In the past half a month, Chao Chong and his party have lived a relatively leisurely life, because the force of pursuit is really not strong, nor is it strict, as long as they avoid the city, Chao Chong and they rarely encounter official errands along the way.
Chao Chong didn't care much about the wanted warrant on his body, firstly, because the other party didn't know his name, so he wouldn't affect his family. Second, the area of the Great Song Dynasty was very large, with a population of nearly 100 million, but there were many barren mountains and mountains, and the government's pursuit force was seriously insufficient. The third is the wanted warrant drawn by the government, can that thing really be used to arrest people? Is there really nothing wrong with a beard with straight eyebrows, triangular eyes, pointed chin, and thick lips in the portrait? Even if he did stand in front of the wanted notice, no one would think that he was an assassin, right?
Chao Chong and his men traveled for many days and decided to go into the city to replenish their salt, dry food and wine, and then saw the abstract wanted notice at the city gate.
Entering this small city called Neihuang County, a group of five people found a restaurant, ready to eat and drink, and hid in the countryside for many days, it was time to sacrifice the five internal organs temple.
Although the area of Neihuang County is not large, the wine and food of this jade wine building are very outstanding, and everyone ordered a large table of wine and food, and ate it with a big mouth.