Chapter 8: Escape
Although the sewers under the siege of the city extend in all directions, Han Lie knows that the exits must be in the northwest direction, which is related to the pattern of the building sitting south and facing north, before entering the waterway just now, he recognized the direction clearly, so after drilling into the waterway, he identified the direction a little and found the waterway to the northwest.
The pitch-black and dirty waterways emitted a foul smell, but this did not become Han Lie's obstruction, to be honest, he had been in a worse environment, as a mercenary with a career of fifteen years, he said, as long as there was a breath left, there would be no hope.
Although the wound was tightly tied, it did not stop the bleeding, mainly because the wound was too deep, secondly, he did not bandage it well, and more importantly, he would have been running with luck, thus pulling the blood to flow faster.
After half an hour, Han Lie already felt a wave of dizziness, but he didn't stop, although the steps under his feet were getting heavier and heavier, but he still moved forward firmly, because he knew that he had to leave the underground waterway before dawn, otherwise once Lu Bu got the water map distribution in the palace, then he would probably not be able to go out again.
A slight sound of footsteps came from the front, although he didn't see anyone, but Han Lie somewhat guessed that the person in front of him was afraid that it was the man in black who entered the waterway one step earlier than him, it seemed that this assassin was already familiar with this waterway, and even sneaked in from here.
Han Lie thought about it, and slowly followed the man in black, and after following for a while, Han Lie found that this person was obviously also injured, his steps were frivolous, and his pace was not fast.
But Han Lie didn't have the intention of catching up and finding out, at the moment, the enemy and I were unknown, so it was better not to meet.
After walking for about half an hour, Han Lie heard the sound of a rapid stream in front of him, it was obvious that there should be a river in front of him, and it should still be where the exit was, otherwise there would not be such a loud sound of water.
Sure enough, when Han Lie saw the man in black in front of him, he pushed away a wall brick, leaned out and got out, Han Lie saw this, he didn't hesitate, and rushed over, because he was too late, if the other party sealed the exit, then he would really have no way out.
"Who are you?" To Han Lie's surprise, he had just rushed to the exit, but he saw a sword light swinging, and the cold sword blade was attached to his neck, making people feel numb on his scalp.
What was even more surprising to Han Lie was that the man in black in front of him turned out to be a woman, although she was dressed in black and masked, but looking at her body shape and eyes, it could be concluded that this woman's appearance was also the best choice.
"Girl, don't get me wrong, in Xia Han Lie, he is also the one who participated in the assassination of Dong Zhuo tonight." Han Lie stared at the woman in front of him and explained in a low voice that as long as this woman made a move, he would definitely respond as soon as possible.
"Hmm." The woman was obviously not lightly injured, and after standing with her sword raised for a moment, she let out a groan and shrunk her body.
"The girl is hurt." Han Lie took a step, rushed forward, stretched out his hand to hold the other party in his arms, and asked with his eyes staring at the calm and waveless eyes of the woman who was close at hand.
"Let go." Being held in Han Lie's arms, the woman was nervous, reached out and pushed Han Lie away, turned around and threw herself into the dense forest.
"What a heavy sandalwood aroma." Han Lie looked at the back of the woman leaving, muttered, and was about to leave, but found a flying phoenix jade pendant falling on the ground, picked it up casually, and saw that it was engraved with the palace master of Yao Ji, obviously this jade pendant was left by the woman just now, but he didn't know whether Yao Ji was her name or an identity code.
"Search carefully, but don't let the Assassin go." At this moment, there was a burst of shouting and cheering behind him, and when Han Lie turned around to look, he found that it was ten zhang away behind him, and it was the moat, obviously he had come to the outside of Luoyang City at this moment.
Originally, Han Lie thought that the waterway could only lead to the palace, but he unexpectedly came directly outside the city, such an unexpected joy also made Han Lie feel very good, looked up at the sky, but at this time he saw that the snowflakes had stopped, I don't know when there was a round of waning moon on the horizon, looking at the dimension of the waning moon, it was obviously four watches.
Although he is out of the city, the vicinity of Luoyang does not mean that it is safe, you must know that now Dong Zhuo has an army of 100,000 and controls the entire Sizhou territory, once he is arrested, Han Lie's current identity will not be able to show his head at all.
At dawn, Han Lie came to a ruined temple, and when he saw the dilapidated scene of this temple, it was obvious that there had been no incense for many years. Entering the Broken Dao Temple, Han Lie came to the incense burner, and saw that there was indeed a thick layer of incense ash in it, and then he immediately untied his robe, grabbed the incense ash and sprinkled it on the wound, although the incense ash can stop the bleeding, but it may also make the wound infected, but at this time, Han Lie can't care so much, at the moment, only stopping the bleeding wound is the first priority, otherwise the bleeding alone will make him collapse and even die of excessive blood loss.
After stopping the wound with incense ashes, Han Lie bandaged the wound with his robe again before meditating and carrying the "Nine Palace Illusion Diagram" Upper Movement Method. At dawn, when he walked out of the gate of the Taoist Temple, he saw that the broken plaque under his feet clearly had the word Taiping on it, and when he thought of such a scene of this broken Taoist temple, Han Lie couldn't help but think of the grand scene of this Taiping Taoist Temple in the past.
I am afraid that this Taoist temple has fallen into such a situation, and it is also related to the word Taiping, you must know that before the Yellow Turban Uprising launched by the Zhang Jiao brothers a few years ago, the Taiping Sect was used to bewitch the people, thus becoming a fire that burned the plains and pushed the huge Han Dynasty to the end of the situation.
Before entering the town, in order to hide his traces, Han Lie dressed himself up as a beggar, unkempt, and he still had the appearance of a handsome son.
Originally, it was to be unnoticeable, but when he walked into the inn and wanted to buy a noodle cake, he was directly kicked out by the store, and he was almost bitten by a dog.
Fortunately, when he was at the entrance of the town and village, Han Lie bought a few pieces of bread from an old man, otherwise it would really be that Hanako couldn't buy anything if she had money.
There is no medical hall in the town, so Han Lie naturally can't buy medicinal herbs, but fortunately, he heard from the old man that although this place is still in the range of Luoyang, but if you walk a few dozen miles along the official road, it is the county seat of Mianchi, and there is naturally a medical hall there.
Mianchi is an important town in the north of Luoyang, and it is also Dong Zhuo's sphere of influence at present, originally Han Lie didn't want to continue to move forward, but if Dong Zhuo pursued him, he would definitely think that he would go south, and the pursuit to the north would definitely hurt a lot.
In fact, just as Han Lie thought, when Lu Bu pursued in Luoyang City all night, but never caught Han Lie and the news of the assassin who entered the palace to assassinate the assassin reached Dong Zhuo's ears, Dong Zhuo, who was furious, smashed several beloved jade objects in a row, and shouted: "Waste, a group of waste, immediately issue an edict, present Han Lie's head, seal the marquis and worship the general, and reward 5,000 gold." ”
"Lord, I don't know what to do with Cai Shizhong?" Since Han Lie was brought into the palace by Cai Yong, although Han Lie's assassination of Dong Zhuo last night was unsuccessful, he stabbed Dong Zhuo, and what is even worse is that Dong Zhuo's life was stabbed off by Han Lie, and now Dong Zhuo has become a real eunuch.
At this time, only Li Ru was able to ask Dong Zhuo, Li Ru was a doctor in the Han Palace, when Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, he was recommended by Zhuo's henchman Li Dao, and was appreciated by Dong Zhuo, and offered Dong Zhuo a plan to kill the Empress Dowager He and the young emperor.
For this reason, a month ago, Dong Zhuo married his youngest daughter to Li Ru, making her his son-in-law and a confidant.
"Cai Yong, it's hard to stay, but I hate it in my heart, kill it." Dong Zhuo roared hoarsely.
"Lord, Cai Bojiao is the object of your single-handed support and wooing, and he has moved his officials three times a day, if he kills him like this, won't what he did in the past be ruined?" Li Ru bowed his body and lowered his head very low to show his humility.
For Dong Zhuo, he can't talk about how loyal he is, if it was by choice, he would have fled far away before Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, because in his opinion, Dong Zhuo is too cruel and unrighteous, and he is definitely not a long-term master.
But at the moment, Li Ru has no choice, now that he has been tied to Dong Zhuo's chariot, he can only do his best, so there is a glimmer of hope, and he will try his best to protect this chariot for a longer time.
"Hmph, isn't this old thief guilty of colluding with the assassin to murder his true appearance?" Dong Zhuo glared at Li Ru angrily and roared to vent the indignation in his heart.
"But as far as his subordinates know, this Han Lie just met with Lord Cai today, and it is not expected that Lord Cai instigated, and several ministers in the court can testify to this, so the subordinates think that this is all done by Han Lie's thief who took advantage of Lord Cai, if the lord unjustly kills Lord Cai, it will inevitably make the officials in the court and the central government turn their backs, then these days, the lord's behavior of winning over the ministers and befriending the scholars will inevitably be in vain." Li Ru exonerated Cai Yong like this, not out of kindness, but because Cai Yong's official reputation is too good, and it is also a flaunt that Dong Zhuo has been wooing and setting up since he entered Beijing.
"You can do this thing, the most important thing is to catch Han Lie for me, this is going to cook this thief." Dong Zhuo thought of his broken life, and the anger in his heart erupted.
"Don't worry, the official document of sea fishing has been issued, and I have already passed the generals to the generals of the Tiger Prison Pass and the Bishui Pass, and those who enter and leave the checkpoint must be strictly searched, and they would rather kill by mistake than let go." Li Ru paused and said: "Mengjin Ferry, as well as in the direction of Hongnong, there are also sergeants guarding layer by layer, so that this thief can't get out. ”
Dong Zhuo nodded, his gaze swept over Lu Bu on the side of the steps, and said, "Feng Xian, has the other group of assassins found out their identities?" ”
"Returning to the lord, the assassins who assassinated His Majesty, there were five people, three of them were killed on the spot, one escaped, and one was seriously injured and arrested, according to the identity token found by this person, it is inferred that these people are from a Taoist organization called Yaoji Palace, and it is likely that they belong to the Yellow Turban remnants of the Taiping Sect."
"Check, you must find out, give me a net." Dong Zhuo waved his hand, and with the support of the dancing girl beside him, he endured the pain from his crotch and slowly lay down on the Hu bed.