Chapter 50: Blood Debt and Blood Repayment
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He looked left and right, and found that in the opposite corner of the house, he didn't know who threw a circle of rotten straw ropes. He went and picked it up, and pulled it hard, and it was quite strong, so he tied a stone to the other end of the rope, and went under the tree, and looked left and right to see that there was no one around, and took the rope with the stone tied to it, and threw it in the air, and the rope flew up under the drive of the stone, and hung on the branch that was horizontal, and circled twice.
This trick he learned from a TV series, and he doesn't know if it works. Pulled hard, very tight, my heart couldn't help but be happy, and then look at the wall, it is only three meters high, if you climb up even if you don't fall down smoothly, it is estimated that there will be no worries about your life.
So he bit his teeth, spit twice into the palm of his hand, took off his shoes, barefoot, grabbed the rope with both hands, kicked the wall with both legs, and climbed up step by step, and actually reached the top of the wall.
He sat down at the head of the wall and gasped, then pulled the rope up and put it on the wall, stood up, grabbed the horizontal branch, and crawled along the branch until he reached the great trunk.
He was about to descend to the ground along the trunk of the tree, when suddenly, an earth-shattering shout of killing came from the courtyard. Not far away, countless lanterns and torches appeared in front of and behind the house, and many people jumped out of the house, armed with blades, and surrounded a man in black by the pond.
Yi Xingchen was startled, almost fell off the tree, hurriedly hugged the trunk, and wanted to climb back to the wall along the long branches to escape, but he soon found that those people were not coming towards him, and the leaves of his big tree were relatively dense, plus the cover of the night, the people below might not recognize him, so he made up his mind, raised his eyes, and under the light of the lantern torches held by those who surrounded him, he recognized the man in black by the pond, although he was masked, he still recognized Mei Lengxiang who had just sneaked in. He was fighting with a few people, and there were already several corpses lying on the ground.
Although it was dark, the men were carrying lanterns and torches, and he happened to be on a high place, which seemed to be real.
I saw the long sword in Mei Lengxiang's hand flying up and down, as fast as lightning, every time the sword was swung, there must be a person screaming and falling, among the dozen or so people surrounding her, she was really invincible, just like Changshan Zhao Zilong's million-strong army of seven in and seven out.
Yi Xingchen's eyes straightened, he couldn't imagine that Mei Lengxiang's martial arts were so powerful, and those people didn't seem to be weak in martial arts, and they didn't have any backhand power under her hands.
The people who were killed by Mei Lengxiang lay on the ground, and the rest of the people began to retreat in terror, and when they arrived, they turned to run, and the direction of running was towards the house. Mei Lengxiang chased to the door, but did not rush in, obviously she remembered Yi Xingchen's advice not to leave the water too far, so she immediately retreated, grabbed the torches scattered by the dead enemy on the ground, and threw them into the house, and the house soon burst into flames.
This trick is very unique, the people who fled into the house escaped in horror, some of them had been ignited by fire, but none of the people who escaped could avoid the long sword in Mei Lengxiang's hand, and they were all stabbed to death by one sword.
After killing these people, there were no enemies, and Mei Lengxiang did not search the house, but just took a torch and set fire to all the houses in the courtyard with a swift movement. Suddenly, the mansion became a sea of fire. Forced by the fire, several more people escaped from the house, trying to break through and escape, but they were all stabbed to death by Mei Lengxiang's long sword.
At this moment, Yi Xingchen heard a noisy sound coming from outside the wall, which seemed to be shouting to kill. Then I saw a lot of lanterns and torches coming towards this side, and when I got closer, I realized that it was the garrison of the city. It is estimated that he received a report from the night patrol that there was a shout of murder here, and the house was set on fire again, and it was suspected that thieves had infiltrated the house and robbed the house, so they rushed to clean it up and surrounded the mansion.
Mei Lengxiang has completed her revenge and calmly retreated. The direction she left was due south of the place where Yi Xingchen had prompted her to evacuate, and that happened to be the only gap surrounded by the officers and troops.
Seeing Mei Lengxiang's pretty figure disappear into the dark night due south, Yi Xingchen breathed a sigh of relief.
But he immediately complained bitterly, because the officers and soldiers had surrounded the whole mansion, and once they rushed in and caught him, how could he explain his behavior in the mansion?
Fortunately, the officers and soldiers were very cautious, and only surrounded the mansion and demolished the surrounding houses to prevent the fire from spreading, but did not immediately attack it. These officers and men were somewhat afraid of death, and none of them were willing to rush in and fight to the death when the enemy's situation was unknown, but they only held swords and shouted "catch the robbers" outside the wall.
Yi Xingchen was thinking about how to get out, and at this moment, he suddenly approached the ground of a burning house, and among the dozen or so corpses lying horizontally, one of them was crawling slowly and with difficulty. But it was evident that he was badly wounded, and he was crawling very slowly, and the house crackled and burned, and the burning beams broke and fell, and beside him, the man soon could not crawl, and was roasted by the flames, and was about to fall into the fire.
At this time, the dream suddenly popped up in Yi Xingchen's mind, a silver lotus flower on the water, and the reflection on the water surface was rippling.
Could it be that this person is the owner of the white lotus?
Yi Xingchen gritted his teeth, quickly slipped down from the tree, rushed over, grabbed the man on the ground and dragged him back hard. He dragged out more than ten steps in one breath and left the sea of fire, only then did he take a breath and stop.
He squatted down and flipped the person who was lying face down, although the person's face was distorted because of the pain, Yi Xingchen could still see that it was a young man in his twenties. It is exactly the same as the appearance of the owner of the white lotus shown in the hexagram in his mind. The corners of Yi Xingchen's mouth couldn't help but show a hint of imperceptible smug smile.
Yi Xingchen saw a bloodstain on his chest, a wound on his heart, and blood was still gushing out. So he quickly tore off the corner of his clothes and crumpled them into a ball and pressed them against his wounds.
The man took a hard breath, looked at Yi Xingchen and said, "Thank you, thank you, brother, who are you?" ”
"My family lives nearby and saw that there was a fire here, so they rushed to put out the fire. But the fire is too big for me to save alone, but there are a lot of officers and soldiers outside, who should be here to put out the fire, and after they come in, maybe they can help you put out the fire. ”
The man couldn't help but show an anxious look on his face: "Little brother, I am from the rivers and lakes, I met an enemy to seek revenge, and killed many of our brothers, if the official army comes in and finds us fighting, they will arrest us as robbers." You save people to the end, can you help me hide? ”
Yi Xingchen pretended to be surprised: "It turned out that the enemy came to seek revenge?" I just saw so many dead people, I was terrified. Listen to what you say, and that's how you understand. In that case, where are you going to hide? The houses are all on fire. ”
"There's a platform by the pond over there, made of bluestone slabs, and you walk east from under the osmanthus tree by the pond, a total of seven steps. Then pry open the bluestone slab under your feet, and you will see a tunnel, please send me to the tunnel. Thank you for saving me, and I will reward you heavily. ”
Yi Xingchen realized in his heart that there was a hidden secret passage by the pond. When I turned my head, there was indeed an osmanthus tree by the pond not far away, and my heart suddenly understood. Mei Lengxiang had been by the pond and had not left before, dealing with them, so although there was a place to hide, no one could hide in, because Mei Lengxiang had been guarding the entrance of the secret passage by the pond.
Yi Xingchen pretended to hesitate and said, "I, I don't know if you're a good person or a bad person?" I don't know if I should hide you or not. I don't even know your name. ”
"My name is Li San, I came to this family as a guest, and I am just ordinary friends with the owner. I didn't expect to encounter such a thing. This murder has nothing to do with me, the robbers are looking for my friend. I was injured by mistake. However, if the officers and soldiers catch me, they won't believe me, so you must save me, and I will thank you well. ”
"Li San?" Yi Xingchen pursed his lips, "When I hear it, it's a blind name, and you don't even want to tell me your real name, why should I save you?" ”
After that, Yi Xingchen stood up and was about to leave, but the man was in a hurry, and hurriedly said, "I was wrong, I shouldn't hide my real name." My nickname is indeed Li San, and my big name is Li Xuehao. I am telling the truth, please save me. ”
Yi Xingchen couldn't help but show a smug smile on his face, nodded and turned around and said, "It's pretty much the same, I'll go and see if the place you said can hide people." (The novel "Ming Dynasty Hexagram Master" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! )