Chapter 35: Fun
There were still more than a dozen imperial guards in the hall who were fighting hard, and suddenly they saw another fishless master rushing out from the ground, and they were all stunned.
Shi Xiaoxiao explained loudly: "The fishless master was too impersonated by the annihilators. Someone among the guards recognized him, and Master Wuyan was also very famous among the Nanli Buddhists, and he opened his mouth to defend Wuyu, and the guards immediately believed it.
Song Yang showed no mercy, and ordered his elite soldiers in a deep voice: "Kill them all!" As soon as the order came out, everyone was a little surprised, only Wuyu, who seemed to understand Song Yang's concerns, and immediately shook his head and said: "It's okay, the design of the stone prison is ingenious, and the qi path is special, no matter how many people go down, they will not be suffocated to death, and they will not be affected by the fire in the Zen courtyard." ”
Indeed, Song Yang's worry lies in this, the area of the underground palace is not too large, although it can accommodate everyone in the palace, but the air is limited, and the entrance will be blocked later, and if there is one more person, there will be one more mouth to breathe.
After Wuyu explained, Song Yang nodded, pointed to the entrance secretly, and waited for the guards to say, "If you don't want to die, throw the knife away, and people will go down." As he spoke, he beckoned to Shi Xiaoxiao and motioned for him to come over to help.
The two-story stone door of the underground palace, 'outside is not inside', and the mechanism that controls the opening and closing is outside, so that even if someone voluntarily dies by fire to help his companion close the door, the people who will go down in the future will be trapped in it and unable to come out, not to mention, only Aoki is the only one who knows how to control the machine. Shimen couldn't count on it, and Song Yang took Shi Xiaoxiao and ran to the Buddha shrine in the main hall.
The statue of the Buddha was previously exploded by Chen Hui's arrow, but the huge mud stone lotus seat was still there, and after everyone else entered the underground palace, the two young men used their strength to eat milk, and pushed the lotus seat to the secret door, covering until there was only a gap left in the foot, Song and Shi also jumped to the ground, followed by everyone working together, pushing and dragging from below, and finally sealed the secret door.
By the time they were done, in a matter of moments, the crackling sound of the flames engulfing the hall began.
Aoki was taken down to the dungeon by Wuyu, her chest was severely controlled, her body and limbs couldn't move, and she couldn't even grit her teeth, but Song Yang was still afraid that she would commit suicide by taking poison, and the first thing she did after jumping down was to pinch her cheeks and force her to open her mouth.
followed Song Yang to see Luo Guan again, and breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that the Great Grandmaster's injury was stable, but he didn't stop, and picked up the silver needle again to treat his injury, while he was busy, he asked: "What's the matter, did you say it yourself, or wait for us to ask?" ”
Song Yang was working with his head down, but everyone understood who he was talking to.
Aoki shook his head with difficulty: "I won't say." Actually, there is not much to say. ”
Song Yang was cold, ignoring her for the time being, and it was expected that she would extract a confession. Song Yang doesn't like to torture people, but that doesn't mean he won't torture people.
Shi Xiaoxiao always had a question, and regardless of whether Aoki would answer or not, he asked himself: "What do you leave me behind after arresting me?" Why don't you kill me? ”
Unexpectedly, Aoki responded to his question and turned his eyes to look at Shi Xiaoxiao, "When you were young, your master often praised you with me. ”
Shi Xiaoxiao was stunned: "My master? ”
"Atai, third senior brother Atai." At the mention of this name, Aoki suddenly smiled: "Including Master, everyone on and below Lei Yintai doesn't know that the third senior brother has accepted a proud disciple outside, but I am the only one who understands." ”
The topic suddenly involved the teacher, Shi Xiaoxiao didn't know what to say, Aoki continued to smile: "Atai has poured countless efforts into you, and I really don't want to destroy you like this." But if you let it go, it may ruin Master's plan, and there is no other way but to lock you up first and wait for the matter to be over. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden thunderous noise outside, and the underground palace was shaken and dusty, and the hall could not stand the burning of the flames and collapsed. And the air in the underground palace on the first floor also became dry and burned throats, and when I breathed, I could clearly feel the fire in my lungs burning uncomfortably.
Everyone moved again, from the first floor to the second floor, it was really cooler, but the surroundings were also completely dark, Shi Xiaoxiao asked Aoki again: "You and my master... Very good? ”
Aoki didn't answer, and he didn't have to. If you weren't really close, how would you know that Atai still had a disciple in Nanli.
Shi Xiaoxiao continued: "Then do you know that my master died at the hands of Yanding? You want to be good with Master, why do you need to help ...... again?"
Without waiting for him to finish, Aoki laughed lightly: "Atai is your master, but the national teacher is my master." I have received great grace from Master, and so is Atai. If the master wants to kill him, he will only leave willingly, and will never resist and escape... It's one thing for me to be good with Atai, it's another thing for Master to kill Atai, and it's another thing for me to be loyal to Master. ”
"Do you understand? I will not hate Atai for disobeying Master; I won't rebel just because Master killed Atai. One thing to one thing, don't mix it up. ”
Shi Xiaoxiao was silent for a while, and when he spoke again, his voice had his usual calm tone: "Understood." Other than that... You didn't kill me, thank you. ”
At this time, Song Yang, who was sitting at the other end of the stone room and was dressing Luo Guan, suddenly let out a long sigh.
You Hongbowei also said that he was aware of the crisis again, and asked with concern: "Master Hou, what's wrong?" ”
Shi Xiaoxiao smiled and replied for Song Yang: "He felt that he couldn't force Aoki to ask and couldn't get a confession, so he was depressed." ”
Atai once helped Imperial Doctor You escape from Nanli, but in the end, in order to cover up the fact that You Li was hiding in the town, he was punished by the national teacher and took his surname; Shi Xiaoxiao was ordered by his mentor to enter the Qishi team to protect Song Yang, and because his master was killed by Yanding, he had to deal with Dayan; Aoki is loyal to the national teacher, and he is also friendly with Atai, and at a critical time, he did not hesitate to disobey the teacher's order and spare Shi Xiaoxiao's surname...... Everyone has their own obsessions, these relationships are messy, and they can't be sorted out, but after Atai is involved here, Song Yang will not force Aoki to confess anyway.
Song Yang couldn't get more information about the national teacher from Aoki, of course, it was awkward.
On the contrary, Aoki didn't care about this, and said coldly to Song Yang: "If you want to force a confession, just come, it's okay." ”
"Didn't I make it wrong just now?" Song Yang smiled bitterly, and after speaking, he persuaded unwillingly: "Actually, everyone is an acquaintance... How about you say a few words? ”
Aoki ignored him, Song Yang was helpless, and diverted the topic: "Master Wuyu, it is estimated that the fire is extinguished, when we go out, there are many people outside, are you... Pack it up? ”
Wuyu smiled: "That's what the poor nun means." As he spoke, he borrowed a quick knife from Hong Bowei beside him, groped in the dark, and began to shave his hair.
…… The fire in the temple burned from day to night, and the methods of the fire people became more and more sophisticated, and this fire was really incurable. All the heavy soldiers who rushed to the vicinity could do was to isolate the surroundings and try to prevent the fire from spreading, and as for the inside of the temple, they could only wait for the fire to extinguish itself.
From King Jing Ren Tang to ordinary people, the entire Phoenix City was alarmed by the fire, and the forbidden army blocked all nearby roads, and King Jing himself sat in charge...... Ren Jiao's heart was depressed. So far, almost everything has gone smoothly, and it will not take a few days to be completely decided, and the event will be successful. And the position of the fish is too important, this juncture does not allow her to have the slightest damage, if she is really burned to death by the fire, although it is not so exaggerated to give up the previous efforts, but there is undoubtedly a lot of work to be done.
Hearing that the Zen courtyard was on fire, King Jing put down everything in his hand and led the guards and forbidden troops to come, and thus witnessed the whole process of the fire being born and extinguished, from strong to weak, and the prince's family was a little desperate, such a fire, no one in it could survive.
But if you don't see the body, there will always be a chance to get lucky. It was easy to wait until the fire was subdued, and King Jing immediately sent people into the fire to search...... It was getting late, there was a curfew in Beijing, and no one was allowed to go out on the street, but outside the blockade of the forbidden army, there was still a large group of people who refused to disperse, without exception, the people who stayed here were all Buddhist disciples, both monks from the temples in Beijing, and many ascetics...... Not long ago, these ascetic practices were gathered in the monastery, and this morning 'Wuyu' returned to the monastery from the palace, and the two sides were able to meet, and the ascetic cultivators dispersed after sending their respects, but before they had time to leave the capital, they heard that the monastery was on fire, and they gathered back.
Because they are all cultivators and have a special status, King Jing is extrajudicial and allows them to stay nearby temporarily and wait for news.
King Jing was just outside the fire, although the fire was weak but not completely extinguished, the emperor refused to put himself in danger, just paced back and forth on the street, restless. He was still holding a bowl of tea in his hand, and the air around him was dry and choked by the fire, forcing people to drink more water, and when he was in a hurry, suddenly a henchman who entered the fire to search for him, came with joy on his face, bowed down and said: "Lord, I am very happy, I have found Shitai, her old man is still alive, and she is unharmed!" ”
There was a crunch on the ground.
In the ecstasy, King Jing unconsciously used force in his hands, after all, he was also born in the army, he had led the troops to fight, and the strength in his hands was not small, he crushed the teacup, cut the porcelain pieces into his hands, blood and tea dripping, the guards, subordinate officials, and subordinates were all shocked, and hurriedly rushed forward to bandage the prince, how could King Jing care about this little injury, stretched out his hand to retreat from others, and said to the messenger: "Hurry up and ask the master to drive... No, no, lead the way, this king will go to see Shitai. After a few steps, he smiled and gave an order: "Spread the good news and let the monks waiting outside relax!" ”
Shitai is still alive...... In this way, the fire was not only not a disaster, but a blessing.
Such an amazing fire can be spared, but also shows that the magic of the fishless master is too much, King Jing can think that the fastest rumor in the Ming Dynasty is: the fishless master is too godly and Buddha to protect the body, and it is difficult to invade water and fire.
It is foreseeable that after this fire, Wuyu's prestige among the people of Phoenix City and Nanli will rise to a higher level. The higher her prestige, the greater the help for King Jing's ascension to the throne, King Jing was overjoyed, and he smiled almost from ear to ear, he wanted to spread the good news as soon as possible.
Rejoicing with the people, isn't this what the Son of Heaven should do, King Jing thought to himself.
But this command of his ...... If Song Yang was here, he would look at him suspiciously.
(To be continued)