Twenty-seven, the Demon Fire Yaksha
"What she just said is not a lie, Xue Shanggong and the servants were indeed ordered by the emperor and the queen to arrest the prince and return to Beijing. β
"What did you say?"
The last glimmer of light was also covered by dark clouds, and King Jianning was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and his steel teeth were clucking.
"Lord, this is the emperor's gold medal order, we did receive the emperor's and queen's edict to arrest the prince and return to Beijing. β
Sure enough, it was his father's gold medal arrow, and King Jianning couldn't help but take a few steps back when he saw it.
"What nonsense, don't do it yet. β
Seeing this, Xue Yiliu was furious, and wanted to instruct the little eunuch in the prosecutor's hall to take people.
Helan Shou waved his hand to stop the little eunuch who stepped forward, and glanced at Xue Yiliu coldly.
"Lord Wang, let's go with the minions. β
"Hahahaha, Helan Shou, you are very good, you have done a good job, even if this king enters the Netherworld one day, he will still be grateful to you. β
"Lord Wangβthis is a torture for the minions. β
"Helan Shou, you go and tell the emperor and your master, it's okay to ask for the king's life, but you must release my mother first. β
"Lord Wang, don't force the minions. β
"How?"
Just when the two sides were at a stalemate, they suddenly heard the fast horses galloping, and a team of royal guards escorted a eunuch to the crowd.
The eunuch lifted the decree aloft and waited for everyone to kneel down before and after they were hugging each other, and then read it aloud.
Fengtian carried the emperor's edict and said, on the same day, he took away the title of Li Qi, the king of Jianning, demoted to the common people, and removed him from the post of deputy marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, and handed over the troops and horses led by Zuo Xiaowei General Tuoba Feng, Zuo Weiwei General Li Di, and Right Wuwei General Zuo Siqi in charge.
He Lanshou, the chief administrator of the Prosecutor's Office, was ordered to immediately escort the traitor Li Qi back to Beijing, and if he disobeyed, he would be killed.
King Jianning took the holy decree and looked at it for a while, and put it in his arms.
The county lord of Shengping stepped forward with concern and asked: "Uncle Wang, you better go back to the Luoyang camp first, and your niece will fight to protect Uncle Wang to break through." β
"Good. β
King Jianning replied in a low voice, and then slapped the back of the head of the county lord of Shengping in the middle with a palm. The lord of Shengping immediately fainted.
Seeing the situation, Liu Feiyu caught the county lord and asked urgently: "Lord Wang, you-"
"You should understand what the situation is at this time, and take the county lord away. β
"Lord Wangβ"
"Let's go. King Jianning's expression was resolute.
Liu Feiping's enthusiasm turned into two lines of hot tears, and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times. Picked up the lord of Shengping, got on the horse and ran to Chang'an.
The crowd did not dare to stop them, and they gave way one after another. Seeing that the county lord was far away, he immediately surrounded King Jianning in the middle.
"As long as you promise to let go of the king's mother, the king will go back to Chang'an with you. β
King Jianning faced Helan Shou and hoped that he would grant his last request.
"Lord Wang, the slave can't do it. β
"You won't say yes?"
"Hmph, Wang Cairen colluded with you inside and outside to try to murder King Guangping, which is a capital crime. I advise you not to talk about dreams. β
Xue Yiliu had already held a long sword in his hand, and said proudly to King Jianning.
"Then don't blame the king. β
"Lord Wang, the slave knows that the prince army is mighty, but the soldiers behind the prince are also brothers who have followed the prince from birth to death for many years, I have an army of 30,000 today, and the prince may not be able to take advantage. If the slave unfortunately dies under the prince's knife, it is the slave's kung fu that is not good, if the slave is lucky enough to win the prince's one-and-a-half moves, and ask the prince to return to Chang'an with the slave, I don't know what the prince wants?"
"Good. Just according to your word. β
The two of them were polite, but they were no longer humble in their hands, and their shots were killer moves.
Although King Jianning is often in the military, he was actually instructed by strangers at an early age, and he can be said to be a first-class master in today's martial arts, regardless of light skills, hidden weapons, and blades. All these things are known in the military.
It's Helan Shou, who is not good-looking, but he is the chief manager of the prosecutor's office, and he is deeply respected by Li Fuguo, but for many years, no one has ever seen him make a move.
The sword light was intertwined, and the two of them had killed more than ten moves in an instant.
Everyone couldn't help but secretly admire, this Helan Shou is indeed extraordinary, and there are not many people who can make more than a dozen moves with King Jianning.
The two of them became more and more courageous, and King Jianning had already put life and death out of the way, only taking this battle as the end of his life, and the current knife momentum was pressing on one wave.
Helan Shou understood King Jianning's intentions, and he didn't dare to be careless, a set of weird and changeable knife techniques, clean and neat between attack and defense, not like the martial arts moves of the Central Plains.
Not only the two of them who fought fiercely, but even the many soldiers and generals who watched the battle were completely forgetful, stunned by this wonderful battle.
More than an hour has passed, and the two have dismantled more than 300 moves, and the battle circle has gradually expanded, and there are unpredictable sword lights within a radius of more than 100 steps, forcing the spectators to keep retreating.
Helan Shou gradually showed his defeat, and he was covered in sweat in the ice and snow, and the beads of sweat on his eyelids blurred his vision several times.
King Jianning didn't want to kill, and seeing the opportunity, the long knife cut an arc with the wind, broke Helan Shou's big knife, and slammed his left hand on the opponent's chest.
A mouthful of blood spurted out, and Helan Shou's figure suddenly ejected out, falling heavily into the snowdrift in the distance.
As soon as King Jianning's knife turned, he forced towards the place where He Lanshou fell.
Everyone couldn't help but sweat for Helan Shou, but no one dared to take half a step forward.
Just when everyone thought that the victory and defeat were decided, they suddenly heard a loud "bang", and countless slush splashed from the place where Helan Shou fell, and a thick fog rose.
King Jianning was startled for a moment, and a blood shadow with a cold light shot out of the vast white mist and rushed towards King Jianning.
Almost out of instinctive resistance, the prince raised his knife to block, only to feel that the tiger's mouth was numb, his long knife was cut off, the broken knife slashed his ears, and a stream of hot blood splashed on his face and flowed down his neck.
The blood shadow made a successful move, and the figure fell ten steps away from King Jianning.
"What the hellβ"
"Youkaiβ"
"Look, what's that?"
Everyone looked at the blood shadow in the battle circle, and they were so frightened that they broke out in a cold sweat and retreated one after another, and the battle circle was almost half expanded.
King Jianning was also stunned in his heart, only to see the figure in front of him, naked, the muscles on the muscles exploded, and the skin on his body was red, even the whites of his eyes were covered with bloodshots, and the whole person seemed to be burning, and even the snow around him was constantly melting under the scorching, and bursts of smoke rose.
The crimson man opened his mouth wide, exhaling the hot breath from his body, revealing Bai Sensen's teeth.
It's like the legendary Red Yaksha, no wonder it scared everyone back and forth.
"Are you Helan Shou?"
The Crimson Man nodded. It's just that at this time, his figure is more than a head shorter.
Unexpectedly, Helan Shou actually practiced the blood corpse skill of the Tocharian Kingdom.
I once heard a Persian swordsman say that in a mysterious tribe in the country of Tocharo, there is a kind of martial arts of the evil sect, which can instantly stimulate the speed of the blood and qi in the body to more than ten times the original, and the strength and speed of the cultivator will also increase to more than ten times or even dozens of times the original.
Because the speed of blood qi runs drastically, the temperature in the body rises suddenly, the skin of the whole body is burning, the sweat of the practitioner will be discharged in large quantities, and even the ice around him will be melted, and he can hardly wear clothes, so the blood corpse skills displayed in front of the world are often red and hideous like ghosts.
Therefore, in the martial arts of the Western Regions, this kind of blood corpse skill is also called the Demon Fire Yaksha.
It's just that the Persian swordsman didn't mention it, this blood corpse skill will also make people's bodies shorter in an instant. Maybe he was just hearsay, and he hadn't seen anyone actually perform this evil skill.
King Jianning pondered for a moment, unbuckled his armor, and shook off the armor on his body. This will at least give you a slight boost in speed.
Once again, the Yaksha attacked. With an absolute speed advantage, he first made a feint and rushed over.
Just as King Jianning raised his sword to block, he saw that the blood shadow in front of him disappeared.
A sharp pain in his shoulder.
The blood shadow whistled past the back of King Jianning, with the light of the sword.
There is no chance of fighting back.
Second, third, fourth......
Before the people watching the battle could figure out what was going on, they saw that King Jianning's shoulders, arms, and legs had been cut several times, and blood stained his clothes red.
King Jianning was filled with grief and indignation, but he was helpless.
There were more and more wounds on his body, although none of them were fatal, but as the blood loss intensified, he clearly felt the loss of strength.
Although it is clear in my heart that the other party just wants to let himself be restrained, not to play himself, it is still difficult to accept such a scene. The feeling of being powerless to fight back is disgusting.
Helan Shou stopped, his blood-red eyes staring straight at King Jianning, he wanted to see if the man in front of him was about to give in.
Hehe, he deserves to be the famous king of the Tang Dynasty. If there is an afterlife, maybe you won't meet that person, you won't have to accept his help, you won't have to repay his kindness, and you won't have to do so many things that you don't want to be unwilling to, can't bear, and don't want to face.
The hot blood had stained most of King Jianning's body red, but his eyes still spewed with resolute light.
The onlookers could no longer tell which of the two people fighting was more hideous and terrifying.
He Lanshou held the knife in both hands, raised it above his head, and gently shifted his position with his feet.
King Jianning sighed in his heart, it seemed that he was about to launch the last move.
Suddenly, all I could hear was the rumbling around me. Within the battle circle, dozens of ice walls more than one person high were suddenly erected. These ice walls vary in width and width, and a labyrinthine network of roads is laid out in the station circle, just enough to restrain the speed of the Demon Fire Yaksha.
Someone secretly helped. The proud King of Jianning couldn't take care of much at this time, and his fighting spirit was high at the moment.
Helan Shou's strength was difficult to restrain for a while, and he rushed over desperately.
Due to the speed being too fast, his body crashed into several ice walls one after another, and by the time he rushed to King Jianning's side, the speed was no different from usual.
King Jianning had already made preparations, just waiting for Helan Shou's blood shadow to flicker, and he took the lead in slashing out, hitting his calf.
Helan Shou had to give up long-range surprise attacks and switch to close combat, and his advantage was greatly lost.
King Jianning continued to increase his speed, and a broken knife flew like rain, and the connected sword light was like an enchantment, protecting Zhou's body up and down.
Although the Demon Fire Yaksha can instantly increase the skill of a cultivator dozens of times, it also has great harm, and the high temperature in the body that is about to burn for a long time is unbearable.
The corners of Helan Shou's mouth, eyes, nostrils, and ears gradually burst out of blood, but the water vapor quickly evaporated under the high temperature, leaving only the dried blood scabs.
Someone is secretly helping each other, and they must fight quickly. He Lanshou gritted his teeth and withdrew.
Bang β
A deafening loud bang was heard, and dozens of ice walls suddenly shattered and flew, and the powerful air currents knocked down the soldiers in the vicinity.
King Jianning was suddenly injured, and his body flew out with the broken ice, and a mouthful of blood sprayed in the air.