Chapter 46: Silent Ancient House: Life hangs by a thread
Three years, neither long nor short, under the chess game planned by Yingzheng, Qin Chu was calm for three years, even if it was just a veil of "calm".
And now that the situation has changed, this country that has been calm for three years has finally diffused the meaning of a storm.
Seven days after the battle between Han Xin and Bai Qiyingshan Gorge, and five days after Jing Kegao gradually left the assassination of Ying Zheng unsuccessful, Zhang Liang rescued Mulan under the siege of Arthur, Zhong Wuyan, Daji and his men and horses in the Lingcheng at the axis between Xianyang Palace and the border city, but still failed to escape from the blockade of the Lingcheng, and Arthur and others blocked the city for two days and searched the whole city, but it was still fruitless.
The matter of the mausoleum has become a stalemate.
The white clouds are leisurely, the sun is lazy, and the wind blowing from a distance is light and light.
There was silence and tranquility at the back gate of the mausoleum, and the fierce battle of that night had long since ended, leaving only huge traces of the ground and the shattering of the city walls.
Zhong Wuyan, whose body was completely recovered, stood upright on the ground full of cracks with a dark face, and said nothing, today's weather was quiet and pleasant, but the emotion on her face was a layer of gloom.
Zhong Wuyan stood there quietly, holding her hands on her chest, her brows furrowed, the stone refining hammer weighing a thousand gold was coldly thrown aside by her, and her eyes at the moment were only staring straight at the ancient silver giant sword lying in front of her, the "sky" of Mulan.
That night, Mulan was hit by Daji's fox fire, was severely injured and unconscious, and the giant sword "Cangxiao" in her hand fell to the ground, and then when Zhang Liang appeared to save Mulan, he didn't have time to take care of the sword, so he let it lie quietly in place.
But then again, it doesn't make sense for Zhang Liang to take into account the "sky......
For example, at this time, Zhong Wuyan could only face gloom in the face of the giant sword "Cangxiao......
Zhong Wuyan twisted her neck, which was much thicker than that of a normal woman, and exhaled a long breath, and the muscle meridians all over her body began to beat like a small snake, and then she opened her arms suddenly, shouted, grabbed the hilt of the giant sword "Cangxiao", and poured out all her body strength to lift up.
Zhong Wuyan's movements were very large and her momentum was very strong, but the giant sword she held in both hands was lying on the ground quietly, without a little fluctuation of energy and breath, and the scene of people and swords looked quite wonderful - that's right, under Zhong Wuyan's full strength, the giant sword "Cangxiao" always lay motionless in place, as if it had not been affected by any force at all.
"Ah!!h Zhong Wuyan's face was hideous, and a beast-like tearing roar came out of her throat, as if all the strength she had ever had in her life had been condensed on her arms, but despite this, the ancient silver giant sword did not move at all, and it didn't even have any tendency to move, as if the sword had an unreasonable quality, and its weight far exceeded the limit of Zhong Wuyan's strength.
"Impossible! That's impossible! Zhong Wuyan's expression was hideous, and her heart was also turbulent, and she roared depressedly in her heart-"This is just a bigger sword, how much can it weigh?" Lao Tzu's hammer weighs hundreds of pounds and wields it freely, this is just a sword, and isn't that stinky girl also very light when she uses it! ”
Yes, Zhong Wuyan didn't believe that this giant sword would weigh far more than her strength—but this was the ninth time she had struggled with the sword with all her strength, and the first time she had roared resentfully in her heart......
The giant sword had been lying here since Mulan was rescued by Zhang Liang, and the soldiers tried to take it into the depot and hold it, but soon found that they couldn't lift it anyway. Later, after recovering from his injuries, Zhong Wuyan heard about this, and rushed to try it without believing it...... Then, she was in a stalemate with the sword until now......
"Ah!!h Zhong Wuyan's face became more and more hideous, his roar became more and more torn, his face was flushed, his body was soaked with sweat, and the meridians and blood vessels on his arms also collapsed to the limit. However, the giant sword "Cangxiao" remained unmoved, and in the end, when Zhong Wuyan burst out of the limit of his strength, he finally fell to the ground with the despair of torn muscles in his arms.
Zhong Wuyan gasped over and over again, rolling his eyes like dead fish, and his pupils were full of soul-deep despair.
After gasping vigorously for a few minutes, Zhong Wuyan finally relieved herself, but the first thing she did when she relieved her breath was not to get up, but to just raise her face and yell at the deep sky-"I'm a god of your grandmother, what the fuck do you mean by this broken sword, what a few things, the old lady has used all her strength to breastfeed, you can't even fucking move!" ”
"Fuck...... Don't move......! Zhong Wuyan roared hoarsely, and her emotions were so heavy that even tears were about to burst out...... It's really desperate......
"Don't try, it's useless......" A slightly low male voice came, and I saw Arthur, who was still wrapped in a medicine cloth on his upper body, sitting on the stone ground beside him, calmly looking at Zhong Wuyan, who was hoarse in front of the giant sword, and who was unable to retreat and was always powerless, and said quietly.
"However, you have the strength to support the sky and can't lift that sword...... 'Cangxiao' is a divine sword, and you only recognize its master, except for Mulan, no one can do anything about it......"
"What's that? This broken sword has such a dick? Zhong Wuyan tilted her head sideways, and there was a little more shock in her despair and helplessness.
"Well, the legendary sword......" Arthur stared at the giant sword "Sky" lying on the ground from a distance, and then said silently in a voice that only he could hear, "I really didn't expect someone to pull it up......"
At this moment, several soldiers rushed from the city, walked up to Zhong Wuyan and Arthur, and said timidly: "Report to the two generals, the search army sent today still has no results......
"What?" Zhong Wuyan sat up from the ground, glared at the nameless soldier kneeling in front of her on one knee, and scolded angrily, "Are you all rice buckets? I've been looking for three days and haven't found Zhang Liang and Mulan? What do so many of you eat? Isn't it useless at all? ”
"The villain is incompetent, the villain is incompetent, the general, please calm your anger." Several soldiers saw Zhong Wuyan's angry reprimand, and immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
"Alright, don't scold them, the eye guards we sent out didn't find any clues......" Arthur frowned and said calmly, in fact, he really couldn't figure it out.
If Zhang Liang and Hua Mulan can evade the search of the soldiers, he can still understand it, but the eye guard is searching for the object through the overflow of magic blue energy! Even if Zhang Liang could hide his Demon Blue energy overflow, how could Hua Mulan, a comatose and seriously injured person, also hide Demon Blue? Moreover, even if it was Zhang Liang, it was impossible for him to continuously hide the Demon Blue Energy for such a long time......
"Have they escaped from the city?" Zhong Wuyan frowned and said speculatively.
"No way, we've already sealed off the entire city, and not even a fly can fly out...... And the giant sword 'Sky' is still here, they can't leave this sword behind......" Arthur said in a deep voice, "They must still be in the Mausoleum!" ”
"So what do we do now? I couldn't find them, and I couldn't pick up this broken sword!! Zhong Wuyan shouted helplessly.
Arthur's eyes narrowed, his resolute gaze fell directly on the giant sword "Sky" lying still on the ground, and then he spat out a word slowly but firmly in a deep voice - "Wait! ”
——There is a quiet deep alley in the southern part of Lingcheng, and in the deep alley there is an ancient house that has been dusty for many years, and a huge and quaint black coffin is placed in the ancient house.
It is this dusty ancient house and this coffin that is so old that I don't know how many years hide Zhang Liang and Mulan.
Inside the black coffin is a world darker than the coffin, absolutely dark without any light, in this suffocatingly dark space, Zhang Liang lies quietly holding Mulan, who has always been unconscious.
Only in this way can they avoid the enemy's search and pursuit. Zhang Liangzhi silently thanked the guide he didn't know, I am afraid that there will be no place like this in this huge mausoleum city where he can hide his body.
This ancient house has been in the dust for many years, and it is easy to be overlooked by those who search for it. What's even more wonderful is this coffin, as long as people lie in it, all the magic blue energy will be blocked by the coffin, and it can't spread to the world outside the coffin at all, it is precisely because of this that Zhang Liang and Mulan's magic blue has been hidden, making it impossible for the enemy's eyes to search at all.
"Cold ...... Cold ......" Mulan moaned uncomfortably in the narrow and boundless darkness, and then a pair of arms hugged her tighter, hoping to give her some warmth.
Zhang Liang knew that it was useless to do this, when Mulan was seriously injured, she was attacked by Daji's stunt "Ghost Fire Jade", and the ghostly fox fire completely invaded her body and burned to the bone marrow.
All the cold and pain came from Mulan's bone marrow, but it was useless for Zhang Liang to hug him tightly......
But Zhang Liang still wanted to do something, even if it was useless.
This kind of emotion is very irrational, Zhang Liang knows it, but for some reason, when facing Mulan's affairs, he always seems to be easy to panic and lose his calm reason.
Zhang Liang knew that they couldn't stay here any longer, and they couldn't continue to hide in this ancient house and hide in this coffin. Mulan's bone marrow has been hit hard by fox fire, and the injury will get deeper and deeper, and she must quickly find a way to treat it, and this deep bone marrow injury is not something that can be treated casually.
However, they must not leave this coffin, and when they leave the coffin, they lose the last layer of barrier. The enemy's soldiers must be waiting for them to appear in the city, and once they leave the ancient house, they must face it head-on. And he was powerless to escape from the encirclement of so many strong men and soldiers with the seriously injured Mulan......
In fact, when Zhang Liang chose to hide in the city before, he had a plan...... To be precise, he was planning all the way to Lingcheng to save Mulan, and as he stepped into the world and entered Qin Chu step by step, Zhang Liangzhi gradually sketched a huge chess game in his heart.
Although there are still many shadows in the game that are obscured by the fog, many parts are slowly becoming clearer......
Zhang Liang calculated that if Han Xin successfully rushed back to the border city, this Qin Chu's chess game would suddenly have a general trend of overall fluctuations, and Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, who had been locked in the border city, would definitely make a move immediately...... And as expected, the first place they looked at was Lingcheng!
There are two reasons, first, Han Xin, who returned to the border city, will definitely worry about their safety and ask Xiang Yu to send troops to rescue, and second, and most importantly, Lingcheng is a city on the central axis between the border city and Xianyang Palace, and its unique status by the Mandate of Heaven makes it a battleground for soldiers.
Therefore, Xiang Yu and the others will definitely send troops to Lingcheng as soon as possible - and what Zhang Liang is waiting for is such an opportunity to successfully solve the dilemma......
Now, ten days have passed since Zhang Liang and Han Xin left Merlin City, and according to calculations, Xiang Yu's army should arrive in Lingcheng in a few days.
However, Zhang Liang can't wait for those days now, because Mulan can't wait...... Zhang Liang's keen perception can clearly feel how serious the fox fire burned by Mulan's bone marrow, if it continues like this, Mulan will soon be on the verge of death.
However, Zhang Liang can't do anything now, and there are uncontrollable and uncontrollable accidents in his plan...... He can't rashly escape from the ancient house with Mulan to break into the traps set by the enemy, nor can he just lie in the coffin and guard Mulan's dying line.
Could it be that he can only hug Mulan tightly and be unable to do anything?
No, maybe not......