Chapter 32: Breakthrough
Fang Yongyan's illness is menacing.
He was born in the four yin, born in a snowy day, and was involved in the mother's womb, born with congenital insufficiency, easy to die early, thanks to the Fang family's profound heritage and huge power, invited a famous doctor to recuperate, and when he was four or five years old, there has been a lot of improvement, if this goes by for a long time, fifteen-year-old Fang Yongyan should be no different from ordinary people even if he is not physically strong.
It's a pity that there are unforeseen circumstances, when he was five years old, his biological mother died suddenly, Fang Yongyan's condition took a sharp turn for the worse, his body and bones were completely defeated, he couldn't breathe when he walked a few more steps on weekdays, and a little wind and cold could endanger his life, so Fang Huaiyuan knew that something big would happen in Jiangcheng, and he didn't dare to urge him to leave when the wind and snow were combined.
However, Xue Hongbi didn't know anything about these things.
When he first saw Fang Yongyan in the North and South Inn, he only saw that the other party was weak, but his spirit was okay, and he didn't think he was seriously ill, so he tied up the person and hid it in the cellar for most of the night, and then moved to the empty coffin in Yizhuang.
Seeing Fang Yongyan coughing up blood with a fever, Xue Hongbi panicked for a while, but fortunately he quickly reacted, seeing that he was trembling and groping for something on his body, he hurriedly pulled out the thing, which turned out to be a small medicine bottle, which was full of white pills the size of rice grains.
"The one who cured you? How much? ”
Fang Yongyan was speechless, trembling and comparing three fingers, Xue Hongbi hurriedly poured out three pills and fed them into his mouth, finding that he couldn't swallow for a long time, he reached out and pinched his jaw and lifted it up, the pill was finally taken, Xue Hongbi brought another bowl of water and fed him to drink.
After taking the medicine, Fang Yongyan's face improved significantly, but before Xue Hongbi could breathe a sigh of relief, he covered his mouth and coughed again, his red face quickly turned pale, and his body began to swing, Xue Hongbi reached out and touched it, and found that the skin that was still hot just now became cold again, if it wasn't for the breathing pulse, he almost thought he was touching a corpse.
This symptom is really strange, Xue Hongbi poured a pill and examined it carefully, but unfortunately he was really blind to pharmacology, and he couldn't see the way, seeing that Fang Yongyan was so cold that his teeth began to tremble, he reached out and grabbed the other party's left wrist, and carefully crossed a breath of true qi.
Xue Hongbi cultivated the Yang Book of "Heaven Interception Gong", and his internal force also went to the Yang path, and suppressing the wind and cold qi was a piece of cake, but when he felt the true qi wandering between Fang Yongyan's meridians, his brows became tighter and tighter.
The human body is like the meridian of heaven and earth, in which the governor is known as the "sea of yang veins", and the ren pulse is "the sea of yin veins", no matter which way people practice martial arts, they must pay attention to a yin and yang harmony at the beginning, so opening up the two veins of Ren Du is a crucial starting point for practicing superior martial arts, and for ordinary people who do not know martial arts, the imbalance of yin and yang represents the sickness and pain.
Fang Yongyan had never studied martial arts, and he had been ill for a long time, and it was unexpectedly that Ren Du's second pulse was stagnant and difficult to pass, but when he crossed into the true qi to investigate, he was stunned to find that the other party's Ren pulse had been opened, and the six positive yin meridians were also unimpeded, and they were connected with the five internal organs.
This should be a good thing, but Ren Mai is full of Yin Qi, and the opposite Du Mai is not only not passed, but it is difficult to walk everywhere, and the six Yang meridians and the large vertebral points where the Du Mai intersect do not know what damage has been suffered, and the Yang Qi flows through this place is like entering a bottomless well, most of which dissipate without a trace, and it is difficult to interact with Yin Qi in the body, and it is even more difficult to gather Qi in Guan Yuan, and it has been boiling for an unknown amount of time, and the human body Yin is prosperous and Yang is declining.
The cure is not nothing, and it is an essential step to get through the pulse of the governor, and Fang Yongyan also suffers from heart disease.
Xue Hongbi didn't know that this disease was brought by him from his mother's womb, he only knew that his heart was damaged, and the yin and yang qi had to flow into the five internal organs, over the years, I don't know how much cold air had reached the internal organs from the meridians, and the yang energy that should have been injected into the heart was insufficient, causing the atrium to gradually be unable to bear the heavy load.
The cure is like a life, and the doctor who wants to come to the doctor is concerned about this, so he gives up the method that can cure the disease at the root, and instead uses acupuncture and moxibustion drugs to strengthen Fang Yong's foundation, this method can save his life, but let him be a sick seedling for a lifetime.
Xue Hongbi was originally full of anger, but after exploring the pulse, it was all gone, and she couldn't tell what it was like.
There is a supreme yang true qi to protect the pulse of the heart, although Fang Yongyan is still trembling, but no longer coughing up blood, his pale face slowly has a human color, and the figure in his eyes is also reflected again, seeing that the person who rescued him is Xue Hongbi, his purple lips moved several times, before he squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "I won't thank you!" ”
"I'm not unusual." Xue Hongbi was upset, he kidnapped Fang Yongyan to save Fu Yuanyu, but now that Fu Yuanyu is dead, Fang Yongyan has become a burden to him, with what happened just now, he knows that he can't kill an innocent patient, what should he do?
This Yizhuang has been around for a long time, the gatekeeper here is an old lame old man with dizzy eyes, and he rarely sees a living person for ten days and half a month, he closed the door early in this cold winter and went to the kang, and only left a requiem lamp in the coffin hall to light the way for the dead, that like a bean fire swayed from time to time, and Xue Hongbi's face was also uncertain.
Fang Yongyan was originally angry and afraid of him, and walked before the ghost gate, his fear and anger dissipated a lot, and the tidal wave of exhaustion came up, and his body was so heavy that he couldn't lift a finger.
After a while, he asked softly, "You saved me just now, didn't you plan to kill me?" ”
Xue Hongbi stood beside the coffin without saying a word.
"I see, you want to leave me here." Fang Yongyan looked at him, "My father will not be threatened by you, if you insist on taking me with you, it will be more dangerous, leaving me behind is the best way, if they can find me in time to count my fate, if ...... That's also my bad life, and it has nothing to do with you. ”
Xue Hongbi sneered: "Otherwise? Could it be that you expect me, a thief, to be kind, and risk your life to send you back, knowing that they are searching for you all over the city? ”
"I stopped daydreaming when I was five years old." Fang Yongyan pulled the corners of her mouth, "It's just, I have a request." ”
"What?"
"When I'm asleep, you can go again." Fang Yongyan's voice was very soft, and she murmured, "I don't want to be left behind by anyone again, and then wait for death alone." ”
Xue Hongbi didn't speak, Fang Yongyan swallowed two more pills, lay back in the coffin, and obediently closed his eyes.
He didn't think nonsense this time, his body and mind were exhausted, even if he felt the cold air constantly invading him through the thin coffin, he still quickly became sleepy, but this time was different from before, and he probably couldn't wake up at all.
In a daze, he heard footsteps from near to far, and the door creaked, as if someone had gone out.
Fang Yongyan opened his eyes, but he didn't get up to look, he just smiled self-deprecatingly, but before he could close his eyes again, the door was opened again, and the familiar footsteps returned to the coffin, and a pair of hands reached in and dragged him out unceremoniously.
"You-"
"Shut up." Xue Hongbi took the old cotton clothes that he stole out of nowhere, wrapped him on his back, and his voice was so cold that it seemed to be able to drop ice slag, "Hold your arms tightly, if you roll down later, I won't save you." ”
Fang Yongyan was about to say something, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of several black shadows flashing outside the window, and the flickering candle flame was extinguished in an instant, and the entire coffin hall fell into darkness.
In an instant, the murderous aura of Sen Han seemed to come from the Nine Hidden Underground Mansions, and it was terrifying.
He immediately understood why Xue Hongbi went and returned, and outsiders came here!
Fang Yongyan immediately swallowed all the words back, and he didn't dare to come out, Xue Hongbi saw that he was at peace, holding the dagger with one hand and the corner of the prayer flag with the other.
Yizhuang is not far from the cemetery, and the people who will come here on a snowy night are definitely not passing by, Xue Hongbi is not surprised that his whereabouts are revealed, he only guesses which force they come from and what purpose they have.
Suddenly, a figure appeared in front of the door.
The door of the coffin hall was in disrepair, and any adult man could kick it open, but instead of forcibly breaking the door, this person moved a step like a rat trap, deliberately exposing his figure, accompanied by three knocks, a familiar voice sounded: "Xue Hongbi, the leader of the Fang Alliance has an order, as long as you release the little boy, we will never hurt you." ”
Xue Hongbi and Fang Yongyan both heard it, this was Liu Yishou's voice.
Fang Yongyan breathed a sigh of relief, and subconsciously wanted to speak, but his wrist was squeezed hard by Xue Hongbi, and his face turned pale in pain.
Xue Hongbi warned him but didn't speak, the prayer flag had been torn off, tying himself to Fang Yongyan, and picking up a corpse in front of him, dragging both legs on the ground, the corpse that was held up looked about as tall as him at first glance.
“…… With you alone, there is no way to escape now, if the little boy has a good one, the martial arts alliance will definitely break you into ten thousand pieces, now ......"
The people outside were still talking, and the people in the house also came to the door.
Through a door, Xue Hongbi finally spoke, with desperate hatred in her hoarse voice: "Fang Huaiyuan has already led someone to kill my father-in-law, will he let me go?" Even if you don't kill me, you will hand me over to Tingyu Pavilion, then it is better to die now, and you can still take Fang Huaiyuan's son as a backing! ”
The man was silent for a moment, and suddenly there was a strong force that forcibly broke the door, and the cold light suddenly slashed out, and the corpse that was blocking in front of Xue Hongbi was immediately cut in the head with a knife. At the same time, Xue Hongbi jerked up the prayer flag, the white cloth flew to cover the eyes, he used the corpse as a shield and slammed forward, the dagger pierced out of the gap under his armpit, and the blood immediately splattered out, staining a white cloth red.
In the blink of an eye, he had already stepped on two corpses on his back and rushed out of the coffin, looking back, he saw that there were figures on the roof and on the courtyard wall, they were actually twelve killers, not wearing night clothes or masks, their bodies and faces were ordinary, if they were not holding weapons in their hands, they would be no different from ordinary people.
The newly dead corpse was at Xue Hongbi's feet, but it was not Liu Yishou, but an unfamiliar face, who didn't know how to imitate the voice vividly.
The hot blood was blown cold by the cold wind, Fang Yongyan forced himself to calm down, and lowered his body to avoid causing trouble to Xue Hongbi.
Twelve people, the origin is unknown, the martial arts are not low, and there is no shortage of swords, bows and arrows.
There is only one person, a dagger, and a burden that may become ill at any time.
Xue Hongbi didn't have to think about it to know that he couldn't beat him, and it might be a way to leave Yongyan and flee without a fight, but these guys are not from the Wulin League and they are doing things in the name of the Wulin League, they will never leave this alive, and leaving him here is no different from killing someone.
Holding the dagger tightly in his right hand, and still holding the blood-stained white cloth in his left hand, Xue Hongbi swept around with cold eyes, and suddenly kicked the snow under his feet, and his body shot towards the courtyard gate like an arrow from the string.
With a "duh", the arrow broke through the air and chased straight after the person, if it weren't for Xue Hongbi's early expectation, he turned around to dodge the moment he moved, and this arrow didn't just shoot on the door panel.
An arrow is like an order, four killers hold bows to press the formation, eight killers use their body techniques to besiege them, the sword light and sword shadow are shrouded in this small courtyard in a flash, Xue Hongbi's surrounding qi is blocked by killing moves, and there are already four knives pressing the top and four sword stabs between breaths, he raised the dagger on the top of his head, and the white cloth twisted into a whip and slashed out, wrapping around a person's arm and dragging it forward violently, breaking the move of the four swords moving together.
Before Fang Yongyan could breathe out, there was a flower in front of him, and the firelight of the sword clash burst out like a star, Xue Hongbi took the opportunity to take him out of the encirclement, without looking, and swung his backhand whip back from his shoulder, wrapping the head of a killer on the wall, and at the same time leaning down and sticking to the ground, he took advantage of the situation to pull the person down, and the sword that would block the other killers was slashed over, just for a moment, there were eight more holes in the person's body, and he was no longer alive.
Xue Hongbi abandoned the white cloth, grabbed the fallen longbow with his left hand and rotated like a full moon, but when he heard the sound of "clanging", the arrows shot from three sides were swept off, and the most dangerous arrow was shot through the gap, and he was about to shoot through his or Fang Yongyan's head, he turned his head when he couldn't make a move, opened his mouth and bit the shaft of the arrow, and the tip of the arrow was less than an inch away from Fang Yongyan's face!
It's a pity that his two fists are invincible to four hands, he intercepted this arrow, and he was kicked in the chest, and the flat ground slid out of the distance, the blood in his chest surged, and before he could stand firmly, there was a sound of sharp weapons breaking through the air on the left, and he had no time to look.
At this moment, Fang Yongyan suddenly shouted: "Turn right and make a backhand knife!" ”
At the moment of life and death, Xue Hongbi didn't have time to think about it, his upper body bowed low and his right foot moved, and his body spun and stabbed out in an instant.
The sword was supposed to stab him in the back, this time he pounced in the air, and before he could retreat, his lower abdomen had been pierced by a knife, Xue Hongbi bent his elbow and hit the other party's injury, and the blood immediately gushed out, he didn't look at it, and when he heard Fang Yongyan remind him again, the longbow blocked back, and sure enough, he held a big knife, and the force was so great that his tiger's mouth cracked, if he was hit, he would have half a life if he didn't die.
At this moment, Xue Hongbi saw the lanterns hanging at the door of the coffin hall and the dirty and messy mourning cloths.
The rest of the killers pounced, and the bow in his hand had cracked, and it might fall apart in the next moment.
Eight feet apart, several people apart, he only had one chance.
For a moment, as if a meteor crossed his mind, Xue Hongbi thought of Bu Hanying's sword to participate in the business.
The longbow held the sword one last time, and the dagger took the opportunity to break out of the gap between the two killers, and flew like an arrow to the door of the coffin, and the lantern fell in response, and the flames quickly burned through the white paper, spreading to the lower corner of the mourning cloth.
The cold winter is not like summer and autumn, if there is no liquor and fat, it is difficult to start a fire, not to mention the heavy snow tonight, the mourning cloth is damp, only a puff of smoke flies up.
That's enough.
The longbow was shattered, Xue Hongbi and Fang Yongyan narrowly rolled away from under the sword, and there were a few more cuts on both of them, but fortunately they didn't hurt the vital point, and he rolled to the front of the courtyard gate, shouting loudly at the top of his voice: "Someone!" The coffin hall is out of water! ”
The sound was urged by the internal force, and spread far away in the silent night, and the dog guarding the cemetery was the first to bark wildly, and the old porter hurried out of the house, raised the lantern and looked around, only to see a puff of smoke rising from the coffin, and immediately his face changed greatly, and he immediately grabbed the gong and drum and beat it, and shouted loudly.
Although Yizhuang is far away from human settlements, it is still in Jiangcheng, and the nearest street is not more than fifty zhang, and it is soon alarmed, and people are hurriedly putting on their clothes and going out, competing to get water.
Rushing together, there were also the officers and disciples of the Martial Arts League who were searching nearby.
The killers' faces changed greatly, Xue Hongbi took the opportunity to tear off the rope tied to the two of them, raised his hand and threw it, the rope wrapped around a big tree outside the hospital, turned out, and jumped into the depths of the night with his strength.
By the time the killers wanted to chase them, the firefighters had already arrived at the door, and many people caught a glimpse of them and exclaimed on the spot, and some shouted to catch the thief.
In desperation, the killers didn't even have time to clean up the mess, and fled the scene one after another.
By the time the people from the Wulin League arrived, Yizhuang had been surrounded by the servants and the people, and the courtyard was in a mess, and there were three corpses with undried blood.
Zhan Yu stepped forward and turned over a corpse to check, but did not find any clues that could prove his identity, just like the people who ambushed Liu Yishou last night.
"This time it's not self-defeating, but it's still unproven."
Liu stood beside him with one hand, frowning and carefully distinguishing the messy footprints on the ground, and found that one of them was much smaller, but the corpses at the scene were all adult men.
"There was a vicious fight between the two sides, and they were ruthless, and they were friends and foes." Zhan Yu turned around with a cold face, looked at Lu Wugui who was standing at the gate of the courtyard, and said in a light but meaningful tone, "Judging from the footprints, let alone ten people working together, Xue Hongbi is only himself, if he dies, there is no way out, these guys still want to catch him alive...... Elder Lu, what do you think? ”
"Well...... Lu Wugui smiled so much that the fine lines in the corners of his eyes narrowed, "I don't know, check slowly." ”