Chapter 52: The Debt Paid by Blood (2)
Xu Rui immediately calmed down and carefully sorted out his thoughts.
There are not many things that can make Wang Man feel good and no longer worry about the current bad situation, but every single thing is a bolt from the blue for Xu Rui.
What could it be?
Xu Rui began to think about the worst, and then eliminated the events that did not fit one by one.
"Xu Zuoling's face is not very good, is it because he is wearing too thin?"
"Huh? What the? β
Wang Man asked suddenly, Xu Rui came back to his senses, only then did he realize that he was still a little out of shape, the crises in the past few days have followed, and after the ups and downs of emotions, he feels tired, and it is inevitable that he will show flaws.
But at this time, it is extremely dangerous to show flaws, he is like dancing on the tip of a knife, and if he is not careful, he will be crushed.
Fortunately, Wang Man didn't seem to notice it, just glanced at him deeply, and said lightly: "The snow fell suddenly, Xu Zuoling should pay attention to adding clothes, although you are young, you are sick like a mountain, if something happens, it will be bad, do you say yes?" β
Xu Rui said with a smile: "General Wang is right, as the saying goes, Ruixue is a good year, and this sudden heavy snow just indicates that God bless our dynasty." β
Wang Man was stunned for a moment, his cold gaze finally retracted from the snow scene, stared at Xu Rui and said: "I forgot that Xu Zuoling can pass yin and yang, I don't know what auspicious signs you see from this snow scene?" β
Xu Rui took a deep breath and said in his heart: "The matter has come to this point, you must not leave anything to chance, you can only take a risk!" β
But he said with a smile on his face: "It's all false, how can Xu have that kind of ability?" However, my Southern Dynasty army will arrive soon, and the overthrow of the Northern Military Guard will only be overnight, and the problem of you and me will be solved, General Wang said, isn't it? β
Wang Man's face changed, and he exclaimed: "How do you know this, do you still have contact with others?!" β
As soon as the words came out, Wang Man immediately noticed that something was wrong, but he couldn't do anything about it, so he simply stopped hiding it, stared at Xu Rui, and waited for his answer.
Xu Rui's heart sank, it seemed that he had guessed correctly, the army of the Southern Dynasty was really going to attack in advance, and the Northern Wuwei was in danger, so he had to notify Liu Yi as soon as possible and order the army to start immediately.
He was anxious, but helpless.
Once the plan starts, it can't be stopped, and the so-called arrow on the string can't be missed!
What's more, even if he wants to leave now, Wang Man will not agree, since he said that tentative word, the killing intent in Wang Man's eyes has been naked and undisguised.
"He wants to kill me!"
In an instant, Xu Rui had already thought clearly, the news of the early arrival of the Southern Dynasty army was like a small hammer, shattering the fragile balance, Wang Man no longer needed himself, and even made up his mind to get rid of himself early on.
What to do?
Xu Rui's mind turned a thousand times, but his face did not pause, and he smiled slightly.
"You and I are both dark chess, can you just allow General Wang to contact Shangfeng, and Xu Rui is not allowed to say a few words?"
Wang Man was taken aback: "Do you still have a channel to contact Shangfeng?" This is impossible, I made it clear before, you only contact me, only I know your identity! β
Seeing that he was suspicious, Xu Rui sneered: "Why is General Wang so naΓ―ve? What we are doing is a confidential matter, how can the prince put all his eggs in one basket?
To tell you the truth, I not only have contact with the upper peak, but also have reported the matter of your meeting with me along with my plan, if there is any accident when I am acting, it will be easy for the later people to take over. β
"What?!"
Wang Man's eyes widened, and his heart was shocked.
If Xu Rui really reported the meeting, then his plan to kill Xu Rui would be in a lot of danger out of thin air, and more importantly, he didn't know what Xu Rui said, how much he said, would he shake out the matter of him using Xu Rui without authorization?
Because there was a ghost in his heart, the king was full of confusion for a while, and every inch was lost.
Xu Rui sneered and forced himself to calm down, but his heart was in his throat.
Wang Mannai is a first-class master, if he doesn't care about killing himself directly, no matter how capable Xu Rui is, there is nothing he can do, whether he can escape the catastrophe and complete the plan depends on this level.
Wait a minute!
When he was panicking, Wang Man was suddenly stunned.
Xu Rui is cunning and changeable, his plan to assassinate Yang Weiyuan has already been reported, but the link of framing Xu Rui is omitted, if he really has contact with Shangfeng, he must have received the rumor a long time ago, how could he not be prepared at all?
Moreover, dark chess has always paid attention to information symmetry, and as the commander of Beiwuwei buried in dark chess, it is impossible not to know whether he has contact with Shangfeng.
Thinking of this, Wang Man became suspicious, and when he looked at Xu Rui again, he saw him sneering again and again, as if he was confident, but he was a little less calm and relaxed, and his heart was suddenly settled.
He's bluffing!
Wang Man had to admire Xu Rui's quickness, he grasped the key point in a short moment, and almost deceived himself, but it was this quickness that exposed his worries and allowed him to see through the truth.
"Oh, I see, since Xu Zuoling is also in contact with Shangfeng, then I must know that Lord Zhong wants me to wait for an extra day of the order of the Northern Wuwei, Wang Mou would like to hear what you have to do about it now?"
Wang Man calmed down and asked quietly.
Hearing this, Xu Rui's heart sank.
Broken! He had regained his composure, and he still hadn't been able to fool him.
Xu Rui knew that he could easily see through his words as long as he calmed down, and what he was betting on was Wang Manyi's eyes, but unfortunately the opponent did not succeed.
Xu Rui immediately mentioned in his heart that he was careful, don't look at Wang Man who seems to be kind and pleasant now, but at any time he turned his face and made a move, his little life was actually held in the palm of his hand.
Xu Rui frowned, and his right hand quietly moved towards the back of his waist.
Wang Man stared coldly at his every move, his left thumb lightly rested on the hilt of the knife, as long as he flicked hard, the long knife would be unsheathed immediately, and Xu Rui's head would fall to the ground without blinking.
Xu Rui's back was in a cold sweat, and he was ready to do his best, but in the face of a first-class master like Wang Man, he was not sure.
Wang Man sneered again and again in his heart, and the cat-and-mouse playful and cruel intention gradually surged, Xu Rui has brought him a lot of pressure in the past few days, and today he has to vent his evil anger to vent the hatred in his heart.
At the critical moment of the confrontation between the two, a sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded in the distance, and the two of them were startled at the same time, turned their heads to look, and saw that twenty or thirty rode out of Nancheng and went straight to the woods.
"Wang Man, you actually betrayed the secret chess and leaked the meeting between you and me!"
Seeing that Jinyiwei had finally arrived, Xu Rui secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but he immediately took a bite back on his face.
Unexpectedly, Wang Man's reaction was naturally half a beat slower than him, and he was scolded by Xu Rui loudly, and his mind suddenly became confused, and he didn't know how to answer in an instant.
However, Wang Man is so old, the chaos is only for a moment, and then he immediately understands the cause and effect, how secret the two meet, if he doesn't leak the news, then it must be Xu Rui's means, this kid really has bad intentions!
Wang Man sneered, the thumb of his left hand was slightly forced, and the cold long knife suddenly flew out of the scabbard with a "cang" sound, and the speed of the knife was incredibly fast, just in the blink of an eye, the knife light was already pressing.
Then, he reached out with his right hand, caught the long knife steadily, and saw that he was about to raise the knife and cut off Xu Rui's head in one fell swoop.
But at the moment when he held the long knife, a white mist suddenly spread out from Xu Rui's hand, Wang Man happened to hold the knife in one hand and the sheath in the other, ready to attack, unable to avoid it, and was sprinkled all over his face.
"It's not good, it's lime!"
Wang Manxin said that it was not good, and just as he was about to dodge, Xu Rui had already unscrewed the lid and poured a pot of cold water on his face.
"Ahh
Wang Man screamed in surprise, and the lime immediately produced a violent chemical reaction when it encountered water, exerting a large amount of heat energy, and the cold water boiled instantly, as if a pot of boiling water was poured on his head.
Wang Man was in severe pain all of a sudden, a string of blisters burned on his face, and his handsome appearance was ruined in an instant, but fortunately, he closed his eyes in time and was not blinded.
He sat on the ground, but he bounced up in an instant, and his backhand was a knife, if Xu Rui wanted to be unfavorable to him at this time, he would be cut in half immediately, but this knife was cut into the air, and when he opened his eyes, he found that Xu Rui had already rushed into the woods regardless of it.
"Xu Rui, you sinister villain dare to commit treason, today I will clean up the portal for the prince!"
Wang Manqiang endured the severe pain, lifted the long knife, touched the ground slightly on his toes, and his body immediately flew up and chased towards the woods.
At this time, more than 30 horsemen of Jinyi Wei had already rushed to the vicinity of the woods, and seeing the two fighting from a distance, Han Baixing subconsciously grabbed the reins.
Before he could speak, Li Kuang first said coldly: "Don't meditate on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, if Xu Rui has an accident, Liu Yi will definitely chop us into meat sauce!" β
Thinking of Liu Yi's fiery temper, Han Baixing felt a chill in his heart, gritted his teeth to dispel evil thoughts, and said loudly: "Get off the horse, rush into the woods and capture the thief!" β
A group of brocade guards hurriedly dismounted, pulled out their waist knives and rushed towards the woods.
In the depths of the woods, Wang Man walked like a fly with a long knife in his hand, flickering and moving without hindrance, the dense woods were like flat ground under his feet, and the broken skin blisters on his face added a bit of hideousness to him.
"Found you!"
The afterglow swept Xu Rui's figure, Wang Man sneered and flew up, and in an instant, he crossed a few zhang of land and appeared above Xu Rui's head, slashing down with a knife in both hands.
Xu Rui's face was cold, he suddenly felt a small crossbow in his hand, his body jumped forward violently, and he only aimed slightly in mid-air, and then pulled the trigger without hesitation.
With a shock of the crossbow string, only the palm-long crossbow arrow went straight to Wang Man's eyebrows impartially, and the angle was very tricky.
The distance between the two was too close, and the speed of the crossbow arrow was extremely fast, Wang Man was shocked when he saw this scene, and quickly deflected the blade in front of him, first knocking the vicious crossbow arrow away, and then turning the long knife and slashing down.
But Xu Rui had already taken advantage of that moment to get out, and a sycamore with the thickness of a bowl mouth became his substitute ghost, and was split in half by Wang Man's blade.
Xu Rui wound the small crossbow as he ran, which was a military crossbow that he had roughly modified according to the original shape of the Iron Wall Crossbow, and it was also equipped with a three-point-one-line aiming ruler that had been measured by ballistics.
In addition to the rate of fire is too slow, within twenty steps, the shooting accuracy and power of this small crossbow are comparable to that of a small-caliber revolver, and although Xu Rui does not know martial arts, when it comes to the skill of holding a gun and shooting, he is conceited that no one in this world can compare with him.
Wang Man slashed the air with a knife, his toes lightly touched the half-cut stump, and his body immediately flew out two feet, slowly falling, and at the moment when he was about to step on the ground, he suddenly felt a shock in his heart, and the alarm was suddenly born.
Wang Man didn't dare to slack off, forcibly twisted his body in mid-air, and thrust his legs into the ground with a knife.
As soon as the long knife hit the ground, something suddenly jumped up from the deep broken leaves, and it bit the long knife like a vicious tiger pounced on it, and when it looked closely, it was a trap made of pig iron.
The trap is full of sharp teeth, once it is bitten in the leg bone will be broken, Wang Man has never seen such a hideous and vicious trap, he was furious, his wrist shook, and the trap immediately split apart.
Xu Rui said in his heart that it was a pity.
It was a trap he designed specifically for Wang Man, and for this simple trap, he used Shadow Yu as a consultant, repeatedly calculating Wang Man's jump distance and angle, and then he planted the trap exactly as he could.
Unexpectedly, Wang Man was more cautious than he thought, and he resolved the crisis so simply.
Unable to do so, Xu Rui didn't stop any longer, and immediately rushed deeper into the woods.
Wang Man fell to the ground, and what little light he had was of the enemy vanished.
It is true that Xu Rui does not know martial arts, but the sharp pain on his face still reminds him that this kid is even more dangerous than a first-class master, and a little carelessness may lead to a catastrophe.
What's more, there are dozens of brocade guards behind him, and once he is injured, it will be difficult to retreat.
For the first time, Wang Man had doubts about his decision to go to the meeting alone, but it was too late to say anything now, his identity had been revealed, so he could only kill Xu Rui before Jinyiwei caught up with him, and then immediately get out to find Zhong Qingyuan's army.
As for the task of delaying Beiwuwei for two days, he now does not dare to hope for extravagance.