Chapter Twenty-Five: The Waves Rise at Twilight and the Wind Tightens
This is the seventh day that Shen Pearl and Su Porcelain have taken refuge in the secret room.
After dismissing the slaves, Shen Pearl was carried by Fengsheng's clothes and took refuge in the secret room under the study. Feng Shengyi already knew how to open the secret room mechanism, and Li Jiao also taught Shen Pearl to prevent accidents. Although it is small and stuffy here, the plain porcelain is properly placed, the bedding and daily utensils are placed, and the dry food and water for more than ten years are prepared, which is also the best place for Shen Pearl to recuperate after giving birth in this extraordinary period.
There are two passages in the secret room, one of which is the exit of the bookshelf in the study, and Li Li enters the secret room from here; Second, there is another door in the secret room, digging a road directly outside the house, and Fengshengyi, Muwei and others enter from here.
Shen Pearl will be relieved to recuperate here, Feng Sheng clothes and a dead soldier is still dormant in the palace garden, the three of them discussed, when Shen Pearl is generally recovered, then she escaped from Chang'an City, and traveled west to meet Li Jiao.
Three days ago, the palace was calm, and he thought that An Lushan's army would immediately kill Chang'an City, but Feng Shengyi heard the news that An Lushan was proud after taking Tongguan, and had not yet sent troops to take Chang'an. On the fourth day, Shen Pearl and Su Ci could also hear the chaotic footsteps above in the secret room, the voices of people boiling, and the sound of items being looted and smashed vividly, so they knew that the rebels had entered the city, and not only the prince's mansion, but also the people's homes were now being burned and looted. Su Ci turned pale with fright below, afraid that the rebels would find the secret room mechanism. Fortunately, the gang smashed most of the time, probably because there was no more oil and water to fish, and finally all dispersed.
On the seventh day, although Shen Pearl had not recovered, she had no major problem traveling long distances by carriage and horse, and when Feng Shengyi sneaked in to visit, she made an appointment that night, and Feng Shengyi prepared a carriage to meet her and the two of them out of the city at the exit of Yongdao.
Thinking that it was dark, Shen Pearl combed a simple bun from Su Porcelain, picked a clean and plain skirt to wear, Su Porcelain put a bag of gold and silver soft Tian into her arms, she had never carried so many silver jewelry, the heavy was very uncomfortable, and said with a smile: "No matter how inconvenient it is, I have to carry it, this way over, there is nothing more effective than this thing." ”
Shen Pearl smiled and asked, "When I left that day, did I let you take the things inside?" ”
Su Ci said: "Of course I haven't forgotten. So saying, he took the package out of his bosom and opened the knot, rummaged through it, took out a small bag the size of a finger, and said, "Miss, you put this thing at the bottom of the cupboard, but let me find it, what is it?" ”
Shen Pearl opened his pocket and took out the contents - after years of not having a look, it is still shining brightly, moist as new under the candlelight of the secret room, and it is really the best pearl in the world.
"Although this pearl is rare, it is not priceless, but," Su Ci said, "it is good to carry it, it is not laborious, and it can also be exchanged for some silver taels." As he spoke, he took the pearl and put it back in his bag.
But seeing Shen Pearl smiled slightly, he made a mistake with his hand, let Su Porcelain take it empty, put the pearl back in the bag with his own hands, and hid it around his waist.
This escape is uncertain, this pearl may be able to be put to great use - if it is captured by the enemy, An Qingxu, I don't ask him to let him go, but if he asks him to protect his innocence, it is expected that he will not be. This is also the only thing she can rely on to him now, and now she has a clear distinction between friend and foe, and she has long dared not think about the past feelings. Said to Su Ci: "Let's go quickly." ”
As soon as the words fell, Su Ci suddenly tugged at her sleeve, above her fingers, and her face changed suddenly. Shen Pearl listened with his ears pricked up, and was also shocked - there was a faint sound of "boom" opening the door above, and the door of the bookshelf at the entrance of the secret room had been opened! Feng Shengyi waited outside the corridor, and it was impossible to enter through the entrance of the study at this time; The secret room mechanism is already very secretive, and even if you find it by luck, it will be difficult for ordinary people to figure out how to open it for a while, isn't it?
Before thinking about it, Shen Pearl leaned over and blew out the candle flame, pulled the plain porcelain, and said, "Hurry up!" Stretching out his hand to open the secret room towards the direction of the Yongdao, Su Ci still did not forget to quickly put the package into his arms again, and hurriedly ran out along the Yongdao with Shen Zhuzhu.
I didn't run far before I heard the intricate shouts behind me in the distance, "Run", "Chase", "Chase"!
The two weak women ran forward desperately, only to feel that this road was so long, dark and dark, far away and endless. After running for a long time, Shen Pearl recovered after giving birth, but she couldn't run, leaning on the wall and panting frequently, and said to Su Ci: "I can't run, you don't have to worry about me, run away by yourself!" ”
Seeing that the footsteps chasing behind him were getting closer and closer, Su Ci gritted his teeth, stepped forward and carried Shen Pearl on his back and walked forward. Shen Pearl said hurriedly: "Where can you carry me, don't give us two lives in vain, you run first, and then let Feng Shengyi think of saving me!" ”
Su Ci said loudly: "No! To walk together, to die together. I can't leave you, Miss! As he spoke, his feet slipped, and with an "ouch" sound, both of them rolled to the ground. Su Ci screamed in pain "Ah", Shen Pearl groped for Su Ci's face in the dark, and asked urgently, "What's wrong?" ”
Su Ci was so painful that her teeth clucked, and she replied, "My foot is broken." ”
Shen Pearl sat down on the ground and sighed: "Could it be that our sister's fate should be like this, so that you can't escape from playing tricks on us like this!" ”
The two of them were in despair, when they suddenly heard someone call a few steps ahead: "But the princess? It was the voice of Feng Shengyi. Su Porcelain heard the sound of heaven, and replied loudly: "General Feng, the princess is here!" As he spoke, he completely forgot that he couldn't walk on his feet, and he was about to rush forward when he stood up, but he knew that his ankle was in severe pain, and he threw himself forward, his body was soft, and he was caught, and his eyes were colliding with Feng Shengyi's eyes, and those eyes were deep and bottomless, and they turned out to be in his arms, and his cheeks couldn't help but be crimson, but fortunately, Yongdao was dark and no one saw it.
But he listened to Feng Shengyi and said: "My subordinates can't wait outside for a long time, so I came to pick up the princess." ”
Shen Pearl said happily: "This is very good, there is General Lao!" The pursuers have arrived, and we must flee as soon as possible. Su Porcelain's foot was sprained, and she asked the general to take her out. ”
Feng Shengyi responded with a "yes", picked up Su Porcelain with his hand, and the dead man who followed behind Feng Shengyi stepped forward to carry Shen Pearl, and several people in a group hurriedly moved forward.
In fact, this place is very close to the exit of the Yongdao, and in an instant it has walked out of the Yongdao, and the world is wide in front of you, and the exit of the Yongdao was originally the side wall of an inconspicuous courtyard.
Shen Pearl has not breathed fresh air for a long time, and at this time, when she saw the moon and stars, and the breeze came slowly, she felt that life was beautiful.
Feng Shengyi said: "The carriage is waiting in the corner outside the courtyard, the princess, please get on the carriage quickly." After saying "whistle", several black-clothed masked people jumped down from the courtyard, all of whom were dead soldiers like those who had received Shen Pearl before, a total of five people. Feng Shengyi saluted the five dead soldiers: "Brother fool escorts the princess to the west, here is for all brothers!" ”
The five dead men bowed down and saluted in return, and said in unison: "I will swear to the death." ”
Feng Shengyi nodded, looked at the five people one by one, and said dryly: "Brothers, please rest assured, you wait for your family, Your Highness will make proper arrangements." ”
After finishing speaking, he picked up Su Porcelain and led Shen Pearl to walk hurriedly outside the courtyard. Behind him, several rebel soldiers had rushed out of the corridor, and the five dead soldiers each drew their swords and rushed forward to fight them, just to delay time so that Shen Pearl could escape smoothly.
Shen Pearl filled her eyes with tears, and she couldn't bear to look back again, exchanging her life for the life of a dead soldier, how expensive is her life? However, for parents, wives and children, everyone's life is precious.
Feng Shengyi settled Shen Pearl and Su Ci sat in the carriage, slammed the reins of the horse, Fang whispered "Princess sit tight", suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves sweeping from all sides, Feng Shengyi's face changed, and the voices of shouting in the alleys outside the courtyard were everywhere, and countless guards with swords and heavy armor swarmed in. A leading guard waved his sword and shouted: "Princess Guangping is here, those who are captured alive will be rewarded!" ”
Feng Shengyi's thick eyebrows tightened, and he raised his whip vigorously, and the horse was in pain, and roared with his hooves, and crashed into the incoming guards, and in the blink of an eye, he stepped the two guards under his feet. Feng Sheng's sleeves and hands were raised, the cold light in the night sky burst out, the edge was full, the sound of sneering was endless, and in an instant, a large platoon of soldiers and guards were in the hidden weapon, fell to the ground and cried, and suddenly opened a gap, Feng Shengyi swung his sword to kill left and right, those guards had already received the order to capture Shen Pearl alive, and there were taboos, Feng Shengyi's sword light was everywhere, and he was invincible, several dead soldiers rushed out of the courtyard, killing the enemy at close range, and immediately let Feng Shengyi kill a bloody road, and the horse was also injured in many places in the fight, and it was even more fierce, just running wildly.
The carriage rushed out of the alleyway, and had reached the top of Chang'an City Avenue, desolate and few pedestrians on all sides, only the hundred cavalry guards followed the carriage closely. Feng Shengyi knew that today was extremely dangerous, so he could only do his best, and then wave the horsewhip at the moment, but the carriage was loaded, and the chasing soldiers were getting closer and closer. Feng Shengyi looked back and threw a handful of iron lotus seeds, although these iron lotus seeds were only the size of soybeans, but after he threw them with more than 20 years of skill, the power was extremely great, and the guards who chased the last ten or so horses fell to the ground one after another.
Feng Shengyi breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly heard the sound of knives behind him, faintly with the sound of wind and thunder, and went straight to his vest hole. In a hurry, without thinking, he didn't look back, he flicked his backhand, but it was like he had eyes behind him, the tip of the sword pointed directly at the enemy's vein, and he solved the trick of the sneak attack, and the sword changed immediately after the move, and slashed at the man, the man was hit by the sword in the arm, and the knife fell with a "dang" sound, and Feng Shengyi turned around and kicked it again, kicking him heavily to the ground.
A guard behind him helped the man up, and called urgently: "How is General Xue?" ”
Feng Shengyi smiled coldly, what general, there are a lot of pus under the thief! Still galloping on his horse, he didn't go far, and he heard the sound of the blade behind him, and he didn't want to think about it at the moment, so he drew a gourd, and the tip of the sword was still stabbing towards the network door behind him, who knew that the person didn't avoid it, and his wrist slipped, and the sword of Feng Shengyi had fallen silently. Feng Shengyi's heart was shocked, and he knew that he had met a fierce rival in his life this time.
Looking back, this person had turned around and jumped on the horse, dressed in a navy blue robe, with dark cloud patterns on the hem, slowly and shallowly fluctuating in the wind, his face was cold, his eyes were like a cold blade, and he was silent like a green steel god statue - it was An Qingxu, the second son of An Lushan!
Feng Shengyi looked around, only to see the dust in front of him, and countless cavalry galloped towards him, all dressed in armor, shining, should be the famous flying cavalry under the command of An Qingxu.
Feng Shengyi knew that An Qingxu's swordsmanship was superb, and he didn't want him to come here today to capture Shen Pearl in person, but this alone was already difficult to deal with, not to mention that there were thousands of pursuers. At that moment, his mind changed, Le Ma stopped, and said to An Qingxu: "Who is my Dao, it turns out that General An is here in person." General Su Wen's swordsmanship is unparalleled in the world, and he doesn't want to rely on more to win today. In fact, An Qingxu's swordsmanship cannot be called "unparalleled in the world", Feng Shengyi's words are just to provoke him, knowing that with An Qingxu's temperament, even if he knows that it is a method of agitation, he will obediently take the bait.
Sure enough, An Qingxu put away his sword and replied coldly: "You don't have to provoke me. An has known Master Feng for a long time, and he didn't expect that Lord Feng would have such outstanding swordsmanship, and An wanted to ask for advice. ”
Feng Shengyi immediately answered: "Feng also has this intention. You and I have one person and one sword, and we will kill you happily today, if you win or lose, what should General An do? ”
An Qingxu said: "Why do you ask knowingly. If you win against An, An will not say a word and send you and the princess out of the city; If you are lucky enough to win the adult's one and a half moves, please leave the princess's people and your life! ”
Shen Pearl was so uncomfortable in the carriage and horse that he heard it, and lifted the curtain to call "General Feng", Feng Shengyi saw Shen Pearl's eyes flowing with clear waves, and he was so concerned and worried that he was slightly grateful in his heart, and immediately hugged his sword and said: "Don't worry about your subordinates, if you don't keep the princess safe, your subordinates will have no shame to see Your Highness again." He raised his head and said to An Qingxu: "I hope the general will be true to his word." ”
An Qingxu immediately sat motionless, listened to Feng Shengyi's words, picked up the spare reins immediately, threw them towards the sky, raised the sword in his hand, broke the reins into two, and fell to the ground slowly. The implication was already obvious, not only would he keep his word, but also if the other guards did not obey his orders.
An Qingxu and Feng Shengyi dismounted separately. The stars and the moon were clear, the sky was floating through a wisp of clouds, and the black-pressed guards stood on both sides, holding their breath and waiting for this earth-shattering battle.
An Qingxu and Feng Shengyi stood opposite each other, staring at each other intently, not moving for a long time.
Suddenly, Feng Shengyi's sword trembled and shouted, "It's here!" The tip of the sword spit out a glowing cold light, and stabbed at An Qingxu's shoulder. An Qingxu's long sword was drawn, like a coiling dragon spinning, and the blade of the sword was right on Feng Shengyi's chest. Feng Shengyi's shot was like lightning, the sword suddenly dragged down, defusing An Qingxu's momentum, the hilt of the sword shook, and stabbed up, the tip of the sword actually stabbed An Qingxu's eyes, An Qingxu pushed the horizontal sword, and sealed the Fengshengyi sword again. The two of them intersected with their swords, and they couldn't hold each other, but seeing the sword energy between heaven and earth, and the sword light was dazzling, the two of them tossed and turned to resist, and they fought more than 200 moves.
After fighting more than 100 moves, I suddenly heard Feng Shengyi shouting, and the swordsmanship changed suddenly, like thunder and lightning, attacking one after another, which caught An Qingxu off guard, and the guards were dizzy and shook, and in the middle of the fight, I suddenly saw Feng Shengyi rushing violently, and the long sword pointed to An Qingxu's door!
Su Cihuan shouted, "General Feng has won!" Who knew that the words did not fall, but he heard An Qingxu shouting, "Go!" I didn't see it clearly, but I saw that the two figures in the entanglement suddenly converged, swirled, and separated. An Qingxu showed an imperceptible sneer at the corner of his mouth, his long sword was bloody, and he was proudly independent. Fengsheng's clothes were full of disbelief, he didn't move for a moment, suddenly snorted, his waist bent down, he barely supported his body with a sword, his left hand covered his right chest, and a trace of blood poured out.
It turned out that An Qingxu deliberately sold the flaw, attracting Feng Shengyi's sword to make the old, and then violently attacked the killer, making him unable to withdraw his sword to prevent himself from suffering heavy losses.
Come like thunder to restrain anger, and let it be like the river and sea condensing the light. At this point, the winner is decided.
An Qingxu wiped his sword back into the sheath, waved his hand behind him, and heard a few "plops", and several things were thrown in front of Feng Shengyi by the guards. Feng Shengyi saw that it was drenched in blood, and it was unbearable to see - it was actually the heads of the five dead soldiers. Shen Pearl got off the carriage to watch the battle between the two, how could he have seen such a tragic scene, his body was shaky, and he tried his best to hold on to the wheel so as not to fall.
At this moment, a figure flashed out from behind An Qingxu, bent down and knelt in front of An Qingxu, and said with a shy face: "The slave maid asks for a reward from the King of Jin." An Lushan has proclaimed himself Emperor Xiongwu in Luoyang, the country name Dayan, and named An Qingxu as the king of Jin, so it is called.
Shen Pearl was very familiar with the voice, and when she looked at it carefully, she couldn't help but feel resentful - this person was actually Zhang Deyu, the head of the palace! suddenly realized, and shouted angrily: "Zhang Deyu, it's you!" You betrayed us! ”
Zhang Deyu smiled and said: "The princess must not blame the old slave, the one who knows the times is Junjie, the Emperor Dayan is wise and martial, and the old slave is to serve the master." ”
An Qingxu didn't look at Zhang Deyu with his eyes, and the guard behind him took a heavy bag of silver and handed it to Zhang Deyu, and said, "Go, this is the reward of King Jin." ”
Zhang Deyu didn't accept the bag of silver, knelt down and said to An Qingxu: "The old slave is not for gold and silver, but only asks the king of Jin to reward the old slave for an envoy." ”
The guard shouted: "Bold, in front of King Jin, how can you say you want or not!" ”
An Qingxu said slowly: "You go to Jingzhao Yin Cui Guangyuan and ask him to give you an official position." Zhang Deyu was overjoyed, and kowtowed again and again to thank him. Shen Pearl was just shocked when he heard this, Jingzhao Yin Cui Guangyuan? An has entered Chang'an City, he is still in his original position, and he has already surrendered to the enemy, and he was disappointed for a while.