Chapter 45: Between Good and Evil
Tu Qitang looked at Liu Ye inexplicably, Liu Ye wanted him to retain his strength, and just leave the work of drilling holes in the wall to her.
Liu Ye lit the fuse, aimed the muzzle of the gun at the gap, and only heard a few "boom" sounds, and the gunsmoke was scattered everywhere. The monster didn't react much after eating a shot before, Liu Ye couldn't help but ignore the power of the gun, but this gun was very easy to use to make holes, if it wasn't for Tu Qitang to pull her to safety in time, maybe two holes would have been opened in her body.
The original crack was punched out of a half-person-high hole in an instant, Tu Qitang was shocked and speechless, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, staring at the still smoking muzzle in Liu Ye's hand, and asked, "What is this, what is this?" How can it be so powerful? ”
Liu Ye didn't know how to explain it, could it be said that this was a weapon two thousand years later? But if he didn't explain, he was suspected of covering up, and it was hard to guarantee that he was more curious, so he thought about it and said casually: "This is our big man blowing up stones, I didn't expect the power to be so amazing, let's leave here first!" ”
"Hmm, good, good ......" Tu Qitang's gaze never took off the gun, the big man exploded the stone thing is so powerful, much more powerful than the sword, if this thing is used to replace the sword to lead the troops to fight, then, the results of the battle will be considerable, but the casualties brought are also difficult to estimate.
Liu Ye didn't dare to pretend to be an inventor of gunpowder and use a thing to blow up stones, but he didn't expect Tu Qitang to be very interested in this thing, and he didn't expect that his first reaction was to apply it to war. The development of gunpowder in Chinese history first originated from alchemists, and it was a long time before it was used as a weapon of war by later generations.
Tu Qitang helped Liu Ye out of the stone cave, and found that the sky was already dark, Liu Ye climbed out of the stone pile and sighed long, only to realize that his right hand was in pain. When she looked down, she saw that the part where she was holding the gun in her right hand had been cracked with a wound about five centimeters long, and blood kept gushing out, sticking her shattered gun to her hand.
"Your hand hurts...... Tu Qitang carefully wiped her wounds, and naturally took the gun and bandaged her wounds.
"Mine, artillery ......" Liu Ye almost said that it was her gun, and the words changed to artillery battles.
"Artillery fire?" Tu Qitang glanced at the split bamboo tube in his hand, "It turned out to be a cannon battle, I'm afraid your artillery battle can't be used anymore, do you want to throw it away?" ”
"Okay, just throw it away." Liu Ye thought to himself that he knew how to make it, so it was better to throw it here now, so as not to worry about Tu Qitang all day long in the future.
Tu Qitang casually threw away the two bamboo tubes, Liu Ye saw the bamboo tubes disappear into the rocks with his own eyes, and finally let go of a matter of concern, and the two leaned on each other and walked out.
After walking a few steps, Liu Ye saw Chang Hui who was coming towards him, and called out in surprise: "General Chang, General Chang, are you okay?" ”
Chang Hui ran over when he heard the roar here, and saw two figures in the distance, guessing that they were Liu Ye and Tu Qitang, and he was even more sure when he heard Liu Ye call.
"Princess, it's me, we're all right, are you okay?" Chang Hui ran over quickly, slapped Tu Qitang away with one hand, and held Liu Ye tightly, for fear that she would never see her again or be held hostage by Tu Qitang.
Tu Qitang was squeezed behind him, Liu Ye wanted to look back at him and couldn't see it, he was worried about Shizhong and the medicine gourd, and Chang Hui asked one after another. Tu Qitang was left behind by Chang Hui, and did not care in the slightest, but turned around and looked at the pile of rubble.
Liu Ye and Chang Hui briefly explained each other's situation, and then looked at Tu Qitang, he had already walked in front of them.
"Princess, the predecessor trapped the monster with the pure yang blood array, and the Mindfulness Sutra subdued it, no, the sky is almost bright, its power is weakened, and it must not last long." Chang Hui pointed to the rocks not far away, "You see, the seniors and the master are blocking the monster one after the other, and it doesn't want to escape, and this time it will definitely be accepted." ”
Following the direction pointed by Chang Hui, Liu Ye saw that the monster that had turned into an octopus was struggling violently on the ground, its body was sprinkled with blood, it looked quite terrifying, and he couldn't tell whose blood it was. Seeing this, Tu Qitang joined them without hesitation, sat cross-legged beside Shizhong, and recited the incantation.
Chang Hui helped Liu Ye to watch from the sidelines, seeing that Tu Qitang was also chanting a mantra, he said inexplicably: "It's a strange thing, the seniors didn't teach him to read, how could he be?" Could it be that he is also a monster? Afraid of being exposed by his accomplices, so he pretended to be a good person to kill him? ”
"Isn't it!" Liu Ye really didn't think that Tu Qitang was also a monster, and Chang Hui had always hated Tu Qitang, so his inference was not credible.
"When I was caught by the monster, he saved me with pure yang blood, otherwise, the monster would not have been trapped by you." Liu Ye couldn't help but excuse Tu Qitang.
Chang Hui's eyes widened in disbelief, and then he pouted: "What if he really has pure yang blood?" Who doesn't have it, me and the teacher, where are the seniors! How much blood did we spill on the monster to trap it, princess, you can't say it's all the work of Sao Bao alone, it's not fair. Even if that is not a monster, he has an unclear relationship with the cult, princess, you have to watch out for him at all times. ”
"Yes, yes, it's a credit to all of you." Liu Ye hurriedly corrected, only to hear a scream from the monster, the "octopus" lying on the ground quickly expanded, like a balloon about to swell, bursting, gray-brown skin sacs densely covered with purple-black blood vessels, hideous blood vessels with teeth and claws.
The medicine gourd opened his eyes and looked at it, and said hurriedly: "Continue to chant the mantra, don't stop." ”
Shi Zhong and Tu Qitang hurriedly gathered their minds and continued to read, the monster's body swelled more and more, and in the blink of an eye, it swelled four or five times, and the scene in front of them looked terrifying, especially the oval-shaped wound, and the blood was gushing out. Liu Ye didn't know if it was a gunshot wound, but looking at the traces of the explosion, the monster didn't fall immediately when he was shot, but he didn't expect that the power caused by this gunshot wound was still quite great for it.
After a stalemate of more than ten minutes, the monster finally collapsed to the ground, and its body that had swelled into a hot air balloon shrank rapidly, until it shrank into its original human form. The monster writhed with a shudder, its head lifted with difficulty, and remained in an upward position for a long time, as if searching for something.
When the sun rose, the monster was dying, and the medicine gourd refused to leave it a trace of life, and hurriedly said: "Master, cut off its head." ”
"Yes." Shi Zhong drew his sword and walked towards the monster, but the monster was unmoved, still raising his head in the direction of Liu Ye.
"Wait." Liu Ye seemed to sense something, and regardless of Chang Hui's stop, he walked straight to the monster.
Four men with pure yang blood shouted in unison, "Princess, don't go near it......"
Liu Ye turned a deaf ear, people are dying and their words are good, monsters have always regarded themselves as human beings, and they must have had their last words to say before they died.
The sun burned the monster's body, and it was too weak to move, waiting for death to come. Seeing Liu Ye, it trembled excitedly and said sadly: "Princess, it turns out that you are a princess...... I actually had a bad idea of the princess of the Great Han, no wonder I was damned......"
"Princess, the little one, the little one's surname is Zhao, it's called Zhao, Zhao ......" The monster hesitated whether to say its name, but it still gave up, "Forget it, it doesn't matter what it's called, the little one would rather die for the country than die as a monster." Princess, forgive me as a sinner, I didn't mean to offend you......"
The medicine gourd and Tu Qitang stared at the monster dumbfounded, they didn't expect it to be able to speak Chinese, Shi Zhong and Chang Hui stood on Liu Ye's left and right respectively, holding a sword in their hands, on the monster's neck, as long as it dared to move, it immediately asked for its head.
Liu Ye believed that it had no intention of harming her, squatted down to face it, and said softly: "I forgive you, let go of everything in the world, and leave in peace!" I hope your father and son get back together! ”
"yes, when I see my dad, I remember to say I'm sorry. If God had given me another chance to choose, I would have accompanied him at that time, and I hope it's still too late, I hope ......"
The monster muttered and repeated, when its body turned into ashes and scattered in the wind, Liu Ye seemed to see the cavalryman wearing armor and fighting bravely to kill the enemy, his surname was Zhao, a native of Chang'an......
The medicine gourd stared at the burning marks on the ground with palpitations, and sighed: "I haven't seen you for many years, this monster's skill has increased several times is really terrifying, fortunately, it was seriously injured before it met us, otherwise, with the strength of the three of us, it may not be its opponent." This beast that destroys the conscience of heaven, and does not even let go of his own loved ones, should have died a long time ago. If we hadn't been negligent back then, we wouldn't have allowed it to continue to plague the world. ”
"If he had gone with his father at that time, he wouldn't have been in pain for so many years." Liu Ye remembered what happened to him and sighed regretfully.
Yao Hulu was stunned for a moment, and said, "Princess, he told you Chinese just now, I heard you right, right?" ”
Liu Ye smiled bitterly: "You know that he is Han, you may be wondering that he can speak!" Old gourd, although he is a monster, he also has human consciousness, and he has become like this, which can only be said to be God's will. We see his evil side, but we don't understand his pain, right and wrong, good and evil, sometimes no one can tell! ”
Yao Hulu was silent, he participated in the encirclement and suppression, and witnessed the old tearful cavalry fighting to protect the monster with his last breath. Later, he heard about the reason why the old cavalryman's son had become a monster, and he also felt sorry for the father and son, but he did not regret it. It was only to this day that he began to regret that he had not completely broken off at that time, and that he had turned this poor man into a bloodthirsty demon and suffered agony.
After receiving the edict from King Qiuzi, the soldiers defending the city opened the city gate to welcome the distinguished guests, and when they heard that the monster that ate children was destroyed by the distinguished guests who came from afar, the people of the town welcomed them happily.
Liu Ye and the others rested in the town for one night, and the next day they set off for Guizi Kyoto, where they were warmly supported by the local people, who praised them as messengers from heaven, specializing in slaying demons and demons.
In the evening, they arrived in Kyoto, and when they approached the palace, they learned that the person who had come to greet them was not the king or queen, but the shrine maiden of Kamezi.