Chapter 137: Positioning with the stars, slashing with a flying sword
Since Qi Xiaoran refused to take the initiative to show his face, they could only force it.
One before and one after the other.
The two swords slashed out without hesitation.
In the face of a two-sided attack, Qi Xiaoran was reluctant in his heart, and he could only swing his sword to block, so that his right hand could not continue to block his face, if he only used one hand to fight the enemy, he was afraid that he would die on the spot in an instant.
At the moment when Qi Xiaoran blocked, Shen Qiubai and Ouyang Shengxue saw Qi Xiaoran's face very clearly.
They were all stunned for a moment.
Before Fan Wuwei came to Beijing, Qi Xiaoran, the head of the Water Mirror Division, also occupied a very important position in the court, just because he was confused, he secretly assisted King Yu to rebel and provided a large amount of money, so he was beheaded by the whole house, Shen Qiubai and Ouyang Shengxue were very aware of this matter, and they also knew Qi Xiaoran.
They stopped their sword momentum and looked at Qi Xiaoran with a somewhat solemn expression.
"It was the Xuanzheng Division and the Heavenly Council that jointly acted by order, and overnight, they killed all the people in the capital who were involved in King Yu's rebellion, and the mansion of the former head of the Water Mirror Division was personally visited by Xu Hexian, who should have died early tomorrow, why are you here?"
Although Qi Xiaoran has a lot of resentment towards Xu Hexian, he doesn't dare to expose Xu Hexian's private rescue of him, after all, there is still the shadow of Qin Chengyi, the king of Lu, he can not care about Xu Hexian's life or death, but he will never dare to do anything unfavorable to Qin Chengyi.
But in this case, it's very difficult to say, the so-called saying is too wrong, even if he doesn't speak, it is very problematic, but he can only lose the car and protect the handsome, and throw the problem to Xu Hexian, as long as he doesn't open his mouth, no matter how Shen Qiubai and Ouyang Shengxue guess, at most they suspect that something is wrong with Xu Hexian, and they can't think of Qin Chengyi at all.
Ouyang Shengxue didn't think about how Qi Xiaoran survived under Xu Hexian's hands for the first time, but quickly thought of another thing, he frowned and looked at Qi Xiaoran, and said in a deep voice: "When I returned to the capital, I deliberately checked the body of Yue Shiting, the imperial historian, just because I learned about Yue Shiting's death on the way back to Beijing, he was killed by a sword, but the shape of the wound was very special, although I had doubts at the time, I couldn't find evidence at all." ”
"I have heard that Qi Xiaoran has an irregular sword, which is different from the swords in the world, I guess that someone may have obtained Qi Xiaoran's sword, but now I understand that it was Qi Xiaoran himself who killed Yue Shiting, because Qi Xiaoran, who should have died, is still alive. ”
The sword in Qi Xiaoran's hand actually didn't see anything wrong at first glance, it was a little flaw when it was forged, just because it was a sword that had accompanied Qi Xiaoran for many years, he had always held it in his hand, and ordinary people couldn't see anything wrong with this sword.
But it was precisely Ouyang Shengxue who knew this, and combined with Yue Shiting's wounds, he judged that Yue Shiting was killed by Qi Xiaoran's sword, and it was only because Qi Xiaoran was dead that he did not suspect Qi Xiaoran.
And now that Qi Xiaoran, who is alive, is standing here, then there is no need to have any doubts.
Ouyang Shengxue saved Yue Shiting's wife and children, and also promised them to investigate Yue Shiting's killing, at this time, it was a coincidence, he himself suspected that the murder weapon that killed Yue Shiting was Qi Xiaoran's sword, and now that Qi Xiaoran appeared in front of him again, there was no need to think about it anymore.
Obviously, someone was taking advantage of the gap between Zhuge Dan and other outsiders in the capital at that time to make trouble.
Qi Xiaoran, who heard Ouyang Shengxue's words, was very surprised, of course it was difficult for him to think of why Ouyang Shengxue would care about Yue Shiting's killing, but his face became a little ugly for a while.
"If you don't speak, I'll acquiesce. Ouyang Shengxue held the dust-breaking sword in his hand, took a step forward, and said: "I don't care how you survived, the crime of assisting King Yu in rebelling and harming the Imperial Doctor is conclusive, since I have met here, I have the right to arrest you and bring you to justice." ”
Qi Xiaoran swallowed his saliva, he closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then slowly opened his eyes, and said: "After all, I am the former head of the Water Mirror Division, although the two of you are the geniuses of the younger generation of Jiang Guo standing at the highest peak, but it doesn't mean that if you catch me, you will catch me, I don't want to conflict with you, it doesn't mean that I am afraid of you." ”
Ouyang Shengxue said: "I know the strength of the Qi family's swordsmanship, but when you killed Yue Shiting, you also wasted a lot of effort, I don't dare to say that I am invincible in the same realm, but there are very few people in the same realm who can block my sword, this time I also want to learn the Qi family's swordsmanship." ”
Qi Xiaoran secretly complained, he was just pretending to be calm, Ouyang Shengxue insisted on using the sword, which was to let him go into a predicament, let him break his head, and he couldn't think of a way to break the game.
There was a cold wind blowing in the mountains.
Night fell completely.
But the silver everywhere makes the night a little brighter.
The sky is full of stars, shining brightly.
Shen Qiubai raised his eyes slightly, stared at the stars in the night sky, and suddenly said, "Something is not quite right. ”
Ouyang Shengxue silently sensed the surroundings, and there was an inexplicable aura approaching.
Even Qi Xiaoran stood in place in a daze, and the atmosphere here suddenly became a little weird.
None of them spoke, they all looked around, and they all took in all the wind and grass.
Shen Qiubai suddenly seemed to think of something, stared at Qi Xiaoran tightly, and said, "Why are you here?"
Even if Qi Xiaoran didn't die, he killed Yue Shiting outside the capital after all, which shows that Qi Xiaoran has actually been hiding in the capital all along, there must be a big problem here, and Qi Xiaoran's appearance here is also a little unusual.
He could suspect that Xu Hexian didn't kill Qi Xiaoran at all, because if Qi Xiaoran escaped at that time, according to Xu Hexian's temper, he would definitely do his best to arrest him, and he wouldn't let everyone think that Qi Xiaoran was really dead, and Xu Hexian had no need to hide it.
Even if Xu Hexian's dereliction of duty allowed Qi Xiaoran, who should have died, to escape alive, it also made Xu Hexian feel very shameless, he may indeed have the possibility of wanting to hide it temporarily, but he will inevitably catch Qi Xiaoran as soon as possible, in fact, since that incident, Xu Hexian has not taken any action at all.
If it weren't for Xu Hexian who deliberately let go of Qi Xiaoran, even Xu Hexian, who went to kill people, didn't know that Qi Xiaoran was not dead at all.
And no matter what the real reason is, Qi Xiaoran was able to continue to hide in the capital, and even ran out to kill Yue Shiting when Zhuge Dan and other people from outside the mountains disturbed the capital, which was enough to prove that there must be other people behind him.
Qi Xiaoran and Yue Shiting do not have a big grudge, and they can't make Qi Xiaoran kill Yue Shiting regardless of everything, this is a big suspicion, and the person who really wants Yue Shiting's death may not be Qi Xiaoran.
At this moment, there were other people in the mountains and wilderness who were active, and Shen Qiubai suspected that it should be for Qi Xiaoer.
Without waiting for Qi Xiaoran to give an answer, the cold wind suddenly blew more violently.
There was a sleek sword that slashed directly towards Ouyang Shengxue under the cover of the silver-white snow everywhere!
Even Ouyang Shengxue and Shen Qiubai only noticed it when that bright sword was approaching.
Ouyang Shengxue didn't have time to swing his sword to block, so he could only dodge sideways as much as possible, while Shen Qiubai shot at Qi Xiaoran as soon as possible.
However, although that touch of sword was dodged by Ouyang Shengxue, it set off a wave of wind and waves on the flat ground, and the snow on the ground rose to the sky, directly blocking their sight.
Shen Qiubai's expression was solemn, without the slightest pause under his feet, he was about to pass through the obscured snow mist, the Xingyun Sword was held in his hand, the starlight in the night sky was bright, and when the snow mist was swept away, Qi Xiaoran was gone.
Ouyang Shengxue looked at the messy footprints on the snow, looked at Shen Qiubai, and said in a deep voice, "I need Brother Shen's help!"
Shen Qiubai looked at him with some surprise and said, "Brother Ouyang really wants to kill Qi Xiaoran?"
Ouyang Shengxue said: "Yue Shiting is a good official who loves the people like a son, I have also met the wives and children of the Yue family who escaped from the capital, they were hunted down and killed, those murderers did not even let go of a child, Yue Shiting is the imperial doctor, with the duty of supervising hundreds of officials, the only people he will offend are the officials in the court, if he can capture Qi Xiaoran alive, it is the best, even if he can't be captured alive, I have promised the wife and children of the Yue family, Qi Xiaoran must die." ”
Even though Shen Qiubai raised his sword and pointed it straight at the sky, the stars in the night sky shone brightly, and after a moment, he looked at Ouyang Shengxue and said, "Mr. Big is shooting his sword towards the brightest place of the stars!"
It wasn't that they were doing this too much, but that they couldn't see any trace of Qi Xiaoran in their fugue minds, obviously the person who rescued Qi Xiaoran deliberately obscured the fugue perception, Shen Qiubai used the star body infusion technique to perceive and judge Qi Xiaoran's position, and Ouyang Shengxue's flying sword could cross the distance and kill Qi Xiaoran.
If they chase after them, it will obviously be too late.
If Qi Xiaoran can't be captured alive, he can only leave the corpse behind.
And dozens of miles away from here, there are two figures running desperately.
In addition to Qi Xiaoran, there was also a masked man in black.
He looked at the night sky from time to time, and the twinkling stars made him feel a little pressured.
"Your Highness was uneasy, just because I was afraid that something would happen to you on the way, so I specially asked me to answer it, but I didn't expect something to happen!"
The masked man in black was naturally Song Yidao, who was sent by Qin Chengyi to answer Qi Xiaoran.
He had traveled a long way, and he had not found any trace of Qi Xiaoran for a long time, which almost made him mistakenly think that Qi Xiaoran was still in the Western Jin Kingdom at all, because according to the time, Qi Xiaoran should have approached the range of the capital.
In this regard, Song Yidao felt very puzzled.
Qi Xiaoran told Song Yidao about his affairs in the Western Jin Dynasty very succinctly, and then said: "If it wasn't for the fact that the prince of the Western Jin Dynasty was discovered in the end, I was afraid that he would ambush me in the Western Jin Dynasty, and I have been cautious, so I delayed the time, but I never expected to be so unlucky to bump into Ouyang Shengxue and Shen Qiubai here, and they also recognized their identities!"
Song Yidao said with a calm face: "Your Highness has a life, if your identity is really exposed in front of people, you will definitely not be able to return to the capital." ”
As soon as his voice fell, he suddenly became alert, and suddenly looked back, only to see a flying sword piercing the night sky, and it was in the blink of an eye!