When Baili Fengma saw Jing Che in the innermost box on the second floor, she was holding her chin, half-squinting her curved peach blossom eyes, and she didn't know what to think.

"Ah Che," his tone faded, remembering the dispute they had just settled, "let's go." ”

"Why didn't you promise them?" But he didn't get up, Jing Che looked at Baili Fengma with burning eyes.

He smiled lazily and picked up the little apprentice who was not leaving: "Because they have held you hostage." ”

"You're lying." She fluttered a few times, breaking free from his palm, but her tone was not as tough as before.

"What?" The tips of his eyes were slightly hanging, full of impropriety, "If you have the ability, you will bite me." ”

This time, the little apprentice didn't say anything and bit down: "Master, what is the place where the Cloud Soul Tiger sleeps?" ”

The first time I heard her honestly call Master, I flashed a moment of joy, but when I heard that the Cloud Soul Tiger was sleeping on the ground, her expression dimmed, "This is the nightmare of the Zhenyi clan......"

"Aren't you a Juggernaut? Why not save them? "A tone that doesn't know the depth and is taken for granted.

"Because I'm afraid of death." This time it was not a joke, Baili Fengma looked solemn.

Yes, he was afraid of death, and he was afraid that the living would die one after the other for the sake of a foregone conclusion. He didn't want to see tens of thousands of corpses hanging bloodily on the flagpole like the one he had done seventy years ago, all of them were his people......

"It's a lie again." Jing Che muttered, but did not protest in righteous words. The despair of losing her mother made her begin to understand in ignorance what an insurmountable barrier life and death are.

Seeing the little apprentice frowning, Baili Fengjian couldn't bear it for a while, and regretted how he was so unreliable, and he really felt guilty for having so many incidents before he returned to Jiahuang Mountain.

At this time, a thought suddenly flashed in his mind, and he suddenly thought of something: "You told them that you are my apprentice?" ”

"I'm me, why do you say it's your apprentice?" The corner of his eye raised, and he asked proudly.

But when he saw that Baili Fengjian's face sank, he suddenly remembered that the white-clothed piano master Hefu was a male pet that Nian Sanniang bought from a horse thief, and he was unkempt at that time, which was far from the fluttering appearance of white clothes now, no wonder he couldn't remember.

is well versed in the way of Nian Sanniang, and Baili Fengma slapped his thigh regretfully: "Oh no! ”

As soon as he pushed the door open, he saw Hefu standing at the door and was about to come in. Looking at the golden lobby on the first floor through the carved railing, dozens of people stood at some point, and they all raised their heads when they heard the movement upstairs.

"What is this?" His eyes narrowed, and the dangerous eyes came through.

Hefu was extremely anxious: "Downstairs are the Zhenyi people who are now in Kunfang City, and they all came in from the secret passage, and they wanted to make a desperate bet to leave the Sword Saint ......"

"And then you brought in Imperial troops?"

Surprised: "The Sword Master already knows?" ”

"Stupid," he flicked his sleeves and sneered, "I don't want to think that Nian Sanniang, such an airtight person, would let you get my whereabouts so easily?" ”

"Sanniang, she ......" Hefu was shocked, and his face became even more ugly

"You are just a male pet she bought, and you are colluding with the Restoration Party behind her back, do you really think Sanniang will indulge you like this?"

"But the Sword Saint is Sanniang's savior, how could she put you in danger?" Still unbelievable.

"Sanniang is not a Zhenyi person, I have promised her a long time ago, self-protection is the best in troubled times, and she can defect at any time."

The crane's face turned pale for a moment, and he was speechless for a long time.

At this time, Qiying walked up, just glanced at Hefu with a complicated expression, and said with a calm eyebrow: "Sword Saint, now is not the time to investigate, there are exterminators and Kunfang troops outside, what should I do?" ”

"Naturally, it's to kill out."

"But the Juggernaut ......" grimaced, "There seems to be an enchantment outside." ”

I walked to the window and put up the wooden bolt, and saw the blood-red barrier clinging to the window. Baili Fengma stretched out his hand to test the power of the enchantment, but after only a few seconds of stalemate, the skin on his hand was burned into a blood-red, and he used his true qi to resist with all his might, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and the enchantment was still not moving.

"It's the blood shackles," retracted his hand in disbelief, and Baili Kazama recalled the shock of hearing the blood shackles many years ago, and his tone contained a helpless sigh, "I didn't even know that after that person died of illness, there were still monsters in the exterminator army that could set up blood shackles." ”

"Blood shackles?" The Seven Shadows and Crane Float behind him were shocked when they heard this.

The Blood Shackles is one of the most vicious enchantments in the world, as it can only be broken from within to stop the bleeding!

It is to kill people in the enchantment, and when the blood light accumulates to a certain extent, the blood shackles will break by itself. If there is no blood in the barrier, then every day, one out of every five people in the vicinity will die violently until the blood light is full and the blood shackles are broken.

Whether it is to kill people to protect themselves to break through the encirclement, or to sit back and wait for death, it is a difficult choice......

And this posture is clearly aimed at the hundred miles of wind. The empire has been wanted for hundreds of years, and has never had a little eyebrows, but now he can finally come to an urn to catch turtles, and by the way, he can also wipe out a nest of chaotic ministers and thieves.

At this moment, Baili Fengma was quite annoyed by Nian Sanniang's approach, but things were already so bad, and there was nothing to complain about. The people inside can't get out, but the people outside can't get in either, so it's not out of proportion, "Who are the people in the Hongchen Inn now?" ”

"There are about 100 travelers in the back room, most of them are from Lincang, there are dozens of singers here, plus 37 Zhenyi people downstairs."

"Then ......" turned into the room, there was no smile on his face, but there was a trace of unbearability in his deep eyes, "You make your own choice." No matter what, I will live and die with you in this battle. ”

Seven Shadows and Crane floated with heavy eyebrows, and their steps were heavy and they went downstairs. They understood that Baili Kazama's words were a kind of acquiescence. The so-called choice is already inclined to one side, but the conscience is disturbed, and now that I get a bargaining chip, I will be more confident.

The footsteps had reached the downstairs, and Baili Fengma sat down in the room, holding a wine glass and drinking intently.

Jing Che had already heard Fang Cai's conversation word for word, sat beside him, stared at the stubble on his chin with his head propped up, and then asked curiously, "What is the blood shackles?" ”

"Sleepy? If you're sleepy, go to sleep. He stared intently at the remnants of wine flowing down the wall of the glass, but he didn't answer the question.

"Tell me!" Be sure to know the wayward tone.

Unhurriedly, he glanced at Jing Che, and then explained: "Back then, the Lincang army couldn't capture the five border counties, and there was a stalemate for a month, and a strange person set up a blood shackle in the five border counties, threatening that if no blood appeared within a day, then one out of every five people would definitely die. That is, if you don't kill the people around you, then you may be the one who dies in the next second. ”

Hearing this, Jing Che's face turned pale instantly, and he asked again after a while: "That'...... And what about later?"

"In order to protect the people of the five counties, the soldiers of Zhenyi draw lots every day to decide who will die, and no one resists or violates discipline." The history of blood and tears, every word and sentence, is heart-wrenching.

I can almost see that scene in my mind, the soldiers calmly went to their deaths, although they were not bloodied on the battlefield, but they all died for the people, singing and crying. Shocked and moved, it strongly impacted Jing Che's still innocent heart. As a surviving Zhenyi person, she is lucky and has always maintained her original intention, because she fell asleep when the world was the bloodiest, and when she woke up, the overall situation was decided.

Opening his mouth, Jing Che felt that it was a little difficult for him to even speak: "But the soldiers are dead, who will guard the city?" ”

"General Fuji, and ......" I wanted to say that I was close to your mother, but the words were choked in my throat. Baili Fengma told Jing Che about this past, because he had some thoughts, wanting her to know that it was not easy to survive in this troubled world, but he didn't really want to scare her or make her sad, so he concealed the existence of Sui Sheng, and only understated it, "And the people who organized themselves." ”

He continued: "That battle was the famous battle of 'breaking the barrier', and Zhenyi went from prosperity to decline after that battle. ”

Listening to it dumbfounded, he said: "I Zhen Yi Erlang is really iron-clad, and I have changed my ...... Maybe they were the first to surrender. ”

As soon as she said it so childishly, the heavy atmosphere was relieved, and a noncommittal smile was evoked between the hundred miles of wind - with the little apprentice being so fierce, Mo said that he would not surrender, I am afraid that if he really goes to the battlefield, he will be the first.

But he said: "If you surrender, don't say it's my apprentice, it's a shame." ”

Jing Che snorted and replied disdainfully: "When I am embarrassed, I will say that I am your apprentice, and when I have a long face, I am Jing Che." ”

Resisting the sudden urge to knead the proud face of the little apprentice, he took a sip of wine lightly and covered the smile at the corner of his mouth, but he thought of the situation outside, and then life and death were unpredictable, and he couldn't help but sink in his heart, and hastily ended the topic: "Ah Che, go to sleep." ”

Jing Che was suddenly distracted, staring at the flickering candle flame on the table, the flame was joyful, but it was like life, and he didn't know when it would be extinguished by which gust of wind: "Master, then we, will we die?" ”

A few hours later, it was dawn.

The shops did not dare to open, and no one went out in the city, only behind the cracks and window papers, a pair of eyes peeping secretly, wandering among the patrolling blades and iron armor with curiosity and speculation.

Kunfang City was heavily guarded, the Imperial army occupied every street, and the sky was full of legions' battle-wing Blood Falcons, densely packed, and the whistling sound soared into the sky.

The center of the encirclement is the most prosperous Hongchen Inn in the past.

The soldiers were ready to fight, as long as the people inside finished killing each other and the barrier was broken, they rushed in, cut off the head of the Sword Saint Baili Fengjian, and removed the number one dangerous person for the Lincang Empire.