Text: Chapter Eighty-Four: True Intent
And Tianci was in the exotic teahouse in the northeast corner of the imperial city, but it was not as easy as Shi Jingtian, and it was a hard battle to face him.
Unlike the Bafang Inn, the Exotic Tea House is a two-story wooden building surrounded by a wooden house, not far from the tall walls of the Imperial City. Tianci knew that he had come to the right place, a place like an inn that could obviously hide people, anyone could think of it, but what he didn't expect was that the people here were so stubborn in resisting.
Tianci still hasn't changed much, he is still wearing a cyan robe, carrying two swords, and he is still so heroic at the age of forty. However, now he frowned, and the small handful of goatee on his chin was also shaken with anger.
The teahouse was closed as soon as it was dark, and it was dark and silent, and no one came in or out. The Red Army, hidden in the shadows, waited until midnight before surround the teahouse.
The stubborn and sharp resistance caught people off guard, and in the windows of several wooden houses on the outskirts, people were constantly throwing projectiles made of gunpowder. In the blink of an eye, the fire broke out in front of the wooden house, and even the Red Army with shields and armor was killed and injured by the explosion.
The wooden building in the middle also appeared with sparks, and countless rockets poured down, lighting up most of the night sky. Ignited the pre-thrown oil, the blazing fire cut off everyone's view.
"Stand back, step back, save people first. Tianci shouted anxiously. In such a short time, so many soldiers were killed and wounded, and several people's bodies were set on fire, but fortunately, there was armor to defend themselves, and their lives were extinguished in time.
"What do we do now? Why don't we put rockets and make them all a pile of coke. "A centurion ran over in a rage, the Red Army is famous on the mainland, when has it ever suffered such a big loss.
Tianci shook his head and wiped his goatee, if he released the rocket, Jin Dou's father would not have burned him to death inside, not to mention that he didn't know if there were innocent civilians inside, it would definitely not work.
"You go and send some more men to surround this group and see how long they can last! I don't believe that these people can go to heaven and earth! In addition, let the city patrol prepare water so that they can put out the fire!"
"Yes!" the centurion nodded and turned to leave.
"The turtle in the urn is still dying, see how long you can hold on?" The sword behind the Tianci one, just waiting for the black-clothed man with a strong sword path to break through, he doesn't believe in the light of the sword, and there are still a few people on the continent who can fight with him.
The City Patrol has a good name, but everything they do is trivial. Generally catch some petty thieves, patrol the imperial city every day, maintain order in shops and vendors, and anyway, they are all dispensable. Because the security in the city was completely taken over by the Red Army, it is definitely an exception to be able to use them today.
Soon they arrived, there were a lot of people, it is estimated that they were a little hasty to receive the notice, many of them were not in good clothes, and they were all dressed in various ways, and they ran over like a swarm, holding pots and pans with water like a group of refugees fleeing the famine.
Compared to the well-disciplined and brightly armored Red Army, which was really a rabble, Tianci glanced at it angrily and shouted, "What are you running around, go to a nearby place to get water to put out the fire, pay attention to safety!"
The fire was gradually extinguished, and no one threw gunpowder, oil arrows or anything like that from inside, and the few houses centered on the small building fell silent again.
"Up!" several centurions waved their hands, unable to contain their anger, holding large shields in their hands, and taking the lead towards the house.
Until the soldiers in the front row slammed open the wooden door with their big shields, there was no sudden resistance, let alone a single person. The centurion picked up the torch and walked in first, shouting to the heavens before he could come out, "There is no one in there!"
"What?" Tianci was stunned, there were so many people resisting just now, and there was no one in this way. "Search! Search all the houses in the vicinity, don't believe they can really fly?"
Tianci stared at the Red Army who kept coming and going in the room, the torches were already bright, but as the encirclement gradually narrowed, the people who resisted in each room seemed to disappear out of thin air.
"Except for the small building in the middle, there is no one in the other rooms!" a centurion ran over in a rage, "I guess they all cowered in the two-story wooden building during the fire!"
"Hmph, I'll make them look good with these thieves!"
Tianci strode forward, and saw by the light of the fire that the door of the wooden building was closed, and there was no movement inside, and rows of soldiers who were waiting for orders were waiting for orders, and they had already determined that the group of people were hiding in the building.
"Go!" Tianci shouted angrily, pinched the sword with one hand, and the sword roared and unsheathed, and then drew a brilliant white light in the night sky. Stabbed into the air towards the wooden door of the small building.
With a click, the wooden door was torn apart, but there was still no movement inside. The heavens summoned the sword with a backhand, and the three steps and the two centurions with torches in hand walked towards the door.
The firelight illuminated the hall of the wooden building, which was empty, but a man sat in the center, with a silver mask on his face and a sword on his back. There was also a man lying at his feet, his hands and feet were tied, and it seemed that he was not dead, but he was unconscious.
Tianci fixed his eyes and saw that the short and fat figure of the man underground must be Jin Dou's father, Jin Dafu, undoubtedly widened his eyes angrily, and sat on the man with one finger and said angrily, "Let him go, I can still keep you a whole corpse!"
"Haha... Hahahaha!" The silver-faced man laughed loudly, slowly stood up, and lifted the unconscious Jin Dafu with one hand, "Do you want to save him? Then it depends on whether you have the courage and strength!"
As soon as the words fell, the person jumped back, and Jin Dafu had disappeared with him.
Tianci was startled, snatched the torch from the centurion next to him, and ran over in a few steps, it turned out that there was a secret passage on the ground, and the silver-faced man must have escaped from here with Jin Dafu.
If you escape, you will lose all your efforts, others may not know, but Tianci knows very well in his heart that Jin Dafu is not just a rich businessman, otherwise he would not let the Red Army make such a big move!
Without hesitation, he jumped down with him. Under the light of the torches, the dark passage is relatively spacious, but it is not clear where it leads. The black shadow flickered not far away, it was the silver-faced man who had just jumped off and fled, and he couldn't care much, so Tianci gritted his teeth and chased after him.
The dark tunnel is sometimes high and sometimes low, twisting and turning, and the chasing Tianci has no bottom in his heart, but the silver-faced man left a black shadow looming in front of him, and Tianci can only chase all the way.
The tunnel seems to be very long, and after a stick of incense, I suddenly saw the exit of the tunnel, where the bright moonlight shone in, and I also saw the silver-faced man who ran out of the tunnel and carried Jin Dafu in his hand.
"Look where you're going!" Tianci threw down the torch and was about to run out of the tunnel after him, ready to wait for the opportunity to draw his sword. Unexpectedly, a handful of projectiles were thrown from the exit overwhelmingly.
After seeing the power of the projectile made of this gunpowder, how dare God underestimate it, but it was too late to dodge, so he had to use magic to protect himself in a hurry, "Water Decision!
Hands above his head, a layer of water cascading down from the surging mist, enveloping his body. The sound of a thumping explosion sounded, and the earth and rocks at the foot of the four walls were scattered in the sparks that exploded. But the tunnel could not stand such a tremor, and began to collapse with a thud, and the clods of earth above his head and on all sides smashed towards him.
"Two swords combined!go!" Tianci cough didn't want to be buried alive here, and the two swords were unsheathed at the same time, and the two white rays merged together, and the light surged. Fly straight towards the exit that is about to collapse.
The exit was originally a large piece of earth and rock that had collapsed and was shattered, and the white mangs rose into the sky. And Tianci waited for the opportunity at this time, and rushed out of the tunnel with the sword.
"Close!" the twin swords choked back into their sheaths. Unscathed, but it was also a false alarm, and a layer of fine sweat broke out in the heavens-given brain. Out of the cave and looking around, this is a small pine forest, and I found that I have left the imperial city, and the tall city wall passes through the woods, and only a faint shadow is left in the distance.
And the silver-faced man didn't seem to have any intention of running, so he stood not far away and looked at himself with his arms in his arms, and the unconscious Jin Dafu was thrown aside.
Tianci suddenly had a bad premonition, this tunnel can lead to the outside of the city, and the stubborn people in the corner of the teahouse should go from here. So. Why didn't this silver-faced man leave, did he deliberately lure himself here...
"Under the Sword Immortal, there are no two of them!, the four elders are really still brave!" the silver-faced man said lukewarmly.
"Well, just a few projectiles want to trap me, and some of them look down on me too much!"
"No, no, who doesn't know that your magic sword is resting, the Great Elder Tiancheng was not necessarily your opponent back then, and the battle above the Sword Pavilion made you the idol of countless people. Who would dare to underestimate you! Those projectiles just don't want anyone to bother them!"
The silver mask in the moonlight seemed brighter and brighter, but he couldn't see through the expression under the mask. The silver-faced man is not tall, and the obedient voice is still young, and there is a trace of naivety between the lines.
However, Tianci was still a little surprised in his heart, the Battle of the Sword Pavilion was not a secret, but his magic sword was resting, and even his senior brother was not his opponent, where did he know these things?
"Don't talk nonsense, it seems that you don't want to let Jin Dafu go easily, what do you want, just be straightforward!"
"Hehe, Jin Dafu is not a simple rich businessman, I think Elder Tianci is also very clear, everyone knows his importance, of course I won't let it go, and there is another thing as important as arresting him to do it together tonight....."
"What's the matter?"
"Kill you!" the silver-masked man said word by word, his tone suddenly became sinister and vicious, "It's really hard to start with the protection of the Flame Dao Li Siguang and others every day, but now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"