Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Night of the Horror Lantern Festival
After a day of rest, the Shangyuan Festival arrives.
On the night of the Lantern Festival, the streets and alleys in Bianliang City are lit up with lights, people pray for blessings and fasting, enjoy the lanterns, guess the lantern riddles, dance the lion, play the dragon lanterns, eat glutinous rice balls, and are very lively. Wu Zhi's house is also full of lights and beaming.
After eating the dumplings made by everyone, Wu Zhi led Jin Lian, Xiao'e, Li Tianjiao, Liu Yue, Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo, Si Fangguo and others to the street to go shopping and enjoy the lanterns. Wu Zhi's house was relatively close to the Royal Street, and everyone watched while walking, and soon came to the vicinity of the Royal Street unconsciously.
The lights around the royal street are bright, the pedestrians are bustling, the people who enjoy the lanterns, and the people who guess the lantern riddles are even more noisy. While admiring the lanterns, I occasionally guessed the lantern riddles.
Wu Zhi and his entourage walked on the street, the men were handsome and chic, and the women were beautiful and moving, and the pedestrians on the side of the road stopped and looked sideways along the way, and the return rate was surprisingly high.
Wu Zhi and the others were accustomed to everyone's astonished eyes, and they didn't care, they played by themselves, wandering in the sea of happy crowds.
Wu Zhi is obviously not the material for guessing lantern riddles, he guessed a few times and didn't answer correctly, so he had to give up and watch Xiao'e and others guess the lantern riddles. Except for Wu Zhi, the other seven people all more or less guessed one or two lantern riddles and got some small prizes, only Wu Zhi was empty-handed, and he was very despised by everyone.
Everyone was very excited, especially Xiao'e, Liu Yue, Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo and others, who were quite old, and they had a lot of fun.
Unconsciously, the night was deep, it was already late, and seeing that Jin Lian, Xiao'e and others were tired, everyone had to leave the still lively Royal Street and return home.
When everyone walked out of the Suzaku Gate and turned into a laneway along the night market to take a shortcut to return home, suddenly, more than a dozen black shadows suddenly appeared on both sides of the silent laneway, all of them dressed in black and masked, holding bright steel knives in their hands, blocking the way of Wu Zhi and the others.
"Who are you? What the hell do you want to do?" Seeing this, Wu Zhi hurriedly shouted and asked, and quickly took Jin Lian, Xiao'e and others who exclaimed in surprise to find a triangle to stand against the wall. By the bright moonlight, he took out a thick burning stick as long as an arm from the door of someone else's house, held it in his hand, and faced these masked people, and became fully guarded. Seeing this, Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo also cleverly found the wooden stick in their hands, stood in an arc row, and protected Jin Lian, Xiao'e, Liu Yue and Li Tianjiao behind them.
The masked men didn't say anything, they just silently surrounded them, and in an instant, they surrounded Wu Zhi and the others.
The comers are not good, these people obviously came prepared, and they clearly wanted to put them to death!
"You three stay here and protect them!" Wu Zhi knew that it would be difficult to get good in the end, so he ordered Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo to follow him, carrying a wooden stick, rushing towards the masked crowd and taking the initiative to attack.
Wu Zhi was like a cheetah bursting into the wolves, his heart was on fire, and he was ruthless, and he vigorously struck the left and right sticks, and knocked down the four masked people in an instant! Wu Zhi then threw away the wooden stick in his hand, quickly picked up the steel knife on the ground, and continued to attack and advance.
At this time, the masked men came back to their senses from the stunned circle, shouting and raising their knives to slash at Wu Zhi. The masked men broke their heads, and they didn't expect that the victims who were besieged by them would have the courage to take the initiative to attack them! In a trance, two more masked men wailed and were cut to the ground by Wu Zhi. Wu Zhi's hand was no longer merciful, and the knife in his hand was strong.
The rest of the masked men began to be a little frightened, gathering seven people to besiege Wu Zhi, while the remaining three masked men rushed towards Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo, and Si Fangguo with knives, intending to take hostages. When they saw that Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo were only half-grown teenagers, they thought that they could easily subdue these three teenagers, but they never thought that they would run into a hard hand! When the three masked people rushed to Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo with golden knives, they couldn't lift their knives to slash and kill, saying that it was too late, and they were knocked unconscious to the ground by the wooden sticks raised by Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo, and they didn't even hear the exclamations of the girls behind Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo!
When Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo, and Si Fangguo eliminated the three masked men, three of the seven masked men who besieged Wu Zhi were slashed to the ground by Wu Zhi
Oh, whine, wail. Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining four masked men retreated, turned around and were about to flee the scene.
But Wu Zhi couldn't let them escape, so he rushed up and rushed behind a masked man, slashing him to the ground with a single sword, and then kicking him unconscious. When Wu Zhi was about to run towards the second masked man who escaped, he found that Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo had already rushed behind the other three masked men, and the wooden sticks flew down, and the three masked men were knocked unconscious in an instant.
However, after the work of the two teas, a strange scene appeared: under the light of the moon on the silver plate, the moon is like washing, and the ground is as bright as day, under such a beautiful scenery, in the alleyway, a group of masked black-clothed men are humming and wailing and lying on the ground, blood is sprinkled all over the ground, it is very miserable, and the scenery is ruined!
The four girls, Jin Lian, Xiao'e, Liu Yue and Li Tianjiao, also recovered their composure from the initial panic and anxiety, and looked at the scene in front of them with their mouths covered, a little unbearable to look at directly, and these people were also a little miserable.
"You're not hurt, are you?" Seeing that Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo were still holding wooden sticks and being on guard, Wu Zhi asked with concern.
"No injuries! What about you, Master?" Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo replied in unison when they heard this, and at the same time asked in unison.
"I've had a few minor injuries, but it's out of the way!" Wu Zhi defeated seven with one, and the seven masked men were also quite vicious, and they all slashed him to death. Wu Zhi was single-minded, not only to deal with the seven people, but also to pay attention to the situation on Jin Lian and Xiao'e's side at any time, afraid that Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo would not be able to deal with it, and under the distraction, he was slashed twice by the seven masked men, one on the back and one on the arm. However, due to the cold weather, the thick kapok fur played a protective role, and the knife on the back did not cut the clothes and hurt the flesh, but was hit by the steel knife a little painful; And the knife that slashed at the arm cut through the clothes, cutting a bloody streak, and the blood flowed. But fortunately, the steel knives of these masked men were not quenched, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune!
Hearing that Wu Zhi was injured, the four girls, Jin Lian, Xiao'e, Liu Yue and Li Tianjiao, all exclaimed in surprise and surrounded them at once. Seeing the cotton wool on Wu Zhi's back and the blood flowing on his arms, Jin Lian and Xiao'e were so frightened that they were at a loss and wanted to cry; Liu Yue was also a little frightened and couldn't bear to look at it directly; Only Li Tianjiao was still calm, she saw this and hurriedly took out the handkerchief on her body, folded it into a square, and then pressed it on the bleeding place on Wu Zhi's arm, and couldn't find the rope, she frowned and took it to heart, so she tore off the underwear on her body, took off a filament belt, rolled it into a rope, and tied it to the handkerchief, which was neither loose nor tight, just to stop the bleeding. Wu Zhi watched her meticulously operate, in danger, methodical, quite surprised, and couldn't help but look at her more, only to feel that she looked very beautiful, and there was a softness in her health.
After Li Tianjiao lowered her head and seriously dealt with Wu Zhi's wound, she saw that the bleeding was stopped, and finally put her mind at ease, a smile bloomed on her face, and when she raised her head, she saw Wu Zhi staring at her with burning eyes, and couldn't help but blush, revealing a shy look.
"Sister Tianjiao, this injury was handled well, where did you learn it?" After examining the wound, Wu Zhi looked into her eyes and asked with a smile.
"Master, my sister has been around since she was a child, and she often bandages kittens and puppies, and her skills are good!" Before Li Tianjiao could speak, Li Zhenguo, who was standing aside and heard the words, hurriedly interjected, and his heart was straightforward.
"You!" When Li Tianjiao heard this, she exploded in anger, and kicked at Li Zhenguo, but he deftly dodged it. When everyone heard this, they burst into laughter.
Li Tianjiao glanced at Wu Zhi secretly, her face was full of shame, but seeing that Wu Zhi was not angry, she was relieved.
Together, I became a kitten and a puppy? Wu Zhi was a little crying and laughing, but he didn't have time to think about it, he had more important things to deal with.
"You three stay here, I'll go ahead and see!" Wu Zhi thought about it, ordered Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo, and then ripped off the mask on the head of a masked man, and didn't care about the smell, he gently covered his face, and took off the black clothes on the big man, put them on himself, and then picked up a steel knife and walked lightly towards the exit of the alley. When he was surrounded by masked men just now, he could faintly see it in the guard
There are also four figures hiding at the exit of the alleyway, looking sneaky.
Slowly touching the exit along the side of the alleyway wall, Wu Zhi poked his head out, only to find that the four figures were still there, hiding under a locust tree, anxiously waiting for the result.
Wu Zhi suddenly appeared and surprised the four people, and only after seeing that it was "his own person" did he feel relieved.
"How? Did you get it?" Four people hurriedly stepped forward, and one of them asked eagerly, his voice very familiar.
Wu Zhi suppressed his anger and nodded, and when he looked at it, he saw that the person who was asking was Xiang Huaiyu, and there was a young man standing next to him, followed by the two of them were the two members of the Xiang family.
"Great! Is that Wu Zhi dead?" Seeing Wu Zhi nodding, Xiang Huaiyu couldn't help cheering, getting carried away, too late to distinguish the true from the fake, and hurriedly led the son and the two family members into the alleyway, and walked briskly towards the place where Suo Chao and the others were standing, and Wu Zhi followed closely behind the four without saying a word.
But as the distance narrowed, in the moonlight, Xiang Huaiyu and the other four found that something was more and more wrong, only to see a large group of people lying on the ground, moaning in pain, but all of them were masked people dressed in black, and Jin Lian and the others except Wu Zhi were still standing aside and watching coldly. They looked at Xiang Huaiyu and the other four people who approached, smiling rather than smiling, their faces full of banter.
"What's going on?" Xiang Huaiyu and the other four people were shocked, and then reacted, and suddenly they were frightened, and the two trembled, and they were about to turn around and flee, Wu Zhi, who was following behind the four people, raised the knife in his hand, left and right, knocked the four people out one by one with the back of the knife, and the four of them fell to the ground in turn.
"Ahh Seeing that the four of them were knocked out and fell down by Wu Zhi, Jin Lian, Xiao'e and other four girls thought that Wu Zhi had hacked the four to death with a dead hand, and they were so frightened that they exclaimed, and then they felt that it was inappropriate, so they hurriedly covered their mouths and noses with their hands, not daring to shout, and their faces were full of horror.
"Don't be afraid, I'm just knocking them out!" Seeing this, Wu Zhi hurriedly came to Jin Lian, Xiao'e and the others and explained softly. When the four of them heard this, they put down their hands and let out a long sigh of relief, the scene just now frightened them.
Ever since he saw Xiang Huaiyu appear, Wu Zhi instantly knew that this time it was a conspiracy attack by Xiang Huaiyu. Wu Zhi couldn't help but be angry, he didn't want to hack the four of them to death one by one, but in front of the four girls such as Jin Lian and Xiao'e, he was still afraid of frightening them, so he showed mercy.
After Jin Lian and Xiao'e stabilized their emotions, looking at the gangsters lying on the ground, Wu Zhi frowned, how to deal with these people?
Xiang Huaiyu tried to kill him several times, it was unbearable, Wu Zhi couldn't bear it anymore, and decided to take this opportunity to make a complete decision, he didn't want to go back to the mountain again, so as not to continue to cause trouble endlessly in the future. new
After thinking for a moment and thinking about it, Wu Zhi picked up the burning stick on the ground, and with a little force in his hand, knocked out some masked people lying on the ground moaning and wailing one by one. Then he pulled Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo aside, instructed the three to take care of these people, and whispered to the three of them to pay attention to safety vigilance, if any of these people woke up, they would be knocked unconscious immediately, and wait for Wu Zhi to find someone to come over and clean up the mess.
Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo were ordered to stay where they were and wait, while Wu Zhi took Jin Lian, Xiao'e, Liu Yue and Li Tianjiao to return home first.