Chapter 4 Countercurrent

In the fierce wind blowing in his face, Li Bai finally understood what was happening, and turned his head in amazement, looking at the armored giant that was close at hand.

"Xun Qing?" He exclaimed, "Is it really you? ”

"Or else! Except for me, who would care about you, the unlucky ghost who was locked up in Dali Temple! ”

Under the open shell, the pale-faced mechanic hooked the corners of his mouth with difficulty, and smiled: "How is it?" How does it feel to be rescued by an unlucky mechanic? ”

"It's pretty good, and it doesn't seem bad to be rescued occasionally."

Li Bai admired from the bottom of his heart, and when he turned around, he stared at the bloodshot in his eyes, "It's you, can you hold it?" ”

"Cut, it's a trifle!"

Xun Qing gritted his teeth, controlled the armored giant, and ran wildly from the street, bypassing the pedestrians and carriages below, towards the newborn Fang City, the place where the hustle and bustle came.

"We don't have much time, Li Bai, we must stop Lu Gong's plan, otherwise, the big collapse may be repeated in the entire Chang'an."

He gritted his teeth and said hoarsely: "This time, we must not lose again!" ”

"Don't worry, Xun Qing."

Li Bai solemnly bowed his head: "Even if there are only the two of us here today, we will definitely not let the disaster recur - what happened fourteen years ago should be over." ”

"Ha, you're still that stinky fart." The mechanic laughed hoarsely.

But after a short silence, he couldn't restrain the sadness in his heart after all, and asked in a trembling voice: "Li Xiang, he really ......"

"No, Xun Qing, Li Xiang, he was killed."

Li Bai interrupted him, and resolutely refused: "Our friend was killed by Wu Yougong's 'antlers', and we have to avenge him-"

He said, "You and I, we're together." ”

"Hmm!"

Xun Qing nodded vigorously, obviously swearing never to cry again, but at this time, he still couldn't help it, tears flowed down his face!

The giant roared, slammed open the gate of the city in front of him, and burst into Suzaku Avenue!

In this wide street, which runs through the entire axis of Chang'an, there are enough dozens of horse-drawn carriages to gallop side by side, and there are no pedestrians.

The Giant strode into the distance.

Again, on the battlefield!

"I've grown in, Xun Qing."

In the distance, above the high pavilion, Lu Daoxuan sighed indifferently.

The subordinate climbed the hanging ladder and hurriedly reported: "Gong Lu, the arrangement to come to Junchen's place failed, and Li Bai escaped from prison!" ”

"Is it too optimistic to expect a cool official to succeed?"

Lu Daoxuan shook his head indifferently and waved his hand: "Mobilize the manpower of Honglu Temple, and let our guests experience the feeling of being the enemy of the world." ”

The subordinates took the order and left, and after a few snaps of their fingers, the order from Wu Yougong reached the vital point of Honglu Temple. An ordinary clerk turned and walked into the newspaper room.

After closing the door, he took out his repeater and pulled the trigger again and again.

After killing all those who got in the way, the alarm of war was sounded.

At this moment, Chang'an was in a roar.

Under the jurisdiction of Honglu Temple, hundreds of yamen, sixteen branches, and even all members throughout the city have all received orders from the top.

Fight hard and kill the enemy!

The city shook violently, and then in the alarm of war, countless ballistas emerged from the city, turned around, and aimed at the galloping giant.

A loud bang erupted.

In the midst of the bombardment of the artillery carriage, crystal shells whistled through the long distance.

The cyan sword qi swayed, hundreds of meters away, crisscrossing and crisscrossing, smashing all the cannonballs in the sky, and countless crystal clear lights spread along with the flames of the explosion.

The wave of air swept in, and the Giant of the Mechanism burst out!

But after winning a short time, countless Honglu Temple messengers rushed out - these guys who were usually too lazy to move, but when facing this sudden giant at this moment, their speed was ridiculously fast.

The one who rushed to the front didn't even tie his hat and hung it around his neck.

I didn't even think about how I could stop this opponent who was several feet high.

More and more ropes were thrown at them, as well as chain bullets and even crossbow arrows like a rainstorm.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

Xun Qing shouted angrily, "Don't get in the way!" We are not attackers! ”

"Then stop, immediately!"

The messenger at the front pulled out his knife tremblingly, obviously so frightened that he almost cried, but he was still shouting hoarsely: "I, I advise you not to violently resist the law, otherwise there will be no good end!" ”

More and more officials are gathering on Suzaku Avenue, and there is no way to settle down!

Xun Qing activated the remaining jet device, and after crossing dozens of meters with difficulty, he fell to the ground, but even if he crossed the obstacle just now, there were more poor people in front of him.

"Great Elder, it's really Li Bai!"

In the distance, on the watchtower of Guangdefang, Chen Shi put down the clairvoyant mirror and looked at the middle-aged man behind him, "What is that guy doing?" ”

"What else can you do?" The Great Elder knocked on the cigarette stick and sighed helplessly: "Most of them are hot-blooded again, don't you care about it?" Young people always have a lack of consideration. ”

"What then?"

Chen Shi was surprised: "Wasn't he arrested by Dali Temple?" This time I escaped from prison and ran out, and I was caught up again, and I was doomed! ”

"Hey, why do you look at me like that?" The Great Elder was uncomfortable by his deputy's eyes.

"I don't look at who you look at?" Chen Shi became annoyed, "You are such a fangowner, Great Elder, are you just doing this?" ”

"Or else? What can I do? ”

The Great Elder frowned sadly: "I'm going to help him do Honglu Temple?" Am I crazy? Even if I'm crazy, how many can I fight alone? I haven't held a sword for years, and I'm afraid my leg will break if I jump from here! ”

Chen Shi's gaze became more and more disappointed.

“…… If you don't show up, forget it, I'll go! ”

He turned and walked towards the stairs, "When you asked someone to work for you, you didn't say that, you don't want to be embarrassed, I can do it!" ”

"Wait, wait, wait! What are you anxious about? It's not like I don't help...... Don't send it! ”

The Great Elder tugged at his clothes and spoke kindly. But Chen Shi just looked at him directly, and kept seeing him angry, and he threw the cigarette stick on the ground.

"I'll help, I'll help, okay!"

The Great Elder stomped his feet, not knowing whether he was helpless or broken.

But after finally making a decision, this middle-aged man who was calm all day long rolled up his sleeves, tightened his belt, and a trace of decisiveness from previous years appeared on his fat and slightly round face.

"Fuck it, it's a big deal! I knew that Li Bai's kid was a trouble, and this business would be a loss, and if he didn't do it, he wouldn't be able to be the owner. ”

Although he complained constantly, he simply sounded the alarm bell at the highest place in his hand.

The continuous high-pitched bells made the people in the entire Fang City look back in amazement, and looked at the figure at the highest place, the Great Elder standing there.

"Folks, do you remember who I am?" The Great Elder raised his head and asked in a loud voice, and his hoarse voice echoed in everyone's ears.

In the brief silence, the residents looked at each other, put down their work, and nodded sporadically, not understanding what was happening.

The middle-aged man took a deep breath and hissed as hard as he could: "You guys, believe me? No, do you want to believe the people who have helped you?! ”

In response to him were countless raised arms.

Clenched into fists, the immigrants from the clouds shouted in response to the man's voice.

So, the Great Elder grinned and laughed.

He stretched out his hand and pointed beyond the city, the armored giant who was struggling to walk under the heavy ropes, and the small figure besieged by countless arrows and artillery.

Li bai!

"See?"

The Great Elder announced to everyone, "The man who once protected you is now facing his opponent alone!" The brain-pumping guys in Honglu Temple can't figure out what they're doing!

But you should understand which side you should be on! ”

He shouted hoarsely, "Tell me, the principles and guidelines for people in the clouds to do things!" ”

There was a brief silence for a moment of silence for men, women, and children from the sand, the wasteland, and the mountains, and then countless shouts overlapped in one place, turning into thunder that rushed into the sky.

It is an answer that has been engraved in the soul for a long time, and it can be reached without thinking.

"-Revenge will be avenged!"

"Then copy the guy!"

The Great Elder drew his sword and held it high: "The people of heaven need us!! ”

At that moment, on Suzaku Avenue, the officials who had been serving one after another felt the shaking of the ground behind them, which was the footsteps from the gate of Fang City behind them.

The masonry buzzed.

It was like a boiling muffled sound spreading, followed by one after another shouts.

On the streets of Fang City, the vendors who set up stalls, the women who do laundry next to the basins, the porters who deliver goods in carts, and even the shopkeepers who take inventory, and the old men who play chess under the shade of the trees......

Old and young, male and female, those ordinary inhabitants gather in one place, and they become mighty like a tide. With a rolling pin or some other mess in their hands, they rushed through the streets and alleys, rushed out of the gate, and rushed towards the officials of the Honglu Temple!

For a time, the rain of arrows and shells came to an abrupt end.

The guards on the city walls looked at each other, no matter how harsh the orders came from the newspaper room, but they never had the courage to pull the trigger on the people they wanted to protect.

And the orderly formation of Honglu Temple was also chaotic under the impact.

Especially the old men and old ladies inside, they didn't dare to start at all, if they met a young man, everyone could still fight, but now they can only be beaten passively.

"Uncle, uncle, what's going on?"

"Oh, don't do it, you have something to say!"

In the crowd, the messenger who had just been in office for two days shrank his head and was beaten hard, with a face full of grievances: "Dad, it's me, it's me!" Aaron, don't you know each other? ”

"It's you who beat you, you bastard, you come over to me!"

The thin old man danced with a flat pole in his hand, and a jump: "Call you fucking non-stop!" Do you dare to run when Lao Tzu beats you? Stop! ”

Chaos spreads.

Li Bai watched all this blankly, but heard a whistle coming from the wall.

Great Elder.

"What are you doing?"

The depressed owner glanced at him and urged angrily: "Let's go, what, I'm really waiting for Jin Wuwei to come out to arrest you!" Walk! ”

"Thank you!"

Li Bai gave up his hand, and he couldn't care about being polite.

The Giant stumbled through the crowd, cautious, and staggered into the distance.

Only the Great Elder was left to sit at the top of the wall, watching the chaotic scene below.

Scratch your head.

This time, I'm afraid the owner really doesn't have to do it......

"What are you guys doing! Do you really want to rebel? This is an enemy attack, an enemy attack! ”

The commander who had just arrived wanted to cry without tears, and jumped to his feet angrily: "What are you still fighting, stop, stop...... What about Jin Wuwei? It's been almost a quarter of an hour, where have Jin Wuwei's bastards gone! ”

At this moment, the Jinwu garrison, behind the gate.

Countless armored warriors have swords, bows and arrows in their hands, and the soldiers who have fought all their lives have formed a military formation, and as long as they give an order, they can rush to the battlefield.

No, long before half an hour, they should have set off.

But now, in front of them, there is an invisible wall.

Just outside the gate, a burly figure sat on the threshold with his back to them, quietly looking up at the turmoil and noise in the distance.

Silent.

After urging repeatedly, the commander of the guard was so anxious that he stomped his feet, "Master Cheng, 100,000 is urgent, can't you change places?" In case there's something bad ......"

Cheng Yanjin did not answer.

Lowering his eyes, he looked at the peony flower in his hand that had withered and bloomed.

Even if you water it on time every day and take care of it carefully, when the flowers leave their true nurturers, they will not bloom again.

"You know what? I used to have a friend. ”

Cheng Yanjin suddenly said: "He has always been silent, he doesn't dare to talk to others, and he looks silly and stupid." When he was down, he sat alone on the side of the road, trying to get someone to help him, but there were so many pedestrians coming and going, but he didn't even have the courage to ask for help......

The other day, he said goodbye to me, and I don't know where he went. But I want him to know that my door is always open for him, and there will definitely be his flowers in Chang'an City......

Now it seems that he will probably not be able to come back. ”

He was silent for a long time and whispered, "I miss him so much." ”

Just like that, in the gentle wind, he raised his hand and let the withered petals flutter in the wind, and flew into the distant sky, as if returning to his homeland.

Goodbye, my friend.

May you sleep peacefully in a place free from pain.

At that moment, in the dark, Lu Daoxuan quietly opened his eyes.

Above his head, the core of the fang market had turned blood-red, and countless resentments surged through it, like the scorching sun crying blood.

Illuminating the old man, and the huge hideous silhouette in the darkness behind him, scarlet lights continued to emerge one after another.

At this moment, under the earth, thousands of arms slowly unfolded, as if to grasp the operation of heaven and earth.

Hold on tightly.

From top to bottom, it was nailed into the transmission layer of Chang'an, and here, a royal order was issued to control everything!

The earth roared.

Tremor.

It's like a yellow spring.

The whole of Chang'an ushered in an unprecedented violent tremor. Directly above, on the polo field, all the players froze in place, stunned.

There was chaos in the audience, and the crowd dispersed.

But at this moment, the earth cracked into cracks, spreading in the middle of the wide court! It's like the gates of hell have finally opened.

Countless wriggling limbs emerged from it, countless golems rushed out of it, and the out-of-control walking corpses frantically attacked everything within their reach.

conveying this hatred from fourteen years ago.

In the most straightforward way.

Death!

"What the hell is it!"

"Help!"

"Kid! My baby!!! ”

Cries and cries of despair spread from this hell, causing Lu Daoxuan to slowly close his eyes, as if he had returned to that night fourteen years ago!

In the deepest part of the darkness, above the wrinkled old face, a cruel smile appeared that could not be restrained.

But at that moment, a completely different loud noise sounded from afar.

The last of the stops cracked under the iron fist.

The blockade that had imprisoned everyone was opened in an instant, and from the giant's fists, the giant roared, tearing open the building in front of him and opening the way to the outside.

Then, lift your feet and fight – trample!

The waves of air spread, and the sound of the puppet shattering was endless.

"Lu Daoxuan! What the hell are you doing!! ”

Xun Qing roared angrily, but no one responded, only countless puppets kept drilling out of the cracks, like rolling darkness.

On the shoulders of the giants, Li Bai raised his hand.

As a result, the blue of the heavenly dome descended, turning into a long river, and the heroic sword qi that had been brewing in the cage for seven days and nights swam vertically and horizontally, and in an instant, all the blocking mechanisms in front of him were slashed.

Immediately after, the meandering torrent swept left and right, separated, and turned into an unprecedented stroke of genius, sealing off all the puppets that poured out of the gates of hell.

"Excuse me, am I late?"

In the fleeting silence, Li Bai floated to the ground, stepped in front of countless enemies, and raised his head.

At this moment, countless opponents are currently holding long swords and happy to take revenge.

But his steps stopped for a moment.

It always felt like something was missing.

Until a branch of verdant grass swept up by the hurricane finally floated down from the sky and fell into his hand, so casually, he held it to his mouth, and curled a pleasant arc.

Raise your head and drink the last remnants of the wine in the pot.

"Come on, Wu Yougong, I'm not dead yet."

Facing the rolling tide of darkness, he whispered:

"-Let's start over!"

At that moment, darkness opened.

Li Bai, go against the current!