Chapter 557. See light at the end of the tunnel
The glow of the flames in the distance reflected on the faces of several people, illuminating the faces of several people in uncertain light. A cronie's eyes widened, and he couldn't help muttering, "We, we actually killed King Yan!" Wang Shanzi also felt a little incredulous, feeling that this was almost like a dream.
Suddenly, several people felt a strong wind behind them, and before they could react, they only felt that it was dark in front of them, and they were actually put into a big black cloth pocket. Several people were startled and subconsciously wanted to scream, only to feel a sharp pain in the back of their necks, and then lost consciousness. Several strong black-clothed masked men carried the black cloth bags containing several people and quickly left.
The raging fire inevitably carried out the sleeping people around, and the sound of gongs and shouts rang out loudly, and hundreds of people rushed out of their homes with brooms and buckets to fight the fire. However, the people rushed to the vicinity of the hotel, but they were quickly stopped by the officials and prevented from putting out the fire. The people were astonished, fearing that the fire would burn their houses, and they were as anxious as ants on a hot pot. After a long time, until almost the entire hotel was engulfed in flames, the officials began to shout at the people to put out the fire. The people, who were already in a hurry, rushed to put out the fire, but at this time, the fire had become a monstrous trend, and no one could get close, let alone fight the fire. Under such circumstances, the people, with the help of several leading organizations, rushed to demolish the houses near the fire to prevent the fire from spreading. ……
After a night of tossing and turning, the fire gradually went out, but fortunately, the fire only burned down the inn and did not affect anything else. The officials quickly returned to the garrison under the leadership of one of their subordinates, and the other rushed back to the prefect's yamen. When he saw the official on duty in the government, he asked, "What about my lord?" The official pointed to the backyard and said, "It's in the backyard." The subordinate hurried into the backyard. However, after arriving in the backyard, there was no trace of the prefect, and when I asked the servants in the backyard, no one knew the whereabouts of the prefect. The subordinate was so surprised that he didn't know what to do for a moment.
Look at the 'Valley of the Turtles'. This 'Turtle Valley' is located more than 30 miles northwest of Langzhou, the mountains are steep, the bamboo trees are luxuriant, and a small stream meanders out of the valley. There is only one entrance to this Turtle Valley, and the entrance is also strange and rocky, dangerous and abnormal. This 'Turtle Valley' is rarely visited, even the hunters in the mountains rarely come here, but at this moment, there are bursts of fighting and roaring sounds from the depths of the 'Turtle Valley', which is very thrilling!
It turned out that in the deepest part of the valley, a fierce battle was going on, hundreds of men in black were storming dozens of sergeants in armor and cloaks, and behind those sergeants was a wooden hut built by hunters in the mountains for hunting and temporary rest, which was very simple.
Those men in black were very strong, shouting and rushing, one after the other; And those sergeants were even more courageous, facing an enemy nearly ten times their size, they were not afraid at all, and their swords flew horizontally, killing the corpses of those men in black with blood flying, and the scene was really like a tiger fighting a group of wolves. These sergeants were obviously not ordinary Yan Yun sergeants, and their outfits were clearly the secret guards around King Yan. The man in black attacked for a long time, but not only failed to break through the defense line of the guards, but suffered heavy casualties; And the guards also killed and wounded five or six people, and the others were covered in blood and scarred on their armor!
On a hill not far from the battlefield, there were dozens of people standing, dozens of people clustered around a person, and the person who was surrounded was a handsome young man, who turned out to be Mo Haotian, who had gone to Langzhou to see Wang Shanzi before. Everyone couldn't help frowning as they watched the fierce battle under the mountain, with a look of anxiety and fear on their faces. The middle-aged man beside Mo Haotian couldn't help but say, "These Yan Yunjun are really terrifying!" It's a tiger! We ambushed them with ten times their strength, and they actually rushed out and fled here, and then fought for two days and two nights, killing and wounding countless people, but they couldn't be defeated, these Yanyun troops were simply like invincible! 'Yan Yun is sharp and invincible! That's a lot of money! ”
Another middle-aged man said to Mo Haotian: "Childe, since Yang Peng is already dead, why do we have to bother to attack?" He asked the question that was on everyone's mind.
Mo Haotian looked at the wooden house under the mountain and said, "Just because Yang Peng is dead, I need those two women even more!" The crowd was puzzled. Mo Haotian said with a smile: "Although these two women have not been officially canonized by Yang Peng, everyone knows that they are Yang Peng's women, and that is Princess Yanwang!" With these two women in his hands, he can use this as an excuse to call on the Yanyun soldiers in Sichuan and the northwest, which is called coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes! Everyone suddenly realized, and bowed together in admiration: "Childe is wise!" ”
Mo Haotian's attention returned to the battlefield, and when he saw those secret guards slashing and killing his own killers like mad tigers, he couldn't help frowning and muttering, "It's really hard to deal with!" Immediately noticed that the right side of the battlefield could bypass the battlefield, his eyes lit up, and he immediately said to a middle-aged man beside him: "Uncle Zhao, you lead fifty people to go over from the right side and directly attack the wooden house!" Only then did everyone realize that the right side could be bypassed, and they couldn't help but show excitement, and the middle-aged man hugged his fists and ran down. At this time, there were a hundred black-clothed masked men guarding the foot of the mountain, and the middle-aged man brought half of the manpower.
The middle-aged man led fifty men in black to bypass the right side of the battlefield and go straight to the wooden house. Seeing this scene, the guards who were fighting the enemy head-on were very anxious, and the captain of the secret guard team immediately shouted at the deputy captain who was fighting with the enemy: "Stone, you quickly take someone back to protect the two young ladies!" The vice-captain slashed down one of the killers, nodded at the captain, and immediately ran back with four secret guards.
The five men intercepted the middle-aged man and the fifty killers he led, and fought fiercely. The roar of the secret guards was like that of a lion and a tiger, and they desperately wielded their horizontal knives and killed the enemy's flesh and blood; The enemy's blades kept falling on them, but they seemed to have no sense, like mad tigers, slashing and slashing. A killer slashed at the left shoulder of a secret guard, and with a sonorous sound, the long knife failed to cut through the guard's armor, and the secret guard kicked the killer in the stomach, kicking him upside down and flying out, kneeling on the ground, unable to get up for a while! The guard rushed forward in three steps and two steps, roared angrily, and swept out with a horizontal knife, slashing the head that exuded extreme fear! The two killers around him originally wanted to come up and attack him, but it can be seen that he is so brave that he can't help but be frightened in his heart, and he can't help but stop!
However, after all, there are too many enemies, and the tigers can't stand the wolves, and one of the five secret guards finally died in a bloody battle, and the situation has become even more sinister! Then two more guards were killed, and the remaining two guards were surrounded by the killers, whose long knives continued to fall on them, each leaving a deep mark on their armor; The two secret guards were fighting with their lives, only attacking the enemy, not defending at all, and without an extra knife on their bodies, they cut down an enemy, roaring like a tiger, and the sword light was bloody, and its courage and fierceness made all the killers fearful.
After a few more moments of fierce fighting, the two killers charged at one of the guards. The guard slashed the enemy on his left with both swords, but after the fierce battle, he was already scarred and numb, and for a moment he was unable to regain his strength to deal with another killer. It was too late, and the killer monster screamed and rushed with a knife, and with a click, the long knife stabbed through the guard's abdomen! The secret guard snorted, rose to his strength, roared angrily, and slashed at the killer's neck with both hands, and with a click, the killer's head flew up. The guard shook and fell.
Seeing that there was only one opponent left, the killers were greatly boosted and howled and stormed up. The deputy captain Shi fought with all his might, the enemy's blood and his own blood flew all over the sky, his body staggered, obviously it was already the end of the strong crossbow, but the killers wanted to deal with him, it was not easy, the tiger died majestic, not to mention that this tiger was not dead.
The door of the wooden house, which had been closed, suddenly opened, and two women rushed out, surrounded by the palace maids and servants. The masked woman in white raised her voice and shouted, "Stop! ”
The onslaught of the killers involuntarily stopped. The bloodied and scarred guards quickly retreated, protecting Luo Yanran and An Qian. Heavy gasps came and went, but the figure of each secret guard was still like a mountain, his own blood and the blood of the enemy dripping from the horizontal sword, from the lower edge of the armor, from the cheeks, and under the heavy blood was a condensed gaze, like a rock!
At this time, Mo Haotian rode out on horseback. glanced at Luo Yanran and An Qian, and couldn't help but secretly praise in her heart, that An Qian is beautiful and moving, and she is beautiful, and although Luo Yanran is wearing a veil and does not see her true face, her figure is extremely beautiful, and she also exudes an otherworldly temperament, which makes people leisurely and fascinated.
An Qian looked at Mo Haotian and said angrily: "You are so bold, you dare to attack us!" Mo Haotian smiled: "Although my courage is not big, it is not small!" The two young ladies should come with me obediently, why do you have to let us kill so many lives! ”
The captain of the secret guard team shouted: "Bold fanatic, as long as we are here, you will not succeed!" Mo Haotian ignored him and said to the two women: "I have the intention to spare the lives of your subordinates, but if you don't accept my affection, I have no choice but to kill them!" In fact, there is no point in you resisting stubbornly, you may not know that King Yan died last night! ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone changed color, and the two women shouted in unison: "You are talking nonsense! Mo Haotian smiled: "This is a true thing!" Even if you don't believe it, that won't change that fact! The stone said angrily, "What are you guys?" If you don't pee and take a picture, you can also kill King Yan! The captain turned his head to the two girls and said: "Don't fall for him, the two young ladies don't fall for him, the million-strong army of the Liao State couldn't help King Yan back then, let alone them!" There's no way they've been able to kill King Yan, and he deliberately said this to force us to surrender! The two women felt that what the captain said made sense.
Mo Haotian said: "Under normal circumstances, we naturally can't kill that beast!" But this time it was different, he came to find the two young ladies and lived in the hotel in Langzhou. No matter how shrewd he was, he couldn't have guessed that the prefect of Langzhou had colluded with me a long time ago. Last night, while Yan Wang and his party were resting in the hotel, we set a fire, and none of them escaped, all of them turned into ashes! ”
After listening to Mo Haotian's narration, everyone couldn't help but turn pale, Luo Yanran was staggering, if she hadn't been supported by Yun'er, she might have fallen. Although everyone didn't want to believe Mo Haotian's words, listening to what he said logically, they couldn't help but feel that what he said might be true. All of a sudden, everyone was terrified.
Mo Haotian said: "Yang Peng is dead, Yanyun will be in chaos, the identities of the two young ladies are extraordinary, and they can take this opportunity to ascend and gather the forces of Sichuan and Northwest to compete for the world!" Then he hugged his fists and said: "Although I am not talented, I am also willing to help the two young ladies!" ”
Anqian looked at Luo Yanran and asked in a low voice, "Sister, what should we do?" Luo Yanran whispered: "I don't know if the eldest brother has really ......." We need to get to the bottom of this first. Anqian nodded and whispered, "Little sister is looking at her sister's horse!" Luo Yanran nodded, turned her head to look at Mo Haotian, and raised her voice: "We can agree to your conditions......" When the secret guards heard this, they were all shocked, and the two captains and deputy captains shouted urgently: "No!" Our Yanyun Army would rather die than surrender! Luo Yanran said in a pleading tone: "Please believe me, two generals!" The two looked at each other, only to feel that now the life and death of King Yan were unknown, and the relationship between the two women in front of them and King Yan was extraordinary, and now they had to temporarily obey their orders. The two captains and deputy captains had a clear heart, and they both made a decision in their hearts to temporarily obey the orders of the two of them, and if the two of them dared to do something sorry to King Yan, they would kill them, and then commit suicide to thank King Yan.
The two captains of the principal and deputy stopped making a sound, which was regarded as acquiescence. Luo Yanran raised her voice towards Mo Haotian and said, "We promise to cooperate with you, but we have to go to Langzhou first to collect the body of the eldest brother!" When she said this, Luo Yanran only felt extremely pain in her heart, and at the same time kept praying in her heart, praying that Yang Peng was safe and sound.
Mo Haotian also had this intention, Yan Yun was about to be in chaos, if there was Yang Peng's bones in his hand, it would be a very favorable condition, Mo Haotian nodded. Luo Yanran saw that Mo Haotian agreed to his request, and his heart couldn't help but sink to the bottom, because he agreed to take him to Langzhou without hesitation, which means that everything he just said is very likely to be true! Luo Yanran felt that she was about to faint, but she supported Yun'er and supported her strongly, and at this moment she made a decision in her heart: "After burying the eldest brother, I will go down to accompany him." Yun'er felt that there seemed to be something wrong with her young lady, she knew why, and wanted to comfort her, but she didn't know what to say, so she couldn't help but sob.
Mo Haotian waved his hand, and the killers surrounded everyone. Mo Haotian hugged his fists and said, "Two young ladies, please!" Everyone walked towards the outside of the valley, while Mo Haotian led the killers around the front and back. Mo Haotian rode on horseback, looked at the graceful backs of the two women, and couldn't help but move his index finger, thinking secretly: Since the two of them have fallen into my hands, I will take possession of them tonight, so that I can better control them to work for me! However, this matter must be kept secret, once it is known to outsiders, these two trump cards will be useless!
Luo Yanran walked with Yun'er's support, Yun'er suddenly felt a hot drop of water dripping onto the back of her hand, and when she was stunned, she knew that it was the young lady who was crying. I felt that the tears kept falling on the back of my hand, and I couldn't help but feel sad from my heart, and I couldn't control my crying. Anqian was walking with Nuan'er's support, and her face was sad, but it was more thoughtful, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
Along the way, there were constantly people in black coming down from the mountains on both sides of the valley to join the brigade, and these men in black were arranged by Mo Haotian along the valley in advance just in case.
Shout! Suddenly, there was a sharp sound of arrows from the direction of the valley exit ahead. Mo Haotian couldn't help but show surprise when he heard this voice, and a middle-aged man next to him frowned: "This is an alarm signal!" What's going on? The others were also puzzled, and some said, "Is it possible that the person in front of me is mistaken?" Someone else said, "You can't think of us as enemies, right?" ”
At this moment, there was a sudden rumbling sound of horses' hooves ahead. Mo Haotian was startled, pulled out his sword, and shouted, "That's not right! As if in response to his words, more than 100 knights suddenly rushed out of the bend in front of him, people like dragons and horses, roaring, and the momentum was amazing! When Mo Haotian and the people below suddenly saw such a scene, they all changed color; But Luo Yanran and the others shouted in surprise: "It's the eldest brother (King Yan)!" It's the eldest brother (King Yan)! "It turned out that the person who led more than a hundred knights to suddenly appear here was none other than Yang Peng.
Yang Peng saw Luo Yanran and An Qian who were surrounded by all the people in black at a glance, and his eyes lit up. Immediately put the horse lance on the ring and took it with him, took off the cloud-piercing bow, pulled out the carved arrow, and bent the bow and arrow.
Mo Haotian reacted first and shouted urgently: "Catch those two women!" Immediately, a few men in black rushed over. At this moment, there were several sharp sounds of breaking the air in the air, and the few black-clothed people who rushed towards Luo Yanran Anqian fell down in response, and it turned out that Yang Peng shot the black-clothed people who tried to get close to the two women with a cloud-piercing bow and arrows. The captain and deputy captain in charge of guarding the two women shouted in unison: "Miss Protection! Immediately, more than 20 hidden killings formed a ring to protect the two women in the middle.
In the blink of an eye, more than 100 fierce war horses crashed into the middle of the man in black, and in an instant, a huge impact sound sounded, and the man in black fell down one after another like a pins hit by a bowling ball, with flesh and bones shattered, and screams one after another. Where could the killers withstand such a strong impact, they were rushed to pieces in an instant. The black-clothed killers panicked and fled with their lives, and were cut to the ground by the Yanyun warriors who had caught up, blood flew, and the stream in the valley was dyed blood-red in an instant.
Yang Peng turned the horse's head, ran back to the two women, turned over and dismounted, and asked urgently, "Are you okay?" The two girls wept with joy, rushed into Yang Peng's arms desperately, and cried on his shoulders.
Yang Peng's heart was full of guilt, and he hugged the waists of the two women and comforted: "Don't cry, don't cry, it's okay!" It took a while for the two women's emotions to calm down. An Qian looked at Chen Xiao with teary eyes, while Luo Yanran sobbed softly, complaining and fearing: "I thought I thought you were killed, I, I, you ......" Speaking of this, she couldn't help but feel pain in her heart, and raised her hand to hold it down.
Seeing this, Yang Peng was so distressed that he hurriedly hugged Luo Yanran and comforted him softly. Luo Yanran was so embarrassed when she saw her eldest brother hugging her in public, she gently pushed him away, and said angrily: "There are a lot of people!" Yang Peng smiled and asked, "What is about me is from these killers, right?" The two girls nodded, and Anqian said angrily: "That person is really hateful, he actually used this to deceive us!" Luo Yanran nodded thoughtfully, and then asked puzzledly: "That person doesn't seem to be lying!" But big brother, not only are you safe and sound, but you also brought someone to save us, what the hell is going on! Ancy was also puzzled.
Yang Peng asked, "Is the person you are talking about Mo Haotian?" The two women nodded, and Anqian said, "That's what he said himself!" Yang Peng nodded and said, "Actually, Mo Haotian didn't lie to you, but he didn't know that when Wang Shanzi's people set the fire, we were already out of the post house!" Luo Yanran's heart moved, "I understand, the eldest brother must have discovered their conspiracy a long time ago?" ”
Yang Peng smiled slightly, gave her an appreciative look, and nodded: "What Yanran said is right, I found out about their intentions at the beginning." Hmph, they definitely won't know, in fact, as soon as I arrived in Langzhou, I found a problem, as the prefect of Langzhou, Wang Shanzi was so panicked when he saw me, obviously he did something wrong. After leaving the prefect's yamen, I sent people to secretly monitor the prefect's yamen and sent people to visit the refugee camps secretly. Soon after, I found out that Wang Shanzi was trying to burn down the inn. After discovering this, I affirmed my previous judgment, and at the same time deduced that this Wang Shanzi had colluded with Mo Haotian and his gang, and your disappearance was inseparable from him. ”
"After confirming this, I made a plan, and after nightfall I secretly withdrew from the inn with my men. Sure enough, in the middle of the night, Wang Shanzi's people came to surround the post house and set a fire. They thought we were all burned in the fire. When Yang Peng said this, he smiled and said to the two women: "So, Mo Haotian didn't lie to you, he really thought he burned us!" Ann Qian smiled: "The clown who jumped off the beam actually wanted to calculate the eldest brother, but he didn't expect to completely fall into the eldest brother's hand!" Then there was a strange look in his eyes, and he said with great admiration: "Big brother is really Kong Ming in the world, and he can see thousands of miles!" ”
Yang Peng laughed and said, "It's not necessarily possible to see thousands of miles, but the opponent is indeed not a powerful character." There are so many flaws exposed, and I don't even know it. An Qian pursed her lips and smiled, and Luo Yanran sighed: "It's not that they are too bad, but the eldest brother is too powerful!" How many people can play tricks in front of the big brother today! Yang Peng felt it and laughed.
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.