Hearing this, Xue Xingchuan's eyes narrowed even more, and the hand holding the iron spear tightened slightly.

He is the second god general in the mainland, and his realm strength is far more powerful than the ordinary star gathering peak, faintly beyond the same realm by half a level, plus he is in his prime, no matter his spiritual temperament is at the peak stage, many people even think that his realm strength has even surpassed the sweat and green god generals in the Tianshu Tomb.

Even if Mao Qiuyu and Eucalyptus Lin joined forces, coupled with the heavy treasure of leaving the palace, Xue Xingchuan would have the confidence to deal with it, but could he really leave Chen Changsheng behind?

At this moment, a huge roar suddenly sounded on the long street parallel to the North Terracotta Alley, followed by the sound of hooves, and then the sound of the collapse of the building, and smoke and dust rose everywhere!

People around the ruins of the courtyard looked over and saw that the buildings along the street had been destroyed, revealing the scene on the street.

Candles are in lanterns, torches are burning, and the light on the long street is dim, but there is no warmth when it falls on the armor.

At this end of the long street, there are eighteen high-level cardinals from the palace, and hundreds of national cavalry with crossbows.

At the other end of the long street, there were the officers and soldiers of the Kyoto Castle Gate Division who were like a tide and the extremely well-equipped Yulin Army, and at the forefront was Xu Shiji himself, who looked solemn.

The confrontation between the two major forces of the imperial court and the state religion has lasted all night.

In the beginning, both sides were looking for someone, but now they are tense and may make a move at any time. In fact, the two sides have already made a move, and those collapsed buildings, the smoke and dust that have not fallen, the corpses of cavalrymen lying in a pool of blood lying on the street, the blood on the corner of Xu Shiji's lips, and the three seriously injured cardinals are all clear evidence.

The atmosphere on the long street was extremely oppressive and tense, and even the war horses felt it, and kicked their hooves lightly with some uneasiness.

In the end, this confrontation ended with a person who no one expected.

Zhou Tong, who was covered in blood, said with a dying breath: "I'm still alive." ”

Yes, he is still alive, this is something that Chen Changsheng can't accept, but it is something that both the state religion and the imperial court are willing to accept, because it shows that there is still room for buffering things.

Now Zhou Tong himself has spoken.

A carriage came from the alley facing the street, and the curtain was lifted, revealing Chen Liuwang's face.

That handsome face was full of worry, especially after seeing Chen Changsheng.

"I'll pick him up. Chen Liuwang said to Xue Xingchuan, his eyes calm and fearless.

Xue Xingchuan was silent for a moment and then slowly lowered his right hand, glanced at Chen Changsheng expressionlessly, and then instructed his subordinates: "Send Lord Zhou Tong back to the palace." ”

The sound of hooves rose again, still like thunder, but not as thrilling as before, and the cavalry of the court and the state religion slowly withdrew into the night at both ends of the long street according to the order.

"I'm sorry for everyone's trouble. Chen Changsheng said to Mao Qiuyu, and then got into the carriage with the support of King Chen Liu.

Because of certain problems, situational and psychological, he doesn't want to get too close to the palace side now.

The night breeze lifted the curtains, and he saw the Beibing Masi Hutong and the courtyard that he couldn't see on the main street before, and saw that Yulin Jun was carrying Zhou Tong to the stretcher.

Zhou Tong closed his eyes, his face was pale, covered in blood, and he looked like a dead man.

Even if the imperial doctor in the palace can save him, this famous traitor's soul and body will be reduced by half, which is equivalent to a wasted person.

But the knot between Chen Changsheng's eyebrows still couldn't be erased.

"Am I bold in doing this, ignoring the overall situation?" he asked Chen Liuwang.

Chen Liuwang stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said comfortingly: "Of course Zhou Tong is not an ordinary courtier, but for Niangniang, he will only be useful if he is useful, if you really killed him just now, will Niangniang still avenge him? Will you also provoke a war for him and kill the future Pope? Of course not." ”

In fact, he hasn't finished this sentence yet. In his mind, if Chen Changsheng is Niangniang's biological son, then naturally it is more important than Zhou Tong's life - whether that rumor is true or not, even if Niangniang wants to kill Chen Changsheng, in her heart, Chen Changsheng's life is still a thousand times more important than Zhou Tong.

Chen Liuwang's gaze crossed the curtain and landed on Zhou Tong on the stretcher, and said in a deep voice: "He is a dog." ”

"A dead dog is a dog, and as long as it lives, it is still a wolf. ”

Chen Changsheng remembered what he had said to himself before, and suddenly felt very tired, and said, "I didn't really kill him tonight, I don't know if there will be a chance in the future." ”

He knew very well that at least he would not have a chance to kill Zhou Tong again.

"Of course, a character like Zhou Tong is not easy to kill, and it is already remarkable that you can force him to such a point. ”

As a member of the royal family, it is impossible for Chen Liuwang to have any good impression of Zhou Tong, he hates Zhou Tong's death more than anyone else, so he is more grateful than anyone else for what Chen Changsheng did tonight.

"I admire you. He looked at Chen Changsheng and said.

Thinking about the turmoil in Kyoto tonight and the tension that had erupted on the long street before, his expression was also solemn. He appeared on the long street earlier, and at this time he sat in a carriage with Chen Changsheng and left under the escort of the Anglican cavalry, which was equivalent to the entire Kyoto and the Holy Empress Niangniang officially announcing their position.

Chen Changsheng didn't feel that he had anywhere to admire.

Because he still failed to kill Zhou Tong.

In the National Education Academy, he once said that he would kill Zhou Tong and then go to Lishan to pick up Qijian, and at that time, he, Tang Thirty-six and others felt that this was an impossible thing.

Of course, it is difficult to kill a big man like Zhou Tong, but he really almost succeeded tonight, if it weren't for the last touch of night that stopped in front of him.

If it weren't for the deepest part of the night, a voice fell directly into his head.

It was a voice he knew well, and one he hadn't heard in a long time.

......

......

At that time, in the courtyard under the cover of night, there were only two people, Chen Changsheng and Zhou Tong.

Chen Changsheng heard the voice, and Zhou Tong also heard it.

He thought it was a hallucination from the time of his death.

The night was so deep, so cold, and he didn't want to die, because death was a deeper, colder abyss.

At the moment closest to death, all his eerie, horrible shells were shattered, and what was left was the malevolent, lowly, cowardly him.

After confirming that the voice was real, he agreed to the man's conditions without hesitation.

Sure enough, the darkness of the night saved his life, but instead of feeling a trace of warmth, he felt even colder.

The world said that he Zhou Tong was a conspirator on the same level as the demon military master in the black robe, but after hearing that person's voice, he knew that this statement was just a joke.

In front of the man in the depths of the night, where he was qualified to talk about any conspiracy, where he could be regarded as cold and ruthless, in the eyes of that man, he was probably like a dog.

A dog that still has some use.

But even if you are really a dog, you have to live.

Even if you wagging your tail and begging for mercy in front of the whole world, you have to live.

Thinking about these things, his mind became more and more agitated, and Zhou Tong could no longer resist the invasion of his injuries and passed out.

Under the personal escort of the two great generals, Xue Xingchuan and Xu Shiji, the seriously injured Zhou Tong was sent to the palace.

Only then, only here, can it be ensured that he will survive.

The news of Zhou Tong's serious injury should have spread, and in Kyoto at night, I don't know how many people want him to die.

Just like the situation that Su encountered on the way back from the south.

Looking at Zhou Tong, who was dying on the couch and miserable, Xue Xingchuan and Xu Shiji were silent for a long time and never spoke.

They don't know what to say.

How did Chen Changsheng do it?

Zhou Tong's terrifying and miserable knife edge from the left side of his face to his ribs was exposed in the light like this, shocking.

Xue Xingchuan and Xu Shiji were both people who thought they knew Chen Changsheng very well, especially the latter, they could never have imagined that Chen Changsheng still had such a strong side.

The Holy Light Master who was supported by the imperial court came, the best imperial doctor in the palace also came, and the old eunuch leader also came on behalf of the Holy Queen Niangniang.

Until the end of the diagnosis and treatment, it was confirmed that Zhou Tong should be able to save a life, but Niangniang never appeared.

"I'll take care of things first. ”

Xu Shiji didn't know if he was touched by anything, his face was a little ugly, and he left Miyagi like this.

Xue Xingchuan didn't leave, carefully cleaned Zhou Tong's wounds, then moved a chair and sat at the main entrance of the palace.

His eyes were closed, and the iron spear was crossed in front of his lap.

Whoever wants to kill Zhou Tong must kill him first.

Because he is Zhou Tong's only friend in this world.

Zhou Tong has only one friend in this world.

If even he leaves Zhou Tong, then Zhou Tong will really be the only one left.

......

......

As everyone knows, Xue Xingchuan is Zhou Tong's only friend.

This is also something that the world thinks and does not want to understand after thinking about it for decades.

Xue Xingchuan is the second god general in the mainland, and he has been guarding the tomb for hundreds of years, and he is the actual head of the god generals. Whether it is the realm of strength, the record or the merits he has made in the north, he can bear this reputation without shame. There has even been a saying that he and Wang Po are the most promising candidates to break through that threshold and enter the divine realm.

And he has a good reputation, both in the army and in the family, he is very strict, but he is good friends with the notorious Zhou Tong. Some people have speculated before that this will be because of the Holy Queen Niangniang, but other gods and generals who are loyal to the Holy Queen Niangniang, although they are jealous of Zhou Tong, they never take the initiative to get close, and they don't even have a good face.

No one knows why.

The medical skills of the imperial doctor in the palace are really clever, and the holy light also plays a very important role, Zhou Tong was so seriously injured, it didn't take long for him to wake up.

Xue Xingchuan got up and walked back to the collapse, looked at him with a pale face and said, "Don't be in a hurry to speak, healing first." ”

Zhou Tong ignored him, and said in a weak voice: "Am I very much like a dog now?"