Chapter 48: Bamboo Basket Fetching Water
"Shhh
Mo Cen compromised with the man in black, which instantly attracted an exclamation from everyone. Everyone has a different look on their face, some are understanding, some are angry, some are surprised, some are lost, and some people are different and intriguing.
"No!" Qin Da was the first to retort angrily, "The Storm and Rain Diagram must not fall into the hands of this kind of thief, if he is really allowed to succeed in broad daylight, then how can we save face?"
"That's good!" Song Yu nodded and agreed, "We famous and decent people can't let him fool him in a sentence or two?" Although Song Yu was against Mo Cen's handover, his tone sounded far less angry than Qin Da, but it gave people a yin and yang weird aura and fanned the flames.
Leng Kongyang, the third elder of the Kunlun faction, disagreed with this, and said bluntly: "The Storm and Rain Diagram is Mo Cen's, and it is human nature that he wants to use this diagram to exchange for his son now, and since we are his friends, then we should not make it difficult for him." ”
"Elder Leng's words are too easy, right?" Tang Zhangwen shouted, "Your Kunlun faction has no intention of fighting for this map, but we have fought and fought, and blood has been shed, there must be an explanation, could it be that the competition just now was a joke between children? If you don't count, it doesn't count?" After that, Tang Zhang turned his head to look at Lu Tingxiang and said, "Lu Gongzi has always been fair and strict, and he has a reputation in the martial arts, please say something fair!"
"That's true!" Qin Da nodded and said, "My second brother and third brother have all played in the competition, although they lost, but they also lost according to the rules, now they can't break the rules of the rivers and lakes for the sake of a child, right?
The Xianwang Mansion and the Hexi Qin Clan belong to two factions, but now they have become the same enemy because the man in black wants to take away the stormy rain map, which is quite interesting to think about.
Lu Tingxiang looked at the depressed Mo Cen with a solemn face, and said, "Senior Mo, this matter is not trivial, you have to think twice before acting." You want to wash your hands today, and the grievances and grievances in the rivers and lakes will have nothing to do with you, you have already agreed to compete in martial arts, if you hand over the stormy rain map now, then wouldn't you be playing the heroes of the world just now?"
How could Mo Cen not understand the truth that Lu Tingxiang said, but for the sake of his precious son, he couldn't care about anything at the moment, and muttered in frustration: "I can't let him kill Hu'er, I have no choice but to hand over the map......
Sikong Zhu said angrily: "Do you think that if you hand over the picture, he will release your son? Mo Cen, you have been walking in the rivers and lakes for decades, and you won't even be able to see this little trick, right?"
"This person took the risk of offending the entire Central Plains martial arts and boldly sought a plan, thinking that there must be another backer behind him. Liu Xunyi secretly pondered, "In the Central Plains martial arts, almost no one would risk offending so many sects. In this way, if the backer behind this person is not a force outside the Central Plains, it must be related to the four great pagan religions of martial arts. Tang Afu appeared in Quanzhou last night, could it be that this person is also from the Valley of Despair?"
"Everyone!" Mo Cen's cold voice suddenly sounded, and the originally noisy scene suddenly calmed down, only to see him clasp his fists to everyone with a guilty face, "The old man knows that he is very selfish in doing this, but I have nothing to worry about in this life, only this child, so ...... In order to save the child, the old man had no other way but to hand over this picture. When I rescue the child, I will kill or kill you at your disposal, and I will never complain!"
"Mo Cen, you dare!" Qin San said angrily, "If you dare to hand over the picture to him, Lao Tzu will make a move now, and then you don't blame me for ignoring your son's life or death!"
Qin San's words made the man in black and Mo Cen stunned at the same time, but he didn't expect that the man in black was not afraid, he didn't laugh angrily in the face of Qin San's threat, and even took the initiative to provoke: "Then what are you waiting for? Why don't you give it a try!" As he spoke, the man in black tightened the baby confined in the crook of his arm a little tighter again.
"You are so unreasonable, you want to be on Senior Mo, if you want to fight or kill, you should come at him, why embarrass a child?" Liu Xunyi couldn't stand it anymore, raised his eyes and scolded angrily, "What kind of hero is it with these indiscriminate means?"
"Scold!" "Scold!" the man in black sneered, "If you scold again, I will cut off one of this child's ears, and if you scold him twice, I will chop off one of his arms, if you want this child to die quickly, then just stand there and speak righteously, don't stop, hehe......"
"You ......" Liu Xunyi had never encountered such a despicable and shameless villain, Rao was full of anger at the moment, but he didn't dare to scold him again. After all, a madman like the man in black can do anything.
Mo Cen slowly took out a tightly wrapped bag from his arms, glanced at the people with different expressions, and said faintly: "This is the picture of the wind and rain." As soon as these words came out, the silent scene became lively again, and many people's eyes showed greed.
Facing the eager crowd, Mo Cen said in a cold tone: "I hope you can give the old man a face, although today is the day of the old decay washing his hands, but the old decay's hands have not penetrated into the water for a moment, then I am still a person in the rivers and lakes, and this picture is still owned by the old decay, and no one is allowed to touch it." ”
Mozen spoke slowly, while a pair of old eyes looked around cautiously. At this moment, Mo Cen seems to have a bit of the domineering of the past, word by word, full of majesty, and cannot tolerate opposition from others.
"Now I'm going to exchange this picture for my child, and I hope you don't interfere. Mo Cen locked his gaze on Qin San, and made his position sonorously, "If someone doesn't want my son to live, then the old decay will not hesitate to be broken jade rather than a whole tile, and this shocking rain map will also disappear into the world with my son!"
"Shhh
"Mozen, you should know what your choice now means. Teng Cang reminded in a cold voice, "You are fighting against the entire martial arts!"
"I don't have a choice!" Mo Cen retorted without hesitation, "Teng Cang, you and I are the same age, and you are also a family person, if it were you today, how would you choose?"
"This ......" was asked by Mo Cen, Teng Cang's cold eyes couldn't help but darken, people at his age are most afraid of comparing their hearts with their hearts, especially about the life and death of his wife and children, and it is undoubtedly a weakness of Teng Cang.
"If you don't hand over this picture, he will be the only one who will die!" Tang Cheng pointed to the man in black on the roof and threatened Mo Cen, "But if you hand over this picture, then you will have to die with him!"
Mo Cen shook his head undeniably and smiled bitterly, turned to bow respectfully to Lu Tingxiang, and said, "Even if I hand over this map, it is impossible for him to escape from the Lu Mansion, and the Storm and Rain Map will return to you sooner or later, I am just temporarily using this map to save Hu'er." I have long put life and death aside, and only ask that after my death, my nephew will be kind to their mother and son. ”
After that, under the eager and anxious gaze of everyone, Mo Cen held the wind and rain map high in his hand, turned around again and bowed to everyone three times, and then paused his feet, and his slightly bloated figure immediately rose to the sky, and in mid-air, he made a move to step on the swallow, volleyed away, and fell on the top of Chongwu Hall, standing opposite the man in black.
"Although Mo Cen is old, he is a figure who once dominated the world, and the foundation of martial arts is still there. It's a pity that such a character was finally defeated by his son, and the former scenery is destined to end lonely today. Luo Tianjin sighed faintly, with a bit of regret in his tone.
"Bring it!"
The man in black stared at Mo Cen's every move with his eyes like a torch, and slowly stretched out his right hand in front of Mo Cen.
"Are you really not afraid of death?" Mo Cen casually looked down at the people in the courtyard and said coldly to the man in black, "Now as soon as the map is in your hands, the masters below will immediately rush up and break you into pieces." I don't care if you die or not, but you can't affect my son. As he spoke, Mo Cen slowly opened his arms and said, "Give me back the tiger first!"
The man in black sneered: "You are not qualified to negotiate conditions with me, either hand over the picture or watch your son die." With that, the man in black raised the baby high with his left hand, raised the dagger with his right hand, and the sharp tip of the knife was straight against the baby's lower abdomen, staring at Mo Cen with a smile, although he didn't say a word, but the threat was very clear.
"Okay!" Mo Cen dared to gamble with his son's life? immediately compromised, "Don't hurt him, I want to give it to you!" Saying that, Mo Cen didn't dare to play tricks anymore, and obediently handed the burden to the man in black, but the man in black shook his head again and again, shaking the dagger and gesturing on the burden a few times. Mo Cen understood, hurriedly untied the burden, took out a shabby leather roll from it, and quickly spread it out in front of the man in black.
This is a map full of strange symbols and veins, like the human body's meridians and like a hidden treasure map line, looks very strange, and at the top of this picture can clearly see a line of Jin Guo characters. Because it was a treasure stolen from the Imperial Palace of the Kingdom of Jin, it is not surprising that there is a golden inscription on it.
When Mo Cen spread out the frightening rain map, everyone in the courtyard squinted their eyes and wanted to take a peek, but because the distance was too far and Mo Cen had his back to the courtyard, they had no chance to see the true face of the frightening wind and rain map.
"Good!" the man in black nodded in satisfaction, then reached out and snatched the Storm Storm Map, quickly stuffing it into his arms. Mo Cen was shocked and hurriedly said, "My son ......"
"Don't worry, I'll give my son back to you. And then!"
The man in black shouted violently, and then threw the baby in his left hand at Mo Zen, who hurriedly reached out to hold the child, but at this moment, the man in black suddenly stabbed out a dagger and pointed it at the back of the baby's heart.
"Beware of sneak attacks!"
Seeing this, Liu Xunyi hurriedly reminded the unsuspecting Mo Cen in a loud voice, Mo Cen was shocked when he heard this, almost without a trace of hesitation, he turned around sharply with the baby in his arms, and the direction of himself and the baby was instantly reversed, and then before everyone could exclaim, the sharp dagger had pierced into Mo Cen's heart mercilessly, and poked out of his chest straight through his chest, and Mo Cen was still firm in the severe pain, and vigorously threw the baby in his arms from the roof into the courtyard, in order to save his child's life.
Just when everyone was surprised, Liu Xunyi had already taken the lead in flying up and successfully caught the baby in mid-air.
Seeing the baby land safely, the corners of Mo Cen's mouth couldn't help but raise a smile of relief, and then his eyes suddenly became fierce, and before the man in black could draw out the bloody dagger, he suddenly turned around, and the extremely sharp dagger cut out directly from his left rib under inertia.
In an instant, the red blood mixed with the broken organs and the white bone stubble were exposed, but Mo Cen completely ignored his injuries, and with the last bit of strength, he swung out a palm and slapped it heavily on the chest of the man in black.
The man in black never expected that Mo Cen would fight back frantically when he died, and he was slapped hard before he could dodge, and the robe on his chest was also scratched by Mo Cen by the trend.
The man in black was furious, and quickly kicked out a kick that hit Mo Cen in the lower abdomen, kicking Mo Cen off the roof, while the man in black took advantage of the situation to cover his chest and flew up, trying to escape from the Lu Mansion.
"Kill him!"
Lu Tingxiang gave an order, and the guards of the Lu Mansion and the masters of various sects and factions who had long been unable to bear it roared and drew their swords, wanting to kill the man in black on the roof and break the body into thousands of pieces.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
At the last moment, the earth-shattering explosions suddenly came from all directions of the Chongwu Temple, and in an instant, the courtyard wall collapsed and rubble flew sideways, and in a blink of an eye, it was already full of gunsmoke, covering the sky and the sun, and many people standing near the courtyard wall were seriously injured. Seeing this, everyone in the courtyard gave up the idea of chasing and killing the man in black, and ran around in panic, each looking for a place to avoid danger.
"It's black powder!" Luo Tianjin shouted in a deep voice in the chaos, "That man in black really had a premeditated plan, it seems that he is not alone, he can plant black powder in advance in the heavily defended Lu Mansion, presumably there must be someone in the Lu Mansion who is in harmony with him." ”
A series of changes made Lu Tingxiang, who was the head of the family, furious, and in the chaos, he only listened to him shouting: "Zhu Lao, don't pay attention to these, take someone to chase the man in black, and everything will be revealed if you catch him!
"Yes!" Sikong Zhu agreed and ordered people to prepare to chase out of the Lu Mansion, but when he was leaving, a hurried and frightened voice from the people of the Lu Mansion suddenly came from outside the courtyard.
"Childe, the big thing is not good, a group of officers and soldiers suddenly came from outside the mansion, surrounded the mansion and made it impassable, and said that no one is allowed to take a step out of the Lu Mansion without authorization, otherwise it will be killed!"
Hearing this, Lu Tingxiang's face instantly turned like ashes, while Luo Tianjin raised his eyebrows, and a look of horror flashed in his eyes.
"Smoke, men in black, gunpowder...... They are interlocking, and the moves are all on the key points, but they didn't expect that there would be a back move after the next move, and even the officers and soldiers were dispatched. It seems that this man is not only prepared, but also bound to win!"
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