Chapter 19: Murder and Arson
Inside the herring building.
Ouyang Mu walked in the vast sea of fire, as if she was out of the way, everything around her was burning, dozens of corpses were wantonly scattered around her, and the pool of blood was burned by the fire with a pungent fishy smell. Ouyang Mu's cold cheeks shone in the fire.
She looked around, smoke billowed and corpses everywhere, everything burning. She muttered softly, "Almost." ”
Ouyang Mu stood on tiptoe, jumped into the air, and jumped into the air.
A slender feather arrow suddenly struck her, only the sound of piercing the air was heard, Ouyang Mu turned his head around, and the feather arrow grazed her robe and plunged into the wall on the side.
Ouyang Mu's face became grim, and she stared closely at the direction where the feather arrow was coming. Outside the gate covered by a sea of fire, there was another sound of arrows coming out of the bow.
After a slight grunt, several feathered arrows flew in front of her. Ouyang Mu tried his best to dodge, and the feather arrows were messily inserted into the walls and pillars around her.
She didn't dare to slack off, ignoring the scorching heat around her, covering her mouth and nose with her robe, and finding a corner of a stairwell. Hide and wait for someone outside the door to appear.
The smoke was getting bigger and bigger, and the temperature was gradually rising, Ouyang Mu began to use the internal force in her body to maintain the balance of the body surface temperature, but beads of sweat still flowed down her forehead, and her lips gradually dried up.
With a loud bang, a load-bearing pillar on the porch was crackled and crackled by the fire, and it could not support it and fell, and the pavilion supported by the pillars fell to the door with a bang, and the fire instantly rose several meters high, and the hot smoke spread to all sides.
Ouyang Mu breathed a sigh of relief, no matter what kind of official people were outside, they shouldn't be able to kill them.
The fire is getting bigger and bigger, and the herring building will soon be burned down. Ouyang Mu looked at a window on a high place and jumped forward.
As soon as she poked her head out of the window, she saw the bright moon hanging in the sky, and the arrows glowing with cold light in the dark night, dense and immeasurable.
The cold light flashed in Ouyang Mu's eyes, facing the rain of arrows coming towards her, holding the hilt of the sword on his waist with his backhand, at the moment of intersection with the rain of arrows, he raised his arm and buckled his wrist, and several arrows were repelled by the cold light in her hand, and he broke out in the rain of arrows, and Ouyang Mu rolled lightly in the air, like a dancer reflected in the moonlight.
She jumped from the height of the herring building to the roof of a street away, and the tiles where she landed were shattered.
The commander of the soldiers who was commanding on the street outside Qingyu Building looked at Ouyang Mu's figure viciously and shouted: "A few captains bring people over, don't save arrows, stop her here for me!"
"Yes!" several people behind him replied in unison, and as soon as they pulled their horses' heads, a dozen light cavalry rushed out of the street.
Woohoo!
The sound of arrow feathers pierced the silence of the night, and one after another was heard.
Ouyang Mu began to run on the rooftop, arrows with a deadly aura slashing past her. She gathered her inner strength to listen to the sound of the arrows, and tried to dodge. Many arrows plunged into the roof tiles at her feet, but her speed slowed down.
The two light cavalry turned over in front of Ouyang Mu and reached the roof, and the official swords in their hands glowed with a cold light. They rushed in front of Ouyang Mu in unison, slashing with a swing of the knife, the angle of the two official knives was tricky, Ouyang Mu braked sharply, his body fell violently, and he dodged the arc of the two official knives in an instant. Before the light cavalry could react, Ouyang Mu stood up on tiptoe, and walked towards the two light cavalry with both hands.
The light skill of the flowing water made the two of them stunned, and the hand stroked their respective chins, and with a push outward, the heads of the two light cavalry turned ninety degrees, making a crisp click, and before they had time to snort, they did not drag the mud and water.
Ouyang Mu's face was still indifferent, and before the two corpses fell, she continued to run forward.
In front of it is a small square, which is also the most lively place for the people to market during the day and look at the list, but it is already empty at this time.
Ouyang Mu jumped to the square, and there were already dozens of light cavalry in front of him with spears in hand, lurking in the darkness.
Ouyang Mu stopped and looked at the group of light cavalry, she just couldn't see how many people there were.
"Lock!" came a gruff voice. Dozens of spears were aimed at her, and they rushed in unison, with the cold light of spears from all directions.
The sound of killing shook the sky.
Ouyang Mu was still unmoved, she looked up and looked around, there were too many high pavilions and pavilions near the square, and it was estimated that there were some crossbowmen hidden in them, which could not be seen clearly in the dark, and rashly used light skills to become a live target in mid-air.
She watched silently at the oncoming light cavalry, and although there were no horses, they were as intimidating as when thousands of horses were galloping. When they got closer, Ouyang Mu stretched out his hand, and a spear closest to her passed under her arm, and was held with a backhand, and the light cavalry only saw her other hand touching his throat, and with a click, his head was tilted, and the light cavalry's body softened.
Ouyang Mu huddled in the crowd, held the spear, and inserted it into the head of the light cavalry in front of him with a slight throw, and then pushed forward, dodging the oncoming spear, and reached out to smash the throat of the next person. Before the surrounding light cavalry could react, several spears collided together and huddled together in embarrassment.
Ouyang Mu walked forward briskly, as if he had entered a no-man's land. The hussars around her began to disperse, forming an encirclement around her, and no longer rushing forward in a swarm. Ouyang Mu pulled out the short sword at his waist, and there were still traces of red blood on it.
Behind her, several spears rushed in unison, and in front of her, more than a dozen light cavalry threw down their spears and drew their official swords, screaming and killing her. A trace of Ouyang Mu's long hair brushed the corners of his eyes, and his eyes revealed a cold murderous intent.
With a piercing sound of swords colliding, Ouyang Mu easily swept away the slashed official knife with a short sword, slashed the throat of a light cavalryman with a wave, inserted it into the chest of another with his backhand, pulled it out, and then turned sideways to avoid the spear that thrust in his back as if he was looking at all directions, the short sword in his hand flashed, and before everyone's eyes could keep up, several light cavalry fell down wailing.
The light cavalry in the rear went forward one after another. Ouyang Mu's ghostly body made the disordered sword and spear not hurt her in the slightest, but walked more and more towards the edge of the square, and hundreds of light cavalry could not stop her progress even if they sacrificed themselves to block the flesh wall.
Out of this square, there are many high-rise buildings and vertical and horizontal streets, and the horses of the light cavalry will not be of great use at that time, and Ouyang Mu, who is very good, will be able to hide in the market by taking advantage of the night.
The strong shout of the commander of the army came from the square: "The light cavalry battalion is for Lao Tzu to resist, and the backup will arrive immediately, press this person to death here for me! Everyone stab me!"
Kill!
Hundreds of light cavalry roared in unison, as if they were on the battlefield. They drew their wide official swords one after another, and the official swords on the light cavalry horses were more savage and generous than ordinary swords, which were handed down from the rangers on the vast grasslands a long time ago, thick and sharp, and sharpened like bamboo.
The light of the sword flickered in the clear moonlight, the roar of the light cavalry was heard from the square into the streets, and the people around were awakened and watched the bustle on the windowsill.
The fire in the Qingyu Building in the distance gradually became smaller, and the black smoke formed a straight line, reaching into the night sky.
Chu Mo stood alone in the tallest tower in Pingxiang County, with a heavy bronze bell hanging quietly behind him.
From the top of the building, he could see all the movements in the square.
The light cavalry looked like a few small dots in the square, surrounding a person, rushing back and forth, retreating, dozens of corpses on the ground unconsciously, and a pool of blood stained a large area of the square.
Ouyang Mu held a short sword in his hand and began to open and close, like a maiko dancing to the beat of a beating drum in the palace, enthusiastic and unrestrained, pleasing to the eye.
It's just that this is not a palace, and there is no accompanying music, only splashes of blood and the wails of the light cavalry.
The offensive of hundreds of light cavalry in this small place was really unbearable, Ouyang Mu's waist and shoulders had been cut out by the official knife, her movements had also slowed down, her breath began to be disordered, and the internal force was gradually unable to be supplied.
Two layers of corpses stacked up behind her, her feet in the gurgling river of blood, and her short sword stabbed out.
In front of her, the burly commander with less than ten light cavalry blocked the way, and the rest of the people surrounded her, some afraid to step forward.
Ouyang Mu stopped and glanced at the commander, his dark face was already soaked in blood, and his eyes stared at her as if he was about to burst into flames.
Ouyang Mu finally spoke slowly and said to the commander, "Get out of the way." ”
After hearing this, the commander raised his long official sword, sneered, and said, "Who are you, who came to my territory and killed so many people indiscriminately, and still want to leave? Do you really think you are invincible in the world? Still a woman...... It's not good to be at home and teach your husband and children to cause trouble!"
Ouyang Mu was still expressionless, and the blood splashes on his pale face became more and more red. She also raised her short sword and said, "I don't really want to kill people now, you get out of the way." ”
The smile on the corner of the commander's mouth became even more obvious, and he gritted his teeth and said word by word: "Foolish people talk about dreams." ”
As soon as the words fell, the short soldiers met, and the light cavalry around Ouyang Mu killed her at the same time.
She lowered her head and slowly reconciled the internal force surging in her dantian.
The commander rushed in front of her in a few steps, raised his sword in his hand, and slashed at her face.
Don't stay!
Ouyang Mu thought silently in his heart, the dantian was warm for a while, and the internal force quickly filled his whole body and poured into his brain. The moment before the official knife fell, she rushed forward like an arrow from the string, leaving a moment of afterimage behind her.
She passed through the body of the commander and through the bodies of several light cavalry behind him, and in the blink of an eye, she appeared outside the square.
It's so fast, it's like a spell.
The commander's movements froze, and the official knife in his hand fell to the ground. The hussars in front of him froze in shock.
He froze for a moment, then went limp, and fell to the ground, a large pool of blood gradually pouring out from under him.
Several of the light cavalry behind also fell to the ground, and they didn't have time to shout before they died. A large expanse of blood gradually spread out of the square.
Chu Mo, who was standing on the roof of the watchtower, looked at Ouyang Mu's strange figure, his brows furrowed, and a grim expression appeared on his face.
"The secret technique of the Heavenly Pavilion...... Interesting. Chu Mo muttered softly, playing with the two iron balls back and forth in his hands.
Ouyang Mu stopped outside the square, his cheeks even paler, panting, and even a little unsteady. She fixed her figure, and in front of her was the criss-crossing alleys, and if she entered here, she would be able to escape the pursuit of the officers and soldiers tonight.
She took a step forward, and the light cavalry behind her was still a few feet away from her, and she couldn't react at all, and no one could stop her.
The internal force gathered on her calf, and she was about to jump up, when a hard object slammed into her calf. Ouyang Mu couldn't help but snort, such strength was different from ordinary people.
She turned around, and an iron ball fell from the ground.
Ouyang Mu didn't have time to think about it, and without further ado, she was about to rush into the alleyway, when a voice suddenly came from in front of her, saying:
"Do you want to run? I still have a ball in my hand. ”
Ouyang Mu's face showed a rare helplessness, the iron ball just now came from behind, and when did this person appear in front of him silently?
Chu Mo's figure was hidden in the darkness in the alleyway, and only his voice could be heard.
"Behind you is the military master, obediently hand over the murder weapon and send it to the county Yazhou government for adjudication, according to Wu Law, at most, it will be beheaded after the autumn, and you can live for a few months. Chu Mo's playful voice was cold, and he said, "If you insist on breaking into me, then you won't survive tonight." ”
Ouyang Mu slowly straightened up, the non-stay just now had already consumed a lot of her internal strength, making her a little powerless.
She raised the dagger in her hand, and there were already several cuts in the blade, and blood was dripping down.
Chu Mo actually didn't want to show his face, and there was a danger of revealing his identity, but after he just learned that the woman in front of him might be from Yan Guo, he couldn't bear it, and he had to leave her here, so that he wouldn't always be pressed by Yan Wuchang in the dark.
If you can kill her, you can. Yan Wuchang killed the people of my Chu State, and I killed one back, so I don't lose anything.
Chu Mo thought about it, and the killing intent gradually revealed.
Ouyang Mu rushed into the dark alley with an arrow step, and stabbed the blade of his sword in the direction of the sound.