Chapter 23: The Emperor's Sect
The streets in that section seemed to be covered with a thick layer of autumn fog, and it was difficult for people to see the battle situation between Luo Qinghan and Hong Chen, only to hear the sound of swords colliding in the smoke and dust suddenly falling to the ground like a shower, suddenly like the aftersound of a bell, slow and urgent, relaxed and relaxed, as if several musicians were playing alternately with all their might.
The purple-clothed guards on the ground stood up with each other, and some of the shorter Jianghe gangs behind them stood on tiptoe, although everyone couldn't see the movements of the two people, they all stared at the cloud of smoke and dust without saying a word or blinking, as if they could make up a fierce picture just by listening to the sound.
Suddenly, the sound in the smoke and dust stopped abruptly, and the long street fell silent, and there were many people standing, but it was as quiet as if there was no one in the valley.
When the dust gradually fell and had not yet dispersed, people vaguely saw two figures standing opposite each other across the distance, among which the taller one shook his body, and the whole person was like a flying magpie on the ground, jumping straight to the eaves of the pavilion on the side, and then stepped on it, and disappeared into the vast night.
The other body shook, but fell headlong to the ground.
Ji Cha hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Hong Chen, and saw that the gray clothes that had only been cut open by Zhong Huozi had turned into strands of cloth hanging on his body. After a closer look, I saw that Hong Chen was covered with extremely fine sword marks, from his neck to his chest, from his waist and abdomen to his thighs, and there were many small wounds, I don't know if there were hundreds, or thousands, and bright red blood beads were oozing out.
Hong Chen was unconscious when he fell, and at this moment, his eyes were closed and his hands were loosened, and the empty mountain knife fell to the ground and shattered directly into a pile of powder.
Ji Cha picked up Hong Chen, raised his head and wanted to leave, but found that Tianyun Sanmeng had surrounded him at some point.
Yu Wenmeng choked on the dust in the air and coughed twice, raised his hand to blow his nose, and said: "Don't make any more senseless resistance, the commander has left this kid alive is already benevolent and righteous, you take him to follow us obediently." ”
Seeing Ji Cha gritting his teeth and raising his eyebrows, with a hostile expression, Yuwen Meng said again: "Dayu Tianzi, Shenwen Shengwu, wise and wise, with the virtue of a good life, and the heart of cherishing talents, only set up the Guiyi Division, let us use our talents to serve the court and seek the well-being of the people of the world." You are still young, you will not do too many bad things, and you have a good ability, as long as you sincerely abandon the darkness and turn to the light, Guiyi is willing to give you the opportunity to atone for your sins. If you perform well, it is not impossible to join the Guiyi Division in the future. ”
"Phew!"
Ji Cha spat out a mouthful of foam and sprayed it towards Yuwen Meng's face. Yuwen Meng dodged his head on one side, but two silver needles flew out of Ji Cha's sleeve, piercing him in front of the door, and Yuwen Gang on the other side suddenly lifted his halberd and knocked the silver needles off from the side. Yu Wenmeng's gentle complexion disappeared in an instant, and his face darkened gloomily: "Toast and don't eat and drink!"
Before the words fell, Yu Wenyong's copper hammer swept towards Ji Cha. Ji Cha kicked on the ground and flew away, dodging the copper hammer, but his shoulder was almost hit by a golden long mace, but fortunately, he retracted his back in time, and only the clothes on his shoulders were torn apart with a bang. Surrounded by three people, the place to move is already limited, not to mention holding Hong Chen in his arms, and there is a heavy bamboo basket on his back?
Ji Cha said upright in his heart, "I didn't come to save him if I knew it", and suddenly heard a gust of wind breaking through the air, and then saw a slender gun shaft between himself and the attacking halberd, and "Tara" flicked the halberd blade away.
"Zha Yugui, are you looking for death?"
Yuwen shouted loudly, and waved his long and short sword to intercept the spear, but his body was shocked back several steps.
Zha Yugui continued to bounce the gun at Yu Wengang, and Yu Guang glanced at Ji Cha and shouted, "Why don't you run?"
There were two less people around him, Ji Cha suddenly felt relaxed, and after a dodge passed by Yu Wenyong, he hurriedly flew out, but found that the purple guard surrounded the surroundings again, and within a few steps, there were locust-like arrows shooting at his body.
But the formation of the Purple Guards suddenly became chaotic again - Ji Cha fixed his eyes and saw that it was a group of Jianghe Gang members in yellow shirts and blue pants who rushed into the crowd of Ziyi Guards, and Zhang Zi chased after him and rushed to the front, shouting: "Oops, oops, let's go catch the Demon Sect thief, don't let him run away!" However, the Jianghe Gang only cared about pushing and shoving with the Ziyi Guard, which suddenly made the crowd have a gap.
Ji Cha finally found a way to break through, taking advantage of the chaos of the purple guard, jumped over the heads of the crowd, first touched the person's shoulder with the tip of his left foot, and then touched the person's head with the tip of his right foot, and finally reached the roof after borrowing a few strengths, and began to fly between the pavilions, moving in the direction of the river, and rushed half the distance of the city in one go.
The internal strength gradually weakened, and Ji Cha thought that the purple-clothed guards were far away, and then fell back to the street.
Hongchen was still in a coma in his arms, Ji Cha shook his head, but he didn't wake up, and put his hand on his heart and wrist successively, and his brows gradually locked.
Hong Chen's heartbeat and pulse were normal, but there was no true qi internal force flowing in the meridians. However, those who practice martial arts and practice true qi will always have a stream of "qi" constantly "jumping" in the meridians, just like blood circulation. For a master of internal strength like Hong Chen, the true qi in his body must be like a river flowing before it is normal.
"Could it be that fighting with Luo Qinghan exhausted all his internal strength?" Ji Cha was even more surprised in his heart, "In other words, if it weren't for the exhaustion of internal strength, wouldn't it be impossible to distinguish between victory and defeat?" Luo Qinghan is a dignified 'sword maniac', a top master who was famous all over the world ten years ago, and his martial arts are almost comparable to the heads of the ten major factions, and he also has to rely on the advantage of internal strength to win him?" Looking at Hong Chen's eyes, he was a little more curious.
At such an age, where did he come from martial arts?
After a little rest, after Ji Cha recovered some strength, he continued to carry Hong Chen to the river. I didn't think about stealing a new shirt and changing my disguise. After all, it is too conspicuous to take a big living person with you, so it is better to go to the river as soon as possible and find a boat to escape.
Before reaching the city gate, the sound of galloping horses suddenly sounded on the side of the street, Ji Cha looked vigilant, and when he turned his head, he had already pinched three silver needles in his hand. But when he saw the man on horseback, he put down the silver needle.
Two horses came, one sitting on each. One is bald, one has a big beard, one carries a spear, the other carries a long stick, and it is Cha Yugui and Ma Sihai.
"Get on the horse!"
The second horse approached, Cha Yugui shouted, then jumped to the other horse and sat behind Ma Sihai.
Ji Cha flew on the horse, put Hong Chen in front of him, and then galloped on his horse, followed by Zha Yugui and Ma Sihai, and rushed to the city gate.
The gates of the city were closed, and there were guards of the government who were on patrol at night, and when they saw someone rushing to the gate, they were holding swords to stop them. Ma Sihai urged the horse over, and Cha Yugui swept the guns, knocked down more than a dozen officers and soldiers, and then dismounted and pushed open the city gate. The four of them rode out of the city gate on two horses, and soon reached the dock.
There were many resting boats moored on the river, and when he checked the rain, he swept his eyes over the river, selected a boat to dock, dismounted, walked over in a hurry, and jumped into the cabin. After a few breaths, six or seven big men flew out of the cabin "bang bang" in a row, and all of them fell to the shore and shouted in pain. Zha Yugui lifted the curtain of the boat and said, "No one, get on the boat quickly." ”
Ji Cha carried Hong Chen on the boat, and when he walked to the deck, he heard the familiar voices of the few big men who were thrown out of the boat, and turned his head to look over, it happened to be the hunters who were in the same boat when they came to Dark Cloud City, and even the boatman was the one at that time, touched it in his arms, and then threw a handful of silver over, and said, "It's considered to buy this ship." "Just that little bit of silver, and I will buy an oar and a board.
"Robbing boats gives back money to people, but not enough money. You really don't look like an Emperor Heavenly Sect. ”
As soon as Ji Cha entered the cabin, he heard Zha Yugui say this, and immediately retorted: "I don't look like a person from the Emperor Heavenly Sect, are you like ......" Then he realized that he had said the wrong thing, and changed his words: "What Emperor Heavenly Sect, I have never heard of it." ”
Zha Yugui laughed and said, "You don't have to hide it." If you weren't from the Emperor's Heavenly Sect, I wouldn't have saved you. ”
"Where do I need you to save me? I can run alone. Ji Cha didn't want to get the love of Zha Yugui, so he gently put down Hong Chen in his arms, and couldn't help but knock Hong Chen on the head, and then said, "If it weren't for him, I would have run away a long time ago." ”
Zha Yugui's tone suddenly became very serious: "The Netherworld Ghost Palm is a secret martial art that can only be practiced by the high-ranking members of the Emperor Heaven Sect or their descendants. And if you save him regardless of the danger, then his identity is probably still above you, is it the Emperor Heaven Sect Master of this generation?"