Chapter 280: Beacon Fire

Born in different camps and with different ambitions in their hearts, such people are destined to not advance and retreat together, because the road is different at the beginning, even if they meet and know each other, they only happen to meet at a fork in the road, and when that bit of fate is exhausted, it is time to part ways. The next time you see you, it may be your mortal enemy. The reality is like this, very helpless, and there is nothing to be done.

There have been rumors among the people that the current Seven Sages King is the most suitable person to be the emperor in addition to the current Son of Heaven, and these words were originally true, because in the past few decades, the Seven Sages King has indeed done everything that a king should do, fight against foreign enemies, and be considerate of the people, and people can no longer easily find out the shortcomings from him. But that's just what people's eyes see, and there are some things that can't be seen by the eyes, and no matter how perfect a person is, there are some secrets that no one knows.

Decades ago, when the emperor and the Seven Sages were still teenagers, they were deeply respected by the emperor, and they had secretly regarded one of the two of them as their future heir. However, the mothers of the two were competing for favor in the harem at that time, and even exceeded the bottom line that the palace could bear.

Especially the mother of the Seven Sages King, who wanted to assassinate the emperor's mother, but the East Window incident, the emperor was furious after knowing it, and the Queen Mother also intervened at that time, because the emperor's mother has always been filial to the Queen Mother, so the Queen Mother naturally tried to protect the emperor's mother and sat on the throne of the queen, but the mother of the Seven Sages King was beaten into the cold palace from then on, and finally died of depression.

Since then, the Seven Sage Kings have changed, not becoming decadent, but becoming more assiduous, assiduously to the point of being outrageous. Later, the emperor naturally became the emperor, and the Seven Sages King joined the army when he grew up, abandoned his pen and followed Rong, fought on the battlefield, and made countless military exploits, so he has the status of today's Seven Sages King in the sky.

An old story, but it expresses the sorrow in the small world of the palace compound. People often say that people can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes, but even if they are not in the rivers and lakes, how many people can live according to their own path? In this world where the weak eat the strong, how many people live the life they really want.

An old affair that forced a man to swear to rebel decades ago has led to the current situation, and it has to be said that this is a sad defense of the status that he thought belonged to himself. How can it not be embarrassing?

Looking at Tie Xiong who was rushing towards him, the Seven Sages King sneered and took a step back slightly, and in the middle of this retreat, Gong Jiu on the side had already rushed out like lightning and met Tie Xiong's pair of iron fists. A judge's pen swung out of the stabbing and quickly hit Tetsuo's wrist, and at the same time, it flew up and kicked Tetsuo in the lower abdomen!

Seeing Gong Jiu who suddenly rushed out, Tie Xiong didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly withdrew his hand, and then turned his fist into a claw, swung it out again, and went straight to Gong Jiu's wrist to hold the pen! At the same time, the other punch secretly exerted force and attacked Gong Jiu's chest fiercely!

A dull crashing sound sounded, and Gong Jiu's feet and Tie Xiong's fist landed on the body of the place almost at the same time! Immediately after, I saw the two of them take a few steps back one after another, Gong Jiu almost crashed into the arms of the Seven Sages King, and Tie Xiong almost knocked over the screen that had always stood in front of the emperor's bed.

This is the first time that Gong Jiu and Tie Xiong have had such a confrontation with Mai Mang, and the results are evenly matched, and their strength is almost comparable. However, the only possible variable is that Gong Jiu only used one hand at this time, because his other hand was long gone, and it seems that someone has only discovered now that Gong Jiu, who has been drooping his arms, does not know when he lost a hand.

One hand has always been compared with the judge's pen and two hands and two hands and two judges' pens, of course, the strength is slightly inferior. Therefore, Gong Jiu's strength was originally above Tie Xiong.

When Gong Jiu showed only one hand, except for the Seven Sage Kings, all the three people present showed a trace of surprise, and even the emperor who was standing behind the screen was taken aback, and almost exclaimed in surprise and asked the reason.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside the small courtyard, and then a series of shouts and weapons clashing could be heard, it was obvious that the people of the Xianwang Mansion had already fought with the six gates guarding outside the small courtyard and the Royal Forest Army, and I don't know if they came to rescue their master. It turned out that the Seven Sages had already prepared for the worst and had already left their hands behind.

Just when Tie Xiong and Zhan Ying were stunned for a moment, suddenly a figure flashed, and Gong Jiu had already rushed directly to the emperor standing behind the screen like lightning! Capture the thief and capture the king first, this is the method of warfare since ancient times.

"Presumptuous!" An angry shout came, and Zhan Ying, who had been standing beside the emperor, suddenly shouted angrily, and then took the emperor behind him, and at the same time violently discharged a palm!

A crackling sound sounded instantly, and then I saw that the screen that was originally standing on the ground suddenly shattered into dozens of pieces, and with Zhan Ying's palm power, the broken wooden blocks rushed towards Gong Jiu like a heavenly maiden scattering flowers!

Gong Jiu was shocked and hurriedly pulled out, although he had done his best, he was still hit by the wooden block a few times. Seeing that he didn't wait to gain a firm foothold, he quickly rushed to the door, and at the same time stretched out his hand and pulled the Seven Sages King, shouting in his mouth: "Lord Wang, go quickly!"

Under the pull of Gong Jiu, the Seven Sages King walked out, staring coldly at the emperor who had been stopped by Zhan Ying, with hatred in his eyes, and there seemed to be a trace of unwillingness. Then as Gong Jiu rushed out of the door, he quickly rushed towards a low wall in the small courtyard, and soon jumped out of the small courtyard and disappeared into the darkness.

By the time Tie Xiong and Zhan Ying chased them out, the Seven Sages King and Gong Jiu had disappeared, because they wanted to protect the emperor's safety, their speed of action was no longer as fearless as before.

The battle at the gate of the small courtyard continued, but it was no longer as fierce as it had begun, because the people in the Xianwang Mansion might have received the news that the Seven Sage Kings had successfully left, and they were no longer so crazy.

Another reason is because at this time, they are not only facing the people of the Six Gates and the Imperial Forest Army, but also the people of the Shaolin Temple, Long Xinyue and Nangong Chu don't know when they appeared in the crowd, and the guards of the Xianwang Mansion are obviously at a disadvantage.

Soon, the fighting at the gate of the small courtyard had stopped, and the people of the Xianwang Mansion had already fought and retreated, retreating outside the Shaolin Temple. However, many corpses were left at the scene, and many people gave their lives for the war. There are people from the Xian Wangfu, people with six doors, and people from the Royal Forest Army, no matter who dies, it is the sad end of life one by one.

Zhan Ying walked to the door of the small courtyard, looked at the corpses and blood all over the ground, listened to the faint shouting and killing sound at the foot of the mountain, and frowned slightly, he knew that the enemy was only leaving temporarily, and he would kill him sooner or later.

Because he knew that with this little people on his side, he couldn't stop the 80,000 army of the Yanmen Palace, not to mention that now the people from the Xianwang Mansion have also joined in, and it has become an army of 100,000, and there are also Red Feather's killers who are eyeing him in the dark, this is a battle with no chance of winning.

Thinking of this, Zhan Ying turned his head to look at Nangong Chu and Long Xinyue, who were covered in blood on the side, and said slowly: "Now that the real battle has begun, the enemy will definitely attack wildly next, but what I am most worried about is that the killer of Red Feather will take the opportunity to sneak attack here at this time, and the two young heroes will stay here to protect the emperor's safety, how about more than the two of them?"

Nangong Chu and Long Xinyue listened to Zhan Ying's words, glanced at each other, and nodded in agreement. Although the combined strength of the two of them can withstand a lot of power, but compared to blocking the enemy, the emperor's safety is the most important, if something happens to the emperor, even if he kills more people, it will be useless.

"Brother Wuxin is fine, right?" Long Xinyue suddenly looked at Zhan Ying at this time and asked slowly. Wuxin disappeared again without anyone noticing, no one knew where he went, and he always seemed to disappear inexplicably lately, not knowing what he was doing.

Zhan Ying shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's okay." ”

Long Xinyue listened, glanced at Nangong Chu, and the two nodded to each other, although Wuxin has always disappeared for no reason recently, but they didn't take the initiative to ask, because they knew that Wuxin must be doing something that should not be known to more people, since Wuxin didn't say it, they didn't ask, as long as they knew that Wuxin was all right.

The moment passed quickly, and before I knew it, the sky was already dark, and the people of Yanmen Wangfu seemed to never know that they were tired, so they didn't retreat until it was almost dawn, and set up camp less than ten miles away from Shaolin Temple, and they had already gathered with the people of Xianwangfu.

From Yanmen Pass to Shaolin Temple, the army of Yanmen Wangfu does not know how many people have been killed, whether it is the people of the court, or the people in the martial arts, everything that is blocked, all will be killed, it seems that the King of Yanmen and the King of the Seven Sages have made up their minds to defeat all enemies through killing, and finally take Shaolin Temple and Jiangshan.

Overnight, the six gates guarding the Shaolin Temple and the Imperial Forest Army have almost lost most of them, dead and wounded, although the fighting has stopped now, but this is temporary, everyone knows, when the enemy comes back again, no one knows how long they can hold out.

In the early morning when there was a strong smell of blood everywhere, a group of people swept out of the mountains and forests around the Shaolin Temple, there were hundreds, led by two old men who were dusty, followed by a group of people who were all armed with weapons, dressed differently, everyone had everything, but it could be seen that this was a group of Jianghu people, a group of Jianghu people who came from thousands of miles away.

The two old men led by them were none other than Murong Qianhe, the leader of the Wulin Alliance, and Aoki Daoren, the head of Wudang, who came from Huai'an City, but it seemed that they came a little late, because the front of the mountain gate of Shaolin Temple had become a purgatory on earth, and there were corpses and blood everywhere, and it was obvious that there was a tragic killing here last night.

Murong Qianhe frowned, looking at the tragic scene in front of him, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty in his heart, blaming himself for not taking someone to repair on the road for too much time.

But the people of the rivers and lakes are the people of the rivers and lakes after all, not an army that has experienced a hundred battles, and it is okay to fight alone, but if there is a big battle with a well-trained army, no one can insist on running thousands of miles away overnight. So in addition to self-blame, he is more helpless.

In this world, everyone has their own reasons for persevering, and they have their own things that they think they should stick to. may be destined to be the law of the jungle, but even so, any possible weak will not sit still, even if there is a slight opportunity, they will fight back, if nothing else, for their own once and in the future from the beginning to the end.

There is no real and eternal strong, and there is no real and eternal weak, don't underestimate every piece of dead branches and leaves......