Chapter 42: The Inevitable Ending
Fate always likes to play tricks on people. Some people, no matter how you pass by, never meet each other, and are always looking for each other in the vast sea of people. And some people, even if you rack your brains to stay away, you can never escape the arrangement of fate, and always look at each other at the moment of turning around.
"Young master..."Cheng Yuan looked at Shangguan Yunjie, who was standing at the door and glaring at him angrily, and shouted weakly, as if he felt guilty because of his betrayal.
Shangguan Yunjie looked at Cheng Yuan in front of him coldly, gritted his teeth and said word by word: "I'm not your young master. In fact, Shangguan Yunjie hoped that what he saw at this moment was not Cheng Yuan, he hoped that Cheng Yuan was dead, because he couldn't accept that the housekeeper who watched him grow up turned out to be the Red Feather Minions who had been lurking in Fengyun Castle for many years.
"I'm sorry, young master, I don't ask you to forgive me for what I did, I just want to say that I have no choice in doing that, because I was destined to be a certain person from the beginning. Cheng Yuan lowered his head as he spoke, his expression was complicated, full of remorse and helplessness.
"Some things, wrong is wrong, there are no excuses. Shangguan Yunjie said coldly, ignoring Cheng Yuan's explanation, facing the betrayal of the people around him, it is often the most difficult to forgive.
Chang Wanqing, who was sitting in a wheelchair, looked at Shangguan Yunjie at the door, looked at Wuxin again, and said slowly: "It turns out that this son is the young castle master of Fengyun Castle, but it seems to be a little different from the rumors." "It is rumored in the rivers and lakes that the young castle master of Fengyun Fort is a flamboyant brother who has nothing to do all day and spends all day drinking, but the current Shangguan Yunjie is no longer the original Shangguan Yunjie. He seemed to be deliberately ignoring the unintentional and changing the topic to alleviate the panic in his heart.
"I didn't expect that the famous Wanqing Gang leader was also a lackey under the Red Feather Seat. Wuxin said lightly, and the words poked Chang Wanqing's heart.
Chang Wanqing listened to Wuxin's words, his face changed slightly, and he frowned and said fiercely: "It seems that every time I have to deal with someone who has something to do with you, I don't know if God specially sent you to oppose me." "From snatching the White Jade Sword to dealing with Fengyun Castle, there will be unintentional appearances at every critical time.
"It's only to blame that you're doing some shady things, I've always only killed those who deserve to be killed, and you've always tried to hit me with a knife. Wuxin said with a sneer.
"Do you think you will be able to get out of the country today? Last time in Qingming Mountain, it was your fate, otherwise you would have died!" Chang Wanqing gritted his teeth fiercely and shouted loudly. Every word of Wuxin's words stimulated his nerves, and he couldn't bear it anymore.
As soon as Chang Wanqing's words fell, dozens of figures suddenly appeared in the courtyard, and in the blink of an eye, the courtyard was surrounded by water, and all weapons were displayed in their hands. The leader is a young man, who is Situ Feihong, who appeared in the Wanqing Gang last time, Chang Wanqing's eldest disciple. Seeing the appearance of his subordinates, a sneer appeared at the corner of Chang Wanqing's mouth, and he looked at Wuxin and Shangguan Yunjie standing at the door with contempt, as if he had won the battle.
Wuxin heard the movement in the courtyard, and also saw the sneer on the corner of Chang Wanqing's mouth, but he didn't even look back, as if he didn't care that he had fallen into a heavy siege at this time, and just said lightly: "Whether it was in Qingming Mountain last time, or here today, you are not my opponent, let alone want to keep me, killing you is as simple as stepping on an ant to death for me." ”
Hearing Wuxin's words, Chang Wanqing's sneer froze on his face, and he gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Cheng Yuan!
Cheng Yuan glanced at Chang Wanqing, gritted his teeth, and reluctantly took two steps forward, ready to start. Although he was unwilling to be an enemy of Shangguan Yunjie, he was forced to do so, as if there was something unspeakable in his heart.
Seeing Cheng Yuan stand up, Shangguan Yunjie also walked out and said coldly: "You are mine." At the same time as he walked out, he was also surprised in his heart, because in his impression, Cheng Yuan didn't know martial arts at all, and he had never seen it. But thinking that since Cheng Yuan could lurk in Fengyun Castle for decades, it was not surprising that he had hidden his kung fu.
Cheng Yuan saw Shangguan Yunjie coming out, and wanted to say something, but it was too late, because Shangguan Yunjie had already made a move. I saw Shangguan Yunjie rushing towards Cheng Yuan like lightning, the speed was extremely fast, and he kicked out a volley and kicked towards Cheng Yuan's jaw!
Cheng Yuan stood motionless, quietly watching Shangguan Yunjie's feet get closer and closer to him, so close that he almost kicked him out.
At the moment when Shangguan Yunjie's feet were about to kick Cheng Yuan, Cheng Yuan suddenly moved. I saw that he suddenly raised his hand and grabbed Shangguan Yunjie's ankle, and the speed was extremely fast, as if his hand had been stopping there.
Shangguan Yunjie, who originally thought that Cheng Yuan was willing to die because of guilt, was stunned for a moment, and it was too late to take back the kick he kicked, because he could feel that Cheng Yuan's hand had touched his ankle, and before he had time to think about it, his body rose into the air, kicked out his other foot like lightning, and kicked at the hand that Cheng Yuan stretched out, faster than just now!
only heard a "bang", Shangguan Yunjie's second foot and Cheng Yuan's other hand collided fiercely, and then the two of them stepped back at the same time, and they were separated. At the same time as Shangguan Yunjie kicked out the second kick, Cheng Yuan's other hand also swung out with a punch, crashing into Shangguan Yunjie's second kick, and at the same time, the hand holding Shangguan Yunjie's ankle was also quickly withdrawn. All this happens only in the light of light.
Shangguan Yunjie looked at Cheng Yuan opposite in surprise, he didn't expect Cheng Yuan's strength to be so strong, and he fell behind at the beginning. Wuxin was also stunned for a moment, he also didn't expect this seemingly old man to have such a deep skill.
"I didn't expect that Yue Kai, the ghost hand who was once famous in the rivers and lakes, couldn't beat a hairy boy. Chang Wanqing, who was sitting on the side, said coldly, with a hint of sarcasm in his words, as if he was hinting at something. Chang Wanqing saw that Cheng Yuan's men had room to spare, otherwise it would be impossible to give the other party a second chance to counterattack while already grabbing Shangguan Yunjie's ankle.
It turned out that Cheng Yuan turned out to be the master of the ghost gate in the rivers and lakes more than ten years ago, and the people in the rivers and lakes called the ghost hand Yue Kai. But more than 20 years ago, the ghost gate was suddenly slaughtered overnight, and the famous ghost hand Yue Kai has since disappeared from the rivers and lakes, and people thought that he also died in the catastrophe, but he didn't expect to hide incognito in Fengyun Castle.
Cheng Yuan frowned when he heard Chang Wanqing's words, his face was painful, and he wanted to say something, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't have time, because Shangguan Yunjie had already launched another attack.
Shangguan Yunjie knew Cheng Yuan's strength, this time he didn't dare to be careless, his right hand reached into his waist, pulled out the soft sword coiled around his waist, moved under his feet, and the long sword swung out like lightning, stabbing at Cheng Yuan's throat, faster and more fierce than just now.
Cheng Yuan saw that Shangguan Yunjie had already drawn his sword, he didn't dare to be careless, he rushed forward, kicked the ground on his toes, his body suddenly reversed, his back to the ground, and rushed towards Shangguan Yunjie quickly, and at the same time, his hands made several moves like lightning, grabbing Shangguan Yunjie's wrist with the sword, forcing Shangguan Yunjie to keep changing his moves. The two have fought for dozens of rounds in the blink of an eye, and the fight is inseparable.
Wuxin stood aside and didn't move, staring at the two people who were fighting fiercely in the field lightly, Cheng Yuan's strength made him more and more frightened, and he could also see that Cheng Yuan did not send out all his strength, otherwise Shangguan Yunjie would probably have been defeated a long time ago. The reason why he didn't move was because Chang Wanqing didn't move, and those Chang Wanqing's subordinates in the courtyard didn't move, as long as he didn't move, then the other party wouldn't dare to move, he couldn't break this balance, because Shangguan Yunjie would be in danger at any time.
I don't know how long it took, but the two who fought fiercely in the field were still entangled, and there was no winner or loser. But Chang Wanqing couldn't wait any longer, only to see that his face was getting more and more ugly, and the color of anger was becoming more and more obvious. He didn't believe that Cheng Yuan was not Shangguan Yunjie's opponent, although Shangguan Yunjie's soft sword also made him superb, but if Cheng Yuan used all his strength, he would not be entangled until now.
Just when the two people in the field were fighting inextricably, they suddenly heard a subtle sound of sharp weapons breaking through the air, and saw two short arrows suddenly fly out of the armrest of Chang Wanqing's wheelchair, and stabbed at the two people in the field who were fighting fiercely like lightning. At this time, it was Shangguan Yunjie who turned his back on Chang Wanqing.
Wuxin noticed this, but it was too late to stop it, because it all came too suddenly, and he didn't expect that the wheelchair Chang Wanqing was sitting in actually had a hidden weapon, which was too cunning.
At this moment, Cheng Yuan, who was originally fighting with Shangguan Yunjie, suddenly rushed at Shangguan Yunjie's soft sword, allowing the soft sword to pierce his body. I saw that after he let out a muffled snort, he hugged Shangguan Yunjie, forcibly pulled Shangguan Yunjie behind him, and aimed his back at Chang Wanqing not far away.
Immediately afterwards, I heard two slight noises, and then I saw Cheng Yuan slump with blood spitting out blood. The two short arrows shot from Chang Wanqing's wheelchair had all been inserted into Cheng Yuan's heart. Everyone present was stunned, they didn't expect the situation to change so quickly, including Shangguan Yunjie.
Shangguan Yunjie let go of the soft sword that was still inserted in Cheng Yuan's body, reached out to hug Cheng Yuan's paralyzed body, opened his eyes wide, shook his head and said, "Why?" There were doubts and surprises in his eyes, he didn't expect Cheng Yuan to choose to die to protect himself at the last moment.
At this time, Cheng Yuan's eyes were already dilated, he couldn't breathe, and the wounds on his chest and back were constantly bleeding out, but there was a smile on his face. I only heard him say slowly: "Young master... I didn't have a choice... I'm sorry..."As he spoke, blood kept spitting out of his mouth, and his body began to tremble, and it seemed that he couldn't hold on anymore.
The corners of Shangguan Yunjie's eyes were wet, the betrayer who had always held a grudge in his heart was now falling into his arms in order to save himself, he didn't know what to say, he didn't know what to do, he could only watch the relief and unwillingness in Cheng Yuan's eyes.
"Tell... Tell the lord, I... I'm sorry for him... Don't blame me..."Cheng Yuan looked at Shangguan Yunjie almost pleadingly, said intermittently, suddenly lowered his voice, and said in a choked voice: "Help... Save my mother..."As the words fell, a large mouthful of blood spat out, and the whole person convulsed, and then remained motionless.
Cheng Yuan died, but he also completed his redemption before he died.
Shangguan Yunjie seemed to understand something. Maybe Cheng Yuan is indeed the Red Feather minions who have been lurking in Fengyun Castle, but he may have been forced to be helpless, and it is likely that he was caught by Red Feather. Years of experience in Fengyun Fort have made him slowly forget that he is a person of Red Feather, because Shangguan Fengyun has always been kind to him.
It wasn't until Hongyu's people found him recently that he suddenly remembered his original identity, although he didn't want to do anything for Hongyu anymore, but he still betrayed Shangguan Fengyun who had followed him for many years in desperation. Today, he finally chose redemption at the last moment and saved the young master in front of him.
Maybe he wasn't a good guy before, but in the end he did a good thing, at least something he wouldn't regret. He was tired and wanted to be free, but when he was dying, he entrusted his mother to the young master he had betrayed.
Shangguan Yunjie slowly put down Cheng Yuan in his arms, gently pulled out the sword inserted in Cheng Yuan's body, turned his head and glared at Chang Wanqing fiercely, clenched his teeth tightly, and a tear ran down the corner of his eye.
Shangguan Yunjie knew that maybe he should do something, at least he couldn't let Cheng Yuan die in vain, although he had chosen to betray. As for why Cheng Yuan chose to betray, it doesn't matter anymore, and Shangguan Yunjie doesn't care anymore. The deceased should rest in peace, leaving him with the last shred of dignity......