Chapter Twenty-Three: Gambling with Yourself and Falling into Trouble

"Shizi, the direction of Hongdu is either the Jin army attacking the city or encircling and suppressing some of our people in the rivers and lakes, what should we do now?" Xu Lai was adjusting his breath and recovering his strength, and after a night of fierce battles, his internal strength was greatly consumed.

Xiao Chaogui looked at the rest of the people around him and said, "Hongdu has his father in charge, there is no chaos, and now all the news of Wulong Mountain needs to be reported to the emperor immediately." ”

After a night of fierce fighting, everyone fled down the mountain and took refuge in Xie Ke Villa, except for some sects and gangs involved in the imperial court to remain neutral, the rest of the sects joined the encirclement and suppression of the hidden guards by the Bloody Clothes Gate.

"Shizi, Master, the Bloody Clothes Gate is not only as mastery, but also set such a big trap for us, affecting the four states in the south of my Liang State and the entire rivers and lakes in the south of the Yangtze River, it has reached the point where the hands and eyes reach the sky, we need to let the imperial court establish it as a cult and dispatch heavy troops to encircle and suppress it, otherwise it will be a big disaster for the Liang State in time," Qin Feng analyzed.

"It's already a great disaster, damn it!" said Shizi hatefully.

"Master, master!" the butler's voice came from far and near.

"What's wrong?" asked Xie Ke hurriedly.

"Master, a group of knights surrounded Zhuangzi. ”

Xu Lai said, "How many people are there?"

"Three or four hundred people, but there are more people rushing here," a man came in from outside the door, it was Lin Nan, one of the four commanders led by Xiao Chaogui on this trip, and the other three had all died on the mountain.

"Damn, I didn't expect this son to be in the hands of these miscellaneous fish, it's really hateful," Xiao Chaogui smashed the teacup beside him with one palm, and said angrily.

"Shizi, although this place is closer to Hongdu, there must be someone setting up an ambush on the way, I am the same age as you, and my body is about the same, I will lead the pursuing troops to the east, you leave from the north, as long as you cross the Sichuan River and enter Luozhou, you can let the local army escort you to the capital," Qin Feng said to Xiao Chaogui.

After the other people heard what Qin Feng said, they were all surprised, Xie Ziyan hurriedly said: "How can this work, Brother Qin is injured, and he can't use martial arts, how can he be the opponent of so many people." ”

After Xie Ziyan finished speaking, the others looked at each other, and Xie Ke coughed lightly: "Ziyan, don't say much." ”

Xiao Chaogui had already thought of this method, but although Qin and Yang were not hidden guards in the palace gate and Qin Feng was a big disciple of the Broken Sword Sect, seeing Qin Feng's proposal, he wanted to speak out, but was interrupted by Xie Ziyan, when he was on Wulong Mountain, he heard what happened to Qin Feng, and after glancing at Xu Lai, he said: "Yes, Senior Brother Qin is injured, it is indeed inappropriate, think of a way." ”

Qin Feng wanted to insist, but was interrupted by Xiao Chaogui.

Xu Lai understood and said: "Now we should focus on the overall situation, spread the news into the capital as soon as possible, and protect the prince to leave safely, I think Qin Feng and Yang Tao can pretend to be the prince and Lin Commander, and the rest of the people will intercept the chasing soldiers outside the village, and you and Lin Dutong will take the opportunity to leave from the north." ”

"Dad!" Xu Jing said as she pulled Xu Lai's sleeve.

"Don't worry, Dad is here," Xu Lai comforted.

"Okay, then it's hard Senior Brother Qin," although Xiao Chaogui and Qin Feng didn't know each other before, Xu Lai was the master of the two, so he had to be called Senior Brother at the moment.

"Shizi is polite. ”

"Lin Nan, pick some good hands, you must protect Brother Qin and this Brother Yang," Xiao Chaogui commanded.

"Yes," Lin Nan replied.

Outside the village, a bloody battle was being staged, and in the face of more and more masters, Xu Lai and the others were becoming more and more laborious to deal with, and several horses flew out and headed east behind everyone.

"Quick, stop them," one shouted.

Several people next to him listened to the sound and left, but they were stopped by an old man with a gun, who was a Baihua Gun Xie Ke. Many people in the rivers and lakes rushed up without much thought, Xie Ke had already exhausted his strength, and Xin Deqiu Wuzi rescued him before jumping out of the battle circle.

"Thank you, Qiu Wuzi, do you two really want to be lackeys of the imperial court?" a middle-aged man asked sharply.

"What, is the Yan Gang going to wade through this troubled water and be an enemy of the imperial court?" Xu Lai asked rhetorically.

"Your Sect Master Xu sent many disciples into the palace gate, and he is a frequent visitor to the Zhennan Palace, this is needless to say, and Master Xie Zhuang and Daoist Qiu are people in the rivers and lakes, and they have nothing to do with the imperial court, so why bother with their lives?" The middle-aged man is Yan Qiong, who is known as 'Thousand Sails in the Waves', and he is also a famous master in the rivers and lakes, and he has a stunt in the water.

"Okay, thank you for helping the master, the old man and the owner of the village are no longer involved in this matter, please do it!" Qiu Wuzi saw that the two groups of men and horses had gone away, so he replied. Qiu Wuzi was originally a person who was dedicated to cultivating the Tao, because he and Xie Ke were friends of life and death, so he wanted to protect Xie Ke's life, so he had no choice but to get involved, he had a good personal relationship with Yan Qiong, and saw Yan Qiong protect each other, so he understood the other party's intentions, and took advantage of the situation to protect himself and Xie Ke Villa.

"This ......" Xie Ke was about to speak, but was stopped by Qiu Wuzi.

"How can this work, these two people have hurt me a lot. ”

"yes!"

"Yes, it should be paid in blood. ”

The rest of the gang leaders were not happy.

"Everyone, if you are still willing to listen to my orders, immediately hunt down and kill Xiao Chaogui and his party, and the grudge between you and these two people will be resolved by yourself later, we are already enemies of the imperial court, so don't make more enemies in the rivers and lakes," Yan Qiong said to the leaders.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's think about it calmly, if you are an enemy of the imperial court, can you be left alone? The two thousand hidden guards of the imperial court on Wulong Mountain, can you guarantee that all of them will be killed, and no fish will slip through the net? Moreover, among the tens of thousands of people in the rivers and lakes present, will no one leak secrets to the imperial court? This is like a night walk in brocade, what is the use?" Xu Lai took advantage of the situation and asked everyone.

"This is natural, if we settle the matter, with the means of the imperial court, who will be left alone, the purpose of our doing this, one is to avenge the revenge of the Liang Guoyin guard who killed our people, and the other is to let the imperial court see what the rivers and lakes are, we just want to use this bloody means to make the imperial court dare not settle accounts after the autumn, and catch Xiao Chaogui, so that we can only negotiate conditions with the imperial court, otherwise, we can only fight to break the net," Yan Qiong explained.

After finishing speaking, Yan Qiong ordered: "Except for the people of Xie Ke Villa and the head of the Qiu Dao, there is no one left." ”

When Xu Lai heard this, his footsteps took off and took a horse and headed north.