Chapter 12: The Secret Covenant
One night, after Xu Zhi and Huifeng finished dinner, they went to the next room to visit Zhou Yuanzhi. The two found that the door was hidden, and Huifeng said to Xu Zhi with a smile: "Why is this girl Yuan Zhi so careless that she doesn't even close the door at night?"
Xu and Hui knocked on the door for a long time, but saw that no one answered inside.
Hui Feng said worriedly: "Yuan Zhi won't go out alone, right? No, she will go out, and she will say hello to us, what happened to her?"
Xu Zhi saw Huifeng's helplessness on his face, and comforted: "Senior brother, don't think about it, since the door is closed and there is no response in the room, this means that Yuan Zhi is probably not in the room, if you don't worry, we might as well go in and wait for her to come back!"
Xu and Hui tiptoed into the room, and suddenly heard a bang from behind, the door was closed, and I saw He Menglong with more than a dozen masters in gray and white clothes and swords, holding Zhou Yuanzhi hostage, and appeared in front of Xu and Hui viciously.
He Menglong pointed at Zhou Yuanzhi with a long sword, and asked Xu Zhi to come and send him to death, but the rest of the Changjiao Gang didn't say a word, and rushed forward, holding blades and sharp weapons, trapping Xu Zhi and Huifeng in the center.
Xu Zhi saluted the Changjiao Gang and said in a low voice: "Gang Master He, I offended a lot in the ring last time, and I asked Gang Master He to raise his noble hand and let Miss Zhou go!"
He Menglong sneered: "Let her go! Yes, Xu Zhi, you will exchange your life!"
Hui Feng saw that He Menglong was extremely shameless, and scolded: "The surname is He, you bully a weak woman, what kind of hero is it, I am really ashamed that the Changjiao Gang has a gang leader like you!"
He Menglong listened to Hui Feng's words and laughed: "The surname is Hui, you are just a defeated general under me, what qualifications do you have to comment on me?
Xu and Hui knew that a vicious battle was inevitable, and when they saw the people of the Changjiao Gang coming from all around, the two of them did not dare to directly block the blade with their bare hands, so they had to turn around and avoid it.
Xu Zhi hurriedly lowered his head, the flying tiger grabbed the top of his head, and crashed into a disciple of the Changjiao Gang, the person was hit in the face, bleeding all over his face, and after a while, his whole body convulsed, foaming at the mouth, he was in a trance, screamed in pain, and fell to the ground and died. It turns out that this flying tiger is not only extremely sharp, but also highly poisonous, and can kill people without any injuries.
Xu and Hui saw that the other party was ruthless, and they no longer showed mercy to their subordinates, the two of them were bold and bold, and they were under siege, but their faces did not change, and they snatched the big sword in the hands of the two Changjiao Gang disciples next to them with their bare hands, and then the horizontal knife shook down the long sword in the hands of the other two.
He Menglong saw that Xu and Hui were becoming more and more courageous, and hurriedly pointed his sword at Zhou Yuanzhi's heart, threatening Xu and Hui: "If the two of you dare to act rashly again, I will kill this little girl!"
Xu and Hui glanced at each other, in a dilemma, so they had to put down the big knife in their hands.
Zhou Yuanzhi saw that the good men of the Changjiao Gang were about to besiege me again, and shouted loudly: "Two masters, you don't care about me first, I believe that Gang Master He will not do anything to me as a defenseless little girl!
Xu Zhi listened to Zhou Yuanzhi's reminder, felt a breeze coming behind him, raised his right foot, and kicked a man who tried to sneak attack from behind three feet away.
Hui Feng also turned around and assassinated a man behind him who was armed with a tripping horse.
He Menglong put the sword on Zhou Yuanzhi's neck again, and threatened loudly: "Xu Zhi, Huifeng, I shout three times, if you don't tie your hands and arrest it, I will make you regret it!", after speaking, he deliberately cut off a few strands of long hair from Zhou Yuanzhi's ears.
Xu Zhi saw Zhou Yuanzhi looking at him with frightened eyes, and replied loudly, "Okay, what a helper!" After you shouted three times, we put down our weapons and were arrested, and you also let Miss Zhou go, this matter has nothing to do with her!"
Zhou Yuanzhi screamed: "The two masters must not fall into the trap of bad people for the sake of Yuanzhi!"
The battle between the two sides had already alarmed the various sects upstairs and downstairs, and the disciples of all factions rushed to see the excitement.
Yang Yue of Jinzhou Shenque Gate has a very good relationship with Huang Chao, he is half the host of this recruitment event, he saw that the two sides were killing you to the death, out of control, hurriedly crossed between Xu Zhi and He Menglong, and persuaded: "Everyone, listen to me, the so-called sword has no eyes, several of them are distinguished guests invited by the Yellow King, and there is no deep hatred, why hurt their own harmony? It is better for both sides to stop, so as not to alarm the Yellow King." ”
Xu Zhi took advantage of Yang Yue's mediation opportunity, his eyes were quick, and he turned to He Menglong's back with a "change of shape", and hugged Zhou Yuanzhi, who was trembling all over, in his arms.
He Menglong didn't think about it, and hurriedly stabbed the sword at Zhou Yuanzhi, Xu Zhi hurriedly turned around with Zhou Yuanzhi in his arms, but he was forced to receive a sword from behind his back, and suddenly the long sword stabbed Xu Zhi's right flank, the blood soaked his clothes, and also soaked Zhou Yuanzhi's white long skirt, Hui Feng hurriedly used the long sword to block the second sword stabbed by He Menglong. Xu Zhicai rescued Zhou Yuanzhi from this gap.
Zhou Yuanzhi hurriedly squatted down, tore off a few rags from the body of a seriously injured Changjiao Gang disciple on the ground, bandaged the wound for Xu Zhi simply, stopped the blood, his face was full of tears, and said guiltily: "Master Xu, Yuan Zhi is really useless, and you are tired again." ”
Yang Yue saw that there were casualties on both sides, but the two sides still looked at each other angrily, gritted their teeth, and persuaded again: "Heroes, peace is still precious, everyone is going to the rivers and lakes, and it is better to settle the grievances than to settle the knot!"
Xu Zhi and Huifeng didn't answer, He Menglong saw that his plan didn't succeed, and his mood was a little low, so he had to say: "What Gang Master Yang said makes sense, the kid surnamed Xu, there is a kind of we are out of this Juxian Building, and then we will have a duel, we will compete this time, whether we live or die, and save the Yellow King from causing trouble, how about it?"
The disciples of the Black Eagle Sect and the Divine Dragon Sect all gathered to watch the excitement, and Ye Luchun of the Black Eagle Sect coaxed on the side: "Gang Master Yang, why do you bother with this idleness! There are debts and grievances between them, and according to the rules of the rivers and lakes, they should have a good showdown." There is a large jujube forest behind Juxian Building, sparsely populated, why don't you go to that comparison?"
Xu Zhi and Huifeng faced He Menglong's arrogance, no matter how Yang Yue persuaded them, they couldn't hold back the anger in their hearts, and they didn't give in: "The surname He, this time we Mingren don't do dark things, we have the ability to fight with real knives and guns, what kind of ability is playing yin, but even if you play yin this time, our brothers will accompany them to the end!" After the two finished speaking, let Zhou Yuanzhi stay at the inn and not leave, waiting for their news.
Zhou Yuanzhi originally wanted to go to the Black Jujube Forest with Xu and Hui to fight, but she was afraid that her martial arts would be lowly and become a burden and burden to the two masters, so she had to agree to stay in Juxian Building.
Xu and Hui entrusted Zhou Yuanzhi to Yang Yue to take care of, and Yang Yue hurriedly stopped him, but seeing that he couldn't calm the anger of both sides, he had to let them go out of Juxian Building and go to the jujube forest. Yang Yue was afraid that something big would happen again, so he had to take Zhou Yuanzhi to ride a fast horse and rush to Huangwangfu to report the news.
Zhu Fu of the Shenlong Sect has always been cautious, and he was afraid of causing unnecessary trouble, so he hurriedly prevented the sect members from going to the Black Jujube Forest to make trouble. Only Ye Luchun of the Black Eagle Sect was conceited and extraordinary, and he had no fear, so he brought a few good hands, secretly followed behind Xu Zhi and He Menglong, and decided to go to the Black Jujube Forest to see the excitement.
Besides, Xu Zhi, Hui Feng and He Menglong came to a clearing on the edge of the jujube forest, Xu Zhi and He Menglong did not say a word and handed over to He Menglong, although Xu Zhi was slightly better than He Menglong in martial arts, but because He Menglong was holding a long sword, and Xu Zhi was empty-handed, so at first Xu Zhi could only deal with it carefully, only defending and not attacking, looking for flaws;
composed He fought to more than three hundred rounds, Xu Zhi saw He Menglong's weakness, it turned out that although He Menglong's sword move was tight, it could only cover the whole body, not as much as the top of the head, so Xu Zhi deliberately made a cowardly move, and retreated again and again, He Menglong saw that it was an opportunity, and hurriedly swung his sword to stab over, Xu Zhi retreated to the side of a jujube tree, his right foot secretly forced, a harrier turned over, more than two feet in the air, crossed He Menglong's head, jumped behind him, slashed his palm, hit his back straddle, knocked him to the ground, grabbed his sword with his hand, against his throat, and shouted: "Surnamed He, I will spare your last dog life today, and don't let me see you again from now on! Before I change my mind, the people with you will get out of Caizhou immediately!", and then let everyone stop.
Those good hands of the Changjiao Gang, seeing that their deputy gang leader was captured by Xu Zhi, had no choice but to hang their heads, stop their hands, and obey the order. He Menglong's face was full of shame, and he didn't even dare to ask for his long sword, so he was about to leave in a hurry with his subordinates, but he didn't go far, and suddenly a cold arrow shot from his back, hitting him in the back of the heart.
He Menglong snorted, looked at Xu Zhi with a strange face, and shouted in surprise: "You, you, you still haven't let me go?", his only remaining left eye stared, and he swallowed his breath after a while.
The disciples of the Changjiao Gang were shocked when they saw that their deputy gang leader had died, and shouted: "The surname is Xu, it turns out that you are a villain who does not pay attention to faith and righteousness, and likes to make black hands against people behind your back. Brothers, let's go, next time we will definitely break his body into thousands of pieces to avenge our deputy gang leader!", and then dispersed in a hurry.
Xu Zhi was also very surprised by the sudden change, and wondered who was secretly making the black hand, and whether this person was an enemy or a friend? Just thinking about it, he suddenly saw thick smoke and fire all around, and a strange fragrance wafted from the jujube forest. Xu Zhi only felt that his head was swollen and painful, his limbs were weak, he was groggy, and the figure in front of him was shaking, and he gradually couldn't support it.
A masked man in black walked over from the dense forest, he looked at Xu Zhi and Huifeng who fell to the ground unconscious, and also glanced at He Menglong's corpse, walked straight to Yelu Chun's side, and whispered: "I'm frightened by the Yelu gang leader, this is the antidote to thyme, you take it quickly, after a while, you can recover your senses!"
Ye Luchun smelled the fog, he was also groggy, he took the antidote from the man in black, quickly put it in his mouth, calmed down for a while, and then said: "Thank you for the chivalrous rescue, I don't know if this He gang leader was also killed by the chivalrous man?" Although Ye Luchun stood far away, he had a pair of eagle eyes, coupled with the onlookers, he naturally saw more clearly, He Menglong was by no means victimized by Xu Zhi, so he asked.
The man in black replied, "Yelu Gang Master, don't ask about these trivial matters yet, you just need to know that I have done you and your Black Eagle Sect no harm?"
Ye Luchun had no choice but to continue to probe: "Then who is Your Excellency and who is doing things for, you can always tell you in the next two, right?"
The man in black still didn't answer, but said in a gentle tone: "In the next time, I will also help Brother Yelu sweep away competitors and win Miss Huang's heart in one fell swoop!"
Ye Luchun smiled bitterly: "So you deliberately made the black hand kill He Menglong of the Changjiao Gang behind your back, and then blamed Xu Zhi, so that the Changjiao Gang and Xu Zhi were merged, you are also ruthless!"
The man in black laughed and said, "You are ruthless and vicious, and those who have become big things since ancient times are not informal, doesn't Brother Yelu want to achieve a great cause? and only satisfy the leader of a small gang?"
Ye Luchun secretly wondered: "Then I want to hear your Excellency's high opinions?"
The man in black didn't speak, but took out a letter from his bosom, handed it to Yeluchun, and said, "Brother Yelu is a smart man, after reading the letter, he knows what to do!"
Yeluchun hesitated for a moment, but still took the letter from the hand of the man in black, only to see that there was no trace left on the cover, Yeluchun opened the cover, took out the letter, and with the help of the flames flashing around, read the letter, and was silent.
Seeing that Yeluchun was still hesitating, the man in black continued to persuade: "Brother Yelu still has something to hesitate about? Isn't it that he came this time to win the princess of Huangchao, and has already swept away the main competitors for Yelu, can't Brother Yelu do something for us after he gets what he wants? Besides, Huangchao is our common enemy, isn't it good for everyone to let him be destroyed as soon as possible?"
Yeluchun thought for a while and said, "I can promise you a secret alliance with you, but when it comes to the letter, even if I promise you, I may not be able to do it." Besides, he is a prince, how can he listen to my one-sided words, and if he does not listen to my advice, what will he do?"
The man in black smiled at Ye Luchun: "These things, we have already thought about them for you, you just need to say that Jiangnan has a strange book that can predict the world and the future, no hero is not moved by this book, I can be sure that Huang Chao is a reckless hero, and he will not escape this fate." Hehe, hehe!". When the man in black said proudly, he had no scruples and let out bursts of mournful laughter.
Yeluchun wanted to say something, but he heard a burst of footsteps and noise all around. The man in black said to Yeluchun: "Yelu Gang Master, I will wait for your good news in the future, there will be a time later!", and after speaking, he turned over and jumped into the black date forest.
At this time, Yang Yue of Shenque Gate brought Huang He and Shang Rang from Huangwangfu to hurry over, and Zhou Yuanzhi also followed when he heard the news.
Zhou Yuanzhi saw Xu Zhi and Huifeng lying unconscious on the ground, hurried over, knelt on the ground, and shouted softly: "Master Xu, Master Hui, I'm Yuanzhi, wake up quickly!"
Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Xu Zhi's old injury had not healed, and a new injury was added, this time she didn't know whether it was evil or lucky, and she had no idea for a while, and she trembled with her hands and prayed to the sky silently.
Huang He saw that Zhou Yuanzhi couldn't wake up Xu and Hui, so he hurriedly asked his subordinates to lift the two of them and go back to Juxian Building to rest, while promising Zhou Yuanzhi to ask a famous doctor to treat the two. Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Huang He agreed one by one, but she still couldn't worry, and followed the two masters, the master was long and the master was short, busy before and after, inseparable.
On the other side, Shang Rang brought a few people to He Menglong's corpse, and when he saw that he was suffering from a long arrow in his body, he had already lost his breath, so he had to shake his head at Huang He. Huang He instructed his entourage to quickly inform the Changjiao Gang's rudder in Caizhou and let them rush to deal with the aftermath.
Huang He finished arranging the affairs on both sides, and suddenly saw that Ye Luchun of the Black Eagle Sect was also on the scene, so he asked him about the ins and outs of the matter, the cause and effect. Ye Luchun was vague and simply told what had happened, but he just concealed the secret alliance between himself and the man in black.