Chapter 31
In terms of martial arts alone, the five owners of the Five Tigers Villa are not top characters in the rivers and lakes, but each of them has a unique stunt. Li Qiufeng and Yan Dufei heard Zhuang Hengyun say that Dongchang and Jinyiwei had recruited so many martial arts masters to do one thing, so this matter was definitely an earth-shattering event. But in the past ten years, the rivers and lakes have not heard of such a major event, and Xu En, the great eunuch of Dongchang, has not heard from him afterwards, and no one has even mentioned this matter even if Li Qiufeng has been on an errand in Jinyiwei for five years. The two of them looked at each other, and they were quite surprised in their hearts.
Zhuang Hengyun said: "In addition to our five brothers that day, there were many masters from other sects. The leader is Lu Zhongfu, the head of the Kongtong faction. Brother Yu became the general liaison, divided us into three teams, and left the city early in the morning. I was placed in the first team, and there were He Yi and others in the same team.
"When we had gone out of the city gate, we had gone a short distance to the south of the city, and then we came into a great mountain. At this time, Brother Yu rushed over and gathered us together, and then we realized that the purpose of this trip was to rob a tomb.
"To tell you the truth, my brother was a well-known thief back then, but he didn't know anything about tomb robbing. Brother Yu called someone out and asked him to be the leader of the group. The man was short and fat, and looked like a ball of flesh, but he was agile and extremely fierce. ”
Li Qiufeng suddenly said: "This person is just empty of horses." ”
Yan Dufei was stunned, and was about to ask, but heard Zhuang Hengyun say: "Not bad." That Ma Kongkong was a famous tomb robber in the world back then, and he didn't know what means Yun Feiyang used to actually envelop Ma Kongkong into his team. ”
Li Qiufeng shook his head and said, "When I was in the Five Tigers Villa that day, the Jinyi Guards besieged Ma Kongkong, and I happened to be there. Although the empty body of the horse is not thin, it is definitely not fat. Second Brother Zhuang said that he was a ball of meat, could it be that in ten years, a person would have changed so much?"
Zhuang Hengyun smiled bitterly: "Things in the world are unpredictable. At that time, everyone was relieved to see that Ma Kongkong taking the lead. After walking more than ten miles in the mountains, a large tomb suddenly appeared in front of me.
"The scale of this tomb is so large, there are eight layers of white jade stone steps in front of the tomb, and there are nine steps on each floor, a total of seventy-two steps. At the end of the stone steps is a large archway, and the six pillars of the archway are carved with six dragons, with teeth and claws, and it looks majestic and abnormal. Behind the archway is a huge mountain gate, carved beams and painted buildings, extremely luxurious, and we are stunned. ”
Li Qiufeng said: "I want to come here to offer the emperor's mausoleum." ”
Zhuang Hengyun nodded, and Yan Dufei said puzzledly: "Dedicated to the emperor, how can there be such an emperor in the Ming Dynasty? Moreover, since becoming an ancestor, the successive Ming emperors have been buried in the area of Tianshou Mountain after their deaths, and they have never heard of an emperor buried in Huguang. ”
Li Qiufeng said: "This Brother Yan doesn't know anything. Today's emperor is to inherit the unification as the king of Xingxian, and after succeeding to the throne, he posthumously crowned the old prince of Xingxian as the emperor and respected as the 'Xingxian Emperor'. Later, it was honored as 'offering the emperor', and the original tomb of the king of Xingxian was built in Huguang, and it was also upgraded and rebuilt according to the regulations of the emperor's mausoleum, which was called the Xianling. ”
Zhuang Hengyun said: "What Brother Li said is extremely true. It's just that we didn't know that what we were going to steal was actually the tomb of King Xingxian. It's just that seeing this mausoleum so big, I feel a little uneasy in my heart. Ma Kongkong was the first to break into the main hall, which was so golden that even the lamp bowls were made of jasper material, which made our eyes straight, and some people wanted to go and get those treasures.
"Ma Kongkong said: 'Everyone is angry, when we enter the tomb, there is a mountain of gold, silver and jewels, don't waste time here. When I heard him say this, I felt good in my heart, so I took out the two jade bowls that I had placed in my bosom and put them back on the table as they were.
The group passed through three halls in succession, and then passed a watchtower, and then came to a very large round mound. The door of the tomb was carved from a single piece of white marble, and two door gods were carved on the door, holding swords in their hands, looking at us viciously. I looked at the god, and I felt uneasy in my heart.
"At this time, He Yi secretly walked up to me and whispered: 'There is something wrong with the situation, why is there no one on duty in such a large mausoleum?' Along the way, there were no people in all the halls. Even if an ordinary rural landlord built a tomb for his ancestors, he would hire one or two tenants to live near the tomb to guard the grave. The scale of this tomb is so huge, I am afraid that it is a mausoleum at the level of a prince, and it should be guarded by guards, why is there not even a figure?
At this moment, I suddenly heard an exclamation, and I looked for it, but I saw a man standing at the back of the line being hoisted in the air, and I did not see anything like a rope entangled in him. Ma Kongkong shouted: 'There is an enemy attacking, everyone be careful!' Before he could finish speaking, the man who was hung up screamed miserably, and there seemed to be a shadowless blade in mid-air, cutting off his head.
"We saw his body and head fall to the ground, and everyone was terrified, searching for the enemy, and we didn't expect to hear another scream. But he saw one of the brothers of the Eagle Claw Gate holding his throat with his hand, and his mouth was rattling, and then he fell to the ground and died. We knew that he had fallen into the path of the enemy, but we did not dare to examine his body, for fear that the enemy would take advantage of the gap and sneak attack, in which case he would be the next to fall.
"Then several of our companions fell to the ground inexplicably and died, but we didn't even see the shadow of the enemy. The first team consisted of fifteen people, and at this time only nine remained. He Yi and I stood back to back, searching around, only to see the ancient trees, but not even a single figure.
"I'm ashamed to say that I've been in the rivers and lakes for more than 20 years, and I've never seen a situation like that back then. Before the enemy could show his face, he killed six of our masters. The remaining nine men also looked at each other, and they had to work in groups of two or three to lean on each other to prevent the enemy from sneaking up on each other.
After a pillar of incense, I suddenly heard a miserable cry from outside the watchtower. Everyone was stunned, and then I suddenly found that Ma Kongkong had disappeared without knowing when. I secretly thought in my heart that even the leader had run away, what were we still doing here?, so I whispered to He Yi: "Don't think about robbing the tomb today, it's better to get out of danger first!"
He Yi had already intended this, and the two of us rushed towards the watchtower one after the other. Unexpectedly, other people were also in general mind, and when they saw that the two of us were elected and snatched out, they followed one after another. At this moment, the enemy hiding around took advantage of the chaos and launched a secret weapon to sneak attack, only to hear the screams behind him, and a few people who were running slowly were killed by the enemy with a hidden weapon.
We didn't dare to look back, so we rushed through the watchtower, but we saw two groups of people fighting in the third hall. He Yi and I rushed into the main hall, but saw Lu Zhongfu covered in blood and fighting fiercely with four men in black. Several other companions were also surrounded by a group of men in black. There were more than twenty corpses lying on the ground, most of them our companions.
"As soon as I entered the main hall, two men in black attacked me. The two men were dressed in black, with masks on their heads, revealing only a pair of eyes. The blades they wielded were all long knives, and they were lightning fast, and I was suddenly attacked, and I was almost struck by them. Fortunately, He Yi then rushed over to help the box, and it barely ended in a draw.
After fighting for more than a dozen rounds, I only heard Lu Zhongfu screaming, but he slashed his right chest. He was also really fierce, holding the enemy's long knife in his left hand, and stabbing the opponent in the heart with a sword in his right hand. It's just that the other three enemies took the opportunity to surround them, slashed at each other, and killed Lu Zhongfu on the spot.
"At this time, there were more than twenty men in black in the temple, and there were only seven of our companions left, and after a while, although we killed a few more men in black, we were only three left. These black-clothed men are not very strong in martial arts, but their sword skills are weird, the angles of their moves are incredible, and they cooperate very skillfully between advance and retreat, and they will use the pillars and tables in the hall to secretly attack, which is extremely difficult to defend. ”
When Li Qiufeng and Yan Dufei heard him talk about this, they couldn't help but think of the swordsmen who attacked the two of them on the road.
Zhuang Hengyun said: "After fighting for a while, only me and He Yi are left." I don't think I'm lucky today, these men in black are vicious, and it's better to find a break if they fall into their hands. Just as he was thinking about whether it was better to wipe his neck or poke his chest to die quickly, He Yi suddenly waved his hands and threw two hidden weapons to the ground. The hidden weapon fell to the ground, making two loud noises, and smoke rose from the ground, and the hall was instantly dark. He Yi took the opportunity to pull my arm, and the two of them desperately rushed out of the main hall and rushed out of the mausoleum. ”