Volume 1 Taking the Sword Chapter 7 Xuchang City
"Brother Cao has also heard of 'Hongmen'?"
"To tell you the truth, my brother and sister were chased and killed all the way by the 'Hongmen' killers before they fled here. ”
"Oh, Brother Cao also has a holiday with 'Hongmen'?"
"Yes, my uncle was forced to death by Dong Zhuo's old thief, and the court also ordered the house to be raided, so I was worried that my father was in danger, so I hurriedly returned to my hometown in Qian County to report the news, but I was chased and killed by killers along the way, which delayed time. ”
"Oh, it turned out to be the son of Mrs. Cao's family, disrespectful. If Taiwei Cao does not join forces with Dong Zhuo and resigns, he will not do anything; Dasi Nong asks for the people's life, vomits blood and dies in the court, who in the world does not admire him? “
"Lord Lu was an official in the same dynasty as his father and uncle, and since he knew the murderous news, how could a manly man sit back and watch such a good official die tragically? Besides, he promised to escort this old man to find his relatives, and he must ask Xu Chang and his party. ”
"Okay, then Brother Cao will fight side by side with Brother Cao tonight. Second Brother Shen, hurry up and explain the plan, and you must not let the thieves succeed. ”
Huang Gai reminded: "Childe, this time looking for the hall master for many days, no trace, yesterday the alliance leader flying pigeon to pass the book, very urgent, there must be something big in the alliance, this time delay, just afraid... ”
"Second Uncle Huang, my father entered Beijing to take the exam in his early years, and the examiner was Lord Lu, and later Lord Lu brought him into his career. Even if I didn't have this relationship, my father and my uncles often taught me to be chivalrous and righteous, and if I didn't save myself when I saw death, I was afraid that my father would be punished when I went back. With Uncle Cheng and Uncle Han San, there is something in the alliance that is enough to deal with. “
Huang Gai nodded, but a hint of worry still flashed across his face.
After dinner, it was already dark, and I set off immediately.
Lutou Mountain is still some distance away from Xuchang City, and it takes more than half an hour to ride a horse on the road.
Uncle Shen Qingyang was already in the city to answer. Shen Qingfeng selected twenty minions from the cottage to accompany him. Cao Ren was injured a little while fighting with Hercules, so he waited in the cottage with his little sister, and Cao Cao took Li Ru and Cao Hong and set off with Sun Ce and Huang Gai.
Entering the city, Cao Cao first sent the old man to his nephew, the old man dismounted at the mouth of the alley, he could go home by himself, before parting, the old man said a lot of words of thanks, Cao Cao left a little silver, and said goodbye to the old man.
Xuchang City is not too big, and Lord Lu's mansion will arrive soon. It's not over yet, and it's estimated that it's been at least an hour or two since the killer appeared.
Shen Qingyang told everyone about the situation in the Lu Mansion, because he knew that the killer was coming, Lord Lu had already dismissed all the servants in advance.
Now there are only seven members of the Lu family left in the entire Lu Mansion, all gathered in the living room: Lord Lu is teaching his youngest grandson to read the "Three Character Classic"; the two sons are studying the art of war and arranging the troops; and the two daughters-in-law are chatting with their mother-in-law about family life.
It seems that Lord Lu is determined to die for the country, and he wants to use the lives of his whole family of seven to tell the people of the world that there is still hope for my big man.
The Lu family is full of desire for a better life, but they are not afraid of death, and they are calm in the face of the impending killer.
Death is not terrible, but it is desirable to be worthy of one's heart. Evading is equivalent to admitting a trumped-up charge; having the courage to face it and teaching the Han people that there is still hope for the Han people.
This mind and courage to see death as home, Cao Cao and Sun Ce and others in the darkness were surging and enthusiastic, and many people were moved to shed two lines of tears.
If even such a good official died, then what hope could the Han Empire have? What Five Elements Sword and what Heavenly Sword and Golden Scroll to find, what was the point?
No one alarmed the Lu family, since Lord Lu's family was prepared to die, even if anything happened outside the door, they would not pay attention to it.
Everyone ambushed separately according to the arrangement and waited for the killer.
The moonlight is shining brightly and the stars are shining brightly on this quiet little city, and tomorrow will surely be another good day. The night breeze blows on your face, with a little humid air, and it is comfortable and comfortable to blow on your face. How could such a beautiful night scene be a night of killing?
At this time, most of the families have already had dinner, and although there are not many pedestrians on the street, most of them should not be able to go to bed yet.
It was at this time that the killer appeared. If you come out to do bad things, you have to wait until the dead of night, and you can blatantly come out to commit murder at such an early hour, which shows how rampant the 'Hongmen' is!
The leader was a lean old man, a one-eyed dragon. Cao Cao immediately recognized that he was the leader of the murder in the White Horse Temple that day, the out-and-out killer of the 'Hongmen'. Behind him were two middle-aged men, each carrying a ghost-headed knife, which shimmered in the moonlight, and then a dozen killers.
I didn't even cover my face. Swaggered through the main gate into the Lu Mansion.
As the leader, this one-eyed dragon must be one of the eight King Kongs known as the 'Hongmen', and the latter two are probably the two masters of the Zhongyi Hall that Shen Qingfeng said.
There is no need to talk nonsense, the ambushes are killed together. And the killers also seemed to expect that the Lu family would have helpers, and they split up to meet the enemy. Although they have never met each other, they seem to have gritted their teeth and hatred, everyone is red-eyed, and those who can be killed with one knife are often cut three or four times.
No one spoke, and no one in the courtyard said a word except for the screams of people before they died. Only the occasional sound of children reading and adults chatting and laughing came from the house.
Cao Cao and Sun Ce joined forces to besiege the one-eyed dragon, the Shen brothers of Qingfeng Village faced the two masters of Zhongyi Hall, and Huang Gai, Li Ru, and Cao Hong led 20 minions of Qingfeng Village to beat the group of killers.
Cao Cao poured his blood into the long sword in his hand, and used the three styles of the 'Maha Prajna' swordsmanship to the fullest, how many innocent monks did the one-eyed dragon kill in the White Horse Temple?
Different from Huang Gai's two short knives, Sun Ce made a straight-edged long knife, slashing and stabbing, the knife was fast and ruthless, and the knife attacked the key point of the one-eyed dragon. It can be seen that he is proficient in swordsmanship and has worked hard.
And the one-eyed dragon is one against two, a little difficult, but he has no way out, tonight he received a death order, and if he can't complete the task, he can't go back. His weapons are two short crutches, made of steel quenching, blocking left and right, tiger and tiger.
One of the two hall masters of Zhongyi Hall is called Zhao Zhong and the other is Liu Yi, which is really ridiculous, and two evil thieves actually call such names! Zhongyi Hall and Qingfeng Village have been grudges for many years, and they happened to make a break here tonight. The Shen brothers' kung fu was slightly worse than those two hall masters, but they had a strong belief support tonight, and their martial arts were extraordinary, and they actually had the upper hand.
Qingfeng Village's minions and killer groups are a mess of war, and the small team battles and well-trained tactics of the past are completely gone, completely killing the set.
After a fierce battle, more than a dozen killers all died, and there were still three of the twenty minions in Qingfeng Village, Huang Gai was slightly injured, and Li Ru and Cao Hong were covered in blood, and they didn't know if they were splashed by themselves or by the other party.
Liu Yi was the first to die, and was pierced through the heart by Shen Qingfeng's sword. Before Shen Qingfeng's sword was drawn, Zhao Zhong's ghost head knife also slashed at the back of his head, and it was impossible to avoid it this time. At the moment of crisis, the eldest brother Shen Qingyang used his body to block in front of the second brother, and the ghost head knife hit the neck, and at the same time, the long sword in Shen Qingyang's hand also stabbed Zhao Zhong through the heart, and the two died together.
After a long time, the one-eyed dragon gradually couldn't parry, he didn't recognize who Sun Ce was at all, but he recognized Cao Cao, he knew that Cao Cao was also the target of the 'Hongmen' pursuit, seeing that tonight's task was difficult to complete, if he could kill Cao Cao, it would be considered an explanation to the master. So he put aside Sun Ce and attacked Cao Cao with all his might.
After all, Cao Cao has less experience in rivers and lakes and actual combat experience, and was attacked by the one-eyed dragon in this round, so he was a little in a hurry, kept retreating, and one was not careful, smashed through the door panel of the west wing, and fell to the ground on his back.
At the same time, a woman's "oops" exclaimed in the room, and Cao Cao saw a yellow-clothed girl behind him with her hands on her shoulders, half-squatting on the side of the bed.
Cao Cao turned over and jumped up, and said, "Girl, don't be afraid, squat down and don't move." ”
Even though the one-eyed dragon is an old man, he also made a fatal mistake, he only has Cao Cao in his eyes, but he forgets that there is a Sun Ce behind him. As soon as he chased to the door of the wing room, he felt a pain in his back, and it was Sun Ce's straight-edged long knife that stabbed in.
The one-eyed dragon held back the pain, and suddenly threw her right hand at the yellow-clothed girl, and a cold light flew in, perhaps because she was too frightened, or maybe the speed of the weapon was too fast, she didn't react at all, and still squatted there in horror.
At the moment of lightning, Cao Cao flew in front of the girl, and hit the short crutch with the long sword in his hand, and with a 'clang', the long sword and the short crutch landed at the same time.
As the one-eyed dragon threw a short crutch, it felt like it had been stabbed in the back again. He knew that his limit was reached tonight, and he threw the short crutch of his left hand with all his might.
This is the old Jianghu, this style is called 'sound east and west', the short crutch thrown at the girl is just a disguise, and the latter blow is the most deadly, because his real target is Cao Cao.
No matter how fast Cao Cao reacted, he couldn't dodge. Fortunately, it was pitch black in the room, and the one-eyed dragon was deeply damaged, and the short crutch thrown by his left hand was a little less powerful and accurate, and this crutch shot was a little off, just stabbing Cao Cao's left arm.
Listening to Cao Cao's screams in the house, the one-eyed dragon thought that Cao Cao had died, and his only eye flashed with a smug light, laughed a few times, and fell to the ground, the smile still hanging on his face after death.
Sun Ce hurriedly ran into the house to check Cao Cao's injury, this crutch pierced the skin, and the blood flowed, fortunately, it did not hurt the bones, it was a skin injury, first put on some gold sore medicine, and simply wrap it with a cloth.
The battle ended with heavy casualties on both sides. Fortunately, Lord Lu's family is safe and sound, and it is worth it. Don't worry about the corpses on the ground, tomorrow there will be people from the government to take care of them.
The moonlight was still bright, the starlight was still bright, but the air was filled with blood. The sound of children reading and the adults laughing and talking continues.
Cao Cao and the others were in a heavy and relieved mood, and turned around and walked out of the courtyard.
As soon as she turned into the alley, the girl in yellow chased her out, "Engong, thank you for saving your life." ”
"You're welcome, it's dangerous outside, so let's go back quickly. ”
"Engong, you are injured, I will take care of you!"
"Who are you?
"My name is Zhang Mei, I am the maid next to Mrs. Lu, during the day, Mr. Lu sent all the people in the house away, and I don't know what happened. I was homeless and didn't know where to go, so I hid in my house. Eun Gong, you were injured only when you saved me, and Mei'er should take care of Eun Gong. ”
Under the moonlight, the girl in yellow was slim, with a beautiful face, fair skin, and was about seventeen or eighteen years old. Her stay in Lufuji is unpredictable, and perhaps the next wave of killers will come.
Cao Cao agreed to her.
Everyone went out of the alley and was about to turn over and get on their horses, but they met an acquaintance again.
The old man looking for relatives stood at the corner of the street, seemingly waiting for Cao Cao and the others.
"Uncle, why are you here?"
"Ahem, my distant nephew, because his family is poor, he can't afford to marry, so he became a son-in-law of someone else, and went to Qian County. The old man remembered that Gongzi was also going to Qian County, so he waited for Gongzi here and took the old man along the way. ”
Sun Ce asked, "How did you find here?"
"The people of Xuchang, are there any people who don't know Lord Lu's mansion? In the past few years, natural disasters have continued, and Lord Lu has almost used his family funds to help the people, and the home of such a living bodhisattva can be found by casually inquiring. ”
Speaking of which, it's really too coincidental! It looks like it's really related to the old man!
Send the Buddha to the West. Since it's a drop-by, let's take the old man for a ride.