Chapter 54: Quelling the Civil Strife
At this time, the light rain slowly stopped, and the air was filled with the fragrance of earth, Qin Miaoshi covered her clothes, and she found that the sky was still cool after all.
Lao Ke's injuries flared up from time to time, his frequent coughing sound has attracted Cui Shang's attention, at first he was in awe of the former commander, but now seeing that he is weak and weak, he must have been seriously injured, Cui Shang greeted: "Ke Siwei, you seem to be injured, why bother to confront here, it is better for you and the county lord of Miaoshi to follow me back to Chaoyang Palace, and recuperate carefully for a few days." ”
"Cui Shang, you are so bold, do you still want to trick me into going back so that I can be a hostage in your hands? Tell you, staying with a chaotic minister and thief like you in this palace will only keep you awake at night and make you nauseous all night. ”
Qin Miaoshi's righteous and awe-inspiring appearance of not being afraid of death made Lao Ke happy, as if he saw the shadow of General Shiguo. Lao Ke said to Qin Miaoshi: "Is the county lord afraid now?"
"What is there to be afraid of, it's a big deal to die. ”
"Have a backbone, worthy of being the general's daughter, in this case, you and I fight side by side, even if we die in battle, our lives will not be in vain!" said that it was too late and that was fast, Lao Ke violently swayed the Jiaolong Flag in his hand, and the sky that had just cleared was suddenly covered with thunderclouds, and from time to time thunderbolts fell, and the ground was blown up with mud. Su Dayan was so frightened that he hurriedly retreated, and the guards also followed suit. Cui Shang said angrily: "It's all a trick, what are you afraid of?"
"Hehe, a trick?" Lao Ke sneered, took a deep breath, inserted the Jiaolong Flag into the ground in front of him, his body shook and then shouted, the black and white dragons in the Jiaolong Banner flew out in response, and a dragon roared for nine days, which shocked everyone in panic, what are these black and white lights?
"Big smoker, what are you doing in a daze, why don't you bring someone to kill it quickly!" Cui Shang scolded Su Dayan, Su Dayan gritted his teeth and sacrificed his magic weapon-Golden Bucket Smoking Gun, but he had always been afraid in his heart, and before he took a few steps, he felt a scorching breath, and the hand holding the pipe was also trembling slightly, Qin Miaoshi quickly used the ribbon to hook his pipe back into his hand, and then mocked: " The chief of this palace is so big and has heard of any strange weapons and magic weapons, but the first time I saw someone with a smoking gun, it seems that you, the patrol adjutant, really do not leave his hand as rumored, and even his own weapons are not stable, what is the use of people like you in the Rizhao military camp?" After speaking, he folded the golden cigarette stick in his hand into two sections.
"My golden bucket cigarette stick!" Su Dayan howled, and rushed towards Qin Miaoshi, the black and white dragons took advantage of the situation to penetrate Su Dayan's body, only to hear the sound of 'poof', Su Dayan spurted hot blood from his mouth and fell to the ground.
Seeing the power of the Jiaolong Banner, everyone naturally didn't dare to approach again, Cui Shang saw that Erlong had been swimming two or three feet in front of Lao Ke, and he covered his chest from time to time, knowing that Lao Ke was just bluffing, and the killing move just now was just the limit.
He was not afraid of Lao Ke at all, not to mention that there were more than ten moon lice behind him, only to see him pull out the Qingmang sword, like an arrow from the string rushing towards Qin Miaoshi, the blade of the sword protruded like a green snake, Wanhua Blind, the fusion of virtual and real is just right, where has Qin Miaoshi seen such a move, he forgot to dodge for a while, Lao Ke hurriedly drove the black and white two dragons to resist Cui Shang's sword, but he was empty in front of him, there was no defense at all, Cui Shang's attack on Qin Miaoshi was fake, his intention was on Lao Ke, only to see Qingmangfeng suddenly turn around, Qin Miaoshi shouted: "Lao Ke be careful!" It's just too late, Lao Ke was surrounded by green mangs, and he only heard the sound of the sword qi tearing through his body, and the sound was in his ears, and the people around him were terrified.
"Lao Ke!" Qin Miaoshi hurriedly ran towards Lao Ke, Cui Shang swung his sword with his backhand, and Qin Miaoshi immediately fell to the ground.
"Wonderful poetry...... County Lord, why did you run over...... "Old Ke Ben was suffering from internal injuries and was subjected to sword qi, and his words were no longer clear, Cui Shang sneered, pulled out the Jiaolong Banner on the ground, and the black and white dragons slowly receded along with the thunder and lightning in the sky.
"Lord Miaoshi, your father's Qingmang sword is dancing and the sword moves are not real, but they are often invincible. For the sake of this sword, I can't bear to hurt you, hahaha......"
"You are a treacherous person, if you want to kill, you will kill, why do you want to act here?" Qin Miaoshi's face showed a look of pain, although the sword qi just now was not fatal, but it sealed several qi veins in a row, although it was no big problem, but he could no longer use his strength.
"In this case, you are bent on seeking death, or I will kill you now, and then let you go to the Nine Springs to reunite with your father, so as to save yourself the confusion of living in the world. ”
"What do you mean by that?"
Cui Shang laughed and said, "Why, didn't Captain Ke tell you the cause of your father's death?"
"Shut up, you brute......," cried out the bloodied old Ke in a sigh.
Cui Shang was unmoved, and continued: "A long time ago, I was promoted to the rank of internal staff member of the General's Mansion, and I won the trust of your father, and I often came and went around him. It's just twelve years ago, your parents were ordered by the monarch to go out for a year at the same time, and then I learned that I actually went to Yundu to steal the secret book of cultivation, and after your father came back, he didn't go to the court for several days, and locked himself in the study every day without leaving the house, although I was an internal reference at that time, but I was not allowed to enter and leave the inner garden without permission, but this Ke Siwei is different, he was adopted by your mother, that is, now after being injured, he was adopted in the palace as an inner servant, and naturally often goes in and out of the inner garden, and the monarch Qin Tiancang often sneaks into the inner garden in the middle of the night, and it lasts for about a month, until your father dies, I know that this matter is not simple, I wanted to go to the study to find out something about the cause of your father's death when there was no one, but when I was at the door, I heard Queen Zhen packing something in the room, I carefully pierced a hole, and saw that your mother was sorting out a pile of books, tears flowing, and there were words in my mouth that I killed you. You shouldn't be forced to practice the Heart Sutra or something, I think that the death of General Shiguo is not accidental, and even has an ulterior relationship with Queen Zhen, but later she came forward to clarify that General Shiguo was infected with tuberculosis, and outsiders also rumored that he was a poisonous hand under the monarch, I felt that people were soft-spoken, and I was afraid of getting into trouble, so I didn't tell anyone about it. ”
"What nonsense, you dare to slander my mother!" Qin Miaoshi suddenly became furious, but the more she resisted, the less strength she had in her body.
"Lord Miaoshi, you can not believe what I say, and I don't need to let you believe it, the reason why I said it is nothing more than to let you be an understanding person, don't be as confused as when you were alive!"
Cui Shang's eyes showed a fierce light, and he raised the Qingmang sword high, Qin Miaoshi thought of his father for a moment, and raised his stubborn self high under the doting look, and then showed a knowing smile, it was so beautiful, but in an instant, this dream was shattered, the coffin was covered with a white cloth, and his father's peaceful face disappeared little by little in Qin Miaoshi's young memory, becoming Qin Miaoshi's most lingering fear.
Facing Cui Shang's sword, what else do you have to fear?
Just when Qin Miaoshi thought that she was going to die, she suddenly noticed that something was stained on her face, she opened her eyes, but was stunned by the scene in front of her, Cui Shang's life-killing sword did not fall on her body, and the figure of Lao Ke in front of her quickly fell down.
"No!"
Qin Miaoshi shouted and hurriedly saved Lao Ke's body, but how could her thin body hold Lao Ke, and the two fell to the ground together.
"Old Ke, why do you want to block this sword for me? Do you know that I am not afraid of life and death at all, and how happy I am to meet my father. ”
Lao Ke stretched out his bloody palm and stroked the tips of Qin Miaoshi's hair, and the breath in his mouth was slowly wandering, "Jun...... Lord, you ...... Small...... When I was there, I hugged ...... You, you have to remember...... Stay, your queen mother...... Anyone ...... Love you......" After speaking, he closed his eyes permanently, the trauma suffered in his previous life cannot be repaid after all, but he still did not lose the solar terms he should have when he was dying, even Cui Shang couldn't help but be moved, but he was a row in his heart, and he still did not give up killing Qin Miaoshi, and the sword in his hand faced Qin Miaoshi again.
At this moment, Qin Miaoshi seemed to have grown up in an instant, she was neither humble nor silent, raised her head, and the life that was waiting for her flower season also dissipated at this moment.
Farewell, this disturbing world, flying flowers and frost everywhere, at this time the hatred falls into the dust, what joy is life, and what is the sorrow of death?
Cui Shang was also awe-inspiring by Qin Miaoshi's righteousness, he thought in his heart, it is really the general's daughter, but it's a pity that whoever stands in my way I will kill whom, why don't I give you a good time! Cui Shang urged with all his strength, and the sword aura was so bright that everyone couldn't open their eyes, and they covered their faces with their hands.
Suddenly, the mist was cut open, like the sun crossing, a dazzling golden light shone on the earth, although the green mang is strong, but it is vulnerable under this golden light, and when it is shrouded, Cui Shang only felt that the tiger's mouth was burned by fire, and saw another white light in the golden light, he was blocking with his sword, only to hear the sound of "oh", and the green mang sword was shocked to the ground.
"It's the Corona Flywheel!" Cui Shang immediately recognized that the white light that had just struck was the Qin family's heirloom treasure 'Corona Flywheel'. He looked up and saw Qin Tiancang and several people standing in front of the street.
"Cui Shang, you are so bold! you dare to attack Benjun's daughter!" Qin Tiancang's voice was like a bell, and everyone was frightened, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and shouted: "See the monarch!"
Cui Shang also grabbed the kneeling soldier like crazy and shouted: "Who asked you to bow down, and you won't give me to meet the enemy!" Everyone just woke up like a dream, they were obviously following Cui Shang's actions, why did they unconsciously kneel down when they saw Qin Tiancang?
"Cui Shang, don't be stubborn, this gentleman advises you to tie your hands and arrest it immediately. ”
"Joke! Qin Tiancang, there are blue battalion soldiers gathered outside the palace gate, and the patrols in the city are also sincere to me, now it's time for me to persuade you to tie up and arrest you, do you think that these remnants of the soldiers behind you can still save the situation for you, it's too late!"
Cui Shang scolded the patrol guards: "Don't take down Qin Tiancang quickly." ”
The patrol guards looked at each other, and for a while they didn't know what to do, Cui Shang said angrily: "You are already rebels, if you don't do it, will you wait for the family to be connected?"
Cui Shang's demagogy really worked, the guards swarmed up, surrounded Qin Tiancang and his people, Qin Tiancang whispered to a short and fat masked man beside him: "Kill people to establish power!" The short and fat man bowed slightly, then stretched out his hand and waved forward, and five people with bad faces immediately stood up behind him.
Seeing these five people leaning against each other, each standing in a corner, each of them condensed and formed in their hands, and conjured up swords, halberds, axes, whips and other weapons, Cui Shang was shocked and said: "Qin Tiancang, you are really in vain as the lord of Rizhao, and you actually colluded with the enemies of Yundu, do you think you can win me with just these few rabble? Come on, give it to me!"
The guards sacrificed their weapons and poured into these people like a tide, shouting and killing endlessly, Cui Shang watched the battle situation with satisfaction, who knew that the dense crowd suddenly appeared in different colors of light, and where these lights crossed, blood was overflowing, and wailing came and went.
The five masters who came with Qin Tiancang were all from Yundu, and all of them had reached the cultivation of the upper level of the 'Void Valley', so it was naturally not a problem to kill these second-rate city gate guards, Qin Tiancang saw that Cui Shang's men had killed and injured several people, and the other soldiers showed a look of fear, so the short and fat man beside him said, "You can stop." The short and fat man then swept his sleeves, and the five people immediately stopped slaughtering and retreated to Qin Tiancang's side.
Qin Tiancang said with a straight face: "When Benjun came back, he had already killed the captain of the Blue Battalion, and now the Blue Camp has returned to Benjun's dispatch, who else is willing to follow Cui Shang, a rebellious person, although he continues, but Benjun promises that if he abandons the dark and surrenders to Benjun, Benjun will definitely not blame the past, whether to go or stay, please consider it at your own discretion, and you must not be bewitched by Cui Shang again." ”
The guards had already retreated when they were fighting to the death just now, and now when they heard Qin Tiancang's promise that they were willing not to blame the past, they naturally had no intention of fighting again, and they all discarded their weapons and knelt on one side in a row.
"As for you, Cui Shang! I always thought that you were loyal, and made you the commander of the department, and even the moon lice pioneer camp was taken care of by you, Benjun trusted you so much, but you betrayed Benjun, but unfortunately the sky will not kill me, let Benjun return safely, and now your wishful thinking has failed, see what else you have to say. ”
"Father!" Qin Miaoshi said with tears in her eyes: "You must not let him go, you must use his life to pay tribute to Lao Ke!"
"Okay, Qin Tiancang, I don't think I can as good as you in terms of strategy and courage, but don't forget, your beloved woman is my hard work and efforts to save Dong Taiping to survive to this day, the medicine primer is still in my hand, if I die, see how you can still find this medicine lead!"
Cui Shang's words were like a thunderbolt from the sky, exploding above the heads of Qin Tiancang and Qin Miaoshi, and Qin Miaoshi asked suspiciously: "Is the queen mother sick?"
Qin Tiancang's eyes suddenly became complicated, but in an instant, he regained his killing qi, he took out the corona flywheel, and the human wheel was one, turning into a white light at the speed of electric light and flint, piercing Cui Shang's body.
Cui Shang didn't understand until he died, what he said just now not only did not threaten Qin Tiancang, but completely annoyed him, Qin Tiancang is what kind of person, how can he be controlled by others, when he stood firm, the green tendons in his hands were still trembling, his face was already red, he leaned down, stood next to Cui Shang's corpse, watched him swallow his last breath, and then whispered: "Benjun just doesn't believe it, there is no other way to treat Zhen Yu except you!" (To be continued)