Chapter 6: The Bloody Battle in the Lake
In the dead of night, the lake breeze is sorrowful, the cruise ship hidden in the reed flowers is silent, people have fallen into a dream, the air is quiet and stagnant, occasionally a gust of wind blows, wafting a faint fragrance of reed flowers, such a deep night, even the water birds have been asleep silently, only the lake water is still flowing non-stop, never tired.
Several waterfowl, which had fallen into a deep sleep, suddenly flapped their wings and flew high, and were about to let out a mournful cry, when a snowy flying knife as thin as paper flashed away, and the waterfowl fell into the water almost at the same time, splashing, revealing a stream of blood on the surface of the lake. Several centipede speedboats quietly approached the pleasure boat. Silent as a ghost in the moonlight.
It was about fifty zhang away from the pleasure boat, and nine black-clothed and masked sailors dressed in water came down from those speedboats, they jumped into the water lightly, like swimming fish, agile and slippery, only a few ups and downs, they had approached the side of the cruise ship, all the black-clothed people occupied their respective positions, surrounded the cruise ship, one of the black-clothed people lifted their face towels, whistled in a low voice, and whimpered, like a lake wind blowing, ghosts wailing, and like water birds crying at night. In a moment, there was also a pandering whistle from the ship. The black-clothed men climbed onto the side of the ship, and a person stood on the dark deck, with his back to the hatch and lit the fire, the dim firelight reflected Chen San's honest and simple face, but at this moment there was a cold glint in his eyes. He made a few gestures, and a man in black also returned the gesture, and Chen San said in a low voice: "I put a superb drug in the food tonight, and they are all asleep now." β
The man in black said in a low voice: "That kid has extremely high martial arts, just in case, he will rob Shuangjue first, so that if there is a change, they can also be taken hostage, you said that kid treats Shuangjue as a close relative, but really, this time the Lord wants to use this kid's skills to deal with that person." β
Chen San whistled like a waterfowl in his mouth, and passed the news to the cabin, and then said: "Don't worry, this kid will take care of him on the day he gets on the boat, he loves Qingping like his life, and he also respects Luqi very much, the last time he suddenly went crazy in Yueyang Tower, it was because Qingping said that he wanted to leave him, after returning to the ship, he was stunned and sat by Qingping's bed all night, and cried and made trouble, I think this kid is not completely conscious, as long as he controls Shuangjue, he can definitely drive him to work hard." β
The man in black nodded and said: "That's good, if it weren't for the rare opportunity, we would lack a master, and we wouldn't use you, after all, Du Qingjue's life and death are unknown, and the lord originally wanted you and your husband to continue to wait for the rabbit." β
Chen San looked at the moonlight and said, "Hurry up, I'm afraid of change." β
At this time, the hatch opened gently, and Sister-in-law Chen's rather beautiful and kind face had a cold smile on her face, holding the unconscious Lu Qi in her hands. She handed the green qi wrapped in a long robe to a man in black, and said softly: "You must not insult her, these two Nizi are very strong, if they wake up and find something strange, they will never cooperate with us, you should know that the Lord does not want to harm the lives of these two Nizi." β
Chen San said: "Don't be wordy, go and bring Qingping out, she is Zijing's favorite person, if she doesn't have her, I'm afraid it will be difficult to force that kid to serve, by the way, don't take the life of Uncle Zhong, he is loyal to these two Nizi, if he is there, Zijing is more likely to be coerced." β
Sister-in-law Chen nodded lightly and walked back into the cabin, in fact, she was not worried, the drug used today is the most in the world, colorless and tasteless, the most rare thing is that the person who has been drugged will not notice it beforehand, the conductor feels that he is tired than in the past, it is easier to fall asleep, he can't wake up after sleeping, and he can only recover by taking the antidote, and after recovery, he has no impression at all, and there is no aftermath, she has not seen anyone who can resist this drug.
Walking into the cabin, she subconsciously lightened her steps and stayed with Mr. Qingjue to go undercover for ten years, she has long been accustomed to this kind of life, Lu Qi and Qingping are her young ladies, she is cared for and loved, and it is difficult to disobey her fate today, but she wants to harm the two daughters, she can't help but feel a little weak. Gently pushed open Qingping's cabin door, walked in, looked at Qingping's graceful figure on the bed, sighed softly, and reached out to pick her up.
At this moment, a white jade palm seemed to stretch out from the netherworld, gently and skillfully pinched her throat, she subconsciously wanted to fight back, the hand suddenly tightened, Sister-in-law Chen only felt dizzy, limbs weak, from the infinite power of that hand turned all her resistance into her own, and then she saw a pair of familiar and unfamiliar phoenix eyes, in the dark cabin, those eyes were as bright as bright cold stars, the four eyes were opposite, Sister-in-law Chen clearly saw that the eyes gradually ignited a blazing flame, but it was full of cold murder, like a fire condensed by ice, the person who was stared at by these eyes, as if he was in the flames of hell and endured the pain of burning his body, and it was like being soaked in the ice fountain of the Nine Shadows. Sister-in-law Chen's consciousness gradually lost, but she used all her strength to use her gaze to beg for the mercy of the person who controlled her life and death. A faint sigh came from the darkness, and a clear voice came into the ear: "Betrayers, they all deserve to die." Then she heard the sound of her throat cracking, and she remembered the sight of how she had taken care of him when she first came on board, and a deep sense of remorse welled up in her heart, and she fell into a dream from which she would never wake up.
Gently put down the corpse of sister-in-law Chen, Zi Jing's eyes flashed a trace of grief, not that she didn't remember this woman's kindness to herself, not that she was so ruthless that she was going to take her life, Zi Jing always remembered her mother's admonition that day, if she had a heart for goodness, although she was not rewarded, this woman was just ordered to take care of herself, no matter how thoughtful she was, it was not a real kindness, if she didn't kill her today, she would rely on her tolerance to give an inch, and she would bring more harm to herself by virtue of her understanding of herself, what her mother said was absolutely not wrong, if someone close to you betrayed you, you must kill him, because he would bring more harm than the enemyγ
When Zijing's body straightened up, the grief in his heart had disappeared, and the person who raised him was as deep as the sea, and saw that he was very attached to himself when he was young, so he asked him to practice a kind of exercise similar to Tantra, which is not useful on the surface, that is, after ten or eight years of hard practice, the internal strength will not increase in the slightest, but this kind of mental method can make the mind become stoic and thorough, and it is not easy to be affected by external objects. Two years ago, because of many years of heart knots and strong blows, his heart collapsed, and he spent a muddy career, but the sudden awakening more than ten days ago allowed Zijing to survive one of the biggest dangers in his life.
He walked to the side of the bed, gently probed Qingping's breathing, a trace of embarrassment flashed in his eyes, he had not practiced poison, the reason why he was able to avoid the damage of the drug, was because his internal strength was profound, and he used medicine to cut the hair and wash the marrow when he was young, so the effect of the drug was minimized, and after those men in black got on the boat, the murderous aura was revealed, which alarmed him, but it was too late to save Lu Qi. Now Qingping has also been victimized by drugs, although he knows that his martial arts are superb, but if he wants to protect the two daughters, I am afraid that he will not slack off. He was not good at scheming, and he couldn't imagine that he could save Qingping first and put her in a safe place, and then come back to save Luqi, but he looked at Qingping and was stunned. At this time, there was a nervous breathing sound from outside the cabin, and a cold murderous intent flashed in Zijing's eyes, and he was not knowing what to do, but these people came to make trouble.
Chen San's hand holding the knife was full of beads of sweat at some point, but his wife went in for a long time but there was no sound, even the idiot knew that something was wrong, so he went to investigate, the kid was no longer in bed, thinking of Zijing who would suddenly appear in the dark at some point, he felt unprecedentedly cold, undercover for many years, even if he faced Du Qingjue who had unpredictable magical powers every day, he had never been so afraid, obviously the opponent was just a teenager with a lack of mind. and the leader of the men in black covered each other's advances, approaching Qingping's bedroom. The two black-clothed men behind him held a short knife in their right hand, and a silver cylinder in their left hand, which was a hidden weapon that could shoot out silver needles. When he arrived at the door, he heard the faint and even breathing sound inside, and he believed that Zijing must be in Qingping's room at this moment, and the sleeping person in that room was undoubtedly Qingping, and that young man would never let his beloved be in danger alone, which was a common problem of teenagers who fell in love. A cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, Chen San raised his foot and kicked towards the door, as long as he kicked the door, there was no hiding place in the cabin, under the threat of the two soul hooking needles, he should be able to force the people in the cabin to be captured.
At the moment when Chen San raised his foot, the originally solid and soundproof bulkhead suddenly shattered and collapsed, and in the flying sawdust, a figure pounced on the three of them, and the cold murderous aura hit like a tide, and the two black-clothed people pressed the spring at the same time, and the silver needles were like rain, shooting towards the person. Chen San's eyes flashed, the flying figure was so familiar, almost without any thought, he flew back, avoided behind the two black-clothed people, and flew towards the hatch. Two short screams came from behind him, and then fell silent. Chen San rushed to the deck, saw his companions who were waiting for him, and rushed towards them in ecstasy, but somehow his body was light, he felt that he had never been so light, this leap actually crossed their defense line, but why were their eyes so strange, their consciousness gradually depressed, and they seemed to see his wife's angry face in the haze, were they blaming themselves for not abandoning her?
The man in black at the head looked at Chen San's body running softly and fell, his head still flew forward for several feet, the short knife that swirled out from the cabin was still not gone, and it shot head-on, the speed was like thunder and lightning, a man in black beside him stepped forward and swung his knife to meet it, the sound was like thunder, the man in black staggered back, the long knife in his hand was broken, the frost blade fell on the deck, and there was no trace of blood on the frost blade. The man in black clapped his hands and said: "Good ability, Zijing Gongzi is really the top martial arts, if it is another three or five years, even if he meets several grandmasters in the world, it is not without the power of a battle." β
Inside the broken hatch, a gray-clothed young man walked out slowly, holding a young girl in his hand, wrapped in a red robe, the girl's face was facing the young man's chest, it was not clear to see, but judging from the green silk like clouds and ink, and the skin that was accidentally exposed like clotted fat, it must be beautiful. The young man's gaze swept over these black-clothed people one by one, and the icy and piercing gaze made each black-clothed person couldn't help but tremble slightly.
The black-clothed man at the head plucked up his courage and pointed to a centipede clipper dozens of feet away from the cruise ship and said: "Zijing Gongzi, Miss Lu Qi is already in our hands, if you act rashly, even if you can save Miss Qingping, Miss Lu Qi's life and honor will inevitably be buried, I don't know how the son will face the pink confidant afterwards." β
The gray-clothed young man's eyes glanced faintly, on the clipper, one of the two black-clothed men was holding a knife to protect each other, and the other was holding Lu Qi's delicate body in one hand, and a dagger was forced to Lu Qi's throat, Lu Qi's body was delicate and weak, the head was lowered, the green silk was scattered, and a cyan robe was draped on his body, but the moon white middle coat inside was faintly visible. The gray-clothed young man's heart was full of anger, but his heart that had cultivated hard was as calm as ice and snow. He said coldly: "What is the purpose of you trying to coerce both sides?"
The black-clothed man was overjoyed in his heart, and said: "Zijing's son Yueyanglou's skills are overwhelming, Lei Jianyun is injured in one move, Fairy Yan is still restrained, our lord wants to borrow the martial arts of the prince to assassinate an enemy, if the prince agrees, not only Miss Luqi can be safe and sound, but also has ten thousand taels of gold, two pairs of jade, and a hundred pearls as a reward." β
Zi Jing said coldly: "With such a heavy reward, even the three major killers in the world can be invited, Zi Jing is not talented, these gold and jade have not been seen in his eyes." β
The man in black said loudly: "The three major killers in the world, the sword demon challenged Yang Yuan, one of the four great grandmasters, and was defeated without a trace, the bright moon footprints are not far from Shuzhong, although the ghost shadow is still in the rivers and lakes, but unfortunately the whereabouts are ethereal, it is difficult to find, the son's martial arts should not be under the three of them, as long as he is willing to do his best, he must be fame and fortune." If not, we will kill Lu Qi first, and then sink the ship to surround and kill, regardless of whether Childe's water nature can be compared to my subordinates, will Miss Qingping's safety not make Childe worry?"
The man in black looked at the young man in black as he spoke, he was the best at coercion and seduction, as long as the young man's expression softened slightly, he could be more sure. But under the faint moonlight, the face of the gray-clothed young man was like the water of an ancient well. The man in black flashed his eyes and said in a loud voice, "Broken ship." β
There was a loud noise in the water, and several black-clothed people broke through the water, revealing their figures, and the pleasure boat moved lightly and began to sink slowly, although the speed was not fast, it was enough to make people feel the crisis.
Zi Jing's heart sank, he could see that those black-clothed people had more coercive meanings, but if he didn't give in, those people would definitely not mind burying themselves in Dongting Lake. His water nature is mediocre, but those people in black are as agile and dexterous as swimming fish in the water, and he is surrounded by Qingping, and Lu Qi is still in the hands of the enemy, unless he abandons the two daughters, he must be trapped.
At this time, the man in black had already noticed the resentment in the eyes of the young man in gray, and knew that his coercion had an effect, and according to his past experience, he increased the pressure again: " Zijing Gongzi, Miss Qingping and Miss Luqi were all seriously injured, although they challenged Fairy Yan for excusation, but in any case, the chivalrous people on the rivers and lakes have regarded them as evil demons, not to mention that their Heavenly Demon Sword Dance originated from the Demon Gate Tianyin Sect, although this matter is silent because Fairy Yan is silent, no one knows about it for the time being, but once it spreads, the two young ladies will inevitably face great pressure. The Demon Gate brutalized all living beings in the past, and the whole world punished him, if the two young ladies were regarded as the remnants of the Demon Gate, what would be the consequences, Gongzi should understand. β
Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, Zi Jing's face suddenly became cold and cruel, he put Qingping on the ground, took a step forward, stood with his hands in his hands, and said coldly: "Are you threatening me?"
The black-clothed man was shocked, and faintly felt that he might have said something wrong, so he couldn't help but take a step back and said sharply: "Don't move again, otherwise I will kill Miss Luqi first." β
Zi Jing looked up at the waning moon that was gradually sinking, and said coldly: "How much do you know about the six sects of the Demon Gate?"
The man in black struggled to think about how to control the situation, and in order to delay time, he said without thinking: "The six sects of the Demon Sect are the Guangming Sect, the Sunu Sect, the Martial Arts Sect, the Tianyin Sect, the Gongyi Sect, and the Mending Heaven Sect. The Heavenly Demon Sword Dance is the peerless study of the Tianyin Sect, with the sound of the sword dance, snatching people's souls, taking people's lives, in the past, it was rumored that Du Qingjue could kill people with the sound of the qin, and some people once doubted his identity, but unfortunately there was the main wing of Huofeng County, and the matter could not be resolved. β
A trace of indifference flashed in Zijing's eyes, and she said, "Do you know anything about the Martial Dao Sect?"
The black-clothed man was faintly aware of it, but he couldn't help but answer, and said: "The martial arts sect is a sect in the demon gate that aims to pursue martial arts, and its descendants often don't care about anything except martial arts, and it is also the strongest one in the demon gate, but because its descendants often kill wantonly in order to cultivate martial arts, and turn to the world to seek opponents, so the enemy is also the most, the suzerain of this sect is respected as the martial emperor by the people in the demon gate, but the people in the rivers and lakes often call it the demon emperor." Speaking of this, the man in black suddenly became less clear, and stammered: "The martial arts of the Martial Arts Sect, although it is eclectic and difficult to describe, but because most of it is comprehended from the moment of life and death, the battle for killing, so it is extremely angry, vicious and ruthless, and often makes a move is a matter of life and death, and every famous disciple of the Martial Arts Sect is often murderous and bloody......" Speaking of which, he couldn't go on anymore, he was the best at analyzing intelligence, recalling the information he got from Lei Jianyun about the young man's shot, thinking of the colleague who was killed by barely sending out a warning signal in the cabin, and then thinking of the thunder flying knife that cut off Chen San's head, the gray-clothed young man's strange appearance had an answer, he forcibly calmed down, waved a gesture, took a step back and said: "Zijing Gongzi is also a disciple of the Demon Sect?" At this time, the cruise ship had sunk for a small half, and the hull began to tilt a little.
Zi Jing smiled proudly, his smile was full of cruelty, and he said coldly: "Martial Dao Sect Zi Jing asks you for advice. β
Even though it has disappeared for seventy years, the prestige of the Martial Arts Sect can still stop the children's night crying, although they have been prepared in their hearts, but when the three words "Martial Arts Sect" came out of the young man's mouth, those black-clothed people still felt a huge shock in their hearts, not to mention that Zi Jing used the secret method of internal force to hurt people when he spoke, just when these people's hearts were shaken, Zi Jing had already jumped up and shot towards the two people holding Lu Qi hostage like arrows from the string. The man in black had been ordered not to hurt Lu Qi as much as possible, and the hesitation in his heart and the loss of his mind were broken, and just when he made up his mind to stab the dagger, he could only watch in amazement as his arm was broken in front of him, and the body of the companion in front of him was split from it, and then a gray shadow had already taken the hostage in his hand. When he came to his senses, he happened to hear the word "ask for advice", and then a sharp pain came. The two corpses of his companion in front of him slowly parted and fell, and the splash of blood soaked him all over, and he could no longer hold back the fear in his heart, and he looked up to the sky and screamed miserably.
Just in an instant, the leader of the men in black was shocked to see that his advantage had come to naught, and he also made a quick decision, and said in a loud voice: "Kill." "A few clippers approached the pleasure boat, those men in black were afraid of death to pounce on the boat, if two women were involved, or they could take the opportunity to succeed, and some of the men in black were plopping and diving into the water, to speed up the shipwreck, forcing the gray-clothed boy Zijing to fight a decisive battle in the water. Their tactics can't be said to be problematic, but the premise is that Zijing must be restrained by Shuangjue.
When everyone pounced, Zi Jing put down the green qi, looked up to the sky and roared, the whistling sound was as terrible as a ghost, and then he pounced on many enemies, completely without caring about the safety of the second daughter, the blood-stained short knife in his hand turned into a rainbow mang, destroying everywhere he went, almost all the people in black felt that the next death must be themselves, where could they give up their lives to hurt the second daughter. What's more, the young man who was covered in blood and looked as cool as the Nine Shadows Shura was completely red-eyed, thinking of the rumors of the Martial Arts Sect killing everything, who would believe that this young man would give up the opportunity to kill for the sake of the two girls, not to mention that these black-clothed people had other hidden intentions, and they were not prepared to kill Shuangjue at all, and various factors caused a situation where corpses were everywhere. At this time, these black-clothed men also showed extraordinary courage and ferocity, and no one gave up the battle to escape. This ferocious fight lasted less than a handful of incense, and when the leader of the black-clothed man fell in a pool of blood with his broken leg and stump, watching the gray-clothed young man kill all his subordinates, and walked towards him covered in blood under the cold moon, he finally broke down and shouted: "If there is no antidote, the double death is doomed." β
Zi Jing paused, he couldn't see the blood on his clothes of the original color, and the handle of the short knife in his hand was already covered with viscous blood, he reluctantly discarded the short knife, and said coldly: "Hand over the antidote, I won't kill you." β
The man in black had come to his senses, and couldn't help laughing miserably, and said: "I am already a crippled person, what is the use of saving my life, although you have killed all of us, but you know where the antidote is, in another half an hour, the ship will sink, I don't know if you can find the antidote from this boat full of flesh and blood." β
Zi Jing looked at the man in black coldly, and suddenly said, "You want me to help your lord kill people." β
The man in black said in a loud voice: "Yes, the Lord bought you to kill people with a lot of money, which can be described as benevolent and righteous, and you are too vicious, you are worthy of being a disciple of the Martial Arts Sect, are you the Demon Emperor of this generation?"
Zi Jing said indifferently: "I don't know, the Martial Dao Sect has long been scattered, who knows how many heirs there will be, but my master is a disciple of the Demon Emperor of the previous generation of the Martial Dao Sect." β
The man in black felt that his whole body was starting to chill, he remembered the heavy responsibility on his body, and struggled: "If you are willing to take this task, I will give you the antidote." He himself felt unjustified and unjustified. But to his surprise, Zi Jing said coldly: "I promise, hand over the antidote, I will kill for you, although I will never allow anyone to coerce me, but you are going to die, I can tolerate it." β
The black-clothed man didn't know what it was like in his heart, he didn't expect that this assassin was actually bought with more than 20 lives, he hissed: "The gold pearl is still on the ship, it has not been lost, it will be used as a reward, I want the person you killed to appear in the Junshan Tingtao Pavilion in three days, he has not yet been crowned, he is a handsome and mighty young man, there are many master guards around him, you will know who it is at first sight." You promised me that you would kill him. β
Zijing couldn't help but be moved, this man in black wanted to buy himself to assassinate himself even if he died, which shows the importance of this matter, but he just said lightly: "I promise you, I will go all out in three days, if you miss, you will not continue to chase and kill, if you want to kidnap Qingping and Sister Luqi, it is already a taboo against me, I am willing to shoot once, I am already worthy of you." β
The man in black already felt that his body was cold, his vision was blurred, he had lost too much blood, he felt that his internal organs were beginning to twitch, although the young man did not fully agree, but he was already satisfied, originally he did not believe that this young man would have a second chance, he said sharply: "Okay, a word is a certainty, the Martial Arts Sect has never betrayed anyone, I can trust you, I have a silver bottle around my waist, which is the antidote, you take it, two pills per person, you can solve the drug." Ah, kill me. "He could no longer endure that slow and painful death. As soon as he finished speaking, he could feel that the cold blade had cut his throat, and blood was gushing, and he shouted wildly in his heart: "Lord, I have lived up to my trust. The consciousness dissipated completely.
Zi Jing slowly lowered his head and searched out the silver bottle from the waist of the man in black, it turned out that he could easily obtain it without agreeing to the man's conditions, but he did not regret it at all, although he didn't understand why these people lacked killing power for Shuangjue, so they were successfully counterattacked by themselves, but as long as it was possible, he was absolutely unwilling to have any damage to Shuangjue. Looking around, Zi Jing finally had a sad look on her face, this place has become a Shura slaughterhouse, the cruise ship is sinking, it is really not suitable to recuperate, and since she promised to assassinate the person in black who refused to explain her identity, she should arrange the double absolute in advance. Feeding the antidote into the mouth of Shuangjue first, Zi Jing walked towards the cabin, he remembered that Zhong Boshang was unconscious in the cabin, and he didn't know if there was still a life, if he could rescue Zhong Bolai, or there would be a way to solve the problem in front of him.