Chapter 5, Seven Pearls of Thunderbolts, turning the tide in the Imperial Garden

Kaifeng City is a famous Central Plains city, the imperial city, carved beams and paintings are extremely luxurious, it is the place where the monarch of the Later Liang State lives, since the establishment of the Liang State, it has always been the first imperial capital in the world and is fascinating.

These two days, and just in time for the emperor's canonization ceremony, so the imperial city is even more lively during the day, the ceremony will be held on July 7 (the day of today's begging festival), but just into July, from the people of Kaifeng to the imperial city guards to the palace maids and eunuchs, all are happy and busy, because what they are looking forward to is the emperor's amnesty.

Early in the morning, on the entire Kaifeng City Street, the pedestrians were astringent, and the red curtain and purple cloth were swaying in the wind.

The three palaces and five halls in the imperial city are all gorgeous, with red candles swaying and wedding carpets everywhere. The huge red lantern reflects the entire imperial city with incomparably brightness, which is really a golden palace and a brilliant appearance.

On the eve of the ceremony, the imperial city is the shadow of the sword and sword, the battle is in the middle of the road, in this imperial garden, the blood is flowing three feet, the corpses are piled up like mounds, Emperor Zhu Youqi of Liang is standing in front of the prison guard, looking at the five people who are surrounded,

The two women, their fair faces were furrowed, as if they were covered with dark clouds, their eyes were like ice pearls, shooting out a cold cold light, and their lips were moving but they couldn't say a word.

The three men improved slightly, after Fang Qingshuo in the grass appeared, obviously the two of them were slightly happy, but Fang Qingshuo's face was gloomy and very ugly, like an eggplant leaf that had been beaten by frost, black and purple, his eyes exuded anger, as if he was about to gush out at any time, trembling slightly, staring at the emperor in front of him - Zhu Youqi!

Zhu Youqi didn't understand what was wrong with him looking at him like this, I was afraid that he would only understand it at the moment of death, but he didn't have time to pay attention to him at this moment, so he still stepped forward with a smile and ordered them to tie their hands together.

None of the five people paid attention to them, his eyes drifted to the two girls, and his eyes suddenly lit up, and he teased: "You two have a bit of a posture, why do you dance with knives and guns, how inelegant you are, why don't you put down the sword in your hand and stay in the harem to serve the king for a long time?"

After the words were provocative, when he was looking at the two of them and smiling lewdly, who knew that the two girls were strong people, and suddenly raised their swords and stabbed the emperor in both directions. It's too late, it's too soon,

Before the emperor could react, the sword in the hands of the two people was like a meteor catching the moon, coming straight to his chest, Zhu Youqi saw this and hurriedly went back to hide, and the two people on the side set up a big slash knife and took out the clavicle chain to face it.

As soon as the two women were repelled, everyone was about to step forward to arrest them, but suddenly Zhu Youqi stopped with a sneer, raised his hand, and the wind was still undecided, and a group of archers had already rushed out of the back row of the prison guard, holding a longbow and carrying a wolf tooth arrow fed with poison, and walked to the front row, facing the five people who were surrounded, and opened the bow.

Everyone knew that it was a poisonous arrow, and they couldn't escape for a while, seeing that they were about to die here, Fang Qingshuo's anger was not over, how could he be caught with his hands tied, and the silver-tipped spear in his hand swirled, which was to take the emperor's life.

When he was frightened, suddenly there was a roar in the dark sky: "Don't worry, I'm coming!" The voice was rough and loud, faint and dark, wandering in the air, but no one was seen, everyone looked at the air, but except for Geng Geng Xinghe, Haoyue was in the sky, but nothing could be seen clearly.

I don't know where it came from, seven or eight thunderbolt beads suddenly landed, the ground was banged, and puffs of thick white smoke filled around the five people, Zhu Youqi reacted suddenly, and shouted urgently: "Release the arrow!"

One after another, the wolf's tooth poison arrows flew into the white smoke like lightning, and the arrow whistle buzzed, and after a while, hundreds of wolf-tooth arrows disappeared into the smoke.

Everyone looked forward to it, commented, watched the white smoke clear, and looked forward to the five corpses under the dead arrow.

In the summer of Kaifeng, the wind and rain are uncertain, and the cicadas are singing. The hazy semi-circular moon gradually rose high into the sky. A transparent gray cloud faintly obscured the moonlight, and a light smoke seemed to be shrouded in the imperial garden.

A fresh breeze blew, blowing the gray clouds in the sky, and also dispersed the last trace of light smoke in the imperial garden, but they did not get the result they were satisfied with, and the five people were gone.

Zhu Youqi, who was standing in the field, was furious. His eyes flashed with a fierce light, and on his slender face, his facial features were displaced, and his eyebrows were raised and staring, full of fierce expressions.

Although it is very lively on weekdays, but at night, the entire Kaifeng City is as silent as death, and the silence is terrible. No one dared to violate the curfew of the imperial court.

Under the vast starry sky, only the palace was brightly lit, but outside the palace across the wall, there was no light, only the snow-white light sprinkled by the hazy bright moon shone on the streets, shining on the feather forest soldiers and horses.

Soon, a rapid sound of horses' hooves completely broke the silence of the night, Kaifeng City 4th Street, 9 Road, 18 Fang, 99 Lane, under the urging of the Yulin guards, all gradually lit up the lights, and it didn't take long for the lights in the entire Kaifeng City to flicker. This is Zhu Youqi who was so angry that he issued a search order, and it seemed that he would not stop if he did not arrest this group of people.

Yu Linwei's family rushed in to search for a while, which is to search people, they are only responsible for searching for money, the hard-won opportunity, it was a long period of searching, for a while, the whole city cried and shouted, and the expectations brought by the emperor's marriage to these people on weekdays have disappeared at this moment.

Jinglin Street is the closest street to the back gate of the palace, and it is also the last street to be invaded by Yu Linwei. On Jinglin Street, at the door of an inn, more than a dozen Yulin guards stood at the door with torches, and did not rush in to search for a while, under the illumination of this fire and the lights in the hall, the pavilions and pavilions were majestic and majestic, and the huge plaques were clearly visible: "Jinglin Holy Realm" four golden characters were hung in front of the main entrance.

There are three unique in the well forest, this Julong Pavilion is the largest one, it is the place where Zhu Wen lived when he was down, and later the Liang was established, Zhu Wen gave the plaque "Jinglin Holy Realm", but the common people are used to calling it Julong Pavilion.

In the Julong Pavilion, an officer of Yulin was sitting at the table, looking at the shopkeeper standing next to him, his face was friendly, he was full of smiles, and said in an almost conversational tone: "What shopkeeper, don't mind, brother, I am also acting on orders, it's just a routine, we all know who you are." ”

After that, he got up and walked outside the house, and scolded: "Go, go to the next house!" and turned to say goodbye to the shopkeeper He.

The shopkeeper He is nearly fifty years old, full of vicissitudes, but he has always had a thick smile on his face, seeing that the soldier is leaving, he hurriedly came up, took out a heavy bag of silver from his arms, which was full of thirty taels, and quietly handed it to the general, and said with a smile: "General, thank you for your care, this bit of silver is not a tribute, take it and invite the brothers to drink, and come to sit with me when you have time." ”

When the sergeants saw that the two of them were together, they all looked happy, and they all knew that it was another wine to drink, and their faces were even more ruddy under the light of the fire. Turning around and running to the next one, the officer at the door of the store was extremely skillful and swift, took the silver and put it into his arms in an instant, the smile on his face was even brighter, he thanked him, and walked away.

The sound on the street gradually subsided, and the shopkeeper He took a long breath, as if he hadn't breathed well all day, closed the door of the temple, extinguished the candle, and walked upstairs. Walking up the steps, around the floor, straight to an extremely remote room, looking at the door, he sighed softly, pushed it open, and walked in.

The shadow of the moon was heavy, and it spilled into the room, and by the moonlight, it could be vaguely seen that more than a dozen people had gathered in the room! In addition to the two women and Fang Qingshuo, there were seven other people.

Seeing the shopkeeper He walk in, the burly man on the side laughed, simple and rough, and said in an open voice: "It's better for you to think carefully, otherwise we will all become the kings of their urn!"

As soon as he spoke, he was shocked by the shopkeeper, and quickly patted him softly, and the man reacted, oh quieted down, this man has a great background, and he made an iron hammer, like the Nine Heavens Thunder God, and lost a thunderbolt bead, the people of the rivers and lakes called the thunderbolt thunder god Lei Wangang, and he just rescued the five people.

The shopkeeper He just let everyone whisper, but a girl on the side couldn't help but giggle, the silver bell-like laughter was crisp and pleasant, and under the moonlight, I saw a pair of moist and huge eyes next to her fair face, blinking and blinking, very cute, and asked with a smile: "Brother Lei, what is the Wang Ba in the urn you said?"

Lei Wangang is a rough man, he doesn't know a few big words, he wanted to say that he caught a turtle in an urn, but he didn't know this, so he made a king in an urn, and the others were okay, but the little girl couldn't stop laughing, Lei Wangang choked up for a while, and wanted to say something but couldn't say it.

This girl came with her master, she loves to laugh, but her master is a cold-faced frost star, when an axe swept across the Central Plains, and then gradually disappeared, and for some reason, this time she suddenly appeared, and accepted such a living treasure female apprentice.

Just as the girl was laughing, an old voice sounded: "Bing'er, don't be unreasonable." The voice was kind and majestic, and the girl stuck out her tongue and said nothing with a smile.

Lei Wangang originally liked the child's innocence and naughtyness, and said softly: "It's okay, it's okay." This little doll is cute and tight, I am rare in old thunder, I don't know who the old gentleman is?"

The old man said slowly: "The old man's surname is Yue, and his cheap name is strong at the top of the jade." Lei Wangang was stunned when he heard this,

Just as he was about to step forward to speak, he heard a faint voice from outside the window in the west: "Who should I be, it turned out to be Old Man Yue, I have been looking up for a long time!"

The voice was undecided, but I saw that a window in the east was open and closed, and there was one more person in the room, slender and slender, standing in the house, Fang Qingshuo and the three of them sat on the side after they came, everyone was leisurely, and they didn't pay attention to this person.

Seeing that a person suddenly appeared and interrupted himself, Lei Wangang said angrily: "What are you doing sneakily, when Yue Daxia swept the Central Plains with a Tianyang axe, you were still fucking in your mother's belly, why are you so rude now!"

The man was not angry, and said in Lei Wangang's accent: "Ridiculous, ridiculous." Yue Daxia's deeds are known to the immortals, but you are a man, the immortals know the root of the matter when they pinch their fingers. ”

Several people turned their heads to look at him, they all knew that these prodigal sons of the rivers and lakes were wandering the world, and there were many sects, and there were even more than a cow since the princes were fighting.

I only heard the man pause for a moment, and said leisurely: "You are the roundworm in my mother's stomach, and this immortal knows the reputation of Yue Daxia when he is in his mother's womb, and this matter is not unknown to roundworms." ”

This stiff bite bite of the words made everyone laugh, the little girl laughed the most, and Lei Wan didn't have a seizure just after hearing it,

Yue Yuqiang said: "

The two of them must not hurt the harmony, thanks to the friends of the rivers and lakes have never forgotten, the old man is grateful. I wonder which of the five immortals of Shiren Mountain is Your Excellency?"

Before the man could answer, he heard Lei Wangang say: "Who should I be, it turns out to be the five poisons of Shiren Mountain, Yue Daxia doesn't need to give him face, that poison, tell me which poison you are, what are you doing here?"

The man stepped aside and sat down on a stool, and said, "It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous, and ordinary people don't understand the mystery." Turning his head to Yue Yuqiang, he said: "This immortal is the centipede immortal of Shiren Mountain, Wu Changchun is also, I don't know who the heroes here are?"

Everyone knows that there is a five-poison gate in Shiren Mountain, and the leader of the five poisons is respected in the door, which is said to be full of evil and does everything that hurts heaven and reason, so many people disdain to be with it.

Wu Changchun claimed to be one of the five poisons, which also surprised everyone, only to hear the girl laugh and learn Wu Changchun's tone: "It's ridiculous, you call yourself an immortal, you don't even recognize this fairy girl, listen well, this fairy is the exquisite fairy Liu Hanbing, this is the Nine Heavens Thunder God Lei Wangang, and they are all the elders of your centipede immortals." ”

is young, but he learns to speak well, and everyone laughs, Lei Wangang is much more comfortable when he listens to it,

The tense atmosphere gradually subsided a little, Wu Changchun was originally a "strong when he is strong" character, whoever provoked him, he kept choking him, Lei Wangang suffered this loss,

Seeing that the other party was a little girl at this time, he didn't have a seizure, but just shook his head and smiled: "This immortal knows." When everyone saw that he was easy-going and funny, and he didn't seem to be a poison that did all kinds of evil, they were a little impressed.

After the two women in the corner of the house entered the house, they also sat in a corner and said nothing, and after probably knowing these people, they got up and walked to Fang Qingshuo's side, and saluted: "Ziwei Men Xiaoxin, Xiaohui, thank Gongzi for saving his life." ”

The moonlight by the window slanted on his face, very coquettish, but Fang Qingshuo had been reluctant since he entered the house, how could he have good words?

Without raising his head, he said lightly: "You don't have to take it to heart." ”

The girl got up this time, only to hear the voices of the other three people behind her, and one of them said: "It turned out to be a senior disciple of the Ziwei Sect, who came by trekking through mountains and rivers, and I couldn't admire it." ”

The two girls got up and saluted: "Don't dare, seniors?"

The man said: "Xu He under the gate of the Lower White Horse Peak." He said that this pointed to the two people around him: "This is my seventh junior brother Zhou Shixiang, and this is the new Gu Yuzong who has entered my sect." Everyone looked for a sound, and saw that Xu and Zhou Shixiang looked dignified, but the ancient jade sect was wearing half of the mask, which was a little weird. The clothes of the ancient jade sect were very similar to the disguise of the person who shot the tiger in the forest.

As if sensing everyone's doubts, the ancient jade sect waited for Xu He to finish speaking, and hurriedly said: "The junior has an acute sore, please also invite you Haihan." Today, I saw heroes from all walks of life, and there were even more beggars Fu Yuancheng Fu Gang Leader present, fortunately. ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, the deputy leader of the world's largest beggar gang was present, and he didn't know it, and the two behind Gu Yuzong hurriedly asked:

"Gang Master Fu has also arrived?"

"Where is he? We need to get acquainted. ”

And Gu Yuzong turned his head and faced the man sitting in the corner, and the man got up and said, "Don't dare, Fu Yuancheng has seen you." ”

Wu Changchun said: "It's ridiculous, Fu Da is here, and you don't know until now." ”

Lei Wan was angry, but he was messing around, and said, "What do you know, the old poison is hiding aside." He turned to Fu Yuancheng and said: "I have long heard that the beggar gang is a hero out of a young man, and I have to see Brother Fu today, and it is really worthy of the name, when these few days are over, you and I will drink for three days, okay?"

Fu Yuancheng came quickly and boldly, seeing that Lei Wangang had such courage, he was of course overjoyed and applauded again and again.

Then Wu Changchun jumped out again, and said leisurely, "It's ridiculous, roundworms meet heroes, pull them to drink horse urine." ”

Since entering the house, Wu Changchun has competed with Lei Wangang, and whenever he has the opportunity, he will be sarcastic and sarcastic, Lei Wangang knows that his mouth is not good, and he doesn't care.

Fu Yuancheng hid to the side and observed everything in this room, except for Fang Qingshuo and the masked Gu Yuzong, everyone else looked at it, and they were also very appreciative of Wu Changchun, so he said, "If Brother Changchun doesn't give up, how about sharing three cups with us?"

Wu Changchun didn't say it was ridiculous, and hurriedly applauded. Fu Yuancheng walked up to Fang Qingshuo and the three of them, clasped his fists and saluted, "I don't know which faction the three heroes are?"

Hu Xuan replied: "We are people from Youlan Mountain, we have heard of the prestige of the beggar gang for a long time, and it is really an honor to have the honor to meet the Fu gang leader today." "When the others heard that it was from an unknown Youlan Mountain, they just regarded it as a small sect and ignored it.

Hu Xuan continued: "I don't know all the heroes, what is the so-called matter of coming to Liangdu this time?"

As soon as the question came out, it immediately attracted everyone's surprised eyes, Wu Changchun didn't think about it, and said: "Naturally, it is to rescue Zen Master Huiwu and learn the magic skill of washing the marrow, what, how many people are not?"

Fang Qingshuo, who lowered his head and was stunned, hurriedly raised his head and asked, "What did you say!?"