Chapter 292: A Break (Part II)
"Do you want to be the same as Miss Wang eighteen years ago......" Dou Deyong looked at Lu Jing opposite, smiled and said, "Don't laugh at the dead - my father lost to Miss Wang eighteen years ago, just because of my father's weakness." But now I am different from my late father, even if Miss Wang was alive eighteen years ago, I, Dou Deyong, am not afraid-" As he spoke, Dou Deyong lifted the machete in his hand, and the back of the knife shook out bursts of killing intent under the reflection of the firelight of Night City.
Seeing this, Lu Jing didn't dare to slack off, and her hands had already clenched the pair of "Dragon and Phoenix Double Short Swords" to prepare for it.
Dou Deyong paced forward a few steps, and then continued to say to Lu Jing: "But then again, when you mentioned the incident on Wild Wolf Mountain last time, I really remembered something. I admit that your Lu Jing's brain and courage are indeed outstanding, but this skill is ...... Don't look down on me Dou Deyong, that kid surnamed Tang is not by your side, you really dare to chase after me alone. In that case, I can't give you a good look......"
Dou Deyong's eyes looked at Lu Jing like a sharp knife, after all, Yuxing City was broken, and now it has been forced to a dead end, no matter who stands in the way in front of him, Dou Deyong will not show mercy, not to mention that in Dou Deyong's eyes, Lu Jing is originally a difficult opponent.
Lu Jing was not panicked, she looked at Dou Deyong's expression, and knew that what Dou Deyong was thinking about now was how to get out of here quickly. So, Lu Jing nodded to the question and laughed softly: "Hmph, the helper of the 'Tangying Society' left his brother like this and ran away alone, how will the other brothers of the 'Tangying Society' look at you?"
However, Dou Deyong didn't care at all. He replied sharply: "So what, what I should have done has been done, what is there to be sorry for brother?"
"What should have been done has been done?" Lu Jing was a little confused. His eyes furrowed.
Dou Deyong was looking at Lu Jing and continued: "Since the day I became the leader of the 'Tangying Society', I have always been determined to lead the brothers of the 'Tangying Society' out of poverty. When my father was in office, the 'Tangying Society' was so poor that I couldn't even eat, so after my father passed away and I successfully inherited the position of the helper, I took refuge in Lord Wuluo in Yuxing City and took refuge in the imperial court. Only by helping the court can the brothers of the 'Tangying Society' have enough to eat. In order to get out of poverty and live a prosperous life, this is my goal all along——"
Lu Jing didn't say anything, and Dou Deyong didn't seem to finish speaking. Lu Jing still continued to listen patiently.
Dou Deyong continued: "Now that Zhu Yuanzhang's troops have captured Yuxing City, and Lord Wuluo is also not protecting himself, so why should I continue to stay here? In this way, the most basic survival and future honor and status can be guaranteed. It's a very realistic question!"
After hearing this, Lu Jing thought about it quietly, and then said slowly: "No wonder Lao Jiu will say that you are stubborn...... For the sake of money and status, you do not hesitate to harm other people and the people of the world, just as your father said before his death, you have violated the so-called 'righteous path'—"
"Did that guy Lao Jiu tell you......" Dou Deyong listened, and echoed, "Hmph." Lao Jiu, like my father, only knows what the so-called 'righteous way' and 'chivalrous heart' follow in Lu Dao...... I'm telling you. Born in troubled times, the living are the strong, those righteous and Dali are just Confucian demagoguery, they are stubborn, so I never followed my father's path. I will go my own way, and in my own way lead the brothers of the Church out of their predicament, so that my father's spirit in heaven may see that the way I am walking is the right way!"
"The Wuluo belt Todo you took refuge in, didn't Zhu Yuanzhang defeat him in the end?" Lu Jing continued to reply, "Where Zhu Yuanzhang goes, those who care for the people, take care of the people, and conform to the will of the people are the ones who can conquer the world." And you do not hesitate to kill the people for the sake of immediate interests, and you think that you have helped your brothers in the 'Tang Ying Society', but in fact you have led them to a point of no return. Therefore, I have the same intention as Lao Jiu, and your father's path is the right one......"
"Don't mention him again-" Who knows, as soon as Lao Jiu finished saying this, Dou Deyong raised his big knife as if he was crazy, and with a "storm of chaos", he quickly slashed towards the corner of the eaves where Lu Jing was standing.
Seeing this, Lu Jing got up and jumped high, flew directly over Dou Deyong's head, and then landed behind Dou Deyong where he was standing just now.
Dou Deyong slashed into the air this time, and then immediately turned around, looked at Lu Jing with fierce eyes, and continued in his mouth: "My father, my father......? Miss Lu, do you know what it feels like to have enough to eat, and what it feels like for the two hundred brothers under Lu Dao to be hungry with you? We are self-explanatory bandits, hated by the common people and ostracized by the government. We live in seclusion in the wild wolf mountains, and we live by hunting every day, sometimes without prey, and can only feed on bark and grass roots, do you know what it feels like?"
As he spoke, Dou Deyong raised the big knife again, and slashed at Lu Jing's head with a swing of the knife. Seeing this, Lu Jing formed a bracket with two short swords in both hands, pinching Dou Deyong's knife path and preventing him from exerting his strength smoothly.
However, Dou Deyong's strength was beyond Lu Jing's expectations, he didn't expect Dou Deyong, who usually didn't show his martial arts in front of him, to shoot so quickly. I saw Dou Deyong mention it again, and changed hands to a "wild sand roar", and the knife wind was like a storm of sand and dust, and thousands of catties fell.
Seeing this, Lu Jing rolled sideways to the side, only to hear a loud "click-" sound, where Dou Deyong swung the knife just now, a piece of the eaves was directly connected to the pillars and tiles and was split through a hole. And Lu Jing didn't dare to slack off, and immediately got up, in case Dou Deyong would quickly attack the next round.
And after Dou Deyong finished slashing this knife, he didn't make a move immediately, but continued to turn his head to Lu Jing and said the topic just now: "I don't want to let myself and the brothers of the 'Tangying Society' taste that kind of life when I don't have enough food, so I risk my own life, and I also want those brothers to have food and clothing, no matter what the price is——"
"But the price is to let the entire 'Tang Ying Society' go to the abyss...... Lu Jing followed up and said solemnly, "The 'Tang Ying Society' does this. defected to the Mengyuan court, brutalized the common people, and degenerated into a bullying gang that was even more terrible than bandits and robbers. The 'Hall of Heroes' that has lost the hearts of the people and its morality will never have a day to get up. will only sink deeper and deeper, unable to extricate themselves...... And the former helper of the 'Tang Ying Society', that is, your father Dou Jinshun, may have seen this problem after he made a bet with Miss Wang eighteen years ago, so even if he starves and makes the 'Tang Ying Society' suffer like that for a while, he will definitely not violate the 'righteous path' that he finally receives. At that time, you were already an adult, and I am afraid that you have long understood the words of your father. So now you've become like this, and that's the difference between you and your father—"
"I've said it all, don't mention him again!" Dou Deyong roared again. Turning around, there was another "storm of chaos", the killing wind suddenly rose from all sides, and the tiger roared towards Lu Jing's face.
Seeing this, Lu Jing got up and jumped again. But this time, Lu Jing didn't blindly dodge. When the light power jumped directly above Dou Deyong. Lu Jing swooped down instantly. "Heavenly Maiden Scattered Flowers" came out, and the double short sword in Lu Jing's hand turned into a shadow-like sword shadow around her body, and she faced it straight down in nothingness.
Dou Deyong raised his head and looked up, pressed the machete upward, and used the thick back of the knife to resist Lu Jing's attack. Although Lu Jing's attack was unpredictable, how could Dou Deyong's strength be several feet higher than his own, and Lu Jing couldn't support it for long in mid-air, Dou Deyong raised his knife and pressed it to his side. Lu Jing's whole person also flew to that side.
However, Lu Jing's concentration is still relatively strong, and after being "thrown" out by Dou Deyong. The whole person turned around in the air twice, but still landed steadily.
"As I said, my father and I have taken different paths, whether you say that there is a difference between us, no matter how he 'keeps the way', I will not follow his wrong old path again-" Dou Deyong continued to raise the knife and said, "My father has been dead for so many years, and my son has not said anything, you outsiders are the same as Lao Jiu's guy, always hanging on your lips." Since you are so entangled, then I will tell you, I will forget all the things about my father's life, and I will use my new path and my achievements to make those who have died look good, and I am absolutely right to follow myself!"
"You put the past ...... Forget about it?" Lu Jing couldn't help but ask again when she heard this.
"Of course, we must forget all the past, otherwise there will never be a future, and all the brothers of the 'Tangying Society' will continue to starve!" Dou Deyong continued, "Isn't that kid surnamed Tang the same? So if that kid can't forget all this, then he will never improve—so when that kid swore in front of me, he would have regarded his father's past as a gray shadow, left it behind, and then went his own way......" Dou Deyong said, pulling the topic to Tang Zhan.
However, when Lu Jing heard Dou Deyong's comment on Tang Zhan, her expression changed instantly. Lu Jing thought for a while, then stared at Dou Deyong with both eyes, and first replied softly: "No, you are wrong, stupid he is not like that, and you don't understand ...... at all."
As he was talking, suddenly the building where Lu Jing and Dou Deyong were standing shook unconsciously, and then they heard the cracking sound of sawdust "crackling-" downstairs.
"It's not good, the fire has already burned to this building-" Lu Jing reacted at this time, the fire burning in the Prime Minister's Mansion had spread here, looking down from the eaves, there was almost a sea of fire below.
Lu Jing glanced up at Dou Deyong again, and continued: "Fool, he is going his own way, when facing Wuluo with Todo, he did not choose glory and wealth like Dou Deyong, but chose the right path, that is, with Lao Jiu, with your father, and his mother Wang Yuping. And he's not trying to forget the past as you say, that's the difference between a fool and you-"
"Whatever you want......" Dou Deyong didn't seem to care, he continued with a knife, "Anyway, this building won't last long, and Zhu Yuanzhang's troops are almost here, since you want to be like Miss Wang eighteen years ago, chasing after me alone, then hurry up and finish here......
After speaking, Dou Deyong got up and rushed forward, raised the knife and used the "Wild Sand Roar" again, and the machete swept along the eaves debris blown by the knife wind and flew towards Lu Jing.
Lu Jing didn't deliberately dodge this time, and the two swords merged. Two rainbow patterns flashed, and the "Sword Dance Flying Rainbow" was drawn out like a rainbow cloud, and the sword qi followed the sword path. Fight head-on with the fierce "Roar of the Sands". This round, Lu Jing has made some improvements, and the frontal resistance has had some effect. But after all, his internal strength is still not as good as Dou Deyong, Dou Deyong changed his tricks slightly, and the force on the knife deliberately shifted to the side of the eaves, which seemed to have bad intentions towards Lu Jing.
Lu Jing usually has a lot of eyes, but once it comes time to confront each other with force, she is often inexperienced. If you don't count the time when you were in Lu Mansion, Tang Zhan helped him defeat Nangong Zheng. Today's showdown is that Lu Jingzhen is really single-handedly fighting against an opponent who is stronger than herself.
Sure enough, Lu Jing didn't notice that the double short sword in his hand was just following Dou Deyong's knife flow. However, Dou Deyong's knife flow shifted just now, and Lu Jing's feet straddled directly on the edge of the eaves.
"Click-" There was a crackling sound, and Lu Jing's eyes instantly turned black for a short time, due to the burning of the fire. The support of the eaves has long been less solid than it used to be. Lu Jing didn't notice. With one kick on both feet, the whole person has a tendency to fall down from the upstairs.
After Lu Jing's short panic, her reaction was quite fast, holding two short swords with one hand, and grabbing a short log on the eaves with the other hand, so that she didn't fall.
However, this short log did not last long. The following is the "sea of fire" after the fire burns, if Lu Jing can't climb up quickly. The place without support is used for light work, and Lu Jing falls vertically. I will still lose my life. Lu Jing gritted her teeth, and her clenched hand did not let go, I have to say that this is the most dangerous situation that Lu Jing has experienced alone since she was born.
And Dou Deyong was standing on the eaves at this time, and Dou Deyong walked a few steps in the direction of Lu Jing with a look of contempt. Lu Jing just looked up at Dou Deyong, but her clenched hand didn't dare to slacken.
"What's the matter, there's no way now, right?, as long as I cut off the hand you support, you're going to be buried in a sea of fire......" Dou Deyong looked at Lu Jing who was in danger, and said with contempt, "Now you understand, you are not the girl Wang of eighteen years ago, and you can't win against me." Eighteen years ago, Miss Wang won against my father because of my father's mistake, and now you, the Lu girl, have lost to me, proving that my path is right, so today I will use your blood to pave the way for my future road!" As he spoke, Dou Deyong used all his strength, raised his knife above his head with both hands, and was ready to use his strength to cut off Lu Jing's right hand that was supported.
However, even with the exertion of Dou Deyong's whole body, there was also a collapse where he was standing. only listened to the sound of "bang-", due to Dou Deyong's excessive force on his feet, the whole person fell into an eaves hole caused by himself, not only did he not stand firmly, but the corner of the eaves also poured slightly.
And it was this inclination that Lu Jing's horizontal timber position shifted slightly to the lower level, and Lu Jing's feet were just able to reach a flat step below. Lu Jing's eyes were certain, and her feet kicked the flat steps, and the whole person once again performed light skills and turned over and jumped onto the roof.
And Lu Jing went up to the eaves, and the support point of the corner of the eaves just now was unbalanced, and as the crack gradually widened, the entire eaves corner made a crisp cracking sound, and completely fell downstairs. And Dou Deyong was stuck in the hole at the corner of the eaves and couldn't get out immediately, so he also fell down with the corner of the eaves.
"Ah-" With Dou Deyong's scream in the air, Dou Deyong and the corner of the eaves fell into the "sea of fire" downstairs together, and the flames below the consciousness suddenly soared, and there was a faint breaking sound, Dou Deyong was completely buried in his hands......
And Lu Jing, who turned the corner on the eaves, was still a little frightened, the moment of life and death just now, if it wasn't for Dou Deyong's "self-digging grave", then the person who fell could be himself.
After lying on the eaves and gasping for breath a few times, Lu Jing moved to a safe position, looked at the position of Dou Deyong's "burial of the sea of fire" just now, and said slowly: "Actually, I wanted to say just now that the biggest difference between you and a fool is ...... Again, to go your own way, you choose to forget the past. And the fool is not, what the fool does is not to forget the past, but to face the past, which I already understood when he and I met Zuo Tianang's predecessor. It's just that I didn't expect that this difference made you bury yourself in a grave dug by yourself......"
As soon as Dou Deyong dies, Yuxing City should be completely calm tonight...... (To be continued......)