Chapter 3 Praying Mantis Catches Cicadas

Stormwind, ugly, dark night.

There was silence all around, only the small building on the east side of the castle was still lit by candlelight.

Tie Han walked up to the small building and pushed the door in. The iron eagle in the room, Gao Xuan, and Yang Tan were talking around the table. Tie Han said: "What are you doing?" Gao Xuan got up and said: "The old hall master came just in time, I and Yang Zhai Lord have heard some of Fu Ziliang's deeds, and we are telling them to our virtuous nephews, I know myself and my opponent." Iron Cold snorted. said: "When Luo Tianchu was the first son, he led people to Ningyuan County quickly. If you're lucky, when Xiaoying arrives in Ningyuan County, he'll have done it. Yang Tan's face changed and said: "He is so impatient, isn't he in a hurry to send him to death, there are hundreds of minions in the city, and Fu Ziliang himself is a master." Tie Han looked out the window with empty eyes, and said: "That kid is familiar with military books, and he knows the truth of the speed of soldiers, no matter how much you talk here, it is useless, who knows if Fu Ziliang is still in Ningyuan County, whether he will go out." Even if he is, what is his usual whereabouts, and how can he visit the place if he doesn't see it himself?" Tie Ying immediately got up and said, "Boy, let's set off with troops." Tie Han said: "My father has already chosen people for you, they are all the elites of my Storm Hall, and there are sixteen fast horses, you will succeed this time, and Hugh will be ashamed of your father." Iron Eagle commanded: "Yes!"

When Gongsun Mingyue walked into the house, Junlai was looking at the map under the lamp, and asked without looking back: "Sir, are there any movements of those two boys?" Gongsun Mingyue said: "I have sent someone to follow them secretly, and every step of their action will fly pigeons to send a letter back." Xiao Lhotse has already set off. Xiaoying was talking to the two village masters in Stormwind City and Yang Gao, and after the Iron Hall Master went, he also took people on his journey and took sixteen fast horses with him. Ling Junlai said: "It seems that they are all bound to win, who do you think will win on both sides?" Gongsun Mingyue said: "It's hard to say, Xiaoying has the advantage in strength, but I vaguely feel that he will suffer Xiaoluo's loss." Ling Junlai said: "I also feel the same way, Xiao Luozi will leave, what do you think about this matter?" Gongsun Mingyue said without hesitation: "The soldiers are fast, and the first strike is strong." Ling Junlai shook his head and said: "Not only that, Xiao Luo left in a hurry just to lead Xiaoying to go in a hurry, he didn't want Xiaoying to be fully prepared." Without Gao Yang's two old foxes to give advice, the honest little eagle is likely to be on the road. ”

Early the next morning, Zhu Yushi greeted Jia Yinyang and said, "Master, our poison is almost gone, do you need a disciple to go to Baimao Valley to find some back?" Jia Yinyang shook his head and said: "No need, I have been to the cave to see it last night, and those two eagle eggs are about to hatch." Zhu Yushi said happily: "This is a good thing, why does the master look sullen?" Jia Yinyang sighed: "That beast killed my child, and caused me to be separated from Dangu for more than 20 years, and I feel guilty for the teacher." Zhu Yushi said: "Master, don't blame yourself, you also said that whatever you chose at that time was wrong, and it was also right, after all, the master has fulfilled the wishes of several generations." Jia Yinyang said: "You are right, the teacher plans to wait for the two beasts to hatch and slaughter them, not only to live up to the ancestral order, but also to avenge the child, then go to Dangu, so that she can beg her, I hope she can forgive." Zhu Yushi said happily: "This is a good way." ”

Jia Yinyang said: "Come, as a teacher, I will take you to see them." Zhu Yushi said excitedly: "Yes." The two men went out of the house, came to the grass-covered mountain wall, lifted the white cloth with the inscription "Whoever enters, shall die" and entered the cave. Zhu Yushi immediately felt a yin wind blowing in his face, giving birth to an inexplicable fear, as if the end of the black hole was the eighteenth layer of purgatory, and every step he took was closer to death. He had seen a lot of Gu things, and no matter how powerful they were, they had never scared him so much. His scalp was numb, his pores were constricted, his hairs stood on end, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead at some point, and his eyes looked around uneasily. The three small bamboo tubes on his body shook slightly, and the 'Blue Spotted Centipede', 'White Jade Scorpion' and 'Colorful Poisonous Bee' inside also sensed the fear ahead and began to be restless. Jia Yinyang took a torch from the iron trough of the stone wall, lit it with a fire breaker, and then turned around and said: "It's not a shame to be afraid, it's scary not to be afraid, you have the reaction that an excellent Gu master should have, follow the teacher." Zhu Yushi answered, and followed nervously.

The cave is long and narrow, and the half-burnt incense kung fu has not yet reached the end, and it is pitch black behind him, and the entrance to the cave has long been gone. After walking for a while, I saw a wide iron door in front of me, presumably the Gu King Eagle Egg was in it, the breath of death exuded from the door was almost suffocating, the fear became more and more intense, and the small bamboo tube on the body also trembled and intensified. Jia Yinyang took out the key from his waist to open the iron door, walked in, and lit the six torches on the wall in turn, illuminating the stone room. The basin was filled with a viscous green liquid that looked like a huge jade from a distance, and the breath of death emanated from the basin. Now that he saw it with his own eyes, Zhu Yushi relaxed and froze.

Jia Yinyang put the torch into the iron trough, pointed to the crystal basin and said: "The green water inside is the Heavenly Cultivation Gu Pulp brewed with countless Overlord Gus, those two Gu King Eagle eggs have been raised in it for twenty-five years, and the toxicity can be imagined, and after they hatch, they are not sure to control them." Zhu Yushi knew that the uncontrollable consequence would be backlash, and said nervously: "Since it is so dangerous, it is better to destroy it earlier." Jia Yinyang said: "These two beasts have spent half their lives as teachers, and they are really unwilling to destroy them without looking at them." Zhu Yushi said: "What do those two eggs look like, can I take a look?" Jia Yinyang nodded and said, "Come on." "When he came to the crystal basin with Zhu Yushi, he picked up a copper wire leak net from the table, fished it out into the crystal basin, and didn't touch the hard object after fishing twice, and couldn't help but sigh and said, "It's strange." Suddenly, his arm trembled, and he touched something soft, and the thing actually pulled hard to slip through the net, Jia Yinyang's face suddenly changed color, his body froze there, and he said in a low voice: "It's hatched, you get out of the hole quickly, don't come back." Before Zhu Yushi could react, suddenly the green water in the crystal basin churned violently, and a few drops splashed out of the basin and landed on Jia Yinyang's left hand. Jia Yinyang was shocked, and when he hurriedly pushed Zhu Yu away, he jumped back, pulled out a dagger from his waist with his right hand, and cut off his left wrist without hesitation. Blood sprayed out, beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on his face, and he hurriedly lit the two points of Qi Sea and Shoulder Well to slow down the bleeding. Looking at the broken wrist on the ground, it turned black in an instant, and black blood was sprinkled on the ground.

Zhu Yushi exclaimed, and just took two steps forward, Jia Yinyang shouted violently: "Stand down!" Zhu Yushi didn't dare to move again. I saw the black heads of two young eagles suddenly emerge from the churning green water, their eyes were blood-red, full of cruelty and violence, seeing the black blood and wrists on the ground, the blood-red eyes lit up, and they screamed with excitement, stumbling out of the crystal basin, fluttering their wet wings twice, and jumping off the table. Their bodies are black and translucent, and they shake it vigorously to shake off the green water on their fluffs, and begin to eat away at the broken wrists on the ground, and in a short time they are only black bones. They are three times larger than the average eagle and can feed as soon as they hatch, which is incredible. Jia Yinyang endured the pain of breaking his hand, and used more than a dozen kinds of passwords, but the two young eagles ignored them, to no effect, and occasionally glanced at him, then turned his head to the side, as if with contempt, as if to say, "You want to use this method to order us, but there is no door." Jia Yinyang was extremely excited, and shouted: "It is worthy of the legendary Divine Gu Beast, Ancestors and Ancestors, you see, this is the Gu King Eagle! I did it! I did it! Hahaha." Zhu Yushi hurriedly said, "Master! Look, those two eagles are staring at us." Jia Yinyang turned his head and saw that they held their heads high, looking directly at the two of them, full of arrogance, as if they were on top of a cliff, looking at all living beings. Jia Yinyang said: "They are the kings of the Gu, no one can control them, these spiritual objects can't be destroyed in my hands, just don't care." Saying that, he turned around and walked out of the iron gate, Zhu Yushi was startled, hurriedly took a torch and followed, looked back, and saw that the two young eagles were swaggering behind, looking at their walking demeanor, as if the emperor was out on patrol.

The two of them came out of the hole, stood in the distance and turned back to watch, and saw the two young eagles standing at the entrance of the cave and looking out for a while, curious about this bright world, suddenly looked up at the sky, as if they found fate, trembled a little, their blood-red eyes narrowed into a line, they were deeply attracted by the blue sky, and they did not move for a long time. Suddenly, one of the eagles screamed, burst out of the hole, and ran forward, flicking its wings desperately, but as soon as it jumped up, it fell back to the ground. The other eagle also screamed, ran like it, flapped its wings, and fell down as well.

Half an hour later, one of the eaglets flapped its wings and flew up, "uh-uh", circled in the air and landed in a nearby tree, staring at the other eaglet, as if to say, "Fly up, don't keep me waiting." The other eagle worked harder, ran madly and flapped its wings, and after a cup of tea it finally flew up, circled in the sky, and landed beside its companion.

Their eyes at the two of them were no longer hostile, only to see their heads shrink, their bodies slightly leaning forward, as if to salute, as if thanking the two for their nurturing grace, and then the bloody eyes suddenly opened, and with a long roar, they flapped their wings and flew up, rising higher and higher in the air, flying farther and farther. Jia Yinyang looked at the black dots they turned into in the sky, and said with emotion: "Only the vast sky can accommodate such psychic things. ”

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Tie Ying and his party of eight people and sixteen horses rushed to the town ten miles away from Ningyuan County, they hurried day and night, changing horses and not changing people, and when they arrived here, they were already sleepy and tired, so they took a break in the town's teahouse, and let Xiao Er drink the horse feeding. After eating three bowls of wine, one soldier said: "Seeing that they have arrived in Ningyuan County, why can't they catch up with Luo Tianchu? Could it be that they also have horses?" Another soldier said: "Before going down the mountain, I specially asked the soldiers who were on the night vigil, and Luo Tianchu did not prepare horses, and eighty percent of them were in the middle of the way, so they missed it." Tie Ying said: "Don't worry about others, just take care of our business." There is Fu Ziliang in the county seat, and he is too focused on riding a horse, so he stores the horse here and scatters into the city. I'll find an inn to live in first, recover my strength, you go to feel the situation in the city, inquire about Fu Ziliang's residence, and come back to draw a sketch for me, and I'll go to his house tonight to investigate. ”

After eating, they entered Ningyuan County one after another and began to act separately. Three hours later, the soldiers' report surprised Tie Ying, it turned out that Fu Ziliang knew that there were too many enemies, in order to prevent vendettas, he had a total of seven mansions in the county, and every time he returned to the house, he used seven identical carriages to drive to different mansions, no one knew which car he was sitting in, more cunning than a fox. Tie Ying frowned and said: "Fu Ziliang is only alone when he is in the carriage, this is also the best chance to kill him, but we must find out which car he will be in, if he misses a hit, there will be no chance, he must be stable before he can make a move, and we will step on it together tomorrow." ”

Four days later, Gongsun Mingyue received two flying pigeon letters, and came to see Ling Junlai with a worried expression. Ling Junlai is drinking tea and enjoying the scenery with his wife and daughter in the Wangfeng Pavilion in the east of Tuotianling, the sunset under the mountain is sprinkled with gold, and the sea of clouds floats, which is very spectacular. When he saw Gongsun Mingyue coming, he smiled and said, "The military advisor came just in time, let's taste tea and watch the clouds together." The relationship between the two is also a gentleman and a friend, but Gongsun Mingyue is inconvenient to sit with his family, so he said with a smile: "It's good for the subordinates to stand and talk." You Jingyao smiled and said, "Could it be that the military advisor disdains to be in the company of our female streamers?" Gongsun Mingyue hurriedly said: "Madam misunderstood, and the subordinates dare." He sat down. You Jingyao said: "Xue'er, the military advisor wants to talk to your father, let's go over there and have a look." Ling Xue'er said: "Uncle Gongsun, do you have news of Brother Xiaoying and Luo Tianchu?" Ling Xue'er pulled You Jingyao's sleeve and said coquettishly: "Mother, I want to hear it." "You Jingyao can't help her. said: "Then you accompany your father, go first for your mother." Saying that Yingying made a blessing, Gongsun Mingyue hurriedly said: "Congratulations to Mrs." ”

Ling Junlai said with interest: "How are they progressing?" Gongsun Mingyue said: "Xiaoying has done a good job in Ningyuan County, and it should have been successful now." Ling Jun came and said, "Oh, how did he act?" Gongsun Mingyue said: "It is believed that Fu Ziliang found seven people who were similar to him, and when he returned home, they were all veiled and sat in seven identical carriages. The little eagle was extremely smart, and after observing for three days, he found that the people in the seven carriages were all fake, and the real Fu Ziliang was driving a donkey cart full of dry firewood. My messenger saw that the eaglet had been following the donkey cart around and about, and finally came to the corner gate of a green building. At that time, there was only one person in Kitty Hawk, and he didn't dare to make a rash move. It turned out that Fu Ziliang never went home, and only stayed in the Qinglou every day, and greed was his biggest weakness. Ling Xue'er chirped: "This kind of bully deserves to die." Gongsun Mingyue continued: "There are only two Qinglou in Ningyuan County, and last night Xiaoying and they pretended to be prostitutes and mixed in, and inquired that Fu Ziliang had patronized one of them in a row these days, and according to the girls in Qinglou, he would patronize the other one the next day." I believe that Kitty Hawk will not let go of this opportunity. Ling Junlai praised: "Kitty Eagle is shrewd and capable, and the messenger trained by Mr. is also very competent, and he can even inquire about such details." ”

Ling Xue'er couldn't help but say, "What about Luo Tianchu, is there any news about him?" Gongsun Mingyue said with a strange expression: "Xiao Luo, he didn't go to Ningyuan County. Ling Junlai was also surprised, and said in surprise: "Where did he go?" Gongsun Mingyue said: "He found a place with beautiful scenery, and traveled with the soldiers all day long, fighting and frolicking, drinking and having fun, and sometimes gambling a few handfuls of money. Ling Xue'er snorted and said, "Sure enough, the bad habits will not change." Gongsun Mingyue sighed: "Maybe Xiao Luo didn't want to win so he deliberately gave in, but it was too obvious." Ling Junlai pondered for a while, and said: "He has a strong nature, how can he admit defeat, where is he playing in the mountains and rivers?" Gongsun Mingyue said: "On Wenqi Mountain." Ling Junlai silently said: "Wenqi Mountain, Wenqi Mountain." Suddenly, he stroked his palms and smiled: "I understand, we have lived in Shuzhong for many years, and our understanding of the terrain is not as good as Xiaoluo." Gongsun Mingyue was puzzled: "Please make it clear to the castle master." Ling Junlai reminded: "Where is the foot of Wenqi Mountain?" Gongsun Mingyue didn't want to think about it and said: "It's Gangu, huh?" His eyes lit up, and he said: "Gangu is a must-pass place to return from Ningyuan County, could it be that the kid wants to catch cicadas with praying mantises, and the yellow finch is behind? Ling Junlai said: "Gangu is located in the upper reaches of Weishui, the terrain is flat, Xiaoluo stands on Wenqi Mountain, the surrounding ten miles are unobstructed, when Xiaoying passes through Gangu, it is already sleepy and tired, Xiaoluo is waiting for work, victory and defeat. Gongsun Mingyue shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "This kind of damage trick can only be thought of by him, and it is okay to deal with the enemy, but against his own people, even if he wins, he will be suspected of taking advantage of the danger of others." Ling Junlai said with a smile: "I said that no matter what method is used, whoever brings Fu Ziliang's head back will be the owner of the Demon King Village, and Xiao Luo has done nothing wrong." And the real war is cruel and ruthless, and only those who have the ability can take advantage of the danger. ”

The moon was shining, the cold wind was blowing, and sixteen fast horses were galloping on the road in the field. All eight of Iron Eagle were wounded, and they still had lingering palpitations when they recalled the battle of yesterday evening. Fu Ziliang really went to the Qinglou. The iron eagle was ambushed in the shadows, rushing out of the ground, slamming his back heart with ten percent of the iron palm skills, Fu Ziheng was caught off guard, vomiting blood and fighting twice, but he was still not dead, still fighting to the death. Eight people could not take him for a while. They fought viciously on the long street, and soon attracted Fu Ziliang's minions. Tie Ying immediately made a decision, took Fu Ziliang's palm, cut off his head, wrapped it in a cloth towel, and carried it on his back. Eight people fought and retreated, and after Tie Ying personally broke off, the iron palm that had been immersed for more than ten years was unstoppable, killing many people, and he was also injured in many places. Fortunately, sixteen horses were hidden outside the city, and eight were wounded and mounted, so they barely escaped. They didn't dare to delay, in order to get rid of the pursuers, they changed horses every thirty miles, and Fu Ziliang's men could only reach them.

Walking to the foot of Wenqi Mountain, Tie Ying breathed a sigh of relief, everyone suffered external injuries, and recuperation in February would be fine, Tie Ying arched his hand and said: "This trip is complete, the brothers are desperate to kill the enemy, Tie Ying is grateful." The soldiers immediately returned the salute and said, "Congratulations to the Iron Lord." Tie Ying nodded and smiled, and said suspiciously: "It's strange, what is Brother Luo doing?" At this moment, I suddenly heard the people on the hill shouting and neighing, and a team of men and horses rushed down with swords in hand, and the dust and sand rolled, and I don't know how many enemies came.