Chapter 741: Whoever Wins and Who Loses
Chu Yiyi said: "That 'heart washing**' is the best evil skill of the lifeless old devil, although the son is smart, how can he come up with a way to crack it in a few days, you are so sleepless, you will definitely be tired."
Hua Bushi said: "The nephew of Xiri is the only heir of Fifth Brother Ma, and I must save him." Mrs. Yiyi doesn't have to worry about me, even if you go first, I have my own measure in the matter of healing. ”
Chu Yiyi frowned slightly, walked to the chair opposite Hua Bushi and sat down, and said, "If Gongzi refuses to rest, Yiyi will not leave, just sit here and accompany Gongzi!"
Hua Bushi looked up at Chu Yiyi, and saw her persistent look, so he had to smile bitterly: "Okay, okay, it's not enough for me to rest, Mrs. Yiyi will go first, I'll clean up the things on the table and go back to sleep." ”
Today is the eighth day of the lunar month, and it has been 21 days since a big battle at the foot of Yuyang Mountain, and it has been three days since the people of the "Evil Dog Gate" returned to Kaifeng City from Wangwu Mountain, and the war against the "Rich Alliance" has long been over.
That night, after finding Hua Bushi at the foot of Yuyang Mountain, the people of the "Evil Dog Gate" met with the people of the Demon Taoist Sect who were chasing them, and the two sides fought a battle, and after several people were killed by the musket array of the Perak Camp, the Demon Taoist Sect members retreated.
Hua Bushi ordered everyone to find a hillside with a difficult terrain and set up camp, and withdrew the disciples of the Perak camp in Mida Valley to avoid being attacked by the people in the Demon Dao. On the third day, reinforcements from the "Luohan Gate" and the "Shaolin faction" arrived.
Hearing the rumors, the "Six Provinces Boxing Champion" Fang Changsheng and Master Wuchen personally led more than 100 elite masters from the two sects to come, and after meeting with the people and horses of the "Evil Dog Gate", several principals discussed a little and decided to concentrate on Liliang to attack the Demon Dao Lair.
A total of more than 400 people from the three sects made a detour to the back mountain of Xiandu Peak, making a cloud ladder to prepare for forcibly crossing the cliff.
Originally, it was thought that this attack on the mountain would encounter a fierce battle, but what was quite unexpected was that the ladder climbed over the cliff very smoothly, and it was not blocked at all, and from the tunnel in the belly of the mountain straight down to the fairy spirit palace on the mountainside, there was still not a single demon Taoist sect member, and even those heartless beasts in the Sanssouci Mansion did not know where to go.
The Fairy Spirit Palace was empty, it turned out that the people in the Demon Dao had withdrawn earlier, the utensils in the palace were also carried away, and the secret passage of the iron cage that led down to the Mida Valley from the belly of the mountain was destroyed.
The three factions searched the mountainside and the top of the mountain for a long time, but found nothing, so they set a fire, burned down the palace buildings on the mountainside, and then returned from the cliff to descend the mountain.
This destruction of the Demon Dao Lair can be regarded as a bloodless sword, but the price paid in the subsequent battle with the "Rich Alliance" is not small.
The three factions of people and horses just got off the Xiandu Peak, and they received a letter from the flying pigeon, but it was the Baidao people and horses assembled at the southern foot of Wangwu Mountain who were attacked, and the enemy ** attacked, in addition to the gangs of the Wangwu faction and the gangs of the rivers and lakes attracted by the "Rich Alliance", there were hundreds of masters who were like crazy demons.
These crazy masters are undoubtedly those heartless beasts in the Sanssouci Mansion. It turned out that Zhuo Yiwen used a strategy to avoid reality and make up fiction, and took the initiative to give up Mida Valley, but took the opportunity to outflank and raid the other party's back road.
In the southern foot of Wangwu Mountain, in addition to the heroes of dozens of sects in the Baidao of Yujing, there are also hundreds of disciples of the "Shaolin School" and the "Luohan Sect". Although they are numerous, the elite masters in the gate are not among them, and it is difficult for them to resist the full attack of the "Rich Alliance". By the time Master Fang Changsheng Wuchen and the others rushed back from Yuyang Mountain, they had already suffered heavy casualties, losing hundreds of people.
If it is said that the strength of the "Luohan Gate", the "Shaolin Faction" and the Yujing Baidao factions was much higher than that of the "Rich Alliance" before, after this raid battle, it was hit hard, and the remaining centaurs may not be much stronger than the other party.
However, the war has already started, and it can only be fought to the end. Fang Changsheng and Wuchen arrived with the elite, repelled the enemy's attack, slightly reorganized the remnants of the manpower, and immediately ordered a counterattack on Fugui Villa.
A scuffle lasted for two days and two nights, during which the underworld people also participated, and the strength of the "Nirvana Alliance" was still slightly inferior after all, and it was finally captured by the white road heroes.
Although this battle was won, it could only be regarded as a pyrrhic victory. More than 100 disciples of the "Luohan Sect" were wounded, more than 100 warrior monks of the "Shaolin Sect" were killed in the battle, and more than half of the people in the other Jianghu sects were killed or wounded.
The sect with the least damage on the Bai Dao side is the "Evil Dog Sect", because the "Qingyun Jianzhen" is extraordinarily powerful, and the musket array of the Thunderbolt Battalion is mainly used for long-range strikes, and Hua Bushi's command is quite conservative, because only twenty or thirty disciples were lost in this battle, and among the forty-nine Qingyun Guards, only five or six were slightly injured.
The victor suffered a big loss, and the casualties of the defeated "Fugui Alliance" were of course a lot, the "Wangwu faction" was wiped out, and the Jianghu sect that took refuge in them was wiped out, and most of the disciples were completely annihilated, and most of the underworld people and horses in Yujing who participated in this battle were also lost, and none of the hundreds of heartless beasts were killed.
However, these casualties are just some cannon fodder, and the leaders of the other side are not among them. Zuo Junhua, the owner of Fugui Villa, fled to the capital with his relatives before this battle, and the Demon Daoist sect did not show up, Zhuo Yiwen, Yun Jiang, and Fog Shadow did not know where to go.
Although the battle against the "Rich Alliance" in this crusade seemed to be a complete victory in the end, from the actual damage, the black and white of the Yu Realm, all the sects and sects were all masters, which greatly damaged the vitality, and the Demon Dao side did not have much actual damage except for the loss of a Mida Valley. It is really difficult to say which outcome will win or lose.
The news of the large-scale private fighting of the Yujing mob soon reached the Jingshi, and Zuo Junhua also complained to the Dali Temple in due course. Emperor Zhu Youzhen was furious, and immediately dismissed Fan Jingwen, the governor of Henan, on the charge of maintaining local law and order, and ordered Zhu Dadian, the secretary of Dali Temple, to remove the chief officials of the state capitals of Henan Province and seriously investigate the responsibility.
There have always been a lot of fights on the rivers and lakes, as long as they are not enemies with the government, the imperial court will rarely intervene, and will turn a blind eye. This has become a common practice, because most of the gangs in the rivers and lakes are strong and powerful on each side, and the local government can't manage it even if it wants to, but this time it is unusual to suddenly withdraw the investigation and hold the relevant officials accountable.
Zhu Dadian is the head of the Donglin Party, so that the imperial court party will have the upper hand on the Donglin side and gain control of Yujing is just around the corner.
In any case, the situation in Yujing has finally stabilized, and for the "Evil Dog Gate", the partisan strife in the court will not affect it for the time being.
After returning to Kaifeng City from Wangwu Mountain, Hua Bushi closed his door and concentrated on studying how to crack the "heart washing".
The old house of the Yang family has twenty-eight courtyards, Hua Bushi gave the back house to Yang Sichang's family to live in, and he lived in the side courtyard, and most of the time in the past ten days was in front of the bed of Xiri Ahong.
However, after many days of attempts, there was no progress. The eldest young master came up with various means to make him take different medicines, using silver needles to puncture acupoints, steaming with fire cups and other methods, and talked about the "Dongting Gang" and Ma Wuhua in his ear, and even drew a map of the "Yum Divine Fist" for him to see, trying to guide him to recall the past, but Xiri Ahong still lay on the bed with straight eyes, and there was no reaction at all.
The "Heart Washing**" in Xiri Ahong's house seems to be much more serious than the Qikong Mountain and Shaolin Wuxiang Master in the Sanssouci Mansion, and these methods alone cannot arouse his memory at all. In his current condition, he survives by pouring some ginseng soup and gruel every day, which is no different from a living dead.
Hua Bushi is a persistent person, and the more he does not improve, the more he refuses to give up. Since yesterday, I have been in the room, meditating on how to cure Xiri Ahong, and before I know it, a whole day has passed.
Chu Yiyi saw that although Hua Bushi agreed, he still sat on the edge of the bed and did not move, and said: "The concubine will not go first! Son, go and rest now, I will help you clean up the things on this table." ”
Hua Bushi had no choice but to stand up and say, "Okay, let's pack up our things together, it's all right!"
Seeing the reluctant look on the eldest young master's face, Chu Yiyi said: "Hua Gongzi doesn't know how to take care of his body like this, if the girl in the silk clothes knows, she will definitely be sad." ”
Of course, Hua Bushi knew Chu Yiyi's concern, and he was also quite grateful in his heart, and when he heard her mention Yang Jiangyi, he asked, "I asked my wife to help find my sister's whereabouts, and it has been several months now, and I haven't gotten any news yet?"
Chu Yiyi smiled and said: "Childe misses your sister in clothes, Yiyi knows that I have asked 'Qianhuafang' to investigate with all my might, and if there is news, I will inform Childe immediately." ”
Before the things on the table were put away, a commotion was heard from the direction of the front door, and a disciple hurried in.
"Tell the young master, 'Luohan Sect' Elder Zhong and the principals of more than a dozen sects have come to visit, saying that there is something important to meet the young master!" the disciple reported.
"Elder Zhong, but Zhong Yuanhao, what is the matter with what he said?" Hua Bushi asked.
"It's that Zhong Yuanhao. I didn't say anything, but I was very arrogant, and I broke into the front hall directly, and the disciples guarding the door couldn't stop them!"
Hua Bushi's face sank slightly when he heard this, and he said, "Okay, I'll go over and take a look!"
He walked out of the house and came to the courtyard, only to see a tall thin old man in a black robe standing in the pavilion with his hands behind his back, with a leisurely expression, as if he was enjoying the scenery.
Seeing Hua Bushi coming out of the room, the corners of the black-robed old man's mouth turned up slightly, revealing a light smile, and said, "Boy, it seems that someone has come to your door to find trouble, do you need the old man's help to send it away?"
This black-robed old man is Guo Loumeng, and his current appearance is of course disguise, not his real appearance.