Delong

Chapter 39: Walking in the Sky Street (12)

It is raining in the eastern capital.

The shouts and killings in the square wall were loud, as if two armies were at war, but the support unit of the Jing'an Terrace Second Patrol Group where Zhang Xing was located stood solemnly and silently on the Tianjie Street on the west side of Zhengpingfang, which was separated by a wall.

At this time, because of the continuous rain, the water on the sky street was rushing.

"Why stop here and can't move?"

Someone came to ask in a hurry because of the rain and falling behind, not knowing the reason.

"Shang Shu Sheng Zuo Cheng Zhang Shizhao and Zhang Gong are here." Qian Tang, who heard clearly before, turned around and explained, but it may be to distinguish him from another Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Zhang Gong, who had just entered the Nanya. He also specifically mentioned his name. "Mr. Zhang has a Jun order to pass down. After the support from various ministries arrives, they will surround the square along the wall and wait for him to be dispatched... The inspector has already gone to the north side of the square gate to meet Mr. Zhang."

When the few people behind heard this, they naturally stopped talking, but got off their horses and stood still.

Zhang Xing, on the other hand, has always been curious: "Brother Qian, why is Mr. Zhang here? Even if the matter is serious, there is no need for Shang Shusheng Zuo Cheng to come to the gate to handle the matter in person, right? It is really important, and it should be Is it convenient for our Zhong Cheng to come over?"

"I bumped into it on the road." Qian Tang glanced at Zhang Xing, as if he didn't want to answer, but he still said a few words casually. "Mr. Zhang is in charge of the trade and diplomatic transshipment of the Wu people in the northwest in Nanya. The city was closed recently and it was still raining. Therefore, Mr. Zhang came out of Nanya at noon and went south along Datian Street at the main gate, planning to go to the west where the Wu people's merchants gathered. Take a look at the city... As a result, when we reached Yirenfang, there was a commotion here, so we had to come over and control the situation."

"Then this...this Mr. Zhang, has military experience?" Zhang Xing continued to ask cautiously, but he revealed his true thoughts. He was worried that he would meet a layman, and he was a vice-level layman. It's all in vain.

"Don't worry, Zhang Sanlang." Before Qian Tang could speak, Li Qingchen answered impatiently. "You are not the only talent in this world... In the early years, Zhang Gong traveled alone on a camel in the desert, rode into the Western Wilderness alone, split the Wu clan into three, took one part of the Western Regions, and asked Yangmou to let the other two go. We have been fighting so far, so that we have to submit to the Great Wei at the same time... Today's matter is a big deal in our eyes, but in the eyes of Zhang Gong, it is probably a child playing in the mud!"

Zhang Xing nodded repeatedly, as long as he was reliable.

On the other hand, Qin Bao was puzzled: "Li Twelve Lang, don't you mock the princes of Nanya every day? Why are you boasting about God today?"

Li Qingchen hesitated to speak, so he could only choke there, waiting quietly in the rain.

I don't know if it was because a deputy national leader came to the scene to direct Ruoding. After a while, the shouts and killings in the square obviously weakened a little, and gradually concentrated in the northeast corner, which also seemed to be a paradox. The sound of running water on the water got louder.

And for some reason, it may be the 'first time' to participate in such a large-scale paramilitary operation, Zhang Xing, the vanguard of the Fifth Army who 'crawled out of the pile of corpses', was inexplicably nervous.

Of course, it is impossible for a good commander to idle almost all the practitioners' brocade patrols, not to mention that the battle situation has changed significantly.

"Mr. Zhang's order is here." Bai Yousi really came galloping in the rain. "All the staff abandoned their horses and headed north, walked to the east side of the square wall in the northeast corner, and lined up with the other seven groups of Jing'antai Brocade Clothes, preparing to attack over the wall with short soldiers...Don't worry about anything else, but there are armed rebels, Kill Wushe, kill through the streets and alleys, and join the oncoming Jin Wuwei formation!"

After saying that, Bai Yousi dismounted first, drew out his long sword, then threw the scabbard on the horse, held the sword in one hand, and headed north first.

Everyone didn't have time to respond, they followed suit one after another, but pulled out the embroidered machete, dropped the scabbard, then held the knife with one hand, and followed closely behind.After a while, they joined several other groups of brocade-clothed warriors, a total of more than a hundred people, lined up in a row about three or four hundred steps wide, and fell down under the side corridor on the west side of Tianjie.

"You all have to be careful, don't rush too far."

Under the obvious sound of running water, Bai Yousi took the opportunity to lower his voice to warn his subordinates. In fact, this should be the first time Zhang Xing saw Bai Yousi approaching an enemy like this. She didn't even waste her true energy to stop the rain. So much so that the little crown on her head was wet, and the reason for her posture was immediately understood by everyone.

"Do you still remember the prisoner from last time? The one who was locked up on the fifth floor before he was imprisoned? This person is He Ruohuaibao, the adopted son of Wei Guogong He Ruofu, and he has already shown his face... Now, in this situation, If he doesn't shatter the inner alchemy and burn the sea of ​​​​qi to fight for his life later, it will be wrong."

Everyone was awe-inspiring, Zhang Xing was equally guilty - he was too impressed with that 'demon hunter', thinking that there was such a master at the same level as Bai Yousi standing over the wall, and he might risk his life at any time Zooming in, it's strange that the top of the head and the soles of the feet don't sweat.

"Inspector, don't rush too far."

After hesitating for a moment, Qian Tang suddenly spoke.

"I know." Bai Yousi glanced at the other party, as if the other party cared routinely. "If the other party really shatters the inner alchemy and burns the sea of ​​​​qi to act presumptuously, there is no need to fight with him for a while. If you drag it on, he will die himself."

"That's not what I meant." Qian Tang was sweating profusely on his forehead. "Or it's more than that... What I mean is, if masters of your level fight together and make Dongdu City unable to clean up, Ziwei Palace might use what Baidi left behind. Fulong Seal... At that time, at that time, within a hundred miles, the cultivation base of the masters will be suppressed below the Tongmai... Even a crossbow inspection should be careful."

And this statement?
Zhang Xing's first reaction was really not that he was worried about Bai Yousi, but that he had an uplifting feeling that there really was a magic weapon in this world.Then the next moment, everyone around showed concern and looked over, Zhang Sanlang remembered to follow the trend and cast a concerned look at his inspector.

Unexpectedly, Bai Yousi, who held a sword in both hands, saw his subordinates all looking at him, but raised his eyebrows in the corridor, and immediately looked back with a sneer:

"If I, Bai Yousi, were afraid of death, why didn't I become a clerk for the Ministry of Civil Affairs back then, and now I should be a clerk for the Ministry of Civil Affairs, right?"

In the sound of rushing water, everyone was at first blocked by it, and then excited by it.

There was no time to say more, as the hundreds of Jinyi elite lined up, a moment later, the sound of horns suddenly sounded on Tianjie Street in the north, three long and one short.

After the first sound, Jin Wuwei and Jingjiehu, whose hands were trembling, stepped forward and put the ladder on the wall of the workshop. Take cover.

After the second sound, Bai Yousi led several Zhu Shou and Hei Shou to fly into the air directly from the corridor, without touching the wall of the square, they flew into the wall with their weapons, and with the display of their true energy, it was Like several streamers drifting by.

The third horn sounded, and including Zhang Xing, a hundred Jinyi elites who had already transported enough qi to their weapons also jumped out with the leaders of each group, stepping on ladders and climbing into the wall of the workshop.

And when the fourth horn flashed by, there were no elites in brocade clothes left in the corridor.Instead, there were shouts of killing that suddenly rose from inside the wall, covering everything, and some screams that were covered by the shouts of killing.

Zhang Xing climbed into the square wall with the brigade, and lined up with other Jinyi patrols to sweep the streets, alleys and courtyard walls in the square. To speak conscientiously... Although the atmosphere was tense, and even though there was an intensive hand-to-hand fight, it was not as dangerous as imagined. Yousi and those Zhu Shou and Hei Shou are too reliable.

They take the lead in the front, they can fly over the eaves and walls with an easy leap, and with a wave of long swords and short soldiers in their hands, they will bring out all kinds of light. Those who dare to resist with weapons, no matter whether they are cultivated or not, in groups or alone , often not their all-in-one enemy, Zhang Xing and others followed behind over the wall, through the alley, and pushed forward with a net, more like doing the aftermath and making up for the knife.

Occasionally, when a fish slipped through the net, everyone rushed forward, and they were all really lucky, and the battle could be quickly resolved with a single slash of the embroidered knife.

In this way, it only took half an hour, and the Jinyi Patrollers could see the densely packed Jinwu Guard brigade on the courtyard wall.Over there, the Jinwu Guard Brigade armed with shields, crossbows, long spears and broadswords, was advancing aggressively from the direction of Cross Street under the command of the officers.

Seeing the elites gathered here, Jinyi patrol cavalry with short soldiers raided from the rear, the Jin Wuwei's morale was boosted, and they pushed forward again and again, echoing it from a distance.

In stark contrast to the officers and soldiers, there are bandits caught in the middle who have just revealed their scale. Although there are a large number of these bandits and fugitives, and they are brave and fearless, there seems to be no lack of masters among them, but under the dense army formation and elite raids, At a loss, some people soon began to flee, but some people began to occupy the houses of the square with a small group of people, and resisted stubbornly, attracting concentrated attacks from various groups of patrol cavalry and Jinwu guards.

So far, I can only say that the tactic of attacking from west to east and attacking from both sides is simple, but it is practical to the extreme.

And today's scene also verified the existence value of Jing'an Tower from another angle... Zhang Xing keenly realized that doing this thing is not just as simple as spy politics. In this world where the vitality of heaven and earth exists, The collection of such a force is itself an indispensable and powerful violent organization.

It is impossible for any government to ignore this force. They are natural violent machines and ruling classes, just like the early scholars in Zhang Xinglai's world, and they are even more natural than scholars.

The situation was good, but the Jinyi Patrollers, at least Zhang Xing's group, became more and more nervous as the battle raged on, and they began to unconsciously gather around Bai Yousi, the strongest combat force.

Even Bai Yousi was obviously nervous to the extreme.

The reason couldn't be simpler. The expert who was previously imprisoned on the fifth floor below the black tower was probably He Ruohuaibao, the adopted son of He Ruofu, who was full of resentment towards the court, the society, and everyone.

Where is he?

Which enemy is he hiding in, ready to explode?
Or is there another way to escape?

Or did he fail in trying to burn Qi with broken pills, and died in which gutter?

Or simply the information is wrong?
Below Bai Yousi, the entire patrol team, and possibly even all the elite patrol riders who participated in the raid this time, were all nervous.

Zhang Xing, who had frozen the cuff knife in his hand, seemed to have grasped something vaguely, but it was still blurry.

While thinking wildly, there was a "crash", and next to a house seventy or eighty steps away, a Jinwu guard who was next to the courtyard wall suddenly flew more than ten steps out of thin air, and slammed into the army formation beside him. He picked up a big iron spear and saw that he couldn't survive.

And below him, it is not yet known how many people can survive.

Not to mention that, immediately, more than a dozen thugs, led by a well-dressed man about forty years old, wearing a turban and holding a long knife, rushed out from the broken courtyard wall and headed towards The Jinwu Guards who were smashed into formation launched a surprise attack.

The Jinwu guards were caught off guard and exploded instantly.

When Bai Yousi saw this scene, without hesitation, he jumped up out of nowhere, and after gaining the vision to see the situation clearly, he even flew sideways forward with a trajectory that violated the common sense of mechanics, faster than her. , but several consecutive golden sword lights with different trajectories.

The sword light drifted past, and the screams continued.

And Qian Tang and below, including Zhang Xing, have already followed closely behind—only seventy or eighty steps.

But when they got to the front, half of the dozen bandits had fallen, and the burly man wearing a turban was chopped off in half, leaving only half of his body crawling on the body of the Jinwu Guard, while Bai Yousi Half of his body was splashed with blood, like a ghost.

At the same time, behind the broken courtyard wall, there were actually loud cries of children.

This scene is so depressing that people can't breathe.

But even so, everyone still didn't dare to think too much, didn't dare to care too much, they just stepped forward to fight hard and earnestly made up the knife.

After using enough cold ice to chop down a bandit in front of him with a single knife, Zhang Xing instinctively shook his body in the drizzle with a rush of heat.

The next moment, he suddenly realized what he had been wondering:

"Inspection... Why is the sound of water so loud on Tianjie Street here? It's so much louder than that in Jiaqingfang? After entering the workshop, although it becomes smaller, you can still hear it?"

Bai Yousi was taken aback, but didn't reply for a moment.

Even Qian Tang and the others, whose faces were covered in blood, were also at a loss.

"Yes, it's the old canal!" At this moment, a middle-aged Jinwu Guard officer who had just recovered from the shock replied in the bloody water on the ground. "In the past, when the eastern capital was built, 400 million laborers were used every month... The project was too large, so there were artificial canals used to transport materials from east to west, north and south, leading to Luoshui River... These artificial canals were laid out later on. Paradise Street, but many of them are left under the Paradise Street as a culvert, as a drainage channel... and the canal below is the largest canal in Nancheng. It flows all the way to Luoshui, and in the summer rainy season, the sound of the water keeps going all day and all night.”

Halfway through hearing it, Bai Yousi and Zhang Xing looked at each other, as if she had awakened, but for some reason, even she was a little nervous and panicked at this moment:
"Qian Tang! You go and report to... Forget it, I will go myself!"

Bai Yousi turned around and was about to fly out of thin air.

But she had just jumped up and hadn't vacated yet. On the north side of Zhengpingfang, where Mr. Zhang was sitting on the Diaoyutai, suddenly there was a loud noise like thunder. The loud noise was like an explosion, shaking Zhang Xing and others' ears.

Bai Yousi in mid-air was stunned for a moment, fell down, then got up again and headed north regardless of what was behind him, the rest of Zhu Shou and Hei Shou also woke up and immediately got up to follow.

After a while, the tinnitus disappeared. Hearing the shouts and wailing from the north, as well as the roars and laughter mixed in between, the Jinyi Patrollers also did not dare to neglect, and just looked at each other a few times. Immediately approached tacitly, and concentrated to the north.

When Zhang Xing and the others crossed the obviously damaged square wall, at first sight they saw three distinct figures curling in the air and on the ground, constantly colliding with each other, and at the second sight they saw the man with a radius of ten feet on Tianjie Street. The big hole, and the gurgling water under the hole.

At this time, Zhang Xing and the patrol riders were really at a loss.No way, really no way, even if they wanted to help, they couldn't reach them, even Hei Shou and other Zhu Shou didn't go up, but were searching around for something.

And soon, they found the target, and the two Zhu Shou quickly jumped over, and the remaining few Zhu Shou and Hei Shou hurriedly vacated a space under the side porch of Tianjie on their side, and some even didn't Hesitatingly moved a chair from the wall behind him.

"It's the old man who lost his mind and forgot about this old canal."

As soon as the chair was released, an old man in civilian clothes who was about fifty years old and slightly wet walked over calmly under the guidance of seven or eight guards in strange armor and two red ribbons. The old man had a clean face and a handsome appearance. , he is considered a handsome old man, and when the old handsome man faced the salutes of several red ribbons and black ribbons, he waved his hands and sighed while twisting his beard. "Fortunately, the sage sent me Fulongwei."

With that said, he sat down quietly.

There is no doubt that this person must be the deputy state-level leader and one of the princes of the Southern Yamen, Shangshu Zuocheng Zhang Shizhao Zhanggong.

Unlike the others who immediately stared at Mr. Zhang, Zhang Xing and the second group of scouts, who were in a state of embarrassment, couldn't help looking at each other, but they only looked at the guards in strange armor, and those guards just happened to look over.

Now, everyone finally knew who the third person flying in the sky was - Sima Erlong.

"Stand firmly." After sitting down on the new chair, the handsome old man in commoner clothes, that is, Zhang Shizhao, Zhang Gong, looked around and ordered calmly. "The thief He Ruohuaibao forcibly shattered the alchemy and burned his own sea of ​​energy. Even the gods can't save him... Let Sima Erlang and Bai Sanniang resist him. After a while, just go up and pick up the corpse. The most important thing now The most important thing is to stabilize the situation and let the workshop do what it wants."

Several Zhu Shou and Hei Shou nodded one after another, and a general who was obviously from the Jinwu Guard system came late, and immediately bowed down outside the corridor, bowing his head in approval.

And the next moment, a figure with white light suddenly bumped away another figure with golden light, and then smashed towards this place from the air, almost all of Zhu Shou, Hei Shou, and Fu Longwei were glowing, trying to protect Live in Zhang Shizhao.

But the white light just flashed outside the corridor, and then rose into the sky again.

Immediately afterwards, the senior officer of the Jinwu Guard was lifted into the sky, and finally fell into the big hole, making a 'plop' sound when he fell into the water.

"Zhang Shizhao!"

The man in the air knocked away a figure again, and suddenly stopped on the turret of the side corridor opposite Tianjie. Zhang Xing could see clearly that the other person was the prisoner from that day, but at this time he had only removed the blindfold, and was holding on to the edge of the turret. , Carrying a Jinwuwei standard spear, raised his head and laughed in the drizzle. "I can't kill the two younger generations of the Sima family and the Bai family, can't I kill you, but can't I kill other people? How many do you think I can kill in one hour and three quarters?!"

The old handsome guy was a little embarrassed, and couldn't help biting his index finger knuckle.

As for the other people present, whether it was the Jinyi Patrollers or the Jinwu Guards... especially the Jinwu Guards, almost everyone's expressions changed.

Probably seeing that Zhang Shizhao didn't respond, the man let out a long breath, held the eaves of the turret with one hand, and pointed around with a Jinwu Guard's spear in the other, and then shouted with all his might, loudly shaking the sky:
"I've been imprisoned for 16 years. My brother, my father, and my father are all dead. What I want is this moment! What I want is this moment! And you murderers, you actually came to me at this time for a little salary? Didn’t you die in vain? However, this imperial court doesn’t take you seriously, and you die in vain! As for Zhang Shizhao, I’ll tell you clearly that he wants to kill me, He Ruohuaibao! Either let these two juniors take their lives in exchange, or let Cao Lin and Niu He, two old dogs, come here, and you should use the Fulong Seal at worst! Otherwise, are you looking down on me, or are you looking down on me that has been hidden for 16 years and released once in a while?!"

After all, the man looked up to the sky and let out a long howl, like a tiger roaring in the mountains and forests, shaking the four fields, literally shaking the four fields, because the rainwater obviously deflected along with his roar.

Immediately afterwards, this person swung his long spear, and jumped into the air. Following Bai Yousi, he was separated by his spear in the air, and then stabbed downwards vigorously. Nailed alive to the square wall behind him.

But He Ruohuaibao got another blow, but instead of drawing his gun, he took the embroidered knife from the opponent's hand, blocked Sima Zheng's halberd with his backhand, and then flew into the air again.

Everyone was completely terrified, and the army was almost shaken.

"Hurry up and invite Cao Gong of Jing'antai and Niu Dugong of Beiya." Shangshu Zuocheng Zhang Shizhao, who was surrounded by Fu Longwei, Zhu Shou, and Hei Shou, finally sweated and stomped his feet. "Tell them two old dogs to roll over quickly, otherwise Da Wei's face will be lost on Tianjie!"

PS: Happy New Years Day everyone
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