Beauty Jianghu

Chapter 63 The assassination failed

Yang Shucheng and the two swam hard to the side of the ship. The people on the ship knew that they were two people who had fallen into the sea, so they rescued them on the ship.

This was indeed a private cargo ship, smuggling ginseng and mink skins southward.

The people on the boat asked about their origins?

The two retreated and lied, saying that they were originally guards of Liaoning City. After the city was captured, they could not cross Shanhaiguan and had to swim back to the Ming Dynasty.

The people on the boat also praised the two as heroes for daring to take risks and swim back to the Ming Dynasty, so they accepted them on the boat.

This place is five or six days' voyage from the south coast, and there are no warships patrolling here.

But he was still very cautious, staying at sea during the day and only sailing southward at night.

The two of them stood on the boat, looking at the vast sea and sky. After seeing enough of the spectacular sea view, they had nothing to do. The two sat opposite each other, discussing their knowledge and life ambitions, and scolded the treacherous minister who had harmed the country.

He stayed day and night and drifted on the open sea for seven or eight days. That night, the big ship came southwest. We were very close to the coast, and we could see sparse lights. The big ship is hidden behind an island.

The next night, the ship increased its speed and rowed towards the coast. The outlines of the tall mountains along the coast can already be seen.

The people on the boat turned on the lights and flashed signals. Sure enough, not long after, they saw flashing lights on the coast.

Chuanlao Dadao: "Everything is safe. Let's work hard and row the boat across."

The big ship soon arrived at the coast, and a few men jumped off the shore. After a few words of greeting, the two parties began to carry the goods.

Yang Shucheng and the two thanked the boat boss and jumped ashore. When they found out, they found that this was already in Shandong.

The two said goodbye to the ship boss and walked into the night. After walking for half the night, we arrived at a fishing village. I found a fisherman's house to rest.

Get up the next day. The two asked for the road and headed north. I want to take revenge on the traitor.

After walking on the road for two days, I saw a group of soldiers patrolling towards the north.

The two of them had the same mind and kept walking closer with their heads down. When these soldiers saw the two men wearing Ming Dynasty clothes, they didn't care and followed them to the front of the team.

The two men walked up to the two riding leaders respectively, pulled hard, and pulled the two leaders off their horses. They grabbed the horses themselves, got on their horses, whipped the horses, and ran north.

The soldiers behind were yelling, but they were all on foot, so they couldn't catch up.

The two of them ran all the way and had already gotten rid of the soldiers behind them.

The two of them rode horses and ran all the way north. After walking for seven or eight days, we have arrived at Shanhaiguan.

When the two came to the gate, there were a lot more soldiers guarding the gate. Due to the defeat in the previous month and the critical situation now, there were no more people entering Shanhaiguan heading northeast.

The two waited in front of Shanhaiguan for several days, but did not find a chance to enter the city.

That night, a team of grain and grass troops entering the pass rested outside the pass. The two of them got under the car while they rested.

At dawn, this team entered Shanhaiguan and took the two people into the pass.

The two of them were originally dressed in soldiers' clothes and hiding in an abandoned house. Don't come out during the day. At night, the two of them went to the General Military Mansion.

In front of the General Military Mansion, the patrol team patrolled continuously. The two of them walked closer. They were so close to the traitor, but they couldn't get close.

On the second night, the two of them no longer waited, flew to the upper room, and headed towards the General Military Mansion. Seeing that they were approaching the General Military Mansion, they heard a "swish" sound and an arrow was shot.

Yang Shucheng heard this and hurriedly dodged to avoid the arrow. He only heard the following shout: "Who is it?"

Knowing that they had been discovered, the two of them hurriedly ran back. They knew that they could not break in forcefully, and the assassination would not succeed, and they would lose their lives in vain.

The patrol below fired arrows, which came like locusts. This Shanhaiguan is a critical place both inside and outside. This soldier is one of the best in the country, and his arrow skills are very accurate.

The two of them didn't dare to be careless and ran back as fast as flying.

There were loud shouts from below, shouting:

"Caught the spy."

Teams of men and horses arrived, and arrows were fired from below like heavy rain. There were also masters flying to the upper room, about thirty of them, chasing the two of them directly.

At this moment, Qiu Lin said: "I'll stop them, Yang Shaoxia, run away."

Yang Shucheng said: "No matter what you say, we will advance and retreat together."

There was no chance for the two of them to talk. They used their swords to block the incoming arrows. They had already been hit by several arrows. Qiu Lin said: "Run towards the city wall."

Yang Shucheng understood and ran towards the city gate at this time. The city gate was closed tightly and he could not escape.

The two men ran towards the high city wall with feather arrows. They were met by more than twenty soldiers, slashing at them with knives.

When the two of them fled for their lives, they rushed forward risking their lives. The soldiers saw that the two of them didn't want their lives, but they still wanted their own lives, so they moved back.

The two took advantage of the situation and ran up the city wall instead. At this time, the entire city wall was filled with soldiers, everyone holding a bow and standing ready, so that even two little birds could not escape.

The two of them rushed forward desperately, regardless of life or death, and fought with the soldiers. The two men were covered in blood and hit by five or six arrows. They rushed to kill them like crazy, regardless of their lives.

On the high Great Wall, the two rushed westward and mixed with the soldiers defending the city. The soldiers in the distance did not dare to shoot arrows for fear of accidentally killing their own people. Yang Shucheng and the two were able to run westward and continued to fight. He ran four or five miles away.

At this time, Wu Sangui was already riding on the Great Wall, galloping wildly, and arrived at the place where the massacre was taking place. He had already recognized Qiu Lin.

He ordered: "Fire the arrow."

After receiving the order, the soldiers retreated one after another, drew their bows and fired arrows at the two men, intending to shoot them into hedgehogs.

The two rushed to the city wall, gritted their teeth and jumped off the high city wall.

This city wall is three feet high. If you jump off it, you will be smashed into pieces. I can't believe that two people dared to jump off. It is really unexpected. The soldiers stood at the crenel and shot arrows downward.

The two of them jumped down to the city wall, their bones falling apart. Yang Shucheng had learned Qigong so well that he could still move, but Qiu Lin had fallen so hard that he couldn't move. He didn't know whether he was dead or alive?

When the arrows rained down from above, Yang Shucheng turned over and threw himself on Qiu Lin. He used his sword to knock down the arrows and shouted urgently: "General Qiu, General Qiu..."

He only heard a groan from beneath him, Qiu Lin was still alive.

"are you OK?"

"Can't die."

Yang Shucheng said: "I'll cover you, you crawl over there."

There is a huge rock over there where you can hide, "Okay." Qiu Lin agreed, and Yang Shucheng turned over and swung his long sword to block the incoming arrow.

Qiu Lin took this opportunity, turned over several times, and rolled down to the boulder. He only heard a "swish" sound and hit Qiu Lin's master's leg. Qiu Lin could not crawl forward for another half step.

Yang Shucheng tried his best to block the falling arrows, ran up a few steps, grabbed Qiu Lin, dragged him behind the boulder, and hid.

The soldiers on the city wall never imagined that the two men would risk their lives and jump off the city wall. Seeing that they could not be shot, someone lowered a rope from the city wall and rushed towards the boulder where the two were hiding.

Yang Shucheng judged the situation and decided to escape. Asked: "General Qiu, how are you? Can you run?"

"It's okay." Qiu Lin's body was already bleeding profusely.

He grabbed Yang Shucheng and said, "Run quickly and leave me alone."

"What are you talking about?" Yang Shucheng grabbed Qiu Lin and ran towards the back of the stone. Thanks to the two of them running four or five miles on the Great Wall, the mountains here are already steep.

Yang Shucheng pulled Qiu Lin and ran towards the deep mountains. The moonlight was not clear, and the two of them ran forward one foot deep and one foot shallow. Accidentally, he fell down a cliff thousands of feet deep.

The pursuers from behind followed the blood trail and saw the two falling off the cliff. Are they thinking about whether they can get down?

At this time, Wu Sangui wanted to eliminate the root cause, so he came here and ordered: "He is a prisoner of the imperial court. He must die and his body must be seen."

The soldiers got the order and lowered their ropes towards the cliff.

But they said that they fell off the cliff and were separated. It was dark under the cliff. Yang Shucheng woke up and shouted:

"General Qiu..."

If there is any response, I think he is dead.

Yang Shucheng's leg was also injured. Fortunately, when he fell, there was a slope below, and his body rolled down the grassy slope. Although the leg was injured, the bones were not broken and there was nothing serious.

Yang Shucheng struggled to stand up and shouted: "General Qiu..."

There was a distant hum.

Yang Shucheng staggered toward the place where the humming sound was heard, and found Qiu Lin lying on his back on the grass slope. He walked closer with difficulty and said:

"General Qiu."

Qiu Lin also rolled down the slope and his life was not serious. Yang Shucheng stepped forward to help him up. Qiu Lin said: "Young Master Yang, please leave quickly."

"If we die together, how can I leave you? Let's all leave. We still have to get rid of this traitor."

Qiu Lin grabbed Yang Shucheng's hand and said, "Well said! We have to live. We can't let the traitor live easily."

The two struggled to their feet. His body was covered in blood. In order to prevent the soldiers from chasing after the blood trail, the two people tore off their clothes and bandaged the wounds to prevent blood from flowing down.

The two of them quickly finished their preparations, not daring to stop, and walked forward with support.

This is a ravine with steep cliffs on both sides, overgrown weeds and boulders in the middle. The two of them bumped into each other and struggled to move forward.

The soldiers behind were already catching up.

Yang Shucheng said: "Instead of moving forward, we will go up the mountain to avoid them."

The two of them climbed up the mountain according to their plan. There were many boulders and weeds here. The two of them climbed behind a boulder and hid.

Looking down, he saw a group of soldiers approaching, walking under the boulder and walking forward.

Qiu Lin said: "This is a deep mountain and wild ridge. We won't leave, so we will take shelter here. Unexpectedly, Wu Sangui didn't expect that we didn't escape and were here nearby."

The two of them had decided on a plan and hid behind a rock to rest. The moon in the sky was already setting in the west. The two of them had just been fighting to the death, and their bodies were exhausted and they didn't even have the slightest bit of strength left.

Sure enough, the officers and soldiers chased them all the way down the ravine and did not come back to continue the search.

The two hid behind the boulder and took a rest.

Soon it will be dawn. The tits were already chirping overhead.

The two of them were lying on the grass, which was already stained with blood. Fortunately, the blood on his body has coagulated.

The two got up and climbed up the mountain with difficulty, looking at the Great Wall winding up and down on the horizon. Qiu Lin said: "I didn't expect that last night, I jumped so hard that I ended up on the south side of the Great Wall."