Qi Kuo

Ming Jin withdraws his troops.

A group of people retreated towards the city as if in a panic, and Hu Chen and others who rushed forward and attacked back and forth did not know why.

Chen Ke retreated and ordered: "Send a message to Hu Chen and Liang Song, tell them to retreat immediately, and drag the brothers back within the feasible range, if it doesn't work...then let them set it on fire!"

The people around him took the order to go down, and quickly passed the order down in gray voices.

Hu Chen accepted the flying gray voice, looked at the contents, and waved his hands to make the people behind back back, saying: "Back back, the archers are ready!"

The archers behind him listened to the order, took down the bow and arrows that had been carried behind them from behind, set the arrows and drew the bow, ready to go, and pointed straight ahead.

Hu Chen pondered for a while, and then continued: "Fire the tip of the arrow, prepare to—"

Maybe it's because they have done this kind of thing too many times. The archers didn't change their faces, and they set the arrows in their hands on fire without any haste. A little bit of tiny flame gradually ignited and exploded with a "crack" from time to time. , sparks splashed and landed on another clump of flames, but it seemed to ignite that clump of flames even more vigorously.

On the tower, Chen Ke didn't say anything when he saw Zhao Jun. He went directly to the periphery, looked at the Khan Baren who was staring at him below the tower, and said, "Archers are ready!"

Xu Shi had told everyone before that when the archers were replaced, there was a cluster of hot fire burning on the tip of the arrow, burning the oil on the tip of the arrow endlessly.

Chen Ke raised his hand, and then swung it down heavily, accompanied by his slowly swaying voice: "Let go!"

In an instant, it was as if tens of thousands of lights rushed forward, and it was impossible to know whether they had hit it or not, and the tower was full of flames.

The expression on Han Bayin's face was unclear, but Chen Ke looked at him from afar, feeling that he was looking at himself, but for some reason, Han Bayin was indifferent when he watched the attack, and rode steadily on the horse, Looking at Chen Ke on the tower.

Chen Ke watched and suddenly said to Gu Tan: "You tell Hu Chen, be sure to bring Khan Bayin back to me alive." He slightly raised the corners of his lips, and said: "You can beat him, but you can't beat him to death. Stay alive."

Therefore, without any objection, he turned around and went directly to work.

After a while, in the flames of the sky, Hu Chen, a black horse, rushed in like a storm.

The dense crowd of archers on the city tower stopped when they saw this, and they didn't know whether they should continue to move.

When Chen Ke saw it, he said without expression: "Don't worry about it, continue."

Everyone then continued to let go of their hands and continued their movements.

Hu Chen strenuously dodged countless flying arrows, but he could cut them off and solve them on the spot.

He was about to scold Chen Ke from the inside to the outside in his heart, and he cut off an arrow with his sword, and he had just arrived behind Khan Bayin.

Hu Chen didn't think too much about it, just flipped his wrist, and slammed the sword on the side of Han Bayin's neck, knocking him unconscious and taking him away.

And Khan Bayin didn't even think about resisting, and didn't even move.

After the people under the city were burned to death, groups of Gu worms slowly crawled out from the pile of ashes and crawled towards the tower.

At this time, the fire under the city has been extinguished, and there is only an unpleasant smell of paste in the air.

Chen Ke pursed his lips and said, "splash oil along the tower, and be sure to wipe out this thing."

A neat "Yes!" came from the city tower, and then everyone dumped the oil barrels around them along the city wall as if they were celebrating the New Year.

Zhao Jun slightly borrowed some strength from Luo Qize who was standing beside him, looked at the group of rough or gentle national defenders cheering, and asked, "Why are they so happy?"

Luo Qize's brows and eyes were warm, he supported Zhao Jun slightly, and replied: "Maybe it's because setting fire is fun... I don't know very well, but for some reason, the National Defense Army has a special liking for fire."

Seeing their happy faces, Zhao Jun gradually smiled too.

As soon as Chen Ke turned around, he saw Zhao Jun smiling, and the soaring flames reflected on his face, and the face that was originally pale due to excessive blood loss now flashed in his eyes with a coquettish charm.

Looking at the standing postures of Luo Qize and Zhao Jun, Chen Ke suddenly felt a bit intrusive, so he walked over calmly, "took over" Zhao Jun from Luo Qize's hand, and said to Luo Qize "by the way", "Qize, you Go and see Yuan Shoulu."

Lu Qize didn't feel anything strange either, so he nodded and left.After walking for a certain distance, he came back deliberately and said to Zhao Jun, "You should stop standing here, your wounds haven't healed yet."

After he finished speaking, he left again, and after a while, he came back and said, "Wait, you must not touch the water."

Zhao Jun smiled at him, nodded in agreement, and told him to go quickly.

Standing aside, Chen Ke suddenly felt that he seemed a little redundant.

He coughed, supported Zhao Jun who was struggling to stand, and said, "I'll take you back to rest." As if he was afraid that he would disagree, he hurriedly continued, "Anyway, there's nothing to see now."

Hearing his tone, Zhao Jun was a little puzzled, but he didn't ask, but he gradually relaxed in his heart, but his face was indifferent, and he followed Chen Ke back.

As he walked, he asked Chen Ke: "General, are you all right now?"

Chen Ke looked at him and said, "It's okay, you rest yours, don't worry about me."

Zhao Jun said "hmm" and didn't speak any more. Leaning slightly on Chen Ke, he walked towards where he came from.

In an inconspicuous hut in Huaining City, the Goddess who had her eyes tightly closed suddenly opened her eyes and laughed like crazy: "Hahaha, reincarnation of heaven and earth is finally back to normal, life and death Gu has been resolved!"

A gust of wind blows, and half of the city's yellow sand is blown out by the breeze, as if it has never been out, and the green hills in the distance are back to the green, even more dense.

When Hu Chen came back, his entire face was covered in black and gray, some white and some black, which made him full of joy.

When Chen Ke and the others watched Hu Chen push the door and come in, they were stunned for a moment, and then they didn't know who started to laugh first. A group of people laughed unscrupulously. A crazy person has doting eyes in his eyes.

Brothers for many years, these things can still be tolerated, or it can be said that they are deliberately made to laugh.

After Chen Ke finished laughing, he asked Hu Chen, "Where is Han Bayin standing?"

Hu Chen took the towel from his subordinate, wiped his face and said, "I threw him in the army and locked him up."

Chen Ke nodded, looked at the people in the field, and said, "Now you can take revenge if you have a grudge, and complain if you have a grudge. I won't interfere in these two days."

After hearing this, Yu Jianglin said, "We have nothing against him, but everyone in Huaining probably hates him to the core."

Chen Ke thought for a while, and said, "Forget it, just leave him there for a few days, don't worry about him." He paused, and then said, "Lao Zhuang, now you go to Huai'an to see the cities occupied by Khan. , to see if they have any different changes... Also, it is best to ask the locals about the specific situation, and then you go to the Khanba King City to check, I suspect that the Khanba King City has become an empty city at this moment."

Zhuang Sheng led the order and disappeared from their sight in a short while.

Chen Ke put away the sand table and said, "Have you ever thought that Khanba has long since perished?"

So Tan turned his head sideways and said: "It's possible, after all, life and death Gu can't be planted only on soldiers...and just like what you said last time, the existence of life and death Gu needs the right time and place, that is, the heaven and earth are retrograde. , the rotation of life and death...and the layout of Khanba King City just met this requirement."

After hearing this, Yu Jianglin asked Gu Tan: "Then they can't possibly kill everyone in the entire Wangcheng."

Therefore, he said: "It's not impossible. After all, Shen Ke said that in the royal city, there is no night and no dawn. In addition to the puppet technique mentioned earlier, the Khanba royal city can indeed be a dead city as we said before. !"

Yu Jianglin continued: "Then, if everyone in Wangcheng is dead, won't people outside know?"

Chen Ke smiled and said: "This is why the plague broke out in a large area of ​​the Khanba tribe except the king's city. It can not only block the mouths of many people, but also ensure that there is enough time and space to cultivate Gu worms... By the way, last time Brother Ben Mo, what did you find out when you entered Yuan Shoulu's secret passage?"

Liu Benmo took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "The secret passage is extremely cold, and at the end is a pool, inside... the stench is extremely bad, so you might be able to see something if you go and see."

So Tan looked at him sideways and said, "Then why don't you go with me later? I haven't been there yet."

Liu Benmo nodded and agreed.

While everyone was discussing, Zhao Jun changed his clothes and came out.

Chen Ke saw him and asked him, "Where are you going?"

Zhao Jun smiled: "It's okay, I'm going out to meet someone, and I'll be back soon."

Luo Qize stood up, walked towards Zhao Jun, and said, "I'll go with him, you probably don't need me right now."

Chen Ke waved his hand, thinking that there shouldn't be any major problems with Luo Qize's company, so he let them go, and then said, "Do you want someone to follow you?"

Luo Qize smiled and said, "You really treat us as three-year-olds, now Huaining is so safe."

Chen Ke thought for a while, but he didn't keep them any longer, and let them go.

Luo Qize followed Zhao Jun all the way to the west, crossed the streets, Zhao Jun pointed to the vacant shops one by one, and told their stories one by one, sometimes stopped, looked down at the road, and continued Go forward.

Luo Qize didn't say a word, but quietly followed Zhao Jun, leaving him enough personal space.

Walking to the door of a hut, Zhao Jun raised his hand and knocked regularly. After a while, a woman in red clothes came to open the door.

Although she is a woman, she has bright eyes and bright teeth, a slender figure, a red scarf tied on her head, and a emerald green walking stick dotted in it, ethereal like a fairy, not stained with common dust.

As soon as the woman saw Zhao Jun, her eyes lit up, she smiled and took Zhao Jun's hand, saying, "Here you are?"

Her smile didn't last long, and her face fell instantly. She lifted up Zhao Jun's sleeves, and while feeling her pulse, she asked distressedly, "What's going on?! Does it hurt?"

Zhao Jun smiled and pulled her hand down, held it in his hand, and said, "It's okay, it doesn't hurt, don't worry."

The woman blushed and said, "How could it not hurt!"

Zhao Jun hugged her and said softly, "It's really fine."

After he finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to pull Luo Qize over, and said, "Master, this is my friend, Luo Qize. Brother Qize, this is Wu Hongyan, my master, and also the goddess of Huaining."

Luo Qize cupped his hands to Wu Hongyan and said, "Goddess, Xiaosheng is being polite."

Wu Hongyan returned the salute, raised her hand towards the room, and said, "Please come in, my lord, I hope you can forgive me for not being well received by the little girl."

Luo Qize walked in calmly.

Wu Hongyan walked in front, pulling Zhao Jun to feel distressed, asking all kinds of questions, Zhao Jun answered them one by one with a smile.

Luo Qize followed them in, walked to the room, and enjoyed many scenery.A towering sycamore tree outside the lobby completely covered the entire courtyard, and from the outside, even the leaves were not seen. The wall was a dark red mud wall, with two vermilion leaves on the front, and a slightly raised roof. There is a delicate wind chime hanging under the corner, which makes a "jingle jingle" sound from time to time.With the gray roof and black trim, a lifelike dragon is carved on the big ridge, and its black eyes are looking directly at the lobby.

Zhao Jun arranged for Luo Qize to sit down, walked around to the back and poured him tea, and then asked him to sit in the lobby and wait, saying that he had something to say to Wu Hongyan.

Luo Qize nodded, telling him to pay more attention.

Zhao Jun walked through the corridor at the back, opened the last door, looked in the direction of the lobby, and then turned around to enter.

The interior layout is no longer as bright as the outside. Due to the lack of sunlight all year round, the whole room looks gloomy, the air is humid and heavy, and there is a huge cauldron stove in the center, which is burning all the year round, and the inside is lush green. Viscous juice, but exudes a sweet taste.

Wu Hongyan walked over from the inside, took a pair of small scissors, cut off a strand of hair from the back of Zhao Jun's head, threw it into the cauldron, chanted a few incantations, brought Zhao Jun to sit at a small table, and asked He: "Where's your father's body?"

Zhao Jun lowered his head and said, "Buried."

Wu Hongyan asked again, "Where was it buried?"

"Huaiqing Mountain."

"How did you get hurt?"

"……fight."

"Let's fight..."

"..."

Wu Hongyan touched a piece of jade pendant from her bosom and gave it to him. It was emerald green, glistening with water, as if it would flow down from her palm in the next second.

Wu Hongyan handed it to him and said: "Remember, Zhao Jun, I can't protect you anymore after leaving Huaining. If you take this jade pendant, if something happens and you can't find anyone, take it to find someone in the local area." Goddess or witches, they will take you in."

Zhao Jun reached out to take it, and asked her: "Master, then you..."

Wu Hongyan waved her hand and said, "Don't worry about me, I've been in Huaining, but you, remember to come back to see me from time to time."

Zhao Jun nodded and said, "I will."

When the two walked out, Luo Qize left a letter and left. He said in the letter that he had rushed back to the station after hearing the disgruntled voice. If Zhao Jun came out, he would go back immediately.

After Zhao Jun watched it, he bid farewell to Wu Hongyan and hurried back without stopping.

Chen Ke sat on a grand teacher's chair with a cold face, looking at Khan Bayin who was tied to the torture rack in front of him and looked at him with a smile.

He picked up the teacup, slowly pushed aside the floating tea leaves, and after taking a sip, he said to the person in front of him, "Han Bayin? No, it should be Yuan Ming."

Yuan Ming smiled and said, "Actually, you already knew about it."

Chen Ke shook his head: "I don't know, but I doubted it, and then gave up."

The blue ribbon on Yuan Ming's wrist was swaying in the air, and he said, "When is it?"

"Not long ago, that is, when you fought against me."

Yuan Ming looked at him with more complicated eyes, and then asked: "Then why do you still have to order tasks in front of Yuan Shoulu, are you afraid that I will arrange countermeasures in advance?"

"Ha, how come? Of course I'm afraid, even very afraid, but you won't."

Yuan Ming smiled: "How sure are you that I won't. We are on opposite sides."

"Because you don't want to stay in Khanba anymore... Let's be clear, you did what happened in the city of Khanba. At that time, they refused to change the name of Tiandi. Later, the national teacher ordered everyone to change it because you threatened National teacher, no, to be precise, you directly kill people, use Gu to control the national teacher, and finally lift the entire Khanba, and then you directly use the plague, a disaster that often floods, to wipe out its clan for revenge... But when you are done At these times, you thought you could come back, but you didn't expect Yuan Shoulu not to let you come back. You hated him, so you attacked Taihe with Life and Death Gu. You originally wanted to demonstrate and ask Yuan Shoulu to let you come back. Your strength is too weak, so you have to break through three cities in a row to attract the attention of the National Defense Army. If the National Defense Army comes, Yuan Shoulu will not only be dismissed, but the worst result for you will be death, but it can be regarded as a solution to the hatred in your heart ...I said it, right?"

Chen Ke paused, looked at Yuan Ming in front of him, put down the teacup in his hand, walked towards him, and said at the same time: "But I'm curious, why did Yuan Shoulu send you out?"

Yuan Ming looked up at him, shook his wrist, and said, "No reason, just to get what he wants. It's just an exchange with me."

"Oh?"

"Khanba has a specialty jade called Shenxia, ​​which is cold all year round and never warm. In order to get this black gauze cap that keeps him safe, he traded me for it...it doesn't matter whether it's life or death...heh, luckily, he hasn't given me away yet. Kill them all."

"then you?"

"Later, I found an opportunity to run out, and then I became General Khanba, and then it was just like you said..."

Chen Ke laughed suddenly, he raised his hand and patted, and the guards behind escorted a person in from outside.

Chen Ke said to the man: "Did you hear that? Master Yuan?"

Yuan Shoulu bowed his head with disheveled hair, and the drooping hair completely covered his face. Seeing that he was bowing his head and not speaking, the guards escorting him pulled his hair and forced Yuan Shoulu to raise his head.

Chen Ke walked over, looked at him condescendingly, and said, "Prefect Yuan, that's how the Shen Xia that you paid tribute to a few years ago came from. I'm really thankful..."

Yuan Shoulu still didn't speak.

Chen Ke asked Yuan Ming to be put down, and said, "Tie up Prefect Yuan!"

Yuan Shoulu's plump body trembled, he raised his head and said sharply: "General Chen, I have heard that you act fairly, but now you believe one side's words, is it inappropriate?"

Chen Ke looked up at him and said, "That's it, what is the eunuch's secret?"

Yuan Shoulu somehow got the strength to break free from the shackles of the two people behind him, stumbled to Chen Ke's feet, grabbed his clothes, and cried to Chen Ke, "It's all that unfilial son, If I don't send him out, don't say you saw him now, you may not even have heard of him."

Chen Ke stood there, looking at his tearful face, and silently turned his eyes away.

Finally, Yuan Shoulu let go, pointed at Yuan Ming and said, "Without you, would our family be like this?!"

Yuan Ming didn't speak, but stood aside, his eyebrows lowered, unable to see his expression clearly.

Seeing that he was silent, Yuan Shoulu continued his duties and said, "Will your mother die without you?! I need to look around for people's faces?! Do you beg for other people's handouts like a dog every day?!"

"Why don't you need it?"

A slightly hurried voice suddenly rang in everyone's ears.

Yuan Ming turned his head to look at the door, and saw that Zhao Jun was holding onto the door frame tightly, with cold sweat on his forehead, his knuckles holding the door frame were white, and he was panting out of breath.

Chen Ke walked over and supported him, feeling his body trembling slightly.He frowned, and increased the strength of supporting him, so that Zhao Jun would not feel so uncomfortable standing.

Panting for breath, Zhao Jun walked towards Yuan Shoulu and said, "If it wasn't for you, the eunuch, who was going around drinking and drinking, would Mrs. Yuan be mad at you? If it wasn't for you dissipating all the wealth to satisfy your own selfish desires, you need to look at people's faces everywhere?"

Yuan Shoulu rushed over, trying to knock Zhao Jun down, Chen Ke suppressed his expression, and kicked Yuan Shoulu with a sullen face.

Yuan Shoulu couldn't make a mess, so he sat on the ground and said, "Nonsense! Where did you come from! I don't even look at this place, it's your turn to act wild?!"

Before Zhao Jun could speak, Chen Ke said directly: "He is more qualified than you to play wild here!"

Zhao Jun's heart skipped a beat, he stopped Chen Ke who was about to say something, threw out an account book, and said, "I just came back from Brother Liu, and here are all your expenditure details that he has recorded over the years, you can see for yourself Bar."

Yuan Shoulu turned over the letter suspiciously at first, but then shook his hands and wanted to destroy the account book. The guard standing behind him quickly snatched it over, and presented it to Chen Ke with respectful hands.

Chen Ke glanced hastily, threw it directly to Lin Zheng, and said, "Send it to the capital, and give it directly to the emperor... come here, and detain Yuan Shoulu for me!"

Yuan Shoulu stopped clamoring, but stared at the account book with ashen face, muttering: "Why, why..."

Just as Chen Ke was about to support Zhao Jun to sit down on the chair next to him, he heard Yuan Ming say behind him: "You just trust me like that, and you still leave me?"

Chen Ke didn't stop and said without turning his head, "Should I not trust you?"

Yuan Ming stood where he was, staring at the backs of the two of them in a daze.

When Lin Zheng passed by him, he patted his shoulder.

Chen Ke helped Zhao Jun to go out, saw him walking with deep feet and shallow feet, gritted his teeth and said, "How about I carry you?"

Zhao Jun shook his head and refused.

Chen Ke didn't say anything anymore, and then he asked Zhao Jun again: "How do you have that account book?"

Zhao Jun smiled, looked at the road under his feet, and said: "When I came back, I saw Yuan Shoulu being taken in with disheveled hair. I guessed that you might want to interrogate him. Just in case, I went to Brother Liu to get the account books."

Chen Ke also laughed: "Then how do you know he has evidence?"

Zhao Jun rolled his eyes and said, "I just know!"

Chen Ke didn't ask him any more, but silently increased his strength in supporting him.

At that time, the sun was just right, and the scenery of heaven and earth was infinite.

The author has something to say:

Yuan Ming is a very sinful person