Opposite the entrance hall

The sky is full of dark clouds, and everything is solemn.

The light of the blade flashed suddenly, and everyone moved quickly to surround Qi Ran and Ji Si. They drew their blades and snapped their crossbows. The sound of the sharp blades unsheathing tore through the wind, making the situation in front of them urgent. With just one look, you can rush out and put your life on the line,

Qi Ran is tall and straight, the hem of his white clothes was dirty by splashing muddy water, the tip of his hair was dripping with water, he was holding a long sword and half-closed his eyes to scan the crowd, his lips and brows were tightly pursed to reveal the anger in his heart .

The two sides confronted each other with weapons in hand, but no one made a sound. In an instant, the world was vast, and only the sound of the howling wind and the river crashing on the shore was left.

The rain fell on the long sword, slowly descending along the patterns on the sword body, gathered beads at the tip of the sword, swayed and turned around, and finally fell into the puddle, making a ticking sound, and the water patterns gradually spread. Layers of circles disrupted Qi Ran's figure reflected in the water and blurred his face.

At this critical moment, Dou Yuanliang stepped out of the crowd and broke the situation, "Master Qi, what do you mean?"

"That's exactly what I want to ask," Qi Ran threw the subject back, "What do you mean, Mr. Dou?"

Dou Yuanliang looked at him kindly and said: "If I remember correctly, Ji Shilang and Master Qi are the opposite, right? Do you protect this man behind you? He is a treacherous official in the court. He deceives the superior and the inferior, flatters the party and attacks the dissidents, flatters the authoritarian, seeks selfishness with the power, dares to shoddy the local food and grass, and fills his own pocket with the distribution of disaster money. , he regards human life as worthless, even such and such a person, Master Qi also has to protect him?"

Qi Ran turned his head slightly and lowered his eyes to look at the person behind him, without changing his expression, he said: "The law of the people is determined by the officials, and the law of ministers is determined by the king, everything has its own laws, when will it be your turn to do this righteous thing? Although Ji Si is a treacherous official, you are definitely not a good person. You hide official food, open food halls, destroy ditches, use power for personal gain, cover up the sky with your hands, and kill officials. Any one of them is enough to kill you!"

"The reasoning is sounding high-sounding, but it's all about your masters," Dou Yuanliang sneered, "Qi Xiang has never been involved in party disputes, and I don't know if he knows that Mr. Qi has chosen the crown prince, and now he is working for the crown prince?"

"My Qi family is loyal to Da Jin, and I have never been loyal to anyone alone!"

"Stop talking nonsense with him." Ji Si pulled Qi Ran's clothes at some point, and said weakly, "He's so stupid that he can't understand what he's talking about, it's a waste of time. "

Dou Yuanliang naturally heard these words, his face darkened, and he suddenly became furious, "Master Ji hasn't figured out the situation yet?"

After he finished speaking, he clapped his hands, and a group of people rushed out from the surrounding mountains and forests, all holding scimitars in their hands, the arrows were put into the bow, and the scimitars were unsheathed. They lined up after a while, and the weapons in their hands were aimed at the same target. Two people in the crowd.

"I think so highly of me," Ji Si sat cross-legged on the ground to rest, and looked around, "With my body, you can knock me down by yourself, so why bother mobilizing so many people."

"It's always good to be safe, and officials are used to thinking more about it."

"Ziheng, blame me for dragging you down. It has nothing to do with you. Now, if we run away, we will be shot into a hornet's nest." Ji Si covered his stomach and smiled bitterly, "What's more, I'm a burden now. But it wouldn't be a loss if we can't live together with you today, if we die together in the same cave, I still have some expectations after thinking about it, since things have come to this, why don't we talk a little more, lest we go down and find no one to talk to."

The latter sentence was addressed to Dou Yuanliang.

"My lord, don't fall into his tricks, this guy is just delaying time, why not kill him first to avoid future troubles." Wang Zhigui said.

"Tsk," Ji Si smacked his lips, "I was seen through."

"Dou Yuanliang, if you stop now, there is still time." Qi Ran said.

Dou Yuanliang showed a fierce look in his eyes, and said sharply, "Stop it? Once this matter is done, there will be no turning back. I have been walking on thin ice all these years, and I have gone through so much hardship to get to where I am today. If I stop, I will have nothing. Then the suffering I have suffered for so many years has become a joke. During the past ten years, I have hung a knife on my head day and night. If I lose my mind, the knife will fall off. I have a lot of blood on my hands and how many bones I have stepped on. I’ve passed by, I’m not afraid of anything, this time I don’t want your life, if you die, I’ll be in a lot of trouble, but it’s the fate of fate, you have to rush to die every step of the way, It’s a season, don’t say anything, and post a Qi Ziheng, that’s fine! Don’t blame me when you two go down. After today, I will definitely play the emperor’s excerpt. The Xiangjiang River was flooded, and the two adults were unfortunately involved in the water. Wucun sacrificed his life for the country, many villagers have seen it with their own eyes, Xiangzhou will remember this kind of friendship, and the people will never forget the two, what does Lord Ji think? But death is worthy of death!"

When he said this, he suddenly laughed maniacally, "None of you can leave today! Shoot the arrows!"

As he pushed back a few steps and gave an order, the guards around him loosened their hands, and with a bang, the arrows flew out, and the rain of arrows pierced through every drop of raindrops in the air and hit the two of them overwhelmingly. , and the friction sound produced by the strong wind passing by, played the urgency of this urgency.

Qi Ran's ears quivered slightly and his eyes closed halfway. The next moment, he tapped his toes and took advantage of the momentum to hang in mid-air. The aura of his body changed, his hair flew up, and killing intent came out. His inner energy was condensed in the sword, and he pulled out the sword with his wrist. The flower made a circle around itself, and the arrow seemed to be blocked by some strange force. Before it touched the two of them, it was broken from the middle by the sword energy, and then fell to the ground and puddles one after another.

The situation was tense, and several figures swung their knives towards Ji Si. Ji Buyan was severely beaten, and there was no way to avoid it. At this moment, Qi Ran glanced at the situation from the corner of his eye, and bounced the arrow rain away with all his strength. , and then leaped forward and kicked the guard who was pounced on by the wolf, turning over in the air and standing firmly in front of Ji Si.

Dou Yuanliang glanced at the men who fell to the ground and howled, and shouted: "Fire the arrows, don't stop, keep shooting! Give me all, go! Whoever can shoot an arrow and cut a knife, I will reward you a hundred times!" Two, whoever can kill these two people will be given an official position and rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver!"

"Yes!" Everyone responded, resounding through the sky!

People make money and birds die for food. After they got this order, they rushed up like crazy like demons. Swords, lights and swords, the sound of wind rustled, and the sound of fighting collided. The river rushes up the slope and flows down slowly.

Qi Ran swung his sword again to break a rain of arrows, and when he turned sideways to protect Ji Si, a hesitation was scratched by the arrow sticking to his arm and cutting his robe. It gradually became stiff and numb, spreading from this place to the whole arm. He moved his fingers, but he didn't feel anything. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he couldn't hold the long sword anymore.

Sitting cross-legged on the ground, Ji Si saw it very clearly, and asked in a low voice, "Did you put medicine on it?"

"Well," Qi Ran replied, "It's okay, just be careful, Cui Hao and the others are coming soon."

Saying this, he flipped the long sword in his hand a few times and switched it to his left hand, and kicked another guard who jumped up, turned his head to Ji Si and said, "With me here, I can't die."

Dou Yuanliang kept the two people's every move in his eyes, laughed loudly when he saw this, and ordered sharply: "Cut off his right hand! He can't move his right hand anymore! Cut at his right hand!"

Hearing this, Qi Ran frowned more and more, and his mood was extremely irritable. This group of people focused on his right hand, and his left hand sword made his right hand not smooth, and he had to protect Ji Si, who was retreating at the bottom for a while.

"Qi Ziheng, as long as you can't hold the sword, you are a trapped beast in a cage. Now you are just struggling to die. It would be better to catch them earlier. Neither of you can walk out of this place alive today!" Dou Yuanliang smiled ferociously. speak.

Qi Ran didn't reply. When he drew his sword, the corpse's hot blood sprayed all over the ground, and his white clothes were stained red. He was a little tired, and the things in front of him were a little dizzy, but he still held on tightly.

The sound of the river water shook the sky, a sharp arrow flew straight towards Ji Si's chest, and it arrived in front of him in the blink of an eye, Ji Si's pupils suddenly enlarged, and the arrow was printed in his eyes, getting faster and faster As he got closer, his limbs and bones seemed to be filled with mercury, and he couldn't lift his strength at all.

"Kiss!"

Qi Ran's voice came through the crowd, Ji Si regained his senses, bit the blood on his lower lip, and threw himself aside.

The arrow shot towards where he was just now, and when it was about to hit the ground, a dagger flew out from a distance, turned over and over in the air, broke the arrow at the waist, and finally stuck firmly in the soil and stood on the ground. At Keith's feet.

This dagger was like a signal, accompanied by the sound of horseshoes, a group of people rushed down the slope, the leader was Cui Hao, he got off his horse with the badge of the chief minister in his hand, and roared sharply : "Dou Yuanliang, you are reselling official food! Harm your colleagues, ignore the people of Xiangzhou just for your own selfish desires, and pretend to be an official of a state. If you can put down your weapons, you will be arrested and there is still a chance of survival. If you don't follow! Kill without mercy! "

Dou Yuanliang wiped the sweat and rain off his face, and shouted, "Don't listen to this guy's nonsense, you and I can't escape today's incident, it's better to fight for him now, so there is still a glimmer of hope, The chief envoy colluded with the official Ji Si to seek personal power and kill the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, everyone should be punished for such crimes!"

"Nonsense!" Cui Hao said angrily, "Do it for me and capture Dou Yuanliang!"

The crowd rushed up, the rain of arrows flew, and the shouts of killing came to everyone's ears. The day was dark and cloudy, and the bright red blood was washed by the rain and flowed into the Xiangjiang River. It was mixed with the river water, and the original color could not be seen.

Qi Ran supported the ground with the force of his sword. This place of sword light and sword shadow was extremely dangerous. He avoided the crowd, straddled the arrows and scimitar weapons on the ground and walked slowly, and stretched out his hand towards Ji Si who fell on the ground. , just stretched out his hand but saw a long arrow flying straight towards him, he turned over and backed away, and when he looked over again, Ji Si had been trapped in front of him by Dou Yuanliang, with a knife on his neck.

Ji Si looked at Qi Ran who was not far away, and turned his head slightly.

"Don't move," Dou Yuanliang said, "Master Ji, this sword doesn't have eyes."

"What do you want?" Qi Ran asked with a frown.

"I admit that I can't beat you, I admit it, you won, I just want to live now, let me go, let me go out of the city!"

"I knew why I had to do it today."

"Why at the beginning?" Dou Yuanliang laughed, "I was born as a Jinshi who studied hard for ten years, and after three or five years in the middle school, I was still only a seventh-rank official. Fifth Prison, but because I came from a poor family and am not a child of a noble family, I also had a passion for serving the country, but what did I get in the end? My wife and children died of illness and had no money to treat them, and the world was vast and lonely. Even the position of governor was given by others. You say that I am guilty of corruption, an unforgivable crime, but since I served as the governor of Xiangzhou, I have worked diligently and personally, digging ditches, building long bridges, opening granaries, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Without me, Xiangzhou can have the scenery it is today? What is my crime?"

"All the guilty people in this world will shout innocence and innocence." Ji Si said.

Dou Yuanliang's eyes were fierce, and he pressed his wrist down, Ji Si frowned, and a red mark across his neck gradually oozes blood.

"If you are guilty, you are more unforgivable than me! You are a son of a prostitute, why do you enter the court as an official, you are illiterate and illiterate, why do you take the position of servant, corrupt and loyal, and still no one punishes you, I You are a corrupt official, you are a traitor, Ji Si, we are actually the same kind of people, but you are more ostentatious than me, and you deserve more death. If I die today, it may be you who die tomorrow. Open your eyes and see, this How many civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty are eager to eat your meat and drink your blood, waiting for you to lose power and blow your bones to ashes. You think the prince can protect you for the rest of your life, but he just treats you like a dog, a dog that can be abandoned at any time , we don't violate the water of the river, why don't you leave me a way to survive! Why!"

As he spoke, his emotions fluctuated, and the hand holding the handle of the knife pressed hard to press the knife mark on Ji Si's neck deeper.

There was the sound of fighting on one side, and the sound of turbulent water on the other, Qi Ran stared at the blood on Ji Si's neck, his face darkened, "You want to leave the city?"

"Yes!"

"Row!"

Ji Si stared at Qi Ran, knowing that he had made a decision, he pondered for a moment and said: "Lord Dou, you blame the injustice of the world and the injustice of all things, and think that it is the Great Jin that has dampened your passion to serve the country. Don't you think it's ridiculous to say it? While coveting money and boasting that you have done your best for Xiangzhou, are you not ashamed to panic? How do you say something?"

He frowned with a thoughtful look, "Oh, by the way, I have to set up an archway even if I become a bitch."

As expected, Dou Yuanliang's anger was high, the veins on his forehead popped up, his eyes froze, and he raised his hand to slit the throat of the person in front of him.

Ji Si tensed his nerves, and the tip of the knife in his cuff was exposed. He bit his tongue so that his limbs regained some strength, and deliberately aroused Dou Yuanliang's anger. When he was furious and raised his hand to kill him, he lifted it up hand, the tip of the knife slashed straight across Dou Yuanliang's wrist.

Before the latter could react in the future, the knife in his hand fell. As soon as he looked up, he saw a figure flashing in front of him, and then the blood on his neck gushed out like a spring, and the warm liquid splashed, covering Ji Si's face. face.

Dou Yuanliang looked at the person in front of him in disbelief, his fingers trembled and covered the wound, his fingertips touched a piece of wet and viscous liquid, his body began to twitch unconsciously and he stepped back step by step, everything in front of him was covered with a layer of mist of red.

In the end, there was only a bang, and the Xiangjiang River splashed a large amount of water.

Ji Si was covered in evil spirits and blood, and behind him was the surging Xiangjiang River. The sound of the water shook the sky, and the world was full of fighting sounds. He stood on the top of the slope and looked at the crowd, shouting loudly: If you don't put down the blade in your hand, you will resist stubbornly."

He breathed a sigh of relief and shouted coldly: "Kill!"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and after a long while, the sound of the blade falling to the ground gradually sounded.

Ji Si heaved a sigh of relief and sat down on the ground.

Qi Ran walked up the slope step by step, and squatted in front of him with one knee supported by his sword.

"Does it hurt?" he asked.

Ji Si shook his head and nodded again.

Qi Ran looked into his eyes and continued: "Master Ji, I'm here to save you."

The author has something to say:

small theater:

Handsome author: As the first supporting role in this article to receive a lunch box, how do you feel now?

Li Si:? ? ?Wasn't I the first one to get the box lunch?

Handsome author: Don't talk.

Dou Yuanliang: First of all, I would like to thank my dad, my mommy, and secondly, I would like to thank Shisan for giving me this opportunity to show myself. I am so happy and excited that I am incoherent.

Handsome author: How do you feel about the scene of playing Master Ji.

Dou Yuanliang: [wry smile] If you give me another chance, I will definitely not fight, you don’t know Mr. Qi, [the latter part is too bloody to be broadcast easily]

Handsome author: Alright, today's interview is over, see you next time!

ps: Dou Yuanliang is finished, let's spread flowers.

This background is actually more about identity, so why do people treat Mr. Ji as a joke, because he has a bad background, just like Du Heng No.2 became a censor because he came from a poor family, because of Mr. Fang's problem [because He is also from a poor family], to be an official from a poor family, you have to suffer, and it requires a lot of ability and luck.

Corrupt officials are done, please see the Xiangzhou plague below!