Linque

The sky was getting darker and darker, layers of thick dark clouds were pressing down, and at first glance it was almost impossible to distinguish night from day.

Gu Yanshi didn't know how the group of dead men appeared in such an important place fifty miles outside the imperial capital, 24 of them were all first-class masters, half of them had been killed by him, and the remaining 12 people still treated him Chasing after him.

Gu Yanshi realized from the very beginning that among the group of dead soldiers, at least this group of people came specifically for him.

He rode on a horse and tried his best to lead the group of people towards the direction of the imperial capital. The Qi of the Broken Rainbow Jixue sword in his hand reverberated, and several sword lights were danced to resist attacks from all directions.

The fierce knife shadows criss-crossed, and 12 people attacked from different directions. The horse under it was panting heavily, and it had already been seriously injured.

His master was not much better than it, and the white clothes on Gu Yanshi's body had already been stained a miserable crimson red by blood - some belonged to himself, and some belonged to these dead soldiers.

He was almost exhausted, his meridians began to ache faintly, and he didn't know how long he could last, so he could only try his best to lure the enemy away from the convoy.

The sound of tearing silk suddenly came from behind, and Gu Yanshi realized the pain after the moment his clothes were melted, and quickly turned around and swung his sword to block.Seeing that their companions had succeeded, the other three dead soldiers behind them followed up with their knives. The four scimitars were placed on Gu Yanshi's horizontal sword at the same time.

At the same time, another scimitar with a cold light took the opportunity to sweep towards his lower body.From the corner of his eyes, Gu Yan saw that the majestic inner strength was poured into the sword, and the sword on his head was violently lifted. He jumped off the horse's back, and immediately jumped to the center of the official road, fighting with the dead warrior who rushed up again. one place.

"Brother?" Ye Shuli clenched the folding fan in his hand, and looked at the besieged people.He and Chu Heng stood in the distance, and the source of the clash of swords and soldiers had already appeared in their field of vision.

The two sides did not identify their identities, Chu Heng did not act hastily, and stood there quietly watching for a while.

The slightly embarrassed man in white and the group of swordsmen in black sensed their presence one after another, and four of them were coming towards them with knives in their hands.

This is the official way, and it is obviously difficult for them to leave today.

Chu Heng lowered his head slightly to fasten his cuff, and the black-clothed swordsman had already jumped in front of his eyes, with the bloody knife pointed towards him and Ye Shuli: "Who is it! If you don't want to die, immediately..."

Before the word "roll" came out, the person wearing the gauze hat in front of him suddenly disappeared from the field of vision. No one could see how he got here—including Gu Yanshi, who was seriously injured at the moment—only knew that in the blink of an eye, he had passed away. It came to the eyes from dozens of feet away.

In the next moment, from the four swordsmen in front of Ye Shuli to Gu Yanshi who was closest to him, all the swordsmen in black were knocked to the ground by a sea-like force.

The sword in his hand was released uncontrollably, and fell to the ground with a "clank". Gu Yanshi's expression changed suddenly, and he turned to look at the person wearing a gauze hat in front of him. He felt that his internal force was firmly suppressed at this moment. Stop, can't move for half a minute.

"Name." The person in front of him asked him.

"Gu Yanshi."

The son of Duke Zhen, the Gu family in the north?

Chu Heng frowned slightly, and immediately withdrew his strength, realizing that something was wrong.

"One, two, three... Eleven, twelve," Ye Shuli walked slowly from behind them, counted the dead men who fell on the ground, and said, shaking his fan, "It's amazing, Gu Shizi, with the One against twelve?"

Gu Yanshi felt the sea of ​​qi in his dantian loosen suddenly, and the internal force began to circulate again.He looked suspiciously at the masked man in front of him, and before he could respond, his ears suddenly and keenly caught the cries of children in the distance.

"Ayan!" Gu Yanshi kicked up the sword that fell on the ground, picked it up in his hand, his figure flashed, and he rushed out instantly.

Chu Heng and Ye Shuli looked at each other, and immediately followed.

The Shadow Guard of the Eastern Palace was fighting with this group of black-clothed dead men who appeared on the way. Their leader was a tall swordsman. mean.

Several shadow guards surrounded the carriage, and Helanduo knew that Prince Dayin was inside, so he charged forward with a knife and went straight to the direction of the carriage.The dozens of Yujiang warriors he brought with him were desperate and would rather die to clear the way for him.The Eastern Palace Shadow Guards standing in front of them immediately unsheathed their swords and soldiers, and went up to fight with this group of people.The sound of swords and soldiers clashing came and went, and the ground was covered with layers of blood in an instant.

This place is not far from Emperor Dayin, and Helantuo knew that he couldn't wait for a long time. Seeing that the shadow guard was not afraid of death and couldn't attack for a long time, his eyes were about to burst and he roared. With arrogance, he slammed down the official road like a mountain, and a pattern suddenly cracked on the ground.

He is full of brute force, his inner strength is extremely strong, and there is only a thin line between him and Mahayana. At this moment, he is unstoppable with a full blow, forcing everyone in front of the car to take a step to the side subconsciously——

At this step, there was an empty door in front of the carriage for a moment, and Helanduo took advantage of the situation and rushed out with a knife, and came straight to the carriage, where Prince Dayin was very close at hand.

He was overjoyed, and was about to make another move. During the scuffle, a black-clothed swordsman was thrown here for some reason, and hit Helantuo's wrist holding the knife impartially—it was lent to him by King Jing. his people.

The Eastern Palace Shadow Guard found an opportunity in the blink of an eye, and came from all directions to surround Helanduo again.

Helantuo didn't have time to think about it, he lifted the collar and threw the man away, then caught the sword again, and fought with the shadow guard again.

The Eastern Palace Shadow Guards are not easy to deal with, they are all top experts, and they cooperate well, the tacit understanding is like one heart.The time for a cup of tea passed quietly, and the two sides were still fighting inextricably. Helando was very anxious, with blue veins on his forehead, panting heavily, and looked at the tall horse pulling the cart.

The horse had obviously been specially trained by the North Territory, and its ears were plugged up. They still stood quietly where they had been fighting for a long time.Taking advantage of people's unpreparedness, Helan Tuo suddenly threw the short knife in his sleeve.The distance was too close, and before the shadow guard could react to stop it, the knife had already been stuck in the horse's belly.

The black horse suddenly suffered from pain, raised its hoof and led the car on a rampage, causing the surrounding shadow guards to turn pale.Helan Tuo took the opportunity to bump away from the shadow guard in front of him and strode up to follow, shouted again, leaped into the air and raised his knife to slash.

The carriage was suddenly split open, and Gu Yanshi's wife sat inside holding Qingyan in her arms, sawdust flying everywhere, she embraced Qingyan in her arms, and jumped out.The moment he landed, the cold light in his hand came out of the sheath, and he raised his sword to block, barely resisting the knife that Helan Tuo slashed at her neck and shoulders.

In the blink of an eye, Mrs. Shizi threw Qingyan into the arms of the shadow guard of the East Palace who followed her. She was not Helanduo's opponent in the first place, and it was difficult for her to withstand Helanduo's saber. The raised sword was immediately pressed down three inches by the scimitar, and the tip of the knife was already in front of her eyes.

The scimitar went straight forward, with a rage and arrogance that would kill with one blow.Qing Yan, who was caught by the shadow guard, sensed the approaching murderous intent, and finally burst into tears.

She could no longer resist Helanduo's saber movement, the hilt suddenly left her hand, and the tip of the saber, wrapped in a strong murderous intent, hit her face directly in her dilated pupils, only an inch away from her neck away -

"Courteous!"

Her mind went blank, as if she could vaguely hear her husband's voice.

What arrived with Gu Yanshi's voice was a white and slender hand.

There were no weapons on these hands, and the two outstretched fingers lightly clamped the tip of Helan Tuo's knife, blocking the approach of death and standing in front of her.

Qingyan stopped crying, and stared blankly at the man who suddenly appeared in front of him. He was wearing a gauze hat and his face could not be seen, but all danger and murderous intentions were blocked because of his coming.

The first time Chu Heng came over, he noticed the child who was being held in his arms. His eyebrows, eyes, nose and lips were so much like the person he hadn't seen for several days. Not as majestic as His Majesty.At this moment, there were still teardrops hanging from the corners of his eyes, and the tip of his nose was red, and he stared straight at Chu Heng with a pair of watery eyes, soft and sticky.

Chu Heng quickly looked away, and looked coldly at the machete's owner.

Even though Sasa blocked the expression of the person in front of him, Helando instinctively sensed the danger immediately.He wanted to withdraw the knife and turn around, and he used all his strength, but found that the two fingers holding the tip of his knife were as firm as Mount Tai, preventing him from moving even an inch.

The person in front of him turned sideways step by step, and slowly turned the knife in Helan Tuo's hand. The blade bent into a huge arc, like a bow that was forcibly stretched.The extremely cold killing and oppression seemed to be real at this moment, and spread out layer by layer over the several feet of ground. The wind was still and the trees were still, and everyone unconsciously held their breath and looked in his direction.

"You—" Helanduo's expression changed suddenly. At this moment, he felt the same sense of oppression in the person in front of him as Nanxi Guoshi Jing Xueli. There are only five people in Dayin Kyushu who can give him such pressure.

Gu Yanshi also looked at the person in front of him, he had a faint guess in his heart, he hesitated and whispered to Ye Shuli: "Dare to ask you two..."

"Oh, we're from Lishan Mountain." Ye Shuli calmly introduced, "That's my elder brother."

Lishan Dong Jun.

As if responding to Ye Shuli's words, Chu Heng moved suddenly, and he flicked the scimitar caught between his fingertips, four or two strokes of a thousand pounds, the blade trembled and clanked, and Helan Tuo's mouth went numb. I almost couldn't hold the knife in my hand.

Chu Heng vertically pinched the tactic, and while the internal force was circulating, a qi blade as thin as a cicada's wing was pinched in the palm of his hand, and it went straight to Helan Tuo's throat.Helan Tuo hurriedly raised the knife to block it, the air blade was as solid as it was, and the moment it hit the blade, the sharpness remained undiminished, and the bitter true energy swayed from the blade, forcing Helan Tuo to stagger a few steps.

Helantuo tried his best to stand still, knowing that the person in front of him was here today, and Prince Dayin would not be able to take him away.He slammed backwards, leaping away from Zhang Yuan, and immediately waved his hands to order people to retreat.The people of Yujiang hurried back to protect their holy son. The Shadow Guards of the Eastern Palace would not allow them to leave, so they followed suit, and several groups of people immediately fought in one place again.

Seeing this scene, the black-clothed swordsman lent to him by King Jing in the distance pretended to protect Helan Tuo, and shouted eagerly on purpose: "Holy Son, be careful!"

Son?

Chu Heng's brows moved slightly, and he instantly guessed the identity of the assassin in front of him - Helando, the son of Yu Jiang.He suddenly remembered that day when Ling Qi asked him where he was three months ago, he mentioned the sacred object of Yu Jiang, the Di Huan Jing, and saw the group of people in front of him coming straight to Qing Yan, his thoughts turned, and instantly Guess the purpose of the person in front of me - no one wants the Dihuan Sutra more than Yujiang Shengzi, he even managed to hijack the Prince of Dayin, even the one who sneaked into Dichun Terrace three months ago may be the same he.

Chu Heng's heart was full of anger, and he moved straight to Helan Tuo, condescendingly blocking him.

A few drops of cold sweat ooze from Helan Tuo's forehead. Not only can he not take Prince Dayin away today, but it is unknown whether he can return it with his whole body.He clenched the sword in his hand tightly, his eyes were full of killing intent, he shouted violently, the scimitar was filled with vast internal energy, and he slashed at Chu Heng's head with overwhelming force.

After all, he is the holy son of Yujiang, and there is only a thin line between him and the Mahayana realm. He really has some real skills, and he is not in the same realm as the group of black-clothed swordsmen at all.Chu Heng didn't have a weapon in his hand, so he couldn't take it hard, so he took three wrong steps and turned sideways to avoid the blow.

Helantuo's eyes turned red, and he was unwilling to let go. Seeing that he missed a blow, he immediately changed his tactics and twisted his wrists, and the blade wrapped in full internal strength slashed towards Chu Heng's waist again.

Chu Heng took half a step back, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and he grabbed the air with his fingers, and a sword scattered on the ground was pulled by his inner strength and flew towards him, falling straight into his palm.Ye Shuli's eyes immediately became alert, looking at Chu Heng——

The moment he held the hilt in his palm, a long-lost sense of familiarity came from between his fingers, Chu Heng's pupils shrank slightly, and only then did he belatedly realize that he was holding a sword.

He suddenly looked down at his hand holding the sword, and there was a roar in his mind, and memories flooded in like a flood.

That day was also such a gloomy day, he also held the sword, warm blood fell along the tip of the sword, and clusters of mournful red plum blossoms bloomed on the snow, and the man in his prime died in the Ming Dynasty. Under the silent sword.

He was absent-minded for a moment, but he didn't notice that Helando's knife was close in front of him at all.

"Knife!" The crying child's voice reached his ears at this moment.

"Brother!" Ye Shuli yelled at the same time, spread out the folding fan in his hand, and he also rose into the air, and jumped in front of Chu Heng in an instant, the fan bones were able to restrain Helanduo's blade.

Chu Heng came back to his senses suddenly, the long sword slipped from his loosened hand and fell to the ground.He pulled Ye Shuli behind him, and led him to leap away Zhang Yuan. The Eastern Palace Shadow Guard who was holding Qing Yan was standing behind them.

Helando finally found a chance to get out, immediately stopped, and sprinted away in the opposite direction.

Chu Heng kicked up a piece of broken wood from the carriage, squinted his eyes slightly to look at the fleeing man, the stick of wood carrying Mahayana’s true energy was thrown from his hand like an arrow off the string, piercing through the air. go.

There was no time to dodge, and by the time he realized it was already too late, the wooden arrow pierced deeply into the flesh from behind, pierced Helanduo's entire shoulder, and then pierced out from the front of the shoulder.Helando let out a muffled snort, and spit out a mouthful of blood. His figure couldn't stop shaking, and he fell from mid-air and hit the ground.The retreating swordsman in black quickly helped him up, dragged him for a few ups and downs, and disappeared at the end of the official road.

Chu Heng looked at the direction Helanduo left from afar, and did not pursue any further. The hand that had held the sword just now trembled slightly under the cover of his sleeve. He stood quietly on the spot, trying his best to calm down his ups and downs.

The official road was in a mess, Gu Yanshi led the Eastern Palace Shadow Guards to intercept the remaining fish that slipped through the net. These people were all dead soldiers, and those who failed to leave took poison and committed suicide on the spot.

There was still blood on Gu Yanshi's back, so he didn't have time to bandage himself right now, he was anxious to see Qingyan's condition.He swept his eyes away, only to notice that Qing Yan was not in the shadow guard's arms, but walked behind Lishan Dongjun by himself.

Chu Heng suddenly felt that his robe was being pulled.

He turned his head slightly, and saw a chubby hand grabbing his shirt.The owner of the little chubby hand looks very much like his father, the closer you get, the more you feel like it, but it hasn't opened up enough, and the face doesn't have the majesty of the heavenly family, wrapped in a small white velvet cloak, carved with powder jade Cut a big white dumpling.

Seeing him turn around, Qingyan blinked a pair of big black and white eyes, looked up at him, and they looked at each other for a while through the gauze barrier.

The sky was very dark, the north wind was blowing harder, and there was a muffled thunder sound behind the black clouds.

Dabai Tuanzi seemed a little afraid of the cold, so he took another small step forward and leaned on Chu Heng's lap.He lowered his head, opened his small hands and touched inside the cloak for a while, took out a wrapped rice dumpling candy, took Chu Heng's hand, and put it in his palm.

Then he shook his clothes lightly, stretched out two little hands towards him, and said in a childish voice, "Hold—"