The corner of Yu Wenhu's eyebrows twitched violently immediately, and he understood a series of things in an instant.
Why Xie Yun waited alone in Qingliang Palace late at night, why he dismissed the Ouchi guards who were patrolling nearby, why he didn't even turn his head, but just said "give me a bowl of tea"...
Anger rushed from his heart to his eyes, and it turned into a trance that day in the front yard of Xie's mansion, the young monk slashed the palm like a world-breaker in the air, and Xie Yun did not hide his malicious smile in the firelight.
"...Since the master wants to ask for advice, I will be disrespectful." Yu Wenhu picked up the broad-backed knife, only to see a faint white light flashing in the palm of his hand, and he had already gathered the true energy of the tiger: "I have met the master twice in a hurry, and I don't want the third one. , I want you to die."
Shan Chao sneered coldly, completely ignoring Xie Yun, whose expression changed slightly behind him, and brazenly drew his sword.
— Clang!
The swords collided fiercely, and the murderous roar roared out. A circular airflow was rolled up under the two people's feet, and it spread in all directions in an instant!
Xie Yun's palm holding the dagger loosened and tightened, and he swallowed the "stop it all" before he could say it.
Both Shan Chao and Yu Wenhu are extremely important and open and close, but their moves are completely different. Yuwenhu has been on the battlefield for more than ten years. Before the battle, he fought with one enemy and many people. He was unavoidably careless in his fierceness; Systematic practice of martial arts, so Yu Wenhu can be regarded as the world's first-class master only in terms of sword skills.
—On the other hand, Shanchao's tricks are simply out of order, and they are self-contained.
Shan Chao's sword intent resembles Xie Yun at first glance, but it is not as subtle as Xie Yun's hidden door killer at a closer look, and it looks even more majestic. The strange thing is that he does not have a set of systematic ancestral swordsmanship like most martial arts masters in the world, but he does whatever he wants with ease. Yuan's sword intent was too fierce.
When the dragon fights in the wild, its way is poor.
The tangible long sword and the invisible sword energy criss-cross, thick and grand, impermeable to the wind and rain, it can be called invincible!
Yu Wenhu retreated a few feet, and shouted angrily: "Where did the monk come from?!"
Shan Chao didn't answer. He himself didn't know where he came from, and he had forgotten all about his sword skills, it was just a reaction to a fierce battle.
Before the roar fell to the ground, Shan Chao leaped forward, like a bird of prey flying down in the air, and forced Yu Wenhu out of the palace gate with one blow!
With a loud bang, Yu Wenhu fell to the ground in the wide front yard in front of Qingliang Hall, and before he could get up, he caught a glimpse of a figure behind the threshold out of the corner of his eye, and Xie Yun chased him out, standing on the high jade steps.
Immediately afterwards, the majestic murderous aura of Qixing Longyuan rushed straight down!
Yu Wenhu shouted loudly, and met with the scabbard with his left hand, the iron-skinned scabbard snapped under Long Yuan's sword like tofu, and the upper half shot out several feet in an instant.
At the same time, taking advantage of this setback, he slashed at the sword with his right hand, "Boom!" There was a loud noise that made ears and nose bleed!
"what sound!"
"Who is there?!"
"Who is fighting in the palace, stop!"
A torch light flashed in the distance, and the Ouchi Guards and Xiaoqi Battalion soldiers who had been dispatched earlier noticed something strange at the same time, shouted loudly and rushed over, and then entered the gate of the Qingliang Palace, they were all stunned.
Yu Wenhu, the great general of Xiaoqi, was in decline and was rushing up to the eaves. Another young man in a crimson guard robe was chasing him like a night owl, and the shadow of Long Yuan's sword was overwhelming.
Ma Xin lost his voice: "Shan Chao?!"
The head of a thousand households in the Xiaoqi Battalion was furious: "Bold and lunatic, who dares to attack the general?!" After saying that, he drew his sword and rushed to help the battle.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped out, a clear male voice said not far away: "Stop."
Several imperial guards stepped forward at the same time, abruptly blocking the way of the soldiers of the Xiaoqi battalion. The head of the thousand households was forced to stop, and then he turned his head to look at the sound, and was immediately stunned.
Xie Yun said coldly: "Whoever enters the gate of this palace will be punished immediately."
A chill rushes up the head of a thousand households along the spine - at midnight, in the deep palace, the general Xiaoqi is fighting to the death with an unknown guard, while the commander of the imperial army is standing by with a short dagger in his arms. What is he doing
The Beiya Forbidden Army and the Xiaoqi Battalion, who have always been stubborn, are really going to tear their faces and splatter blood three feet tonight? !
"Commander Xie!" The head of the thousand households hissed and roared, "What is the intention of the Beiya imperial guards assassinating the general in the middle of the night?!"
This sound was very quick-witted, that is to say, the fight was determined to be an assassination, and the commander of the imperial army was named, Xie Yun had to answer.
As expected, Xie Yun answered, but he asked back in front of everyone: "General Yuwen sneaked into the inner palace late at night to spy on me, what is his intention?"
Everyone was in an uproar instantly.
During this question and answer, the fierce battle on the roof has already decided the winner.
Even though Yu Wenhu has led the army for more than ten years, he has already cultivated to be stable, but in this battle, he was beaten into a mess in front of the people in his heart, full of anger and blood, and he poured Tiger Roar's true energy on the blade regardless of his care. Chop out with all your strength.
The broad back saber is a standard weapon in the army, not an ancient magic weapon like the Longyuan sword.
Shan Chao's eyes were condensed with gloomy coldness, and he raised his sword to meet him without dodging. The internal energy of his whole body poured on the sword like a flood, and the Big Dipper burst into a dazzling cold light in an instant!
Clang-clang!
The metal collided, the fire exploded, and the Long Yuan sword cut the broad-backed saber into two, and the blade flew out in a whirl, "Duo!" It sank into the palace wall with a loud sound!
Shan Chao took a step forward, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, pointed the tip of his sword at Yu Wenhu's throat.
"You lost," he said coldly.
The night wind whizzed by, the surroundings were completely silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on the tip of Longyuan's sword, which was only a few inches away from Yuwenhu's throat.
"...What is your origin?" Yu Wenhu's hoarse voice almost changed his tone, and asked in disbelief: "This set of swordsmanship, you... who did you learn from?!"
Shan Chao said, "I don't have sword skills."
It is just because there is no such thing that it is even more frightening—sword moves follow one's heart and are natural, how many masters of the mountain came from the words "no swordsmanship", does this monk have such talent? !
Famous teachers can be invited, magical soldiers can be forged, and swordsmanship can be practiced.
But talent was rewarded by the patriarch in the womb, out of thousands of people, it happened to fall to him alone. Some people are too old to be successful, and some people are amazingly talented and famous when they are young. This is what they are talking about. God is so unfair!
Out of the corner of Yuwenhu's eyes, he caught sight of Xie Yun's figure standing in the courtyard, and suddenly a needle-like soreness mixed with rage rushed up his throat from his heart, almost spurting a mouthful of blood immediately.
"I lost." He almost gritted his teeth before swallowing the mouthful of blood. He raised his head and paused, "You kill me."
"General!" The soldiers of Xiaoqi Battalion outside the courtyard erupted immediately.
"General, don't!"
"Where is the stinky brat who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth, you dare to do it?!"
Shan Chao frowned, turned to the group of soldiers outside, and said in a condescending voice: "Who wants to be the second to come up to die?"
This is simply arrogant and arrogant to the extreme, as if cold water was poured into a frying pan, all the guards exploded: "Bold madman! I will cut you into pieces today!"
"Stop!" Ma Xin and a dozen other guards drew their swords out of their sheaths at the same time, and rushed up to stop them in front of the palace gate: "Who dares to break into the palace?" "Stop and don't move!"
The noise went away with the wind, and the lights of Qingliang Hall not far away were turned on one by one, and some people were alarmed.
Shan Chao frowned—he was usually just a young man with a handsome face and few words, and he was not conspicuous in the crowd, but this simple expression exuded a domineering look from the bottom of his bones.
"I won't kill you," he turned to Yu Wenhu, and said, "Your weapons are bad, so I won't take advantage of you."
Immediately afterwards, he lowered his voice, and each word seemed to carry a thick and sharp vigor: "But if I see you touching Commander Xie with a finger next time..."
"You!" Yu Wenhu's face was flushed, and he even forgot that the sharp point of the sword was pointing at his neck. He raised his hand and slapped it with all his strength in the air: "You are so bold—"
"stop!"
The woman's majestic reprimand exploded on the ground, and at the same time, a sensitive black shadow rushed to the roof like a meteor, uttering a sharp voice: "Aww—"
leopard
Where did the leopard come from in the inner courtyard of the palace? !
Yu Wenhu was startled, and withdrew his energy like a conditioned reflex, and Shan Chao suddenly stepped back a few steps.
I saw a black panther lightly stopped between the two of them, slapped its claws casually, smashed several glazed tiles, and then raised its head and let out a long and menacing roar.
Everyone was dumbfounded, only to hear a gentle male voice laughing and saying: "Don't hurt anyone, come back."
The black panther turned around and swept its tail. Just when everyone thought it would jump off the roof, they saw the black panther shrank, turned into black smoke in mid-air, and disappeared!
Shan Chao frowned, Yu Wenhu said in astonishment: "Warlock?"
Xie Yun looked back, and saw the soldiers and imperial guards outside the courtyard knelt down one after another, and the one surrounded by palace people not far away was the Empress Wu!
"The important place of the palace, it's three o'clock in the middle of the night, what are you doing here?" Empress Wu looked at the roof and said angrily, "Get down for me!"
Both Shan Chao and Yu Wenhu stopped confronting each other, and flew to the ground to confess to the queen. Seeing Yu Wenhu kneeling down, Shan Chao followed suit and knelt on one knee. With a ding, he inserted Qixing Longyuan by his side, lowered his head and stared at the land in front of him without saying a word.
He didn't know that Empress Wu's eyes fell on the top of his head at that moment, and they froze for a moment, with extremely complicated eyes.
Among all the people present, Xie Yun was the only one who didn't kneel or even move. He looked past Empress Wu and looked at a smiling young sorcerer holding a peach talisman among the palace people.
The man was no more than twenty years old, with a fair and refined face, dressed in a green robe, and he looked extraordinarily graceful just standing there. What is particularly impressive is his eyes—at first glance, he is only handsome and not surprising, but a person with profound connotations like Xie Yun can see that the brilliance of those pupils is clearly the result of Taoist practice that has reached a very deep level. situation.
Xie Yun narrowed his eyelashes slightly.
Immediately afterwards, the sorcerer suddenly turned his head and looked at him through the crowd if he felt something.
Warlock rolled his eyes, and his face was smudged with a smile.
"..." Xie Yun's face was cold and heartless, and he turned his eyes lightly.
"... I acted in a moment of anger, and asked the queen to condemn me..."
Empress Wu impatiently interrupted Yu Wenhu's pleading: "I didn't come here to listen to your ramblings! Someone took away the general Xiaoqi, and the imperial guards and Xiaoqi battalion went back to perform their duties. After the Japanese palace asked carefully tomorrow , and then deal with it!"
Everyone knelt down and said yes, Yu Wenhu couldn't say anything to the furious queen, so he got up resentfully, and bowed back with the soldiers of the Xiaoqi battalion.
Ma Xin sneaked a glance at Xie Yun, seeing that the commander had no other indication, he waved behind him silently and led them out of the inner courtyard.
Empress Wu asked her to bring the palace servants to stay where they were, but she personally took the young magician's hand, dragged her long and gorgeous skirt, and stepped into the threshold of Qingliang Hall with her head held high.
Xie Yun signaled Shan Chao to come, and he followed in. Empress Wu turned around and sat down behind the table, making the warlock kneel on the mattress on her left side, Xie Yun and Shan Chao sat on the right side respectively; there were only four people left in the hall looking at each other, Empress Wu finally coughed, Pointing at the warlock, he said slowly, "This is Ming Chongyan, Mr. Ming."
The warlock stared at Xie Yun closely, and halfway his eyes slipped to Shan Chao's face, looking at him for a moment in surprise; then he turned to Xie Yun as if suddenly enlightened.
He smiled and said: "I don't dare to be, I'm just a quack doctor."
Xie Yun remained silent.
Empress Wu said again: "This is Commander Xie of the Imperial Army."
She paused, and said in a very gentle tone: "Mr. Ming is from Yanshi, Luozhou. He is well-known in the local practice of medicine and preaching. After being recommended by the Holy Scriptures, he was called for an interview. Unexpectedly, the migraine he had suffered for many years was cured overnight. It’s miraculous, if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t have believed it.”
Ming Chongyan bowed gracefully.
Shan Chao imitated the other three and knelt on the mat, Qixing Longyuan put it on his side after returning to the sheath. For some reason, he suddenly felt that Ming Chongyan's smiling expression was a bit strange, and moved uncomfortably.
Empress Wu said: "Mr. Ming, this is the reason why I ordered you to come with me - Commander Xie was on patrol in the palace half a month ago and fell into the water at night. Since then, the wind and cold have been intermittent, and the medicine has not improved for many days. The imperial doctor has already diagnosed it. Do you see any other remedies that can be cured?"
Empress Wu's rare concern for Xie Yun alone would not even be thought of by anyone else.
Unexpectedly, before Ming Chongyan got up, he suddenly heard Xie Yun speak, with a slight meanness: "Is it treated with that folk prescription that pretends to be a ghost?"
Ming Chongyan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Commander Xie doesn't know something, I'm not only good at playing tricks, but also very good at reading faces."
As soon as these words came out, even Empress Wu, who was on the first seat, was startled.
"For example, Commander Xie's Qinglong Xiang, I am deeply surprised by it; I thought that the Qinglong was extinct in this world, but I didn't expect to be lucky enough to see a 'Yin Tianqing' today, so I couldn't help but take a second look, please thank you Do not blame the leader."
The corners of Xie Yun's eyebrows twitched suddenly, and Shan Chao's eyes were astonished.
Empress Wu lost her voice and asked: "Mr. Ming can really see it?"
Ming Chongyan said, "Of course."
Empress Wu was seen by Fengshui master Yuan Tiangang when she was young, and she was ordered: "If you are a woman, you should be the master of the world." Now that the old matter was brought up again, her heart was beating wildly, but she took a deep breath to calm down and calm down. He asked in a loud voice: "Mr. Naming, looking at the faces of...the people in the hall, what else can you see?"
Ming Chongyan's eyes flicked across the faces of Empress Wu, Xie Yun, and Shan Chao in turn, and it seemed that the more they watched, the more interesting they became, and a very playful look gradually appeared in his eyes: "His Royal Highness, forgive me for my innocence, I dare to say it."
Empress Wu raised her hand: "I forgive you for your innocence, just say it!"
Ming Chongyan said leisurely: "I saw a green dragon with scars on the verge of death, guarding the golden dragon, heading towards the supreme Nine Heavens Palace..."
When he said the word "Golden Dragon", he was facing upwards, which seemed to refer to Empress Wu.
However, only Xie Yun saw it. After he finished speaking, he glanced at Dan Chao and showed a chilling smile with deep meaning.
Xie Yun's hands under the sleeves of Xie Yun's robe were clenched tightly, but before he could make a move, Empress Wu seemed to be faintly happy and worried, and asked, "Then why is Qinglong so injured that he is on the verge of death?"
Ming Chongyan's figure was like a ghost, and the other three people in the hall didn't see clearly how he moved. They saw that he was not far away at one moment, and appeared in front of Xie Yun the next moment. They bent down and grabbed Xie Yun The wrist tightly clenched under the robe pressed on his pulse.
Shan Chao's fingertips had already touched the hilt of Long Yuan's sword, but Ming Chongyan stared deeply at Xie Yun's eyes and said with a smile, "Commander Xie just opened the seal?"
Xie Yun's eyelashes are extremely long, and at such a close distance under the light, he can see two fan-shaped shadows on the nose, extending to the slender eyes on both sides.
Ming Chongyan ignored the cold gaze under the eyelashes, and said meaningfully: "Even if Yin Tianqing is not a positive seal, it will lose one lifespan once it is printed. I think Commander Xie is not a long-lived person. Even bigger, I'm afraid that the day when the Golden Dragon is enthroned on the Ninth Five-Year Plan is the time when you will pass away."
Xie Yun got up with a flick of his sleeves, grabbed Ming Chongyan's neck in a flash, and pushed him to the ground.
boom!
Ming Chongyan's back fell heavily, Xie Yun's knuckles popped up, and the fragile neck bone in his palm instantly gurgled!
Xie Yun stared at Ming Chongyan's flushed face from above, and said slowly: "...Today is the time for you, Mr. Ming, to pass away."