Shan Chao stepped back half a step, looked at the dark wooden fence, and suddenly lifted his palm and slapped the wood.
Boom!
The whole fence shook slightly, but it didn't crack at all!
"Don't do it!" the beauty immediately shouted: "The cell is made of iron wood, you can't stop!"
Shan Chao said seriously: "Girl, it's fine if I don't see you. Since I saw you, there is no reason to refuse to save you. Don't be afraid, I'm not a villain. After you go out, you want to find relatives and friends, or leave on your own. , I won't even take advantage of you..."
The woman stared at him for a long time.
Those eyes were actually very strange, but in her face that couldn't hide the pain and embarrassment, the weirdness in her expression could be easily overlooked.
"... Master is kind." She finally opened her mouth slowly, and then said after a pause, "It's just that this cell needs to be unlocked to open... Master, if you really want to rescue me, please find the key."
key.
Shan Chao suddenly thought of something, simply said "please wait a moment, girl", and ran to his cell. Sure enough, the little girl who delivered the food was still awake, Shan Chao found a large bunch of keys from her waist, breathed again to make sure that she was really safe, and walked through the winding tunnel again to the door of the woman's cell.
The woman was probably ashamed to see strangers with messy clothes, she had already wrapped her robe tightly in this short moment, but she looked even thinner because of it.
Shan Chao quickly tried a few keys, and as expected, one of them opened the iron lock, and immediately pushed the door open and entered. He didn't like the girl's disheveled appearance, and only stared at her hand that was nailed to the ground alive: the short dagger was inlaid with gold, gorgeous and gorgeous, the blade stabbed through the palm tightly, and the blood that had dried up was scattered With a distance of half a step around, it is impossible to imagine how painful and tragic the scene of the incident was.
Shan Chao held down the handle of the knife, raised his head and asked, "Can you bear it?"
The woman stared at him, the corners of her lips twitched slightly, as if smiling.
The smile lines made Shan Chao vaguely familiar, but at this time the light was very dim and the situation was urgent, so he just nodded, holding the woman's hand while holding the handle of the knife, and pulled it out suddenly!
Puff—
Blood spurted out immediately!
Shan Chao covered the wound with his hands, but the blood still sprayed all over his palm in an instant, and it gradually stopped after a while.
The woman gritted her teeth and lowered her head, her body tensed like a bowstring. After a while, the severe pain subsided before she let out a breath dripping with cold sweat: "Trouble... trouble master."
If it was an ordinary girl, she might have passed out from the pain at this time, but the woman in front of her was sober although she was almost collapsed, and her words were still very calm and gentle.
A person's personality and appearance can be disguised, but bearing and self-cultivation are things that cannot be pretended in the bones. Shan Chao's heart moved for a moment, and he looked away uncomfortably: "Young lady is serious, don't call me master... The situation is urgent now, and your wound must be bandaged immediately. Let's find an exit and leave here."
But the woman said hoarsely: "Don't worry. There are several entrances and exits in this underground palace, most of which are heavily guarded, and there is one that leads directly to Xie's study. If you want to avoid being discovered, there is only one way to go..."
"Which one?"
"Arsenal."
Shan Chao was taken aback, and the woman raised her eyebrows and jokingly asked, "Did Mr. En just want to take me out of Xie's mansion with bare hands?"
After a while, the secret door was pushed open abruptly, and Shan Chao crawled out of the tunnel.
What the woman said was true, as soon as she stepped out of the tunnel, a gust of cold air hit her face, as far as she could see was a huge and empty warehouse, with dim light on all sides, only the torches were burning in the four corners, casting a jumping light on the fortified walls .
Rows of tall iron racks in the armory go straight to the roof, but most of the racks are empty, and there are not many swords and firearms.
Shan Chao walked through the iron frame, and couldn't help but secretly startled: "Why did Xie's mansion build such a large armory? It's impossible to rebel?"
"Commander Xie belongs to the queen," the woman said behind him.
"-What's the meaning?"
Shan Chao turned his head and saw the woman leaning against the black rock wall with her arms crossed, her long hair tied in a bundle hanging from her shoulders. Although her face was slightly pale due to excessive blood loss, she had a lustrous and firm luster like jadeite .
"Since a few years ago, Empress Wu has replaced the emperor's imperial pen Zhu Zhu. Since then, the party has been full of power and power. This year, the emperor decided to drive Mount Tai to enshrine Zen. After hearing about it, Empress Wu asked herself to replace the prime minister and ascend the altar as a woman. Dedicated, together with His Majesty, proclaim to heaven and earth, and be called the Second Sage."
"If this is done, Empress Wu will be able to listen to the government and be in charge of the government together with the emperor. However, although Empress Wu is in power, there is still a group of people who oppose her, and this group of people is more sacred than Empress Wu. The advantage of etiquette: it is the current Crown Prince of the East Palace."
Shan Chao frowned and said, "What does this have to do with the arsenal hidden in the Xie Mansion? Could it be..."
"Yes." The woman said, "Wei Wang seized the throne not far away, and the blood of Xuanwu Gate is still fresh; the cornerstones of this dynasty are all made of corpses that were fought for by flesh and blood."
Shan Chao's complexion changed slightly, and he hesitated for a while before asking: "... how does the girl know this? What is the relationship between you and Xie Yun..."
The woman turned her head away, spoke quietly for a long while, and sighed as softly as a feather:
"What kind of relationship does Engong think... it is what kind of relationship."
——Shan Chao suddenly felt that he had made a mistake, but fortunately his embarrassment was covered by the darkness.
Just as he was about to apologize and come back, he suddenly heard the woman pointing to the front and asking suspiciously: "Master, what do you think is that?"
Looking in the woman's direction, I saw a faint blue and white light coming from the depths of the dim armory.
Shan Chao suddenly realized something, and immediately stepped forward, walked through countless iron frames, and saw two long swords hanging from silk cloth in the open space in front of him. The sword came out.
And the one on the left is the Seven Star Longyuan of Shanchao!
After Shan Chao was forced to "invite" him into Xie's mansion, his belongings in Ci'en Temple must have been confiscated, so it is not surprising that Long Yuanjian appeared here. But Shan Chao didn't expect that Xie Yun could take the sword confiscated as his own so naturally, and felt extremely sick in his heart for a moment, so he went up and tore off the sword and held it in his hand.
"Is this something belonging to the master?" The woman stepped forward curiously, and gently touched another long sword that was shining with white light: "Why is it shining? Master, look... ah!"
I saw that the hanging silk suddenly loosened for some reason, and the long sword suddenly fell, and the woman's hand injury couldn't catch it at all, and the heavy weapon was about to hit her foot!
Shan Chao reached out to catch it like lightning, and shouted: "Be careful!"
At this moment, he grasped the platinum hilt.
Roar-
The next moment, the long sword was unsheathed with a clang, and with the murderous aura soaring into the sky, the entire armory suddenly burst into piercing howls of swords!
At the same time, Xie's mansion was in full swing.
His subordinates hurried into the gate, and Ma Xin immediately raised his head: "How is it?"
"Fortunately, the shadow guards acted accordingly, and General Yuwen didn't notice any abnormalities."
Ma Xin finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a wry smile: "This is only the third day, and there are still twenty-seven days in a month. How can we hide it from now on? Every day, the officials who come and go in the house are easily dispatched. In case His Majesty summons you …”
The subordinates also felt their scalps go numb for a while: "Brother Ma, don't worry. Fortunately, everything is going on under the commander's calculations, and the shadow guards know what to do. Besides, I heard from the medical officer that the commander's condition is actually fine. Maybe this year will be very difficult." soon-"
At this time, suddenly another guard rushed in from outside the door, not caring whether he would be heard, and shouted after entering the door: "Come here! Something is wrong, the people from the underground palace are gone!"
Ma Xin suddenly got up: "What did you say?"
"The guard just found the girl who delivered the meal, and the people in the two secret rooms are missing. We are sending people to search the entire underground palace..."
Just as the guard was out of breath, he was halfway through speaking, when suddenly there was an extremely sharp roar from outside the main hall. It seemed that thousands of ghosts were crying and howling, and they went straight to the sky, and everyone's expressions changed drastically at the same time.
"... Tai'a sword screaming!" Ma Xin lost his voice, "The monk went into the armory and activated the commander's Tai'a sword..."
He slammed his sword and rushed out of the main hall, furiously said: "Come on! Follow me to the armory, chop up that wild monk and feed it to the dogs!"
Voices came from all directions outside the arsenal, Shan Chao's forehead twitched, and he suddenly inserted the white sword back into its scabbard.
The screaming stopped abruptly, but it was already too late. The woman must have suffered a lot in the dungeon. At this moment, she was terrified when she heard the human voice, her lips were slightly white, and she said softly: "Master, now we..."
Shan Chao pulled out the Seven Star Longyuan, took a deep breath and collected himself: "Don't be afraid, I'll take you out."
"What if you can't get out?"
Shan Chao said casually, "It's better to die here."
Long Yuan's sword edge reflected a trace of light on his handsome silhouette, under the thick brows, his eyes were bright and scorching.
The woman paused slightly, seemingly in a daze.
There was a loud bang in the distance. It was the gate of the armory being kicked open, followed by the sound of footsteps and the sound of weapons crashing in. Listening carefully, it turned out to be strict and orderly, and followed the iron frames to this side. Approaching quickly.
"Master," the woman said with a frown, "Your martial arts are so strong that you can fight alone with a sword, but you will be dragged down if you take me with you. Why don't you hand me over, maybe you can get a chance..."
Shan Chao smiled at her and shook his head.
The feeling he had when he laughed was completely opposite to that of Xie Yun, like a clean, young, slender tree. The latter makes people nervous, but the former makes people feel very comfortable, and a good impression arises from the bottom of my heart.
"Although you and I met by chance, since I saved you, I won't just watch you die."
Shan Chao holds a sword in one hand, and reaches out to the woman with the other:
"Girl, please hold me tight. Don't open your eyes when anything happens."
On the woman's deep and beautiful face, there seemed to be an extremely indescribable look that could almost be called a dilemma.
However, she quickly regained her composure, as if the moment just now was just an illusion.
"...Since the master insists on this, when everyone comes in later, please pretend to hold me hostage..."
"They are afraid that if you really kill me, no one will stop you again."
"-stop!"
The explosion exploded on the ground, and then the flames brightened, and countless guards appeared behind the iron frame in all directions. Ma Xin rushed out of the crowd with a knife in his hand, roaring: "Bold monk, how dare you—"
The next moment he was stuck, and a light of disbelief and fear appeared in his eyes.
Shan Chao stood with his sword in his arms, holding the woman in front of him with his strong arms, and a short dagger with wet blood in his hand was firmly pressed against her neck.
The woman's slender brows were tightly frowned, and she said nothing.
Shan Chao stared at Ma Xin coldly:
"Whoever dares to step forward, I will kill her."
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Ma Xin: "..."
Ma Xin went crazy in an instant.
"Back! All back!" Ma Xin's roar was at least eight pitches higher than before: "Everyone can't wait to shoot arrows, back!!"
Although the guards didn't know why, they still retreated immediately, and the encirclement immediately expanded by half a foot. Ma Xin stood at the front of the crowd and stared at Shan Chao. He was almost exasperated, but he couldn't utter a complete sentence: "Monk Ye, if you can fucking go out today, I will give you..."
"Commander Xie won't let you go." The woman said suddenly, her eyes fixed on Ma Xin: "Although I am a prisoner in Xie's house, if I really put my life here, Commander Xie will not let you go." over yours."
Ma Xin was taken aback.
Immediately afterwards, a look of enlightenment flashed across his eyes, and his violent tone suddenly disappeared: "Monk Xinchao, if you have something to say, let the family members under our command be put down first! A man, what is it to hold a woman ... woman ... woman?" ?”
Shan Chaoxin wanted to see you acting like a slave to a tiger, and you might be the one who tortured this girl, so he couldn't help feeling evil in his heart for a moment, and sneered, "Family? I don't know which man in the world treats his family like this. Don't talk nonsense, everyone Get out of the way, or I'll let her blood splatter on the spot right now!"
The gleaming dagger tipped away, cutting the woman's throat immediately, and a trace of blood smeared out immediately.
Ma Xin almost broke his voice: "Stop!"
He gasped for a moment, and resolutely gestured to the people behind him: "... Get out of the way, let this master go out."
Shan Chao tightly hugged the woman in front of him, and stepped back out of the armory step by step, and the guards immediately followed suit.
Ma Xin stared at Shan Chao intently, hooked his fingers to call a confidant, and asked with his ear, "Where is Yu Wenhu?"
"The small flower hall outside the study." The confidant also replied in a very low voice: "I have asked someone to find an excuse to tie up General Yuwen, and make sure he doesn't come out. About within a cup of tea..."
"Delay as much as possible, if you run into Yuwenhu Yingwei, you won't be able to cover it. Go!"
The subordinates immediately took orders to leave.
Ma Xin turned to Shan Chao, and said coldly: "Master, if you want to go, please leave this girl behind. It was purely a misunderstanding that the Commander invited you as a guest at the beginning, and he has not treated you lightly in the past three days; but if you insist on asking If we take this girl away too, then the relationship between my Xie Mansion and the Master will be forged, and the world will end in the future..."
Shan Chao said leisurely: "Don't speak harshly, just lead the horse."
Ma Xin choked up, and the woman said softly, "I want some more money..."
Shan Chao understood immediately, and said loudly: "Come to tattoo ten taels of silver again, go!"
Ma Xin wanted to vomit blood.
Master, since you want money, why do you only want ten taels? Is it enough? Do you want your hostages to eat steamed buns in cold water every day? !
But Ma Xiaoye had no choice but to suppress his rage and make people prepare. Fortunately, the Xie Mansion's luxurious reputation is well-deserved, and after a while, a horse with a black body and four hooves on the snow was brought in. On the horse's back was a money bag, and the inside was resplendent with gold.
"Master, please accept it with a smile. This is ten taels of gold." Ma Xin took out a piece of fine gold from the purse, shook it, and said seriously: "Master, listen to me: how many people offended you in the Temple of Mercy that day, It's really pure... pure misunderstanding, if the master is willing to put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha right now, uh, I swear on behalf of the commander, I will write it off from now on, and forget the past... "
Poor Ma Xin was incoherent, but was interrupted by Shan Chao with a sneer: "Put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha immediately? You know that if the Buddha sees a demon, there will be times when King Kong will be angry!"
Ma Xin was speechless, Shan Chao flew onto the horse with the woman in his arms, and in an instant the empty door behind him was exposed. But before the guards seized the gap to shoot arrows, he kicked the horse hard on the belly and shouted: "Drive!"
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"—Woo!"
A horse neighing came into the flower hall, Yu Wenhu put down his teacup, raised his head and asked suspiciously: "Who dares to ride a horse on Xie's mansion?"
"I think the guards are playing polo on the training ground." The maid in a pink dress sitting next to him put down the harp and said with a clever smile, "Don't worry about it, the general, how about listening to my slave playing a nine-card tune? "
"... Where are your leaders?"
"The commander is taking medicine in the inner study, and he will come out after a while, if the general forgives him."
In the study room, the young man in the white satin brocade robe put down his ink brush and makeup case, straightened his mask, and smiled at the water in the copper basin.
The arc didn't seem right, he closed his eyes for a moment to adjust, then opened his eyes and curled his mouth.
It feels right now.
He nodded in satisfaction, made a good gesture to his confidants around him, got up and pushed the door out.
flower hall. Yu Wenhu couldn't help but feel depressed when he saw the beautiful crowds surrounded by clouds, fragrance and mist, and the flowery and jade-like maids smiling sweetly.
In the past two years when Xie Yun was the commander of the inner guards, he has become more and more ruthless and high-profile. It is said that his private style is quite lewd, with various deficiencies and outsiders. Although this was just a rumor in Beijing, judging by the beautiful maids in the room before him, it might be groundless.
"General, go out for a walk." Yu Wenhu took a breath, stood up and said, "Call me when your commander comes out."
Unexpectedly, the maid suddenly stood up at the next moment: "The general must not, please stay!"
"Ok?"
The maids hesitated, Yu Wenhu reacted so sharply, he immediately became suspicious: "What are you trying to do?"
At this moment, horse neighing came from outside the flower hall, followed by the sound of sharp arrows piercing through the air.
Yu Wenhu's expression changed in an instant, and he pushed the maid away: "Get out of the way!"
How can the maid stop this battle-tested general of the family, only to see a black shadow flashing in front of her like a hurricane, and Yu Wenhu has already rushed out of the flower hall. The guards hidden behind the hanging flower gate were also unable to keep watch. They watched General Yuwen rush out of the inner courtyard, pass through the moon gate, and then his back froze at the entrance of the front yard outside the main hall.
I saw the steed black horse passing by in the air, Shan Chao on the horse's back held the rein in one hand, drew the sword in the other hand, turned around and slashed in the air—
Qixing Longyuan screamed, and chopped several feather arrows behind him into several sections like lightning!
The sword light was as sharp as the moon, reflecting the other person sitting on the horse.
The man leaned close to the horse's back, his long hair tied in a bundle slipped off, and the white silk robe wrapped around him fluttered and curled in the wind.
At this moment, night fell, and a torch was lit in the courtyard, reflecting on the side face of the man where no flaws could be picked out, like white jade burning in the flames.
Yu Wenhu recognized it instantly, and his mind was filled with disbelief.
The next moment, the man turned his gaze, and the eyes of the two of them separated in mid-air in a blink of an eye.
"...Come on! Drive a horse!" Yu Wenhu almost went crazy: "Stop that monk, hurry up!"
On the other side, when Ma Xin saw Yu Wenhu running out, he suddenly closed his eyes, with a horrible expression on his face.
"Come quickly," he stretched out his hand to call his confidant, and ordered in a low voice, "Go to the study and ask the Shadow Guard to take shelter temporarily. Don't run into General Yuwen again at this moment. This master has really been on the battlefield and killed people..."
At the same time, Shan Chao drove his horse towards the gate of Xie Mansion, like black lightning in the dark night, all those who stood in the way were either forced to get out of the way or trampled under their hoofs, and the ground behind him was covered with broken arrows and broken arrows, paving the way a way.
Seeing that he could really rush out, Yu Wenhu couldn't care less, and immediately jumped forward, his whole body leaning on the courtyard wall—he had been stationed in the frontier fortress for a long time, and he had the spirit of tempering and roughness in the northern border, and his size was far larger than ordinary people Tall, even slightly taller than Shan Chao; but there is no trace of antelope horns in this jump, which shows the depth of lightness kung fu.
In mid-air, he was like a ghost, approaching the horse's back in the air, and suddenly drew his knife out of its sheath!
"Let—people—"
When Shan Chao turned his head, his pupils narrowed slightly, but it was too late now.
The killing intent of the sword was overwhelming, and it was in front of him in an instant, and even the muscles on his face felt the sting of needles.
Anyone's instinctive reaction at this time must be to avoid, but he knows that he cannot hide. There is still someone in his arms, if he hides at this moment, the girl will definitely be exposed, and she will have no way out with this knife!
Shan Chao clenched his teeth for an instant, and in an instant, the young man's handsome face showed a kind of depth and rigidity like chiseled rocks in the light of the fire and the reflection of the blade.
He turned his upper body around, twisted almost his whole body, and held the sword with both hands to meet the blade—
Clang!
The strength of the waist and the strength of the arms of this attack can be called terrifying, the moment the sword body blocked the blade, countless lightning burst out from the point where the metal hit!
Yu Wenhu's heart was shocked, the long knife was released from his hand, and it flew out in the interweaving of night and fire, "Dao!" It was nailed heavily into the three-foot-thick green brick courtyard wall in the distance!
twelve years.
Yu Wenhu has galloped on the battlefield for twelve years, this is the first time in his life, he was defeated by a single blow.
In an instant, not only disbelief but also deep, indescribable, indescribable... shame welled up in his heart.
"I told you to let him go, do you hear—"
Yuwen Huping shouted loudly, and shot out in a rage, as if a red light flashed in his palm, he actually used all his life's true energy of Tiger Roar!
Shan Chao raised his eyebrows, withdrew the sword with his right hand, and rushed forward with his left palm, only to hear a shocking sound—Boom!
Anyone within three steps would definitely be able to hear the vast and distant dragon chant contained in the huge collision of true qi.
Immediately afterwards, Yu Wenhu's internal force was poured backwards, and all five internal organs were destroyed. In a mouthful of blood, he was knocked out alive!
With a loud plop, Yu Wenhu fell to the ground, bent his knees and knelt with all his strength, and barely stopped the momentum of flying backwards.
He panted violently, raised his eyes suddenly, and saw the black horse galloping away, and the man on the horse was looking back and smiling at Shan Chao.
——The smile is very shallow, but the smile is extremely deep; it seems to be revealed from the heart, from the bottom of the eyes, as if the jewels and treasures can't be buried at last, and a gorgeous and sinister light flashes from the canyon.
Immediately afterwards, the man's gaze turned to Yu Wenhu again.
It was really just a very, very fast glance, and anyone would have thought it was an instant illusion.
However, Yu Wenhu knew it was not.
There was malice in that glance.
With a cold and evil nature, as strong and gorgeous as a poisonous snake, malicious.
——The first time he was stared at by these eyes was seven years ago, in Qingning Palace. That year, he was assassinated as soon as he took over the military power. Although he was lucky enough to survive, he was still seriously injured. All kinds of denials and denials.
Just when the Holy One was so angry that he was about to abolish the Empress, a young guard next to Empress Wu suddenly knelt down and said, "I surrendered myself in a lowly position. In fact, it has nothing to do with the Queen. It is General Yuwen who was assassinated by a lowly position."
At that time, everyone was shocked, and the Holy One didn't believe it, so he asked, "Why did you assassinate Yu Wenhu?"
The young man raised his head, took off his mask in front of everyone, and calmly said in the shock of everyone: "General Yuwen was drunk that night, and mistakenly thought that the lowly position was a woman, so he wanted to act frivolously; the lowly position was humiliated on the spur of the moment, and he shot and hurt someone."
"If the general is not angry, I am willing to pay for my life outside the Meridian Gate. I hope the general will forgive me."
After finishing speaking, he turned to Yu Wenhu, leaned over and gave a long kowtow.
That life-and-death power contest finally turned into a farce, which ended with incomparable embarrassment and ambiguity.
Afterwards, no one mentioned what happened in Qingning Palace that day. In the daily treacherous and unpredictable struggles in the Tang Imperial City, it was quickly forgotten by everyone deliberately and tacitly.
However, Yu Wenhu couldn't forget that day when the boy kowtowed and got up, and glanced at him.
Like the extraordinarily magnificent knife light due to poisoning, it shone with an undisguised, seductive and malicious evil nature.
Xie Mansion, the front yard.
Xie Yun looked back with a smile in Yu Wenhu's sight, and the next moment Shan Chao rode his horse and galloped, his sword was unstoppable, and he shot out of Xie's mansion like a sharp arrow!