Two enemies, one wants you to die, the other wants to use you, how will you choose
If Jiu Niangzi dies, the next person Deng Xiucai will kill is Tang Fan.
So Tang Fan not only couldn't let Jiu Niangzi die, but also brought her people over to help her. This woman is not on the same side as Deng Xiucai, and she is not as ruthless as him, but has a lot of room for negotiation.
The movement of Deng Xiucai and Jiu Niangzi's fight shocked a lot of people. Everyone watched the two leaders fight, and they were a little overwhelmed. They rushed to the entrance of the cellar, and immediately blocked the entrance.
Tang Fan ran out not far, and saw the guard who was following Jiu Niangzi just now, and quickly said: "This big brother, go and see, Ahan and the second master have fought, and the second master is going to kill her!"
Jiu Niangzi wanted to seduce Tang Fan just now, and she had to tell some secrets. Naturally, she had to send her personal guard away. Tang Fan did not call Jiu Niangzi and called Ahan to let the guard know that he was with Jiu Niangzi. The lady's relationship has been extraordinary.
Sure enough, the guard's face changed greatly when he heard it: "Where are they!"
In fact, there was no need for Tang Fan to say that the guards had already heard the sound of weapons connecting not far away.
He rushed forward without saying a word, and Tang Fan followed him and nagged: "Brother, you have to rescue Ahan, Ahan can't have an accident!"
Naturally, the guard couldn't care less about him, so he pushed aside the crowd and rushed in.
Tang Fan was not far away, but he also heard Deng Xiucai suddenly shout: "What are you still doing! Let's go side by side and kill this woman, we can't let her go back to the chief teacher and complain!"
Jiu Niangzi shouted: "You dare!"
In her voice, there was no lack of panting, and it was obvious that she was gradually at a disadvantage.
This is a determined attempt to kill someone!
Tang Fan's color changed slightly, and he didn't care about anything else, he just ran outside.
In this case, no one paid attention to Tang Fan's whereabouts.
When the two groups of men got into a melee, Tang Fan had already avoided the cellar where the food was stacked at the corner in front. When many people ran to join the battle group, he came out of the cellar and ran straight ahead, hoping Can find the exit here.
This is the opposite direction from where he went to pass A-Dong and the others. Tang Fan firmly believed that with Deng Xiucai's cunning, he would definitely not have only one entrance and exit. Otherwise, if someone blocked it, it would be a turtle in an urn .
This small underground labyrinth is actually not that big, because there are only a few cellars, mainly because the roads connecting the cellars are winding and winding, which is very tortuous, and it is easy to confuse people.
After going around like this, going around for a long time, and avoiding the road that might be guarded in the middle, Tang Fan finally found a place that looked like an exit, because there was an upward slope there, and there were two people guarding it.
Now Deng Xiucai summoned all his subordinates in order to kill Jiu Niangzi, but these two people are still here, indicating that the position they are guarding must be very important, and it must be one of the entrances and exits.
He is now alone in the thief's den, and he can't take those children out by himself. Otherwise, it is estimated that he will not be able to get out.
So although he really wanted to run to A-Dong and save them immediately, his reason still told him that he couldn't do it.
A-Dong and the others are Deng Xiucai's cash cows, and Deng Xiucai would not move them easily, otherwise he would not be willing to take a risk and oppose the imperial court for them. But Tang Fan is different. He has no effect on Deng Xiucai at all, and will become a burden on his escape.
So the best way is for him to protect himself first, take advantage of the chaos and wait for an opportunity to escape, and then go and bring the rescuers back, kill Deng Xiucai and others, and save A-Dong and the others.
But he realized faintly pessimistically that this civil strife might end soon, and that Deng Xiucai was so powerful that Jiu Niangzi was no match for him.
This is also because Jiu Niangzi was too proud and complacent, thinking that with her status as the Chief Instructor and the Nancheng Gang Keqing, Deng Xiucai did not dare to do anything to her, so she confronted Deng Xiucai everywhere.
Who knows that Deng Xiucai has been suppressed for a long time, and has long wanted to kill people. It happens that this place is in the wilderness. As long as all Jiu Niangzi's men and horses are dealt with, and then frame the blame to the government, no one will know that he did it.
Of course Tang Fan wasn't worried about Jiu Niangzi, this woman looked easy to talk, and was going to return the children to Tang Fan, but that was only because she wanted to oppose Deng Xiucai, not because she was a kind person.
However, if Jiu Niangzi died and Suizhou and the others hadn't arrived, they would be in a very dangerous situation.
Seeing that the exit was just a stone's throw away, Tang Fan couldn't come forward, he could only hide in the dark, helpless. This kind of man is a knife, and I'm really anxious and helpless.
Ren is Tang Fan's ingenuity, and he couldn't think of any way for a while.
At this moment, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps from far and near.
Tang Fan didn't have time to think about it, and quickly hid in a concave shadow next to him.
However, I saw several people running towards the two guarding the exit, and one of the latter asked, "What happened!"
Another person said: "Nine Niangzi is dead, the second master let us prepare to retreat!"
The man was taken aback: "Jiu Niangzi died? How did she die!"
The other party laughed and scolded: "Are you also confused by the beauty of that bitch, you care about this!" He lowered his voice, "She was killed by the second master, together with two subordinates, you said that bitch It's hard to get along with the second boss everywhere, the second boss has endured her for so long, and it's no wonder that they don't kill her!"
The person who asked the question knew about Jiu Niangzi's relationship with the White Lotus Sect, and quickly said, "But isn't she the chief sect's messenger, so is it appropriate to kill her like this?"
The other party said: "Don't mention it, we have to pay them money every year. They are good. They don't have to do anything and just enjoy the success. The second master has long wanted to turn against them. The death of that girl is pushed to the government, and no one can suspect that it is on our head!"
The man had some brains, so he hesitated when he heard the words: "Aren't we going to be wanted by both the chief instructor and the government?"
The other party was impatient: "Stop talking nonsense, the second master said, the people from the cottage have arrived, hurry up and pack up, and prepare to retreat before the official people come! One of the people who stay behind the exit is responsible for the rear of the palace. , so as not to be hit from behind by the enemy! Also, the kid who was tied up by Luo Cripple ran away, did you see him?"
The man said: "No, we are guarding here, we dare not leave for a while, and we haven't seen a ghost!"
The other party said: "In order to clean up that bitch, it was a little messy for a while, and the person who happened to be outside came again, and there was a momentary gap in the other exit. The second and third masters suspected that the kid ran out of the chaos, anyway, wait. If you see it, you will kill it together!"
Tang Fan wondered why there was another third-in-command, but after thinking about it, he suddenly realized that when he went to see Deng Xiucai just now, besides Jiu Niangzi, there was another old man sitting next to him, who was probably the third-in-command of Lao Shizi.
As Deng Xiucai killed Jiu Niangzi and prepared to retreat and transfer, Tang Fan's treatment changed from "must be killed" to "killed by the way", but he was not happy at all.
Because once Deng Xiucai escaped into the deep mountains, it would be like a dragon returning to the sea, and it would be hard to find a trace at that time!
I saw that the two agreed, and then there was another footstep away.
The two spoke in low voices.
One asked: "The second master asked us to be the queen, so when is the right time for us to leave? We can't wait for everyone to leave before leaving?"
Another said: "Wait, if you leave too early and are seen by the second master, you will also blame us."
The previous companion said, "Can you still find the kid the second master said?"
The other party said: "You are stupid, what are you looking for? It's important to escape. When we go up the mountain with the second master, the government can't find us, and we are worried about leaking secrets!"
Tang Fan didn't want to listen to those two people anymore. He was secretly anxious, for fear that A-Dong and the others would be taken away by Deng Xiucai, so he carefully returned along the same path.
At this time, Deng Xiucai killed Jiu Niangzi and her two subordinates, and had already led everyone to retreat from another exit. No matter how fast he moved, he was dragged back by a group of children. Just taking them out of the cellar would be enough. It took a lot of time.
A-Dong remembered Tang Fan's instructions and knew that these bad guys would not kill them easily, so he deliberately dawdled, slowly swallowed, and fell to the ground on purpose, sobbing and saying that he couldn't walk, the thief had no choice but to directly Lift her back collar and bring it forward.
Those people left one after another, and Tang Fan followed far behind. He faintly heard them saying that a carriage was already coming to meet them. He couldn't help but feel even more anxious. Seeing that they had come out of the hole, he took a chance and ran out as well, hiding by the big rock beside him. Behind.
Half an hour ago, if he could get out of here, he would have rushed to move the rescue troops, but now Tang Fan is only thinking that he can't let these people run away like this, otherwise it will be even more difficult to find A-Dong and the others in the future.
Thinking of this, he didn't care about protecting himself first, so he shouted "stop" and walked out from behind the stone.
In the open field, such a loud shout was like a thunderous shock, which startled the leader of the group, and Deng Xiucai immediately turned around.
When he saw Tang Fan, he was stunned for a moment, and then smiled grimly: "I thought you ran away and planned to let you die, but you jumped out by yourself. You really turned on the lamp in the toilet, courting death!"
Tang Fan brushed his sleeves and calmly said, "I did escape first, and then I contacted Jinyiwei and Xichang. They are five miles away and will be here soon!"
His words caused a slight commotion, and when they heard that the officials from the government were coming, the people in the Nancheng Gang showed a slight look of confusion.
Tang Fan naturally couldn't wait for Deng Xiucai to appease people's hearts, and immediately rushed ahead of him and said, "Second Master, to be honest, I don't want to force you to nowhere, but since you killed Jiu Niangzi and broke with the White Lotus Sect, There is no way to retreat. If you have another bad relationship with the government, then the two sides will not be people. I am afraid that the situation will be very worrying. Even if you flee to the mountains, the imperial court will dispatch the army to destroy you in an instant! If this is the case, why can't we shake hands and make peace? As long as you hand over all those children, I can intercede for you at Duke Wangchang and Beizhen Fusi, and your brothers have a way to survive, so why not do it?"
Deng Xiucai sneered: "You said it lightly, but it's a pity that you are not the emperor, otherwise I would have believed you. Now that I have changed from darkness to light, I have no use value for the surnamed Wan, and he can't wait to push me out to take the blame. I will spare us because of your intercession! Rather than lingering under the hands of others, it is better to stand on the top of the mountain, and I would rather die on the pile of gold and silver, and I will not be a slave to others!"
Tang Fan cupped his hands and said, "Second master, I respect you as a man, can we discuss whether you can leave those children, but it's okay to leave, and when the people from Jinyiwei and Xichang come, I will naturally help to stop them. They, don't let them catch up with you, and both sides take a step back, how about this?"
His expression was so calm, facing more than 20 people from the Nancheng Gang alone, without fear, and talking freely, invisibly making those Nancheng Gang members involuntarily believe his words, the old man who seemed to be the third leader even said to Deng Xiucai : "Second Master, he's right, we've turned our backs on the White Lotus Sect now, it's best not to have too much trouble with the officials, or else we'll be attacked on both sides..."
Deng Xiucai raised his hand and stopped the other party from continuing to speak. His eyes were fixed on Tang Fan, and at this moment he said coldly, "I almost believed you, you have no reinforcements at all, and you dare to bluff here! "
Tang Fan didn't change his face, raised his eyebrows and said, "Why do you see it?"
Deng Xiucai grinned: "Because when you were arrested, I searched myself and found everything. What did you use to inform the officials! I saw you pretending to look like you just now, and I was almost blinded by you. Go! Don't kill him for me!"
Tang Fan said so much bluffing nonsense. It was originally to delay time, but he didn't expect to be seen through so quickly. Seeing the two strong men from the Nancheng Gang strode towards him with steel knives, he couldn't help but said sharply: " Stop! The reinforcements are behind you!"
Deng Xiucai was unmoved: "Don't do it for me yet!"
He had regarded Tang Fan as a dead man, and while he was talking, he got on his horse, and another carriage carrying the children had already started to drive forward.
Tang Fan didn't pay attention, the two sharp steel knives were already in front of him, and he couldn't hide.
He has tried his best to delay the time, but Suizhou and the others have not shown up.
Tang Fan was so helpless that he couldn't outrun others. He thought that my life was over, so he closed his eyes and was killed by his neck.
After a few breaths, the steel knife that was supposed to be cut to the top of the head has not arrived, and the expected pain has not arrived, but when he heard the sound of breaking the air in his ears, he couldn't help but open his eyes, and found that the situation in front of him had already happened. Earth-shaking change!
The two big men who were going to kill him fell down, an embroidered spring knife stuck in one vest, and a feather arrow stuck in the other's head.
There are several other feathered arrows, either on horses or on people.
The horse was injured and frightened, and with a neigh, it overturned the man to the ground.
Deng Xiucai was shocked and angry, and immediately called everyone: "The wind is screaming!"
However, it was obviously half a step too late. Four figures rushed down from the forest in front of them and rushed towards them. Upon closer inspection, it was the four people from Suizhou!
Sui Zhou's hands were empty, and it was not difficult to see that it was he who shot the Embroidered Spring Sabre in his hand and killed one of the people who wanted to kill Tang Fan.
Tang Fan shouted "The knife is here", and pulled out the Xiuchun Dao from the man's back. He threw the Xiuchun Dao towards Suizhou, regardless of being splattered with blood!
The latter jumped up beautifully, stably caught the knife in mid-air, and slashed another thief with his backhand.
The people under Deng Xiucai are not weak, especially his confidants, not to mention their skills. Just a few people from Suizhou go back and forth, at best, it will only make Deng Xiucai lose a few people, not to let them do this. panic.
What really reversed the situation was the people brought by Wang Zhi!
Those feather arrows just now were also shot from the hands of Xichang Fanzi.
But seeing Wang Zhi leading the team from far to near, first shooting arrows to stand up, and then joining the battle, it instantly made Suizhou and the others like gods, and completely crushed Deng Xiucai and the others in numbers.
The two sides are fighting together, and victory or defeat is only a matter of time.
But Tang Fan was so impatient, he took advantage of Deng Xiucai and the others to take advantage of the lack of time for him, and ran to the carriage carrying the children, fearing that if it was later, those children would be taken hostage by the anxious Nancheng Gang.
But A-Dong, who was supposed to be bound, was squatting inside and looking out. There were several heads hidden behind her, and the children were clutching at the corners of her clothes tightly with expressions on their faces. Extremely afraid.
The reason why they were able to move freely was that the tiles Tang Fan left to A-Dong just now played a role. After little A-Dong took advantage of the chaos to untie himself, he also loosened the bonds for other friends.
This undoubtedly saved a lot of time, Tang Fan was overjoyed, ran to the side of the carriage, followed A-Dong and the other children one by one, and asked A-Dong to take them behind a large stone to hide, telling them that unless the bad guys were put to death, they would Don't come out.
Just as he was exhorting him, Sui Zhou suddenly shouted: "Run Qing, get out of the way!"
Tang Fan turned his head sharply, and saw Deng Xiucai running towards him with a blood-stained steel knife. His expression was crazy and twisted, and his face was full of killing intent. Obviously, the sudden reversal of the battle made him a complete defeat. He was unwilling and wanted to catch these. Children are taken hostage.
Although Deng Xiucai seemed crazy, his mind was very clear.
He knew that it was useless to hold Tang Fan as a hostage. The other party was just a small official, insignificant, and could be abandoned at any time. It was useless to him. If he wanted to take a hostage, it was best to take the daughters of those two high-ranking officials. They were this time. The real targets that the government is chasing endlessly, only by holding them in their hands will they truly be safe.
How could Tang Fan not know what he was thinking? Once Zhu Yong's daughter was caught by Deng Xiucai, no one would be able to stop Deng Xiucai. Pounce on Deng Xiucai!
This move seems a bit silly to irrelevant others, because Tang Fan himself has no effort to stand by himself, he is completely an ordinary person, and he does not have any weapons in his hands, and he has no strength to fight against Deng Xiucai at all. This blow is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.
But that's what he did. There was nothing pretentious or pretentious between the lights and flints, and some were just subconscious actions.
From Tang Fan's point of view, he didn't think that he was an official of the imperial court, so he was a rank higher than those children, but because he was a parental official, he should take the lead in protecting the people.
Fool!
Big fool!
Goddamn fool!
Naturally, Wang Zhi also saw this scene. He was too far away, and it was impossible to stop Deng Xiucai's knife from slashing at Tang Fan, so he could only watch helplessly and curse loudly.
Suizhou was closer, and it should have been too late, but he still wanted to fight, so he didn't yell like Eunuch Wang, but quickened his body, like lightning, turned into a black shadow, holding embroidery in his hand The spring knife stabbed Deng Xiucai with all his strength.
However, everyone didn't expect that just when Deng Xiucai was about to slash at Tang Fan, the latter suddenly felt something out of his arms and smashed at Deng Xiucai.
Those things are dark, and there are several pieces. At first glance, they look like hidden weapons. They are very sharp, and they look like they have something painted on them.
... Could it be a hidden weapon that has been quenched with poison
Deng Xiucai was shocked, and hurriedly waved the long knife in his hand, protecting his entire body from leaking water.
I only heard a few crisp sounds, and all those things were blown away, some shattered into pieces, and splashed on the ground.
When Deng Xiucai saw it, he was so angry!
What hidden weapon, it is clearly a few pieces of porcelain bowls!
The place that looks like it has been poisoned is the blue and white texture on the bowl!
At that moment, he had all the heart to cut Tang Fan down!
It is said that the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the few breaths of time Tang Fan threw the porcelain piece was enough, and Suizhou had already arrived!
Embroidered Chundao attacked with a mighty thunderous force, and the Hob's murderous aura rushed towards Deng Xiucai!
He had to turn around and grit his teeth to deal with Suizhou.
The opportunity was fleeting, and being interrupted by Tang Fan like this, Deng Xiucai had already missed the opportunity to take the child hostage.
In less than a moment, Jin Yiwei and Xichang Fanzi followed closely behind.
Everyone knows that this Deng Xiucai is the leader of the trip. As long as he catches him, it will be a great achievement.
The others have been restrained one after another, and the vacated manpower swarmed up and surrounded Deng Xiucai.
The failure of the latter has become inevitable, but sooner or later.
Tang Fan escaped under the knife and saved his life. He finally breathed a sigh of relief. After that, his body softened and he simply sat on the ground.
"Brother, you're fine!" A-Dong ran over to support him.
"It's okay." Tang Fan said tiredly.
"Brother, you're bleeding!" A-Dong pointed to his neck.
Tang Fan looked like a model. There really was a thin line of blood. It was estimated that he was inadvertently spattered by Deng Xiucai when he knocked the tile flying.
A-Dong took out a handkerchief from his arms and handed it to him. It was the prize that Tang Fan won by guessing lantern riddles at the Shangyuan Lantern Festival. At that time, A-Dong stuffed a bunch of things in his arms, and there were only three handkerchiefs. No need for white time.
Tang Fan casually covered her neck with the handkerchief, and touched her head: "Go take care of those younger siblings, don't let them run around."
A-Dong agreed and turned to leave.
At this moment, a sneer came out from behind Tang Fan: "It's really embarrassing!"
He didn't need to turn his head to know who the other party was: "Why didn't Duke Wang help, but it's cool here instead?"
Wang Zhidao: "The overall situation has been decided, this case can be solved, this gentleman has merit, why do you need to play in person!"
Tang Fan said: "You didn't chase from that official road, how could you come in time?"
Wang Zhidao: "At that time, after you all went to the small road, I turned back to the official post to find the horses, and divided two groups of people and asked them to chase them along the two official roads, and then came to look for you, but back and forth in the middle, It took a lot of time to find a horse again. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have arrived now. Those Jinyiwei guards are really useless. Help the jumping clown beat down!"
Tang Fan sighed, but with a relieved expression: "Who can blame this? You didn't believe me when I told you to go this way, it wasted a lot of time! We caught a Nancheng gang member at the time, but we didn't He was expected to be stabbed in the body, two fingers were cut off, and he dared to lie. Suizhou and the others were only four, and they were afraid of lack of manpower, so they could only concentrate on the mountains to catch up. I'll do it all, or I'm going to lose my life here!"
He added: "Deng Xiucai and the others ran out of the cellar because the Nancheng Gang has a stockade on the mountain ahead, and they can go there to avoid the limelight. It would be better if the stockade was uprooted, and the forces of the Nancheng Gang must be more than those brought by Deng Xiucai, there must be other forces all over the city, and please ask Wang Gong to eliminate the evil and wipe them out one by one."
Wang Zhi frowned, obviously unwilling to do much. In his opinion, finding these children would be the mission accomplished.
Tang Fan just turned his head, saw the change in his expression, and knew what he was thinking, so he slowly said, "The Nancheng Gang is related to the White Lotus Demon."
Wang Zhi's expression froze: "Is this true?"
Tang Fan nodded: "This is what I heard in the cellar. The Nancheng Gang is only a subordinate gang of the White Lotus Sect, and it is also a source of money for the White Lotus Sect. It's just that Deng Xiucai was unwilling to be instructed, so he went to the cellar with the chief sect messenger. There was an infighting, and she was killed, and after you capture Deng Xiucai, you might as well search him, there must be that White Lotus Sect token."
The demon Li Zilong once made the hearts of the imperial palace panic, and the investigation after the event proved that he was related to the White Lotus Sect.
It's a pity that in the past two years, Jinyiwei and Dongxi Factory have made little progress in their secret investigations. This organization is so hidden that even Wang Zhi and the others can't find any clues. They can only catch some small fish and shrimps.
Now that the relationship between the Nancheng Gang and the White Lotus Sect is on the surface, Tang Fan doesn't need to say more, including Boss Lai, Liuzhili, the underworld forces in the capital, Wang Zhi and the others will naturally investigate.
While the two of them were talking, Deng Xiucai was outnumbered even though he was extremely skilled in martial arts, and was finally captured.
Not counting those who were shot by random arrows and killed in the fight, the Nancheng Gang, together with the second and third masters, left a total of seven survivors.
More importantly, a group of children, including Zhu Yong's young daughter and Geng Shilang's grandson, were not in serious trouble, but were a little frightened.
Everyone tossed around all night, although a credit was in front of them, they didn't have any experience to celebrate, and they all looked exhausted.
This is true of people with skill, not to mention an ordinary person like Tang Fan. He has been born and died several times, and he really takes the money from selling cabbage and sells his life.
The carriage that Deng Xiucai and the others prepared to carry the children away was still used to carry A-Dong and the others, but the direction was changed.
But Master Tang, who was injured and terribly tired, was too lazy to ride a horse alone, so as not to fall asleep in the middle of the ride, he would directly share a ride with Sui Zhou.
Everyone was very tired, the horse's speed was not fast, and the road was uneven, and Tang Fan was sitting behind Suizhou. At this rhythm, he fell asleep unconsciously, and his saliva was drooling. a back.
Sui Qianhu looked at the sky speechlessly.