Hearing these words, Xue Xingchuan's eyes narrowed even more, and his hand holding the iron gun tightened slightly.
He is the second god general in the mainland, and his realm strength is far stronger than that of the ordinary star-gathering peak. He faintly surpasses those of the same realm by half a level. It is believed that his realm strength has even surpassed the historical gods in the Tianshu Mausoleum.
Even if Mao Qiuyu and Yu Lin joined forces, plus the Li Palace treasure, Xue Xingchuan was confident enough to deal with it, but could he really keep Chen Changsheng
At this moment, a huge roar suddenly sounded on the long street parallel to Beibingmasi Hutong, followed by the sound of hooves, followed by the sound of buildings collapsing, and smoke and dust rose everywhere!
People around the ruins of the courtyard looked there, and saw that the buildings along the street had been destroyed, revealing the scene on the main street.
The candles are in the lanterns, the torches are burning, the light on the long street is dim, but it falls on the armor without any meaning of warmth.
At this end of the long street, there are eighteen high-level cardinals from Li Palace, and hundreds of state church cavalry holding divine crossbows.
On the other side of the long street, there were the officers and soldiers of the gate division of Kyoto City and the extremely well-equipped Habayashi Army, and at the front was Xu Shiji himself with a formidable expression.
The confrontation between the imperial court and the state religion has lasted all night.
At the very beginning, both sides were looking for someone, but now they are at war with each other, ready to attack at any time. In fact, the two sides had already made a move, as evidenced by the collapsed buildings, the unfallen smoke, the corpses of cavalrymen lying in a pool of blood on the street, the blood on the corner of Xu Shiji's lips, and the three seriously injured archbishops in red.
The atmosphere on the long street was extremely tense, and even the war horses felt it, kicking their hooves lightly with some unease.
In the end, it was a person that no one expected to end this confrontation.
Zhou Tong, who was covered in blood, was dying and said, "I'm still alive."
Yes, he was still alive. This was something Chen Changsheng could not accept, but it was something both the state religion and the court were willing to accept, because it showed that there was still room for buffering.
Now Zhou Tong himself spoke.
A carriage drove up from the alley facing the street, and the curtain was lifted, revealing the face of King Chen Liu.
Worry was written all over that handsome face, especially after seeing Chen Changsheng.
"I'll pick him up." King Chen Liu said to Xue Xingchuan, his eyes were calm and fearless.
After a moment of silence, Xue Xingchuan slowly put down his right hand, glanced at Chen Changsheng expressionlessly, and then ordered to his subordinates: "Send Lord Zhou Tong back to the palace."
The hooves sounded again, still like thunder, but not as thrilling as before. The cavalry of the imperial court and the state church obeyed the order and slowly retreated into the night at both ends of the long street.
"I'm causing trouble for everyone." Chen Changsheng said to Mao Qiuyu, and then got into the carriage with the support of King Chen Liu.
Because of certain problems, situational and psychological, he doesn't want to get too close to Li Gong now.
The night wind lifted the curtains, and he saw Beibing Masi Hutong and the courtyard that he couldn't see on the main street before, and saw the Habayashi Army carrying Zhou Tong onto the stretcher.
Zhou Tong closed his eyes, his face was pale, covered in blood, he looked like a dead man.
Even if the imperial doctor in the palace could save him, the soul and body of this famous treacherous official would be lost by half, and he was already crippled.
But the gloom between Chen Changsheng's brows still couldn't be erased.
"Am I acting recklessly and disregarding the overall situation?" He asked King Chen Liu.
King Chen Liu stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, comfortingly said: "Of course Zhou Tong is not an ordinary courtier, but to the empress, he will only be used if he is useful. If you really killed him just now, would the empress still want to avenge him? ? Will you start a war for him and kill the future Pope? Of course not."
In fact, he didn't finish the sentence. In his mind, if Chen Changsheng was the mother's biological son, then naturally it would be more important than Zhou Tong's life—whether the rumor was true or not, even if the mother wanted to kill Chen Changsheng, in her heart, Chen Changsheng's life was still the same. It is a thousand times, ten thousand times more important than Zhou Tong.
King Chen Liu looked over the curtain and landed on Zhou Tong on the stretcher, and said in a deep voice, "He's just a dog."
"A dead dog is a dog, as long as it lives, it is still a wolf."
Chen Changsheng remembered what Zhexiu had said to him before, and suddenly felt very tired, and said, "I didn't really kill him tonight. I don't know if there will be another chance in the future."
He knew very well that at least he had no chance to kill Zhou Tong again.
"Of course a character like Zhou Tong is not easy to kill. It's quite remarkable that you can push him to this point."
As a member of the royal family, it was impossible for King Chen Liu to have any good feelings for Zhou Tong. He wanted Zhou Tong to die more than anyone else, so he thanked Chen Changsheng more than anyone else for what he did tonight.
"I admire you very much." He looked at Chen Changsheng and said.
Thinking of the turmoil in Kyoto tonight and the simmering tension on the long street earlier, his expression also became serious. He had appeared on the long street before, and now he was sitting in a carriage with Chen Changsheng and left under the escort of the state church cavalry, which was equivalent to the whole capital and the Holy Empress officially declaring their position.
Chen Changsheng didn't think he had anything to admire.
Because he still failed to kill Zhou Tong.
In the Orthodox Academy, Zhexiu once said that he wanted to kill Zhou Tong and then go to Lishan to pick up Qijian. At that time, he, Tang Sanshiliu and others felt that this was impossible.
A big man like Zhou Tong is of course very difficult to kill, but tonight he really almost succeeded, if it wasn't for the last night that stopped him in front of him.
If it wasn't for a voice from the deepest part of the night, it fell directly into his mind.
It was a voice he was very familiar with, and it was also a voice he hadn't heard for a long time.
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At that time, there were only Chen Changsheng and Zhou Tong in the courtyard under the darkness of night.
Chen Changsheng heard that voice, and Zhou Tong also heard it.
He thought it was a near-death hallucination.
The night was so deep and so cold, he didn't want to die, because death was a deeper and colder abyss.
At the moment when he was closest to death, all his gloomy and terrifying shells were completely shattered, and what was left was the vicious, humble, and timid him.
After confirming that the voice was real, he agreed to that person's condition without hesitation.
Sure enough, the night had saved his life, but instead of feeling warm, he felt even colder.
Everyone in the world said that Zhou Tong was a conspirator as famous as the black robe of the demon army strategist, but after hearing that person's voice, he realized that this statement was just a joke.
In front of that person in the depths of the night, how could he be qualified to talk about any conspiracy, how could he be regarded as indifferent, in the eyes of that person, he was probably like a dog.
A dog with some uses.
But even if he is really a dog, he still has to live.
Even if he begs for mercy at the whole world and looks sad, he still has to live.
Thinking of these things, Zhou Tong's mind became more and more agitated, Zhou Tong could no longer resist the attack of his injuries, and passed out.
Under the personal escort of the two great generals Xue Xingchuan and Xu Shiji, the seriously injured Zhou Tong was sent to the palace.
Only in this way, only here, can he be guaranteed to survive.
The news of Zhou Tong's serious injury should have spread. In the dark night of Kyoto, I don't know how many people want him to die.
Just like the situation that Su encountered on his way back from the south.
Seeing the dying Zhou Tong on the couch, Xue Xingchuan and Xu Shiji were silent for a long time, never speaking.
They don't know what to say.
How did Chen Changsheng do it
Zhou Tong's horrific incision from the left side of his face to his ribs was exposed under the light like this, which was shocking.
Both Xue Xingchuan and Xu Shiji thought they knew Chen Changsheng very well, especially the latter. They never imagined that Chen Changsheng had such a tough side.
The Holy Light Master who was supported by the court came, the best imperial doctor in the palace also came, and the old eunuch leader also came on behalf of the Holy Empress.
Until the end of the diagnosis and treatment, it was confirmed that Zhou Tong should be able to save his life, but the empress never showed up.
"I'm going to deal with business first."
Xu Shiji didn't know if he was touched by something, his face was a little ugly, and he left Miyagi just like that.
Xue Xingchuan did not leave, and carefully cleaned Zhou Tong's wound, then moved a chair and sat at the main entrance of the palace.
He closed his eyes, with the iron gun across his knees.
Whoever wants to kill Zhou Tong must kill him first.
Because he is Zhou Tong's only friend in this world.
Zhou Tong has only one friend in this world.
If even he left Zhou Tong, then Zhou Tong would really be left alone.
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Everyone knows that Xue Xingchuan is Zhou Tong's only friend.
This is also what people in the world think and think about for decades, but they still don't want to understand it.
Xue Xingchuan is the second most powerful general in the mainland. He has guarded the mausoleum for hundreds of years, and he is actually the first great general. Whether it's the level of strength, record or achievements in the north, he can bear this great reputation without shame. There has even been a saying all along that he and Wang Po are the most promising candidates to break through that threshold and enter the sacred realm.
Moreover, he has a good reputation, and he is very strict in running the army and running the house, but he has a good friend with the notorious Zhou Tong. Someone used to speculate whether it was because of the Holy Empress. However, although the other generals who were loyal to the Holy Empress were afraid of Zhou Tong, they never took the initiative to get close to them, and they didn't even have a good face. .
No one knows why.
The imperial physician in the palace was really skilled in medical skills, and the holy light also played a very important role. Zhou Tong was so seriously injured that he woke up within a short time.
Xue Xingchuan got up and walked back to the bank, looked at his pale face and said, "Don't rush to talk, healing is the priority."
Zhou Tong ignored him, and said in a weak voice, "Do I look like a dog now?"