Chapter 178 Out of the City
The scorching air flow continued to rush in the body, and the blood of the alien snake seemed to be strongly stimulated. Although the battle had already ended, it still maintained a continuous flow of speed.
Xu Haifeng's face turned red, and gradually the red color spread to his neck, chest, and even the whole body. The high speed of blood caused an extremely high temperature to produce in his body, which was a high temperature that could make people boil.
A bright red mist slowly rose from his body, and the mist condensed but did not dissipate, strangely covering his whole body in the red mist.
Li Mingtang and Monkey Girl were standing by his side and ignored this strange scene.
A sound of footsteps came from the roof, and then a tall figure jumped down from the roof, which was the belated archer Takabe.
Seeing the situation in front of him, he immediately put his bow in his hand and stepped aside, forming a triangle with them, and was on guard with all his might. With the three of them protecting Xu Haifeng, I am afraid that even if Cheng Xuanfeng returns, he will return in vain.
The red fog became thicker and thicker, and a strange fragrance also floated in the mid-air with the twinkling stars, making people feel intoxicated.
After a moment, the fog almost became solid, like a huge red pupa wrapping Xu Haifeng inside.
A breeze blew, and the red mist remained unmoved, and it could not take away a trace of it.
In the capital city, the west gate was opened and closed again, and there were still thousands of officers and soldiers holding sharp blades in front of the gate staring at everyone with fierce eyes.
Facing these city defense forces with clear armor and tense swords, the people crowded in the city were all stagnant. However, the shouts of killing in the city gradually increased and were gradually approaching here.
All the people showed a look of confusion on their faces, and some children even cried loudly, and the scene was extremely chaotic.
Liu Zhengqi and others had already changed their clothes. They were mixed in the crowd. The dozens of guards intentionally or unintentionally formed a protective circle around Liu Zhengqi. They were experienced and mixed in the crowd without any hindrance, but anyone who wanted to get close was firmly blocked by them.
Liu Hualiang was at a loss and asked softly: "Simen was blocked, so what should I do?"
Since Fang Lingde watched his nephew leave, he was mentally shocked. He heard this and just glanced at the closed city gate and did not answer.
Liu Zhengqi frowned and said, "No matter how many, Hua Liang, go up and reveal his identity and ask them to make way."
Liu Hualiang agreed and was about to go, but he heard someone say, "Let's wait."
He stopped immediately because he heard that the person who spoke was Zhang Zihua.
I don’t know if it’s because of guilt, since Zhang Zihua broke his arm, Liu Zhengqi trusted him very much and obeyed his rules. Liu Hualiang was extremely envious. Now he is just an aide to the prince’s mansion, but in the future, the prince ascended the throne and became emperor, and I don’t know where he will hold his position.
But once he thought that the price of such favor was actually an arm, he felt his elbow sore and painful.
"Your Highness, you must not." Zhang Zihua dissuaded.
“Why?”
"Don't say anything, the Cheng family's dog is staring at it." Zhang Zihua's face slightly tugged to the right.
Everyone looked carefully and saw a big man standing in the wind on the high wall on the right. It was Cheng Jiali, one of the first-class masters of the Cheng family.
"If you go up here, wouldn't it be known to everyone, and General Xiang Ming's sacrifice will be in vain." Zhang Zihua said hurriedly.
Hearing his nephew's name, Fang Lingde was shocked and raised his head as if he was waking up from a big dream. He looked at the noisy crowd around him, closed his eyes, and swallowed with difficulty.
However, when he opened his eyes again, although he still could not hide all the pain, his eyes were full of fighting spirit. He whispered: "No matter what, we cannot sit and wait for death. We have not much time left for us, we must leave. And we must hurry."
Zhang Zihua's face suddenly changed and he said, "It's not appropriate."
"What?" Fang Lingde asked in surprise. He naturally knew that Zhang Zihua could become Liu Zhengqi's chief adviser, so he naturally had his own unique features and would not exaggerate without reason.
"You can't just leave the city like this." Zhang Zihua said.
Seeing everyone's puzzled eyes, he continued, "If only I can leave the city and the goal is obvious, it will definitely be difficult to escape."
"ah……"
All of them are talented and intelligent people. The reason why they didn't check for a while was that they were actually under the mental pressure of Cheng Xuanfeng, which led to their mental confusion. Otherwise, they wouldn't have woken up until now.
Everyone looked at each other, but what solutions could be imagined when they were anxious.
Zhang Zihua looked at the head of the thousand-person commander in charge of the city guard in front of him and suddenly asked, "Who is that?"
Liu Zhengzhong took a closer look and replied: "I know this person. He is Qi Jietai, the leader of the city guards."
"How is he?"
Liu Zhengzhong shook his head and said, "He once served under my husband's command. Because he was poor and bullied when he was young, he loved to stand up for his misfortune after he succeeded in martial arts. Alas, with his ability, even if he was more than ten thousand people in the Huanglong Legion, he just offended His Highness Hui, ruined his bright future, and was demoted here to be a thousand people guarding the gate."
"Elder General, do you think he is so good at defending the situation?" Zhang Zihua raised his eyebrows, and a heart-wrenching cold star flashed through his eyes.
"That's why he offended His Highness Hui because of his unjustice, and he still refused to admit his mistakes. Therefore, he was suppressed." Liu Zhengzhong replied affirmatively, without hiding the trace of regret in his words.
Zhang Zihua looked up and suddenly turned around and came to a single woman holding a child. He whispered: "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry."
The woman had just left her family, and was alone, holding a child in her arms. She was at a loss. When she suddenly heard someone talking to her, she couldn't help but be stunned. Looking up, she turned out to be a middle-aged man who had never been around.
She felt a tightness in her heart, and she was about to speak, but suddenly she felt a pain in the back of her head and immediately fell into a coma.
Zhang Zihua took the child who was still sleeping soundly from her arms and returned to Liu Zhengqi.
His actions were beyond the expectations of everyone, and he only heard him say, "If only we leave the city, we must not be guaranteed. For the sake of the present, we can only survive in chaos."
After saying that, he sat cross-legged, placed the child on his legs, pulled his left hand around his body a few times, and picked up a handful of dust on the ground and applied it to his face, and suddenly looked embarrassed.
He picked up the child, and staggered out of the crowd in the astonishing eyes of everyone, and rushed towards Qi Jietai.
"stop……"
He shouted loudly and raised several spears to him.
Zhang Zihua secretly pinched the child's butt hard on his hand, and the child felt pain and started crying.
With a "thump", Zhang Zihua fell to the ground and cried loudly: "General, help me."
Upon hearing this, Qi Jietai strode forward, pushed away the spear in front of him, and asked, "Who are you, why do you want to shout help?"
"General, now that the Huns have attacked the city, they will kill everyone they see and say they want to massacre the city." Zhang Zihua shouted loudly, his voice spreading from afar, causing a commotion.
"What did you say?" Qi Jietai shouted loudly, his eyes rippled, and the anger in his heart had reached its peak.
Zhang Zihua held the crying child in one hand and kowtowed heavily while kowtowing, saying, "General, they came from the north. Except for this child, the whole family died tragically under the sabre of the Huns. The palace, and even the palace were captured by them."
Qi Jietai looked north from afar, clenched his fists with both hands, and blue veins on his face burst, and his eyes were about to spit out of fire.
"General, they are about to kill. The young man is not willing to die, but the young man still has a son. If no one takes care of him, he will definitely die. You... Please be kind to let us leave the city. Only when we leave the city can we have a way out."
Zhang Zihua kept kowtowing to him, and after a while, his forehead was covered with blood.
Every word he said was a cry of slogans. Not only did the soldiers in front of the city gate, but even the crowded people in the city could hear it clearly.
For a moment, nearly ten thousand pairs of eyes were staring at Qi Jietai.
He was sweating coldly on his forehead, hesitating. Looking up, he saw that among the many people, the eyes were filled with despair, and there was only a trace of hope in his eyes.
"Wow……"
Zhang Zihua pinched the child's butt again, and the child cried even more miserably.
Qi Jietai looked at the crying child, and saw Zhang Zihua's busy look. He couldn't help but sigh and said, "Open the city gate and let them go out."
The deputy officer next to him changed his expression and stepped forward to persuade him, "Brother, no, you can't have a warrant. If you open the city gate privately, that's a death sentence."
"Death crime?" Qi Jietai smiled and pointed his hand at the people in the door, saying, "Then do you want me to watch them die tragically under the Huns' sword and be that lonely ghost?"
The deputy lamented, turned his head and stopped persuading.
"Open the door... let go..." Qi Jietai shouted loudly.
The heavy and thick western gate of the capital opened for the second time tonight.
Zhang Zihua kowtowed hard again, got up and shouted loudly, "General Meng is kind to you, everyone, go quickly."
Suddenly, there were crowds of people, and all the people rushed toward the city gate. There were constant crowds, and people who heard the sound joined the fugitive army, and the entire team seemed bloated.
Countless people were panicked and fled in scattered ways. The Huns outside the city were first attacked by the direction of the sound of the direction, and half of their men were divided. At this time, no matter how great their ability was, they could no longer form a siege.
Zhang Zihua left the city gate and met with Liu Zhengqi and others. At this time, his hands were empty, and the children in his arms were nowhere to be found.
Fang Lingde and others looked at him, turned around, and no one asked a question.
Zhang Zihua jumped on the horse back that had been prepared and said, "No need to delay, let's go."
Liu Zhengqi stared at the high wall behind him and said word by word: "Wait, I will come back alone."
After saying that, he whipped the horse whip and raised his four hooves under his crotch.
The group of people rushed away quickly and left.
Behind them is the majestic Kyoto of Han.
Chapter completed!