Chapter five hundred and seventeen deserves the death penalty
"Don't let Lu Yuanbao cause trouble, Jiang Di, please bring two more battalions of the Royal Guards over there!"
"Yes!" Jiang Di took the order, immediately ordered all his troops, and chased eastward.
"Your Majesty, the ritual cannot be interrupted!" Yuan Qing said anxiously.
"National Master, please continue!" Jiang Shan said coldly.
Although He Qizhou ran fast, he was not as fast as the galloping horse. When he was about to catch up, a stumbling rope suddenly stretched out on the ground. Shi Lan only saw He Qizhou in his eyes. He was caught off guard and the galloping horse fell down. The path was narrow,
The horses behind also bumped into each other one after another. For a moment, people were thrown onto their backs and their horses were thrown into chaos.
Before Shi Lanren, who had risen from his horse, landed, several arrows were shot from both sides. He could only wave his sleeves quickly to block the incoming hidden arrows, and then watched helplessly as two arrows rushed out of the forest.
A masked man on horseback, and a white horse that ran the fastest, rushed towards the assassin who was definitely He Qizhou! The three of them rode away.
Shi Lan was so anxious that he grabbed a horse from his subordinate behind him and shouted while chasing him: "Quickly call for reinforcements, the other side has an ambush!"
The road was quickly cleared. Zou Jinlin, Jiang Xian and Lu Baogen rushed towards the official road in the south of the city one after another. Finally, thousands of imperial forest troops led by Jiang Di, all wearing sackcloth and mourning, passed through the forest with murderous intent.
When everyone's eyes were turned to the east, Zhang Zhiren quietly walked to the back of the team, summoned the Jin Yiwei and the commander of the Royal Forest Army, and ordered them to pay attention to the security of the team in front, especially since there were few guards around the emperor. The two hurriedly
He called on the hundreds of men at the back of the team to rush forward.
Behind the team, two people jumped out of a carriage. They were the Xu Muxue siblings. They untied the horses that were temporarily used as carriage horses, put on the saddles prepared in the carriage, and took a horse from a retainer.
An empty horse just happened to welcome Zhang Zhiren who was coming here on the wrong way. Without saying much, the three of them mounted their horses and galloped directly towards the main road to the west.
Before Jiang Shan could wait for the news of the pursuit of He Qizhou, an imperial guard reported to him: "Your Majesty, someone saw Zhang Zhiren taking Zhang Mufeng and Xu Muxue riding to the west!"
"What? Say it again!"
"Zhang Zhiren went west. I didn't dare to stop him, so I sent two brothers to follow him..."
"Go to hell!" Jiang Shan was furious and slapped away the guard who reported the news, and then shouted: "All guards are coming with me. Zhang Zhiren disrespected the late emperor and deserves death!"
Most of the imperial guardsmen on horseback had been taken away, and there were only about a hundred people following Emperor Jiang Shan. Those sergeants who arrived on foot did not dare to neglect, and followed the hundreds of horsemen in a hurry to the west.
Seeing that the time had come, an inconspicuous young man quietly left the team and rode north alone, bypassing the capital and heading towards Jinyang...
"Let's go back to Jiangling separately. I'll lure them away!" He Qizhou was accompanied by Lin Chuan and Yang Shan. In the name of walking horses early in the morning, the two of them took the snow dragon horse that He Qizhou had left in the armament hall out of the city and headed south.
, Sure enough, there were agents from the Military Inspection Division following them. The two set up an ambush ten miles out of the city. They subdued the following agents in one fell swoop, snatched the opponent's horses and crossbows, and then set up a trip rope on the path leading to the imperial mausoleum to meet He Qizhou.
"Master, let's go together!" Lin Chuan said.
"Why are you so stupid? Can your horse compare with mine? There is a fork in the road ahead. You continue to go south, and I will turn to the west!" He Qizhou shouted.
"Uncle, you go first, we can hold off for a while." Yang Shan was not willing to abandon He Qizhou.
"Go home quickly and save people. If you keep nagging me, I won't leave!" He Qizhou was so anxious that he was furious. If it were Liu Junzhi, he would make a decisive decision.
"Well, Master, be careful!" "Oh, uncle." Seeing He Qizhou's anxiety, the two of them agreed.
"When you pass by the inn, if you see a good horse, grab it! Don't worry about Wang Fa, Jiang Shan is going to destroy my Yang family!" He Qizhou said again with concern.
"good!"
The fork in the road was located on a small hill. He Qizhou took two steps to the west and stopped. Then he took out the extremely blunt frost-defying sword from his horse, left the snow dragon horse behind, and walked back to the hill, standing proudly alone.
To the south were Lin Chuan and Yang Shan, who were galloping away. To the north were the pursuers who were getting closer and closer. Shi Lan took the lead, about fifty or sixty feet away. Behind Shi Lan, there were a few sparse cavalry within a hundred feet, and behind them were a few.
It is the elite of the Thousand Cavalry Guards Army who stir up countless smoke and dust!
Shi Lan is a cautious person and is very aware of He Qizhou's strength. From what the Jinyi guards in the Metropolitan Procuratorate prison said, he knows that He Qizhou's martial arts is not much weaker than Wang Dingbian. In his heart, he wants to wait for the rear group to arrive before taking action.
But when he switched to Jiang Shan, he was in urgent need of merit. If he was frightened by a guy with only six or seven veins at this time, how could he gain a foothold with Jiang Shan? So despite all his reluctance, he still drew out his saber and made a plan.
The horse rushed towards He Qizhou on the hill!
He Qizhou was trying to buy time for Lin Chuan and Yang Shan, and was not sure of defeating Shi Lan. However, he had the idea of risking death and surviving. When he saw Shi Lan rushing forward, he used the heavy sword as a broadsword.
With all his strength, he slashed horizontally at Shi Lan's horse's head with his sword!
Shi Lan turned the horse's head with one hand and swung the sword with the other hand to face the heavy sword. However, as soon as he took action, he felt the power of He Qizhou's sword and immediately jumped up from the horse to avoid He Qizhou's sharp sword!
Half of the horse's head flew into the air in the rain of blood. The horse didn't even have time to neigh. It rushed more than ten feet before falling to its death! At this time, in the air, in addition to half of the horse's head, there was also a horse leaping high.
Shi Lan, holding the knife in both hands, struck He Qizhou fiercely from a high position!
"Well done!" He Qizhou also held the sword with both hands and raised it upward with all his strength!
Shi Lan could have changed his moves and pointed the tip of the knife at the opponent's vital points, but he did not dare to change his moves, because changing his moves meant fighting for his courage. If He Qizhou was hurting both sides and did not protect his vital points, he would also be seriously injured! Besides, the opponent was facing him.
He is such a person, so Shi Lan's sword in the air directly met the opponent's blade!
The intersection of swords was a competition of pure internal strength, brute force and courage. Shi Lan of the Yongquan realm was slightly better in internal strength, but He Qizhou was far superior in terms of brute force and courage. In addition, with his down-to-earth feet and strong sword body, Shi Lan was defeated by just one move.
The stainless steel straight knife in Lan's hand was broken into two pieces, and the whole person was hit by the huge force and flew backwards!
He Qizhou was unyielding when he gained the upper hand. He struck out with another sword, the ultimate "Landslide" sword, and wanted to kill Shi Lan with one strike!
Shi Lan was in mid-air with nowhere to hide. Apart from a set of light armor and a half-cut knife, he had no other self-defense. But after all, he was in the Yongquan realm. After two years of hard training, he had risen from the initial Yongquan realm.
In the middle state, under the critical situation, he gathered energy to protect his body and danced wildly with his broken sword. After landing, except for his limbs and body being scratched by the sword energy, there were no serious injuries.
He Qizhou followed closely with a "earth cracking" sword, and Shi Lan's body-protecting energy had been dispersed. In an instant, he could not raise the protection to sufficient level again. His eyes went dark, and he thought that he would not escape bad luck, but he saw a silver light.
He flashed behind him, a long sword pressed against his ear, and headed straight for He Qizhou!
"Bang, bang, bang, bang..." After countless tiny crackling sounds, the power of the Earth-shattering Sword disappeared, and the long sword fell to the ground. A tall figure jumped from mid-air towards He Qizhou, who was standing with gritted teeth.
He Qizhou saw the face of the other party clearly. It was Jiang Xian who had been serving Jiang Cong all year round. Jiang Xian first saved Shi Lan with his flying sword, and then directly stepped on the shoulders of the pursuers in front and flew over in the air. He Qizhou regretted a little.
If the second sword had not been used, he could still have rushed to the Snow Dragon Horse not far away, but now that half of his strength had been used up in an instant, he could neither run away nor block Jiang Xian's move. He was just about to fight to the death.
, but heard Lu Baogen’s voice: “Run quickly!”
Lu Baogen followed Jiang Xian's example, jumped up from his horse, stepped on the shoulders of the martial arts masters one after another, and then struck Jiang Xian with his sword from the air, who was also in the air!
How could Jiang Xian not be aware of what was happening behind him, and he was well aware of Lu Yuanbao's abilities, so he turned around in mid-air and used his full Bei Mang Kung skill to face Lu Baogen's three unique palm swords!
He Qizhou did not run away immediately. He struck directly at Jiang Xian's back with the "Fengqi" sword. Even if he wanted to run away, he had to give his master a chance to escape!
In normal times, this sword might not have been in Jiang Xian's eyes at all, but now he had to take Lu Baogen's special move. Jiang Xian didn't dare to be careless at all. When he struck out, he used a thousand-jin pendant to avoid He Qizhou.
sword moves.
"The Sword Comes"
Lu Baogen's sword energy and Jiang Xian's palm wind collided crazily on the slope of the hill. It only hurt those Wuchasi masters who were quickly pursuing behind Shi Lan.
Wall! More than ten riders were suddenly overturned.
Shi Lan, who was on the hill, was directly below where the two of them were attacking. He rolled down the hill in a hurry. He relied on his strong internal strength to avoid being seriously injured.
While Lu Baogen was taking action, Zou Jinlin, who had been following Jiang Xian closely, was not idle either. He was originally planning to charge forward, but when he saw Lu Baogen passing by, he gave up the idea of forcibly stopping him and looked at him.
After the opponent made a move, he shot a steel needle from his sleeve, pointing directly at Lu Baogen's back!
Zou Jinlin, Lu Baogen, Jiang Xian, and He Qizhou all made moves almost at the same time. Zou Jinlin's move was the most insidious. The canopy steel needle was only two feet away from Lu Baogen. Zou Jinlin, who had always been reclusive, showed his power at this moment.
Showing terrifying strength, driven by Yongquan's peak internal force, those dozens of two-inch-long steel needles seemed to be fired by a powerful crossbow!
Of course Lu Baogen knew how powerful those steel needles were, but in order to save He Qizhou, he did not leave much strength to defend his back. When fighting Jiang Xian, he only left a little bit of energy to protect his back. Fortunately, He Qizhou's sword was also able to protect his back.
After taking away some of Jiang Xian's palm power, he and Jiang Xian were evenly matched.
After Lu Baogen heard the strong wind from behind, he hurriedly used Jiang Xian's palm power to turn sideways and avoid most of the steel needles. He also used his internal force to bounce a few away, but two steel needles still pierced his back shoulders, causing severe pain.
It was a burst of numbness! Lu Baogen knew that it was Zou Jinlin’s unique hidden weapon - the Soul-Chasing Needle, which was poisonous and could also be used by the other party to extract confessions!
As soon as his feet landed on the ground, Lu Baogen had no time to deal with Jiang Xian and prepared to deal with Zou Jinlin first. Unexpectedly, Zou Jinlin reined in his horse and stopped. Lu Baogen rushed forward two steps and suddenly swung out a virtual sword.