Lin Chuan turned back to He Qizhou who stopped his horse and shook his head repeatedly, saying: "I'm not going back! Why don't I just ask. But that guy's last sword attack really scared me to death. You are too courageous. What if you miss him by one point?"
Two points, wouldn’t it be over?”
He Qizhou was dripping with cold sweat when he took the sword with the bag of silver on his chest, and he is still scared to this day. Hearing what Lin Chuan said, he proudly replied: "Wooden wood, your cultivation is still a little weak, and your adaptability is even worse.
It's just a few points away. Let's talk about the punch he hit you. If you can really use Liu Mian's palm to take away the power of his punch, and then find a way to lock his arm, I can knock him down with three or two punches.
Now, will it be so thrilling later?"
Lin Chuan suddenly said: "Yes, I was in a hurry and used attack to attack without thinking about it. In fact, Liu Mianzhang is the boxing technique used to restrain his Jincheng Fist. My internal strength is not as deep as his. I can use the Wind Swing first.
If Liu removes the intention of his fist and then circles the tree three times to entangle him, he will really have no choice but to block your punches and kicks."
He Qizhou said: "Just think about it. Remember it in the future. You must be calm when you attack. The goat kid is better at this than you. Look, I used three hundred taels of silver to catch his sword."
, it’s really called an exhaustive strategy. If it’s only two hundred taels, I really don’t dare to take it! But that guy’s understanding is quite high. If Chi Yuan is not biased, he can teach him all three techniques of shocking the city.
Now, even if we don’t die, we will still shed our skin.”
Lin Chuan pouted in dissatisfaction and muttered: "Just blow it."
He Qizhou pretended not to hear, and the two walked along the official road for more than thirty miles. Near noon, they had entered the rolling Qimen Mountains for about four or five miles. Beside a small stream, the two of them ate.
After buying some dry food and letting the horses eat water and grass by themselves on the roadside, He Qizhou wrapped Lin Chuan's shoes in the tattered robe and entered a deep mountain valley far away.
After entering the mountainous area, the two of them saw almost no pedestrians on the official road. Due to floods and banditry in recent days, the post road from Jinling to Jiangling was also changed to a waterway. After resting for a quarter of an hour, the two continued on their way.
, the deeper you go into the mountainous area, the denser the forest and the higher the mountain, the more winding and steep the post road built along the mountain and river is. The narrowest point is only a few feet wide. One side is close to the mountain, and the other side is facing an abyss more than ten feet below.
However, the road the two of them walked in Bailian Mountain was worse than the official road here, so they were not afraid. When they encountered a narrow road, they dismounted and led them along. After walking for about half an hour, the post road wound up the mountain, and the mountain road became more and more difficult.
The higher you go, the abyss on the left is already tens of feet away from your feet. The rapids at the foot of the mountain stir up white waves, making you dizzy.
After a sharp bend, Lin Chuan, who was walking in front, exclaimed, startling He Qizhou, who was walking silently behind. It turned out that dozens of trees, large and small, had fallen on the post road, among the fallen trees.
It is also mixed with a large amount of soil and rocks.
Lin Chuan said: "Master, there are so many things that the two of us will definitely not be able to clean up in a short while. How about we go over the mountain. It's just that the mountain here is too steep. We don't want to go now. Why don't we go back half a mile and look for it first?"
Is there a gentle slope to get around here?”
He Qizhou carefully turned the horse's head, nodded and said: "Okay, I'll go ahead instead, you follow carefully."
Then he said seriously to Lin Chuan: "Wood, you have to be extremely careful now. These wood and stones were cut down and piled up by humans. They are probably roadblocks set up by bandits in the mountains to hinder the officers and soldiers. Seeing that there is a lot of water in the soil, they fell down."
The leaves on the trees are also very fresh. They must have been decorated just now, maybe this morning. If something bad happens later, we will do the best thing."
Lin Chuan responded, and the two of them retreated for more than half a mile, leading their horses up a gentle slope. Due to the higher mountain, there were tall trees on the slope, and there were much fewer thorns and weeds than on the mountainside.
, it was not very difficult for the horses to pass, so the two of them planned to climb over the mountain, bypass the obstruction, and still walk back to the official road.
But they soon discovered that they had made a mistake. The slope of the mountain was not as gentle as they had seen before. It became steeper as they walked. In order to find the path of the horses, the two turned around and tried their best to align themselves with the direction of the post road.
After going up the mountain for seven or eight miles, a two-foot-high cliff completely blocked the way for the two of them.
He Qizhou looked up to the sky and sighed. If he couldn't get out of Qimen Mountain today, he wouldn't be able to reach Jinling City tomorrow. The provincial examination would become a castle in the air, and he would be over twenty years old in three years. Unexpectedly, the path to the martial arts examination would be blocked.
This short cliff is blocking the end! Long sighs echoed in the mountains, and the echoes continued for a long time. Just as the two of them were lamenting to themselves, they suddenly looked at each other in surprise. The echo was too long. He Qizhou listened attentively.
Meeting, he said to Lin Chuan: "I heard the sound of someone shouting, and the sound of swordsmen clashing."
Lin Chuan nodded and said, "I heard it too."
He Qizhou frowned and said: "No, there are also the cries and screams of women and children. There are many echoes in the mountains. I can't tell where exactly, but it must be in the mountains, Linchuan. Do you dare to go and see it with me?"
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Lin Chuan said: "Why don't you dare?"
After saying that, the two tied the horses to the spot. He Qizhou took off the bow and arrow from the horse, while Lin Chuan put the sword on his back, climbed up the two-foot-high cliff in front of him, followed the sound, and ran over quickly.
As the two of them went up, the sounds of shouting and fighting were getting closer and closer. After running for less than a cup of tea, He Qizhou finally determined the source of the sounds, and the sound of swords clashing became clearer.
He Qizhou quietly jumped onto a boulder and saw four or five wooden houses built under some tall pine trees on the hillside twenty feet away. In the open space in front of the house, there were three police officers holding simple knives and besieging a strong man holding a sword.
, a few feet away from the fight, six people were kneeling on the ground, they seemed to be an old man, two women, and three children.
Behind these six people, there were two people holding knives on the necks of a woman and an older child who were kneeling on the ground. There was another person standing beside them, wearing official uniforms. There were six or seven people lying on the ground.
Everyone seemed to be dead. The man in official uniform was shouting to the man who was still fighting hard: "I will count to three, if you don't abandon your sword and surrender, I will kill this little one. Do you hear me?"
Despite saying this, the three people who were besieging did not stop their attacks at all. Instead, they became more and more fierce. The besieged young man was covered in blood, but he was still struggling to hold on. The man in official uniform continued: "Listen
Wait, I counted...three!"
I saw the person next to the official swiping a knife on the neck of the eleven or twelve-year-old child. The child fell to the ground with a muffled groan. When the strong man saw this, his body froze, and his arm was stabbed again.
Blood sprayed out, all the officials laughed loudly, and the woman next to the child screamed at the top of her lungs and fainted.
The officer started to say again: "You dare to kill and hurt my brother, boy, I have to count again, this time I will change to a smaller one..."
The man who had just executed the execution put a knife on the neck of a younger boy. The old woman beside the boy, whose hands were tied behind his back, shouted loudly and rushed towards the official who gave the order. As soon as he got up, he was behind by another official.
He slashed hard. At this moment, a sharp arrow suddenly penetrated the neck of the executioner who was holding the knife on the child's neck. The man's body went limp and he fell to the ground dead on the spot.
It turned out that He Qizhou had not been able to save the eldest child in time, and when he saw an officer, he was about to commit murder again. He quickly drew his bow and arrow, and hit the executioner's vitals. At this time, Lin Chuan had also arrived, and happened to see that scene. In anger, he drew out
With the sword behind him, he rushed over at once, and another arrow shot by Qi Zhou flew out behind him. The second executioner was obviously prepared, but still couldn't avoid it. The arrow penetrated the covered palm and another arrow came.
Pierce the neck and kill another person.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, the official quickly leaned over and hid behind the living hostage. The three people who were besieging him didn't know what was going on for a while. When they saw someone rushing towards them with a sword, they immediately separated one person to meet them. When they saw that Lin Chuan was a young man,
He said loudly: "The government is handling the case, and no one else is involved."
The strong man who was about to abandon his sword and wait for the kill suddenly summoned up his energy and fought hard to attack with two moves. In normal times, even if it was one-on-one, he would be at a draw with the besiegers at most, but he was in trouble.
In the battle between beasts, they had already risked their lives, and the three people did not dare to rush in rashly. No one wanted to become the person's life-changing target, so the fight that should have been resolved in one breath did not end for a whole stick of incense.
Seeing someone coming towards him, Lin Chuan, who was already burning with anger, said nothing. He waved up a sword flower and stabbed the opponent in the eyes with a move called the Spirit Snake. Just as the man was about to raise his sword to parry, he saw another sharp arrow.
He came towards me. This man was obviously more skilled than the two people who had just executed him. He quickly squatted on his side and raised his knife to protect his face. The flying arrow was blocked by the Pu Dao and then whizzed past his ears. However, the Pu Dao actually
Being shaken off his hand, Lin Chuan had quick eyesight and quick hands. He changed his sword to stab and thrust forward. The sharp sword cut into the neck by more than half an inch and rushed towards the official.
Qi Zhou, who was holding a bow in hand, followed closely until he passed by the official who had been hit by the sword, and then he fell straight down. In the blink of an eye, three officials were killed, and the one who was hiding behind the hostage
When the officials saw the two people rushing over, they grabbed the youngest girl, who looked like four or five years old, in desperation. Regardless of the two people who were still fighting, they flew down the other side of the mountain and fled. Lin Chuan and He Qizhou had already seen clearly what was happening.
Looking like officials, the two of them almost shouted at the same time: "Wang Ling!"
Although He Qizhou had already drawn his bow and arrow, Wang Ling, who was ten feet away, was always protecting the little girl in front of him. He Qizhou could only change his direction and shoot at another official who had withdrawn from the siege and was about to escape. He didn't even look after shooting the arrow.
He continued to chase Wang Ling and shouted to Lin Chuan: "There is another one for you."
The arrow He Qizhou shot accurately hit the man's back of the heart, but it didn't penetrate the neck like the first two arrows. The arrow feathers were all stained with blood. Instead, it only penetrated three inches of the body. It was obvious that the man was wearing armor, but there was no armor inside.
When he thought that He Qizhou's arrows would be so powerful, he never thought that the arrow clusters of these arrows were made of fine steel. Only the most elite cavalry in the military were qualified to use them. The sharp arrows could pierce armor and penetrate the heart with one shot!