Volume 1: Swan Goose Chapter 435: Desolation and Elegy Songs
——Killing——
A heavy rain suddenly came. The moonlight and starlight were blocked by dark clouds. There was a blurry curtain of rain in front of me, and there was a turbulent noise in my ears.
Lu Ning, who was sleeping, seemed to hear the sounds of fighting and shouting, and also seemed to smell a trace of blood mixed in the air.
Why is there the smell of blood? Why is there the cry of killing?
She struggled to open her eyelids, but found that she seemed to be trapped in her body, her eyelids seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and she could not open them no matter what.
The injury on her foot was still aching. She wanted to reach out and touch it, but she couldn't move.
Lu Ning was so anxious that his heart was boiling, but the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't move.
What is going on? The other senses have gradually regained consciousness, but the body still refuses to obey.
Lu Ning suddenly felt that something was wrong with this feeling. Could it be that he had been drugged?
If so, when?
I spent the whole time on the boat before going to bed and didn't seem to have eaten anything. As for after getting off the boat...
Could it be that bowl of porridge!
Lu Ning suddenly remembered that the only thing he had eaten was that bowl of porridge!
Oops! Toto and Hu Qi also drank porridge. Could something happen outside?
Who is so bold as to drug the imperial envoys?!
She was so anxious that her whole body was soaked. She struggled to get up, but her body refused to obey, and it was in vain.
Suddenly, the door was pushed open violently, and a huge roar of wind and rain rushed in.
The cold wind instantly woke up Lu Ning, who was trapped in a nightmare.
She opened her eyelids with difficulty, wondering if she was still dreaming. A man stumbled over from the rain curtain and picked her up by the waist.
Lu Ning asked in a sleepy voice: "What happened?"
The man's breathing was heavy and rapid, and his voice was very hoarse: "Run away! An assassin is coming in!"
While talking, Lu Ning was already being carried out of the door.
The gloomy sky seemed to be about to collapse. The strong wind brought heavy rain, beating her hard. She was soaked all over, and she also woke up a lot.
As her eyes slowly focused, she finally saw the scene in front of her clearly:
Heavy rain fell from the sky crazily, and the dark sky was about to collapse. The air was filled with blood, mixed with the fishy smell of rain!
There were many corpses of soldiers lying on the ground, and blood flowed from the blood holes on their bodies, mixing with the rain and washing away Lu Ning's shoes.
Judging from their appearance, they must have been hunted down, but they were still killed after running all the way here. Everyone was wearing obscene clothes, and they didn't even have any decent weapons at hand.
He must have been unconscious due to the Mongolian sweat medicine, thus losing his fighting ability. He fell into a pool of blood before he could resist.
"How...how could this happen?"
Perhaps frightened by the hell on earth in front of him, Lu Ning sat paralyzed in the rain, as if the whole world had collapsed.
The killing continued, and several soldiers, covered with wounds and dying, were still desperately protecting their chief assistant, Xia Yunqing.
Although they are no match for the men in black.
In front of her eyes, each living life disappeared into nothing in an instant. They seemed to have been chopped into pieces by a thousand knives, their flesh and blood were blurred, their limbs were broken and broken into pieces.
Lu Ning's eyes were blurred with tears. At the moment when countless lives were swallowed up by blood, she could no longer distinguish what was a weapon and what was a body! Blood-red hands, blood-red knife, blood-red eyes...
A group of men in black were like crazy and couldn't wait to tear apart the faces. It seemed that they had lost their humanity and were just out of control to satisfy their desire to kill.
The leader of the man in black has a pair of venomous snake-like eyes, which are becoming bright and beautiful because of killing!
The cold heavy rain hit Lu Ning's hot skin, reminding her that this was not a dream!
"Someone put medicine in our porridge and attacked us while we were sleeping!" Hu Qi leaned down and helped her up tremblingly.
Lu Ning turned her head and looked at him through the rain curtain. She saw that his snow-white clothes were covered with mottled blood. He was covering his arms with a very painful expression, as if he had been injured.
"Who did it?" Lu Ning bit his lip, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.
Hu Qi's face was gloomy, and his teeth were gritted: "If I guess correctly, it should be the handiwork of the imperial court!"
"What?!" Lu Ning raised his head in surprise, his expression changed drastically.
Hu Qi supported her and explained: "Of all the people, I was the only one who didn't drink porridge, so I didn't sleep well. I heard these men in black talking. They came on the emperor's order!"
"Why did the emperor do this?" Lu Ning's eyes widened, obviously in disbelief.
"I don't know about this, maybe it's for me, maybe... it's for Master Xia!" Hu Qi sighed, with a very solemn expression on his face.
"Damn! So many lives were wasted!" Lu Ning gritted his teeth and punched the muddy water.
"Let's run for our lives first! Tomorrow we will accompany the fishermen, and we will make a long-term decision after running to Annan!" Hu Qi supported Lu Ning and prepared to escape from here.
"No! I will never leave until I find my brother!" Lu Ning pushed his hand away and continued walking forward with vain steps.
"Xiaolu, I've been looking for a long time, but I haven't seen my brother. My brother is very skilled in martial arts, so nothing will happen to him!" Hu Qi followed her step by step, persuading her earnestly.
"If you can't find anyone, keep looking! In short, if he doesn't leave, I won't leave either!" Lu Ning ignored the dissuasion and stubbornly walked forward into the sea of flames with the corpse.
Just at this moment, a burst of killing sounds approached.
The group of men in black suddenly burst out of the darkness and were chasing two tall men.
Lu Ning took a closer look and found that one of them was the Toto she was looking for, and the person whom Toto stood up to protect was Xia Yunqing, the target of the man in black this time.
It seemed that the two sides were fighting evenly, but Lu Ning noticed at a glance that Toto was not up to his task.
Presumably, he drank the most porridge and must have taken the most Mongolian sweat medicine. Even if he was brave enough, he might not be able to exert much strength at this time.
What's more, for some reason, he didn't have the mace that was always with him, and only had an iron rod to fight these people head-on.
Each of these men in black is highly skilled in martial arts and moves in a methodical manner. You can tell at a glance that they are well-trained killers.
Being surrounded by such a group of people, Toto's ability to escape is the limit. It is simply wishful thinking to protect Xia Yunqing and leave safely.
"Brother?!" Although Lu Ning knew that he could not protect himself, he still rushed forward without hesitation.
"Little deer?!" Hearing Lu Ning's cry, Toto turned around and looked around.
This momentary distraction allowed the men in black to see a flaw.
The leading man in black immediately showed a shiny butcher knife dripping with blood.
Seeing that it was about to land on Totuo's neck, Lu Ning transformed and jumped over, using his nine-section whip to block the oncoming fierce blade.
The man in black was obviously startled when he saw Lu Ning. The man in black behind him was about to take action, but he raised his hand to stop him.
The man's snake-like eyes made Lu Ning's heart tremble.
What's going on? This man's eyes look very familiar, as if he's seen them somewhere before!
Where is it?!
A cloud of doubt passed through Lu Ning's mind, but unfortunately she had no time to think about it and immediately pulled Toto and Xia Yunqing to escape from the siege.
"Let's go! Get out of here. I'll have my own plans when we get to Annan!" Hu Qi also rushed over risking his life, grabbed Lu Ning and others and ran out.
Thanks to Lu Ning and Totuo's desperate efforts, the four of them managed to reach the entrance of the temple.
But the door was already surrounded by more than a dozen men in black, and they couldn't get through at all. In desperation, a few people could only take advantage of the darkness and the men in black to catch up, and temporarily hid behind two firewood trees.
Behind the stack.
"What should we do next? Does Leader Lu have any countermeasures?" The situation in front of him was completely beyond Xia Yunqing's expectation, and he was at a loss for a moment.
idea.
"What else can we do! Let's go out and fight with them!" Toto was still shouting from the side.
Lu Ning immediately covered his mouth and whispered: "Among the four of us, only my brother and I know how to punch and kick. Normally, it would not be a problem for the two of us to protect you from here. But now, my brother and I have both been hit.
We are covered in sweat medicine and our physical strength has not yet recovered. We are already unable to protect ourselves. If we rush out while protecting you, we are seeking death!"
"Then what can we do? We can't hide all the time!" Toto clenched his fists that were unable to use his strength, feeling a little frustrated.
As soon as the words came out, everyone fell silent, and the surroundings fell into a strange silence.
"How about this." Hu Qi, who had been silent for a long time, spoke first: "You can't break through forcefully, so you have to outsmart them! Let's send people to lure them first, and then make the tiger leave the mountain, and the remaining people will take the opportunity to escape. What do you think of this method?
"
Hu Qi said and looked at Lu Ning.
Lu Ning frowned, with a troubled expression on his face: "It is indeed the only way at the moment. However, if this is the case, the lives of those who go to lure the enemy may be in danger."
"What are you afraid of? It's up to me! These birds are no match for me!" Toto stepped forward first, patted his chest, and spoke frankly.
"No!" Lu Ning and Hu Qi refused in unison.
"Why not?" Toto was a little dissatisfied.
Lu Ning sighed and explained: "The life of the chief assistant is at stake, and my brother must be protected. I think this matter is up to me——"
"Leave this matter to me!" Hu Qi held Lu Ning's hand in time and expressed his stance first.
"Nonsense!" Lu Ning's eyes widened and he was shocked: "You don't know martial arts. If you go here, you will die!"
"There's no time, it's settled!" Hu Qi patted Lu Ning's hand and smiled heartily: "You don't need force to deal with them, just use your head! Don't worry, go out and find a place to hide for now. I will soon
Let’s take a turn with you! When the time comes, we will find a boat to go to Annan. When we get there, we will make other plans!”
"But..." Lu Ning always felt vaguely uneasy.
But Hu Qi didn't give her a chance to argue, and rushed out without saying a word.