Chapter three hundred and forty-eight the storm again
After ten years of sharpening a sword, the frost blade has never been tested.
Today I show you to you, who has any injustice?
——"The Swordsman" Jia Dao (Tang Dynasty)
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Bai Fu sent Li Tengkong away and hurried back to the Bashu Guild Hall. Not long after he sat down, Huang Zhen came over and informed Bai Fu that King Qing died last night.
When Bai Fu heard this, he felt very sad.
During King Qing's illness, he also visited him several times and used Qingcheng Nine Needles to diagnose and treat King Qing. However, King Qing was terminally ill and his life span had expired, and there was no way he could save his life.
Taifu Xu, Lord Changsun, Old Lord Dugu, Sword Master Pei Min, and Prince Qing are the few elders in Chang'an City who care about themselves. The first four elders have gone south to escape the chaos, and Prince Qing has passed away. This one
How should we stay in Chang'an?
Overnight, Bai Fu experienced life and death, which was unbearable.
Bai Fu locked himself in the study, without eating or drinking, and spent the whole day digesting these emotions.
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Not to mention that Bai Fu was unbearable. As far as the Tang Dynasty was concerned, within a few days, Prime Minister Li Linfu and King Qing Li Cong died one after another. The empire was shaken, just like a dragon pillar breaking and a mountain collapsing.
At the memorial ceremony for King Qing, all members of the royal family and civil and military officials came to pay their respects. Prince Li Heng presided over the ceremony on behalf of His Majesty. The high standard of the memorial ceremony was really rare.
On this day, after Bai Fu paid homage to King Qing, he was physically and mentally exhausted.
On the way back, various scenes of Prince Qing's voice and smile appeared before his eyes. The first meeting in the forest of steles, the night banquet at the palace, the polo invitation... Prince Qing did not have the condescending arrogance of the Prince of the Tang Dynasty, and was more like the generous elder next door.
When he was approaching the residence of Prince Yin, Bai Fu was surrounded by hundreds of officers and soldiers on the cross street. The soldiers were wearing armor and holding sharp swords, and the walls were covered with crossbowmen.
A military general held a long spear and shouted: "The school secretary Baifu is suspected of assassinating the minister Zuo Pu and shooting Mr. Yang. The Jinwu Guards are ordered to arrest the suspect. All idlers should get out of the way!"
Although Li Linfu approached him as an assassin, he refused on the spot. The assassination of Yang Guozhong was a fiction.
Bai Fu was about to put down his weapon and cooperate with Jin Wuwei's investigation when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Yong Wang Li Lin in the crowd. His cunning and proud smile made Bai Fu feel uneasy.
Bai Fu had already learned about the feud between Yong Wang Li Lin and Qingcheng from the Sichuan gang's flying pigeon biography, and had also eavesdropped on the private transactions between Yong Wang Li Lin and Yang Guozhong's third concubine Yin Fenglan, and felt that this arrest was full of suspicion.
The chief officials of the Criminal Department and Dali Temple are all Yang Guozhong's confidants. If they are caught, they will definitely be beaten. For the current plan, we should escape first and think about the way to escape in the future.
Bai Fu reached into his bag, only to find that he had not brought any concealed weapon because he was participating in the memorial ceremony. Otherwise, with the locust stone in his hand, he would not be afraid of the crossbowmen on the wall.
With a thought in his mind, Bai Fu jumped down from his horse like a ghost, shuttled between the walls and the ground to use his strength, and with a sway of his body, he rushed into the soldiers.
The crossbowman's eyes blurred, Bai Fu had already blended into the crowd, and missed the opportunity to shoot Bai Fu.
The two soldiers rushed towards Bai Fu with their spears drawn. Bai Fu flipped his wrist, clamped the two spears under his armpits, and pulled the two soldiers in front of him. Bai Fu kicked out his left and right legs and knocked the two soldiers away.
Kick into the crowd.
Bai Fu's legs were full of energy, and the strength was accumulated but not released. The soldiers were like two sandbags, crashing into the crowd, and the huge momentum knocked over a dozen armored soldiers behind him.
Bai Fu waved his long arm and threw out the two spears. The barrels of the guns were like windmill wheels, rotating horizontally and flying towards the crossbowmen. Several crossbowmen were unable to dodge and fell from the wall.
Without the threat of the crossbowmen, Bai Fu jumped up, flipped twice, leaped over the soldiers, and rushed towards the general on horseback.
The general was furious and thrust his sword straight. Bai Fu's sword slid down the stick. If he didn't let go, his five fingers would be cut off.
The general was also unambiguous. He shook his stick and threw Bai Fu down. He swallowed and then vomited his stick, and stabbed at Bai Fu's face. Bai Fu's body swayed from side to side, and he suddenly disappeared.
The general was frightened and raised his eyes to look for Bai Fu. The horse neighed and rushed forward, almost knocking him off the horse.
It turned out that Bai Fu launched his armor-defying steps and took advantage of the general's blind spot to get behind the general's horse. He stabbed the horse's buttocks with his sword, causing the horse to feel pain and fly away uncontrollably.
Bai Fu didn't pause, stepped on the snow with his feet, stepped on everyone's heads, and rushed towards Yong Wang Li Lin.
King Yong Li Lin was so proud just now, but he didn't expect Bai Fu to arrive in front of him in an instant. King Yong Li Lin was so frightened that he turned his horse's head and ran away.
Bai Fu was like a swift cheetah, running up the wall of the square and catching up with him quickly. Like an eagle swooping down, he pounced on King Yong from the wall of the square.
Bai Fu knocked away King Yong's weapon with a sword, and sat down on the saddle behind King Yong, with the tip of his sword pressed against King Yong's neck.
King Yong was shocked, his voice trembled, and he said: "If you take the prince hostage, you will be killed according to the law!"
Bai Fu sneered and said, "If that's true, I'll kill you first to take advantage of you." Bai Fu clamped his horse's belly, and the horse galloped away.
When the officers and soldiers of Jinwu Guard saw King Yong being held hostage by Bai Fu, they did not dare to press too hard and could only chase him from a distance.
Bai Fu took King Yong hostage and galloped his horse for dozens of steps, just about to escape from the encirclement.
A branch of green bamboo suddenly fell from the sky, bounced back, swept across and hit the horse, then rebounded and returned to its original position.
"Wu Liu Liu" neighed, the war horse's eyes widened, and he stood up, knocking Bai Fu and Bai Fu to the ground. King Yong seemed to be caught in the air and fell into the courtyard next door.
Next to the well in the alley, a eunuch looked calm, holding a fly whisk and standing with his hands behind his back, admiring the rows of lush green bamboos on both sides of the wall. The visitor was none other than Gao Lishi, Xuanzong's most trusted man.
Bai Fu had never heard Taifu Xu, Sword Master Pei Min and others mention that Gao Lishi knew martial arts. But seeing that Gao Lishi did not lead any soldiers and spent most of his time standing under the bamboo beside the well, he knew that this man should not be underestimated.
Gao Lishi turned around, smiled at Bai Fu and said, "Your Majesty knows that you are highly skilled in martial arts, and he was afraid that the Jinwu Guards would not be able to help, so he ordered the old slave to bring the Feilong Army to come and get you.
Don't make things difficult for the Za family, just come with me."
Bai Fu bowed his hands and said, "Ah, I have nothing to do with Yang's assassination. How can I be imprisoned unjustly and then have you be beaten into submission?"
Gao Lishi smiled at Bai Fu and said: "There may be another hidden reason behind Yang Xiang's assassination. But I personally inspected Yu Wenba's body and found that he died in a terrible state. If my prediction is correct, he should have been killed by the sword demon's 'Hurricane Soul Destroyer'
Killed by Gang Qi.
You are the only descendant of the Dugu Sword Demon, don’t fool the Za family, just tell the truth.”
Bai Fu smiled freely and said: "Yes, Yu Wenba was indeed killed by me."
Gao Lishi smiled appreciatively and said: "As expected of the disciple of Master Qingxuan and Taifu Xu, he dares to do what he does. I have never been happy with Yu Wenba. This man is a traitor seeking glory, and is not as good as a pig or a dog."
But the imperial court has its own laws and regulations. Killing people must be punished with their own lives. They cannot act according to their own tempers like those in the wild rivers and lakes.
If you obediently go with the Za family, I can ask His Majesty for mercy, and maybe I can spare your life."
Several escape plans flashed through Bai Fu's mind, but he eliminated them one by one.
Bai Fu thought: Since Gao Lishi came here with an order, the deployment of men and horses must be the most foolproof plan. It seems that you can escape by flying up to the house, but the easiest place to escape is probably the most tightly guarded place.
Bai Fu has made up his mind, moves at will, and is ready to go.