Chapter 32
"He Yi and I rushed straight to the archway, but we saw corpses all over the ground, most of the companions of the second and third teams had died here, and the white marble pillars and stone steps were splashed with blood, which looked particularly thrilling. We didn't dare to stop, so we jumped down the stone steps. He Yi said: "There may be an ambush on the way here, so let's go over the mountain and go out." I nodded in agreement, not daring to go back along the way I came, and rushed into the woods on the right with He Yi, and immediately crossed the mountains and mountains, trying to escape back to the city.
"This battle scared me to the heart, I was not afraid of the two jokes, I and He Yi were really like lost dogs that day, I just wanted to find a hole to get into. I just stumbled through the woods, got lost halfway, and didn't see the end of the woods until the afternoon. He Yi and I were quite surprised to see that we were able to escape from that mountain.
But at this moment, I suddenly heard a long howl from someone behind me. We were so frightened that the enemy caught up with us and hurried into a bush. The bush was covered with thorns, and it was painful to pierce into the flesh. It's just that at the moment of life and death, neither of us dared to speak out, enduring the pain, and didn't even dare to breathe.
After a while, I saw a man running from the right rear. I think it was also to escape from the pursuit that I chose to escape from the woods. When we saw this man's face clearly, we were both startled. It turned out that this person was Xu En, the eunuch of the East Factory. It's just that at this time, his clothes are in tatters, the crown of yarn on his head has not been lost, his hair is scattered, and there are still a few blood stains on his face, looking quite embarrassed.
"Xu En passed by the two of us, and it was really good. I couldn't help but think to myself: This eunuch's martial arts are so good, how can anyone force him to escape so embarrassed? Just as I was thinking about it, I only heard the sound of the wind above my head, and a gray shadow swept over our heads quickly, and after a few ups and downs, he caught up with Xu En and stopped in front of him.
"Xu En stopped and screamed: 'Our family is a eunuch in Dongchang, and we went out of the capital to do business by holy order, and you killed Dongchang Fanzi and Jinyiwei and committed a capital crime, aren't you afraid of raiding your family and exterminating your clan?" He has gray hair and carries an oilcloth umbrella in his hand.
He listened to Xu En's question, but slowly shook his head and said: "You eunuchs in Dongchang have always been high-flying, doing evil in the capital, and relying on the emperor's favor to do all kinds of evil. Your men are dead today, and now you know that you are afraid. Xu En gritted his teeth and said: "You secretly help the thief, in a vain attempt to usurp the throne, if you stop the horse from the precipice, there is still a way to live." If you are obsessed, when the Governor of Dongchang and the commander of the Jinyi Guard arrive, you will have three heads and six arms, and you will not be able to escape justice!'
The gray-clothed man smiled and said, 'What about the Governor of Dongchang and the Commander of the Jinyi Guard? To tell you the truth, it won't take three months for the Governor of the Dongchang and the Commander of the Jinyi Guard to be replaced. You're just afraid of making a mistake. ’
Xu En yelled and pounced. Although this eunuch speaks in a weird manner, his martial arts are really high, to the point that I have never seen it before. I saw him hovering with his palms, with the sound of whirring wind, and he couldn't leave the vital point of the gray-clothed man. It's just that the gray-clothed man was nimble, and he was like an ape, moving between the trees to dodge, avoiding all of Xu En's killing moves.
The two fought for half a pillar of incense, and Xu En's shot was no longer as fast as at the beginning. I only heard the gray-clothed man laugh and said, "I heard that your Dongchang Governor Zhang Yong's martial arts are superb, I don't know how you compare?" Xu En gritted his teeth and said: "If the Duke kills you, it is like pinching an ant to death!" If you have a species, you might as well go to the capital to compete with the Governor. ’
The man in gray laughed and said, 'Of course I have a kind, but you eunuch who has no seed will not survive today!' Then he grabbed the handle of the umbrella with his right hand, and suddenly twitched, and there was an extra long sword in his hand. I saw that the body of this long sword was narrow and long, shining with an eerie cold light, although we were far away, we also felt that the sword aura was compelling.
The gray-clothed man had a long sword in his hand, and immediately stabbed Xu En three times. The situation changed immediately, and Xu En was no longer able to pursue, so he had to defend with all his might. I saw that in the sword light, Xu En was stumbling left and right, and he had already fallen into the wind. After more than ten moves, Xu En suddenly heard a loud shout, and the gray-clothed man jumped backwards, jumping straight out of two zhang away, the umbrella in his left hand was behind him, and the long sword in his right hand pointed diagonally at the ground, and there were a few drops of blood on the tip of the sword, which fell to the ground drop by drop.
Xu En stood stiffly on the ground, his face pale, and suddenly blood spurted from his throat, and he fell straight back, seeing that he was no longer alive. The man in gray stuck the umbrella in the ground, took out a snow-white silk scarf from his bosom, wiped the long sword in his hand, and then inserted the long sword back into the umbrella. I saw him throw the silk scarf that wiped the sword to the ground, then walked to Xu En's body, looked at it carefully for a moment, took out a bottle from his arms, opened the lid, and sprinkled the medicinal powder in the bottle on Xu En's body. Hearing only a 'bang', Xu En's body actually ignited a fire. The fire was extremely strong, burning Xu En's corpse crackling continuously, and then Xu En's corpse slowly sat up......
Speaking of this, Zhuang Hengyun's voice was already trembling, and it took a long time before he said: "Seeing Xu En's corpse burned to ashes, no one would have thought that this famous eunuch of Dongchang didn't even leave a corpse after his death. The man in gray waited for Xu En's body to burn out, and his body rose violently, jumped onto the branches of a big tree, and then disappeared at the end of the woods. He Yi and I were so frightened that we didn't dare to show up for a while. It was more than an hour later, and it was already night in the woods, and we came out of the bushes. He Yi had not yet practiced thunderbolt at that time, but he was also an expert in gunpowder. He couldn't help but go to Xu En's body that had been burned to ashes, looked at it for a moment and said, "That gray-clothed man must be using phosphorus fire powder that has been lost for a long time in the martial arts. It is said that this phosphorus powder was introduced from far away from overseas, and it ignited when it met blood, so I didn't expect to encounter it here. ’
"At that time, how dare I talk to him about phosphorus powder? I wish I had wings and flew out of that hellish place as soon as possible. We escaped from the mountains at night, but fortunately we never encountered any enemy again. When we reached the outside of the city, the gates were already closed. He Yi and I had to hide in a dilapidated mountain temple outside the city, wanting to wait until dawn before entering the city.
"Who knew that at midnight, three more people broke into the temple, it was Brother Yu, Zhu Ming and Zhou Jingtian, each of whom was ragged and embarrassed. Zhou Jingtian's right arm was also slashed, and the injury was quite light. It turned out that Zhu Ming and Zhou Jingtian were divided into the second team, just walked into the first hall and encountered an ambush, the enemy used a hidden weapon to sneak attack, first killed five or six companions, and then a group of black-clothed people rushed into the temple, besieged the remaining companions, the two sides had a fierce battle, the second team suffered heavy casualties, and the remaining few people fled to the archway, just met with the remaining few people of the third team who were chased and killed by the black-clothed people, and the two sides fought another melee under the archway. Zhu Ming and Zhou Jingtian saw that the situation was not good, and secretly escaped from the tomb, and also passed through the woods to return to the city, but happened to meet Yu Changchang on the way, so the three of them fled together, and when they arrived at the city gate, they couldn't enter, so they had to go to the mountain temple to hide.
"The five of us told each other about our experiences, and we didn't know who attacked us, but this battle was so tragic that no less than 50 of us died, and only five of us were left who fled. When Yu Changchang heard that Xu En was actually killed by a mysterious master, he was stunned. I asked him where Yun Feiyang went, and he said that before leaving in the morning, Yun Feiyang received a message from Feigeon, saying that he had something important to rush back to the capital. I hated and said: 'As soon as Yun Feiyang leaves, we will be wiped out, this person slipped away quickly!' The five of us thought about it, although it was Dongchang and Jinyiwei who led us to Huguang this time, but the matter of stealing the tomb of the king is absolutely not on the table, so many people died this time, once the news leaks out, Dongchang and Jinyiwei will only push a few of us out to carry the black pot. Besides, those black-clad killers won't let us go, so it's better not to go into the city.
"After the five of us discussed, we decided to leave An Luzhou overnight. Brother Yu said that he had a mountain villa outside the capital, which was a good place for us to hide. So we rushed all the way back to the capital, and since then we have settled down in Brother Yu's villa. To tell the truth, the five of us didn't dare to separate, for fear that we would be targeted by those black-clothed killers that day as soon as we were single. It's just that after so many years, I slowly put this matter down. ”