Everyone listened attentively, and only heard the sound of feather arrows breaking through the air outside the courtyard. Screams and curses also continued to come in. The more everyone listened, the more frightened they became, and many of them trembled slightly, almost covering their ears, and couldn't bear to listen any more.

I don't know how long it took, but the screaming suddenly stopped. After a few moments, the sound of arrows breaking through the air also disappeared. Calm returned to the outside of the temple, but the night sky around it was red by the fire. At this time, the snowflakes have accumulated a thick layer at the gate and the top of the wall of the City God Temple, reflecting each other with the blood-red night sky, and the situation is extremely strange.

The people in the courtyard could not hear the movement outside the temple, and their hearts became even more uneasy.

Liu Sheng Zongyan held an umbrella in his left hand, turned his head and said to Xu Chenghe: "Young Master Xu, where did you go just now?

Xu Chengsi said: "The thief who did it with Master Guangzhi is Jinyi Wei Baihu, and I was worried that his accomplices were ambushed outside the temple, so I went out for a walk and wanted to find out about the situation." It's just that I walked not far away, and found that our brothers who were guarding outside the temple were gone. I knew that the momentum was not right, and I was about to rush back to report the news, when I was suddenly attacked by the enemy. These people are strong in martial arts and vicious, and I fought with them for dozens of moves, and the more I fought, the more frightened I became. Fortunately, it was dark, and I took advantage of the darkness to escape into an alley. Although the enemy has tracked down, I have lived in Xiuwu County for more than a month, and I am very familiar with the terrain and roads in the area of Chenghuang Temple. It was to turn east and west, and finally throw the enemy far away. It's just that in order to confuse the other party, I didn't dare to turn back to the City God Temple along the main road, so I had to flee to the north first, then turn west, and finally go around to the south. After making a big circle like this, and having thrown off the enemy, I have fled to the vicinity of the county office.

"It's just that I just got out of the alley, but I found that the lights in front of the county government were bright, and countless soldiers and horses had gathered. I was startled and had to retreat back into the alley. Hearing the loud order of the military attache leading the troops, it turned out to be a raid on the City God Temple. I knew that the situation was not good, so I hurried back to report to Mr. Liu. It's just that along the way, I encountered several teams of officers and soldiers, who were approaching the City God Temple from different directions. I had to go around all the way, dodging the officers and soldiers, and finally came around the north side of the City God Temple. When I arrived at the temple gate, the south and west sides had been blocked by the officers and soldiers, and some officers and soldiers from the north followed. It is estimated that officers and soldiers from the east have also arrived. When I was still dozens of feet away from the temple gate, I heard officers and soldiers firing arrows. When I arrived at the temple gate, I happened to meet Master Guangzhi, and we fled into the temple together. ”

After listening to Xu Chengsi, Liu Sheng Zongyan nodded and said, "I see." Xu Gongzi is a young hero, thoughtful, and does not hesitate to risk his life, which the old man admires. ”

When Xu Chengsi saw Liu Sheng Zongyan speak, his expression was indifferent, and he looked at himself with a pair of eyes, as if he could see through his own thoughts, and he was a little uneasy in his heart. Fortunately, Liu Sheng Zongyan's gaze only swept around him, and then he turned his head to talk to the Shidao Lord in a whisper, and Xu Chengsi was a little relieved.

Ji Dingzhong listened carefully for a moment, and there was no movement outside the temple. Huang Chong glanced at Ji Dingzhong, his face turned pale, and he whispered, "Uncle Zhao is finished." ”

Ji Dingzhong snorted and said, "He didn't care about the friendship of our five families and fled alone, are you still sorry for him?"

Huang Chong's heart was cold, and he secretly thought that if it weren't for your Nie family's arrogance and domineering over the years, forcing the four of us to connect and protect ourselves, how could the Zhao family be in a hurry to escape? It's just that now the Lu and Zhao families have been destroyed, and although they are the descendants of the Du family, there are no more people left. At this time, you must not offend the Nie family, otherwise it is nothing if you are in trouble, but I am afraid that Ji Dingzhong will not let Huang Xu go. It was Huang Chong who didn't dare to refute, so he had to be silent.

At this moment, I suddenly heard Liu Sheng Zongyan say loudly: "Mr. Nie, it seems that we have all been fooled. The old man wants to talk to you about a deal, I wonder if you are interested in hearing about it?"

As soon as Liu Sheng Zongyan said this, not only Ji Dingzhong, Huang Chong, Min Daoshi and others were taken aback, but even the always calm old lady Nie also changed his expression. He looked at Yagyu Zongyan, as if to infer what he was thinking from this person's expression. After a while, Old Lady Nie said in a deep voice: "Old Mr. Liu, what you said can make the old man not understand. You've spent a lot of effort trying to plot against us to close the village. Now that the old decay has become a turtle in an urn, but you suddenly want to negotiate a deal with us, how can there be such a good thing in the world?"

Liu Sheng Zongyan smiled and said, "Old Mr. Nie's eyes are like torches, we don't have to go around in any circles." Although the old man made a lot of calculations, he still missed the chess game and fell into the trap. Mr. Nie worked hard and wanted to kill two birds with one stone, but at the moment, he was afraid that it would be difficult to realize his dream. It's better for us to join forces and defeat the enemy who is secretly calculating us, and then talk about our big things. ”

Before the old lady Nie spoke, Liao Xuan, the deputy head of the Luoyang Prefect's Yamen, couldn't bear it. He pointed the steel knife in his right hand at Yanagi Zongyan and said angrily: "Shameless widows, they have all reached this situation, and they have not forgotten to lie and threaten! Our reinforcements have already arrived, and it is really ridiculous that you still want to make peace with us." ”

Liu Sheng Zongyan glanced at Liao Xuan, with a look of disdain on his face. I heard him say, "Reinforcements, hehe, if it was really your reinforcements, why would they shoot those bald donkeys? However, these seventy or eighty people swaggered out, and they were still shot cleanly, so it can be seen that these people outside the temple are definitely not your helpers. ”

When Liu Sheng Zongyan said this, he paused slightly, and seeing Liao Xuan's embarrassed expression, he smiled contemptuously, and then said, "Of course, they are not our helpers either. ”

Liu Sheng Zongyan turned his head to look at Old Lady Nie as he spoke, and said, "Old Mr. Nie, the enemy is strong, and if either of you and I wants to fight the enemy alone, there is no chance of winning. However, if they join forces, they will definitely be able to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop. After the enemy was defeated and retreated, the old man immediately returned to the east and never touched Fengmen Village again. As for the money you have not yet paid to the lord of the island, the old man will also pay it back for you. Mr. Nie, I don't know what you think?"

Old lady Nie sneered and said, "Mr. Liu, the old man was an official in the imperial court in the past, although he didn't achieve anything, and he was ashamed of the emperor and the people, but there is one thing that the old man never forgets. No matter how fierce the affairs of our Han people are, it is also the brothers and sisters who are making trouble, even if they are beaten and bleeding, and even if someone dies, it is also our own business. It seems that you are just a border savage of a small country, ignoring the kindness of China for thousands of years, and delusionally plotting against the Ming Dynasty all day long. No matter how old you are, you will never be a traitor! Even if there are thousands of troops outside the temple, they want to trample us into meat sauce, but if they want us to join forces with you widows, it is not even a thought of it!"

Old lady Nie's words were impassioned, and the people were originally uneasy, but after listening to what old lady Nie said, their morale was greatly boosted. Although Li Qiufeng was extremely jealous of Old Lady Nie, he was also a little moved at this time, secretly thinking that although the Nie family's behavior was strange, this momentum had to be admired.

Liu Sheng Zongyan was refuted by Old Lady Nie, but his face was as usual, and he said in a deep voice: "Old Mr. Nie has been up and down in the sea for decades, and he has really developed a pair of sharp teeth, admire, admire." In that case, we don't have much to talk about. I had no choice but to offend Mr. Nie first, and then deal with the enemies outside the temple. lest when we go out of the temple, you will make trouble behind us. ”

The stone island lord couldn't hold it anymore, and when he heard Yanagi Zongyan say this, he immediately raised his long knife and ordered in succession.

Although Liao Xuan, Yin Zhutou, Master Feng and the others didn't know what the Lord of Shidao was saying in Fusang dialect, but looking at his appearance, they also guessed that he was ordering the Japanese to attack the main hall. Without waiting for the order of Old Lady Nie and Ji Dingzhong, the three of them had already raised their swords and ordered the tolerance of Luoyang Mansion and Xiuwu County to prepare to meet the enemy.

At this moment, I saw that the Japanese invaders suddenly dispersed, and more than 100 Japanese robbers bent their bows and arrows, and the arrows pointed at the people in front of the main hall.

Yin Zhutou saw that the situation was not good, and was about to remind everyone to be careful, but he heard a strange cry from the owner of Shidao, and the wolf immediately released the arrow. At this time, the distance between the two sides was only more than ten zhang, and more than 100 feather arrows flew fiercely, and more than 20 people fell down when they landed on the board. Fortunately, everyone was already on guard, and they used the swords, iron rulers, water and fire roots in their hands to cover the feather arrows flying over. Otherwise, I am afraid that the casualties will be even worse.