Si Tian Guan Chapter 178

    This is so, and some people whispered: "Enough to live? Calm down!"

    The footsteps were more cautiously whispered.

    "How far is it..." Someone endured heavy breathing and asked in a low voice, "Is there anyone to answer?"

    Someone responded very lightly: "I have already passed the prince's order, it should not be far, and then move forward Jiping..."

    "There is an ambush!"

    Mu Jingde didn't even have the strength to scold someone, just put his hand on the handle of the knife, when someone grabbed his clothes: "My lord, go this way!"

    There are not many people left, and they can't fight against each other no matter what.

    "Which side?"

      of people seeking reassurance.

    "Yes, which way?"

    Jiang Xingzhi touched the muddy water on his face, instantly lit the flint, and quickly extinguished it in the palm of his hand: "Go this way."

    No one has a single question. On the way, they all rely on Jiang Xingzhi and squeezed a way out of the cracks several times. Otherwise, the number of people who arrive here may be even more reduced.

    Everyone's eyes were on Jiang Xingzhi.

    After the flint was lit twice, Jiang Xingzhi finally stood up, not far in front of the bushes surrounded by weeds.

    He poked into the bushes with the matching knife, probed repeatedly on the ground, pointed to one place, and instructed in a loud voice, "Chop off!"

      The mouth can accommodate one person up and down.

    "Your Highness, hurry in." He breathed heavily: "Let's move on and lead people away, there is a ladder below, after dawn, the Lord will come up again and go to level with the halberd. Those who come will meet."

    Mu Jingde also stepped in and saw that the dark hole was like a terrible animal mouth. Jump.

    "Your Highness, hurry down. They are catching up soon!" Jiang Xingzhi urged: "This is not an ordinary pit, it won't be stuffy inside, it's safe."

    The voice behind him did seem to be approaching, and there was no longer any delay, Mu Jingde suddenly grabbed Jiang Xingzhi who was about to leave: "Okay, come down with me!"

    "Yes!"

    In the darkness, he couldn't see Jiang Xingzhi's face, but only one quick response made his heart beat less violently.

      Move it back to its original place.

    The well was very deep, and when he stepped on the ground, he was completely relieved.

    No one has come to take care of it for a long time, the ground is a little slippery and sticky, I think it is because it is underground. After a while, there was another sound on the □□.

    Before Jiang Xingzhi went down to the ground, there was the sound of earth hitting the wooden board above his head, and then the surroundings gradually became quiet.

    They dared not start a fire, so they each touched a corner and sat down.

    After about a cup of tea, many unfamiliar voices stomped on the ground overhead, not only footsteps, but also horses' hooves.

    Someone shouted: "Spread around, search carefully for me!"

    Mu Jingde couldn't help but scolded in the dark, "Damn."

    "Your Highness, be patient, wait, as long as the reinforcements come, they can't help but run wild here," Jiang Xingzhi persuaded: "It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge."

    "That's all."

    "Okay, this place was dug by you? Why didn't I know?"

    "It was a long time ago," Jiang Xingzhi's voice was soft: "I am afraid that one day it will become like this, and I have made preparations in many places to prepare for the unexpected. need."

    Mu Jingde was silent for a long time before sighing.

    "I still don't understand, why did the emperor get so angry, isn't it just a few heads? The emperor has never cared about how much we have won before. What's up?"

    "It's just... a few heads..." Jiang Xingzhi chuckled lightly: "My lord, before I left Beijing, I heard a statement, which may explain the prince's doubts."

    "What?"

    "It was said that the emperor was born weak, so he found many children of the same fate from the people, and they were blessed to be grass substitutes. The grass substitutes are healthy and free from diseases. Gather to the Emperor."

    Mu Jingde couldn't understand.

    He hadn't heard of Cao Tie'er's statement, but he could also know a thing or two from this explanation. Children who are not easy to raise in rich families will ask for various substitutes for shelter.

    Sometimes when he leads soldiers outside, the mother concubine will go to the temple to ask for offerings from the wooden man, and bless him outside.

    "And then what?" he asked.

    The moment these three words came out, he jumped up, his body trembling like a pendulum, and finally understood what Jiang Xingzhi meant.

    "You...you mean...the person Ren Rui killed in that village...is the emperor's..."

    It was the only possibility he could think of, but he couldn't accept it anyway.

    "Impossible, Ren Rui clearly said that he ran into Baishiyan by accident, chased after Baishiyan, and then saw that Zhuangzi! How could there be such a coincidence!"

    "Could it be that Baishiyan did it on purpose?" He didn't even think about lowering his voice: "Impossible! It's impossible for the emperor to let Baishiyan know about this kind of thing!"

    "Does Baishiyan know, what's the point?" Jiang Xingzhi answered him indifferently: "There is a man who is condescending to everyone, everyone is just a chess piece, and they are all covered by him. Drums, don't know what's going to happen elsewhere."

    "Who? Who is it!" Mu Jingde roared in a low voice: "Jiang Xingzhi, who did you hear this from! Why didn't you say it earlier! Who is calculating me! Who is calculating Me! Is it Mu Jingyan!"

    "It's not him. The beautiful fox that I dealt with also told me half a word, only told me Cao Ti'er, but didn't say that Zhuangzi was near Chengfeng paddock. Ren Ruihun When the head came back, even I didn't know what kind of disaster he got into."

    "Who!"

    In the sparks that Jiang Xingzhi polished, seeing Mu Jingde's angry and distorted face approaching, and quickly engulfed by the darkness extinguished by the sparks, only a maddening voice could be heard.

    "Who are you dealing with? What deal are you dealing with?"

    Jiang Xingzhi's shirt was pulled up.

    "You hurt me? Did you hurt me?"

    "Your Highness is worrying too much." Jiang Xingzhi pushed away his hand: "Your Highness calm down, it was you who told Ren Rui to get rid of Baishiyan, and it was Ren who killed the grass substitute in Zhuangzi. Rui, what's the matter with me in the middle? I also heard that the emperor was angry, so I linked the cause and effect."

    "Could it be that God wants to kill me..." He wanted to try to say a few more words, but he couldn't make up his mind: "Jiang Xingzhi, so I really can't go back..."

    "It turns out that the prince is still imagining that one day the emperor will call the prince back to Beijing again?" Jiang Xingzhi put his hand in his sleeve and sneered: "I advise the prince to calm down and wait for the outside. The pursuers are gone, consider how to get out as well."

    "The prince's words are on the point," Jiang Xingzhi let out a sigh of relief: "Since the prince will not be able to go out for a while, is the prince interested in listening to me tell a story."

    There is no response from the other side, but this does not prevent him from talking to himself.

    "It happened a long time ago, about eight years ago. There is Kangquan County on the edge of Luocheng, not far from the capital and Luocheng. Although the place is small, the county residents You can also have a good meal.”

    "There is a family of three in Kangquan County. The mother does female red embroidery, and the father does some woodworking. He has learned some martial arts, but he just wants his son to study hard."

    "The son lives up to expectations, he is a leader in the school, and people in the county say that he will be the material for the champion in the future."

    "Later, officials from Luocheng went to the capital to tell the robbers, and the imperial court sent officers and soldiers to suppress the robbers."

    Jiang Xingzhi's voice stopped for a long time before speaking again.

    "The officers and soldiers broke through the doors of the county residents and searched from house to house. Because he was protecting his wife and son, his father had some conflicts with the officers and soldiers, so he was taken as a robber."

    "The next morning, the son saw his father's head hanging outside the county town. He didn't dare to face his mother and kept wandering for a long time. When he returned home, his mother had already heard the bad news from others. He committed suicide, his body was cold."

    "You!" Mu Jingde finally had a reaction, others didn't need to know, but he knew how his subordinates did things.

    "Later," Jiang Xingzhi didn't hear his growing panic and anger, and said lightly: "Then my son chased after Beijing, but the capital was too big, he didn't know where to go. , who should I seek revenge for?"

    "Fortunately, he had a great life and met a noble, and later...he found an enemy and became that person, his staff!"

    "Jiang Xingzhi!" As if bitten by a poisonous snake, Mu Jingde wanted to jump up, but his body was stiff and unable to move: "Jiang Xingzhi! Is it you...you came to me Revenge?!"

    "I used to be too greedy and too weak to find a place to start, so... I made a deal with that fox."

    Jiang Xingzhi smiled lightly: "He said he could help me, but I just need to persuade you to take that mad dog Ren Rui to the paddock. Now, does the prince want to understand that he is How did you anger the emperor?"

    Mu Jingde's hands trembled, and he didn't even bother to bother with the people in front of him. He was groping for the ladder in the darkness.

    He finally discovered that this cellar was not a hiding place to help him escape, but a burial place dug for him.

    "I can't go up," Jiang Xingzhi persuaded him patiently: "There is a riveting mechanism on the ladder, which was pulled out when I came down, and it can't stand people."

    A little spark lit up in Mu Jingde's hysterical roar and threw it to the ground.

    In an instant, the darkness was expelled, and the spark ignited the kerosene seeping into the soil, and the orange flame licked the unreachable board.

    Mu Jingde went crazy, crawled to pick up the sword, and roared: "Jiang Xingzhi!"

    Jiang Xingzhi was still sitting on the spot, and he didn't even mean to dodge.

    "Mu Jingde! Today I have you to accompany me on the Huangquan Road, I will have no regrets in the death of Jiang Xing!"

    The mouth was full of fishy sweetness for an instant, and every word spurted out with blood from the wound.

    I'm asking him - OK, will you come with me?

    "Well," after so long, he loosened his shoulders for the first time and calmly looked at the void: "Jingchen, I..."

    The little novice next to him hurriedly got up and scooped up the incense ashes, but his hands were scalded again.

    The abbot also got up in a hurry.

    "Your Highness forgive me."

    "Your Majesty don't need to think too much. In the past few months, all the travelers who have been asked by your Majesty have been signed up for safety. The lord shakes it again, so that the old monk can release the signature for the lord."

    Mu Jingchen's eyes suddenly turned red, and he turned away without saying a word.

Chapter end