Jiang Shuo was stunned for a moment, not knowing what he meant. Pei Min urged in a low voice: "You are not practicing your swordsmanship correctly, stab me on the left side quickly." He glanced at the bottom of the city and said, "There is still some time for the armies from both sides to encircle me, stab me quickly! "
Only then did Jiang Shuo realize that Pei Min wanted to teach him swordsmanship. Pei Min was known as the Sword Master and was the most skilled swordsman in the Tang Dynasty. He wanted to give him some advice. Why was Jiang Shuo unhappy? He hurriedly flicked his wrist and pointed the tip of his sword at an angle, stabbing Pei directly. Min left side.
However, Jiang Shuo and Pei Min both held swords in their right hands. At this moment, the two swords were touching each other. If Jiang Shuo thrust his sword forward and stabbed him in the left side, wouldn't he bump his head against the tip of Pei Min's sword? He was at a loss for the moment and didn't know how to stab.
Seeing that he was puzzled, Pei Min whispered: "You first raise the sword horizontally to the grid, then move forward sideways, with your shoulders, elbows and wrists in line. Can't you stab the left side of the body?"
Jiang Shuo followed his instructions and raised his sword to the grid. He naturally stepped forward and kicked his left leg violently. He bent his right leg forward and his left shoulder sank. His whole right hand was stretched straight. The long sword in his hand seemed to suddenly grow two feet, and he moved towards Pei Min was stabbed below the left side of his body.
Pei Min originally wanted to press the sword against Jiang Shuo's sword spine, but now Jiang Shuo stabbed him diagonally on the left side. Pei Min was blocked by his own body, so the sword could not press against it.
Pei Min whispered: "That's right." At the same time, he turned his body to avoid Jiang Shuo's stab. At the same time, the long sword in his right hand changed to a horizontal edge and was pushed flat against the top of the ridge of the long sword in Jiang Shuo's hand, but said in his mouth : "Li Feng!"
Jiang Shuo immediately turned his wrist with understanding, raised the blade of his sword, and swung it upward to catch Pei Min's long sword, but Pei Min said, "Wrong, I'll stab the left flank."
At this moment, Pei Min was leaning sideways. If he wanted to stab him, he should stab his right side. How could he stab his left side instead?
Seeing that he was stunned again, Pei Min shouted softly: "Go around and stab him in the back!"
Jiang Shuo had a good idea. At this moment, Pei Min was facing him sideways. The distance from the front and from the side was the same, but it was even more inconvenient to stab the enemy in the back and turn around naturally.
If Pei Min turned left, he would have bumped into Jiang Shuo's sword. He could only turn right. This time, he put the sword blade under Jiang Shuo's long sword, twisted it upward, and swung Jiang Shuo's long sword away. The swords were stuck together again. No matter how sharp Jiang Shuo's blade was, he couldn't cut it. Even if Pei Min was holding a dead branch, he couldn't break it.
Jiang Shuo didn't need Pei Min's reminder this time. Taking advantage of Pei Min's long sword twisting upward, the long sword drew a small arc and stepped forward to slash at his left shoulder.
Pei Min praised: "Looking back, you have enlightened!"
Jiang Shuo relied on the sharpness of the seven-star sword in his hand. Every time he made a move before, he always wanted to use the blade to cut off the opponent's weapons. Several times he encountered heavy weapons such as the pecking hammer dragged down the river and the three-pointed two-edged hammer of the Silla people. There will be no advantage.
Pei Min has seen the problem of his over-reliance on weapons, so he wants to teach him how to win without relying on the sharpness of weapons, which is to avoid the strong and attack the weak.
While Pei Min continued to dodge, he glanced at the approaching reinforcements and said to Jiang Shuo, "Quick! Play my sword again."
Jiang Shuo immediately clasped the fingers of his left hand and popped out, hitting the spine of Pei Min's sword again with a "zheng" sound. This time, Pei Min did not hold it, and the sword flew out of his hand. The sword spun in the air as the soldiers screamed in surprise. Circle, pierced on the tower pillar.
Pei Min seemed to be unsteady and took a step forward to bump into Jiang Shuo's arms. Jiang Shuo didn't need to teach him any more. He put the long sword on his neck with his right hand. At the same time, he clasped Pei Min's throat with his left hand and turned his body behind Pei Min. All at once, all the soldiers saw that Jiang Shuo had won by clever tricks, but they didn't know that Pei Min had deliberately surrendered.
Pei Min quietly praised it and said, "Looking back, have you learned the two techniques of "sticking" and "winding" of the Pei family sword? "
Jiang Shuo also lowered his voice and said, "Thank you, Mr. Pei."
Pei Min whispered: "Now force the sergeant to open the city gate."
Jiang Shuo shouted: "General Pei is in my hands, open the city gate quickly and let us out!"
The lieutenant on the top of the city saw that Pei Min had suddenly lost his grip and was captured. He hesitated with his sword, wondering whether he should open the city gate. Pei Min said: "Hey, I heard that the leader of the Demon Cult just took in a young kid, and he ruthlessly killed several heroes. My life must be yours."
Jiang Shuo knew that Pei Min was covering for him, so he did not pretend to be arrogant: "Yes, if I can't escape today, I will take the life of Sword Master General Pei. I will meet Ming Zun under Jiuquan, and I will have an explanation." He didn't understand the teachings of Manichaeism. He didn't know where Mingzun was, so he could only talk nonsense about "under the nine springs".
Pei Min shouted: "Leave me alone, the crossbowman obeyed the order and shot this kid to death." He then deliberately rubbed his neck against the edge of the Seven-Star Sword. The Seven-Star Sword was so sharp that blood immediately appeared on Pei Min's neck.
The lieutenant did not dare to hesitate any longer and shouted: "Don't hurt the general's life, I will let you go." He turned around and ordered the soldiers: "Open the city gate!". Five
The city gate of Chang'an City has a special structure. A long pin is inserted from the city tower to lock the city gate to prevent spies from sneaking into the gate hole to open the city gate during war. Pei Min treated his soldiers very well, and none of the Jinwu guards wanted him to die in vain. As soon as the lieutenant spoke, someone immediately rushed over to open the key, and pulled out the pin. There was only a creaking sound underfoot, and the city gate lost its fixation and slowly slowed down on its own. Open.
When Wei Jingzhao saw the city gate open, he whistled. The crowd of heroes immediately rushed out of the gate and poured through the city gate. Jiang Shuo, carrying Pei Min, walked to the other end of the city tower with Shenhui and Wei Jingzhao and looked down. Sure enough, Leyouyuan continued to extend outside the city gate. Only two hundred steps outside the city, there was a dense forest.
For the sake of city defense, when the city was built more than 160 years ago, all the forests within one mile of the city's suburbs were cut down. Since the Tang Dynasty, when peace prevailed, Jing Zhaoyin often organized the clearing of the forest boundaries at first. Later, it gradually became derelict, and the forest boundaries were gradually reduced. The border continues to approach Chang'an City, and now Leyouyuan's side is only two hundred steps away. This distance is even smaller than the range of the Tang Army's longbow.
When Jiang Shuo saw everyone escaping into the forest, he whispered softly to Pei Min, "Thank you, General Pei. Shuo'er will go now."
Pei Min said softly: "Shuo'er, I don't know why you are here and why you are making such a big fuss, but I believe that Master Shenhui and Taoist Wei Jingzhao will not do evil things, and I also believe in your character. Just do it right now. Go ahead and be more careful."
Jiang Shuo was moved in his heart, but the drama still had to be done. He said softly: "I'm offended..." As he said that, he withdrew his sword with his right hand and patted Pei Min on the back with his left hand. He only used one ounce of internal strength to push the old general Pei Min out. , in the eyes of others, it looked like Pei Min was knocked back several feet, but in fact, he was not injured at all. Pei Min deliberately threw himself and fell down. At the same time, he broke the tip of his tongue, spit out a mouthful of blood, and said, "What a good little thief, the devil's magic is indeed true." sharp!"
Jiang Shuo cast one last glance at the old general, turned around, took Shenhui and Wei Jingzhao and jumped out of the city. For a person with profound internal strength and lightness skills, it was nothing to lead someone to leap over a city wall two to three feet high, but Shen Hui Hui and Wei Jingzhao, one was fat and the other was thin, their weight on both sides of Jiang Shuo was extremely unbalanced, but he carried the two of them and glided down like a roc spreading its wings, as if the two on the left and right had the same weight.
The captain of the Jinwu Guard ordered: "The crossbowmen will follow me to the city and shoot this little thief to death!"
But Pei Min stopped him and said, "The devil's sect is sinister and must have a back-up plan. If you run away, just run away. Don't let our brothers suffer in vain."
When the captain saw Jiang Shuo's kung fu and chased ghosts and gods, he felt a little scared. Since Pei Min ordered not to pursue him, he happily got off the donkey and crossed his hands and said, "I will obey the general's order."
However, Jiang Shuo flew out of the city with Shenhui and Wei Jingzhao, and entered the forest after several ups and downs. Xie Yansheng, Hun Weiming and others were already waiting in the forest. Everyone saw the city gate closed again in the forest and knew that Jin Wuwei had no intention of attacking. I feel relieved.
Yu Lanchu asked Jiang Shuo: "Looking back, how did you manage to open the city gate on the city tower?"
There were many people talking here, and Jiang Shuo didn't want to expose the truth behind Pei Min letting them out of the city. He only said, "I captured the guard at the top of the city and forced him to let us out."
This was not a lie, but it concealed the most important part. Jiang Shuo blushed consciously. Fortunately, it was dark in the forest, and no one dared to light a lamp, so no one noticed that his expression was different.
Hun Wei said clearly: "Young Master, let's leave quickly. Let's go to the mountains first to avoid the wind."
Ye Qingyao said: "Ah... all the horses have been left behind at Chunming Gate." She didn't feel sorry for the other horses either. Jiang Shuo's horse, Hay Ding Huang, was a good horse. It would be a pity to lose it.
Xie Yanchang said: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Although all our Cao Gang brothers who sneaked into Chang'an City this time have been expelled from our headquarters, the Western Gang has been operating in Chang'an City for many years and cannot be uprooted. The horses have their own methods. We just have to wait a few days to be transferred out."
Hun Weiming said: "This time I fell into Li Linfu's poisonous plan, and it was confirmed that the Cao Gang came to Beijing with the intention of rebelling. I'm afraid this matter will not be understood. It is expected that in a few days, Zhechong Prefectures from all over the country will launch a large-scale raid on Cao Gang."
Help the church members everywhere. "
Jiang Shuo sighed and said, "One of our careless moves caused hundreds of thousands of brothers from all over the country to suffer unjust injustice..."
Hun Weiming said: "Young Master, you don't have to worry too much. Money and food in Guanzhong rely on water transport, and Li Linfu can't kill them all. Ordinary boatmen and river workers don't need to worry too much, but each hall should return to its respective territory as soon as possible and close the hall. I have to hibernate and endure it for the time being.”
Ye Qingyao reminded: "The Cao Gang is not Li Linfu's main target. If he blames the Cao Gang for causing trouble in the capital on Wei Xianggong, Wei Xianggong will be in danger."
Everyone couldn't help but nod after hearing this. After all, Ye Qingyao had lived in Beijing and knew more about political affairs than the wealthy people. Wei Jian was exiled this time because he was falsely accused of conspiring with Huangfu Weiming to establish the crown prince, and he had always been friends with the Cao Gang. Hou, this time the Cao Gang was falsely accused of treason again. If the two facts are confirmed, wouldn't it make Wei Jian's accusation of treason even more solid?
After hearing this, Jiang Shuo was in great distress, and Yu Lanchu said: "Looking back, Jinyun, Xianggong Wei's place of exile is in the east of Jiangnan. We will go back to Jiangnan immediately and protect Xianggong Wei before the government."
Jiang Shuo was delighted when he heard this and said, "I'll leave it to Sister Yu."
Yu Lanzhu sighed: "I am also responsible for not being able to detect this, so I naturally have to make up for it myself."
Hun Wei said clearly: "Shi Niang, don't take all the responsibility on yourself. To be honest, we and other people in the world have never imagined that Li Linfu is so vicious."
Shen Hui said: "It won't help to talk about this now. It's better for everyone to disperse quickly. If there are more people, moving together will easily expose your whereabouts." Then he turned to Jiang Shuo and said: "In retrospect, you still have to go according to the original plan. Kongtong Mountain, in this current situation, it is even more important for Caobang to come back and take charge of the overall situation. Now the Central Plains Wulin can rely entirely on your own efforts."
Jiang Shuo was surprised: "Master, won't you go to Kongtong with us? The poison of bright salt you planted has not been eliminated yet."
Shenhui smiled and said, "There are many monks like me and Lingtan in Chang'an City. This commotion will inevitably involve Heze Temple. I must quickly contact Luoyang Temple to deal with it."
Wei Jingzhao also said: "I must go back to Maoshan as soon as possible."
After Jiang Shuo heard this, he felt regretful. After the monks returned, even if he snatched the antidote to the salt of light and sent it back to the Central Plains, the internal strength of the monks would have been irreparably damaged. Although it was not his fault that he fell into the trap this time. He, but he still blamed himself deeply and couldn't help but shed tears.
But Shenhui chuckled and said, "Amitabha, we Zen practitioners, our inner strength is nothing more than something external to our body. Why should you feel sorry for us after all? I just can't go west to help you anymore."
But he said to Jing Kuanren: "Kongxing, you are a Japanese, you have not cultivated your internal strength, and your fighting power has not been damaged. Just accompany Su Zhi and others to continue their journey westward." Jing Kuanren chanted and accepted the order.
Wei Jingzhao also said: "Blessings are immeasurable, Heavenly Lord, let's say goodbye to you, Shuo'er, please take good care of me."
All the monks and Taoists also chanted the Buddha's name and rites together, and then left.
