Cheng Qianli said with a smile: "Exactly, this is the strategy set by Doctor Feng. If not, how could King Bolu, as old and cunning as he is, abandon his old nest and fall into the trap?"
When Jiang Shuo and Dugu Xiang were eavesdropping outside the city's wine shop, they had heard the Tang Army general talking about this "Feng Dafu". Now they heard that all the plans were made by this "doctor", and they were even more surprised, but they were confused in their hearts. But he didn't say it.
Iben was still screaming weirdly over there, and his interpreter said tremblingly: "Prophet Iben said that Feng Chang Qing was in Bohuan City thousands of miles away, and he didn't know that Chang Qing could lead the Tang army to suddenly appear outside the city. "
Cheng Qianli laughed and said: "That's right, the official is appointed Judge Gao Xianzhi, and the shogunate's government orders are all written by Feng Changqing. Now that the government orders in Bohuan City are as usual, your careful work means that Feng Changqing is still in the city."
Iben nodded after listening to the interpretation, but he was a little less confident than before.
Cheng Qianli said: "But you don't know that Gao Jiedu brought back a great talent from his visit to Beijing this time. The current documents are all written by the new secretary Cen Shen. Those who don't know the inside story may say that Dr. Feng is still in charge of the shogunate. Woolen cloth."
After hearing the interpretation, Yiben's expression changed and his eyes rolled around, not knowing whether what Cheng Qianli said was true or false.
Dugu Xiang smiled and said: "Brother Cheng, why do you bother talking to this magic stick? Anyway, Brother Shuo has broken the formation of the Great Food Warrior. Just catch the old thief, tie him up with a rope, and take him out of the city." If you go and see it, you’ll know whether it’s true or not?”
Jiang Shuo also thought in his heart: I don’t know whether what brother Cheng said is true or not. Xiang’er said that catching Iben first is a good move. Although the big eating mask warrior has made up the number of twelve people, Jiang Shuo has already realized it. The method of breaking the formation naturally doesn't care if there are twelve more people on the other side.
Thinking of this, Jiang Shuo moved his feet. The group of food warriors across from him immediately became nervous, and each of them clenched the daggers in their hands.
After the previous fight, Jiang Shuo already knew that although the dagger in the opponent's hand was of the same standard as the gold tooth dagger, it was not as exquisitely made as the gold tooth dagger. The scabbard was just an ordinary gold-plated item and was not inlaid with jewels. It is also made of fine steel, but it is far from being called a magic weapon. It seems that the gold tooth dagger is closely related to these masked warriors, but it is also a rare treasure and cannot be worn by ordinary warriors. I just don’t know why it came to the Uighur prince’s place. Healthy hands.
At this moment, there was no time to think about such trivial matters. Jiang Shuo pointed his toes and rushed towards the twelve warriors again.
This time, the twelve people did not form a formation to form the twelve constellations of the zodiac. Instead, they gathered together and rushed towards Jiang Shuo. They pulled out a piece of sky silk with the dagger in their hands and used it as a Qimen weapon to fight Jiang Shuo hand-to-hand. .
Jiang Shuo was stunned, and used the gold tooth dagger in his hand to perform the sword technique of the Divine Cardinal Sword. The Divine Cardinal Sword he learned in Jijin Cave was originally so advanced that he didn't know how to use it until Maha Yan pointed out some common swordsmanship. The moves are actually based on analogy, and the swordsmanship has been greatly improved.
Although Jiang Shuo only had one dagger in his hand at the moment, firstly, the golden tooth dagger was sharp and unstoppable, and secondly, his sword moves were exquisite. Every move either cut off the dagger in the hands of the big food warriors, or cut off the opponent's hands and feet, but these masked warriors Even though he was defeated, he still fought forward regardless of his own safety.
Only then did Jiang Shuo realize that the opponent's purpose was not to win, but to cover Iben's retreat into the tunnel behind the secret door. Seeing that he was blocked by twelve warriors who were not afraid of death and could not break through for a moment, Jiang Shuo hurriedly shouted: "Xiang'er, don't let Iben escape!"
In fact, there was no need for him to shout. Dugu Xiang, Cheng Qianli and others, as well as the Yuchi brothers, had already rushed forward to intercept them. However, the remaining Da Shi black-clad warriors were not ordinary people. Although they looked like chickens and tile dogs in front of Jiang Shuo. He was vulnerable to a single blow, but he fought back and forth with everyone. Prophet Ibn retreated into the cave surrounded by warriors.
Jiang Shuo shouted: "Die the acupuncture point! Hurry up and tap the acupuncture point! Stop fighting."
He caught his fingers in his dagger. The twelve masked warriors had already been killed by Jiang Shuo, but they resisted stubbornly and were subdued by him in a short while. But among the others, only Dugu Xiang can tap acupoints to stabilize a person's internal strength. Cheng Qianli's kung fu is mainly external skills. He can hurt people by tapping acupoints, but he can't use the advanced martial arts to control people by tapping acupoints.
Seeing that Dugu Xiang had just restrained a few people, Jiang Shuo hurriedly stepped forward to help. These black-robed warriors had become abandoned. Although they shouted and looked ferocious and violent, in fact they were demoralized and weak on the outside. Some were stopped by Jiang Shuo's acupoints, and others were chopped to the ground by the warriors of Tang Dynasty and Khotan. After a while, there was no one who could resist.
Just look at the secret passage again, it has been closed for a long time. This secret door is embedded in a stone wall of the royal hall. The pillars and walls of the Khotan royal hall are all made of huge stones. Although these stones are not real jade, they are smooth and shiny. The upper part is half jade and half stone, and all the walls are polished smooth, and this wall is no exception. Although everyone knows that there is a secret door here, at this moment, there is not even a crack that can be dug in with a finger. It is shocking I have to admire the superb craftsmanship of Khotanese craftsmen in stone treatment.
Dugu Xiang stepped forward and took off the dark mask on the face of a masked warrior. Under the mask, there was still a fair and beardless face. Dugu Xiang became curious and took off the masks of several people. They were all like this. It's just that although these faces are fair, they don't have any sense of beauty. They only give people an indescribable feeling of greasiness and disgust.
Dugu Xiang frowned and said, "Why do these people look so strange? Is that why they wear masks?"
Yuchi Sheng said: "You Tang people should be familiar with this kind of people..."
Dugu Xiang said angrily: "These people are obviously the cannibals of the Western Regions. How can you, King Khotan, say that they have anything to do with me, the Tang Dynasty?"
Yuchi Sheng said: "I didn't say that they are related to the Tang people, but I don't have such people in Khotan, but there are many in the Tang Dynasty."
Dugu Xiang became more and more surprised and asked: "Why are there not people in Khotan but there are in the Tang Dynasty? Aren't there just men and women?"
At this time, the Khotan guards and Tang officers were already covering their mouths and snickering. Bi Sichen said: "Little girl, these people are neither men nor women. They have all been castrated..."
Dugu Xiang asked, "What is castration?" He turned to Jiang Shuo and asked, "Brother Shuo, do you know what castration is?"
Jiang Shuo shook his head and said: "I only know that mules and horses can be castrated. Castrated mules and horses grow taller and stronger. But I was young at the time, so I didn't know what it meant..."
Before Dugu Xiang could ask any more questions, everyone around him could hardly hold back their laughter.
Yuchi Yao was young and energetic and shouted: "Ah... don't guess, he is an eunuch or a eunuch!"
When Dugu Xiang heard this, his cheeks turned red and he spat. He couldn't help but asked out of curiosity: "There are no eunuchs in Khotan? Also, why are there eunuchs in Dashi?"
Yuchi Sheng said: "Except for the thousands of eunuchs in the Imperial Palace of the Tang Dynasty, there are no eunuchs in any country in our Western Regions. Miss Xiang'er, don't you think the guards in my palace are all healthy people?"
Dugu Xiang nodded subconsciously, and then spat with a blushing face: "How do I know whether they are healthy or not!"
No one could hold it back now, and they all laughed together.
Yuchi Sheng coughed several times, then lowered his voice and said: "It turns out that the Persian court also has eunuchs, but the Great Eater did not use these eunuchs to serve the emperor. Young Master Jiang also said before that the mules and horses that were gelded are particularly strong. …”
Jiang Shuo thought to himself: It's amazing. This King of Khotan has read countless books written by Han people. He even knows about it...
Yuchi Sheng continued: "The great cannibal believes that humans are the same. It is said that King Abu, the governor of Khorasan, selected and castrated soldiers who were good at fighting, and then let them practice Qimen assassination kung fu, and finally selected an invisible army, called ' The Faceless Man. Of course, the Faceless Man is not really faceless, but uses a pure black mask to cover his face. I always thought it was just a baseless rumor, but I didn’t expect it to be true..."
Dugu Xiang said: "I think these people look too much like eunuchs. Without masks, they are afraid that the other party will laugh at them. They will be embarrassed to death."
Cheng Qianli said: "Xiang'er, don't underestimate these eunuchs. Eunuchs have no offspring and hate all living people, so their methods are extremely cruel."
Jiang Shuo sighed: "It seems that these faceless warriors are all miserable people. King Khotan, could you please not kill them?"
Yuchi Sheng said: "Young Master Jiang has a kind heart, and he is quite in line with Buddhism..." Khotan is the first Buddhist country in the Western Regions, Buddhism is prosperous, and brother Yuchi also believes in Buddhism and is quite pious. Yuchi Sheng said: "Okay, pass on the order. , spare their lives, but you have to cut off their hand tendons and hamstrings first, and destroy their martial arts!"
The King of Khotan issued an order, and naturally the guards obeyed, and everyone no longer cared about these warriors. Cheng Qianli knocked on the stone wall where the secret door was, trying to find the entrance to the cave, but the stone door was so thick that there was no hole in it.
Cheng Qianli asked Yuchi Sheng: "Khotan King, do you have the means to open the door?"
Yuchi Yao moved a copper candlestick on the wall, but the wall did not change at all. There was no surprise on Yuchi Yao's face as he said: "This secret door can be locked from the inside, because this door is just in case." The escape route prepared for a thief to break in will be useless if it cannot be sealed from the inside and is followed by the enemy."
Dugu Xiang said: "Although that is the case, as it is now, if the thieves seal the stone door inside, won't they be even more unable to escape?"
Yuchi Sheng was open-minded and said with a smile as usual: "Khotan City has been built for hundreds of years, but we have never encountered such a situation of being locked out of the tunnel."
Dugu Xiang came up with an idea and said: "Brother Shuo, break down this stone wall and let's rush in!"
Jiang Shuo looked up and said, "I'm afraid that breaking the wall will cause the royal hall to collapse..."
Not to mention the people of Khotan, even the officers of the Tang Dynasty felt that Jiang Shuo's tone was a bit too loud. Although everyone had just seen Jiang Shuo's magical power, no matter how much they believed in it, they could not believe that he could collapse huge rocks and high walls. ability.
Wang Tao asked: "Is there another entrance?"
The Yuchi brothers looked at each other. It was obvious that there was more than one secret passage, but they naturally did not want to reveal all the secret escape routes left by their ancestors. While hesitating, Cheng Qianli slapped his thigh and said, "It's too late to enter through other entrances now. It turns out that Iben and other big cannibals have no time to hide in the secret passage and listen to the wall. It is better to chase them out of the city directly. Firstly, they can hunt down Iben, the thief, and secondly, they can meet up with Doctor Feng."
Dugu Xiang said: "Is that doctor of yours really here? I'm still telling you the lies you told so casually, Mr. Cheng."
Cheng Qianli asked in confusion: "What doctor?"
Dugu Xiang said: "Doctor Feng, isn't the doctor a doctor?"
Everyone in the Tang army couldn't help but burst into laughter after hearing this. Bi Sichen explained: "Little girl, you are mistaken. The official Feng under the account is the high-level judge Feng Changqing. Although Feng Changqing is a civil servant, he is quite chivalrous. As is the ancient custom, everyone respectfully calls him Doctor Feng, not a doctor."
Only then did Jiang Shuo and Dugu Xiang realize that they had made a mistake. Jiang Shuo asked, "Is there really a large army outside the city?"
Cheng Qianli said: "Isn't there really a big army? Even if Old Cheng can scare the old thief Iben with his words, can Dabolu's army outside the city still be scared by a fictitious army?"
When Yuchi Sheng heard that there were really invading enemy troops outside the city, he couldn't help but become nervous and said: "Then let's get out of the city quickly. If Doctor Feng is still fighting fiercely, we can also help from the side..."
