Seeing Chen Xiaotian's hesitation, Ma Desheng walked quietly to his side and whispered: "Sir, Commander Guan of Feihu Camp has led his men to ambush outside the house. We also have more than two thousand people outside. This old guy is not a martial artist. No matter how high it is, it probably won’t be able to run very far.”
Chen Xiaotian nodded and asked, "What do you mean...?"
Ma Desheng said: "My subordinates suggest that we agree to his conditions first, rescue Mr. Li, and then capture him with an ambush after he escapes from the house."
Chen Xiaotian pondered for a moment and said, "I don't think so. Old Man Tianqi is full of tricks. If you rashly agree to his conditions, I'm afraid there's some fraud involved."
Yin Yanlai also said: "Why bother? Let's swarm up now, catch the old thief Tianqi, and rescue Mr. Li, isn't it over?"
Chen Xiaotian waved his hand and said, "It's not appropriate either. What if he jumps over the wall in a hurry and hurts Mr. Li?"
Yin Yanlai said a little anxiously: "It won't work either with fighting or without fighting, so what do you think we should do?" Chen Xiaotian pondered for a moment, then whispered to the horse Sheng Sheng: "Go and prepare forty bad horses, put on saddles, bits and other accessories. , to prevent Old Man Tianqi from seeing through, and at the same time arranged for people to bury steel nails and lasso outside the West City, waiting for them to leave the city."
Ma Desheng was stunned after hearing this, and asked in a low voice: "Master, how can you be sure that they will definitely go to Ximen?"
Chen Xiaotian smiled slightly and said, "Just go ahead and do it. I have my own way."
Ma Desheng was doubtful and took the order and left. When Chen Xiaotian saw him walking away, Fang Lang said: "Old man Tianqi, as long as you don't harm Mr. Li, I can agree to your terms."
Old Man Tianqi sneered: "Just promise, I'll warn you first, don't play any tricks, otherwise you'll be in trouble!"
Chen Xiaotian twirled his beard with his hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I am a person who doesn't keep his word?"
Old Man Tianqi nodded and said: "Very good, if that's the case, then prepare these eighty horses for me quickly."
Chen Xiaotian was stunned and asked: "Eighty horses? Didn't you just say forty horses?"
Old Man Tianqi smiled slyly and said, "I changed my mind, can't I add forty more horses?"
Chen Xiaotian said: "This...it's getting late now, I'm afraid I won't be able to gather so many war horses at once."
Old Man Tianqi sneered and said: "What a joke! Can't you find eighty fast horses in such a huge Jinling City? In addition, if I guessed correctly, there are at least a thousand cavalry ambushing you outside the house. If you really If you can’t find so many horses, it doesn’t matter, just give me their mounts, I won’t be dissatisfied.”
When Chen Xiaotian heard this, he thought to himself: "Old man Tianqi is really cunning! He must be afraid that I might be plotting something secretly, so he specially ordered twice as many horses for emergencies. If he really agrees to his conditions, we are afraid that our The ambush plan will most likely come to nothing..."
Seeing Chen Xiaotian's silence, Old Man Tianqi chuckled and said, "I didn't expect that the life of the dignified Jinling Prefect, a third-rank official in the imperial court, is actually less valuable than eighty war horses!"
Yin Yan came to hear and said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense! Watch the move!" With a wave of her right hand, a cold light went straight to the face of the old man Tianqi.
When the old man Tianqi saw this, he smiled slightly and did not dodge. He just gently moved Li Zhun into his arms and blocked him in front of him.
When Yin Yanlai saw him, she hurriedly jumped up and rushed towards Li Zhun like an eagle catching a rabbit. However, no matter how fast she was, she could not catch up with the flying knife. Seeing that Li Zhun was about to be killed by the knife, Yin Yanlai waved her long sleeves, and a strong wind came. Then she saw that the flying knife suddenly turned around, bypassed Li Zhun and flew straight to the back of the old man Tianqi's head.
Old Man Tianqi didn't expect Yin Yanlai to have such a hand. In panic, he threw his head desperately. Although his head escaped, his shoulder was a step slower. With a "plop", the flying knife hit his shoulder. Fortunately, Yin Yanlai was not strong enough despite the fierce fight. The knife only stabbed the flesh and did not hurt the muscles and bones. Even so, it hurt so much that Old Man Tianqi gritted his teeth and took a breath of cold air.
Yin Yanlai succeeded with one move and was about to take advantage of the situation and push back the old man Tianqi. However, the old man Tianqi stretched his right hand back, pulled out the flying knife on his shoulder, put it on Li Zhun's neck, and said to Yin Yanlai fiercely: "If you take one more step forward, I will kill him!"
Yin Yanlai sneered: "Old thief Tianqi, if you dare to hurt Mr. Li, I will make your life worse than death!"
Old Man Tianqi laughed loudly and said: "Everyone in the world says that the Shadow Demon is like the Manzhushahua in the world. When you see it blooming beautifully, it means that you are not far from death. Today, I want to see this. What does Manzhushahua look like!"
Yin Yanlai smiled coquettishly and said, "This is easy to handle. As long as you let Mr. Li go, I will let you experience the color of the flower on the other side."
When the old man Tianqi saw Yin Yanlai's eyes wandering and looking forward to the glory, he couldn't help but thought to himself: "No wonder so many martial arts heroes fell under her pomegranate skirt. Her smile and frown really have the magic power to overwhelm all living beings."
Chen Xiaotian listened and was very upset in his heart: "Yan Lai is really wanton and reckless! She said such frivolous words in front of everyone. It seems that she needs more teaching in the future to be qualified to be the heroine of the General's Mansion. "
Seeing Yin Yanlai approaching slowly with a smile on her face, the old man Tianqi calmed down and said sternly: "Stop! You can deceive others with your charming magic skills, but you want to deceive me?! You are not even close!" After saying that, he threw the knife in his hand. With a slight wave, a blood mark immediately appeared on Li Zhun's neck. Chen Xiaotian was worried about Li Zhun's safety, and he didn't want Yin Yanlai to continue to make a fool of himself. He hurriedly shouted: "Old man Tianqi, don't hurt Mr. Li. I agree to your terms! Come here and get forty more horses!" The guards in the mansion took the order. After going down, after a while, they led forty war horses to the front of the hall.
Seeing this, Old Man Tianqi smiled slightly and said, "How wonderful it would have been like this earlier?! Why hurt the harmony?"
Chen Xiaotian said: "I have agreed to your conditions, when will you let him go?"
Old man Tianqi said: "Why are you so anxious?! Prepare three more herdsmen for me to drive these forty horses out of the west gate and wait for me at Xingqingfang, ten miles outside the house."
Chen Xiaotian nodded in agreement, and with a wave of his hand, three strong men walked out of the team, mounted their horses one by one, raised their whips, shouted loudly, and drove the forty horses westward.
Seeing the horse team walking away, old man Tianqi asked Chen Xiaotian, "When will the other forty horses arrive?"
Chen Xiaotian said: "We have to wait a while. The racecourse of Jinling Mansion is outside the southwest city, more than fifty miles away. It takes at least half an hour to go back and forth. If you are anxious, why not let Mr. Li go first? I can ask you I guarantee that I will definitely let you out of the city safely!"
Everyone listened carefully, and sure enough, there was the sound of rustling grass, and Bao Zhuhua said: "Everyone hide first!" After saying that, he lightly jumped onto a big tree. Although the crown of the tree in early March was not dense, it was still Bao Zhuhua was petite and could barely hide herself behind a thick tree branch. Chen Mo hid Zhang Yi in the grass, and then crawled on the ground. Pan Suxuan and others also hid behind the trees.
Not long after, Shi Tianyu arrived with four men in black. They were all shocked when they saw their companions on the ground. Shi Tianyu ordered the remaining people to be on guard, then he leaned down and checked the injuries of the men in black one by one. I saw that none of these people had any obvious external injuries, only some traces of poisonous bee stings on their hands and feet. The faces of the poisoned people were severely swollen and turned black and purple, and their facial features were distorted and unrecognizable.
Shi Tianyu was secretly afraid, thinking: "This bee venom is so powerful! If I hadn't evacuated to the temple in time, I might be the one who fell to the ground now." Seeing Shi Tianyu's gloomy face, a short man next to him stepped forward and asked : "Commander Shi, what's wrong?!"
Shi Tianyu waved his hand and said, "Nothing. Is there anything unusual around here?" The dwarf said, "Nothing at the moment, but the blood stains have disappeared now. They are probably nearby."
Shi Tianyu nodded and whispered: "Search carefully around here!" The dwarf took the order and spread out around with several other people, investigating bit by bit.
Bao Zhuhua could hear clearly from the tree and thought to herself: "They actually came so fast?! I thought that the camphor wood bee swarm could hold them back for a while, and I could escape unscathed, but now it seems it's not that easy."
I was thinking hard about countermeasures in my heart, but light flashed in front of my eyes. Looking around, I could vaguely see scattered bright lights approaching here.
"No, they are gathering more and more. If they don't get away, they may be surrounded!" Thinking of this, he flipped the lancet in his hand and pointed it at the back of Shi Tianyu's head, about to launch a surprise attack. Suddenly I heard the dwarf say: "Commander Shi, I know this person."
Shi Tianyu was searching the grass next to Chen Mo. When he heard the call, he turned and walked towards the dwarf.
When Chen Mo saw this, he let out a sigh of relief, put down the long sword in his hand, and took a peek. I saw Shi Tianyu coming to the dwarf. The dwarf pointed to a man in black on the ground and said, "This is Liang Jinshan, a strange thief from Shandong. This man is good at stealing. It is said that he got all the wealth in the family by traveling from house to house." .”
Shi Tianyu said: "This man has changed beyond recognition. How did you know he was Liang Jinshan?" The dwarf said: "I know his weapon. He made a ghost-headed sword, and I went with him to the south of the city to steal firecrackers. When I arrived, I found a scar on his right arm."
Shi Tianyu lowered his head and saw that there was indeed a ghost-headed sword beside the deceased, and there was a scar more than two inches long on his right arm. The dwarf continued: "Liang Jinshan's martial arts is not weak, and he is also highly appreciated by the Apocalypse Saint. We stole the firecrackers and came back. The Apocalypse Saint also promised that when things are done, we will all stand in the palace. Who wants to be a sword? You lost your life just like that.”
Shi Tianyu said disdainfully: "What's so strange about someone dying for money? What's more, as a big thief, he died for a precious sword, which is considered a well-deserved death."
The dwarf sighed and said, "Although you are right, no one wants to live in fear all day long. Commander, do you think we can accomplish this big thing?"
Shi Tianyu said sullenly: "Wealth has been sought in danger since ancient times! If you can become famous as soon as you wake up, what are so many of us still doing here? Do you think we should all go home and sleep?!"
The dwarf saw that Shi Tianyu was angry and said nothing. At this moment, a man in black shouted loudly: "Commander, there is blood here!"
When Baozhuhua looked at the tree, he couldn't help but feel worried. He saw Shi Tianyu and others walking towards Jinyugua's hiding place. Pan Suxuan was not far from Jin Yugua. He hurriedly picked up a few stones from the ground and aimed at the chest of the nearest man in black. If Jin Yugua was discovered, he would strike first and deal with one of them first.
Seeing the man in black getting closer, Pan Suxuan was about to take action, but saw Shi Tianyu and others suddenly stopped. Then someone said: "Commander, look at the blood stains on this tree going north, and there's also blood on the tree in front."
Shi Tianyu nodded and said: "That's right, they can't run very far if they are injured. Let's chase them quickly!" After saying this, he waved and chased down with four men in black.
Seeing Shi Tianyu and others walking away, everyone let out a sigh of relief. Jin Yugua walked out from behind the tree with a smile and said proudly: "I am your great benefactor, please thank me!"
Everyone was puzzled, Bao Zhuhua said: "Stop being so pretentious, tell me what's going on?"
Jin Yugua said with a smile: "When I first hid here, I found blood on the tree behind me. Just when I wanted to see what happened, those men in black came. I saw them starting to search everywhere. It's so small here. Sooner or later, we would be discovered, so I bit my middle finger and threw a few drops of blood at the trees in front of me, which happened to be connected with the blood stains on the original trees. Sure enough, when these people saw the blood stains, So I chased him."
When everyone heard this, they all praised Jin Yugua for his roughness and subtlety, and his great wisdom but foolishness. Jin Yugua didn't understand idioms, so he thought everyone had finally bowed to his great wisdom, and laughed from ear to ear.
Bao Zhuhua frowned and said, "Keep your voice down! These blood stains won't fool them for long. We have to get away quickly." Chen Mo said, "Go around the woods and go south to return home. I will lead the way. "
Bao Zhuhua shook his head and said: "No, I just saw from the tree that they have surrounded this place. No matter which direction you go, you will encounter enemies."
One sentence caused everyone to fall into silence. Everyone looked at each other with no countermeasures. Jin Yugua also put away his smile and said with a sad face: "What should we do? There are people in black everywhere, won't we be discovered as soon as we go out?"
Although Tong Yugua on the side did not understand Chinese, he could guess something in his mind when he saw the frustrated expressions of everyone. He was seen jabbering a lot with anger on his face. Bao Zhuhua sighed after hearing this: "If everyone is not injured, we can still fight with them. If we fight head-on now, it is like throwing an egg against a stone."
Tong Yugua didn't understand very well. After Jin Yugua translated for him, he became so angry that he bent down and grabbed a man in black on the ground. With both hands, he actually tore off one of his arms. Upon seeing this, Jin Yugua hurriedly stopped him, but Tong Yugua was so angry that he didn't listen at all. After three attempts, the man in black on the ground tore him into pieces. Still not satisfied, he tore his clothes to pieces and threw them to the sky. Throw.
