In the Wanchun Manor on the side of Quancheng, Liu Huiniang was sitting on a small boat, floating in the middle of the lake. She was wearing a filial piety for her brother and was dressed in white clothes like snowflakes.
With her dexterous fingers, she used paper money to fold many paper cranes and placed them in the water to pray for her two brothers who had gone to the underworld.
A whirlpool emerged on the lake. Guo Jing shook his whisk and emerged from the whirlpool. Most of the paper cranes were swept up to his feet by the whirlpool.
"My dear niece, something serious has happened. I'm afraid that Lieutenant Yun and the others have suffered a defeat. The thieves have attacked the city and have already reached the house. Your father is in trouble. I came here after all the hard work, but I can only save him. You alone."
Guo Jing looked anxious and said, "Come with me quickly and go back to Bianliang to find my teacher Chen Daozi."
When Liu Huiniang heard the bad news, she turned pale, coughed twice, struggled to stand up from the boat, and said: "My father was killed? Did the Taoist priest see it with his own eyes? Can you go back with me and see if my father can be rescued?" "
Guo Jing's face turned ugly: "Does my virtuous niece not believe me?"
Liu Huiniang coughed and took out her handkerchief and waved it. A rhinoceros carved from wood floated in the water. She left the boat and sat on the rhino's back.
The rhinoceros horn gave off a faint light, and the surrounding river water was pushed away for three feet. With all four hooves touching the ground, it easily ran ashore.
"It's not that I don't believe it, it's just that the Taoist priest is a little too tidy. If he really saw my father being killed with his own eyes, the thief must have personally entered the house. If the Taoist priest wants to get away from that person, I'm afraid it won't be so easy."
After hearing this, Guo Jing's face moved slightly, he cast a spell, and followed Liu Huiniang with his cloud.
"You are indeed a smart girl, but I have some good words to advise you. The leader of the thieves who came to Quan City is a person with no taboos. You cannot use common sense to figure it out."
"Others who kill officials and rebel are somewhat hesitant in their hearts, but he is different. Liu Yongxi is not willing to argue with him anymore. He wants to catch up and fight. Yun Tianbiao is afraid that he will also become his victim. Taiwei, Dao Even the officials were killed by him, but your father is a prefect, how can he still be soft-hearted?"
Liu Huiniang sat on the water-dividing rhinoceros, with a pale face, and said stubbornly: "My old father may not be dead. As a child, Huiniang must not ignore her loved ones. It's not good for the Taoist priest to just abandon me like this. Why don't you follow me back to the city?" , listen to my method and give it a try."
Guo Jing's face was gloomy and uncertain. He did not dare to face Guan Luoyang directly. He escaped too quickly and lost Liu Guang. But if the Liu family was wiped out and no one was left alive, it would be difficult to explain to Chen Xizhen, so he came to find him. Liu Huiniang.
'This girl really doesn't know how to die. It's better to just knock her unconscious and take her to Bianliang. '
Suddenly, screams came from all directions, interrupting Guo Jing's thoughts.
The maids who were assigned to serve Liu Huiniang here and the slaves who had been managing the manor here for a long time were screaming and running away in panic.
Tigers, wolves, apes, cows, horses, mules and donkeys, bears, hawks, falcons, pythons and lizards, many wild beasts in this manor became restless, darting out from the garden rockery and from between the exquisite houses.
They quickly surpassed the pace of those slaves and maids, but they did not attack or bite those people. They only knocked over a dozen of them and trampled them to death.
These restless beasts have no bloodthirsty desire, just because they are all carved from wood, alive and running and roaring.
Liu Huiniang kept gently waving the brocade handkerchief in her hand. Beasts surrounded her and galloped away with her. Two wooden raptors fell from the sky, one landed on her shoulder and the other landed on the head of the water-dividing rhinoceros. superior.
The two raptors turned their heads in unison, staring at Guo Jing with their four eyeballs. It was clearly just wood, but their eyes could move freely, giving off a truly ferocious gaze.
Guo Jing's heart trembled and he said: "Okay, I have long heard that the wise niece is very resourceful and is the best among women. If you have any ideas, tell me what you can do. A poor man will go through fire and water without any hesitation."
"The bandits coming from Liangshan must have entered the city from the south. The people in the city must be panicked. The chaos is from south to north."
Liu Huiniang's lips turned white and she said methodically, "The Taoist priest and I will enter the city from the north. With these mechanisms and armor, I can stir up chaos in the north in advance. After the whole city is in chaos, it will be difficult for Liangshan's troops to be comprehensive. Our chance to take action.”
Guo Jing frowned: "No matter how turbulent the city is, as long as Guan Luoyang is still in the Liu Mansion, we can't rescue your father from him."
Liu Huiniang turned around and said, "Then it depends on the Taoist priest. For bandits who want to compete with the officers and soldiers, the most important thing is minerals. In the Quancheng mine warehouse, half a year's harvest of the three major mines in Quancheng Prefecture is stored. It is a crudely refined ore, cut into standardized parts, and is most suitable for soldiers to practice their martial arts and devour."
"But if all kinds of ores are melted, mixed, and condensed into one piece on the ground, it will be much more troublesome than mining directly from the veins. I heard that Taoist priests and Buddhas merged to cultivate a kind of precious flame. You As long as you go to the mine warehouse and release the precious flame divine light, any discerning expert will be lured there immediately."
Guo Jing thought about it and felt that this strategy might actually be feasible.
Among Liangshan's troops, only Guan Luoyang came, without Lin Lingsu's aura, and he had three Dragon Tiger Pills in his hand. As long as he was prepared in advance and used the illusion of the Tianmu to hide, and did not confront Guan Luoyang head-on, he should be able to escape unscathed. Disaster.
The two of them walked around to the north of the city. Some of the defenders in the north went to the south to explore, and some had heard that the thieves had entered the city. They were no longer interested in guarding the city. There were only a few flags on the wall and few people.
Liu Huiniang directly drove the beasts to smash open the city gate.
Guo Jing took out the brocade box, took one Dragon and Tiger Pill, crushed the other two pills, and smeared them on his eyelids. His figure jumped into the air and disappeared in the air as if it had hit a wave of water.
Hundreds of beasts entered the city wearing armor, and the parts on their bodies rotated and moved one by one. Tigers, wolves, and fierce beasts all stood up and transformed into strange beast-headed and human figures, running around to destroy and drive away the people in the city.
Liu Huiniang's sect inherited the art of Yanjia Ji. During the pre-Qin period, it was considered a famous sect for a while. Unfortunately, this leftist sect was an outrageous waste of resources. It declined earlier than the magic way. Inheritance is difficult.
Many Yanjia masters in the past dynasties could only make a living by carrying burdens and playing with puppets because they could not find a bully to support them. At most, they were regarded as eccentric and cunning, and they were just servants, performing for the master's distinguished guests.
But with Liu Guang's full support, Liu Huiniang's armor-breaking skills really came into play, almost as powerful as an army of one man.
Chaos broke out in the north of the city and quickly spread to all parts of the city.
The water-dividing rhinoceros is huge and eye-catching. Liu Huiniang has abandoned the rhinoceros and is blending in with the crowd. Two wooden kites are hovering in the sky, vaguely guarding her.
Liu's Mansion is located east of the center of Quancheng. As Liu Huiniang approached there, she gradually felt that something was wrong.
She originally thought that chaos had already broken out in the south of the city, and that the streets would be full of pedestrians, with ghosts crying and wolves howling, and their families scattered, fleeing in confusion to the north.
By then, the two groups of people in the south and north of the city should collide, causing even greater chaos.
However, there seemed to be no movement at all in the south of the city. As a result, the noise in the north of the city seemed a bit too eye-catching.
Soon, soldiers in red were flying on the rooftops, and cavalry were also coming on the streets.
Liu Huiniang took a sneak peek. She knew the leading people. They were Lin Chong and others. The soldiers were neatly dressed. After entering the city, they didn't seem to encounter any decent obstacles, and it didn't look like they were going on a killing spree. The look of slaughter and looting.
"Get off your horse and don't bump into the people!"
Lin Chong saw that the people causing turmoil in the north of the city were all wooden bodies, abnormally tall, and had heads of tigers, wolves, oxen, or bears. He couldn't help but feel happy and gave orders one after another.
"It turns out that these ugly things are causing trouble. I'm not afraid that I can't tell the enemy apart."
"Come on, let me dismantle those objects!!"
Liangshan's soldiers and horses came in more and more numbers, and their actions were swift and far beyond Liu Huiniang's expectations.
She originally thought that those Yanjia mechanisms could wreak havoc, but now it seems that they may not be able to last long.
Fortunately, there was already a golden flame shooting up into the sky over there from the mine warehouse. In the flame, there were thousands of Sanskrit characters flashing, which could be seen clearly even in the daytime.
Liu Huiniang hurried towards the Liu Mansion. When she arrived at the center of the city, she took a look to the south.
Those streets were clean and the houses were neat and orderly. No doors or windows had been broken down or set on fire.
She didn't have time to look further, so she cautiously approached the Liu Mansion from various streets and corners. When she saw clearly the current situation of the Liu Mansion, her thin body couldn't help but tremble.
Only half of the noble mansion with cornices and arches and winding corridors is now left. The high walls, rockeries, etc. have all turned into gravel and are spread flat on the ground.
Standing outside, it seemed that the remaining half of the Liu Mansion could be seen at a glance.
The dilapidated mansion was quiet, with no soldiers guarding it.
Liu Huiniang moved step by step on the gravel and saw the corpse of a Taoist wearing a crane cloak where the study should have been. Next to the corpse knelt an old man with gray hair and luxurious clothes.
"father!"
The old man was kneeling with his back to her. Liu Huiniang took a few anxious steps around to the front. She saw Liu Guang's features were dull and his eyes were staring blankly. There were blood stains between his seven orifices, but he was still breathing.
Liu Huiniang was so heartbroken that she became ill and coughed up blood. She didn't know what kind of torture her father suffered to become like this.
But as long as he can save his life, he is lucky. When he gets to Bianliang, there will definitely be a way to treat him.
Liu Huiniang raised her head to call Mu Yuan down, but as soon as she raised her face, she froze there.
I saw thousands of flaming embers in the air, being blown by the wind and falling swayingly.
There were feathers carved from wood, with scorch marks, falling on Liu Huiniang's face.
These two wooden kites are masterpieces made by Liu Huiniang herself. They are extremely powerful and can lift more than a hundred feet off the ground. They can soar in the wind. People can sit on them and breathe easily. They are as stable as lying on a bed. They can travel thousands of miles every day without feeling anything. A cold wind blows in my face.
But these two divine objects were destroyed without anyone noticing.
Liu Huiniang's body stooped and she clutched her chest, as if her spine had been taken away.
"I thought it was someone who made such a big fuss and wanted to divert the tiger away from the mountain. It turned out to be Liu Guang's daughter."
Guan Luoyang stood a few steps away and looked at her, "You dare to drag your sick body in front of me to save people. You are really a filial daughter. But it is really shameful that you want to exchange your filial piety for the chaos of half the people in the city." It makes people sick.”
Liu Huiniang said sadly: "I just don't understand. The thieves entered the city and lost the protection of the government. Why didn't the people panic and flee?"
"That's a good question."
Guan Luoyang laughed and said, "Then let me ask you a question. If I hang you, the prefect, and your family, which household in the city do you think will shed tears for you?"
Liu Huiniang said: "It's all thanks to my father that they can enjoy peace here and have no worries about food and clothing. You thieves are doing the opposite..."
Guan Luoyang interrupted her: "I have been destroying the Liu Mansion for some time. Have you seen any family that is worried about you and came out to visit?"
Liu Huiniang's breathing stopped, and she glanced around. After a long pause, her eyes gradually straightened, and she spat out another mouthful of blood.
"These...foolish men and women, ungrateful and ungrateful, don't even dare to run away, ruining my plan!"
Her wisdom and strategies were not deciphered by some superior wise man, but because she did not understand the people in this city at all.
The more Liu Huiniang thought about it, the angrier she became. She became so angry that she was about to die on the spot.
Guan Luoyang watched her vomiting blood and was about to faint. With a flick of his finger, a bolt of lightning exploded between her chest and abdomen.
Liu Huiniang woke up immediately from the pain and let out a scream that was not like a human voice. Electricity flowed throughout her body, making a sizzling sound.
The stimulation of this electric light and the exquisite control made her suffer. At the same time, she became more alert and clear, and she could hear Guan Luoyang's voice as clearly as if it were carved.
"You haven't heard my answer yet, how dare you die?"
"You said why they didn't run away. It's actually very simple. The pressure brought to them by the enemy soldiers entering the city was not enough to make them abandon their houses and leave their homes."
It seems that the people in the city have enough food to eat and clothing to cover their bodies, and they seem to be much better off than those in the countryside and towns outside the city. But in fact, at least 90% of the population in this prosperous spring city is just that. Just the common people at the bottom.
These common people did not have carriages to travel around, no powerful slaves to protect them, and they did not have enough gold and silver to re-purchase their family property in other cities.
They are illiterate and do not know the distance. Even if they want to escape, they do not know which direction to choose.
Unless Guan Luoyang really allowed his troops to loot, burn and kill, these people would just subconsciously hide in their homes, close the doors and windows, and wait in a panic.
The house with tiles on the roof and walls around it, no matter how simple it is, is their greatest wealth and the only thing that can bring them a sense of security.
"What's funny is that the cities in many places have not yet been destroyed, and their prefects, prefects, and generals have not been killed by me, but the people have already thrown away their houses in a hurry, and they can't even take care of their own families. Wearing tattered coarse cloth and bare feet, they fled their hometown.”
Guan Luoyang's voice continued.
"Do you understand? What people like your father do is more terrifying than bandits."
"You will reap melons if you sow melons, and you will reap beans if you sow beans. The people of Li are like the earth, and they will only give the most authentic feedback."
"They are not ignorant, but they are sending you retribution."
Click!
The electric light disappeared.
Liu Huiniang fell to the ground in convulsions, her whole body turned black, she felt that all her internal organs were burned, her liver and intestines were broken, and she died unwillingly in the purgatory-like pain.
Guan Luoyang looked at him coldly, it was enough to be a bad person, it was just a fight anyway, but to be a bad person without realizing it was really disgusting.
Over there at the mine warehouse, a large hole appeared in the ground for some unknown reason. The soldiers led by Lu Da and Wu Song kept falling in this hole, endlessly, with nowhere to borrow strength.
Guo Jing relied on the magic of the Third Eye to escape the pursuit of Lu Da and Wu Song. Knowing that there was nothing he could do, he decided to escape. Suddenly a bell rang.
Gongsun Sheng held the Nine-Yang Divine Bell in his hand and struck it with the ancient pine-patterned sword. The energy of Yang He filled the surrounding area, and the illusion was immediately broken.
Luda shouted loudly, broke free from the darkness, and smashed Guo Jing's head away with a shovel.
The Taoist didn't shed a drop of blood, kept silent, jumped into the air, held his head and flew away on the clouds.
Unexpectedly, the wheel-like sword light next to him swept over, and with a click, Guo Jing's body was evenly divided into layers from head to toe.
Wu Song sheathed the knife, and the body of the Taoist behind him separated layer by layer, spurting out a large amount of blood and splashing it on the ground.
The Nine Sun Divine Bell rang again.
In mid-air, a figure of Guo Jinglai made of green smoke appeared inexplicably. His face was just like that, but his lower body was a cloud of smoke. He was shaken by the sound of the bell, and his face showed a look of despair. He collapsed in the air and disappeared into ashes.
Guan Luoyang listened to the sound of the bell and thought silently: If Heaven has no way, then my Liangshan should really do it for Heaven...
Let your retribution come earlier!
