Kaifeng Bistro

Chapter 111

Zhan Zhao stepped on the courtyard wall and jumped out of the house. He said to the guards at the door in a deep voice, "Close the door! Lock them inside!" The group of soldiers at the door quickly grabbed the copper ring on the door. Covering the door tightly, Zhan Zhao ordered again: "All of you, retreat to the outside of the alley! Don't come in without my order!"

Those soldiers wished they could get as far away from this ghostly place as possible, so they ran out of the alley in groups of three and four.This time, only Wen Hui's blue net was floating in the air. Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao jumped onto the courtyard wall together, and looked into the courtyard from behind the big tree in the corner. With an uneasy expression on his face, Tan Zhifeng knew that the situation was getting worse, so he said to Xu Gan, "Let's help them too."

Xu Gan nodded, hugged Tan Zhifeng tightly and jumped up, the two of them landed firmly on the wall beside Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao.Tan Zhifeng looked around and saw that the yard was already in a mess, and the two people wandering in the yard looked very familiar, one was the older Khitan man who had come to look for Xu Gan, the other he had seen before, it seemed that One of the two guards who came to deliver food when Rihe and Yiyi were imprisoned here.

Tan Zhifeng was about to take a closer look at the situation of these two people, when Bai Yutang turned to him and Xu Yan and said, "Just now after they were shot by an arrow, they started coughing up blood very quickly, I asked the people from Kaifeng Mansion to tie them up quickly, but Everyone thought that they would be fine as long as they died. But immediately, the blood they coughed up turned purple-black. Not long after they closed their eyes, they jumped up and started attacking us. They are powerful and not afraid of swords. Many people They were all scratched and injured by them, so I asked someone to bring Chen Qing to find you, and I personally went to Tianqing Temple to invite Master Wen Hui."

He paused, and then said: "Strange, they are different from the soldiers we saw in the northwest. Once those people die, they no longer have their own consciousness, but they... don't seem to be like that..."

Hearing the words, Tan Zhifeng also fell into thinking. He thought of A Yuan and the two servants of the Dali Temple that he saw last time. Although A Yuan was also eroded by black air, he still had the ability to speak and act on his own. , and the two of them have completely become puppets who have lost their souls, and they can only follow A Yuan's actions.Just now, he saw with his own eyes that A Yuan pulled out Zhou Yanjing's heart and filled it with purple-black mist.If Xu Gan hadn't used Kunwu to kill Zhou Yanjing, then Zhou Yanjing would have become like those two yamen servants.

"They are... your people," Tan Zhifeng suddenly turned to Xu Gan and said, "Can you talk to them, maybe they will listen."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at Xu Gan together, Xu Gan thought for a while, nodded and said, "You can give it a try."

Wen Hui shouted from under the wall: "Wait a minute, I'll help you."

As he said that, he turned his palm over, and the blue flame burned more intensely.Inside the courtyard wall, the light blue net covering the two began to tighten little by little.The two scrambled desperately, still wanting to break through the invisible barrier and leave the courtyard, but they were still bound by the net, and the two of them leaned towards the corner step by step.

"Hurry up, Xu Gan!" Wen Hui urged, "I won't last long."

Xu Gan let out a "hmm" and jumped off the wall, Tan Zhifeng was about to jump down with him, but Bai Yutang stretched out his hand to hold him: "No, they might resent you very much, you can't help Xu Gan in the past. "The rest of the people, Wen Hui, Yi Yi, and Zhuo Zhuo jumped up the courtyard wall together and hid behind the tree.Yi Yi and Zhuo Zhuo also released their spiritual power one after another, helping Wen Hui to strengthen the net with faint spiritual energy, so as to protect Xu Yan's safety.

Tan Zhifeng watched Xu Yan slowly walking towards those two people, his heart beat faster and faster, another wave of fatigue surged up, and his wound began to ache.But he still didn't dare to relax at all. He looked at Xu Gan, and saw that the two of them were stunned when they saw Xu Gan. It's like believing your eyes.

"Although they haven't completely lost their minds, they seem to have been eroded by black air." Yi Yi whispered: "They... should be between ordinary people and that kind of monster..."

"Their souls are still in the body, just like A Yuan." Tan Zhifeng said: "Until the Kunwu sword kills his soul and body together, he will not be considered completely dead."

The people on the wall were all anxious, but they couldn't lend a helping hand.Facing the two former subordinates who were looking at him dully, Xu Gan said sternly, "Why do you act like this?! Have you forgotten that our mission in Kaifeng Mansion is to wait for the news of going to Beijing here?" , no matter what time, we can’t let the Kaifeng Mansion see through our identities, can’t we make enemies of the Song court?”

Hearing these familiar words, the two people glanced at each other, knelt down inflexibly, and defended themselves while praying: "My lord asked us to stay here. He said he had an important thing to do, and then They took us away from Kaifeng. We did not harm the people of the Lu family in the slightest. However, those surnamed Zhan and Bai from the Kaifeng mansion came with many officers and soldiers, and rescued the Lu family boys. Shooting arrows at us...Your Highness, we seem to have been hit by arrows...Are we dying...Will you take us out of here?"

"You'll be fine." Xu Gan felt that the power binding them was getting weaker and weaker, so he promised them: "Brother Huang has sent someone to send a message, and our envoy will arrive the next day. Now, he orders I will take you to evacuate from Kaifeng, and someone will meet us outside the city. I will find someone to heal your injuries slowly, so you don't have to worry too much, but you have to listen to me and stop causing trouble!"

"Good! Good!" The two said repeatedly: "Then, can we leave now?"

Xu Gan turned around, winked at the people hiding behind the tree, then turned around, and said to the two people: "Wait a moment, I just rescued those people who were locked up in the Kaifeng mansion. , they prepare some necessary materials, and then they will come back here to meet us."

Those two people did not suspect him, and they paid homage one after another: "Thank you Your Highness for being willing to rescue us, we will naturally obey your orders!"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang discussed a few words, and then said to Tan Zhifeng: "Zhifeng, Kaifeng Prefecture has a prison cart for transporting dangerous prisoners on death row. This prison cart is surrounded by extremely strong iron frames, even if the people inside are born with supernatural powers , I can’t get rid of it, so I’m going to order someone to modify the prison car to look like an ordinary carriage, then lock these two people in, and then try to deal with them, what do you think?”

Tan Zhifeng nodded quickly, and Zhan Zhao jumped off the wall to go to Kaifeng Mansion. In the courtyard, Xu Gan sat cross-legged, and the two of them also leaned against the wall, looking at the mess and scattered arrows in the courtyard. Start to stay.After a while, Tan Zhifeng heard the older man touching his chest and said in doubt: "Strange, just now I clearly saw an arrow shot here, why did it disappear?"

The other person also started to frown and think, but Xu Gan interrupted them and said, "We will be on our way later, don't talk too much, let's take a rest."

Xu Gan's majesty made the two of them immediately shut up, and the courtyard fell into silence again.Wen Hui breathed out and clasped his palms together, saying, "No, I can't hold on anymore."

Yi Yi and Zhuo Zhuo had withdrawn their spiritual power a long time ago, the invisible floating net in the air flickered for the last time, and quickly disappeared in front of Tan Zhifeng.

Xu Yan looked up, continued to keep silent, closed his eyes and meditated, fortunately, it was not too far away from Fengfu, and soon, Tan Zhifeng heard the sound of a speeding carriage outside, which made his hanging heart finally fell down.Looking back, it turned out that Zhan Zhao was driving a carriage that was very similar to an ordinary carriage, except that it was wider. Xu Gan opened his eyes suddenly when he heard the sound, and said to them: "People are here, let's go. "

Those two stood up obediently and followed Xu Gan out.The carriage stopped at the door, and the curtain was rolled up, revealing a narrow entrance.Xu Gan bent down to look inside, and then said to them, "You guys go first."

The younger man held onto the car frame and walked in, but the older man looked around and said to Xu Gan, "Your Highness, who will drive the car?"

There was a flash of light in Xu Gan's eyes, he swung Kunwu sword across and shouted: "You go up first!"

The old man's gaze also changed, and from his throat came the kind of wailing that A Yuan used to make, which made everyone who was still hiding on the wall shudder.Xu Gan leaned over the Kunwu sword and pressed against the opponent's chest, and pushed him into the carriage. The old man was caught off guard by Xu Gan's push, and his whole body fell backwards, but his hands were as dead as two iron clamps. Death grabbed the iron frames on both sides, struggling desperately, trying to escape from this cage carefully designed for them.

"Quick, help Xu Gan!" Tan Zhifeng hurriedly jumped down from the wall, his wisps of faint white light wrapped around the Kunwu sword, although it didn't wake it up again, it seemed to give Xu Gan a little more strength , let him firmly resist the narrow cell door.Bai Yutang threw the hidden weapon, several rays of light flashed by Xu Yan's side, and shot into the dark carriage. There were several beast-like howls in the carriage. Zhan Zhao and Yi Yi ran over together and pushed the door violently. The old man's arm was stuck outside, Xu Gan raised Kunwu and swung it down with all his strength, and he cut that arm in two!

Black blood spurted out, Xu Gan took the opportunity to throw the iron chain over, and after Zhan Zhao caught it, the two tightened the iron chain at the same time, Bai Yutang jumped down, and passed the huge iron chain on the side through the chain, It locked with a click.

This time, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.Tan Zhifeng tried his best to stand firmly against the courtyard wall, but he could hardly hold on anymore.But at this moment, there was only a loud noise, and the iron chains and the iron frame that bound the carriage flew in all directions with a bang. Yi Yi pulled Tan Zhifeng to hide aside, but he was hit by a piece of iron, his face paled. Turned blue, and there were huge beads of sweat on his forehead.The huge impact smashed through the courtyard wall in several places, and Zhan Zhao shouted: "Be careful!" Everyone hid to the other side of the alley, and the courtyard wall collapsed behind them with a bang.

Just now Xu Yan was also hit by falling bricks, he jumped off the carriage covering his shoulders, and said to Yi Yi and Zhuo Zhuo: "Take Zhifeng away!"

Tan Zhifeng's consciousness began to become blurred. Under the dim moonlight, he looked at Kunwu and felt the unforgettable pain and coldness in his chest again, but he grabbed Xu Gan's arm unwillingly and said to him: " There is no other way, let me try again!"

There was another "wow", and the two people, an old man and a young man, who were pressed under the thick and strong iron plate staggered to their feet. The old man raised his hand to cover his severed arm, and stared. Looking around, Wen Hui's hands ignited flames again, he stepped forward and shouted sharply: "What Xu Gan did was to save you, you can only kill yourself like this!"

The scorching flames seemed to frighten the two of them. They backed away slowly, but still stared at Xu Gan's direction. After the smoke and dust cleared, the old man suddenly raised his eyes and rushed forward to pull Tan Zhifeng away from Xu Gan's side. Pulled over.

"It's you! It's you, the monster, who made His Highness betray us!" The old man tightly strangled Tan Zhifeng's neck with his only remaining hand.

Everyone was in a panic, and they rushed forward with their own abilities, but no one saw it. Xu Gan's eyes were filled with a red light, and the Kunwu sword was also vibrating. The swords in the hands are scattered and gathered.

Wen Hui was the first to notice the terrifying murderous aura, and Zhan Zhao also noticed that the giant que in his hand had become uncontrollable, trembling non-stop.Wen Hui quickly extinguished the flame in his hand, and said in a loud voice: "Xu Gan! Ying Long! You should cut off all the doubts of all beings, purify all the desires and pleasures of all beings, open up the minds of all beings, eliminate all afflictions of all beings, and close the doors of evil ways of all beings...! "

Xu Yan's eyes flickered when he heard this, the blood red faded away, but soon surged up again, and everyone looked in horror at the sword in his hand, which seemed to be stained with blood, turning into a dazzling red, condensing the stench of blood and the aura of anger. The fearful light shrieked and backed away. They seemed to hear thousands of troops galloping past. A scroll slowly unfolded in front of their eyes. Thousands of creatures turned into dust in the scroll, and people's faces were filled with pain. And despair, they only had killing and death in front of them.

Xu Gan stepped forward step by step, the Kunwu sword in his hand seemed bigger and more frightening than ever before, as if this was the original appearance of this giant sword, the thick red color came out from the inside of the sword bit by bit It overflowed and became dazzling, covering all the colors around him. He effortlessly lifted the old man's body from Tan Zhifeng with this sword, as if picking up a thin piece of paper. With a little vague consciousness, he tried to open his eyes, and saw Kunwu dancing in the air as if he had his own life, throwing the man's body into the sky, and chopping it into countless pieces.

A few familiar voices rang in Tan Zhifeng's ears, Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang, Yi Yi Zhuo Zhuo, and Wen Hui, I don't know who it was or they rushed over together, and hurriedly pulled him aside, he was determined Concentrating, another person in his line of sight was also picked up by Xu Gan on the sword. Xu Gan's red eyes looked up emotionlessly, and then, slowly, he pierced through the iron-framed body with his sword. The smashed broken body.

The black smoke spread all over the sky again, but it seemed to be like a flash of light, and it dissipated in an instant. Little by little, the red light followed Xu Gan's figure, the sword in his hand, and his footsteps, spreading towards the surroundings. Then, Wen Hui got up to stand in front of him, but he swung his sword and slashed at Wen Hui. Wen Hui threw the Buddhist beads in his hand at Kunwu, and Kunwu glowed red. The roof flew up into the sky.

Tan Zhifeng tried hard to stand up, but he was so tired, he raised his hand to hold his heart, he thought, once Xu Gan gave him a piece of dragon scale, this dragon scale was cast into his soul, his flesh and blood , should be flowing with his blood, beating with his heart.He finally remembered where his fear of Kunwu sword came from, not from the sword piercing his body, but when he closed his eyes, he also saw such a Yinglong.Terrifying, Ying Long controlled by hatred and killing intent.

Tan Zhifeng looked up and looked at Xu Gan's blood-red back. He silently recited the few Buddhist scriptures that Cai Wenhui recited in his heart. A transparent white shadow stood up from his body and walked towards Xu Gan. , those slender, slender fingers landed on Xu Gan's cheeks that were dyed red, Xu Gan's eyes gradually regained focus, and he began to stare at the familiar figure in front of him, the familiar face. Bright eyes, where the skin of the two touched, he felt that somewhere deep in his soul, there was something beating along with the pulse of this young man.

Perhaps this is the tenderness and beauty he felt at the moment when his eyes fell on the white and flawless filaments in the moonlight. Although that moment was fleeting thousands of years ago, the touch has been deeply engraved on him. into the souls of both of them.

"Remember, goodness always outlasts evil, love outlasts hate, and life outlasts death. You can forget me, but don't forget kindness and love, and don't forget to cherish every precious life."

Xu Gan's breathing stopped suddenly, the Kunwu sword gradually slipped from his hand, and fell to the ground with a clang. The blue bird circled in the air. This time, its cry was like the tide constantly rushing up to the shore, gradually washing away the alley. Stained patches of blood red.

Xu Gan raised his hand, wanting to touch the phantom of nothingness in front of him, but he couldn't touch anything, but the scenery in front of him was constantly changing. On the top of the mountain, in the clouds, and in the drizzle, the shadow Accompanying him all the time, he raised his eyes and looked, the clouds dispersed, and a brilliant rainbow faintly appeared in the distance.He felt the slightly cold hand trembling on his chest, gently answering his question in his ear.

Everyone watched Xu Gan turn around in horror, but this time they found that Xu Gan's eyes had returned to clarity.Xu Yan picked up Kunwu sword, but handed it to Yiyi.Then, he leaned over and kissed the fainted Tan Zhifeng on the forehead, and picked him up from the ground. "Bandit retribution..." He murmured, "It's always good."

"I said..." Zhuozhuo supported the wall and stood up, only to find that his ankle was sprained. Looking at Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang, and even Wen Hui, they were all injured to some extent. The alley was in a mess. A landslide earthquake.Only the carriage used to escort the condemned prisoners was still parked there quietly, although the cage on the carriage had become shattered from the several fights just now.

"Master? I said... Shall we take advantage of this car?" She glanced at Xu Gan, who still had a gloomy expression, and asked cautiously.

Although Xu Gan didn't answer, everyone got busy, and after a while of tossing and turning, finally everyone who could and couldn't walk got into the car.A few rays of the morning sun shot out from the layered light clouds.And this prison van full of wounded people was staggering like this, driving slowly towards Wheatstraw Lane under Zhan Zhao's driving...