Chapter 430 Zhao Duan: Senior, please help!
Chapter 430 Zhao Duan: Senior, please help! (5k)
Zhao Duan was unusually calm: "We need to leave a few people behind to stop them."
Gongshu Tianyuan said proudly: "He was attacked by Ren Kun just now, watch me take care of him this time."
Seeing that Jin Jian was not very reliable and that the Fifth Senior Brother was wasting his time on playing around, the girl sighed softly, "I'll stay too."
Although the young priestess was a little dull, she felt that she was mature inside. Well, at least she was more reliable than the fifth senior brother.
Although the two have a deep foundation, they have only been promoted for a short time... I am afraid they cannot defeat the murderous masters of the Kuangfu Society... Zhao Duan thought about it and said:
"Lang Eighteen, you stay too."
The two at the foot of the mountain are a combination of magic and martial arts. If I only send out two priests, it might not be appropriate.
The "drunkard" Lang Shiba said "hmm", took the wine gourd behind him, threw it to Ji Yue, and gave it his all.
"Let's go." Zhao Duan didn't waste any time and immediately led Jiyue, Haitang and Zhang Han to continue climbing the mountain.
Wait for someone to leave.
Only three "worldly" first-grade people were left halfway up the mountain, resisting the duo from Kuangfu Society who were much stronger than them and were quickly catching up.
"Whoosh-"
The cold winter mountain wind swept through the withered trees and forests, and hung on the faces of the three people.
"The opponent is very strong, but fortunately we have the advantage of terrain. I will try my best to block the front later, and you two will cast spells in the back." Lang Shiba spoke calmly. This former lieutenant general in the army undoubtedly has rich experience in fighting.
Beads of sweat oozed from the palms of his hands holding the scimitar, and his weathered face was full of solemnity.
He had personally experienced Qi Yuchun's spearmanship in the battle of Hu Ting and knew that he would be difficult to resist. However, if he allowed him to break through the blockade and close the distance between him and the two "priests", he would be in a passive position.
"Oh! I am here, why would I ask you to risk your life as a human shield?"
Gongshu Tianyuan raised his chin and sneered, acting like a master.
Then, under the surprised gazes of the two, he pursed his lips and smiled sinisterly:
"Do you really think that a God of Craftsman is not good at fighting? When the Buddha and the Taoists fought, the reason why Master wanted you, Junior Sister, to fight was not because I, Senior Brother, could not beat you, but because outsiders simply do not know how buggy a well-prepared God of Craftsman can be. Well, this word was taught to me by Brother Zhao."
"You two, just protect me!"
After saying that, Gongshu Tianyuan tore open his robe, grabbed out another handful of disposable storage talismans, and scattered them on the mountain path.
bang bang bang...
One after another, huge, dark mechanical parts made of wrought iron and fine steel fell to the ground. The most eye-catching one among them was a brass gun barrel as thick as an adult's waist.
When Zhao Duan hand-drew the blueprints, he and "Chen Huoshen" of the Shenjiying studied new firearms, and also built a magical weapon that could only be driven by a sorcerer.
At this time, Gongshu Tianyuan picked up the "Artisan God Hammer" and quickly assembled a "divine cannon" full of pressure on the mountain road.
It has a seven-foot-long, wide and three-foot-high wrought iron base, supporting a thick, black cannon barrel with incredibly thick formation runes painted on it.
Gongshu Tianyuan rotated the muzzle of the gun and aimed it downwards. Qi Yuchun and Ren Kun, who were being led by the illusory "God of Earth", were about to approach the three of them.
The little fat man laughed wildly, with a crazy and fierce light flashing in his eyes, and stepped hard on the trigger.
"Your Grandpa God of Craftsmanship is here!!"
"Om-"
The muzzle of the [Shenwei Cannon Fantasy Edition] quickly charged, the patterns lit up one after another, and a spherical electric light collapsed madly in the dark barrel.
Then, a spherical ball of light like a small sun whizzed out and rapidly enlarged in the suddenly narrowed pupils of the Earth God.
"boom----"
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Hearing the sudden roar coming from the bottom of the mountain, Zhao Duan did not turn around: "Hurry!"
A group of four people have crossed the archway of "Forbidden City Villa" and rushed into this ancient building complex built on the mountain.
"who?"
The two members who were guarding the gate rushed out, knives in their hands, with terrified expressions.
Haitang flicked her wrist, and the flying knife spun out, piercing through the throats of the two men, who fell down softly.
At this time, the rest of the people in the villa were also attracted by the sound of the artillery fire and ran over. But how could the already empty villa withstand four murderers?
Zhao Duan hardly took any action, while the other three men simply chopped up the bodies on the ground like chopping melons and vegetables.
"Tell me, where is Zhuang Xiaocheng?" Zhao Duan asked while stepping on a guy on the ground who was begging for mercy loudly.
This person was obviously not a determined member, but a servant in the villa. He pointed to the pavilion in the distance:
"over there……"
Zhao Duan raised his head and looked towards the highest pavilion beside the cliff.
……
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"Sixteen, eighteen."
Yunxi picked up the chess piece and placed it in the corresponding position.
Zhuang Xiaocheng admired the game of chess and said:
"According to the time, the city should have known the result by now."
As soon as he finished speaking, the roar of artillery startled the flock of birds in the villa.
Everyone in the pavilion was stunned, and Yunxi turned around suddenly and looked down the mountain, with a light flashing in her eyes.
"What's going on? Laowu, go and take a look." Zhuang Xiaocheng stood up in shock and ordered.
The member who was respectfully called "Uncle Five" ran out wildly, but soon after turning the corner of the building, he let out a scream.
In Zhuang Xiaocheng's field of vision, four figures were walking towards him from a distance.
The most eye-catching thing is a woman in red with white eyes, floating in the air like a ghost. A thin stream of water gushed out of the wine gourd behind her, and under the control of the woman's slender fingers, it condensed into two long "water whips".
Zhang Han and Haitang were on the left and right, with the swords in their hands stained red and dripping with sticky blood.
The two men were guarding, and the leader was a young man dressed in gorgeous clothes. He had a long sword hanging from his waist, but he didn't draw it. He walked over and their eyes met.
"Zhao Duan!" Zhuang Xiaocheng's eyelids twitched wildly as he blurted out the name that had haunted him for the past six months.
"Zhuang Xiaocheng!" It had been nearly a year since Zhao Duan saw the former tutor, the master of the second prince Jianwen, and the leader of the Kuangfu Society again.
He is also the real murderer who killed the original owner.
"Zhao Duan? He is Zhao Duan!?"
"Why is he here? Shouldn't he be at the Fengcheng execution ground? Did the assassination fail?"
In the pavilion, the young men and women were horrified, and then they reacted immediately: "Protect the Master!"
However, Ji Yue in the air had already controlled the whip and was lashing hard, intending to roll Zhuang Xiaocheng over.
"boom!"
The whip hit the air at the edge of the pavilion, making a sound of metal clashing.
Everyone was stunned, only to find that a faint formation barrier had appeared around the pavilion at some point.
"Don't panic." Zhuang Xiaocheng raised his right hand, and in his palm was a green jade fish talisman that he had broken:
"Although I am just an ordinary man, I do have some means of preserving my life. As long as you don't step out of this pavilion, it won't be a problem for you to hold on for a while."
Zhao Duan had already come to the outside of the pavilion and stopped. He frowned and looked at Ji Yue who was controlling the whip and hitting the barrier again and again:
"what happened?"
The social phobia sorcerer said blankly: "A formation that can block my power."
Zhang Han narrowed his eyes, filled the seven-foot sword in his hand with energy, and slashed fiercely at the translucent barrier, but it bounced back softly.
“This thing is hard to be damaged by swords and knives, but it should be possible to break it with magic.” Haitang said in a deep voice.
Jiyue whispered: "I can break it, but it will take some time."
As she spoke, she opened fire at full force, and used two dragon-whisker-like whips to lash the barrier frantically, consuming the power of the formation.
Zhao Duan narrowed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and said with a smile:
"Then why not wait a while? What I don't lack is time."
In the pavilion, Zhuang Xiaocheng walked out, met his eyes, and said:
"There are cannons roaring on the mountain road. If my prediction is correct, Qi Yuchun and Ren Kunying have also returned. Have you sent people to stop them? The Northern Blood Blade beside you, and the two disciples of the Tianshi Mansion?"
Zhao Duan said: "You know me very well."
After his initial shock, Zhuang Xiaocheng regained his composure and said calmly:
"Although the disciples of Tianshi Mansion have great potential, they have only been in the world for a short time. We can only stop them for a while, but we cannot defeat Qi and Ren together. As long as I can hold on until they arrive, the danger can be easily resolved."
These words were said to Yunxi and others to stabilize the morale of the troops.
Zhao Duan smiled.
He smiled sincerely, with crow's feet appearing at the corners of his eyes:
"Grandmaster, you are very generous, worthy of being the leader of the Kuangfu Society. Then let's make a bet. Will Qi and Ren arrive first, or will we break your formation first?"
Zhuang Xiaocheng stared at him: "Do you think you can win?"
Zhao Duan sighed:
"I have always had good luck, just like when I was in the bamboo forest in the southern suburbs of the capital."
After a pause, he suddenly looked around at the barren winter mountains, pavilions and towers, and said with a smile:
"Master Zhuang, don't you think this scene is familiar? I remember it was like this in the bamboo forest.
You are blocked in the Temple of the Earth by me and my men. Unfortunately, it is not summer yet and there is no bamboo forest in the barren mountains.
Oh, your female disciple is here too, haha, what a coincidence, it seems that God is helping me and wants me to take revenge myself."
Yunxi's face was filled with anger. She stared at him without saying a word.
Zhuang Xiaocheng was silent for a moment. The old man with white hair, wearing a Confucian robe, and with the demeanor of a patriot just standing there, seemed to be touched as well. He stared deeply at the young man outside the pavilion:
"I'm surprised."
He said seriously:
"Since we parted in the temple that day, you have really given me too many surprises. Everything you did in the capital was extremely surprising to me, and you are completely different from the arrogant and domineering you were in front of me at that time.
So much so that I often wonder, was it really a coincidence that you snatched the credit from Ma Yan and arrested me in advance? "
No, you think too much. This is really the naive original owner who made a stupid mistake... Zhao Duan smiled.
Zhuang Xiaocheng stood with his hands behind his back, as if sighing:
"But it doesn't matter. You conspired with the false emperor, pretended to be stupid, or something else. It doesn't matter. What matters is that after you brutally killed the people of my Kuangfu Society in the capital, I knew that I had to kill you no matter what the cost." Are you still pretending at this time? You are so righteous that you have fooled yourself... Zhao Duan clapped his hands lightly:
"Clap clap clap..."
Amid the crisp applause, he smiled and exclaimed:
"As expected of you, you are the Grand Tutor. You never forget to win people's hearts. I feel it's unfair for Yu Country to not give you an Oscar statuette."
Oscar? Golden statue?
Zhuang Xiaocheng frowned, he had never heard of these unfamiliar words.
"Forget it. If you want to establish a persona, I won't stop you."
Zhao Duan stopped swelling and said calmly:
"I am very curious. When you are brought back to the capital and face a public trial by the whole world, will you still have the nerve to defame His Majesty and the history books?"
Zhuang Xiaocheng's eyes were deep: "I am really surprised that you can find this place. Did Lu Zhengchun tell you?"
The biggest possibility he could think of was that the assassination failed, and Lu Zhengchun revealed the location of the Forbidden City Villa in order to save his life... This was the most reasonable speculation.
Zhao Duan did not deny it and smiled:
"I have to admit that your arrangement today was very powerful, with a mixture of real and fake. In order to force me to split my forces, you did not hesitate to throw so many members out as bait, and even stuffed the captives I exchanged for in there...
Let me think, you are doing this to get rid of these prisoners once and for all, right?
You were worried that I had placed spies among these captives, but in order to rally the people's hearts, you could not refuse. You were in a dilemma, so you simply dispersed them and threw them into the city, and then threw them back to the court. It was indeed a rough method.
But do you really think that I can't guess that it's me you want to kill? That you never want to save Lu Zhengchun?"
Zhuang Xiaocheng suddenly realized:
"I see. Because Lu Zhengchun was caught too quickly and exposed too easily, you think I abandoned him? So you don't believe I would do my best to save him, and you suspect I would take the opportunity to kill you...
Well, although you have maliciously speculated too much about me, chance has helped you bypass the fog...it is actually because I planned too complicatedly and thought too much."
Still pretending! This old man is still pretending!
Zhao Duan was too lazy to argue with him and smiled:
"Whatever you think, in short, it seems that I have won this game. And you... and you all..."
He pointed at Yunxi and the other young men and said with a smile:
"Master Zhuang, even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about them. Surrender. I promise as the 'Prince's Guardian' that as long as you surrender, I will never make things difficult for them. I can even write to His Majesty to absolve them of their crimes. What do you think?"
"Dog thief!"
A young man yelled:
"I would rather die than surrender to you! I wish I could eat your flesh alive and crush your bones..."
"Yes! Master, don't listen to his instigation. We would rather die than surrender!"
One by one, the strong-willed young men spoke up.
"Oh? Really? It seems like you won't cry until you see the coffin."
The smile on Zhao Duan's face slowly disappeared. He looked down at the other person coldly, with a sneer on his face:
"Then I will satisfy you. Ha, Old Dog Zhuang, it looks like I won the bet."
At this time, with Ji Yue's crazy bombardment, the barrier outside the pavilion was already in danger, flickering wildly, and was about to collapse.
And on the mountain road outside the villa, the sound of fighting had not yet ended.
The faces of the young men turned pale, but no one retreated. They were ready to sacrifice themselves heroically. Some picked up the chessboard, some picked up the bench, ready to fight to the death.
Zhuang Xiaocheng was not afraid at all, and said calmly:
"Do you really think you won?"
He slowly opened his left hand, and in his palm was another green jade fish talisman.
Zhao Duan was stunned, and the young men who sacrificed themselves generously were also stunned:
"Master, do you have another one?"
Zhuang Xiaocheng slowly walked to a bead in the pavilion and pretended to throw the fish symbol towards the pillar to buy more time, with a smile on his face.
The sounds of fighting on the mountain path were gradually approaching, indicating that Qi Yuchun and the other man were getting closer and closer to the villa.
As long as we hold on a little longer, the situation can be reversed.
However, Zhao Duan's face remained calm as he suddenly repeated the other party's words:
"Do you really think you won?"
Zhuang Xiaocheng was stunned, his eyes filled with confusion, and then he suddenly felt a piercing pain!
pain!
The pain from behind!
"Ah!" The young man holding the chessboard suddenly exclaimed, his eyes widened:
"Yunxi...you..."
In full view of everyone, Yunxi stood behind Zhuang Xiaocheng without knowing when.
Her hair was loose, and she held the hairpin that held her long hair in place in her hand. The end of the hairpin, which had long been sharpened to an extremely sharp point, easily pierced Zhuang Xiaocheng's back. Blood suddenly gushed out, staining the Confucian robe red.
It also dyed her fair little hands red.
There was a cold expression on Yunxi's pretty face, and her beautiful eyes showed the pleasure of success and the joy of revenge.
"It's you……"
Zhuang Xiaocheng turned his head slowly and saw the girl suddenly pull out a hairpin, come to his side, put the hairpin against his throat with her right hand, and snatch the green jade fish talisman with her left hand.
He seemed to understand something: "You betrayed..."
"No," Yunxi stared at him mockingly, "It was you who betrayed us and our ideals."
"Yunxi! Let go of the Master!"
The boys and girls realized what was happening later and shouted loudly, wanting to pounce on her, but they were afraid that she would kill the tutor.
"Yunxi, you did a great job."
Zhao Duan smiled in approval. At the same time, Ji Yue in mid-air whipped his sword with one last powerful force, smashing it onto the barrier.
The barrier, which had been depleted of its magical power, suddenly collapsed, and cold wind poured into the pavilion.
Zhang Han and Haitang rushed in immediately and knocked down a group of boys and girls.
The situation reversed in an instant.
However, Zhao Duan still did not let down his guard. He still remembered how cunning this old dog was in the Temple of the Earth.
As expected, facing this desperate situation, a trace of disappointment appeared in Zhuang Xiaocheng's eyes, and he said calmly:
"Do you know why I let you catch Lu Zhengchun?"
"Because I'm not worried about him revealing the location of the Forbidden City Villa."
"Because I never thought it would be that easy to kill you."
"Because the real killing is never at the execution ground. Here, the real assassin is not them, but me."
Zhuang Xiaocheng's weathered and aged face revealed a resolute and sacrificial solemnity:
"Zhao Duan, it's worth it to exchange my life for yours!"
Ji Yue in the air suddenly changed his expression and shouted, "Be careful!"
The earth suddenly shook and the entire villa shook violently.
No, not the villa, but the entire mountain.
Houses began to collapse and the ground began to crack. Zhao Duan's pupils suddenly narrowed. Following the sound of the cracking, he turned his head and saw that the ground in the distance had cracked into huge cracks that were rapidly expanding.
……
On the mountain road.
The five men who were in the midst of a fierce battle were still fighting. The Shenwei cannon was abandoned after it had used up all its shells. The trio was defeated step by step and were forced to retreat to the top of the mountain by the almost crazy Qi Yuchun and Ren Kun.
However, at this moment, the five people who were fighting stopped at the same time and looked at the Forbidden City Villa in the distance in astonishment.
To be precise, it was looking at the protruding cliff.
At this moment, the cliff that supported the pavilion, the entire huge mountain, from top to bottom, seemed to be split open by a giant axe of the gods, and a crack was broken. It was about to break away from the main body of the mountain and fall towards the thousand-foot canyon below!
"The formation... the ground formation of the villa has been detonated..."
Ren Kun murmured, his face pale.
Qi Yuchun held the spear in his hand and turned to stare at his companion who had arranged the entire mountain villa's land veins:
"What did you say?!"
Ren Kun said in disbelief:
"The Grand Master took the initiative to blow up half of the mountain. He wanted to drag Zhao Duan to be buried with him. In such a high valley, if the mountain collapses, except for a sorcerer like me, even you will be dead."
perish together!
It turns out that the real assassination plan was to die together!
"Brother Zhao! Damn it!" Gongshu Tianyuan was stunned and yelled:
"Junior sister! Moon in the water!"
Jin Jian was stunned, then suddenly came to his senses, waved his staff, and tried to cast a spell to teleport over and rescue the person.
But after continuously teleporting in the city and having just experienced a tough battle, her magic power was almost exhausted, and she failed to cast any spells.
The girl became anxious, but although the two senior brothers and sisters still had some life-saving cards on them, they could not use them to save people.
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On the cliff.
The earth shook and rocks collapsed.
Zhuang Xiaocheng laughed out loud, coughing up blood while laughing:
"Zhao Duan, this time, can you survive?"
Haitang and Zhang Han tried hard to keep their balance, but Yunxi simply fell to the ground, unable to keep her body stable.
Ji Yue also panicked. He took two steps forward and was suddenly hit by a collapsed pillar. He fell to the ground with a scream.
Zhao Duan leaned on the sword with both hands and embedded the Frost Sword into the stone under his feet to maintain a steady posture. He stared at the great scholar who was laughing wildly in front of him, closed his eyes, and said calmly:
"Senior, please help!"
The space between his eyebrows suddenly lit up, and then, the energy in his body was madly drained away. Strands of golden light poured out from his pores, slowly pulling out thin lines behind him.
And at the end of the fine line.
A figure slowly condensed in the air.
She is wearing a bright red wedding gown, her feet are as white as snow, her face is covered with a mysterious dark gold mask, her attire does not belong to this era, and a weighing rod is suspended in her hand.
Pei Niannu looked down at everyone with indifference, and shifted her gaze to Zhao Duan, who raised his face and gave her a dog-licking smile:
"senior……"
Pei Niannu's eyes were cold and he sighed softly: "Reward, ten more chapters."
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