Rui Hegui

In the living room, Chu Bandit and Zhao Liangyue vaguely heard voices arguing outside, and then there were footsteps coming towards this side, and the footsteps of those who came were a bit clumsy, which should be very strenuous.

The two looked at each other with doubts on their faces. They stood up and looked towards the door, both startled.

"Big Brother!"

Before Zhao Liangyue opened his mouth to ask, Shen Linglan had already entered the hall supported by Bi'er.

Seeing Shen Linglan who was already pregnant with Liujia, Bandit Chu hurriedly stepped forward to help her sit down.

Shen Linglan tightly grasped Chu Bandit's robe, took a few breaths, and said: "Brother, Xiang Mian asked me to bring news, and mentioned fire trees and silver flowers, and asked me to learn how to make and how to put them."

Bandit Chu and Zhao Liangyue frowned upon hearing this.

Huoshuyinhua is another name for fireworks by scholars in the south of the Yangtze River. There are countless ways to make fireworks in ancient and modern times, but gunpowder is the only one that cannot be separated.

After thinking about it for a while, the two realized that it was Yeyuan's people who managed to set the gunpowder in Heng'en Temple.

Bandit Chu asked Bi'er to take Shen Linglan to the side room to change into a dry monk's clothes.Zhao Liangyue took out the bamboo piccolo and blew a few times, the secret attendants outside quickly responded, and after a while, Youbai bypassed the guards outside and returned to the living room.

Youbai said: "My lord, I searched for several times, but I couldn't find the old bald donkey you mentioned, and neither did the hussars camp."

"Don't look for it, there are more important things for you to do now." Zhao Liangyue said, "Yeyuan's people prepared gunpowder in Heng'en Temple and wanted to eradicate us and the hussars battalion, but only with our It is obviously impossible for people to find out where the gunpowder is."

Youbai was startled: "Gunpowder? But I haven't smelled gunpowder after wandering around for so long, and neither did the people from the Hussar Battalion."

"So it must be covered by other smells. In the temple, it can only be the incense hall and the side room where the incense is kept, or the kitchen for cooking, or the hut." Zhao Liangyue said, "As long as Wang Yunming can believe it There is gunpowder in the temple, so he can naturally think of this layer, and it is not difficult to find it."

Zhao Liangyue: "So, the top priority is to convince Wang Yunming of the existence of gunpowder."

Chu Bandit nodded, thought for a while, went to the side of the desk, took pen and ink and wrote a confidential letter. Zhao Liangyue glanced at it, and found that the content of the letter was to let Xing Shuo return to Beijing quickly, and the evidence of the Ningzhou case had been sent back to Beijing. However, Bandit Chu and Zhao Liangyue had already hidden the gunpowder in the temple, and they wanted to die with the hussars battalion—all irony, all falsehood.

Bandit Chu packed the letter, handed it to Youbai, and said, "Give this letter to Jing Mo who is in the dark, and you and him will act out a play, creating the illusion that the news will be sent out even if the fish is dead and the net is broken, so that the news will be delivered." Wang Yunming snatched the letter himself, so he naturally believed it."

Youbai put away the letter, took advantage of the guard's attention outside, and left through the window.

At this time, Bi'er helped Shen Linglan out, Zhao Liangyue moved the tea-making stove next to him, turned up the charcoal fire to drive Shen Linglan out of the cold, Shen Linglan and Bi'er smiled and thanked, Zhao Liangyue only nodded, and went back to sit on the other side.

Chu Bandit stood for a long time before turning to look at Shen Linglan, his lips moved, but he didn't say anything in the end.

Feeling relieved, Shen Linglan grinned at Bandit Chu and said, "Fortunately, I was able to save the two senior brothers in time this time, so I won't be as stupid as I was 13 years ago and can't do anything."

Seeing the smile on Shen Linglan's face, Bandit Chu frowned even tighter.

Shen Linglan laughed twice, and suddenly said like a child: "Oh, senior brother, we haven't seen each other for a long time, why are you frowning when we meet?"

Chu Bandit's throat tightened: "If it's possible, I hope we won't meet each other in this life."

Shen Linglan smiled and wanted to say something, but there seemed to be something choked in her throat, which made her even try to maintain the smile on her face so as not to collapse.

Bandit Chu let out a long sigh and asked, "What are you going to do in the future?"

Shen Linglan didn't speak, but just smiled.

Chu Bandit looked at Zhao Liangyue, who was suspicious, and said, "Lan'er, Xing Shuo's and I's junior sister, and the daughter of Shen Mingwei, moreover," Chu Bandit paused, and said, "Wang Yunming's wife."

Zhao Liangyue was taken aback when he heard the words, and couldn't help frowning.

For a while, no one spoke anymore, only the summer rain pouring out of the living room, covering the undercurrent not far away, suppressing the old past events that popped up.

Hitting on the bluestone slab, one sound after another, it seems like beating a drum for fun, and it's a long time to be happy.

Falling into the dust-covered ancient well, it is silent. It seems that you have been asking hard to no avail, and you can't tell the sadness. You can only know a thing or two when you turn it out and see the sun one day.

After an unknown amount of time, Youbai came back from the outside and informed Wang Yunming that he had started searching for gunpowder.

Zhao Liangyue nodded, and turned around to see that Bandit Chu was raising his hand to touch Shen Linglan's forehead, with a sad expression on his face—because of seeing no evil, Zhao Liangyue had never paid attention to Shen Linglan, only now did he realize that she was haggard, with an abnormal redness on her face, Eyes half drooping.

With a worried expression on her face, Bi'er hurriedly asked Bandit Chu: "Shangshu Chu, what's wrong with my lady, why did she suddenly feel unwell?"

Bandit Chu sighed and said, "I already have a fever."

Bi'er burst into tears in an instant, and said: "Then what should I do? The lady can't do anything, and the lady is still pregnant."

Bandit Chu got up, glanced at Zhao Liangyue, Zhao Liangyue immediately understood, and said, "Don't worry, Youbai and I are guarding."

Chu Bandit turned and pushed open the door of the living room, and walked out, and the guards outside immediately surrounded him.

"Tell you general, his wife is inside, has a fever, and urgently needs medical treatment."

But the guard said: "Madam has never been here. There are thieves breaking in outside. For the safety of Chu Shangshu, please return to the hall."

Chu bandit half-closed his eyes and looked at the guard, took a step forward, and said angrily: "That's his wife, children, and children, should he just ignore it!"

The twenty or so guards outside the gate had practiced martial arts for many years, and had seen countless bloody scenes with Wang Yunming, but when they got angry at Bandit Chu, they couldn't help but shuddered and took two steps back.

At this time, a young general ran over and shouted: "Urgent order from the Ministry of War! Bandit Chu has colluded with Xue Ran, the treasonous minister for many years, and now the hussar battalion is responsible for arresting him. If anyone resists, he will be executed immediately!"

As soon as this order came out, it meant that the gunpowder had been found, so Wang Yunming was free to deal with them.

The next moment, the archer lying in ambush on the eaves showed his head, and Jing Mo also showed up with someone, and released a cloud-piercing arrow.

The two sides quickly fought each other, and after a while, the sound of wind and rain mixed with shouts of killing came and went one after another.

When bandit Chu led people out of the living room, Wang Yunming was waiting outside with a tasseled gun, his eyes full of murderous intent.

Bandit Chu ordered in a low voice to Jing Mo: "Do your best to fight to the backyard, and then bring the medical monk over."

Jing Mo nodded to express his understanding, and then they swung the bleeding knife in their hands towards Wang Yunming together.

In the living room, Zhao Liangyue was passing hot water to Bi'er, asking her to feed it to Shen Linglan.

Suddenly, there was a blowing wind, and Youbai reacted very quickly, kicking the table next to him to make a shield, blocking the first batch of cold arrows.

"what--"

An arrow shot past Bi'er's face, causing Bi'er to scream in horror, Shen Linglan hurriedly held her hand to comfort her, and said, "It's okay."

Zhao Liangyue: "The side room at the back is separated from the front of the hall by a room, move over there."

While talking, Yubai covered up, and the four of them quickly entered the back side room.

The rain of arrows disappeared quickly, and then all the doors of the living room were forcibly kicked open, and the wind and rain from outside poured in, and there was a sharp blade—it was not from the hussars battalion, but from the people who had been going to Ningzhou before. The man in black who was trained by Han Zhou that he met on the road.

The man in black quickly found someone in the side room at the back, and rushed in with a knife. Then Yubai suddenly appeared behind the door. He hid there silently, caught the man in black in front by surprise, and then drove them out.

Bi'er looked at the bloody killing scene in the hall, terrified and trembling all over, Zhao Liangyue got up and opened the screen next to him to block Shen Linglan and Bi'er.

Shen Linglan raised her head weakly, smiled, and said to Zhao Liangyue: "Thank you Mr. Zhao. It's just my body is heavy now, and I can't share your worries. It's really a burden."

Zhao Liangyue knew that since Shen Linglan was the junior sister of Chu Bandit and Xing Shuo, she naturally had some kung fu on her, and she would never have fallen into this dangerous situation on weekdays.

Zhao Liangyue bowed his hands to Shen Linglan, and said sincerely: "A woman is weak during pregnancy and needs to rest, but Miss went deep into the tiger's den because of her old friendship. This is already a great kindness that cannot be repaid, so why bother?"

What Zhao Liangyue called was Miss, neither Madam nor Shen.

The two shackles that had bound Shen Linglan for so long seemed to have disappeared for a short time at this moment, and she let out a long sigh of relief.

Shen Linglan smiled, coughed twice, and said, "It's a blessing that senior brother met Mr. Zhao."

Zhao Liangyue was about to say something when suddenly a man in black broke in through the window from behind, Zhao Liangyue quickly pulled out the knife used for body protection and blocked Shen Linglan and Bi'er.

After the man in black came in, he slashed at Zhao Liangyue with a knife. Zhao Liangyue knew that he was coming for him, so he led him to the other side of the side room. The knife stabbed over immediately.

Youbai has been paying attention to this side. Although he was entangled by the man in black in the hall, he threw the knife in his hand vertically when he saw this. The man in black in front of him hid very quickly, but was still thrust into his shoulder by the blade. Zhao Liangyue immediately He pushed down the shelf beside the man in black, then picked up the knife next to him and wiped his neck. In an instant, a cloud of blood sprayed, dousing half of Zhao Liangyue's body.

In fact, this was the first time Zhao Liangyue killed someone. His hands were trembling, but his heart was surprisingly calm.

Maybe it's like what Youbai told him after the first murder, when you're protecting something, you won't be afraid of anything.

Liang Yue raised his head to look at the two people beside the screen. Although Bi'er was trembling with fear, she had just stood firmly in front of Shen Linglan.

After youbai dealt with the man in black who was entangled him, he finally retreated to the side room.

In a short period of time, two waves of men in black came, and Youbai started to greet their ancestors after hitting the back.

"Master Zhao, Master Zhao!"

Bi'er suddenly cried and yelled, Zhao Liang hurriedly went to check on Shen Linglan, only to find that her face had turned pale as paper, and her forehead was covered with cold sweat.

Zhao Liangyue was also at a loss at this time, but fortunately there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and the remaining men in black were quickly dealt with. It was Chu Bandit who came back with the medical monk, and Jing Mo followed with the medicine box. behind.

The doctor monk was dragged all the way here by Bandit Chu. He had just experienced several bloody fights and was still in shock, but when he saw Shen Linglan, the doctor's benevolence calmed him down quickly, and he began to feel Shen Linglan's pulse.

Bi'er held Shen Linglan's other hand tightly, looked anxiously at the doctor monk, saw his frown deepened, and finally even let out a sigh.

When the medical monk took away the hand that felt the pulse, Chu Bandit had a bad premonition and hurriedly asked, "Master, how is she?"

"Returning to Chu Shangshu, when Madam was pregnant, she was troubled by worry and thoughts, and her Qi and blood were unstable. Now she is affected first, and then frightened. I am afraid." very dangerous."

Chu bandit asked: "The doctor monk can deliver babies?"

It is taboo and disobedient for the medical monk to deliver the baby, but at the moment, human life is at stake, so obviously he doesn't care about it. The medical monk did not hesitate, nodded to Chu bandit, and then began to direct Bi'er and others to prepare the corresponding items.

The living room became a temporary delivery room, and Chu bandit asked a group of Jinluan guards and attendants who came in later to surround the whole living room, and waited outside with Zhao Liangyue, while Jing Mo and Youbai led people to join Xingshuoli.

At this time, most of the bandit Chu's clothes were wet, and blood oozed from his right shoulder and stained his shoulder red. Although it was not as serious as before, the trip to Ningzhou had hurt his muscles and bones, and people definitely can't rest assured , but he himself didn't care, he just stood in front of the porch and looked at Xiaoxiao Fengyu, his brows were deeply furrowed, and he didn't say a word.

The attendant at the side brought the cloak, but did not dare to go forward, Zhao Liangyue took it and walked behind Chu Bandit, weighed his feet, and put it on for him.

Only then did Chu Bandit make a move, turned his head to look at Zhao Liangyue, raised his hands and pulled up his cloak, his peach blossom eyes were gray, like a haze that lingered for a long time.

An hour later, Jingmo came to report that Xingshuo and Beiya's three guards had entered the temple, and Youbai went to chase the defeated Wang Yunming, and the fight would be over in a short time.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

But just half of the breath was relieved, with a baby crying, the medical monk slowly walked out of the living room and knelt down in front of Chu Bandit.

"The poor monk is guilty, but he has tried his best."

The smile on Chu Bandit's face faded, and he asked, "What do you mean?"

The medical monk sighed, put his hands together on his chest, and said: "Young master is safe and well, but Madam has collapsed from blood, and she is powerless to recover."

Bandit Chu was startled, then pushed the door open and entered.

In the side room, Bi'er was holding her young lady's hand and crying non-stop, Shen Linglan was already angry, her eyes were slack, she raised her head to look at Bandit Chu when she heard the sound, but she smiled.

Shen Linglan's lips moved, her voice was too small to be heard at all.

But Chu Bandit knew that she called Yuan Cheng.

She identified herself as Xing Shuo.

Chu Bandit's throat tightened, and he said in a deep voice, "Wait, I'll bring him to you right away!"

After saying that, Bandit Chu turned around and left the living room, heading out of the hall.