In the dark corridor, the air was as thick as ink that would never melt.

There were only traces of breathing in the darkness. He groped the wall and stumbled forward. But this long corridor seemed to be endless and endless. The next moment, the footsteps of the pursuers came from behind him. Rapid, powerful, murderous.

In the darkness, someone shouted: "The other party is an official, be careful to ambush and use a crossbow to open the way!"

The sharp sound of breaking wind came, and Chen Yi couldn't see the angle of the crossbow, so he could only subconsciously lean sideways and press against the wall.

In the narrow corridor, four crossbow arrows flew past his chest and the tip of his nose, and the last one was caught off guard and nailed to his left shoulder. Chen Ji groaned, heartbreaking pain surged up, and he could no longer lift his arm.

Regardless of the pain, he took advantage of the opportunity for the opponent to reload the crossbow, quickened his pace and ran towards the end of the corridor. Behind him, someone shouted loudly: "Hit, chase!"

Chen Ji dragged a weak arm out of the tunnel, glanced at the butcher shop, gritted his teeth immediately, pulled the meat cutting table with one hand, and turned it upside down in the tunnel, saying "dong dong dong!"

The pursuers in the tunnel struggled to push up the meat-cutting table, but were unable to push the heavy table open for a while. Chen Ji took a deep breath and struggled to pull out the crossbow arrow.

In the winter, heavy beads of sweat dripped from his forehead. He rolled up his sleeves, tore off his clothes and strangled the wound on his shoulder, turned around and walked out of the butcher shop as if nothing had happened. At this moment, soldiers were passing by on Anxi Street.

The Liu family troops holding halberds walked past Chen Ji. They surrounded Prince Jing's Mansion and Taiping Medical Center tightly and completely blocked them. The guards of Prince Jing's Mansion held halberds and faced off in front of the door, and the two sides were at war with each other.

Chen Ji lowered his head and walked under the eaves of the roadside, rushing to the end of Anxi Street. However, he only walked a few dozen steps before he slowly stopped. Dozens of soldiers were guarding the front, prohibiting all people from entering and exiting Anxi Street. .

Chen Ji turned around and walked to the other side, only to see that the pursuers had chased him out of the butcher's shop and were looking left and right in the crowd of people on the street with a knife in hand, looking for him. He couldn't get away.

Chen Ji looked around for weapons that could be used, preparing to fight to the death.

Before he could find the weapon, a carriage stopped beside him. Someone in the carriage whispered: "Get in, I'll take you away!" Chen Ji turned around and saw that it was Zhang Liga from the Huangshan Taoist Court. Open the curtain and wave to him from inside the car.

He got into the car, leaned against the car wall and looked at Zhang Li with wary eyes. Zhang Li patted the little road boy driving the car and signaled him to drive away quickly.

The little Taoist boy said: "Brother Zhang Li, we shouldn't take him away, we will get into trouble."

Zhang Li cursed and slapped him on the back of the head: "Why are you, Laojunshan Taoist Court, so afraid of trouble? What does your master teach you on a daily basis? What should you do if you encounter someone else in danger?"

The little Taoist boy was startled for a moment: "He should ask the Sanqing Taoist Patriarch to bless him!"

Zhang Li laughed angrily: "Damn it... is it too late to beg Sanqing Taoist Patriarch now? Senior brother will teach you now, draw your sword to help when there is an injustice!" The little Taoist boy hesitated and said: "Brother, this is the same as what my master taught me. It’s different.”

Zhang Li patted him on the back of the head again: "Stop talking nonsense, if you don't leave, it will blow your mind. You begged me to take you to Luo City to play before, but now I can't talk, can I? Look at me Will I take you with me in the future?"

The little boy on the trail had his mouth slumped and had no choice but to shake the reins and drive the cart.

Zhang Li lowered the car curtain and turned around, smiling at Chen Ji inside the car: "It's funny, it's funny." Chen Ji asked in confusion: "Why is Taoist Zhang Li here?"

Zhang Li patiently explained: "You helped me a lot at Luhun Villa earlier. When I came to Luocheng, of course I had to pay a visit. It was just an accident that I bumped into this scene on the way here... By the way, Liu The family is claiming you, right?”

Chen Ji said calmly: "No."

Zhang Li pointed to his shoulder with a smile. Chen Ji lowered his head and saw that the blood had soaked the gray cloth and seeped out.

"Don't be nervous," Zhang Li said with a kind smile: "We, the Huangshan Taoist Court, have no friendship with the Liu family and will never betray you. Now that the Liu family has blocked this long street, I will send you out first. "

The carriage drove out of Anxi Street. When it was about to leave, it was blocked by more than ten soldiers: "It is forbidden to pass here!" The little Taoist boy driving the carriage asked in a low voice: "Brother, what should I do?"

Zhang Li said nonchalantly in the car: "What should I do? Scold them!" The little Taoist boy faced the soldiers and said without thinking: "You damn..."

Zhang Li hurriedly said: "Wait a minute, don't scold me so dirty!"

Hearing this, the little Taoist boy cursed at the soldier: "Are you blind? You dare to stop the Taoting's car?"

The soldier outside the car said solemnly: "Mr. Feng ordered Anxi Street to be blocked. No matter whether you are a Taoist or a Buddhist, you are not allowed to go out."

The little Taoist boy said angrily: "I am the direct disciple of Immortal Danqiuzi of Laojunshan Taoist Court. The person in the car is Zhang Li, the first disciple of Huangshan Taoist Court. He is the one who entered the palace to preach Taoism to His Majesty! You are the one who is in charge of the Liu family. Come see me, and I want to ask, who gave you the courage to stop my car?"

The soldiers looked at each other, one of them winked, and immediately a soldier left quietly to report. After a while, a bearded soldier wearing armor slowly walked over.

He politely said to the little Taoist boy: "Forgive me, little Taoist priest, we are also under orders to arrest the rebels, so please cooperate with me." The little Taoist boy raised his eyebrows: "Do you think I look like a rebel?"

General Qiuxu explained: "I am not saying that you are a rebel, I am just worried that the rebels will hide in the car when you are not paying attention. How about this, you let me check the inside of the car. As long as I am sure that there are no rebels, I will let you go immediately." .

The little Taoist boy sneered, "What if I don't want to? If you say we'll search, we'll search. Where's the majesty of our Taoist court?"

The Qiu-bearded officer slowly darkened his face: "It's a very important matter. If the Taoist priest refuses, we can't let you go even if the Sanqing Taoist is in the car." There were traces of people in the car frowning, fearing that this disaster might be avoided. But don't go.

He looked at Zhang Li and saw that the other party took out a dried elm leaf from his left sleeve and a rat-whisker pen from his right sleeve.

Zhang Li cut his finger and wrote a complex spell on an elm leaf with a rat-whisker pen dipped in blood. Then he stretched out his hand and put the elm leaf on Chen Ji's forehead. He lowered his voice and said, "Don't talk."

The next moment, he cleared his throat and said in a deep voice: "Zhou Fang, since they want to see the inside of the car, let them see it." The little Taoist boy responded: "Okay, senior brother."

After that, he took the initiative to open the curtain of the car and let General Qiuxu check it out: "Here, look!

Chen Ji's heart was already in his throat. He watched helplessly as the beard-bearded soldier put his head in and cast a sharp gaze at him. But the other man only glanced in his direction, and then glanced over as if he didn't see anything.

The Qiu-bearded officer bowed his hands to Zhang Li and said, "I'm sorry, Master Zhang Li. The general is also following orders. Zhang Li calmly hummed and asked in a serious voice: "Are there any rebels in my car?"

The Qiu-bearded soldier hurriedly said: "No." "You still won't let me go?"

General Qiuxu took a step back and waved to the soldiers: "Get out of the way, let us go!"

The carriage started swaying again. Zhang Li smiled and picked off the elm leaves that were stained on his forehead. He gently rubbed his two fingers together and turned them into child powder: "Fortunately, they didn't entangle for too long, otherwise their secrets would have been exposed."

Chen Ji was surprised and confused: "Why can't he see me?" Zhang Li smiled and said: "It's just a little illusion."

He took out a gourd-shaped white porcelain bottle from his sleeve: "Fellow Taoist Chen Ji, roll up your sleeves and I'll apply some gold wound medicine powder to stop bleeding." Chen Ji rolled up his sleeves and heard Zhang Li let out a soft sigh. : "Has the bleeding stopped?"

Chen Ji looked sideways and saw that the blood hole left by the crossbow arrow was no longer bleeding out, and even his left arm, which had lost consciousness just now, could be raised. Fire!

He calmly took the porcelain bottle, sprinkled the powder on the wound, and explained casually: "My wounds have healed faster than others since I was a child." Zhang Li smiled and asked no more questions: "Fellow Taoist is a person favored by heaven. "

Chen Ji put down his sleeves, opened a gap in the curtains and looked outside. There was still a steady stream of Liu family troops on the street heading towards the palace: "Does Chief Zhang Li have a way out of the city?"

Zhang Li sat upright, folding his hands in his sleeves and said: "Now the four city gates are closed, beds and crossbows have been set up on the city walls, and there are military camps stretching for more than ten miles outside the city. Before the Liu family takes action, they will definitely not let any news leak out. , you can’t get out.

Chen Ji frowned.

At this time, a group of men in black came towards the palace on horseback, heading towards the palace. The man in front was wearing a blue cloak, and it was Mr. Feng who he had not seen for a few days! Chen Ji immediately lowered the curtains, fearing that the other party would see through the gap. Own.

Zhang Li sat in the car and said with great interest: "Fellow Taoist, why don't you follow me back to the inn and hide? I lead more than ten junior brothers and sisters to live in Yingxian Inn. No matter what the Liu family wants to do, it will probably not happen. Dare to embarrass our Taoist court."

Chen Ji shook his head: "Taoist Master, I understand with good intentions. I can't hide beside you with peace of mind. If the Liu family finds out, I'm afraid it will drag you down. Moreover, there are experts among the Liu family's staff, so the illusion just now may not really be able to deceive you." pass the other party.

After saying that, he bowed his hands to Zhang Li and said, "I would like to thank the Taoist priest for helping me, and we will say goodbye here."

Zhang Li no longer wanted to stay, and smiled and handed over his hands: "It's time to say goodbye, and we will meet again if we are destined. If my fellow Taoist survives this time, remember to come to visit me as a guest in Huangshan." "It's a deal."

When Mr. Feng and his party were far away, Chen Ji opened the door curtain and jumped out of the car, turned around and disappeared into the dark alley beside the road.

The little road boy driving the cart turned around and asked curiously: "Senior brother, you are full of bad ideas and are not a chivalrous person. Why are you helping him?"

Zhang Li said angrily: "Don't you fucking set me up, Zhang Li's methods are all used to deal with Buddhism, when have I ever dealt with others? I've been working so hard, but you guys are cricketing me behind my back. Bad water? Be careful I slap you."

The little Taoist boy shrank his neck and muttered in a low voice: "Senior brother is already a person who has entered the palace to meet the saints, why are you still so rude!" On the other side.

Mr. Feng rode his horse to the door of Prince Jing's Mansion and looked at the closed red lacquered door with a smile: "Are you surrounded?"

General Qiuxu stood beside the horse and reported: "Reporting to Mr. Feng, our Elephant Armor Battalion has surrounded the palace. Prince Jing and his family are among them, and we will never let anyone go."

Mr. Feng hummed: "Where is the young man that the master wants?"

General Qiuxu hesitated for a moment: "This man wanted to escape through the tunnel of Taiping Medical Center, but we caught up with him immediately after seeing through his trick. During the chase, the young man was hit by an arrow from us..."

Mr. Feng smiled solemnly and said: "If you talk nonsense again, be careful and your head will fall to the ground. Let me ask you, where are the others?"

The sharp-bearded soldier was so frightened that he fell to the ground, his black cast-iron armor clattering: "The general is still looking for him! He was injured, and we have sealed off this area and not let anyone go, so he must still be there. nearby!"

Mr. Feng raised his head and thought for a while: "Are you sure you haven't let anyone go? Don't lie to me. If I find out you have even told a lie, I will kill your wife, children, and children."

General Qiu Xu quickly added: "A Taoist carriage passed by before. But the general checked the carriage carefully and made sure there was only one Taoist priest in the carriage before letting them leave." "Oh?" Mr. Feng raised his eyebrows: "That Taoist priest's name is What?"

"Huangshan Taoist Court, Zhang Li."

Mr. Feng was delighted: "It turns out it's him!"

General Qiuxu was confused: "Mr. Feng knows him?"

"Of course I know him," Mr. Feng asked with a smile: "When you went to check his vehicle, did he not slap you in the face?" General Qiuxu was stunned for a moment: "No."

Mr. Feng pondered for a moment: "When did Zhang Li become so good-tempered? That young man must be hiding in the car, otherwise Zhang Li would have got out of the car and slapped you. Now you send someone to chase him... Forget it, that kid is alert and afraid It’s already too late.”

The Qiu-bearded soldier trembled: "Mr. Feng, spare your life...
Chapter completed!