187. Fate

The clear sound of the copper whistle was like a swift, flying over the rooftops and into the dark alleys.

In the alley, the Jiefan Guards wearing conical hats looked up at the night sky at the same time. When they heard the sound of the copper whistle clearly, they took out their own copper whistles from their arms and blew them.

The sound of the copper whistle rolled into the distance like ripples, and Jie Fanwei moved closer to the inner prison like wasps returning to their nest.

Looking down from the sky, the snow looks like a chessboard, the alleys like chess squares, and the densely packed Jiefanwei are like chess pieces. It seems someone has set up a chess game here, luring you into a trap.

Before Jie Fanwei arrived, Liang Gou'er leaned over the roof and whispered to Chen Ji, "Hurry up, Jie Fanwei will be here soon, this is a trap!

In front of the inner prison gate, Chen Ji did not answer.

He looked at the dark stone steps of the inner prison. A cold wind blew in his face from inside. The jailer had retreated into the darkness of the inner prison, and the wall lamp engraved with the Bagua diagram went out at some point.

Chen Ji was puzzled.

Why would an inner prison guard carry a wristband? He'd never worn one before.

How could a jailer be so alert? There was only one elite jailer among them, and he had encountered him?

Heavy snow fell on Chen Ji's head, shoulders, and heart. He felt a chill rising from the bottom of his heart and spreading throughout his body like an icy stream.

He finally understood where the feeling of powerlessness he had felt during this period came from. It was because everything was carefully planned by someone. In addition to the Liu family, Prince Jing, and Luo Tianzong, he was also part of the conspiracy!

Who is plotting against me? Why? Should I save them or leave? This is a fatal question.

While he was thinking, he heard the sound of wheels running over the stone road in the distance. Chen Ji turned around and saw that it was the cart of the Luocheng soldiers under Zhang Zhuo who were transporting food and grass.

The troops were passing through in a long, chaotic queue, completely blocking the area. The arrow was on the string and had to be shot!

Chen Ji glanced back at Liang Gou'er on the roof and said, "Brother Gou'er, I lied to you. I don't know if you can actually see Jiang Liuxian with the letter. You guys should go now. It's not too late. The Conspiracy Department won't know you're involved in this."

Liang Gou'er said angrily, "If you go in now, you will definitely die!"

Chen Ji walked into the inner prison without looking back: "It doesn't matter, there's nothing to look forward to anyway."

After saying that, he walked down the stone steps step by step and headed towards the depths of the inner prison.

Yu Dengke hesitated for a moment, then jumped off the roof and ran into the inner prison with Chen Ji. In the heavy snow, only Liang Gou'er and Liang Mao'er remained on the roof.

Liang Gou'er lay on the roof with a complicated expression. He saw Jie Fanwei approaching from a distance and turned to leave. "Cat, let's go! We don't want to get into this mess!"

However, before he could completely turn around, Liang Mao'er grabbed his arm tightly and said, "Brother, the prince and the princess are both good people. We can't leave."

Liang Gou'er impatiently struggled to break free from Liang Mao'er's hand, but he couldn't get away at all, and his sleeve was almost torn off.

He said helplessly, "They're good people. What does that have to do with us? We've helped so many people in the past, and so many people who've turned their backs on us. They came to kick us when we were down. They're all ungrateful bastards!"

"When I was young, I saved Li Xuan. He was being hunted by his enemies and was nearly dead. It was my father who saved him with his sword. But what happened? That vicious minister set up this ridiculous martial arts alliance to recruit martial artists from all over the world, offering them official positions and food and wages. Li Xuan was afraid that my father would compete with him for the leadership of the martial arts alliance, so he attacked my father while drunk!"

Liang Gou'er glared at his brother. "Dad saved Zhou You and his son back then. They were desperate and nearly starved to death on the streets. What happened? After being injured by Li Xuan, Dad went on an escort mission. No one knew about his injury. It was Zhou You and his son, greedy for money, who leaked the information to the Taihang Mountain bandits, costing Dad his life! All these years, I've killed Li Xuan and Zhou You and his son, and I've shouldered a blood debt. If I were injured or killed, and my enemies came looking for me, how would you survive?"

Liang Maoer remained silent.

Liang Gou'er looked at his brother with an angry look: "Are you going to leave or not? If not, I will leave!"

Liang Maoer slowly released his hand and said seriously, "Brother, it's their fault for being ungrateful, not our fault for what we did. Brother, what is our Liang family motto?"

Liang Gou'er testified: "Cat, the martial arts world is no longer the same as it used to be..." Liang Mao'er stood up from the roof, looked down at his brother and said seriously:

"Men of the Jianghu, when doing Jianghu things, must keep their words and fulfill their actions. They must be sincere in their promises and not care about their own bodies. They would rather die with honor than live in vain. They are ready to die! The prince and the princess have treated us with sincerity. If we leave now, what difference will we make from those villains?"

Liang Maoer continued, "Brother, do you remember what the eight words our father said to you before he died?"

Liang Gou'er murmured, "If one's integrity is ruined, everything will fall apart." Liang Mao'er lowered his eyes and said, "You didn't do it."

As soon as he finished speaking, a Jiefan Guard came to the gate of the inner prison with his hand on his waist knife.

When he entered, Liang Maoer jumped onto the roof and pounced behind Jie Fanwei.

Jie Fanwei felt a dark shadow pressing down from behind him, and subconsciously turned around to draw his knife, but before he could draw the knife halfway, he was grabbed and lifted up by Liang Maoer.

"go!

Liang Maoer threw with all his might, and immediately threw Jie Fanwei several feet away.

But I saw Jie Fanwei falling on the snow, bouncing up and down heavily, sliding two or three feet before he came to a stop, and no one knew where the hat on his head fell.

Jie Fanwei struggled to get up from the snow and shook his head. He looked at the distance between himself and Liang Maoer in disbelief. He was actually thrown so far!

He turned his cheek and spat out a mouthful of blood, then reached to his collar and slowly unbuttoned his clothes and threw them on the snow, revealing a black flying fish suit underneath with a red embroidered python on the shoulders extending to his chest.

"Kill!" Jie Fanwei drew his sword and walked forward on the snow without fear of death.

As he rushed back, five or six more Jiefan Guards arrived. They took off their clothes and attacked Liang Maoer with swords.

When they came within ten steps of Liang Maoer, Jie Fanwei took off their hats and threw them at Liang Maoer like hidden weapons.

The bamboo hat broke through the layers of snow and flew towards us.

Liang Maoer tried his best to dodge, but was still cut by the two hats on his arms and legs. There was a blade hidden in the brim of Jie Fanwei's hat, and the cuts left a bloody mark.

Jie Fanwei surrounded Liang Maoer.

Liang Mao'er fought without any method, just charging around wildly. He repeatedly knocked away Jie Fanwei's blade, grabbed his opponent and threw him out, but he never killed him.

But I heard him still muttering "People of the Jianghu follow the Jianghu's ways"

Liang Gou'er knows his younger brother best. He is a soft-hearted person who would cry for half the night when a chick died at home when they were little. When Liang's father wanted to kill a cow, the silly younger brother hugged the cow's neck and said, "If you want to kill the cow, kill me first."

This kind of fool has wasted his natural supernatural power. Even if he has superb sword skills, he will not kill anyone.

Liang Gou'er was upset, so he turned around and lay on the roof with his eyes closed, but Cai was ringing in his ears.

Liang Maoer's voice: "I would rather die with honor than live in humiliation..."

There were more and more Jiefanwei around Liang Maoer, and Liang Gouer, who was lying on the roof, stood up.

"Stop it, stop it!" He stood quietly on the rooftop, looking down at his brother not far away. Finally, he sighed, "How can you be so soft-hearted? I'm going to die, and how can you live on?"

When a Jiefanwei swung a knife at Liang Maoer from behind, Liang Gouer flicked the knife's jaw with his thumb.

The sound of a sword being unsheathed pierced the sky, and it was like the original sound of martial arts created by heaven and earth!

Liang Gou'er was still standing on the roof when a bright blade beam pierced through the sky and earth, spanning a distance of several centimeters and splitting the Jie Fanwei who had attacked Liang Mao'er into two. A palm-deep crack was also created on the stone road under the snow.

Domineering! Unmatched!

You Jie Fanwei exclaimed: "Liang family swordsmanship!"

The Liang family's swordsmanship lacks any special techniques; they simply cultivate their sword intent to its ultimate perfection. In a single breath, their killing intent is pure, requiring no minor tricks!

Liang Maoer turned to Liang Gouer and smiled innocently, "Thank you, brother." Liang Gouer said angrily, "Shut up!"

He jumped lightly off the roof and stood in front of Liang Maoer.

The next moment, Liang Gou'er looked up at the Jie Fanwei who had just surrounded him and attacked him. There were so many of them.

Without even turning around, he said to Liang Mao'er, "Silly Mao'er, no one in our Liang family has ever been able to cross the hurdle of the Divine Path. I've always said that this task would fall on you. I hope I'm right. Today, I'll show you what true Liang family swordsmanship is. Whether you can learn it or not is also fate."

Liang Gou'er, facing hundreds of Jiefan Guards, stood tall and raised his head. He took a deep breath, and the wind and snow were sucked into his mouth, sucking in the world.

Draw your sword!

In an instant, the sword light illuminated the night, and the snow waterfall rolled back!

Chen Ji walked down the stone steps of the inner prison quickly.

A crossbow arrow shot out from the darkness. Chen Ji slightly turned his head to avoid it. His right hand arrived first and grasped the crossbow arrow feather beside his ear.

But he threw it into the darkness with his backhand. A muffled groan was heard not far away, and then someone ran away quickly.

Chen Ji covered his face with the gray cloth again, ran down the stone steps, and stepped into the corridor of the inner prison. More than ten jailers came to fight, but Chen Ji did not stop and greeted the jailers.

past.

In the cells on both sides were still prisoners from Prince Jing's Mansion and the Liu family. They clung to the iron bars and cried, "Save us, save us!"

Chen Ji met the jailer in close combat in a narrow corridor. In an instant, he snatched the knife and swung it in one go!

A jailer exclaimed, "No, it's not acquired, it's innate!" Chen Ji's face was as gloomy as water, and he approached step by step with a knife in hand.

Amid the sounds of fighting in the corridor, Yu Dengke ran to Chunhua's cell and embraced her through the bars: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. I'm here to save you."

Chunhua suppressed her tears and said, "You idiot, why are you here? Aren't you afraid of death?! There are so many of them, hurry up and leave!"

Yu Dengke quickly comforted her: "It's okay, we will die together.

Wait a moment, I'll go help."

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned his head to look at the corridor, only to find that more than ten jailers were already lying on the ground and did not need his help at all.

Chen Ji, covered in blood and panting, ripped a bunch of keys from the jailer's waist, found the key for number A-7, took it off, and then threw the remaining keys to Yu Dengke: "Open the door and save Chunhua."

Yu Dengke took the key and hurriedly inserted it into the keyhole while watching Chen Ji run deeper.

Chen Ji ran very fast, and Room No. 7, Type A, was getting closer and closer.

When he was almost there, he wiped the blood off his face, then looked down again, and only felt relieved when he was sure that there were no visible injuries on his body.

But when Chen Ji arrived at the door of cell number 7, he was suddenly stopped.

Chen Ji stood in front of the cell door, feeling as if he had just experienced another explosion, with a loud buzzing sound in his ears.

In this cell, there is only the prince, not Baili.

He watched as the prince clutched the iron bars, his mouth opening and closing, but he could no longer hear what he was saying. He felt like he was drowning, the thick black water enveloping him tightly, and he didn't know where it was flowing to.

Chen Ji came back to his senses and asked angrily, "Where is the princess?

The prince came to the door and said, "Bai Long took her away alone today. I don't know where she took her to!"

"Why did you take the princess away alone?" "I don't know!"

Chen Ji suddenly felt a sense of absurdity.

It was as if fate had the ability to correct itself. No matter how hard he tried, there would always be a problem, causing fate to return to its original track.

No, it's not fate.

There is no reason for Bai Long to take Bai Li away alone, unless someone already knew that he was going to break into the prison.

..

Chen Ji suddenly turned his head and looked at the darkness at the end of the corridor. It seemed that a vicious chess player was sitting there, silently laughing at him.

However, since the other party knew that he was coming to jailbreak, why did he still keep the prince?

Chen Ji turned around and strode forward. He came to the door of cell number 1, and saw

Prince Jing was sitting in the inner room looking depressed.

In just two days, it felt like he had lived his entire life in this inner prison. The only reason he didn't die was because he was waiting for someone.

Prince Jing heard the footsteps and looked up at Chen Ji in front of the door: "You are here after all." Chen Ji spoke directly: "Prince, you clearly know that Emperor Ning arranged Feng Daban

Being by your side means he is plotting against you. You are not someone who will surrender without a fight, but he has not kept any cards in his hand.

Prince Jing didn't say anything.

Chen Ji continued, "I've been thinking, Your Highness, that by doing this, you're either waiting to reveal your final trump card, or... you're plotting against someone else. I pondered for a long time, but couldn't figure out who you were targeting, until I discovered my master knew I was a stranger, and until Bai Long took the princess away alone."

Chen Ji stood in front of the cell door and suddenly asked, "Your Highness, the person you wanted to plot against in the end was actually me, right? That's why you apologized to me."

Chen Ji looked into Prince Jing's eyes and said, "Your Highness, you have met Li Qing, right? It was you, my master, and Li Qingniao who smuggled me down from the Forty-Ninth Heaven. That's why you came to play chess with me the first thing after returning to Luocheng. You wanted to see what kind of person I am."

Prince Jing still didn't speak.

Chen Ji grabbed the iron bars and asked in a serious tone, "But why did you sacrifice the princess? What did she do wrong? Just because she's not your biological daughter, you hate her? What exactly do you want to do?"

Yu Jingjing looked at him for a long time and then said slowly: "Chen Ji, Jingning two dynasties

There are so many things I want to do in my years of strife, but I don't have time. I don't have time to cleanse the Ning Dynasty of its ills, nor do I have time to unify the country with my troops. At twenty-one, I was a young general with great ambitions. At forty-five, I am just a sick and blind official. Friendship and ideals can no longer give me strength. But Chen Ji, some things are still unfinished, and someone must do them... Only when I die, the Jing Palace is destroyed, and enough people die, will the Jing Dynasty trust me.

Not only did Chen Ji fail to completely resolve his doubts, but he had more doubts. What did Jing Chao believe in and what did Prince Jing want to do.

No, Prince Jing did not tell the truth. There is a secret hidden in Prince Jing’s words!

At this moment, Yu Dengke ran over holding Chunhua's hand: "Let's go quickly, it's too late

If you don’t leave now, you will never be able to leave!

Yu Dengke dragged Chen Ji out. Chen Ji roared, "What the hell are you trying to do?!" Prince Jing sighed in his cell, "Chen Ji, there shouldn't be gods in this world, and there shouldn't be forty-nine heavens... I'm sorry."

Chen Ji was about to rush forward to ask his doubts, but he discovered that a fierce ice stream was rolling out of the No. 1 prison cell. It was more terrifying and huge than the ice streams of Concubine Jing and Concubine Yun, than any previous ice streams, and than the ice streams of the entire inner prison!

It's suffocating!

The powerful prince of Ning Dynasty left.

The other party did not give him another chance to ask questions, and the prince died willingly in this dark prison cell.

At one point, Chen Ji even thought that the reason why Prince Jing had held on until now was to leave Bingliu to him!

Without thinking too much, he took out the key, opened the cell, pulled the prince and ran out.

The prince shouted, "Chen Ji, save my father, he's still in there!

Chen Ji did not answer. He just pulled the prince forward, passed through the long and dark corridor, and broke through the cage.

When he reached the ground, Yu Dengke was shocked.

Hundreds of Jiefanwei corpses were lying on the snow, and their red blood was steaming in the winter night, melting the snow one by one.

In the snow, Liang Mao'er supported Liang Gou'er, with a knife hanging on his left hand, standing upright.

However, there was a bloodstain on Liang Gou'er's back, running diagonally from his shoulder to his waist, and his right arm was empty.

Yu Dengke hesitated and said, "Brother Gou'er, you...

Liang Gou'er smiled and said, "Damn it, there are many officials hidden in the Jiefan Guard. They have capsized in the gutter. The Du meridian is broken, so I can't use my sword anymore. But it's just as well. This sword skill has plagued the Liang family for more than ten generations. Let it be gone."

Chen Ji avoided his gaze and said, "Thank you, Brother Gou'er."

Liang Gou'er said angrily, "Stop pretending to be slow and understanding. I don't like dealing with people who are unscrupulous like you. Let's forget each other and never see each other again.

Chen Ji didn't explain anything. He pulled out a white porcelain bottle from his pocket and tossed it to Liang Mao'er: "Medicine from the Huangshan Dao Court."

Liang Gou'er said solemnly, "From now on, you owe my two brothers a life. If Liang Mao'er is ever in trouble, no matter where you are, no matter if you have to endure danger or hardship, you must repay him with your life."

Chen Ji said solemnly, "Okay."

At this moment, the sound of galloping horses was heard in the distance.

Chen Ji looked at everyone and said, "Yu Dengke, you will take the prince and act according to the plan. Someone will escort you out of Luo City."

Yu Dengke said to Yi Huishu: "Where are you going? Aren't you going to Jingchao with us? You will die if you stay."

Chen Ji took a deep breath and said, "I can't leave. I still have things to do."

Yu Dengke was about to say something when he saw Chen Ji retreating, step by step, into the darkness. "Someone once told me that those who can't give up anything can't change anything. I know what I'm doing, and I know I can do it. After this farewell, I don't know when we'll meet again, or maybe we'll never see each other again. If you're drinking with me in Jingchao, please drink for me. Take care."

After saying that, Chen Ji turned around and ran away.

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