Record of Extinction Destiny Chapter 168: Fish in troubled waters and enter the ancestral temple (two in one)
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"There is an assassin! Xiangzu Temple!"
The shouts came one after another. In addition to the guards of the palaces where the concubines lived, the guards patrolling all over the palace ran towards the ancestral temple. They carried lanterns, swords and crossbows, and searched carefully as they ran. He passed the place so as not to miss the hiding assassin.
There was a lot of people. Since this was the first time the palace encountered an assassin in more than 20 years, the whole scene seemed a bit messy. Often a group of guards would run around, but because of the search, it would become two and three. But in this way, Guards gradually appeared on all roads from Minghua Hall to the Ancestral Temple. However, due to the concise and concise orders, most of the guards thought that the assassin was near the Ancestral Temple, so they did not guard them at all levels. Instead, they all Gather towards the ancestral temple.
If Shi Xuan and Mo Jingqiu turned around and fled at this time, it would be easy for them to escape safely due to the vacuum of guards in other parts of the palace. But to escape at this time would be equivalent to handing over the innate Tao fetus to Mu Jing. The incarnation of Hunyuan Jindou, when she initially took control of Hunyuan Jindou, the two of them would be dead, and there would be no time to escape from this world before that.
Both of them have experienced countless dangers. In a flash of thought, they understood their situation, so they rushed forward without hesitation, trying to beat the slow with speed.
Relying on the power of spiritual reflection, Shi Xuan and Mo Jingqiu shuttled between the guards, narrowly avoiding search. But as the number of guards increased, it became increasingly difficult and almost impossible to avoid them. Even the rooftops were illuminated by guards with lanterns.
Fortunately, both Shi Xuan and Mo Jingqiu understand that everything can be done beforehand and unforeseen, so when sudden or unexpected things happen, the two of them are discovered before they even enter the ancestral temple. Be prepared for the situation. They looked at each other and made a decision instantly.
At this time, the two of them were on the corridor of a remote pavilion, with an uninhabited and cold house to their left. On the right hand is a lotus pond with a radius of about ten feet, overflowing with fragrance and with lotus leaves all over the water. There are two teams of guards outside the cloister door ahead, gathering from the other two roads, but they should continue to move towards the ancestral temple and will not turn back to search here.
On the fork in the back, there were also two teams of ten guards running towards this remote path. As they ran, they pushed open the doors of the houses and palaces, and hurriedly took a look to see if the assassin was hiding among them.
There is a jackal in front of Zhenzhen and a tiger behind.
If you hide on the roof, you can escape temporarily. But Shi Xuan and Mo Jingqiu suddenly separated and went to hide.
The two teams of guards entered the corridor one after another, shouting: "There are assassins! Go to the ancestral temple!" The five guards behind looked at the team in front and pushed open the doors of the house one by one. Using a lantern to illuminate the inside, he simply took the opportunity to overtake them and quickly passed through the cloister door.
Zhang Wen and Zhao Wu looked slightly excited and pushed open the door of a house from left to right. For dandy boys like them, who were Yinbu as guards, although the assassins were dangerous, there were many people. Take courage. On the contrary, it made them feel a different kind of excitement, and if they could catch the assassin, it would be a great achievement, and they might become a first-class bodyguard, or be promoted to a provincial general.
As soon as the lantern was illuminated, the two of them had no time to look carefully. After a rough sweep, they saw that there was no one inside, so they immediately turned around and left. Going to the ancestral temple to intercept the assassin was the most important thing at the moment. What they are doing now But let’s talk about people.
But at this time, the other three guards who were on guard behind the two men suddenly saw a black shadow emerging from the small rockery in the middle of the lotus pond. They threw themselves onto the corridor behind and ran towards the direction they came from. And escape.
"Catch the assassin!" One of the guards shouted. Without any time to think, he held a lantern in one hand and a long knife in the other, and chased the black shadow. The other two guards quickly followed.
Zhang Wen and Zhao Wu were startled by the shouting. They turned around subconsciously and looked around blankly. When they saw their three colleagues running towards the back road, they suddenly realized where the assassin was escaping. went!
The two were just about to catch up when a black shadow suddenly hung down from the door that was opened behind them. It was hanging upside down on its head and feet. Its hands suddenly stretched out, one to the left and one to the right, and held down He punched the mouths and noses of the two people, and then used the momentum of jumping down to drag the two people into the room.
Caught off guard, Zhang Wen and Zhao Wu's first reaction was to shout, but with their hands firmly pressing their mouths, they could only make a small, dull sound, which was unable to alert the colleagues in front who were focused on tracking the assassins. He watched helplessly and desperately as they turned around the corridor and disappeared from sight.
Then the two men swung their lanterns and swords wildly, but they didn't know where to cut, so they couldn't help but fall back inside.
After the black shadow landed on the ground, he leaned forward, pressed his hands on their mouths and twisted them outwards. With two clicks, Zhang Wen and Zhao Wu's necks deflected, and they fell limply to the ground. Their breathing stopped instantly.
This black figure was Shi Xuan. While breaking their necks with both hands, he still had time to kick back twice and slowly close the door.
A few breaths later, the team of guards who had gone out from the corridor door heard the voice of "catch the assassin" and hurriedly turned back and passed by the room in a hurry. They didn't feel anything wrong with the door being closed. , they thought Zhang Wen and Zhao Wu found the assassin while searching in the room with the open door in front.
Shi Xuan was not in a hurry, but quickly peeled off Zhang Wen and Zhao Wu's soft armor, robes, and hats, then took off his own robes and put on Zhang Wen's clothes. , the muscles on his face twisted and moved strangely, and in a blink of an eye, he was 60-70% similar to Zhang Wen. Based on Shi Xuan's current ability, this was already the limit.
Wearing his hat, lowering the brim and lowering his head slightly, Shi Xuan looked like another Zhang Wen. As long as no acquaintances looked carefully, it was enough to fish in troubled waters at night.
After waiting for more than ten breaths, the door was suddenly pushed open. Mo Jingqiu stepped in, carefully closed the door, and chuckled: "It's not easy to get rid of them. Fortunately, the further you run to the back, the fewer guards there are. Finally, I used the eaves and rockery to get back."
While talking. She quickly removed her outer robe and put on Zhao Wu's clothes that Shi Xuan had laid out. In a few breaths, she was fully dressed, twisting the muscles on her face, and transformed into Zhao Wu's appearance.
However, her appearance is graceful and stunning, and there is a big gap between her and Zhao Wu. After some changes. The image can only be divided into three and four quarters. Fortunately, the sky is dim and can cover up a lot. In a panic, at first glance, he looked no different from Zhao Wu.
She lowered her hat. While helping Shi Xuan stuff the two corpses, changed clothes, and blown out lanterns into two cabinets.
After everything was done, the two men took long knives and calmly opened the door and walked out. Controlling their voices, they imitated Zhang Wen and Zhao Wu’s voices and shouted: "There is an assassin! Xiangzu Temple!"
The voice was so lifelike that it could almost be real. While shouting, the two men ran toward the corridor door with their long knives in hand.
The guards who chased Mo Jingqiu confirmed that they had lost sight of him. When they returned to the ancestral temple, they discovered that Zhang Wen and Zhao Wu were missing, but they didn't find it strange. The night was dark and many places in the palace were cold and remote. While running quickly to capture someone, it was normal for someone to fail to follow, or to intercept him from another road on his own initiative. Even among the three people who initially pursued him, one of them was missing.
And their shouts of arresting the assassin caused many guards to gather over. The number of people going to the ancestral temple was greatly reduced in a short period of time, and even the guards who had already arrived at the ancestral temple relaxed a little. It turned out that the assassin was still relatively far away.
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Along the way, Shi Xuan and Mo Jingqiu shouted slogans from time to time, but they ran towards the ancestral temple without stopping, passing many guards who were distracted and searching everywhere, and when they heard "catch the assassin" The guard who turned around and shouted passed by.
"Hey, aren't those Zhang Wen and Zhao Wu? What are you doing running so fast? Do you want to show your face in front of the emperor?" While an acquaintance of the dandy boy was sweeping the grass with a long knife, he saw the two running away. In the past, he couldn't help but laugh.
The guard who turned back to catch the assassin sighed: "He is so dedicated and undistracted that he can even give up the temptation to catch the assassin. This is a true example of loyalty and patriotism. We can't match it."
The further they ran, the more guards there were, but most of them, like Shi Xuan and Mo Jingqiu, hurried to the ancestral temple. After taking a quick look at these two colleagues, they felt that they looked familiar and they were not strangers. , and stopped paying attention.
Thirty or forty breaths later, Shi Xuan and Mo Jingqiu could already see the ancestral temple from the corridor sandwiched between two walls.
The ancestral temple is a magnificent and solemn palace, located on a square with a radius of more than ten feet. There are several copper tanks placed at the corners to prevent water leakage.
The nearby guards have gathered here, and the temple itself is heavily guarded, with many soldiers armed with strong bows and crossbows guarding it. Therefore, the outside of the ancestral temple is brightly lit and surrounded by guards, soldiers, swords, and long swords. The sword reflected the firelight and flickered, and the strong bows and crossbows were all cocked and pointed outward. Once something was wrong, an overwhelming rain of arrows would fall.
The general Huang Qi who is commanding the soldiers here has quite the demeanor of a general. In the chaotic scene where the guards are coming from all over, he is commanding calmly and shouting loudly from time to time, asking them all to move slowly, to receive and distinguish, and not to attack this place. Circle guards, if anyone disobeys orders, will be killed without mercy, to prevent assassins from fishing in troubled waters.
The guards who accepted the identification were arranged by him outside the circle, trying to form two lines of defense. In this way, even if the assassin had any supernatural horror, after breaking through the guards in front, he would not be able to escape the strong force behind. Hard bow and crossbow.
However, after the shouts of "catch the assassin" rang out in the distance, Huang Qi's concentrated and alert mind relaxed a little. The assassin was still far away. After the chaos was calmed down and thorough preparations were made, Then even if they have wings on their backs, they can't even think of breaking through to the ancestral temple.
"My family and my life were finally saved." If assassins really broke into the ancestral temple, Huang Qi, as the general guarding the temple, would be punished by the nine clans. He gently wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said, "Damn assassins, When I catch you, I will kill you with a thousand swords.”
At this time, several guards ran out of a corridor. One of them ran the fastest and shouted loudly: "General Huang, please report the news of an assassin in this humble position!"
While shouting, he kept walking, but when he got close, the guards immediately surrounded him for identification, so he couldn't help but slow down.
Huang Qi looked at the guard and asked, "Who is this?"
A familiar guard said loudly: "Reporting to the general, this is Zhang Wen, the second son of Mr. Zhang's family. He is currently a third-class guard."
Huang Qi felt relieved when he saw someone recognized him. He said loudly: "Let him come over and answer."
The guard over there carefully looked at the appearance under the hat, but no matter how bright the lights were at night, it was still quite dim under the current conditions, causing the hat to cast some shadows on his face, so he nodded: "It is indeed Zhang Text."
One of the meritorious disciples who was familiar with Zhang Wen frowned slightly: "How come he looks more like Zhang Wen's eldest brother? Could it be the light shining on him? There are also such effects, but speaking of it, the two brothers do look very similar. ”
While thinking this. While looking at Zhang Wen's back as he walked past, he felt something strange growing up as he looked.
"Okay, just answer here." I saw Zhang Wen walking to the defensive line formed by the peripheral guards. Huang Qi was cautious and asked him to stop.
"Zhang Wen" said anxiously: "Reporting to General Huang, the brothers in our team found traces of assassins in Guangming Tower, but their fierce martial arts were difficult to resist, so they retreated steadily. Fortunately, the surrounding brothers reinforced them. Slowly trap them and ask the general to send some guards to help."
He seemed very anxious as he spoke. While walking towards Huang Qi.
As soon as Huang Qi was about to speak and sent dozens of guards to follow Zhang Wen, he saw him rushing toward him, and his heart suddenly trembled: "He is an assassin!"
The meritorious disciple who looked at Zhang Wen's back from behind also came to his senses: "He is a little taller than Zhang Wen!" Normally Zhang Wen is shorter than himself. Because of this, he was used to being laughed at by himself, but when he saw him today, Zhang Wen was actually on the same level as him!
Shi Xuan ducked into the guards, blocking with his left and right.
The surrounding guards swarmed up and surrounded Shi Xuan, who was disguised as Zhang Wen. Shi Xuan kept walking, weaving through the crowd, his sword light flashed from time to time, cutting down the guards, and he always avoided the guards' long knives in dangerous and dangerous ways, just like everyone practicing martial arts in a tacit understanding.
"This skill is beyond imagination and miraculous. It's a pity that I became an assassin." Huang Qi regretted it. With a wave of his hand, the soldiers holding strong bows and crossbows slowly pushed forward, preparing to surround Shi Xuan. , now that he had the upper hand, Huang Qi did not dare to let the archers shoot without scruple, otherwise the guards surrounding the assassin would be shot together, and many of these guards were meritorious disciples. Unless it was absolutely necessary, even if Even the emperor would not make this decision.
Anyway, when the archers surround him and the guards slowly withdraw, they can kill the assassin with random arrows.
As the archers surrounded him, Huang Qi made other preparations. He ordered a few sharp archers around him to find an opportunity to shoot the assassin. If he could hit the assassin, it would not be difficult to capture him alive under the siege of so many guards. This would be better than killing him directly. The dead assassin deserves more credit.
But just when everyone was focusing on the surrounded Shi Xuan, a figure suddenly jumped out from the side. His body was buried very low. In a few steps, he rushed past the unprepared archer and jumped from the first A line of defense rushed to Huang Qi's side, and the light of the sword fell, blocking Huang Qi's saber in a flash, falling on his neck, and holding him hostage.
"Stop it all!" Mo Jingqiu shouted loudly. She had deliberately walked at the end. Before she could be interrogated and distinguished, she took advantage of Shi Xuan's deliberate discovery and rushed over with many guards. Waiting until the archer Moving forward, his attention shifted, and he launched an attack, capturing Huang Qi in one fell swoop.
The general was captured, and the guards and soldiers were in panic. Without anyone to direct them, they all stopped and allowed Shi Xuan to pass by and meet up with Mo Jingqiu.
Huang Qi wanted to shout, "Don't worry about me, shoot me together. Otherwise, if you are assassinated into the ancestral temple, I will not die alone, but the whole family will be killed and the nine clans will be killed." But Mo Jing How could Qiu let him speak at this time, while the other hand was firmly holding his mouth.
After meeting, Shi Xuan and Mo Jingqiu didn't delay at all. Using Huang Qi as a shield, they walked backwards towards the ancestral temple. Although their steps were broken, they were extremely fast. In a blink of an eye, they climbed up the steps and arrived at the ancestral temple. door.
At this time, two figures ran over from a distance. The first one was wearing a black gauze skirt and had a beautiful appearance. He shouted from a distance: "Shoot the arrow! If an assassin enters the ancestral temple, you will all die together." Words! ”
The guards and soldiers were stunned, who is this?
Zhu Shang, who was following behind, was running out of breath. This fragile and beautiful woman was not what she looked like. When he saw that the guards were not moving, he ran and held up his token: "The emperor's token is here, shoot the arrow! Even if General Huang dies, he can still marry his wife. Don't you want to kill his entire family?
"It's the imperial master." The guards and soldiers were shocked. They saw the emperor's order flashing again. They were aiming at Shi Xuan and Mo Jingqiu. The ready-to-go crossbows were about to be released. The two were now far away from each other. There are still a few steps to the gate of the ancestral temple.
But at this moment, they all suddenly felt dizzy, as if something hit their souls. Their hands lowered involuntarily, and arrows rained down from the sky and hit the steps.
Taking this opportunity, Shi Xuan and Mo Jingqiu pushed Huang Qi, and with the help of the counter force, he flew into the air, knocked open the door of the ancestral temple, fell in, and quickly rolled to the sides and hid behind the wall. .
Shi Xuan's face turned pale, and his head was buzzing. The last move that shocked his soul, although it lasted only a moment and was not as long as the state master Zhu Shang's, was just right and had a wide range. It was not like Shi Xuan's. When the Third Tribulation Heavenly Lord's spiritual reflection failed to trigger it, it was a pity that the power of the spell was not yet reached, otherwise all these soldiers should have collapsed to the ground, and it would be impossible to draw their bows and draw arrows again now.
The ancestral temple is solemn. Without the emperor's personal order, the soldiers did not dare to shoot bows and arrows. If they shot down every plant and tree in the ancestral temple, it would be a crime of disrespect.
Seeing Shi Xuan and Mo Jingqiu entering the ancestral temple, Mu Jing suppressed her anger and quickly passed by the soldiers and rushed towards the gate. Zhu Shang hesitated for a moment, followed, and greeted ten people at the same time. With several skilled guards together, they have the strength in numbers and their own means to help, the two assassins can still turn the world upside down.
However, inside the ancestral temple, there are spiritual tablets, offerings, etc. everywhere, and there is not much space to move them. If there are more people, the assassins are not caught but the spiritual tablets of the late emperor, the late emperor, etc. are destroyed. Those ten The head is not enough to cut off.