Shape of the Wind – Volume Meteorite Chapter 7: Let the snake out of the hole

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In December, 419 of El Tienno calendar, the southern Guijiang River Basin of El Tienno

The news leaked by Bailudong really caused a sensation in the entire Continent of Wind: Lu You’s most respected second disciple Zhou Gongjin, under the order of his mentor, secretly changed his name and changed his surname, and entered the Guiyi rebels to work and investigate. confidential.

The two surviving old elders in Bailudong are not fools. If they directly announce Gongjin’s identity, they may force Gongjin to join the Guiyi rebels, and the rebels will accept him easily, but they will not It is a completely different situation to leak the news out of the channel.

Recently, there have been many negative news in Bailudong. Both the disciples and the people of the empire are frowning on the continuous power struggle. Therefore, some news must be released at this time to let the people of the empire know what Bailudong does. What did they do to regain their respect and trust.

Furthermore, leaking this news can make Zhou Gongjin be surrounded by angry ghosts and kill people without any effort. This person has followed Lu You for many years and knows too many secrets. If he intentionally uses these secrets to attack Bailudong, the results will be serious. In fact, because of his methods of instigating conflicts, Bailudong has been destroyed in the past few months. The earth was turned upside down, and his vitality was greatly injured.

This method of borrowing a knife to kill people should have been used for a long time, but for two reasons, I pressed it first. The first one is that the three old elders are really afraid of the secret Zhou Gongjin knows, and they don’t want to force the tiger to jump over the wall too much; the second reason is that after the three old elders turned their faces, they hope for the present and the future. Use Gong Jin to eradicate the escaped old elders.

Su Lao Tang’s abacus was smashed. When the news came that Su Lao died in battle in the past, the remaining two old Su Lao immediately expressed condolences to the dead colleagues and revealed Gong Jin’s identity without hesitation. .

It’s just that they didn’t expect Gong Jin to be smarter than they expected. Before the news reached the Guiyi army, they ran away first, and then neither Bailudong nor Guiyi rebels could be found. To his whereabouts.

Of course, Su Laotang’s plan was not unanswered. It was not only the imperial soldiers who were shocked by the news, but also the entire ghost and barbarian army, but the former was cheering and praised the heroes, while the latter was angry. Resentment, vowed to find the traitor and put to death.

Originally, Gong Jin was respected by the people in the Guiyi Army in the name of Zhou Yu and became an important figure in the Alliance’s founding. It was mainly because of the Battle of Jingyanggang that he was rescued from the Eltinus Army. A large number of Guiyi people. But if this is just a fake show, the hero who rescued the Guiyi tribe is actually the executioner who caused the Jingyanggang tragedy, then the original respect will turn into raging anger.

In the absence of Gong Jin's whereabouts, a group of his men bear the brunt and become the target of people's anger. Xiao Qiao and Yan Ning, who hurried away, were one step late, half of the horse thieves in the Phantom Brigade had died, and none of the remaining half was uninjured, and they were struggling with blood in the crowd.

"These people are innocent. What treacherous tricks Bailudong have. They will never know that, in a certain way, they are just as deceived as we are!"

Xiao Qiao advocated so loudly, but even with her prestige, the fate of these people could not be saved. After some turning point, the remaining Phantom Brigade members cursed the coalition forces and Zhou Yu, dragging their tired bodies. Was banished.

Little Qiao feels deeply sad that innocent people have been harmed, but the situation is stronger than others. Angry people need to vent their targets. If someone stands in front of them at this time, even if this person is their favorite My destiny, they will tear that person to pieces.

After learning that Zhou Gongjin had mixed into his camp, everyone seemed to be mad, and the Guiyiren sent a representative to ask Xiao Qiao to issue a hunt down order. It was difficult for Xiao Qiao to speak his refusal, especially when they cried about how their father and brother died in the hands of Zhou Gongjin, a sea of ​​blood and hatred, Xiao Qiao felt that there was no way to heal their pain and hatred.

But when Xiao Qiao hesitated a little, the order to kill Gong Jin had been issued, and the person who issued the order was Yan Ning. In the eyes of everyone, Yan Ning, who had been used and deceived by Zhou Gongjin, seemed very angry, vowing to smash the body of this former fellow brother into thousands of pieces to relieve the hatred in her heart.

This kind of reaction made everyone very relieved, because if even Yan Ning was a spy, none of the most important figures in this coalition could be trusted and supported.

"The guy Zhou Gongjin was really cunning, and he used this method to show me... Heh, but it's no wonder that when he was in Bailudong, he was a perverted ladyboy who didn't like being seen by women. He wore it all day. Wearing a mask, no one has seen his true face. It is really shameless. I will never let this cold-blooded traitor live. When we take the Bailu Cave, I will skin him and put him to death, and hang up his dirty head. !"

Amidst countless crowds, Yan Ning spoke indignantly, waved angrily, and interrupted a flagpole with a thick bowl next to her in a shocking manner.

The people around her liked this kind of performance very much. They cheered with her magnificent roar and turned their vengeance into fighting spirit, vowing to destroy the treacherous and cunning Bailudong dog thief.

Xiao Qiao was watching all this. Although the shouting and shouting beside her were so enthusiastic, she couldn't be excited by it, instead she was abnormally cold.

Why did you leave the Medici’s house and lead the Guiyi to build an army? If the war is still inevitable in the end, then being the leader by yourself can reduce most of the killings, and you can also educate your own soldiers so that they don't get lost in the blood of the war and remember their ideals of standing up to fight.

Before, this ideal has been in practice, avoiding the disadvantages of empty-mouthed vernacular, and using actual life to let soldiers understand that harmony between ethnic groups can bring benefits. When they calm down, let go of hatred and disagreement, and grasp the past. In the hands of the enemy, each other's lives can be better, and the world can be better.

During the time in Huaguo Mountain, I almost believed that this ideal was successful, but now, watching hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians cheering in the city, asking myself and Yan Ning to lead them, blood wash the Bailu Cave and kill Every human dog thief who vindicated the humiliation of the past cannot be comforted by being supported, only a strong sense of loss and bitterness.

Especially Yan Ning. Although she pretended to be unfamiliar with Gong Jin when she was still there, but in the mine distress and many battles later, Xiao Qiao could see that there was a relationship between Yan Ning and Gong Jin. , There is a deep friendship beyond words. For this friendship, they can even sacrifice their lives for each other.

Xiao Qiao was deeply moved by this love and hoped that he could have such a friend, but what is the situation now? If even friends who were once so good can hate so much that they can gnash their teeth and swear that they won't stop without taking off the other's head, then what is the point of these efforts? What is it for?

Since the Pengfenpo Conference, many things have happened in succession. Xiao Qiao has never felt tired, but she feels tired now, as if she had never been so tired in her life.

"Leader, your complexion is so bad, have you been too tired recently? You should rest more!"

When everyone left, Yan Ning approached Xiao Qiao, noticed that Xiao Qiao's complexion was not good, and asked worriedly.

"Yin Ning, I feel... so tired in the last few days."

Xiao Qiao said softly, while Yan Ning looked straight into her eyes, her eyes deep as if she could see through everything, and it took a long time to speak.

"Don't think too much, it's no good to think too much at this time. As a leader, you just need to look straight ahead."

Xiao Qiao shook his head and said, "But you know I've never been the kind of brainless person. Bailudong said Brother Yu is a spy who sneaked into our side, but I can't believe it. How could he be a spy? Anyone with a discerning eye can see that he has done more for us and done more meritorious deeds than anyone else; in every opportunity that can hurt us, he chooses to protect us, even if he is Zhou Gong Jin, hasn't he done this enough?"

"Enough or insufficiency is not what we say. There are so many people in the world, not everyone has your heart and mind. You bring happiness to people, but even you did not deprive them of it. The power to hate people. It is far more difficult to hate people than to love people. These people live most of their lives by hate. If you take this away, how will they face their past lives?"

Yin Ning speaks as calmly as possible, using words and sentences tactfully, not wanting the coldness of the words to hurt people.

"Leader, you want everyone to get along with each other in peace, but it’s impossible for water and fire to be in the same bowl. If you let go of one person’s hand and let most people hold hands, that’s What the leader should do, so Gong Jin should leave. If he doesn’t leave, where should you go, leader?"

Simple words, but there are very clear hints, let Xiao Qiao know that Yan Ning is by no means "unknowing" as she claims, Gong Jin must have had some degree of relationship with her before leaving. Tacit understanding.

If Gong Jin does not leave, then the violent backlash from the Guiyi tribe will make it difficult for Xiao Qiao to break, so he has to leave that night. But knowing this didn't make Xiao Qiao much better, because she didn't have the person to protect her, and she didn't even know where he went.

"Brother Yu...Where is he going now?"

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According to the general guess, Zhou Gongjin who completed the mission must have returned to Bailu Cave. This guess is not far from the facts. After leaving the rebels, Gong Jin did go towards Bailu Cave and stopped for a while. , Because his injury is difficult to drag on any longer.

Stay in a secret place for a short time to take care of the serious injury on his chest. Gong Jin himself did not expect that he would fall from the injury if he was seriously injured. It took seven days before he regained his mobility and moved back. Went to Bailu Cave.

The seven-day period of healing was very lucky. Although he was hiding in a cellar without food or medicine, he was hidden in the cellar for seven days and isolated from the outside, which allowed him to avoid Bailu Cave and ghosts. The open and dark search networks of the barbarians and the rebels did not cause death.

Returning to Bailudong, of course, was not for surrender. It was more like saying that it was self-investing in the net, but Gong Jin felt that he had to go to see it once and personally confirm Master's attitude.

Lu You and Sanxiu Lao are not rivals of the same level. If the enemy is limited to Sanxiu Lao, Xiao Qiao can lead his army to win gradually, but if he really wants to face Lu You, no matter how many victories he wins now, he will still lose once in the end. Therefore, Lu You's attitude will determine the outcome of this war.

The power of heaven is an extinction power that mortals cannot match. With the three magical weapons, Xiao Qiao can certainly increase his strength tenfold or a hundredfold, but whether he can compete with the power of the heavens is an indeterminate number. According to Gongjin, it is a life of nine deaths. Therefore, he can avoid fighting. This is the best policy.

Gong Jin did not expect to be able to convince Master that when Lu You has made a decision, it is not easy to change. What he wants to fight for is to bet on whether Lu You values ​​this matter, if for Lu You, who will become The Lord of Eltinus is not important, so there may be a chance for Lu You to change his position.

If the plan is unsuccessful, then at least explore the current trends in Bailu Cave. Although the investigative ability of the Brothel Alliance is unparalleled in the world, there is some in-depth intelligence that Gong Jin is confident that only he can find out.

This bold plan encountered obstacles in the first step of its implementation, and it was still a fatal obstacle. Taking advantage of the cover of the night, Gong Jin tried to return to Bailu Cave silently, but on Wusonggang, half a mile away from the gate, a dark shadow that seemed to have been there for a long time blocked Gong Jin’s Way to go.

Hundreds of feet away from each other, but such a distance does not make Gong Jin feel safe at all. Although the figure is almost integrated with the surrounding darkness, it is impossible to see clearly, but from the inner meaning Gong Jin knew who was standing there with the biting sword aura and the pure Bailudong martial arts aura.

"Master..."

Gong Jin couldn't describe his astonishment. Since the beginning of his introduction, except for that time, Master had personally left the customs to deal with the problem of the back-up body. For hundreds of years, he would never leave the Houshan Ice Cave. However, now he is going out for himself, waiting for himself here.

There is no need to say any more meaningless words. Just standing there, forcing a Taotian sword aura, Gong Jin has already understood what Master wants to say to herself, and the only thing to do next is to do her best. Save your life.

A bright sword light cut through the deep darkness, turned into a powerful meteor, and blasted towards Gongjin. This awe-inspiring sword, which is not a thirty-six stunt, quickly shines in front of Gong Jin's eyes; life and death meet next to him in a short moment, and Gong Jin's mind is suddenly blank, and the only thought left is hard work. Struggling with that ray of life.

Even Gong Jin didn't understand, how did he escape from that sword aura, how did he, who hadn't escaped from the realm, catch the sword of the Heavenly Martial Artist? Perhaps, this can only be said to be a strange force in the fire field.

In short, when Gong Jin regained consciousness from the pain again, she found that she had flown far away, hitting a broken rock hundreds of feet away, and a pile of destroyed and dumped houses and deaths in front of her. The traces of blood that I crashed all the way.

(I...still alive...)

The hands and feet were pierced by countless small stone chips, bleeding and losing the feeling, and the pain was terrible behind them. It seemed that even the spine was broken in the collision, but the pain returned to the pain, I can breathe, I am still conscious , Which proves that life still belongs to oneself, and Master’s sword didn’t take it away.

To survive, Gong Jin didn't hesitate, and immediately fled, leaving here at full speed. After such a big commotion, even if the master stops chasing after him, the rest of the Bailudong children will be alarmed. With their serious injuries, they don’t even have to be the masters of the two great old elders to play the game, just a few Bailudongs. The disciple can kill himself.

With half luck and half strength, Gong Jin successfully escaped from Bailu Cave, seeking a place to heal his injuries. The Bailudong side did not fully explain the incident. It was only an assassination by a master of the ghost and barbarian rebels, who was repelled by the Bailudong. Now they are trying their best to hunt down the remnants.

This statement is not difficult to understand, because Bailudong cannot disclose Gong Jin’s identity directly, nor can it be said that Lu You took the initiative to deal with it personally, so as not to increase the rebel’s worth and momentum, so this statement is quite satisfactory, Gong Jin does not. Not surprisingly, what really puzzled him was that in that powerful Slashing Heaven Sword, he felt the hidden killing intent. Although the master did not go all out, he did not show mercy. It was true. I want to kill myself with the power of heaven.

If Master's intention to expel herself and Yan Ning is to train talents, then there seems to be no reason to kill herself!

Gong Jin thought so, but started to smile again. Even if the master does not show mercy, what does it mean? Master has long been accustomed to training with life and death. Even if he is a disciple he has cultivated for hundreds of years, if he is not qualified to take the sword of his trial, it is better to just die, because now there is no ability to survive. The weak will definitely not be qualified to deal with the invasion of demons in the future.

"Demons...Demons...Where are so many demons? If we practice this method, we will all be killed before the demons come to the world..."

Dragging her **** body, Gong Jin sighed wearily. Yan Ning had said similar things in the past, and she didn't care much about choosing to be loyal to Bailudong, but now thinking about it, she felt that those words couldn't be more reasonable.

"Damn it, why everyone only thinks about war... If there are more people like Xiao Qiao, the world will not become like this... The demons are brutal? The people killed by us are comparable to the demons. Kill more..."

Recalling many tasks that he had done in Bailudong before, Gong Jin felt this way even more, but now is not a good time to dream of the past. The injuries on his body can no longer be dragged on, and he must find a place to heal him.

Seriously injured in combat, he must find a place to recuperate. For Gong Jin, this should have been an experience he was accustomed to, but in his past so many healing experiences, he has never had such a difficult time. Not only To heal the wounds, we must try to avoid hunting and killing by a large number of people.

In the previous latent work, every time he was injured, he would be hunted by the enemy, but Gong Jin could always hide in the Bailu Cave’s sphere of influence or hidden piles, and healed quietly without interruption. But this time it didn’t work. Not only did the Guiyi rebels dispatched masters to search around, but the shelter in Bailudong was no longer available. At the same time, as a result of besieged and searched by two major forces, Gong Jin only felt that the world was so big that it seemed to be nowhere. Shelter.

Being searched and chased by others is an uncomfortable feeling. It is like a frightened bird at every turn. Everyone you see next to you is like a fatal crisis for yourself. Just say a word or more. If you do something, you may expose your whereabouts and cause murder.

Even if you have high-powered martial arts, you must pretend to be inferior in martial arts to avoid attracting the attention of others. Otherwise, the brigade will rush in, and the power of the ant hero will not dare to take it lightly, let alone the fierce lion. Saying that he is seriously injured now, as long as the fighting time is a little longer, just a broken wound can be fatal.

Fortunately, Gong Jin has never been a person without a sense of crisis. He has known the truth about the Three Caves of the Rabbit hundreds of years ago, and he has already realized it. He left a few hiding places in Eltino beforehand. .

If he prepared these places himself, then the possibility of being tracked down is too high. Having seen the all-pervasive ability of Bailudong and the Brothel Alliance, Gong Jin never believes that there are real secrets in the world, so, He is not building his own escape, but hiding in reliable places in the form of parasites.

It is estimated that it will take more than a month to recover from the injury. In the past, the injury was suppressed several times in a row and rushed to act. Now these accumulated injuries have erupted once. If you use the previous method to suppress it, even if you don’t die afterwards, Lost a martial arts, so you must calm down and take care of the injury first.

The hiding place that Gong Jin chose was a martial arts hall in Zhongdu City. It was originally a place where a wealthy foreign businessmen recruited customers and cultivated talents. Many wandering swordsmen who wanted to get ahead would go to such a place. Hope to get ahead one day. Of course, dragons and snakes are mixed in the martial arts hall. Warriors and swordsmen from all sides compete all day long. If they don't agree with each other, they fought and praised the bravery. Such chaos is a good place to hide.

The wealthy businessman who funded this martial arts museum behind the scenes is said to be a big businessman who settled in Wulian. He is a descendant of the former Dashi Kingdom. Gong Jin is not familiar with this character, but if he is far abroad, he will not come often. A tour of the martial arts hall can save a lot of trouble. And in the martial arts hall, you can hear a lot of rumors and information, in addition to the news of the ghost barbarian rebels, of course, there is also information about Bailudong.

In order to search for the assassin, Bailudong asked the officers and soldiers to cooperate. During the investigation, every place in the city was also posted a high reward. It really made a lot of noise for a while, but because it only said that the assassin was to be captured, there was nothing at all. The appearance and name of the assassin, as a result, for the officers and soldiers and bonus hunters to receive the reward, only some ghosts and other races in the city were killed indiscriminately, and then nothing happened.

More than a month passed as soon as the time was dazzling. Gong Jin’s body gradually recovered. As long as he was free, he would think about the power that burst out when he was in danger in the mine and faced Master’s desperate sword. Lead it out.

During this period of time, the Devil's rebels’ offensive was disappointingly slow. Although they had swallowed some territory, under the counterattack of the Eltinos, the two sides engaged in tug-of-war and frequently exchanged hands. The occupied zone on the upper reaches.

On the whole, the rebels still have the upper hand in all aspects. Because of the internal disturbances, the Eltinos can only be forced to take a defensive position in the war. The reason why the rebels cannot expand smoothly , Seems to come from within the rebel army, but what those reasons are, everyone in the martial arts hall can't tell why.

Gong Jin is indeed worried. In the recent battles, he did not hear Xiao Qiao’s name. It seems that she has not rushed to the forefront as before. From this point of view, Yan Ning has indeed defended. I promised to cover Xiao Qiao well and didn't hurt her too much, but... the ominous feeling in my heart is always hard to erase.

"Strange, what about the pretty chick in the Guiyiren? I heard her in every battle before, but how come I can’t hear it recently? Didn’t she come out to fight anymore? What a pity, she can die in this way It’s worth being a ghost in the hands of a beautiful woman!"

The person who spoke was an unnamed strange old man in the martial arts hall. Ragged, short, with so many wrinkles on his face that he can't tell his age, he looks like an old monkey, and looks like the wind will fall; everyone in this martial arts gym is equipped with swords, but he only hangs one. With a tattered bamboo sword, when every warrior is trying to make himself look like a dragon and a tiger, this strange old man has become a strange man in the martial arts hall. If he has to find a description for his "vigorous" , That is an old man sweeping the floor and taking out the garbage.

In fact, many swordsmen, including Gong Jin, who went to the martial arts hall for the first time regarded this strange old man as an ordinary servant and asked him to come in and take care of the debris in his room.

The reason the old man is weird is not because of his funny appearance like an ugly old monkey, but because of his special nature. Everyone in the martial arts hall believes that the old man blamed for having suffered from women’s losses in the past, so he became mad. He often wandered around some swordsmen practicing martial arts, watched them practicing swords without any suspicion, and then talked nonsense about how strong his muscles are. , Good muscles and bones, would you like to go home with him to receive training, to ensure that every day is like going to heaven and so on.

These words sound like men’s drunken words in taverns and prostitutes. Everyone in the martial arts hall guessed that he was deceived by bad women in the fireworks field in the past, and no longer trusted women, so he came to find men. . Most people showed obvious disgust when they saw him approaching. Only a few people who liked to listen to him or drink his own "monkey wine" would make friends with him.

Gong Jin is not interested in fine wine, but is willing to listen to the strange old man. This is the biggest entertainment for his depressed life in a month. At first, he was not so willing to approach this ugly little old man. The reason for appearance is second, mainly because he has been enemies with Su Lao Tang recently and has been fed up with the sinister and treacherous three old elders. When he sees the old man, he has a headache. .

What's more, the crazy talk of the old man is really unbearable. As I said to others, the old man used to look up and down Gong Jin's eyes, and then he showed a strange light, saying something. He has a strong chest and strong muscles. He is a rare martial arts wizard and should go home with him. Words like going to heaven.

Gong Jin ignored him. Those days in the rebel army gave him a little sense of humor. Otherwise, if he didn't turn this old man into eighteenth dan according to his previous personality, then he would not be Zhou Gongjin.

However, the crazy words of the blamed old man were eye-catching, and some of his sober words were ignored. Gong Jin occasionally talked with the old man, and talked about the current situation of the war in Eltinus, but some of his words made Gong Jin frightened.

"...When the Bailudong sends Gongjin boy into the rebels, will he only have to investigate intelligence? The old man slapped his chest to ensure that in the future, the failure of the ghosts will all be given by the Gongjin boy."

"Oh? But in recent days, after listening to discussions from various parties, General Gong Jin did not cause any harm within the rebels. Now that he has left, how can he do more? Does the old man think he is still in the rebels? Are spies left behind?"

"Hey, good fighters have no great merits, spies are naturally there, but with Bailudong killing people without seeing blood, do they need to be so indecent as spies? What they are best at is to make people If you don’t attack yourself, although the Gongjin boy is gone, the poison he poisoned may be breaking out!"

The blame old man explained to Gong Jin that he had been paying attention to the reforms carried out by the rebels. When others only saw the rebels’ successes, he found that the rebels’ internal reforms were unstable.

Guiyi people account for a large proportion of the rebels, a full one-third, but after all, they are not as many as the orcs and humans, but because the leader came from the Guiyi tribe, the Guiyi tribe is the most persecuted group. Therefore, many measures in the rebels have given special benefits to the Guiyi tribe, and even more because they have to respond to their voices of resisting persecution, and repeatedly deliberately improve the status of the Guiyi tribe. These phenomena were due to Xiao Qiao’s prestige in the early days of the war and the rebels. The whole expectation of victory is not a big deal, but the hidden problems will come out sooner or later.

"Why can't the Guiyi people live in harmony with humans? Why do these discriminations happen? It is because of unfairness. Human beings think noble and discriminate against the Guiyi people and the orcs, so they will provoke a counterattack today; the Guiyi people are now shouting The slogan of resisting persecution, after gaining power, doubles to discriminate against human beings. The rift between races will only deepen. This mentality, I will call it ghost chauvinism, is very helpful in the period of conquering the world, but...don’t say it well. After that, I am afraid that even now, there should be some problems in the rebels."

Hehe sneered twice, and the blamed old man raised his head and drank the last sip of wine in the gourd, wiped his mouth, and then spoke to Gong Jin next to him.

"A soldier who defeats people without fighting, kills without seeing blood. This is Bailu Cave’s favorite trick. I don’t know who created the policies of the rebels, but if Zhou Gongjin is really Bailu The person trained by the hole is really as capable as the legend. He has been in the rebels for a few months, and it is enough for him to use these methods... Hey, brother, don't you think?"

Gong Jin was silent, unable to conceal the surprise in his heart. The old man could see through his own technique at a glance. This vision is really extraordinary, because before even Xiao Qiao and Yan Ning hadn’t seen what he was doing. Now he can see through it at a glance, as if he was involved in the whole process. Clearly, this is really...

"However, Bailu Cave will probably be able to accept the results soon. Gong Jin has heard that he will be back soon. Ten days later, Zhongdu City will hold a very grand welcome ceremony."

"Old man, what did you say?"

"Have you never heard anyone say it? Young man, Bailudong just announced to the public that Zhou Gongjin is going to return to Zhongdu in ten days. Many people are clamoring to see it!"

"This...what is going on?"