Nine hundred and twentieth chapters a sword Ling Xiao
Liu Xiu and others took the Shangdongmen West Street, preparing to enter the city through the Shangdongmen.
When it was daylight, the city gate had already been closed. Liu Xiu and others rode horses and came to the city gate. A guard urged his horse forward, raised his eyes to the top of the city, and shouted loudly: "Open the city gate quickly!"
A soldier stuck his head out from the top of the city and looked down. There were not many people around Liu Xiu. In addition to Luo You, there were more than a dozen Yulin guards in civilian clothes. Hua Feiyan who came with him,
Long Yuan, Xuying and others are now staying in Northeast Guo District to track down the details.
"Who are you? Why are you entering the city so late?"
The Yulin guard took out a waist card from his arms, raised it upward, and said: "I am the Yulin guard, open the city gate immediately!"
The soldier on the city head poked his head and looked carefully at the waist badge held high by Yu Linwei. After looking at it for a while, he retracted his head. Not long after, the city gate creaked open, and more than a hundred people poured out from inside.
Soldiers.
The leader was a military lord. He first looked at the Yulin Guards in front of the city gate, and then looked at Liu Xiu and others. He raised his hands and asked, "Are you all Yulin Guards?"
Habayashi Wei floated off his horse and handed over his waist badge. The military lord hurriedly took it and took a closer look. It was indeed Habayashi Wei's waist badge, and the opponent was Habayashi Lang.
His face straightened, and he respectfully returned his waist badge. The Yulin guard said: "Today we are investigating the Northeast Guo District. I was ordered to go check it out. I was delayed for some time due to something, so I returned to the city so late!"
The military marquis said "oh" and did not ask any more questions. He had already heard about today's investigation of the Northeast Guo District. Because the scale of the investigation was so large, even the capital army outside the city was transferred into the city. Thousands of people were transferred into the city. His Majesty sent
It was only normal that Habayashi Wei went to check.
He turned sideways and waved to the soldiers behind him. The soldiers, who were facing a formidable enemy, put away their weapons and retreated to the side. Liu Xiu and others rode horses, passed through the city gate, and entered the city smoothly.
There is also some distance from the upper east gate to the palace. Compared with Guo District, the city is much quieter, but there are lanterns hanging outside every door.
Those who can live in the city are either princes and nobles, or they belong to the families of officials, and then there are the wealthy families. Each family has a strong family background. Hanging lanterns outside the house at night is not only a facade, but also a status symbol.
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This was the first time Liu Xiu walked around Luoyang so late at night. Looking at the lights on both sides of the street, he was filled with emotion. Five years have passed since he persuaded Zhu Jun to surrender and take over Luoyang. In the past five years, Luoyang has changed.
It can be described as earth-shaking.
Luoyang had gone through several wars in the past and was in ruins and desolate. Now, Luoyang's prosperity has surpassed Chang'an, Xijing. He was riding a horse and walking forward when he suddenly pulled the reins and stopped the horse.
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Luo You and Yu Linwei next to him were both startled, looked at Liu Xiu in confusion, and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"
Liu Xiu did not answer their questions. He squinted his eyes, looked up at the rooftops on both sides of the street, and said in a deep voice: "Who is sneaking around here? Come out!"
There was no one on the street, and the roofs on both sides of the street were also pitch black, and nothing could be seen clearly. Just when everyone was deeply confused, they saw black shadows suddenly standing up one after another on the roofs on both sides of the street.
Upon seeing this, the expressions of Luo You and the Yulin Guards changed. People said in unison: "Protect Your Majesty!" As they spoke, all the Yulin Guards rushed forward and surrounded Liu Xiu.
As soon as everyone surrounded Liu Xiu, they heard the continuous sound of whizzing wind, and crossbow arrows flew down from the roof.
These Yulin Guards around Liu Xiu are all Yulin Lang. Yulin Guards are the elite in the Han army system, and Yulin Lang is the elite in the Yulin Guards. In the entire Yulin system, the quota for Yulin Lang is one hundred.
Twenty-eight people.
At this time, even though there were only a dozen guards around Liu Xiu, each one was more skilled than the last.
People immediately took out their swords from their ribs and flicked the arrows that were shot down. With a series of clanking sounds, the arrows that were shot were all bounced away.
A Habayashi man took off the crossbow from his waist and stuffed a hollow whistle arrow into the crossbow. He was about to point the crossbow at the sky and shoot the whistle arrow. At this time, a man on the roof beside him
The man in black jumped down, but while he was still in the air, he swept out a sword and took it straight to his neck.
The Habayashi man reacted quickly and immediately changed the direction of the crossbow and fired the crossbow arrow at the man in black who was rushing towards him.
Chirp——
He used the whistle arrow as a normal crossbow arrow, flying straight towards the man in black. The latter waved his sword in the air, clang, the whistle arrow bounced away, and the man in black also fell to the ground.
Habayashi Lang floated off his horse, holding his sword, and rushed straight towards the man in black.
In the blink of an eye, the two of them were fighting together. Luo You pulled Liu Xiu off his horse and said urgently: "Your Majesty, it's dangerous here, let's leave quickly!" This scene reminded her of the night Du Qing was killed.
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Looking at these black-clad assassins in front of her, Luo You wanted to crush them to ashes, but she had not lost her mind yet. She knew that the overall situation must be the most important thing. The most important thing at the moment was not revenge, but protecting His Majesty's safety.
Luo You pulled Liu Xiu and quickly retreated to the base of the wall. At this time, the men in black on the roof had already jumped down one after another. They held swords and bent their waists, and rushed straight towards Liu Xiu.
A Habayashi Lang shouted: "Meet the enemy! Protect Your Majesty!" As he spoke, he took the lead in holding a sword to greet them. The other Habayashi Langs each held a sword and fought together with the men in black who rushed over.
In an instant, the originally quiet street turned into a flash of swords, and the sound of clanging iron tools could be heard all the time.
Just as Habayashi Lang was fighting fiercely with many men in black, another black shadow floated down from the roof not far from Liu Xiu.
This black shadow, as light as a leaf, jumped from such a high roof and made no sound when it landed.
Standing in the middle of the street, the man in black looked around, and soon his eyes fell on Liu Xiu and Luo You who were retreating in the corner. The man in black walked toward Liu Xiu and Luo You with his hands behind his back, as if strolling in a court.
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A nearby Habayashi Lang saw it clearly, roared angrily, and faced him with his sword. In a moment, Habayashi Lang took three steps and then two steps. When he was in front of the man in black, he thrust out with his sword.
He was faster, and the man in black was even faster. His legs were slightly bent, and then his body soared into the air, like a giant eagle, hanging in the air.
Habayashi was startled. He raised his eyes and looked up. He didn't see the figure of the man in black. He only saw a light like mercury falling on the ground. It was beautiful, as if silver rain was falling from the sky, and as beautiful as the Milky Way was falling into the sky.
mortal world.
This was also the last scene that Habayashi Lang saw. As the man in black's body landed lightly on the ground, Habayashi Lang, who was standing frozen on the spot, also fell on his back.
There was only a faint red line on his neck, and strangely, there was still wonder and a smile on his face.
Seeing the move of the man in black, Liu Xiu and Luo You, who were not far away, were both shocked. The opponent's sword move was too fast. Even Liu Xiu could only see the outline clearly, while Luo You was against the black man.
The long sword used by the man in clothes and the sword moves are too familiar.
Rivers and rivers flow backwards, mountains collapse, and a sword reaches the ninth level of the sky, Ruan Xiu!
Her senior brother died in the hands of Ruan Xiu's disciples, and Luo You hated Ruan Xiu deeply. But the moment she saw Ruan Xiu, she didn't feel any hatred at all, only fear.
Luo You's body shook involuntarily, and the hand holding Liu Xiu's arm subconsciously tightened little by little.
Liu Xiu felt Luo You's strangeness, turned around and saw that Luo You's face was pale, and big beads of sweat were seeping out from her forehead. She murmured: "Yes... it's the uncle, he...
…He is Ruan… Ruan Xiu!”
Apart from Ruan Xiu, there is no one else who can use the sword to such an extent and with such mastery.
After hearing Luo You say Ruan Xiu's name, Liu Xiu narrowed his eyes and stared at the man in black.
The man in black is tall, no taller than Liu Xiu, with broad shoulders and long arms. When drooping, his fingertips are almost close to his knees.
Looking at his face, he, like the other men in black, was also covered with a scarf, with only two eyes exposed. These eyes were as bright as two small lanterns, emitting a strange ghostly light in the dark night.
Light.
The man in black holds a long sword in his hand. The regular sword length is three feet. The Chixiao sword used by Liu Xiu is the regular three-foot sword. According to modern standards, it is seventy centimeters.
The sword in the hands of the man in black is nearly five feet long, which means it is over ninety centimeters.
This kind of long sword was quite popular in the Qin State at that time. When Jing Ke stabbed the King of Qin, Ying Zheng failed to pull out the sword three times. What Ying Zheng was wearing at that time was the Qin State's long sword, which was ninety centimeters away.
The long sword is inconvenient to wear and draw, but of course it also has its own advantages. In the era of cold weapons, an inch long means an inch strong, and an inch short means an inch dangerous. When a battle occurs, the advantages of a long sword are naturally greater than
dagger.
The man in black held a long sword and walked towards Liu Xiu and Luo You step by step. At the same time, he slowly said: "Luo You, you have indeed betrayed the sect."
As the man in black approached, Luo You's body shook even more violently, as if sifting through chaff, and he was a little unsteady.
Liu Xiu glanced at Luo You, then pulled away her hand that tightly grasped his arm, took two steps forward, and asked, "You are Ruan Xiu from Si'a?"
The man in black's eyes fell on Liu Xiu and said: "No wonder Qi Zhong and Guan Ying fell into your hands one after another. They are really evil!"
They were hiding very secretly. It was impossible to see them while walking on the street, but Liu Xiu still found them relatively far away, which made him very curious as to how Liu Xiu was aware of their existence.
Liu Xiu seemed to see the other party's doubts, shrugged and said: "No matter how well you hide it, you can't hide the murderous intent in your body!"
The man in black was stunned for a moment, then his eyes curled up, as if he was smiling. He looked down at the sword in his hand and said, "It's been a long time, and no one can let me take action myself."
Liu Xiu curled up his lips and said, "So, Mr. Ruan should not come to Luoyang."
The man in black raised his gaze, met Liu Xiu's eyes, and asked: "Your Majesty, can you offer a human head on your neck?"
Liu Xiu blinked his eyes and couldn't help but laughed. The man in black also laughed and smiled. The man in black turned his eyes and looked at Luo You behind Liu Xiu and said, "Luo You, if you want
To survive, now is your last chance, kill him."
Under the gaze of the man in black, Luo You shivered, and his feet involuntarily rubbed back. Liu Xiu did not look back, as if he was not worried that Luo You would suddenly kill him from behind.
The man in black stared at Luo You with an even sharper gaze, and said faintly: "Luo You, I am giving you a chance to live. Don't be ungrateful and don't seek your own death."
Luo You looked at the man in black and then at Liu Xiu's back. He raised his hand tremblingly, then quickly dropped it, raised it again, and dropped it again, repeated several times.
Without waiting for the man in black to speak again, Liu Xiu said slowly: "Mr. Ruan is a swordsman who has been famous for many years, and is a senior in the world. Don't you think it is too disrespectful to bully a little girl like this?"
The man in black laughed out loud. He raised the long sword in his hand and flicked the sword lightly with his fingertips, making a clanging sound. A cold light flashed in his eyes and he said, "Shuzi wants to stand up for her."
, it also depends on whether you have this ability." As he spoke, without any warning, the man in black just took a step forward, and he was already in front of Liu Xiu, and the long sword swept out.
A silvery expanse suddenly appeared in the sky again. It was as if a touch of snow appeared out of thin air. It was so beautiful that being in it made people feel like they were in a fantasyland.
The rivers and rivers flowed backwards, the mountains collapsed, and a sword reached the ninth level of the sky! This is the most realistic portrayal of Ruan Xiu, a top swordsman.