Chapter 395: The First Defeat in Life (Extended Chapter)
In the quiet night, on the official road at the foot of Yuquan Mountain, more than a dozen Dongchang captains tightly surrounded Mr. Zhang.
However, although the swords in everyone's hands had been unsheathed, no one took any action without Xiao Chen's order.
On the contrary, Mr. Zhang's words made everyone fascinated.
This forbidden secret of the Yongle Dynasty was now heard from the opponent's mouth, which was a bit unexpected for these captains.
"Your Excellency has tried every possible means to deal with the imperial court, and deliberately dealt with the prince. It must be that you are already incompatible with the current emperor?" Xiao Chen further inquired about the other party's intentions.
"The current emperor? He just relied on his physical strength to usurp the throne from his gentle nephew. Although he later became dedicated to the country and worked conscientiously, it was difficult to conceal the fact that his throne was unjust." He put his hands behind his back.
, Mr. Zhang said lightly after lightly swiping the face of the Dongchang captain who surrounded him.
This sentence made Xiao Chen's slightly confused thoughts become completely confused.
Whether it is Emperor Jianwen or Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, his evaluation is not very low. Obviously, these two people should not be his sworn enemies.
So why on earth does this person want to go against the imperial court?
Could it be said that the Qinghe Store distributing steamed buns to paralyze the people's minds, and the city of Hangzhou did not hesitate to win over hundreds of officials and secretly accumulate huge wealth, these things have nothing to do with the people in front of them?
Thinking of this, Xiao Chen couldn't help but shook his head.
Without evidence, you cannot say that this person is related to those things. But in the same way, without evidence, how can you say that this person has nothing to do with those things?
"Since Emperor Jianwen and Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty have never offended you, why do you always go against the court? Could it be that the prince offended you privately? Or is it that you don't want the people of the Ming Dynasty to live and work in peace and contentment, so you insist on causing trouble?
, causing chaos in the world to show his sense of existence?" Xiao Chen asked calmly.
No matter what the other party said, it was an indisputable fact that Wang Yuan of thousands of Jinyiwei families was killed, and more than 600 famous school captains of Jinyiwei were often killed.
Since we have no enmity with Emperor Jianwen and no enmity with Ming Chengzu, taking innocent lives like this is just creating trouble out of nothing.
As an agency directly under the emperor and the most powerful inspection agency in the capital, it is better to arrest this person today and fully interrogate him.
The right hand holding Li Ben gradually tightened the grip of Li Ben's knife.
"Hahaha..." Mr. Zhang laughed loudly, "A sense of existence? For me, life doesn't belong to me, so what sense of existence do I need?"
"In this case, I want to know why you want to be an enemy of Ming Dynasty?" Xiao Chen asked.
General Zhang slowly put down his hands on his back: "I have no interest in continuing to talk to you now. Should you let me go or send me away?"
As he spoke, an incomparable confidence radiated from Mr. Zhang's body.
"Let's go? Are you overthinking it? It's more appropriate for you to go back to Dongchang Prison with me today. Maybe there are some acquaintances of yours in the prison, and you can have a good time together." Xiao Chen said coldly.
Thinking of Liao Xianghe, who had always been tight-lipped in the prison, if they were really related, taking this person back to Dongchang might be able to open a breakthrough for Liao Xianghe.
"If I resist, are you going to kill me on the spot?" Looking at Xiao Chen, Mr. Zhang laughed.
"I want to know more from your mouth. However, for the safety of the capital, the safety of the emperor, and the safety of the entire Ming Dynasty, if we cannot capture you alive, we have to kill you."
Xiao Chen's right hand slowly began to exert force.
"Okay, let's do it. I also want to see if the legendary purple-clad captain is exaggerated."
With a "crack" sound, Mr. Zhang pulled out the two-foot-long short knife from his waist.
Seeing Mr. Zhang's actions, the surrounding captains, under Duan Tianming's command, stepped back about five feet.
Xiao Chen had already explained before that everyone's task was to contain this person's back. Faced with the situation directly, it was better to leave it to Xiao Chen, who would be more confident.
"I also want to learn about your skills."
Xiao Chen shouted loudly, and the Liblade in his hand was as thin as a cicada's wing, with a blue light. Against the backdrop of the stars, like lightning, it instantly turned into a blue knife shadow one foot long,
Cut it down towards Mr. Zhang's head.
Duan Tianming was quite amazed when he saw Xiao Chen's sword strike.
Before, even if Xiao Chen killed Jin Yiwei's dead soldier, he killed him by chance and did not deliberately condense the shadow of Youlan's sword.
In Shunyi County, even when Xiao Chen killed 800 armed forces of the Shunyi Chamber of Commerce with one sword, he could not gather his sword shadow.
According to common sense, when masters compete with each other, what they pay attention to is strength and speed. But today, Xiao Chen obviously pursued strength and put speed behind.
This only shows that Xiao Chen is not completely sure of the opponent's skills.
The purpose of condensing the sword shadow was to maximize his strength to crush the opponent. In other words, resist the opponent. Sure enough, even when Xiao Chen condensed the sword shadow, Mr. Zhang did not take any action at all.
In the eyes of others, this might be just an arrogant behavior, but in Xiao Chen's eyes, he couldn't help but increase the strength of his hands a little bit more.
This is confidence, absolute confidence.
The ten-foot-long orchid sword shadow tore through the void and struck hard on Mr. Zhang's head.
Seeing that this knife was about to cut Mr. Zhang in two, when Duan Tianming and others were ready to cheer, Mr. Zhang moved. To be precise, it was the two-foot-long short knife in his hand that moved.
A crisp sound of "Dang Cang" came.
The short knife in Mr. Zhang's hand collided with Xiao Chen's ten-foot-long blue knife shadow at a speed that no one could see clearly.
With a "boom" sound, Mr. Zhang lost his center of gravity and was knocked back a step.
On the opposite side, Xiao Chen, under the incredulous eyes of everyone, "dong dong dong..." retreated five or six steps in a row.
Under the darkness of night, although Xiao Chen's expression changes could not be seen clearly, judging from his heavier breathing, Xiao Chen seemed to have fallen behind.
Everyone was shocked.
Xiao Chen is their spiritual support. He is also the most powerful person in Dongchang. Now, he is defeated?!!
If Xiao Chen loses, you can imagine what everyone will experience tonight.
Let's just say that this person was actually willing to talk to Xiao Chen about the intimate topics of the previous dynasty. It turned out that in the eyes of the other party, his group could not get into the other party's eyes at all.
According to Xiao Chen's character, he would be willing to lose just like that.
Taking a deep breath, a stronger force rushed straight up from the calf, passing through the waist, back, right arm, and straight to the blade.
In an instant, a two-foot-long orchid sword shadow formed again, roaring and slashing towards Mr. Zhang again.
"Okay, you seem to be the only one who can condense the shadow of a sword?" Mr. Zhang snorted coldly, waved his right hand casually, and a cyan sword shadow of the same length was instantly formed. In the void, it collided with Xiao Chen's orchid sword shadow.
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There was a muffled sound of "bang", but Mr. Zhang didn't move where he was, and Xiao Chen "kicked, kicked, kicked" and retreated for more than ten feet.
And where the two knife shadows touched each other, a tornado appeared in an instant, rolling up dust on the ground, flying sand and rocks, and the sky was dark and the earth was dark.
Duan Tianming and others, holding a knife in their right hand and covering their faces with their left hand, retreated away from the tornado.
Seeing the tornado, it brought up the dust on the ground and submerged Xiao Chen, but Xiao Chen remained motionless and showed no intention of avoiding it.
Let the wind and sand hit his face and dust fall off his clothes, Xiao Chen just stared at the Liblade in his hand, motionless.
The Li Blade in his hand, even if it is not a magic weapon, is an absolute sharp weapon. With the blessing of the Li Blade, he has never been disadvantaged in the process of handling cases in Jin Yiwei and has never suffered a defeat.
But today, I failed.
However, even if he is defeated, as long as he is still breathing, the lives of his brothers must not be left in the hands of the other party.
Xiao Chen woke up instantly, turned around and shouted loudly towards Duan Tianming and others: "Retreat, everyone, retreat immediately."
Although everyone didn't want to see Xiao Chen's defeat, what they saw in front of them made them know that Xiao Chen might not be able to defeat this mysterious master.
As a brother, Xiao Chen has shielded them from too many dangers. But tonight, when Xiao Chen is in danger, how can anyone leave him behind.
"Liu Rufeng, lead the brothers to retreat. I will stay to help Xiao Chen fight the enemy." Duan Tianming shouted, and instead of retreating, he rushed towards the wind.
Liu Rufeng was stunned for a moment and looked at the group of Dongchang captains: "You retreat first, and I will help Brother Xiao and Captain Duan."
With that said, Liu Rufeng rushed into the wind and sand with the embroidered spring knife in hand.
And those Dongchang captains looked at each other and shouted loudly: "If we can't share weal and woe, what are we called brothers?"
After saying that, more than a dozen school captains also plunged into the wind and sand and came to Xiao Chen's side.
This scene is almost exactly the same as the previous scene where the men in black vowed to be with Mr. Zhang to the death.
"I don't have the confidence to win over the opponent, but I can escape unscathed. You guys leave quickly." Xiao Chen shouted lowly.
If it weren't for a formidable enemy, Xiao Chen would have wanted to turn around and hit Duan Tianming on the head, who was leading the charge.
"Unexpectedly, your strength has not improved much, but you get along well with people like Dongchang. At the critical moment, they risked death to stay and face you together. Do you still have success?" Mr. Zhang said calmly.
Said with a smile.
Xiao Chen was stunned for a moment, and the suspicion in his heart arose again.
Who is this person? My strength has not improved? Why does he say that my strength has not improved? Has he seen me before? Has he fought against me?
A series of questions lingered in Xiao Chen's mind.
"Who are you?" Xiao Chen asked coldly.
"Who am I? When the time comes, you will naturally know who I am. However, if you want to defeat me, you need to work harder. Not only do you work hard yourself, but you also need helpers around you." Mr. Zhang said meaningfully.
"What are your plans?" Xiao Chen asked warily.
"Don't worry, you didn't take action against my people just now, and I won't kill your people from Dongchang now." As soon as he finished speaking, Mr. Zhang jumped up and disappeared into the dark night sky.