The Romance of the West Chamber: The Bells are Ringing

When Li Shi heard this, he was shocked. He could only nod his head in agreement, but thought in his heart: "Ten dynasties later, you still don't know if your descendants will be alive! I can escape today's disaster."

Then he sighed softly, shook his head, and said: "You said using the Red Sky Sword to destroy the Tang Dynasty. In my opinion, this is a bit..."

The man in black sneered: "I know what you, the dog emperor, are thinking. You are saying that I am exaggerating. There is nothing magical about this sword. It is just a sharper sword at best. Right?"

"No, no, no!" Li Shi saw that the man in black was very interested in the Chixiao Sword and did not dare to say any more.

The man in black had a sharp look in his eyes and said: "Emperor Dog, don't underestimate this sword. You don't understand the magic of the Red Sky Sword at all, but its majesty is enough to shock people's hearts. If you don't know what is good and what is bad, I'm afraid this sword will become a nightmare for you and Datang."

Li Shi was disdainful and thought: "Don't threaten me. I have experienced countless winds and rains in my life. What storms and waves have I not seen? This sword in my hand is at best an ordinary long sword. If you want to use it To destroy the Tang Dynasty, I’m afraid you are just wishful thinking.”

But with the sharp blade at his throat and the Chixiao Sword on his chest, he naturally couldn't say anything, so he had to laugh dryly: "Haha, you are joking, I never meant it."

The man in black looked at Li Shi with cold eyes and said: "Emperor Dog, if you don't know how to praise me, I will use this sword to let you know how powerful it is."

The man in black put the Chixiao sword back into its sheath, put the sword on his back, grabbed Li Shi, put the sharp blade in his hand against his throat, and walked towards the palace door. He walked to the palace door and pulled it open.

Li Shi was surprised and happy. What surprised him was that the man in black actually opened the palace door. What he was happy about was that there were palace guards outside the door. As long as the man in black made a slight mistake, so many guards would surely capture the assassin.

Looking around, I saw in the distance in front of the palace, all the dozen or so guardsmen holding swords and swords in front of the palace were looking towards the door of the palace, waiting for orders. They saw a man in black holding a sharp knife to Li Shi's throat. They were all stunned for a moment, not knowing what to do.

Li Shi said loudly: "Don't panic. This is my nephew. I haven't seen him for many years. He came here to visit me. Why don't you leave quickly?"

He shook his head as he spoke, seeming to blame the attendants for making such a fuss, but in fact, he lost no time in staring at the leader of the attendants, General Qianniuwei, with a wink, and ordered his troops to divide into two groups and attack from the left and right flanks.

General Qianniuwei felt Li Shi's gaze, and his heart trembled. He knew that this was the emperor's hint for them to take action. He quickly and secretly made a gesture, instructing the attendants to attack in two groups: left and right.

The guards understood and were about to spread out to launch a surprise attack to rescue Li Shi, but the man in black seemed to have already understood their plan. The man in black smiled coldly and drew the Red Sky Sword from his back.

In an instant, the originally dark Chixiao Sword's blade turned completely red, and a powerful sword aura emitted from it. The sword energy soared into the sky like a raging flame, illuminating the entire front of Yanying Hall.

The Chixiao Sword in the hands of the man in black gave off a strong light. The sword energy was like a red tornado, clearly illuminating every corner in front of Yanying Hall. It illuminated each guard's body and also illuminated each guard's face. A red light reflected in the eyes of each guard.

The guards suddenly seemed stunned. All the guards seemed to be attracted by the light of the Red Sky. Their eyes were staring blankly at the Red Sky Sword, as if their souls had been taken away.

General Qianniuwei was shocked. This red light seemed very strange. He gritted his teeth, waved the saber in his hand, and led his attendants to charge towards the man in black.

"Your Majesty!" They seemed to be shouting loudly, but they found that their mouths were dry and their voices could no longer be raised. The guards were whining, but they didn't know what they were saying, but their steps became heavier and heavier, as if there was an invisible force holding them back.

Then there was a crisp sound of weapons falling to the ground. Somehow, the guards were unable to hold their weapons and fell to the ground one after another.

The guards seemed completely unaware, staggeringly stretching out their hands and moving slowly towards the Scarlet Sky Sword. Their eyes were no longer just the red light of the Scarlet Sky Sword, the whites of their eyes had turned red and seemed to be bleeding.

The guards moved forward, and halfway through, many people were already weak on their feet and fell to the ground, but they were still crawling on the ground with all their strength.

Li Shi was horrified when he saw the attendants falling to the ground one by one, their eyes looking at him blood red.

He couldn't look back, he didn't see the light of the Chixiao Sword, he only saw the red light in front of the palace, which felt unbelievable and terrifying.

I saw the guards slowly moving more than halfway, and more than half of the guards had already fallen to the ground, unable to even crawl.

The remaining guards stumbled and fell one after another. The Qianniu Guard general saw his attendants fall down one by one, stretched out his hands and struggled for a while, then they all fainted, leaving him alone standing there.

He moved with heavy steps in front of the man in black and Li Shi, but he could no longer hold on and fell down. He reached out to Li Shi's feet with one hand persistently and hard, trying hard to grab it. Li Shi was horrified and kicked forward with his feet, but felt that his feet were soft. The General Qianniuwei was kicked away by Li Shi and lay on the ground like a puddle of mud, making no sound.

Li Shi turned pale in panic. He couldn't help but turn around. The man in black snorted coldly and released the sharp blade against his throat.

Li Shi turned back to look at the Red Xiao Sword that glowed red in the hands of the man in black, and then looked at the motionless guards lying on the ground, not knowing whether to live or die, and his heart was in confusion.

"What, what, what's going on?" Li Shi asked tremblingly.

The man in black sneered and said: "Li Shi, you don't have to pretend to be stupid. This Red Sky Sword is the ancestral sword of the Liu family. It was worn by Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, when he killed the White Snake. He relied on this sword to destroy the violent Qin Dynasty. , to pacify the world. Now this sword has been passed down for more than 1000 years, and its power is enough to shake the entire Tang Dynasty. You know this, so you are willing to listen to the slander and kill my grandfather so that you can seize the Red Sky Sword!"

Li Shi's face turned pale, and he thought in his mind: "The Red Sky Sword has such a powerful power, but it has been in my hands for so many years, why can't I control it?"

The man in black seemed to have read through Li Shi's thoughts and continued: "You are a dog emperor. You took away my Liu family's treasure. If you don't know the secret, you naturally don't know how to use it."

Li Shi was shocked, and he knew that he had no way out. He looked up at the man in black and thought in his mind: "This man has such a powerful force. If he really wants to destroy the Tang Dynasty with the Red Sky Sword, it is quite possible."

The man in black smiled coldly and said: "Emperor Dog, you have seen the power of the Scarlet Sky Sword! If you don't follow the three chapters of the agreement, I will use the Scarlet Sky Sword to destroy the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Shi only had the light of the Scarlet Sky Sword in his eyes, and he seemed to have lost his soul in his heart. Regardless of everything, he reached out his hand, wanting to touch the dense sword energy emitted by the Scarlet Sky Sword.

But the arm was weak and could only slowly bend and stretch out, but it seemed that it could never be touched.

In the red sky in his eyes, the whites of his eyes gradually turned blood red, and his mind went blank, but he still muttered to himself: "Okay, I promise you, otherwise, the Tang Dynasty will be destroyed, the Tang Dynasty will be destroyed..."

The man in black smiled coldly and said: "Emperor Dog, as long as you do as I ask, I will naturally abide by my promise and I will help you defeat the Tibetan enemies in Weizhou."

After saying that, he put away the sharp blade and walked forward with the Red Sky Sword.

Li Shi turned around blankly, stared in the direction of the Chixiao Sword, and moved slowly, muttering in his mouth. His feet stumbled on the body of General Qian Niuwei, staggered, and fell to the ground, lying on the ground with his arms stretched out. Both hands pointed towards the Chixiao Sword in the hands of the man in black.

After muttering a few more times, he no longer had the strength, closed his eyes, and knew nothing.

In a wine shop in Chang'an City, Zhang Gong, the new champion, was sitting by the railing with Liu Zongyuan and Bai Juyi. There were several plates of side dishes and a pot of sake on the small table. They looked in the direction of the palace, and vaguely, a red light broke through the sky, and the red sky filled the air.

Zhang Gong narrowed his eyes and pointed at the light of the Red Sky Sword: "Brothers, what is that?"

Liu Zongyuan put down the wine glass in his hand, his brows full of joy: "It seems like the palace is setting off fireworks."

Bai Juyi also had a smile on his face: "Looking in that direction, it should be the Yanying Hall of the palace. I guess it is His Majesty who is celebrating the birth of the new number one scholar in front of the Yanying Hall today!"

Zhang Gong laughed, picked up the wine glass and said, "Zhang Gong is lucky, come on, do it!"

In front of the Yanying Hall in the imperial palace, the man in black turned around and looked around. Seeing everyone lying on the ground motionless, he put the Chixiao Sword back into the scabbard behind his back. Suddenly, the dim light from the red sky ceased. The men in black jumped out of the palace.

The men in black were searching the alleys in Chang'an City, running close to the walls in the dark, and one by one dodged the Jinwu Guard soldiers who patrolled openly, the street envoys under the Jinwu Guard who patrolled secretly, and the envoys under the Jingzhao Mansion.

After running far away, they came to the house of Zhang Gong, the new top scholar. The man in black stopped and pulled off the black cloth from his face. It was the piano boy.