Cloud of the Qing Dynasty

Wei Fantian's voice softened unconsciously: "I, Wei Fantian, pride myself on being romantic, and I have had countless women in my life. I never thought that you are the only one who is willing to stay by my side today. It's a pity that I only met you at this time. Let you enjoy the honor and favor for a day, but let you follow me in fear every day."

Yingying shook her head and said: "Young Master, don't say such things. It is a great fortune to meet such a hero as Young Master, even if only for a day, a moment, a moment. After I met you, I realized that the glory of the past What is wealth and honor?"

Although he only got along for a short time, Wei Fantian deeply felt that the world is so big, only Yingying is his true confidant, and the other women are nothing but worshiping under his power, martial arts, status, and wealth. What he loves is only the "Young Master" who has unrivaled martial arts and power. As for who is under this halo, it doesn't matter at all.Only Yingying, this ice-snow smart woman who came to him when the Red Lotus Sect was on the decline, saw his weak and angry side, but still could understand him and agree with him. The only one she loved was Wei Fantian. People, not "the young leader of the Red Lotus Sect".

Only she is worthy to be his true partner.

"As the saying goes, when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter. I know that many people in this inner city have already turned their hearts away. As long as the Martial Arts Alliance gives them a chance to betray their masters, they will betray me without hesitation." Wei Fantian sneered, "But it won't end like this. I'm afraid it's still unknown who will have the last laugh."

"So, there is still a way for the young master to turn defeat into victory?" Yingying's eyes lit up all of a sudden.

Wei Fantian shook his head: "At this stage of the field, it is impossible to completely turn defeat into victory, but as long as there is still life, why worry about no chance of making a comeback."

"So is the young leader planning to escape?" Yingying looked a little disappointed.

"When my father was exiled in southern Xinjiang, I don't know how much more miserable than I am, but as long as a person is still alive, everything is possible. If he dies like this, he really has nothing." Wei Fantian said, "There is a Few people know the secret even in the sect. In the dungeon of the Yinyue Palace, there is a dark room with plenty of water. As long as they hide in it, it will not be a problem to stay for a few years. When they relax their vigilance and evacuate from here After that, it's time for us to escape."

Yingying puffed her cheeks and said, "Then what are we waiting for, we should hide early so as not to be caught off guard."

"Now is not the time." Wei Fantian said, "I was careless in the Baihua Canyon round, but the walls of the inner city are not so easy to break through. Before they attack the inner city, I must give them a lifetime Unforgettable lesson, if the situation is unfavorable, you can hide in the dark room and wait for me."

"I'll just listen to you, but young master, you must not be brave." Yingying leaned on him and said, "I don't care about anything else, only you must not have any accidents."

"How could I be willing to leave you behind?" Wei Fantian took out a hidden weapon like a sleeve quiver from his bosom and said, "This is a serial mourning nail, a hidden weapon produced by the Tang Sect. It is amazingly powerful. Strength can also be used, you hold it, in case someone comes in, if I don't care about you for a while, you will have something to defend yourself. Don't worry, I will definitely take you out."

***

During the heyday of the Red Lotus Sect, there were more than [-] followers, but most of them were ordinary poor people who worshiped the Holy Fire God as a bodhisattva. Under the deterrence and suppression of these mobs, these mobs rebelled, surrendered, and died. Often the leaders of a region were eliminated, and the rest scattered like birds and beasts.

During these days when the main force of the Red Lotus Sect was besieged in the mountains, the followers of the Red Lotus Sect outside the mountain had already been wiped out in sevens and eighties. The once cult will never turn around again.

But this last line of defense can't be broken no matter what.

Several days had passed, and Lu Zhiqian, who was still helpless, was so anxious that he tried to attack several times, but nothing was gained except for losing dozens of people for nothing.

There was no other way around, so Lu Zhiqian had to send a few loud soldiers to scold under the city wall every day, whatever was unpleasant, and beat gongs and drums all night, shot rockets into the inner city, and dismantled the trebuchets on the outer city wall. Throwing stones at the inner city, relying on the large number of people, the third squad fell to the ground and continued to harass, so as not to let the remnants of the Red Lotus Sect in the inner city have a moment of peace.

But apart from making Wei Fantian's temper more and more irritable, it didn't have any substantial killing effect on the Red Lotus Sect members in the inner city.

Zhang Chi lay half-lying with Erlang legs crossed under a shady straw shed, while sticking slices of aloe vera on his face, while looking at the looming members of the Red Lotus Sect on the city wall. He was so full of arrogance that the sergeants who claimed to be masters of cursing had to look at him with admiration. Unexpectedly, there were such masters of cursing among the cultivators known for their calmness and elegance.

Long Jiu didn't have anything to do, so he came and sat beside him: "You will enjoy it, are you afraid of getting sunburned?"

"Of course, a man's appearance is also very important. I am determined to be a handsome guy." Zhang Chi confidently put another piece of aloe vera on his nose. I am more and more concerned about my appearance.

"Come on, you can rely on your talent but rely on your face, aren't you stupid?" Long Jiu picked up a piece of aloe vera and chewed it in his mouth disapprovingly, "Speaking of which, you squat here every day except eating and sleeping. Didn't you find any flaws in the defense?"

"Not yet, but I feel that something is not quite right."

"For example?" Long Jiubai continued boredly.

"Why didn't we see the figure of the leader Wei Wuji all the way here? As the leader of the Red Lotus Sect, even if he didn't take the lead like Wei Fantian, he shouldn't even show up once we hit the door. Bar?"

"Yeah, why?" Long Jiu asked perfunctorily.

"Also, Brother Jiu, what are you here for?" Zhang Chi looked sideways at Long Jiu, a piece of aloe fell off his cheek, and he took another piece to make up for it.

"Me? Let's investigate the case." Long Jiu said vaguely.

"What kind of case needs to be investigated in such a place? I see that you have interrogated the prisoners of the Red Lotus Sect in the dungeon one by one, but there is no result. If you tell me, maybe my little brother can help .”

Long Jiu thought for a while, then sighed and said, "Well, it's come to this point anyway, let me tell you the truth, you also know that the purpose of my coming here is to investigate the murder of Mr. Originally, Mr. Cheng set off a day earlier than the luggage team and planned to send his family back to his hometown first. As a result, the whole family suffered disasters on the way, and none of the servants, guards and maidservants survived, but we did not find his only daughter Cheng Xia at the scene. Moon's corpse."

"Since the body cannot be found, is she still alive?" Zhang Chi guessed.

"We think the same way. I suspect that Miss Cheng was actually taken away by the Red Lotus Sect. But the strange thing is that if the Red Lotus Sect really captured such an important hostage, it shouldn't have revealed any news. I heard that Cheng The lady is smart and smart. I think she might hide her name in order to protect herself, so we sealed the news tightly and only said that there was no survivor at the scene, and we planned to track down Miss Cheng secretly. However, Miss Cheng is the boudoir of Concubine Li Gui. My friend, the imperial concubine is crying every day to track down the murderer, and the emperor has ordered us to find out Miss Cheng's whereabouts as soon as possible, but after so many days, it's still like finding a needle in a haystack."

"Is there no clue at all?" Zhang Chi sat up unknowingly, and didn't care if the aloe fell off his face.

Long Jiu shook his head: "The various branches of the Red Lotus Sect are clearly separated, and spying on each other is strictly prohibited. Most of the congregants know nothing about other people's affairs except for the orders they have received, but I am still a prisoner. I asked about a piece of news that might be related, not long after Mr. Cheng was killed, a branch head presented a beauty to Wei Fantian, who was very favored afterward, I thought, maybe it was Miss Cheng."

"Isn't it possible... A lady from the official family, who was dedicated to killing her father and enemies, can still be 'favored'?" Zhang Chi said in disbelief, "And, the family members Wei Fantian secretly sent out of the city, including his wives and concubines, are not Have they all been caught? You were there that day, but you didn't do anything, which means that Miss Cheng was not among them."

"That's right, in fact, the hope is very slim." Long Jiu sighed, "We have searched all the places we can, and the only thing that has not been searched is the inner city of Yinyue Palace. If the inner city If you can't find it among them, then the worst possibility is left... Not only has Miss Cheng been killed, but she has also been abandoned in an unknown place, with no bones left."

Zhang Chi could only pat Long Jiu on the shoulder sympathetically. If after searching and searching, it turns out that Ms. Cheng has already been killed, although this cannot be said to be Long Jiu's fault, the famous arrester and secret agent in the capital must be Inevitably, you will be angered.

***

The imperial army was attacking the city again, shouting and killing.

In the past few days, Wei Fantian has seen deeply the difficulty of a seasoned military strategist, and even more hates that the elder Yinyang Banner's sneak attack failed to kill this general in one blow. , Taking turns attacking the city three or four times a day, two or three hours each time, hardly allowing the masters of the Red Lotus Sect in the inner city to have a moment to rest.

Although every attack is massive and retreats immediately, and the battle damage is no more than a dozen people, but the other waves of people are resting in positions where they can be summoned by blowing the horn. Whenever there is a chance, there will be a feint attack at any time May become real.

So Wei Fantian had to brace himself to deal with it every time.

"Young Master...you can take a rest." Yingying walked up to the top of the wall and brought Wei Fantian a can of mung bean soup.

"Yingying, why did you come to the top of the city again? I said that you are not allowed to come here because it is very dangerous. Did you ignore it?!" Wei Fantian said in a very bad tone.

Yingying was not frightened by his ferocity at all, and said calmly, "But you haven't closed your eyes for a long time, and you haven't had a grain of rice for breakfast. It's really unsettling. Let's eat something first."

Wei Fantian sighed, and his tone softened: "Leave it alone, I'll eat it later, you go to a safe place to stay."

"The safest thing is to be by your side." Yingying sat down on a stone bench at the top of the city without any fear, and straightened the corners of her skirt.

Zhang Chi's eyes were sharp, and when he saw the slender figure on the top of the wall, he frowned suspiciously, then slapped his thigh, and eagerly pulled a sergeant beside him and said, "Call Long Jiu over immediately! Immediately!"