Chapter 23 Use your arrow

Because he is familiar with the structural characteristics of the building, Qi Junyuan had already determined that the corner fort was semicircular before he entered the villa.When he found out that Tang De was hiding in the small pavilion, he confirmed that the pavilion had double-leaf doors at the front, large wooden lattice windows, and two fixed perennial blue lattice windows on the gable walls on both sides.The pavilion is not high, nor is the perennial blue and white lattice windshield, which is only about half a foot higher than Tang De's standing height. Because he is familiar with all kinds of hidden weapons of bows and crossbows, he can only judge from the light of the arrow blade in the arrow eye of the turret that this height is a large herringbone crossbow, and the arrows of the crossbow are flat and upright arrows.This kind of crossbow with this kind of arrow has a very strong killing power. Even if it encounters some obstacles such as doors and windows, it can still kill people after breaking through the obstacles.In addition, due to the heavy weight of the arrow, the flight of the crossbow arrow will be a larger parabola after being shot.

In view of these additional conditions, he recalculated the required light angle, which is the angle specially aimed at the crossbowmen in the corner fort.From this angle, crossbowmen can see the "hundred-step Liuying" more clearly than other archers, but their sights are more likely to be dazzled by the strong sunlight when they aim at Liuying to launch crossbow arrows. Just as the angle of light required changes, the best timing also needs to be readjusted.So Qi Junyuan yelled, messed around with Tang De, and said something stupid about letting them out and then coming back to kill Tang De.Its intention is to use these few silly words to delay time, so that the best time he needs will appear.

But Qi Junyuan's deterrence and Qiong Tang's deterrence made Tang De involuntarily back a little distance.This distance happened to put him within the envelope of a perennial blue lattice window in front of the gable wall. The "Hundred Steps Flowing Shadow" combined with the best timing light allows the crossbowman to see a figure rushing forward, a figure that happens to be on the same vertical plane as the lattice window. The figure was blurred, but the fear it inflicted on the crossbowmen was real.So they shot the crossbow without even thinking about it. Even if they didn't expect to kill the enemy in one blow, at least they wanted to prevent the attacking figure from approaching.

Several flat and straight arrows shot out with strong force.When encountering the blockage of the lattice window, the lattice will be smashed easily.Those that did not shoot within the range of the lattice window smashed the wall bricks and inserted into the wall. A total of three arrows fell into the small pavilion through the window.Since the flight trajectory of the crossbow arrows is a large parabola, the three arrows hit things that are much lower than the windshield.One was nailed to the pillar, one to the seat, and one to the flower table. The one nailed to the pillar was the strongest, making the pillar tremble three times and the pavilion tremble three times.The strength of the nail on the chair was a little weaker, because it had sliced ​​through Tang De's back before, and a large piece of clothing and flesh was removed.The one nailed to the flower table was the weakest, and even the vase placed on the flower table was not shaken off.This is because before it landed on the flower table, the flat and wide arrow had already shot down the back half of Tang De's head.On this half of the head, a small part was cut off by the arrow edge, and most of it was split open by the force of the crossbow.So the cut surface is not perfectly smooth.

Tang De, who had lost half of his head, threw himself forward and smashed open the wooden lattice window in front with the remaining half of his head, presenting his tragic death on the window sill. "Hundred Step Flowing Shadow" only galloped back and forth on the courtyard wall twice, and then disappeared without a trace.This utensil is a steatite human figure that is rotated in front of a concave bronze mirror, so that it can reflect the phantom of rapid movement.However, this kind of appliance has high requirements on the light source, and if it is slightly deflected, it will lose its effect.Although it was only a short period of galloping back and forth twice, the shift of the sun's light had already made it impossible for "Hundred Steps Flowing Shadow" to continue to illuminate the phantom on the top of the courtyard wall.If he wanted to continue to produce effects, Wang Yanba had to find a new position.This position will be far away from the original position, because he is on the nearby cliff, and the distance from the projection point is also very large.

Wang Yanba didn't change positions, since the effect has been achieved, there is no point in continuing to cast phantoms. Qi Junyuan and the others did not move their positions either. The assassination of capturing the thief first was successful, but the actual effect was not as he imagined.The pockets set up by Dongxian Villa remained in their original state, and they still had no chance of getting out. "I've been fooled!" Qi Junyuan cried out in great pain in his heart, and at this moment he found the feeling of missing the assassination in Tangzhou again. "It wasn't Tang De who killed, otherwise the people of Dongxian Villa would not be in chaos when they saw their master died. No wonder he has been hiding in the pavilion and can't come out, no wonder he doesn't have a master to protect him. If one or two of the five masters If you stay by his side, even if your assassination plan is incomparably brilliant, it may not be able to kill him in one fell swoop."

"Hey! You guys who are not filial, didn't you see that your master is finished, why don't you hurry up to collect the corpse and report the funeral." Qin Shengsheng yelled in the direction of Banzi Deyuan, but no one paid any attention to her. "Brother Qi, that's not right. It's fine if those ghost soldiers didn't respond, but the masters didn't move at all. And the archers on the courtyard wall settled down instead, posing with their bows and arrows, looking careless Looks like he has no lungs." "Isn't that right, because it wasn't Tang De who was shot to death just now." Qi Junyuan didn't avoid his mistakes.

"I didn't see the dead body clearly when it crashed out of the window, but the sound was the same as last night." Based on Qin Shengsheng's sensitivity to sound, there should be no mistake. "Perhaps the voices of the real and fake Tang De are very similar, and maybe the one who appeared last night was not the real Tang De. At that time, such a chaotic killing field, with his identity, he should not be there in person. I was accusing Mr. Fan of being reckless just now, It seems that the mistakes I made today are even worse than his. He didn't know the situation in the village before, and he broke in at most. He took risks. I have seen you trapped in it, but acted wisely without thinking about the situation gone."

"Brother Qi, you don't have to blame yourself too much. You were deceived by them with a fake Tang De. We haven't seen Tang De before, so we can't tell who they pretended to be Tang De." Qin Shengsheng said softly Comfort Qi Junyuan, after all, Qi Junyuan took the initiative to sacrifice himself and fell into death to save himself. "No, it should be obvious. Then Tang De is the son-in-law of Lord Chu, and I, a grassroots killer, clamored to assassinate him within three days. He wouldn't be so angry with someone like me and stay in the village and wait for me. I saw before There are only three masters who have surrounded you here, but you have not thought about where the other two masters have gone? They must have gone to protect the real Tang De. Last night, all the soldiers from the Imperial Battalion arrived here. Why is none of them missing today? , only use the ghost soldier Zhuang Ding to deal with us, and those soldiers must have gone to protect the real Tang De." Qi Junyuan saw through some of the truth at this time, but it was too late.

"Yes! Those soldiers are not only protecting Tang De, but also escorting people from Shangdeyuan. Last night, the secret organizations from the three countries attacked the village together, and then we made it clear that we would take care of Shangdeyuan within three days. Assassinate Tang De. This abnormal situation should remind him of the importance of those people in Shangdeyuan, so he took officers and soldiers to escort them to other safer places overnight." Fan Xiaotian spoke, and what he said was on point. "How do you know that the people from Shangdeyuan are in Zhuangzi? Didn't you say that you didn't find them last night? Also, you should be very clear about the importance of those people from Shangdeyuan. The scroll seems to be related to this importance." It does matter. Can you tell us these points? Or show us the scroll?" Qi Junyuan locked on Fan Xiaotian, and the continuous questioning made it impossible for him to quickly come up with a proper excuse.

"No, you know why." Although Fan Xiaotian was flustered, his answer was decisive.This answer without any reason gave Qi Junyuan a reason why he couldn't continue to ask. "Don't talk about this for now, think about how we can get out." Qin Shengsheng's words were correct. At this time, the sound of scripture chanting came from the mist at the gate of Banzide Courtyard, and the ghost soldiers of the "Three Petal Lotus" began Very strange steps approached.These movements are somewhat like the Nuo face dance in Chu, and also like the rituals of foreigners offering sacrifices to ghosts and gods in the south. "Pay attention, that scripture is the incarnation mantra of the Buddhas, and the 'Three Petal Lotus' uses the technique of sound and shape. It seems that their intention is to capture us alive." Fan Xiaotian hurriedly reminded everyone.He is most proficient in the "Surprised Pavilion" skill, so he also knows all the techniques in the rivers and lakes that confuse gods and souls. "Listen to me, the bee who is out of the waves and stays in the air. Sharp chisel, the bee mang turns to the dahlia; the wonderful sound bee mang deals with the big guy; the flying star, take the kite first, and then go far to the grand Nuo master; Yinyun uses dark material to deal with the 'three' Petalian's ghost pawn; switch positions immediately!" Qi Junyuan tilted his head and took a long look at Fan Xiaotian while shouting, the meaning is very clear: don't make a sound to disturb the situation, let alone stop it. Qi Junyuan's shouting only raised his voice, but his tone was still calm.But what he said was immediately responded by others, and those people acted quickly.Get rid of the confronting opponent with a feint, and then quickly move the figure to exchange positions.I don't know when it started, everyone has subconsciously regarded Qi Junyuan as the backbone, especially when they are in a desperate situation like now. The mute dodged the dahlia, and while he was running, he drew his bow and shot an arrow, breaking the string of the kite.The kite fell, but the sound of chanting did not stop, and the ghost soldiers of the "three-petal lotus" did not stop moving either.This is because kites are like Kongming lanterns at night, and they are mediums that issue commands.At night, the mute shot down the Kongming lantern to break it and burn it, so the ghost suddenly lost control of his consciousness.But now that the kite line was just shot off, the golden characters on the kite were not damaged, so at least the previous command that had been issued would continue.This is a mistake, but it is a reversible mistake, because all the possibilities have been calculated by Qi Junyuan. Qi Junyuan is the best assassin, the first reason why he can become the best assassin is that he can save his own life and not do things that risk his own life.Among the major grudges that Patriarch Lihengu wants to leave is the one "self-injury is a grudge". In fact, the assassination of Tang De by Qi Junyuan using "Hundred Step Flowing Shadow" to create chaos is a very risky thing in itself.First of all, you have to throw yourself into a dangerous situation to lure Tang De to appear, and then you have to determine the exact location and time. In addition to these aspects that you can control, in addition, it is also required that the shooters in Dongxian Villa have poor psychological quality, but the reaction The action is faster, and there is no mutual cooperation between the archers.Any difference in these conditions will cause the whole plan to lose, especially the last condition, which is completely beyond my control.For such an assassination plan that is difficult to succeed in theory, Qi Junyuan dared to implement it, which shows that he has already thought of a backhand, and if he fails, he still has a way out. Although the assassination was successful now, judging from the situation, it should only have assassinated a fake, so the backhand move that had been prepared before can be put into practice. At this time, Pei Sheng had moved into place according to Qi Junyuan's arrangement, facing Dahlia head-on.Qin Shengsheng intercepted the big man who was trying to catch up with Pei Sheng from the side.The mute stood at a position where he could shoot the arrow directly into the gate of Banzi Deyuan. Even if the man was hiding behind the brick wall of the gatehouse, his iron bullets could still break the bricks and hit the enemy.Tang Sanniang didn't stand still in any position, but walked back and forth in front of those ghost soldiers.Although the functions of the "three-petal lotus" gradually emerged, she felt palpitations and dizziness.But the light smoke curling from her sleeves when she walked back and forth also caused rapid changes in the physiological state of those ghost soldiers and Yin soldiers. "Next, the people who are in charge of Dongxian Villa should listen to me. If there is no one who is in charge, then those of you who want to survive should come and listen to me." Qi Junyuan's voice was even higher this time. But the tone is also more peaceful, appearing very silent and calm.

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