Chapter 59 Chapter Fifty-nine

In the cabin, five people sat around the table, one side was Bai Chun, Qiu Jiushi and Ruan Xiuzhen, and the other side were Ma Gongcheng and Ji Shan who escaped from the capital. After being introduced by Ma Gongcheng, the three of them knew Ji Shan's position and identity, and understood his relationship with Gu Yueming.Ji Shan's side also knew their situation at this time. Ji Shandao: "Eunuch Feng's vanguard troops have arrived at the Xiangshui River, and set up a floating ferry at the location of the Wuzhong River's martyrdom stone, so that the army can quickly cross the river when they arrive."

Ruan Xiuzhen said, "Have you been intercepted by Eunuch Feng's people just now?" Ma Gongcheng said: "Elder-in-law had already guessed that there would be dangers, so he asked me to find the chariot, and rely on its nimble and brisk characteristics, to break through the barrier in the dark and successfully arrive here." Qiu Jiushi frowned and said, "How do you know you came here?" Ji Shandao: "I learned from the head of the horse gang that Mr. Ruan suddenly left Yueyang by boat before the Hongyelou dinner, but Brother Qiu stayed behind. Xiong has a close relationship. When Ji Nieti surrounded Hongyelou, Yueming and Brother Qiu rushed out of Yueyang, and the people of Hongyelou withdrew from the north gate, I have a general idea of ​​the situation. Mr. Ruan's boat arrived at Yunmeng one step ahead. It is also a reasonable guess to wait near the lake."

Qiu Jiushi said: "Eunuch, don't be offended, I want to clarify one thing first, why does Eunuch think that we will help you?" Baichun's heart skipped a beat, Qiu Jiushi's words were straightforward and unceremonious, but he also saw that Qiu Jiushi was a person with a firm stand and would never be vague about right and wrong. Ji Shan smiled and said: "Good question! I represent the emperor and the power of emerging reforms. I hope to eradicate the corrupt forces headed by Eunuch Feng and Ji Nieti. Brother Qiu and Mr. Ruan must not think that I want to Take Feng Gonggong and replace him. In fact, as an eunuch, I know the situation of the eunuch’s disorderly government the most, and I hate it. The efforts of the emperor and me were not in vain. Even in the army that Feng Gonggong came from the south, there are us who can The person I absolutely trust, now that Ji Nieti is dead, as long as I can get rid of Eunuch Feng, I am sure to turn the whole situation around, and strive for a new starting point for the people of the world, so as to bring order out of the chaos. On behalf of the emperor, I hereby sincerely invite two of you to join the court to assist the emperor, Work together for the future of the country. This is what the emperor said personally. He has been famous for a long time and appreciates the two very much."

Ruan Xiuzhen said: "Listening to the father-in-law's words, it seems to imply that he will retire after success, am I wrong in guessing?" Ji Shandao: "In order to win Eunuch Feng's trust, I have been bloody and sinful for more than ten years. If I can really bring down Eunuch Feng, I will escape into Buddhism and make amends for my past deeds." Baichun was puzzled and said: "Why did Eunuch want to bring down Eunuch Feng at all costs?" Ji Shandao: "It's a long story. To put it simply, after I was a famous official, my family was ransacked by Feng Gonggong and my family was wiped out. My brother and I escaped by chance and decided to take revenge. I entered the palace as a eunuch, and my brother joined the factory guard. That's how it is."

The four were moved at the same time, and Ma Gongcheng didn't know Ji Shan's origin until now. Baichun worriedly said: "Did my senior sister come south with Eunuch Feng?" Ji Shandao: "This possibility is extremely high. Eunuch Feng is aware of Yueming's ability, and he is quite scrupulous about him. With Eunuch Feng's consistent and steady style, with your senior sister in hand, he will not let it go. Please rest assured, Miss Chun, my brother in the factory guard is Yue Qi who is second only to Ji Nieti, and he will try his best to take care of Mrs. Huameng."

Hearing that Ji Shan's younger brother is actually Yue Qi, Qiu Jiushi and Ruan Xiuzhen were greatly surprised. No wonder Ji Shan is so confident that after getting rid of Eunuch Feng, he can turn the situation around. Ruan Xiuzhen said, "Eunuch, do you have any suggestions?" Ji Shandao: "I still have no way to deal with it. Under the current circumstances, it is impossible to kill Eunuch Feng. Not only is he accompanied by loyal dead men, but he is also amazing in martial arts. I am afraid that Gu Yueming can't do anything to him, but I I also know that Yunmengze is a strange place, where the impossible will become possible. The most urgent thing now is to go to Yunmengze, meet Yueming and others, and wait for a good opportunity."

Qiu Jiushi looked at Ruan Xiuzhen, who smiled and said, "This is the best way, and God will make the decision." Qiu Jiushi said decisively: "Let's go to Yunmengze immediately." The night sky expands infinitely above, vast and magnificent, and the dense fog ends at the mountainside, as if dividing the mountain city into upper and lower parts. On the square outside the dilapidated temple, Gemo was panting violently. With his extraordinary physical strength, he felt too much to rush up the mountain in such a breath. At this moment, he only hoped that his physical strength could recover quickly.

He knew he had made three mistakes, and he only hated that he had no other choice. Strictly speaking, the first mistake was a mistake, a seamless murder trap, because of the sacrifice of the five escaped robbers, he failed and lost the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to kill Gu Yueming. The second mistake is that he shouldn't compete with Gu Yueming in footwork.Running up this steep and sloping road that stretched for several miles, after throwing away other things, the Chu box in the rucksack still weighed more than 30 catties, plus his 27 catties sword, he carried nearly 60 catties. Ten catties, running up without stopping, of course it is much more difficult than Gu Yueming who only holds Wanjian.But no matter the Chu box or the epee, they cannot be discarded.

The third mistake is that the square you are in at the moment is equivalent to a lone cliff hanging in the air, with straight cliffs on all sides, and the path closest to the bottom is still more than seven or eight feet high. If you jump down, you will definitely break your leg. The only exit It is the fast way to the top, and Gu Yueming is coming along the way, blocking the escape route. Ge Mo untied his rucksack, knelt down on his knees, stretched out his hands to loosen the rotten rope at the mouth of the bag, and took out the Chu box hidden inside. The ancient fetish that he had dreamed about finally fell into his hands .

The Chu box in front of me is a half-foot square box. The body of the box is inlaid with seven dull jade beads, which are distributed on different walls of the box, which coincidentally resemble the Big Dipper. One of the beads is gone, leaving a sunken trace. . The entire box is covered with exquisite dark patterns, the dark red color distinguishes the texture from the copper-gold color of the box body, the patterns look like flowers but not flowers, fruit but not fruit, so delicate that it is unbelievable, and it also gives the box an infinite sense of mystery. Ge Mo only wished that he could open the treasure box immediately and take out the Xiangguo to eat, but the box was seamless, which made it impossible for him to start with it, and time did not allow him to bury his head in researching and playing.

When he was engrossed, a strange feeling flowed into his body from both hands, and Ge Mo's brain seemed to be struck by lightning, and his world spun and he forgot everything. Gu Yueming held the torch aloft, held the Wan sword in his hand, and climbed to the top of the mountain without slowing down.The sky and the earth spread out suddenly, the deep night sky was dotted with stars, and the mountain wind blew, making his clothes rattle. Gemo, the great enemy who took the life of his only friend and the woman he cherished most, knelt in front of the mysterious box from ancient times, trembling all over, and burst into tears. Gu Yueming knelt down on one knee, inserted the torch into the gap between two cracked ashlar bars, then stood up and shouted coldly: "Gemo!" Ge Mo stopped trembling, just like at this moment when he realized that Gu Yueming was chasing him, he stared blankly at him for a long time, his eyes that no longer shed tears gradually coalesced, and finally turned into deep hatred, shot out a flame-like murderous intent, slowly stood up, suddenly looked up to the sky and mourned Xiao, then stared at Gu Yueming again, pulled out the epee on his back, nodded and said: "Okay! Okay! Really good! This is a delayed battle of life and death. I have been waiting for 1,500 years." Gu Yueming walked straight towards him, and stopped when he was about two zhang away, Wan Jianyao pointed at his opponent, and said calmly: "Who are you?" Ge Mo looked at the Chu box placed on the ground with infinite trepidation and said: "Just now I touched the Chu box for the first time, and the deepest memories of my previous life flowed back into my mind. At that time, I knelt outside the gate of the Chu Palace and was beheaded by the executioner. I My heart is full of fear, resentment and anger. No words are enough to describe that feeling, and I know better why I fell into such a situation. In that life, I was ordered by the king of Chu to besiege Zhuancheng for eight years. In fact, when Shichen asked me to help him capture the Chu box and told me about Zhuancheng, I already had a strange feeling in my heart. Frankly speaking, if I had won the Chu box back then, I would have never He hesitated to try to open the Chu box, and took the fruit to eat. But the Chu box finally came to my hands, and what I couldn’t do in the previous reincarnation, I finally did it in this reincarnation.” Gu Yueming said calmly: "Is this a kind of fate? In the last life, you were beheaded because you couldn't get the Chu box, but in this life, you are enraged by my sword because you got the Chu box. You don't need to delay time by talking, your physical strength It is impossible to recover in a short period of time." Ge Mo shook his head and said: "I am a person who has undergone ascetic practice. The more difficult the environment, the more I can realize my potential. And how can I be willing to leave? Now you know who I am, and I also know who you are. Our battle Can it be postponed? That's impossible. We are mortal enemies in the previous life, and the only solution is the death of one party. This is the only way to decide who belongs to Chu He. Old friend! Let's do it!" Gu Yueming smiled sadly: "Old friend! What an old friend. Since I am an old friend, I will tell you frankly, how wrong you are! You will definitely die in this battle, because I don't want to live anymore." After finishing speaking, he walked straight towards him casually. Ge Mo grinned, and slashed Gu Yueming's shoulder sideways with the epee, still as fast as lightning, lifted the weight lightly, but with full strength, which fully demonstrated his hard work and tenacity in this sword. Gu Yueming didn't even look at his sword, and directly struck at his heart with a sword, fierce and sharp. Ge Mo was taken aback, and began to understand what Gu Yueming meant when he said "I don't want to live anymore".The problem is that I want to live more than ever at this time, because the Chu box is already within reach.In the reincarnation of Gu Chuna, he always had the heart to steal Xiangguo for himself, and in order to know the way to open the Chu box, he was forced to interrogate more than 200 people from the family of the little princes of Cangwu to no avail.For the fairy fruit in the Chu box, he can do anything. Ge Moru continued to chop, Gu Yueming would die of course, but he would also be pierced through Gu Yueming's heart by Gu Yueming's ancient sword. The superiority of the weapon made Gu Yueming's ancient sword wave away. Gu Yueming, without a sword in hand, is just a toothless tiger. "Clang—" The sound resounded in the square on top of the mountain city. Gu Yueming's Wan sword was as solid as a rock, and did not move at all. On the contrary, Ge Mo was forced by Wan Jian's astonishing strength, even with the sword, to stagger back and leave Chu He. Ge Mo felt terrible, knowing that he changed his moves temporarily, so he couldn't use his full strength. What's more, his physical strength consumption was far greater than that of Gu Yueming. Now he can only use his exquisite swordsmanship to gain the upper hand.As soon as this idea came up, Gu Yueming jumped over in a somersault, and Wan Jian slashed at his face.It turned out that Gu Yueming stepped on the Chu box, so the speed and height of the jump immediately caused Ge Mo's estimation to be wrong. You must know that in the battle between masters, there is only a thin line between victory and defeat, and no mistakes are allowed. Ge Mo has already fallen into the disadvantage, and now he is even more wrong in his estimation. "when--" Wan Jian slashed hard on the epee, splashing sparks. Ge Mo snorted, and fell back. The arm holding the sword was numb and painful, and the epee almost dropped to the ground. Gu Yueming stood on the ground, handed the Wanjian in his right hand to his left, turned around, came to Ge Mo's left front, and swiped the horizontal sword. With a sound of "dang", Ge Molian and his sword were forced to fall sideways, unable to equalize the disadvantage. Gu Yueming entered the ultimate realm where the swordsman is thousands of miles away. He has no victory, no defeat, and he doesn't care about life or death anymore. His only purpose is to kill this formidable enemy from his previous life under the sword. At this time, he came to Ge Mo's rear with strange steps, and launched a stormy offensive towards Ge Mo like mercury pouring down the ground. But as Wu Zixu said, Ge Mo's resilience is amazing, even at such a disadvantage, he can still hold on without breaking down. The Wan sword and the epee kept clashing, the sound of the sword could not stop shaking and sparks flew.This life-and-death duel, which has been delayed for more than 1,500 years, is going on fiercely at the core of the ancient city. Ge Mo blocked another sword and found that Gu Yueming's strength was beginning to weaken. He was overjoyed and realized that he had finally won in the physical competition. Killing the big enemy from the previous life, he retreated quickly, unexpectedly bumping into a heavy object with his heel, and when he realized that it was the Chu box that he put on the ground with his own hands, it was too late to regret. The epee, which was supposed to be pointed at Gu Yueming, was raised backwards and upwards, and the body leaned back unnaturally and should not, and staggered, unable to maintain its balance for a while. Gu Yueming let out a long cry, and the lightning moved forward, taking advantage of the moment when Ge Mo's empty door was exposed, Wan Jian pierced his throat. Ge Mo dropped his epee, his eyes shot out an expression of unbelievable horror, he fell back, fell to the ground with a "bang", and died on the spot. Outside the Xiangfei Ancestral Hall in the Bamboo Forest at the southern end of Yunmeng Lake, Qiu Jiushi, Ruan Xiuzhen, Bai Chun, Ji Shan and Ma Gongcheng looked at the mysterious marsh land confused by rain and fog on a hillside.It was drizzling. Baichun worried and said: "Did something happen to them? Everyone agreed that as long as they found Chu He, they would meet here." Qiu Jiushi said: "Maybe they found the ancient city." After saying that, he habitually looked at Ruan Xiuzhen to see what he could do. Ruan Xiuzhen let out a long breath and said happily, "We still have no other choice, right?" He was the only one who understood the meaning behind Ruan Xiuzhen's words, nodded and said, "Yes! Our only choice is to go deep into the marsh to find them." Ji Shan smiled bitterly and said, "This is really the only way out, and it is the only choice in front of us." Qiu Jiushi said: "It's less than two hours before dawn. After dawn, the chances of us encountering the enemy will increase greatly. Due to the disparity between the enemy and ourselves, it doesn't matter how many of us we have or how many we have. I suggest that my father-in-law and I go find them." , you stay on the ship, and when something happens, you can set sail and flee far away.” Baichun said decisively: "I want to go too, there is no need to discuss this matter." Master Qiu Jiu turned to Ruan Xiuzhen for help, and the latter smiled and said, "Since you can't convince Baichun, what can I do? Let's do it! The four of us will go together, and the horse gang leader will stay in charge. Everything will be decided by God." I don't believe that coming to Yunmengze is to die, and the final result will be beyond everyone's expectations, including Eunuch Feng who thinks he controls everything."