Chapter 17 Chapter Seventeen Conspiracy and Trick

Hu Tiehua whispered: "Why did she do this?" Chu Liuxiang said slowly: "It's just because if we form an alliance with King Qiuci, it will be very disadvantageous to her. By doing this, she wants us to fall out with King Qiuci. Also, she also counted on what you said. No one will believe that if you leave in a fit of anger, she will probably make you die in the desert." Hu Tiehua wiped the cold sweat off his head, and said, "Is she just... just..." Chu Liuxiang continued word by word: "The person pretending to be the bride is probably Shi Guanyin."

Hu Tiehua felt cold all over. Chu Liuxiang said: "It is said that Shi Guanyin is a rare beauty in Jianghu, even though she is older, she must have a good face, not to mention that you are very drunk in the dark." Hu Tiehua covered her face and yelled: "God!" and fell on his back. At this time they had returned to the tent, and they fell onto the bed. Ji Bingyan on the bed was still sleeping with her head covered, as if she didn't even feel a little bit. Chu Liuxiang's complexion changed slightly, and she dragged Hu Tiehua up, and pouted her lips on the bed. When their eyes met, their hearts felt a little cold.

Ji Bingyan has always been vigilant, even in her own home, she would never sleep so soundly, if something happens to him... Hu Tiehua roared wildly, rushed over, and grabbed the felt. The one sleeping in the blanket was not Ji Bingyan, but a warrior from the Kucha Kingdom. He was still wearing the same clothes as last night's wedding ceremony, and he didn't even take off his boots. Hu Tiehua grabbed his hair, picked him up from the bed, and said sharply, "How did you sleep here? Say it! Say it!" The samurai's whole body seemed to have no bones, hanging limply. Chu Liuxiang frowned and said, "This person has been ordered to sleep."

Before he finished speaking, Hu Tiehua had already slapped the warrior's acupoints away like the wind, and was about to ask again: "How did you sleep here?" Unexpectedly, as soon as the warrior opened his eyes, he exclaimed in surprise: "Why did I come here? What's going on here?" Hu Tiehua said angrily: "What's going on, I was going to ask you." The samurai shook his head desperately. Obviously he was hangover and still had a headache. He knocked hard seven or eight times with his hands, and suddenly said loudly: "I remember, I drank too much last night, I went to urinate, and finished peeing." I was just about to go to sleep, but when I walked here, someone dragged me in, and I didn’t know anything about it.”

Hu Tiehua said: "Who dragged you in?" The samurai said: "That man shot so fast, I...even when I'm awake, I can't see it." Hu Tiehua said angrily: "I beat you hard, and you will see it." Before he could slap his backhand, Chu Liuxiang had already grabbed him and said, "Let him go!" Hu Tiehua let go of his hand unwillingly, and as soon as he let go, the warrior stumbled and fled. Hu Tiehua stomped his feet and said: "This kid must also be an accomplice, I don't know if he is about to die..." He wanted to say the nickname "dead rooster" again, when the words came to his lips, he suddenly realized that the word "death" was really unlucky at this moment, so he immediately changed his words: "Old Ji must have fallen into their hands, but Call this kid..."

Chu Liuxiang cut his mouth and said: "As soon as this person's acupoints are slapped open, he immediately wakes up. This kind of acupressure technique is exactly what the old Ji used." Hu Tiehua said: "You said... You said this kid was restrained by the old lady?" Chu Liuxiang said: "Exactly." Hu Tiehua stomped his feet and said, "Why did this dead rooster play this trick? At this moment, does he still have the heart to make fun of us? Where did he go?" In a fit of anger, he still uttered the nickname "dead rooster". Chu Liuxiang sighed, and said with a bitter smile: "You all think that Lao Ji is very calm, but in fact, this person is cold-hearted and hot-hearted, just like you and me. Last night I asked him to leave his most powerful opponent to me. Although he didn't say anything, he must be very unconvinced in his heart, I think he probably rushed to find that person to compete with."

Hu Tiehua said: "But how does he know where that person is?" Chu Liuxiang sighed: "Situ Liuxing has told the direction of their camp, how can Lao Ji not find it?" Hu Tiehua thought for a while, then immediately turned around and rushed out. Chu Liuxiang grabbed him again and said, "What are you going to do?" Hu Tiehua stomped his feet and said, "Old Ji may not be that kid's opponent, so naturally I will rush to help him." Chu Liuxiang said: "Have you forgotten what you just promised?" Hu Tiehua jumped anxiously and said, "What should I do?"

Chu Liuxiang said: "You stay here, I'll go find him." Hu Tiehua said: "Now you and I are separated, if Shi... Shi Guanyin..." Chu Liuxiang smiled and said: "One night husband and wife, one hundred days of kindness, how can she bear to hurt you?" Hu Tiehua's face also turned red, her neck became thicker, and she yelled: "Damn bug, if you make such a joke again, don't blame me for falling out with you." Chu Liuxiang smiled and said: "What I mean is that Shi Guanyin did not hesitate to do this to drive a wedge between us and the King of Kucha, and it is obvious that she is not willing to come face to face with us for the time being, so she naturally knows that we are not easy to mess with." of."

Hu Tiehua said: "Huh!" Chu Liuxiang patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Drink a couple of glasses of wine here to cool off, and I'll be back right away." As soon as he walked out, the giant Kunmi walked in. Hu Tiehua stared and said, "What are you doing here?" Nagaya folded his arms on his chest and stared, but said nothing. Hu Tiehua said: "Could it be that you want to come and see me?" Kuner said: "Hmph!" Hu Tiehua laughed loudly and said: "Old Ding won't leave if he says he won't, but if I want to leave, can you be able to stand by me just because you are so stupid?"

While talking in his mouth, he suddenly punched out. Kun Mi stretched out the palm of the giant spirit, and came to grab his fist. Unexpectedly, Hu Tiehua turned his wrist and scratched his armpit lightly. Although the giant was made of steel and iron, he was ticklish. When Hu Tiehua scratched him, he giggled and bent down. Hu Tiehua slanted his body and bumped him with his shoulder, knocking his body of more than two hundred kilograms into the air, clapped his hands, and shouted: "Bring the wine, bring the wine, if you want me to stay here, you must I don't care if I eat delicious food and drink spicy food..." He was full of anger, but it was all caused by these people.

Although Chu Liuxiang was joking, her heart was extremely heavy. Although he saw through Shi Guanyin's plot again this time, he still couldn't confirm to King Qiuci that although he calculated that Shi Guanyin must be nearby, he still couldn't figure out where she was hiding, let alone Shi Guanyin's tricks. There must be another plan, the enemy is dark and we are clear, it is always impossible to guard against. Now Xiao Pan has long since died, the whereabouts of the stone camel is unknown, Hu Tiehua is wronged, Ji Bingyan is also in danger, and the five people who left the customs at the same time have all fallen to such a point, the whereabouts of Li Hongxiu, Song Tianer, and Su Rongrong are unknown. Still have no idea. With the situation like this, how could Chu Liuxiang not be worried? What's more, if he wanted to protect these people now, he had to protect King Qiuci's father and daughter. Reasonably, he couldn't let the father and daughter be murdered by others.But why did Princess Pipa go to him suddenly last night?Did she also have a conspiracy in doing this, was she trying to stabilize Chu Liuxiang so that he could not care about other things? Chu Liuxiang sighed, and decided not to think about it any further, and find Ji Bingyan first. If what the black monkey Sun Kong, Situ Liuxing and others said were not exaggerated, Ji Bingyan is in the most dangerous situation at the moment. Although Ji Bingyan is unmatched by anyone, but in terms of real martial arts, Ji Bingyan may not be able to match Hu Tiehua. But the desert is vast, and there is no one there for thousands of miles. Finding someone in this vast and endless desert is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Chu Liuxiang was paying attention anytime and anywhere, not daring to make a mistake in the direction. In such an open place, if the direction of walking was off by a tiny bit, it would be a thousand miles away. Fortunately, the red sun was just rising at this time, and the majesty of the scorching sun was not too fierce, but the cold air at night gradually dissipated, and it was the most comfortable time of the day. Chu Liuxiang performed the miraculous lightness kung fu, and ran for several miles in one breath, without the slightest pause under his feet, nor did his eyes let go of the plants and trees around him. Hearing a sound of "crash la la" suddenly, blown by the wind, Chu Liuxiang was startled in her heart, but her eyes could see clearly that it was just a big iron pot. But in this uninhabited desert, where did the iron pot come from? Seeing the iron pot being blown straight by the wind, it came so fast, Chu Liuxiang swept away for more than ten feet, lightly picked it up with the tip of his toe, took it in his hand, looked at it for a long time, and then rushed towards the direction that the iron pot was blowing. past. This time his eyes were more careful, and after half a meal, he saw a pile of weathered rocks and a few cacti that were rare in the Central Plains. Although Chu Liuxiang has never walked in the desert, but after these days of experience, he already knows that in the desert, this kind of place is already an excellent place to camp. King Qiuci's traitors and assassins, could it be that the camp is set up here? But looking around, I still couldn't see the shadow of the tent. Chu Liuxiang pondered for a moment, then bent down on the sand, searched for a while like a hound, and suddenly bent his fingers like iron claws, and started digging in the sand. Although he was bare-handed, his ten fingers were no worse than a shovel and a hoe. After three or two grabs, he dug out some charred firewood from the ground. This is obviously the camp of the rebels in Kucha. They must have realized that their treasury had been exposed, so they withdrew overnight. These people acted so carefully, after the tent was removed, they did not show any traces, Chu Liuxiang's mind changed, and he already knew that among these people there must be someone with deep scheming and tricky tricks. But did Ji Bingyan find this place, and did he meet these people?If he had seen it before, he was outnumbered, had he been murdered? Chu Liuxiang was even more anxious, turned her gaze, and suddenly found two clear footprints on the pile of weathered rocks. On the desert, the footprints left by people are blown away by the wind in a blink of an eye. These two feet are left on the stone. The human stone is almost half an inch. Although the stone is soft after weathering, if it is not for the force to penetrate the soles of the feet, it still cannot be stepped on. With such deep footprints, it can be seen that these two footprints must have been stepped on deliberately. Chu Liuxiang thought to himself: "Could it be that Ji Bingyan left this on purpose? He has come here and hid on this rock to spy, but unexpectedly, there are also experts on the other side who discovered his whereabouts. Naturally, the expert among the assassins immediately contacted him." When he moved his hands, he suddenly realized the loneliness of his own strength, so he left two footprints among the rocks to let me know his whereabouts." With this in mind, he also skimmed up the rock, and immediately found two more footprints, these two footprints entered the rock shallower, with the toes facing due west. Chu Liuxiang thought to himself: "These two footprints must have been left by Ji Bingyan when he was about to leave. At this time, he must have fought that master assassin to the death. He couldn't help feeling nervous, and the footprints were shallow. Seeing that the footprints point to the west, it is obvious that they will be to the west." Thinking of this, Chu Liuxiang immediately went straight to the west. But after running for tens of feet, he stopped again and said to himself, "That's not right!" Ji Bingyan has a bad temper, and he is even more stubborn than Hu Tiehua. Since he is determined to fight the assassin to the death, he definitely doesn't want others to disturb him. Therefore, he left the Kucha warrior as his substitute because he didn't want Chu Liuxiang to find out his whereabouts. How could he deliberately leave footprints at this moment and let Chu Liuxiang find him? Chu Liuxiang sighed, turned around and ran back to the pile of rocks, also stood on the footprint, facing west, thinking secretly in his heart. "Ji Bingyan knew that I would find this place sooner or later, so he left this footprint to let me know that he had arrived here, but he didn't want me to interfere in his decisive battle, so he deliberately wanted to disturb my direction. Then, he and That master assassin, where did he go?" Naturally, he would never go to the south, because that was the direction Chu Liuxiang came from, and neither was the west, so only the east and the north remained. Chu Liuxiang was hesitating, but suddenly thought of another thing. Ji Bingyan has always hated the glare of the sun. When she is at home, she often sleeps until after noon before waking up, and never sleeps until it is almost dawn. So subconsciously, he would never run to the east to meet the rising sun. This time, he must go to the north. Although he can't be sure about this, he can only try now. Chu Liuxiang immediately turned to the north. These days, Chu Liuxiang has known that water is life in the desert, so she never forgets to bring a sheepskin water bag with her. At this moment, he drank a few sips of water and ran another mile or two in one breath, only to see a few cactus and palms in front of him, but all of them had been cut off. Chu Liuxiang stopped, picked up half a cactus from the ground, looked at the severed incision, and seemed to be very careful. At this time, if someone is around, they will definitely feel strange, wondering what is so beautiful about this half of the cactus, can there be any flowers growing on it? Chu Liuxiang stared at it for a while, but her eyebrows frowned and tightened, and she couldn't help muttering to herself: "What a fast sword! What a fast sword!" It turned out that he could see the level of swordsmanship for cutting off the cactus from the incision. Ji Bingyan didn't use a sword. Seeing how sharp his opponent's swordsmanship was, Chu Liuxiang couldn't help worrying him even more, and searched on the ground for a while. , and picked up half a cactus. The incision on this half of the cactus is far less smooth than the other half, it seems to be interrupted by a very blunt iron tool, and the weapon Ji Bingyan uses is the judge's pen. Chu Liuxiang looked at it for a long while, his brows gradually widened, and he murmured: "Having fought against such a strong opponent for half a day, his strength has not weakened at all. I can't imagine that his martial arts has become so proficient in these years." He originally thought that Ji Bingyan had a lot of feasts and beauties all these years, and even though she had not let go of her skills, her strength would inevitably be compromised, but at this moment, he was a little relieved. But the two of them are fighting fiercely, why cut off these cacti for no reason? This is because there is water hidden in the cactus, the two of them fought hard for a long time, their lips were dry, they stopped here to drink some water, and then continued the fight. It can be seen from this that Chu Liuxiang did not go in the wrong direction. He also took a sip of water and took a breath. He wants to recharge his batteries and replenish his strength here. After walking for a while, a pile of sand dunes rose up in front, reaching a height of more than ten feet. The vicissitudes of life on the desert are changing very fast. Last night it was flat, and this morning there may be sand dunes rising like peaks. These sand dunes are naturally extremely unstable. Although ordinary people can climb up, if they are not careful and the dunes collapse, they will inevitably be buried alive in thousands of catties of yellow sand. Chu Liuxiang took a breath, and swept up, like flying catkins, like fallen leaves, standing lightly on the peak, looking around, and saw not only many large and small sand dunes within a few miles around, but also a Piles of weathered rocks, patches of low thorns. It is not that there is no grass in the desert. Some plants can grow without any water, but they will never grow tall. Suddenly there was a sound of "Qiang", and a sword light, like a long rainbow passing through the sky, flashed past behind several piles of rocks in the distance, the sword light was urgent and could not be squared. Chu Liuxiang immediately slid down like a kite, and flew away like a swallow. He didn't dare to make a sound, because he was most afraid of being distracted when he was fighting among masters. When Ji Bingyan heard his voice, if he relaxed his mind a little, he might be killed. But when Chu Liuxiang skimmed to the pile of rocks, there was not even half a person there, and the thorns beside the rocks had been sliced ​​off by the sword light. Chu Liuxiang felt more and more that the sharpness of this man's swordsmanship was astonishing, and the words described by "Black Monkey" Sun Kong and Situ Liuxing were not exaggerations. Suddenly there was another "clang", and the sound of gold and iron. Chu Liuxiang rushed there as if flying, but there was no one there again.The rock has already collapsed, and the gravel is like powder, sprinkled all over the ground. However, this rock must have been swept down by the judge's brush in Ji Bingyan's hand, and it was definitely not a long sword. From this, it can be seen that Ji Bingyan still has strength and can fight. Chu Liuxiang heaved a long sigh of relief. So far, although he hasn't seen these two fight, the fierceness of the battle is already conceivable. The two actually fought from several miles away to here, from night to morning, and from morning to now, such a fierce fight is very rare. Now that the two seem to be fighting to a draw, Chu Liuxiang is not in a hurry anymore, because it is useless for him to be in a hurry. In this situation, it is not easy to find them all at once, not to mention that if Ji Bingyan knows that he is coming, he is afraid of him. If you join in, maybe you will deliberately play hide-and-seek with him. So Chu Liuxiang simply calmed down and listened quietly. After a long while, there was another sound of gold and iron clashing, coming from the left. This time Chu Liuxiang didn't rush directly, but bypassed from the right side, trying to get in front of the two of them and intercept them head-on. But this time he missed it, and the two of them went to the other side. Chu Liuxiang smiled wryly and shook his head, but his face suddenly changed drastically. On the piece of yellow sand in front of him, there were some spots of green blood. If it was Hu Tiehua, he might not be so anxious when he saw the blood, he just thought that the blood came from the other party. But Chu Liuxiang knew that as long as Ji Bingyan hit the opponent with the judge's pen, that person would fall to the ground, there would be no bleeding, and he would not be able to hit him anymore. The more anxious he was, the less he dared to call out, Ji Bingyan was injured at this moment, maybe the injury was not serious, if he distracted himself, wouldn't it be that he would be murdered by the other party immediately!One must know that although Chu Liuxiang is bold and unrestrained, but for the safety of his friends, he is more cautious than women. There were also pools of blood on a pile of rocks, Chu Liuxiang jumped on it, and was about to wait for the shadow of the sword to emerge from the treetops and rocks. Unexpectedly, at this moment, two people suddenly turned out from a pile of sand dunes in front of them. They both held weapons in their hands, and they danced impenetrably, but they didn't hear the sound of weapons hitting each other. It seemed that the two had fought. After half a day, he has figured out the opponent's moves, and there is no need to wait until the moves are worn out to change them. With this style of play, both sides' shots are naturally faster and more dangerous. No matter who's shot is half a point off, the opponent's weapon will immediately take advantage of it. But although their shots were wonderful, their shapes were already in a state of embarrassment. The clothes on the two of them were all torn apart, their bodies, heads, hair and eyebrows were all covered with yellow sand, they looked like two living ghosts crawling out of the yellow sand, if Chu Liuxiang hadn't Knowing the weapon used by Ji Bingyan, it is almost impossible to tell which of the two is Ji Bingyan. I saw that Ji Bingyan's left shoulder was tightly tied with a robe, and there was a trace of blood oozing from it, as expected, he had been stabbed by the opponent just now. But the two were fighting tightly, how could he bandage his wound?Could it be that the other party hurt him and waited for him to tie up the wound before hitting him? The two fought for a long time, could it be that they had a heart of sympathy for each other, so after one was injured, the other did not take advantage of the danger to attack. But looking at the moves of the two of them, they were all desperate moves. Neither of them planned to let the other live, and neither of their subordinates showed mercy. The more Chu Liuxiang looked at it, the more strange he became. Seeing that Ji Bingyan was still able to resist for a while, he knew that if he intervened, Ji Bingyan would be angry instead. But Chu Liuxiang felt very familiar with the sword technique used by the opponent. But seeing this man moves his sword like the wind, the speed of his sword is indescribable, but from the elbow up, there is no wind, every move is made with the strength of the wrist. According to Chu Liuxiang's knowledge, there is only one "Central Plains Is Red" in the whole world who uses this kind of swordsmanship.But the swordsmanship used by this person is slightly different from that of Yidianhong. Strictly speaking, this person's swordsmanship was more steady and rigorous than that of Yidianhong, but it was not as vicious and ferocious as that of Yidianhong who sealed his throat with a sword. Chu Liuxiang was suspicious in his heart, wondering what this person had to do with Dianhong, it seemed that even if he was not a fellow of Dianhong, he must have some connections. These are eyes as cold as ice, as fierce as wolves, as gray as snow on the top of a mountain, but as firm as a snow-covered mountain. There is no one else in these eyes except "Central Plains is a little red". Chu Liuxiang was surprised and delighted, and couldn't help calling out. Suddenly seeing a little red long sword thrusting out of the chest, Ji Bingyan made a wrong move, the judge made a cross with his fingers, and went up to him, exactly "crossing the door". It's just that when other people made this move of "crossing the door", it was purely defensive, but Ji Bingyan made this move, but it was defensive and offensive, and the two pens cut towards the opponent like scissors. This move has both offense and defense, which is a wonderful move. But when Chu Liuxiang saw him make this move, his whole body turned cold. It turned out that Yidianhong was trying to induce him to use this move, because his swordsmanship was different from all sects and sects in the world, he used the strength of his wrist to change moves much faster than others. But Ji Bingyan had an offensive in this defensive move, and his defensive power was dispersed by several percent. When dealing with others, it was too late for the opponent's sword move, and he could have cut the opponent's weapon. But at this moment, Yidianhong still has more strength from above his elbow. If he uses this remaining strength, he will move forward and send his long sword forward. Before Ji Bingyan can cut his sword, his sword will have pierced through Ji Bingyan's throat.