Chapter 438 Chapter 4 Refuge in Taoyuan

The two flew over the eaves and over the wall, crossed the snow-covered Zhuque Street, and rushed towards the direction of Yong'an Canal. They were covered in blood, wounded in many places, and desperate.The enemy's encirclement network kept moving and narrowing around them, which could be clearly seen from the torchlight approaching from all directions. Chang'an Cheng is the leader of the Changlin Army, who knows the situation in the city like the palm of his hand, and has the ambition to achieve. Mei Xun and other talented people are behind the command, and they have shown amazing efficiency.

Shi Zhixuan seemingly inadvertently flicked the firework and broadcast the firework message in the sky, which is really killing two birds with one stone.This is exactly the warning method that Jiancheng and Yuanji agreed to find Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling at night. Blood-red fireworks exploded in the sky above the snowy night. attention. The sound of police gongs sounded throughout the city, the doors and windows of every house were closed, and the guards on the city walls were all in high spirits, ready to fight. Shi Zhixuan's work not only puts Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling in the greatest danger after Chang'an, but also makes Zhu Yuyan and Zhao Deyan, who are chasing after him, encounter unsolvable troubles and chase each other unscrupulously in the city.

If Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were killed, Shi Zhixuan would be the only winner and victor. Hearing the sound of hooves, the two of them galloped straight towards them. Knowing that something was wrong, they made a decisive decision and immediately forcibly broke into the city wall. Chang'an is the strongest city outside Luoyang and Yangzhou. Like Yun Shuai, or Kou Xu, who have the ability to take a breath in the air, without the help of tools, it is impossible to get out of the wall.Even if there is no one to guard it, it still takes a lot of effort to leave the city, not to mention the experienced city defenders who will be waiting for you.

The two scrambled twice, trying to force their way out of the city with the hook lock, but they returned in vain. The guards forced them back with strong bows and arrows, refused to hook spears, and rolled oil and lime. And suffered a slight injury, exposing Xingzang even more, allowing the enemy to know exactly where they are in the city. The streets were blocked, and all commanding heights were guarded by enemy sentries. No matter which direction the two fled, there were lights indicating their whereabouts. Encountered fierce battles with pursuers several times, luckily still managed to evade the opponent's main force with expert support, and managed to break through, but the two of them were injured in many places, and felt that they were the fish at the end of the net, waiting for the enemy to tighten the net , will be the moment of their downfall.

They had no choice but to rush to Yong'an Canal, the only way of life, but even if they managed to plunge into the canal, enter the treasure house, and leave the city through the secret passage, the secret of the treasure house would be lost, because who Everyone guessed that there was a secret way to escape in the canal. They had no choice but to use a strategy to confuse the enemy. First, they pretended to rush towards the south gate, attracting a group of pursuers, and then they suddenly jumped off the ground. They walked left through the narrow alley in the snow and turned right to the direction of Yuema Bridge.

If it hadn't been for the heavy snow tonight, the torch would not be able to travel far and their vision would be blurred. With how clever they were, they might have fallen into the enemy's siege long ago. The two jumped up to the eaves one after the other, looked at Yong'an Qu with their heads, and immediately gasped. I saw dense soldiers guarding the Yong'an Canal, the two sides of the canal illuminated by torches and the canal water were as bright as day. Li Jiancheng put on his garrison uniform and was giving orders on the Yuema Bridge, beside Xue Wanche, Er Wenhuan, Qiao Gongshan and other confidant generals.

The scalp of the two of them was numb, and they complained in their hearts. Not to mention that it is not easy to use the water channel, even if you can successfully throw it into the canal, you will not be able to shoot the enemy's strong arrow under the water. This situation is reasonable, since they were able to escape through Yong'an before, the enemy will certainly not allow this to happen again. Strategically, guarding the largest canal that traverses the north and south of Chang'an City can greatly narrow the scope of their activities. This road is blocked, waiting for two people to be sentenced to death.

The sound of breaking wind sounded on the left side, and they looked in amazement, in the heavy snow, several figures were walking straight towards them passing through the houses in the distance, obviously they had spotted their position. Kou Zhong gasped and said, "My mother, if we find a house to hide in, what will be the consequences?" Xu Ziling smiled wryly and said, "Maybe it can prolong our lives by an hour and a half." Kou Zhong's heart moved, he said: "Follow me." Xu Ziling couldn't figure out his escape plan, so he had to follow him over the tiles before turning a corner. At the end of the side street, there were more than ten figures running towards them, and they had nowhere to hide under the light of the three torches.

After the enemy tightened the encirclement net, they further explored more effective strategies and dispatched several search teams composed of dozens of experts to flexibly search for them in the encirclement net. will be the time of their death. The ones who take the lead are the golden gun Mei Xun and the Changbai double fierce talisman Zhen Fu Yan Kunzhong, and the others are all outstanding players. Kou Zhong originally wanted to force his way in and kill a few of them to vent his anger, but when he saw Mei Xun taking the lead, he immediately changed his mind and jumped up to the roof, seeing people rushing from all directions, there were about five or six groups of people , Calling his mother in his heart, he led Xu Ziling to jump down the side alley from the other side of the house, crossed left and right, and tried his best to rush to the south gate again. On the way, he hid in the courtyard of the house several times, and let the enemy chase him head.

Xu Ziling was puzzled, because it was no different from sending him to death. Kou Zhong suddenly turned back and dived towards the Yuema Bridge. This was even more dangerous and every step was difficult, because the enemy's encirclement network moved to the south and narrowed, and their range of activities was even smaller. The two rushed up to the dark place on the roof tiles, with the Yuema Bridge and Yong'an Canal in front of them, and the snowflakes fell from the sky illuminated by the torches, shining brightly and pleasing to the eye, but it was the worst omen for them. The flames are constantly approaching in all directions. Although they use their agile movements and extraordinary spiritual sense to play hide-and-seek with the enemy, the good times will never come back. If this situation continues, they can only last half an hour at most.

Kou Zhong glanced around and saw that the nearest search team was still fifty feet away, he said happily: "Chengli! We can find a place to sleep for the fuck. Come on!" Overturning the tiled surface, he led the confused Xu Ziling to scurry like a snake, and overturned into the courtyard wall of the leak-free room. Xu Ziling suddenly realized and felt wonderful. The place where Kou Zhong wants to sleep is of course the abbot's room in Wulou Temple. This is a paradise where no one can guess and hide from the world. It is absolutely impossible to do this in normal times, but Shi Zhixuan's great virtuous monk will definitely not be indoors at this time. Sitting in the gate, I will not "practice Zen" in it in the next year. With Shi Zhixuan's character, even his disciples would not believe that after getting the relic, he would definitely find another secret place to hide in the city, and would not flee back to the original hiding place. The great virtuous monk is a highly respected person in Chang'an City. His retreat and Zen practice are well known throughout the city. When it was completed, Yuan Ji would never doubt that he came to this "Holy Land". The most troublesome thing is that the door knocker is sealed with an iron chain and brass lock. It is not difficult to cut off the iron chain, but if people find that the iron lock has been destroyed, it is not surprising that they will steal in. Kou Zhongdao: "There must be a secret way to enter, otherwise, how could Lao Shi come in and out easily." Xu Ziling frowned and said, "The exit must be outside Wulou Temple." He had searched all over the temple, but found no entrance to the tunnel, so he concluded that the entrance and exit were outside the temple. Time and situation did not allow them to look for the entrance of the secret path outside the temple. Kou Zhong picked up the brass lock and said: "This is a child-mother chain lock. Chen Laomou once taught me how to open the lock. I would like to trouble Ling Shao to find a suitable branch." Xu Ziling took the order and left, handed the branch to Kou Zhong in a short while, Kou Zhong poured his energy into the keyhole, made a few gestures, and with a "pop", the lock came loose. Xu Ziling smiled wryly, "Do you think we can do it?" Kou Zhongdao: "How do you know if you haven't tried it?" The two took off their robes and wiped away the snow-stained footprints outside the door before entering the abbot's room. It was late at night, and the weather was severe cold. The monks ignored the worldly affairs, and the noise outside was turned upside down. The monks in the temple hid in the warm blankets and practiced sleeping meditation. The abbot’s spacious meditation room was empty, except for a futon. If he hadn’t known that Shi Zhixuan was the great sage, he would have believed that the great sangha’s name was indeed a true sage. Kou Zhong closed the door slowly, and said in a low voice, "Come on!" Xu Ziling pressed his palms on his back, pouring in a steady stream of internal energy, but then the two of them shook and let out a "huh" at the same time.In the past, under the same circumstances, the transmission of zhenqi was one-way. Xu Ziling sent zhenqi into Kou Zhong’s meridians, combined with Kou Zhong’s zhenqi, greatly enhancing Kou Zhong’s skill, and then Kou Zhong returned the zhenqi to the body. Lose it. But this time, the practice is the same as before, but it has become a two-way development. After the combination of true energy, it will flow naturally back into Xu Ziling's body immediately. This flow is non-stop, turning once a week, and the condensed true weapon has the tendency to expand. Kou Zhong had no time to think about it, but his confidence increased greatly. He closed his eyes, pressed his palms on the wooden door, and breathed his true energy through the door to the iron chain outside the door. This is the ability to pass things through the air, and only those with a certain level of internal strength can do it, but the difficulty of using things to transmit power is a little bit higher. Like this, if you can't see it, you have to move a heavy iron chain through the door, and you have to buckle it back. For the copper lock to return to its previous shape, it must be unheard of and never happened. Even if the two work together, Xu Ziling is still not sure whether he can do it, so he expressed doubts about Kou Zhong earlier. Although the two of them don't know the reason now, but after their skills are combined, it is not as simple as one plus one equals two.It is the improvement of multiples, which makes the almost impossible possible. Kou Zhong's feeling is extended outside the door through the transmission of true energy, just like when a genius doctor internally checks the meridians in other people's body, although he can't see it, he can see it clearly. The two drooping iron chains seem to be lifted up by an invisible hand, forming a cross collision, and a giant copper lock weighing more than ten kilograms is hung on one end, and the chain is remotely controlled to a position where it can be locked. Even with the support of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, he still felt overwhelmed at this moment, and called out "Tian Lingling" in his heart, reluctantly sending out the last burst of inner strength. "Click and rub" the copper lock is locked by the people willingly. The two of them sat down at the same time, feeling weak all over, more tired than Shi Zhixuan or Zhu Yuyan fighting for 300 rounds. After a long while, Kou Zhong panted in the darkness, "What's going on?" Xu Ziling said: "Maybe it's because of another breakthrough in our skills that this strange phenomenon appeared. Fortunately, otherwise, we would never have been able to lock such a troublesome giant lock across the door." Kou Zhong shook his head and said: "I think it has something to do with the relic. Earlier we ran around the city playing hide-and-seek with the enemy, and fought fiercely with the enemy several times. Before, we were exhausted, but we are still going this time. Acting like a normal person, what is the matter if it is not related to relics?" Xu Ziling was about to speak when footsteps and wind came from outside the door. The two of you look at each other, tense up, if you find out that they are hiding in the room, they are indeed like birds in a cage, hard to fly with wings, immediately close your breath. The sound of footsteps sounded, and a peaceful voice said: "Amitabha, this is the abbot's room where the great virtuous monk presides over the closed-door practice of our temple. The walls are sealed, and only this locked door can be entered and exited. Outsiders are absolutely unable to enter. Please Qi Wang Mingchao." Da Zhi's voice said: "Say to King Qi, the roof and the wall are fine." Mei Xun's voice said: "It's really strange. I saw them disappearing around here, but I couldn't find them." Then there was the sound of the copper lock colliding with the chain, obviously someone was checking the lock. Xu Ziling suddenly remembered a big flaw, Lightning moved to the futon and sat down, breathing deeply and carefully. Kou Zhong woke up now, wiped off his cold sweat secretly, and continued to stop breathing, letting Xu Ziling act as the breath of "Great Virtue". Sure enough, the wooden door made a slight sound, which indicated that the enemy, as they expected, put their ears on the wooden door and checked the situation in the room. Li Yuanji's voice finally sounded, and said: "Master, don't worry, of course we dare not disturb the holy monk to practice meditation. How many masters do you have here? Please, master, gather them to the main hall so that we can search other places." The voice gradually faded away, Kou Zhong lay down on the cold ground, and muttered: "After you sleep, think about how to find the entrance of the secret path!" Xu Ziling took out the night pearl, shining it in the meditation room, and said with a smile: "Why look for it, the entrance to the secret room is under this futon." Kou Zhong sat up and said in surprise: "The secret room? It's also reasonable, Lao Shi at least has a place to change clothes, otherwise how can he meet people outside." Xu Ziling shook his head and said, "I didn't guess it. I just swam my true energy into the ground like you just locked the door to find out what's going on inside. If it wasn't true energy that was difficult and far away, I might be able to find out the secret." Where does the road lead to?" Kou Zhong excitedly came to him and sat down cross-legged, and said: "Do you still dare to say that it is not related to Relic? We were not so powerful before. But it's strange, I don't think there is any improvement in zhenqi power. " Xu Ziling said: "It's no surprise that our growth is in the aspect of consolidating the foundation and cultivating the vitality. If it is said that the Heshi Baobi expands the capacity and flow of our meridians, the relics are the source of our energy. In the future, the effect will increase with the time of practice. gradually emerged." Kou Zhong said happily: "That's right, will Shi Zhixuan only grab the empty shell of the relic, and let us absorb all the truth inside?" Xu Ziling said dejectedly: "Looking after us, we just snatched the 'Tou Dao Soup'. Shi Zhixuan will use the relics to make up for the flaws in his seal of immortality. No matter how we improve in the next year, due to the great difference in skill, when we meet him again I still can’t finish eating and walk around. True energy and internal energy still have to cooperate with mental moves and strategies, I would rather face Zhu Yuyan’s Heavenly Demon Dafa than forcefully challenge his Immortal Seal.” Kou Zhong snorted coldly: "As long as it is something that is thought up by human beings, it cannot be perfect, and there will always be flaws in the seal of immortality." Xu Ziling smiled wryly and said: "The first tactic of Immortal Seal is to detect the enemy, that is to use our skill of peeking next door to fight against the enemy. When Shi Zhixuan's inner energy probed me, I also had the feeling to counter-detect him. Otherwise, I would have died in Anlong's wine cellar." Kou Zhong was speechless and said: "So Shi Zhixuan has reached this level, fortunately we are not bad. My mother! Just imagine if we are in contact with the enemy, every time we predict the opponent's next move in advance, wouldn't it be possible to take advantage of it?" Xu Ziling said: "This kind of enemy detection is actually a distraction, and it can only be done occasionally, otherwise it will be harmful and useless. And if you are facing masters like Zhu Yuyan and Guanwan, because of the strong barriers of their body protection, how can they be casual?" Spy. On the contrary, it will have an unexpected effect when facing Shi Zhixuan." Kou Zhong nodded and said: "That's right, the most important thing in a fight is the courage to move forward and the intuitive reaction. If you spend all day thinking about peeking at the next move, whether it is a roc spreading its wings or an old tree entwining its roots, there is no mystery at all." Xu Ziling laughed and said: "You kid really can exaggerate. At most, you can sense the distribution of the opponent's internal strength. How can you detect what moves other people use." Kou Zhong stretched his waist and said, "I'm so sleepy after I told you, why don't you go down and have a look?" Xu Ziling said: "The entrance is locked by Shi Zhixuan from the inside with a latch, it will take a lot of effort to go down." Kou Zhong said: "Based on our current skill, even a door bolt made of iron can be broken." Xu Ziling said unhappily: "Are you capable of breaking a door bolt that is thicker than your arm? That little brother is willing to bow down." Kou Zhong said awkwardly: "Is it so thick?" Xu Ziling held Ye Mingzhu between his lips and removed the futon. Kou Zhong stretched out his hand to caress the ground, and praised: "There is no seam at this entrance, you can't feel it at all." Xu Ziling suddenly said, "Are we doing right or wrong tonight?" Kou Zhong stared at him for a long time, then said with a wry smile: "It can be said that most of the success was achieved, at least it made it difficult for the three major forces of the Demon Sect to continue to cooperate. The disadvantage is that Shi Zhixuan could not expect Shi Zhixuan to pick up a big bargain without any effort. It would be a different matter if Shi Zhixuan and Zhao Deyan tried their best to snatch it from the hands, it's just a matter of life." Xu Ziling sighed: "We may have done Da Dazhi and Xiangyushan another big favor." Kou Zhong was startled and said, "That's right, Xiangyushan and Dazhi will definitely withdraw from Yang Wengan's mutiny plot, so that Li Xiaozi can't take the opportunity to destroy them." Xu Ziling heard Shi Feixuan's farewell words in his ears, sighed secretly in his heart, and said, "Are you ready?" Kou Zhong pressed his palm on his vest, nodded and said, "Let's do it!"