【72】Dead in the suburbs
"Subordinate to the order!" More than a hundred people responded in unison. The momentum that penetrated the clouds and mountains was shocking.
Although Deng Ling was poisonous, he treated his own people sincerely. Several of his personal soldiers had never been dissatisfied with him. If there was any difficulty, each of them could put his life into his life.
On the highest mountain in Ping Village, Mu Yun and Jiang Chengjia hid in the dense forest leaves and secretly peeked into the scene in the valley. Seeing this, they had to sigh that Deng Ling's training in the army was just a reflection of his way of waiting for him, with clear rewards and punishments, both kindness and power, and love and hate, without any false influence. Such a person, if he has a good character, he will become a great person. Unfortunately, he is not a fellow traveler after all.
At this moment, a noisy shouts came from the foot of the mountain, as if Changming Jun rushed up.
Deng Ling and his group had retreated to the innermost side of the valley, intending to break out of the forest path on the west side of the valley to escape. Unexpectedly, before they evacuated, Deng Qing took Changming's army to chase after him. Pingcun is the property of the Deng family. As a favored descendant in the family, Deng Qing naturally knew the secret path here, and soon guessed where his uncle had escaped.
However, Deng Qing did not show up. The soldiers surrounded the valley were all wearing strange long gowns and scimitars and broken blades. They were not wearing Changmingjun's clothing.
Deng Ling looked at the clothes of these military men and was immediately surprised. He turned his head slightly and said to Wen Zhu, "Zhan Po people? Wen Zhu... What's going on? How could A Qing have a connection with Zhan Po people?"
Wen Zhu was also shocked and stared at the strong men in front of him, unable to believe it: "How is this possible? My subordinates clearly saw it with their own eyes... Changmingjun in casual clothes broke into the village. The soldiers who had seen these soldiers who had seen them all very seriously last night, and told me that the people surrounding the village were the people they saw in Changqi Mountain Villa last night. Why... were they Champa people catching up with?"
Seeing the Zhan Po soldiers coming in full force, Deng Ling immediately ordered: "Don't continue to guess and order everyone to retreat into the forest and go down the mountain! Go down the mountain immediately!"
A group of soldiers surrounded Deng Ling and quickly retreated to the forest in the back mountain.
Along the way, Deng Ling cursed and shouted: "A Qing, this bastard! How can he conspire with the Zhan Po people?? If someone catches a little bit of a handle, it will be the crime of raiding the family and extermination! He is so confused!!"
Wen Zhu pushed the wooden wheel, and struggled to get in the wood wheel in the forest. Listening to Deng Ling's scolding, he also said a little annoyed: "The Protector General is too unwilling to take the honor and disgrace of the Deng clan in his heart! Lord, how can such a profit-oriented person be the head of the Deng clan?"
"Idiot! Really a fool!" Deng Ling said angrily: "How can the country be touched by justice??"
Mu Lun fell and bumped all the way, extremely turbulent. Seeing that Zhan Po’s soldiers were about to catch up, Wen Zhu simply stopped, turned around and put Deng Ling on his back, and rushed down the mountain with him on his back.
However, after Deng Ling and his personal soldiers rushed out of the valley and set out a way to escape from the village... another group of Zhan Po soldiers surrounded him at the foot of the mountain.
At this moment, they were all pursuers, and they were completely surrounded and had nowhere to escape.
Wen Zhu kept Deng Ling tightly on her back and refused to let go. She stared at the group of Zhan Po soldiers in front of her with cold eyes, shouting to the soldiers around her: "Brothers! Here is the lord! Let me break through the siege!"
"Kill!" More than a hundred people shouted loudly, pulled out their swords and rushed forward as if they were desperate.
The Champo soldiers confronted Deng Ling's personal soldiers, and the sound of fighting at the foot of the mountain caused a sensation, shaking the entire valley.
Jiang Chengjia and Mu Yun quietly came to the cliff in front of the mountain wall, lie in the small cave nearest, and observe the scenery below the mountain.
Mu Yun couldn't help but tsk, "This Deng Qing really doesn't leave any way to live for his uncle? He was forced to such a situation?"
Jiang Chengjia remained silent, looking at the situation at the foot of the mountain with a serious expression.
Seeing this, Mu Yun quietly leaned over and asked curiously: "A Luo...what are you thinking?"
Jiang Chengjia came back to his senses and murmured to himself: "Maybe, Deng Ling is a dirty villain in his own interests. But in the national justice... he was not ambiguity... I didn't expect that Deng Qing and Zhan Po would anger Deng Ling like this."
"Man has two sides. Maybe he will fight for power in Luoyang all his life, but when encountering such a major event of race survival... he may not care. Every man in the mountains and fields hates the act of tying the enemy and selling his country, let alone a scholar like Deng Ling?" Mu Yun said disapprovingly.
Jiang Chengjia shook his head and lamented helplessly: "It's a pity... Deng Qing doesn't understand this principle."
At the foot of the mountain, Deng Ling and Wen Zhu, surrounded by thousands of people, desperately searching for a way out in the sword light and sabre shadows.
At that time, on the high slope facing the rocky and mud road opposite, a tall man with a slender body, wearing a hat and a bow and arrow in his hand, slowly aiming the sharp arrow at the middle-aged man at the foot of the mountain who was firmly protected by his personal soldiers with his body.
A man and a woman slowly walked behind him. The girl in blue interracial costumes said sarcastically: "General Protector, this is the best time... Why do you still feel hesitant? With Deng Ling in one day... you will never be able to sit as the head of the family... What are you waiting for?"
Deng Qing gritted his teeth, pineapple arrow bow, closed his eyes and slowed down for a while.
In this matter, the husband, who was standing beside the woman in blue, stepped forward and fisted and said, "General, when will you wait for this time? Now, he already knows your intention to kill. If he no longer gets rid of him at this time, he is afraid that there will be endless troubles in the future!"
Deng Qing opened her eyes again, and her eyes became dark and unpredictable. He stared at the husband and said word by word: "Zhou Qi, I don't do anything at all... It seems to have nothing to do with you? If you talk more, I will kill you first!"
Zhou Yuanmo stopped talking, stared at the young man silently for a few seconds, then raised his eyebrows and shut up, and quietly retreated behind the woman in blue.
A man and a woman stood quietly aside without saying much.
After a long time, Deng Qing finally calmed down, pulled the bow and arrow again, aimed at Wen Zhu and Deng Ling in the crowd, gritted their teeth, and made up their minds. The feather arrow hung on his string and flew towards Deng Ling fiercely.
The sound of arrows piercing through the air spreading in the valley. Wen Zhu drew his sword to kill the enemy while protecting the middle-aged man on his back. When he moved his ears, he heard the sound of breaking clouds passing by in an instant. He looked in the direction where the sound came, and saw an extremely long feather arrow flying towards it.
Wen Zhu subconsciously turned around and protected Deng Ling behind him. When he wanted to swing the knife to block the arrow, it was too late. The sharp arrow blade passed through his chest with a thunderous force and directly hit Deng Ling's abdomen.
A sharp pain came. Before Deng Ling could react, he felt the person behind him staggeringly and staggering a few steps, then widened his eyes and fell to the ground.
Deng Ling was in panic and trembled and turned off the fallen Wen Zhu. He raised his hands and saw that the top was covered with blood and even some warmth. He hugged Wen Zhu who was lying on the ground in panic and shouted, "A Zhu? A Zhu? How about you? How about you?"
Wen Zhu pillowed in his arms, her body twitched violently for a few times, and looked at him in despair, in great pain.
Deng Ling trembled his hands and hugged him tightly and said, "Azhu! If you persist, you will be able to go out soon. I will definitely cure you!"
Wen Zhu opened her mouth and her lips squirmed twice, as if she wanted to say something. She tried her best but didn't spit out a word. She swallowed in a short while.
"Azhu?Azhu?! Wenzhu! Wake me up! I order you to wake up!" Deng Ling was so panicked that he shook Wenzhu's body hard.
The man in his arms stared at his round eyes, full of unwillingness and worries, but his body gradually faded away from his warmth.
Deng Ling had almost no time to be sad, and an arrow rain suddenly came on the mountain peak. In order to protect him, the personal soldiers on his side fell down one by one, and soon all were wiped out.
He looked at the corpses all over the mountains and the sky, and his heart was so cold that he suddenly felt a sultry and painful heart in his chest, vomiting blood. Smelling the breath of death everywhere, his breath leaned weakly against the pile of corpses, and laughed like crazy.
Deng Qing stood on the front stone, looking at the scene, and couldn't help but put down the bow and arrow in her hand. Zhou Yuanmo was about to go up and persuade him to take this opportunity to completely kill Deng Ling, but was stopped by the girl in blue beside her. The girl said softly: "Our goal has been achieved, and next... it is the family affairs of the Deng clan. Zhou Yuanmo, don't talk too much at this time."
Zhou Yuanmo opened his mouth but finally didn't speak. He stood beside the girl and calmed down.
The girl in blue quietly took two steps forward and said politely to Deng Qing: "General Protector, we have done what you asked for. As for what you promised us... I hope the general can do it."
Deng Qing held the arrow bow, stood upright with his hands behind his back, closed his eyes and sighed: "Don't worry, Your Highness Princess. I will definitely not break my promise. I will order Changming Army to escort you out of the city tonight, so that you can escape the secret net set up by Jiang Chengyi and leave Hongnong."
The girl in blue heard the promise she wanted, so she turned around and left the peak.
Deng Qing stared at the middle-aged man at the foot of the mountain in a messy laughter. After a while, it was not until the whistle sound of horse hooves came from the east of Ping Village that he let the other half of Changming Jun hide in the forest appear and rescued Deng Ling, who was already a little crazy, from the Zhan Po soldier.
At this moment, he rushed out, pretended not to know anything, hugged Deng Ling, who was covered in blood and covered in arrows, and cried bitterly: "Second Uncle! I'm late! I've made you suffer!!"
Deng Ling's voice was extremely hoarse, and his eyes were nailed to Deng Qing who was rushing towards him like a cold knife and a cold blade, hoping to swallow him alive, but his weak body could not resist him at all.
Chapter completed!