Turning the tide in the Red Chamber

Chapter 24 [024] The distant mountain floating shadow, flying sword light cold
Seeing that Jia Chen's face was calm, his breath was calm, and he was not flustered at all, the masked man was secretly amazed, and said coldly:

"Take people's money and help them eliminate disasters. We have the rules of the Tao. We must never betray our employers. Let's die!"

Before he finished speaking, he bowed his waist and slumped his back, raised his big knife obliquely, rushed forward, twisted his waist and swung his arms, and slashed at Jia Chen's side neck with a knife.

This saber was as fast as lightning, and it even drew afterimages.

Jia Chen didn't panic, he took a step across his body, dodged the blade, and followed up with a move of "Crane Boy Chasing the Snake", piercing the opponent's arm holding the blade with his sword.

"what!"

The masked man let out a scream, let go of his palm, and the wolf tooth knife fell to the ground with a "clang clang".

He was just about to lean over to pick up the knife, but Jia Chen kicked him in the air, right in the center of the hole, and sent him flying upside down for more than a foot. His back hit the trunk of a pear tree, and he fell to the ground.

The pear blossoms fell one after another, and the masked man clutched his chest, spat out a mouthful of blood, and struggled to get up.

Jia Chen jumped up, passed through the profuse rain of flowers, jumped in front of him, pointed his sword at his throat, and asked sharply:
"I'll ask you again, who ordered you to kill me?"

The masked man shivered in fright, and hurriedly said:

"I said, I said, Jia Zhen hired us to kill you."

"It really is him!" Jia Chen snorted coldly, "You still have a few accomplices, where are they?"

"Clap!"

Suddenly there was a crisp sound of feet stepping on dead branches and rotten leaves behind him.

Jia Chen's pupils shrank, and he flipped hastily to the left.

In the process of spinning in the air, he saw a man holding a short halberd stabbing at the position where he had just stood.

If it was half a beat slower, the back of the heart would have been pierced by now.

At the same time, the masked man lying on his back supported him with one hand, leaped into the air, and kicked Jia Chen who was still spinning in the air.

This kick came straight to Jia Chen's face, with great force.

Jia Chen's eyes narrowed, and he swung his sword horizontally.

"Ah!" A cry of pain.

The masked man's forefoot was cut off, and the remaining half of the foot retracted like an electric shock, covering the bleeding wound, rolling all over the ground in pain, screaming incessantly.

As soon as Jia Chen landed, a short halberd whirled and flew towards him.

Seeing that the bridge of the nose was about to be pierced, Jia Chen leaned back, and the short halberd brushed past his nose, and the sharp halberd cut off a stray bang.

Jia Chen straightened up, and swept out with a sword.

"clang!"

This sword happened to deflect another short halberd that was stabbing towards him.

The man holding the halberd is also a masked man, but there is a scar at the corner of his eye on the left side of his face, which extends to the bottom of the black cloth of the mask, as if the left side of his face has been cut in half.

"Whoosh whoosh—"

Suddenly, there was a sharp sound of a sharp weapon cutting through the air behind his head.

Jia Chen hurriedly jumped sideways, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the short halberd that flew past and flew back in a whirl. It turned out that this guy used the short halberd as a boomerang.

Scarface reached out and grabbed the short halberd that flew back, and said angrily:
"I thought that one person would be enough to deal with you, a young man with no hair, but I didn't expect that you are a master!"

Jia Chen didn't answer, he stepped on the Seven Stars, and his figure was as graceful as a banished fairy. In the blink of an eye, he rushed in front of Scarface, and stabbed the opponent's throat with an immortal guide.

Scarface hurriedly waved his halberd to block.

Seeing that the sword was about to be stabbed on the short halberd, Jia Chen suddenly changed his move, from stabbing to teasing.

"Oh!"

Accompanied by a scream, the short halberd with the scarred face fell to the ground, and he jumped back a few steps with his hands covered with blood, and opened the distance.

Next to the fallen halberd, four fingers were scattered.

Maybe it's because the pain-sensing nerves haven't completely failed, and the four severed fingers are still spasming slightly.

The sword just now cut off four fingers of Scarface.

His right hand was abolished, leaving only his left hand holding a short halberd.

Jia Chen didn't give him a chance to catch his breath, he rushed forward with a stride, and stabbed him in the chest with a move of White Snake Spit Letter.

Scar's face was slashed across his chest, trying to resist.

"puff!"

The long sword passed through the gap on the halberd and plunged into Scarface's chest.

Scarface's eyes widened suddenly, with horror and disbelief flashing in his pupils.

"You, how can you be so powerful?"

His pupils gradually dilated, and his vitality gradually disappeared. At the moment before he died, Scarface still couldn't believe that he was actually killed by a thirteen-year-old boy!
Seeing this scene, the masked man who had had half of his foot cut off from before couldn't care less about the wound that was still spurting blood, and got up limping and wanted to escape.

Jia Chen drew out his long sword, didn't even look at the scarred face that was slumped to the ground, rushed behind the lame masked man in a few steps, kicked him on the back of the heart, kicked him to the ground, and lay on his stomach on the ground.

Jia Chen put the long sword on the side of his neck and asked coldly:

"Tell me! How many other accomplices do you have? Where are they?"

The masked man said with a cry:
"There are six more, and they are all ambushing in all directions of Ning Mansion."

Jia Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, unexpectedly, in order to kill him and embezzle his [-]% of the profit from selling books, Jia Zhen really spent a lot of money, even hiring eight assassins.

"Why did you call your six accomplices here?" Jia Chen asked coldly.

The masked man's eyes lit up. If he could call them over at the same time, he might be able to surround and kill this kid. He hurriedly told the truth:
"I send a signal flare into the sky, and I can call them over."

"Okay, then send it quickly!" Jia Chen urged.

The masked man immediately took out a flash tube and fired a white light into the sky.

Jia Chen slipped the masked man to a pear tree, took out the rope prepared in advance, and tied him to the tree trunk.

Then he jumped up, jumped onto a pear tree next to him, lay on his back on a thick branch, and waited quietly for the other six assassins.

At this time, Ping'er, Wang Xifeng's eldest maid, happened to pass by the pear forest, and suddenly saw the white fireworks rising into the sky, wondering who set off the fireworks in the pear forest?So came over.

When he saw a masked corpse lying on the ground and a masked man in black tied to a tree trunk not far away, Ping'er was so frightened that he almost screamed.

With the flustered heartbeat, she turned around and ran to the front yard to report to Wang Xifeng.

When she saw Wang Xifeng who was busy walking around in Baoxia hall, Ping'er seemed to see a savior, staggered in and said anxiously:
"Grandma, something is wrong! Someone fought with weapons in the pear grove in Huifang Garden, and someone died."

"Ah?" Wang Xifeng gasped, the teacup in her hand fell to the ground, crackled and shattered, and the tea splashed on the shoe without even noticing it.

"Grandma, come up with an idea!" Ping'er was so anxious that his eyes turned red.

Wang Xifeng's eyes surged with sternness, and he snorted coldly:

"Who dared to use force in the Ningguo Mansion after eating the bear's heart and leopard courage? Call a few more people and gather all the guards of the Ningrong Second Mansion's housekeepers, copy the guys, and go to Huifang Garden to catch thieves! "

Ping'er took the order to go, and soon, the news of the death in Huifang Garden spread throughout Ning Rong's second residence, and also reached the ears of the guests who came to attend the evening ceremony.

Some martial arts guests did not bring weapons, so they picked up stools or garlic mortars as weapons.

Some guests also rushed into the back kitchen, asking for a few kitchen knives, hatchets or rolling pins.

There were also a few guests who snatched the sword from the guards of the Ning Mansion.

Some of the guests who didn't know martial arts were timid and wanted to slip away in fright, but they were worried that they would offend the Jia family, so they huddled in their seats and filled them with quail.

There are also some literati who are bold, obviously powerless, but extremely curious, talking and laughing with the warriors to watch the excitement.

Everyone was clamoring, calling for friends, rushing to Huifang Garden in a hurry.

With so many warriors emboldened, Wang Xifeng and Heping'er followed behind.

Lou Shi had never seen such a big battle, and she also went to join in the fun with her personal maid.

On the other side, the news spread to Cong Lvtang next door, alarming Jia Mu and the other masters of the Rong Mansion.

The ladies and maids were all women, their faces were pale with fright, and they closed the doors and windows tightly and dared not make a sound.

Jia's mother has experienced many storms, but this is the first time that thieves broke into Jia's house armed with weapons, and she was at a loss for a while.

Jia Zheng was an uninitiated nerd, his heart was in a mess, pacing back and forth in the room, muttering: "What should I do? What should I do?"

Jia She stroked his goatee, squinted his eyes and thought for a moment, took down a long bow and a pot of arrows hanging on the wall, and said lightly:
"I gonna go see."

Mrs. Xing hurriedly stopped him, and persuaded with tears in her eyes:

"Master, you are quite old, so don't go."

Jia She said with a cold snort:

"Old Huang Zhong can still kill Xia Houyuan. I am much younger than him. Do you think that my general is worth nothing? Call me!"

As he spoke, he pushed Mrs. Xing away.

"Father, I'll go too, to fight my brothers, father and son soldiers!" Jia Lian mustered up his courage and took down a long sword hanging on the wall.

Jia She glanced at him, frowned and said: "You can pull it down! You struggle to get on the kang, and you can't even kill a chicken, so don't go!"

After all, he went straight out the door with his bow and arrow on his back.

When he walked out of Cong Lvtang, Jia She raised the corners of his lips slightly, stroked his goatee, and murmured with a smile:
"This boy is worthy of being my seed, and his courage is commendable!"

(End of this chapter)