Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 99 Burning the drum brake, the monk kills

On the trail on Jiangjun Mountain, there are repeated scenes of singing and crying.

After more than a dozen volunteers sacrificed their lives, Wang Yan and his party finally walked the rugged trail on the back mountain and climbed to the top of Jiangjun Mountain. Master four.

When everyone looked down from the top of the mountain, they could no longer see the pursuers, and Tongshan Temple, which was located in the valley, completely turned into a sea of ​​flames.

The strong wind fueled the fire, the wind flew and the fire danced. The thousand-year-old temple was destroyed once, and the rising flames had already begun to spread to the mountains. The ancient temples left by generations of ancestors, together with the green mountains on both sides, were all burned to red and white.

"The front mountain is no better than the back mountain. The mountain is gentle. At that time, people tried to climb to the top to see the scenery. There are many trails that can go up and down the mountain." The master abbot said to Wang Yandao: "The poor monk will be sent here, and the marquis can go down the mountain quickly. !"

"The chasing soldiers are now behind, and the temple has been burned down. If the master stays here, won't he be in danger?" Wang Yan couldn't help being surprised when he heard this, "Yin Yan alone has lost dozens of honorable men, and he even got on board with him." In the entire Tongshan Temple, if Master dies again because of Yan, how can Yan feel any peace?"

"Life is accidental, death is inevitable!" The master looked at the flames rising from the mountain, but said calmly: "Tongshan Temple has been passed down for hundreds of years, and when there is a catastrophe, this is my home!"

Wang Yan heard the words and wanted to continue, but the master sat cross-legged on the ground, closed his eyes and recited the mantra of passing away: "Namo Amida Poye, Dotagata Ye, Dodi Yeta~~"

Seeing this, everyone knew that the master had made up his mind, and it was useless to talk more. Instead, he wasted the time that the righteous men had exchanged for their lives, and hurried down the mountain with grief.

Not long after Wang Yan left, the Qing army finally climbed to the top of the mountain, but of the 100 people who set off, there were only more than 70 people left, and they were all angry.

At this time, the Qing army saw that Wang Yan was nowhere to be seen on the top of the mountain, and only an old monk was sitting cross-legged on the ground, closing his eyes and sending the scriptures, and immediately scolded him angrily, "Bill donkey! Which way did Wang Yan escape from?"

The master naturally didn't answer, and just closed his eyes and chanted sutras, ignoring him at all.

Seeing this, the Qing army was furious, and they surrounded the master and wanted to beat him, but at this moment, the master suddenly opened his eyes and shouted: "Thirty years of chanting Buddha, today I will cut off mercy, punish the evil and kill one person, and the living people will die." When there are ten, punish this one and forget your ancestors, and monks should kill people."

Before the Qing soldiers could react, the master suddenly slapped the ground with both palms, and the whole person jumped up, fists and feet together, and a strong wind was blown out, knocking down several people in an instant.

The Qing soldiers were caught by this sudden change, and they were not in a hurry to hit the wrong hands. The master grabbed a saber and chopped the Qing soldiers into a panic, killing several people in a row.

While the master was rushing from left to right, since he was old and had no generals to join him, the Qing soldiers were overwhelmed by the master's martial arts and dared not move forward, but the retreat of the Qing soldiers also caused confusion. The formation was reorganized, and they formed a big circle to surround the master.

At this time, the gap between personal martial arts and the coordination of the battle formation appeared. Under the thrust of Qing soldiers' long spears and cold arrows, the master was not as comfortable as before.

The master is old, and gradually loses his physical strength. If he continues to entangle, he will be captured by the Qing army, so he suddenly exerts his strength, rushes outwards, kills him to the edge of the mountain, jumps down the mountain, and hits a rock to death.

When Wang Yan and the three were still fleeing on the path down the mountain, Tian Xiong had already rushed to Tulai's mansion and told him about Wang Yanmi's visit to Nanjing.

Tu Lai couldn't help being furious when he heard this, and angrily scolded Tian Xiong why he didn't report it earlier, declaring that if Wang Yan left, he would definitely be arrested and convicted.

Tian Xiong failed to capture Wang Yan. He thought it would be a great achievement to report the news of Wang Yan's coming to Nanjing, but he didn't expect that instead of being rewarded, he would be reprimanded.

As for Wang Yan, Tulai, who followed Duoduo to the south, naturally knew its importance, and capturing it was a great feat, so he ignored Tian Xiong, and hurriedly mobilized Manzhou cavalry to go to various water and land main roads to search for Wang Yan. Yan.

All of a sudden, the Qing army in Nanjing came out in full force, causing the common people to be amazed, and they all thought that something big had happened. At this moment, the arrest warrants with pictures of Wang Yan were plastered all over Nanjing. And the land of Nanzhili Zhufu controlled by Qing soldiers.

The three of Wang Yan went south after descending the mountain, intending to return to the area controlled by Daming, but they were on foot, and the Qing soldiers pursued them quickly, so the speed was naturally not comparable to that of the Qing soldiers.

The three walked several roads in a row, but they all found that Qing soldiers set up checkpoints, and cavalry patrolled the road from time to time, and they couldn't pass through at all, so they couldn't help feeling anxious.

Hou Fangyu is now entangled with Wang Yan, and the Qing soldiers must regard him as an accomplice of Wang Yan, so he can only follow Wang Yan to flee south. At this time, he saw that the roads going south were blocked, and they stayed outside for a long time, so they were naturally easily captured by the Qing soldiers. When he found out, he said to Wang Yandao: "Did Hou Ye hear that it's dark under the lamp?"

"Master Hou wants us to return to Nanjing to escape?" Wang Yan said.

"Of course!" Hou Fangyu said what was in his mind: "The Qing soldiers thought that Lord Hou fled south, so they must station heavy troops outside the city to arrest Lord Hou, and the number of Qing soldiers in Nanjing would decrease accordingly, and the Qing soldiers would not Thinking that Lord Hou will return to Nanjing, Lord Hou can go to Nanjing to take refuge, and then go south after the limelight passes."

"The most dangerous place is the safest place." Wang Yan nodded and said, "Yes!"

The three of them returned to Nanjing at the moment, but there was no need to worry about the road quotations and other documents. Wang Yan was already prepared when he went to the north, so the three of them disguised themselves and entered the city of Nanjing.

The Qing army occupied Nanjing, which made the prosperous city become depressed, but after all, Nanjing is a big city with a large population, and the daily consumption is obtained from outside the city, so there are still many people who buy vegetables at the city gate, coming in and out.

At this time, a group of people were watching a notice, including scholars and literati, and more ordinary people. Wang Yan and the three also stopped slightly, but someone in the crowd read: "The arrest order from the sea, the old man is loyal and brave. Hou Wangyan, who was good at entering Jiangning, fled outside with evil intentions, whoever found his trace and reported it will be rewarded with a thousand gold, and whoever hides or does not report his knowledge will be given a full armor."

After the crowd listened, they had different expressions, and Wang Yan and the three quickly left the city gate.

Hou Fangyu has quite a lot of old acquaintances in Nanjing, but he doesn't know who is reliable, and needs to test it out, so the three of them decided to find a place to rest first.

The three of them were walking on the street, but suddenly there was a commotion, it was a group of cavalry galloping on the street, causing the people to panic and dodge.

The cavalryman didn't care about the life and death of the people, causing the street to jump up and down, Wang Yan and the three immediately hid aside, but at this moment, Wang Yan saw a child standing on the street crying loudly, and he didn't know how to dodge.

Seeing that the cavalry was approaching and the boy was about to be trampled to death by the horse, Wang Yan suddenly moved his body and carried the boy to the side of the street the moment the horse hit him.

Almost at the same time, the war horse neighed, its front hooves hung in the air, and it stopped abruptly. The man on the horse, looking back at Wang Yan, couldn't help cursing: "Where did the fool come from, to startle my war horse and want to die?"

Hearing the sound, Wang Yan glared angrily, and saw that the rider was Zhu Guobi who had a feud with him, he couldn't help panicking, he put down the boy quickly, and retreated from the crowd with Liu Shun and Hou Fangyu.

Seeing this, Zhu Guobi was annoyed for a while, but in his memory, he felt that the person just now was very familiar, which made him unhappy, so he couldn't help but beat the horse to disperse the crowd, and chased in the direction where Wang Yan retreated.

The three of Wang Yan walked through the streets and alleys, intending to avoid Zhu Guobi, but they still couldn't get rid of it. While they were in a hurry, a figure suddenly appeared from an alley, and said to the three of them, "All of you can come with me!"

For a while, Wang Yan had no other way, although he was suspicious, but seeing that Zhu Guobi was about to chase him, he had to obey the words of the figure, followed him around the corners of the alley, and finally slipped into a courtyard, where there were still Dozens of men in civilian clothes.

Looking at the figures of these men, Wang Yan knew that they must be those who have been in the army for a long time, he was shocked and wanted to turn around and leave, but all the people in the courtyard, together with the man who led the way, suddenly bowed on one knee, and said with sadness in his mouth: "Mr. The Prince of the Hundred Households of Jinyiwei, Long, will meet with the Lord Hou!"

Thanks for the reward, Mrs. **, I am greatly encouraged by the birth of the first master of this book.Thanks to AX, bboy Lingyu for the reward.

(End of this chapter)