The Longest Day in Chang’an - Chapter 93

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This retreat is not a straight line. Every two hundred steps, the road will suddenly widen and widen an open space on both sides, calling it a stomp. In this way, when the driving of the day is outdated, patrols and handymen along the way can have a place to dodge and salute, and it is also convenient for other vehicles to go wrong. If someone overlooks the entire straight path in the sky, he will find a series of stomps on his body, like a rope with many knots tied.

This small team had left for a long time before another limping appeared in front. Xiao Gui waved his hand, motioned to stop and said to rest. After he finished speaking, he walked forward again alone, and soon disappeared into the darkness.

Too indifferent to restraint, sitting on the ground with one buttock, gasping for breath. The emperor wanted to come to comfort, but was stopped by the earthworm. Xiao Gui had advised before leaving, not allowing the two to get too close. Tianzi had realized his situation, without screaming in vain, and glared Zhang Xiaojing sorrowfully, and walked to the other end of the stomping mouth, staring at the dark sky.

Zhang Xiaojing stood beside Taizhen, leaning against the stone wall and closing his eyes gently. He spent too much physical energy for a whole day, and now he just barely walks. He must seize every time to restore his vitality as soon as possible in preparation for the next possible drama.

Suddenly, a woman whispered into her ears: “Zhang Xiaojing, you are actually a good person, you will save us, right?” Zhang Xiaojing’s heart tightened, and he opened his one-eyed, seeing that he was really curious and raised his round face. Tears are still there. Her right hand continued to rub her ankle. The Cricket glanced over here without doubt.

“Why do you say that?” Zhang Xiaojing asked in a low voice.

“I believe in Tanqi.”

Zhang Xiaojing stunned, and then nodded slightly: “That’s an ice-smart girl-but you believe her, what do you do with me?”

Too ridiculously, “The man she likes from Tanqi will not be a bad person.”

“Uh……”

“But I can see that there is really nothing between you and Tanqi. I have seen too many women in love and men in love. She is, you are not.”

Zhang Xiaojing was helpless. What time was it, and the woman talked about this topic with great interest. Too real to see this fierce and wicked guy actually showing an embarrassed expression, could not help but pursed his lips and smiled.

“I knew that you must have no intention to do that.”

“So the performance you just made was just an act that made Cricket relax his vigilance?” Zhang Xiaojing asked back.

“No, when I slid down from the top of the temple, my whole person really collapsed. But compared to the wealthy life that was about to be lost, I would rather go sliding ten more times.” Taizhen smiled self-deprecatingly, “I am a Betrayed her husband’s Kun Dao, if she left Tianzi’s favor again, it was nothing. So I had to seize every possibility and let both Tianzi and me live. ”

Taizhen turned his neck slowly and looked at the darkness in front of him: “Tanqi asked me for help before and saved your life. Now I can only count on you to return this favor.” When saying this, Tai A stern expression appeared on his face, just like the delicate and weak woman just now. Zhang Xiaojing’s one-eyed stared at her, his eyes became serious.

“Well, you guessed it right, I’m here to save people.” Zhang Xiaojing finally admitted.

Tai Zhen was relieved and wiped away the tears with his fingers: “That would be great. If you learn of such a loyal minister, the saint will be very pleased.”

“Loyalty minister?” Zhang Xiaojing sneered. “I’m not a loyalty loyalty. I’m not here to be loyal to the emperor. I’m not interested in those.”

This answer surprised Taizhen, isn’t he loyal to the emperor? So why did he do these things? But the cricket just happened to come over, both of them closed their mouths and turned their faces away.

The earthworm glanced at both of them and turned back. Tian Zi cut his hands back and paced anxiously, Xiao Xiao had not returned yet. It is a pity that even if there is only this one, Zhang Xiaojing still can’t beat it. His current physical strength can only barely maintain speech and walking.

Faced with an unexpected speech, Zhang Xiaojing found that he had to revise his plan. Originally, he only regarded Taizhen as a vase that could increase Xiao Gui’s troubles, but she was much calmer than she thought, maybe she could help herself.

He glanced at his head, turned his head too true again, and lowered his voice: “Next, I need you to do something.”

“I don’t have the strength to fight, that’s what I’m the worst at …” Taizhen said.

“No. What I want you to do is the thing you least like.”

It didn’t take long for Xiao Gui to turn from the darkness, with a happy face. He compared a gesture to signal the crowd to go on the road, so the pedestrian continued to walk south along the Jiacheng Road.

Not long after this time, Xiao Gu stopped the team. In front is another tap, but there is a brick step extending upward on the left side. Needless to say, the steps must lead to the eastern wall of Wai Guo.

It is impossible for the re-entry road to be completely closed from beginning to end. It will leave some steps up and down the city wall to transport materials or respond to emergencies. Xiao Gui left earlier just to find out if anyone was guarding this ladder.

According to the principle, there are guards at the entrances of these steps to prevent people from entering the road. But today they are all attracted by the accident of Xingqing Palace, and there is no one here.

Xiao Gui waved his hand, and everyone left the compound road and slowly climbed up the city wall along this staircase. As soon as he ascended the city, the environment immediately became noisy and bustling, dragging them back to Chang’an.

Zhang Xiaojing looked around, and the tall city wall divided Changan City into two distinct worlds. The inner wall of the city wall was still brightly lit, but the outer side was dark like a black ink. He narrowed his eyes and saw a tall city gate tower far away to the south, which should be the Yanxing Gate. Calculate the distance accordingly, they are now on the wall parallel to Jinggong Square.

Jing Gong Fang … Zhang Xiaojing’s wry smile appeared. From this height, he could see a wide darkness in the square, that is the polo field. A few months ago, he stood in the middle of the field and intimidated Yongwang, then dropped his weapon and became a prisoner of death, toward his end, or another starting point.

Unexpectedly, I made a big circle today and returned to the origin of everything. Zhang Xiaojing seemed to see that the wheel of fortune in the midst of the world was spinning like a Taihang Xuanyuan lamp tower.

“We are going from here.”

Xiao Xiao’s voice interrupted Zhang Xiaojing’s emotion. He went to the outside of the city wall and patted a wooden shelf beside him like a well. This wooden frame is much thicker than the ordinary potter’s wheel. There are dozens of thick hemp ropes wrapped around it. The fork frame extends out of the wall and hangs a hanging rattan basket. Near it, close to the edge of the city wall, a flag was inserted. But because there was no wind, the flag fell on the flagpole.

The Chang’an decree was grim and closed at night, without opening. If you have to go into or out of the city during an emergency during the night, the defender has a workaround: install a rack on the wall, tie a large rattan basket, and a person or a horse stands inside, and hang them down with a wheel.

This is the last step of Xiao Xiao’s plan, using a rack to hang everyone out of the city. This is the darkest period of time before dawn, coupled with the chaos in the city, no one will notice this humble city head. Cricket can be free from the shackles of Chang’an City, and can go wherever he wants.

Seeing only one last step away from success, even Xiao Xiao was a little stunned. He smiled at Tianzi: “Your Majesty, take another look at your Chang’an now. I’m afraid there will be no chance to see it in the future.” Tianzi snorted and said nothing with his hands on his back. He knew that he would only get more humiliation for this fierce bastard.

The two hostages were guarded by Xiao Gui and Zhang Xiaojing respectively. The surviving cicada began to untie the rope on the rack. He looped the rope around, and hooked it to the top of the big rattan basket.

The mast must be able to lift one person and one horse, so this rattan basket is extremely strong. In order to maintain balance and not fall over, each of the four sides of the basket hangs a rope, gathers it into a strand at the top, and then picks up the traction rope on the wheel. How to straighten these ropes is a technical job, otherwise the rattan basket may be tipped halfway down, but it will be fatal.

The Cricket was busy working for a while, tired and sweating, and finally adjusted the balance of the rattan basket. As long as the wheel is loose, you can hang down.

The next question is manpower.

The rattan basket should descend slowly, requiring at least two people to shake the wheels, and two powerful people. If Xiao Gui and Cricket went to hold the wheel, then there was only a weak Zhang Xiaojing to guard the two hostages.

Xiao Gui didn’t hesitate much, approached the emperor, suddenly waved a hand knife, and hit him in the neck. The ninety-five statue turned his eyes and lay down, unconscious. The reason why he didn’t stun Tianzi before was because he had to break away from the complex environment of the building of the diligent administration, and it would be more convenient for him to walk on his own. Now that you can leave the city at a glance, there is no need to worry.

Taizhen thought that the emperor was killed and could not help but scream, crouched down, and shivered. Xiao Gui glanced at her coldly, and told the cricket: “Stun her too.”

He knew that Zhang Xiaojing was very tired now, and it was difficult to grasp the strength, so he asked the Cricket to do it. The cricket yelled and walked over to deal with Taizhen. At this time Zhang Xiaojing said: “First throw her in the rattan basket, and then stunned.” The cockroach first stunned, then immediately understood.

This is a good suggestion, it can save a little effort to carry. So the cricket dragged Taizhen’s arm, dragged it all the way to the edge of the wall, and then threw it into the rattan basket. Taizhen curled up at the bottom of the basket, panting, and the hairpins shivered.

The cricket also stepped into the rattan basket and reached out to pinch her neck, thinking to herself, will this pink and slender neck be cut by a palm. Unexpectedly, when he saw him, he reached over and was frightened to hide away. The rattan basket was suspended in midair, and the whole basket wobbled because of her movement.

The Cricket couldn’t stand a little, and quickly hugged the basket and shouted, “Do you want to die?”

This rebuke was counterproductive, and it was even more evasive, and burst into tears while shaking. The Cricket found that she seemed a little deliberate, and couldn’t help but get furious, got up and leaned over, to teach this stinky lady.

He leaned forward so much that the rattan basket shook even more. In order to avoid the invasion of the earthworm, Taizhen tried his best to lean towards him. Suddenly, a scream came from Tai Zhen’s mouth. She seemed to lose her balance in an instant, her right arm raised high, and she seemed to fall outside.

In a hurry, the earthworm reached out and grabbed the sleeve of Taizhen, hoping to pull her back. But the moment he grasped the sleeve of his palm, he found something was wrong.

Although Taizhen is a Kun Dao identity, after all, he practiced Taoism in the palace. Today’s Shangyuan Festival, in addition to the robe, she also wore a plain leopard. This silk wraps around the neck, spreads over the shoulders and arms, and ends between the fingers. It looks low-key and expensive.

Just too quietly wrapped the silk again just now, not around the neck, a whole long scarf was wrapped around the right arm, and the ends were loose and untied. This kind of entanglement is called “fake cloak”, and it is generally used for meeting private friends in private.

Where did the cricket know the doorway of these noble women, he thought he was grabbing the sleeves, in fact, he was grabbing the drape wrapped around his arm. After trying hard, the silk fell off his arm immediately. The Cricket was originally full of strength, intending to pull her back by the advantage of weight, and as a result fell suddenly, the whole person fell back suddenly and fell towards the basket.

Fortunately, the cricket is also a good player in the army. His eyes are swift and his hands are fast. Although his body fell out, both hands caught the basket. He was shocked and was about to turn back hard, but suddenly felt a sharp pain in his fingers.

It turned out to be too courageous. I took out an ivory handle pocket knife from the chest and closed my eyes to stab it. This folding knife was originally used by the emperor, but was later taken away by Zhang Xiaojing, and now it is in her hands again.

Cricket didn’t dare to let go and couldn’t fight back, so he grabbed the outer edge of the rattan basket and tried to dodge desperately. A disbanded veteran and a stunner in the palace, in this way, inside and outside the rickety rattan basket, launched a strange showdown.

Taizhen has no fighting experience after all, she doesn’t know what is the point, just blindly stabbing. As a result, although there were many wounds on the cricket, none of them were fatal. The earthworm realized this, and knew there was hope of counterattack, so he endured the pain and reached out and grabbed. Inadvertently, he even pulled his long hair scattered too much, not looking at Lianxiangxiyu, pulling hard. Taizhen only felt a pain in her scalp. The whole body was pulled over. The cockroach hit her hand and hit her temple.

Where did Taizhen eat such a bitterness, ah, fell softly to the bottom of the basket and fainted.

The earthworm crawled back into the basket in anger, trying to give this girl a heavy lesson. But then there was a gurgling sound of a slight break above his head. As he looked up, he saw the rope hanging on the side of the rattan basket, which was actually broken-it was probably just too wildly waving, and the sling was cut by mistake.

The cockroach’s face changed, his hands and feet accelerated and turned inwards, but it was a pity that it was too late. Lose a quarter of the rattan basket, suddenly fell to the other side. The cricket groaned, his hands could no longer be supported, and the whole body fell out.

The sound of sorrow is not far away, and in the midair, I heard another crisp sound of breaking.

It turned out that there was some struggle just now, and the sling near the rattan basket was messed up with twine. When the earthworm fell, his neck just reached into one of the nooses. The crunch was a sound that caused the cervical spine to be severed by a sudden fall.

The rattan basket was still swaying, and it was too paralyzed to sit at the bottom of the basket, unconscious. Under the basket, the last scorpion pulled his head, his eyes raised, letting his body hang in the air by a rope, and squeaking squeaky on the dark city wall.

All this happened so quickly that Xiao Gu stood by the side of the wheel and did not react at all. He didn’t realize that it was wrong until the earthworm cried out his last sorrow. He made three and two steps to the edge of the wall and looked into the rattan basket.

Seeing that his last man was also hanged, Xiao Gui was furious. He showed his fierce light and looked towards the bottom of the basket. At first glance, he noticed the clasp of the small ivory handle held tightly in her hand.

Xiao Gui ’s pupils contracted suddenly, and he remembered that the ivory-handled folding knife was worn by the emperor ’s waist, and was taken by Zhang Xiaojing in the Star Picking Hall, but now falls into Taizhen ’s hands. What this means is self-evident.

An abnormal flow of air passed by Xiao Guer’s ear. He hurried back, but he saw a group of black shadows rushing over with all his might, and rammed him out of the city. Under Xiao Ji’s anxiety, he could only reluctantly move his body so that his back leaned on the flagpole of the flag near the frame, reluctantly relying on it.

Through this reluctant moment, Xiao Gui saw clearly. It was Zhang Datou, the old comrade-in-arms, who ran into himself.

“Big head, you …” Xiao Gui shouted. But the other party had a black face and did not speak. He no longer had the strength to fight, so he had to cling to the same heart and hit him with his body as a weapon-this was his only choice.

The flagpole only resisted less than one finger, and it snapped off with a click. The two men and that flag leaped from the head of the east wall of Chang’an to the sky. The big flag slammed into a gust of wind, and unfolded suddenly, wrapped the two and fell towards the distance outside the city, just as they were then.

At the same time, the first dawn appeared on the eastern horizon. Xiwei’s morning light was projected towards Chang’an City, which just reflected the figure of the two people who fell outside the city at night.

The drums in the city of Changan sounded loudly and resounded throughout the city.