Chapter 37: No Way Back

The foot of the mountain.

The dense forest is dark and full of green mist.

The forest is humid all year round, and the fallen leaves and animal corpses ferment together. Over the years, an amazing swamp has been formed. The green mist in the forest is the miasma fermented by the swamp.

Xu Xuan flew low, and the miasma had no effect on him.

Passing through the jungle, a dry mountain stream appeared in front of him, and there was a man-made cave on the wall of the mountain stream.

Xu Xuan flew into it, and a fireball immediately floated beside him, illuminating the cave.

Twenty coffins were neatly placed in the cave.

The ground was covered with lime to keep the cave dry.

He stepped forward to open the coffin lid and took a look inside.

"It's okay, but the surface is a little moldy."

However, this mold is still a good thing and can be used as medicine.

The corpse of the zombie is refined with spiritual energy and medicinal materials, and it basically won't rot.

Paste the corpse-driving talisman.

Dinglingling!

The corpse-driving bell shook gently.

Crash!

Twenty zombies stood up together, and the Taoist priest who drove corpses returned to his old job.

Because he needed to save spiritual energy, Xu Xuan rarely sacrificed zombies, but he must not destroy zombies, after all, they were his most loyal subordinates.

Zombies were not afraid of life and death, and were invulnerable to swords and guns. They could be sacrificed at any time without regret.

If it weren't for the fact that the spiritual stones were a little insufficient, Xu Xuan would have wanted to refine hundreds of zombies.

Go north in the night.

Of course, Xu Xuan did not walk there, and there was a carriage outside to pick him up.

The carriage traveled day and night, rushing to the north.

…

In the north, a Taoist temple by the Yellow River was surrounded by heavy troops, and bursts of bloody air came from inside.

"Where are the people? I ask you where are the people?"

Hao Ge grabbed the collar of a Taoist priest covered in blood and asked impatiently.

"I don't know!"

Crash!

The next moment, the Taoist priest was beheaded with a knife.

"Next, where is Li Jianxing?"

"I don't know!"

A series of killings filled this peaceful place with blood.

Ever since Haoge knew that Li Jianxing was a Taoist priest, whenever he came across a Taoist temple, he would come down to interrogate him, killing people at will, and using brutal means.

These Taoist temples definitely didn't know the whereabouts of Li Jianxing, and soon all the temples were killed.

Haoge came to the main hall. There were no candles on both sides of the statues, and the eyes of the golden gods were bright, as if they were staring at what they were doing.

The subordinates were silent and a little scared.

After all, killing people in such a place, they still had some uncertainty in their hearts, fearing that the gods would retaliate in the future.

Haoge saw what everyone was thinking and sneered: "Gods? Where are there gods? I killed so many people in the north, which god came down to save them? Tear it down!"

"Yes!"

The uneasiness in the hearts of the people disappeared a lot after they tore down the statues of the Three Pure Ones.

"Report! The spies found traces of Chongzhen and Li Jianxing in Nanyang City!"

"Haha, good!"

Hao Ge laughed arrogantly and set off with everyone.

Nanyang.

Lin's house, backyard pavilion.

"Mr. Lin, thank you for your help."

Li Jianxing was facing a middle-aged man with a very elegant temperament.

"Hey, Taoist priest, please don't be polite. I have asked people to prepare a speedboat and we can set off early tomorrow morning." Mr. Lin smiled and said, "The woman has caught a cold. Ask the doctor to prescribe a prescription and she will be fine."

"Thank you, Mr. Lin."

Li Jianxing did not reveal the true identity of Chongzhen and others. The queen caught a cold a few days ago, and everyone had no choice but to find a place in the county.

This Mr. Lin had stayed in Yunlu Temple for a while before. He and Li Jianxing were childhood friends. His master rescued him from the dead.

This man can be trusted.

Night.

Li Jianxing couldn't sleep and tossed and turned, feeling uneasy.

After all, any random person on his side was rich and powerful, waiting for generations.

Thinking of this, he got up and went out, wanting to go to the pond to blow the wind.

At this time, he found that Lin Yuanwai was standing by the lake, his expression seemed a little wrong, and there was a servant next to him.

Li Jianxing noticed something was wrong and listened attentively.

With his current hearing, he could still vaguely hear the other party's words.

"What did the captain say?"

"The captain said it was them, the man was Emperor Chongzhen, and the woman was the queen. The north offered a reward of 1,000 taels of gold and the title of hereditary marquis for their capture."

"Okay, they are very good at martial arts, so let's wait for the captain's people to come before we take action. It's a pity that these people are too cautious."

Hearing that it was the hereditary marquis, Lin Yuanwai's eyes were red, and he was panting heavily, wishing he could just break in and take all the credit.

Originally, he planned to poison him, but the other party was too cautious. He never ate alone, or had a feast with Lin Yuanwai's family. There was definitely no chance to poison him.

Thinking of the upcoming position of marquis, Lin Yuanwai was a little excited.

"Men of insight" all knew that the Ming Dynasty had been less than three hundred years since the ancient dynasties, and only the Jin soldiers had the momentum to unify the country. Now was one of the few opportunities to change the family.

So the literati and scholars abandoned the Ming Dynasty without hesitation.

At this time, there was a noise behind him.

Lin Yuanwai turned around and saw that it was Li Jianxing.

"Master, you..."

"I am so disappointed in you. As a Ming Dynasty gentry, you sucked the blood of the country, and now you want to rebel again, which is disloyalty. Selling friends for glory is unrighteousness; forgetting ancestors and joining the barbarians is unfilial."

"Listen to me..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Jianxing killed him with a sword.

Then he rushed into the backyard and killed all the servants.

This thief was really cunning, and his wife and children were sent out not long ago.

"Get up! Get up!!"

Li Jianxing woke everyone up.

There were shouts and shouts outside the door, which should be the soldiers and horses led by Nanyang Qianhu.

Fortunately, the Lin family had a high gate and a large courtyard, and the top of the wall was inlaid with broken porcelain pieces, which made it difficult for ordinary people to climb.

Everyone guarded the gate and fought with the officers and soldiers.

Now even the emperor and the prince took up weapons to resist.

"Kill!!!"

"The thousand households have an order! A thousand taels of reward for capturing alive, flag-raising officer! The number of dead bodies is halved!"

Hearing the order, the soldiers rushed over like crazy.

Li Jianxing and others gradually despaired and felt powerless.

"Master Zhang, I'm afraid we will die on the spot today."

"Haha, this life is worth it!" Zhang Duxiao laughed heartily.

He is a man of immortality and fame; as the master of Longhu Mountain, he died for the Han Dynasty at the end of his life, which can be said to be immortal.

"Two immortals, I have implicated you." At this time, Chongzhen suddenly bowed his head to apologize. This attitude made Li Jianxing and the others unbelievable, even the prince did not believe it.

Zhu Youjian actually admitted his mistake? It was too strange. Li Jianxing thought Chongzhen would curse "the evil Taoist misled me".

Everyone fought from night to morning.

At the county magistrate's mansion, several scholars looked at each other in silence. After a while, the old man in blue clothes said, "We just watch the emperor being killed?"

"What can we do?"

"Ah..."

Everyone sighed deeply.

They wanted to surrender, since many people surrendered anyway; but if they watched the emperor die in front of them and didn't care, their reputation in the history books in the future... I couldn't imagine it.

Boom...

In the evening, Haoge's army arrived. Most of the army was stationed outside the city, and a small number entered the city.

The county magistrates surrendered by offering seals.

"Where is Chongzhen?" Haoge rode his horse to show off his power.

Everyone pointed in the direction and handed over the official seals. Several people were able to save their lives and even had the protection of the Jin soldiers.

But ordinary people were not so lucky. A massacre swept them.

Rape, looting, and killing continued.

Haoge led the elite to the Lin Mansion.

At the Lin Mansion, hearing the news of the Jin barbarians outside, everyone knew that they could not escape.

This night must be an unforgettable night for this small town.

People accepted the fact of barbarian rule, either actively or passively.

Near the Lin Mansion were the residences of high officials and nobles. Some of them were captured by the Jin soldiers, while others had surrendered early. All of them were escorted to the vicinity, waiting for Haoge's decision.

They all paid attention to this historic moment.

"Nothing can be done to save the world, nothing can be done to save the world..." Chongzhen, Li Jianxing, and the ambitious poor scholars in Nanyang had only this sentence in their minds.

Mountains and rivers were broken, and bones were piled up like mountains, forgetting their surnames.

History always has too many regrets, and mortals can hardly have the power of immortals to save the world.

Outside the mansion, Haoge pointed his sword at the Lin Mansion, and the warriors and the Baoyi were ready to fight.

"Kill!!"

"Boom!!"

The next moment, a fireball fell from the sky! It fell into the crowd.

This fireball symbolized the emergence of a new way of playing.