Chapter 519: The afterglow dissipates over the ancient bridge
On February 17th, in the early morning, near the Dabie Mountains.
Fang Qifu’s death was actually predicted to some extent by some people. But regarding his death at this time, most people also have unexpected emotions in their hearts, more or less, mixed with anger, sadness, loss, surprise, etc.
For Tie Tianying, Zong Feixiao and others, the death of Fang Qifu was the most unmissable link in the entire plan. But in the end, Fang Qifu was rescued under the most unlikely circumstances. During the chase, he bit a group of fugitives and still had a sense of luck in his heart. At this time, everything was no longer possible. It's irreversible. Ning Liheng's sudden attack at this time left everyone in the Punishment Department almost completely unprepared.
For them, the first thing is anger. For Fang Baihua and others, anger actually comes second. It is just a conditioned reflex driven by sadness. This kind of emotion is more complicated among Lin Echan, Sikong Nan and others, including Wang Yin who is hiding in the distance and quietly watching the development of the situation. In a sense, there is even a faint sense of frustration in their hearts that they have fallen short.
After Fang Qifu was rescued, he said a few words to Chen Fan, one of which was to admit that he did not know anything about the three undercover agents with Manichaean identities. He didn't know, and Wang Yin actually might not know either. Outside the Fang La system, if there was an internal response from Manichaeism, the only one left was Sikong Nan.
Of course, the case of Manichaeism involves a wide range of things, because the tentacles of religion also extend extremely long. For such a large sect, Fang Qifu and others could not fully grasp the details. In the end, the meticulous Wang Yin found it. The possibility also exists. Such speculation has not been confirmed many years later. However, Fang Qi Buddha's rescue did not have a good impact on everyone. This may have been clear to everyone the moment Fang Qi Buddha left the cage.
He is a real burden. He will make Fang Baihua and others lose the chance to escape. He will make Fang Baihua, Chen Fan and others use their last strength to fight. He will also make the power of the Criminal Department truly Show your strength, pursue and fight fiercely, and never give others a chance to get lucky. On the other side, having all the people he really cares about die in front of him may be the best revenge in some people's minds.
Fang Qifu’s head was suddenly cut off. Looking at the young man dressed as a scholar on the slope above, Lin Echan and Sikong Nan's minds were somewhat empty. Among these people, the one who really had complicated and confused feelings was not the outsiders, but Zhu Biao who was following Ning Yi at this time.
He really never expected that such a scene would happen.
After the fight with Chen Fan, he followed Ning Yi all the way south. He was the only one among all his followers who knew part of the inside story. Ning Yi wanted to save Chen Fan, wanted to save the woman named Xigua, and even wanted to talk to Fang Qifu, and finally gave up on Chen Fan and others' obsession. He roughly knew these things.
However, the situation was serious and it was too late for the Secret Investigation Department to go south. Ning Yi did not have many available people around him. Although various trivial information has been compiled, it took two days to organize a detailed outline. Zhu Biao had seen Ning Yi sitting in the room with his eyes closed and meditating more than once, tapping his fingers. The last time he saw Ning Yi like this was in Zhujiazhuang. After that time, Liang Shan died directly or indirectly in Zhujiazhuang. Ning Yi has tens of thousands of people in his hands.
But Zhu Biao is not a fool. Although he is usually careless, he is still a quick-thinking person after being able to practice martial arts to this level. In such a situation, there are many forces involved and little information. If it were him, he would not be able to think of any solution at all. Even for Ning Yi, Zhu Biao could see the anxiety building up on him as time went by. Meeting Fang Qifu would not be possible, and for Chen Fan and Liu Xigua to escape, it would only depend on luck.
However, luck did not come after all. For more than two days, Ning Yi ran back and forth, calculating changes. As the situation became increasingly clear, he also inquired in detail about the terrain leading to the Dabie Mountains. , but after all, due to time constraints, no on-site investigation was possible. Later, I also sent several articles to surrounding prefectures and counties, which seemed to be unintentional foreshadowing, but they did not work in the end.
Zhu Biao saw these things in his heart and knew that when things came to a head that night, he, Ning Yi and a group of people were still rushing to the front of the pursuit team. Along the way, Ning Yi had speculated on several possible ambush locations. Two calculation errors were because it was always difficult to understand the terrain clearly based on the terrain described by others. One of them missed the time. Only the last mountain road allowed them to Arrived in a hurry.
The firing of several elm cannons disrupted the entire situation. Ning Yi's posture and momentum in that moment truly overwhelmed everyone present. But Zhu Biao can understand that Ning Yi does not have many chips to use in this strong momentum. Eight elm cannons and more than 20 people cannot decide the entire situation, and even Ning Yi's move has taken a huge risk.
After chasing him all the way, his violent attitude was enough to frighten many people around him, but the limit was just the limit. Ning Yi broke Liangshan, and the entire layout was considered exquisite. Every time he thought about it, it was impressive. But it was also because he participated in the whole thing that Zhu Biao also understood that the so-called conspiracy was not a castle in the air built on delusions. Every step Ning Yi took, It's just to expand the power you can use to the maximum, which will eventually cause a chain reaction. How these people with Fang Qifu can escape is now a dead end. Only at this time, Ning Yi's move was almost completely beyond Zhu Biao's expectation.
Even if Fang Qifu must die tonight, in front of his friends and women, whether he will die at the hands of his enemies or at his own hands are two completely different concepts. When Ning Yi rushed forward and swung the knife, Zhu Biao was stunned, but also had a flash of understanding.
It’s just...how could this guy do it...
The mountain wind was howling, and on the suspension bridge behind, the woman’s crying voice came over. Ning Yi stood in the light of the swaying fire on the top of the mountain, holding a knife in one hand and a human head in the other. He glanced coldly at the Manichaeans and the Punishment Department below, then turned around and walked down the mountain from the side: "Kill them ! Find an opportunity to cut down the suspension bridge! ”
Fang Baihua and others attacked fiercely. Zhu Biao blocked the opponent with a gun and fired the crossbow from behind. Because Ning Yi said "find an opportunity to cut off the suspension bridge", Fang Baihua gritted her teeth, and after two moves with Zhu Biao, she finally retreated and led a few people around her to surround the end of the suspension bridge. She knew that time was running out, and people on the suspension bridge would not be lucky if they didn't walk on it. She shouted to the other side: "Let's go!" On the suspension bridge, Luo Bingren and others took Xigua's arms and ran towards the other side. past.
Zhu Biao understood in his heart that Ning Yi's purpose was not to take Fang Baihua's life. Seeing the other party retreating, he called the members of the secret reconnaissance department holding crossbows next to him to go to Ning Yi. The policemen below surged up towards this side, the firelight flickering. Fang Baihua led the four people around him to block the tidal wave of attacks from the front, and in the blink of an eye, there were three people. Some detectives tried to throw torches onto the suspension bridge, and Fang Baihua tried his best to knock down a few, but the end of the bridge still caught fire.
Over there, Xigua, who had been dragged backwards, followed Ning Yi’s figure walking down. After a long time, he finally shouted: "Inner demon! Ning Yi! No matter how fierce or powerful you are! I will find you! Just wait for me. ——"
This sentence is full of threats. From a distance, Ning Yi raised his knife, and his cold words passed through the night: "I'll wait for you!"
The communication between the two parties has ended.
Threats and flirtations in the arena were common, and no one took these two sentences seriously. As Ning Yi walked down the slope, Zhu Biao and others rushed back. Zong Feixiao, Tie Tianying, and Fan Zhong had also caught up.
"Ning Yi, how dare you kill Fang Qifu..."
Ning Yi raised his head with cold eyes: "So what?"
"Do you know? The imperial prisoner designated by his court had a strict order from the Ministry of Punishment, requiring him to go to Beijing alive..."
"You want this head?" Ning Yi lifted up Fang Qifu's head and handed it to Zong Feixiao. Zong Feixiao said in a deep voice: "I want to do something with you..." Tie Tianying next to him But before he reached it, Ning Yi threw the head back into Zhu Biao's hands.
"Seal this head with lime! Zong Feixiao! Tie Tianying! Fan Zhong! It is your task to escort Fang Qifu to Beijing. You took the initiative to set up the situation without authorization and failed in the end. You want me to help you clean up this mess! ! Zong Feixiao, how dare you talk to me like this now!"
"If you talk to you like this, I will beat you to death today——"
Zong Feixiao had an angry look on his face. At this time, he pointed his finger over, and the police officers behind him suddenly looked like With their swords at war, the members of the Secret Intelligence Department also raised their crossbows in an instant. Ning Yi confronted the three of them with cold eyes, and he was not at any disadvantage in terms of momentum.
"Zong Capt. If you are sure that you can bear the consequences of offending me, I will accompany you."
This sentence is not high-pitched, but every word is impressive. Chilling in my heart. In the past, Ning Yi might not have said such superficial threats verbally, but at this time, it was hard to tell what his mood was like. After a few seconds of confrontation, Ning Yi's eyes slowly swept across the three of them, and he pointed his finger downwards.
"Go back and think it over carefully! Are you arrogant and have a wrong plan? Did you lose Fang Qifu in your hands? Did I put this mess away for you? With Fang Qifo's threat, you actually I really hesitated. Where are you going to throw away the court’s face? Think about it clearly, I’ll give you my head back! Also, Fang Qifu is dead, but the bandit leaders over there are still there, Fang Baihua, Sikong Nan, Lin Echan, Wang Nanda and other Manichaean demons, how long are you going to wait-"
This is what he said In the second half, the tone became more and more high-pitched. Lin Echan and others on the other side of the hillside could probably hear it, and they didn't know how they felt.
But no matter what the mood of Lin Echan and Si Kongnan is, or what decision Zong Feixiao, Tie Tianying and others will make. At one end of the suspension bridge, the number of subordinates around Fang Baihua was getting fewer and fewer after all. When the last companion fell, the woman's body was already covered in blood, with scars everywhere, and even a terrifying knife mark on her face. However, the woman waved the red gun and still hit him. The offensive enveloped the front, trying to push back the agents rushing towards the suspension bridge.
Finally, a hook pierced her shoulder blade, and several detectives exerted their strength at the same time, pulling her down to the ground. Fang Baihua yelled, swung his spear, and stabbed everyone. After wrapping around the chain, several more agents rushed up from the surrounding area. The two sides exerted force again, and a group of cyan things rose in the air. At this moment, she didn't know how much force she used to break the chain, and swung away the attacking people. She was hit several times, blood spattered, and she rolled back. When she stood up, she threw one side of her body into the back. The old green flag of Yongle Dynasty was put on the spear.
The blood was already covering her eyes, but she took one last look at Fang Qifu's headless body - the approaching police officers had already begun to drag the body away - and then turned around and rushed out!
Ning Yi here turned around, and when Lin Echan, Sikong Nan and others over there turned around, they saw the figure jumping out of the side of the suspension bridge and the bloody green flag spread out in the air for a moment. The figure fell, and Fang Baihua's last voice faintly came from the air:
< br>"The law is equal...there is no superiority...get rid of the evil and hoe the strong...for the people's eternal happiness..."
That was the slogan shouted during Fangla's uprising. This voice and the green flag are only in the air After staying for a moment, the last afterglow of the La Uprising in the south of the Yangtze River disappeared here.
The flames burned down the suspension bridge, swinging the long, old suspension bridge to the other side of the cliff. The dozen or so people who survived rushed into the distant forest, while Lin Echan and others were still chasing after them from below...
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At the end of the Wu Dynasty, due to the intensification of land annexation, the increase of excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the implementation of tyranny such as Hua Shigang, the Manichaean uprising led by Fang La shocked half of the south of the Yangtze River. After being suppressed, Manichaeism continued to survive and develop at the bottom of the people. In the following years, Manichaeism uprisings broke out one after another, and all of them were suppressed.
At this time, due to the internal and external troubles of the Wu Dynasty, the idea of using strong medicine for serious illness, and the aftermath of the rebellion, most of them resorted to killing large areas. of people, more than two million.
Due to the limitations of the peasant uprising at this time, although there were a very small number of uprising leaders with relatively good and beautiful ideas, the peasants who gained power in the uprising became more powerful than the previous imperial officials. Cases of cruelty and inhumanity abound.
The oppressed resist their oppressors only to gain the power to oppress others. It seems that this is the only theorem that has remained unchanged amidst all the chaos and turmoil.
No one was spared. (End of chapter)