Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 161: Fight without bloodshed

Even if Huang Sixi refused to allow Jiunan and Fei Hongjin to accompany him, they might still climb the mountain privately.

Huang Sixi stopped trying to persuade him, found a path in the mountains, and ran up to the top of the mountain.

Because it was pitch dark and the three men had excellent martial arts skills, they rushed all the way to the Qingliang Temple on the top of the mountain without alerting the Qing soldiers.

However, at this moment, the shouting and killing sounds in front of the temple were extremely intense.

Dozens of assassins dressed in black were seen blocking the entrance, preventing the Qing soldiers from entering the courtyard.

The area of the courtyard was not large and the wall was quite high. Ordinary Qing soldiers could not climb over the wall to get in. Even if some Qing soldiers who knew light skills jumped into the courtyard, they would soon be killed by the assassins.

These assassins were highly skilled in martial arts, and each of them could defeat ten Qing soldiers at once.

Taking advantage of the narrow terrain, they managed to block more than a thousand Qing soldiers outside the temple gate.

Their mission was to intercept the Qing troops in order to buy time for the assassination of the Qing prince.

Looking inside the temple, there is a main hall, and inside the hall there is another solemn scene.

More than ten palace masters and martial monks protected a middle-aged couple wearing luxurious Manchu costumes. The couple was Prince Dogeduo of E and Princess Nalan Minghui of E of the Qing Dynasty.

Originally they had over a hundred guards, but after a fierce fight among the assassins, their number became fewer and fewer, but there were only a few assassins left either.

There are only two assassins left in the main hall.

After Huang Sixi and the other two arrived at Qingliang Temple, they flew directly over the gate and landed on the main hall.

Jiunan lifted the roof tiles and saw the whole situation inside the hall.

She pointed at the two assassins in the hall and said to Huang Sixi, "That Taoist nun is Sect Leader Zhuang, and the middle-aged Taoist priest next to her is Taoist Dongxuan, an elder of the Xiandu Sect."

When Huang Sixi rescued Xiaozhuang, she was just a little girl. When they met again after nearly thirty years, Xiaozhuang's appearance had changed a lot and Huang Sixi could no longer recognize her.

But Huang Sixi was not unfamiliar with Dongxuan.

Dongxuan is the youngest disciple of Huangmu Taoist, the head of Xiandu, and also Xiaozhuang's uncle.

That year, Huang Sixi attended the Dragon Subduing Society gathering at the Yellow Crane Tower, and many of Huang Mu Taoist's disciples, including Shuiyun, Min Zihua, and Dongxuan, were all present.

Therefore, Huang Sixi still had an impression of Dongxuan.

Dong Xuan is the most senior elder in Xiandu Sect today. He has inherited the true teachings of Taoist Huang Mu and is nicknamed "Liang Yi Sword" in the martial arts world.

Xiaozhuang is the current leader of Xiandu Sect. Not only has she inherited the martial arts of Xiandu Sect, she also has other unique skills.

She was seen holding a sword in one hand and shooting flying needles or scattering poisonous mist with the other hand. The killing power was very sharp. Even when facing the siege of more than a dozen palace masters and monks, she and Dongxuan were not at a disadvantage.

The two men advanced steadily, approaching Dogduo and Nalan Minghui.

Just when they were approaching within a few feet of Dogduo and Nalan Minghui and were about to draw their swords to stab them, they saw an old monk with white eyebrows suddenly extend his index finger and use the Shaolin Temple's "One Finger Zen" magic skill towards Dongxuan.

The old monk with white eyebrows had extremely profound internal strength. He stretched out a finger and immediately released a thin stream of energy, which broke through the air and flew several feet away, hitting Dongxuan's chest.

This finger was taken when the enemy was not prepared. There were monks on both sides of Dongxuan trying to stop him, and he did not expect that the old monk with white eyebrows could exert force through the air. His acupuncture points were pressed, and he was instantly frozen. With a "snap", the long sword in his hand fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Xiaozhuang immediately cursed: "Old bald donkey, you are willing to be a running dog of the Tartars!"

The white-browed old monk chanted "Amitabha" and said dully, "Donor Dogeduo and Donor Nalan are honored guests of Buddhism. They are very devout to Buddha. I cannot let the two donors hurt people at will!"

Xiaozhuang scolded him: "When the Tartars entered the pass and killed the people of the Central Plains, why didn't you, an old bald donkey, stop them from killing people indiscriminately?"

The old monk with white eyebrows was speechless for a moment and could not answer.

Dogeduo next to him immediately said, "The Shaolin Abbot, the Holy Monk Huicong, has been canonized by His Majesty as the 'Zen Master who Assists the Country and Protects the Saints'. Although Master Chengguang is the abbot of Qingliang Temple, he is one of the Eighteen Arhats of Shaolin and is stationed in Qingliang Temple by imperial decree. After we capture the assassin today, I will report to His Majesty and canonize Master Chengguang with the honorific title of the Imperial Zen Master!"

The white-browed old monk had a blank expression on his face. He raised his palm and said, "I am empty of all the four elements. It makes no difference to me whether I am canonized or not. Enough people have died tonight. I just don't want to commit any more sins of killing!"

"Okay, I will give you a favor, Master Chengguang!"

Du Geduo pointed at Xiaozhuang and Dongxuan and said, "Tonight, I will only kill these two stubborn assassins. As for the assassins outside the palace, after I capture them, I promise not to kill them all and let them live!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud bang, and a hole was smashed in the roof of the Great Hall. Three figures fell from the sky and landed in the hall.

The three people were Huang Sixi, Jiunan and Fei Hongjin.

They have a clear division of labor.

After Fei Hongjin landed on the ground, his figure flashed and blocked the door of the palace.

Jiunan landed directly beside Xiaozhuang and Dongxuan, raised his hand and touched Dongxuan's chest, using his internal energy to unblock the acupoints.

Huang Sixi used the move 'Flying Dragon in the Sky' and pounced on Dogedo's head.

Master Chengguang sensed the palm wind coming and immediately leaped into the air, raising his palm to meet it.

Huang Sixi suddenly changed his tactics and used the "Dragon's Ten Thousand Paths". His palm bypassed Master Chengguang's arm and slapped Master Chengguang on the crown of his head.

Huang Sixi used all his strength to strike this blow, and Master Chengguang instantly bled from all seven of his orifices and died on the spot.

Huang Sixi then flipped in mid-air and landed beside Dogedo. He drew out the Dragon Subduing Sword with a swish and stabbed him.

Before Dogdo could scream, his heart had been pierced.

Seeing this, Nalan Minghui, who was standing by, couldn't help but scream.

She was also a martial artist, so she took out a few darts and threw them at Huang Sixi.

Huang Sixi used the 'Arrow Breaking Style' of the 'Nine Swords of Dugu' and swung his sword. With a crisp 'ding ding' sound, several darts immediately flew back and hit Nalan Minghui.

Nalan Minghui quickly jumped up and tried to avoid the dart, but the two were too close to each other and both of her legs were hit by the darts at the same time. She only jumped out a few feet and then fell to the ground again.

At this time, Jiunan had already rescued Xiaozhuang and Dongxuan.

When Xiaozhuang saw Nalan Minghui falling beside him, he drew his sword and stabbed him. The sword pierced through his heart. Nalan Minghui let out a wail and died.

More than a dozen palace masters and monks in the hall saw that Prince E and Princess E were both killed, and they dared not fight any longer. They all used their lightness skills to leap into the air, trying to escape.

Huang Sixi immediately reached for his waist and unfolded a jade bee needle bag. With a series of "whoosh!" sounds, the dozen or so people all fell to the ground, without a single one being spared.

In the blink of an eye, the Great Hall, which had been filled with fierce fighting, fell into silence.

The atmosphere was silent for a moment. Xiaozhuang stepped forward and hugged Jiunan, and then held Jiunan's hand: "Sister Jiu, you came just in time. If you had come a little later, my junior master and I would have died at the hands of the Tartars!"

Xiaozhuang is three or four years younger than Jiunan. When she first heard Taoist Musang call Jiunan "Ajiu", she started to call Jiunan "Sister Ajiu".

She asked again, "I didn't send any message to you, Sister Jiu, when I came to assassinate Dogdo this time. How did you know that I came to Mount Wutai?"

Jiunan pointed at Huang Sixi and smiled slightly: "Young Master Huang found out all this. I came here with Young Master Huang!"

Jiunan has always been puzzled about Huang Sixi's identity, so she asked Xiaozhuang to identify him.

Xiaozhuang then turned her gaze away. She only took one look at Huang Sixi's face and was immediately struck by lightning.

"You...you..." Xiaozhuang strode up to Huang Sixi, stared up at Huang Sixi's face with wide eyes, as if he had seen something incredible, and couldn't recover for a long time.

The more she looked at Huang Sixi, the more excited she became.

She only asked with a trembling voice: "Mr. Huang, is that you? You... you finally returned to the Central Plains?"

She suddenly burst into tears, unable to hold back her tears: "Every time I see my sister, she always tells me that no one in this world can kill you, and that you must not be dead. She also says that you will return to the Central Plains sooner or later. I always believe what my sister says, and I believe everything she says!"

When she met Huang Sixi, Huang Sixi looked exactly the same as he does now, which made her subconsciously forget the passage of time.

When she found that Huang Sixi was still young, she couldn't help but look confused: "Mr. Huang, I'm old, how come you are still so young?"

Her words caused an uproar in Fei Hongjin and Jiunan's hearts. Both women thought that Huang Sixi was the descendant of the Dragon Subduing Hero, and never thought that Huang Sixi was the Dragon Subduing Hero himself.

Fei Hongjin immediately moved to Xiaozhuang's side and asked in surprise, "Master Zhuang, did you recognize the wrong person? The Dragon Subduing Hero was a hero during the Chongzhen period. He must be fifty years old now. He doesn't look like a young man in his early twenties, does he?"

She couldn't help but think of what Huang Sixi had once told her, that Huang Sixi had practiced a unique internal skill that could keep his appearance from aging. She immediately became suspicious, wondering if Brother Huang really had a secret to keep his youth?
Jiunan tugged at Xiaozhuang's sleeve and asked, "Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?"

Xiaozhuang looked at Huang Sixi again. No matter his appearance, voice, glance or smile, he was exactly the same as the Huang Sixi he had met that year. There was no difference at all.

But why didn't Huang Sixi age after thirty years?
Xiaozhuang couldn't figure out the reason, so she grabbed Huang Sixi's sleeves with both hands and cried, "Mr. Huang, do you still remember Xiaozhuang who accompanied you on the boat that year?"

At this time, outside the main hall, the sounds of shouting and killing were getting closer and closer.

The Qing soldiers, with their numerical advantage, had already broken through the courtyard gate and began to attack the main hall.

Huang Sixi said, "The Qing army is powerful and will soon attack the palace. Let's solve the current crisis first, and then it won't be too late to reminisce about the past!"

Xiaozhuang thought, the Qing dynasty has firmly established its rule now, and once they learn that the Dragon Subduing Hero is still alive, they will definitely gather a large force to capture him, so it's better for me not to dig into the matter.

She immediately wiped away her tears and her expression returned to normal: "Yes, dealing with the Qing soldiers is the most urgent task! Sir, do you have a plan to retreat?"

Huang Sixi pointed at Fei Hongjin and Jiunan and said, "You two should change into the costumes of Dogedo and Nalan Minghui!"

Jiunan didn't understand what Huang Sixi meant and stood there in a daze.

Fei Hongjin understood immediately and said with a smile, "Brother Huang, are you planning to let the nun and I pretend to be Dogeduo and Nalan Minghui?"

Huang Sixi responded: "That's exactly what I meant!"

Jiunan had never seen Huang Sixi's disguise skills before, so she hesitated a little: "Miss Hamaya and I are both women, how can we pretend to be Dogedo?"

Fei Hongjin rushed to say, "I will pretend to be Dogduo. I once pretended to be a male general of the Qing Dynasty when I was in Southern Xinjiang. Master, please change your clothes quickly. Brother Huang's disguise skills are superb. I guarantee that we won't reveal any flaws!"

After she finished speaking, she signaled to Taoist Dongxuan to help take off Dogedduo's flag armor.

Although all the Bannermen had braids, they could be completely concealed by wearing helmets.

It was late at night, and no matter how many torches the Qing soldiers lit, it was difficult to tell whether Dogedo was real or fake.

After Fei Hongjin and Jiunan changed into the Manchu costumes of Dogedo and Nalan Minghui, Huang Sixi immediately set out to give the two women a makeover.

Jiunan was a Buddhist nun and had shaved her head long ago, so Huang Sixi asked her to wear a headscarf.

After Huang Sixi's skillful disguise, Fei Hongjin Jiunan and Dogdonalan Minghui are already 70% to 80% similar.

Next, Huang Sixi, Xiaozhuang and Taoist Dongxuan will take Fei Hongjin Jiunan hostage and break out of the encirclement of the Qing troops.

If the Qing soldiers cannot see through Fei Hongjin Jiunan's disguise, everyone can go down the mountain safely without any harm.

If the Qing soldiers saw through Fei Hongjin Jiunan's disguise, they would use force to break out of their blockade.

After Fei Hongjin Jiunan completed her disguise, Huang Sixi took out the corpse powder and destroyed all the corpses in the main hall.

Then they opened the temple door.

The dozens of assassins outside the door were all disciples of Xiandu Sect. When they saw Xiaozhuang and Dongxuan holding the Prince of E and his wife with swords in hand, they immediately rushed into the hall and gathered around Xiaozhuang and Dongxuan.

Outside the palace, there were densely packed figures of Qing soldiers. The leading generals glanced at Fei Hongjin and Jiunan, and suddenly showed extreme tension: "Don't hurt the prince and princess, or I will tear you into pieces!"

These generals were all the confidants of Prince E's Dogduo. Once Dogduo died, not only would they be buried with him, but their entire families would also be implicated.

For a moment, these generals were all thinking about their own lives and did not doubt Fei Hongjin's fake identity at all.

Fei Hongjin also knew that she was a woman disguised as a man and her voice was her biggest flaw, so she kept silent and left everything to Huang Sixi.

Huang Sixi shouted coldly: "Everyone, leave Qingliang Temple. If you dare to drag your feet, I will kill Princess E first, and then Prince E!"

"We will leave the temple now, please don't make things difficult for the prince and princess!"

The commanders waved their hands hurriedly, signaling the Qing soldiers to retreat outside the temple.

Huang Sixi saw that they were afraid to act rashly and continued to force them to retreat down the mountain.

After a while, everyone arrived at the foot of the mountain.

The commanders discussed calmly: "If you release the prince and princess, we will ensure that you leave safely!"

Huang Sixi said: "Let us leave first, then we will release the prince and princess!"

The commanders all disagreed and signaled the Qing soldiers to surround Huang Sixi and others, as if they were not going to compromise.

Huang Sixi saw this and proposed another condition: "I will stay here with your prince and princess, and you will clear the way for the rest of the people to evacuate first. As long as they leave Mount Wutai safely, I will release your prince and princess immediately!"

The commanders looked around and discussed it. The fewer people Huang Sixi left behind, the easier it would be to rescue the prince and princess, so they said, "Okay!"

After saying this, he signaled the Qing soldiers to make way for a passage.

As early as in the Main Hall, Huang Sixi had discussed the evacuation route with Xiaozhuang Dongxuan.

Xiaozhuang and Dongxuan did not hesitate and immediately led dozens of Xiandu disciples to break out of the encirclement of the Qing troops and soon disappeared into the dark night.

After they walked away, the commanders stared at Huang Sixi and said, "Please keep your promise and release the prince and princess!"

"You want a promise? Fine, here you go!"

Huang Sixi suddenly exerted force, held Fei Hongjin in his left arm and Jiunan in his right hand, and threw them into the air. The two women instantly passed through the crowd of Qing court officials, and each of them used their lightness skills to escape far away.

At the same time, Huang Sixi had already spread out the Jade Bee Needle Bag and swung it in four directions. The needles scattered and the surrounding Qing soldiers fell to the ground.

Taking advantage of the chaos among the Qing soldiers, Huang Sixi leaped into the sky, following Fei Hongjin and Jiunan, using all his lightness skills to track them.

Huang Sixi ran for more than ten miles and saw that the Qing troops were still chasing him.

He caught up with Fei Hongjin and Jiunan and said, "Now that the Qing soldiers have been dispatched from Qingliang Mountain, let's go back to the mountain and visit Qingliang Temple again!"

Fei Hongjin and Jiunan were confused as to his intentions: "All the disciples of Xiandu Sect have been rescued, why are we going back?"

Huang Sixi revealed to them: "Dogduo would not be stationed in Qingliang Temple for no reason. I suspect there is another nobleman from the Qing Dynasty in the temple. Let's find this nobleman. If we can control him, then we can overthrow the Qing Dynasty without bloodshed!"

Huang Sixi guessed that Shunzhi was still alive. He planned to impersonate Shunzhi and then replace Kangxi in order to control the core of the Qing court. In this way, he could expel the Qing court and regain the Central Plains at the lowest cost.

(End of this chapter)