Longmen Memoirs

She is like a swaying dandelion, rooted in the soil called Longmen. When the wind blows one day, she will float to the sky with the wind. If the wind blows from that direction, she will fly in that direction.

Like rootless duckweed.

Dandelion seeds sway in the wind, flying into the sky overlooking the earth, flying over rivers, flying over grasslands and mountains, but not all seeds can fall to the ground and take root and germinate, and most of the seeds have no good results.

Can a dandelion be considered a flower?

Chapter 30 Tit for Tat

It probably can't be counted. It's neither gorgeous nor pretty enough, and it doesn't even have the slightest scent of its own.

The fox didn't quite believe this.

She is a person who does not believe in fate. Although when she just graduated from the Academy of the Guards, she once stood under the overpass on Longmen Street and had her fortune told. The old fortune teller said that she was a lone star, like her. People with this kind of fate generally have much better luck than ordinary people, but luck and misfortune complement each other. When luck reaches the extreme, bad luck will begin.

The fox didn't believe the nonsense told by the fortune teller. Of course, when she took out a few Longmen coins from her wallet, the other party finally added the method to decipher this kind of fortune. The fox was not in a good mood that day, so she added those fortune tellers. He put the money back into his wallet and left the overpass in a dignified manner.

See, that's who she is.

When you are generous, you can let go of anything, but when it comes to holding a grudge, it can be said that you are extremely stubborn【>

Speaking of good luck, Fox never thought he was lucky.

Chen's motorcycle stopped slowly.

At the end of the tunnel outside Longmen, Chen saw the fox. She stood in the center of the tunnel against the light, with the dark and gloomy sky in the wilderness outside Longmen behind her.

It's different from every time I've seen before.

Superintendent Su wears two scabbards, one long and one short, on her waist. The matte scabbard hides her sharp weapons. Her short orange hair is tied into a neat short ponytail. Two blunderbuss are tied under her black formal suit. The armpit holster has five daggers arranged in a row on the right thigh, and the daggers are sheathed on the back of the waist.

She did not carry any protective equipment, and any protective vest or light armor was useless in front of Chen and her Chi Xiao. On the contrary, too heavy armor would seriously affect the fox's movements. She is not a character who is good at strength. In fact Until he became the leader of the action team, Fox rarely interacted with people in person.

She doesn't like fighting very much, let alone walking around with two knives like Chen Huijie all day long. In the eyes of the fox, there are many things in this world that can be solved without taking action, but when she needs to take action, she never He won't be stupid enough to charge into battle alone.

This kind of behavior is indeed heroic, but on the other hand, the danger is also really dangerous. If you lose your life without hesitation, the fox will not do this unless it is absolutely necessary.

"Is it you? Why are you here."

Chen never thought that he would meet Su Li at the end of the tunnel about to leave Longmen, but she seemed to have been waiting here for a long time.

The motorcycle didn't turn off, so Chen stopped. She saw clearly the fox's outfit, so of course Chen guessed the fox's purpose.

She couldn't deny that Chen didn't like the fox very much, but she also couldn't deny that she couldn't tell whose side the fox was on. Her identity and position came from Wei Yanwu. It could be said that she was Wei Yanwu's person. Wei Yanwu trained his subordinates, and Chen also knew that what they did was different from that of the Guards Bureau. They were the hidden force of Longmen, and they could also be said to be Wei Yanwu's private army.

"That's it, Miss Chen."

"Are you here to stop me too?"

"Chief Wei's order is that you cannot leave Longmen privately. Since your colleagues and good friends in the Guards Bureau cannot make you change your mind, the task of stopping you naturally falls on me."

She said calmly, looking at Chen on the motorcycle.

"It is indeed him." Chen gritted his teeth.

"You turn around and go back now. You can treat today's events as if they never happened. You are still the leader of the inspection team of the Guards Bureau and the senior superintendent of Longmen. After the dispute between Yan Guo and Ursus is over, where do you want to go? No one will stop you."

"Is this what Wei Yanwu meant?!" Chen asked.

Fox nodded.

"Chief Wei gave you a chance."

"Opportunity, oh, that's all he would say! Whoever he gives a chance, doesn't he always like to take everything in his own hands before he is willing to accept it? Anyone who goes against his ideas will be kicked out of this place. A city.”

The fox didn't answer. Chen just watched her press her hand on the hilt of the knife at her waist and look at him. Her amber eyes were calm. Behind her, there was a gloomy sky in the wilderness outside Longmen. The wind was raging high in the sky and the clouds were rolling. , the farther distance gradually shrouded in an unreachable depth of dim skylight.

"What if I have to leave today?"

"I am different from your colleagues." Fox looked at Chen regretfully and whispered: "They may be thinking of their old relationship and are unwilling to kill you, but I won't. I only have one order, to prevent you from leaving. As for To what extent it will be achieved, I cannot guarantee.”

"In the end, we still have to do it."

Chen laughed. She finally turned off the engine of the motorcycle and stepped down the tunnel. The standard long sword of the Guards Bureau had already been filled with holes by Prajna in the battle with Xing Xiong. Chen was not sure how to pull out Chixiao while under control. , she is aware of her state, maybe she can use Chi Xiao and Chi Xiao's sword skills again, but the possibility of losing control is very high, and after using it, no matter whether she is willing or not, she will not have the strength to continue traveling.

"That's all."

"Are you waiting now, after the battle between me and Star Bear is over, before you choose to wait for me here?"

"You mean you need to rest?" asked the fox.

"It's no use."

"That's right. After all, you will have to face opponents and scenarios after leaving Longmen. The enemies who want your life are not so kind as to spare your life just because you are in such bad condition." The fox said, "If you don't even have this kind of preparation, I advise you not to leave Longmen, outsiders are not as kind as our own people."

"Who is one of our own?" Chen asked with a smile.She looked at the fox: "You?"

"Of course I don't count." The fox shook his head, and Chen watched her pull out two knives, the long knife held in front of her and the short knife held behind her back. "Let me give you another reminder, Miss Chen. Since you know that I have been waiting for you here for a long time, you don't think I didn't do anything, do you?"

The fox's lips twitched into a smile.

"Maybe there are explosives buried under your feet. If you don't pay attention, bang -"

Chen subconsciously paid attention to her surroundings. She couldn't be sure whether the fox had really laid a trap. After all, based on Chen's impression of Su Li, she had always been a cunning guy. For example, he provoked her to use Red after fighting Star Bear. After Xiao and Spell's situation, wait for her here.

At the moment when his peripheral vision was distracted, Chen suddenly realized something. The blade of the knife grazed her neck. As the distance between them shortened in an instant, Chen could even see the fleeting surprise on Su Li's face.

After escaping the attack of the long knife, the short knife held in the fox's hand fell down. In a hurry, Chen could no longer pull out the sword of the Imperial Guard at his waist.

What the fox didn't expect was that she didn't choose to dodge, because Chen knew that once she chose to dodge at this time, what awaited her would be a series of strong attacks like a storm of long and short knives in the hands of the opponent, and at that time she didn't even Any opening to draw the weapon.

Chen Huijie's arm almost touched the gap left by the short knife and grabbed the fox's knife-holding arm. Before the long knife could come back to help, Chen Huijie crashed into the fox's arms.

She even wanted to grab the dagger from the fox's hand with a backhand, just like she did to those armed gangsters. Chen was very experienced in this area.

But the fox also saw her intention. Before Chen could grab the short knife in her hand, she suddenly let go of the hand holding the long knife. Chen was stunned. She didn't expect Su Li to be so decisive.

Then, before the long knife hit the ground, the fox, who was led back by Chen, held the dagger behind his waist with his free right hand.

Chen let go of her hand, and at that moment, a dagger slashed through the gap between her and the fox with a sound of wind. In an instant, the fox made a judgment, abandoned the long knife that was not conducive to the fight, and used the dagger to force Chen to pull away. While keeping the distance, he gave up the opportunity to take away the short sword in her hand.

Chen still took a step slower. When the two separated, the dagger in the fox's hand flew towards her retreating position, leaving a shallow wound on her right arm, and blood quickly seeped out of the coat.

When she looked over again, the fox who had thrown the dagger caught the long knife that she had originally let go of.

It was still a dual-wielding posture of forward and reverse, but in the previous fight between the two, Chen knew that she had suffered the loss, although the previous battle with Star Bear had left her not in the best condition.

But the fox is right, no one will wait for you to adjust before killing you, not your enemies, nor those who want your life.

"You are still as sinister as ever." Chen Leng looked at Su Hu on the opposite side. She drew her weapon and held the long sword in her hand. The fox did not choose to attack again.

She has missed the best opportunity, and Chen, who has suffered losses before, will not fall for the same trick.

"Thank you." She raised her eyebrows and smiled: "But what I just told you is not necessarily a lie. I may have really made a few traps. Although it won't kill you, it's best not to relax. alert."

"Humph."

"Is this angry?"

"I'll beat you until you can't say a word again."

"Then I'll wait. It's a good thing to have ambition." The fox said frivolously.

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Before the fox could continue to say anything, Chen suddenly stepped forward, swords clashed, and the sound of steel clashing and gunshots kept ringing at the end of the silent tunnel. Dust, the sky is so dim, only the sparks flickering on the sharp sword edges and blades along with the sound of steel clashing.

The flickering light and dark reflected Chen Yue's colder eyes and expression. Different from what ordinary people thought, the fox had two long and short knives in her hands. The short knives were mainly used to attack and the long knives were used to defend. Her fighting skills were as insidious and flexible as her personality. Changing yet decisive.

Often when Chen was guarding against the long sword, the short sword would take over the opening of her attack, and the weapon would be drawn unexpectedly, without giving Chen a chance to distance herself and regroup.

The short knife in her hand is thicker than the long knife. The short knife is heavy, while the long knife is sharp and quick. The continuous attacks are like waves that don't stop for a moment.

But her figure obviously does not look tall, and the continuous attacks will naturally cause more serious physical exertion than usual, especially since she is dual-wielding the main attack, and it is even necessary to give up part of the defense.

Chen only found it extremely difficult to deal with. This almost unreasonable attack method refreshed Chen's understanding of Su Li. It was not that Chen had never seen the method of exchanging injuries for injuries, but the fox seemed to have seen Chen's shortcomings. .

The cautious and cunning Su Fox, her fighting style is more direct and cruel than imagined.

Her purpose was to keep Chen Huijie, and Chen's purpose was to leave Longmen. The fox could not care about the injury, but Chen could not, so her situation was extremely passive in the fight with the fox.

Chen was not sure he could capture her in a short period of time.

As a result, Chen Du had no choice but to give up when the fox deliberately exposed the flaws several times, exchanging injuries for injuries. The more the fight continued, the angrier she became, and Chen herself knew that the more she was swayed by her emotions, the more she would The possibility of winning is also smaller.

The urge to pull out Chi Xiao flashed through Chen's mind several times, but he was forced to suppress it. Chi Xiao could indeed break her current predicament, but Chi Xiao would also create another predicament for her.

Finally, there was a gap between the swords colliding again.

Chen could even clearly see the sparks splashed from the collision between the blades of the two weapons, illuminating the bottom of Wolper's orange eyes. Time seemed to slow down for a moment, so that Chen could clearly see the side of him from his peripheral vision. The short knife struck by Fang and the brass bullet casings left in the dust on the ground.

"Chi Xiao... vibrate!"

A red wave of air suddenly bloomed between the two of them as Chen grasped the hilt of the sword. The fox's body was lifted back by the wind pressure, and she only had time to retract the long sword and protect it in front of her.

Chen did not have the strength to continue pursuing. In fact, when Chi Xiao's sword energy was used again, her physical and mental exhaustion was more serious than that of the fox.

The air waves of the spell cut through Walper's body, and countless small sword energies cut the black coat into pieces. Finally, she tore off the coat on her body.

Chi Xiao's sword energy caused countless small wounds on the fox's body. Although they were not fatal, the intense stinging pain caused by being cut with a blade still made her uncomfortable.

If she hadn't been wary of the sword at Chen Huijie's waist, her current situation would have been even worse.

"Ha, I've been wondering when you are going to use the magic of your sword."

"You blocked it?" Chen looked at the fox in disbelief. Although she looked miserable, she did block Chi Xiao's spell.

At this distance, Chi Xiao's spell burst was blocked with the weapon in his hand.

"It's weird?" Fox asked back, "You probably can't fully control Chixiao and its swordsmanship. How much strength do you have left now?"

"I'm not ashamed to say it, you can keep trying."

"So I said, you rely too much on your weapon, Chen Huijie."

The fox looked at Chen. Her white shirt was stained with blood. She looked scarred, but in fact, compared with the consumption caused by the stormy attack just now, this level of injury was nothing.

The two blunderbuss in the holster had been thrown away. The shells were scattered on the ground. The fox did not carry a spare magazine. Perhaps it was because she knew that the blunderbuss could only be used as a diversion in close combat. Chen Huijie's strength Enough to split bullets with a sword.

Fox just brought all the tools and weapons she could use out of habit, because in her opinion, the more difficult scene was not with Chen Huijie, but afterward.

"It's not too late to say this after you beat me."

"You don't really think I'm here waiting for you alone." Fox said, looking across at Chen who took the opportunity to take a breather. "How much time do you think you've wasted here?"

"you……"

Chen suddenly thought of something.

"That's right, you can't leave, Miss Chen. It was true that I was the only one a quarter of an hour ago, but now Commander Wei must have received the news. Maybe there will be a group of guys more difficult than me to stop you soon. You How much energy do you have left to deal with them?" The fox said: "You can beat me. If you continue to fight, I am not your opponent, but what does this mean to you, unless you kill me here, even if you kill me I still can’t change this fact.”

Chapter 31 You can even risk your life

Chen suddenly realized the meaning of the fox's words.

The reason why she stayed here was to delay herself. In order to leave Longmen, Chen repeatedly thought about it for several days. She finally made a decision. When leaving, she put down her resignation in the drawer of her office. The resignation email was Sent to Wei Yanwu's mailbox after Chen left Longmen.

If Xing Xiong's appearance was unexpected and reasonable, then Su Li's appearance undoubtedly showed that she might have been monitoring her movements in some way these past few days.

Chen should have thought that on the day she met Walper at the port, she should have thought that she would definitely pay attention to her movements in the past few days. When she recalled it, she asked twice in a row that she really wanted to leave, even though Chen did not answer, but it showed that this judgment had been retained in Su Li's heart at that time. Coupled with her identity and position, it is not difficult to think of the reason why she appeared here today and the authenticity of her words just now.

"You spy on me?"

Chen looked coldly at Wolper opposite, tearing off his tattered coat and throwing it to the ground. His white shirt was stained with blood, and his hands wearing tactical gloves clenched the long and short knives in his hands.

"Don't speak so harshly, Miss Chen." Fox answered with a knife: "Of course you can also think that I am fulfilling my duty to protect the lives and property of important people in Longmen. I really didn't expect that if I hadn't paid attention to you in advance It’s really hard to imagine that you didn’t make any preparations for a long journey in order not to attract the attention of people around you.”

Fox said, his eyes falling on the motorcycle behind Chen.

"Are you just going to fight your way into Ursus with that car and the sword in your hand? Or do you think that even without any preparation, you can successfully cross the wilderness and find the person you want where you want to go? "The fox asked: "I don't know whether you should be said to be a brave person with great skills, or a thoughtful person. Indeed, you don't make any preparations, so no one can guess when you will leave. You just rely on a car and leave as soon as you want. , no one can find it.”

Chen's face was cold.

"None of your business." She said coldly.

She really didn't make any preparations. She just investigated some recent information about Ursus and got some understanding of Chernobog. The time was still too short. She could have planned in more detail, but Chen et al. Until then, every day she spent in Longmen was so long and torturous.

Chen doesn't know, and she also doesn't know, if she chooses to stay at this time, if it takes longer, whether she can make the same decision to leave as she does now.