Chapter 285: Return to the village

As if he had a heart of touch, when Li Ming saw that person, the man turned his head and looked in Li Ming's direction. Suddenly, both of them were stunned. A sentence suddenly popped up in Li Ming's mind: Disaster will not happen singly.

Seeing Li Ming upstairs, Zheng Yu suddenly had a happy smile on the corner of his mouth. This smile seemed to be really joy from the heart. As for whether the joy was related to Li Ming's desire to meet, Li Ming didn't know.

He stood up slowly, Zheng Yu clasped his fists at Li Ming and said, "Brother Li is fine? We are really destined to be together, and we can even think of seeing each other here? Haha, why are you still standing there? Let's invite our loyal and brave king Li Ming to come down, and I want to have a few drinks with him."

Several subordinates agreed loudly, jumped from downstairs to the second floor, and sandwiched him between Li Ming on both sides.

At this time, Li Ming calmed down instead. He waved his hand to stop Lin Chi's son from moving, held his head high and walked slowly down the stairs. At this time, Li Ming felt a heroic death in his heart.

Sitting down in front of Zheng Yu calmly, Li Ming grabbed the wine glass and drank it all, looked at Zheng Yu and smiled, and said, "If you can meet you here, I can only say that I am unlucky. I originally thought you would hide from the master in Linjiazhuang, but I didn't expect you to be here. What? You have the ability to know what to do before you know, knowing that I am going to pass here?"

Zheng Yu smiled slightly, looked at Li Ming very interestingly, and said, "You won't know who my lord is now, right?" As soon as he said this, his face suddenly changed slightly, and he reached out to grab Li Ming's wrist. Although Zheng Yu lost all his martial arts skills at this time, his movements were still very flexible. In a blink of an eye, his fingers had already put on Li Ming's pulse.

"You have lost your martial arts too?" Zheng Yu's face began to become weird, and she seemed to have gloating and sympathy in her expression. After looking at Li Ming for a long time, he sighed lightly, let go of Li Ming's wrist, and his tone of speaking seemed to be as sarcastic as he was at the beginning.

"In fact, I have always been in front of the Ming King. Under the cultivation of Lord Liu Zhang, I have become a right-hand man around the Ming King. This time, I heard that you, King Zhongyong, personally led your troops to support your master. The prince was very worried and asked me to lead 20,000 iron armored troops around Yuzhou and sneaked here secretly. Haha, the places we passed along the way were sparsely populated areas. I knew that you were all members of the Medical God Cult, so we encountered them.

All the people were killed. Now it seems that this method is really useful. I just got the reward. I said that my troops and horses did not let you discover them until I entered Linjiazhuang. Why? You no longer command the battle in the city, but why did you come to this place? Don’t you know that as a commander, you can’t leave his troops at will? Hehe, it seems that my luck is not ordinary. Now, even if the 20,000 iron armored troops are wiped out, the prince can reward me more.”

Speaking of this, he turned around and ordered the people around him, "Appoint people outside to not rush to camp. Everyone stood up overnight and rushed back to the prince. Now that Li Ming has already obtained the 20,000 iron armored troops, don't worry about it, but you give them an order and let them stay in Linjiazhuang."

Several subordinates next to him quickly agreed and turned around to arrange things. Zheng Yu turned his face and said with a smile: "No matter what Brother Li is doing, since he met me, let's meet with me. To be honest, the two lessons from you from time to time will not develop the Ming Dynasty. Especially the war in the Imperial City Cliff, which made the prince always feel resentful. Since then, he has begun to develop the Iron Armored Army with all his might, which greatly increases his strength. Speaking of which, he should thank you all this. Haha, eat some quickly. If we get on the road, we don't know when we can have a stable meal. The road back is very difficult, and you will probably suffer." After that, he filled Li Ming with wine glasses, and his eyes looking at Li Ming were no longer so hatred.

Li Ming seemed to have no concern about his current situation. While listening to Zheng Yu's words, he was playing with the food and food in front of him. After the battle that day, he did not eat a bite of food. He felt a little disappointed just now because he was worried about the death of Lin Long and Lin Lingfeng. Unexpectedly, Zheng Yu's arrival actually ignited his desire to survive.

A figure flashed at the door, and the two guards who had just conveyed the order came in. Seeing them, Zheng Yu stood up and said, "Brother Li, let's set off now. At our speed, I believe we will be able to return to the prince in less than a month. As for your entourage, let him stay here." After saying that, he signaled, and then took Li Ming's hand to walk towards the door.

Listening to the dull humming coming from behind, Li Ming sighed helplessly and secretly felt sad for the death of the young man. Although this was a helpless thing, in comparison, he could only be regarded as an insignificant little character, but no matter what, he died for Li Ming.

Walking out of the inn gate, Li Ming looked up at the starry sky and sighed a long time. This time his luck seemed to be no longer so good. If you fall into Zheng Yu's hands, don't expect your own people to come and rescue him. Zheng Yu must have chosen remote roads along the way. In this way, it seems that it will be a matter of time before Li Qing.

On the street outside, a group of about 100 soldiers were standing silently on both sides of the street. Judging from their appearance, they were all stubborn, as if they were all personal soldiers beside Zheng Yu.

Jumping onto a horse, Li Minggen was tightly sandwiched behind Zheng Yu by more than a hundred soldiers, and a group of people rode their horses out of the town.

This town is not big, with only two or three streets. The horse team came to the fork in front of the road and turned to the left. The exit of the town was in front of it.

However, at this time, six horses stood side by side in the middle of the exit road, blocking the intersection tightly.

Lin Chi rode on one of the horses and quietly looked at the more than a hundred people in front of him. His fingers holding the sword had turned white.

The soldiers who opened the way first were obviously very experienced. When they encountered such a thing, they immediately pulled out their weapons and rushed forward. Several people emerged from the guards who followed Zheng Yu and rushed towards Lin Chi.

As a disciple of the Lin family, Lin Chi's martial arts are obviously extraordinary. Facing an ordinary soldier, he shook his sword and immediately stabbed two or three people off the horse. However, at this time, the guards who rushed over had already reached Lin Chi's head.

Lin Chi rose up and rushed over the guards, and was about to rush towards where Li Ming was. However, he didn't expect that there were really a few of the guards who were good at it. Two of them were on their companions in the air and rushed towards Lin Chi. In a blink of an eye, one of them slapped Lin Chi's chest.

Lin Chi suddenly flew out like a kite with broken strings. However, at this moment, a figure appeared quickly beside him, gently caught him, then fell back to the ground and gently placed him underground.

Lin Chi suddenly widened his eyes and shouted in surprise: "Master of the Manor?"

Lin Lingfeng nodded with a smile, straightened his waist and turned his gaze to Zheng Yu not far away.

Zheng Yu's whole body was about to be stiff. Meeting Lin Lingfeng in this place would be like a dead end. These people he brought were no match for Lin Lingfeng at all. The only one he could rely on seemed to be holding Li Ming behind him. However, when he turned around, Li Ming, who had been following him, had no trace.

On the roof next to the street, Li Ming was gently put down. Looking at the familiar old face in front of him, Li Ming almost didn't believe his eyes and stuttered so much that he didn't even speak neatly: "Senior... why are you here? How are you doing in the village?" The old chef actually appeared here and saved him, which was something he had never dreamed of.

The old chef smiled rare and pointed his finger at the street below. Lin Lingfeng on the street was showing his power there at this time.

The little manpower brought by Zheng Yu obviously did not pose too much threat to Lin Lingfeng. Wherever Lin Lingfeng passed by, twenty or thirty people would be hit and flew backwards, so in less than a moment, only Lin Lingfeng and Zheng Yu could stand on the street.

Seeing that Lin Lingfeng was safe and sound, Li Ming was both happy, but at the same time he was a little nervous. He had not seen Lin Long yet, and he didn't know how she was doing now. Although the cruel battle before separation made Li Ming not have much hope for Lin Long's survival, he really couldn't speak if he really asked him for the news that broke his heart.

Seeing that the battle below was over, the old chef picked up Li Ming and jumped to Lin Lingfeng. The master and apprentice met again and seemed to be a different life. For a moment, Li Ming's throat seemed to be blocked, and he couldn't say a word.

Lin Lingfeng patted Li Ming on the shoulder and sighed: "Today is the longest day in my life. Fortunately, Lin Chi and his son's light skills are not that good, otherwise I would be really hard to find you. Go back, everything is over, Lin Jiazhuang is still mine, Lin Lingfeng."

Li Ming suddenly opened his mouth wide and looked at Lin Lingfeng with a dumbfounded look. Qiqi Aiai said, "How could this happen? How could things get so fast? Didn't we fail?"

Lin Lingfeng smiled, turned around and led several war horses with the old chef, helped Li Ming and Lin Chi on the back, and handed Zheng Yu over to the old chef. Then he stepped on a war horse and walked in front of Li Ming, saying as he walked back: "Actually, what we experienced was only a partial battle, but today's partial battle almost affected the overall situation. Near the martial arts field, Lin Lingqiang did have all the advantages and almost let him catch us in one go. From this point of view, it was indeed very dangerous at that time. It was also a correct choice for me to send you away in time."

"The reason why our reinforcements came so slowly at that time was entirely because the joining of Li Qing's troops affected the reinforcements' speed. According to the old chef's later story, when he rescued the more than a dozen disciples of his personal branch, he encountered Li Qing's troops on the way. Facing the heavily armored soldiers, the old chef and the others fought hard. Although they could kill several people with one palm, their number was too large, and they could not see at once. Almost every street was filled with soldiers. And the more than a dozen disciples of his personal branch were destroyed by Lin Lingqiang. The old chef had to go one street and one street.

The Taoist rushed out of a bloody road to take them to our territory. In this way, time was delayed a lot. However, after our people gathered, the soldiers had become vulnerable. When I said that you were handed over to Lin Chi back, the reinforcements had already joined forces with your personal guards. With everyone's efforts, they first stabilized their positions, and then after our team arrived, they forced Lin Ling back. I was eager to go out of the city to find you, so I don't know what happened in the future, but the overall situation has been decided at present, and Lin Lingqiang no longer has any chance to counterattack."

Li Ming let out a long sigh, gently wiped away the cold sweat from his forehead, and at the same time his concern for Lin Long became stronger. Seeing that Lin Lingfeng had finished speaking, he hurriedly asked: "I don't know if the casualties are serious, where is Long'er?" He only dared to ask such a sentence, and the one behind him dared not say anything. He looked at Lin Lingfeng anxiously, and Li Ming was afraid that he would hear the bad news that made him sad.

Lin Lingfeng smiled and said, "I know you can't let go of Long'er. Don't worry, Long'er is not so easy to die. Although the long-standing people went a little late, she still persisted. At present, she has only suffered very serious internal injuries and is not in danger of life."

A big stone suddenly fell in Lin Ming's heart, and at the same time, a burst of fatigue surged into his heart, causing him to sway involuntarily. The fierce battle of a day and the ups and downs in his emotions in a short period of time made his weak body unable to bear it anymore.

Several people rushed forward and did not stop anywhere else along the way. They did not re-enter Linjiazhuang until midnight. Looking at the dim torches on both sides of the street and the bodies that were not too late to clean up on the street, the sleepy Li Ming couldn't help but wake up.

Entering the familiar mansion of the owner, Li Ming stumbled into Lin Long's room. The dim lights in the room could not stop Li Ming's anxious gaze. On the soft bed, Lin Long, with a waxy face, was asleep there.

Li Ming relaxed his steps and quietly came to the bed. He looked at Lin Long in front of him with pity. Involuntary appearance in his mind, when the two of them were leaving today, Lin Long's reluctant eyes could not help but cover up the scene of her breaking through without hesitation. Suddenly, tears couldn't help but fall.

Under Lin Lingfeng's persuasion, Li Ming worked in front of Lin Long's bed for half an hour before returning to the room with the help of several maids. He lay on the bed. The torture he could no longer bear, so he fell asleep on the bed.

When Li Ming woke up, it was already the next afternoon. When he walked out of the room, the sun in the sky was already a little west. After eating a little, Li Ming hurried to Lin Long's room.

In the room, Lin Lingfeng was standing restlessly in the room. When he saw Li Ming, he hurriedly came forward and said softly: "Don't go in now. Long'er hasn't woken up yet. Yesterday, she almost exhausted all her internal energy, so she couldn't fully recover without a month or two. Let's go out to talk. I'm here with Long'er's affairs, so you don't have to worry at all. But this morning, I asked some important information from Zheng Yu."

Following Lin Lingfeng to his room, Li Ming couldn't help but ask curiously: "What is the matter that makes the master pay so much attention? According to Zheng Yu, he seems to be doing things in front of Li Qing at the moment. Is this matter related to them?"

Lin Lingfeng nodded gently and said, "It's true that Zheng Yu has changed a lot during this period. I talked with him for a whole morning and felt that he had completely changed now. Oh, you are right. The environment can change a person. Zheng Yu has now become a scheming and far-sighted person. If this change happened before, I don't know how happy I would be."

After a few words of emotion, Lin Lingfeng quickly turned the topic to serious matters: "According to Zheng Yu's confession, Li Song's current situation does not seem to be very good. You know this time. Li Song led an army of 800,000 to conquer Li Qing, but was trapped in Pingzhou by Li Qing's 150,000 troops. This situation is unbelievable, but it is really like this."

"Li Qing's advantage lies in his generals and counselors. According to Zheng Yu, Li Qing planned to raise an army very early. Therefore, under Liu Zhang's plan, his account has collected all kinds of talents. I believe you know this more than me. In comparison, in Li Song's troops, except for the Imperial Guards, the other troops are completely mobs. Moreover, since Li Qing's last defeat in the Imperial City, he began to have a special liking for the Imperial Guards. Now, in his jurisdiction, there is no slight iron in any place except the army. All the iron is used to equip the Imperial Guards. Currently, the Imperial Guards account for 70,000 of Li Qing's 150,000 troops. It is precisely because of this that the 20,000 troops sent by Li Qing have messed up Li Song's supply line."

"You may have known what I said above, but one thing you don't know is that Li Song is in very bad health recently. Zheng Yu came out more than 20 days ago. Before he came out, it seemed that Li Song was bedridden. This news was reported by Li Qing's spy beside Li Song, which should be said to be more credible."

"When you came this time, you also said that the battle between Li Song and Li Qing just gave you the opportunity to correct and integrate the troops. But now, once Li Song has a few shortcomings, I am afraid that this balance will no longer exist. Therefore, I am so anxious to tell you this news so that you can make a decision. If you think it is necessary, you can take troops back to the island tomorrow. At present, the general situation here is already decided."

Li Ming nodded, after pondering for a moment, he suddenly looked up and asked, "How is the casualties of my personal guards?"
Chapter completed!