Chapter 042 Cleanse the body and mind
It was a little late at night, and in Chang'an City, every household was closed and the city was full of chaos.
Countless soldiers ran around, and their footsteps were pedaling. From time to time, there were small officials such as the magistrate, the inspector, the magistrate, and the small officials who managed the neighborhoods beat the gong and shouted loudly: "The emperor ordered that all families close their doors and doors, and they were not allowed to enter and exit at will. Today, they will retaliate against the rebels. Don't be irresponsible for those who have no connections! Those who travel without authorization will be killed!"
From time to time, some people were broken into the door. Men, women, young and old, and soldiers were dragged out of the room. A military soldier read out loudly: "The emperor's order: XXX, no order, entered the capital without authorization, attacked the palace ban, conspired to kill the emperor, and the crime was unforgivable. The clan was destroyed according to the Tang Dynasty's laws! It was a precept for those who came later!" Then he was killed in the street.
During the Tang Dynasty, the buildings of Chang'an City were many different from those of the Ming Dynasty. Chang'an, as a capital, was also very different from Beijing. Ding Yi walked slowly with interest. He was covered in bloody imperial guards' uniforms, but no one came to ask him without any ignorance.
As soon as Ding walked somewhere, he heard a cry that was shocking. There were all high-ranking families nearby, and he didn't know which general under Li Shimin lived.
Walking through a corner, several people fought in front of him, and more than ten soldiers besieged a girl. The girl was fourteen or fifteen years old, with a pretty face, wearing a moth-yellow short shirt, blushing on her cheeks, and many tears on her eyes and face. She bit her lips tightly, holding a pair of short swords in her hand, like two balls of green light surrounding her, flashing and jumping, constantly walking, and stabbing a person from time to time.
The soldiers fought and shouted: "Come here, come here, there are remnants of Hou family here!"
The girl had a graceful figure and stabbed two people again, jumped to the side courtyard wall. As soon as she stood on the wall, several arrows shot out from the wall, and soldiers intercepted them.
The girl hurriedly turned around and dodged, falling back to the main road, not daring to fight. Her swords flashed and she rushed forward. When she saw Ding Yi, she shouted coldly: "Get out!"
When Ding Yi saw the cold light coming, he did not avoid it. He grabbed the sword with his hands. Although the girl had high martial arts skills, she was a little far from her own, and she had not yet taken it into his eyes.
The girl's body was convenient. When she shouted, she was more than ten steps away. When she closed the sound, she had already arrived in front of Ding Yi. Her swords were as fast as lightning, and she stabbed her throat and her chest, and her methods were fierce.
Ding Yi sneered, bullied his hands in, pinched the sword spine, his fingers intertwined, and the two swords snapped and broke into two pieces.
Ding Yi's hand did not retract, and his wrist turned. Before the girl could react, her eyes turned black. Two swords had already penetrated into her eyes and penetrated her brain. The girl didn't say a word and fell to the ground.
The soldiers chasing over did not expect the battle to end so quickly. They were stabbed seven or eight people just now, and almost let the girl run away. Seeing Ding Yi, who was covered in blood and dressed in an imperial guard general, he hurriedly saluted: "I have seen General!"
Ding Yi nodded and asked, "Who is this woman?"
"Report to General, this girl is Hou Junji's daughter. She killed more than ten brothers in our army and almost let him escape." The soldiers were all from the prince's group, including the brothers of the East Palace Liuzhi and the twelve guards. The part that had always been in conflict with the prince was assigned to the military camp outside the city and was not allowed to move without any action. After the rebels in the city were searched and killed, they would be screened and purged.
"Okay, I understand, go and do it!" Ding Yi waved his hand and killed the girl with a ease. He turned around and entered the mansion next to the road.
After Ding Yi disappeared, more than ten soldiers cut off the girl level and returned to the team to report their merits.
The killings were still going on in the courtyard. Ding Yi went to the inner room by himself, searched and chose a men's clothing with similar figures from the inside out, wrapped it up, and walked out in the pool of crying and blood around him, as if he was walking leisurely, with his soldiers in the room busying their own ways, and they bowed quietly when passing by: "General!"
As he walked along the way, he heard various movements in the surrounding houses from time to time. His internal strength was too strong and he could hear it clearly if he didn't want to listen.
‘I just had a few days of stability, what are you doing?’
‘Don’t make a sound, madam, you hide in the cave, and I’ll tell you to come out again tomorrow!’
‘Hide your food!’
‘There are soldiers outside. Let’s take a look tomorrow. Let’s hide in the countryside!’
‘Don’t cry, there are wolves outside, and wolves eat crying children!’
‘Go to bed quickly, don’t be afraid when you fall asleep!’
These people didn't know what was going on. When they heard the shouts of soldiers on the street, they were still dizzy and had only one thought. The chaos arose again. They used their own methods to deal with the chaos, and they knew to hide food and hide their wives and children and leave the city.
Ding Yi was not a bloodthirsty person. The Ming Dynasty was a dynasty with extremely distorted Chinese culture. There were great criticisms and punishments for traitors. Ding Yi's growth period was influenced by the atmosphere and was educated by the Jinyiwei. He determined that the traitors and their families could only be eliminated, and what he did was right.
Before he obtained power, Li Shimin was rebellious. Ding Yi took it for granted and had to stand on the side of the emperor. But today he killed too much, and Ding Yi was very tired from his spirit to his slaughter.
Not long after walking, Ding Yi jumped down and wanted to cleanse the filth and purify his body and mind.
Eight waters surround Chang'an, and Ding Yi is not familiar with Chang'an. I don't know that this river is the water in the Eight Waters. The water flows are turbulent but clear and confusing.
Ding Yi pulled off his clothes that had been soaked in blood and let them float down the river. He thrust his feet to the bottom of the river, and his feet firmly grasped the bottom of the river. The fine sand at the bottom of the river touched his feet. It felt good. He stood steadily and did not waver anymore.
The water of Canglang is clear, so that I can wash my tassels; the water of Canglang is turbid, so that I can wash my feet.
The water was very dark and I couldn't see my fingers. Ding Yi liked the feeling of being at the bottom of the water, it was very cool and refreshing. He pulled his head apart and washed it at the bottom of the water.
As Ding Yi's hands moved on his body, the water flowed with him as the center formed a small whirlpool. Several small fish hit Ding Yi's body. Ding Yi ignored it and cleaned it up on his own.
His internal strength was deep, and through his skin, he felt that he could draw fresh air from the water. This air penetrated his skin, entered his blood vessels, and walked around his body. Although it was very rare, he could persist in the water for a long time. Perhaps as his cultivation progressed, he could be like a swimming fish at the bottom of the water for years and no longer needed to breathe.
His wound had already ended under the internal power of the divine light. The hole with the fingers on his shoulder was slightly painful. The injury had to be completely healed. It was not a short time to not see the wound, but it was no different from healing, because it only needed to close the mouth and grow flesh and skin.
After more than half an hour, Ding Yi floated out of the water again and jumped to the shore. His internal force was running like a huge steamer, with white air rising up, and it became dry and comfortable in a while.
He picked up the clothes he picked up and put them on his body, which fit very well. Ding Yi became a handsome young man with a bright eyebrows and starry eyes.
Yang Zi cried when he saw the strange road, saying that he could be south or north.
Ding Yi was the same. He looked at the rushing river on the river bank. He didn't know what to do or where to go. In the palace, since Li Yuanji died, the generals have been slandering him, intentionally or unintentionally expelling him from the decision-making circle. He became a forgotten person. There was no need to put a hot face on his cold butt. Ding Yi came out and was free!
A few steps behind him suddenly came from a voice: "General, can you take a walk?"
This shock was extraordinary. Someone came not far away from him, but he didn't know. You must know that Ding Yi's kung fu gradually reached the point where the cicadas were conscious before the autumn wind moved. Even if Xuanyuan Wudi wanted to approach him, he would not know.
Looking back, there were two Taoist priests wearing Taoist clothes and smiling. The two of them were standing in front of them, but Ding Yi felt as if they were in the sky, very strange. He was careful and replied: "Okay!"
Chapter completed!