Chapter 40

Gao Ling rode on the horse, pressed her hands on her body continuously, sealed all the acupoints around her body, and even blocked the operation of internal Qi, only then barely stopping the flowing blood.

She leaned weakly on the horse's back, watching the scenery beside her retreat, only feeling her whole body cold, and her eyelids getting heavier.

Zuo Lishan stabbed her three times and slashed her five times, leaving eight deep wounds on her body.

Zuo Lishan's Wu Gong is not right.

It's not that it's strange to be defeated by Zuo Lishan; a first-rate expert is almost like a child in front of a supreme expert, and being able to leave a life is already the best result.

It is precisely because Zuo Lishan's state is not right that Gao Ling was able to escape.

If we talk about the strength of strength and internal Qi, Zuo Lishan is simply like a different person, the vigorous strength brought out by every move and every style directly pressed Gao Ling's long sword and "smashed" it on her body.

Several wounds on Gao Ling's body were not even Zuo Lishan's work, but the result of her own long sword being pressed back and cutting on her body.

According to Gao Ling's judgment, Zuo Lishan's internal Qi and strength have exceeded the level of a supreme expert and reached a level that can be said to be unmatched in the world.

But, the moves have changed.

Zuo Lishan's originally majestic and domineering sword moves have become difficult, stiff, and no longer as round and smooth as before. It has turned from the self-created sword techniques he pushed through the old and brought forth the new to another kind of sinister and vicious sword technique.

And Zuo Lishan's strength operation also had problems, often getting stuck, and his right hand seemed to be not very flexible, and even twisted into an angle that should not appear on a human body.

Because of this, the threat of Zuo Lishan's moves was greatly reduced, and Gao Ling was able to grasp a gap in Zuo Lishan's attack, pay the price of being slashed with a huge wound on her back, and escape.

She is dying.

Because of this, she didn't dare to rush directly to the main hall or the main hall when she escaped, and expose Zuo Lishan's evil deeds in public.

Zuo Lishan has been in charge of the Mount Taishan Sect for nearly ten years, with deep roots, and his personality is one that says one thing and does another, cultivating many confidants.

Zuo Lishan's appearance is strange at this time, and it can be seen at a glance, but he doesn't need to come forward. With Gao Ling's injuries and Zuo Lishan's prestige, he doesn't need Zuo Lishan to come forward and speak, as long as someone wants to take the initiative to delay for a moment, Gao Ling will die of serious injuries herself.

Gao Ling only cared about practicing Wu Gong and teaching disciples on weekdays, and didn't have many confidants in the sect. Facing Zuo Lishan, not many people would jump out to speak for her.

Once she dies, Zuo Lishan waits for his appearance to return to normal, comes out to say a few high-sounding words, puts a few hats on her, and this matter will be settled quietly.

She could only shout a few times on the way to escape, shouting a few words like "Zuo Lishan betrayed the sect, practiced demonic arts", "Elder Liu has already died in his hands", "He wants to kill me to silence me", and then fled down the mountain without looking back.

Fortunately, Zuo Lishan didn't dare to appear in front of people at this time and couldn't chase her.

She is going to Taian City.

There is a medical clinic in Taian City, maybe it can save her life.

Survive first, then discuss other things.

Gao Ling couldn't support it, gradually lost consciousness, and fainted on the horse's back.

Fortunately, the old horse knows the way, used to the road from the Mount Taishan Sect to Taian City, no need to drive, and galloped toward Taian City on its own.

Half an hour later, it arrived at the gate of Taian City.

The soldiers guarding the city gate originally saw a horse galloping from afar, without slowing down, and were secretly vigilant, only to be shocked when the horse arrived in front of them.

On the horse's back, how does it seem like a dead person is lying?

The horse naturally couldn't enter the city by itself, and stopped at the city gate. Gao Ling had already fainted, and under the serious injury, she was jolted on the horse's back for half an hour, and at this time she was already dying, her body crooked, and she fell to the ground.

The soldiers went up to check; Gao Ling's face was pale, covered in blood, and her chest only rose and fell slightly.

He wanted to send the person to the medical clinic for treatment first, but was pulled by his colleague.

He turned to look, and his colleague shook his head at him, pointing to the long sword at Gao Ling's waist: "Jianghu person."

"Jianghu vendetta, don't care."

He suddenly realized, stepped back a few steps, and no longer meddled in other people's business.

The imperial court and the Jianghu are the same group of people in the same place, forming circles with different identities.

In some places, the rules of the imperial court are greater. In some places, the rules of the Jianghu are greater.

In this Taian City at the foot of the Mount Taishan Sect, the local government cannot be strong, so most of the time, as long as it involves Jianghu vendettas, the people in the local yamen hold an attitude of "your business, you solve it yourself".

As long as Jianghu people are killed, and ordinary people are not involved, then follow your rules, the more dead, the better.

This soldier also has his considerations; he is just a gatekeeper, and his life is like grass. If he is rashly involved in a Jianghu vendetta, he won't even know how he died when the time comes.

Five or six silver coins a month, why risk your life?

You yourself carry weapons to walk the Jianghu, isn't it tacitly allowing you to kill others, and others can also kill you? When killing people, follow the rules of the Jianghu, and when being killed, follow the rules of the imperial court, there is no such cheap thing.

Of course, this is just the soldier's belly-talk, he turned around and no longer looked at Gao Ling, and stood at the city gate on his own.

Seeing that the yamen didn't care, some curious people gathered around and started to watch the excitement.

People came and went at the city gate, and in a while, a group of people gathered, including several Jianghu people.

One of the Jianghu people looked at Gao Ling's face carefully, and his heart was shocked: "Isn't this... Elder Gao of the Mount Taishan Sect?"

It was the Jianghu person who chatted in the tavern at noon and was caught and recognized by Gao Ling.

"She left in a hurry after speaking, as if she was going back to the Mount Taishan Sect. It hasn't been two hours, how could she be hurt like this?"

"Don't tell me... the Mount Taishan Sect had an internal strife!?"

He knew that the Embroidered Uniform Guard was going to take action against the Mount Taishan Sect, and he was caught on the spot by Gao Ling, and he already had the intention to leave this place of right and wrong, and now he just happened to run into Gao Ling's miserable state.

His heart was beating, and he didn't dare to speak out Gao Ling's identity, for fear of getting himself involved.

It takes an hour to go back and forth from the Mount Taishan Sect to Taian City, so he thought the time she fought with others wouldn't be long. Gao Ling is also a famous first-rate expert, and there are not many people in this Jinan Prefecture who can hurt her to the point of dying and fleeing in such a short time.

In the Mount Taishan Sect, the only person he could think of was the Mount Taishan Sect Leader, "Mountain-Suppressing Sword" Zuo Lishan.

At this time, his heart was surging, and he didn't know what to do, when someone passed by him and was about to walk toward Gao Ling.

He hurriedly pulled that person: "Brother, don't go, you can't touch it!"

"This matter is not simple, I'm afraid there is a huge inside story. Don't be kind easily, delay your own life!"

He was also kind, thinking that although he didn't know this person, he couldn't casually say his guess. But pulling someone, saving a life, can be considered as fulfilling the duty of being a person.

Li Miao turned to him and smiled: "It's okay."

"She looks like this, eight out of ten are because of my calculations."

(End of chapter)