Of course there is another way to get the key which is to move the prison cage next to the corpse.
This requires everyone locked in the cage to work together with one heart and one mind. They can flip the cage over or pass their feet through the cage holes to step on the ground and lift it over. However this cage is too heavy and it is with a group of pigs. The difficulty of partnering with these people to get the cage over is too high. It is estimated that before the key is obtained the second wave of fatal attacks has already started.
So he does not count on these scholars and decides to do it alone.
He first carries the group of fellows behind him and quietly draws his sword into his hand. The sword is slowly extended out and placed outside. Then he takes the chance to squat down observes the reaction of the group of people and waits until no ones gaze among the group notices him. Suddenly he reaches out to the outside grabs a large stone and flicks his wrist to throw it out.
Clang! Another stone smashes on top. The people in the cage instantly quiet down in fright. Each one covers their ears with both hands and quietly stares at the upper air.
Yu Qing takes this opportunity to reach out grabs the sword that was placed outside and smoothly throws it out.
Whoosh! The sword edge slices through the waist belt of that escort personnel. The key hidden within indeed bounces out.
Just one stone?
This stone is a bit small in size. It seems the impact force is also small.
They are all people who have seen big scenes.
A group of scholars stares at the top and starts chattering again. Someone even uses their hand to poke the stone above attempting to fiddle with it by hand because that stone that fell on top has not been smashed.
Yu Qing turns his head to look at their reactions. Just in time he touches the broken stones outside bends his finger to flick out one and hits the key that is stopped on the corpse making it jump and fall to the ground.
Hearing the crisp ding sound someone looks this way. The fog covers it and no one discovers anything unusual.
Yu Qing waits for the attention to pass grabs a large stone and throws it in front of the key. Afterwards as if nothing is the matter he lowers his head to pick up stones and repeatedly selects suitable ones from a pile of stones. After finding a suitable one he looks at the crowd behind him then suddenly flicks out that meticulously selected small stone.
The small stone hits the large stone rebounds at an angle collides with the key and immediately knocks the key flying towards this side landing nearby.
Yu Qing again pretends to be an unaffected person. His heart also relaxes. The key can already be directly obtained. Once the situation is not right he can take the key at any time to open the door and run away.
However before his relaxed feeling passes his eyes have already widened quite a lot. He has been startled by the surging movements of the fog all around. Afterwards without another word he takes the scabbard and extends his arm out of the cage. Holding the scabbard he reaches out hard and pulls the key on the ground back.
With such a close distance based on his cultivation he can already seize objects from the air. He can use his energy to attract the key to his hand. But he must give an explanation for why there is a key.
Someone in the same cage notices immediately and asks Brother Shi Heng what are you doing?
Yu Qing just says one sentence It seems something that fell on the ground is the carriage door key.
Ah? A group of people immediately squeezes over to look.
The carriage height is limited. They cannot stand straight at the waist anyway. Yu Qing who is half squatting on the ground rolls his eyes. His whole person is squeezed and pressed against the cage grid leaving traces. He immediately wants to curse loudly. However the words reach his lips but he still holds back because he does not dare to guarantee whether this side will all die later. So he still smiles very politely and says Gentlemen if you do this how can I take it?
The people squeezing in front discover something is wrong and quickly shout to the back Do not squeeze do not squeeze.
After the crowd retreats Yu Qing then pulls the key over. He grabs the key and immediately reaches out from above to insert it. He inserts it and twists. It takes some effort to twist open the carriage door because the cage has been smashed and deformed.
Once the carriage door loosens Yu Qing pushes the door open and is the first to go out. Walking out is onto the ground because the cage is sitting on the ground.
To walk out he still has to go up a step because the cage has been smashed and embedded into the ground.
The people behind follow and run out cheering. Yu Qing picks up his own sword and returns it to the scabbard. He listens sideways and hears that fighting sounds have already come from the mountain. He does not dare to linger much and disappears into the dense fog at the first moment.
The other people in the same carriage are still cheering. They even find nearby cages and cheer with them in celebration. It seems they are showing off to the people in the cages. Look we have already come out!
Who would have thought that before they are happy for a while the noise attracts several grey clothed men. One points at them and shouts Who let you out? Go back!
The group that just came out is instantly dumbfounded. If they were government soldiers they would still dare to argue a few sentences. But running into people from the Si Nan Mansion they can only feel indignant and helpless.
So they are driven back again and locked into the cage once more. A grey clothed man twists the key on the door to lock it and then pulls out the key and takes it away.
Alas! The seven who are locked back sigh.
After strolling a little in the cage the seven discover something is wrong. Someone counts the people in the same cage once and exclaims in surprise Brother Shi Heng did not come in?
Eh yes. Where did he go wandering off to?
The seven look at each other in dismay quite speechless. How can such a thing happen? Each one twists their head and lies on the iron bars to look outside.
Where else can Yu Qing go? Naturally he is thinking about running away. He the dignified head of Linglong Temple how can he lose his life here? Naturally he must think of a way to find a safe place to hide first. Only by preserving his life can he go take the imperial exam right?
Of course before running he must first do one thing. His own twenty jin of spiritual rice must be taken away.
That is more than two thousand taels of silver. It is not someone elses. It was originally his own. He has no way to abandon it!
He does not know which carriage is the one carrying the spiritual rice. Chonger should know but whether Chonger is dead or alive is unknown. He can only search carriage by carriage.
The bloody and miserable scenes along the way make him frown.
Not walking far a large iron cage blocks the road in front. He is just about to go around it when suddenly he hears a familiar voice joyfully calling him Brother Shi Heng!
Yu Qing turns his head to look and discovers it is none other than Xu Fei. Among the few grey headed and dusty people in the same carriage there are also ones he knows. The four guys who share one pair of trousers are all locked together. Only Su Yingtao has blood on his head wrapped with a clothing belt as a bandage. His face is also full of blood traces. Obviously it was broken by the flying stones.
The most crucial is that he discovers there is actually a grey clothed man squeezed in the cage. Yu Qings eyes brighten. He finds that this is a clever one knowing to lock himself into the cage as well to avoid the air raid. Compared to this person those who were smashed dead are all ones who deserved to die stupidly dead.
Xu Fei happily shouts again Brother Shi Heng how did you come out?
This one sentence immediately causes a problem. That grey clothed man immediately points at Yu Qing and says Who let you out? Go back immediately!
Yu Qing secretly thinks it is bad. He turns his head and points randomly to one side The people over there let me out. After saying so he dives headfirst into the fog and leaves.
The grey clothed man in the cage immediately takes out the key directly opens the carriage door and quickly chases towards the direction Yu Qing went.
He does not chase out too far. The grey clothed man suddenly trembles and stops in his steps. Tremblingly he lowers his head to look at his own body.
From behind a pile of broken carriage boards a sharp edge thrusts out diagonally and directly pierces through his chest from under his ribs.
The person holding the sword for the sneak attack is precisely Yu Qing who lowered his body and hid behind.
Without any hesitation he decisively kills the person from the Si Nan Mansion!
The grey clothed mans eyes are full of disbelief. Whether the other party has the skill for this sneak attack or not can be disregarded. The key is he cannot believe that such an examinee dares to kill him. The two have no enmity. He himself has not shown any killing intent. Why?
You… The grey clothed man just gurgles a sound from his throat. Yu Qing pulls the sword and swings out another sword. He directly slices the opponents throat. He shakes off the blood drops on the sword and sheathes it. He watches the other party fall at his own feet.
He originally did not intend to kill the other party. But the other party should not have chased over. He should not have thought about locking him back into the cage. That is no different from killing him.
Just from this air raid setup it can be seen that the murderer came prepared and with full means.
From the bloody and tragic death conditions along this road where does he still dare to return to the cage? His cultivation is also not high. It is impossible to go back and sit waiting for death. With no other choice he has to ruthlessly kill. Quietly solving this person is the best solution right now.
Suddenly there are footsteps coming again. Yu Qing grips the sword once more. Xu Feis shouting voice transmits out Brother Shi Heng? Brother Shi Heng where are you?
Yu Qing immediately flips over the carriage board to cover the grey clothed mans corpse and also jumps over. He goes ahead to intercept Xu Fei who is walking out of the fog. He reminds in a low voice Why are you shouting?
Xu Fei who is carrying a knife in his hand is startled. He looks around The person escorting my carriage did not make things difficult for you right?
Yu Qing had the idea of silencing him just now. Hearing this he feels slightly ashamed. It turns out it is because he was worried about him that he came looking. He says randomly I did not see.
Xu Fei finds it strange. He does not think much and feels it is possibly because they got separated in the fog. He asks Where are you going?
Yu Qing will not say he is going to look for the spiritual rice. I am worried about Chonger. I will go take a look at him. As soon as the words come out he regrets it.
Xu Feis expression immediately becomes grave. He immediately runs forward.
Yu Qing immediately wants to slap his own mouth. He regrets using this reason. In one swift step he goes over grabs Xu Feis arm pulls Xu Fei around in a half circle pulls him around avoiding the grey clothed mans corpse and also pulls him to hide under a slope at the roadside. They avoid several coming and going officers and soldiers.
Once bitten twice shy. If we wander around so openly again and get discovered by the escorting people they will want to lock us back into the cage. Yu Qing says while holding the knife edge that the other party has swung almost to his own face. With your carriage full of refined scholars how can you have the face to carry such a big knife and swing it around on the carriage?
Xu Fei says in a low voice To be honest with you I have always been worried that something would happen on the road. I dare not let the knife leave my body.
I also dare not let the sword leave my body! Yu Qing raises his eyebrows. It turns out this fellow also knew about the demon trouble early on. But beforehand he did not reveal a single bit of information. Thinking about it makes him somewhat unhappy. However on second thought he himself did not reveal any information to the other party either. Putting himself in the others position he has to drop it.
However since the other party has this awareness then it is easy to handle. Without another word he directly takes off his own Confucian shirt dashes out finds a soldiers corpse and quickly strips its clothes to put on himself.
Xu Fei who follows over understands at a glance. The demons want to kill the examinees. Soldiers may not be. He immediately imitates and praises in a low voice Brilliant. When necessary we can wear this outfit to play dead.
Play dead? Yu Qing is speechless. How did this fellow think of that? He is changing clothes not to play dead at all. One is to not let the demon cultivators chase relentlessly. Two is to avoid the eyes and ears of these examinees. It makes it convenient for him to find the spiritual rice.