Chapter Forty-Eight: The Sudden Appearance of Murder
The sun is shining brightly and the sky is clear.
The people of Haoyue City got up early, cleaned the streets and alleys, splashed the streets with clean water, and were spotless. All the shops are decorated with lights, and even the trees on both sides are covered with red and green. It's like celebrating a major holiday.
It turned out that all this was requested by the City Lord's Mansion, and today is the birthday of Xia Youlan, the seventh princess of the Great Xia Kingdom, and the whole city celebrates together.
Xia Youlan applied a little powder, cleared light makeup, and wore a long pink dress, which looked more bright and moving.
Chunlan and the other four female guards also changed into new guard uniforms, Dugu Ying and Hai Wushuang also changed into guard clothes, and followed Chunlan and others to stand behind Xia Youlan, Chunlan had two guns on her back, which were Xia Youlan's weapons - Soul Shattering Gun, the dark barrel of the gun, the shiny blade, and the cold light flashed from time to time, which made people daunting. It can also be connected into a long spear according to needs.
Ma Qingfeng, Great Elder Liu Ru and Elder Yan changed into guard clothes with the masters of the Crazy Sword Sect, and formed the princess's guard with the princess's three hundred female guards.
A group of more than 600 people left the Dongda camp and went straight to the city lord's mansion. Along the way, the people they met knelt on both sides of the road and shouted together: "Princess Chitose Chitose Chitose!"
Listening to the sincere greetings and heartfelt blessings, Xia Youlan's eyes gradually moistened, this is the people of the Great Xia Kingdom!
Xia Youlan's heart became more and more firm, no matter what, she had to save these kind people. Thinking about the picture calculated by the master, the people are living in dire straits and suffering all kinds of hardships. Xia Youlan's heart throbbed, who was the last person to appear on the screen?
After a short time, the group came to the vicinity of the City Lord's Mansion, only to see a crowd of people in front of the City Lord's Mansion. Seeing the princess and others coming over, I don't know who gave the order, and suddenly the drums played in unison and the firecrackers rang out in unison.
When the princess and the others came closer, the firecrackers were just finished. A well-dressed middle-aged man in front of the crowd took the lead in kneeling, "Weichen Wang Hu leads officials at all levels in the city and respected people in the city to greet the princess here, the princess Chitose Chitose Chitose!"
The crowd all fell to their knees and shouted, "Princess Chitose Chitose Chitose!"
Xia Youlan jumped down from her horse and stretched out her hand to help Wang Hu up, "Wang Aiqing is exempt from courtesy, a small birthday in this palace is so grand, Wang Aiqing really has a heart." ”
Wang Hu smiled all over his face, "This is what a subordinate should do." The princess worked hard for state affairs day and night, and defeated the Red Sun army several times, so that the people of Haoyue City at dawn were not from falling into the mouth of jackals. These things done by the lower officials are all within their own scope and are not enough to worry about. ”
Xia Youlan smiled slightly: "There is Lao Wang Aiqing", and he held his hands weakly, "Everyone Aiqing is flat! You have all worked hard, this palace is very happy today." ”
After everyone got up, Wang Hu led everyone into the City Lord's Mansion, and the three hundred female guards and three hundred Crazy Sword Sect disciples began to arrange sentry posts at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, always monitoring the people entering and leaving the mansion.
Upon entering the central hall, there is only a table and a chair at the top of the mountain. Two tables and chairs were placed on either side of the hall in turn, all the way out of the hall. Many people with status in Haoyue City have come, and if they don't want anything else, they are familiar with these heavyweights, and it will be easy to do things in the future. Those who don't have enough status can only sit outside the hall. If they knew something would happen that would give them a nightmare for the rest of their lives, they wouldn't dare to kill them.
After everyone sat down, Xia Youlan sat alone in the first place, the middle-aged eunuch stood next to Xia Youlan, and behind them were the four female guards and the two daughters of Hai Wushuang and Duguying. Ma Qingfeng and the other three members of the Sword Sect stood on the left and bowed, and Xu Changqing and Feng Yunguo of the Crazy Sword Sect stood on the right, next to the middle-aged eunuch.
The row of tables and chairs on the left sat the officials of Haoyue City, and the first one was Wang Hu. Sitting on the right is a celebrity and wealthy businessman with a relatively high reputation in Haoyue City, and sitting in the first place is an old man. This old man was the old man Ma Qingfeng saw when he visited Gu Mansion at night, and the people sitting next to the old man were all people who were plotting in Gu Mansion.
As soon as Wang Hu saw that everyone was seated, he stood up and laughed, "Today is the big day of the nineteenth birthday of the seventh princess of my Great Xia Kingdom, in order to celebrate the birthday of the seventh princess, I have prepared some small gifts for the people of Haoyue City, please accept the princess with a smile." ”
Xia Youlan nodded with a smile, "Let you Aiqing bother." ”
"Master Jia, you can announce it!" Wang Hu shouted and sat down in his seat.
An old man came to the hall with square steps and knelt on the ground, "Your Royal Highness the princess greets Her Royal Highness, Her Royal Highness the princess Chitose Chitose Chitose!"
Xia Youlan nodded with a smile. The eunuch next to him said, "Let's be polite!"
After Master Jia got up, he made a circle to everyone present, "Old and talented, preside over the princess's birthday celebration, if there is anything inconsiderate, I hope the princess and the city lord." Thank you for your understanding. Now I declare that the birthday celebration of the Seven Princesses has begun. Everyone present immediately responded with warm applause.
After the applause stopped, Master Jia cleared his throat, "Ahem, now please present gifts for the princess." Please Haoyue City Yuan's rice shop boss Yuan Dahai birthday gift. ”
The old man at the head of the merchant line stood up and walked to the center, and shouted, "Come on, offer the gifts!" Then he saw four family members outside the hall carrying an object covered with a red cloth coming forward, putting it on the ground in the hall and retreating to the side, and did not exit the hall, everyone was attracted by the gifts on the ground, and no one cared about the four family members.
Ma Qingfeng used the Chaos Divine Skill, and felt the murderous aura that was concealed in these four family members, knowing that this was the killer's disguise, he gave everyone around him a look, and everyone immediately strengthened their vigilance.
Yuan Dahai tore off the red cloth, only to see a half-human-high crystal coral appear in front of everyone's eyes, under the illumination of the sun, showing a colorful light, which is very beautiful. "Sizzle", the person who knows the goods gasped, this crystal coral is a priceless treasure, when Yuan Dahai went to sea to do business, he spent 100,000 taels of gold on an island to buy, and today, the price of this coral can not be measured by money.
Yuan Dahai looked at everyone's performance with satisfaction, and said in his heart: I just want to shock you, anyway, I can take it home in a while, so I should show it once. Anyway, I don't really have to send it, then I'll be generous. Then he said: "This crystal coral is extremely crystalline, just for the princess as an ornament." In addition, I, Yuan Dahai, am a rice merchant, and now that the two countries are at war, I will donate food to the warriors of my Great Xia Kingdom...... Ten thousand stones. ”
Wow, everyone in the audience was shocked again, and they were generous. What a rich businessman!
Yuan Dahai was also complacent, anyway, he didn't need to say anything. The princess will be killed by the prince of Yelu in a while, so I will just talk about it. If Yuan Dahai really wants to donate food, it will be enough for him to feel distressed for half a year.
The middle-aged eunuch looked at the princess and immediately took notes on the gifts and the amount of food donated by Yuan Dahai, "Yuan Dahai, the princess is very satisfied with the gifts you gave and the military rations you donated, and she has accepted them." When you defeat the Red Sun Kingdom, the princess will reward you. As he spoke, he waved his hand, and immediately the guards disguised as disciples of the Crazy Sword Sect stepped up, lifted the crystal coral aside, and put it in a large box that had been prepared a long time ago. This was discussed by Ma Qingfeng with the princess in advance, anyway, there are rebellious traitors among these people, and the gifts will be accepted in full, so that they can steal chickens and rice.
Yuan Dahai watched the crystal coral being carried away and packed, and the corners of his mouth twitched: Be careful! That's a priceless treasure, what kind of broken box to use, don't scratch my baby.
That's it, next, one treasure after another was sent, Ma Qingfeng was able to open his eyes, and it was the first time he saw so many treasures when he was so big. Xia Youlan was also happy in her heart, these things could reduce the burden on the treasury. Meimu couldn't help but glance at Ma Qingfeng, this Ma Qingfeng's head is quite smart, and this idea is really good, but I don't know how his martial arts cultivation is, if his cultivation is really as high as the legend, maybe ......
At this moment, Master Jia's voice came again, "I just received the news that Gu Dafu, the richest man in the city who is doing business abroad, is back, and I heard that the princess's birthday is celebrated, and I am also in a hurry to come, please Gu Dafu below." After saying that, this Master Jia actually retreated to the back of the guests strangely, which had never been done before.
Ma Qingfeng heard that Gu Dafu was coming, and knew that the assassin was going to make a move, but this Master Jia actually retreated abnormally, and seeing this scene, Ma Qingfeng's heart tightened, something was not right. At the moment, the Chaos Divine Skill was speeding up, strengthening the induction force, and suddenly felt several murderous aura hidden in the guests, and moreover, the body of Wang Hu, the city lord of Haoyue City, also highlighted the murderous aura!