Chapter Ninety-Three: Assassination
In the ardent expectation of the people of Shanshui County, the team of Emperor Jiayuan's southern tour finally approached.
In the seventeenth year of Jiayuan, the waterway in the mountains was completed, and the emperor came in person.
The nine-fold Qionglou wants to fly into the sky, and the soldiers from all directions are on both sides of the strait.
The mighty southern patrol team went all the way south, and the forbidden army that opened the way had already entered the gate of the next military town, and the broken forbidden army had not yet come out of the previous military town, and the huge contingent amazed the people on both sides of the strait.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" The people knelt down to greet them, shouting long live.
Emperor Jiayuan stood on the tall building boat, looked at the green mountains and green waters in the distance, felt the breeze blowing on his face, and felt a little sad in his heart. Because Emperor Zuxun Jiayuan did not dare to have the slightest idea of moving the capital, but Kyoto was subordinate to the north, and the winter was unbearable, even if he was the emperor, he could wear a tiger skin and huddle in the bed with a stove and do nothing, but he was still frozen into a dog, and the emperor really envied the people in the southern region who could enjoy the warm winter like spring.
"Your Majesty?" Emperor Jiayuan's personal eunuch saw that his master was distracted again, and hurriedly reminded in a low voice, there is still a group of people kneeling below.
Emperor Jiayuan smiled kindly at the people on both sides of the strait, and said loudly: "Flat!" ”
After greeting the people of Shanshui County, the large procession headed south for a while and turned into the newly built mountain waterway.
The emperor did not live in Shanshui County, but in the 17th Military Town, the closest military town to Shanshui County on the mountain waterway. It has been nearly eight years since the construction of the mountain waterway began in the tenth year of Jiayuan, and it is a coincidence that there are exactly eight newly built military towns on the mountain waterway. With a wave of his hand, Emperor Jiayuan directly gave names to these eight military towns according to the year, and the seventeenth military town was the last.
Wei Lang County ordered to step on the emperor's boat and ran away, and the people talked about the still moving procession, standing on the shore and looking at those tall and luxurious building boats, and there was an exclamation from time to time.
Father Du took the whole family to the shore early in the morning to wait to see the emperor, and even Grandma Du, who has never been out much, followed. This kind of once-in-a-century prosperity may not be seen by many people in their lifetime.
After seeing the emperor monkey, Daddy Du rushed to Dujia Village with a large family. The emperor came to witness the completion of the waterway in the mountains, and the opening ceremony ten days later was the main event. Dujia Village's Wind and Fire Meteor Hammer was selected to perform for the emperor, and Second Brother Du and Third Brother Du were selected because of their good play, and they had to rehearse and rehearse while there were still a few days left. Something went wrong with the province at that time.
Ten days passed quickly.
In the summer of the seventeenth year of Jiayuan, the people of Shanshui County gathered in the mountain waterway.
The grand opening ceremony began!
After Emperor Jiayuan bowed three times and worshiped the ancestors and the river god, a Huaguilou boat slowly sailed to the mountain plain, and at the same time after the prince of the ten military towns outside the mountain plain worshipped. A building ship that also carried the dragon robe of Emperor Jiayuan slowly sailed towards Shanshui County.
"Long live the emperor! Banzai! ”
"Hooray! Banzai! ”
The people on the shore couldn't help but cheer when they looked at the distant building boats, and the red ribbons danced, telling their joy one after another.
Wei Lang knew early on that the people had prepared performances to welcome the emperor, and he even went to watch a few games secretly. It's really good, although it is not as elegant as the calligraphy and painting poetry of Jingzhong. It's also a bit of fun.
Emperor Jiayuan originally wanted to express his closeness to the people and have fun with the people, and he was thinking that when he had dinner later, these people, who were not good at life, would not give him a performance chest breaker.
As a result, it was all a surprise.
That monkey is playing well! Reward!
This baby counts well! Reward!
This young man's two-finger magic has reached the realm! Worship!
Wow! This uncle can eat eighty buns in one go! Hurry up and enjoy the hawthorn diet pills!
After one show after another, the nobles on the main seat couldn't help but laugh with their veils hidden.
Du Xiaoxi was sitting not far from the emperor with his younger sister Minglan County Lord and the county lord's younger sister and younger brother An Xiaowangye. Taking advantage of the proximity, Du Xiaoxi secretly glanced at the people nearby several times, and finally came to a conclusion that the emperor's family was not bad.
Lord Minglan is a gentle and sensitive person, and she likes Du Xiaoxi, the little sister who has treated her equally since they first met, and is whispering about the gifts she brought to her master and sister from Beijing.
"What is this? It's delicious! Shang Mingrui nibbled off a large piece of cake and said to Du Xiaoxi. When no one provoked the lord of Minglan, Lord An was just a fat man who loved to eat.
"Cake!" Du Xiaoxi proudly straightened her small chest.
That's right, Du Xiaoxi, who has already attacked into a fire girl, finally secretly made a cake. even took advantage of the name that the master taught her to make, so that the future father-in-law had a relationship and served the cake to the banquet. Although it is not creamy, she guarantees that it is suitable for all ages, and she still wants to eat it after taking a bite.
Hahaha......
When the emperor left, she opened a pastry shop and made a fortune!
After tasting the cake, Lord An felt that it tasted good, so he picked the best piece and handed it to the county lord of Minglan and said softly: "Sister, you can taste it, and if you like it, take the cook away." ”
Chef Du Xiaoxi "......"
An Xiaowang waited for his sister to eat cake, and looked at Du Xiaoxi: "When will Master Xile return to Beijing?" "Everyone thinks that Master Xile's temporary residence in Shanshui Temple is the same as Wei Lang's county order because of the relationship between the mountain and the waterway, and now that the waterway has been repaired, he should leave. Shang Mingrui listened to her sister talk about Master a few times at home, and wondered when Master Xile would return to Beijing. It also makes my sister a little happier.
Leave? Du Xiaoxi hadn't heard what the master had said, and just wanted to say that he didn't know that he had swept to the stage and immediately said excitedly: "Look! Look! That's our village team! The one in the middle in front is my second brother, and the one standing behind him is my third brother! ”
Hearing Du Xiaoxi so excited, Lord Minglan couldn't help but look seriously. Seeing more than a dozen people holding a rope with a ball tied to both ends, he said curiously: "What is the Du family's brother performing, Ming Lan has never seen it?" ”
Du Xiaoxi stared at the people standing on the field without turning his eyes, "You'll know right away!" It's beautiful! Remember to applaud later! ”
Seeing that Du Xiaoxi looked impatient, the two of them also turned around and looked seriously.
"The Shanshui Du clan congratulates His Majesty on his good health, and the immortal blessings will be enjoyed forever!"
After kneeling down in unison, more than a dozen people took out fire folds from their pockets and lit the copper wire pompoms in their hands in turn.
The big and small officials and wealthy families in Shanshui County were excited, and many of them had seen the performance in Dujia Village. It's so beautiful.
Although Emperor Jiayuan has never seen this kind of posture, he knows that it is not bad when he looks at the appearance of the local people, and it looks interesting.
The melting point of the copper wire pompom is very low, and when it is shaken violently and in contact with the air, it will explode into a beautiful cremation, and the more powerful the action, the more brilliant the silver flower will flicker when the copper ball dances.
More than a dozen people cooperated to pose in various patterns, and occasionally flashed words. Connected into a blessing, when have the nobles in Beijing seen such a powerful and blinding performance, one by one the melon seeds in the hands of the attracted people have fallen.
It only happened in a split second.
Several teams waiting for Dujia Village to play suddenly burst out. More than a dozen people rushed straight to Emperor Jiayuan on the high platform, and the rest of the people cut vegetables and slashed at the people close to Emperor Jiayuan, and a group of assassins suddenly appeared around and killed them.
The performance program naturally had to allow the emperor to see the performer's face clearly, so the venue for the performance was not far from the nobles. While everyone's eyes were still attracted by the Wind and Fire Meteor Hammer, an assassin suddenly appeared, and soon those who were close to the assassin were killed.
Yes! The screams made the scene chaotic.
Du Zhilian, who was still shaking the meteor hammer hard, quickly reacted and shouted hurriedly: "Brother." Help! ”
Du Zhiyi moved faster than his brain, seeing someone passing in front of him with a long sword, he didn't want the direction of the meteor hammer in his hand to change, and slapped off half of the head of the assassin who rushed towards Emperor Jiayuan.
A brain splattered, and the screams were louder!
Syllable! It's so cool!
Du Zhiyi's men moved repeatedly, and two more assassins fell down with two flicks in succession.
There were more and more assassins besieging him, and the Forbidden Legion surrounded Emperor Jiayuan in the middle, and just when the assassins were gradually showing their defeat, a row of assassins with bows and arrows suddenly appeared on the wall facing Emperor Jiayuan.
Seeing this, Du Zhilian hurriedly shouted, "Big circle!" As he spoke, he threw the meteor hammer in his hand into an impermeable vertical ring. Seeing this, the others immediately turned into a big circle and stood next to Du Zhilian.
The impermeable hot wheels blocked the rain of swords falling from the sky, and the wall made of wind and fire became an eternal memory in the hearts of many people.
The assassins in the temple were tried to kill one by one by the forbidden army in the rain of swords, and the fighting between the forbidden army and the assassins outside became louder and louder.
Dancing the Wind and Fire Meteor Hammer was a very laborious thing, requiring both hands to keep shaking with all their strength, and soon a few young men with insufficient strength slowed down, and an arrow shot through the gap directly on Du Zhilian's leg behind him.
Du Zhiyi's eyes turned red when he saw that his younger brother was injured, and he opened his mouth and scolded: "Du Siming, you are fucking looking for death, and if you show it again, Lao Tzu can't kill you!" ”
Du Zhiyi has accumulated a lot of prestige among his peers in Dujia Village, Du Siming shook his hand when he heard this, and the movements of his hands slowed down again.
Du Zhilian was afraid that the second brother would scold him again, so he hurriedly said: "I'm fine, I just plugged it into my trouser leg." We're all out of the fight, and we're helping to fight the Assassins. Wait until the assassin is finished, and the emperor will definitely reward us. Think about the reward, think about the mother-in-law and children in the family, if anyone slows down and is pierced by an arrow, there is nothing! Go hard! Go hard! It's going to be right away! ”
Du Zhilian's words were very effective, even if their arms were sore, and they would hurt when they moved. They still numbly turned the meteor hammer in their hands, constantly reminding themselves in their hearts that it would be fine, it would be fine.
When Du Zhiyi and Du Zhilian shook the wind and fire meteor hammer and showed their might on the field, Du Xiaoxi also shocked a bunch of people's eyes.
More than a dozen assassins rushed straight to Emperor Jiayuan, and the princes and grandsons naturally couldn't be left behind, probably because they thought that their children were easy to bully. Lord Minglan and Lord An also 'shared' a skinny female assassin here.
The bright dagger stabbed straight at them, and Shang Minglan directly turned sideways and hugged her younger brother in her arms to cover it.
Seeing that the dagger was about to be pierced on the body of the county lord of Minglan, the maid behind him only had time to exclaim before she rolled her eyes and fainted.
Du Xiaoxi, who was completely ignored by the assassins, didn't want to put the fork in his hand that was eating cake at the hand that was stretched out.
In order to prevent someone from poisoning, the tableware at the banquet was all silver products customized by wealthy merchants in Shanshui County, and the shining silver fork passed through the flesh and directly stuck the assassin's hand holding the dagger on the table, and the assassin screamed and the dagger in his hand fell on the table.
The female assassin didn't expect the neglected child to resist, and looked directly at Du Xiaoxi with vicious eyes.
Du Xiaoxi was stared at by such a pair of eyes full of hatred, and subconsciously picked up the dagger on the table and stabbed it, the female assassin obviously didn't expect Du Xiaoxi to dare to stab her straight through the neck with a knife.
Burst! The sound of metal entering the flesh.
Du Xiaoxi looked at the fallen body in front of him and couldn't accept that he had killed someone, so he rolled his eyes and fainted.
Shang Mingrui was hugged by his sister and quickly reacted and struggled hard, Shang Minglan didn't know that the assassin's hand had been inserted on the table by Du Xiaoxi, crying and begging: "Brother, don't move, please, don't move, don't move." ”
The murmur reminded Shang Mingrui of what the nurse told him, he was able to survive because his sister pressed him under him, he was fine, but his sister had her leg cut off.
He will not allow such a thing to happen again, absolutely not!
Shang Mingrui suddenly burst out with all his strength and broke free from his sister's arms directly.
Shang Mingrui was violently raising his body to block his sister, and saw Du Xiaoxi directly pierce the assassin's neck with a dagger. Before Shang Mingrui could worship him, Du Xiaoxi had already fainted.
Shang Mingrui didn't care about Du Xiaoxi, who fainted, and was anxious to find a place to hide, it was no longer safe here, his sister couldn't go, he could only take his sister to hide.
Looking at the hand on the table, Shang Mingrui's eyes turned to the half-person-high table, and he hurriedly beckoned his sister with joy: "Sister, hide under the table." Saying that, he put his arm around Shang Minglan's waist and took him down from the wheelchair, and the two worked together to get into Shang Minglan quickly.
There is a baffle in front of the table at the banquet, so it is very safe to hide inside.
After pushing his sister under the table, Shang Mingrui swept to Du Xiaoxi who was lying on the ground, knowing that if it weren't for Du Xiaoxi's sister, she would have been injured a long time ago, so she stepped forward and dragged Du Xiaoxi under the table with a twitch of the corners of her mouth.
After dragging people, there was already a row of archers standing on the wall, and Shang Mingrui hurriedly followed to drill under the table.
The table of the three of them is only more than a meter long, and there is almost no place for the two of them to hide in, Shang Mingrui went in again, and most of his body was exposed outside, Shang Minglan's eyes were red when she saw it, and she looked at Du Xiaoxi next to her and subconsciously wanted to push her out and let her brother in.
Shang Mingrui didn't know that his sister valued him to the point where he could hurt other people, and felt that it was unsafe for the air leakage behind him, so he directly dragged the wheelchair to block the gap in front of his sister, and then dragged one of the legs of the fainting maid to drag the person over and block him in front of him.
It's useless to keep this kind of girl who can't keep her master.
(To be continued.) )