Chapter 449: Stabbing in the Street
"Haha, General Xiao, don't worry, you are now our honored guest, and your safety is of course our most important thing! So Your Majesty has arranged a place for you to live in a place that you would never have imagined! Han Changluan said mysteriously.
"Mysterious place? Where? Aren't all foreign envoys arranged to settle down in Honglu Temple? Could it be that your majesty wants me to live in the palace? Xiao Yao asked curiously.
"Haha, General Xiao is really smart, you can guess it at a guess! That's right, for the sake of General Xiao's safety, Your Majesty specially allowed General Xiao to enter our Daqi palace to live, because General Xiao came to Yecheng so suddenly, so we didn't do a good job of corresponding countermeasures for a while, and General Xiao's reputation is not so good among the people of our Qi country, after all, the forward brigade you led you killed a lot of our Daqi soldiers, just now in the court, there are even many ministers who proposed to take advantage of the opportunity when you came to Yecheng in person to take you down and kill you, so as to prevent future troubles! Therefore, in order to let Chen Qi and the two countries stop fighting and return to peace and friendship, His Majesty was particularly gracious and let General Xiao live directly in the palace of our Great Qi, after all, in the entire Yecheng, only the palace is the most heavily guarded, and this is an honor that even the emperors of other countries cannot enjoy! Han Changluan said excitedly.
"General Han, are you kidding, your majesty really let me live in the palace? This, this is too ridiculous, you must know that I am just a small thorn in the history of the Chen Kingdom, and I am not a prince and nobleman, what qualifications do I have to live in the well-guarded, solemn and sacred palace of the Qi Kingdom! Shiro really doesn't deserve such a great honor," Xiao Yao said in surprise.
Although he knew that Gao Wei was an absurd and unscrupulous emperor, he didn't expect him to dare to let himself live in the palace, you must know that the palace is not accessible to everyone, even if it is the emperor's brothers and sisters, without the emperor's approval, they can't enter the palace at will, and now Gao Wei actually let a foreign courtier live in the palace, which one is he singing?
"This is His Majesty's will, how dare Han say it at will! The main reason is that Your Majesty attaches great importance to the armistice and peace talks between your Chen State and our Qi State this time, and is also very moved by the sincerity shown by General Xiao daring to come to Yecheng in person, so he is especially kind to let General Xiao live in the palace, because it is our Majesty who took the initiative to invite General Xiao to Yecheng, if General Xiao has any accident in Yecheng, it will surely cause Chen and Qi to fight each other, so that the people who finally saw the hope of the armistice will fall into the war again! Han Changluan said awe-inspiringly.
"But for the sake of my safety, you let me live in the palace of your Qi country for the first time, this is too exaggerated, right? Why is the security here in Yecheng so chaotic? This is the capital of your Qi country, it should be the road that is not left behind, and the door is not closed at night, in fact, we can live in Honglu Temple, just send more people to guard, and I also brought the guards myself! Xiao Yao said a little resistantly.
Let him live in the palace as a foreign minister, ostensibly for his safety, but in fact, this could not be Gao Wei's trick to put Xiao Yao under house arrest in the palace! Because the palace is indeed heavily guarded, it is impossible for people outside to come in and assassinate, but it is also difficult for people inside to get out!
"Haha, General Xiao don't postpone it, let you live in the palace This is Your Majesty's personal approval, such an honor, but even those of us who are the courtiers of the Qi State are very envious!" Han Changluan said enviously.
"General Han said just now that there are many ministers in the court who have asked me to be taken down to prevent future troubles, if this is the case, then can we continue to talk about peace talks this time? Who are these tough ministers? Is it my old adversary, King Lanling? Xiao Yao asked as he changed the subject.
"General Xiao, rest assured, our majesty is very happy to carry out this armistice and peace talks with you Chen Guo, and those who oppose it are just some pedantic and incompetent officials who can only play tricks, and they can't afford to make any big waves! As for the King of Lanling, alas, since he was defeated by General Xiao, he is now transferred back to Yecheng, although he is in the position of Taibao, he has no real power, and His Majesty doesn't like him very much, so he is not allowed to participate in the court meeting now! Han Changluan said with a little pity, he was a representative of the military general faction, so he respected Hu Luguang and Gao Changgong, the generals of the Qi State.
"In the past, when the two countries fought against each other, we were each our own master, of course, we had to fight for our lives, and we won and lost each other! However, the king of Lanling was able to defeat me before, and he killed me and fled in embarrassment, and even escaped to the Zhou Kingdom as a monk in the end, he is indeed a character, worthy of the title of the god of war of your Qi army! But now that our two countries are armistice and peace talks, the so-called opponent is also a confidant, I would like to meet this opponent, have a drink with him, and smile at the enmity! Xiao Yao said with a smile.
"If that's the case, that's really good, when the time comes, Han will definitely act as an intermediary for the two, so that the most prestigious generals in the armies of Chen Qi and the two countries will not be on the battlefield, but will compete at the wine table! Ha ha! Han Changluan laughed happily and said.
Just when Xiao Yao was following Han Changluan, under the escort of the forbidden army, swaggering on the streets of Yecheng and walking towards the palace of Qi State, more than a dozen people wearing armor, holding swords and spears, and looking like soldiers suddenly rushed out from both sides, blocking everyone's way, so frightened that Han Changluan immediately shouted: "There are assassins!" Come on, protect General Xiao! ”
"We are the generals of General Changsun Hongluo, the soldiers of the Great Qi Kingdom, this Xiao Shilang is the enemy of our Great Qi Country, and the murderer of our General Changsun, we want to kill Xiao Shilang, for the General of Changsun, for the loss of the soldiers of the Great Qi! You are all soldiers of our Daqi, I believe that you also have brothers who died in the hands of Xiao Shilang, and now the enemy is in front of you, how can you not avenge your relatives, but instead help the abuse, to protect Xiao Shilang, the enemy! The assassin at the head pointed at the Praetorian guards who were standing in front of Xiao Yao and shouted loudly.
"Bold! Now that the war between Chen and Qi has been suspended, General Xiao personally came to Yecheng to negotiate with us in order to show the sincerity of the peace talks, and he is the guest of our Great Qi State. If you sabotage the peace talks between the two countries and plunge the people into war again, you can't afford to kill you a hundred times! Come on, take them all! Han Changluan said angrily, daring to make such a move as a street assassin at the feet of Yecheng, the son of heaven, is simply slapping him Han Changluan!
"General Han, you are also a general of Great Qi, why are you helping Xiao Shilang, an outsider, to bully us soldiers who are loyal to Great Qi! The people of Yecheng, this one on a horse is the enemy of our Great Qi Country, Chen Guo Xiao Shilang, who killed countless soldiers of our Great Qi, and now he dares to come to Yecheng in person, it is simply a provocation to our Great Qi State, today we want to get rid of this demon for our Great Qi Country, and then apologize to Your Majesty with death! The Assassin leader said sensationally.
Sure enough, hearing the speeches of these assassins who were so righteous and fearless of death, the people who were watching the excitement on both sides applauded, and even some people were aroused to be patriotic, and they looked like they were about to move, and they also wanted to join in the assassination of Xiao Yao!