Chapter 461: A Painful Price
At dawn the next day, Yang Yu appeared on time at Jiyuntian Restaurant, Li Jing was not there, and a man who looked like a housekeeper received him.
He put a short crossbow and two quenching poison crossbow arrows on the table, and said to Yang Yu: "There are only two poison arrows, which means that you only have two chances to shoot, I hope you will seize the opportunity." ”
Yang Yu picked up the short crossbow, pulled the string, and was about to take a crossbow arrow, but the man waved his hand and handed him another crossbow arrow, "You use this to try the crossbow!" ”
Yang Yu loaded the crossbow arrow and aimed at a vase a few feet away and pulled the hanging knife, 'Click! With a slight sound, the bolts shot out, and all you could hear was 'Bang!' With a bang, the vase was smashed to pieces, and the force was very strong.
"What's its range?"
"You don't have to worry, the distance between you and the target will not exceed one zhang, these two poisonous arrows are bloody, there is no cure, you have to be careful, don't be pierced by it."
Yang Yu put two poisoned arrows into a bamboo tube and sealed them.
The butler said: "Then the coachman will give you a signal, we will do everything to help you escape, I don't want you to be caught, if you are finally caught, I advise you to kill yourself, a little less pain." ”
Yang Yu asked coldly, "When will you leave?" ”
"Let's go now, you come with me!"
The man left the restaurant with Yang Yu.
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Li Zhengji knew very well that there were many people who wanted him to die, not only the imperial court, but also other feudal towns, on the one hand, everyone cooperated with each other, and on the other hand, they competed with each other, hoping that the other side would be in chaos so that they could take the opportunity to annex each other's territory and population.
Therefore, Li Zhengji is also quite strict about preventing assassination, he has personal guards, he usually eats and drinks strictly guarded, there are special people who test drugs, and he has to change at least two places even when he sleeps at night.
There were hundreds of powerful guards in his house, and they were also hugging each other when they traveled, and his soldiers used huge shields to block his carriage.
In addition, he also found three stand-ins who looked like him, and some occasions were attended on his behalf, such as inspecting business, condolences to orphans and widows, comforting soldiers' families, etc., most of the time, Li Zhengji almost did not come forward.
But there are some activities that he must go to himself, such as going to inspect the army, which is related to military power, and he cannot hand it over to a stand-in to do.
Today he is going to inspect the Beida Battalion and check the training of the soldiers.
Five hundred cavalry guards and thirty skilled guards surrounded his carriage, and two other personal guards followed him inseparably.
In addition, he had to change carriages on the way, and dozens of soldiers escorted the first empty carriage to make the Assassins misjudge.
Li Zhengji is a little too far to protect his own security, which will lead to loopholes.
At the north city gate, dozens of cavalry guarding a carriage has been waiting for a long time, Li Zhengji's team slowly stopped in front of the empty carriage, a personal guard went in to check the carriage, confirmed the safety, and made a gesture to Li Zhengji, Li Zhengji was only under the escort of the giant shield, quickly got on the second carriage, the door closed, and the first empty carriage was escorted by dozens of cavalry to continue to move forward.
After waiting for a while, the second carriage began to start slowly.
The carriage was very spacious, with a thick carpet on the floor, and the personal guards had checked it up and down, and there was no problem, Li Zhengji sat on the wide and soft chair with his eyes closed, and the two personal guards sat behind him, one on each side of the window, vigilantly watching the movement outside.
The carriage entered the city gate, and the carriage suddenly became dark, but the front baffle of the carriage quietly moved a crack, and a short crossbow poked out, and the crossbow arrow flashed blue light, obviously quenched with poison.
This is a typical mistake under the lamp, the temporary replacement of the carriage did not have so much time for them to carefully inspect, the carriage was inspected, but did not take into account the position of the coachman outside the carriage, the coachman sat on a wide wooden box, which was generally used for repairing the carriage, as well as some personal belongings of the coachman, on which a piece of sheepskin was laid on the coachman's seat.
The wooden box was nailed to the carriage, separated only by a wooden plank, and Li Zhengji could not have imagined that this wooden plank had been manipulated and could be moved, and the assassin hid in the wooden box where the coachman was sitting.
Yang Yu was waiting to enter the city gate cave at this moment, the light turned dark, and he couldn't see the change of the wooden plank of the carriage, Li Zhengji happened to be facing the short crossbow, he was wearing a thin armor inside, wearing a helmet, and the general bow and crossbow could not shoot through, but his face and neck were exposed.
Several horses have been out of the city gate hole, but the carriage is still in the city gate hole, the carriage is close to the right side of the city hole, the right side of the carriage can not follow the cavalry, more than a dozen cavalry holding shields have to temporarily follow behind the carriage, the giant shield also covers their vision, and the cavalry walking in front is looking ahead, generally not looking back.
This is the opportunity for Yang Yu to stab and escape.
Yang Yu heard the sound of the coachman's heel tapping the wooden box gently, and what he was waiting for was this brief moment, the two-inch-long crossbow arrow whizzed out, Li Zhengji was caught off guard, and this arrow hit him right in the throat.
Li Zhengji screamed and stretched out his hand to choke his throat, and the two personal guards immediately realized that something was wrong and rushed up, only to see Li Zhengji lying on the carpet with his throat covered, and the two guards were shocked and shouted, "There are assassins!" ”
As soon as Yang Yu shot an arrow, he immediately pulled up the movable plank, pulled open a plank under him, and quickly got out of the bottom of the carriage, and when the guards in the carriage shouted, "There is an assassin", he was already clinging to the belly of a horse, and jumped into the moat.
The guards were in a big mess, and everyone picked up Li Zhengji from the carriage, and Li Zhengji's face was black and he was already dead of anger.
The soldiers were stunned and didn't know what to do.
At this moment, Li Jing, who had returned from hunting outside the city, led a large group of cavalry to appear very 'coincidentally', "What happened?" Li Jing shouted.
"The eldest prince, the lord has been assassinated!" The soldiers hurriedly reported.
Li Jing waved his hand, "Don't panic, that's not my father, his old man went to the barracks last night, this should be a stand-in." ”
Everyone looked at each other, everyone knew that Li Zhengji had three stand-ins, and he would not announce the truth when he went out, and everyone didn't know if there was a stand-in in the carriage, whether it was true or false, which confused everyone.
Only two personal guards knew that it was true, and they ran forward and whispered, "Eldest Prince, this time it's not ......"
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Li Jing stared at them fiercely, the two guards didn't dare to say anything, Li Jing beckoned, and the two personal guards were dragged down by his men.
Li Jing said sharply to everyone: "In any case, the appearance of an assassin is an extremely serious incident, where is the assassin?" Don't close the gates for me and search around! ”
In confusion, the crowd hurriedly closed the gates and searched for the Assassins.
Li Jing got into the carriage and found a personal bag from his father, which contained arrows and military talismans, and he was secretly happy in his heart that the 50,000 troops of the Beida Battalion had fallen into his hands.
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Yang Yu got the cover of the coachman, he jumped into the moat without being discovered by the guards, and then Li Jing ordered the city gate to be closed, giving up the search outside the city, so that Yang Yu was able to escape, Li Jing of course did not want Yang Yu to be caught, tortured and forced to ask out, it would implicate himself, as for killing people and killing people, that must also be done.
Yang Yu knew very well in his heart that Li Jing would definitely kill himself, and it was very likely that the Hidden Sword Pavilion would also kill himself, Wang Jianying received an order, if Xuan'er was controlled by them, maybe they wouldn't kill themselves for the time being, but Xuan'er ran away, and Wang Jianying would definitely get rid of himself.
This is an iron law set by Li Man after taking charge of the Hidden Sword Pavilion, the families of the main members of the Hidden Sword Pavilion must be controlled by the prison hall, once the family members are out of the control of the prison hall, it is regarded as a betrayal, and they must be dismissed from their posts and questioned, and if they resist, they will be killed.
If Xuan'er is not pregnant, Yang Yu doesn't care, monitoring will be monitored, but Xuan'er is pregnant, and Yang Yu, who has lost his parents since childhood, has his own child, he will never let the child go his own way again, fall into the hands of the Hidden Sword Pavilion, and be trained by the Hidden Sword Pavilion to become a dead soldier.
Yang Yu would rather die by himself than carve out a way for his children to survive.
Of course, Yang Yu would not stand still, he climbed ashore, got into a forest, and ran all the way to a pigeon farm more than twenty miles away.
Yang Yu made a good deployment last night, hiding two fast horses and necessary dry food in the pigeon farm, these are arranged for his henchmen to do, even the pigeon farm is very secret, it is a spare pigeon farm set up by Yang Yu himself, there is no record, Wang Jianying can't find it.
In the Baofeng Restaurant, Wang Jianying was standing in the courtyard with her hands in her hands, she had already received the news that Li Zhengji had been assassinated by Yang Yu, the city gate had been sealed, and the soldiers were searching for the assassin from house to house.
One of his subordinates reported in a low voice: "Prison master, Yang Yu has run away, I'm afraid he won't come back." ”
Wang Jianying sneered and said, "Don't worry! He can't run away, he will come to me obediently, as long as he honestly does things for the Hidden Sword Pavilion, maybe I will report to the pavilion master to spare his life. ”
"Prison master, I'm afraid this time will be different."
Wang Jianying was stunned, "Why?" ”
"When I searched the house in Chunxing Lane yesterday, I found a prescription, and this morning I found the doctor who prescribed the prescription, and this prescription turned out to be a medicine for the fetus."
"What!"
Wang Jianying was furious, "That slut is pregnant?" ”
"It's like, the doctor said, it's been four months."
Wang Jianying was so angry that she was dizzy, no wonder Yang Yu wanted to arrange for that slut to escape, he cared so much about her, it turned out that she was pregnant.
Wang Jianying gritted his teeth and said: "The surname is Yang, I still want to spare you once in front of the husband and wife, if you look for death yourself, you will not blame the old lady for being ruthless." ”
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Yang Yu took advantage of the cover of night to enter a small village and found a compound, he knocked on the door rhythmically, and the door 'squeaked!' With a bang, Yang Yu flashed in and closed the door.
The man who opened the door for him was a middle-aged man carrying a lantern, he was a local, also surnamed Yang, who joined the Tibetan Sword Pavilion three years ago and was responsible for feeding the pigeons here.
"Has anyone been here today?" Yang Yu asked.
The man shook his head, "Just yesterday, Xiao Liuzi came and arranged two horses, dry food, and a package." ”
Yang Yu ran tiredly, walked into the lobby and sat down, the man hurriedly poured him a cup of hot tea, he drank it dry in one gulp, and ordered: "Bring the horses, I'll leave now!" ”
"The hall master will leave tomorrow! Now the outside must be very strict. ”
"It's okay, it's safer at night."
Yang Yu walked to the door, suddenly stopped, and slowly turned back and asked, "What did you just say?" ”
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[Yang Yu's chapter is a burden, and it will be slowly shaken off for everyone later, you can look back at chapter 388, there has been a little hint and foreshadowing, this plot is a key turning point in this book, in addition, book friends with monthly passes will support Lao Gao, today is still three more! ] 】
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