Chapter 1045: Scarlet Shangyuan Festival (2)
The time turned back slightly, more than two hours ago, the east was white, and the sky had just dawned, outside Tokyo.
Sitting in the bumpy carriage and running all the way along the official road for hundreds of miles, Cai Jiu and Cai Dezhang, who have always lived a pampered life, are a little unbearable. Finally, after the car made another turn, causing him to almost hit the wall of the carriage, he let out an angry roar inside: "Stop! ”
This cry is still very useful, the galloping carriage stopped in response, but it still made Cai Dezhang pounce forward due to inertia, and his head was knocked on the front baffle, which made him dizzy again, and he stretched out his hand for a long time, and still relied on the guards outside to help lift the curtain of the car, revealing the blue sky and white sun outside, as well as countless cavalry foot soldiers around the carriage.
"Taishou ......" didn't wait for the guard to ask what he wanted, Cai Dezhang had already pushed him away, rushed out of the car with two legs soft, lowered his head and vomited out all the things in his stomach, and then coughed again, and after a while, he calmed down a little, wiped the traces of the corners of his mouth with the embroidered handkerchief he carried with him, and asked: "Where is this, how long will it take to get to Tokyo." ”
"It's less than 50 miles from Tokyo now, and you should be able to see the capital when you climb the hillside in front of you." The cronie hurriedly stepped forward and replied, "I just don't know if we can catch up with it......"
"I will be able to catch up, and I will order the whole army to continue to march at full speed, and we must arrive at the city of Tokyo before noon. We have already responded in the city, as long as we arrive, we can successfully enter it, and when the time comes, the great credit will be at your fingertips! After taking a few deep breaths, Cai Dezhang finally recovered and said loudly. This was said to the subordinates around him who had come with him all the way from Jiangzhou, because he knew very well how difficult it would be for them to encounter next.
"Whew...... Enter Tokyo and save Your Majesty and the Grand Master! These soldiers were greatly encouraged, shouted loudly, and after Cai Jiu returned to the car, they rushed forward again.
At this time, it was just dawning, and at this speed, they could indeed reach Tokyo before noon, and the momentum of these tens of thousands of people could almost obscure the world along the road. Half an hour later, they had climbed the last mountain beam, and they could even see the outline of Tokyo Bianliang City from a distance, and it seemed that as long as they sprinted again, they could reach the city without hindrance!
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Back to the present. In Tokyo City, outside the Xiangguo Temple, Tong Mu, the supervisor of the beheading officer, had read the holy decree in his hand to the end - although this edict was gorgeous, and there were too many things in the twists and turns, but in fact, the content was also very simple, that is, the Son of Heaven had already determined that Cai Jing and others were guilty of serious crimes, so he decided to behead this traitor and his family in public......
When this meaning was spread to the crowd, the people who had already come from it became more and more excited, and in the cheers, the crowd unconsciously surged forward, as if they wanted to get closer to these dying traitors, so that they could see more clearly when their heads hit the ground.
And when this scene fell into the eyes of Cai Jing and others, their faces, which were already quite numb, were miserable again. It turned out that the people had long resented themselves and waited to the bones, and they wished that they were about to die, but they didn't have this opportunity before, but now they have completely vented it.
Then they heard an even more desperate voice: "Noon is coming, and the prisoner is found to be in good shape!" ”
With Tong Mu's long shout, the soldiers behind them quickly stepped forward and carefully checked their appearances, and at the same time removed the wooden shackles around the necks of these prisoners to facilitate the next punishment. In the voice of "Verify that it is correct!" In the shouting, Cai Jing and the others were quickly pushed to the ground, and many soldiers quickly poked their feet to step on the ground, and raised the knives in their hands in both hands, just waiting for an order, they could slash down and kill them on the spot.
It was only at this moment that the last feeling of fear swelled up in everyone's hearts like a tide. They were already quite numb, and they suddenly cried bitterly, and shouted loudly: "I am wronged, I have always been upright as an official, and I have never harmed anyone, this is all Sun Tu's conspiracy to eliminate dissidents and seize power......"
"Your Majesty, the old minister has been wronged, the old minister has been loyal to the court for decades, and he has never slackened for a moment, what Sun Tu said is all lies, and the people are just pawns instigated by him......"
"You have all been deceived by that Sun Tu, as long as I wait for death, Your Majesty will fall into the hands of Sun Tu, and your situation will only be worse than before......"
These people were dying and screaming. However, their voices could only be heard clearly by the soldiers waiting for the execution, and the people in the distance were cheering and scolding, and no one would hear what they were shouting clearly, and everyone stared at these traitorous and corrupt officials who were waiting to be beheaded by knives, only worried about why time passed so slowly, wishing they would die early.
In the palace far away, Zhao Ji, who was sitting in the palace alone, suddenly looked up at the sky outside with a feeling, and his face was full of panic: "It's almost three o'clock in the afternoon......
"It's three o'clock in the afternoon, ready for execution!" After staring at the sundial in front of him for a moment, Tong Mu opened his mouth and roared, and the red pen in his hand suddenly hooked on a thick arrow, and then flicked it, and the arrow with a big word written on it had been thrown to the ground in front of him.
The arrow has landed and the knife has been raised!
Cai Jing, who was as stable as Mount Tai, also felt a burst of fear at this time, grabbing his heart: "Why didn't anyone come to save me at this time, couldn't something ......go wrong?"
This arrow was the signal, and after it flew out, it caused a sudden change in the surrounding wind and clouds, and in the crowd, hundreds of strong men with sharp blades jumped up at once, and they shouted in unison: "We will save the loyal ministers and kill the rebels by the holy decree of Your Majesty!" Before the shouting was finished, the people were already like strange birds rushing straight to the execution ground in front of them, waving their swords, which frightened the hundreds of people around them into screams and fled, and immediately shocked the orderly order on the law field.
Originally, there were still groups of soldiers between the crowd and the prisoners, but at this moment, because the people were frightened and ran around, they rushed to the neat queue, causing loopholes in their formation to appear in an instant. And those murderers with sharp knives quickly rushed forward under the cover of the people, and slashed down their swords and killed the unprepared generals, and in the blink of an eye, no less than thirty or forty soldiers had fallen under the hands of these people, and the blood surged, and the people were even more panicked, and they fled in all directions, which gave them more opportunities to lean forward.
Tong Mu, who was on the beheading platform at a high place, saw that his face was already iron-blue, and he shouted repeatedly: "Hold the execution ground, don't let anyone get close to ......" Before the words fell, with a whoosh, a feather arrow suddenly flew from afar, if it weren't for a guard on his side who pulled him to the side in time, I was afraid that he would be hit by an arrow at that time. But even so, he was so frightened that he couldn't give orders anymore, making the situation on the court more and more chaotic, and the personal soldiers under his hands only had time to put up their shields, guard him on his left and right, and still coerce him straight down, not daring to stay in such a striking high place to face the sneak attack of the archers.
As a result, the situation on the scene has become more and more critical. Originally, the soldiers around the court had already been killed by this sudden attack, and the people were rushing in the head, making them unable to make a real move. And often when they are distracted, those who are mixed with the people will suddenly attack the killer at close range, and stab the sword into the vital points of these soldiers. For a while, the last line of defense in front of the execution ground had been torn apart, and the murderers had gathered into a torrent, breaking straight into it and coming to the officials who were still on the ground. Around them, the soldiers who had been the executioners had fallen to the ground, and all of them had died of cold arrows. Only a few people, led by the general in prison uniform, retreated to the rear, but they didn't care to stop them from saving people......
"Taishi, the little Cai Jian came to the rescue." The murderer at the head said loudly while helping Cai Jing up from the ground. Then without waiting for Cai Jing to reply, he forcibly fought the other party again, and ran straight to the side in a hurry. The rescue operation has just begun, and there are still too many troubles waiting for them to deal with one by one, so there can be no delay.
The others were the same, they all picked up one by one and followed Cai Jian towards a passage that had been opened up on the side, and on both sides of the passage, there were murderers with knives and slashing indiscriminately, scaring the surrounding people into running away.
At the same time, dozens of fires suddenly broke out in the city, causing more and more chaos in the city, which was obviously their follow-up trick to rescue Cai Jing and others. The latent forces of Cai Jing and others, who had been hidden since Sun Tu entered the city, finally broke out completely at this moment and appeared in front of everyone.
On the top of the high tower of Xiangguo Temple, the man still had a faint smile on his face, overlooking the chaotic scene below, and sighed softly: "Sun Tu, it seems that you are nothing more than this, you are so light that the enemy is so light, I have completely disrupted the situation in Tokyo with only a little trick, not only have I rescued people, but even this city will soon fall into my hands." And you will be my first stepping stone to the top! As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and grabbed the Yuehou Mansion in the distance......
At this time, around Sun Tu's mansion, a team of hundreds of gray-clothed swordsmen suddenly appeared, and without the slightest hesitation, they rushed straight to the shortest section of the courtyard wall on the west side of Yuehou Mansion like a whirlwind.
The real killing move against Sun Tu was only revealed at this moment......