Chapter 138: Qingming's Assassination
Inside Luoyang City.
Zheng Hui is nearly fifty years old, but his complexion is ruddy, his body is healthy, and he obviously attaches great importance to health preservation. It's midnight now, and he's still sitting in the secret room without rest, and he has a big matter waiting to be dealt with.
"The nobleman is from the north, can you be okay along the way?"
He put down the jade card in his hand, looked at the girl opposite, his mood was not as calm as he looked, as the Zheng branch of Luoyang and Xingyang County, he could basically be regarded as the leader of the scholars of Luo and Henan, and maintained his huge interests in the main line of the Zheng family who moved to Pingcheng.
The Chu army conquered Luoyang too quickly, he didn't have time to leave, not to mention that the whole family was nearly a thousand people, and there were countless family assets and land, so how could he be willing to give up? So when Xu You entered the city, he immediately threw himself over, and sure enough, he kept his status.
This is harmless for the Zheng family, when the clothes were in the south, the Zheng family did not cross the river, but took refuge in Xianbei, and later assisted the Tuoba clan to establish the country, which is still unspeakably expensive.
Those who know the times are Junjie, which is the foundation of the Zheng family's thousand-year-old history!
The girl has a mediocre complexion and ordinary clothes, just like the kind of subordinate who is common in the mansion of the scholars, inconspicuous, but sitting in front of Zheng Hui, her momentum is not inferior at all, and she chuckled: "Don't worry, no one knows that I entered Luoyang, and no one will know that I came to see you!" ”
Zheng Hui pondered the girl's intentions, and said with a respectful attitude: "The noble man ventured into the city this time, but what do you need Xiao Lao'er to do?" ”
"This is a letter from the head of your family, please read it Mr. Zheng!"
Zheng Hui took the letter handed over by the girl, opened it and glanced at it, it was indeed the handwriting of Zheng Yin, the head of the family, and then looked up, there was also an agreed code word, and he was relieved to read the following text, who knew that the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, his hands trembled slightly, and when he read the whole letter, his face became pale and silent for a long time.
"How?"
"Back to the nobles, the little old man ...... himself Be on your orders! ”
The girl smiled, said no more, and suddenly disappeared.
Zheng Hui slumped on the chair, the back of his palms were already soaked, his eyes were dull like puppets, and he muttered: "If you are not careful, more than a thousand people will die here." Master, you are so ruthless! ”
After dawn, Zheng Hui hesitated again and again, went to the General's Mansion, saw Lu Bozhi, and did not greet him, and said to himself: "Changshi, last night the Northern Dynasty Marquis Cao came to the people, and asked me to secretly collude with the surnames Chu, Pan, and Yang...... Although he was forced by the situation to bow down to the Wei people, but a hundred years ago, the Zheng family was also a well-dressed Chinese clan, and the blood of the Han people was shed......
Hearing such a major event, Lu Bozhi did not dare to delay, and immediately told Xu You, Xu You secretly ordered the winter solstice to take over the whole situation, and it only took one day to confirm that what Zheng Hui said was true, and then led by the secret mansion, Luozhou Thorn Shi Ye Min cooperated, taking advantage of the dark night and high wind, with the momentum of thunder, he arrested many important people surnamed Chu, Pan, and Yang, and it took half an hour to get their confessions.
Zheng Hui's words were true, the three surnames really had secret contact with the Northern Wei Dynasty, agreed on the time and method, and prepared to set off a bloody storm in Luoyang City.
After Ye Min asked Xu You, he ordered the Chifeng army to block the four gates, and on the winter solstice, according to the map, the spies placed in Luoyang City by the foreign marquis of the Northern Wei Dynasty were wiped out.
"Xiaolang, I caught another big fish!"
Dong Solstice rushed into the bedroom excitedly, Qingming looked at the sky helplessly, and did not interfere. Xu You had just gone to bed, got up and sat on the bed, hugged the quilt, and said with a smile: "It seems that this fish is very big, otherwise with your heart today, you wouldn't be so frizzy...... Let's say, but the Luan Niao who is in charge of the foreign marquis? ”
The five-body body admired by the winter solstice threw himself to the ground and said: "I can't hide anything from Xiaolang, it is indeed a Luanniao." Didn't I say that there were masters in Yecheng earlier, but now that I think about it, it should be Luanniao. ”
The marquis of the Northern Wei Dynasty Cao was divided into internal and external marquis, and the emperor bird was in charge of the inner marquis, never out of Pingcheng, and the emperor relied on it as his heart. Luan Niao was in charge of the foreign marquis and almost never showed up in Pingcheng, and the emperor relied on him as a helper. But unlike the imperial bird, no one knows whether the Luan bird is a man or a woman, what the appearance is, it is rumored that it loves to eat people's hearts, has a tyrannical and vicious temperament, and has been fighting for many years between the marquis and the Sili Mansion, which has made Xiao Xunqi sleepless at night, which can be seen.
Xu You turned over and got out of bed, Dong Zhi picked up his robe, put it on for him, and said: "Fortunately, with the help of Hou Molangjun, none of the twenty-three egrets, five dragon sparrows and one exterminator in Luoyang escaped, and then pry out the news about Luan Bird from their mouths......"
The appearance of Luan Bird made Xu You more vigilant. After occupying Luoyang, in order to seize the time to attack Xiliang and unite the majority of those who can be united, he mainly rewarded and wooed the families in the city, and gave sweet dates, but he didn't hit a stick, and he was kind and weak, so these people would be coaxed by Luan Bird.
Seeing that Yuan Mulan was about to bite the bait of Cangyuan, and the decisive battle was imminent, Luoyang, as the rear, must ensure that it is as stable as Mount Tai. It just so happened that he was dozing and sent a pillow, and Xu You was ready to take this opportunity to use the heads of Chu, Pan, and Yang to warn other families with two ambitions not to forget:
The knife of the General's Mansion is sharper than that of the Marquis of the Northern Wei Dynasty!
"Where is Luan Niao now?"
"According to the report, Luan Niao should be hiding in Shengguang Temple, and there are two little grandmasters guarding him...... I want to ask Xiao Lang Enzhun, let Qingming Langjun make a move, and capture this fang with Hou Mo Langjun! ”
Xu You thought for a moment or two, and said: "Qingming, you temporarily obey the dispatch of the winter solstice, remember, it is best to take a live mouth, you can't and don't take risks, Luan Niao has always enjoyed a great name, not an easy person, you can't rely on yourself into the four products, and you can't be careless about the enemy!" ”
Qingming nodded, he and Xu You had already known each other in life and death, and understood that this advice was worried about his safety, so he bowed slightly and went away with the winter solstice.
Shengguang Temple is located in the north of Luoyang, occupies a small area, there are not many monks, all aspects are comprehensive, probably belong to the lower middle level of more than 300 temples in Luoyang.
This is also in line with Hou Guancao's logical habit of choosing a foothold, which is too outstanding, and the tree is very popular, but it is too obscure, and it is not easy to collect intelligence, so it is most suitable to be below average.
The moonlight is faint, the breeze is silent, the lantern in the corner of the corridor is flashing with the most alluring red light in the dark night, accompanied by the fluttering sound of moths, Qingming completely hides the traces with the strange body method of the green ghost law, every time he lands and jumps, he can hide in the dead corner of all the light and sight, avoid the monks who patrol the night in twos and threes, and quietly sneak into the depths of the temple.
Luoyang City is already rumoring, Shengguang Temple is also like a frightened bird, just bypassed the transmission hall, two warrior monks with sticks, lanterns from the opposite moon gate walked, one said: "Senior Brother He, why did the abbot order me not to go out, but also take turns to be on duty at night?" Isn't it to guard against bandits?"
"Senior Brother Hu, this is Luoyang City, a place of literary excellence, but not your rural mountain village, how can any bandits dare to come here to make trouble?" Senior Brother He deliberately teased and said: "It's not because the general in the city suddenly went crazy and waved a butcher's knife at the clan, I heard that thousands of people have been killed in the past two days, and Luoshui has been dyed red...... Although my generation served the Buddha, in the eyes of those murderers, he was like an ant, out of the temple gate, and was killed by someone as a thief, who to reason with? ”
"Hey! That's just as well! Senior Brother Hu grabbed the shiny head and said, "Senior brother is well-informed, you need to mention more about everything, junior brother......"
Senior Brother He hesitated for a moment and said, "Our senior brother is in love, there is one thing I tell you, you must not tell the second person." ”
"Okay, senior brother knows me, and his mouth is very tight!"
"The Aquarius Tower includes a few zhang of the surrounding area, you must not step into, the day before yesterday, Senior Brother Liu was going to the Tibetan Scripture Building to do business, because he was lazy and missed the hour, he eagerly took a shortcut and passed under the Aquarius Tower......" Senior Brother He showed a look of fear and said in a low voice: "No one has seen him since then......"
Senior Brother Hu was puzzled: "What? Is Senior Brother Liu lost? ”
"How else you can be called stupid!" Senior Brother He was so angry that he slapped Senior Brother Hu's head and said, "Anyway, if you remember my words, don't go to the Aquarius Tower!" ”
"Didn't you hear that the abbot issued an edict asking me to wait for the grounding?"
Senior Brother He snorted coldly, his face showed a little fear, and said, "Because of this, it is even more terrifying!" ”
Qingming hid beside him, waiting for the two of them to pass by, like the wind blowing leaves, floating slowly behind them, and then tiptoe to the wooden sill of the Zhongyue Gate, and disappeared into the darkness.
The tower of the treasure bottle is ten zhang high, a total of seven layers, the tower brake has five phases wheel, and then go up for the golden treasure bottle, there are four iron cables under the treasure bottle, connect the four corners of the tower, the rope is hung with bells, every time the wind rises, the bell is crisp, quite interesting.
This tower is unique, only the ground floor is a door, the top floor is a window, the rest does not have an opening, it is the first abbot of Shengguang Temple Shengguang monk to build, I don't know what scriptures come from, and many famous pagodas in Luoyang are completely different.
Qingming watched quietly for a long time, decided to break in from above, after stepping into the Sipin Mountain Gate, his light body qi lifting technique advanced by leaps and bounds, his figure was like a sea of clouds and light smoke, light and invisible, the air was scattered and condensed, and he stepped on the corner of the tower in a row, and came to the window at the top in a moment.
Jing Ear listened for a while, Qingming pulled out the candle dragon sword, stabbed into the wood on the edge of the window like cutting tofu, and with a slight stroke, took down half of the window, the whole process was smooth, without making any sound, and then jumped in.
The tower is enshrined in nothing more than scriptures, Buddha statues and relics and other things, the walls are painted with various Buddhist allusions and mythical beasts and spiritual treasures, Qingming searched three floors, found nothing, when going down to the fourth floor, suddenly saw the bright light overflowing from the gap in the stairs, as if there was a hoarse voice coming:
"Without further ado, while the secret mansion has not yet found here, I will join forces with Qiu Langjun to escort the nobles out of the city overnight. Thinking that the Chu pawn who defended the city was mediocre, even though there were thousands of people, they couldn't stop you and me......"
A melodious and beautiful woman's voice sounded, and said: "Don't act recklessly, the Chu people are no longer Wuxia Ameng, well-equipped, brave and difficult, and the pseudo-Luozhou Thorn Shi Ye Min is even more powerful, it is estimated that this will be opening his pockets, waiting for us to get in and die." ”
"Noble ......"
"Okay, don't say it, even nine feet, you go and guard the portal above!"
The woman's voice sounded quite stern, and she didn't even dare to say more, and said, "Don't worry, your noble, with me, not a single bird can fly in." ”
"Qiu Langjun, I'm bothering you to guard the tower gate at the entrance!"
"Yes!"
The woman was very polite to this Qiu Langjun, presumably her identity was different from Lian Jiuchi, and this person was not as flattering as Lian Jiuchi, and she was a little calm in her plainness.
Qingming heard the sound of footsteps, retracted his qi, and his body seemed to be integrated into the mural, fitting seamlessly with the surrounding environment.
When Lian Jiu Qi had just turned half of his body from the bottom of the stairs, he heard the wails and calls of countless ghosts and ghosts in a trance, and the dark candle dragon sword slashed through the narrow and cramped space with great force, and came straight to the front door.