On the road to Wanjia in the west of the city today, a huge procession blocked pedestrians. In front of the team, there were 300 ceremonial music, beating gongs and drums, so lively. He was followed by five hundred men, more or less, all carrying chests inlaid with gold wire. Horses, mules and other livestock could not be loaded with anything, but there were special people to lead them, and on the head of each horse hung a red silk flower. Behind the bearer, there were also five hundred royal forest troops.

Today, these Imperial Forest Army are full of energy, with dazzling swords in their hands, bright armor, and firm gaze in their eyes, which is very different from the image of the Royal Forest Army who appeared in the city in the past, in groups of three or five, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling.

Whether it is a hawker or an artist, when they see such a team, they all stop on the side of the road, watch the huge team go to thousands of homes, and from time to time point to a certain horse in the team, or find a box, and admire.

A young man in sackcloth, who had come from outside the city to buy cloth from outside the city, had never seen such a battle. Every time he passed by, he had to look back, and an old man who had lived in the city for a long time beside him, seeing him like this, smiled and asked, "Can you see it?" Such a big scene, I have seen it a few times in my life. ”

The young man was curious and asked, "Uncle, what's going on?" Where are all these gifts going? ”

"The young man is not from the city, is he?"

The young man scratched his head and said, "No, I'm from Liaojia Village outside the city." ”

"Today, before the emperor's wedding, the last time I went to the queen's house to give gifts. This time, it stands to reason, should be more than the previous ones combined. ”

"Huh? Sent to the Queen's house? ”

The old man saw the young man's expression and asked, "Isn't it that you don't even know about the emperor's wedding?" ”

"I haven't been in the city before, so how would I know that?" The young man's eyes couldn't take his eyes off those boxes, and he said, "Good boy, these boxes are inlaid with real gold!" ”

"Not really." The old man himself was not a wealthy family, but in front of the young man from this village, he was arrogant, and said: "Compared to the contents of this box, it is a small thing. What dragon balls, phoenix gall, there are them in it. Our big man's baby, there are all of them. ”

The young man looked at the boxes that the bearers were carrying on their shoulders, swallowed their saliva, and did not reply to the old man's words.

The old man saw the young man's Adam's apple slipping, and his face gradually turned red, and he hurriedly reminded: "Hey, don't beat these treasures, but you want to kill your head!" ”

"With so many treasures, can the ten thousand families fit it?"

The old man ignored him, but pointed to the man at the head of the procession, who had already gone away, who was on a tall black steed with a sword pinned to his waist: "Do you see there?" King Xu De of Qin, King of Living Yama, how many heads do you have to cut off for him. ”

Although the young man lived in the countryside, Xu De's reputation was even heard of by him. The greedy look on his face suddenly subsided a lot, and his eyebrows drooped.

"Young people, make a good living, don't count on these ideas."

Xu De, who was sitting on horseback, suddenly sneezed, he rubbed his nose with his right hand, and Wu Dakai beside him hurriedly asked, "The prince is cold!" It's getting colder and colder these days, but don't be careless! ”

"If there's any wind and cold, I don't know who is behind me." Xu De said, smiling. He looked at the cavalry at the front of the line, who were still more than ten in front of him.

These more than ten cavalrymen are also soldiers in the Royal Forest Army, all of them are tall, with handsome faces, and the halberds in their hands show the majesty of the royal family. Xu De, who followed behind more than a dozen knights, looked like a little old man with no deterrent power, but his brilliance was concealed.

"Lord Wang, the Imperial Forest Army is different." Wu Dakai looked at the more than ten cavalrymen and said. When he saw the five hundred Royal Forest Army who followed the team, he had already seen that this Royal Forest Army was very different from the previous one, and it was only at this moment that he found an opportunity to talk to Xu De.

"Hmph, it's just a façade, and when you really fight, it's not a showmanship." As he spoke, he thought about it when he first saw these Imperial Forest Soldiers today, and he was also shocked, although he said that he didn't care, but he was still quite jealous in his heart. At least, the character who trained this new Imperial Forest Army for the emperor will not be simple, and it must be on his opposite.

Not long ago, Xu De remembered that Feng Tianshou had told him about this matter, but he was busy with the selection of the governor of Beicang Province at that time, so he forgot about it.

Wu Dakai looked at the few clerks who followed him, three of these clerks were all following the emperor on weekdays, Wu Dakai was worried that they would talk too much, and some wanted to stop talking.

"Tell me, if they do, I'll cut out their tongues."

As soon as these words came out, although the gray-bearded clerks looked displeased, they still took the initiative to slow down and distance themselves from Xu De and the others.

Wu Dakai saw a few of them retreat and said, "Today, these Imperial Forest Army, I always feel that the little emperor is demonstrating to you, the prince!" Think about it, why did Lu Jin suddenly get sick and couldn't come, I thought, the palace must have thought that I would install some of my own people to come on this trip, wanting to suppress our prestige. ”

"You are just too careful, this person, eat grains, give birth to all kinds of diseases, people Lu Gong works hard to serve the emperor on a fair day, what if you are sick, even if you die, it is not too much." When Xu De said this, he had a playful expression on his face. After all, no matter whose plan it is, it seems that it has fallen through at present, after all, no one would have thought that it was Xu De who came.

Seeing that Wan Kefa's house was not far away, Xu De and Wu Dakai didn't talk anymore and quietly walked forward with the team.

The door of the small courtyard of ten thousand homes has long been surrounded by people watching the excitement. Guozhang Guozhang's shouts kept ringing, and Wan Kefa still had a kind smile, but after hearing that the person who led the team today was Xu De, his smile was obviously cold.

The ceremonial band stopped not far from the courtyard, beating gongs and drums, working harder, while the little eunuch holding the holy decree stepped forward to read the edict.

Wan Kefa's family, except for Wan Rongrong, couldn't see anyone, and even the subordinates knelt by the door to welcome the holy decree. When the eunuch handed over the holy decree to Wan Kefa, Xu De took Wu Dakai forward and arched his hand: "Master Wan, read the gift list as soon as you want." ”

Wan Kefa was unhappy in his heart, but he still had a smile on his face, and said, "Then there is King Lao Qin." ”

Who knows, Xu De took out the gift slip from the wooden box of the attendant beside him, handed it directly to Wu Dakai beside him, and said, "Wu Shilang, you come to read." ”

Wu Dakai clearly saw that the faces of the subordinates behind Wan Kefa had changed, but he did not hesitate at all, took the gift list, waved his hand, and signaled to the bearers behind him.

He cleared his throat and said loudly: "Emperor of the Han Dynasty, obey the will of heaven, and accept Wan Shi, the daughter of Wan Kefa, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, as the queen!" Ordered the ministers to hold the etiquette and accept the ceremony. ”

As soon as the words fell, the bearers behind him cheered in unison, and the voices of hundreds of sturdy men cheered almost half of the Tianjing City.

"Five hundred taels of gold!"

"Good!"

"Thirty thousand taels of silver!"

"Good!"

"A golden tea set!"

"Good!"

"Three silver tea sets!"

"Good!" More and more people joined in the applause, the voice became louder, Xu De frowned and covered his ears with his hands, and there were people in the burden who carried a few boxes to the small courtyard of the Wan family after Wu Dakai read out the gifts.

"Five gold and five silver basins!"

"Good!"

……

"Twenty horses, forty idle horses, and sixty pairs of saddles!"

"Good!" This last sound brought the atmosphere of the scene to the highest point, and both passers-by and the bearers in the team shouted with all their might.

People are like this, the more they gather, the easier it is to do something to the extreme. For example, revolution, but also for assassination.

Wu Dakai presented the gift list with both hands in front of Wan Kefa and said, "Master Wan, the gift list is here." Although it was already Layue, Wu Dakai was already sweating after reading this not short gift list with all his strength. He handed the gift slip to Wan Kefa with both hands, and when Wan Kefa reached out to take it, he saw a middle-aged man in the crowd not far away, taking something out of his sleeve, the short thing shining black in the sun.

Although Wu Dakai is a civil official, he is from a military general's family, and his eyesight is very good, so he immediately recognized it as a crossbow. He reacted quickly, threw away the gift slip in his hand, and rushed towards Xu De, who was a few steps away, shouting: "There are assassins. ”

Xu De was smiling, ready to see the appearance of bowing to the holy decree after receiving the gift list, but suddenly woke up with this sound, and his right hand subconsciously touched the hilt of the sword.

The soldiers of the Royal Forest Army could not be said to be unresponsive, and quickly rushed forward, trying to surround Wan Kefa and Xu De.

The middle-aged man made the first move, so the action must have been ahead of the Royal Forest Army, and the sergeant of the Royal Forest Army had not yet rushed over, and the crossbow in his hand had already shot two short arrows in succession. Seeing this, several other assassins hiding in the crowd also took out their crossbows hidden in their sleeves and began to shoot in this direction.

The Han Dynasty has a long history of using crossbows, and the technology of making crossbows is also advanced, although the crossbows in the hands of several assassins are small, but they are hugely powerful, and the short arrows they shoot fly extremely fast in the air, rushing towards Xu De's side like lightning.

Xu De's long sword was unsheathed, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he caught the trajectory of the crossbow arrow's flight, and one arrow stepped forward to cut off a short arrow, while the second crossbow arrow was shot towards Wankefa.

Wan Kefa didn't react until this time, he was a scholar and he was old, and Xu De was two steps away, although he could see the trajectory of the crossbow arrow, but he was powerless to rescue.

Seeing that the crossbow arrow shot straight at Wan Kefa's vest, Xu De seemed to have heard the sound of the crossbow arrow sinking into the human body.

"Poof." The voice sounded as Xu De expected, but it was blocked by someone, and it was the old slave in the Wanjia house. I don't know how he took a few steps and got in the way of Wan Kefa.

Several of the Assassins in the crowd were forced to do so, and the first Assassin had already fired two arrows before they could do so. Therefore, their arrows were all blocked by the Royal Foresters, and before their second round of attacks, the Royal Guards had already surrounded the Vancofa and several people.

"Hide in the house!" Xu De spoke out to direct the actions of the Royal Guards, and these personal walls subconsciously complied.

Wan Kefa turned around and looked at the old slave who was lying in a pool of blood like a snake, and finally reacted and wanted to step forward and take his hand.

One of the tall guards in the Imperial Forest Army stepped forward to hug Wan Kefa and ran desperately to the house, and Xu De couldn't care so much, I was in the light, the enemy was in the dark, and it was safest to hide, anyway, there were hundreds of Royal Forest Army outside to deal with it.

Seeing such a thing, countless onlookers and hundreds of Danfu bands were in chaos, running in all directions, so lively, and at this moment they also mixed in the crowd and quietly dispersed, and the Imperial Forest Army finally caught the middle-aged man who was the first to do it, and he accidentally swallowed poison and committed suicide.

The show is finally beginning.