Chapter 17 The Devil in Brocade

The group ate and slept in the open air, and trekked in the territory of Sanjin for about 15 days, and finally arrived at the destination: Jinyang (Taiyuan in later generations). Seeing the majestic Jinyang City in the distance, the group all had a relaxed smile on their faces.

When I arrived at the city, there were many people at the gate of the city, and it was very lively to go in and out. Suddenly a woman's scream was heard, and the young woman with a basket of eggs in front of her suddenly fell to the ground, and the eggs in the basket also rolled to the dusty ground, many of which had burst, and the yolks were all running down to the ground. I saw an arrow shot at the high bun on the woman's head, and the woman's face was as pale as earth. Suddenly, another feathered arrow roared down from the castle tower and struck at the feet of another young woman not far away, causing the woman to squat on the ground with her head in her hands.

"Hahaha!" There was a burst of laughter from the castle tower. Xia Xue looked up and saw a stout boy about seventeen years old in the city, armed with a bow and arrows, surrounded by a group of officers in armor, pointing at the city, laughing.

It seems that the person who frightens women with archery must be the young man in brocade, "Gentleman! Xia Xue secretly scolded in her heart, there is no royal law in this era, and the lives of ordinary people are no different from an ant in the eyes of those princes and nobles.

"What a dark society! It's the same everywhere! Xia Xue's joy when she first arrived in Jinyang was swept away by this unscrupulous evil deed, and for the first time a strong sense of hatred for this society surged in her heart, and for the first time she surged an impulse to subvert and smash this cold and dark society.

"Whoosh", another sharp sound of feather arrows came, this time the target turned out to be herself, Xia Xue was furious in her heart, feeling that this feather arrow was coming towards her horse's head, it seemed that the gentleman wanted to shoot his own war horse this time to frighten himself for fun.

Xia Xue held her breath, and her protective gloved hand grabbed the feathered arrow that shot at the horse's head at lightning speed, "I must teach this hateful boy a good lesson!" While grabbing the feather arrow, Xia Xue pulled out her horn bow like lightning, and used the caught feather arrow to aim at the jade crown above the head of the brocade-clothed evil boy upstairs, and shot it with an arrow. This series of actions is lightning fast and can be done in one go.

Before the young man in brocade who was about to watch the joke upstairs could react, he saw a sharp arrow shoot up from under the castle tower with a strong wind, accurately shooting at the jade crown overhead, and flew long away with the jade crown before falling.

"Your Highness, be careful!" The officers who were flattering and flattering the young man around him were so frightened that they hurriedly rushed forward to protect the young man in brocade. This feathered arrow is full of power and sharp angles, and a person who can shoot so accurately from such a distance under the city must be a master of bows and arrows.

The brocade-clothed young man was also so frightened that his face turned pale, and after a moment, he was furious, "Come with this king, I must capture this stinky girl who ate the bear's heart and leopard's gall alive, and then break her body into ten thousand pieces." ”

After a while, I heard a commotion at the gate of the city, and a hurried sound of horses' hooves came from inside the city, "Get out of the way!" A soldier shouted, and a heavily armed cavalry with knives and guns rushed out of the city gate and surrounded Xia Xue and his party.

The brocade-clothed young man rode out from behind the soldiers, this person was stout, fierce and ugly, his hair was scattered, he held a long lance, pointed at Xia Xue and shouted: "Stinky girl, who are you waiting for, dare to sneak attack this king, and you will not be killed!" ”

Xia Xue's face was calm, and she looked at the other party coldly and did not say anything. After taking a closer look at Xia Xue, the evil young man in brocade clothes found that it was a delicate girl who was as beautiful as a fairy, and couldn't help but show a lustful look on her face, "Ahaha, it turns out that you are still a beauty, if you are willing to marry this king, this king will let you live, and you will enjoy endless glory and wealth!" ”

At this time, the eldest grandson Wuji, who was anxious, rushed over with a horse and saluted the young man in brocade, "Your Highness Yuanji, don't come unharmed!" ”

"Brother Wuji, why are you here?" That evil is clearly known to the eldest grandson Wuji.

"Your Royal Highness Yuanji, our hometown was occupied by Dou Jiande, and we can't gain a foothold, so we have to come to Jinyang to join His Royal Highness the second brother Shimin, I don't know where Brother Shimin is now?"

"Oh, Emperor Yang of Sui is mediocre, my father has already raised an army to revolt. My second brother Li Shimin and eldest brother Li Jiancheng both went with my father to attack Chang'an, and my father specially ordered the king to stay in Jinyang City. The evil young man pointed at Xia Xue, "Brother Wuji, do you know this chick?" ”

"Oh, Your Highness Yuanji, don't be angry, the flood has washed the Dragon King Temple, this is my little sister Changsun Xue, she has been married to my second brother Li Shimin by my uncle a few years ago, this Highness should know, right?" The eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly gave a salute to the evil young man. "My father died early, and I was not strict in discipline for my brother, and my little sister is a little willful, please forgive His Royal Highness Yuanji." Xia Xue knew that this was Wuji's brother who was relieving himself, so she didn't say anything, and she was a little surprised in her heart, it turned out that the eldest grandson Xue was Li Shimin's fiancΓ©e.

"Oh, I heard my father say about this marriage, the second brother Shimin likes your little sister Sun Xue very much, and I also know this." The evil young man's face was a little disappointed.

It turned out that this guy was Li Yuanji, he was Li Yuan's fourth son, and Li Shimin's younger brother. Remembering that history records that he is indeed an evil young man, and later conspired with the crown prince Li Jiancheng to murder Li Shimin, Xia Xue thought angrily in her heart, it seems that the person who wrote the history book did not lie on this point, and the real Li Yuanji seems to be indeed an evil young man who likes to do bad things.

"It turned out to be the wife of the second brother of Shimin, so I should call my sister-in-law. Offended today as I didn't meet! Li Yuanji turned his head to stare at Xia Xue's delicate face, swallowed his saliva unwillingly, and said in his heart: This Li Shimin is really shit luck, married such a fairy wife, and has excellent archery skills, how good it would be if he married me.

Li Yuanji and Li Shimin did not have a very good relationship, and Li Shimin did not like this tyrannical younger brother. However, Li Shimin is all-round in civil and military affairs, with excellent ability, and is Li Yuan's right-hand man in the fight for the world, and now Li Yuan has just raised troops to rebel, and his foundation is still shallow, Li Yuanji does not dare to turn his face with Li Shimin on the surface, although he is unwilling, but he has to give up temporarily, but in his heart he is obscenely planning how to get this little fairy.

"Oh, it seems that the water has really washed away the Dragon King Temple, Xiao Wang has disturbed the second sister-in-law, and I apologize to you here. If the second sister-in-law needs anything after arriving in Jinyang, Xiao Wang will definitely try her best to provide it! Li Yuanji saluted Xia Xue, and then instructed a servant behind him to take Xia Xue and his party to Jinyang City to arrange a good place to stay, and provide money, food, and materials to entertain him well. After giving the order, after saying goodbye to the eldest grandson Wuji, Xia Xue and others, he led a team of men and horses to hunt outside the city. Galloping all the way, not avoiding the people on the road at all, many people were hit and injured by war horses, trampled on injuries, horse teams passed by, chickens flew and dogs jumped, men howled and women cried, and there was a mourning.