Night fell, and the houses lit by oil lamps were a little dim.

Suddenly, the surroundings were as bright as the day, and after a flash, there was a loud "click", and then the sound of rain outside became noisy. Everything is very hurried and seems impetuous.

Liu Ming, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, was still in the house, and he was pacing around on the ground, with no intention of escaping at all. A shocking thunderbolt interrupted his steps, and he stood still glancing out the window, continuing to lower his gaze in deep thought.

In the hustle and bustle of the rain, there was a faint shout. After a while, several attendants suddenly rushed into the chamber with waist knives, and they immediately closed the door and window. Seeing this, Liu Ming immediately understood: It should have come, and it really came!

One of the attendants turned his head and said, "Lord Liu, beware, there are assassins!" We have a brother who has been shot. ”

Liu Ming saw that person clearly, it was the descendant who talked about "repairing the barracks in Thanh Hoa" that day.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa......" Outside the door, nothing could be heard or seen. Liu Ming stood in the middle of the room for a while, then walked to the desk above, took out all the papers from his arms, lit them on an oil lamp, and threw them on the ground.

He then took up the black gauze hat, put it on his head, straightened it with both hands, and bent down to pull the flat robe. When several of his attendants looked back, he was already kneeling in the middle.

Liu Ming bowed to the north and said: "The minister has failed the emperor's grace and cannot complete the mission, he is ashamed of the saint, and he deserves death." Now the minister has nothing to do, but to die without dishonoring the prestige of the court. ”

After Liu Ming, who was unarmed, finished speaking, stood up from the ground, patted the dust on his robe a few times, and sat down on a chair, facing the door.

"Bang!" There was a loud bang on the wooden door, and the men of the Ming army standing on both sides of the door immediately raised their waist knives and stared at the door. The door panel then fell to the ground with a "bang", but there was no other movement.

Liu Ming looked outside, it was dark outside, and he could vaguely see the rain curtain in the yard.

"Bang dang!" Suddenly, there was another loud bang, and a chair crashed into the window not far away. In an instant, everyone was more or less attracted by the movement of the window.

Almost at the same time, suddenly there was a flash of a knife at the door, and a man rushed in. The terrifying sound of wind and blades slashing into flesh was heard in the air, and the sword light flickered in the dim flickering light, and screams rang out.

The first Assassin to rush in was stabbed twice, screaming and splattering blood on the ground. Then the Ming army man who shot by the door was stabbed several times by several assassins and Lian Lian who rushed in later; One of the Ming soldiers hacked another one to death temporarily, and died with him.

The wind poured in through the doors and windows blew the oil lamps on and off. The scenes of the fighting in the house were incoherent, like paintings, intermittently appearing in Liu Ming's eyes.

Lightning flashed suddenly, and the room instantly brightened as day, and the scene became clear for a moment. There were already a lot of people in the room, and people were glaring and slashing desperately. In the pool of blood on the ground, several corpses had fallen.

The screams, groans, and metal crashes mingled with the sound of thunder and rain.

The whole process only lasted for a short time, and the room had gradually stopped a lot. There was only one person left in Liu Ming's entourage, and that was the young descendant who "repaired the barracks in Thanh Hoa".

Holding the knife in his left hand, Hou Sheng retreated in front of Liu Ming, his right arm hanging down, and blood was dripping rapidly from his wrist to the ground.

Liu Ming was still sitting in his chair, his face splattered with blood, but he never moved. He is a scholar, his family background was not good before, he has never even touched a sword in his life, and he doesn't want to fight at all.

The assassins, with their knives in hand, stared at the afterlife and gradually gathered around.

At this moment, Liu Ming suddenly spoke: "This envoy Wang'er and the others understand the consequences, think about the fate of the Hu family." The tyranny of arrogance and injustice will be repaid a thousand times over! ”

Almost no one paid attention to him, and it seemed that most of the Assassins could not understand Chinese, but one of them moved his gaze to Liu Ming's face. The Assassins had pointed their swords at the last of their followers. The latter said, "Lord Liu, the little one has taken the first step." ”

A moment later, a scream of pain rang out in the fishy air, followed by the sound of a "clang" weapon falling to the ground. The latter stared at the godless eyes and fell down in front of Liu Ming, with several blood holes on his body, still bleeding.

Liu Ming's eyes widened, waiting for that moment to come.

Suddenly, there was another scream, and one of the Assassins fell to the ground, an arrow stuck in his back. Everyone immediately turned their heads, and Liu Ming, who was wearing an official robe and had no weapons in his hands, obviously didn't worry them too much.

A moment later, a group of masked men burst through the door. The chaotic battle that had just taken place reappeared, and there was a noise and scuffle in the room, and the light of the knife flashed in the light.

What happened before, the original story is still clear, it should be that the generals of the main battle faction of Annan sent assassins to kill the envoys of the Ming Dynasty; At this time, the fighting became more and more messy, making it difficult for people to understand what was going on.

Could it be the reinforcements brought by Ruan Yinhe?

After a while, the fighting stopped again, and there were many more corpses on the ground. A masked man said in Chinese: "Liu Yuanjun, we are here to save you, come with us!" ”

Liu Ming was confused, but he also had some clues in his heart, and it was estimated that he was Ruan Yinhe's person. However, he soon discovered something very strange: some of the first Assassins were not dead, and their faces were covered, revealing only the part above their eyes.

Liu Ming was sure that the man was one of the first Assassins. Because when Liu Ming spoke before, most of the assassins couldn't understand it, and only one of them seemed to understand what he said. Liu Ming paid special attention to the man, so he had an impression of him.

The instigator behind the scenes is looking for someone to do this kind of thing, and the assassin can't be a random person, he should know the details better; If someone sees that the situation is not right and wants to be confused in the crowd, it seems unlikely that they will succeed. Liu Ming didn't know what to do for a while, but he didn't say it again.

"Liu Yuanjun, let's go!" At this time, a masked man urged.

Liu Ming secretly took a breath, stood up, and clenched his fists and said, "Thank you for the rescue." ”

The masked people carried their dead people away, and a group of people walked out of the hotel in the rain, and soon they were all soaked.

It was almost pitch black all around, with lightning from time to time, and the messy streets and houses flashed in front of you. The sky was full of dark clouds, there were no stars and moons, and Liu Ming couldn't even distinguish the direction, so he followed them in the rain under the front and back of a group of masked people.

Everyone left Thanh Hoa City that night, and the way to cross the city wall was to climb the city wall by a wooden ladder, and then go down from the wooden ladder. This section of the wall is unguarded, and the masked man should be familiar with it, and may even have something to do with the defenders stationed in the area.

At this time, Thanh Hoa had become the center of the rebels (various rebel forces led by Tran Ji Kuo). Liu Ming could almost confirm that the two groups of "assassins" were people from within the rebels.

A group of people had trudged through the mud all night, and by dawn they were in the middle of a forest.

The group struggled for a long time along the difficult mountain road, and a manor appeared on the hillside. Compared with the houses of the common people, the courtyard of the house was much more magnificent, and it was obvious that the people who owned this manor were really ordinary people.

Liu Ming was treated well, he bathed and changed his clothes, changed into dry clothes, and someone brought him food. On the road last night, Liu Ming asked the masked man and whose man they were, but no one told him. He didn't ask any more questions, and when he got here, he had to calm down and wait for the following.

Those Han Chinese entourage followed Liu Ming and arrived in Annan for thousands of miles, but they all died in a foreign land; Liu Ming is now sitting in a comfortable manor room, surviving, thinking of this, his heart is inevitably very sad.

However, things are very strange, and Liu Ming thinks that if he can find out the truth and go back to tell the saint, it will be a useful thing. The death penalty and the living crime are just decided by the court.

At noon, someone asked Liu Ming to meet their master.

He was led to a spacious house, and on the top sat a young man, who looked to be no more than thirty years old.

Liu Ming stepped forward and hugged his fists and said: "I was rescued by someone last night, I don't know who made a move?" ”

The man was still sitting, bowed his hand in return, and said in Chinese: "I am Dayue Pingding Wang Lili, and you are Liu Yuanjun?" ”

Liu Ming bowed: "Exactly." Thank you for your help. ”

After all, he has received the favor of others, Liu Ming spoke in a very polite tone, but he did not call the other party king. Because the imperial court did not crown any "Dayue" king in Annan, Liu Ming's identity was an envoy of the Ming Dynasty, and it was impossible to recognize the identity of the other party.

The man named Li Li nodded and said, "It is inconvenient for Liu to stay near Qinghua for a long time, and tomorrow the king will send someone to escort you on your way." The Ming fleet in the East China Sea had already left, and Liu Zhijun could only go to Thang Long (Hanoi), where the Ming army was stationed. The team could not go straight north, but advanced to the mountains to the west and then to Thang Long. ”

He looked directly at Liu Ming and said, "This king's people will protect you to reach Thang Long." You are Han Chinese, not very accustomed to the rainy season in Dayue, if you are sick, you can write a letter to Thang Long and tell the Ming army what happened. ”

Liu Ming hurriedly asked, "Why did the general save me?" ”

Li Li said: "You are just a messenger, it is not right for the Emperor of Dayue to send someone to kill you." ”

There is so little in this answer. Liu Ming pondered for a moment, and then said, "Why doesn't the general vote for the Ming court?" ”

Li Li suddenly smiled and said, "This king is unwilling to turn his back on the people of Dayue, and he is not willing to be an enemy of the Ming court unless he is forced to do so. ”

Liu Ming said: "I will take the general's words and play them to the saint." ”

Li Li nodded and said, "Liu Yuanjun should go and rest for a while before he sets off." ”

Liu Ming hugged his fists and saluted to leave.

He returned to his previous room and sat down on a stool. There was a table and paper and ink in the room, but he didn't write. Liu Ming's entourage is dead, and he is surrounded by Annan people, and he is afraid that he can only be safe if he puts it in his heart.

What happened in the past two days was really confusing, and Liu Ming didn't know what was going on for a while. But in any case, only to go to Dongguan (the name given to Hanoi by the Ming Dynasty) and then to the area controlled by the Ming army.

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