It was too late to say that it was too late, and the petite Chen Ling'er did not show any weakness in the encirclement, and the whip shadow danced, and three masked assassins had already fallen to the ground with a scream.

Guan Yu was afraid that she would suffer a loss, so he jumped into the battle group on tiptoe, his body was close to Ling'er's back, his sword was like a meteor, and he raised his hand to slash an assassin who rushed to the ground to the ground.

The masked people around were all slightly stunned, the high level of this girl's martial arts had greatly exceeded their expectations, knowing that the next deal was basically not profitable, and the little white face that suddenly entered in front of them made them even more frightened.

The loss of four accomplices in the blink of an eye is something that is unique and completely impossible to happen in previous transactions!

The masked man's eyes turned blood-red at the same time, his teeth rattled and rattled, and they were about to play with their lives.

Guan Yu's personal guards had already rushed to the front at this time, shouting and waving their blades to flank the assassin.

The masked Assassins appeared to be well-trained, and soon split into two groups in perfect harmony. One cautiously continued to intensify the siege of Guan Yu and Chen Ling'er, while the other five swung their swords and pounced on the guards.

The originally bustling street market fell into a big chaos in an instant, the vendors and pedestrians screamed and hugged their heads and scurried, and the panicked flow of people knocked down the stalls, and after a chaotic sound, several live fish that fell on the road were desperately afraid of beating their tails and jumping around.

Although those assassins were powerless to deal with Guan Yu and Chen Ling'er, they obviously had the upper hand when fighting with Guan Yu's personal guards.

After a scream, one of Guan Yu's guards was stabbed in the lower abdomen, vomiting blood and falling to the ground and died.

The rest of the guards, stimulated by the blood of their companions, launched a frenzy, shouting and besieging one of the masked assassins, cutting him to the ground after a dozen moves.

Guan Yu carefully dealt with the enemy's siege while carefully protecting Ling'er's side, and at the same time carefully observed this group of assassins of unknown origin: strange clothes, strange and ruthless tricks, they were definitely not Middle-earthers, their target was obviously not themselves, when did Ling'er offend them? Who's really behind this?

A masked man with a sweaty head suddenly said something loudly to his companions, but Guan Yu didn't understand a word anyway.

The group of masked men suddenly attacked the two of them in unison, then jumped backwards at the same time, and almost at the same time turned around and jumped towards the roof and the wall, Chen Ling'er twisted his waist and was about to step forward to catch up, Guan Yu hurriedly grabbed her sleeve and whispered in her ear: "Don't chase, beware of an ambush in your heart." ”

Ling'er stomped her feet angrily, but she no longer struggled, letting Guan Yu pull her sleeves and slowly walk towards the guards.

Two of the five guards who followed Guan Yu were killed and one was seriously injured. Guan Yu stepped forward and comforted him briefly, then leaned over and lifted the mask of an assassin's corpse, with an eagle's nose and eyes, it was indeed an outsider, and the weapons used were also very strange.

He turned his head and asked Ling'er, "Do you know them?" Have you ever had a festival before? ”。

Ling'er leaned over and looked down a few times seriously, and shook her head lightly with a blank face as she straightened up.

Guan Yu got up again and walked towards the surviving guards. Just as he was about to inspect the wounded's injuries and order the others to carry him back to the camp for treatment, he saw that the seriously injured guard suddenly twitched violently a few times, spat out a few wisps of black blood from his lips, and said in a hoarse voice: "The assassin's blade has a poisonous ......." Before the words fell, his neck tilted sharply, and he stopped breathing.

Guan Yu was stunned for a moment, and the hair on his body was on the ground. He turned around suddenly, and couldn't help but raise Ling'er's arms, up and down, back and forth, and saw that she was not injured in the slightest, and then he was greatly relieved. He said to everyone with a calm face: "Return to the camp quickly, it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, and all follow-up matters will be handled by the Chaozhou government." ”

Guan Yu, who returned to the barracks, frowned, paced back and forth uneasily, and his thoughts were chaotic: Who is it? So vicious! You want to put the only spirit around me to death as soon as possible?! Fortunately, Ling'er is excellent in martial arts, and I happen to be by my side. When I find out who is behind this scene, I will definitely break his body into thousands of pieces, and his bones will be scattered! I have lost Qing'er, Yun Niang has also left me, Ling'er must not have any more mistakes......

Chen Ling'er, who had changed into a goose yellow dress, stepped into the tent, looking at Guan Yu's anxious face and worried eyes, and couldn't help but feel excited. She felt a little distressed and a little inexplicable joy in her heart: this bad guy didn't waste my infatuation with him in vain, he should be worried about my safety, right? At least it shows that he has me in his heart......

Chen Ling'er stepped forward pretending to be relaxed, stretched out her arms like tender lotus roots and gently wrapped around Guan Yu's neck, and smiled a little mischievously: "What kind of worry are you doing?" Don't you believe in my martial arts? Don't forget that even you were my defeated soldier at the beginning, and I tied you up and carried you to the top of the hill like a dog. If I hadn't relented, you would have died. ”

As she spoke, she stretched out an index finger and gently touched the tip of Guan Yu's nose.

Guan Yu glanced up at her, smiled hard, stretched out his arms and gently took her tightly into his arms.

After a moment, he whispered in her ear, "I have absolute confidence in your martial arts. But this matter is extraordinary, I am in the open and in the dark, and I still can't think of anyone who will do this! They're clearly targeting you, so there's nothing to worry about if they're coming at me. ”

Ling'er stubbornly raised his head from his arms and said, "No! I'd be scared of dying that way. Maybe they got the wrong target, and they wanted to assassinate you. Therefore, I will never leave your side and protect you from now on. ”

Guan Yu looked up at her, smiled slightly, pressed her little head into his arms again, and continued: "Don't mess around. I have regretted not being able to protect Qing'er for the rest of my life. So, you must follow my arrangement, and I will not allow you to make any mistakes! You and I must be separated for a while, and I will hide you for the time being, so that no one can hurt you! ”。

Hearing this, Chen Ling'er raised her head in surprise, Guan Yu gently pressed against her smooth forehead, and said in a slow tone: "Be good, obedient." Give me some time, I must find out who is behind the scenes and break it into pieces! It won't be long, don't worry. After ensuring safety, you and I can only rest assured and boldly look together, and grow old together. ”

Ling'er's face turned slightly red, and she nodded shyly.

It was night, the torches were bright in the military camp of King Guan Yu of Dingbei, and the horse team shuttled back and forth, which was very lively.

Chen Ling'er, who had already put on the armor of the soldiers, came to Guan Yu's tent again surrounded by several guards with big shoulders and round waists.

Guan Yu looked at her for a long time before he spoke: "Before your group of people and horses leave the camp, I should send four people and horses to different directions, and after you leave, I will send three more people out of the camp." In this way, even if the thief has three heads and six arms, he does not know which cavalry you are in or where you are going. The guards who are with you, my hand-picked and brave men, will remain there with you until they receive my secret order before returning safely with you. ”

Guan Yu slowly stood up, gently pressed a pair of big hands on Chen Ling'er's shoulders and said: "Ling'er, remember: you must not act alone rashly because of your strong martial arts, your life is my life, and it is very important!" Don't forget, you're going to have to give birth to a litter of piglets for me."

Chen Ling'er's eyes suddenly moistened, she grabbed Guan Yu's wrist and said softly: "During the days when I am not by your side, you have to be more careful!" ”。

After everything was arranged, General Yan finally led the soldiers of the new army to return to the court victoriously.

The triumphant division returned to the capital and was warmly welcomed by the unprecedentedly unanimous unanimity of the government and the opposition of the Great Qi.

Emperor Li Hongji of the Great Qi Dynasty personally issued an edict to crown General Yan as the "Duke of Xingguo", give him a gold medal for avoiding death, and reward him with 100 taels of gold, and the title can be hereditary and passed down from generation to generation.

This death-free gold medal has to be taken out separately and talked about, this thing is amazing! That is to say, in the future, General Yan will drink too much wine or quarrel with his daughter-in-law and be unhappy, so he will carry a kitchen knife to the street and cut people casually. As long as he is not a relative of the emperor who is more powerful, law enforcement officials at all levels not only cannot detain him for interrogation, but also politely invite him to rub the old man for a meal, persuade him to dissipate his anger, and then send a special car to escort him back to his home, and coax him to sleep before his merit is complete.

In other words, in the future, as long as the Yan Mansion does not blatantly raise the flag to rebel, then they can walk sideways, backwards, and walk with a big top in the territory of Daqi, and no one is allowed to stop them, and they must applaud and applaud, and help clean up the idle people on the road.

The rest of the meritorious soldiers in the army are rewarded for their meritorious deeds, which is almost equivalent to the promotion of all members, and even the firehead army who burns the fire and cooks is also promoted to a higher rank.

And they were all rejoicing.

At the celebration banquet personally presided over by Li Hongji, the Great Qi Sheng, many courtiers witnessed the moist eyes of this young true dragon emperor, and some people were fortunate enough to see the rare drunkenness of the saint at the end of the banquet.

In the sound of bells and drums, Li Hongji, who was neatly dressed and high-spirited, stepped forward slowly to accept the bows of the courtiers, and bowed three times and bowed nine times.

Raise the wine glass in your hand and thank heaven and earth. With a wave of his hand, four little eunuchs appeared in front of the ministers carrying a scroll of things.

In the curious eyes of everyone, several little eunuchs hurriedly set up the scroll and slowly unfolded it.

Li Hongji's eyes were moist, and he said in a loud voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the map of my Daqi that has been carefully drawn by a widow for a year. Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, thousands of years of achievements, all in this volume! ”。

He slowly stepped forward and pointed: "This piece has just been recovered by the soldiers of our new army led by General Yan, and it was once where the Taiping bandits were entrenched all year round, and it should have been the territory of my Great Qi." ”

Then, he moved his finger to the lower left corner and said: "This piece looks like a lot of place, but the land is barren and the property is scarce, although it is occupied by the bandits who call themselves the "Ma Jiajun", it is really not a worry. Wherever my Great Qi King Shi went, the bandits would definitely flee from the wind. ”

In the end, he pointed his well-maintained finger to a darker place in the center of the territory and sighed: "The red turban bandits entrenched here, following the Taiping bandits, set themselves up as kings, and they don't know the height of the sky, and establish the so-called "Great Chu", this is the trouble of our dynasty's henchmen!" ”。

Li Hongji slowly glanced around at the ministers, raised his glass and continued: "Today is the celebration banquet of my Great Qi Prince, and I hope that when you celebrate each other, you can be prepared for danger in times of peace." I look forward to General Yan's strong soldiers, and when the spring flowers bloom in the spring of next year, he will rise up again, completely eradicate the red turban bandits, and unify my Daqi rivers and mountains! Daqi Zhongxing is really the blessing of the people of the world, and it is also the supreme achievement of the courtiers! ”。

All the ministers of civil and military affairs hurriedly raised their glasses in response: "Long live my emperor, long live!" "Eradicate the Red Turban Bandits and unify the rivers and mountains of Daqi!" "Daqi Zhongxing, the blessing of all people!" ”。