Zong Tai thought about it, turned around and left, but quickly stopped and faced Zhao Junsheng again with a serious face: "Zhao joins the army, alone, many times it is a disaster!" ”

Zhao Junsheng hurriedly said: "Understand, Xiaguan understands, Xiaguan has never seen his father-in-law since he came in the afternoon, and his father-in-law has not looked for Xiaguan!" ”

"Also, the recipe you promised yesterday hasn't been given to us yet!"

"Xiaguan will write it immediately, write it now!"

Zong Tai left very satisfied, leaving Zhao Junsheng, whose back was already drenched with sweat, palpitating.

Zhao Junsheng had dinner here, so he found a driving official to borrow a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone to start writing the recipe, no matter when he wrote today, he had to finish the recipe and hand it over to Zongtai.

At this time, it was already the beginning of the lanterns, and Zong Tai took Zong Ai to follow Tuoba Tao, who was wearing civilian clothes, and quietly walked out of the heavily guarded mansion, followed by guards with knives who were also wearing civilian clothes.

Shortly after they left, a long-robed man with a hat and a sword in his hand followed them from a distance.

The man in the hat stopped after a distance, raised his hand and snapped his fingers, and soon a man in black appeared from the shadows and bowed to the man and clenched his fist.

"You go and follow them and see where they go!" The caftaree's voice was cold, and when he heard this voice, he seemed to have a chill all over his body.

The man in black asked, "There are only a dozen of them, why don't we follow together and find a suitable position and suddenly attack?" As long as you are fast enough, kill the chief and quickly retreat! ”

Suddenly, a cold light flashed, and the man in black slowly fell to the ground, as if the man in the long shirt had never moved.

After the black-clothed man reached the end, eight black-clothed men quickly came out of the shadows on both sides of the street, faintly surrounding the long-shirted customers.

The caftan still spoke in the same cold voice: "What? Do you want to commit the following crimes? ”

The eight men in black were silent, and after a few breaths, one of them, who seemed to be the leader of the men in black, clasped his fists at the long-shirted man and said, "Don't dare!" ”

"You say, how did your superiors explain?" The long-robed man raised his hand and pointed his sword at the leader of the men in black and asked.

The leader of the men in black hesitated, bowed down and clasped his fists and said, "What happened just now will not happen again, from now on, I will let Your Excellency drive me!" ”

The long-robed guest nodded, pointed in the direction where Tuoba Tao and the others left, and said: "There are no alleys here, there are high-walled compounds on both sides, and there are big trees to cover them, but it is some distance away from where they are staying, which is suitable for ambush and assassination. Two people were sent to follow them and find their whereabouts, one of whom stayed where he was, and the other quickly came to report. The others are hiding on the spot, and they are not allowed to show up without orders! ”

The leader of the men in black bowed with his fists and assigned two people, who quickly chased after him, and the leader waved his hand again, and quickly hid in the darkness with the remaining five people.

The long-robed man took his sword and retreated under a large tree, turned around and disappeared.

Only two quarters of an hour later, one of the men who had been sent out rushed back, and the man in the green shirt suddenly appeared and asked, "Where have they gone?" ”

"Tianxiang Building!"

"What does Tianxianglou do for a living?" The greenshirt asked.

"It is the best and largest green building in Suiyang City!"

The Qingyi guest was stunned, he never thought that Tuoba Tao, as the emperor of a country, would go to visit the Qinglou, if this news spread, he was afraid that it would cause the world to laugh.

But now he didn't have the time to spread the news, he had come to assassinate Tuoba Tao.

The leader of the men in black appeared at this time, he walked up to the green-shirted guest and asked, "Your Excellency, the Qinglou is mixed, so it is convenient for us to sneak in and assassinate, and because of the large number of people, we can retreat calmly after the assassination is completed!" ”

The Qingyi man seemed to be weighing and thinking, and he quickly vetoed the proposal: "No, my Qinglou is too strange to us, although there are these conveniences you said, but because of this, the barbarian chief can easily escape!" Know that we only have one chance, and once we miss, we never have another chance! Keep waiting, as long as they don't go anywhere else, you don't need to come back and report for the time being, until they return, and you two are hanging far behind them, and once our side attacks, you two will block their retreat! ”

The leader of the men in black nodded to the man in black, who hugged his fists and quickly turned to leave, and everyone quickly dived into the darkness to hide.

The long-shirt guest is gambling, he bets that Tuoba Tao will not spend the night in the Qinglou, as an emperor, it may be difficult to restrain his desires sometimes, and it is not surprising that he hides his identity and goes outside to drink flower wine, but it is difficult to hide from the ministers who accompany him after spending the night in the Qinglou. The next morning, the ministers wanted to say goodbye, and if the emperor was gone, what would happen to the ministers? The eunuch beside the emperor must be the first to be questioned, in that case, no one has the courage to conceal it, once the news of the emperor's overnight stay in the Qinglou spreads, this has a great impact on the emperor's reputation, the emperor can be willful, but the ministers can not ignore the face of the country, even if Tuoba Tao has authority, he does not dare to do it against all the ministers.

The cheongsam guest is right, the current Tuoba Tao is a very self-disciplined person, he will occasionally indulge himself, but this indulgence is limited.

After an hour and a half, Tuoba Tao and the others returned, walking briskly and occasionally laughing in between.

Two plainclothes guards walked in front of one left and one right, twenty or thirty steps away from Tuoba Tao and others in the middle, and there were four people behind the palace, twenty or thirty steps away from Tuoba Tao and others, except for the two eunuchs Zong Tai and Zong Ai, there were six guards around to protect them.

Suddenly, there were two "whoosh" sounds, and the two plainclothes guards in front of the twenty or thirty paces away fell to the ground.

The crowd was shocked, and someone immediately shouted: "There are assassins!" ”

All the plainclothes guards quickly pulled out their waist knives and guarded Tuoba Tao in the middle like a great enemy, and the four people behind the palace quickly moved closer to Tuoba Tao, but they faced the direction when they returned.

"Whoosh ······" Arrows kept coming.

The guards who were guarding Tuoba Tao's side immediately swung their knives and slashed, some arrows were knocked away, but some guards fell to the ground with arrows, and in just a few breaths, there were only five guards left around Tuoba Tao, and seven were killed by arrows.

"It's supposed to be a burst of power!" One of the guards said in a deep voice, "This kind of crossbow is only available in the army, and my soldiers in the court are mainly cavalry, and they are not equipped with this kind of weapon. It's hard to say about the soldiers, but the weapons and equipment of the soldiers are supplied by the imperial court, and it is unlikely that there will be such weapons. ”

Suddenly, a whistle sounded, and several black-clothed people rushed over from all directions, and suddenly swords and swords appeared, and the sound of fighting began.

Zong Ai, who had never experienced this kind of battle, was so frightened that he lay on the ground and screamed, but Zong Tai was holding the dust with his hands, his face was calm, and he was tightly protected in front of Tuoba Tao.

Seeing that the guards were killed one by one, Tuoba Tao couldn't help it, and with a pick, a knife was caught by him, and he was about to rush up to slash and kill the black-clothed assassin with a swing of the knife, but he was pulled by Zongtai.

"Let go of me!" Tuoba drank heavily.

Zong Tai said in a calm tone: "Your Majesty, there is an old slave here, and there is no need for Your Majesty to go into battle in person!" ”

At this time, an assassin stabbed with a sword, Zong Tai swept the dust in his hand, the long sword was entangled, and was thrown out in an instant to shoot another assassin, and the assassin who was robbed of the long sword was stunned and was thrown away by Zong Tai again, and his throat was cut open with several bloody wounds, and he slowly fell down holding his throat.

"What an old eunuch! Kill me! The leader of the black-clad assassins shouted and rushed forward to fight Zongtai first, and several other guards were also greeted by each other.

At this time, a large number of horses' hooves were heard in the distance, and one of the guards shouted: "Hold on, reinforcements are coming!" ”

The sense of urgency in the hearts of the assassins suddenly appeared, and one by one they did their best regardless of life and death, exchanging injuries for injuries, holding the idea of dying together, and fighting one by one, the guards couldn't resist and were injured one after another, but they still desperately guarded Tuoba Tao's side.

At this time, the reinforcements arrived, and the leader of the black-clothed assassins saw that the situation was not right, and he couldn't kill Tuoba Tao, and it would be too late if he didn't withdraw, so he immediately shouted: "Withdraw!" ”

However, the Assassins found that although the terrain was suitable for ambushes, it was not convenient to escape, and they could not disperse and escape, so they could only gallop to the rear, only to be quickly blocked back by a large number of soldiers and horses.

Only three Assassins remained, and the leader of the Assassins gritted his teeth and said, "Kill!" ”

In an instant, all the Assassins, including the Assassin leader, were stabbed to death with spears by the soldiers, and their bodies fell to the ground.