Chapter 214: The lame old man leads the way

The business of the red sleeve trick is still good and people are jealous, and the old cripple is still lazy and enviable. His world always seems to be so simple, a bench and a gourd wine are all there is. The old man on the bench in the palatial red sleeves always seemed so mismatched, but he was there, standing still.

When Fang Xie walked into the red sleeve with a bag of cooked meat, the little master was dealing with a guest making trouble. This guest was obviously coming to Chang'an for the first time, and no one was interested in coming from a place far away from the emperor. But the arrogant posture of using the red sleeves as their local third-rate brothel-house is really disgusting, in fact, it is this kind of person who is the most speechless.

came from a very small place, but always thought that the emperor was the first and the second was the second.

Seeing that the man was making trouble, Fang Xie handed the cooked meat to the old lame man and asked, "Why don't you throw it out?" ”

The old lame man squinted his eyes and took the cooked meat, pinched a piece and threw it into his mouth: "After all, the red sleeve trick is a reasonable place, and you should bear with it when you have to throw it out." The little housekeeper has never seen such a self-righteous idiot since then, so it's good to let her experience it. Besides, I don't need ...... right now."

Before he could finish his sentence, he heard a scream. Fang Xie looked back, and then immediately opened his eyes wide. The little master, who was only fourteen or fifteen years old, grabbed the placket of the tricker's clothes, and actually raised the man who was more than 1.75 meters tall with one arm above his head with one hand. Then he slammed into the ground, and with a thud the man couldn't even speak. But the little master didn't stop, leaned over again and grabbed the man above his head, and then fell down again.

Three times in this way, the man was thrown like a gossamer.

"How dare you hit someone...... I'm going to report to the police......"

The tricker said intermittently, and he didn't know how many bones were broken. The little master thrust his toes into the man lying on the ground, and then slammed it, and the man's body flew out like a sandbag. The two red-sleeved guys moved out quickly, and before the man landed, one of them grabbed his shoulders and grabbed his legs to catch him. The trickster almost peed his pants in fright, and subconsciously said thank you.

The two men said yes, and then threw the man out of the Red Sleeves door with a whoosh. This time the fall was even worse, the man couldn't even stand up. It happened that several catchers from Chang'an Mansion patrolled by, and the man hugged the thigh of one of them and cried that he had been beaten. He looked at him like an idiot, and then picked him up and took him back to the yamen to file a case. Of course, this case will inevitably not stand.

The old lame man's sentence doesn't need me to make a move now, and I haven't finished it yet, and the fight over there has already been completed. He shrugged his shoulders and said, "Look, yes......"

Fang Xie smiled wryly and said, "I almost couldn't resist pinching Xiao Ding's ass last time I came, but fortunately, I still held back after all." It's only been a long time since I've seen her, where does this girl still look like a woman...... It seems that I will be less troublesome in the future. ”

The old lame man glanced at him and said, "You are an idiot, a woman's ass is actually the same as a tiger's ass, and she touches it when she looks at it, and I don't think it's a big loss." If she touches it disgustingly, it's strange if she doesn't kill her. ”

"Then Master, do you think she looks at me with pleasure?"

"You can touch it and try it."

"You just told me to touch it?"

"Get out!"

Fang Xie smiled and squeezed a seat on the old lame's bench and sat down: "Master, please do something." ”

"If there is a fart, Lao Tzu will know that you are okay and don't look for me, and it will only come out when there is something, damn, it is more ruthless than a prostitute."

Fang explained: "Master, this comparison is really not good, even if I am a prostitute...... That one...... Take 10,000 steps back and say that I am a good man-sex prostitute, and I really don't have the strength to find you, and I will vomit to death. ”

The old lame man kicked Fang Xie on the ass and scolded with a smile: "The little rabbit cub has something to say!" ”

Fang Xie cleared his throat and asked with a playful expression: "Master, you have been walking on the rivers and lakes for decades, do you know if there are any organizations or sects near Chang'an City that take money to do things for people?" It's the kind of person I give money to solve my troubles. ”

"You want to find a killer?"

The old cripple asked with a frown.

"No, no, no......"

Nearby hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's not a killer, it's a bodyguard." I need to find a group of people who are good at cultivating to help me protect someone, but I don't know where to find them. Silver is not a problem, but these people's cultivation must be good. ”

"Bodyguard ......"

The old lame man pondered for a while and said: "The first good place at the feet of the Son of Heaven in Chang'an City, it is difficult to find a killer, but there are still bodyguards who are good at cultivation. There is a time-honored dart bureau in Xicheng, which does not accept yellow and white work, only as a guard, and many dignitaries in Chang'an City invite the dart master to be a personal guard from them, but the price is extremely high. ”

Fang Xie shook his head: "Ordinary dart masters can't do this job, because it is very likely that there will be masters above seven or eight grades to face." ”

The old cripple was stunned: "Who are you going to protect?" ”

"I can't say that."

Fang Xie shook his head: "Entrusted by others." ”

The old cripple hesitated for a moment, then stood up and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to a place." ”

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The old lame man walked unhurriedly in front, Fang Xie followed behind, and the two of them walked west along East Twenty-three Avenue, and it seemed that the place they were going to was not very far.

"With your current experience, you should know who the most powerful guard is around the emperor, right?"

The old lame man asked as he walked.

Fang Xie hesitated for a moment and replied, "It's definitely not the flying fish robe of the Ouchi Guard, right?" ”

"Flying Fish Robe?"

The old lame man snorted coldly and said, "Those guys in the Ouchi Guard's Office are just a bunch of waste compared to another group of people. The current Ouchi guard office is getting worse and worse, and it is almost reduced to the point where it can only be used as a façade and a guard of honor. It was the forbidden army that defended the imperial city, and there was a very special team in the forbidden army, and even the generals of the forbidden army could not be mobilized. These people were selected from all over the Great Sui Dynasty, only eight hundred, and they were called the Minister's Camp. ”

Fang Xie had heard of this name, but had not seen it.

"Amazing?"

He asked.

The old lame man nodded: "Let me tell you this, even if the flying fish robe and the forbidden army are controlled by people in the Taiji Palace, as long as the emperor still has those eight hundred elites by his side, even if tens of thousands of troops are mobilized, they will not want to stop their guardian emperor from rushing out." If they want to defend the Taiji Palace, unless they die, don't want anyone to get close to the emperor's side. If these 800 people take the initiative to attack, they can raze the Ouchi guard to the ground in half a day. ”

Fang Jie's mouth opened slightly, and it seemed that it was hard to believe what the old cripple said.

The old lame man gave him a blank look and said, "There are still many things you don't know, don't look like you're going to die." The military system of the ministry camp was created in the Taizong period, and the identity of these 800 people is not trivial. The emperor took them as false sons, and even the wives of each of them were personally chosen by the emperor. The Emperor would recognize each of their faces, remember each one's name, and never mistake a person. ”

"Give the camp, wear the Mingguang armor and use the Da Mo knife, where these eight hundred people are stationed is a secret, but there is no doubt that as long as someone dares to plot wrong, they will appear by the emperor's side as soon as possible. During the reign of Renzong, the five princes colluded with the officials of the military department and the generals of the two guards at that time to rebel and tried to kill the crown prince to force Renzong to abdicate. Thousands of rebels rushed straight to the East Palace to kill His Royal Highness the Prince, but as a result, how many people died when they entered. It was the battalion that killed the thieves, and only three hundred men were used......"

Fang Xie knew that this Emperor Renzong was the most cowardly of the Great Sui Emperors. It was only when he was in power that there was a major case of the prince's rebellion. But this Emperor Renzong was only a little cowardly compared to other emperors, he reigned for twenty-one years, and he did not lose a single foreign war.

But that act of rebellion was only mentioned in the history books, and did not leave too much ink and ink. Fang Xie knew that this kind of thing naturally couldn't be hyped up, perhaps because of this, he hadn't heard anyone mention that counterinsurgency before, it was the old lame man's mouth to give the camp.

But he did not doubt the words of the old lame, with the wisdom and courage of Emperor Taizong of the Great Sui, it was not difficult to build an army that was absolutely loyal to him, and with the breadth and vastness of the Great Sui, only 800 people were selected...... Just think about it, and you know how horrible this is for the camp.

"What does this have to do with the person we're looking for?"

Fang Xie asked, "You won't take me to the camp, will you?" ”

"Yes and no."

The old lame man smiled mysteriously and said, "The place I want to take you to, few people in the entire Chang'an City know. I even bet that even Prince Yi, who claims to have a wide range of friends all over the world, doesn't know. And the master you need is there. ”

"Why?"

Fang Xie asked: "If there is really a group of elite masters who can be compared to the elite of the ministry camp in Chang'an, why don't the imperial court use it?" Why didn't the emperor use it? ”

"Because those people do not belong to the imperial court or even to the emperor, but only to one person."

"Who?"

"Prince Da Sui Zhong...... Yang Qi. ”

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The old lame man said as he walked: "Every time a new emperor ascends the throne, he will take it from the old emperor and give it to the camp. But the new emperor will definitely replace a group of people, some of whom are old, and some of whom are too loyal to the old emperor, and they will commit suicide and be buried immediately after the death of the old emperor. When His Majesty ascended the throne, a small half of the Eight Hundred Battalions was replaced, and most of this small half died by suicide. It was Prince Zhong who chose a new elite supplement for His Majesty in the first place. ”

"Although the existence of the camp is not a secret, the officials of the DPRK and the central government and even some well-informed people know about it. But the scary thing about the camp is that no one knows where they are. His Majesty handed over this matter to Prince Zhong, and the others didn't know anything about it at all. ”

"Why do I know, you mean?"

The old cripple smiled, a little proud: "Because when Prince Zhong did this, I followed behind the prince." ”

Fang Xie was taken aback, and then he realized that the old lame man turned out to be a confidant of Prince Zhong. Thinking of the relationship between Aunt Red Sleeves and Yang Qi, it is no wonder that the old lame man has not left for more than ten years. He had some guesses, but he didn't expect the relationship between the old cripple and Yang Qi to be so deep. Now Fang Xie understands that when Yang Qi traveled west, he must have left the old lame man behind to protect the red sleeves.

"You mean, Prince Zhong left a group of people for his own use?"

He asked.

The old cripple shook his head: "I can't say that, when I selected people from all over the Great Sui, naturally there were more than three or four hundred people. Among them, there are many people who have good cultivation and have not been selected for some reasons, such as murders, such as being born as bandits, but these people's abilities are not lower than those who have been selected. Wouldn't it be a waste to put these people back? Therefore, the prince left a group of people privately at the beginning, and they stayed in Chang'an City. ”

"Your Majesty doesn't even know about this."

The old cripple smiled and said, "The purpose of the prince to leave these people was actually for His Majesty. He thought that there was a camp in the palace, and there was a small camp outside the palace, which was a double insurance for His Majesty. But who would have thought that as soon as the prince left, there would be no news, and these people would have no backbone. But they still believed that the prince would return, so they did not disband. And before leaving, the prince told them to protect His Majesty for the prince. There are no more than two people who know this secret, besides me. ”

Fang Xie could think that the other one must be Aunt Xi, but he couldn't guess who the third person was.

"Can you convince them to help me?"

Fang Xie asked a little apprehensively.

"Can't"

The old cripple shook his head and said, "Except for the prince, they will not listen to anyone. And after so many years, their temperament is only afraid of being wilder. ”

"What then? Does it work? ”

Fang asked.

The old lame man gave him a blank look and said, "It doesn't work to spend money, what else does it do?" They are human beings too, and they have to eat! Again...... Others can't do it, but you don't necessarily can't. ”

"Because you are the only heir of the prince, whether it is true or not...... It's all unique, aren't they? ”

Fang Xie was silent for a while and then asked, "Why didn't you tell me before?" ”

The old lame man pursed his lips and asked, "You asked me?" ”