Volume 1 The First Entry into the Three Kingdoms Chapter 25 The Assassin
After Yao Lie and his entourage bid farewell to Liu Yi and others, they passed through Shanggu County, which is close to Zhuo County, and came to the territory of the Xianbei clan, and since then everyone has begun their "guerrilla" career in Xianbei.
Half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
Early this morning, Zhang Fei took Wang San to the school training ground as usual to practice, Cui Si went to other counties a few days ago to inquire about the news and has not yet returned, Liu Yi got up in the morning to supervise the construction of the Arsenal Division, the Arsenal Division in the construction of nearly a month, finally completed the construction of the work area yesterday, and the remaining dormitories and canteens and other living facilities have not been completed. After more than ten days of searching and persuasion, they finally found more than 20 good hands from all over the vicinity, and they agreed to bring them today for Liu Yi to see.
"See the lord!"
At this time, Liu Yi, who was directing the workers to work, heard someone calling him, hurriedly turned around, and saw that it was Blacksmith Li who spoke, and said with a smile: "Master Li is here so early!" ”
"I've kept my lord waiting!" Blacksmith Li said with some shame.
"Hey~ what are you waiting for! I've just been here for a while! Seeing that our arsenal is about to be completed, I can't sleep at home! Liu Yi said with a laugh.
After speaking, Liu Yi looked at the people behind Blacksmith Li and asked suspiciously, "Who are these people...?" ”
As soon as Blacksmith Li heard Liu Yi ask the people behind him, he hurriedly introduced, "Lord, these are the skilled craftsmen I told you before, I will bring them all here today for the Lord to meet!" ”
When Liu Yi heard this, he hurriedly made a gesture of invitation and said, "Come into the house!" It's cold outside, don't stand outside! Let's talk in the house! ”
"My lord, we're not cold! We want to take a look at the Arsenal Division of the Lords first! One of the people said a burly man who looked to be in his thirties.
In the cold winter, in such a cold weather, everyone came up not to warm up in the house first, but to see the facilities of the Arsenal Division first, which made Liu Yi's first impression of everyone very good, Liu Yi looked at the twenty or so people in front of him, and was very satisfied.
"Everyone, please!" After Liu Yi finished speaking, he took everyone to visit and explained to everyone.
The entire Arsenal Division occupies an area as large as a sports field, and the gate alone can accommodate four carriages driving side by side, as soon as you enter the Arsenal, on the left hand side is first a vacant space for storing wood and other fuels, and then a place for storing metal raw materials such as iron ore, and on the opposite side is a row of two-story small wooden buildings, of which the first and second floors are mostly used for daily life, and in the innermost part of the second floor is a hall that can accommodate 100 people, dedicated to the study of weapons, and the second floor is still under construction; Further on, on either side of the Arsenal, there were fifteen workshops for forging iron tools, each with two blacksmith furnaces to use at the same time, and two huts between each two workshops dedicated to storing the daily wood and metal materials and crafted weapons. These studios have now been built and are ready for use. In the innermost part of the Treasury Division is a large warehouse that can store millions of pieces of armor and weapons, and there is a row of wooden buildings next to the storehouse, which are specially used for the soldiers who are on night duty as a rest.
The entire wall of the Arsenal Division is made of stone, Liu Yi originally wanted to build the stone wall to a height of three meters, but the construction is more difficult in the cold weather, Liu Yi in order not to give those workers too much burden, so only about two meters high has been repaired at present, and the rest is ready to be warm next year.
Liu Yi took everyone to watch for about an hour before the entire Arsenal Division was all visited, and everyone was speechless by the grandeur of the Arsenal Division along the way, before everyone was just building iron tools in their own small workshops, and now seeing the Arsenal Division built by Liu Yi, they were speechless with excitement, and someone knelt down to Liu Yi on the spot to express their heartfelt feelings.
"My lord! As long as you don't dislike it! The villain is willing to be a cow and a horse for the adult! I just hope that the adults can let the villains live here! ”
"I hope you will take it in!" When everyone saw that someone spoke first, they all hurriedly knelt down and bowed, for fear that they would not be able to stay if they were too late.
Seeing this, Liu Yi laughed happily and said, "Everyone, please hurry up!" You can stay, I, Liu Yi, can't ask for it! In the future, you don't want to call me sir, just call me my lord! From now on, we will be a family! Here, if you have any needs, just let me know, and I will do my best to meet you! ”
''Lord, when can we work?'' ‘’
''You have come from afar, the wooden building currently used for accommodation has not yet been completed, I will find you a place to live first, you will rest for a few days, and it is not too late for us to start construction after the wooden building is completed?'' Liu Yi said kindly.
"Lord, we are usually used to doing rough work and tired, we don't need to rest, we can start work now, and we don't need a place to live, we can just rest in the shop at night, and there is just a fire to keep warm" After everyone finished speaking, they looked at Liu Yi with a hopeful expression.
Liu Yi saw that everyone's enthusiasm for work was so high, and it was difficult to refuse everyone, so he ordered his subordinates to purchase firewood and iron ore that could be used for a few days.
After everything was ready, it was already noon, Liu Yi and everyone had lunch with everyone in the temporary tent of the Arsenal Division, everyone had just finished lunch, and the people who went out to purchase came back with two truckloads of firewood and iron ore, and Li Blacksmith and others saw that everything was ready, and they put down the dishes and chopsticks without ambiguity and began to move.
Liu Yi did not return to the house to rest at noon, and accompanied everyone in the Arsenal Division all the time.
After melting for about an hour, pieces of iron ore melted into molten iron in the furnace, and then imported into the mold prepared in advance, and began to forge after cooling, Liu Yi stayed with everyone in the evening, and left after dinner.
Originally, Blacksmith Li and several apprentices also lived in Liu Yi's mansion, but today they didn't go back to Liu Yi's mansion, saying that they had to live with those blacksmiths, Liu Yi thought that Blacksmith Li was old and afraid of the cold, so he didn't persuade him for a long time, and finally had no choice but to go back alone.
Liu Yi walked on the way back to his home, at this time it was getting late and there were few pedestrians on the road, Liu Yi walked to the house while humming a little song while enjoying the future. Liu Yi was in a very good mood today because he got more than 20 talents, so when he went back, he walked very slowly, and as he walked, a feeling of horror suddenly appeared in Liu Yi's heart.
Liu Yi was startled, the pace under his feet also slowed down, the feeling in his heart became stronger and stronger, Liu Yi covered his heart with some cramping with his left hand, and quickly pulled out the short-handled waist knife he carried with his right hand, and quickly turned around to make a defensive posture.
At this time, the sky was already dark, and under the dark afterglow, Liu Yi saw a person who was gathered less than ten meters behind him, this person was wearing a dark coarse linen robe with a hat, and his right hand was in his arms, as if he was holding something, under the wide hat, a pair of eyes full of resentment were staring at Liu Yi fiercely at this time, and this person saw that Liu Yi was looking at him with his waist knife across his chest, and he also stopped in place.
After the two looked at each other for about thirty seconds, the man lowered his head and turned around to leave, Liu Yi saw this, pointed the tip of the waist knife at the man, and shouted, "Stop!" ”
After the man heard Liu Yi shouting behind him, he quickened his pace and quickly ran to the alley on the side.
When Liu Yi chased to the mouth of the alley, he saw that there was no trace of the person in the dim alley, and the sense of oppression on the line of life and death just now disappeared, Liu Yi didn't dare to stay longer, and hurried back to the house.
At this time, Zhang Fei and the others had already completed a day's training, and the three of them were chatting in the front hall of the house, seeing Liu Yi's solemn face, the three of them looked at each other, and they were very puzzled.
"What's the matter, lord? What's going on over there in the Arsenal? Zhang Fei asked with a concerned face.
At this time, Liu Yi was still a little frightened, and after taking a few sips of the hot tea handed over by the three of them, he told the three of them about the assassin he had just met, and the three of them were all shocked after hearing it.
"These white-eyed wolves of his grandmother! The lord gave them food and clothing, and they were not only not grateful, but also assassinated the lord in turn! Lord, you tell me who it is! I'm going to have to pluck his skin! Zhang Fei shouted angrily.
After Liu Yi took another big sip of tea, he waved his hand and said, "It's too dark, I can't see that person's face clearly."
"That's not going to be easy! We can't arrest all the people in the county," Cui Si said on the side.
"How's that going to work! Forget it! He didn't succeed anyway, so I'll just pay attention to it next time! ”
"How's that going to work! What the fuck do you want to have next time? From tomorrow onwards, I will always follow the lord and protect me! Zhang Fei shouted.
Liu Yi was very moved when he heard that Zhang Fei wanted to protect him, but he still refused for the sake of the overall situation.
"You protect me, so who will train me in the army?" Liu Yi patted Zhang Fei's shoulder and said with a smile, as if nothing had happened just now.
"Lord, let the eldest brother train in the future, and I will protect you!" Wang San said with concern.
"Yes, yes! Let Wang San protect the lord, and the eldest brother will go to training! Cui Siyi agreed.
When Liu Yi saw that the three of them were like this, he didn't insist.
"Good! Then you will follow me for the next few days, and after a while, you will go back to train with Yide! ”
"No!"
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It is said that the person who assassinated Liu Yi today is also a person from Zhuo County, who once served as Sun Fei's guard, and left this person to guard in the house after Sun Fei left, after Liu Yi arrived, this person pretended to be a servant to escape the disaster in order to avoid punishment, and when Liu Yi dismissed the slaves of the former house, this person escaped by taking advantage of the chaos, and then privately contacted Sun Fei who was far away in Beiping, and stayed in Zhuoxian County under Sun Fei's instructions to wait for the opportunity to assassinate Liu Yi.
After the assassination attempt failed this evening, the man slipped back to his home in the dark, and then found some corrosive venom and applied it to his face, and it was not long before the whole face was corroded beyond recognition.
This person is also a tough guy, and during the whole process, this person just carried the pain of the festering skin without shouting.