Chapter 5 Competition
After the banquet, Li Shangshu clapped his hands, and the servants removed the table full of dishes that had not been touched much, and offered fragrant tea, and then the music on both sides sounded, and more than a dozen beautiful dancers danced in from both sides of the main hall, dancing gracefully.
Wu Zhi watched the dance with a smile, wondering how to find out the news of Xuan Jing and how to rescue the Li family from prison. The eyes casually glanced at the beautiful dancing Goryeo girl, looked at it a few times, suddenly felt that something was wrong, but couldn't say anything wrong, threw away the distractions, carefully looked at these dancing girls, at this time the Goryeo girl scattered into a circle, as a goddess scattered flowers, in the music, gestures, extremely ethereal.
Wu Zhi looked at them one by one, and suddenly, he saw that one of the green-clothed girls had a delicate face and a good appearance, but her Adam's apple was bulging, not as smooth as other girls, and then looked at her eyes carefully, Wu Zhi immediately made a decision in his heart, and said softly: "Be careful of the second woman in the green dress on the left." β
Shi Xiu had been by his side, and after listening to Wu Zhi's words, he raised his eyes, and at this moment, he suddenly saw the green-clothed "girl" leaning over, and suddenly jumped up, and there was already a shiny short sword in his hand, and rushed towards Li Shangshu.
The rest of the dancing girls all exclaimed, and became hasty, the guards next to Li Shangshu did not carry a blade, and they were shocked to meet the green-clothed "girl", the green-clothed "girl" was very slippery, swaying lightly from side to side, flashing past the guards, and the short sword in his hand stabbed towards Li Shangshu like lightning, Li Shangshu saw that the tip of the sword was getting closer and closer to him, and he was at a loss in fright, and he forgot to dodge, and only thought in his heart, my life is over! In a critical moment, Li Shangshu suddenly felt that the chair fell backwards, and Li Shangshu also fell to the ground with the chair, but Shi Xiu saw that the situation was critical and pulled down Li Shangshu's seat.
The green-clothed "girl" missed a blow, turned around and wanted to retreat, and a big man jumped out in front of him. It was Shi Xiu, who punched hard, and the fist wind hit his face. The Assassin's heart sank. Knowing that when you encounter a good hand, you can dodge it. With a sword stab, Shi Xiu did not avoid it, only turned sideways slightly, and struck out with both fists in turn, forcing the assassin to retreat again and again.
When the two were fighting. More than a dozen guards with knives and guns gathered outside the hall, and the assassin knew that he could not escape, so he gritted his teeth and crushed the poison sac in his mouth. Suddenly, he felt a pain in the back of his head and lost consciousness, but it was Wu Zhi who saw him showing a resolute expression, so he smashed the teapot with him. Hit the Assassin in the head.
Wu Zhi jumped over with the teapot, caught the assassin's fallen body, and saw that two black blood had overflowed from his mouth, seeing that he was no longer alive, his face was silent, covering the sight of the others, and said: "Li Shangshu, the assassin has been captured, and the secret room is interrogated." β
Li Shangshu was helped up by the guards, still a little frightened, and said in his mouth: "Okay...... Good ......"
Wu Zhi stuffed the assassin into Shi Xiu's arms, led by the guards to a small courtyard in Shangshu Mansion, Li Shangshu followed slowly, entered a closed wing room in the small courtyard, and retired the guards, leaving only Shi Xiu, Xu Jing and Li Shangshu in the house.
Wu Zhi smiled and said to Shi Xiu: "Don't be pretentious! Shi Xiu smiled and threw the assassin's body on the ground.
Li Shangshu and Xu Jing were both stunned, and Li Shangshu was puzzled: "Since the murderer was killed, why did he make a mystery?" β
Wu Zhi looked at Li Shangshu with a smile and did not speak.
In a moment, Li Shangshu already understood what Wu Zhi meant, and praised sincerely: "Your king is a talented person, and he immediately thought of this plan to lure the snake out of the hole, the old man was old, but he panicked when it came to the end, the six gods have no master, and your king is really a superior judgment, a superior judgment!" He sighed.
Wu Zhi smiled, and said in his heart that this is no wonder Li Shangshu, if there are many people in the world who have experienced assassination? Panic is inevitable for a while, but I have gone through birth and death, as for immediately thinking of "leading the snake out of the hole", but I have to thank the influence of later generations of movies and television, I have seen countless such plots, and I thought of countermeasures as if I was reflexive, and I felt funny when I thought about it.
"Lord Shangshu, the rest of the matter will be handled by the adults!" The assassin's assassination place is Li Shangshu, which has nothing to do with him, he is not a Korean, it is better not to be implicated in the whirlpool, and it is also benevolent and righteous to help Old Man Li this time.
Li Shangshu nodded again and again: "The old man can save it, the old man can save it." β
Several people stayed in the secret room for a while, and after coming out, Li Shangshu naturally sent his henchmen to guard the secret room, strictly ordering no one to enter. After the order, he and Wu Zhi went back to the front hall hand in hand, those dancing female artists had already been taken down and tortured, and the messy tables and chairs were also cleaned up, as if this turmoil had not happened.
After this incident, Li Shangshu was even more affectionate to Wu Zhi, and Wu Zhi could only be vain.
While the two were talking, Jin Yang hurriedly ran into the front hall and asked urgently, "Grandpa, are you okay?" He had just been planning how to disgrace Wu Zhi, but he suddenly heard that an assassin had come to the house, so he hurriedly ran to visit his grandfather.
Li Shangshu shouted: "Why are you so unruly? What is the yelling and screaming? I haven't seen your king yet! Although his tone was stern, his face was very gentle, after all, his grandson was anxious about himself, Li Shangshu scolded in his mouth, but he was happy in his heart.
Jin Yang saw that his grandfather was fine, he put his mind at ease, and when he saw Wu Zhi looking at him with a smile, his heart was on fire, why didn't the assassin pierce him into a few holes?
"I've seen your king Chitose!" Jin Yang said respectfully.
Li Shangshu introduced on the side: "Haha, this is my unsuccessful grandson, called Jinyang, and please forgive him for being rude!" β
Wu Zhi said with a smile: "Caring for relatives, human nature, how can it be said to be rude?" Master Shangshu has a good grandson! β
Although Wu Zhi is praising Jin Yang, it is very unpleasant to listen to Jin Yang's ears, he is about the same age as himself, but he is old-fashioned when he speaks, and he looks high, hum, are the Song people amazing? Today you will know that I am a great Korean!
Li Shangshu said to Jin Yang again: "Come and see Shi Zhuangshi, my grandfather's life is saved by Shi Zhuangshi!" Li Shangshu was quite grateful to Shi Xiu in his heart, but Shi Xiu was a guard of Wu Zhi, and he was not too affectionate, which just made his grandson close to him.
Jin Yang suppressed his anger and respectfully saw Shi Xiu, and Shi Xiu was humble. After Jin Yang saw the ceremony, his eyes rolled, and he had an idea, and said to Li Shangshu: "Grandpa, Brother Shi is the personal guard of King Gui of the Great Song Dynasty, and martial arts can't be wrong, but I don't know how it compares with Brother Liu?" β
Li Shangshu frowned: "Why do you say this in vain?" β
Jin Yang made a disappointed look: "Brother Liu is known as the number one swordsman in Kyoto. It's a pity that my grandson has never seen him make a move! β
Xu Jing also translated the words of the conversation between the two, and Wu Zhi looked at Jin Yang with a smile. interjected on the side: "Lord Shangshu." Hearing Jin Gongzi say this, Wu became interested. I don't know which strong man Brother Liu is in Jin Gongzi's mouth? β
Li Shangshu said with a smile: "This person is a famous warrior in Goryeo, and it is said that he only needs one knife against the enemy, so he is called Liu Yidao, and he is now a guest of this mansion." β
Wu Zhi nodded, it seems that he is a famous hero in Goryeo. Since he will not be like a guard, he will only be a distinguished guest. It's just that when you're not around in a critical situation, what's the use of raising this guest? Bring it up for faΓ§ade? I really don't understand what the Koreans think.
Look at Shi Xiu, he looks eager to try, these days are too idle, right? Then find something for you to do, and see how the heroes of Korea are different.
"Why don't Lord Shangshu summon Liu Zhuang to have a competition? Meeting friends with martial arts is also a good story! Wu Zhi said with a smile.
Li Shangshu is not good at saving Wuzhi's face. I had to agree. Jin Yang sneered in his heart, and stepped aside to see how Liu Yidao cut Wu Zhi's face. Liu Yidao has always been proud, just now Jin Yang is going to talk to Liu Yidao about how the King of the Great Song Dynasty looks down on the Goryeo people, just to provoke Liu Yidao to find trouble with the king, look at Liu Yidao's appearance, although he still has that cold expression, but the occasional light in his eyes shows that this guy has anger in his heart, and now it is just time for him to vent, Jin Yang thought beautifully.
The time was not long, and there was a sound of footsteps outside the hall. Walking into a person, slender and tall, like a hemp rod, skinny and skinny, fleshless cheeks, shining eyes, a proud face, a wide robe on his body empty, and a long knife in his arms.
Liu Yidao glanced at everyone in the hall and bowed slightly to Li Shangshu: "I've seen adults!" β
Li Shangshu said with a smile: "Liu Zhuang doesn't have to be polite, there are distinguished guests from afar today, and if you want to see the demeanor of the strong man, Liu Zhuang must not refuse." β
Liu Yidao said: "The order of the adult, I dare not disobey it, I don't know which distinguished guest will give advice?" β
Shi Xiu couldn't wait impatiently, and after listening to Xu Jing's words, he rushed into the middle of the hall and said loudly: "Shi Xiu leads the strong man's tricks!" β
Liu Yidao squinted at Shi Xiu, nodded slightly, and said, "Please!" β
Although Shi Xiu couldn't understand Goryeo, he also knew what he meant, and said, "Let's go to the outside of the hall to compete!" After speaking, he took the lead out of the living room, and Liu Yidao followed behind and walked out slowly. Wu Zhi's heart sank when he saw it, and from the actions of the two of them out of the hall, there were already high and low, one was impatient, the other was calm, and Shi Xiu was afraid that he would encounter hard stubble.
Li Shangshu, Wu Zhi and others came to sit outside the hall, and the next people served wine and food and fragrant tea to help the fun.
Wu Zhi wanted to remind Shi Xiu, but after thinking about it, he swallowed the words back into his stomach. Li Shangshu was full of interest and said with a smile: "The battle of the dragon and the tiger must be exciting!" Suddenly, he remembered something again, and said loudly: "The two strong men are here!" Don't hurt! β
Jin Yang stood behind and pouted, thinking about how he should taunt Wu Zhi a little after Liu Yidao won, so that he could not be rude, but also be vicious.
Liu Yidao and Shi Xiu stood opposite each other, silent.
After a while, Shi Xiu couldn't hold it back, shouted violently, and the steel knife in his hand slashed at Liu Yidao, Liu Yidao turned sideways, a knife shadow flashed in his hand, "ding" a crisp sound, sparks splashed, the two of them took a few steps back at the same time, Shi Xiu smiled: "The strength of the thin bamboo pole is not small!" Before the words fell, he rushed forward.
At this time, it was already dark, and dozens of lanterns were lit in the courtyard, just like day.
In the swaying lights, Liu Yidao and Shi Xiu crackled and exchanged hands, the two fought very fiercely, the two figures were twisted together, and dozens of figures reflected by the candlelight on the ground were swaying, which dazzled people and doubted their dreams......
Li Shangshu and the others couldn't see the fighting moves of the two at all, and they saw that there were many figures in the field, and there was no way to change. They all smiled bitterly and shook their heads silently, only then did they know that it was not for literati to understand the fight of warriors.
Wu Zhi frowned, he saw it clearly, Liu Yidao's knife technique was strange, Shi Xiu relied on the support of the word "brave", although he barely fought a draw, if it went on like this, he would definitely lose.
As Wu Zhi expected, after a while, the blood flowers fell, and Shi Xiu was hit a few times, although Shi Xiu reacted quickly, a few knives were not very deep. However, it has obviously affected Shi Xiu's actions, especially when he was also stabbed in the leg, Shi Xiu's advance and retreat are inevitably sluggish. Only hard work.
Liu Yidao saw that the victory was decided. The spirit was greatly lifted, and the long knife in his hand danced more and more urgently. Suddenly shouted in his mouth: "The Song people are just like this!" β
He actually shouted it in Chinese, Wu Zhi's face changed, and the words that he just wanted to shout and admit defeat swallowed back into his stomach, squinting his eyes slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.
Li Shangshu didn't know what Liu Yidao was shouting. But seeing blood dripping from the ground in the field, I was anxious, I just wanted the two of them to compete for fun, who would have thought that the two of them would fight to the death as soon as they started to fight, and now I see someone hanging colors, for fear of making a big incident, and hurriedly said to Wu Zhi: "Your king." Let's stop them! β
Wu Zhi was silent.
Jin Yang couldn't see the two fighting clearly, but he was very happy when he heard Liu Yidao's shout, knowing that it must be Shi Xiu's knife bleeding, and he felt a burst of pride in his heart, and when he saw Wu Zhi's noncommittal proposal to his grandfather, he sneered in his heart, but he was just an arrogant man with a good face, and he didn't care about the lives of his subordinates, how to convince the public? It seems that the rumors are exaggerated, and the noble king of the Song Kingdom is nothing more than that.
In the field, Liu Yidao shouted this sentence that he had practiced for a long time. was very cheerful, and in the long laughter, a knife greeted Shi Xiu. snorted coldly in my heart, since you don't stop admitting defeat, don't blame me for being ruthless.
Shi Xiu's steps became more and more sluggish, and suddenly he stumbled under his feet, revealing a large empty door on his right arm. With this opportunity, how can Liu Yidao let go, the long knife slashed, right in Shi Xiu's right arm, as he expected, the steel knife in Shi Xiu's hand fell, Liu Yidao was happy, suddenly felt a sharp pain in his right leg, his feet were soft, and he knelt down, Liu Yidao was startled, and hurriedly drew the knife to protect it, but he didn't want the long knife to move, looking up, Shi Xiu's right hand firmly grasped the back of his knife, but in this way, the long knife cut into Shi Xiu's arm and went a little deeper.
Liu Yidao was stunned, his neck was cold, and a bright steel knife was on his neck, but it was Shi Xiu holding the knife in his left hand. Liu Yidao was suddenly surprised, Shi Xiu deliberately showed a flaw, but when the steel knife fell, he caught it with his left hand, and slashed his right leg with his hand. Clamp on. Looking at the blood gushing out of Shi Xiu's right shoulder, Liu Yidao's heart was at a loss.
The outsiders looked at the two of them blankly, Liu Yidao half-knelt in front of Shi Xiu, the blade on the neck was shining cold, and Shi Xiu was hung in several places, blood flowed slowly, his face was slightly pale, but his body was standing straight!
"How are the Song people?" Shi Xiu said slowly.
Xu Jing had never seen such a fierce man, his eyes were wet, and he had already translated Shi Xiu's words aloud without waiting for Wu Zhi's command.
Liu Yidao was silent, but the arrogance on his face was gone.
Li Shangshu didn't know why Shi Xiu said this, and looked at Wu Zhi blankly.
Wu Zhi stood up with a smile and said loudly: "Desperate Saburo!" Well spelled! Come and have a drink with Wu! β
Shi Xiu put down the steel knife in his hand, took the long knife from his right arm**, slowly walked to Wu Zhi's side, knelt down on one knee, took the liquor handed by Wu Zhi, drank it all, and said loudly: "Thank you, Lord Wang!" β
Wu Zhi patted him on the shoulder and smiled, "Go and heal!" β
The guards hurriedly came over to help Shixiu go, and Liu Yidao was still half-kneeling on the ground and was silent for a long time.
Jin Yang stared blankly at the scenes in the field, as if in a dream, looking at Shi Xiu's distant back, and then looking at Wu Zhi's calm smile, Xuan Jing's confident whisper suddenly sounded in Jin Yang's ears: "If he comes, the big thing can be solved for Xuan Jing......"
The living room of Hongyuan Building.
In the midst of the laughter and noise, the prince of Goryeo, Wang Chengmata, and Wu Sik had a good conversation.
After yesterday's martial arts competition, I chatted with Li Shangshu for nearly half an hour, it was late at night when I came back from Shangshu's Mansion, Wu Zhi slept until the sun rose, and after getting out of bed, I knew that Wang Chengmata had been waiting in the living room for a long time, and hurriedly went downstairs after hurriedly freshening up, wondering why Wang Chengmata came so early, looking at his temperament, he should carefully consider the pros and cons, and he would wait a few days to find himself.
"Your Majesty, I heard that there was an assassin in Li Shangshu's Mansion yesterday? The prince was not frightened, was he? After saying a bunch of unnutritious words, Wang Chengyu asked with concern.
Wu Zhi said: "Isn't it good for the eldest prince to see me? An assassin can't scare the king! β
Wang Chengyu smiled and said: "Xiao Wang lost his words, lost his words, your king is galloping among tens of millions of troops, and a few assassins are just laughing ears!" β
Wu Zhi said: "The eldest prince don't be polite to me, let's go for a walk on the street?" β
Wang Chengmata said: "Don't worry, don't worry. "I didn't have a few words to talk to Wu Zhi. Wang Chengyu brought the topic to Shangshu Mansion again, frowned and said: "There are assassins in Shangshu Mansion, and Goryeo is shameless to say. β
Wu Zhi said with a smile: "I have heard for a long time that the folk customs of Goryeo are simple. It wasn't something that a few assassins could erase. β
Wang Chengyu arched his hand and said, "Thank you, King Xie." I hope I can catch all these assassins this time, ah. I wonder if I have caught a live mouth? Why did the Assassins go to Shangshu Mansion to carry out the assassination? β
Wu Zhi's heart moved, and he nodded: "There is only one assassin, who has been captured alive, and that assassin is really fierce, and there is a poison hidden between his teeth." Thanks to the early discovery, I was able to keep my mouth alive! β
Wang Chengyu's face twitched a few times, "Oh, that's good, then it's ......"
Wu Zhi suddenly remembered something and said with a smile: "Wu has something to understand, there is a Liu Zhuang in Shangshu Mansion who is skilled in martial arts. Why don't you follow Shangshu? Why didn't he disappear after the accident? β
Wang Chengyu said: "Liu Yidao is a famous warrior in Goryeo, he is very proud, he is not a house slave, Li Shangshu invited him back to the mansion to serve him is just to teach the guard, he doesn't care about other things." β
Wu Zhi saw that he was a little absent-minded, and asked with a smile: "The eldest prince has something on his mind?" β
Wang Chengyu was stunned for a moment, and immediately laughed: "Your king has good eyesight, Xiao Wang is indeed a little troubled." β
Wu Zhi said: "Can you tell Wu about it?" It is not known whether it can relieve the prince's worries. β
Wang Chengyu shook his head and said, "It's just a trivial matter, don't bother the king." β
Wu Zhi said with a smile: "Speaking of which, the assassin who assassinated Li Shangshu is extremely heinous and should be executed immediately." Eldest Prince, do you think this is the reason? β
Wang Chengyu nodded and said, "Your king's words are reasonable, and his words are reasonable, hehe." β
Wu Zhi said: "Alas, it's not difficult to think that assassin die, but I'm afraid that it will delay Lord Shangshu's heart to track down the mastermind......"
Hearing Wu Zhi say this, Wang Chengyu suddenly woke up and looked at Wu Zhi in amazement.
Wu Zhi took a sip of tea and smiled meaningfully.
Wang Chengyu was so flustered by Wu Zhi's laughter that he didn't know what to do, but he heard Wu Zhi say lightly: "The Li family is exempt!" Assassin dead! β
Wang Chengyu stared at Wu Zhi a few times, hugged his fists and said, "Xiao Wang can't understand what your king is saying, so I'll leave first!" β
Wu Zhi said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand it, the eldest prince only needs to remember the words of this king!" As he spoke, he got up to see off the guests.
Looking at Wang Chengmata's distant back, Wu Zhi smiled slightly, with Wang Chengmata's character of moving after making a decision, the assassin naturally would not be sent by him, but was hired by the minister who supported him.
chose the time when he went to Shangshu's Mansion, even if the assassination failed, and such a thing as a loss of national body was made, Li Shangshu would inevitably be implicated, and even if the king of Goryeo did not punish him, his impression of him would drop a few points. The chosen assassin is also very skillful, and he will kill himself after missing a single blow, leaving no trouble, and he is a good move.
It's just that they didn't expect that the assassin would be "captured alive", Shangshufu must have his eyeliner, and the assassin was knocked unconscious by himself, and everyone saw it, and they couldn't believe it or not. Just use it to act, protect the Li family first, and then visit Xuanjing, Wang Chengmata will definitely accept his own conditions, but I don't know if he can protect the Li family, but this is not something he can control, and it is not too late to wait for Wang Chengmata to reply.
But Xuanjing, where to find Xuanjing?
It stands to reason that she has to get out of the cage and come to look for her when she gets the news, but now she has not seen her for a long time, and she obviously doesn't know her news, so she must be hiding in a hidden place somewhere, I'm afraid that she won't leave home, alas, how can I find her?
What if Genjing is not in Kyoto now? What about yourself?
One question after another, Wu Zhi's head is a little big, walking out of the small building, the grass and red flowers in the courtyard are very dazzling, but Wu Zhi's heart is gloomy, originally he was happy that Xuan Jing escaped from the Li Mansion, but after a few days, he felt that now it was like looking for a needle in a haystack, without a clue, it was better for Xuan Jing to be locked up in the Li Mansion and find a way to rescue him.
sighed, glanced at Shi Xiu who was following behind him, and frowned: "Didn't you tell you to be a good student?" β
Shi Xiu patted himself on the shoulder, "The villain doesn't need to be raised!" β
Wu Zhi had a headache, how could this guy's body be beaten with iron, he would work harder than himself, and he didn't know how to cherish his body, he was afraid that he would fall ill when he got old, and he said: "This king ordered you to cultivate!" If you are so stubborn again, don't take you out of the house in the future! Guarantee that you will be raised in the palace for a lifetime! β
Shi Xiu scratched her head with a sad face, answered, and turned around.
Wu Zhi couldn't help but smile when he saw the huge man and himself posing as if his little daughter-in-law had been bullied, and his mood improved slightly, thinking that Xu Ning, Cheng Ming and other forbidden soldiers were still on the boat, as well as Zhang Shun, who was eager to get acquainted, and he was eager to get acquainted with Zhang Shun, who had nothing to do, so he went to the boat for a walk to relieve his depression. At the moment, he ordered the guards to prepare carriages and horses and go to the Kyoto dock dozens of miles away.
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