Chapter 3 Troubled Times Descend Section 55 The Great Tribulation is coming

Hearing the voices of my brothers, I breathed a sigh of relief, hehe, assassin, you have a big disaster, Zhang He stayed in Le'an County, and now there are peerless fierce generals Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in Guanghuan City, there are fierce warriors Le Jin who bravely ascend first in every battle, and there are madmen Guan Hai who dare to argue with Zhang Fei, plus I, a person with no less than 85 arms, even if you are Lu Bu, you will not be able to please tonight.

The assassin was still holding the door, why didn't he rush over, I wondered in my heart, and pretended to be relaxed and suggested to the assassin: "You'd better get out of the way, my brother's name is Zhang Fei Zhang Yide, compare strength, you can't compare to him, compete in martial arts, you can't take his knife." ”

When the Assassin heard this, he jumped away like an electric shock.

I took the opportunity to take a closer look at the assassin, with his narrow cheeks, single eyelids, and Mimi's eyes, and his whole person looked like a handful of dry wood, but from time to time there was a burst of light in the squinted eyes, and there seemed to be a great explosive force in the thin muscles.

The body is flexible, but when he moves, he is not the opponent of the butcher, as long as he restricts his movement, the butcher smashes him flat, and it only takes one blow - I immediately measured his weight in my heart, this is not my arrogance, when the world can compare strength and fierceness with Zhang Fei, I really can't find a few.

With a loud "boom", Butcher Zhang, dressed in shorts and shirtless and barefoot, rushed into the hall holding a huge log. Behind him, Guan Yule rushed in with a knife.

"Guard your position and protect your mother." Guan Hai shouted outside the door with a knife.

"Grandma, dare to come to Guang to bypass the thorn, I have to break all the bones of this kid of yours." Zhang Fei held a large wooden piece in his arms. It was rounded, and it slammed into the assassin with a "buzz".

Where the log fell, sawdust flew sideways, the sound was like a thunderbolt, and the cave and the mountain shook - not split.

The Assassin dodged and jumped out of the log before it hit the ground.

I jumped and formed a triangular attack formation with Guan Yu Lejin, and faintly, restrained the assassin's sneak attack on Zhang Fei.

The log is too big to be attacked in one attack, and it is easy to be counterattacked. Zhang Fei didn't hit anyone, blushed, screamed, and picked up the giant tree again.

"Yide, stop, get behind us." I shouted to Zhang Fei.

There is no killing intent - although there is murderous intent, there is no killing intent. If he really wanted to assassinate, he should have rushed to my side as soon as I reacted, but his light steps were slow and that was not the way a determined assassin should be. What did he hesitate for? I thought to myself.

"Open the crossbow, load the arrow, ready to shoot". Outside the door, Guan Hai commanded the guards in a loud voice.

"Whoever sent you, name this man, and I will give you a whole corpse." Guan Yu, Le Jin and I were surrounded on three sides, and then Zhang Fei was holding the giant tree and staring at him, waiting outside the door, where would he run.

"I have heard that Xuande Gong advocates loyalty and righteousness, if I am surrounded on all sides today and say who the lord is, will I not let Xuande Gong despise him." In such a bad situation, the assassin actually stood calmly in the corner of the wall and said calmly: "I heard that the Duke of Xuande once gave Zhang Niujiao an honor and let him fight to death. I don't know if Xuande Gong can give me this glory today. I am an assassin at night, but I can't do it, if I can fight and die with Xuande Gongdu, it will be considered worthy of this life. If Xuande Gong bestows me this honor, after I die, Xuande Gong can take the power of attorney from my corpse. How is it? ”

Guan Yu interjected coldly: "If I kill you now, I can also find the documents from your corpse." ”

Zhang Fei roared angrily: "What is the identity of my eldest brother, how can I easily give you this glory." Who is Zhang Niujiao, do you want to compare with him? Zhang Niujiao was seriously injured and dying, but he did not retreat from the battle, and everyone around him was also an unyielding warrior, my eldest brother gave him this glory, and Zhang Niujiao took it. What kind of person are you, a night assassin, you can't do it, you still want to fight my eldest brother, boy, but I'll stretch out for you. ”

Le Jin shouted in a low voice: "Duh! If you want to communicate with my master, first ask me if my knife is allowed. ”

Without saying a word, I watched the Assassin, waiting for him to speak.

The assassin sighed, looked lonely, and resolutely threw down the knife in his hand: "Shicai, I have been listening to it outside the door for a long time, Xuande is a public government, everywhere is considered by the people, worried about the people's worries, mourning the people's sorrows, such officials, I have never heard of or seen, if I assassinate Xuande Gong, I will remain infamous forever." Hearing Xuan Degong's arrangement, my heart was already in turmoil, but I insisted on going my own way, trying to reluctantly succeed, wouldn't I be looking for death.

In the past, when I was studying art, my master once told me that as an assassin, you must understand the enemy's environment, the enemy's reality and reality, the way of advance and retreat, the time and personnel, and the dangers of mountains and rivers. I have been lurking for more than 2 months, and the environment, the virtual and real, the time, and the dangers are all in my favor, but I don't know the way to advance and retreat, so that I am defeated today and die. ”

Zhang Fei immediately jumped out from behind me and poked out the bear's paws in order to capture the assassin.

"Wait" I hurriedly reached out and pressed Zhang Fei's shoulder.

"I may not kill you, or I may not ask you who your employer is, but there is one condition, if you promise me to let you go, otherwise, you will be killed by arrows." I tightened the knife in my hand and stared at the assassin with burning eyes.

When the assassin heard this, he was silent for a long time, then took out a few copper coins from his bosom and threw them on the ground with shaking hands.

"Qiangua, Kang" I indifferently said the hexagram posed by the copper coins on the ground, this assassin is really funny, his life is on the verge of death, but he has to use the copper coins to calculate the hexagrams. However, as an assassin, he knows Zhou Yi's hexagrams, and he can be regarded as a knowledgeable, capable, and motivated promising young man.

"'Kang' is also a word, knowing and then not knowing to retreat, knowing to exist but not dying, knowing but not knowing to mourn. Those who know how to advance and retreat without losing their righteousness are only saints! Frustrated with his head poked out behind me, looked at the hexagram on the ground, and solemnly said: "This hexagram says that the lord only needs to make a request, and he will agree to everything for the way of advance and retreat." If he doesn't agree, then his hexagram is inaccurate, and if he asks for a hexagram and the hexagram is inaccurate, there will be a miracle ahead of him - he is going to die. ”

I looked at him and slowly spat out my suggestion: "I want you to teach me an apprentice, teach him everything you know, five years of art, let him come to me, if you agree, I will let you go." ”

The assassin stared at me with some confusion, and after confirming my attitude and expression, he replied briskly: "Okay, deal, it's not difficult to teach a disciple, I will choose your own candidate." ”

"I'll choose people, and during the Spring Festival next year, you come to me and take people away. Before I do, though, you have to tell me how you managed to sneak into me. I replied simply.

"Don't you want to know how I managed to sneak into Guangrao?" The Assassin asked retorted, with some reluctance.

"I don't want to. Two months ago, Guanghuan sorted out the household registration, there were a lot of outsiders, you chose to sneak in at that time, it was very easy, but now that I have finished the household registration statistics in Guanghuan, you want to sneak in again, I'm afraid it will not be easy, and in a few months, it will be even more difficult. So, I'm not worried about this at all, but you sneaked into me and my guards didn't find out, which means that there is something wrong with the guards around me, which is what interests me the most. ”

The assassin seemed to want to show his skills, and nodded: "Yes, Xuande Gong is really smart. There were no walls outside the city, and there were no houses inside the city, but it was the most difficult town I had ever seen to sneak into. Residents can interact with each other day and night without courtyard walls, and when an unfamiliar face walks into the inner city, everyone will keep an eye on it, and even if I am wearing a guard's uniform, I dare not act during the day. But Xuande is not in Guanghuan often, and he only came back today, and there are no guards around the house. Besides, there are people coming and going here during the day, and others will not notice that I am an extra guard, but at night, I can do it. ”

"Hmm, I see, Bingyuan, let me go outside the door." I ordered in a loud voice.

The assassin walked to the door vigilantly, and when he saw that we were really not moving, he relaxed his body, turned his head and asked, "Xuande Gong, don't you really want to know who hired me?" ”

I smiled slightly: "You have already told me that two months ago, there were not many enemies of mine, except for a few powerful people in Le'an County, I can't think of anyone who still has an enmity with me." ”

The assassin was shocked. He arched his hand and said: "Xuande Gong really has a delicate heart, and he can actually guess who my employer is from the time I am lurking, okay, I will say goodbye." ”

With that, the Assassin leaped to his feet and disappeared into the gate with agility.

"Release the arrows", with this voice, there was a "jump" bowstring sound, followed by the screams of the assassins.

"Fu Hao" I hurriedly ran out of the gate and stopped in a loud voice: "Fu Hao, I have ordered to let him go, let him go." ”

"Lord, forgive me for offending, the lord is worried about the humiliation of the minister, the lord humiliates the minister to death, this person sneaked into Guanghuan, intending to assassinate the lord, if the lord allows it, I am afraid that the latecomers will continue - anyway, the assassination of the lord will not die, or if there is success, he will become famous all over the world. The Assassins would not follow suit. Therefore, this person must not be allowed to go. Tian Feng resolutely ordered: "Guards, this person insults my lord, and he must not be allowed to live and release arrows." ”

"Not bad", Zhang Fei jumped out from behind me: "I insulted my eldest brother, and I want to get out alive, grandma, I beat you flat." ”

Guan Yu immediately jumped out and hugged Zhang Fei. Before he could speak, Tian Feng's other arrow had already left the string - with a "poof", the arrow pierced the assassin's chest.

Arrows rained down, and in the blink of an eye, the assassin was shot into a porcupine.

Alas, alas, I could have had a good assassin in a few years, and now, the plan is all in vain.

"Lord, I heard everything you said in the house, if the lord wants to govern Qingzhou according to the law, please don't want to cultivate assassins. Assassins, who are forbidden by force, are familiar with assassination and how to prevent assassination, but it is dangerous for such a person to stay by his side as a guard. If the lord doesn't want to stay around, does he want to use it to assassinate others? Whereso, regardless of the law, if the lord does not respect the law which he has made, who will respect the law? Tian Feng said with a verbal warning.

I stepped forward, looked at the assassin's hedgehog-like body with regret, and sighed: "Although this person is a night assassin, he still has loyalty in his heart, I wanted to spare his life, and let everyone know that to be an assassin, you must also have a rod and scale in your heart, know what to do and not to do, but unfortunately ......"

I looked at Tian Feng and explained in frustration: "After this person entered my room, he heard that I and Fu Cheng were thinking about the people, and I hesitated and hesitated, which made me prepared. If he is an assassin with a heart as hard as a stone, and rushes forward, my son and I are in danger. So, I found an excuse to leave him alive as a reward for not killing, but unfortunately, Fu Hao was too anxious. ”

Tian Feng sternly reprimanded: "My lord, no matter what your intentions are, this kind of assassination behind your back cannot be connived. If there is infamy, I am willing to bear it. ”

Fu Zhu interjected and said: "Okay, okay, don't argue about this matter today, the lord indulges it, there is affection, Fu Hao kills it, there is a law." It's hard to have both love and law, but it doesn't hurt to kill it. ”

I shook my head helplessly: "What Fu Hao did was out of the heart of upholding the law, I should be happy to have a subordinate like Fu Hao, how can I blame him." It's just that life is really helpless, the law is above, although I am the lord, I don't dare to break the law easily, so that he can save his life. Alas......"

Frustrated and suddenly knelt on the ground, and bowed to me: "The lord protects the heart of his subordinates, and he is deeply moved, and he is in the hall, when the assassins attack, the lord stepped forward to protect me. ”

After saying that, he sat on the ground, crying loudly, and kowtowing again and again.

Tian Feng was also deeply moved, and hurriedly stepped forward and knelt on the ground side by side with Fu Zhi, and said: "Lord, Feng has no form today, refutes the lord, the lord does not blame, but praises, Feng hereby asks the lord for guilt." ”

"Alas", I stretched out my hand and pulled up the two of them, "Don't accept the chaos, act according to the law, Fu Hao did it, the ancient Zhou Gong, I am fortunate to have the assistance of two sages, how can the big thing not work, let us work together to seek a thousand years of stability for Qingzhou." ”

According to history, the next diversion of the Yellow River should be more than 700 years later, if I plant trees and grass to strengthen the embankment, dig a canal to the boundary of Jiaodong country, and let the Yellow River enter the Yellow Sea, it is estimated that the Yellow River can be stable for thousands of years. And my policy of hiding soldiers and hiding wealth, planting forests and building castles, and make Qingzhou difficult to attack, if coupled with the martial influence of the civic army, Qingzhou, they will be glad not to fight others in the future, who would dare to peep at Qingzhou.

Thinking about this makes me feel a lot more relieved.

Tian Feng stood up in frustration, and Tian Chou ran over with his sword in a very depraved manner. He had only been appointed as a protector for a short time, and he did not expect such a lax security incident to happen, and he was the person who followed me the longest here, which especially embarrassed him with his conceited and meticulous work.

"Quick, order someone to hurry to the Acropolis and hail the military judge Tian Shang to come here. After a few days of not fighting, you all slacked off like this, and actually let such a big thing happen, and you didn't even notice that the assassin sneaked into the city lord's side, and the sin is unforgivable. The four cities were ordered to be on guard, and no one was allowed to leave the city until the military judge had investigated clearly. Tian Chou brandished his short sword and roared angrily.

"Zitai, Guangrao has only been stable for a short time, don't disturb the residents and cause panic. Tomorrow, we will ask the streets to check the population, and it will be clear in what capacity this person is and how he infiltrated Guangrao. As for the guards around me, I just returned to Guangrao, and the guards were too late to hand over, which is understandable. Once you've found out, don't be harsh. It is only right to accept this lesson and develop a complete security approach in the future. Remember, don't disturb the people, Guangrao is ours, and the residents of Guangrao are our people, don't scare them about this little thing, and wait until dawn to talk about everything. I hurriedly told Tian Chou.

Tian Chou nodded, and immediately ordered: "The four cities are on guard and waiting for orders."

In the chaos, I saw the tears of my newlywed wife through the crowd, accompanied by the maid Xiaoqiu, Huang Ying stood at the door, shivering in the cold of the night, my heart was unbearable, according to modern concepts, I should now take her into my arms, and comfort her frightened heart with sweet words, but I can't. In this troubled world is coming, people worship a strong man who can defend one side by force, and I can't be this little child.

I nodded at Huang Ying from afar, and through her teary eyes, I showed the smile I thought was the happiest: My woman my love, don't be afraid, don't worry, tonight, I don't want to cry......

Born in this troubled world, it is our misfortune, my woman, my love, for the sake of you and I will not be deceived in the future; Your husband has to endure many, many hardships and hardships, perhaps, this era is not suitable for marriage, it is not my intention to make a little woman afraid, for her sake, I must make my heart hard, hard. Earth-shattering is a beauty, but my love is enduring.

In the hazy eyes of tears, Huang Ying seemed to feel my love, and she nodded at me with understanding, and a trace of tenderness flashed across her face.

I looked at her and instructed without looking back: "Bingyuan, escort Madame back to the room, prepare the carriage and horses, I will go to Linzi." ”

It's almost dawn, and I have to leave: "Bingyuan, you stay here, responsible for cooperating with Zitai to find out the assassin incident, Yun Chang, Yide, you two are responsible for supervising the four city guards, Wen Qian (Lejin) You accompany me to Linzi." "Then, I gave a series of orders to deal with the aftermath.

"Zizheng, after a long night's work, you can rest first, Fu Hao, you stay here, help Zizheng arrange tomorrow's affairs, and the investigation of spies will be managed by the Military Judge Advocate General's Department, our normal work cannot be stopped, it is almost winter, and time waits for no one." Xianhe, you can also accompany me. ”

I stayed up all night, my brain was groggy, but fortunately there was a carriage. Under the strict protection of Lejin, I leaned against the wall of the car, and talked to Jian Yong without a word, and took a nap by the way.

I don't know how much time passed, I opened my eyes, the sun was dazzling, I looked back at the car, the car was empty, Jian Yong didn't know where I went, "Xianhe", I shouted and jumped out of the car.

On the side of the car, Le Jin stood by the knife, and the guards guarded around the car back and forth, sitting or standing. After only one assassination incident, the guards were very alert, and drew their swords at the slightest movement.

"Xuande Gong woke up", a flattering greeting woke me up from sleep.

"What?" I turned my head to look for the person who spoke: "Oh, it's Gong Liang Gong Butler, hey, the discussion of the medical case has begun, I'm sorry, I didn't sleep yesterday night, I actually fell asleep in the car, Steward Gong, let's go and listen to what the doctors have to say, how?" ”

"After being harassed by the assassins, Xuande Gongcai actually rushed to Linzi overnight, so that Jun was deeply moved when he heard the news. The discussion of the medical case has its own subordinate Jian Gongxian and presided over by Xuande Gong, and Xuande Gong does not need to worry about it. Gong Zhijun instructed to prepare a partial house for Xuande Gong, and Qingzhou should rely more on Xuande Gong's talents, hoping that Xuande would have a good rest. It makes Lord Jun's body inconvenient, so he will not receive Xuande Gong this time. Steward Gong replied respectfully.

"I didn't have a form, but I actually fell asleep, which made Steward Gong smile. Bei carried some three-Korean ginseng tea with him, if Gong Yuanjun can drink it every day, he can lift his spirits, please ask the housekeeper to hand it over to the envoy. I regret that I can't meet the envoy this time, and I hope that the housekeeper will greet the envoy for me. I also hope to tell you: Qingzhou is in ruins, and the people are looking forward to making Jun well, and they are also looking forward to making Jun recover as soon as possible. I respectfully replied.

"Qingzhou's affairs, adults have bothered a lot", Gong Liang took the ginseng tea and thanked him again: "Gong has one more thing, please ask Lord Xuande in private." Gong has no talent, Tianju Linzi City guarded his duties, some time ago Jinan Yellow Turban rebelled again, to make the Emperor worried, although Xuande Gong lives widely, but I am afraid that if something happens to the rescue, Xuande Gong's subordinates can come out in large numbers, can you send someone to help me defend the city, so that in the future, there will be something to no longer disturb the Envoy Jun. ”

This matter is a bit difficult, my subordinates are all my hard work, a little bit of pit abduction, if it is handed over to Gong Liang, according to the rules of the Han Dynasty scholars, this person will belong to him in the future, how can it be done.

Gong Liang looked at Le Jin with burning eyes: "Xuande Gong has only met the assassin not long ago, and those who stay by his side must be the fierce general who is absolutely trusted, I don't know who this adult's surname is, I think, Xuande Gong will leave this fierce general." ”

Depressed, everything in the world, people-oriented, he asked me for anything, I am not sorry, but the person who wants to leave me, no, no......

"This person's talent, only as a city guard, too condescending, I appointed him as the captain of Donglai some time ago, and I want to use this person's skills to protect Donglai, can the housekeeper change the candidate?" I was reluctant to bargain.

"Oh, Lord Xuande has taken such a fancy to this person, which means that I have a good vision, well, this is the person. I went to ask Lord Jun to appoint him as the Captain of the Qi Kingdom, which should be equivalent to his position as the Captain of Donglai. Also, what Lord Jun means is that it is better for the Prime Minister of Qi to be appointed by Xuande Gong, if Xuande Gong does not have a suitable candidate, it is better for Xuande Gong to take the responsibility, how about it? Gong Liang struck while the iron was hot and put forward his conditions.

Exchanging the Prime Minister of Qi for one of my subordinates is a reasonable exchange, but is it really reasonable? Lejin is only worth a Qi prime minister, I hesitated.

"Wen Qian, what do you mean?" I turned around and asked Lejin.

"If the lord is the minister of state. I would like to continue to serve under the Lord, otherwise, I would rather follow the Lord's side. Lejin replied without hesitation.

Oh, it seems that I underestimated Gong Jing's wisdom, if I don't become the prime minister, he won't be able to take away Lejin, so this is not an exchange, it's just a condition. However, after becoming the prime minister of Qi, I held too many positions. Is it to give up the position of another driver.

As long as I give up my position as a driver and become the prime minister of Qi, then I will be treated equally with my subordinates, can my subordinates bow down to me again?

If I only lead my subordinates as a subordinate (lower than my subordinates) or Qingzhou Beijia (slightly higher than my subordinates), these subordinates will be grateful that I have given them all the rewards, and they will definitely obey me. If I resign from my position as a driver, in what capacity will I command them? Will not the government which I have established be a detriment to others?

"Thank you for your kindness, I am willing to take up the position of Minister of Qi, and my subordinate, I can also serve as the captain of Qi." Nowadays, hiding is not the way, and the best way to solve difficulties is to face them. "Make Lord Jun seriously ill, don't dare to work hard to make Lord Jun, Qingzhou is engaged in government affairs, I will not let the Jun worry, Xianhe, who came to preside over the medical case this time, is a close friend of me since childhood, let him stay in Qi State, manage the affairs of Qi County on my behalf, and turn back, I will draft an official appointment form according to the intention of Lord Jun, please make Lord Jun look at it and approve it."

I blocked all of Gong Liang's paths without giving an inch - whether you have other ideas or not, now, I will never let anyone mess with my plans.

"It's okay", Gong Liang agreed with joy on his face.

Beaming? Did he really have no other ideas?

No matter how Gong Liang looks at it, he is not an improvisable person, if he says that he has a deep city government and is not alarmed, I don't believe it. However, after this temptation, the warning of the power struggle sounded in my mind......

After the medical case discussion, Jian Yong was left behind, and I rushed back to Guanghuan with Lejin.

Tian Feng was waiting in the council room, and as soon as he saw me, he said, "My lord, the more troublesome the assassin incident becomes, the more unpleasant it becomes. After the military judge Tian Shang came to Guanghuan, the first person to be whipped was Guan Hai. It is just said that as the leader of the guards, he was negligent in his duties, but the execution of the whipping in public was too much, and it was too unsightly in front of the soldiers. Whether the lord came forward to reprimand Tian Shang. ”

"Where is Tian Chou?" I asked.

Frustrated, he said: "He is at the scene, but he doesn't interfere in this matter, I really don't know what he thinks?" ”

"I'm in trouble", I comforted the two of them: "I told Tian Shang earlier that Izumo and Qingzhou laws are different, and I can't completely implement Izumo laws for Qingzhou people. Guan Hai is a citizen of Izumo, and Tian Shang punishes him with the Izumo Law, and I have no right to interfere. Besides, Tian Chou is a veteran of Izumo and is on the scene, if Tian Shang improperly applies the law, it will definitely attract him to interfere, but Bingyuan will suffer this time. ”

After thinking about it, I asked again: "Where are Yun Chang and Yide?" ”

Tian Feng replied: "I also watched the execution at the scene." ”

Recommended works of sleepless dwelling: 1, "Life in a Foreign Land", Author: Northwest Blue Wolf, History. VS2, "Sword Immortal-Sword Cultivator", author: ordinary people, Xianxia.