Shi Luosheng thought for a while and said, "If someone really deliberately leaked the itinerary of the four princes of Qi to us, then his purpose was to borrow a knife to kill people. If Jiang Huan Chu dies, who will benefit from it? ”

Shi Luosheng first threw out a question, and then replied by himself: "First of all, several princes of the royal family of Qi will benefit, and it is said that Emperor Jiang Wushuang of Qi loves this little son very much. Although the Qi State now has a crown prince, it is difficult to guarantee that Jiang Wushuang will not abolish him in the future and replace Jiang Huanchu. And once Jiang Huan Chu is dead, the crown prince of Qi and other princes who want to compete for the throne will have one less competitor. ”

Shi Luosheng thought for a moment and continued: "In addition, since the incident of the Yan State Mission last time, Xiang Tong has not used troops against us again, and he also knows that it is impossible to defeat the city directly, and we will not go out to confront him head-on, as long as there are no accidents on both sides, this situation will be maintained." But Xiang Tong is the main attacker, he only has credit if he wins, we are the main defense, as long as we defend, we will make meritorious contributions. Time is our friend and his enemy, and the longer it drags on, the worse it will be for him. At this time, once the State of Qi used troops against the State of Chu, he would be transferred back by Emperor Chu to defend the State of Qi, and at that time he would also become the main defense, and it should not be difficult to defend the State of Qi with Xiang Tong's ability, so he will also be a beneficiary, so it seems that it is either Xiang Tong or a certain prince of the State of Qi who leaked information to us. ”

Deng Yuanjue exclaimed: "Wonderful, Luosheng, your analysis of the problem is becoming more and more thorough now, what you said is similar to what I think, but I prefer that it was leaked by Xiang Tong." Xiang Tong wants to borrow a knife to kill people, and we also want to kill Jiang Huan Chu, as long as Jiang Huan Chu dies, the two strongest countries in the world will be at risk of war, and Chu Emperor Xiong Huan will definitely transfer back Xiang Tong's 200,000 army. And now that the Yan State has formed an alliance with us, if the Chu State also withdraws its troops, then our Great Song Dynasty will be too peaceful, and then the imperial court can also spare most of its energy to restore domestic production. Therefore, this assassination operation is very important to us, and it can only succeed and not fail. A few days ago, I sent someone to the Heavenly Sword Gate to invite Senior Brother Lin to help me carry out this mission. Luosheng is good at strategy, Zixuan is brave and fierce, and there is no war in the army during this time, I want you to follow Senior Brother Lin to experience it. ”

Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan said: "Get the order." ”

Deng Yuanjue explained a few more words: "You will set off in three days, you will get acquainted with each other in the past two days, plan how to act next, and listen to Senior Brother Lin's arrangements along the way, although the task is important, but you are equally important, I hope you can all come back alive." ”

Shi Luosheng's heart warmed: "Please rest assured, General, we will definitely complete the task under the leadership of Elder Lin." ”

Lin Wenying also said: "Please rest assured, senior brother, this matter is related to the national fortune of our Great Song Dynasty, and I will do my best." ”

Three days later, Lin Wenying took the disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect and Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan on the road. According to Lin Wenying's plan, he planned to assassinate Changli City, the first stop after Jiang Huan Chu entered the Chu realm, so that even if the assassination failed, he could find another opportunity later.

Along the way, Lin Wenying led everyone to hurry, and at the same time, he also took advantage of the gap to guide everyone in martial arts. On this day, Lin Wenying asked his disciple Ao Qing to learn from Shi Luosheng.

Ao Qing has been following Lin Wenying for more than ten years, and a set of heavenly sword techniques makes him very skilled, although Shi Luosheng has also made a lot of progress with Wu Teng in the past half a year, there is still a big gap compared to Ao Qing. After the two dismantled more than 30 moves, Shi Luosheng gradually fell into the downwind, Ao Qing grabbed a flaw in Shi Luosheng, and picked off the single knife in Shi Luosheng's hand with one move.

Shi Luosheng was a little ashamed and said, "Thank you Brother Ao for your mercy." ”

Lin Wenying, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, comforted: "Luosheng, you don't have to be too discouraged, you have practiced the Heavenly Sword Technique for less than a year, and Ao Qing has been by my side for fifteen years since he was a child, and it doesn't matter if he loses." But you weren't going to lose so quickly, do you know what your problem is? ”

Shi Luosheng lowered his head and pondered for a moment and said, "Disciple doesn't know, please ask Elder Lin for guidance." ”

Lin Wenying said: "The Heavenly Sword Knife Technique is heavy on attack and not on defense, every move is there is no return, if you can't forget your life and death when you make a knife, you won't have much success if you practice the Heavenly Sword Technique, you can experience my words yourself." ”

Shi Luosheng was sweating profusely when he said this, in fact, he had already discovered this problem, the Heavenly Sword Knife Technique was practiced to the extreme, and he was born to death, but he still had his mother to take care of at home, as well as the ambition ignited in Kokura City, Shi Luosheng didn't want to die on the battlefield, let alone be killed in the rivers and lakes, so he left spare strength every time he made a move, not to kill with one blow, but not to be killed by one blow, so that the Heavenly Sword Knife Technique could not go further.

Liu Zixuan saw that Shi Luosheng was defeated, and he was not convinced, and he also went to Ao Qing to ask for advice. Liu Zixuan is different from Shi Luosheng, in order to pursue the ultimate in martial arts, he doesn't care about his life and death at all, and the Heavenly Sword Knife Technique is suitable for his character. Liu Zixuan and Ao Qing dismantled more than 70 moves in a row before they began to gradually decline, and after a hundred moves, Liu Zixuan was also defeated by Ao Qing.

Lin Wenying nodded with satisfaction: "Zixuan, you are not inferior to Ao Qing in terms of knife technique, your personality is also very suitable for learning the Heavenly Sword Technique, and you can maximize the power of the knife technique. ”

Liu Zixuan hugged his fists and said, "Disciple understands, thank you Elder Lin and Brother Ao for your guidance." ”

A few days later, Lin Wenying and his entourage rushed to Changli City. Calculating the time, Jiang Huan Chu should also arrive around noon the next day. After settling down, Lin Wenying sent someone to inquire about the news of the Chu State, and soon the news came back that the Chu State sent the pawn Kong Yi and the deputy head of the imperial guard Xiong Yu to greet Jiang Huan Chu, the fourth prince of the Qi State.

After receiving the information, Lin Wenying convened everyone to discuss: "Jiang Huan Chu came to Chu secretly this time, there will not be too many guards around him, tomorrow afternoon, as soon as he enters the city, we will kill him by surprise." There was no fanfare on the Chu side, and there was no military escort along the way, only Kong Yi and Xiong Yu were sent to greet them. Kong Yi is just a civil official and don't need to think about it, but Xiong Yu's martial arts are not weak, tomorrow I will be responsible for entanglement him, and the task of assassinating Jiang Huan Chu will be handed over to Senior Brother Wuying, Ao Qing and Shi Luosheng, Liu Zixuan, the three of you take your disciples to block the other guards, after Senior Brother Wu succeeds, we will disperse and escape from Changli City, do not stay in the city. ”

Wu Ying was a little worried and said, "Senior brother, Xiong Yu is a famous master in the Chu Kingdom, you have to be careful tomorrow." ”

Lin Wenying nodded, carefully deduced the details with everyone a few times, and then asked everyone to go back to rest.

Shi Luosheng did not go back to the room, but took Liu Zixuan to the gate of the city, and told Shi Luosheng to step on the point first.

Liu Zixuan asked: "Luosheng, do you think we can succeed tomorrow?" ”

Shi Luosheng shook his head and said, "I don't know, if everything is as Elder Lin said, then it shouldn't be a big problem, but I always feel that it's just like that, isn't it too smooth." ”

Liu Zixuan was angry by this: "Don't you want us to complete the task smoothly?" If you let the general know this, I won't beat you. ”

Shi Luosheng said: "It's not that I don't want to complete the task smoothly, it's just that Elder Lin is too idealistic, as long as there is an accident in the middle, the plans behind will not be able to keep up, so let's be cautious." Let's take a look at the terrain tonight, and if the assassination fails tomorrow, we'll have to figure out how to retreat. ”

Shi Luosheng circled around the city gate, then walked to a lime shop in the city and bought fifty catties of lime powder. Then he walked to an alley not far from the city gate, which was so narrow that the two of them walked side by side, and they could only walk one after the other. Shi Luosheng divided the lime powder he had just bought into 20 small bags, put them on two hemp ropes, and hung them on both sides of the alley.

Liu Zixuan was a little curious about Shi Luosheng's actions, and asked puzzledly: "Luosheng, what are you doing here, tomorrow is a duel between the masters of the rivers and lakes, do you still use lime powder to do such an indiscriminate thing?" Besides, what are you doing hanging lime powder here? It's still a long way from the city gate. ”

Shi Luosheng replied: "Lime powder is not inferior, it is because it is practical, those so-called heroes are afraid of it, they want to save face, and they disdain to use this kind of thing, so they maliciously slander it." I hope I don't need it, but if I do, it might save our lives. ”

The next morning, Lin Wenying led everyone to the city gate to ambush early. Near noon, a small caravan of eight people walked into Changli City, led by the man with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, his face was like a crown of jade, and his bearing was extraordinary, and at first glance it was Jiang Huan Chu, the fourth prince of Qi State. There were already four people waiting in the city gate, the two in front were Kong Yi, a pawn of the Chu State, and Xiong Yu, the deputy head of the imperial guard.

Jiang Huan Chu had just entered the city gate, and before Kong Yi stepped forward to greet him, Lin Wenying led everyone out to kill him.

Seeing the assassin appear, both sides of Qi Chu were surprised, could it be that someone leaked the news? Otherwise, as soon as Jiang Huan Chu entered the city, there were assassins to assassinate him, but this was not the time to think about this, several guards of the Qi State picked up their weapons and protected Jiang Huan Chu.

Lin Wenying directly found Xiong Yu, and Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan intercepted the other two guards of the Chu State. Wu Ying and Ao Qing took other disciples to kill Jiang Huan Chu.

Jiang Huan Chu didn't move, looking at the situation in the field coldly, a middle-aged guard took a step forward, blocking Jiang Huan Chu behind him without making a move, and the other six guards stepped forward to intercept Wu Ying, Ao Qing and two Heavenly Sword Sect disciples. Wu Ying was still at ease with one enemy and two enemies, and Ao Qing's three-man battle and four Qi State guards gradually gained the upper hand. On the other side, Lin Wenying and Xiong Yu were evenly matched, and the remaining two Chu State guards were in danger of being killed by Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan.

After a few more moves, the two guards who intercepted Wu Ying could no longer hold on, one was slashed to death by Wu Ying, and the other was hit hard by a palm, lying on the ground and unable to get up.

After eliminating the two of them, Wu Ying jumped and slashed towards the top of Jiang Huan Chu's head, Jiang Huan Chu smiled coldly, his body still did not move, and the middle-aged guard who was protecting Jiang Huan Chu stepped forward and slammed into Wu Ying in the air with a volley. Wu Ying saw that one person was in front of Jiang Huan Chu, so he changed his chop to sharpening, and slashed towards the palm of the middle-aged guard's outstretched hand. I saw that the middle-aged guard's left hand flicked lightly, and his fingers slashed across Wu Ying's knife, and he firmly grasped the back of the knife. Wu Ying pumped hard, found that the slightest line did not move, and his heart was shocked, at this time, the middle-aged guard's left hand forced, pulled Wu Ying even with a knife close to him, and slapped Wu Ying on the chest with a palm of his right hand, Wu Ying could not avoid it, bang, and his chest was firmly slapped.