Chapter Seventy-Nine: Breaking the Deadlock
The snow bright sword light flashed, and a figure flashed like lightning in the flickering lightning, and the two fastest lieutenants with bright blades fell to the ground with a loose steel knife at their wrists. Deng Huaiyuan, who had not yet exclaimed, had a cold neck, and the sharp steel knife had already reached his neck, as long as Zhao Tianyou, who was holding the knife, gently pushed, the world was about to say goodbye to Deng Huaiyuan.
"YouβWhat are you going to do?"
Zhao Tianyou didn't speak, and walked back to the gate of the restaurant with his wrist pressed Deng Huaiyuan's neck, and the generals who were eager to try next to him were also dumbfounded, holding knives and dancing guns.
"Let go of Lord Deng! Boy, you're going to rebel! β
"Coercing the court officials, that's the crime of killing the head, you don't surrender quickly!"
"Lord Deng, don't panic, this person doesn't dare to use force!"
Deng Huaiyuan's face turned pale, and his heart kept churning up and down, this Zhao Tianyou has repeatedly surprised him, and this surprise is a bit too much. He really didn't expect Zhao Tianyou to dare to resist, and he restrained him at the first time, these officials didn't dare to do anything, and there was no one under them who could take charge of himself, how could this be good!
Zhao Tianyou patted Deng Huaiyuan's shoulder with a knife and said, "Let your officials open the city gate, I'm leaving!" β
"You don't want to threaten me, I, Deng Huaiyuan, would rather die than give in, kill me, have my own soldiers and civilians in Zhangzhou to avenge me, and if you kill me, you don't want to get away!" Deng Huaiyuan's neck was stiff, and although his voice was high-pitched and powerful, he always felt that it was not so hard.
These officials under his command were helpless, they stepped forward to fight, and they didn't really open the city gate to let them go, and when they were buzzing like headless flies, a bunch of people ran in the distance.
The person at the front of the run was already out of breath, and he was almost out of breath when he arrived at the door of the restaurant, and everyone was even more surprised when they looked at it. Wen Tianxiang was holding a short sword in his right hand, and blood was dripping from his chest placket, flowing everywhere.
"Master Wen, what are you ......" Zhao Tianyou was very puzzled.
At this time, several sergeants from Zhangzhou Mansion chased after him, and the captain headed by him was also stunned when he saw the scene, and he didn't know how to talk, so he stood there dumbfounded. After Deng Huaiyuan left in a bad mood, Wen Tianxiang felt that something was wrong the more he stayed, and wanted to come over to visit Zhao Tianyou's situation, but he was blocked by the captain and did not let him leave.
In desperation, Wen Tianxiang drew a short sword, first cut himself with a sword to force him to death, and then got out under the cover of his subordinates, and rushed to the restaurant with a jog.
After Wen Tianxiang breathed a sigh of relief, he shouted to the surrounding sergeants: "If you don't all step back, do you all want to take over Lord Deng's place after he loses his head?" β
The lethality of this sentence was huge, not only Deng Huaiyuan, who was held by the steel knife on his neck, felt a sigh in his heart, but the officials under him involuntarily took half a step back, and after looking at each other, their eyes were aimed at the most promising candidate to replace Deng Huaiyuan.
Zhao Tianyou secretly stretched out his thumb and praised it, a smart person can top a million soldiers with a word, and the current situation is even more complicated, but he has avoided cutting off his head when he sees each other, so he should sit down and talk about the conditions.
"Master Zhao, Master Deng and I just drank two more glasses of wine, and I don't know why I came to you, and we have to try our sword fighting skills!"
Zhao Tianyou laughed and said, "I said what's the matter, Lord Deng must have been drunk and took the wrong path, and he regarded me as Lord Wen." β
At this time, Wen Tianxiang had already approached Deng Huaiyuan, and said in a low voice: "Lord Deng will wake up here tonight, tell your subordinates, prepare a hundred fast horses for Master Zhao early tomorrow morning, and after sending Master Zhao out of the city, let's discuss other things!" β
"Master Wen, am I greedy for life and afraid of death? What benefits did this Zhao Tianyou give you, to maintain him like this? Don't Lord Wen know that threatening the officials of the imperial court has already committed the crime of rebellion, and he should be punished by the nine clans! Deng Huaiyuan was unwilling, and whispered a few words from between his teeth.
Wen Tianxiang smiled hesitantly: "Lord Deng, your sergeant intercepted the prime minister of the current dynasty and intended to assassinate me, did you instigate it?" This sin is no less than what he has committed. β
"Master Wen, you, you, strong words! Obviously, you cut yourself by yourself, and you were forced to die to come here, why did you become the mastermind of me again! β
Although Zhao Tianyou didn't speak, he was also amused by Wen Tianxiang's words and wanted to laugh, and forcibly held back, the expression on his face was very strange.
"Then I don't care, I broke the game today, if you don't agree, Lord Deng, don't blame me for being ruthless. I can't die in vain with this knife, let's be a companion together! Wen Tianxiang held the short sword, his eyes wandered up and down, as if he wanted to find the position of the knife on Deng Huaiyuan's body.
Deng Huaiyuan also muttered in his heart, after he really stabbed him to death with this knife, it was very likely that he would still be stabbed in vain. There is no value at all in dying like that, don't nominate him to go down in history, and don't make sure that he will be charged with the following crimes after his death, wouldn't it be a great injustice.
"Okay, well, since Lord Wen wants to break the game, Huaiyuan has nothing to say, and it will all be arranged by Lord Wen in the future!"
Wen Tianxiang smiled, patted Deng Huaiyuan on the shoulder and said: "I said, the national righteousness comes first, personal grievances are nothing, and now there is nothing more important than fighting against the Yuan soldiers." Hurry up and give your men orders! Let's talk tonight with candles and nights, and send Master Zhao out of the city together tomorrow morning, what do you think? β
Deng Huaiyuan said very unwillingly: "Okay, as arranged by Lord Wen, Huaiyuan will definitely obey Lord Wen." β
Then he raised his head and shouted to a group of officials under him: "Master Wen has an order, everyone should withdraw, open the south gate early tomorrow morning, and send Master Zhao out of the city!" β
Although he said these words with resentment, he also solved this crisis that was about to be fired, and most of the officials under him did not want to fall into a situation of endless death. With Wen Tianxiang so involved, no matter why he doesn't have to step forward and work hard, he can still protect Deng Huaiyuan from being splashed with blood and the corpse on the spot. As for tomorrow, after Zhao Tianyou leaves, it will be a matter between Lord Deng and Lord Wen, and we will not be involved in the humble position.
The lights gradually faded away, Deng Huaiyuan's heart sank, and after thinking about it, he didn't feel that he was wrong, and he remembered what Wen Tianxiang did tonight. Since you fled to Zhangzhou, I have admired you as an idol, and I have not done well enough in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation? actually forced me to obey for the sake of a cloth cloth, okay, I'll just wait for you tomorrow, after this person leaves, how do you survive in Zhangzhou!
Zhao Tianyou comforted his subordinates to continue to rest, arrested Deng Huaiyuan in the living room of his residence, sat around the table with Wen Tianxiang, and ordered someone to set a table of wine and food.
The three of them calmed down, laughing and changing their glasses, but they could no longer find a common topic. Although they are more and more respectful to each other, the three of them know that this is just an illusion! After tomorrow, it's another game, who will solve it?