It is noon on an auspicious day.

The grand wedding will take place at dusk at the Zhao Shijia Temple in Wen County, after which the bride and groom go to bed and the guests will move to the palace of the king for a banquet: 1,000 guests, countless Jiarou delicacies, and performances by dancers, gnomes and champions.

But first, Zhao Wuxian had to drive himself to the bride's temporary residence to meet Lady Le.

As if last night's dispute had not happened, Zhao Ying calmly ordered his son to say: "Go to Ying'er Xiang and inherit my sect." Be handsome and respectful, the heir of the ancestors, if there is constant. ”

Zhao Wuxian also replied calmly: "No." I am afraid of Fukan, and I dare not forget my life. ”

He rode in a black lacquered car, with a second passenger behind him, and an entourage in a Xuanduan dress, and went to take Le Lingzi to the temple to complete the final ceremony.

On the way, the ink cart will pass through a long section of street.

On the narrow street that can accommodate three chariots in parallel, the Zhao soldiers are lined up on both sides, blocking the crowd with spears. Zhao Wuxian took the lead in the car, his right-hand men followed the left and right, Qi Wan was the right of his car, and the riders manipulated the horses to trot on the side, and the honor guard that suppressed the limelight of Qi Hou at the Jiagu meeting could also come in handy here, and finally Mu Xia led two columns of guards to the palace, and the musicians played and played a pleasant auspicious music.

Behind the sparse spears of the Zhao clan, the people of Wen County stared at the people on horseback with joyful eyes.

The Zhao family ruled Wen County for a hundred years, and the people here naturally regarded themselves as the leaders of the Zhao family from the heart. It's all spontaneous, and they all look forward to seeing the gentleman's demeanor. It would be better if you could see how beautiful the bride from the Song Kingdom was. The latter, of course, is pure speculation.

The procession began on both sides of the inner city gates. It was discharged for several miles until it was surrounded by walls, crowded on the side of the road. This is not the first time that Zhao Wuxian has been welcomed by the people, there have been many times in Lu State, but most of the treatment he received was under the purchase of low taxes and the deterrence of soldiers, which was much worse than the people of Wen County who shared the joys and sorrows with the Zhao family from the bottom of their hearts.

Zhao Wuxian secretly thought: "Although I can gain a foothold in the Lu country, my foundation is unstable, and I want this big tree to grow." The canopy shrouds the four fields, and only in Jinyang, Changzi, and Wenxian, which have been ruled by the Zhao clan for a long time, can they firmly take root......"

However, in another way, Zhi, Fan, Bank of China, and even Han Wei's territory are not deeply rooted.

After a conversation with Ji Huan in the morning, Zhao Wuxian's heart knot was gone, and after losing the irritability, he returned to his former calm.

He raised his face, it was a sunny day. Under the warm afternoon sun, the spring breeze blows over the walls into the city, blowing on people's faces one after another, which is itchy. Walking in such a spring light, it is easy to be careless.

Therefore, the welcoming crowd is also mixed with people with ulterior motives. I want to take advantage of this general idea......

Although it seemed to be well-guarded, Zhao Ying had also ordered Zheng Long to send more than 100 black-clothed guards to blend into the crowd. Prevent accidents. Zhao Wuxian's side also made a similar deployment, but in the eyes of the swordsman who boasted of his superb skills. The slim chance remains.

Zhao Wuxian was manipulating the eight bridles while glancing at the street, where would the clowns rush out of the beam?

He suddenly remembered Archduke Ferdinand during World War I, and he played such a role.

His death or wounding would lead to a world war......

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They passed through the square in front of the hall, driving along the east-west avenue, and at one of the most difficult corners, accompanied by the cheers of the people from time to time, they suddenly heard someone shouting not far from the north of Qiantou Street: "Zhao's son! ”

Zhao Wuxian sat in the car and looked forward, only to see more than a dozen assassins dressed in clothes from all walks of life and carrying swords rushing murderously from the side of the street and the flow of people. Almost at the same time, several Handan entourages who were mixed in the crowd and seemed to be onlookers also shouted: "Zhao's son! Then he carried his weapon and slammed past the Zhao soldiers, swarming towards Zhao Wuxian's ink cart.

In broad daylight, there was a sudden change on the street, the people were stunned or frightened, those who did not react were still stunned in place, and those who reacted began to retreat to both sides, shouting and alarming, the cars and horses were lost, and the people were running and the cars were overturned, and suddenly there was a mess.

Compared with the last assassination in the Taoqiu Grand Arena, the assassin this time was more daring and dared to do it on the street in the territory of the Zhao clan. At the critical moment, what came to Zhao Wuxian's mind was: "It's finally here!" ”

It was too late, it was too late, and in the blink of an eye, about twenty assassins rushed into the street. Several Wen soldiers tried to stop them, but were mercilessly stabbed to the ground by the Assassins. Before the hand-to-hand soldiers met, blood was already splattered on the streets.

However, when the Assassins rushed to the front of the car, they were greeted by a volley of crossbows.

The leader of the assassins, a short swordsman, was shocked when he saw this: "It's not good, there is an ambush!" ”

After three or four years of practicing crossbow machines, the crossbow officers who had already gained a lot of money shot angry arrows at those who dared to show their swords to General Zhao on this happy day.

And Qi Wan and Zhao's black-clothed guards beside Zhao Wuxian had already jumped to the front and rear of the car in one arrow step, and the shields were spread out on all sides, blocking the cold arrows that were shot sporadically, and then drew their swords in their hands, stood up in front of their chests, and protected Zhao Wuxian in the middle.

When the few remaining Assassins arrived, they were stopped by the warlike blacks.

Mucha wore thick leather armor, using a pair of large iron halberds made in Taoqiu Iron Workshop, he danced with his arms, striding forward, two assassins with swords wanted to wrap him, but was struck by Mucha with a right halberd, right in the chest and abdomen of the assassin on the right, although the assassin was wearing leather armor, but Musha's iron halberd weighed forty pounds, even the bronze armor could not be stopped, not to mention the leather armor, when he was penetrated by the crescent hook of the iron halberd, blood gushed out, instantly dyed his clothes red, and fell to the ground with a scream.

The same is true of the assassin on the left, the leather armor in his suit could not stop Dian Wei's heavy halberd, and his stomach broke and he retreated and sat down.

In a matter of moments, the seven or eight Assassins behind were either killed or wounded. All of them have lost their combat effectiveness. In fact, they are not bad at what they do, and they may have the idea of dying for the Lord in their hearts. But what about Zhao Wuxian's subordinates?

The black-clothed guards may not be the opponent of these swordsmen one-on-one, but they beat the master to death with random punches. Unless they were able to outnumber one-ten, the Assassins could not advance even half a step. What's more, the people of Wen County, who reacted, have also surrounded them angrily, and some who wanted to break through and escape were grabbed by them and beaten into meat sauce.

While beating, he scolded angrily: "Thief! It's really bold to assassinate the Zhao gentleman! ”

During the whole process, Zhao Wuxian just watched quietly in the car.

If this scene had happened a few years ago, on Taihang Mountain and Yangguban, Zhao Wuxian might have been in a hurry. For now, he was calm. In the past few years, he has moved to the eastern kingdom and experienced bloody battles, what kind of big scene has he not seen? What kind of danger has not been encountered? Compared with the scene of fighting in the midst of thousands of troops and horses, and if you are not careful, you will be killed on the spot, this scene is too pediatric.

What's ridiculous is that Fan and Zhongxing, who have always regarded him as a big enemy and will kill him quickly, don't have a long memory at all, and again and again, they really think they can get away with it?

Or or. Is it Zhao Wuxian's physique that naturally attracts assassins? Didn't Yu Rang in history stab him three times?

After smiling self-deprecatingly, he looked at the assassin who was surrounded more than twenty feet away, blocked from all retreats, and had nothing to do. With a wave of his hand, Zhao Wuxian flew out of the auxiliary car, covering them inside.

The Assassins saw that the tide was turning. They all wanted to commit suicide with daggers, but there were also those who hesitated and moved slowly. was directly pierced through his palms with a halberd and tied up.

This farce. It's time for the end of the show......

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"Gentleman, do you want to change your itinerary, do you want to postpone your wedding......" After the dust settled, Zhao Youji, who had been following the car, ran over and asked profusely.

He was really taken aback, just now he was clinging to the carriage with the bronze ritual vessel, thinking that if an assassin approached, he would smash the bronze statue before he killed the gentleman! Smash the assassin's brain!

Zhao Wuxian was indifferent, he said: "There is no need to delay the auspicious time for the sake of this generation's small age, the more the enemies of the Zhao clan want our lives, the more we want our wives to be harmonious!" Where is the musician? Hugh must stop and continue playing! The guard of honor opens the way in front, and this generation is small, so it can be handled by the black-clothed guards. ”

Most of the instruments played by the musicians of the Zhao clan were cumbersome, and it was a manual task to lift up and down, so all of them were not weak, and only then did the famous assassin rush into the band like headless flies, and they picked up the sheng pipe to smash the assassin's head, and at this moment they also came to their senses, wiped the blood on their clothes, and continued to play the joy of welcoming their relatives.

In the midst of this joy, the people of the Zhao clan in Wen County were proud of the gentleman's composure, but more importantly, they were angry at the assassin.

"If the enemy country does not destroy the country of mourning, how can it send someone to assassinate it on the day of welcoming relatives!"

In this regard, Zhao Wuxian didn't even ask, and said to the person next to him: "This is Fan and Bank of China who want to stab me!" ”

"Fan!"

"BOC!"

The guards were furious, the people gritted their teeth, the guests were surprised, and the uncle and nephew exchanged an expected look.

In a few hours, the actions of these two secretaries will be accompanied by the news that Zhao Wuxian was assassinated but safe and sound, and spread throughout Wen County.

This is a discordant song of today's wedding, and it is also a signal of war.

As the carriage continued toward its target, the blood stains of the guards of honor were quickly cleaned up, and above the long procession, several birds flapped their gray wings, piercing the blue sky and flying towards the far east.

According to the instructions of Wu Xian, after receiving the news, the governor has already released the pigeons in the pigeon's nest. After several experiments from last year to this year, those domesticated pigeons brought from Lu have been able to fly back to their hometowns of Yuncheng and Qufu from Wenxian County with a small note, although the success rate is not high.

But it's okay, what is written on it are some secret words that outsiders can't decipher, and there are more than ten light cars and fast horses, and they continue to report back to Lu State.

Gray wings will bring gray news, about the war, about General Zhao's determination.

In order to protect the red in front of him, Zhao Wuxian had already made up his mind, and even Zhao Ying couldn't ignore it.

And what helped him make up his mind was what Ji Ying told him in the morning.

Stroking the jade ring around his waist, Zhao Wuxian smiled dumbly, feeling like a fool who had been tricked.

The jade ring is clean and flawless, it comes from the Kunlun land in the extreme west, it is the treasure that the ancestor of the Zhao family obtained from King Zhou Mu, and its body contains many stories, including Ji Huan's ......

PS: Only tomorrow afternoon (to be continued.) )