Chapter 385: Before Dawn (6)
The arrow in the man's hand had already fallen to the ground, but he didn't have time to pick it up. The right hand pressed on the left arm and rushed to the big man who fell in the corner, and said in a deep voice: "The officers and soldiers are coming......
The big man was still a little stunned when he hurt his fingers by Shen Wuyan, but when he heard the man's words, he immediately regained his expression, although he was unwilling, but he didn't have time to think about it, so he picked up the man and quickly broke out of the door.
The two people in the room had to stare at the two of them and leave, Shen Wuyan's previous fight with the big man was already a big consumption, especially the last blow to him not only to dodge the man's crossbow arrows, but also to seriously injure the big man, it was really a big consumption.
Although he had worked very hard, he couldn't hurt the big man in the end, if it weren't for Master Sun who injured the man with the crossbow arrow, I am afraid that the two of them would not be able to escape death now.
He raised his eyes to look at the panting Master Sun, and saw that the other party was not having a good time at this time, with an old face that turned pale, probably he had consumed a lot just now, and there was no possibility of making another move.
"It's all right......"
Master Sun didn't seem to come back to his senses for a while, and a pair of eyes were staring at the half-open door, but he couldn't see the two people leaving.
After a while, Master Sun nodded and replied, "It's okay......"
The voice was calm, as if nothing had happened. As soon as the words fell, he only heard him sigh softly, and then slowly picked up the crossbow arrow that had fallen to the ground, and then put it in his arms.
Shen Wuyan glanced away, and secretly sighed in his heart that this old guy really had a set, at first it was a powerful small musket, and just now it was a powerful crossbow arrow.
Shen Wuyan deliberately paid attention to the crossbow arrow, Master Sun's crossbow arrow was the same as the crossbow arrow in the man's hand just now, they were all very small, and they could only hold a few arrows, but they were instantly powerful.
Just now, when Master Sun and the man holding the scimitar were holding each other, Master Sun shot this arrow, and instantly shot a living person to death, although there was no earth-shattering momentum of crying ghosts and gods, but it was better than the silent weirdness.
It's just that obviously this old man's crossbow arrow has another specialty, according to the importance that the man attached to the wound just now, it can't be said that the arrow is purely poisonous, otherwise with those few people, he would not give up easily.
However, this is also the opponent's hole card, Shen Wuyan didn't ask much, but stepped forward and picked up the crossbow arrow that the man had dropped on the ground just now and put it in his arms.
Master Sun obviously noticed this, although this crossbow arrow was exquisitely constructed, but to him, it was nothing.
Just swept over the thin corpse on the ground, and muttered, "It's a master......"
The two did not wait long, and a group of officers and soldiers rushed into the teahouse. After briefly explaining the specific process, Shen Wuyan went to the yamen with Master Sun to explain the process in detail, and the matter was settled.
Master Sun didn't give Shen Wuyan a detailed explanation of why these people wanted to kill him, and Shen Wuyan naturally didn't ask, for him, these things didn't matter to him, it didn't matter if he knew it or not, but he didn't have that curiosity.
It's just that after returning to the residence, it was not early, and today Shen Wuyan arrived at the inn an hour early with great interest, and finally did not delay the time of the shopkeeper, and Lord Yang was not gathering to discuss matters.
Shen Wuyan guessed that it could be that his words yesterday really seriously injured Lord Yang, or that with Lord Yang's character, this matter should be scraped in Ningyuan City, but he was finally cleaner.
After eating some food and bandaging the wound at a nearby medical center, the doctor made sure that it was okay, and then he took some medicine and was finally able to return to his room to rest.
The wound was confirmed to be indeed a knife wound, but what made Shen Wuyan feel strange was that he still didn't know how the knife of the man in black cut him, and the sexual knife wound was not deep, so he didn't investigate it deeply.
It was still early in the morning, but he was not tired, but it was too late to go out, so Shen Wuyan had to sit in the room and look through some idle books when he was bored.
Da Ming's books are already abundant, and most of the books on the market are novels and legends, although the content is similar, but it is still quite interesting to read.
In the past, Shen Wuyan used to read some books of this kind before going to bed, but today he always felt a little panicked in his heart, but he couldn't say what he was flustered about, but he was sure that it had nothing to do with the things in the teahouse today.
With this in mind, he tossed the book on a side chair and pulled out a delicately crafted crossbow from his sleeve.
The skeleton of this crossbow is made of wood and iron, and the machine spring is already very advanced, which can be said to be the most advanced bow and crossbow in the Ming Dynasty today, and the power is not under the musket at all.
However, this was not what Shen Wuyan cared about, what made him feel happy was that the crossbow body was very small. If it is a normal bow and crossbow, it will be several times more than this one.
The person who made this crossbow wanted to turn this crossbow into a hidden weapon, as if Master Sun used it like before.
Looking at this miniature bow and crossbow, the more Shen Wuyan looked at it, the more he liked it, and he actually began to study its modeling skills, but he didn't study the bow and crossbow, so he couldn't see why for a while.
But even so, Shen Wuyan can still be sure. The crossbow in his hand is not at all in the grade of Master Sun, although this crossbow is also powerful, but the lethality in the long distance is still not as good as that of Master Sun.
One of the more important points is that Master Sun's crossbow can store an arrow, and it will be automatically loaded every time without preparation, just take the arrow out of the situation, which saves a lot of time.
The bow and crossbow in Shen Wuyan's hand was thought to be second-class, and only one arrow could be stored in it, and after an arrow was fired, if you wanted to shoot an arrow, you had to reposition the arrow.
This is also the reason why the man never shot that arrow, but waited until the time of the big man's crisis. Because he was worried that Master Sun still had hole cards, but he saw that his knife skills were weird, he was afraid that the hole cards would be on him, so he always hesitated.
As for whether the arrow is quenched or not, it is not a very difficult question, as long as it is needed, it is only a matter of time before the poison is quenched, and for these assassins, it is nothing.
However, even if the crossbow in his hand is still very different from Master Sun's, it is also a great weapon, at least in times of crisis, it may be able to save his life.
Thinking about it like this, Shen Wuyan carefully took a large amount of this crossbow, and then carefully put it into his sleeve.
The green light is lonely, and Shen is speechless and bored. Just as he was about to undress and fall asleep, he suddenly heard a knock at the door.
Shen Wuyan scolded secretly in his heart, it was not the troublesome Lord Yang again, but he still stepped forward to open them, but when he saw the person in front of the door, Shen Wuyan was still a little surprised.
The person who came was an acquaintance, it was Steward Wu who met in Liaoyang City last year.
At this time, Steward Wu had been promoted to a thousand households in Liaoyang City, although he was still a little wronged by his ability to serve as a thousand households, but after all, it was twice as strong as being a housekeeper in the Wu family.
Steward Wu just smiled faintly, bowed slightly, and said, "I've seen Mr. Shen......"
Shen Wuyan waved his hand again and again, glanced at it, and saw that there was no one behind the other party, so he was finally relieved, secretly thinking that it was fortunate that Lord Yang did not follow, and then hurriedly said: "Come on, come on, come in and sit ......"
After taking a seat, Shen Wuyan made tea, and the two of them talked about the past again, but Shen Wuyan noticed that Steward Wu's face seemed to show a trace of embarrassment.
Regarding Steward Wu, Shen Wuyan knew that he had always been more introverted, but he didn't have big ambitions, and he seemed to be easier to get along with than his ancestors.
"If Lao Wu has something to say, he can ......"
Steward Wu's face sank, nodded slightly, and said bitterly: "If you say that you don't want the mission...... Would you say yes? ”
Shen Wuyan was stunned, and he was secretly shocked in his heart, and he said in his heart what impact the envoy would have on Steward Wu. It's just that after thinking about it, I can't think of the problem, it's just that there will be some trouble, but it's far away from Steward Wu.
Suddenly, Shen Wuyan realized that the identity of this Steward Wu was really unclear, could it be that the other party had a connection with the Jurchen, so he had insight into the Jurchen's plan?
These were naturally just thoughts that flashed in Shen Wuyan's heart, and he didn't show the slightest difference, still smiling, and said, "You also know that now I am a mortal...... The envoy is Lord Yang, and what I said doesn't count...... Besides, it is His Majesty's holy decree to send an envoy, and if you don't go, you will resist the decree...... That's a capital offense......"
Steward Wu's face was suddenly gloomy, and there seemed to be a little uneasiness in his eyes, he was already old, and the flesh on his face was also very loose, so the shaking was very obvious.
Shen Wuyan groaned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "Could it be ...... What are the dangers? ”
"Nope." Steward Wu was obviously a little nervous, and immediately denied Shen Wuyan's question, and then seemed to notice that he was a little out of shape, so he hurriedly said, "I'm just worried...... Long way to go...... I am afraid that Mr. Shen will not be able to bear this mountain......"
Shen Wuyan could see the other party's abnormality, but it was not good to ask directly, if the other party really had a problem, he would also startle the snake, so he pretended not to notice the change in Steward Wu's expression, and still said calmly: "The emperor's order is here, but he can't care about it so much." That's right...... Today, I met a group of Assassins in a teahouse...... I don't know how it went? ”
Although Steward Wu said that he was in Liaoyang City, he had also come to Ningyuan to greet the mission in the past few days, but after all, he lived in Yamen, so he didn't know a little about this matter.
"At that time, the city gate was sealed, but Mr. Shen, you also know...... If these people want to enter the city, there will always be a way, and it is natural to go out of the city...... However, it is said that he caught a fat man and seriously injured a ......"
Shen Wuyan nodded slightly, in fact, he was already very surprised to be able to catch one, it couldn't be because the man who led him was poisoned, and the big man left himself in order to save him.
"What's the matter?"
Steward Wu shook his head and said with a wry smile: "There is no need to ask...... It's nothing more than because of Master Sun's ......"