(9) Lu Fengxian raised his prestige in front of the palace, and Chen Gongtai secretly explored the truth
Two scarred bandits were tied to a stake, moaning in pain in the darkness of the torture chamber. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Chen Gong sat opposite, turning the brush in his hand while looking at them with his eyes, and on both sides of the torture room stood four jailers holding leather whips on the upper body, with a fierce look on their faces that was as chilling as the evil ghosts of hell.
"You're going to stay silent like this, aren't you?" After being silent for a long time, Chen Gong put down the brush in his hand and said coldly, "I know that you are not afraid of death, but are you afraid that life is better than death?" To tell you the truth, this edict is the purgatory of the world, and every jailer has undergone strict selection, and their methods are very wonderful, and they will make you beg me to kill you! Speaking of this, Chen Gong's face sank, beckoned, and the corners of the two jailers' mouths showed a trace of a sneer, walked up to the two thieves, skillfully stretched out their hands to grab their chins, and with a crisp sound, the two let out a scream like killing pigs.
Looking at the six people in front of him who were exuding murderous aura, Lu Bu held Fang Tian's halberd with one hand and said lightly: "Let's start!" Almost at the same moment, Tangen, who was standing at the front with a giant axe in his hand, shouted angrily, crossed his two axes, held them high in the air, and slashed down from top to bottom towards Lu Bu's door. Lu Bu's body did not move, he raised his hand and sent Fang Tian's halberd in front of him, and the crescent blade was impartially fixed on the crossed axe handle. Lu Bu took advantage of the situation to turn his wrist, and the crescent blade spun rapidly, and the sudden powerful force made Tangen's hands ache, and after a little distraction, the two axes came out of his hands and drew a perfect arc in the air.
"Drink!" Lu Bu suddenly shouted, turned around and held Fang Tian's halberd with both hands, and slammed it towards Tangen's side with three percent of his strength. All who saw Tangen in mid-air were like shuttlecocks, spitting blood and being knocked off the stage by Lu Bu. All the movements were done in one go, as fast as meteors, and before even the ministers could react, Tangen had already fallen off the stage.
Before Fang Tian's halberd could be recovered, Wolf Ni's meteor hammer had already roared, and it circled around the halberd rod a few times, entangled the Fang Tian halberd in Lu Bu's hand. Behind him, Mixanu and Daihua, one holding a mace, and the other waving a mountain sword at Lu Bu to stop and slash at the waist. For a while, the situation became extremely dangerous, and all the ministers in the audience shouted: "General Lu is careful behind him!" In the crowd, Yuan Ruonan covered his mouth with his sleeves worriedly, his eyes were intently fixed on Lu Bu, and he seemed to be able to hear his heartbeat nervously. The princess Wannian in the distance closed her eyes and didn't dare to continue looking. Cheng Lian and Gao Shun pressed their swords in their hands, and they planned to rush to the stage after a slight mistake.
Seeing that the mace and the mountain opener were about to hit Lu Bu's waist together, just when everyone thought that Lu Bu would be defeated, Lu Bu suddenly shouted angrily, his arms suddenly exerted force, and his clear eyes suddenly emerged with a murderous aura, and a handsome face suddenly became angular, only to see that between the electric light and flint, Lu Bu did not move half a step, slightly sideways and raised his right foot, and with an amazing strength, he stepped on the ground with the two superimposed pieces of death, and said sharply: "Come over to me!" Everyone saw that the wolf holding the meteor hammer was straight to be turned over by Lubra, and without any suspense, he smashed with Meganu and Daihua, and the three of them fell on the stage. Lu Bu took advantage of the situation to raise Fang Tian's halberd and smashed it heavily on Wolf Ni. Yan Liyang, who was good at arching horses in the distance, saw that he couldn't be rescued, so he dropped his spear and took out a hard bow from the weapon rack, and shouted at Lu Bu: "Look at the arrow!" A wild goose arrow came out in response and went straight to Lu Bu's heart.
"Dark arrows hurt people, despicable!" The general He Jin angrily pointed at Yan Liyang and scolded: "If you have the ability, you can come with a knife and a gun!" On the other side, Cha Khantai retorted quietly: "Soldiers are not tired of deceit, and the general is familiar with the art of war, haven't you heard of it?" At this moment, Chahantai is full of confidence, because Yan Liyang is not only accurate in archery but also extremely powerful, he has witnessed Yan Liyang's arrow shoot through a big tree that two people hug, in his heart, this is his killer blow to Lu Bu, Chahantai is confident that Lu Bu will never dodge this arrow. The hearts of everyone present had not yet been relieved because Lu Bu had broken away from the three-person encirclement, so they were worried about him again.
"We fled from Yanzhou, and while sheltering from the rain in a ruined temple in the northern suburbs, we met a man dressed in black, who gave each of us a gold ingot, and asked us to follow the brigade to ambush General Lu Bu's team in Qilongling." The two thieves who were stammered couldn't bear the torture and spit out the matter to Chen Gonghe.
"You mean that all the people involved in this ambush were peasants who had fled from all over the country?" After listening to the words of the two, Chen Gong continued to ask while pondering, "Have you seen the appearance of the man in black who bought you?" "He has always covered his face with a black cloth, and the villain has never seen his face." One of them said, "However, he speaks with a strange accent, like a dialect somewhere!" Hearing this, Chen Gong's eyes lit up, and he turned his head to the two and said, "Let you listen to it again, you may be able to hear it?" ”
"Back to the adult, the villain must hear it." The two of them knelt down.
In the ring, Yan Liyang looked at everything in front of him in disbelief, and said blankly: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!" ”
The medical officer stepped into the ring and carried the three severely injured Wolf Ni out of the ring. Lu Bu looked at Yan Liyang who was standing on the stage and Xiu Wulu who was holding a cooked copper stick with sharp eyes, and shouted angrily: "Come again!" As he spoke, he raised Fang Tian's halberd and rushed towards the two of them. Cheng Lian looked at the cluster of arrows that were divided into two on the ground, and recalled that Lu Bu had just turned around and split the cluster of arrows shot at him in half with a halberd, and couldn't help but whisper to Gao Shun beside him: "The general's bravery, no less than the overlord of Western Chu!" Gao Shun also nodded and praised: "After the overlord, there is such a brave person, and the general should be the first person." ”
Watching Lu Bu dance a halberd in the ring, the princess Liu Ning whispered in the ear of the queen mother, He Li'er, "Queen mother, who is this general?" He Lian'er stared intently at the vicious fight in the ring, and replied: "Huang'er, this person is the Fenwu captain Lu Bu who rushed into battle on a single horse, killed ten captains of the five Xiongnu tribes, and captured the eldest prince Wuli Kunyi. When Liu Ning heard this, he couldn't help but open his mouth wide in surprise, turned his head, and looked at Lu Bu's vigorous figure in the ring with reverence and curiosity.
"Drink!" Lu Bu waved his halberd again and knocked Yan Liyang and Xiu Wulu out of the ring. Turning around, in the eyes of the courtiers full of appreciation and admiration, he shouted at Chahantai, who stayed in place and was at a loss: "Those who commit strong men will be punished even if they are far away!" When the ministers heard this, they got up one after another and applauded Lu Bu, and the soldiers of the forbidden army guarding the Qianyuan Hall were infected by Lu Bu's heroic spirit, and they raised their arms and shouted: "Those who commit strong men will be punished even if they are far away." ”
Emperor Han Ling happily stood up from the dragon chair: "Okay, prince, it seems that my Han warrior skills are superior, the prince has something to say?" Chahantai looked at Lu Bu directly, his eyes were full of murderous intent, and he said coldly with an expressionless face: "Your Majesty, Chahantai has nothing to say." "Well, then, the marriage between the two countries is over." Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty proudly announced to the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, "Spread the decree, promote the captain of the Fenwei Colonel Lu Bu to the general of Fenwei, and set up a banquet in Bihua Palace tonight, I and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty should treat the first warrior of the Han Dynasty well, and the general of Fenwei Lu Bu and Lu Fengxian will be the first!" ”
Lu Bu bowed and saluted: "The last general thank you Lord Longen, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”
After Chen Gong took two captives to talk to the Xiongnu prince Wuli Kunyi, the two shook their heads, saying that Wuli Kunyi's accent did not match the masked man in black. Chen Gong was thinking about where there was a mistake, Cheng Lian rushed over with a happy face, and said to Chen Gong: "Sir, the general has been promoted to General Fenwei by His Majesty, and His Majesty will have a banquet for the general in Bihua Palace tonight. Didn't you see that the Hun prince looked like he wanted to fight with the general, he was really overwhelmed, but fortunately, the Xianbei Khan beside him......"
"What? What did you just say? What Khan? Chen Gong suddenly shouted, startling Cheng Lian; Xianbei Khan? What's wrong? Chen Gong clapped his hands and said: "Yes, yes, it is Xianbei Khan!" As he spoke, he raised his hand to signal everyone to retreat, leaned over to Cheng Lian and whispered in his ear.
"Senior, how are the seven warriors?" Seeing Ke Qu walking out of the house with the medical officer, Chahantai, who had just rushed back to the post house, hurriedly asked.
Ke Qu sighed and replied, "Except for Yan Liyang, who broke an arm, the other six people are afraid that their bodies are useless." It's a pity, these seven people are the bravest warriors in my Xianbei! When Chahantai heard this, he couldn't help but look displeased, originally according to his calm character, he would definitely not have a dispute with Kequ at this time, but after all, he was young and vigorous, and he was humiliated by the courtiers in the Qianyuan Palace, and his heart was full of resentment, and he couldn't help but sprinkle his resentment on Kequ: "Senior, what are you talking about?" It's a pity for the Xianbei warriors, isn't it a pity for our Hun warriors? Don't forget the Battle of Jiuyuan City, the losses are all the most fierce soldiers of my Southern Huns. "They at least died on the battlefield, but they ......" Before Kequ finished speaking, Wuli Kunyi, who had just been taken back to the post house by Chahantai behind him, couldn't bear his irritable personality, and suddenly opened his mouth: "Enough, if you are afraid of death, take your people back to Xianbei, there are no cowards in the grassland warriors!" There are no sheep like you who only grovel to the barbarians! ”
Seeing that Wuli Kunyi spoke so ugly, Kequ, who had always been modest, was also angry, after all, this trip to Luoyang with the seven warriors to help Chahantai was completely to see the face of the old brother Qiangqu, who would have thought that his son would be so unreasonable: "Okay, the eldest prince is naturally a brave lion on the grassland, since the eldest prince thinks that the Xianbei warriors are cowardly sheep, I will not accompany him for a long time." With that, he turned and left despite Chahantai's hard persuasion.
"Big brother, after all, he has been the elder brother of Father Khan for many years, how can you talk to him like this." Chahantai looked at the eldest brother helplessly. Wuli Kunyi didn't reply, turned around and walked into the house with a gloomy face.
At night, in Luoyang Bihua Palace, the lights are bright, and the plans are staggered. The hundreds of officials in the court pushed the cups and changed the lamps, and the noise came and went, so it was not lively.
"Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen, I propose, how about we have a cup of General Fenwei together?" He Jin stood up slowly, raised his wine glass and said to everyone. Lu Zhi, Yang Biao, Cai Yong and others all stood up with wine glasses in their hands, and said to Lu Bu in unison: "Respect General Fenwei!" For a while, hundreds of wine glasses were aimed at Lu Bu, this extravagant banquet had never been seen even in the twenty-first century Lu Bu, and he had no time to think about it so he had to pick up the wine glass and stand up from his seat: "Lu Bu is a vulgar person at the border, Lai Tianzi Hongfu, God bless the Han court to work together to achieve a slight result, how dare you treat everyone with such courtesy, Bu is ashamed and dare not be, do it first as a respect!" ”
Seeing that Lu Bu was so respectful and had no domineering appearance in the ring, everyone praised Lu Bu for being a humble gentleman and a pillar of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Han Ling smiled and waved his hand, motioning for everyone to sit down. Everyone knows that this is the emperor has something to say, so they are busy and listen attentively. "Lu Qing, today you appeared in time to defeat the seven warriors of the Xiongnu by yourself, and only then did you force Nacha Khantai to break off the idea of marrying Princess Wannian, in other words, you are Ning'er's benefactor and my benefactor!" Emperor Ling stroked his beard and said to Princess Wannian with a smile: "Ning'er, don't respect your benefactor, General Lu, for a cup." ”
When the princess Wannian beside her heard this, she hurriedly picked up her wine glass, and with the support of several maids, she trotted all the way to Lu Bu, raised her wine glass and said: "Ning'er thanked the general, if the general hadn't arrived in time today, Ning'er would have married the Huns." As he spoke, he made a naughty face at Lu Bu, showing his innocence and cuteness in his gestures. Lu Bu hurriedly took the wine glass with both hands, and said to Princess Wannian: "As a soldier of the Han Dynasty, it is within the responsibility of the last general to guard the territory of the Han Dynasty and protect the royal nobles. As he spoke, he grinned and grimaced, and then drank all the wine in his cup. Thinking of the civil and military ministers he had seen on weekdays, who didn't have a serious face as if he owed him hundreds of dollars, this Lu Bu was still the first one who could make a face to himself.
"Giggle." Princess Wannian was so amused by Lu Bu that she had to cover her lips with her sleeves and laughed softly, and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were also amused by Princess Wannian's cute appearance. "Father, I want General Lu to accompany me to the Imperial Garden to play." After laughing for a long time, the princess of Wannian stopped the tears flowing from the corners of her eyes and turned to the Spirit Emperor on the dragon chair and said. "Ning'er, don't mess around, my father is picking up General Fenwei, how can I let Lu Qing accompany you, a little kid, to play?" Emperor Han Ling said, "Come back quickly, don't mess around." ”
"No, no, the emperor wants General Fenwei to accompany me to the back garden to play." Princess Wannian pursed her lips in dissatisfaction, and her cute appearance made it impossible to refuse his request. For a while, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty looked at Emperor Ling, hoping that he would take up his mind. And He Jin, the general who has always favored Princess Wannian, after giving Emperor Ling a look of approval, looked at Princess Wannian with a loving face and said no more. Lu Bu looked at everyone with an embarrassed face, and just wanted to open his mouth to refuse, but he was glared at fiercely by Princess Wannian, and couldn't help frowning, no more, and thought: What a powerful girl.
Seeing that Emperor Ling had a difficult choice for a while, Zhang Rang, who was serving on the side, suddenly spoke: "Your Majesty, the old slave has a proposal, it is better for Your Majesty and Her Royal Highness the Princess to gamble." Since the princess wants General Fenwei to accompany her to play in the imperial garden, and His Majesty is embarrassed by this banquet for General Lu, we might as well take General Fenwei as a note. As soon as these words came out, everyone present was interested, and Queen He Li'er put down her wine glass and asked: "Zhang Changshi, how to gamble?" Zhang Rang pointed to the outside of the hall and said: "The old slave heard that General Fenwei is not only brave, but also the best in the world. The old slave proposed to order the forbidden army to set up a spear outside the hall, and General Fenwei shot it with a hard bow in the hall, if he could shoot the red tassel on the spear, let General Fenwei accompany Her Royal Highness the princess to the imperial garden, otherwise, continue to feast and drink with the Manchu Dynasty civil and military here, how about it? ”
"Good! This method is very good, I have seen the unparalleled bravery of General Fenwei today, and I want to see if the general's archery skills are as powerful as martial arts, Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal. Under the leadership of the general He Jin, the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu quickly agreed to this bet, and Princess Wannian naturally refused to give up this opportunity, and nodded and agreed. Soon, a spear was erected outside the hall, and He Miao, who held Jinwu, presented a five-stone strong bow with both hands and handed it to Lu Bu.
Lu Bu visually measured the distance between himself and the spear, about three hundred paces, and then reversed the hard bow in his hand. Thinking of the scene when the hard bow in his hand was broken after shooting Ali Bujiang with an arrow in Jiuyuan City that day, he turned around and said: "Your Majesty, this bow is too light, if you use this bow, it will be difficult for the general to shoot." "Oh, I forgot that General Fenwei was born with divine power, come on, bring the spirit treasure bow of General Fei Li Guang." Emperor Ling suddenly realized. Not long after, two soldiers of the forbidden army walked up to the hall with Lingbao bows in their hands.
Lu Bu looked at it: but saw that the bow surface was dark blue, shining like the moon under the illumination of the lamp, emitting a faint dark light, and it was rumored that the bowstring made by the East China Sea evil dragon tendon was tight at both ends of the bow surface, as if it had a thousand powers, ready to go. Lu Bu stroked the bow surface, faintly felt the helplessness of the flying general Li Guang trapped in the side, took a deep breath, raised his left arm, raised the Lingbao bow with one hand, and pulled out a goose feather arrow from the quiver with his right hand, everyone saw that the bow was like a full moon arrow like a meteor, and the wild goose arrow drew a perfect parabola in the air, and went straight to the spear, and after a while, the cheers of the soldiers came from outside the hall: "General Fenwei shot!" ”
"Haha, father, you are the monarch, you have no jokes?" Princess Wannian clapped her hands happily and said. In the applause of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, Emperor Ling smiled and said, "Lu Qing, it seems that you can't eat this meal." However, if you accompany Ning'er to go crazy, I should also give you some compensation, I will give you this flying general's spiritual treasure bow, and from today on, you will be my Han's flying general. "The last general, thank you for your great kindness." Lu Bu hugged his fists and said, "The last general will live up to the title of flying general!" But Princess Wannian said dissatisfiedly: "Father, why do you have to compensate for playing with the emperor?" When they heard this, they burst into laughter again. Since then, the name of the flying general Lu Bu has quickly spread all over the world.
Queen He saw that Lu Bu was dignified, not only brave and extraordinary, but also quite cultivated, and then looked at the bright teeth and bright eyes beside Lu Bu, and the graceful princess of Wannian, suddenly her eyes lit up, and she leaned sideways and said a few words beside Emperor Ling, and after Emperor Ling heard it, he immediately smiled.
At the east gate of Luoyang City, the Xianbei Great Khan Kequ wanted to return to Xianbei with the seriously injured Seven Warriors.
Standing in front of the city gate, Kequ turned his head to look at the direction of the post house, and said to himself: "Brother Qiangqu, it's not that I don't care about affection, it's really that your son is too unsuccessful!" The one-armed Yan Liyang rode a horse to his side and said, "King, let's go, this Luoyang is not a place to stay for a long time." If you don't leave quickly, it will change later! ”
"That's right!" The lights suddenly brightened in front of the city gate, and the seven hundred state troops opened a battle formation to block the city gate strictly, Gao Shun held a green dragon spear in his hand, and behind him, Cheng Lian with two hundred crossbowmen aimed at the Xianbei convoy. I only heard Chen Gong sitting on a horse not far away, and said leisurely: "Xianbei Great Khan, as the king of a country, is it too rude to say goodbye without saying goodbye." ”