Chapter 105: Hou Qing's Strategy
Chang'an City, Daming Palace.
"Houqing, now the Tang army will be unable to pass through the siege of Chang'an, even with the help of Mr. Yun, those Tang troops will not be able to enter Chang'an, but this is not a long-term solution! Houqing, quickly think of a way for the widow! In the Daming Palace, An Qingxu sat anxiously on the dim dragon chair, surrounded by the four commanders of the Green Dragon and White Tiger Vermilion Bird Xuanwu, obviously, after these four people betrayed Wu Renxing, they were reused in the hands of An Qingxu, no matter where An Qingxu was going, he would take these four people. But now, the position of these four people and their masters is a little awkward. Listening to An Qingxu's words, Qinglong's unruly eyes immediately stared at the red-clothed man with a covered face who was pacing back and forth in the hall, seeing that this person was not in a hurry with a folding fan in his hand, Qinglong couldn't help frowning.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Yun's swordsmanship is unparalleled in the world, even if the Tang Army has millions of people, they will not be able to enter Chang'an no matter what, Your Majesty can rest assured." The red-clothed man put away the red folding fan in his hand and said loudly.
"Sir, Your Majesty's focus is on how we get out, isn't Your Excellency boasting that Mr. Yun alone can wipe out 100,000 Tang troops? Then why don't you let Mr. Yun take action immediately to resolve the siege of Chang'an for Your Majesty! Qinglong saw that the man in red avoided the serious, and couldn't help but remind loudly.
"Traitor seeking glory, how can you speak here?" Listening to Qinglong's words, the man in red actually spoke in a dignified tone, and the folding fan in his hand suddenly gave birth to an air blade, but it was not triggered, Qinglong thought that this person was so difficult to deal with, and he was going to shoot if he didn't agree with a word, for a while, a little bead of sweat appeared on Qinglong's forehead, and he clearly noticed that the seemingly light and thin air blade on the edge of this fan was actually extremely sharp, and it was enough to easily cut himself into pieces of meat.
"Houqing! You tell the widow what you want, the widow will definitely satisfy you, as long as you hurry up and relieve the siege of Chang'an for the widow! An Qingxu's tone was almost pleading. Now An Qingxu is extremely regretful in his heart, regretting that he listened to Hou Qing's words, and personally came to Chang'an to supervise the battle, but before arriving in the army, he learned that his 100,000 army had been defeated, followed by the Tang army in an instant, Hou Qing comforted him, and invited the Yun family, a local swordsmanship master in Chang'an, to help, Mr. Yun, the master of the Yun family, really got it, the supreme sword qi could cover the entire Chang'an City, but not long after, An Qingxu faintly felt that something was wrong with the situation, no matter when he proposed to leave, Hou Qing will come up with all kinds of reasons to dissuade him, and to this day, An Qingxu suddenly had an epiphany that he had actually been placed under house arrest in Chang'an by Hou Qing. It's hateful that he doesn't know anyone, and he worships Houqing as a military advisor, but he hates that he is careless, and he only takes the Qinglong, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Xuanwu four people to escort him, and he hates him for rushing forward, if he is still staying in Yanjing Luoyang, let alone a Houqing, it is a hundred, a thousand, and it is not the opponent of his 200,000 Shenwu army, however, it is too late to figure it all out now. Thinking of this, An Qingxu looked at Hou Qing with a faint fear in his eyes・・・・・・・
"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't want anything else, as long as Your Majesty stays in Chang'an with peace of mind, it will be enough, Your Majesty's good intentions, and the minister's heart will be understood." The man in red smiled and arched his hand.
"Houqing! You are under house arrest, Your Majesty! This is a deception! The white tiger finally sensed the meaning of the man in red's words, and for a while, he was filled with righteous indignation, and the short dagger in his hand immediately appeared, and the cold light burst out, and the whole person was full of murderous aura.
"Your Majesty, how can you move a knife or a gun? If you want to say that you are the first, you can only be the first, hehe" Hou Qing was not in a hurry, he shook the folding fan in his hand, the red folding fan was all unfolded, and several sharp air blades were generated in an instant, and then disappeared, almost at the same time, the white tiger's strong body suddenly split apart, scattered all over the ground, and the hot blood was sprinkled on the golden hall of Daming Palace, and the white tiger stared at a pair of unbelievable eyes until death・・・・・・
Moody, killing invisible, the blood of the white tiger sprinkled on the golden hall, instantly frightened An Qingxu on the dragon chair, and the rest of the Qinglong Vermilion Bird Xuanwu was even more frightened, the man named Houqing in front of him, the strength is probably not inferior to that swordsman, Mr. Yun.
"Hou... Houqing, there is something to say, there is something to say, the widow, the widow just doesn't leave!" An Qingxu said tremblingly.
"Well, Your Majesty is wise, a few commanders, what do you think?" Hou Qing smiled and turned to look at the three of Qinglong.
"Your Majesty is wise..." Qinglong almost gritted his teeth and said these four words, he clenched his fists, the joints he clenched were white, and the Vermilion Bird on the side was even more bloodless, and he couldn't collapse because of Xuanwu's support with one hand.
Under the absolute suppression of strength, any resistance is meaningless, as killers, how can they not know.
"If Your Majesty has nothing else to do, Rong Chen will retire." Hou Qing smiled slightly, and did not wait for An Qingxu to speak, and as soon as he put away the folding fan in his hand, he turned around and walked out of the Golden Palace.
Seeing Hou Qing's figure disappear, An Qingxu's heart that had been crumbling fell to the ground, and then he sat down on the dragon chair in a dejected manner, humming and panting, and Suzaku threw himself on the side of the dragon chair with an aggrieved face, and said coquettishly: "Your Majesty, this Hou Qing obviously has a counterintention, let's escape, escape to Yanjing, and then we will catch this son again, and the corpse will be broken into ten thousand pieces!" ”
"Smack!" A slap was slapped heavily on Suzaku's face, and Suzaku's cheeks, which were originally not much blood, suddenly appeared a red palm print, only to hear An Qingxu say viciously: "Waste! It's all rubbish! A bunch of rubbish! Then he kicked Suzaku, who had collapsed to the ground and was at a loss.
"Your Majesty is angry!" Seeing that Suzaku was beaten, Qinglong's heart tightened, and he hurriedly knelt down. Originally, the death of the white tiger had already made him heartbroken, but now seeing Suzaku being beaten for no reason, Qinglong suddenly felt that the four of them were actually living a very sad life.
"The widow is wrong, the widow shouldn't have sent you to kill Yan Xiang, even if he is pretending to be a Tang man, but at least he won't let the widow set foot in danger! Not like you guys! One by one, you know that you are flattering me! The widow is wrong, wrong..."
"Your Majesty, don't mourn, ensure that the dragon's body is important" Qinglong endured the resentment in his heart and knelt down.
"Dragon's body! Dragon Body! The widow is now trapped in this Chang'an City, and he is not as alive as a worm! Waste, waste! An Qingxu cursed loudly, stood up suddenly, and kicked down the palace lamps on both sides of the dragon chair, and a copper ornament on the palace lamp fell heavily on Qinglong's forehead, and for a while, Yin Hong's blood oozed out of Qinglong's forehead and dripped onto the floor tiles of the Golden Palace.
"Green Dragon!" As soon as Xuanwu picked up the Suzaku, he saw the Qinglong forehead dripping blood, and then looked at An Qingxu who was swearing like thunder and cursed, Xuanwu was suddenly angry, and the short dagger in his hand appeared, and then stabbed straight at An Qingxu, where did An Qingxu think that Xuanwu would shoot at him, in his eyes, the four people of the Qinglong and White Tiger Vermilion Bird Xuanwu were nothing more than his four dogs, as long as a small favor, it was enough to make these four people bow their heads, however, when An Qingxu watched the dagger in Xuanwu's hand burst into his chest, An Qingxu had an epiphany, He has always been not an emperor, he is just a chaotic minister and thief after all, just a few curses, let the killer who was originally a subservient draw a knife to each other, at the last moment of his life, An Qingxu couldn't help but feel pitiful, and even more pathetic・・・・・・
Xuanwu sneered and pulled out the dagger inserted in An Qingxu's chest, and a stream of blood gushed out immediately, An Qingxu's body fell down, and in his last eyes, in addition to unwillingness, there was more sadness and resentment・・・・・・
"Ahh Suzaku screamed, and suddenly her face was discolored, and a warm blood splashed on her face, everything today is so unusual, suddenly, Suzaku seemed to feel that something was broken in her heart, until she saw An Qingxu fall to the ground, and the look in her eyes gradually faded, Suzaku reacted, that broken is what she has always wanted, to become the queen's dream.
"Xuanwu! You! You killed Your Majesty! Qinglong originally knelt down and bowed his head silently, until he heard Suzaku screaming, he raised his head, and then realized that An Qingxu had been killed by Xuanwu. Qinglong saw that Xuanwu was rummaging for something on An Qingxu's corpse, and immediately asked, "Xuanwu, what are you doing?" ”
Xuanwu rummaged and roared almost frantically: "What Your Majesty! Pigs and dogs are not as good as beasts, Qinglong, we don't have to work for him now, and we don't have to work for anyone in the future! Let's go! As long as you escape from Chang'an, return to Yanjing, and take the military order of this thief, you can order 200,000 Shenwu troops in Yanjing, and then the world may be ours, ah, I found it! Xuanwu immediately searched for half of the golden tiger talisman from An Qingxu's body, held it high and said excitedly.
"Xuanwu... Qinglong cleared his throat with difficulty and said.
"Nothing is impossible! In this deep palace, only the three of us know about An Qingxu's death, with our skills, it should not be difficult to escape from this Chang'an City, even if the army commander knows that An Qingxu is dead, we just need to push this matter to Houqing, can't we? Xuanwu stared at the tiger talisman in his hand with his eyes firmly and said excitedly.
"Then can I be a queen!" Suzaku asked, wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes.
"What is the queen, Wu Zetian has also done it, haha"
Hearing Xuanwu say this, Suzaku actually burst into tears and laughed, and then snatched the tiger talisman from Xuanwu's hand with trembling hands, and hugged it tightly in her arms, as if this half of the tiger talisman was her future.
"Alas, without further ado, let's hurry up, while Houqing hasn't found out yet, if he finds out that An Qingxu is dead, we will definitely die." Qinglong said with a frown.
After a while, the three black figures rushed out of the Daming Palace, sneaked all the way through the deserted streets, came to the unguarded city wall, quietly opened the city gate, and Xuanwu also specially fired an arrow at the Tang army camp a few miles away, and then the figure flashed and disappeared・・・・・・
"Houqing, just let them go like this, won't it disrupt your plans?" The man in white stood on one foot on the top of the Daming Palace, looking at the direction where the three of them disappeared, and with a wave of one hand, the invisible sword qi barrier that he had removed regathered at the city gate, and then said to the man in red beside him.
"Hehe, wolves eat meat in the world, dogs eat in the world, human nature can't be hidden, since they have carried the Lord once, they will definitely carry it a second time, Yun Zhongjun, I won't tell you, letting the three of them go is my real plan."
"Oh? Houqing, I can't understand you more and more, with your current strength, why should you care about the ethereal imperial power in the world, you can be like a few of us, free in the world, is it possible, is it really as you said, just for revenge? The man in white twisted his silver-white beard, and sighed in a quiet voice, this person was like a drop of golden water between his eyebrows, and there was a simple little sword shining in it, this person was Yun Zhongjun.
"Yes, it's just for revenge" Hou Qing's eyes were firmly fixed on the Tang army camp in the distance, although from here, the Tang army camp was just a black spot, but in Hou Qing's eyes, even a soldier wiping the sharp knife in his hand could see it clearly, as if it was right in front of him. After saying that, Hou Qing twisted the rope at the back of his head with his fingers, and with a slight pull, the tie on the covering surface was loosened, and the white jade covering suddenly fell to the golden roof of Daming Palace, shattering. A terrifying face without skin was revealed, and two round eyes seemed to be inlaid with them, turning between the blood-red muscles, and the teeth that were exposed were hideous.
"What the hell is going on, tell me" Yun Zhongjun glanced at Hou Qing's hideous face, frowned and sighed.
Hou Qing smiled, "Okay, since Yun Zhongjun asked, I'll tell you about it." As he spoke, the red folding fan in his hand shook in front of him, and a brand-new white jade overlay covered Hou Qing's hideous and terrifying face again.
"I was still in the Taihua Immortal Palace that year, and I was a proud disciple of the master's disciples, and they all said that I was a pharmaceutical wizard who had not met in a thousand years, but they refused to let me practice martial arts, hehe. Once, I went down the mountain to experience and met Ling'er, I was taking her back to Taihua Immortal Palace, but my father said that she was an ordinary person, so she was not allowed to stay in the palace, so I placed her in a grass house at the bottom of the mountain, and after that, I could only secretly have a tryst with Ling'er, but... One day, a group of beasts wearing Tang Army clothes rushed into the grass house, arrested me, and then defiled Ling'er in front of me, you say, can you not hate? ”
"Hate..."
"There is even more hateful, hehe, before they left, one of them actually ruined Ling'er's face with a knife, I struggled and said, to destroy me, don't move Ling'er, and then, this brute, just peeled off my face, you say, don't hate?" Hou Qing said with a smile.
"Hate," Yun Zhongjun sighed.
"Yes, I hate that my master and my father refused to teach me martial arts, so I watched Ling'er being humiliated, I hate that the world is so chaotic, the emperor is still talking about martial arts, after that, I used medicinal herbs to glue my face back again, and as usual, I returned to Taihua Immortal Palace, but, since the catastrophe of that day, I am no longer me・・・・・" Hou Qing said, the red light on the folding fan suddenly appeared again, and dense air blades were generated on the side of the folding fan, and then shattered・・・・・・ (to be continued.) )