Chapter 14: The Tragedy of the Ancient City
Yuhang Nancheng, a long-abandoned, inconspicuous dilapidated courtyard, but at this moment, a lot of black-clothed people gathered, silently, in this dim night, it was weird. In the grass house, under a dim oil lamp, the old man with gray eyebrows quietly stared at the note in his hand, and after a while, the note was lit by a candle, and the old man stared at the scattered cigarette ash and said with a gloomy smile: "Hehe, good An Qingxu." Suddenly thinking that there were still people in the house, he immediately walked to the black-clothed messenger who was still kneeling on one knee. Unexpectedly, before the words fell, he saw half of the Tang knife in the old man's sheath eject out, sweeping around his neck, and the next moment, the messenger felt that his mouth was suddenly thirsty, and there was only endless darkness in front of him.
Hearing the sound of begging for mercy in the house, everyone in the courtyard was shocked, and they fell to their knees one after another, not daring to get up. The next moment, a bloodless human head was thrown out of the grass hut and fell in front of everyone.
"Prime Minister Atonement!" Everyone was shocked when they saw that the skull was pale under the moon, and a little blood stain could not hide the panicked expression.
The old man in the house walked out calmly, looked at the kneeling people in the courtyard, thought for a moment, and said with a gloomy smile: "It's a big thing to spoil me, how can I spare it, hehe, the internal guard listens to the order!" ”
After the old man finished explaining the task, everyone in the garden tied up their face towels one after another, jumped out of the broken courtyard, scattered in all directions, and disappeared in the night, and did not know where to go.
Yan Feng had a face-to-face with the mysterious man in black that night, and sent a few people back to the inn, before dawn, he hurriedly reported to Taishou, who was going to be for decades, and saw the embroidered pattern of the rags in Yan Feng's hand, and recognized at a glance that this was actually the secret agency established by Wu Cao during the Wu Zhou Dynasty - the logo of the internal guard, this chaotic era full of smoke, it is not a good thing for the Wu clan forces to appear in the city, I wanted to order the closure of the four gates and martial law in the whole city, and wipe out this force, and I was worried that it would shock the people and mess up the hearts of the people and the army, and immediately ordered the whole city of Yuhang to implement a curfew, The night patrol battalion and the Xuanjia battalion inspected the whole city together, however, after a few days, the situation became worse and worse, and civilians began to disappear inexplicably, and finally found that the corpses were sunk in various wells in the city. Sima, who was more than half a hundred a year under the county guard's tent, was found to have been stabbed in the heart by the slaves and maids in the palace and died on the couch, and the noble people in the city were also in danger, and they asked Taishou and Yan Feng to take shelter, but the county lord of Ningshu was not worried at all, because of the situation in the city, her father agreed that she should follow Yan Feng's side at all times, and when she got this order, Yan Feng smiled bitterly.
Since Qin Wei returned to the inn, he was tossed by Xiaoxiao and Bai Yu and others for a few days, rubbing medicine and luck to heal his wounds, and within a few days, his neck was almost healed.
Qin Wei didn't want the two daughters to go together, so he used the excuse of sorting out the meridians for Begonia, and asked Begonia to accompany Xiaoxiao to find the Yang Medical Immortal, but unexpectedly, the second daughter refused, Begonia's reason was naturally that he had martial arts, where Bai Yu went, where he followed, he looked at Bai Yu with a soft face, and Bai Yu's heart was cold, and he inexplicably hit a few spirits.
And Xiaoxiao insisted that Qin Wei's wound had not healed and his meridians were not stable, so he took out several silver needles on the spot, dangled in front of Qin Wei, and actually came up with the original reason, if he didn't agree, he would be lame on the spot.
Qin Wei hurriedly waved his hand, and hid to the side with a wry smile, Chuan Bao saw this and said with a smile: "Na, I told you a long time ago that you don't need to talk nonsense, just give this thing to her!" Saying that, a burden in his hand was thrown to Qin Wei, Qin Wei took it, opened the baggage, and it turned out to be the gold silk soft armor.
"Miss Xiaoxiao, this trip is not as good as before, there is always a worry about your life, please say that this thing is worn on your body, and you can save one or two in times of crisis" Qin Wei carefully handed the golden silk soft armor to Xiaoxiao, Xiaoxiao saw this, "I don't wear this kind of thing!" Well? Carrying a chicken with one hand, he pinched this heirloom armor, and wanted to throw it aside, but found that this armor was very light and thin, completely different from his own guess, and he started to be glutinous, and hurriedly opened it to take a look, and found that this armor was like a sleeveless coat, Haitang smiled when he saw this: "Xiaoxiao, this thing is so light and thin, it can just be worn close to the body!" Xiaoxiao didn't seem to believe that this thing was the rumored peerless armor, and when he was about to pierce the silver needle in his hand to this thing, he only heard a slight sound, and the silver needle that he thought could penetrate this armor was all broken, and then looked at the soft armor, there was not a trace of scratches, and he knew that this thing was definitely not rumored, and suddenly thought of something, and said: "Begonia's body has not yet recovered, or you wear it!" As he spoke, he was about to throw the armor over, and Haitang waved his hand, "It's not convenient for me to wear this martial arts" looked at Qin Wei on the side, "Brother Qin is kind enough to give it to you, you can accept it, don't let down the hard work of others" Looking at Qin Wei, whose face was slightly red, he immediately hid his face and chuckled.
Seeing that this thing could not be sent, Xiaoxiao had to stuff the treasure armor into the medicine bag behind him at will, "Okay, then I'll take it!" ”
"Be sure to wear it!" Qin Wei hurriedly instructed.
"Got it! That's a lot! ”
Everyone laughed, Chuan Bao said: "Suiyang's trip, along the way will pass through several villages and counties, now the beacon smoke together, there must be no shortage of mountain bandits and robbers along the way, for the sake of safety, we might as well disguise to move forward" Chuan Bao spoke, unintentionally looked at Xiaoxiao and Begonia two daughters
When Bai Yu heard this, he hurriedly said: "What Brother Yan said is that Xiaoxiao girl has a beautiful face and moon appearance, and if she is seen, there will be trouble on the road."
On the side, Haitang was not happy, and pouted and twisted Bai Yu's shoulder: "What about me!" ”
"Ahh Bai Yu was so busy in pain that he shouted: "You too, you too!" ”
After some discussion, Bai Yu instructed Bai Ping to buy clothes, sundries and dry food for disguise according to everyone's needs.
As soon as Bai Ping's front foot came out, he hurriedly turned back, only to see Yan Feng break in with a team of Xuanjia Battalion guards, followed by the county lord Ning Shu, who was already at a loss.
"Brother Yan, what's going on?" Qin Wei saw Yan Feng's solemn expression, and knew that something must have happened.
"Taishou was killed"
"What!" Everyone in the room was shocked.
It turned out that in the early morning, the servants of the Taishou Mansion boiled a bowl of lotus seed soup, which was intended to be sent to the Taishou Lord who had been busy all night in the study and had not rested, but pushed the door but did not see the figure of the Taishou, the servants looked around, and saw the Taishou who was standing quietly with his back to himself at the edge of the viewing pool, and the servant hurriedly took a cloak and wanted to go over to drape it on the body of the Taishou, but he just touched the body of the Taishou, and the head of the Taishou rolled down to his hands!
Yan Feng learned that Taishou had been killed, and he knew that the big thing was not good, and immediately thought that it was the mysterious force that did it, and he hurriedly remembered that Qin Wei and the three of them had fought with him, so he hurriedly took the county lord to the inn, wanting to take a few of them to Taishou Mansion together.
Hearing the intention, everyone hurriedly followed Yan Feng to the Taishou Mansion.
The group rushed into the Taishou Mansion and pushed away the servants and retainers who were at a loss, "Father! As soon as he saw the corpse of his relative, the lord of Ningshu staggered forward, picked up his already cold head, mourned in his heart, and cried loudly in his arms.
Yan Feng led Qin Wei, Bai Yu, and Chuan Bao to the body of Tai Shou, who was still standing, only to see that the incision between the neck was unusually flat, and the wound seemed to have been burned, only a little blood oozed out, but it was precisely after this blood vein was sealed that turned cold and stiff, and the body could stand like a living person.
"General Yan guessed that it was done by the mysterious forces that night?" Bai Yu carefully examined the wound on Taishou's neck and suddenly asked.
"That's right, what did Brother Bai find?" Yan Feng saw that the county lord had already fainted from crying, and his heart ached, but at the moment of the big case, he was not allowed to take into account the friendship between men and women, so he immediately calmed down and asked for a moment.
"That **** once struck a blow to the broken blade of the mysterious Taoist at the moment, if it weren't for the extraordinary weapon in my hand, I'm afraid I would have been pierced, and I seemed to feel that the person's broken blade contained amazing heat that day."
Qin Wei continued: "According to the situation at that time and what Brother Bai said, I remember that the former Chongyun General once said that when something is extremely fast, it will produce a burning sensation."
Bai Yu heard this, and continued: "You mean, the murderer's knife is fast enough to rely on the heat generated to seal the Taishou bloodline while cutting off the skin?" How is this possible! ”
Yan Feng heard several people arguing, his brows tightened, and he was considering the possibility of speculation, but he saw a door staggering into the courtyard outside the courtyard, and shouted to everyone in the courtyard: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty has sent someone! ”
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said, I heard that Suiyang is in danger, I am afraid that in the evening, Jiangnan will fall, and the guards of the counties of Jiangnan Province will send troops to help, and the holy decree will arrive, set off immediately, without delay! After reading the decree with an expressionless face, the blue-faced eunuch seemed to be bored and looked at the chaotic Taishou Mansion people, and said to Yan Feng, who was kneeling on the ground, in a very uncomfortable sharp voice, "Don't rub the general, take the troops and set off?" After sending you away, our family has to go to other counties, and this time cannot be delayed for a moment."
Yan Feng took the holy decree and said busily: "Father-in-law Rong Bing, Yuhang Taishou was assassinated last night, and the general is investigating the case at this moment, so you might as well " Before Yan Feng could finish speaking, the green-faced eunuch interrupted him: "Since the general is the chief general of the Yuhang garrison, now that the holy decree has arrived, the general will not send troops, do you want to sit back and watch Jiangnan fall, so that you can go and surrender the thief?" Bai Yuchuan Bao saw that the eunuch with the fox and fake tiger power was talking so ugly, and he was busy rushing up to teach the eunuch a lesson, but he was dragged by Qin Wei beside him, shook his head, and looked at Yan Feng intently, after several years of military career, he and Yan Feng both knew that any words that disobeyed the meaning of these eunuchs could not be said.
Yan Feng forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and arched his hand and said: "My father-in-law is wrong to blame the last general, but Taishou was killed, and the matter is serious, Rong Mo will explain a few words to others" Immediately took out a belt of gold leaves from his arms and stuffed them into the hands of the eunuchs.
The eunuch secretly checked it, but he didn't expect this person to understand things so well, so he immediately put away the money bag, looked around, turned his back, and said, "Taishou was killed, it's different from usual, our family will wait for you for a while." ”
Hearing this, Yan Feng's heart was temporarily relieved, he didn't expect several major events to be like a midsummer rainstorm, and he was at a loss for a while, at this time, the county lord had already woken up, and after hearing the conversation between the eunuch and Yan Feng, he slammed into Yan Feng's arms, "Yan Feng, don't leave me, I'm afraid, don't leave me!" ”
Yan Feng looked at the county lord who was already in tears, and felt pity in his heart, but this trip to Suiyang was too dangerous, and the "county lord ......" was only for a while, and he couldn't say it anymore.
After a stick of incense, Yan Feng, who was dressed in white filial piety, helped the county lord who had collapsed onto the war horse, and behind him Qin Wei followed with a gun and a horse, and then there were four people from Haitang Bai Yu and Xiaoxiao Chuanbao who were riding together, as well as the elite cavalry of the 800 Xuanjia Battalion and the 2,000 patrol battalion foot soldiers who also wore white scarves around their waists, and walked out of Yuhang County City, along the main road, and drove towards Suiyang.
Bai Ping was left to help Taishoufu take care of the aftermath, and afterwards he would return to Fuyang and inform the Bai family's housewife of what he heard about this trip.
It was another night, when the red moon was in the sky, the old man in black saw that the Xuanjia battalion had withdrawn from Yuhang, the number of soldiers had been sharply reduced, and the city guards were killed, knowing that the time had come, he immediately gathered his internal guards and prepared to make a big fuss in this empty Yuhang City. Who knew that everyone had just walked out of the courtyard, but they saw a green-robed Taoist standing not far away, only to see the Taoist raise the green sword in his hand, pinching the trick in his hand, carrying enough internal strength, and the killing intent in his chest came out of his body, for a while, the white beard hair was scattered and flying under the moonlight, and the cold light on the green sword was even stronger, and the Taoist's eyes flashed, and he said in an extremely cold voice: "You and others slaughtered the good people, wantonly killed the loyal and good, and murdered the important ministers of the court, which is really a crime that cannot be punished!" Today, let the poor road do the way for the heavens, and kill all of them! Immediately waved the long sword in his hand, under the moonlight, the sword light in the sky scattered and flew in all directions, the cold edge was overwhelming, the first few black-clothed people had no time to dodge, the Tang knife in the hand blocked met the sword light and was crushed by the twist, the stumps and broken flesh were scattered, the rest of the people who watched were horrified, the old man was busy filling the crossbow, unexpectedly before aiming, they all collapsed to the ground, foaming at the mouth, and died in an instant, for a while, the black-clothed people holding steel crossbows all fell to the ground and died. The old man was shocked to realize that there was someone behind him, turned to look, and found that in the corner of the roof, there was a thin woman, playing with a delicate crossbow in her hand, and chuckled.
"Playing with a crossbow in front of me, it's really a big knife in front of Guan Gong", immediately pointed at the crossbow in his hand, the old man saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly dragged a person next to him as a shield, poof, puff three times, and the crossbow arrow nailed this person to death. And the old man took advantage of the chaos, his figure flashed, and disappeared.
"Hey! That old thing ran away! Seeing that the green-robed Daoist was only concerned about killing those black-clothed people, the thin woman hurriedly reminded.
Another person was ground into minced meat, and the green-robed Taoist heard this: "Ran away again!" The anger in his heart was even stronger, but he knew that this thief was very good, and it was too late to chase him, so he vented all his anger on the dead guards present.
For a while, the sword shadows scattered, reflecting the moonlight of ten thousand rainbows, and the thin woman stood on the roof, ignoring the blood-colored hell below, the Shura Dojo, turned her head to look at the blood-red full moon, thought for a long time, and finally sighed.
Anshi's Rebellion Volume, the end
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