Chapter 243 To the capital
The little whirlwind Chai Jin led the flower monk Lu Zhishen, the walker Wu Song, the unobstructed Mu Hong, and the winged tiger Lei Heng followed Chen Yuhou sent by Su Yuanjing Taiwei to board the boat from the golden beach and take the way to Bianliang, Tokyo.
After more than ten days of running around in water and drought, when the gate of Bianliang City in Tokyo was closed in the evening, Chen Yuhou quietly brought five people into the city, and first came to an inn that had been arranged long ago to stay.
This is a larger inn, and the entire back set of courtyards has been taken down in advance by Su Yuanjing Taiwei, the purpose of which is to avoid the eyes of Cai Jing and others, so as to act secretly.
In the middle of the night, Chen Yuhou led Su Yuanjing, who was dressed in civilian clothes, to the inn. Chai Jin, Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Mu Hong, and Lei Heng were introduced to Su Yuanjing Taiwei one by one.
Su Yuanjing arched his hand and said: "I have heard the names of the five heroes for a long time, and I can get your help today, so why worry about the immortality of the assassin." ”
Little Whirlwind Chai Jin said: "Lord Taiwei, our five brothers came to Tokyo on the order of Brother Song Gongming, and before leaving, Brother Song Gongming explained that after I arrived in Bianliang, Tokyo, everything was subject to Lord Taiwei's arrangement." ”
Su Yuan nodded and said: "I invited you this time, mainly to deal with the assassins sent by Tong Guan's traitorous ministers, this group of assassins is really hateful, and they have already assassinated our two ministers one after another. ”
The flower monk Lu Zhishen stepped forward and said, "Amitabha, may I ask Lord Taiwei, how many assassins are there in this group, and what are the origins?" ”
Su Yuanjing shook his head and said, "I know here that they are all high-ranking people, most of them act at night, and they all wear masked black scarves. ”
Lu Zhishen said: "My lord, the two ministers who were stabbed were injured by some instruments."
shook his head again Su Yuanjing said: "I know here, but according to the autopsy, it was caused by a sharp weapon that was not a sword or a knife." It's all a one-trick killing, and it's all in the shins. ”
Lu Zhishen frowned.
Little Whirlwind Chai Jin said: "Master, have you found anything?" ”
Lu Zhishen said: "Amitabha, it seems that this is not caused by the martial arts of the Central Plains. It is likely that the Assassins came from the island nation of Dongying. ”
Walker Wu Song said: "Could it be the person who stole the guy from Erlong Mountain?" ”
Lu Zhishen said: "It's very possible, the Sprinkle family once met a pair of young people, and eighty percent of them will be them." ”
Chai Jin asked Su Yuanjing, "Lord Taiwei, do you know where the assassin is hiding?" ”
Su Yuanjing said: "This assassin has come and gone without a trace, where can I know where they are located." ”
Lu Zhishen said: "My lord, then can you determine who the assassin's next assassination target is." ”
Su Yuanjing pondered for a moment and said, "The assassin's next target for assassination is most likely Zhao Kai, the minister of the military department. ”
Lu Zhishen said: "Amitabha, so let's just go to Lord Zhao's house and wait for the rabbit!" ”
Chai Jin nodded and said, "It's okay, this is the best way at the moment." ”
Su Yuanjing said: "Okay, the matter is settled, the official will go back first, and I will ask Chen Yuhou to take you to Zhao Kai's house tomorrow night." ”
The next morning, after breakfast, Lu Zhishen said to the little whirlwind Chai Jin: "Amitabha, Chai Daguan, the Sprinkle family wants to go out by themselves to see their old friends." ”
Chai Jin said: "Since the master is going to visit his old friend, then let Wu Song go with you, so that there will be a response." ”
Lu Zhishen said: "Amitabha, so there are two brothers of Lao Wu." ”
Lu Zhishen and Wu Song came to the street, and Wu Song said: "Big brother, I didn't know that you were going to see that old friend." ”
Lu Zhishen said: "Amitabha, the Sprinkle family wants to go outside the sour jujube door to see the people who saved me back then." ”
The two came to the vegetable garden of Daxiangguo Temple outside the sour jujube gate, and they didn't see a single acquaintance after going around there.
Lu Zhishen stopped a passer-by: "Amitabha, may I ask where all the people who used to live here in the past have gone." ”
The one looked at Lu Zhishen and said: "Alas, monk, you don't know, those people don't know how they offended Captain Gao back then, and they were all arrested by Captain Gao and sent by Captain Tai to confiscate the army." ”
Lu Zhishen listened to it and said angrily: "Amitabha, Gao Yu, this dog official, sooner or later, the Sprinkle family will invite him to eat a Zen staff." ”
Wu Song hurriedly pulled Lu Zhishen and said, "Big brother, don't scold angrily, be careful that the person called Gong listens to it and misses a big thing." ”
Lu Zhishen stomped his feet and said: "I'm afraid of a handful of birds, one day I will go to the White Tiger Festival Hall and twist off Gao Yu's head as a ball to kick." ”
Wu Song pulled Lu Zhishen back to the inn.
Back at the inn, Lu Zhishen sat on a chair in the guest room and drank wine.
Little Whirlwind Chai Jin asked Wu Song: "Brother Wu Song, why did you come back after going out for such a while, it was the master who made the master unhappy." ”
Wu Song said: "There is also that, it is Gao Yu's dog official who makes the master unhappy." ”
Chai Jin was taken aback when he heard this, and said, "Why, you met Gao Yu on the street." ”
Wu Song said: "What is there to meet Gao Yu, it is those people who once rescued Monk Hua who were arrested by Gao Yu to fill the army." ”
Chai Jin said angrily: "Gao Yu, this dog official, I don't know how many people he has harmed. Saying that, he walked up to Lu Zhishen and said: "Master, you can also dissipate your anger, you can't be guilty of ruining your body for Gao Yu's official anger, and you have taken care of your spirit, there will definitely be some vicious battles to fight in the next few days." ”
Lu Zhishen "snapped" the table and said, "I'm angry." ”
Chai Jin poured a bowl of wine for Lu Zhishen and said, "Come on, the master will drink another bowl of wine to extinguish the fire." ”
For a whole day, none of the five people were discharged from the hospital, but only drank and slept in the guest room.
In the evening, Chen Yuhou came to the inn and took everyone to Zhao Kai's mansion, which was not far from the imperial city.
Zhao Kai's house is a garden-style mansion, with rockeries, pools, cloisters, and small bridges in the courtyard.
Zhao Kai saw everyone coming, and hurriedly invited everyone into the living room and said: "Everyone has worked hard, everyone has come here to protect me Zhao, Zhao is really grateful." The safety of the lower officials is up to you. ”
Chai Jin replied: "It is our duty to protect the safety of the adults, and if the adults have any orders, you must not be polite." ”
Zhao Kai said: "Okay, then please go to the courtyard first and familiarize yourself with the terrain here!" ”
Everyone followed Zhao Kai to the courtyard and took a turn. Back in the house.
Chai Jin said to Zhao Kai: "My lord, you can rest assured, the safety here will be handed over to us." ”
Zhao Kai arched his hand and said: "Thank you so much, the next official has rested." ”
After Zhao Kai left, Chai Jin beckoned everyone to sit down and said, "The five of us divide the labor, and divide the four directions and the inner house." ”
Lu Zhishen said: "Amitabha, the monk is a tiger, so let's guard the position of the white tiger in the west!" ”
Chai Jin nodded and said, "Okay, then Brother Wu Song is in charge of the east, Brother Mu Hong is in charge of the south, Brother Lei Heng is in charge of the north, and I am in charge of the guard of the inner house." ”
So everyone split up and dispersed.
Lu Zhishen came to a pavilion in the west, put the Zen staff in a corner, sat cross-legged in the pavilion, and sat down.
Walker Wu Song came to the east and leaned against a big tree, quietly observing the movements around him.
Mu Hong, who was guarding the south, hid his body among the flowers and trees.
The winged tiger thunder hid under the small arched bridge to the north.
The four directions were strictly guarded.
The little whirlwind Chai Jin jumped on the ridge of a tall house, and condescendingly looked in all directions.
However, three nights in a row did not see the shadow of the assassin, but another minister surnamed Zhang, who lived across the street from Zhao Kai's house, was assassinated.
Su Yuanjing came to Zhao Kai's mansion in confusion and said to the little whirlwind Chai Jin: "Chai Zhuangshi, how is this possible, is your whereabouts discovered by the other party." ”
Little Whirlwind Chai Jin shook his head and said: "My lord, this is absolutely impossible, the five of us came at night, and we didn't leave quietly until dawn, how could we be discovered by the other party, besides, our four brothers are also people who have been walking on the rivers and lakes for many years, and they will not easily expose their whereabouts." ”
Su Yuanjing said: "Then what should I do." ”
Chai Jin said: "My lord, the best and only way at the moment is to wait for gritted teeth." ”
Su Yuanjing said helplessly: "Okay, then wait on!" ”
Two more nights passed, and no Assassin appeared.
It wasn't until midnight on the sixth day that Lu Zhishen, a flower monk who was sitting in the pavilion meditating, suddenly heard a "porphyr" sound, and a small pebble fell to the ground. Lu Zhishen knew that this was the assassin throwing stones to ask for directions, so he didn't pay attention to it, but just quietly sank into the dantian and prepared for the attack.
After a while, another pebble was thrown in. Lu Zhishen still did not act.
Even two stones were thrown, but there was no movement in the courtyard, and the assassin outside the wall jumped in with confidence, only to hear two gentle "brush" and "brush" sounds, and two black shadows jumped in and quietly touched the inner house.
Seeing that the two black shadows walked over, there was a distance of seven or eight feet, Lu Zhishen grabbed the Zen stick and jumped out and shouted: "Thief, the Sprinkle family has been waiting for you for five nights." Come on! ”
The two assassins turned around and saw that it was a fat monk, and the two of them didn't make a sound, and with a "brush" sound, they pulled out the long knife behind their backs and slashed at Lu Zhishen.
Lu Zhishen laughed and said while blocking it with a Zen staff: "Haha, it's really an old friend of you two from Dongying." ”
When the other party heard Lu Zhishen shout out their sternness, he said, "Monk, who are you and how do you know where we come from." ”
Because when he came to Bianliang, Tokyo, Song Jiang had instructed five not to reveal their identities, and Lu Zhishen was able to sign up, so he just sneered: "Hehe, Hugh asked who the Sprinkle family was, just know that we have recruited each other." (To be continued.) )