Chapter 32: The Wind of the General
The sixth rate of the East Palace is the prince's own army, although it cannot be stationed in the imperial city, but in fact, the camp is not far from the East Palace, in the north of the imperial city.
Not far from the north gate of Chang'an City, two heroic men each led a horse, walking slowly, the two men were both tigers and bees, one of them had a rough face, with a little exoticism, and looked like a hearty man.
And if the other only looks at his face, he looks like a weak scholar, with a bit of Confucian atmosphere, wearing a green cloth shirt and frowning.
The two of them went around and around, but their eyes never left the city gate, as if they were waiting for someone.
After a long time, the man with a bit of civility looked up at the sun that had risen high, and was a little irritable in his heart, and said in a muffled voice.
"Brother Blacktooth, you say...... Will His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really come? ”
There was uncertainty in his tone.
"Fang Yi, don't worry, since Pei Shuai asked me to wait here, he must have his intentions."
These two people are the Black Tooth Changzhi and Wang Fangyi who received the news yesterday and asked them to wait here.
Hearing Wang Fangyi's questioning full of suspicion, Hei Tooth Changzhi replied with a little hesitation.
In fact, for this matter, the black tooth Changzhi also dared not believe it, he was originally a general of Baekje, and later Baekje betrayed the Tang Dynasty, Su Dingfang was ordered to crusade, he knew at that time that he was unable to resist the powerful Tang State, not to mention that he only had a hundred people under his command at that time, in order to protect the lives of the people of a city, he surrendered the Tang Dynasty from Baekje.
Su Dingfang saw that he was young, strong in martial arts and good at using the art of war, so he left him under the tent to listen to it, counting, he came to the Tang Dynasty when he was a teenager, and he has been in the Tang Dynasty for no less than ten years, but because of his status as a general, he has never been reused, and now he is just a mere deputy general.
As for Wang Fangyi, he is even more miserable, young and promising, with an outstanding official reputation, and both civil and military, in the early years, he was an official to the general of the right Qianniuwei, but later when the abolition of Wang Liwu came out, he was also implicated because of his cousin Queen Wang.
Fortunately, Li Zhi remembered his previous merits and left him with the rank of a military general of the Cloud Cavalry Captain, but no one dared to use him at the risk of offending the Empress Wu.
Speaking of which, the two are considered to be in the same disease, and they have talents and ambitions, but they are destined to be difficult to display.
Yesterday, the two of them received news at the same time that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would meet them here today and asked them to wait here in advance.
"Brother Blacktooth, you and I know what we are here for today, but the younger brother said something that should not be said, with the identity of you and me, how could His Royal Highness the Crown Prince entrust such a big task to you and me, especially ......"
Wang Fangyi's voice was low, a little disheartened, and he sighed heavily, but he didn't say the rest of the words.
Especially he, Wang Fangyi, was implicated by the queen Wang, and even if Li Hong was broad-minded, after all, he was the biological son of the Empress Wu, how could he enable such a person who had a grudge against his mother, let alone such a major event as the sixth rate of the East Palace.
"Square Wing ......"
Hei Yan Changzhi opened his mouth, wanting to comfort Wang Fangyi for a few words, but he couldn't find the right words to say, and even he himself didn't have much hope, so he could only whisper in the end.
"Believe in Pei Shuai's arrangement."
Now they can only hope that Pei Xingjian can persuade Li Hong.
The two glanced at each other, and they both saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.
"Be careful!"
Wang Fangyi suddenly shouted, pulled the black tooth Chang Zhi and flew back violently, and then a man and a woman rushed up with weapons, the woman held a sword, and the man held a knife, and they fought with the two.
Where the two of them were standing, a row of silver needles reflected a dangerous light in the sunlight, and the two horses fell to the ground in response, and there were also a few silver needles on the horses' necks that trembled slightly.
"Who are you?"
Wang Fangyi and Heiya Changzhi went out of the city today because they received news from Pei Xingjian, so naturally they didn't take much precautions, so only Wang Fangyi brought a sword with him.
At this moment, the two assassins were caught off guard, but the two of them had been honed on the battlefield, so naturally they were not so easily subdued.
Therefore, although the black tooth Changzhi was bare-handed, he was on par with the man.
On the other hand, Wang Fangyi's side was much more difficult, the woman not only made a sword in one hand, but also had to guard against the elusive hidden weapon at all times.
Hearing Wang Fangyi's question, not only did he not say a word, but he didn't even get distracted for a moment, but the offensive became more and more urgent, which was really not easy to deal with.
Especially when this woman tossed and turned, she vaguely blocked Wang Fangyi's retreat, making it difficult for him to even get out of the battle.
Seeing that his side was gradually falling into disadvantage, Wang Fangyi gritted his teeth, simply stopped caring about the woman in front of him, blocked the opponent's sword momentum with a sword, and turned around and pounced on the battle situation of the black tooth Changzhi.
The man with the knife was in a fierce battle with the black tooth Changzhi, and by one mistake, a sharp sword was placed on his neck.
At the same time, Wang Fangyi also felt that the tip of the woman's sword was pressed against his back, and it seemed that it would pierce his chest in the next moment.
"Despicable!"
Wang Fangyi heard the cold voice of the woman behind him, with a little disdain.
"Jiu Ge, stop!"
Another clear voice came, and Wang Fangyi saw the masked man tear off his towel and smile at him, revealing his white teeth.
"Brother Cheng?"
Wang Fangyi put down the sword in his hand, although it was in a questioning tone, as if he had expected Cheng Wu's identity.
At the same time, he felt that the sword behind his back was no longer there.
turned around, but saw the woman standing with her hands on her chest, holding her sword with her sword, with a cold look with a little disdain, standing quietly behind a man in Tsing Yi.
There was also a young man who walked with the young man in Tsing Yi, this Wang Fangyi knew that it was Li Jingye, the eldest grandson of the British Mansion.
"Your Highness, look, I said that General Fang Yi and General Black Tooth are strong in martial arts and have excellent strategies, and Jiu Ge and Cheng Wu are bound to lose."
As soon as the boy in Tsing Yi walked in front of the two, Li Jingye squeezed his eyebrows at the boy in Tsing Yi and said.
Seeing this, Wang Fangyi had already guessed the identity of the person in front of him, and hurriedly dropped the sword in his hand, pulling the black tooth Changzhi to kneel on one knee.
"Attend His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
"The two generals don't have to be polite, today is a lonely presumptuous, please forgive me!"
Li Hong stretched out his hand to help the two of them up and said softly.
Today's matter is indeed a bureau set up by Li Hong, who wants to test the ability of Wang Fangyi and Heiya Changzhi.
After he left Pei's Mansion, he didn't come immediately, but walked around the East Market slowly, and didn't rush over until noon, in order to sharpen the patience of the two and make them lose their composure.
Then he sent Jiu Ge and Cheng Wu to pretend to be assassins to attack suddenly, to see how the martial arts of the two were, after all, Li Hong couldn't rashly hand over the six rates of the East Palace to two people he didn't know, so he naturally wanted to take the school exam.