Chapter 24: The Seventh Assassin
By the time Chen Nuo arrived at the tent of the Chinese army, the two soldiers guarding outside the tent had already fallen in a pool of blood.
Chen Nuo was horrified and immediately shouted that there was an assassin, hoping to attract the attention of the patrolling soldiers and quickly send reinforcements to this side, but he opened the door of the tent and broke in.
The five or six Assassins in the tent were dressed in black, and half of their faces had been covered with cloths, leaving only a pair of eyes.
As soon as the assassin entered the tent, he went straight to Yuan Shao.
After Yuan Shao waited for Chen Nuo to retreat, he returned to the table to review the recital, remembering the matter of Jizhou, and putting aside his pen and feeling distressed. Rubbing his head with his hands, he rested on his desk.
At that moment, the Assassins came in, but he still didn't notice it. waited until he was less than a foot away, Yuan Shao was just about to enter a dream, and was awakened by a shout from Chen Nuo outside the tent. He jerked his head up, only to see a flash of swords.
It was also Yuan Shao who reacted quickly, immediately grabbed a roll of bamboo slips on the side of the wooden case and smashed it, and then rolled to the side.
Those assassins were about to cut Yuan Shao in one fell swoop, and when Chen Nuo suddenly rushed in like this, they gritted their teeth in anger. But they knew that since they had alarmed others, they could only solve it quickly. As a result, the six assassins no longer ignored Chen Nuo behind him, and prepared to kill Yuan Shao with the force of a single blow.
Yuan Shao's sword was supposed to be hanging by his side, but he also hung it on the wall of the tent when he was resting in the tent. Now empty-handed, it's impossible to get the saber. He rolled to avoid the other man's blow, and then got up, not paying attention, and his back hit the screen.
The screen fell backwards, Yuan Shao instinctively reached out to help, seeing five or six sword lights cut down from all directions, he was also in a hurry, he actually operated the screen, and with a wave of force, the sword slashed on it like a puff of rain fell, blocking the assassin's second attack.
The two hits missed, and the Assassins began to panic.
Four of them continued to launch a third round of attacks on Yuan Shao, while the remaining two turned around and prepared to kill Chen Nuo to reserve a way for them to retreat.
When Chen Nuo entered the account, he picked up an iron halberd, the iron halberd weighed more than a dozen catties, and Chen Nuo held it in his hand, but he didn't feel heavy. It's just that although he wielded it with all his strength, he didn't know the rules and regulations in the end, and with two sounds, the two of them slashed at the iron halberd rod in Chen Nuo's hand with two knives, which shocked his arm and almost lost it.
A glance can see that blood has been shaken out of the tiger's mouth, and the skin is broken. But he still gritted his teeth, shouted, and slammed forward.
The two assassins had never seen Chen Nuo come in such a mess, and they flashed in both directions and struck behind Chen Nuo. One person raised a knife and gently knocked it on Chen Nuo's shoulder, and Chen Nuo's shoulder immediately opened up with flesh and blood and sprinkled it upward. But he didn't stop moving forward, and swung a halberd at one of the other four.
While the two of them blocked Chen Nuo, the other four launched a third round of attacks on Yuan Shao again.
Although Yuan Shao blocked the blow of the assassins with the screen just now, the screen was wide after all, and it was made of solid wood, not to mention a hundred catties. If it is according to common practice, if it is a hammer, Yuan Shao may be able to dance twice, but this screen is not easy to handle after all, the volume is too large, and it is not easy to hold, so when he blocks it again, he will not be able to do it, and he will be knocked by the blade and have to abandon it to the ground.
With no obstacles in front of him as a defense, and nothing in his hands to block, Yuan Shao fell into a desperate situation in an instant.
The four of them shouted, ready to start the final round of attack, and they must succeed in one blow.
But at this moment, one of the four had to stop and sweep the knife back in his hand.
Chen Nuo's iron halberd rushed forward, if this person hadn't reacted quickly, he would have almost been chilled by his halberd. But Rao was like this, his arm was hung by Chen Nuo's halberd blade, and a big hole was cut. The Assassin was in pain, and was unable to continue the siege. The other three were so mixed up by Chen Nuo that they had to take care of the safety behind them, so their speed naturally relaxed.
Yuan Shao also took advantage of this momentary effort to jump to the corner of the tent and reached out to get the saber hanging on the wall of the tent. But just one step away, someone swept him from the side, and Yuan Shao had to retract his hand, but the back of his hand was still scratched.
Yuan Shao didn't snort, and then narrowly avoided the other two knives.
"Look for death!"
The two assassins who had been chasing after Chen Nuo had been chasing after him, and they didn't expect this person to be so desperate, so they just moved forward and didn't care about what was behind them. Seeing Chen Nuo's halberd swinging out, his back was exposed, he glanced at each other, raised the knife in his hand, and slashed it with a shout.
With a pop, Chen Nuo only felt pain in his back, but still relied on his last strength to swing away the two people in front of him with his halberd, so that Yuan Shao took the opportunity to get the sword hanging on the wall of the tent.
When Yuan Shao's sword was in his hand, he was also shocked when he suddenly saw Chen Nuo's expression of enduring pain after being injured. He roared, and the wolf pulled out the sword in his hand, and it suddenly shone brightly.
When the Assassins saw this, they were overshadowed, knowing that their assassination had failed and that their opportunity had been lost.
When there was a loud sound, the iron halberd fell to the ground, and Chen Nuo's body slowed down, and then he reached out and touched his back.
The depth of the wound was no longer visible, but the palm of the hand was blurred with flesh.
He turned around, looked at the two of them, and sneered: "Sneak attack, what kind of ability is it?" ”
The two assassins behind Chen Nuo glanced at each other, and the expressions in their eyes were extremely suspicious. They raised their knives at the same time and ran forward, so as not to kill Chen Nuo with a single blow!
Chen Nuo sneered, but he didn't dodge it, and the arrow went straight up.
Chen Nuo's move made both of them shocked, and they didn't know what he wanted to do, so they lost their correct judgment and courage to go all out.
Since the momentum has been lost, no matter how strong their physique, no matter how fast their movements, and no matter how much experience they have in killing, their chances of winning will inevitably be greatly discounted.
Chen Nuo caught a person's knife with his bare hands.
The hand pushes forward, and when it is halfway through, it suddenly stops.
The palm of his hand was cut by the blade, blood flowed out of the tiger's mouth, and Chen Nuo's eyes were already full of bloodshots.
One looked at the other with disdain. Meaning, he's just that, what's the difference between doing this and committing suicide?
But when he smiled, the expression on his face suddenly became painful, stiffened for a moment, lowered his head in astonishment, and raised it again.
The other person directly let go of the knife in his hand and stretched out his hands to hold his abdomen.
A bright dagger was inserted into his abdomen at this moment!
He glanced at Chen Nuo again in disbelief, and Chen Nuo let go of his hand disdainfully, and the knife fell to the ground with a clatter. He reached out and grabbed the dagger.
"Light...... Tap ......
The dagger was slowly pulled out by Chen Nuo, looking at the distorted expression on the man's face, he smiled, he actually had a time to beg for mercy from me!
The dagger was still shiny and visible, and even carried only one star of blood, but it killed two assassins in a row.
Good knives! Such a sharp dagger is really rare.
The knife was also put into the sheath, and the word "comrade" on the scabbard was still meticulously clean.
The other person, holding his chest in his hand, looked at Chen Nuo with his questioning eyes: "He...... When did he ......"
To his death, he didn't know when Chen Nuo plunged the knife into his chest.
Chen Nuo took a step forward and reached out to push the two of them to the ground. After all, he was bleeding profusely, his strength was weak, his head was suddenly dizzy, and before he could take the second step, he stumbled under his feet and almost fell to the ground.
One of the four assassins behind Chen Nuo abandoned Yuan Shao to take Chen Nuo's life.
"Big brother be careful!"
At this moment, the tent door was opened, and a dark shadow floated in. The black shadow supported Chen Nuo, and stabbed out a sword in a hurry, and a spark flew up, blocking the fatal blow. At the same time as the sword stabbed out, the black shadow moved backwards, and it had already taken Chen Nuo out of the big tent.
Chen Nuo's head is still quite clear, even if he doesn't look at her dress and doesn't listen to her voice, he can know from the unique body fragrance emanating from her body that she is Zhao Xue.
Zhao Xue is also dressed in black, dressed as a night walker.
Chen Nuo was stunned for a moment, seeing that the soldiers outside the tent had already been alarmed and rushed to Yuan Shao's Chinese army tent, and the torches were getting brighter, he hurriedly asked Zhao Xue to put him down. Zhao Xue ran out of the tent more than ten zhang away, put Chen Nuo down, and the soldiers next to him immediately rushed over and surrounded them.
Chen Nuo struggled to stand up and shouted, "What are you still doing, go to the Chinese army's tent to save ...... Save General Yuan! ”
The soldiers who came up around lost their minds and looked at each other: "But you ......"
Chen Nuo only kept saying that it was important to protect General Yuan, and they ignored whether he had been kidnapped by the assassins or not, and dispersed one after another.
Chen Nuo pushed Zhao Xue, and didn't have time to ask her anything else, so he said to her: "You go quickly, such a big thing happened tonight, and there will definitely be a big search of the military camp tomorrow, although you were brought in by me, but the origin is unknown, and you will be suspected if you continue to stay here." ”
Zhao Xue looked at the blood on her hands, and cried and said, "Big brother, what should you do, there is so much blood shed!" ”
Seeing that many soldiers were rushing in again, and the assassins in the tent were also killed one after another because they could not succeed, preparing to flee for their lives. The two sides fought in a spacious area outside the tent, and soon fell to the ground, but one of the Assassins on the other side was seriously wounded, and was stabbed by the soldiers with knives and spears and lifted to the ground, and then fell down heavily.
The remaining three Assassins broke through to this side, which led to more sieges by more soldiers. And Zhao Xue's outfit was particularly conspicuous, and some soldiers saw it at a glance, and shouted that there were also comrades here, and called other people to help.
If you don't leave, you can't leave, Chen Nuo pushed Zhao Xue: "Let's go!" ”
Zhao Xue cried and shouted, stubbornly tempered and said, "If the big brother doesn't leave, I won't leave either!" ”
Two soldiers raised their spears, and Zhao Xue reached out and snatched them, threw them backhandedly, and gave them back. The two soldiers did not have time to avoid it, and were immediately stabbed to the ground.
Seeing that Zhao Xue was about to be regarded as a fellow party, Chen Nuo was ruthless, pulled out a dagger, and stabbed it into his chest.
A bloody arrow shot straight out and splashed on Zhao Xuexue's white face.
Zhao Xue suddenly stopped, her body trembled, and she looked at Chen Nuo in disbelief.
Chen Nuo glared at her angrily: "If you don't leave, are you going to force me to die in front of you?" ”
"Big Brother ......"
Seeing Chen Nuo's resolute attitude, Zhao Xue gritted her teeth and had no choice but to nod: "Okay, I'll go, big brother, take care!" Suddenly, he turned around, stabbed two people one after another with the sword in his hand, and broke through to the gate. Fortunately, there were not many people around at the moment, and she quickly rushed out and disappeared into the night.
Although it was not pierced in the critical place, after all, it was another wound. Seeing that Zhao Xue was gone, Chen Nuo turned around with confidence, and the three assassins fell two more, and only the last one was left.
Chen Nuo suddenly thought of something, and he immediately stepped forward, wanting to stop the soldiers. But he was still a step late, and when he arrived, the last one alive was also killed.
Chen Nuo glared at the soldiers on both sides, trembling with anger.
At this time, Yuan Shao had also come out of the tent, and he also wanted his subordinates to stay alive, but they all fell, so they had to search their bodies. Raising his eyes and seeing Chen Nuo, he was fortunate to have Chen Nuo's help just now, otherwise he would have been killed by the assassin long ago. But seeing that Chen Nuo still had a knife in his chest, he was startled and hurriedly asked the military doctor.
Chen Nuo's head was dizzy, and before Yuan Shao could come over to speak, he fainted.
By the time he woke up again, it was already two days later.
Fortunately, I picked it up, except for the wounds on my back and chest, which still hurt faintly, but there was nothing serious. He was lying on a wide collapse at the moment, and even if his hands and feet were propped up, it would be enough.
There was silence in the tent, as if only this one collapsed, and he was the only one in the tent.
"Zhao Xue!"
He touched for a while, and suddenly thought that Zhao Xue had been driven away by him. I wonder how she's doing now?
He stopped, and someone outside the tent heard the noise, and immediately walked in. When he found that Chen Nuo was awake, he was overjoyed, and said that he would report to Yuan Shao immediately.
Chen Nuo asked him not to be busy and asked him something. Only then did I know that in order to heal his injuries, Yuan Shao did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to hire a famous doctor to diagnose and treat him, and used the best medicine, no wonder he was so seriously injured, and he was turned around in two days.
While the two were talking, one of them suddenly opened the door of the tent and walked straight in.
Chen Nuo said strangely, only to see the man smile on his back, and said as if no one was around: "Little Brother Chen, you have made a great contribution this time!" ”
Chen Nuo took a closer look and immediately recognized it.
Isn't this the Feng Ji I saw when I first came to Yuan Shao's place? Seeing him smile wickedly, it's a little unkind.
The soldier serving Chen Nuo was startled when he saw this person, and hurriedly walked over to say hello, and immediately retreated.
Feng Ji was dressed in a shirt, with a green robe on his shoulders, and a virtuous crown on his head, except for his thin face, he was barely eye-catching.
Chen Nuo knew his identity, but he still pretended not to know.
He sat on the couch, still motionless: "Forgive the little eyes, I don't know what to call this adult?" ”
Feng Ji looked at him and smiled: "Little Brother Chen has been in the limelight recently, so naturally he doesn't recognize these old bones around Yuan Gong." Well, I'll tell you, I'll ...... ...... Ji"
Expecting Chen Nuo to show a surprised expression when he heard his word Fengji, but Chen Nuo still maintained his original honor. Even the words of flattery, they were said calmly and without the slightest expression: "I don't know if it is the time when the adults are here, there is a loss of welcome, a capital crime!" Helplessly, the contemptible person is sick, so he can't get up to greet him. ”
Feng Ji snorted lightly and waved his hand: "That's it, since you are sick, you are exempt from sin." ”
This man is really unashamed to speak.
The corners of Chen Nuo's mouth rose slightly: "I don't know what the so-called thing is when the adult comes to the small here?" ”
Feng Ji smiled and arched his hand: "Little Brother Chen, you just made a great contribution, did you forget?" Of course, I'm here to congratulate you. ”
Chen Nuo shook his head and said, "I'm injured, why should I be happy?" ”
Feng Ji laughed and said: "Some injuries are worth it, just like you, your injuries are really worth it!" ”
Chen Nuo smiled: "I don't like to go around the bend, just say what you have to say." ”
"Refreshing!"
Feng Ji turned around and glanced at Chen Nuo: "That night, you disregarded your own safety to protect Yuan Gong's safety, and Yuan Gong was deeply moved, so he wanted to reward you, not only gold, silver and jewelry, but also promoted you fiercely." ”
Chen Nuo burst into laughter: "It turned out to be this thing!" Why, what do you disagree with? ”
"Absolutely."
Feng Ji turned around and smiled at Chen Nuo: "You don't know, after Yuan Gong was assassinated, he had already found out the next day, and it turned out that these assassins were actually sent by Zhao Fu!" Of course, it is not surprising that Zhao Fu was afraid that Yuan Gong would seize Jizhou, so he made this decision.
However, regarding these assassins, Yuan Gong said that six people assassinated him that night, but some people said that it was seven. Of course, I was confused for a while, so I sent someone down to investigate, but I found a very surprising news, do you know what it is? ”
Chen Nuo's body moved, what did he want to say?
"Someone said...... There were indeed seven Assassins that night, and the seventh Assassin was with you. How do you explain this? ”
Chen Nuo looked at him and thought of Zhao Xue. Zhao Xue came to save him that night, maybe because he appeared too quickly, Yuan Shao didn't see anyone clearly, so he thought that there were still only six assassins he saw.
If you really want to argue about this matter, I'm afraid it's hard to say why. Zhao Xue saved him well, and he could dissociate himself from those assassins a little, but she had injured Yuan Shao's soldiers, and she was still dressed as a night walker at that time, so how could she explain it?
Therefore, Chen Nuo simply shut up and listened to him continue.
"And I got another piece of news."
Feng Ji forced his eyes at Chen Nuo: "I heard that just a few days ago, Little Brother Chen, you suddenly brought a stranger in and arranged for him to sleep on the same couch with you. No one else knows where he came from, and you don't tell them. That's all there is to it, but strangely, since the Assassin incident, he has suddenly disappeared with him. Isn't there something wrong with that, you say? ”
Chen Nuo looked at his monkey-like appearance, his anger rushed upward, and he endured it without having a seizure.
He let go of his fist and asked him lightly: "Lord Feng told me this, I don't know what I mean?" ”
"Ahh
Feng Ji put his hand on Chen Nuo's shoulder and sighed: "I think about why I joined the general's subordinates with Yuan Gong back then, jointly discussed to get rid of the eunuchs, and joined hands to fight against Dong Zhuo, how close the relationship between the two of us was." Now that he is working hard for him, he can't get a moment of rest, and he is also willing.
It's just that the years are not forgiving, and in a blink of an eye, there are a few more gray hairs on the temples, which is shocking. Hey, it's better for you young people, some are youthful, and some are energetic. At your age, there are opportunities for meritorious service, but as for us old bones...... Hehe, it's different! ”
patted Chen Nuo on the shoulder heavily, regardless of whether Chen Nuo understood it or not, and turned around and walked out.