Chapter 15: Assassination
The north wind blows, and the horses howl.
The dust was flying and went straight to Chang'an City.
Jiang Dazhi took Wang Long, Begonia, Benniu, and Dog Baby all the way to Chang'an City, they had no intention of watching the scenery along the way, they just wanted to quickly catch up with Xu Wuyun and intercept He Xiangxue.
"Brother Long, we have been on the road for several days in a row, according to common sense, with our speed, we should have caught up with Xu Wuyun, why haven't we seen them all the time?"
"Yes! It's strange to say, we have been rushing for hundreds of miles day and night, Xu Wuyun just set off a few hours earlier than us, and logically speaking, we should have caught up with them a long time ago. β
"Is there any other way to Chang'an City?"
"Yes, there is, but the road we are on is the closest."
When Jiang Dazhi heard this, he thought to himself: "It seems that this Xu Wuyun is very likely to have taken another path. β
In fact, Xu Wuyun knew that Jiang Dazhi would definitely come to intercept him; Therefore, he decisively took the road from the northern desert to Chang'an City.
"It's useless to think too much now, go to the town in front, everyone have a good rest, the bodies of a few of our big men can bear it, and it is estimated that Begonia's body will not be able to bear it." Jiang Dazhi said with a smile, as long as he talked about begonias, his face was always full of smiles.
"I'm fine, I don't want you to care." Haitang said angrily.
βδΈβζ¬βReadβNovel{y}{b}{d}{u}"Okay, everyone is really lucky to be in such a hurry these days, and when we get to the town in front, I invite everyone to have a good meal." β
"Big brother, when you talk about eating, my stomach will drum." Stupid Bull said with a grin on his horse.
"Then hurry up."
After Jiang Dazhi said this, he whipped the horse's buttocks, and the horse rushed forward.
Seeing Jiang Dazhi speeding forward, the others also whipped their horses' buttocks, only to hear the sound of a horse neighing, and the dust rose in an instant, and they all rushed forward.
Jiang Dazhi and the others ran for about half an hour before entering Luliang Town.
"Brother Jiang, when you arrive in Luliang Town, you will arrive at the junction of Shannan West Road and South Hanoi Road, this place is an important traffic artery of Shannan West Road, there are many merchants in the past, what is delicious and fun."
"That's a good thing, let's find the best restaurant here."
"Then ask the people here, which restaurant is the best."
"Dog, go and ask."
"Yes, big brother." As soon as the dog baby finished speaking, he turned over and dismounted, and asked a passing uncle a few words.
"The best restaurant in Luliang Town is Mingyue Building." The dog baby said to Jiang Dazhi.
"Mingyue Tower, why does it sound so much like the name of a brothel! Brother Long, did you say? β
"Don't say it, it's a bit like that."
As soon as Wang Lung finished saying this, Jiang Dazhi and several other men burst out laughing.
"None of you men are serious." Begonia said with a little anger.
Jiang Dazhi and a few other men, after listening to what Haitang said, laughed again.
"Brothers, let's go, go to Mingyue Tower for dinner."
Jiang Dazhi said with a laugh.
Jiang Dazhi and the others came to the front of Mingyue Tower, but saw that Mingyue Tower was three stories high, and it was really very luxurious.
Jiang Dazhi and the others turned over and dismounted, and a few guys came out of Mingyue Tower, helping them lead the horses, and shouted in their mouths: "A few masters, please upstairs." β
Jiang Dazhi and the others walked into Mingyue Tower, and another guy in the store greeted them.
The guy said respectfully: "How many masters, do you sit in the lobby or in the private room?" β
"Of course it's a private room."
"Upstairs in the private room, please."
Jiang Dazhi and the others followed the guy upstairs.
Jiang Dazhi heard all the laughter of men and women coming from upstairs, and thought: "Sure enough, it is a place to eat flowers and wine, after arriving in Datang, it is the first time to come to this kind of place, but unfortunately, there is a female comrade by his side, and it is estimated that he can't do bad things." β
This guy brought Jiang Dazhi and the others into a private room called "Flower Moon".
Jiang Dazhi said: "Hurry up and get the menu." β
The guy said, "This man, the menu of this store is all hung on the wall." β
Jiang Dazhi didn't know that the ancient menus were all hung on the wall, and he thought that ancient times and modern times had a book to order food, and thought: "This disgrace is a loss at home." β
"And what's your specialty here?" Jiang Dazhi pretended to be calm and said.
"This master, all the dishes in this restaurant are good dishes, among them, the most famous is the mutton."
"Okay, then let's have a mutton, is there a secret braised pork?"
"This master, the secret braised pork! The little ones haven't heard of this dish! β
When Jiang Dazhi heard this guy's words, he thought, "It doesn't make sense! Is it difficult that this dish has not been invented in the Tang Dynasty? If that's the case, then if Lao Tzu opens a restaurant, he won't be able to make a fortune! β
Jiang Dazhi said: "In addition to mutton, what kind of meat do you have in your store?" β
"Beef stew, steamed chicken." The guy said respectfully.
"One serving, what's the side dish?"
"This master, what is a side dish?"
"What's the vegetarian dish?"
"Crispy tofu, stir-fried mushrooms."
"One serving, what's the staple food?"
"Lu Liang noodles, baked cakes."
"Let's have a Luliang noodle for one person."
"Haole, how many masters, do you drink?"
"Bring me two jars of the best wine."
"Okay, masters, please wait."
As soon as the man finished speaking, he turned around and walked out of the private room, and went to the display case to report the name of the dish.
At this moment, I saw a middle-aged woman walk in, but when she saw this woman wearing heavy makeup, she was not a serious woman at first glance.
"How many masters, there are stunning girls in our store to accompany a few masters, do you need it?" The woman said very pretentiously.
When Jiang Dazhi heard this woman's words, he thought to himself: "This place is really good, if you can call a few beautiful women to drink with you, it will not be a fairy-like day." β
Jiang Dazhi thought of this, and an evil smile appeared on his face.
However, Jiang Dazhi felt that now was not the time to live such a day. After all, Begonia is still around, and He Xiangxue has just been snatched away by others, if she only cares about enjoying life at this time, is she still a person?
"Thank you, we still have to hurry, so we won't bother." Jiang Dazhi said reluctantly.
"A few masters, it doesn't matter if you don't need to accompany the wine, there are girls in our store who specialize in performing arts, playing the piano and dancing, proficient in everything, and can also help you with your wine." The woman continued.
"This is good, Brother Long, what do you say?"
"That's good."
"Let's take a while."
"Holo." The woman said happily.
After saying this, the woman bowed to Jiang Dazhi and the others, and then withdrew.
After a while, the ladies brought all the food and wine to the table, and a girl came in, and a fellow came behind her to give the girl a violin, and the violin man put the piano away, and the fellow bowed to the crowd and went out.
The girl also saluted Jiang Dazhi and the others, sat down, and played the piano.
Jiang Dazhi glanced at this girl, but when he saw that she was dressed up with flowers and branches, she was still a little beautiful, and thought: "I think this girl is still a little beautiful, then, in the eyes of Wang Lung and the others, this girl is estimated to be extremely ugly." β
Thinking of this, Jiang Dazhi glanced at Wang Long, Stupid Niu, and Dog Baby, but saw that the three of them were eating and drinking in big bowls, so they didn't look at this girl at all.
When Jiang Dazhi saw this scene, he was even more sure of what he had just thought, and thought: "Sure enough, men's attitudes towards women, whether ancient or modern, are a standard, that is, appearance. β
Jiang Dazhi also deliberately glanced at Haitang's face, and found that she had no expression on her face, her expression was indifferent, and she was eating by herself.
Jiang Dazhi saw that everyone was eating so energetically, so he ate seriously.
After the girl finished playing the song, she stood up again and saluted everyone, and Jiang Dazhi gave her a piece of silver.
The girl looked at Jiang Dazhi with very grateful eyes, saluted him, and then walked out of the room.
"Brothers, are you full of food and wine?" Jiang Dazhi asked with a smile.
I saw the stupid cow pat his stomach with his right hand, wiped his mouth, and said, "Big brother, I can't eat anymore." β
Wang Long, Dog Baby, and Begonia also said that they were full of wine and food.
"Okay, let's get on with it." As Jiang Dazhi spoke, he stood up and walked outside the room.
Jiang Dazhi went to the shopkeeper's place to settle the account, and walked out of Mingyue Tower.
The men helped everyone lead the horses over, Jiang Dazhi and the others stepped on the horses, and then marched towards Chang'an City.
Jiang Dazhi and the others then ran for dozens of miles and walked into a dense forest.
Jiang Dazhi felt that something was not quite right around him, and he felt as if someone was ambushing them.
"Everyone, be careful, I don't feel right." Jiang Dazhi said immediately.
"It's a little wrong, everyone take a snack and pass through this forest quickly." Wang Lung said as he looked around.
Jiang Dazhi and the others all whipped the horse's buttocks, only to hear the sound of the horse's neighing, and the horses all spread their legs and galloped forward.
Jiang Dazhi and the others didn't run far forward, when they saw a black shadow flying in front of them, and more than a dozen people in black surrounded them.
"Who are you who dare to come around your uncle?"
The dozen or so black-clothed men did not speak, the weapons in their hands were unsheathed, and they directly killed Jiang Dazhi and the others.
Jiang Dazhi, Wang Long, Benniu, and Dog Baby are all people who know martial arts, only Haitang has never learned martial arts before, but when he was a strongman in Xishan, he followed Wang Lung to learn a few kung fu moves, which are all problems for self-defense.
"Dog, you go up the tree and shoot arrows; Stupid cow, you protect Begonia, and Wang Lung and I kill the enemy leader. Jiang Dazhi turned over and dismounted as he spoke.
Jiang Dazhi pulled out the long sword in his hand, launched the "Wind Speed", and killed these black-clothed people.
Jiang Dazhi's speed was extremely fast, and these people in black couldn't see his figure clearly at all, and they were all dumbfounded.
These black-clothed people had never seen such powerful kung fu, and they all seemed at a loss, Jiang Dazhi rushed to the side of these black-clothed people, looked at the necks of the black-clothed men, and performed the stunt "One Sword to Seal the Throat", which was instantly put on the three black-clothed people, and blood immediately spurted out from the necks of the three black-clothed men who had fallen.
Jiang Dazhi looked at the bodies of the three black-clothed men who had fallen, and he felt very frightened in his heart.
Because, this is the first time Jiang Dazhi has killed someone, and the first time he has seen blood spurting out of a person's body, his whole body seems to have begun to tremble.
When Jiang Dazhi lived in Shanghai, every time he went home for the New Year, his parents asked him to help kill a chicken or duck, but he didn't dare; No, he killed three people in one fell swoop, and he was really scared.
Just when Jiang Dazhi was still scared and hesitating, two more men in black slashed at his head with knives.
It was too late, it was fast, in order to save his life, Jiang Dazhi immediately became murderous, and immediately launched the "Wind Rush" and used the "One Sword to Seal the Throat", the two black-clothed men fell to the ground in response, and blood spurted out of their necks.
Wang Lung and Ben Niu also cut a few, and the dog baby also shot a few, just now there were more than a dozen people in black, and in an instant, there were only three people in black left.
But seeing the three black-clothed men take out a thing from their bodies, before Jiang Dazhi and the others could see clearly what the three black-clothed men took out, they saw that they picked up the thing and launched it at Wang Long, Benniu, and Begonia, only to hear three "whoosh" sounds, and three glowing thin needles shot directly at them.
When Jiang Dazhi saw these three thin needles, he immediately shouted: "Be careful." β
However, the speed of these three thin needles is just too fast.
Fortunately, Wang Lung and Benniu were also well-trained, and their reactions were quite fast, so they dodged the shot one after another.
Unfortunately, Begonia didn't react in time, and the thin needle shot directly into her left shoulder. I only heard the sound of Begonia's "ah", and fell off the horse.
When the three black-clothed men saw that Begonia was hit by a thin needle, they immediately performed light skills and disappeared into the woods.
Jiang Dazhi saw that Haitang had been hit by a hidden weapon, so he didn't have the heart to chase the three black-clothed people who escaped.
Jiang Dazhi instantly came to Haitang's side and helped her up.
Wang Lung also quickly came to Begonia's side.
I saw that Begonia's face slowly turned black from blue, and it is conceivable that the thin needles must be fed with poison.
After Begonia was poisoned, her breathing became weaker and weaker, and she was about to go west.
Jiang Dazhi saw that Haitang was dying, his heart was anxious, and the expression on his face was also very solemn.
"Brother Long, Begonia is dying, you have to think of a way!"
"Brother Jiang, I can't do anything either!" After Wang Lung said this, he let out a long sigh.
Jiang Dazhi and the others were all helpless, and at this extremely critical moment, they saw a man in white riding a horse to their side.
Jiang Dazhi glanced at the man in white, but saw that he was suave and graceful, and his appearance was extraordinary, and at first glance he was a martial arts master today.
"This hero, can you save this girl?" Jiang Dazhi begged and said.
When the man in white heard Jiang Dazhi's words, he immediately glanced at Haitang, and immediately turned over and dismounted.
But seeing that the posture of the man in white dismounting is very elegant, and the movements are also very charming.
"This girl is deeply poisoned, and the poison needle must be forced out immediately." The man in white said slowly.
After the man in white said that, he put on a posture and pressed the palm of his right hand against the back of Begonia's heart. After a while, I saw white gas coming out of Begonia's head.
When Jiang Dazhi saw this scene, he was really surprised, and thought: "It turns out that the ancient masters really have internal skills. β
Thinking of this, Jiang Dazhi's heart also became more afraid, thinking: "In the future, when you walk the rivers and lakes, you must be very low-key; Otherwise, when you encounter this kind of master, you won't even know how to die. β
I only heard the man in white scream, and saw the poisonous needle on Begonia's left shoulder fly out.
Begonia's mouth immediately spit out a mouthful of black blood, and it seemed that he was breathing weakly.
"Thank you for the hero's righteous rescue, Jiang wanted to ask the hero bravely, do you know who these men in black are? Jiang and a few others had never been in and out of the rivers and lakes before, and this was the first time they went to Chang'an City, so how could someone want to put us to death? β
When the man in white heard Jiang Dazhi say this, he glanced at the body of the man in black lying on the ground.
"These people are members of a bowl of porridge sect, and this girl was hit by a bowl of porridge sect's unique secret weapon, "Soul Chasing Needle". However, for the time being, he used his true qi to help this girl protect her heart and save her life for the time being. However, if this girl wants to survive, she must go to Sun Simiao, the medicine king of the Medicine King Valley. There is still an urgent matter in the future, so I will leave first. When the man in white had said this, he got on his horse.
"Jiang dares to ask the hero's surname, and he will repay the hero's kindness today in the future." Jiang Dazhi saw that the man in white was leaving, so he hurriedly said.
The man in white clenched his fists and said, "I am speechless in Xiahua." β
As soon as Wang Lung heard that this person was called Hua speechless, he immediately called out and said: "You are the famous owner of Qixian Village, and the people in the rivers and lakes call Hua speechless in three steps." β
"I don't dare to be a big name, it's just a mere one." Hua Wuyu said with his fists clenched again.
"There are still urgent matters below, if there is a fate to see you again, I am willing to make a few friends of you." After Hua Wuyu said this, he rode away and disappeared from the sight of Jiang Dazhi and the others in an instant.
"Brother Long, is this Hua Wuyu so famous? Three steps into a poem, if you don't brag, you'll die! β
"Brother Jiang, you don't understand this, you haven't walked the rivers and lakes, and you must know less about the things on the rivers and lakes. This Hua Wuyu is very famous, and he is the object of admiration of all the girls in the rivers and lakes. β
"Oh, is it? However, I think his martial arts are so strong, of course it's good to be able to make friends. In this way, it will be safer to walk the rivers and lakes. Let's not say that this flower is speechless, Brother Long, do you know where the Medicine King Valley is? β
After Jiang Dazhi said this, he thought to himself: "This Sun Simiao saw him when he was reading history books, but he doesn't seem to be from the Tang Xuanzong period!" What's going on? β
According to legend, the Medicine King Valley is located in South Hanoi Province, and the Medicine King Sun Simiao claims to have lived to be one hundred and fifty-five years old. However, it is rumored that he is no longer a doctor, and this time he will go to him, whether he can save Begonia depends on Begonia's own creation. Wang Lung said with a sigh.
When Jiang Dazhi heard Wang Long's words, he thought to himself: "This Sun Simiao actually lived to be one hundred and fifty-five years old, isn't that a monster who has escaped alive?" β
"Let's go find this Sun Simiao first." After Jiang Dazhi finished speaking, he motioned to Wang Lung to help help Haitang on the horse.
Jiang Dazhi and others helped Begonia onto the horse, because Begonia was seriously injured, someone needed to hold her and ride the horse, so that the horse's running speed slowed down.
In addition, Jiang Dazhi and others did not dare to run too fast.
Because, for fear of alarming the wound of the begonia; Therefore, he could only slowly march towards the Medicine King Valley.