Chapter 16 Touching the melon
The firefighters came in a surprising hurry.
The smoke had just come together, and before the mission could withdraw, a large group of people and horses outside rushed in, shouting 'go to the water' and 'put out the fire'.
The situation in front of him seemed familiar, so that Song Yang was still in a trance for a moment, and then he realized it, not because he had experienced a similar scene, but because he had seen it in a novel in his previous life...... There is such a passage in the Lu Ding Ji, the difference is only that Wu Sangui's father and son took the opportunity to search the Qincha team to find the missing secret envoy; Wuyiwei is much simpler, they are here to take the opportunity to kidnap people and arrest some Nanli envoys to go back for interrogation.
Song Yang retreated to the big house to meet his companions, including Master Ban, none of the companions who came from Yanziping with him were panicked, there was no need to talk nonsense at this moment, everyone got up and retreated outside with Song Yang.
Song Yang opened the way, seven up and eight down left and right to protect each other, Xiao Wan Nanrong personally guarded a few weak companions who did not know martial arts, and finally the great grandmaster pressed the formation, and on the way to retreat, there were once people who took advantage of the chaos to grab their team, they chose the wrong person, and the end was naturally miserable, or they were punched in the chest by Song Yang, or they were cut by a dagger with seven up and eight times, and before they could get close to the living person, they became corpses and were thrown directly into the fire.
As for the Grand Master, he didn't get a chance to make a move.
Their lineup and strength, even if they rush into thousands of troops, they can hold out for a while, which can those secret agents move.
Song Yang and his entourage were the fastest, and when they withdrew to the open space outside, everyone else was still in the post house and couldn't come out. Song Yang counted the number of people, and after confirming that everyone was there, he nodded to the great master Luo Guan, who understood what he meant, and his body shook like green smoke, and then rushed back to the post house...... Being valued by Prime Minister Zuo and King Zhenxi, and being selected as the chief official of the Uighur envoy, Lord Qiu naturally will not be a mediocre person, although he doesn't seem to have any ideas, but he has his own responsibilities in his chest. Originally, he had already fallen asleep, but suddenly heard the cry of a fire, and woke up in a startled and got out of bed.
It was only a few steps from the bed to the door, and he already had a plan in his heart, and the first order passed after pushing the door was that the guards were closing the road, whether it was to fight the fire or help, no one outside was allowed to step into the post house.
It's a pity that the other party came too quickly, and the scene was already in chaos, and almost no one could hear the urgent voice of the adult...... A brigade of swallows had already rushed in.
Seeing Lord Qiu come out, the two guards rushed forward and escorted him to rush out, but Lord Qiu couldn't leave, so he turned around and went back to the house, and brought a number of important documents such as customs clearance documents, Nanli Guoshu, and identity seals with him about the visit, and then began to evacuate.
But they had just arrived at the stairs when a flash of swords flashed around the corner, and one of the guards was heading out before he could scream, and the other was roaring angrily, and was about to make a move, when a powerful crossbow came out of nowhere, and an arrow sealed his throat.
followed the three black-clothed men approaching, as if grabbing a chicken, one of them reached out and pinched the back of Lord Qiu's neck, and the other two guarded him left and right, grabbing him and turning around and running towards the backyard of the post house. Lord Qiu is just a scholar, and he was pinched by others, he only felt that his body was sore, and he had a splitting headache, and it was difficult to even shout, so how could he resist.
Lord Qiu sighed secretly in his heart, he couldn't be sure of the identity of the enemy, but he could also roughly understand that this time the murder was more auspicious. And unexpectedly, he was held hostage and had just run a short distance, and had not left the corridor aisle on the second floor of the post house, when suddenly the figure in front of him was shaking, but in a breath, there was a muffled sound of the corpse falling to the ground, and the confinement on the back of his neck was still there, but he clearly felt that the enemy's hands were completely powerless, so Lord Qiu was also able to straighten up and take a closer look at the situation around him.
In front of him stood a middle-aged man, with a slender figure and a calm expression, and said with a smile: "My lord is frightened." "Lord Qiu recognized the other party, and he was also a member of the mission, and he came from the feudal province with the Marquis of Changchun...... The Grand Master arrived, and the first person he rescued was the chief officer of the Nanli Mission.
His own guards were killed by the assassins in less than a round, but the assassins were all killed in less than half a round, and Lord Qiu finally understood why several auxiliary ministers in the court and the central government valued Chang Chunhou so much.
There are three corpses at his feet, you can't be wrong, the three assassins have been ambushed, but... His feeling was clear, the back of his neck was still clasped by one hand, and it wasn't until Master Qiu turned back his arm to touch it that he suddenly realized that it was indeed one hand, only one hand.
This trip to Dayan, in order to conceal his identity, Luo Guan will not use a bow unless he has to, and now he is no exception, holding a short blade less than two feet in his hand, the blade is narrow, and it looks the same as Song Yang's previous red sleeves, not only the shape and even the temperament are similar, but the color of the two knives is very different, the knife in Luo Guan's hand is glowing with a faint blue light, it is a murder weapon but there is no anger, held in the hands of the great master, it shows a gentle and elegant taste.
Luo Guan helped Lord Qiu remove the severed hand on the back of his neck, no longer saying a word of nonsense, nor was he in a hurry to withdraw from the dangerous place, but stretched out his hand to pick him up, mobilized his body to wander around the post station, and continued to snipe Wu Yiwei and rescue the Nanli envoys.
After the half-pillar of incense, most of the guards and mission officials withdrew from the team, and the post house was still billowing smoke. Song Yang looked at the surrounding situation, everyone outside was watching, and there were hundreds of guards guarding it, no matter how fearless Wu Yiwei was, he didn't dare to openly attack the mission, and immediately he explained a few words to the porcelain doll, the latter's expression was the same as always, nodding calmly, but there was a trace of imperceptible concern in his tone: "How careful you are." ”
Song Yang smiled, said hello to Lord Qiu, who had already escaped, shook his body a few times, and broke away from the brigade and rushed into the fire like Luo Guan just now.
…… It wasn't until dawn that the fire in the post house subsided, and Lord Qiu, who had escaped, counted the number of people, and the accompanying guards lost less than ten people, and none of the mission officials were injured.
Ignoring the heat of the fire, the local officials of Jinshu entered the inspection and unexpectedly found that there were more than 30 corpses among them, all of which were burned to charred by the fire, and they could not be identified.
And Lord Qiu refused to wait a little longer, and even the case of the disappearance of the previous official was no longer investigated, so the whole team set off to leave Jinshu.
The procession had been walking for a whole day, and at dusk, before entering the next big city, Song Yang and Luo Guan rushed to join the mission, and Lord Qiu didn't ask them what they had done, as if the two good men had never left.
Lord Qiu could keep his duty, Qi Shangke couldn't help but talk a lot, and when he saw Song Yang and Luo Guan coming back, he immediately stepped forward and asked happily: "According to my guess, you two are going to follow the vine." ”
Song Yang was in a good mood, obviously this trip had a good result, nodded and smiled: "Boss Qi's hands and eyes are all over the sky, of course we can't hide this little calculation from you." ”
Qi Shang shook his head and waved his hands again, full of kind words, modest mess, and waited until he was poor enough to ask the result: "How many melons are you touching?" ”
"Dozens of people bigger." Song Yang responded: "I wanted to kill a nest of ends, but after chasing to the place, I felt that rushing in and directly cutting down dozens of people was a bit too traceful...... What's more, there are a lot of good hands, and if you really do it, you may have left me behind, so I temporarily changed it to poisoning, and I had a seizure a month later. ”
…… In the following period of time, the Nanli mission suddenly increased its speed and accelerated its marching speed, and among the envoys, Luo Guan and Song Yang were the most powerful, so the two of them almost became 'shifts', always leaving one to sit in the team, and the other to leave the group from time to time, hiding in the dark to snipe and kill the spies who followed and protect their companions.
And Wu Yiwei's pursuit of the mission has also become closer, and the means are endless, but all their methods are to change the soup but not the medicine, and try to kidnap important people from the mission. Along the way, from the journey to the accommodation, dark battles are everywhere, and occasionally when there is negligence, there will still be Nanli people missing, but the number of secret agents who were sniped by Song Yang and others is much higher than the loss of the mission.
Fighting all the way, rushing all the way, it's just that the mission is huge and numerous, and on the way out, they represent the prestige of Nanli's court, and speeding up the trip can't say that everyone is running wildly, so the speed of travel can never be mentioned too fast, plus in other people's territory, the pressure on Song Yang and others is increasing, fortunately, Li Mingji of Eye City received the news from Ayigo and sent Ye Feifei to meet the team... Ye Yatou's skills are ordinary, but the elite she brought is extraordinary, and the old man at the head is also an acquaintance of Song Yang, when he was in the arson town of Guogong Mansion and plundered Tan Guide, everyone once cooperated, the old man who was proficient in Jianghu arts, especially good at stealth, and sniping.
Song Yang is struggling here, Wu Yiwei is not easy, the commander who presided over the investigation saw his subordinates die one after another, and there were many more people dead on their side than the captured Nanli officials, so many lives could no longer be concealed, so as a last resort, he sent a letter to the chief officer to report the military situation.
Zhuge Xiaoyu is presiding over the matter of 'Zhulian' at the moment, his side is going smoothly for the time being, and he is extremely dissatisfied when he receives his subordinates' military sparrows, and he is planning to transfer his hands to help him again, but one day, from all directions, a series of bad news came one after another: Wuyiwei, who was sent to execute 'Zhulian', was in the air one after another, and many military families who were blacklisted and had to die were taken away in advance. Not only that, but several groups of Wuyiwei were ambushed after their execution, and suffered heavy casualties...... Master Xie's lackeys finally made a move.
The investigation of the Nanli mission was proposed by Zhuge Xiaoyu himself; Zhulian military subordinates were personally appointed by Jingtai, although the words were not written into a book, but it was no different from the holy decree, not to mention that this errand seemed to be just a little troublesome, but there was no difficulty at all, if this little thing could not be done, maybe the emperor would wave his hand when he entered the palace next time: Don't fight day by day, how many court rods are left, all of them will be finished today.
Zhuge Xiaoyu didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, mobilized the elite of his subordinates, and accelerated the implementation of 'Zhulian' At the same time, he made every effort to track down the people who secretly opposed him. At this point, another more extensive and confrontational secret war suddenly broke out.
On the big swallow, singing and dancing.
No one could see that the transit missions from the south to the north were constantly being killed, fleeing for their lives and killing people; No one could have imagined that around the military family of Zhenqing, the two prison guards before and after, each concentrated their strength and was fighting to the death; No one can notice that there are millions of gold, which are being transported in an orderly manner, slowly flowing towards the north, and Tan Guide, who has been silent in recent years, has already received the secret report from Mrs. Bo and is ready to move.
(To be continued)