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Sun Shao didn't speak, took a melon from the desk next to him, raised his palm, stared for a moment, and suddenly slapped his palm on the melon. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info just when everyone thought that the melon would crack in response to the sound and involuntarily let go of the way, they found that Sun Shao's palm stopped at the melon, and then backhanded and held the melon in his hand.

Everyone was a little puzzled and didn't know what the hell he was doing.

"Please cut this melon." Sun Shao held the melon and sent it to Cobrador. Coprador took it suspiciously, picked up a knife from the side, cut it with one knife, and as soon as he cut it halfway, he let out an exclamation: "It's amazing." ”

Alexander was the first to surround him, and when he saw the melon that Cabrador had cut, he was so shocked that he covered his mouth.

The skin of the melon was intact, but the pulp inside was as if it had been smashed by a stick, shattered into small pieces, and the juice flowed sideways.

Shapur and Warrag were also shocked.

"This is called a cotton palm, practice to the depths of the essence, a piece of paper covers a stone, a palm hits the paper, the stone is broken and the paper is intact." Sun Shao looked at his palm proudly: "It is said that there will only be three people in this skill within thirty years, one is Deng Zhan Deng Ziyi, the Fenwei general of the Wei State, one is me, and the other is my guard captain Tu Hu." General Deng has been in retirement for many years, and Tu Hu has not been cultivating for a long time, so he is not as casual as me to do this. ”

"It's amazing." Alexander looked at Sun Shao adoringly, and stammered, "This must be the king's most precious skill, right?" ”

"If you want to learn, I can teach you, but if you can't practice, it depends on your creation." Sun Shao smiled and looked back at Corbrador: "To verify whether it is injured by this kind of kung fu, the method is very simple, because although the person who dies from this kind of injury will not have external injuries, but the internal organs will be broken, just like this melon, therefore, there will be blood stains in his mouth, the corners of his eyes, his ears, and his nostrils, even if he is carefully wiped, it will inevitably leave clues." ”

As soon as Coprador moved, he was about to check on Ma Ming's body, and then he took control of it again. At this time, the monk closest to Ma Ming said, "I have checked, and there is no blood in His Holiness's eyes, nose, mouth, or ears, and there are no traces of being wiped. ”

Corbrado breathed a sigh of relief.

"I Han people also believe in ghosts and gods, and I also believe in forbidden spells, especially there are many people who believe in witches, but I don't believe in this." Sun Shao smiled: "There are many people who slander people and use witchcraft, but I haven't seen anyone who has really succeeded in using witchcraft to harm people." Moreover, Venerable Ma Ming is profound, and I am afraid that ordinary witchcraft will not be able to hurt him, so we can put aside witchcraft for the time being. He paused, and walked around the room twice with his hands behind his back, and the crowd involuntarily followed his steps and turned their eyes in the hope that he would utter a more convincing analysis.

Sun Shao walked back and forth for two times and stopped in front of Corbrador: "Noble envoy, are you the closest person to His Holiness?" ”

Corbrado nodded hurriedly: "Yes." ”

"You haven't left him for three days?"

"Yes." Corbrado nodded again: "Except when His Holiness meditated." However, His Holiness does not leave this room when he is meditating, and the room is guarded by our people, and it is impossible for strangers to enter or leave. ”

"Warag, immediately send someone to the Kushan people to check on the house to see if there are any traces of footprints or the like." Sun Shao immediately commanded, and then said to Corbrador, "Can you remember all the people that His Holiness has come into contact with in three days? ”

Corbrado thought for a moment and nodded affirmatively. "His Holiness has been negotiating for more than half a month, and there are only a few people he has come into contact with."

"Have they been here today?" Sun Shao asked.

Corbrado shook his head without thinking: "No one came to visit His Holiness today, and His Holiness came back from negotiation and sat in meditation, and then something happened. ”

Sun Shao scratched his head in embarrassment and said with a wry smile: "In this way, this matter has really become a headless case." He turned to Shapur and Alexander and said, "Do you have any opinions?" ”

Alexander touched his chin and shook his head, he couldn't think of a clue. Shapur hesitated for a moment, then shook his head.

"Alas-" Sun Shao sighed and sat aside. After a while, Valague and Korbrado arranged for someone to report back, and no footprints or anything else were found on the room. Sun Shao heard this and sighed again. He was silent for a long time before he raised his head and said to Corbrador, "Your Excellency, although I can't think of any way to kill His Holiness, I think that His Holiness, as a cultivator, came to Axum all the way to seek peace for Kushan. Now that he has given his life for this great goal, we cannot let him die blindly. I have decided to cooperate with you as your Kushan originally requested, in order to soothe His Holiness's heavenly spirit. ”

When Corbrado heard this, his blood boiled with excitement. He knew how much King Kushan had expectations and how worried he was about this negotiation, and although he had entrusted this task to his most trusted Venerable Ma Ming, he knew that Guishan was the least powerful among the four countries, and the possibility of achieving his goal in the end was very small, and these days of negotiations also showed that his worries were not unprescient. Ma Ming's biggest worry was that he would not be able to complete the task entrusted by King Kushan, and now, what he didn't do alive was realized because of his death, and Corbrado couldn't help but be excited.

Cabrador knelt down in front of Sun Shao and kowtowed: "The king is a bodhisattva of great compassion, and after the reincarnation of His Holiness, he will not forget the kindness of the king." Then he threw himself next to Ma Ming's body and cried, "Venerable, have you heard, the king has agreed to our request, and you can look at it." ”

I don't know if there are really ghosts and gods, before Cobrador's words fell, Ma Ming's big eyes suddenly closed, and the terrifying expression on his face slowly disappeared, all of this was first seen by those monks, and then reminded Cobrador, followed by Sun Shao and the others also knew. They gathered around, looking at the body of Venerable Ma Ming, who had already looked very peaceful, and they were all surprised and inexplicable.

Xiahou Rong was the first to react, he sighed and said: "Venerable really has a great cultivation, I think that although he can't say it now, he must also know who is the one who harmed him, and sooner or later he will be punished." ”

Shapur shuddered involuntarily, all this was too terrifying, could it be that Ma Ming's soul really hasn't left yet, listening to them here? He resisted his desire to twist his neck to peek, but a drop of sweat involuntarily slipped down his sideburns.

"Yes, good will be rewarded, evil will be rewarded, it's not that you don't pay off, the time has not come." Sun Shao added a sentence and saluted Ma Ming's body again: "Venerable, you can rest in peace, this revenge will be avenged sooner or later." I know that you Buddhists do not advocate revenge, but I cannot watch my esteemed friend die on my soil, and I cannot watch the enemy use such despicable means to stir up trouble, and we will definitely be able to realize the wish for peace in the world. He turned his head and looked at Alexander and Shapur: "I wonder if the two of you are willing to fulfill this wish of Venerable Ma Ming." ”

Alexander did not think about it, but replied: "I, the Romans, am willing to do my best to bring about peace in the world, and whoever provokes a war is the enemy of my Romans, and I will fight him to the end." After speaking, he exchanged a look with Sun Shao and looked at Shapur at the same time.

Shapur's mouth was bitter, of course he knew that he was their common enemy, this four-nation alliance was actually the alliance of Yue, Kushan and Rome to contain the rise of the Sassanids, but at this moment, how dare he say that he was going to provoke a war and conquer the other three countries? He licked his lips and said in a hoarse voice: "I am also very willing to fulfill Venerable Ma Ming's wish, I hope that there will be no more wars in the world, and there will be no more bloodshed." ”

Sun Shao nodded heavily, reached out and patted Shapur's shoulder: "I believe in you, Prince Shapur." Those despicable people killed Venerable Ma Ming by such despicable means, just to provoke our discord, we can't let them get their wish, we want to show them that our four countries are all sincere, and they all hope for peace in the world. You say, don't you? ”

Shapur squinted at Sun Shao's hand on his shoulder, cold sweat flowed, and he subconsciously felt a huge pain in his shoulder, as if he had heard the sound of bones cracking, but he was too embarrassed to get out of the way, so he could only stand there with a smile on his face. His smile looked very weird, his face was twitching for a while, but he couldn't see the slightest smile, and he couldn't help but be suspicious again when he was seen by Corbrador, who just raised his head.

"Of course, of course." Shapur easily listened to Sun Shao's words, and hurriedly bowed down to salute, taking the opportunity to let go of Sun Shao's hand. Although Sun Shao's hand left, his shoulder still ached faintly.

"What do you see, envoy?" Sun Shao turned his head to look at the tearful and smiling Cobrador: "Now that we can't find the murderer, we can only announce to the outside world that His Holiness's death is a normal death, so as not to cause unrest in the world." As for the murderer, don't worry, we will continue to investigate in the dark in the future, and we will definitely not let him escape punishment. ”

Corbrado had no choice but to agree with Sun Shao. A few people discussed it, and explained the reason to the monks. Although the monks were a little embarrassed, feeling that this violated the Buddha's precept that they should not lie, they had to respond when they thought that if this matter was poked out, then King Kushan would inevitably break away from the Four Nations Alliance, which might cause countless fights.

Immediately, Sun Shao asked Shapur and Cobrado to announce that although Ma Ming's death was a bit weird, there was no conspiracy. Shapur was unwilling, but Sun Shao said that the biggest purpose of the other party is to frame me Yueguo, and the second is to frame you Sasan, because everyone knows that if Yue Guo and Guishan turn their faces, then Sassanid is the biggest beneficiary, and he obviously wants to plant the stolen goods on your Sasanian head, who will you declare if you don't declare? If you don't want to, then I'll go, I'm still desperate.

As soon as he said this, Shapur just didn't want to say it, so he had to go outside with Cabrador to make a statement to the onlookers. In the name of Azda, he swore that the Sassanids would definitely help the Kushans, and as he spoke, he felt a chill on his back, and the shoulders that had been patted by Sun Shao seemed to be a little unconscious.

Sun Shao and Alexander immediately issued a statement, saying that they would strive to create a peaceful environment for the people of the world, so that they can live and work in peace and contentment, and live a good life. These statements soon spread throughout the city of Axum by the onlookers and the populace, and in all directions by the merchants, and soon appeared in several versions, including the oddities.

The most unlucky is Warag, he was reprimanded by Sun Shao for the reason of poor guards, although he did not deprive him of the throne, but he deprived him of the right to rule the area outside of Axum City, Warag was so angry that he didn't dare to squeak, he also knew that if Sun Shao's matter was not handled well, then the alliance of the four kings would end here, and King Bo of Kushan would definitely raise a division to conquer, at least withdraw from the alliance. This responsibility is not small, Sun Shao only reduced the scope of his territory, but did not deprive him of the throne, which is already light.

Although he thought so, he was very dissatisfied with the result, and as soon as the matter was over, he followed him to the inn where Shapur was staying, and as soon as the two entered the inner room, Warag sank his face, and in a rage, kicked over the table, and the fine porcelain on the table was shattered.

"That's how you helped me? I didn't say hello beforehand, and I was embarrassed in front of so many people? ”

Shapur jumped away with agility, looking at the porcelain shards on the ground, his face was gloomy, and he didn't say a word. He didn't bother to explain to Wallag, he just watched Wallag vent, and when Wallag finished venting, he frowned and said, "Do you think this is Sun Shao's punishment for you?" Do you think that without this, you can be this king in peace? Why don't you think that this is the game that Sun Shao made, just to frame me and you? ”

Waragher squinted at Shapur and gasped: "Tell me, did you do this?" ”

"Do you believe it?" Shapur kicked the broken porcelain on the ground with his foot, hit a chair and sat down: "You can also see that Ma Ming is not injured at all. ”

Varagh stared at Shapur for a moment, a little uncertain, and he asked again and again, but Shapur remained silent. He rubbed his shoulders from time to time, his face was dripping, and he was obviously in a very bad mood. Warag accepted it when he saw it, and calmed down, after all, he didn't want to be Sun Shao's obedient minister, sooner or later he would betray Sun Shao, and now it's just a matter of enduring two more days.

"What's next?"

"This Yue Wang is not easy to deal with." Shapur drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, pinched his brows with his hands, sighed and said: "Originally, Ma Ming died, the biggest suspicion is Yue Guo, as long as there is a little guidance, Axum City can be in chaos, and the good reputation he has accumulated these days will disappear without a trace, but I didn't expect him to pull us to make this kind of statement, and in a few words, he went around us." Hmph, he thought I didn't know his mind? Even if he didn't have this, he would have given the Kushans benefits, otherwise how would he deal with us Sassanids. It's just that...... His reaction was so fast, I didn't have time to prepare, the fire hadn't burned yet, but a little fire was extinguished by him, tsk......"

Shapur shook his head in admiration, his face cloudy, as if he was a little frustrated and a little excited, and he ignored Wallag, just talking to himself. Wallag was bored for a while, so he had to get up and say goodbye, he thought about it, and then went to Sun Shao's palace again, and told Sun Shao some of Shapur's reaction. Sun Shao didn't say anything, just comforted him and said that this reduction of his territory was also to give an explanation to the Guishan people, and he would make up for him when he found an opportunity in the future, so that he could rest easy. Waragher didn't believe it at all, and he didn't care, but he made a gesture of gratitude, thanked and thanked, and then returned to his house.

After Alexander returned to the post house, he was still excited, and he waved his palm twice from time to time, imitating Sun Shao's action of slapping the melon pulp with one palm. He thought it was amazing, how could he do it without any injuries on the outside, but shatter the inside? But it happened right before his eyes, and he had to believe it even if he didn't believe it. and the change in Ma Ming's face after listening to Sun Shao's words also made him sigh in horror that the world is really strange.

"I'm going to learn this amazing skill." Alexander said to Quintus with great interest: "I want to learn, His Royal Highness King Yue has said that as long as I am willing to learn, he can teach me." ”

Quintus smiled: "His Majesty the Emperor has learned this, is it useful?" ”

Alexander raised his eyebrows: "Why is it useless?" Didn't His Royal Highness King Yue learn it? ”

"His Royal Highness King Yue was not His Royal Highness King Yue at the beginning, he was just a person who had no life safety at that time, in order to protect himself, he needed to practice martial arts hard, so he had a good martial arts. But Your Majesty the Emperor, are you learning this in order to go to the gladiatorial arena and compete with those gladiators? ”

"Then I can still go to the battlefield and kill the enemy, and become a hero on the battlefield like Achilles." Alexander rolled his eyes, and then said, "Isn't His Royal Highness King Yue often going to the battlefield to fight in person now?" You also said that his queen is also a brave and warlike female general, and his sister is also an enemy of ten thousand people, am I not as good as a woman? ”

"Your Majesty......" Quintus couldn't cry or laugh, Alexander and Sun Shao stayed together for a long time, not only became as lustful and debauched as Sun Shao, but also became as aggressive as Sun Shao, but in his opinion, Alexander only learned Sun Shao's surface, but did not learn Sun Shao's most advantageous skill - Sun Shao's greatest skill is not to go into battle and fight, but his ability to defeat the enemy quietly. For example, the death of Ma Ming, Quintus believes that this must be a ghost of the Sassanids, the purpose is to destroy the alliance against the Sassanids, as long as the Kushan and Yue are at odds, then the Sassanids will be safe behind them, and they can deal with the Romans wholeheartedly - the Yue Kingdom is too far away from Rome, they can only support some supplies, and if they really want to fight, they have to rely on the Roman army to fight hard with the Sassanids. Alexander saw only the economic plight of the Romans, he did not see that even with sufficient supplies, the Romans might not have the upper hand - but this conspiracy was dissolved by Sun Shao in an instant, and became an advantageous condition for the promotion of alliances.

Although he knew that this was a good thing, Quintus was still worried about the prospects of Rome, for the simple reason that Rome's weakness was caused by the festering that began from within, and the defeat on the battlefield was only a façade, and Alexander clearly did not see this.

Quintus sighed with some regret, for the first time he had some doubts about his actions to help Alexander, judging from the overall ability, Alexander's mother Momia was obviously a cut above Alexander, if she was here, maybe she would be more able to grasp the point when negotiating with Sun Shao, instead of only knowing how to ask for more assistance like Alexander.

"Are we going to inform all of Rome about the situation here?" Quintus reminded vaguely.

"Rome? You mean my mother, right? Alexander's face sank with excitement, his palms drooped weakly, and he turned his head to glance at Quintus: "Do you think I'm not improving?" ”

Quintus hurriedly said, "Your Majesty the Emperor, you have misunderstood what I meant. Your Majesty's progress during this period of time has been very fast, and in the words of their Han people, you are really a thousand miles. I have great admiration for His Majesty's intelligence. Quintus saw that Alexander's face softened a little, so he cautiously persuaded again: "It's just that, after all, Your Majesty is not strong enough to get rid of your mother now, and we have to show some respect for her more or less, and you have been away from Rome for so long, she must also be very worried about you, looking forward to the news of your safety." ”

"Don't worry, she knows the news of Axum City." Alexander pursed his lips and strode into the house, leaving Quintus far behind. Quintus was stunned for a moment, shook his head helplessly, and had to trot all the way to follow.

At the Kushan Messenger's Station, Corbrado knelt beside Ma Ming's body and cleaned Ma Ming's hair with tears in his eyes. Ma Ming has been busy negotiating these days, and he has no time to clean up his scalp, short hair has grown on his shiny scalp, and now that he has passed away, Corbrado doesn't want him to go to see the Buddha like this, he wants to clean up his hair for him. He handled it carefully, as if he was afraid of disturbing Ma Ming, who was already sleeping.

With the gentle swipe of the razor, the short gray hair fell one after another, and the scalp that had lost its temperature became clean again, but in Corbrador's eyes, the holy light no longer flickered, and the great Venerable Ma Ming had left him forever.

"Ding", there was a soft sound, and the razor in Cobrado's hand seemed to have touched something, and Cobrado looked at it with hazy teary eyes, and found that there was a drop of dried blood on Ma Ming's freshly shaved scalp, and among the bloodstains, a shiny thing loomed.

Corbrado was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses, he hurriedly put down the razor gently, held Ma Ming's head in his arms, and took a closer look, only to find that this was a very thin needle, which was piercing in the sunken hair socket behind Ma Ming's head, almost all of it went deep into Ma Ming's head, and only a little needle tail remained.

He hurriedly found the tools, and it took a lot of effort to carefully pull them out.

A finger-long thin needle stood out in his eyes, swaying in the light with a strange light.

Corbrado gasped involuntarily.

(To be continued)