Chapter Seventy-Eight: Demon Stars and Luck
Zhang Xiancheng couldn't help but slow down, and at the same time concentrated, slowly carrying his qi and blood to his head, like a wolf, his eyes shining.
After a while, he followed the sound and saw that not far ahead, behind the big tree, slowly turned out to ride, a sweaty and bloody horse was all fiery red, tall and powerful, and the knight was extraordinary, wearing a gilt mask that covered half of his face, and two flags poked out from behind his left and right shoulders.
Jianning King Li Qi, how can he play the insect flute? Zhang Xiancheng's heart was full of suspicions, and the ominous premonition became stronger and stronger, and after a while, he put all his doubts aside, and sneered in his heart: If you want to stop me, you are still a little tender, unless it is your master who comes!
He actually wanted to kill Li Qi on the spot, but on the one hand, he was not too sure, on the other hand, the other party was waiting here early, with a calculus or not, if he really wanted to do it, he might fall into his calculations, he had an important mission, so why bother to make extraneous branches.
Just when Zhang Xiancheng was about to kick the horse's belly and bypass the road, the sound of the flute stopped, and Li Qi, the king of Jianning, suddenly put down the flute and said, "Zhang Xiancheng, make a decision." ”
Zhang Xiancheng was suddenly struck by lightning, this voice was too familiar, this was his heart barrier, the voice that often appeared in his dreams, making him extremely frightened.
At this time, the two were about 100 steps apart, the man took off his mask, and under the white moonlight, Zhang Xiancheng had already recognized at a glance that the person was Xiao Quai, who was killed by himself in Nanzhao.
Zhang Xiancheng's mind suddenly went blank, and he subconsciously pulled the reins, and the war horse slowly stopped, and the atmosphere of the scene was cold. Opposite him, Xiao Quzhi was smiling. Plug the worm flute into your belt. Take off the giant bow: "Zhang Xiancheng." Didn't expect that, right? Tonight, you're dead! ”
Zhang Xiancheng's body trembled slightly, and his right hand subconsciously touched his arms, and then he took a deep breath and asked, "You're not dead?" ”
"This king immortal disciple, how can he not treasure the body? How can you wait for a small assassination? This king has been resurrected in a state full of blood on the spot! ”
In Zhang Xiancheng's wide-eyed and incredulous eyes, Xiao Quzhi sneered: "I'll tell you the truth, the Deadly Brain Devouring Gu in your head has been activated by the sound of this king's flute just now. After a moment, you will have a seizure, and you will soon be devoured by ten thousand insects, and you will be in pain!
Besides, even if you don't get poisoned, you are not the opponent of this king, and this king advises you to be obedient, hand over the holy decree, and then commit suicide quickly. ”
Zhang Xiancheng was shocked: "I've been killed by the Brain Devouring Gu?" Impossible, impossible, you lied to me! ”
Xiao Quzhi pointed at him with the giant bow in his hand: "It's easy for this king to kill you." Why lie to you. The **** kidnapped Ah Youduo's father and forced Ah Youduo to hand over the antidote to the scorpion venom. And let Ah Youduo and her daddy and you take the antidote at the same time.
But you didn't know that the scorpion venom was an ordinary poison, and the antidote you took contained the eggs of the fatal Brain Devouring Gu. Later, you kidnapped Ayudo and escaped, and killed her, but you didn't know that you would die from now on. ”
Zhang Xiancheng remembered that more than a month ago, the situation was indeed as Xiao Quzhi said, after he took the antidote, the paralysis in his left arm quickly disappeared, but he was still not at ease, so he kidnapped A Youduo and escaped.
In this way, if there is a problem with that antidote, then her father will not die with her. Coupled with the interrogation and torture of Ah Youduo in every way along the way, Ah Youduo looked hated to the bone marrow, but was very unwilling.
Only then did he feel relieved, and at the same time, Ah Youduo always didn't give up along the way, either always thinking about poisoning again, or thinking about running away and calling for help, so he killed her ruthlessly, but he didn't expect to fall into her trap. This woman is so ruthless, if she really fell for the fatal Brain Devouring Gu, wouldn't his father also die?
"Don't think about it, it's okay for Luo to know the edict master, how can he, as the edict lord, have no antidote. Time is running out, do you know why this king didn't just shoot you and talk so much nonsense to you? ”
Zhang Xiancheng was already completely convinced at this time, knowing that he was going to die, he was no longer afraid of Xiao Qu's illness, and he laughed mockingly: "What else?" It's just to take revenge on me, to see the miserable image of me being devoured by thousands of insects and in pain. ”
"Ah, don't you think you're that stupid?" Xiao Quzhi sneered: "But what you did before, why are you stupid like a pig?"
Zhang Xiancheng was furious: "Xiao Quai, you really think I'm afraid that you can't do it, didn't you say that it's easy to kill me, now I'm here, you come!" Why don't you dare to come here, but here you are like a woman?
I heard that you went to Shaolin alone with one sword and defeated three cross-character monks, do you dare to come over and compete with me in swordsmanship? ”
"Stupider than a pig, incorrigible." Xiao Quzhi shook his head and sneered, and then sighed: "Poor Nanyang County Duke has fought for the country for more than 20 years and made countless meritorious contributions, but in the end, he will end up with a broken son and grandchildren, and he will be infamous for a thousand years."
My father has been loyal to the country all his life, and you are his only son, but you are bent on rebellion and rebellion, and you will not repent of your death.
Not only are you disloyal and unfilial, but you are even more stupid as a pig, and seeing that you are about to die, this king will make it clear to you! You are bent on helping An Lushan rebel, have you ever thought that he is the murderer of your father? ”
Zhang Xiancheng's head suddenly buzzed, and he was even more shocked than when he saw Xiao Qu's illness just now, An Lushan was the murderer of his father, how could this be?
It turned out that Zhang Xiancheng's father Zhang Shouqi joined the army since he was a child, and made countless meritorious contributions all the way, fought for the country for more than 20 years, and made the Youzhou Festival all the way to the envoy, and the general of the auxiliary country and the general of the right Yulin gave Nanyang County Gong, because he made too many meritorious contributions, he was favored and rewarded by the emperor, and even Zhang Xiancheng was awarded an official position at a very young age, which can be described as glorious.
At that time, Zhang Xiancheng was also bent on serving the Tang Dynasty, but disaster fell from the sky, when Zhang Shouqi was guarding Youzhou, his generals Zhao Kan and Bai Zhendra invited merit, first falsely passed on the order of Zhang Shouqi, and forced the soldiers and horses of the Pinglu army to lead the cavalry of the army to attack the soldiers and horses of the Xi people.
Wu Zhiyi thought that the division was nameless, and refused to send troops under the pretext of excuses, so Bai Zhendra falsely preached the holy decree and coerced, and Wu Zhiyi had to obey, and the result was first won and then defeated. After the war, Zhang Shouqi concealed his defeat and lied about the military situation. Soon the matter was revealed. Tang Xuanzong ordered the eunuch Niu Xiantong to go to investigate.
Zhang Shouqi bribed Niu Xiantong again. Blame all the problems on Bai Zhendra and force him to commit suicide. After Niu Xiantong returned to the court, he concealed his true feelings and exonerated Zhang Shouqi. didn't want Niu Xiantong's bribery to be exposed in the second year, and Zhang Shouqi was also investigated and punished by the imperial court, and he was degraded as the assassin of Kuozhou.
After this blow, Zhang Shouqi was depressed and depressed, and heard that Niu Xiantong was tortured and killed by Li Longji's order, "for a few days." It was to probe his heart, cut off his hands and feet, cut off his flesh and eat it", he was so frightened that soon after he took office, the old wound recurred and died.
The family was ruined, and the gap was too big, so Zhang Xiancheng began to slowly hate the Tang Dynasty, and after that, he began to rebel with An Lushan!
"You talk nonsense. The murderer who killed my father is obviously Li Longji's faint king! Zhang Xiancheng screamed.
"What else do you say about you pig? You want to. When your father dies, who benefits the most? Think about it again, your father has managed the army well, has made many meritorious deeds, is brave and good at fighting, resourceful, and is in the prime of life, if he does not die, will An Lushan's mongrel beard never come out? ”
Zhang Xiancheng was stunned for a moment, An Lushan did start to rise steadily after Daddy's death, and he did benefit the most from Daddy's death; Daddy is in one day, and An Lushan really has no day to come out.
Zhang Xiancheng quickly thought that when the news of the defeat came, Daddy actually wanted to play according to the facts, and it was An Lushan's idea to lie about the military situation; After that, bribing Niu Xiantong was also An Lushan's idea, and he successfully turned the crisis into safety at that time, and Daddy praised An Lushan several times in front of him.
But in the end, the matter was revealed, Niu Xiantong was tortured and killed, Daddy was demoted, and An Lushan rose! Although Zhang Xiancheng is paranoid, he is not stupid, how can he not figure out the connection?
At this moment, Xiao Quzhi said coldly: "Have you ever thought about what An Lushan was doing before Niu Xiantong's defeat?" ”
Zhang Xiancheng thought for a moment and blurted out: "Send the prisoner to Chang'an......"
It turned out that after the matter was over, Zhang Shouqi was still worried, so he personally went out to win a few battles, captured more than 2,000 Khitan and Xi prisoners, thinking that he could please the emperor after offering the prisoners, who knows, the matter will be revealed soon.
And the reason why An Lushan was allowed to send prisoners to Chang'an was also Zhang Shouqi's careful arrangement. Because although An Lushan marched and fought a scumbag, he was very clever, very good at speaking and likable, and was very liked by the emperor.
It turned out that An Lushan and Shi Siming took refuge in Zhang Shouqi together, and won many battles, An Lushan had the intention of underestimating the enemy, once he led the troops to fight with the Khitan and Xi, but the whole army was wiped out, and he escaped back alone, and he should be beheaded according to the law.
But Zhang Shouqi was reluctant to kill An Lushan, so he tied up An Lushan, and moved to Li Longji together with the recital written on An Lushan's guilt and previous meritorious deeds, and pushed the problem to the emperor.
As a result, Li Longji saw that he was white and fat, simple and stupid, and he spoke extremely cleverly, and liked him very much, so he acquitted him. And Zhang Shouqi saw that An Lushan was very fond of the emperor, and he also handed over the matter of sending prisoners to An Lushan.
"This is what Gao Weng told me personally, An Lushan sent the captives to Chang'an, met His Majesty, and when the two chatted, when talking about the big victory before Nanyang Jungong, An Lushan deliberately pretended to be very surprised, and then spoke hesitantly, which aroused His Majesty's suspicions. This is why people investigated Niu Xiantong, and then Niu Xiantong was pushed by everyone after the wall fell, and your father's matter was exposed. ”
Xiao Quzhi sneered: "It's a shame that you idiot, your father was assassinated by An Lushan, and you still desperately treated him as a dog, aren't you more stupid than Zhu, what is a pig?" ”
Zhang Xiancheng has completely reacted, everything is that bastard, he hurt Daddy, and then coaxed himself, he actually used to be a cow and a horse for the enemy for so many years, Xiao Qubing is right, he is really stupider than a pig!
"Poof!" This No. 1 swordsman in the Northeast, who has been rich since childhood, has great talents, and thinks highly of himself, suddenly spurted out a mouthful of old blood, and roared angrily: "An Lushan, mongrel Hu, I want to kill you!" I'm going to...... Yes...... Ah......h
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Xiancheng's handsome face twisted in pain, and he held his head in his hands and screamed in pain. At this moment, Xiao Quzhi had already picked up the stirrups and fell off the horse, rushed to his side as fast as lightning, stretched into Zhang Xiancheng's arms, and took out the holy decree and a small box.
Then Xiao went back to the pathological road, jumped on the little red horse, and led more than 100 horsemen behind the big tree to the camp of the rebels in Youzhou, and at this time Zhang Xiancheng had already planted his horse and wailed and struggled in pain on the ground.
Zhang Xiancheng's screams were like ghosts, and they came far away in the night, and in addition to the two Tiance secret guards, who followed Xiao Quai's side, they were two Youzhou army generals Zhang Xiaozhong and Shi Siyi, both of whom couldn't help but shudder.
Zhang Xiancheng's screams were like ghosts, and they came far away in the night, and in addition to the two Tiance secret guards, who followed Xiao Quai's side, they were two Youzhou army generals Zhang Xiaozhong and Shi Siyi, both of whom couldn't help but shudder.
Xiao Quzhi asked, "What, you two sympathize with him?" ”
Zhang Xiaozhong hurriedly said: "No, no, you were the king of Lanling from the beginning?" ”
"That's right, the real King of Jianning has rushed to Wenxi with 26,000 Tiance troops, and tomorrow, this king will capture An Lushan alive and quell this turmoil~ chaos."
Zhang Xiaozhong was surprised and delighted when he heard this, Shi Siyi was still groaning, and Xiao Quzhi asked, "Shi Siyi, what are you thinking?" ”
Shi Siyi hurriedly said: "The little slave is thinking, An Lushan's mongrel Hu is such a despicable villain, insidious and cunning, and he will take revenge!" ”
Xiao Quzhi also said: "Yes, that An Lushan marches and fights, and has no ability to govern the place, but it is sinister and cunning but rare in the world, who would have thought that it would be such a treacherous villain, a sheep thief, and ...... In the end, it can cause such a disaster to the Tang Dynasty, it is simply a demon star from the sky......"
Who would have thought that in the time and space without Xiao Qu's illness, it was this little man who had no serious skills, but was insidious and cunning like a fox, so that most of the Tang Dynasty fell into a sea of corpses and blood, the mountains and rivers were broken, how many Han people were devastated, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, the peak of ancient Chinese society, was destroyed in one fell swoop.
What's even more regrettable is that since then, this nation has never had a high-spirited and confident bearing, so that people who read history still have residual hatred after a thousand years!
In Xiao Quai's view, this An Lushan really seems to have come down from heaven to cut off the luck of the Tang Dynasty, a demon star of Chinese luck, there are some inevitables in history, but it is composed of countless accidents, An Lushan, the demon star, the tone is really good along the way.
Stealing sheep and encountering Yan ~ was caught, originally a despicable person like him was bound to die, but he escaped death with a shout, and was recognized by Zhang Shouqi as his godson, and he was blessed by misfortune; If the army is defeated, it is also certain to die, but the result is a blessing in disguise, and since then he has won Li Longji's love; Immediately after encountering Li Linfu in power, he wanted to block the road for the border generals to enter the prime minister, and reuse the Fan general Hanmen, An Lushan seized the opportunity to report Zhang Shouqi and was reused, and since then he has risen to the top.
After that, there was a series of lucky luck: Wang Zhongji was killed; Li Longji's brain-dead and deaf; Li Linfu's death, Yang Guozhong's waste in power; The Battle of Talas, the Anxi army was betrayed by traitors and defeated, and the Anxi army suffered heavy losses (the battle of Xiangji Temple was that Li Siye led 5,000 Anxi elites to turn the tide and finally recover Chang'an, otherwise it would be another big defeat, you can know how strong the Anxi army is); In the Battle of Nanzhao, Yang Guozhong sent away 200,000 elites of the Tang army; After the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, Li Longji mistakenly beheaded Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing; Before the battle of Tongguan, the rebels in Youzhou had fallen into a heavy encirclement, and Fan Yang's hometown was about to be broken by Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, but Yang Guozhong made another stupid move, provoking Li Longji to force Ge Shuhan to lead more than 200,000 Tongguan defenders to fight and die, so the battle situation was reversed in an instant...... All of this is the great luck of An Lushan, the anti-Hu, and the great misfortune of my nation and country.
Whether this thing of luck really exists, Xiao Quai's illness is unknown, but since the crossing, Xiao Qubing has thought countless times about capturing An Lushan, the demon star, and then torturing and destroying him with the most tragic means, and then running to Li Longji and yelling at him, letting him know how many sins he has created! In the time and space without my Xiao Quai, the Tang Dynasty and China's luck were ruined by him!
But at this time, Xiao Quai's illness suddenly became a little unhappy, and the only thing he wanted to do now was to end this mess as soon as possible, so that Datang could get back on track and embark on a road that had never been done before.
Let yourself, your relatives, your children and grandchildren, live in a better environment, a better country, and live a better life...... And this road that has never been before, this new history, is created by myself, with a large group of people such as Li Qi, He Keer, and Li Xian. (To be continued.) )