At the beginning of the chaos, there was Su Dingluan, volley assassination, fortunately the master Cizhen Zen Master was hidden on the side, Taizong was unharmed, Su Dingluan, the general of the Northern Han Dynasty, was violent, beheaded the general and captured the flag, attacked everything, often went first for the army, and the "vanguard general" was also.

――"Yongshi Taizong Benji"

At this time, I only heard the sound of the bowstring, the sound was like a pearl falling on the jade plate, the eldest grandson Ji Shi unfolded a series of beads and divine marks, and several big men without armor who rushed in front bore the brunt, and were shot through the flesh and blood by sharp arrows, but it turned out that the eldest grandson Ji was as careful as a hair, and he found that the pace of those forbidden troops was a little chaotic, which should not occur in the well-trained forbidden army, so he sent arrows in time to block those assassins. And this delay, Li Zhen's guards have already blocked those assassins.

Just when Li Zhen was smiling and looking at the guards who had already taken the advantage, suddenly someone broke out of a shop on the side of the road, his body was like lightning, like thunder, and he stabbed at Li Zhen with a lance in his hand.

At this time, Sima Xiong was supervising the battle in front, and he didn't have time to rush back, Changsun Ji opened his bow and set up arrows, and shot three arrows in a row to block, but the short sword in the man's hand waved, and Changsun Ji's long arrow that could break the golden cracking stone was bounced back by force, and Changsun Ji was shocked and didn't have time to dodge, so he had to use the bow to dial the arrow. The arrow that rebounded back was actually powerful, and the eldest grandson Ji took three steps back with his horse, and the golden bowstring was broken. For a while, the eldest grandson Ji was powerless to save King Yong.

At this time, there were only four guards around King Yong, and they blocked the man's momentum with their bodies at the same time, but the man's body actually mysteriously circled an arc and stabbed towards King Yong, although Li Zhen was also a battlefield general, but the person's sharp point made Li Zhen feel powerless to dodge, and sighed in his heart, am I going to die here before my ambition is paid, I can't help but close my eyes.

Just at the last moment, a Buddha horn like a heavenly sound came.

"Amitabha." The sound was like thunder in the nine heavens, and then Li Zhen felt that his body was loose, and the compelling sword qi had disappeared without a trace, and he quickly opened his eyes to see, only to see that in front of his horse, Master Cizhen put his hands together and was chanting the Buddha's name, and two zhang away, a nine-foot-tall man looked at Master Cizhen with anger on his face, holding a stainless steel step lance in his hand, Li Zhen looked at it at a glance, and took a breath of cold air, this step lance turned out to be purple and black, Li Zhen has been on the battlefield for a long time, and knows that only human blood can dye weapons in this color, such a figure, With such martial arts and such murderous nature, Li Zhen immediately knew the identity of this person. He said loudly: "It turned out that Su Dingluan, the vanguard general of the Northern Han Dynasty, arrived, and I don't know how fortunate this king was, so he asked the general to assassinate him." ”

King Yong's personal guards are okay, many of those forbidden troops have fought with the Northern Han Dynasty, and they have long heard of this vanguard general's name, but they have never seen it, and they can't help but look at it with curiosity and fierce eyes.

The Northern Han army is known for its bravery and ferocity, or it is inferior to the Dayong army in terms of good training, but if the personal combat strength is above the Dayong display, all the Dayong soldiers are familiar with the famous generals and soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty. The military leader of the Northern Han Dynasty is Weiyuan General Long Tingfei, this person was born in a famous family, proficient in military strategy, although only thirty years old, but repeatedly defeated the Dayong army, the only one who can be defeated in front of him is Li Zhen, the king of Qi, who has also been defeated in his hands. If it weren't for the large number of Dayong soldiers, I am afraid that not only would they not be able to go out of the pass to attack the Northern Han Dynasty, but they would also be broken through by Long Tingfei. In addition to Long Tingfei, there were four generals in the Northern Han Dynasty who were famous all over the world.

Flying Tiger General Quartz is good at long-distance running, defeating the enemy in one fell swoop, Panshi General Duan Invincible is good at defending the city, copper walls and iron walls, ghost-faced general Tan Ji, good at marching and arranging formations, and the vanguard general Su Dingluan is good at cutting generals before the battle, he is the second disciple of the Demon Sect Master Zong Wuji, although the martial arts have not been able to reach the peak, but it is a rare battlefield general, I didn't expect this person to appear in Chang'an to assassinate King Yong, it is really unbelievable.

They were suspicious here, but they didn't know that Su Dingluan was also bitter in his heart, the assassination of King Yong was not trivial, it was a success, but he was afraid that it could only be a jade burn, how could Zong Wuji let him do this fierce future to capture the flag before the battle, he was originally because there was nothing to do at the border in the past two years, and he was bored, so he deliberately pretended to be a businessman to play in Dayong, and by the way, he also wanted to explore the military situation, and he had been lingering in Chang'an for more than a month.

Who knew that the secret spy system of the Northern Han Dynasty actually jumped into the Dongshi Incident at this time, intending to disturb the capital of the Yonghuang Emperor and prepare for a large-scale attack after half a month, and Su Dingluan also received an order from Zong Wuji to let him act on the camera and assassinate Li Zhen, the commander of the Yongjun Army, Su Dingluan has been in Chang'an for many days, and it is very clear that if this incident occurs, Li Zhen, the king of Yong, will definitely go to Dongshi to suppress it, and sure enough, he waited for the king of Yong, with his peerless martial arts, the original seventy percent chance of winning, he just wanted to kill Li Zhen in one fell swoop, and then fled while the situation was chaotic, The secret spy of the Northern Han Dynasty had already prepared a way for him to retreat, but it backfired, and he was blocked by Master Cizhen, the more Su Dingluan thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and he didn't care that Master Cizhen had the same status as the sect master, and pointed at Cizhen with a lance in his hand, and shouted angrily: "You bald donkey, you don't practice in the temple, and you have repeatedly ruined the major affairs of my Demon Sect, which is really hateful and hateful." ”

Although he scolded badly, Master Cizhen was not angry, but said lightly: "Lao Gu is the people of Dayong, His Royal Highness King Yong has outstanding military achievements, he is the god of Dayong Army, and he is the pillar of optimus in the court, how can I sit back and watch you assassinate His Highness, if Su Shizhu puts down the butcher's knife, Lao Qu is willing to intercede for the donor, please spare your life." ”

Su Dingluan looked around, only to see that King Yong's personal guards and forbidden troops had surrounded this place, and there was a grandmaster-level master in front of him, knowing that it would be difficult to escape this time, but he was strong-willed, and said coldly: "Okay, let you see how powerful Lao Tzu is." ”

After saying that, the step lance flashed, and rushed straight to Master Cizhen, Master Cizhen's expression remained unchanged, but a trace of approval flashed in his eyes, his left hand shook, and his right hand clenched his fist and slammed out, but it was the most basic "cupola cannon" in Shaolin boxing. But Master Tzu Zhen is extremely powerful, and people feel irresistible at first sight.

Su Dingluan's heart tightened, but he was fierce, and he was fearless with a lance stabbed, and his fists intersected, Master Cizhen did not move at all, but Su Dingluan was forced to take a step back, but the fierce light in his eyes flashed, and his step was like a swimming dragon, and he pounced again.

The two of them couldn't make a few moves, only to see Master Cizhen hit Su Dingluan's chest with a palm, Su Dingluan was knocked away for several feet, only to see blood leaking from the corner of his mouth, his step lance was out of his hand, and his chest was even more sunken, and he was about to die. Master Cizhen shook the sleeves of his robe, proclaimed the Buddha's name, retreated to the back of King Yong's horse, and stopped making a sound.

A guard of King Yong cautiously stepped forward, touched Su Dingluan's body with a steel knife, and saw that he was not moving, so he leaned down to probe his snort. Who knew that Su Dingluan's eyes opened at this time, and he snatched the steel knife with his hand, and slashed it hard, the guard was in danger, an iron plate bridge fell backwards, and the steel knife slashed dangerously across his body, Su Dingluan slashed horizontally, and the guard had already rolled and dodged, and at the same time, Master Cizhen flicked his fingers in the distance, and with a crisp sound, the hundred steel knives were broken from it.

The guard jumped up and retreated to the side with palpitations, at this time, Changsun Ji took a strong bow that he had just begged for, opened his bow and took an arrow, pointed at Su Dingluan, and shouted: "General Su, if you move again, don't blame Changsun Ji for being ruthless under the arrow." ”

Su Dingluan's eyes flashed with a gloomy look, and he laughed and said: "Su Mou, a pioneer general of the Northern Han Dynasty, over the years, there have been countless generals and warriors who have died at the hands of this general. Master Cizhen, you and the family teacher are also people of the same status, you will never embarrass the younger generation, you must be captured by Su, right? ”

After that, Su Dingluan looked at Master Cizhen, he knew that he wanted to commit suicide, if Master Cizhen intervened to stop him, he would really beg for death. Master Cizhen sighed slightly, and said: "Lao Wei is for the sake of Dayong Sheji, to help His Royal Highness King Yong, if Lord Su Shi is not harming people's lives in front of Lao Ge, Lao Ge is not willing to take care of the worldly affairs." ”

Su Dingluan saw that Master Cizhen had already said that he would not embarrass himself, and he smiled proudly: "Li Zhen, you escaped the catastrophe today, if it weren't for Master Cizhen here, you would have died a long time ago, but unfortunately I didn't know that Master Cizhen had arrived in Chang'an in advance, otherwise Lao Tzu would be willing to kill a few more of your generals on the battlefield." ”

Although Su Dingluan's words were fierce, but Sergeant Dayong admired the warrior the most, seeing that although he was dying, he was still so arrogant, but they also showed appreciation, although now they let them kill Su Dingluan with their own hands, they will not have the slightest soft-heartedness, but they are absolutely unwilling to humiliate him. So they all looked at King Yong, worried that he would be angry.

King Yong laughed and said: "General Su's mistake is a fluke for this king, the general can rest assured, this king promises you, not only will not force you to surrender, but will also send your body back to the Northern Han Dynasty, so that your lord will bury you as a hero." ”

When he spoke, he showed his heroic nature, and his expression was even more anxious for Xiongfei, which made everyone impressed.

Su Dingluan smiled miserably, staggered to his feet, opened his mouth, but it was a spring of blood, he didn't care, just walked a few steps, leaned over to get the lance, everyone thought he was going to kill himself, who knew that his body had not yet stood up, and he shook it hard, the lance was as fast as a meteor, shooting towards Li Zhen, everyone couldn't help but exclaim, but Li Zhen seemed to have expected it, turned sideways on the horse, and avoided the lance. All the guards were furious, one by one the knives were unsheathed, and the arrows were wound, just waiting for King Yong's decree, they would cut Su Dingluan with a thousand knives.

Su Dingluan was not afraid, straightened up, and said calmly: "Su is a good man, he can only die under the warrior's knife, how can he commit suicide, if His Royal Highness is willing to kill Su with his own hands, it is Su's honor, Dingluan gave the lance to His Highness, why did you avoid it?" ”

King Yong was slightly stunned and said with a smile: "Disciple of the Demon Sect, it is really powerful, and this king also likes your temper very much, but it is a small matter for you to assassinate this king, and it is a big matter to kill the innocent people of my Dayong, General Su's hands are stained with the blood of my Dayong people, please forgive this king for not being merciful, all the soldiers, who will see General Su off." ”

Sima Xiongti immediately stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, this fang intends to assassinate His Highness, the crime is extremely heinous, the last general does not protect His Highness well, and the crime of dereliction of duty cannot be escaped, please allow the last general to kill him." ”

King Yong bowed slightly, Sima Xiongce stepped forward immediately, and looked condescendingly at Su Dingluan, Su Dingluan looked up, and there was no trace of fear in his eyes. Sima Xiong also admired it in his heart, and at the moment when Su Dingluan raised his head, Sima Xiong slashed down with a horizontal knife, and everyone only felt that the light flashed in front of their eyes, Su Dingluan's head had already landed, blood was pouring out, the head was flying, and he still shouted in his mouth: "So happy!" ”

Sima Xiong's expression remained unchanged, and he returned to the horse to pay the order. Li Zhen said loudly: "Although this person is cruel, he is arrogant, and this king has already allowed him to return to his hometown, you can have any objections." ”

All the troops said in unison: "I respect His Highness's order." ”

King Yong saw that the matter had subsided, so he took his personal guards and Master Cizhen back to the palace.

Along the way, King Yong asked strangely: "Master, aren't you cultivating in the Cold Garden, how could you come to save this king?" ”

Cizhen's riding skills are just mediocre, although with his skills, there will be no danger, but he still has to carefully control the horses, he replied: "Your Highness, the old man was entrusted by Mr. Jiang, just Jiang Tanyue hurriedly came, saying that His Royal Highness went to Dongshi to deal with the incident, he said that he wanted to come and go, if he only wanted to fight Dayong by disturbing Chang'an, there would be some problems, so he was worried that someone wanted to lure His Highness out and assassinate him, so Lao Qu also rushed to Dongshi to secretly protect His Highness, I didn't think that Mr. Jiang was really clever, In one sentence, it is also His Royal Highness's benevolence and virtue that only have such a strange man to help. ”

Li Zhen was also amazed, and thought about it: "In this way, there is no one around Suiyun to protect him, what if someone takes the opportunity to assassinate him?" ”

Master Cizhen said with a smile: "Your Highness, rest assured, Pei Yun is by Mr. Jiang's side, and there are fifty personal guards, even if the old man personally takes action, it will be difficult to assassinate successfully for a while, and the evil shadow Li Shun is in the mansion, if there is an accident, it will be too late to come, Your Highness should not worry." ”

Li Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, but his eyebrows were a little tight, before he didn't get into trouble with the prince, Fengyimen also recommended guards to him, but he didn't like women in the army, so he retained all men, but the safety of the princess and her relatives was still protected by Fengyimen.

At this time, Master Cizhen suddenly said: "Your Highness, the old man has a pair of distant nieces and granddaughters, only nineteen years old this year, worship in the Emei Gate to learn swords, this year has become a mountain of art, although the two girls are good swordsmanship and character, but they are very naughty, the princess of the old man is virtuous, if you can get the mother to teach for several years, it is really the blessing of these two children." ”

Li Zhen was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly said, "Thank you, master, Li Zhen has thanked you." ”

Master Cizhen smiled and said: "Your Highness's words are serious, this is the old man begging His Highness for help, how dare he accept His Highness's thanks." ”

Li Zhen said a few polite words, the two of them tacitly, no one said that these two women came to protect King Yong's family, and these two girls were born in Emei, which is also Emei's gesture of goodwill to King Yong.

When he returned to the Cold Garden and saw that Jiang Zhe was safe and sound, Li Zhen finally breathed a sigh of relief and sent away Master Cizhen and Pei Yun, and Li Zhen said to Jiang Zhe: "Fortunately, you asked Master Cizhen to save him, otherwise this king may really die." ”

I said abruptly: "It's also the minister's thoughtlessness, but fortunately, it's not too late to make amends." ”

Li Zhen smiled bitterly: "Actually, this time is not bad, although this time the king was almost killed, but killing the 'vanguard general' of the Northern Han Dynasty is enough to compensate." ”

I sighed and said: "Although the words are so, but this matter is so big, King Qing will definitely be angry because his subordinates were killed, if you send someone to track down the murderer, I am afraid that this chaotic situation will be even more chaotic, Zheng Shizhong was assassinated, the Dongshi incident, although His Royal Highness has a meritorious role in suppressing the chaos, but I am afraid that someone will take the opportunity to say that His Royal Highness replaces the prince to accompany the sacrifice, and the heavens will send a disaster, and this matter will also cover up the prince's crime of disrespecting the gods of heaven and earth." ”

Li Zhen felt a chill in his heart when he heard this, and said, "Could it be that such a thing that reverses black and white will also be believed?" ”

I glanced at King Yong and said: "It's not that people will believe it, but someone is willing to believe it, Your Majesty is afraid that you will give the prince a chance, and His Royal Highness will shock the imperial capital, but His Majesty can't help but feel that His Royal Highness's prestige is too high, and in order to suppress His Highness, he will forgive the prince once." ”

Li Zhen smiled bitterly: "I can't imagine that this king has worked hard for the community, but he has been suspicious because of this, alas, but today's affairs, how can this king stand by and watch?" ”

I smiled slightly, and said: "Your Highness, this time you are right, the emperor is suspicious of you, but who in the world does not respect His Highness's virtue, this matter is spread out, it is only good for His Highness, not to mention that if the emperor takes the opportunity to spare the prince, he will also lose confidence in the prince, and the prince will be even more uneasy because of this matter, so that the father and son are very suspicious of each other, the prince loses the emperor's favor and the throne only in the morning and night, as long as the king of Qi is sent away, His Royal Highness can let go and do it, now His Royal Highness is ready for everything, only owes the east wind, He also asked His Royal Highness to send an order to Lord Shi to prepare for his return to the court. ”

Li Zhen's face showed joy, disappeared in an instant, and said: "It's okay to write a letter, but this king still wants to see how his father will deal with this matter this time." Alas. I hope that my father will judge impartially, otherwise I, as a son, will be too chilling. ”

I didn't answer, and King Yong was probably doomed to disappointment. Looking at the already bright sky, I was a little tired, so I asked King Yong to go back and rest. Back in the room, Xiao Shunzi had already returned, with a look of displeasure on her face, and I asked, "What's wrong, such an ugly face." ”

Xiao Shunzi complained: "Childe, it's okay if you let me protect the princess, but how can you let Master Cizhen save His Highness, why don't you tell me." ”

I smiled bitterly and said, "I can't call you back, don't worry, Master Cizhen has already made arrangements with King Yong, and you don't have to leave me next time." But you have to do something today, the rumors in Chang'an must be bad these days, you let Xia Jinyi go out of the city to hide, so as not to be discovered, after all, he is not a nameless person in Chang'an. ”

Xiao Shunzi said with a strange face: "I have thought of this a long time ago, but Chiji said that they went there to an uninvited guest. ”

I was amazed: "Uninvited guests, there is a secret cave that they have carefully arranged, how can outsiders come?" ”

Xiao Shunzi's face became even more strange, and said, "That person is Ye Tianxiu, the guard of His Royal Highness King Qing, you have also seen it." ”

I'm really stunned now, how could there be such a coincidence?