Chapter 189: First Arrival in Beiping
The gong sounded, the melodious gong echoed in the night sky, and around the main building of the official post, hundreds of brocade-clothed soldiers with strong crossbows and arrows appeared without warning, and the torches illuminated the night sky, illuminating the two assassins on the roof of the main building.
The accident happened in silence, and hundreds of people quietly completed the siege of the main building of the official post like one person.
Xiao Fan was surrounded by the pro-army, his smile was as kind as a pure and harmless angel, his eyes were bent into two slits, and his white teeth emitted a white light in the dark night.
"Are you really here? Tsk, this is too suspenseful, let me guess anything, your master is still playing a fart! Xiao Fan's eyes were sarcastic, and his mouth was full of slurp.
One of the Assassins had been killed by mistake before he could make it, and the two remaining Assassins on the roof looked desperate, and they looked at each other with a decisive gaze, and suddenly their eyes were fierce, like caged beasts, and they opened their blood-red eyes to try to make the final blow.
They were assassins and dead soldiers, and it was their mission to complete their mission, and they had long since ignored death.
With a shake of both hands, there was a small dagger in their hands, and the dagger shone with a faint blue light under the illumination of the torch, which was obviously highly poisonous.
Looking around, they found that the situation was very unfavorable, they were surrounded by clusters, surrounded by strong crossbows and arrows, and at the slightest movement, they would be shot into hedgehogs by the sky with crossbows.
The two glanced at each other, and suddenly made a move that no one expected.
One of the assassins shook his hand, and a silver light went straight to Zhang Sanfeng's chest, Zhang Sanfeng smiled calmly, his shoulders did not move, and the whole person flew up in the air, easily dodging the hidden weapon.
However, the assassin took advantage of his strength, and they exerted force at the same time, and the glazed tiles on the roof were suddenly vigorously stepped out of a large hole, and their bodies also fell.
The place where it fell was the study in the official post, in the study, the Taixu Lao Dao wearing Xiao Fan's official uniform was standing in front of the wooden lattice window, staring at Xiao Fan triumphantly outside the study with an angry face, and finally said that the goose was blinded by the goose peck, the master was fooled into a fool by the apprentice, let him be such a dangerous stand-in, too vain and angry, he felt that the apprentice challenged his professional level.
Taixu opened his mouth and was about to scold, but he heard a loud bang behind him, and then two blue daggers pressed against his neck.
Xiao Fan's smug smile suddenly turned into panic, and he blurted out urgently: "Master-"
The two assassins froze, and then their expressions became inexplicably surprised: "Master? Is this his master? ”
The brocade-clothed pro-soldiers who surrounded the assassin were all stunned, no one expected that the assassin did not try to break through, but fell out of the study unexpectedly and restrained a hostage.
As if they had been given a shot in the arm, the two assassins swept away the dejected momentum of falling into the enemy's trap, and suddenly became excited. The dead are also human beings, but if there is hope to live, who wants to really die?
An assassin pointed a dagger against Taixu's neck and hissed, "Don't move any of you, I'll kill him if you do!" The dagger in my hand is quenched with poison, and I see blood sealing my throat! ”
Xiao Fan stomped his feet and said: "The plot is old-fashioned, even the lines are old-fashioned, it's too bloody!" ”
Taixu was suddenly restrained, looking a little shocked and at a loss, and said with a sad face: "Don't be impulsive, everything is easy to discuss, the dagger in your hand is far away from the poor road, and the poor road can't afford to hurt it......"
Xiao Fan heard Taixu's unambitious words from a distance, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Master, aren't you a peerless master?" The master is like you? ”
Tai Xuan said angrily: "You know a fart! It's all hurt by you little bastard! No matter how high the martial arts are, they are afraid of kitchen knives, let alone a dagger that has been quenched with poison......"
Xiao Fan opened his mouth, but there was nothing he could do for a while, and immediately shouted to the assassin: "What conditions do you have to release people?" ”
The two assassins were like poor eggs who had just picked up a huge fortune, the situation on the field changed from passive to active, and the huge sense of happiness made them a little dizzy, the two thought for a long time, and said to Xiao Fan: "You pull out your sword and kill yourself, and we will let your master go." ”
"Phew! Think beautifully! Let's be realistic! Xiao Fan refused without hesitation.
was so angry that he looked earthy, gritted his teeth and muttered: "The little bastard who has no righteousness......"
The two assassins also felt that it was indeed a bit unrealistic to ask Xiao Fan to commit suicide for his master, so they said, "Then you let us go......"
"How can I let you go? No, another one! Xiao Fan continued to refuse.
The assassin was furious: "This will not work, that will not work, what conditions can you promise us?" ”
"At most, I promise you to burn some more ingots after you die......"
Taixu was shocked and angry, although he was controlled by others, he couldn't help but scold: "Xiao Fan, you bastard!" Is there an apprentice like you? The master was tied up, not to mention the rescue, and he was still singing the opposite, you are playing with your master's life! ”
When Xiao Fan heard this, he rushed to the top of his head with anger in his heart, and said loudly: "You are so good that you are actually restrained, you are embarrassed to ask me to save you!" Aren't you pretty good? What a bullshit master, two small knives scared you so much that you couldn't move, don't you feel ashamed? ”
"How did I think they would fall from the sky? You lied to me to be your stand-in, what did you say to go to the kiln, and now let me be your shield, I haven't settled accounts with you yet......"
"You burned down my house, didn't I say anything? Why are you so careful? ”
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At the moment of tense confrontation, the master and apprentice quarreled in front of everyone, and they quarreled very attentively, as if they had completely forgotten that they were under the control of others at this moment, and it was really not the time to quarrel.
Seeing this, the brocade-clothed pro-soldiers who surrounded the assassins froze one by one, and the powerful crossbows and arrows in their hands were unconsciously lowered.
Seeing that the situation was gradually out of their control, the two assassins immediately became anxious and angry, and the dagger in their hands slammed into Taixu's neck, and said viciously: "Shut up, all of you! Quarreling around, do you still have sincerity? ”
Xiao Fan was so angry that he raised his hand and pointed: "I don't want this master, you can kill him!" ”
"Little bastard! Dao Ye has to clean up the portal for the master! Two heroes, let go, poor Dao wants to clean up this kid fiercely, don't persuade me! You can't persuade ......"
Saying that, he ignored the assassin's dagger against his neck, rolled up his sleeves and waited to jump out of the window to fight with Xiao Fan.
As soon as the body moved, the assassin hurriedly shrank the dagger back, too void was the weight of their life, and of course the weight could not be injured.
The two daggers shrank, and something happened.
Taixu's body flickered, and the two old hands that were as withered as trees stretched out like lightning, like two big iron tongs, and clasped the wrists of the two assassins, the assassins were in pain, and suddenly felt that all their strength was lost, and as soon as their hands were released, the two poison-quenching daggers fell to the ground.
The weapons were lost, the hostages were out of their grasp, and the faces of the two assassins immediately turned to despair.
Unable to get out of his way, he vented his anger on the Assassin, letting go of his hand, and then slapping one of the Assassins in the face with a backhand.
"Shame! Shame on you! The reputation of the poor road has been ruined by you! Come on! ”
Syllable! Another hard slap in the face.
Tai Xu's body is not weak, and he slapped his hands angrily, and the assassin was suddenly beaten with gold stars in his eyes and dizzy.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the other Assassin slammed his feet and burst out of the study window like a light swallow, and then burst through to the garden outside the main building.
Xiao Fan pointed at the fleeing assassin and shouted, "Shoot him on the wall!" ”
Sou! Whoosh!
At the sound of an order, a rain of arrows poured out from the sky, and the assassin was unable to dodge in mid-air, and was shot into a hedgehog without any suspense, falling upside down and dying.
The assassin in the room who was slapped twice by Taixu was not completely confused, and seeing that the situation was irreparable, he took advantage of Taixu's lack of attention and quickly rushed out of the study.
The brocade-clothed army was about to shoot arrows and crossbows at him, and an unexpected situation happened.
The assassin escaped from the study, perhaps dizzy from the two slaps in the face, panicked in the encirclement, and slammed himself headfirst into the pillars of the cloister outside the study, crisply ...... Fainted.
Everyone was dumbfounded: "............"
Three assassins, two dead and one unconscious, have a happy ending.
The brocade-clothed pro-army surrounded him, tied the unconscious Assassin tightly, and then woke him up from among his men.
Xiao Fan separated the group and came up, staring at the assassin's face for a long time without saying a word...... After a long time, Xiao Fan pondered: "There is a question that I am very puzzled about, since ancient times, there have been many strong men who have stabbed like cows, some of them missed a blow and flew away, and some of them were tragic and agitated, and they became benevolent...... Why did you hit your head against the pillar? ”
Assassin: "............"
Xiao Fan thought about it, as if he had an answer, and looked at him sympathetically: "...... Broken out of love? ”
Assassin: "............"
patted his thigh regretfully, Xiao Fan nodded and said, "No wonder, it turned out that he was suffering from emotional trouble......"
The assassin's face twitched: "............"
"Xiao Fan! You bastard! Regardless of the poor road of life and death, do you still treat me as your master? ”
"Master, I didn't mean to quarrel with you to distract the assassin's attention, otherwise you would have seen Hades by now......"
"He wants you to kill yourself, why don't you kill yourself? I am your master, what if you die for me once? Will you die? ”
"Nonsense, of course you will die!"
He was too angry and snorted to dust off his body, and he looked nondescript in a solemn and awe-inspiring official uniform, like a hairy monkey playing tricks in his clothes, how to look at it and feel weird.
Xiao Fan stepped forward with a smile and said, "Master is frightened, congratulations to Master Hongfu Qitian, there is no danger, and there is no danger, and ...... escape."
Taixu raised his hand and pointed at him, and said angrily: "Ignore me! Don't talk to me! Don't call me Master! From today onwards, you have been expelled from the wall by me, and you will no longer be a disciple of Wudang in the future! ”
"Are you really going to kick me out of the wall?"
"Of course!"
Xiao Fan said indifferently: "That's great!" I'm worried that I can't get you to fire me, but that's what you said, don't go back! Since you are not my master, I don't need to be polite to you, and I will go my own way in the future......"
Taixu's face changed, and he hurriedly grabbed Xiao Fan and said with a smile: "Wait a minute!" I was just joking, young people are young people, they always love to be more honest when they talk and do things, this is not good, I have to criticize you as a teacher......"
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Beiping Yanwang Mansion.
Outside the flower hall next to the side hall, a few crisp bird calls came out from time to time in the thousands of purple and red flowers, and in the scorching summer, the palace seemed to retain the charming spring color.
In the flower hall, Zhu Di slowly took a sip of tea without moving, and asked leisurely, "Did the assassination fail?" ”
A middle-aged man dressed in black knelt in front of him and said ashamedly: "Lord Wang, the other party has been prepared, as soon as our people sneaked into the official post, they have already fallen into their trap, and they have been surrounded before they can start to act, and the three subordinates have been loyal to the prince......"
Zhu Di's eyes suddenly showed a fierce look, his eyes stared at him like an eagle falcon, and said gloomily: "They are loyal, why are you still alive?" ”
The middle-aged man trembled, kowtowed to the ground and said: "The subordinates stayed outside the wall of the official post to be responsible for observing and covering, so they didn't go in to fight with the enemy, Lord Wang, the other party seems to have calculated that we will assassinate, opened his pockets early, and waited for us to enter, and there are two peerless masters of martial arts beside Xiao Fan who are on the side, even if the subordinates go in, they will be sent to death in vain......"
Zhu Di sneered: "This king does not keep useless people, those who are used by this king, when it is time to kill and become benevolent, he has to kill himself, this king does not listen to many excuses, only looks at the result, since the mission fails, you can die!" ”
After speaking, Zhu Di suddenly pulled out the long sword on his waist, and before the middle-aged man could react, the snow-white sword light flashed faintly, and a blood-red filament suddenly appeared on the middle-aged man's neck, and the filament gradually expanded, and the blood gushed out uncontrollably.
The middle-aged kanji's eyes widened, his eyes were remorseful and angry, his throat squirmed a few times, and he finally fell to the ground and died.
A life disappeared in Zhu Di's hands, but he didn't blink, staring coldly at the corpse on the ground, his eyes were as cold as ten thousand years of ice.
In the brightly colored flower hall, a thick bloody aura spread in an instant, which made people smell sick.
Monk Daoyan watched all this coldly from the sidelines, and finally sighed and pronounced a Buddha name.
"Lord Wang, the assassination failed, Xiao Fan is about to come to Beiping......"
Zhu Di said coldly: "Come on, come on, this Wang Yuan didn't expect this assassination to succeed, the four people sent out were just to test the strength of the masters around Xiao Fan, Xiao Fan had a lot of masters with him this time, those two people with high martial arts should be his master and uncle, there are three thousand honor guards on his periphery, which are the battle-hardened palace forbidden army and the carefully selected Jinyi guard captain, and there are two martial arts elders around him, it seems that the means of sending people to assassinate are no longer advisable, and they have to find another way, On the premise of not provoking criticism from the court and the world, it is right to put this kid to death. ”
Dao Yan frowned and said: "Xiao Fan should have entered the Beiping realm at this time, this is troublesome, if Qin Cha dies in our realm, whether he is killed by us or not, we will inevitably have to bear the responsibility......"
Zhu Di pondered for a long time, and a grim smile gradually appeared on his face.
"Sir, if the conspiracy fails, why don't we use the yang scheme?"
Dao Yanqi said: "Yang Mou An? ”
Zhu Di smiled gloomily: "How about borrowing a knife to kill someone?" ”
Dao Yan frowned and thought about it, and then a look of comprehension appeared on his face, and he said happily: "The prince's clever plan!" ”
The two looked at each other and laughed together.
The Qincha honor guard stayed in Dongchang, Shandong Province for only one night, and then set off for the north.
Bidding farewell to the officials who sent him off, under the escort of three thousand honor guards, Xiao Fan arrived at the Daimyo's Mansion under Beiping within a few days.
Having entered Zhu Di's sphere of influence, Xiao Fan was 120,000 points cautious, and did not enter the Daimyo's Mansion that night, but set up a Qincha account in the military camp of Guo Ying, Marquis of Wuding, thirty miles north of the city.
That night, Xiao Fan and Guo Ying discussed until midnight, and no one knew what was being discussed.
On the second day, Xiao Fan ordered the sergeant to play the full honor guard of the Qin Cha, the yellow dragon flag, the golden gourd scepter, and the deacon's face card...... Everything was ready, and the bright and bright drove towards Beiping Mansion at full speed.
After more than ten days of hard work, Xiao Fan passed through Shunde Mansion and Baoding Mansion all the way, and under the slightly hostile gaze of the Beiping soldiers, Xiao Fan swaggered to Beiping.
The spies went 30 miles ahead and quickly reported: the political envoy of Beiping, the commander of Beiping, and the generals of the border army of Yanwangfu, the government affairs, Yanshan Qianhu, deputy Qianhu and other officials and generals led more than 1,000 people to meet the Qincha ten miles outside the city.
Xiao Fan frowned, Qin Cha represents the Son of Heaven, although Zhu Di is the respect of the imperial uncle, but according to the imperial court etiquette system, even the imperial uncle should go out of the city to meet the Qin Cha, the royal family first talks about the monarch and ministers, and then on the elders and young, this is a etiquette formed since ancient times, Zhu Di can't not understand this truth.
"Didn't King Yan go out of the city?"
The spy said: "There is no trace of King Yan outside the city. ”
Xiao Fan said in a deep voice: "The guard of honor will go forward, and I will meet the officials of Beiping first." ”
"Yes."
An hour later, the guard of honor arrived outside the city of Beiping.
Xiao Fan put on a smiling face, stepped out of the car, and walked forward under the escort of the pro-army, facing the faces of the unfamiliar officials and generals of Beiping, smiling without saying a word.
His eyes swept over the crowd and found that they also had smiles on their faces, but there was a slight hostility in their eyes.
The officials of Beiping couldn't help but look at the young man with the halo of Qincha in front of them, and everyone was a little incredulous, this is obviously a hairy boy, why did the prince and Master Daoyan repeatedly suffer losses under him when they were in Beijing, what kind of ability did this kid have to make the dignified king of the Beiping domain and the first strategist disgraced?
After looking at each other in silence for a while, a middle-aged man with a square face and dark skin walked out among the officials in Beiping, he was dressed in armor, exuding a heroic aura all over his body, he took two steps forward and stood in front of Xiao Fan, hugged his fists at him, and said loudly: "Zhang Yu, the commander of the left guard of the Beiping Yan Palace, see the angel on behalf of His Royal Highness the King of Yan!" ”
Xiao Fan was taken aback, Zhang Yu! is another famous general in the early Ming Dynasty, but it is the middle-aged man in front of him who is not good-looking?
Hurriedly arched his hand, Xiao Fan looked around left and right, and said, "General Zhang is polite, dare to ask...... Why didn't His Royal Highness King Yan come? ”
Zhang Yu's eyes flashed with a strange color, and he said, "Lord Wang, he ...... Well, he has been unwell recently, often in a state of madness, and gibberish, incoherent, abnormal shape, the doctor has seen many times, saying that the prince has become ill after a long time, and the old injury has recurred, causing blood clots to coagulate in the brain, so he is a little ...... ordinary people Ahem, it's not the same. Therefore, I was unable to go out of the city to meet the Qin Cha in person, and I ask for your forgiveness. ”
"Crazy state...... The form is abnormal......" Xiao Fan muttered a few times, and suddenly realized: "You said so much, meaning, the prince is crazy?" ”
"Uh...... It's not wrong for adults to understand it this way, that's probably what it means......" Zhang Yu's face was a little embarrassed.
"Crazy? That's great! Xiao Fan slapped his thigh excitedly.
When the officials of Beiping heard this, they all glared at him angrily.
Xiao Fan smiled awkwardly: "I mean...... King Yan is suffering from a disease, which is really the misfortune of the country, this disease can not be delayed, and there will be a worry about the surname for a long time! In this way, there are a lot of precious medicines from the famous doctors in Beijing, so it is better for this official to work hard again......"
Zhang Yu's smile was a little cold: "What does Lord Qincha mean is that you personally returned to Beijing to send famous doctors and precious medicines?" ”
Xiao Fan smiled and said: "No, I mean, send His Royal Highness King Yan back to Beijing for treatment, Jingshi is a good place, the mountains and rivers are good, the girl is beautiful, suitable for the prince to recuperate, the Son of Heaven will definitely treat the prince hospitablely, and when the prince is well, I will send the prince back to Beiping, how about it?" ”
Zhang Yu was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "No need, the prince is a patient, so it is not appropriate to travel far......"
Xiao Fan's face showed a sad look, and he said in a deep voice: "General Zhang, this official and the prince have formed a deep friendship when they were in Beijing, and I am also the prince's son-in-law, you are treating me as an outsider!" It shouldn't be! How can the prince not be cured when he is sick? For the sake of my father-in-law, no matter how hard it is, it's worth it, don't say anything, the prince is sick in his body, the pain is in my heart, the cure is like fighting a fire, I can't delay for a moment, I will order someone to carry the prince back to Beijing in the carriage, I must cure the prince's illness, he is happy is my happiness......"
Xiao Fan didn't wait for everyone to react, raised his hand and waved it, and said to the honor guard behind him: "Follow me!" Go to the Yan Palace, quickly carry the prince carefully into the official's car, and let's send the prince back to Beijing for treatment! ”
The pro-army should be surprised.
So, in the stunned expressions of the officials in Beiping, Xiao Fan led the guards of the pro-army like a group of bandits who robbed houses and houses, and hurried straight to the Yanwang Mansion in the city.
Zhang Yu opened his mouth in surprise, and it was not until Xiao Fan's figure disappeared that he came back to his senses, and his face changed greatly and he said tremblingly: "Qin...... Wait, Lady Chincha...... Don't be so impulsive! ”
(To be continued)