Chapter 35: Money Darts
The elderly ministers and Xiao Jing are all anxious like ants on a hot pot at the moment!
Jingfu is special, even if it is a big disaster, at most, it is only guarded by the mansion.
But today, there are so many foreign envoys here, if there are really a few casualties, then the countries hanging outside the fortress will inevitably have to ask for an explanation, and then just a few Jingfu guards will not be able to calm the anger of the monarchs of the countries, what will the emperor do then?
Naturally, the officials present at this time were attacked!
The reason is also sufficient, you are responsible for the reception of the envoys, and now that the person is dead, you can take the head of the master.
Xiao Jing is currently the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and his official residence is the second rank, and he is in a high position, and the responsibility he has to bear is naturally the greatest.
However, in order to maintain the face of the imperial court, the emperor would not kill such a big official to calm the anger of the countries.
Otherwise, it seems that Daqi is afraid of those princes and small countries.
Of course, demotion and salary penalties are inevitable at that time.
Xiao Jing's official position is too big to kill, and if he kills an official position too small, it will appear insincere.
Most of the young officials on the scene are not high-level, after all, their resumes are there, and they have only been officials for a few years?
As a result, those old ministers who are neither high nor low in official positions will become the emperor's first targets.
can not fall in the officialdom for decades, and can be slowly promoted, these old ministers are naturally flexible and exquisite.
They were able to see the severity of this in a very short period of time, so they were naturally in a hurry.
Xiao Jing has been in the officialdom for more than 20 years before he became the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and he is only one step away from the Ministry of Rites, so he is naturally unwilling to be pushed down.
Most of the young officials are less responsible because they are young.
Of course, there are also some people who are hot-headed and impulsive.
At this time, a young official with a thin body and pale skin jumped out, because he didn't know Jingfu, so he yelled very loudly, and because he was hot-headed, he forgot Xiao Jing's instructions before to the back of his head, "Stop!" Stop it all for the official!
Jing family, are you going to rebel? In broad daylight, he did it to all the foreign envoys, many of them are princes, if you really hurt anyone, the emperor will definitely not spare you! ”
I have to say that this young official is really very bold, or the ignorant are fearless, and while jumping his feet, he rushed directly to Guan Shihao, who was fighting.
Guan Shihao had already risked his life to kill the envoy who dared to insult Mrs. Jing, and at this time, a steel knife in his hand was dancing, forcing the two opponents to hurry.
However, because this envoy is from the north, and the guards are all tall and horse-grown, and their strength is not much weaker than Guan Shihao, so Guan Shihao, who is fierce in knife skills but oppresses people with more strength during the battle, is unable to quickly solve these two people in a short period of time.
"Be careful!"
No one could have imagined that a young official with a thin body and no strength would be so bold and reckless as to rush straight to the place where the battle was raging.
When several officials saw it, they exclaimed again and again.
The two envoys who fought with Guan Shihao saw that a Great Qi official suddenly broke in, and they were all scruples.
They have already figured out the temperament of the rulers of the Great Qi Dynasty, and they can despise the people and officials of the Great Qi on weekdays, but they dare not easily hurt them.
Especially officials, the court has a good face, and if you hurt an official, you hurt the dignity of the court.
The movements of the two of them were slow.
However, Guan Shihao, who has put life and death aside, doesn't care so much, the envoy who insults Mrs. Jing is his primary target, and he dares to stop it, whether it is a foreign entourage or an official of the Great Qi Dynasty, he will not be soft and kill him!
Seeing that his opponent's momentum was weak, he had the upper hand, and he slashed his big sword at one of his entourage.
Swish!
The knife was powerful and lightning-fast.
The frightened retinue tried to deflect to the side to dodge, but the knife slashed at his right shoulder.
Guan Shihao's big knife was sharp, like cutting tofu, and directly cut off the right arm of his entourage at the shoulder!
Yes!
The attendant screamed and rolled on the ground in pain as he clutched his wounds, and the splattered blood stained the dirt red.
The young official obviously didn't expect that the guards of the Jing Mansion didn't take him seriously at all, the waist knife refracted the light and slashed down from his side, and before he could come back to his senses, a hot liquid sprayed him all over his face.
Subconsciously raised his hand, and there was a dazzling bright red between his palms.
Blood!
The young official's eyes widened, he gasped, and a thick fear rose in the depths of his eyes, and then his eyes rolled up, and he fainted and collapsed to the ground in a gorgeous big shape.
It turns out that he is not really afraid of heaven and earth.
"Ah, I'm going to kill you!"
Seeing that one of his guards had one of his arms cut off, the envoy was furious, brandished the scimitar in his hand like a full moon, and was about to step forward and fight Guan Shihao.
At this time, Guan Shihao did not stop his hand, and violently shook away another guard who pounced on him with a knife, and was about to step forward and kill the injured one on the scene.
However, at this time, a strong shout suddenly sounded, "Stop!" ”
Immediately, a little black light in mid-air went straight to Guan Shihao's back.
Although Guan Shihao hadn't been on the battlefield for a long time, the tips of his ears trembled slightly, and he still heard a sound of wind breaking through the air behind him.
Back then, on the battlefield, it was necessary to dodge arrows.
Hurriedly bent down, the embarrassed xiangyou took a step forward, barely dodging the black light.
The black light passed through the crowd, and with a pop it was deeply embedded in the wooden door, and it turned out to be a money dart.
Money darts are made of copper coins to smooth the edges, and the use of this dart has quite high requirements for wrist strength and arm strength, otherwise it will only hurt people, but it will not hurt people at all.
Not to mention deadly.
At this time, almost all of the money darts penetrated into the wooden door, which shows that the manpower of this dart is extremely large.
At the same time, it also shows that this person is ruthless.
Because once hit, the money dart will pass through the clothing and flesh, and drill into Guan Shihao's body, and then hurt one of the five internal organs, and cannot be taken out by surgery, with the medical level and conditions of this era, Guan Shihao will definitely die.
Staring at his eyes full of anger and suddenly turning his head, Guan Shihao, who had just almost gone to the underworld to report, saw a group of forbidden army sergeants in silver armor holding spears in their hands, and poured into the courtyard from the courtyard gate.
And the one who shot at him stood at the gate of the courtyard, wearing thick armor and a silver helmet, pressing one hand on the hilt of the knife at his waist, and his body was domineering, dressed as a general of the forbidden army.
After Xiao Jing saw the comer, he immediately grabbed a wooden board like a person who was about to drown, waved his arms vigorously, and shouted at the top of his throat.
"General Cheng, hurry up and send someone to separate them, you must not cause any death in this place!"
"Yes!"
Although the person who came was a general of the forbidden army, his official rank could not be compared with Xiao Jing, the dignified and second-class left attendant of the Ministry of Rites.
After bowing down to receive the order, the thirty-year-old general immediately ordered seventy or eighty of his subordinates to quickly weave left and right in the crowd, dividing the people in the courtyard into one circle after another according to their distance.
At this time, Jiang Long helped Mrs. Jing and slowly advanced in the chaotic crowd cautiously, and joined the Jingfu guards.
Lin Ya walked on the other side of Old Madam Jing and followed closely.
There are so many forbidden army in the way, and the general of the forbidden army is obviously not weak, and he has been keeping his eyes wide on Guan Shihao's every move, Guan Shihao asked himself if he was not able to cut off the envoy's dog head in this situation, and he also retreated.
At this time, Dai Lisi stared in a direction in the courtyard, held the hand of the white-haired old woman, and quietly walked to Jiang Long's side and stood still.
It wasn't until the small courtyard was completely controlled that the general of the forbidden army strode towards Xiao Jing, the heavy iron armor reflected the dazzling sunlight, and while walking, the upper and lower metal armor pieces rubbed, making a loud noise, and bowed down and asked, "Lord Xiao, I don't know what happened here before?" ”
Xiao Jing hurriedly stretched out his hand to help, although his rank was high, he was a civil official, and the generals were not under his command.
Moreover, this is the forbidden army in the palace, the emperor's private soldier, and he is trusted by the Son of Heaven.
It's up to you to make your own decisions.
It is precisely because of the special status of the forbidden army that this general dared to throw a money dart directly at Guan Shihao as soon as he entered the small courtyard and saw that Guan Shihao was about to kill someone, and did not show the slightest mercy to his subordinates.
The killing is extremely decisive!
At the same time, it also proves that this general is not like ordinary forbidden army sergeants and low-ranking generals who have never seen blood, and he must have a lot of lives on his hands.
"Master Cheng, please get up quickly."
Cheng Wu straightened up when he heard this.
"Nothing big happened." When the situation calmed down, Xiao Jing was no longer flustered, but only injured an envoy's escort, which was not a big deal, and began to explain carefully, "It's just that a foreign envoy from Northern Xinjiang and someone from Jingfu in Ningyuan County had a little misunderstanding, and there was a little friction." ”
Is it just a little friction?
Cheng Wu frowned, swept his eyes and turned his face pale with a broken arm.
At this time, someone had already stepped forward to apply the entourage with Jinchuang medicine, and tried to stop the bleeding.
Cheng Wu saw that Xiao Jing wanted to suppress this incident, his sword eyebrows were slightly furrowed, he knew the prestige of the Jing family in the past and the style of acting in the past, and he didn't want to embarrass the Jing family, but he already knew about the fact that the guards of the Qianfu had killed a military commander first.
If this is not explained, his prestige in the forbidden army will be greatly lost!
As a soldier, it is natural to protect your own general.
And the same is true for generals, who must defend their own sergeants.
A general who ignores his subordinate sergeants will not have prestige in the army, and the morale of the army will be dispersed after a long time.
Cheng Wu was a little in a dilemma, and at this moment, the foreign envoy who had provoked Old Madam Jing suddenly shouted: "What do you mean by just a little friction? The arms of my retinues have all been severed shoulder-high, and you must give me an explanation.
Otherwise, I will go to the Jinluan Hall and ask Daqi Bixia, is this how the Daqi Dynasty, which is known as the state of etiquette, treats the visiting guests? ”
As soon as these words came out, other foreign envoys immediately echoed them.
Especially the envoy who had a good personal friendship with this envoy, and the relationship between the two countries was okay, and he was shouting in a mess.