Chapter 51: The Wizard Assassin
Xiao Gui had just come out of Chai Rong's dormitory when he saw a light appear in front of him.
This light seems to come from far and near, but it seems to come out of nowhere, which is particularly incommensurate with this dark and dreary sky.
The light is round, like a moon door, and inside it is like a whirlpool, and it is like a pool of clear water.
Portal!
Xiao Gui heard Xu Yongzhi mention the wizard's portal, and she immediately remembered it.
In the moon gate, a man wearing the uniform of the direct guard in front of the palace, with a blue face and a long sword in his hand, walked through the door.
The man didn't care about her presence at all, and was ready to pass by her.
The other party's goal is not to be expensive.
He wants to assassinate Chai Rong!
The man exuded a cold aura.
He is not necromancy, the eerie and creepy coldness of necromancy, Xiaogui has experienced.
This man is a living person.
But he exudes a sense of death all the time.
If necromancy is a cold soul, then this man is like the dried corpses of cinnabar, charcoal, and spices in many ancient tombs.
The man reached for the palace door.
When Xiaogui saw this, there was no doubt that this must be Li Lianqiao's subordinates who wanted to assassinate Emperor Chai.
assassinated Emperor Chai and then blamed Xiao Gui, so that Xiao Gui could die in the hands of the Great Zhou Forbidden Army (it is best to let Xu Yongzhi see it directly); Second, it can delay the southward movement of the Great Zhou army, which is really killing two birds with one stone.
But this is also a crazy move, if it fails, how Chai Rong will be angry and how to retaliate, this designer did not think about it at all.
This kind of strategy of ignoring the head and thinking of one out is one out, except for Li Lianqiao, the eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty, there should be no second person who can use it.
"Hey," Xiao Gui slapped out his left palm and went straight to the zombie's right shoulder.
The other party sank his shoulders, unloaded the power of this palm, and reached out to push the door of the dormitory.
Xiaogui's palm was downward, and one palm turned into a claw, so he grabbed the man's shoulder.
The man didn't dodge or dodge, relying on the leather armor on his body, he wanted to eat the strength of Xiaogui's grasp.
Xiaogui is still young, and the time to learn art is also short, her kung fu, mainly on the sword and body technique, fist and palm, was not their Longhu Mountain's strength, obviously the person saw that her grasp was not a threat, so he decided to endure this grasp.
Xiao Gui saw that this zombie was going to eat hard, but she didn't use all her strength, after her claws grabbed the other party's shoulder, she used her claws to the back, and borrowed this person's shoulder as a support, so she overtook the other party's front and rushed into the dormitory.
Xiaogui is wearing palace clothes, which is extremely grown, and it is not convenient to fight.
But this palace costume is unique now.
She threw off her sleeves, blew the lamps and candles in the dormitory, and instantly darkened the dormitory, and snatched the two candlesticks in her hands, using the candlesticks as double swords and the iron hammers as the blades.
The zombies were apparently alive, and after losing their candlelight, groped their way through the dormitory.
Chai Rong was breathing as usual and seemed to be still asleep.
Xiao Gui held his breath, and slowly groped for the enemy with the memory of the furnishings in the house just now (which was specially denoted by Chai Rong just now and came in handy).
At this time, someone outside the door was already shouting, "There are assassins!" ”
Listening to the voice is none other than Xu Yongzhi's parrot "chirping ashes".
What a clever little bird, learning the voice of the father-in-law of the inner court, shouted, and the warriors in front of the palace had already rushed to the dormitory.
The assassin obviously reacted to this sound, and walked forward quickly, thinking that the other party was a female streamer, and there was no blade, so he rushed to the couch and hacked the main master, that is, he didn't expect to rush two steps, and he felt the sound of an iron weapon breaking in front of his legs, like a rod like an iron ruler and a point, and quickly took a step back.
At this time, the guards of Da Zhou had already rushed into the palace gate.
When the assassin saw that reinforcements were coming, he hurriedly used his sword to force downwards and slashed at his leg, but Xiaogui had already ripped off the palace costume, and this one was cut right on top of this gorgeous costume, and he couldn't shake it off in a hurry.
At this time, the two guards who rushed to the front had already pushed open the door of the dormitory, and listening to the footsteps were all skilled hands, Xiaogui let go of his voice and shouted, "Escort!" ”
This voice is to emphasize that he is a friend and not an enemy, so as not to be injured by mistake.
Seeing that he couldn't succeed, this assassin attacked the two of them separately with his left palm and right sword, and the two of them returned a knife respectively, but saw that it was a person wearing the uniform of a direct guard in front of the forbidden army, and he was slightly stunned, and the assassin had already pulled out his feet and ran out.
Xiaogui grabbed the candlestick, didn't care about wearing short clothes, and chased after him when he went out.
At this time, Chai Rong's calm voice came from behind.
"Be careful, that man's sword is very skillful."
Xiaogui was a little ashamed all of a sudden.
"Your Majesty has long woken up, in the end, he is a person who does great things, and his concentration is much better than mine."
The assassin entered the courtyard, Xiao Gui took the candlestick and attacked it, this "blade" was not easy to use, so after six or seven rounds, she gradually fell behind, and the assassin at this time entangled Xiao Gui, as if he had discovered that she was also a worthy target.
Xiaogui remembered Xu Yongzhi's words.
"When you meet a powerful opponent, take him outside the Xuanwu Gate, and I'll beat him."
She shook a candlestick, climbed the palace wall, jumped vertically and horizontally with her body, fought and walked, and went north.
The assassin also chased all the way over, and his feet were not slow at all, if it wasn't for Xiaogui's memorization of the road last night, I am afraid that he would have been injured.
Seeing that he had rushed to the north gate of the imperial city, Xiaogui jumped down to the ground and shouted: "Xu Yongzhi! Come and save me! ”
At this time, the assassin's long sword was already drawing a circle behind Xiao Gui, Xiao Gui didn't look back, and threw the candlestick back desperately, the assassin blocked it with his sword, but he didn't stop at his feet.
The surrounding forbidden troops could see clearly, seeing that this beautiful girl was about to be pierced through the chest by the sword of the direct guard in front of the palace, but firstly, the incident happened suddenly, and secondly, it was difficult to distinguish friend from foe, and no one could come over to lend a hand.
At this moment, a soldier in brown leather armor and a white Fan Yang hat struck out from the side, spear piercing the assassin's heart.
The Assassin was clearly not determined to die, and he withdrew his sword to block it.
Xiaogui looks at this forbidden army again, he is tall, not who her son-in-law Xu Yongzhi is!
"He's coming!" Xiaogui felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart.
Xu Yongzhi threw the double swords in his waist to Xiao Gui: "Stand behind him!" ”
Pay attention to this sentence!
"Stand behind me." Although these words are sweet and petty, they only regard each other as lovers.
"Stand behind him." This represents Xu Yongzhi's recognition of Xiaogui's strength and regards the other party as a partner and his own person.
Xu Yongzhi attacked this assassin seven times in a row, as we said earlier, Xu Yongzhi's kung fu is not on the gun, but the assassin has to guard against the little gui behind him, and it is inevitable that he will be a little discouraged, but the assassin connected seven shots, which has already surprised the forbidden army of the Hujie Infantry Army.
Lei Song was on duty outside the north gate, and when he saw Xu Yongzhi and a disheveled woman fighting a palace guard, he didn't know who to help, and when he saw the assassin's skills, he immediately understood.
"It's all there!"
"Here!"
"Help Xu Jin, surround this assassin!"
One of the soldiers also asked, "Dutou, isn't this the direct guard in front of the palace?" ”
"Stupid!" Lei Song roared angrily.
"The group of rice buckets in front of the palace guard, how can there be such good kung fu!"
Everyone came to their senses and hurriedly stepped out of the gun formation, surrounding the assassin in a circle.
This assassin is also powerful, rushing left and right, wanting to rely on the sharpness of the sword to cut off the head of the spear, but the gun array of the Hujie infantry army was attacked with one shot, and nine shots came to save it.
At this time, the commander Zhao Kuangyi came with the soldiers and horses of the other four capitals, and saw that the assassin was surrounded by Lei Song's people, Xu Yongzhi fought him in the middle, and shouted in his mouth:
"Old Lei, the other four are all listening to you now!"
Zhao Er threw the horse away by himself and ran towards the palace as if he was dead.
Lei Song smiled bitterly, this is the old problem of Second Brother Zhao, this person knows soldiers and can be wise, but there is a big problem, that is, he is too "smart".
Lei Song commanded the arrangement in his mouth, 500 people surrounded the assassins, 500 people stood on their feet to cheer, and Xu Yongzhi fought more and more bravely.
"What's the length," Xu Yongzhi said to Xing Dayun, "my sword is in the city gate cave, take the trouble to help me get it." ”
"Here we go!" Lao Xing hurriedly ran to the doorway, and Xu Yongzhi's two-handed sword was indeed there.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the assassin became more and more anxious, and sure enough, he used his sword to cut Xu Yongzhi's gun, Xu Yongzhi moved left and right, and the situation was not good.
At this time, Lao Xing also ran back.
"Yongzhi! Catch the sword! ”
Xu Yongzhi did a somersault, caught the sword in the air, threw down the scabbard, and returned the assassin's sword.
Both of them used swords, and in an instant, Xu Yongzhi had a slight upper hand.
"Dragon Tiger Mountain's swordsmanship!" Lei Song couldn't help but secretly praise. Although the meeting between the two was very unpleasant before, in the past half a month, Lei Song has become more and more fond of this soldier.
After Xu Yongzhi drew his sword, he didn't defend against a single sword, all of them were introductory.
Each sword is a hearty killing move.
The assassin suddenly slammed out thirteen swords, and this combo made Xu Yongzhi defend against three swords.
At this time, the assassin turned around and attacked Xiaogui.
Xiaogui had two swords in his hands, and he was not afraid, so he took the assassin's seven swords when he came up, and returned three swords in his busy schedule.
Xu Yongzhi is not flanked, he has already tried out the quality of an assassin, and in terms of individual ability, this person is comparable to Xiaogui, a little weaker than himself.
Xiaogui's swordsmanship is full of flowers, dangerous and beautiful, the five hundred forbidden soldiers were dumbfounded, and no one could see such a heroic little beauty, and the swordsmanship was so sinister.
"Yongzhi (he actually called his subordinates' words, not their names)!" Lei Song ordered, "This is not a competition, go up and attack and take him down!" ”
"Yes!" Xu Yongzhi joined the battle group.
This time it's even more beautiful, Xu Yongzhi and Xiaogui are two people and three swords, and they killed the assassin in a hurry in an instant, and in the attack of the two people, there is actually mutual protection and eye contact, which makes people feel that this is not a fight for life, but a mutual affection.
At this time, a wave of reinforcements arrived one after another, and Duan Meimei, Duan Zishou, Ah Crisp and Huo Yizun arrived on horseback.
Huo Yizun saw that Xu Yongzhi and Xiaogui had the upper hand, and nodded and smiled frequently.
Duan Zishou and Ah Crisp shouted and cheered.
Only Duan Meimei, who was demented and demented, had only one thought in her heart:
They are the real couple, how can I help Xu Yongzhi like this.
At this moment, she suddenly felt discouraged and bitter.
Seeing that the two of them were about to take down the assassin, suddenly in the middle of the battle circle, a round moon gate appeared out of thin air, and Yu Zhirang appeared on the battlefield with two necromancers.
"This is good! I got it! ”
Duan Zishou's favorite thing was a strong enemy like Necromancy, he squeezed through the crowd and went straight to Yu Zhirang.
Yu Zhirang saw that he was coming fiercely, and hurriedly put a restraining spell.
Huo Yizun saw that Duan Zishou was going to suffer, so he hurriedly slapped his hands, and a fireball technique went straight to Yu Zhi to make the face door!
"Ahh The surname is Huo! Yu Zhirang shouted, "You wait!" ”
At this point, the assassin shuddered slightly, as if he had been stimulated by something.
At this time, the two necromancers took over the three swords of Xiaogui and Xu Yongzhi, but both of them had eliminated the necromancer, and secondly, the two had the same heart and the two were happy, and the necromancer's mind extraction had no effect on them, so the more they fought, the more courageous they became.
On the contrary, it was Hu Jiebu Jun, Duan Meimei, and Ah Crisp who were present who felt the strong sense of oppression of the necromancer.
"What kind of terrible thing is this......"
Seeing that the necromancers were blocking the enemy, the assassin hurriedly rushed into the portal, and Yu Zhirang also shot a fireball with his hand, igniting the gate of the Xuanwu Gate.
Everyone watched as the door vanished.
The Janissaries began to put out the fire.
Lei Song took Huo Yizun, Xiaogui, Xu Yongzhi, Duan Zishou and Ah Crisp into the palace to inquire if Emperor Chai was thoughtful.
When he walked outside the door of the dormitory, he found that Zhao Kuangyi's commander saw them and yelled at them with a spear in his hand.
"What people!"
"Commander, it's me, Lei Song."
"Oh. This commander must protect the safety of the emperor. ”
Xiaogui came to the door of the dormitory and knelt.
"Your Majesty, the assassin was not captured and was rescued by a wizard." Xiaogui said.
"Wizard?" Chai Rong asked.
"Yes, the son of the head of the Wizards' Guild, Yu Zhirang."
"What is the origin of this man?"
Xu Yongzhi's heart is about to jump out of the cavity!
This is a good opportunity to conquer the Southern Tang Dynasty!
"It's a long story, but this assassination seems to be aimed at destroying the relationship between His Majesty and the lord of Jiangnan." Xiaogui said.
Xu Yongzhi was a little disappointed.
But after thinking about it, Xiaogui returned to the truth.
I actually want to take revenge by wronging others, so what's the difference between it and someone like Li Lianqiao who wronged others?
Prime Minister Wang Pu also rushed to the dormitory with his ministers at this time.
"Your Majesty, peace of mind!" The ministers saluted.
"Zhen'an, let's all be even." Chai Rong said.
"This assassin is wearing the uniform of the front guard of the palace." Chai Rong said.
This sentence frightened the forbidden army to check Zhang Yongde and knelt down all of a sudden.
"The sin of the minister deserves death!"
Zhang Yongde is a veteran of the Great Zhou, and it was this person who naturally accepted the command of Zhao Kuangyin when the army was about to collapse.
Moreover, he is the clansman of the Great Zhou, the son-in-law of the Great Zhou Taizu Guo Wei, and Chai Rong is also an in-law.
Chai Rong looked at him.
"Get up, since the other party is a wizard, it is not something that ordinary soldiers and horses can deal with."
Zhang Yongde breathed a sigh of relief.
"You unload the errand of the inspection and hand it over to Zhao Kuangyin."
"Yes......"
Zhang Yongde is a loyal person, but there is one thing that is quite troublesome.
Three months ago, Chai Rong received letters from all over the country, and there was a wooden board in it, which clearly wrote the words "check and be the son of heaven".
This plank made Chai Rong always suspicious of Zhang Yongde in the forbidden army, after all, he was Taizu's adopted son, and Zhang Yongde was Taizu's son-in-law, once his condition deteriorated and died, Zhang Yongde was Chai Zongxun's cousin-in-law, this kind of relative who was far enough to touch porcelain was the easiest person to seize the throne.
Today, taking this opportunity to replace the person in charge of the forbidden army and replace it with Lao Zhao, who is loyal to him, is also a good move.
Zhang Yongde kowtowed, and Wang Pu went to draft an edict to recall Zhao Kuangyin from the German army to return to the capital.
"A few people want to be rewarded." Chai Rong said.
"The two guards who entered the palace gate first, and the heads of the promoted and scattered people were all heads."
"Zhao Kuangyi, Zhao Erlang, loyal, the first to rush to the gate of my palace, guarding with a spear in his hand, and the promotion and dispersion are all commanded."
Zhao Kuangyi's command has never left behind in grabbing merit, and this time it came quickly and accurately.
"Who defeated the Assassins out there?" Chai Rong asked Lei Song.
Lei Song was not greedy for credit, he opened his mouth and said Xu Yongzhi's credit.
"It was defeated by Xu Jin, a soldier of the Hujie Infantry Army."
"It's all under the command of Lei Dutou." Xu Yongzhi also reciprocated the favor.
"Oh? A soldier has such strength? ”
"Xu Jin is the king of guns in the Hujie Army." Lei Song responded.
"Xu Jin is also the senior brother of the concubine, and the first apprentice of Zhang Huan Daoye of Longhu Mountain." Xiaogui said.
"You are not greedy for merit and recommend your subordinates, you are an excellent leader. I promoted you to replace Zhao Er as the commander, and Xu Jin as the deputy commander. Chai Rong said.
"Xia Xiaogui, you have a meritorious role in saving the driver, and you are named the wife of Wu Guo in my Great Zhou, how can Li Yu reward you, let him figure it out for himself, in short, you are in my Great Zhou, you have a title and a good fortune, when you stay in Jiangnan and are bored, you will come back to live for a few days."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"By the way, which official was the first to call for an assassin?"
"Back to Your Majesty, it's my parrot." Xu Yongzhi replied.
Chirp Ash paced in through the door, learning the voice of a eunuch, "There are assassins!" ”
"It's really a rare parrot, I will give you the title of parrot, and you will be added to Xu Jin, and you will be responsible for ensuring that it eats well."
"Yes." Xu Yongzhi kowtowed and thanked him.
"Xu Jin." Chai Rong called him.
"Your Majesty."
"Before Zhao Da comes back, you waited outside the gate of the palace and mobilized all the people you needed to defend it."
"Yes!"
Xu Jin arranged for the disciples of Longhu Mountain, Huo Yizun, Duan Zishou and Hu Jiejun to be on duty in shifts, focusing on guarding against the raid of the portal, Xiaogui was a guest after all, so he returned to the pavilion and prepared to go back to Jiangnan.
Hu Jiejun raised his eyebrows at this time, and he walked in front of the palace.
Lei Song looked at Xu Yongzhi with a smile.
"Yongzhi, you are really good!"
No one appears to have been injured in the incident.
The person who suffered the most was Zhao Kuangyi, the commander of the capital.
Although Zhao Er has been promoted to a high position, his current identity is a casual member.
In other words, this soldier can't control it now.
"How can it be!"
Zhao Er looked at a group of happy guys and rubbed his hands secretly.
He already hated Xu Yongzhi.