Chapter 751: Assassination
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In the camp tent in the middle of the street, the leopard couldn't take his eyes off it, seeing that Jessica and Wu Peng were almost in front of the central tent, the leopard picked up the teacup from the table next to him, lowered his head and blew the tea foam inside, and gestured to raise a glass to drink tea. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The act of drinking tea was a code signal for his subordinates to act. Don't look at the soldiers of both countries who searched the buildings on both sides of the street, but there are still gunmen hiding in them, and they are not gunmen of the same country.
Just as Jiang Leopard was about to drink tea, Nie Zhen returned his hand and pulled his shirt without leaving a trace, suggesting that he wait a little longer and wait for Wu Peng to walk through the central camp tent before making a move. Receiving his signal, Jiang Leopard put down the teacup he had just picked up again.
Time seemed to freeze at the scene, and everyone felt that time had passed unusually long.
When Wu Peng and Jessica walked to the front of the central camp, the two happened to stagger by, and the soldiers of the two countries escorting them stopped in unison, preparing to escort their prisoners of war back to their own positions.
Just as Wu Peng and Jessica walked towards their soldiers, they suddenly heard a gunshot on the roof of a building next to the street.
With the sound of this gunshot, Jessica, who had just passed by Wu Peng, fell to the ground, and on the dress at the back of her heart, there was first an extra red dot, and then, the red dot spread out like a halo, dyeing the clothes behind her a lot of red. The ferryman was scared, Yan, and Brother Guan looked at Sister Zhang
Wow –
At this moment, the scene was in chaos, and both the Wind Army and the Besa Army were stunned by this sudden change. Wu Peng felt that one of his feet had stepped into the ghost gate, he held his head and staggered towards the wind army in front of him.
The team of Feng soldiers who had originally escorted Jessica swarmed up, wrapping up Wu Peng who rushed over with their bodies, and people were holding fire guns and looking nervously in all directions, looking for the figure of the assassin.
At the same time, the Besa Army, who was escorting Wu Peng, rushed to Jessica's approach, ripped off the veil on her face, and probed her snort, where there was still a little temperature.
This shot was fired directly into the back of her heart, penetrated her heart, and penetrated through her chest, and the person was killed on the spot, and there was no chance to rescue her.
"Assassins, Assassins, Assassins!" For a moment, the shouts of wind and Besa in the streets were heard one after another. The soldiers of the two countries rushed towards the building where the gunshots were heard.
In the central tent, Nie Zhen's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, his fists were clenched, his body trembled suddenly, he turned his head and glared at the river leopard beside him, and his eyes were eager to swallow him in one bite.
He had already hinted to Jiang Leopard not to rush to make a move, but as a result, the subordinates arranged by Jiang Leopard were not only in a hurry to make a move, but also made a fucking mistake, and the person he wanted to kill was Wu Peng, not Jessica, the princess of Besa. Does Jessica's life or death have anything to do with herself?
At this time, Jiang Leopard was already dumbfounded, the two assassins he arranged were the two most powerful sharpmen he wielded, and his marksmanship was first-class and accurate, and he also specially issued two muskets to the two of them, at such a close distance, with the marksmanship of his two subordinate brothers, there would never be a deviation, not to mention that it was so far away now, from Wu Peng to Jessica.
What the hell is going on, the leopard can't figure it out.
Soon, in the alley on the side of the main street, there was the sound of fighting, mixed with heart-rending yellings: "Here! The Assassins are here! Don't let the Assassins escape, capture the Assassins alive!"
It's over, this time Lou Zike stabbed it big and stabbed it to the sky! Nie Zhen was the first to react, and the spirit spirit shuddered, and the assassin he arranged failed to kill Wu Peng, but killed Jessica.
It was not a cat or a dog that died, but a dignified princess, how could the people of Besa give up and not be held responsible? So who should bear this responsibility, of course, as the mastermind himself and A Leopard!
Nie Zhen's heart shrank in an instant, he lowered his voice, and said in a condensed voice: "Ah Leopard, remember, everything today has nothing to do with you, everything is at my instigation, and everything I forced you to do!"
"Second brother, you ......"
"Shut up!" Nie Zhen's expression was solemn, he tightly grasped the saber under his ribs, and walked towards the small alley.
Now the only thing he can do, the only way to save Ah Leopard, is to take advantage of the chaos to kill the two assassins, come to death without proof, and then take all the responsibility on himself, so Ah Leopard has nothing to do with this matter at all.
Nie Zhen, no matter what his heart is, whether he is good or bad, and his friends, he can really stick a knife in both sides.
When Shangguan Xiu was trapped in Ningnan, Nie Zhen dared to transfer troops to rescue him without an order from the imperial court, which was an act of not wanting to die, and this time, in order to protect Jiang Leopard, he also risked his life.
Before he entered the alley, the battle inside was already over, and a large number of Besa troops dragged out two people covered in blood and wearing civilian clothes from the alley, although their faces were bloodstained, but Nie Zhen could still recognize them, both of them looked like wind people.
Damn! Nie Zhen's heart trembled, and he held the hilt of the saber tighter, seeing that the many Besa troops were about to drag the two Fengren assassins away from his face, Nie Zhen suddenly waved his arm and pulled the saber out, he carried the saber, his eyes flashed fiercely, and he chased after it in great strides.
Just as he was about to forcibly break away from the crowd of the Besa army and kill the two assassins together, suddenly, someone shouted loudly: "Zhenguo Gong has arrived-"
Hearing that Shangguan Xiu was coming, not only the soldiers of the Feng Army were also stunned, but the Besa Army was also stunned.
With the sound of unhurried horses' hooves, Shangguan Xiu came under the escort of a large group of cavalry. The originally chaotic scene became silent in an instant, and people's eyes fell on Shangguan Xiu.
He was wearing a black robe, with a golden brocade belt tied around his waist, outlining the bee waist, in front of his chest, with a flower cluster embroidered with gold wire, and a black coat on his back, looking at his face, handsome and resolute, he seemed to be not very old, only in his early twenties, but the strong contrast was that two strands of silver hair, hanging down on his chest, crane hair and childish face, giving people an indescribable sense of elegance, but the momentum exuded from his body was not elegant at all, as he walked in, people felt as if a large dark cloud moved above their heads, and the air pressure dropped sharply, making people have a dull feeling of tightness in the chest and breathlessness。
It turned out that this person was the famous Fengguo Town Guogong, Shangguan Xiu. Adams, who stood in the central tent, squinted his eyes and looked at him intently.
He and Shangguan Xiu have never met, when Shangguan Xiu led the army to attack Besa, he was in Duki, when Shangguan Xiu fought to Goro, he was in Gabul, and when Shangguan Xiu ran to Gabur to rescue Tang Ling, he was in Naxikya. Now, it's the first time the two have met.
Shangguan Xiu urged his horse to the front of the central tent, stopped his horse, and glanced around, he saw the two captured assassins, and of course he also saw Nie Zhen standing outside the crowd, holding a sword in his hand, and was about to forcibly break through the crowd.
He smiled slightly and said, "Ah Zhen, since the assassins have been captured, there is no need for you to make any more moves, what are you still doing with your sword?"
"Ah Xiu, I ......"
"I'll let you come back!" Shangguan Xiu's tone was very flat and soft, but it just revealed a sense of toughness and oppression that no one could refuse.
Nie Zhen's face was ugly, he licked his dry lips, and finally withdrew the sword into the scabbard, strode to Shangguan Xiu's war horse, stood aside in an orderly manner, and helped him hold the reins.
Shangguan Xiu's body shook, fell off the horse, and when his feet touched the ground, there was no sound, and the whole person looked light, as if four taels of cotton had landed.
He raised his hand and patted Nie Zhen's shoulder, glanced at him meaningfully, didn't say anything, and walked towards the tent.
"Lord Shangguan!" The generals of the Wind Army, led by Yuan Hao and Shi Xiao, bowed their hands in unison.
In terms of military rank, Yuan Hao is a little higher than Shangguan Xiu, but in terms of title, Shangguan Xiu, who is a first-class duke, is a cut above him, not to mention that Shangguan Xiu's prestige in the wind army has reached its peak, even if Yuan Hao is in front of him, he is respectful.
He returned the salute and said with a smile: "General Yuan, General Shi!"
At this time, Adams stepped forward and said, "Lord Shangguan, it's been a long time!"
"Your Excellency is ......"
"Adams, Bruce, Adams!"
"Oh! it turned out to be Field Marshal Adams, disrespectful, disrespectful!"
"Lord Shangguan is polite!" The two exchanged pleasantries for a moment, and Adams changed his words, raised his hand to the two assassins who had been escorted into the tent, and asked, "Please give a reasonable explanation to our country?"
Shangguan Xiu smiled and asked, "Explain what?"
"Doesn't your country need an explanation for the assassins who secretly ambushed the Assassins during the prisoner exchange ceremony and waited for an opportunity to assassinate Princess Jessica?" "If your country cannot give a reasonable explanation and give a satisfactory answer to our country, then ......"
"So what?" Shangguan Xiu asked with a smile. He put his hands behind his back, looked at Adams with a smile, and said: "To fight, my wind country is not afraid of any war, to fight, my wind people have never been afraid of any enemy, the wind iron horse, not to mention a million, sweeping Liuhe, how can you be afraid of the country of Besa?"
Adams is a hardliner in the country of Besa, but in front of Shangguanxiu, a hardliner in the country of wind, he finally softened. Whether or not it can be hardened does not depend on just playing tricks and reckless tongues, but relying on its own strength and the national strength of the entire country behind it.
"The Windy Nation claims to be a state of etiquette, and what your country is doing now is really against the good name of the 'State of Etiquette!'" Adams changed his words, giving up the use of force to intimidate, and using his name to suppress people.
To put it bluntly, he may be able to intimidate other Fengren by force, but he can't intimidate Shangguan Xiu at all.
If you don't talk to Shangguan Xiu about fighting, he is still calculating how to fight you in his heart, you talk to him about war, his eyelashes are laughing, if you want to say that the driving force behind the current war of the Wind Country is Shangguan Xiu, fighting with Shangguan Xiu, it is simply comparing reason with a madman.