Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Line Between Life and Death
Hearing his daughter say this, Xu Da didn't think he was angry, but smiled: "As a father, I actually envy your master, who is free and unrestrained." is not like a father, and there are many scruples about dealing with people. After a pause when he said this, he stretched out his hand to caress his daughter's hair, and said with a smile: "When you have to stay in Yongguan, Shanhaiguan will be repaired and perfected, and I will resign and go back to my hometown for my father." When the time comes, if you are willing to follow the master to the rivers and lakes, or accompany the father, you will be up to you. ”
Xu Ying was rejoicing, and suddenly recalled that **Bo was pretending to be the noble Ning King Zhu Quan at this time, and couldn't help but crappy her eyebrows and said softly: "Daddy, you said that although a person used to be coarse food and cloth clothes, but later he was high and powerful, brocade clothes and jade food, after a long time, will his temperament change?" ”
Xu Da listened to his daughter's strange question, and couldn't help but feel a sigh, recalling that because of the stubborn defense of Hongdu, the 600,000 army of Chen Youliang alone, and the reversal of the Ming Empire, the genius general who was executed by Zhu Yuanzhang for arrogance and lust, Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew Zhu Wenzheng. I think of the blue jade that followed me as the vanguard, went on an expedition to Mobei, and overcame the Mongol warrior Timur to expand Timur, but now he has repeatedly invaded the people's land. sighed and said: "Power and wealth can indeed change a person's character, the smarter the person, maybe the faster he will change after taking power." ”
Hearing what her father, whom she had always respected, Xu Ying couldn't help but be secretly worried, and said in her heart: When that kid first saw me, although he looked clumsy, he was quite meritorious, but he was a prince now, and he was extremely noble, will he also change his temperament after a long time? Thinking of this, he shook his head and thought to himself: Dad said that smart people change quickly after getting power and wealth, and with his stubborn nature, where will he be a person who covets wealth and power.
Xu Da couldn't help but be surprised when he saw his daughter's strange expression.
Xu Ying was afraid that her father would see through her heart, so she hurriedly changed the topic and smiled: "I don't know what happened to Brother Lan Yulan who came to visit his father today?" ”
Xu Da heard his daughter ask this, and couldn't help laughing: "He is looking for a father, but it is not a big deal, just his small talk is commonplace." ”
"As a general in the army, how can he come to you to chat about family affairs compared to the complexity of official affairs?" Xu Ying couldn't help but wonder.
When Xu Da heard his daughter ask, he smiled angrily: "Lan Yu, this kid came to me, it's better to find a father, it's better to want to see you." ”
When Xu Ying heard her father say this, she couldn't help but blush her cheeks, threw herself into her father's arms, and said coquettishly: "Dad, what are you talking nonsense, my daughter doesn't like him." Speaking of this, he raised his head and smiled worriedly: "Dad, you won't force your daughter to marry him, right?" ”
Xu Da's face turned pale, and he said: "The male should get married, the female should marry, and the parents are in charge, what's wrong?" After speaking, seeing that his daughter was slightly worried, he couldn't bear to tease her anymore, and said with a smile: "Every time he came before, you avoided it, how could my father not know what was going on in your heart?" Originally, my father intended to match the two of you, but judging by his words and deeds in recent years, I am afraid that he is not your good match. ”
When Xu Ying heard her father say this, her heart settled, but she couldn't help but be curious, and asked, "Dad, didn't you often praise him behind his back?" It turned out that Xu Da was a peaceful person, and there were very few people, but in the first two years, he often sighed that Lan Yu was quite talented in using soldiers, and he could often win in dangerous and treacherous places. Hearing her father say this at this time, Xu Ying was inevitably slightly surprised.
Xu Da showed a slight trace of worry on his face, and sighed and said: "If you want to say that this kid Lan Yu is indeed very talented in fighting with soldiers, I am afraid that there is no one among the younger generation of generals who can compare with him." can be his father to observe his words and deeds in the past two years, quite incomprehensible to the way of being a minister, repeatedly persuasive, he is also submissive, not to take it to heart, I am afraid that there will be trouble in the future, it is not necessarily. Speaking of this, Xu Da suddenly remembered the medicine that the housekeeper Xu Fu had boiled for him, but he said quietly: "You can rest well, you are also sleepy for your father." With that, he turned and walked away. It turned out that he had been sick for nearly half a year, but he didn't want his daughter to worry, so he also told Xu Fu to keep his mouth shut, hide it from his daughter, and didn't want Xu Ying's troubles in vain.
After Xu Ying left, her heart changed, and she suddenly made up her mind, changed her clothes, walked out of the door, and saw that the dark clouds were covering the top and the wind was rising, so she took a bamboo umbrella and left home, and walked all the way to Ning Wangfu. On the way, Xu Ying said in her heart: When I saw that stupid boy, I told him that when my father resigned and went into hiding, his martial arts were successful, and we had no worries, so we would let him and I walk the rivers and lakes, and not be a prince. Thinking of the tired expression when he talked to himself about the intrigue of the royal family in the afternoon, he couldn't help but smile on his face.
In the backyard of King Ning's Mansion, ** Bo followed Zhou Jin, the head of the palace, to a small door in the corner of the courtyard, but saw that the wooden door was closed, and the door lock was rusty.
**Bo Xi diligently watched Zhou Jin open the door and lock it, and rushed out of the door, looking around, but saw that this was a small dead end outside the wall of the palace, no more than a zhang wide, and he couldn't see a passer-by, but there were two palace guards lying on the ground, who were Jing Jun and Sima Chao, but he saw that his eyes were closed, and he didn't know the life and death of the two of them.
**Bo, who came to see Xu Ying with joy, couldn't help but be stunned when he saw such a strange scene, and suddenly he only heard a gust of wind behind him, and someone attacked, instinctively jumped to the side, and waved his right hand backwards. I only felt a shock to my wrist, my right arm was numb, and when I turned around, I saw a masked man in black waving his hand and attacking fiercely, busy parrying himself.
**Although Bo followed Qin Zhuofeng to practice martial arts, after all, the time was too low, and the fire was too bad, after a few moves, he couldn't dodge, and he was hit by the black-clothed man's hand in the vital acupoint, and his body was sore, and he fell to the ground and couldn't move.
At this time, although the ** wave was unable to move, but the intuition was still there, and I only felt a cold on my face, and it turned out that at this time the sky was already sparsely falling soybean-sized raindrops. The figure swayed, Zhou Jin came to his side, kicked him with his foot, and couldn't help but say, "Have you cooked?" ”
"This is not a trivial matter, and it is not to be repeated. Wait for the two of you to follow me back to the Jinyi Guard House to find out the truth. The masked man said in a deep voice, and as he spoke, he stretched out his hand and grabbed the dumb hole of the ** wave.
At this time, Bo already understood that it was Zhou Jin and others who were planning for him, and he was angry in his heart, recalling that when he first arrived at Ning Wang's Mansion that day, when Qin Zhuofeng wanted to kill him, he helped him intercede, and saved his dog's life. Recalling not long ago, when he got his antidote, he looked grateful, his intestines were about to regret it, if it wasn't for the dumb acupoint being controlled, he couldn't make a sound, he would have already scolded, and even his ancestors had greeted the eighteenth generation.
The masked man groaned at this time: "This kid's martial arts are peculiar, and he doesn't seem to be the master of my Central Plains martial arts. Suddenly, he saw Zhou Jin pointing in the distance, and said in a low voice: "Be careful, there are people." The masked man was wary and hurriedly turned to look.
At this time, he saw Zhou Jin taking advantage of the masked man's turn to suddenly pull out a snow-bright dagger from his arms, and slammed it into the heart of ** Bo with a hideous face, wanting to kill him. It turned out that he was deeply afraid that ** Bo would fall into the hands of Jinyiwei alive, and under severe torture, it was inevitable that he would summon a quack doctor to cure the ugly thing of Ning Wang Zhu Quan, so he wanted to kill people. If **Bo dies, he, the person who reported it, can naturally blame the killing of Zhu Quan on **Bo, which is the following poisonous hand.
Suddenly, I only heard the sound of a strong bow and crossbow breaking the air, sparks splashed everywhere, and the dagger in Zhou Jin's hand was like being hit by lightning, and under the huge earthquake, the dagger flew out of his hand, and it was firmly nailed into the stone wall on the side of the street. At the same time, **Bo only felt that his body seemed to be hit by something the size of a finger, and a soft force spread throughout his body, and the acupoints had been unlocked, and he hurriedly turned over and jumped.
The masked man just heard the sound of breaking the air at the time of the fierce evil, and suddenly moved freely, knowing that the other party had a very strong helper coming, his martial arts were not weak, and he knew that Wan Wan was not the opponent of the comer, and he was about to flee, but he only felt that his right shoulder sank, and it seemed that someone reached out and pressed his shoulder down, and suddenly felt that the strength of Mount Tai pressed against the top came from his shoulder, and he resisted, but he heard that his bones were already "crackling" lightly, and he knew that the martial arts of the person who came were appalling, if he resisted again, I was afraid that my spine would be broken inch by inch, so I simply squatted down obediently and let the other party fall.
**Bo looked up and saw a thin middle-aged man in black subduing the masked man on the roof, seeing that it was Qin Zhuofeng's back, he couldn't help but let go of his heart, and let out a low roar in his throat, and wanted to sneak away Zhou Jin punched and kicked him, and beat him away, only to beat Zhou Jin's nose and face swollen, and he was miserable.
At this time, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the ** wave was also unconscious, but there was a figure flashing in the small door next to him, and a person came out, Tsing Yi square scarf, but Jing Kun was holding a bamboo umbrella, and watched coldly ** wave chasing Zhou Jin in the mud, but he didn't speak.
Qin Zhuofeng stretched out his hand and clicked on the masked man's acupoint, subdued him, and jumped to the ground, standing under the umbrella beside Jing Kun, without saying a word.