Chapter 14: The Great Strategist
Xiao Xuan stood there and looked at Tang Xiaohao directly, and did not make a move immediately, as if killing an idiot would damage the dignity of his own armor.
Tang Xiaohao threw away half of the bench: "That, I know a doctor, his medical aesthetic skills are second to none in the whole god, you go to grind the skin, pull the corners of the eyes or something, you can restore your former appearance." Mention my name and get a 20% discount. ”
Xiao Xuan tilted his head to look at Tang Xiaohao, opened his mouth and spit out a puff of white smoke.
Tang Xiaohao slowly moved to the corner: "Actually, you don't need to go, you are fine now, disfigured as plastic surgery, you see that the birthmark and the mole on your face are gone, beautiful." ”
What is this kid talking about!? Sick! Liao Yanqi stepped forward slowly, he was afraid that something would happen to Tang Xiaohao, because even if he survived, he would be dismantled by Tang Chen in the future.
Liao Yanqi took advantage of Xiao Xuan's lack of back, and stabbed him in the back with a knife, wanting to hit his heart from behind, but what he didn't expect was that the moment the long knife stabbed it, it was directly broken.
Xiao Xuan turned around and grabbed Liao Yanqi's throat, and the next step was to break his neck. At the last moment, Tang Xiaohao bumped into it with all his might, but he didn't expect that this collision was like a cow shaking a mountain, directly knocking Xiao Xuan's whole person here, and Liao Yanqi was also saved.
Liao Yanqi got up and hurriedly went to support Tang Xiaohao: "Tang Gongzi! ”
Tang Xiaohao got up and said, "What the hell is this?" ”
Liao Yanqi looked at Xiao Xuan who got up: "Now that those are gone, Tang Gongzi, wait for me to stop him, you can run quickly, and your kindness will be repaid in the next life!" ”
Just as Liao Yanqi was riveting and ready to step forward, a voice sounded from outside the door: "Stand down!" ”
A white figure flew in from the door, and while the man kicked away Liao Yanqi who stepped forward with his feet, he also bounced towards Xiao Xuan with Liao Yanqi's body.
Xiao Xuan immediately raised his hand to grab it, but the person took advantage of the situation to restrain Xiao Xuan's arm and pasted a rune paper at the same time, and after landing, he pasted several runes on Xiao Xuan's chest, abdomen, and hips like lightning, and after Xiao Xuan was completely restrained and unable to move, he took out the fan on his waist, pressed the mechanism, and directly cut Xiao Xuan's throat after popping out a short knife on the fan.
Xiao Xuan maintained the posture of reaching out to grab it, white smoke rolled out of his throat, and the man in white took out a piece of talisman paper and crumpled it into a ball and stuffed it into his mouth, and at the same time recited the charm: "Riding the dragon and driving the wind Tai Chi, Kunlun blood is revealed." ”
After that, the man in white kicked Xiao Xuan into the corner again, and then said the word "break". With the word "broken" coming out, Xiao Xuan's body was directly wrapped in flames, and he was soon burned to ashes.
After finishing the matter, the man in white slowly turned to look at Tang Xiaohao and Liao Yanqi and asked, "Are you two okay?" ”
After the two of them saw the man in white clearly, Liao Yanqi immediately knelt down on one knee and hugged his fists and said, "Liao Yanqi, the deputy commander of the subordinate Shendu Army, has visited the Great Strategist!" ”
Tang Xiaohao was pleasantly surprised: "Brother Luo! ”
The man in white who was called Brother Luo by Tang Xiaohao was a middle-aged man, although he seemed to be dressed plainly, but the satin white dress already showed his identity and was very human, and there was an extraordinary temperament between his eyebrows, although his facial features were not exquisite, but he looked perfect on that face.
This person is the great strategist in front of the palace, the general of the military division, Sang Luo. He also has an unknown identity, that is, the Alien Appearance, which is why he used the rune paper to kill Xiao Xuan, who has changed into a descent.
Sang Luo glared at Tang Xiaohao, signaling him to understand some rules, Tang Xiaohao immediately shut up, put away his smile, and arched his hand: "I've seen the Great Strategist." ”
According to etiquette, Tang Xiaohao also had to bend his knees when he saw Sang Luo, but his relationship with Sang Luo was not ordinary, and he was about to marry Princess Baomeng and become a concubine, so naturally there was no need to kneel or say it, as long as the holy decree was issued, Sang Luo should give him a big salute instead.
Liao Yanqi heard Tang Xiaohao call Sang Luo as Brother Luo, and he also knew that the two had a close relationship, but he became even more nervous, because this great strategist of the dynasty was the only one who could meet the emperor at any time.
What does it mean for Sanglu to appear at this time?
Also, didn't he go south with the army? Or is it that the army of the Southern Expedition has triumphed?
Strangely, Sang Luo didn't ask Xiao Xuan what was going on, he asked Liao Yanqi to get up first, and ordered him to clean up quickly. At this time, the reinforcements of the Shendu army were late, and the soldiers who arrived were all wearing a cloth bag around their waists, and the cloth bag contained the kind of stardust that could deal with the armor.
When Liao Yanqi was busy leading the soldiers to clean up the scene, Sang Luo immediately asked Tang Xiaohao: "What's going on?" 1510 told me not to miss any details and to start from the beginning. ”
Tang Xiaohao thought about it for a while, and started from what happened under the Xicheng Gate yesterday, and talked about today, but he only concealed Wu Tianlu's affairs, and did not tell his father Tang Chen who was embarrassed by Mu Yinghao. I just said that I came out to play, and I don't know why I encountered this kind of thing.
After listening to this, Sang Luo said, "You will come here to play the game of marriage for no reason?" Do you think you can hide it from me? ”
Tang Xiaohao was still stubborn: "That's really the case." ”
Sang Luo said again: "The deacher I just killed is in rags, the blow that grabbed me is obviously a kung fu foundation, a beggar who knows kung fu can only be a member of the beggar gang, how can you have anything to do with the beggar gang?" ”
Sang Luo broke Tang Xiaohao in just a few words, which was originally what Tang Xiaohao expected, because Tang Xiaohao grew so big, and he was the only one who threw himself to the ground, and in addition to Sang Luo, only Sang Luo's master remained, that is, the former great strategist Hu Shen.
Tang Xiaohao continued to pretend to be innocent: "As a great strategist, you can't just wronged people!" ”
Sang Luo saw that Tang Xiaohao didn't say anything, so he had to say: "This matter ends here, but if I find out something, don't blame me for being unkind when the time comes." ”
Tang Xiaohao's face was serious: "The law is nothing more than human affection. ”
Sang Luo glared at Tang Xiaohao, and Tang Xiaohao immediately changed his words: "It's wrong, everyone is equal before the law." ”
While the Shendu soldiers cleaned up the inn, they had already dispersed the people watching the excitement on the periphery and blocked the surrounding streets. said to the outside world that there was a vendetta here, as for how to make up the detailed story, that is all a later story.
Of course, the people are not stupid, but even if the people are curious about this, it is just a small talk after dinner. As long as you can live a peaceful life and fill your stomach, it doesn't matter what the truth of this kind of thing is.
After the clean-up was completed, the soldiers of the Shendu Army who participated in the clean-up, and the people who were originally in the inn, including Liao Yanqi, Tang Xiaohao and Sang Luo, were not allowed to leave, and they had to stay in the inn until sunset tomorrow, because this was the only way to tell if they were infected.
Tang Xiaohao's face was full of doubts: "What does infection mean?" That kid was infected with the plague just now? ”
Liao Yanqi pretended not to hear it, because the imperial court had already issued an official document, and before Guijia thoroughly investigated, in order to avoid panic among the people, he tried to keep it secret. If Sang Luo wasn't here, Liao Yanqi would definitely explain it to Tang Xiaohao, but Sang Luo was here, he could only be dumb.
As for whether Sang Luo wants to explain or not, that's the great strategist's own business.
Sang Luo said: "That person turned into a caricature just now, as for what the carcass is, you still don't need to know so much, you just need to know that as long as it is a living thing, whether it is a human or an animal, it may become a caricature, that is, his appearance." Right? General Liao. ”
Sang Luo looked at Liao Yanqi at the end of those words, which clearly told Liao Yanqi that you can't be alone in this matter, and it's useless for you to pretend to be dumb now.
Liao Yanqi immediately said, "Yes." ”
Tang Xiaohao naturally knew that Sang Luo was unwilling to explain in detail, even if he asked, it would be useless, but as long as he returned home, Wu Tianlu would definitely tell him. Tang Xiaohao guessed that maybe Wu Tianlu's group of beggars entered the Divine Capital City this time, probably related to the decanterium, because when his father Tang Chen informed him of last night's incident, he specifically said that he found rune paper on those beggars, plus Xiaoxuan, who used rune paper to subdue and became a decanter before, it would be inseparable.
Sang Luo deliberately walked to the side, glanced at Liao Yanqi at the same time, and motioned for him to go over as well.
After the two came to the corner of the inn, Sang Luo looked at Tang Xiaohao, who was talking to Tang Dun and Lian Lian in the distance: "General, this matter is too strange today. ”
How dare Liao Yanqi confide the truth, he had to say: "My subordinates think so too." ”
Sang Luo said: "The appearance of that armor is completely different from what I saw in the past, so the stardust distributed by the various armies should be useless against this kind of armor." ”
Liao Yanqi was surprised, and was directly stunned, and the scene of Mu Yinghao feeding Xiao Xuanfu with the white powder came to his mind. Moreover, Mu Yinghao personally said the word "poisoning", so Xiao Xuan's appearance was completely caused by Mu Yinghao?
Sang Luo looked at Liao Yanqi, who was full of surprise and fell into memory, and deliberately asked, "General Liao, do you remember something?" ”
Liao Yanqi came back to his senses: "No, my subordinates are just a little frightened." ”
Sang Luo naturally didn't believe it: "General Liao, you have been fighting iron horses for half your life, and you have been in a desperate situation several times, can this kind of thing make you frightened?" ”
Liao Yanqi said: "Great strategist, fighting with the armor and fighting on the battlefield are completely different things, at least on the battlefield I know what I am facing. ”
Sang Luo changed his words, looked at the outside of the inn and said, "It's strange, there is such a big thing in the imperial capital, and General Mu and General Tang are as stable as Mount Tai." ”
It stands to reason that Mu Yinghao and Tang Chen, who are the commanders of the Shendu Army and the Iron Guard, should have appeared a long time ago, but now, there are no two of them outside the door.
In fact, Mu Yinghao had already arrived, but at the same time as he arrived, he also saw Sang Luo jumping up from the crowd and rushing into the inn, so he immediately turned around and took refuge for the time being, but sent additional people to reinforce the inn.
Why is Mu Yinghao like this? This starts with the title of Grand Strategist.
The title of Great Strategist has existed since the ancient Kunlun Dynasty, but at that time, the Great Strategist was called the Nine Heavens Priest, who was responsible for sacrifices and the ability to communicate with the gods above the Nine Heavens.
The Nine Heavens are the Heavenly Divine Realm, the Nine Principles are the mortal human realm, and the Nine Domains are the underworld and hell. The Nine Heavens are supreme, and as such, the administrators of the Nine Plains and the Nine Domains are appointed by the Nine Heavens. Because the people who live above the Nine Plains are basically mortals, the assigned administrator, that is, the King of the Nine Plains, naturally cannot possess any divine power.
Without divine power, naturally it is impossible to communicate with the gods above the Nine Heavens, and the Nine Heavens Gods cannot give any instructions to the King of the Nine Plains. Therefore, he looked for a person who was the best in the world above the Nine Plains, and gave him the ability to communicate with the Nine Heavens God in part to assist the King of the Nine Plains, and this person's title was the Nine Heavens Priest.
The reason why the King of the Nine Plains was not allowed to directly gain the ability to communicate was mainly because of the balance, the gods of the Nine Heavens did not allow the existence of a person with supreme power and divine power at the same time in the human world.
Therefore, no matter how the dynasty of Jiuyuan changed later, the person who communicated with Jiutian always existed, but during the Dachang Dynasty, the name of the Jiutian priest was changed to the Great Strategist.
The main reason for the name change is that it is rumored that the ruler of the Dachang Dynasty is not the reincarnation of the king appointed by the Nine Heavens God, so it led to chaos in the world, and the originally unified Jiuyuan Kingdom became fragmented.
If the generals who already held the military power were allowed to directly command the military advisers, it would be easy to form a small sphere of influence, and it was only a matter of time before the small sphere of influence changed from small to large, and it would inevitably threaten the imperial power.
In order to avoid this problem, the Dachang Dynasty separated the power between the commander and the military advisor, and changed the Nine Heavens Priest to the Great Strategist, who ruled over the military strategists of the whole world. At the same time, it was decreed that all military advisers were not allowed to assist generals in an army for more than two years, and in addition to the Shendu Army and the Iron Guards in the imperial capital, the commanders of other armies must also be rotated regularly to avoid cultivating cronies and turning the imperial army's army into their own private soldiers.
Therefore, even the great strategists who seemed to be close to the emperor could only dispatch military strategists from all over the country according to the requirements of the imperial power, without any substantive power.
Sang Luo, the great strategist, although his rank is high, is given the power to deploy the Shendu Army and the Iron Guards in an emergency, but it is only limited to the fact that he can act cheaply in an emergency. As for how to define this emergency moment, it is up to the emperor of the Dachang Dynasty to have the final say.
In other words, even if Sangluo has power at some point, it is temporary.
Sang Luo was 11 years old in Xiucai, 16 years old in the liberal arts palace examination won the championship, the following year at the age of 17 and in the martial arts imperial examination became the champion of martial arts, is the only one since the opening of the Dachang Dynasty won the civil and military champion for two consecutive years, and at the age of 18 became the alternate strategist, and as a military division and general to participate in the suppression of the rebellion of the Rouyuan Torsi Department at that time.
17 years ago, the general who led the troops to quell the rebellion was Nanrong Qufeng, and the deputy general was Tang Chen. Therefore, Nanrong Qufeng is very aware of Sang Luo's mind and ability, even if he can ignore the royal Ji family, he does not dare to despise this great strategist who is wise in the world and loyal to the royal Ji family.
At the same time, Nanrong Qufeng has also warned the retainers of the Nanrong family more than once, don't be smart and self-righteous in front of Sang Luo, let alone clash with Sang Luo head-on just because he is a member of the Nan Rong family, otherwise, with Sang Luo's personality, he will definitely use the most reasonable way to get rid of it, and it is to cut the grass and eradicate the roots.
Moreover, Nanrong Qufeng was very jealous of the former great strategist Hu Shen, that is, Sang Luo's teacher, not to mention that his ability far surpassed Hu Shen, and now Sang Luo is in the prime of life.
This is why Mu Yinghao immediately avoided Sang Luo when he saw him, for fear that what he had done would be revealed. You must know that he did not inform Nanrong Qufeng in advance, once it is exposed, Nanrong Qufeng will definitely kill him in order not to be implicated.
Therefore, although Mu Yinghao was relieved to learn that Xiao Xuan, who had become a deacon, had been killed by Sang Luo himself, he was still afraid that Sang Luo would find out that the main messenger behind the scenes was himself.
The most important thing is that Mu Yinghao knows that the changes in the inn have just begun.
Tang Xiaohao, who was sitting in the corner, looked at the outside of the inn, and he also wondered, why did Tang Chen, who was the commander of the Iron Guard, not appear when such a big thing happened? Why is that? Could it be because of Mu Yinghao's bastard?
Mu Yinghao is not unhappy to find his father at this time, then he is too brainless.