Volume 3: Fairy World Chapter 207: Moonlit Night, Rolling Stone
In order to prevent these monsters from being dishonest and attacking violently, the dozens of captains drew their swords in their hands and waited on the sidelines. Luo Jie also pressed his hand on the hilt of the knife, always paying attention to the movement of the rock golem. The four rock golems came out of the net, only emitting a low and strange sound, and glanced at Luo Jie and the others, then turned around and pedaled over the courtyard wall, and disappeared into another secluded alleyway. The courtyard wall was trampled by the stone hand, and collapsed for a short time, and the earth and masonry fell down, and there was a popping sound.
Luo Jie looked at this scene, and his brows furrowed even deeper.
The main task of Yun Yejun's visit to Canglan City this time was to negotiate with the rock puppets, but in this situation, the task of negotiation has basically failed. When the prince arrived in the city, he naturally received a lot of attention, and in addition to the negotiation tasks he shouldered, he also had to attend some welcome dinners held by local officials.
That night, Gu Miao, the county warden of Canglan Prefecture, held a grand banquet in the manor of a wealthy merchant in the east of the city to welcome the arrival of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Princess Ducheng.
At night, the big mansion is decorated with lights, fire trees and silver flowers, full of festive atmosphere. Attending the banquet were not only a group of officials led by Gu Miao, but also the generals of the Xianwu Army and some local wealthy families. In that open courtyard, dozens of tables of feasts were set up, the tables were full of delicacies from the mountains and seas, fine wine and delicacies, and the people who participated in the banquet were all dressed ceremoniously, smiling and smiling, a festive and peaceful scene.
The Lord and the Lady were on the main seat, and they were toasted by the crowd. This young prince's expression was faint, graceful and luxurious, and he had the illegal bearing of a superior. Yun Yaya is wearing a moon-white dress, with bright eyes, looking forward to Qianxi, in this lively night, she is the brightest star in the audience.
The dinner lasted for a long time, but the part that Yun Yejun really participated in was actually only half an hour, after all, he was a high prince, and everyone in front of him was sitting upright, restrained and cautious, others were uncomfortable, and he was uncomfortable to watch. After all, it was an open appetite to eat and drink, and his pestle there really hindered the liveliness of the atmosphere.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince accompanied his escort had 500 people, who were members of the guards of the Pantheon of the Pantheon Mountain, and were mainly responsible for the security and protection of His Majesty the Immortal Emperor and the Prince.
As the night deepened, a group of officials sent His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Princess Dusk City out of the chariot outside the main gate of the manor, and said goodbye earnestly, and the prince boarded the car and left. Princess Twilight travels in a separate chariot.
The 500 Royal Guards were divided into three parts, with 200 guards in front of them opening the way, 50 guards on each side of the chariot, and the remaining 200 following behind.
Such a defense system is already the most reasonable in the space of the road, which is not spacious.
Time went back a little, and when the banquet in the east of the city began, Luo Jie walked out of a house in the south of the city and got into the carriage of a carriage. After the carriage started, in the flickering lights in the carriage, a handsome and delicate face showed a faint smile and said, "Lord Luo, you have done a good job this time, Your Highness is very satisfied." ”
Luo Jie bowed and smiled: "Mu Changshi praised, please Mu Changshi Dai Luo to say hello to His Royal Highness King Yu." ”
Mu Changshi nodded, his face was condensed, and said: "But there is one more thing that Lord Luo needs to do tonight, and after the matter is completed, His Royal Highness will let Lord Luo be promoted to one level." ”
Although he is young, he has the intelligence and agility of a good staff, and he is good at dancing with long sleeves. He knew that tonight's events were important and dangerous, but danger and opportunity coexisted, and it was both danger and opportunity, and it was worth the fight of his master. In fact, he could explain this matter to Luo Jie in advance, but after a long time, people's hearts will be unpredictable, and uncontrollable risks will increase, and he can't take this risk. That's why he chose to speak at this time. And don't tell lies, the official is promoted to a level, and if it is real, it is also something that his master can give.
Hearing this, Luo Jie's heart chuckled, he didn't think about being promoted and making a fortune at the first time, but faintly panicked, the other party hadn't said what it was, but he could already guess that it would be a big event that would cause shock to the government and the opposition, he suddenly felt dry and tongue, and he didn't know if it was because of nervousness, he swallowed his saliva and said, "Mu Changshi, please speak." ”
Mu Changshi said in a deep voice: "When the rock puppet attacked, Lord Luo lurked on the side, if there is an accident, Lord Luo needs to help send that person back to the west." ”
As soon as these words came out, although Luo Jie was mentally prepared, he still trembled slightly, the horror in his eyes was difficult to hide, and for a while, he didn't know how to respond.
The assassination of the prince is a major crime of destroying the nine clans, and exchanging the bargaining chips of official promotion for the risk of the entire clan being wiped out by the Taluo realm is obviously a transaction with extremely unequal interests.
Luo Jie's face was ugly, and he began to regret that he had been too close to His Royal Highness King Yu in the first place.
Mu Changshi said with a smile: "Actually, it doesn't have to be Lord Luo's shot, those rock puppets and boulders are all murderers." His Highness explained this just in case to ensure that the man could return to the West smoothly. ”
Luo Jie swallowed his saliva again, his expression was extremely ugly, the other party's smile was very kind, but his eyes revealed an irresistible coercion, he could choose to refuse, but his fate would be extremely tragic, maybe he wouldn't even be able to see the sun tomorrow.
"Please Mu Changshi to reply to His Highness, Luo Jie will not disappoint His Highness. Luo Jie Zhengse said.
Mu Changshi secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Lord Luo, please rest assured, Your Highness will not forget Lord Luo's merits." ”
In fact, he had just made second-hand preparations, if Luo Jie didn't agree, after he left the carriage, the master martial artists who were with him around him would immediately kill him, and he would never let the other party live for a while.
Attacking and killing the prince, naturally, the less people know about it, the better, because you don't know which person really listens to you, and which person is false and wronged, so Luo Jie doesn't dare to let his subordinates get involved.
Huge chariots walked down the empty streets, the noisy footsteps echoing around. On a winter night, the cold wind is bleak, the streets are sparsely populated, and the guards who open the way in front of them also save shouting, so they don't have to worry about being hit by passers-by.
Yun Yejun drank a small glass of wine tonight, just a fruit wine, sweet and sour, slightly drunk, but not enough to make him drunk. There was no air in the car, so he sat down for a moment before rolling up the curtain and letting in the cold air from the window.
Through the car window, his gaze was on the houses beside the street and the outline of the city wall in the distance, soaked in the cold moonlight, the scene moved with the car, and occasionally a tree that had lost its leaves slipped past the eye, and the car kept walking, perhaps to the open street, and the shadow of the tree no longer appeared in his eyes, and in the vision under the bright moonlight, something seemed to jump, and then again, it was a thick shadow.
Yun Yejun didn't care much either, because his thoughts weren't on the things in his eyes, but with an angry shout, his thoughts were interrupted, and then the car shook. Immediately after that, the escort's howl resounded throughout the neighborhood.
Only then did Ye Jun rise in panic, stick his head out of the car window, look around, and with a bang, a crossbow arrow hit the baffle next to him. Yun Yejun was taken aback, and his neck shrank slightly, but his eyes were already attracted by the terrible scene outside, and he could no longer shrink himself into the carriage.
The Pantheon Guards are a very powerful army, and they are armed with spears, shields, and short swords. Of course, there are also bows and crossbows and arrows, so ordinary assassination is simply suicide in the face of such a powerful army. However, tonight's assassination has caused the Pantheon Guard to encounter an unprecedented crisis.
Four huge stone monsters leaped out from behind a courtyard wall on the side of the street, like four rolling stones crushing towards His Highness's chariot. The obstacles encountered during the period were difficult to stop his blow. The chariot where the Ye Jun was hit by a stone hammer, and the beam of the chariot was crushed, debris flew everywhere, and the horse neighed, and the scene was chaotic.
However, the guards did not flinch because of the strength of the killer, they screamed and surrounded them, raised their spears, and stabbed at the rock golem. The rock golem didn't care how many stabs it had been stabbed on, it only picked up a huge stone hammer and smashed it into the chariot, and only attacked the chariot where the Ye Ya King was, ignoring the carriage behind the young man.
The body of the stone didn't care about the spear attack at all, but the wooden chariot was smashed to pieces under the attack of the four giant hammers.
When the frame was hammered off by a blow, the horse on the frame was frightened and kept kicking and neighing, and the horse's struggling force dragged the broken carriage violently. The guards who were close to him immediately picked the man up from the ground and ran out to the neighborhood.
There is no doubt about the strength of these rock golems, but their eyes are not very good, in the hazy moonlight, Yun Yejun was supported by someone to escape from the chaotic crowd, and he was not discovered by the rock golems at the first time. The stone monsters picked up their sledgehammers and smashed the chariot to pieces. However, one of the rock golems finally noticed that something was wrong, there was not a trace of blood in the chariot, and then he caught a glimpse of a bright yellow corner disappearing into a street corner in front of the right.
The rock golem roared, and the giant hammer in his palm danced wildly, sweeping the guards in front of him into a large area, the blades clattered, the shields shattered, and the screams were endless. The rock golem leaped forward and pounced on the alley where the corners of the clothes had disappeared, and in the process of pounced, another wave of guards was knocked to the ground, and a cry of grief rang out again.