In Xiangyang City, under the dark night, there are countless people who can't sleep all night.

The General's Mansion first burned into a fire, and then thieves invaded and assassinated, and the whole mansion was noisy all night, and it stopped when it was dark.

However, the entire Lu Mansion has been emptied, and all the people have been cleaned and never seen again.

Although the city was calm on the surface, the spies from all sides were busy all night and still did not receive any news.

At the same time, dozens of miles outside the city of Xiangyang, a carriage galloped down the road, followed by thirty black-armored knights with fierce faces.

They followed around the carriage, sweeping around with a wary gaze.

Deng Yun, the envoy sent by the imperial court, sat in the carriage, looking at the dark sky outside, his eyes flashing with a faint light, and thinking about what he would face next.

"What the lords of the court mean is that Guo Sheng has a heavy army in his hands, and he is in an important place like Xiangyang City, so he can't move lightly for the time being, let alone cause a mutiny."

"We must give honor and favor and appease for the time being, but at the same time, we must also plant some nails in Xiangyang City, and when the time is ripe, we can start to secretly transfer this person's reputation away from Xiangyang."

"If he doesn't obey at that time, it will be disrespectful to the will, and naturally there is a way to clean it up."

"But now that the DPRK and China are in a dark position about the situation in Xiangyang City, my trip is very critical, and I must find out the specific situation of Xiangyang City as soon as possible."

"Li Buyi, who took the initiative to come up, would be a good chess piece......"

The carriage creaked forward, the scenery kept receding, and the coachman was still talking: "My lord, it has only rained here, and the road is relatively muddy, you sit tight." ”

As he was talking, Deng Yuntu's heart palpitated, and he only heard the sound of "poof", but it was a crossbow shot, and suddenly the carriage was hit by several arrows, and the frightened horses rushed forward with the coachman.

The coachman let out a terrible scream, and fell from the arrow.

The horse panicked, was shot by an iron arrow, and only galloped a dozen paces, just to the edge of the cliff, and suddenly fell down with a weak front hoof.

The whole carriage fell into the cliff with the carriage in tow.

"Enemy attack!"

The black-armored soldiers guarding the surroundings were startled and shouted loudly, but this wave of attacks came too suddenly, and the enemy's arrows were even more dense.

Seven or eight black-armored soldiers fell directly from their horses, moaning in pain, and some even fell to the ground with a whimper.

However, those who attacked had already planned, and after a rain of arrows, they saw nearly 100 people rising from the grass and trees on the side and rushing towards the carriage where Deng Yun was.

The black-armored soldiers who were guarding the side didn't care about their injured and fallen companions, pulled out the long knives at their waists, and pounced on them.

The two sides suddenly collided extremely fiercely, and from time to time there were screams, and one after another corpses fell to the ground, scarlet blood flowing on the ground.

Deng Yun rolled out of the carriage and fell to the ground, although he was frightened and bruised, he was fine, and did not fall into the cliff.

For the rest of his life, he was almost out of breath with fright, and hurriedly and carefully hid behind a big rock, and only after a long time did he dare to look outside secretly.

Not far ahead, I saw the corpse of the coachman, bleeding all over the ground, only the body with the heat was still convulsing.

"Kill!"

Those who ambushed were all dressed in black, formed a knife formation, and pounced straight up, spilling out a sword light like thunder.

only heard the sound of "poof", and suddenly two black-armored soldiers let out a miserable scream, and they were directly hacked to death by random knives.

"Ahh

Almost at the same time, the other three black-armored soldiers were also directly pierced through the throat with spears, and threw themselves on the ground, killing them instantly.

"Kill them all!" The black-clothed man at the head shouted loudly.

By this time, less than ten of the soldiers guarding Deng Yun had died.

Those black-clothed people pounced, their swords flashing, containing killing intent and making people frightened, obviously they were all carefully selected and decisive elites.

Bang dang! Bang dang! Bang dang!

After a fierce collision of weapons, there was a continuous sound of "poof", and five corpses were suddenly slashed, and blood flowed out one after another, staining the land red.

Deng Yun hid behind the fallen boulder, and when he saw that his own soldiers who were guarding him were almost dead, his heart suddenly pounded wildly, and he felt extremely frightened.

"These people are too bold, they are simply lawless, and even the angels of the court dare to intercept and kill, it is really ...... It's really ......."

His voice was almost squeezed out of his throat, extremely sharp, and there was a panic and fear that could not be concealed.

At this moment, another soldier screamed and fell out, and his head was directly split into a gap, and a trace of blood flowed out of the seven orifices, but he was killed instantly.

I saw a flash of the knife, and the last remaining person was pierced by the long knife, and a rain of blood came out of his chest, and the blood gushed out like a spring, and fell on the snow, and died tragically on the spot.

"I'm dying!"

When Deng Yun saw this, his body trembled.

However, at this moment, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded in the distance, which at first could only be heard from afar, but before long the whole ground began to shake, as if thousands of horses were galloping towards them.

The leader of the man in black looked into the distance, and suddenly shouted: "It's not good, it's Guo Sheng's army, let's withdraw quickly." ”

"But my lord, we haven't taken the head of the court lackey yet." A man in black on the side was a little unhappy when he heard this, and hurriedly shouted, "Let me cut off the head of the dog thief first." ”

The leader of the man in black waved his hand and said, "Don't bother any more, I saw clearly just now, the carriage rushed directly to the cliff with the dog thief, and in such a high place, this person will definitely have no bones." ”

"Let's not delay any longer, all our brothers will die a little later."

As soon as he finished saying this, he waved his hand and said in a stern tone: "Everyone, retreat immediately." ”

With his order, in just a few breaths, all the people in black walked cleanly, leaving only corpses and blood all over the ground.

It didn't take long for hundreds of iron horsemen to rush to the scene of the attack with the sound of horses' hooves like thunder.

The young general at the head shouted loudly: "Search for me immediately, and find the messenger no matter what." ”

"If something happens to the Emissary, all of us will lose our heads."

Deng Yun hid behind the big rock, and didn't dare to go out, but after listening to a few words secretly, he found that these people were indeed here to protect him, so he ran out from behind the big rock.

"This general, this general, I am the envoy of the imperial court...... I am here...... It's me......"

When the young general heard this, he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and saluted respectfully: "I have seen the envoy of my lordship, but I am a step too late and have frightened my lordship." ”

"It's not too late, it's not too late, you've arrived just in time, and if it's a quarter of the night, I'm afraid my head will be ruined." Deng Yun still had palpitations until now, and held the young general's hand tightly, for fear that he would be left behind.

"Your Excellency Envoy, General Guo received a secret report that someone was going to be unfavorable to your lordship, so he immediately sent me and others to rescue you, but unfortunately I was still a step too late, so that my lord almost encountered a disaster."

The young general said in a solemn tone: "Now I don't know if there is still an enemy lurking, my lord, it is better to return to Xiangyang City with me as soon as possible, and you can go to the General's Mansion before dusk today." ”

"Lord Guo has already arranged everything."

Deng Yun had already been frightened at this time, where could he have other opinions, and said in a loud voice: "Okay, okay, just do it, let's go to the General's Mansion." ”

A look of contempt flashed in the young general's eyes, but there was no sign on his face, and he still said in a respectful tone: "We will escort the adults back to the city." ”

When I went all the way, I arrived at Xiangyang City in the afternoon.

At this time, it was close to dusk, and the entire Xiangyang City was shrouded in a gray sky, and at this time, Guo Sheng took all the officials in the city to greet him.

Since it was a little dark, the officers and officials had been sent to light lanterns, and dozens of messengers were waiting in a row.

After calming down along the way, Deng Yun had gradually overcome his previous fears at this time, and when he saw these officials and soldiers in front of him, he began to put up the shelf and bearing of the envoy.

"I am tired of Lord Guo and all of you coming to greet you."

Guo Sheng took the initiative to take a step forward and said with a smile: "These are all things that the lower officials should do, my lord, please go to the yamen, the reception feast has been prepared." ”

Deng Yun nodded, with a satisfied smile on his face, but in a blink of an eye: "It's okay, it's late, let's go into the city together!" ”

"Please come with me, sir." Guo Sheng personally led the way, and everyone followed, and Yuguan entered the city.

After a while, everyone arrived at the Yamen, although it was almost night, but because it was the arrival of the imperial court envoy, all the officials in the entire Xiangyang City were absent.

Walked into the main hall and walked into the yamen, where there were already a lot of banquets.

The first one is Deng Yun's seat.

The food served at the banquet was very good, Deng Yun sat down, and saw that Guo Sheng and the officials were all officially saluting again.

Deng Yun smiled immediately: "Don't be polite, you will bother you adults later!" ”

This meal, with the cooperation of both parties, was quite comfortable, and after the banquet, everyone was satisfied.

At the end of the banquet, Deng Yun took the initiative to speak: "It's getting late today, wait until tomorrow morning, prepare the incense case, and then I will read the holy decree." ”

Guo Sheng said solemnly: "The envoy can rest assured, the lower officials are all ready. ”

"This is a private party, Lord Guo doesn't need to be so polite, haha......" Although Deng Yun said so, he was obviously very satisfied with the other party's attitude.

At this time, he glanced at it and said casually: "Why don't you see Master Li Buyi?" ”

Guo Sheng asked in surprise: "Could it be that the reputation of Lord Li Buyi has spread to the capital?" Even the messenger knew him. ”

When Deng Yun heard this, he coughed deliberately and said: "Some time ago, the Mongolian army besieged Xiangyang, and Lord Guo and Master Li jointly guarded Xiangyang City and protected the safety of the people. ”

"These deeds are well known, and even the saints have praised them, so I am a little curious."

"It's just that I don't know why I don't see Master Li Buyi appear?"

Guo Sheng sighed and said, "The envoy doesn't know that just last night, there were some riots in Xiangyang. ”

"Thieves set fire to my general's palace, and assassins have killed them."

"If it weren't for a few powerful guards around me, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to come to meet my lord."

"I also didn't know until dawn that Master Li was also assassinated, he was originally a literati, and how could he withstand the sword soldiers."

Speaking of this, he looked a little gloomy, and said in a low tone: "Buyi he...... He has already suffered misfortune...... ...... killed"

When Deng Yun heard this, his heart trembled, and he suddenly felt a chill in his spine.

It was only after half that he came to his senses, and suddenly said: "If it's too late today, why don't I wait here today and get together another day?" ”

The officials under the hall looked at each other, but they didn't dare to disobey, and they just retreated at the moment.

Guo Sheng stayed at the end and said, "Your Excellency, I have already arranged the courtyard and servants for you. ”

Deng Yun reluctantly smiled and thanked him.

After Guo Sheng also left, he let out a long breath, looking a little worried.

Since coming to the Xiangyang realm, everything has not been smooth, first he was robbed and killed, and even Li Buyi died.

The cronies who followed him also died cleanly, and there was not even a single person under him who could be used.

Under such circumstances, how to do a good job of the errands assigned by the adults of the DPRK and China.

"It's hard!"

A look of hesitation flashed on his face, in fact, this time when he came to Xiangyang, in addition to the guards on the bright side and the dark line of Li Buyi, an adult also gave him an extremely secret force.

But the adult repeatedly explained before the trip that if it wasn't for the urgency of 100,000, it must not be used, once these people were used, they would be completely exposed, and then they would fall under the noses of Guo Sheng's people.

"But now, I don't even have anyone available in my hands, even Li Buyi is dead, if the holy decree is read like this, who will check and balance Guo Sheng in the future."

He couldn't think of a way, and he couldn't sleep all night.

When it was dawn the next day, a maid came to wait for him to change his clothes, and when she saw that he was haggard and his pupils were bloodshot, she was immediately startled, and hurriedly asked, "My lord, what's the matter?" Could it be that he is sick? ”

After Deng Yun heard the word sick, he suddenly had an idea, pretending to be weak, and said in a weak tone: "I feel a little uncomfortable, you guys go out first!" ”

Soon the news spread, and Guo Sheng quickly received the news.

"The Emissary is sick?" Guo Sheng's face showed a smile of unknown meaning.

His henchmen replied: "My subordinates have arranged for the doctor to go and see it, saying that the adult was assassinated on the way, frightened, and needs to recuperate for a while. ”

Guo Sheng said noncommittally: "What do you think? ”

Without hesitation, the Lord said, "This must be a delaying tactic by our envoy. ”

Guo Sheng nodded, "He's a little smart, since he wants to get sick, then get sick, I can't take care of him for the time being." ”

"According to my previous instructions, you go to give heavy gifts and women every day, and his every move must be monitored, as long as it does not harm our affairs, stabilize him for the time being."

After everything was arranged, Guo Sheng turned around and passed through several twists and turns of the corridor in a row, and arrived at an extremely hidden courtyard.

Guo Sheng stood outside the courtyard and didn't go in, but just bowed down and said, "My subordinates meet Madame." ”

(End of chapter)