Chapter Eighty-Nine: Assassination (Well, thank you for reading)
The night of the imperial capital is still quiet, except for the Praetorian Guards patrolling back and forth, there is no figure in the imperial capital that enforces the curfew, and even the western market, which has always been rubbing shoulders, is also full of people, ticking horses' hooves on the bluestone slabs of the imperial capital, the crisp response breaks the tranquility of the imperial capital, and the sound of the horse's hooves and the friction of the armor pours out the murderous atmosphere of the night.
Several black shadows stood on the roof of a three-story house and observed the Wanbang Avenue leading all the way from the Daming Palace, different from the entire dark imperial capital, the Daming Palace was brightly lit at the moment, the Praetorian Guards patrolling back and forth, the eunuchs and palace maids who troted all the way, the officials in the palace office, waiting for their lord's carriage outside the Xuanwu Gate, and the guards of various families gathered together to tell the bitterness and bitterness.
"Taifu left the palace and quickly opened the palace door. An officer dressed as a Praetorian Guard held the royal token in his hand, and the Praetorian Guards on duty on the Xuanwu Gate hurriedly opened the palace gate, and the sound of the squeaky door lock breaking the silence of the night, as soon as the Xuanwu Gate opened, a team of Praetorian Guards rushed out of the gate, raised the antlers in front of the door, and hundreds of Praetorian Guards lined up to salute the eight carriages.
Hundreds of cavalry riding black war horses rushed out of the Xuanwu Gate to escort the luxuriously decorated carriage out of the doorway, while the officials who came out of the small door knelt on the ground and saluted the carriage, the eight horses are the royal family's dependence, and now only the Taifu Kong Ping and He Ling King He Muping of the current dynasty can bear this honor, especially when they enter and exit are escorted by the Imperial Praetorian Guards, and those who go in and out are the main gate, this honor is enough for these people to fight for a lifetime.
The hooves of hundreds of war horses knocked on the bluestone slab and made a clicking sound, Taifu Kongping sat in the carriage and closed his eyes to recuperate, and the wide carriage was full of books, as the Confucian leader of the entire Tianlong Empire, and also the head of the largest sect in the empire, the idea of reading sages and sages to serve the country since he was a child has long penetrated into Kong Ping's bones, thinking of the current form of the empire, Kong Ping also felt a feeling of no way to start, the world is declining, and Confucianism has also lost its original Confucianism.
The three men in black glanced at each other, two of them disappeared into the darkness, and it didn't take long for two groups of Praetorian Guards to appear on the road and walk towards Taifu's carriage one after the other, and hundreds of men in black also appeared on the roofs of the houses on the way through which the carriage must pass, and the man in black who had been following the carriage moved quickly.
"Who's in front, get out of the way!" Turning a street corner, the commander who led the team saw a group of Praetorian Guards in front of him with antlers on duty for a curfew, and the commander was stunned, and immediately stepped forward to get them to move the antlers.
The Praetorian Guards just glanced coldly at the commander who came over and didn't speak, and the Praetorian Guards under their command also stood there motionless. The commander was even more puzzled, the empire enforced a curfew, and he had never heard that the Praetorian Guards would block the way with horses in the middle of the night, and the faces of this group of people in front of him were not the White Dragon Praetorian Guard Legion enforcing the curfew tonight, how could they wear the robes of the Ice Dragon Praetorian Guard Legion.
"There are assassins, quickly return to the palace!" The commander instantly understood, and hurriedly waved the spear in his hand to command his subordinates to retreat, the soldiers who protected the Taifu carriage were stunned, and roared in unison, the two soldiers pulled out the arrows they carried, and the rest of the soldiers escorted the carriage and began to retreat.
With the exclamation of the commander, thousands of bows and crossbow arrows suddenly shot towards Taifu's carriage, and the two soldiers who were about to release the arrows were killed by the crossbow arrows on the spot, and hundreds of soldiers turned over and dismounted and took off the huge shields hanging on their horses and rushed to the carriage frantically.
"Shield array!" The commander who led the team jumped onto the carriage with a whoosh, and dialed the crossbow arrows with the spear in his hand, dozens of large shields blocked the carriage around the carriage with a bang, and the sound of the crossbow arrows hitting the big shield was like the sound of war drums in the sky, dozens of Praetorian Guards stuck their spears upside down on the ground to stabilize their figures, and the entire big shield was full of arrows, and the Praetorian Guards who came later were also crazy to build up a shield array layer by layer. Eight unprotected horses were shot to the ground, and hundreds of Janissary Assassins in front of them raised their spears and slashed at the carriage. ...,
"It's not good, it's poisonous!" the commander yelled and saw the two soldiers fall to the ground with their legs and feet convulsed, and the rest of the soldiers took the robes and cloaks draped behind them and hugged the corners of their mouths, only in this short moment, dozens of people fell to the ground screaming, and the commander grabbed the Taifu sitting in the carriage and covered the Taifu's mouth and nose with the cloak behind him.
"Taifu, I'm offended!" The commander blocked Kong Ping behind him, and backhanded the two black-clothed men who jumped on the shield, the two groups of Praetorian Guards in front of them had already exchanged fire, the purpose of this group must be a quick battle for a long time, and the other Praetorian Guard legions in the Beijing division would definitely rush to support, and the commander desperately urged his subordinates to pounce.
The unusually calm battlefield, there is no shouting and killing sound of the big war at all, one side does not dare to roar, and the other side does not dare to roar, as long as the mouth of this poisonous gas is confused faster, the Praetorian Guard, who has fallen dozens of brothers, quickly understood the evil nature of this poison, colorless and tasteless, and the speed of oral diffusion is unusually fast, and the nasal diffusion can at least support them to fight until the moment of zuihou.
"Who are they?" Although it was Kong Ping who assassinated, there was no fear on Kong Ping's face, standing behind the big shield and looking at the two groups of people who did not want to fight, any fluctuation of aura in the imperial capital could be detected, except for dozens of masters at this moment, the others were all ordinary soldiers, the only difference from the soldiers of the Praetorian Guard was their skills, they were unusually agile, and the knives and guns were all poisonous.
"Domination, I can't stand it, the brothers in the rear are also surrounded by people, there are their people everywhere, and our people are poisoned. A team commander crawled in front of the commander covered in blood, and just after speaking, he fell to the ground, the blood all over his body had turned black, and the commander looked around anxiously, why the Praetorian Guards of the curfew had not yet arrived.
"Taifu, I'll escort you away!" Without saying a word, the commander picked up a shield on the ground, and pulled out the war knife at his waist to block Kong Ping behind him.
"Poof!" Kong Ping spit out a mouthful of blood, but he didn't expect that the Haoran righteousness in his body could not withstand the erosion of this poison, and Kong Ping, who also wanted to protect the soldiers of the Praetorian Guard, just moved slightly, and the Haoran righteousness in his body felt that all the internal organs were shattered as if they had been bitten by insects.
"Protect Taifu!" The commander was startled, threw away the shield and weapon in his hand and carried Taifu behind him, dozens of soldiers who were relatively close to the big shield in their hands surrounded them in the center, and retreated towards a nearby alley, if something happened to Taifu, these Praetorian Guard soldiers could not get out of the way, and the family was likely to be affected, this commander really couldn't understand who risked being exterminated to assassinate Taifu.
"Ahhh
"Hmph, look where you're going!" The man in black blasted away the soldiers who surrounded him with several punches in a row, and the fists in his hands did not decrease, and several soldiers who were in front of the command were also hit by the comrades who flew over, and the surrounding area was already full of men in black, and the remaining Praetorian Guards were next to a wall and raised the giant shield in their hands to protect Kong Ping in it.
"Ahh
"Boom!" Several more Praetorian Guards lowered their huge shields and joined the ranks of bombarding the wall, the man in black sneered, stretched out his palm, turned into a fist, and blasted down at the remaining Praetorian Guards.
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