Chapter Eighty-Seven: Each Harbors a Ghost

"Mr. Gao, don't bother looking for your carriage. The big boss said in a deep voice in Mandarin with a strong Western accent, "You people who are guarding outside have been hung up by me at the head of the city." ”

Mr. Gao's eyes widened, his mouth open but he couldn't say a word. His legs trembled with fear, and he remained in a position to look out of the stone wall, not daring to move.

The Praetorian Guards looked at the big boss and drew the official knife at his waist with a brush.

More than a dozen official knives flashed with a penetrating cold light, aiming at the big boss's burly body like a brown bear.

"Quick...... Kill him for me!" said Mr. Gao, trembling and stammering.

The Praetorian Guards faced the big boss, and their bodies were a little too frightened to obey the call. They hesitated, but then went at him with a fierce attack.

The big boss coldly glanced at the dozen or so Praetorian Guards who had been killed, his face did not change, and his fierce eyes exuded a cold aura.

A soldier rushed in front of him first, did not dare to go up again, and directly slashed with his sword. The big boss did not dodge or dodge, took a step forward, stretched out his hand and grabbed his throat, the other arm was raised suddenly, and an upper elbow hit the soldier on the other side of the chin firmly, and then he simply swung a punch at the soldier in his hand, and the sound of two fists hitting the flesh made others startled.

Before everyone could come to their senses, the big boss threw away the half-dead soldier, and his nimble body stepped forward with an arrow, raised his leg and stomped on the knee of a soldier, and with a click, the soldier fell to his knees with a wail.

When the other soldiers saw this, they hurriedly raised their knives at him. The big boss was in danger, stepped back to the side, dodged a knife from the soldiers around him, and grabbed him with his backhand, the huge force made him powerless, and let the big boss take him to the front of everyone and block the knife.

Then the boss kicked him in the ass again, and the soldier threw himself at the crowd and fell together. The big boss followed, strode forward, reached out with both hands, easily broke the neck of one soldier, and swung his fist at another soldier, and with a bang, the soldier snorted and fell directly to the ground.

Before the other soldiers could fight back, he quickly stomped off one soldier's knee with another kick and kicked the next soldier with the other. With such a speed, these Praetorian Guards became lambs to be slaughtered, and he defeated them one after another with his bare hands.

The tall steward in front of the stone wall watched this scene in amazement, his legs trembling like a sieve, and he even forgot to escape.

Knock knock. The big punching bag fist of the big boss slammed into the bodies of the two soldiers, who spat blood from their mouths and collapsed weakly. After a while, the Praetorian Guards around the big boss fell to the ground.

He took a breath, slowly turned around, and quietly looked at the frightened Gao Guan.

Chang'an City.

Inside the palace of the King of Qi.

Fan Changlong, the secretary of the military department, changed into a purple official uniform, embroidered with snow-white cranes, and dragged a long ribbon on the ground. He stood in the welcoming hall located in the outermost part of the Qi Palace, silently looking out of the window, his eyes were misty, and he was playing with two expensive glass balls in his hands.

A guard bowed his head and hurriedly walked to his side from outside the hall, knelt down and saluted, and said, "My lord, the princes and princes are all asking to see him." ”

Fan Changlong pinched the ball in his hand and said in a deep voice, "Is it so fast?"

"Yes, my lord, do you want to announce him in?" asked the guard.

He lowered his head and looked, and the glass ball in his hand was shining with various colors.

"Let him in, he's coming for me. Fan Changlong sighed softly and said.

The guard answered and retreated. After a while, a chaotic sound of footsteps sounded outside the hall.

Fan Changlong turned around unhurriedly, and a middle-aged man in a wide brocade robe strode towards him.

He grinned and said, "Brother Qi Chuan, don't come unharmed." ”

Qi Chuan's long black hair was tied behind his head, he wore a silver crown on his head, and many ornaments were solemnly hung around his waist. His expression was a little anxious, and he hurriedly came to Fan Changlong, and said, "Lord Shangshu, I can be regarded as seeing you." ”

"Oh?" Fan Changlong narrowed his eyes and asked, "Old man, I've been waiting for Brother Qi for a long time. ”

Qi Chuan's forehead had several deep folds, and his eyes widened, deepening the forehead lines on his face.

"Lord Shangshu, do you know about the rebellion of the thugs in the Western Regions in Xijing Prefecture in recent days?" Qi Chuan asked him.

"Then how can you not know?" Fan Changlong said unhurriedly, "I heard that these people are going to rebel, and they have already captured the East Gate." ”

Qi Chuan's face was full of worry, and he said, "Master Fan, since you know about this, why don't you allow me to use troops?"

When Fan Changlong heard this, he forcibly opened his eyelids, showed a look of surprise, and said, "Brother Qi Chuan, this Xijing is also your territory, right? As a prince and king, you also have the responsibility of managing the security of various state capitals. In the next few days, the emperor is about to return from the summer resort, and he specially summoned all the princes to gather together, you don't want the emperor to come back and find that there is a rebellion in your territory, right?"

"But this ......" Qi Chuan choked for a while, not knowing what to say.

Seeing his anxious appearance, Fan Changlong laughed and said, "Brother Qi Chuan, don't worry, I naturally know it in my heart." When the emperor came back to the court meeting, I naturally used soldiers and horses to quell the chaos, and if it was not chaotic, Brother Qi Chuan didn't need to worry about it at all. ”

Qi Chuan saw that he was confident, so he had to sigh and agree.

North of Chang'an.

Fuxing official post.

Located between the summer resort and Chang'an City, the terrain is steep, surrounded by lofty mountains, sparse vegetation, and is plagued by wind and sand. The surrounding Gobi Mountains are stacked on top of each other, and perennial erosion has caused the Gobi Desert to form a variety of strangely shaped boulder hills, plus the sand and dust cover, not seeing the day, looking up as if it is a cave from hell.

The official post is located in the middle of a long river with bare cliffs on both sides, like a natural canyon. This place was specially used to transport armaments for the Zhenxi army guarding the frontier, and it was also a post station for the Zhenxi army to come to meet and escort the convoy of King Qi.

Yuan Wei took a few cronies around him alone and hurried to the official post. They were the vanguard of the convoy to explore the way, and at this time, many soldiers and horses of the Zhenxi Army were distributed around the official post early, and they were ready to fight.

As soon as they arrived at the gate of the official post, several heavily armed soldiers walked out of it quickly, saluted Yuan Wei's horse, and said loudly: "The last general has seen General Yuan. ”

Yuan Wei hurriedly jumped off the horse, didn't have time to greet him, and said with a stern expression: "Is everything ready?"

A middle-aged general with a weathered face in front of him said: "General, Zhang Shide, the captain of the cavalry battalion of the Zhenxi Army, is ready to lead the elite of eight hundred cavalry, and is ready to be sent by General Yuan at any time." ”

Yuan Wei frowned and looked up at the sky, the sky was cloudy at this time, and he couldn't see a trace of daylight clearly.

"Now, you take this. He took out a volume of documents from his arms and handed it to Zhang Shide.

Zhang Shide was stunned for a moment, took it, and Yuan Wei continued: "This is the decree just issued by the queen's mother, you immediately bring people back to convey, organize people and horses, and mobilize 50,000 Zhenxi troops to enter Chang'an with the emperor's convoy." ”

"What?" Zhang Shide was taken aback, and his words made him not react for a while.

Yuan Wei approached him, his expression was solemn, and he said in a low voice: "Don't leak the news, this edict is true, don't alarm the princes and kings, they should have already rushed to Chang'an." Get the brothers all ready, this is our chance. ”

Zhang Shide looked at him blankly, and it took a while to come back to his senses.

"The last will understand. The emperor has been traveling all the way, does he need to stay for a while?" he asked Yuan Wei.

Yuan Wei turned around, jumped on the horse again, and said: "There is no time, you are ready in the fastest way, bring your armaments, the rainy season is coming, the emperor must hurry up and return to Chang'an." ”

"Yes. Zhang Shide replied in a deep voice and knelt down to salute.

Yuan Wei pulled the horse's head and quickly left the post station with the group behind him.

In the sky above Chang'an City, the wind and clouds suddenly changed.

Inside the palace of the King of Qi.

Qi An writhed his bloated and fat body restlessly, and came to the high place of the palace anxiously. A moist cool breeze swept the ribbon around his waist, and he put his hands on the jade railing and looked into the distance.

After a long while, there was a sound of footsteps in the room behind him. Qi An hurriedly turned his head and looked impatiently.

The nurse walked towards him from the room, her steps were enchanting, and the charm was still there. She also held a tray with a box on it and a scroll of papers next to it.

Qi An's eyes lit up, and a happy expression appeared on his face. He couldn't wait to meet him, walked quickly to the nurse, and asked, "How?

The nurse lowered her head and said in a low voice, "Yes...... Your Highness, they promised to rebel under the banner of Lord Fan and stir up momentum......"

"Great. Qi An was immediately overjoyed, interrupted her, and said, "In this way, in a few days, when the emperor returns, the news of the New Party's instigation of bandits to rebel will spread throughout Chang'an." At that time, the new party will surely collapse!"

"It's just ......," said the nurse hesitantly, "that the messenger we sent has brought this back." ”

As she spoke, she handed the tray in her hand towards Qi An. Qi An was stunned for a moment, and his round head trembled as he looked at the rolls of papers on the tray and the boxes one by one.

He thought for a while, then reached out and took out the paperwork, spread it out and read it.

"What? How can this be reasonable, they actually want His Highness to exchange Xijing for this?" Qi An looked at the contents of the document and shouted, "Do they think this is what I can say? Fan Changlong didn't send troops to fight them, just to break my Praetorian Guard, and they still don't know what to do." If the princes from all over the country send troops to rehabilitate, which round will get the bandits alive. ”

As he spoke, he casually dropped the paperwork with a displeased expression and reached out to open the box on the tray.

As soon as the box was opened, Qi An's round-headed and big-eared head instantly turned red, his pupils widened suddenly, and his stomach was nauseous. He covered his mouth, trying to keep it from spitting it out.

In the box, lying quietly was the head of the head of the tall pipe, which was cooked, and was still steaming.