Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Yellow Sparrow, the Praying Mantis, and the Cicada
Qiu Guanbei glanced at Zhao Hanting, the second master, and thought to himself that this guy who was blinded by power and had no courage and no strategy seemed to have completely obeyed Luo Lang's words and was hopeless, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
He nodded to Xu Du and commanded, "Open it." ”
Xu Du and three other brothers opened the pitch-black wooden box.
There was no one Luo Lang expected.
Empty.
Zhao Hanting glared at Luo Lang angrily, and then shouted, "Get out." ”
Qiu Guanbei breathed a sigh of relief and said goodbye to the second master.
Xu Du and the others left after carrying the empty black wooden box again.
After Qiu Guanbei walked away, Zhao Hanting retracted his gaze and turned to look at Liu Xuance's study, where the lights and candles were still on.
He waved his hand.
More than 30 brothers who were lying in ambush around the cottage gathered from all directions. Holding firewood soaked in fire oil, they cautiously approached the study.
Piles of firewood were piled around the row of houses.
Dozens of brothers surrounded the study with weapons in their hands and stepped back.
Luo Lang walked out from behind Zhao Hanting and threw the torch in his hand with all his might...... The fireworks arced in the night, igniting all the wood soaked in the oil.
The row of houses where the village owner Liu Xuance studied was suddenly surrounded by fire.
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"Stupid!"
In the dark night, on a small hill somewhere at the foot of the nameless mountain covered with heavy snow, the Taoist boy who had inherited the old sacrificial wine Nan Huaizi looked at the two hundred soldiers waiting in front of him, and couldn't help but reprimand angrily in his heart.
I was afraid that the eldest prince Su Jieyu would take action because of the matter of looking for Fanglou, so not long ago, he asked the dean in the Tianquan Academy, who was also Su Jieyu's former Taoist teacher, to enter the house to dissuade him, but he never thought that it would be useless.
Su Xie promised on the surface, but secretly he was still planning.
Knowing that Dali Temple was ordered to investigate the assassination case, what is the difference between setting fire to the body at such a sensitive time? Not to mention that this is the capital of heaven, not the Southern Dynasty, and there is a place where you can reach out and take the lessons of the past as a warning, will Your Majesty and the Sect Leader Shenque still let Su Hanshan be assassinated?
From the moment he entered Tiandu City, I am afraid that there were already inseparable masters secretly guarding the Nine Emperor Princes!
Ten thousand steps back, if it comes to fruition and the Nine Emperor Princes die in the civil strife in the cottage, then the matter will end here, even if Your Majesty investigates, he will not suspect Su Xie Yu for a while.
But if the Nine Emperors died in the soldiers and horses of Mu Chengfeng and Zhuo Buqun to suppress bandits, even if the division was famous, and afterwards blamed Su Hanshan's death in the internal dispute of the cottage, could he hide from the world and cross the sea to clear the suspicion?
How stupid this coincidence!
The eldest prince, Su Jieyu, pretends to be smart, but he doesn't know that it is a superfluous move to encircle the mountains and suppress bandits!
Ward off evil spirits and meditate.
At this point, no amount of resentment will help.
If the two hundred soldiers and armor were allowed to retreat quietly and return in vain, it would be suspicious. Now that the arrow is on the string, I have to go on hard.
The only way to save the Nine Emperors, whether they live or die, is to make tonight's events a real bandit.
For this, he needs witnesses.
"If you take me, go to the Zhongshan Shendao Camp to see the general quickly, and be sure to let General Yunlu Gu Changting lead the troops to help the army suppress the bandits. ”
Among the several masters who were sent by the Seven Princes with the evil spirit, a figure quietly left.
The unequaled poison man sighed in his heart.
In a short period of time, the only way he could think of a response was Gu Changting.
Gu Changting, who had a meritorious escort to the Nine Emperor Princes in the north, knew that he was already a person from Su Hanshan at the moment when His Majesty gave General Yunlu the title of General Yunlu.
Since it is the old subordinate of the Nine Emperor Princes, there is absolutely no possibility of deliberately murdering the master.
Gu Changting and the Ministry of War joined forces to suppress the bandits, whether Su Hanshan lived or died, at least he could dispel some of His Majesty's suspicions and put the matter on the level of civil strife in the cottage.
But will things be so simple tonight?
He thought.
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Miyagi Higashiri Mansion.
The fourth prince, Su Yunchan, stood with his hands in his hands, looked at the chrysanthemums in the snow in the garden with a faint light, and said calmly: "The matter is true?"
The personal maid Xie Hongjian said, "Yes, son." ”
Su Yunchan said with emotion: "My ninth brother is really full of disasters. ”
Xie Hongjian looked at Su Yunchan's back and asked, "Do you need a slave to make a move?"
Su Yunchan thought for a moment: "Although I have always been self-cultivation and closed doors, and I don't care about everything in the palace, but as an elder brother, I can't just watch my siblings being assassinated and be indifferent!"
"You go out of the city, take Na Luo Lang and Feng Songhan, and then hand them over to my ninth brother to dispose of. Remember, don't let anyone see the flaws......"
"Childe rest assured. ”
Seeing the personal maid untie the red note and leave, Su Yunchan then also left the house.
Suddenly, the itch was unbearable, and he went to play chess with his father.
......
Outside the study of Liu Xuance in Qingfeng Village.
The second master, Zhao Hanting and Luo Lang, waited for a while, and the fire was about to overflow the eaves, and there was still no movement in the room.
Even the three shadows in the lamp and candle remained motionless from beginning to end.
It's anxious.
Feng Songhan, who was holding the Qiutang knife on the sentry tower, jumped down from a height, and then in the sight of Luo Lang, Zhao Hanting and others, he rushed into the fire and kicked open the door of the study.
It didn't take long for Feng Songhan to throw out three figures from the study.
Those were three brothers who had passed out.
Looking at the three people who were not awake on the snow, Zhao Hanting, who was still confused, asked, "What's the matter?"
Feng Song's cold body was as fast as the wind, and he rushed out of the study.
He patted the dust on his body and said with a sneer: "The golden cicada is out of its shell." ”
Luo Lang suddenly remembered the hatred of Guan Bei, the third master who had just left, and was angry: "Chase ...... for me"
A group of people chased in the direction of the descending mountain.
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In the room of Zhao Hanting, the second master of Qingfeng Village, Liu Xuance, the owner of the village, threw the clothes and skins off several people into the black wooden box, and then gently covered the wooden box.
Li Tianxia, the crown prince of the Southern Dynasty, stood guard at the door, always paying attention to the movements outside. After vaguely hearing the chaotic footsteps fading away, he finally couldn't help but admire and said: "The disguise technique of the lord of Liuzhai is simply superb, if it were me, I am afraid I wouldn't be able to see any flaws." ”
Su Hanshan deeply agreed.
The golden cicada shelling meter, the finishing touch lies in the two wooden boxes.
If you just walk in front of Zhao Hanting and the others by virtue of Yi Rong, it may make people suspicious. But it is another matter to divert the attention from the wooden box, who would have thought that the golden cicada that has shed its shell is among the people carrying the wooden box?
Su Hanshan hugged his fists and thanked: "This time I really want to thank the owner of the village for saving me." ”
Liu Xuance said with a smile: "Your Highness is serious, why am I not saving myself?"
Su Hanshan smiled but did not speak.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, Li Tianxia looked vigilantly, and saw that Qiu Guanbei and Xu Du, who had gone to explore the way, had returned, so he cautiously opened the door.
The two entered the room, and Liu Hance asked, "How?"
Qiu Guanbei's face was solemn: "As expected by the owner of the village, there are officers and soldiers guarding the mountain. ”
Su Hanshan was stunned.
He remembered the inference of Liu Xuance, the owner of the village, who first provoked civil strife in the cottage, and then ambushed the soldiers at the foot of the mountain and killed everyone in the Qingfeng Village in the name of suppressing bandits......
The eldest emperor's brother, Su Jieyu, is it really so eager to take his life?