Chapter 1: Assassination
It is said that the whole world is not the king's land, but there is also a place in this world that even the current emperor can't control, this place is called Mingyue City. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info since the beginning of history, the city has no daylight, only a huge full moon hanging high in the sky, so it is called the bright moon city.
If you want to ask why there is never daylight in Bright Moon City, maybe no one in this world can answer. The world is so big, and the strange phenomenon of Bright Moon City is like a cold plum in winter, which is still in full bloom even if it is invaded by wind and snow. No one can explain why Bright Moon City is so strange, and no one can change it, because Bright Moon City has been doing its own thing for nine hundred years, and it still hasn't changed the position of Bright Moon in the sky for anyone.
Three hundred years ago, the emperor of the previous dynasty passed by here, because he thought that Mingyue City was strange and had injured the dragon vein, and tried to destroy Mingyue City with three armies. But who would have thought that when the emperor of the previous dynasty mobilized 300,000 troops from the capital division to attack Mingyue City, he didn't even touch the city gate, and the 300,000 troops disappeared in an instant fifty miles away from Mingyue City. Faced with the scene in front of him, the emperor of the former dynasty immediately collapsed on the ground in fright, and then fled back to Beijing, fell seriously ill the next day, and died on the dragon couch not long after.
Since then, no one has dared to fight the idea of Mingyue City. As for how the 300,000 army disappeared, no one can answer this question after the death of the emperor of the previous dynasty. Some speculate that the city is guarded by the gods, while others speculate that the city was cursed by demons.
Because this place is really evil enough, even if Mingyue City is still located within the borders, no one in the Manchu Dynasty is willing to admit that Mingyue City is a national city, and the people of Mingyue City are not welcomed.
As a result, Bright Moon City became more and more isolated, and eventually gradually forced to form a new small dynasty, and began to exist quietly.
Until one day, the lady of the city lord of Bright Moon City gave birth to a baby boy, and the fate of Bright Moon City began to be turned upside down.
This baby boy's name is Xia Chengfeng, and this person will be the future city lord of Bright Moon City.
Spring goes to autumn, twenty years have passed in a blink of an eye, Xia Chengfeng has grown into a talent, and the jade tree is in the wind. At Xia Chengfeng's twentieth birthday banquet, after Xia Chengfeng had three rounds of drinking, an arrogant idea suddenly flashed in his mind.
"What's the point of just defending this city, since the 300,000 troops of the Datong Dynasty can't conquer Mingyue City, it's better to send us to the Northern Expedition and go straight to the Beijing Division, and the Central Plains will definitely change hands. ”
After hearing this, his father shook his head and said: "If it is so easy to destroy the Datong Dynasty, why should I wait for you to admonish you? Since the emperor of the former Datong Dynasty led the army to the south and returned from defeat three hundred years ago, our dynasty and the Datong dynasty have been incompatible for hundreds of years. It's just that our dynasty has the blessing of the gods, and the army of the Tongchao has not been able to attack for a long time. However, the momentum of the Tong Dynasty is great, and although it cannot conquer our Dynasty, it is difficult to compete with it with the strength of our Dynasty alone. ”
How could a newborn calf not be afraid of tigers, and after his lofty ambitions were poured a basin of cold water by his father, Xia Chengfeng didn't take it seriously. If you can't win the war, then you can think of other ways. After Xia Chengfeng returned to the room, he thought about it and really let him come up with a solution.
Since you can't fight a war in the open, let's play assassination!
The next day, Xia Chengfeng held a banquet on Mingyue Terrace and secretly convened the first masters of the seven schools of gunfighting, boxing, stick, concealment, knife, internal strength, and qigong in Mingyue City to discuss the battle plan. After everyone arrived, Xia Chengfeng got straight to the point and said: "Please come here today, this king is only for one thing." Do you know what's going on?"
"If there is anything in this world that requires the seven of us, then it must be a great trouble. The first secret weapon master of Bright Moon City said, "Young City Lord, could it be that you are in some big trouble?"
"However, what trouble can't be solved by the Xia City Lord?" continued, the first spear master in Bright Moon City.
Xia Chengfeng hurriedly said: "This matter is not trivial, but I must not let my father know." ”
"Yo, this is fresh!" the first qigong master of Mingyue City said curiously, "Young City Lord, dare to ask what is going on?"
Xia Chengfeng paused, turned around and looked up at Mingyue and said, "This king wants to ask you to assassinate the current emperor of the Datong Dynasty!"
As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked.
"Young City Lord, are you crazy?" The first sword master of Bright Moon City squirted out the thirty-year-old daughter red that had just entered.
"Young City Lord, this is not a trivial matter. The No. 1 internal skill master of Mingyue City stroked the white beard on his chin, "This is a deadly job." ”
Xia Chengfeng said: "This king naturally knows that this matter is not easy, but when did you do not lick blood from the knife edge?"
Everyone put down the bamboo chopsticks and remained silent.
"The price is going to be very right. Xia Chengfeng added.
"If so, we may reassess the risks of this trip. "Bright Moon City's first boxing master.
"One hundred million. Xia Chengfeng said, "After the matter is completed, another 100 million." ”
"Silver?" said the first stick master of Bright Moon City tentatively,
"Gold!" Xia Chengfeng said sonorously word by word, "Everyone has a share!"
"Young City Lord is arrogant!" Bright Moon City's No. 1 Internal Strength Master laughed, "This matter is not impossible. ”
The first sword master of Bright Moon City received: "Just if it fails?"
"If you don't go back on this trip, this king will give a generous burial, seal the bright moon, and your wife and children will be supported by this king, you don't have to worry. If the assassination fails, the two dynasties will go to war, and the king will be fully responsible, and he will not endanger your family. ”
"If this happens, it will be regarded as serving the country. The old man is willing to go!" Bright Moon City's No. 1 internal skill master agreed.
The other six masters also agreed: "I'm willing to go!"
"Very good, very good!" Xia Chengfeng filled the wine, got up and raised his glass and laughed: "This king has all of you, why worry about the immortality of the dynasty!"
After drinking, Xia Chengfeng summoned the wine waiter, and the wine waiter brought a mountain of gold. When everyone saw the mountains of gold, they laughed and drank excitedly all night.
The next day, after the seven No. 1 masters had each placed the gold, they left Bright Moon City in seven ways.
After sending everyone away, Xia Chengfeng waited day and night for the news of the seven No. 1 masters. In addition to sending spies from Bright Moon City every day, Xia Chengfeng was not idle. Xia Chengfeng spent all day in the dormitory studying the map of the Tong Dynasty, pondering the countermeasures for conquering the Tong Dynasty.
A month later, a spy finally returned to Bright Moon City. Xia Chengfeng hurriedly summoned him into the hall: "How about the seven first masters?"
"Report to the young city lord, the number one internal strength master in Bright Moon City has died, and now there are only six other masters left!" reported the spies.
"What?, a master died in a month?" Xia Chengfeng fell on the chair with a butt: "Tell me quickly, how did he die?"
"According to the intelligence description, the first master of internal strength died at the hands of the abbot of Shaolin Temple Liao Chen!"
"Shaolin Temple?" Xia Chengfeng's face darkened, "This king asked him to assassinate the emperor of the Tong Dynasty, how did he provoke the abbot of Shaolin Temple?"
"According to the intelligence description, when the first master of internal strength assassinated the emperor of the Tong Dynasty, he happened to meet the emperor of the Tong Dynasty worshipping Buddha in the Shaolin Temple. In addition, squatting on the roof and not seeing the Shaolin abbot Liao Chen standing in the hall, the first master of internal strength flew down directly to be a set of 'sunset West Mountain palms', and was killed by the abbot Liao Chen who was hiding behind the stone pillar with a set of 'strong King Kong legs'. ”
After the spies finished reporting, Xia Chengfeng was so angry that he stomped his feet.
"Knowing that he was short-sighted, he came out to be a killer, and he was blind to this king with five thousand taels of gold!" Xia Chengfeng said hatefully.
Although one died, Xia Chengfeng still decided to continue to wait for the good news, after all, there were still six masters left.
Another month passed, and the second spy returned to Bright Moon City. As soon as this spy entered the city, he went straight to the Shaocheng Lord's Mansion.
"Express Express!" Xia Chengfeng was changing his clothes at this time, and as soon as he heard that a spy was coming, he hurried to the front hall without even having time to put on his clothes: "Hurry up and report, what is the news of the six masters?"
The spy knelt down and reported: "Report to the young city lord, the first boxing master in Mingyue City is dead, and now there are only five other masters left!"
"Grandma's mother-in-law!" Xia Chengfeng fell on the chair again, "What the hell is going on? It's only been a few days? Why did you die again?"
"Report to the young city lord, according to the intelligence description, the first boxing master died at the hands of Nangong Daoren, the head of Wudang!"
"Wudang?" Xia Chengfeng almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood: "This king told them to assassinate the emperor of the Tong Dynasty, why did they get into trouble with the head of Wudang again?"
"According to the intelligence description, it is said that when the first boxing master assassinated the emperor of the Tong Dynasty, he happened to meet the emperor of the Tong Dynasty on vacation in Wudang. In addition, the first boxing master picked the wrong tree in advance, and after being exposed, he went directly to the emperor of the Tong Dynasty is a set of 'five beast fists', who knew that he hit the mantis boxing, and gave Nangong Daoren a set of "Wudang Sword" to end his life. ”
"Is there a mistake, there will be no ambush?" Xia Chengfeng felt physically and mentally exhausted, "It's too unprofessional to come out and be a killer like this, right?"
"Young City Lord, in fact, this can't be blamed on the first boxing master. The spy explained, "Wudang Temple has been building a lot of construction in the past two years to expand the house, and the wood on the mountain has been cut down almost, and finally the first boxing master found a small tree to squat, who would have thought that after squatting for a while, the trunk would break, and a fall happened to fall in front of the emperor of the Tong Dynasty, in this case I had to bite the bullet." ”
"It's all waste!" Xia Chengfeng scolded, "Let him usually eat so fat, now it's good, it's a big thing for this king, he deserves to be finished!"
The young city lord was angry. The spy persuaded, "Aren't there still five masters left?
"All right, go down, let the king be quiet. After Xia Chengfeng sent away the spies, he thought about it: If the remaining five rice buckets are unreliable, the two dynasties will definitely start a war after the grass and snakes. Since there has been no movement on the side of the Tong Dynasty for two months, the Emperor of the Tong Dynasty must not know that the killer is sent by this king. In this way, this king has to send a more powerful professional killer to kill the emperor before he finds out!
So who should be sent?
Xia Chengfeng summoned the Martial Arts Alliance Master of Bright Moon City and asked, "Who is the most powerful killer in the city today?"
The leader of the martial arts alliance returned to his home and flipped through the martial arts master rankings of Mingyue City, and replied three days later: "In addition to the first master of the seven major schools of Mingyue City, there is only one person left in the top ten masters of the Mingyue City killer ranking who is still alive. ”
"Who is this man?"
"No. 1 in the Killer Ranking of Bright Moon City: Bright Moon Swordsman Ming Yue Cheng. ”