Chapter 17: The Great Feast

August 15 finally arrived, and when Xie Yang woke up in the morning, the entire courtyard was talking about the big things that were about to happen today. Xie Yang had eaten early, feeling extremely comfortable, and after a few days of cultivation, his knife wound had recovered amazingly, and he had healed. Today is August 15, and it is the happy day of the marriage of the king of Shu, it is a rare event in recent years, Song Wenyuan has an excellent reputation among the people of Chengdu, he made a marriage on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, for the people of Chengdu, it is a day of double happiness, every household is full of lights, waiting for the arrival of the moment when the king of Shu announces the marriage.

The dinner is scheduled to start after dusk, the location is in the Yonghe Palace, it is still early from dusk, Xie Yang wandered around in Chengdu, in fact, Chengdu gave him a deep impression, the people here are simple, the business here is developed, the transportation here is convenient, and the snacks here are even more unforgettable, if he is an ordinary person, he is likely to choose to live in Chengdu for a lifetime, he knows that he will leave Chengdu this time, he will not be able to come back for many years, and he may not be able to go into the North City to eat for the rest of his life.

The sun has not yet Luoshan, Xie Yang came to the Yonghe Hall early, the Yonghe Hall is the most eye-catching place in Chengdu today, after a while, the King of Shu will announce here again, the Song family and the Chang'an Hong family in Shu will marry, the Song family will enter the Central Plains, recreate the scenery of a hundred years ago.

Yonghe Hall is also under martial law, and a team of guards guards guard all the main roads, and only Chengtianmen is left to pass. Due to the notice of attending the dinner party earlier, no weapons are allowed to enter the banquet, and there must be an invitation from the Song family, Xie Yang was searched and entered the venue of the dinner.

The venue was set up in a grand setting because there were so many guests. Either the martial arts people who are famous in the Central Plains, or the business tycoons of the rich side, in order to feast the heroes, the venue is arranged in the square of the Yonghe Palace, and there are more than 100 tables and chairs alone, which is very spectacular.

In the center of the venue is a stage about three zhang high, with a square platform of five zhang in length and width, which must be the stage where Song Kui announced the results of the marriage, which is also the highest and most dazzling.

There have been a lot of martial arts people in the whole square, they all gathered together to talk about the world's major events, Xie Yang knew less about martial arts figures, so he could only sit in the corner, quietly waiting for the time to come. Xie Yang looked around the entire square, there was only one exit from Chengtianmen, if the Huangchao Group had any conspiracy, it was indeed not easy to do, as long as Chengtianmen was blocked, the Song family's army could easily execute everyone in the field, it seemed that Song Kui was indeed confident, not afraid of the enemy's conspiracy, this geographical location was too well chosen.

Xie Yang was pondering, and the dinner party began in front of everyone's eyes. First by the Song family's song and dance troupe performance program "Sichuan Army March", the general content of the song and dance is to praise the great achievements of the Sichuan army in the crusade against the Anshi Rebellion, Xie Yang said in his heart, no matter how cautious a person is, he may inadvertently reveal his thoughts, just a dance, you can see that Song Kui is indeed ambitious.

At the end of the dance, there was warm applause in the venue, and Song Kui finally appeared.

He was dressed in a red robe, and slowly walked up to the square platform, his tall and mighty image, with his dragon and tiger steps, but there was a kind of momentum in the world, he stood on the highest stage in the field, looked around and said, "Today is August 15, it is a festival for the people of the empire to celebrate reunion, Song first wishes everyone a happy holiday." Today is a day of double happiness for my Song family, Song Wenyuan, a son of the Song family, and Hong Ye, the eldest daughter of the Chang'an Hong family, officially married, thank you for coming to Chengdu to support the scene, I Song Kui drank three glasses here, and I salute all the heroes. ”

Song Kui's words spread to every corner of the square, and all the people present stood up and drank with Song Kui.

Xie Yang narrowed his eyes and found that many of the Song family's children did not attend the dinner, and Tian Gonggong's Chang'an people did not appear, Xie Yang said in his heart Song Kui was indeed very cautious.

Song Kui drank three cups and said, "Since Taizong, my Song family has always been appreciated by the saints, and they have been conscientious and conscientious in governing Sichuan and Shu for the country."

Everyone was puzzled, how could Song Kui say something that had nothing to do with the dinner. Song Kui paused and said, "My Song family has always been a resolute supporter of the royal family, and now the traitor Huang Chao is rebelling in the Central Plains, as a disciple of the Tang Dynasty, I have the obligation to kill the rebel and be loyal to the country. ”

The audience was in an uproar, this news was too shocking, until this time, many guests analyzed the matter behind the marriage, this marriage is obviously arranged by the saint today, and the marriage is used to force the Song family army to go out of the mountain to quell the rebellion, which is indeed a plan to kill two birds with one stone.

Song Kui proudly looked at the guests attending the dinner, and a sense of pride welled up in his heart, he finally had the opportunity to revive the prestige of the Song family. He drew an arrow from his sleeve and lit it with a torch, sending it flying into the air with a dazzling glow.

Suddenly, the whole Chengdu was lit with the sound of firecrackers, it turned out that the whole Chengdu was waiting for his order, the whole Chengdu was in his hands, he showed his hard power to all the people who attended the dinner, and the King of Shu was indeed worthy of his name.

Everyone toasted each other happily, and the dinner entered the climax.

Song Kui said, "Where is Xie Yang?"

Xie Yang said in his heart, it's finally time for a showdown, can he fool him.

Suddenly, Song Xuan didn't know where to run out, this Song Valve's second-in-command didn't seem to have the calmness and solemnity of the past, and quickly ran to Song Kui's side, whispering in his ear, did something happen?

Song Kui said loudly, "What?

Song Xuanzai also didn't care about the presence of the guests, and said, "Big brother, the Shu Wang's Mansion is on fire, the fire is very big, and now Tang Zhen is over there, I suspect that someone deliberately set it on fire." ”

Song Kui was indeed nervous when he heard about the fire, but in front of the guests, he couldn't lose his demeanor, and said, "Second brother, you quickly lead people to extinguish the fire, and you will be the one who presides over there."

Song Xuan didn't stop at all and left quickly.

Xie Yang said in his heart, Huangchao's evil group finally made a move, and he didn't expect it to be such a big battle as soon as he made a move, which really made Song Kui not expect it. Immediately said in his heart, it's not good, it may be a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, but Song Xuan has already left, I didn't see Song Wenyuan at the dinner, what is he doing!

Song Kui steadied himself and said, "Where is Xie Yang?"

Xie Yang walked to the bottom of the square platform and said, "What did the prince call me?"

Song Kui laughed and said, "The old man's ten-day period has arrived, and it's time for the virtuous nephew to give me an answer." ”

Xie Yang was just about to answer him, a familiar voice came into his ears, and he felt a huge shock in his heart, knowing who was coming, and what he was most worried about had happened.

"I can't think of the famous name of Song Kui, the king of Shu, but I can't imagine that I am old and confused, and make such a stupid choice." The audience was in an uproar again, and everyone wondered if this person was crazy.

Xie Yang turned around slowly, his eyes staring at the comer, the murderer who killed the sword master, the mysterious person of the Yellow Nest evil organization, where no one was standing.

Song Kui's eyes were firmly fixed on this humanist of unknown origin, "Who is here, report your name." ”

The mysterious man sneered, "My name is Datuk, I am the leader of the Yu League, and everyone who knows me calls me Datuk Venerable." ”

Song Kui had never heard such a strange name, and said, "Mr. Datuk blames the old man, please explain one or two." Song Kui was already angry, this person of unknown origin dared to touch his tiger might, and he would definitely be told to walk around without eating, but everything was under control, and he was not afraid of what tricks the enemy would play.

His Holiness Datuk sneered, "First, you have taken a fancy to this kid Xie Yang and want to accept him for your own use, but you don't even know his origin, so you dare to rashly recruit him."

Xie Yang's heart was shocked, knowing that this mysterious Dato's Venerable wanted to reveal the origin of his master, if Song Kui and other heroes of the world knew, he would definitely be unable to fly, and Yonghe Hall would be his burial place.

Sure enough, the Dato' Venerable said, "The so-called good and evil are not mutually exclusive, and the dignified King of Shu wants to associate with the heirs of the Huangtian faction, so don't you laugh at the big teeth of the same people in the rivers and lakes." ”

The whole square was quiet, Song Kui looked at Xie Yang with doubts and surprises, Huang Tiandao disappeared for sixty years, and the martial arts thought that they were defeated, and they didn't want to suddenly appear after sixty years, and it was this young man who had just become famous, it was unbelievable.

His Holiness Datuk also said, "Second, the Song clan favors Sichuan and Shu, and does not seek the people's livelihood, but they are willing to be the eagle dogs of the Tang Dynasty, and they want to use the power of Sichuan and Shu to crusade against the Chongtian general, which is really beyond their own strength." ”

This person said such a rebellious remark, so that the guests attending the dinner were all moved, you must know that the Huangchao Rebellion was only in the Central Plains generation. The people of Sichuan and Shu only hear their names, but they don't see them, the three places of Sichuan and Shu are still within the control of the Tang Dynasty, there is no war, there is no gunsmoke, and suddenly such a person appears, it is the person of Huangchao, how can it not be surprising.

Song Kui said lightly: "Xie Yang's matter will be talked about in the future, presumably Venerable Datuk is the organizer of the Huangchao Evil Alliance!

His Holiness Datuk smiled slightly, the smile was full of confidence and cruelty, and said, "The fire in the house of the King of Shu is very big! Everyone has gone to put out the fire, can you still control it here!"

Song Kui even laughed and said, "Can you deceive me Song Kui by just a small plan to divert the tiger from the mountain!

His Holiness Datuk was surprisingly not nervous, but smiled slightly and said, "People say that the King of Shu is extremely clever in swordsmanship, I don't know if you can play with me twice." Such blatant clamor made it clear that Song Kui was not taken seriously.

The Song family army surrounded the square, without Song Kui's orders, they would never be easy for Xie Yangsheng to leave here, what they were waiting for was Song Kui's order to attack.

Song Kui was surrounded by the Song family, he calmly glanced at the Datuk Venerable, and said, "The old man has not been with anyone for 20 years, and he is really lonely", his words revealed a strong confidence and pride, and the momentum of the world can be seen at a glance.

His Holiness Dato' said, "Then what are you waiting for. The deity's hands are tickling!"

Song Kui's sword was already presented by the guards, and Song Kui slowly pulled out the sword, and everyone knew that the battle between the two was imminent, and they all concentrated on it, waiting for this unparalleled battle.

The soldiers surrounding Song Kui left the square platform one after another, and Song Kui was the only one standing on the square platform.

Datuk Venerable slowly walked up to the square platform, he was surprisingly not nervous, and everyone was very puzzled by his attitude, and they couldn't guess what this arrogant Venerable Yumeng was thinking. In this place where the Song family covered the sky with one hand, he just came out like that, said something rebellious, and even more openly rebelled, without giving himself any leeway. Even if he wins the battle against Song Kui, facing thousands of Song family troops, and being blocked in the Yonghe Palace, there is absolutely no possibility of escaping, is he really not afraid of death!

The two top masters looked at it from afar, the eyes of the entire square were focused on the square platform in the center, Song Kui's sword was not unsheathed, as he said, everything in heaven and earth is integrated in the sword, and mastering a heaven and earth is equivalent to mastering the essence of the sword, he did not make the sword, try to make the square platform This space and his sword are fused, the sword is not out of the sheath, but it is more elusive than the sword out of the sheath.

His Holiness Datuk carried his hands behind his back, and after a battle with the sword master, although he was injured, he lost in skill, not in swordsmanship, he comprehended more of the essence of martial arts, this time he did not bring any weapons, only with his palms to face this master who has been famous for many years. He sensed the mystery of Song Kui's swordsmanship, which was the same as that of the sword master, but it was far from reaching the realm of the sword master, Datuk lowered his right hand, condensed a ball of true qi, and pushed forward fiercely.

Xie Yang was puzzled, could it be that the so-called Yumeng was so brainless. It is indeed a bit arrogant to use a small plan to deal with Song Kui, and he directly exposed himself to the forefront and forced him into a dead end.

Things will definitely not be so simple, this plan of destruction is full of loopholes, and it is impossible for Yumeng who infiltrated Chengdu to be just such two people, Xie Yang is now disregarding his own safety, trying to find the true purpose of the enemy's plan, and wanting to destroy the alliance of marriage, there are only two ways, one is to kill both sides of the marriage, this is obviously impossible, Hong Ye is far away in Chang'an, and Song Wenyuan is even more safe and unstoppable, the other way is to let the royal family be angry with Song Kui, so that the marriage is meaningless, let the royal family be angry with Song Kui, there is only one way, let Tian Gonggong die in Chengdu。

Xie Yang was shocked in his heart, the other party's personnel were not in order, except for the personnel who attacked the Shu Palace, the others must have gone to assassinate Tian Gonggong, such a plan is really vicious, Xie Yang must not allow this to happen, thinking that Hong Shan and Tian Gonggong and his party are together, it is extremely dangerous, he can't care about his dangerous situation, he must go to help.

Thinking of this, he looked around, looking for a route to break through, everyone's eyes were focused on the duel of the masters, he used the whirlwind footwork, naturally withdrew from the crowd, and ran towards the place where Tian Gonggong and his party were, and the surrounding guards saw that Xie Yang intended to escape, and all raised their spears, arranged in a straight line, and aimed at Xie Yang.

Xie Yang knows very well the power of these spearmen, they may not be Xie Yang's opponents when they fight alone, but they are soldiers, and what they pay attention to is to cooperate with killing, and their martial arts are actually no different from ordinary people in battlefield battles. Xie Yang said in his heart that he had to fight quickly, and it was a fool's dream to defeat all the soldiers. The only chance to escape is to disrupt the enemy's formation and force your way out by relying on your martial arts and strong physical skills. Thinking of this, Xie Yang rushed towards the spear team. As he had expected, spears stabbed at him.

Xie Yang rose up, and avoided the sharp stab, but he didn't dare to fall, because these spears would not be withdrawn at all, the spear is not an ordinary spear, with a curved hook on the spearhead, the soldiers directly pointed the hook upwards and swept upwards, if it was swept by the hook, at least a piece of meat should be ripped out, Xie Yang did not dare to be careless, and hurriedly used the whirlwind footwork, his body rushed up again, his left foot was on a grab pole, his body turned in the air, crossed the head of the first row of soldiers, and landed steadily, this soldier phalanx has three hundred people, if you can break through this phalanx, you can leave calmly。

Xie Yang fell into the phalanx, the soldiers in front and behind were holding spears, and stabbed again, Xie Yang squatted slightly, the spears were all pierced in the air, he didn't dare to stay, he was busy rolling on the spot, and the spears were all split at the place where he landed just now, Xie Yang had arrived in front of a soldier, the spearmen were not good at close combat, Xie Yang crashed into his arms, and directly knocked the spearmen unconscious, he took advantage of the situation to hold the spear, and made a circle of force, forcing all the attacking spearmen to retreat, but this is not a long-term plan, there are too many spearmen, if you continue to fight like this, not only can you not break through to save people, you will be tired to death here, you must make a decision。

Xie Yang turned over and jumped behind the spearman, and pointed at his three big holes, the spearman was already unable to move, Xie Yang held the spearman, probed his ribs with both hands, picked up the spear, and rushed forward again, this captain spearman obviously had not been on the battlefield, and could not cope with this sudden situation, he couldn't bear to stab the spear at his comrades, Xie Yang took the opportunity to run, the spearmen gave way one after another, and rushed out more than ten zhang in an instant, the captain of the spear team saw that the situation was not good, and shouted, "Don't have any worries, block and kill!"

The spearman had no worries, the spear came back and forth, Xie Yang repeated his old trick, kicked the restrained spearman to the crowd blocking in front, and at the same time unlocked his acupoint, the subdued spearman's acupoint was untied, and when he saw his own spear stabbing towards him, he hurriedly dodged to the side. The spear in his hand still went out, and all the spearmen immediately went into chaos, neither stabbing nor stabbing, Xie Yang took this opportunity to kick a breath of true qi, cast a whirlwind footwork, and rose into the air, so that the toes were on the left shoulder of the out-of-control spearmen, and with this power, they crossed all the spear teams, and the spearmen who were stepped on pounced on many comrades, and suddenly became a mess, Xie Yang did not look back, and ran forward at an accelerated pace, and finally broke through.

With the memory of entering the palace twice, Xie Yang quickly arrived outside the courtyard of Grandpa Tian. The courtyard was quiet, except for the guards on duty, there was no one, Xie Yang turned over and entered the hospital, and walked out of the window gently, the figure in the room was reflected in the window, Xie Yang did not move, he secretly thought, did he guess wrong, the other party's purpose was not Tian's father-in-law!

There were other people in the house, only to listen to Tian Gong's fair words, "Wenyuan! This morning, I received a secret order from the saint, after you get married, let you be the general of the Sichuan military camp, you can lead 100,000 troops, and at the same time be crowned as the Marquis of Wuyi, the fief Mianyang, the daughter of Dr. Hong has been named the lord of Huai'an, and my father-in-law congratulates you in advance." ”

Song Wenyuan said happily, "Thank you for the love of my father-in-law, my father and son are willing to be loyal to the saint forever and serve the Tang Empire." ”

Father-in-law Tian smiled and said, "Father-in-law has no ability, it's not that your father and son have relied on their reputation, but you also have to recognize your identity, the Song family is a prominent clan in Shu, after the famous family, you can no longer deal with the reckless people in the rivers and lakes, my father-in-law heard that you are very close to the cold door Xie Yang, this is a big taboo, the saint doesn't like these Jianghu martial arts people, they don't learn business and trade one by one, they go to study what martial arts are unique, what's the use, in the end they all become the general traitors of Huangchao."

"Haha," a burst of wild laughter came from the other side of the room, "If the emperor doesn't like martial arts practitioners so much, it's better to kill them all, Gonggong Tian understands the saint's mind so well, does he want to kill people instead of the emperor!"

Xie Yang was shocked in his heart, the martial arts of the person who came were very skillful, and he didn't know when he approached the house, and he obviously used true qi in the gloomy laughter, so that the laughter seemed to sound directly in his heart's ears, just like Mo Tailai's flicking knife into the secret.

Xie Yang became curious and secretly went back and forth.

The mysterious comer, dressed in black, with a straight body, although he couldn't see his face clearly, he could also see that it was a very old man, he gently pushed open the door, and walked into the room as if no one was around.

At the same time, Xie Yang found that there was not only one person who came, but at least more than ten people on the other side, their steps were brisk, and they made a slight sound of clothes while running, and the guards around the courtyard fell silently, showing that they had been hit by a hidden weapon.

Gonggong Tian and Song Wenyuan were even more surprised, they had already prepared today, and carried out heavy military arrangements in the two places of Shu Wangfu and Yonghe Palace, and even controlled all the martial arts people who participated in the dinner in the banquet square, I don't know where such a powerful martial arts master appeared.

Tian Gonggong was already trembling with fright when he saw the visitor, he grew up in the palace since he was a child, he had used countless tricks to conspire and kill people, he had witnessed all kinds of killings, living in such an environment, of course he knew what this mysterious stranger was here for. Hurriedly shouted, "Someone, there's an assassin!"

Rao is Song Wen was not surprised from afar, he calmly looked at this black-clothed comer, and said, "I don't know what Your Excellency is called!" Song Wenyuan knew that since the other party had come here without fear, he must have been confident, and the guards outside him must have been killed.

The man in black looked at Father-in-law Tian, who was already frightened, and then looked at Song Wenyuan and said, "If it's really a tiger father without a dog, he is still so calm at this moment, but don't expect someone to come to the rescue, haha." Tell me what's the matter, I'm in a quiet villa."

Song Wenyuan was secretly shocked in his heart, Lu Li's name resounded throughout the Central Plains, and there were already rumors that Youran Villa had joined the Huangchao faction, which seemed to be a fact. Since Lu Li said that there was no one to save him, his father must have been in big trouble, and he regretted not listening to Xie Yang's persuasion and making more arrangements, and now, he can only rely on himself to save the day, he said loudly, "It turned out to be the owner of Lu Zhuang, and today, we don't need to hide it, so please draw the next line!"