Chapter 4 Assassination of the King (Selling Treasure and Asking for a Monthly Pass)
The Western Xia Emperor Li Zunwei was more than 50 years old, he was diligent and studious when he was a teenager, and he had won the imperial examination of the Western Xia, and then had a smooth career all the way, commanding the military of the Western Xia, and holding great power, and finally launched a palace coup d'état to obtain the throne and became the eighth emperor of the Western Xia Kingdom.
From this brilliant resume, people may mistakenly think that this is a heroic figure, but in fact, like all the Western Xia emperors of this period, he is also a mediocre person, and the Western Xia at this time is like a terminally ill patient, even without the Mongol invasion, it will not last long.
Li Zunwei lived in Ling'an Temple, but did not bathe and fast, but continued to have fun with the concubines, these concubines were mixed in in men's clothes, and the monks of the temple just turned a blind eye and ignored it, anyway, after each prayer, the emperor ** will reward a large amount of property and land to the temple.
This is a means for the temple to collect money.
Li Zun's body has long been hollowed out by the wine, and he looks like an ordinary old man, since he became the emperor, he can't do without this arrogant and luxurious life, and he is especially excited in the meditation room, which is more interesting than in the palace, he feels that a temple should be built in the palace for him and his concubines to have fun.
In the courtyard outside the meditation room, in addition to the two hundred forbidden soldiers, there were also six masters of the Xixia Yipintang, these masters came from the Xixia martial arts, and there were two Buddhist monks among them.
Qu Feiyan passed by the courtyard dressed as a little monk, and wrote down the physical characteristics of these six people and the direction of the forbidden army's inspection, she couldn't enter the courtyard, and she couldn't tell which room the Western Xia Emperor lived in, but it didn't matter, Mei Chaofeng could judge Li Zunxuan's general location by listening.
Li Chengzhen and the people of Mingjiao gathered together to gather the information they had received, depicted Li Zunzhen's residence in the temple, and combined with the terrain of Ling'an Temple, worked out a route for attack and retreat.
Because the emperor wanted to pray in the Ling'an Temple, all the pilgrims in the temple were driven out, and they were in the stronghold of the Ming Sect at the moment.
Yang Kang pretended to listen carefully, but most of his attention was on the little monk, and he always felt that the little monk's attitude was strange, as if he had known him before.
Three years ago, he and Qu Feiyan had only been together for a total of half a day, and his impression of her had long been blurred, and Qu Feiyan's appearance at this time had changed a little, even Qian Qingjian might not be able to recognize it here.
His Royal Highness shook his head, and could only explain this strange feeling with his charm that even the little monk couldn't stop.
Mingjiao has dispatched dozens of good players for this operation, this is all the strength of Mingjiao near Xiping Mansion, it can be said that it is desperate, one of the young men named Fang Guangming attracted Yang Kang's attention, not only because the name is very interesting, but also because the young man's surname is Fang, Fang La's Fang.
And the old monk is called the crazy master, obviously just a nickname, it is said that the name of the layman has long been forgotten, holding an iron Zen staff in his hand, Yang Kang estimated that this Zen staff is at least fifty or sixty pounds or more, this old monk is not only light, but also has a lot of strength.
This crazy master is the apprentice grandchild of Deng Yuanjue, Baoguang Rulai, the national teacher under Fang La, Baoguang Rulai Deng Yuanjue has the courage of ten thousand people, and once fought with the flower monk Lu Zhishen for fifty rounds without winning or losing, and then the walker Wu Song stepped forward to help, and Lu Zhishen and Wu Song joined forces to kill Deng Yuanjue.
It can be seen from this that Deng Yuanjue's power, a set of crazy wands shocked the martial arts, and together with Fang La's Shi Bao, Li Tianyan, and Si Xingfang, he became the four major guardians of Manichaeism at that time.
This is where the nickname of the mad master comes from, and the mad wand method in his hands is no less than Deng Yuanjue.
The last one is the disciple of the mad master, the strange little monk, Yang Kang didn't inquire about the details of the little monk, it seems that the people in the Ming Sect don't know, or they know but don't want to reveal it.
Li Chengzhen did not have Yang Kang's curiosity, he put all his mind on this operation, which is related to the key to whether he can regain the imperial power, as long as he kills Li Zunzhen, he will contact the old department of his former father Li An'an, and start an incident in Xiping Mansion, ascend the throne and become emperor, at that time, the current crown prince Li Deren in Zhongxing Mansion is fighting against the Mongol army, and he has no time to take care of him, this is his opportunity.
He and Li Deren are cousins, but in front of the imperial power, even if it is his own father and son, he has no affection to talk about, not to mention that he also has the support of the Jin Kingdom, although His Royal Highness is unreliable, but it does represent the Great Jin Kingdom, this is the closest he is to the throne, and he must not be lost.
And they had taken counsel, and they rested and waited for the action of the evening.
As the prince of the Jin Kingdom, Yang Kang does not have to participate in this kind of dangerous action, Mei Chaofeng is just acting in the past, Yang Kang told Mei Chaofeng that once he encounters danger, it is the best policy.
After dinner, Li Chengzhen and the crazy master took their respective men and horses out of the medicinal herb shop, disguised themselves, and headed towards Ling'an Temple, leaving only Yang Kang and the strange little monk in the medicinal herb shop.
Walking the rivers and lakes, safety first.
His Royal Highness felt that staying in the medicinal herb shop was undoubtedly the safest place, but he didn't expect that the little monk who was not far from him had a hint of murder flashing in his eyes.
The mad master observed this prince of the Jin kingdom and confirmed the fact that Yang Kang did not know martial arts, and in this plan, Mingjiao not only had to kill the Western Xia Emperor Li Zunjiao, but also the Jin Emperor Wan Yan Kang, which was a double killing game.
At this time, Mei Chaofeng, the only master around Yang Kang, left, and Qu Feiyan's martial arts could easily kill a Jin prince who had no martial arts, Yang Kang didn't know that he was more dangerous than the Western Xia Emperor Li Zunxuan, and he was about to take out the information of Mingjiao from the mouth of the little monk, after all, a little monk could not have too much defense.
"Little master, it's okay left and right, why don't we chat. Yang Kang pretended to be amiable and said gently.
"What are you talking about?" Qu Feiyan said lightly.
The girl was thinking about whether to kill this enemy with a knife, or to catch him and interrogate him first, she wanted to find out the ins and outs of the incident three years ago, so that the golden prince knew whose hands he died, and then kill this person to worship her father's spirit in the sky.
"Bright top is fun, right?" Yang Kang said seductively.
"In the middle of nowhere, there's nothing fun in the middle of nowhere. The girl replied casually.
"Your sect leader's surname is Fang?" Yang Kang guessed.
"How do you know?" Qu Feiyan said in surprise.
"Isn't your Mingjiao the same as the Manichaeism of the past? After the failure of the sect leader Fang La's uprising, the Manichaeans fled to the Guangming Peak in the Western Regions and changed to Mingjiao. Yang Kangtan asked, "Are you still the Left and Right Light Messengers, the structure of the Four Great Guardian Dharma Kings, has the Five Elements Banner or anything come out?"
"You know too much. The girl said coldly.
Qu Feiyan suddenly shot out and lit Yang Kang's acupoint, knocked His Royal Highness to the ground, took out the rope that had been prepared to tie his hands and feet, turned him over, and put him in the corner.
"Hey, you don't have to do this, right? This is not a secret, it's martial arts common sense. Yang Kang protested dissatisfiedly.
"Wan Yankang, do you remember what happened in the tavern in Niujia Village three years ago?" Qu Feiyan took off the hat on his head, revealing his hair.
Li Chengzhen and the crazy master came to the vicinity of Ling'an Temple, they had already bought off a monk inside, the monk didn't know what they were going to do, but was just responsible for helping them open the door, the small door of the temple opened, they rushed in, and the last to enter the Xixia Yipintang master Li Chengzong killed the monk who opened the door with a knife.
The blood of the monk kicked off tonight's night of killing.
They marched quickly towards the residence of the Western Xia Emperor Li Zunwei, and they had to break into it with lightning speed, otherwise Li Zunhui might flee if they delayed time.
The sound of monks chanting sounded in the night, and it was the beginning of the prayer ceremony, for which the Western Xia Emperor Li Zunwei was not absurd, but prepared to rest early, and when he was about to fall asleep, there was a noise of footsteps outside, followed by shouts and killings.
Someone stabbed it!
He hurriedly got up and pulled out the sword hanging on the wall, he couldn't remember how many years he hadn't used a sword, five years ago, he led his troops to break into the palace of Zhongxing Mansion, and forced his cousin Li An'an to write an edict of abdication with a sharp sword, he became the new emperor of Western Xia, and he has not used a sword since.
Li Zunwei stared nervously at the door, the sound of killing was getting closer and closer, and his hands began to tremble, which made him realize that he was no longer the high-spirited general he was five years ago, but a timid Western Xia emperor.
The door of the meditation room opened, and a blind woman broke in, followed by a young face, Li Zunwei saw the shadow of his cousin Li An'an from this face, he knew who this person was, so his hands trembled more and more.
"Uncle Cousin, do you remember your little nephew?" said Li Chengzhen in a deep voice.
"You can't kill me, I'm ......"
Before Li Zunfeng finished speaking, Mei Chaofeng's hand had already been inserted into the heart of the Western Xia emperor, and the white bone claw directly penetrated Li Zunxuan's chest, and the Western Xia emperor died in anger, Mei Chaofeng was most annoyed by these people chirping crookedly before they died, not neat at all, it was better to kill them directly, and the whole world would be clean.
Li Chengzhen was a little depressed, he originally prepared a large number of words to crusade and denounce Li Zunzhen, to express his excitement about the success of revenge, but at this time there was no audience, he had to suffocate the words in his stomach, he had just seen the power of this blind woman, that is a real butcher who kills people without blinking.
Those hands can't be called human hands, but strong and strong iron, which can compete with the sword of the forbidden army, no wonder His Royal Highness the King of Jin dared to come to Western Xia to adventure with only this blind woman, this is a real peerless master, with this master by his side, where can the world go, Li Chengzhen is envious.
Yang Kang, who was envied by the prince of Western Xia, was in crisis, he looked at the girl in front of him and remembered what happened in Niujia Village three years ago. (To be continued.) )