Love Affairs in Chang’an Chapter 531: Intercept and kill

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In the evening, it was cloudy, and the dusk was vast.

In front of him was an endless forest. King Wu and Li Ke stood on a hillside and looked forward with his hands, frowning involuntarily.

It's midsummer and the weather is hot. The big forest shrouded in the twilight ahead was faintly foggy, as if a demon was about to appear, ghostly.

"His Royal Highness, why not turn back to the Anding Post House and leave tomorrow?" Yin Yang, the guard general who accompanied him, remonstrated.

Li Ke pondered for a moment, and said: "To return to stability, you have to walk more than 20 miles back and forth, and now the city gate is closed, which is a lot of inconvenience. I remember two years ago when I passed by here. Many villages and towns are not so desolate. Why are there no other people all the way now, and there is no place to stay?"

Yin Yang replied: "Perhaps it was because the Garqin Mausoleum attacked the western Xinjiang. Since then, many villagers outside of the western Xinjiang have moved to the interior to avoid disasters. In addition, It is said that there are still some Tubo relics occupying dangerous mountainous areas and looting passers-by. Especially the three states of Hui, Yuan, and Jing are the most unbalanced. Although the government is trying its best to conquer, the road conditions in these places are complicated and dangerous. The whereabouts of the thief and the bandits are too difficult to capture, so they have been suppressing endlessly, and the damage is very deep."

Li Ke sighed softly, "I wanted to come to Tubo for a long time, but I didn't expect the disasters left by the war to be lingering. Yin Yang, you don't mean to say that in this mountain forest, you might Are there bandits and bandits?"

"It's hard to tell!" Yin Yang said worriedly, "So I will return to the Anding Posthouse for a night's rest, and I will go to the government to show my identity at the end of tomorrow, and ask the local government soldiers to escort, so that I can pass safely. This jungle."

"No need. I didn't have to worry about it all the way, because I was afraid of being like this because of a mountain forest." Li Ke looked back at the more than ten riders who accompanied him, and said: "I'll wait for the horse to increase the whip. Walk through this jungle before sunset. If it is not possible, it’s okay to camp on the spot and stay for one night. When you marched thousands of miles in the barren plateau, you have survived all those days. How can you hang on to the mountains and forests?"

"Since your Highness insists, your subordinates have nothing to say." Yin Yang clenched the scabbard subconsciously, and shouted behind him, "Brothers cheer up and protect Your Highness well!"

"No!"

"Let's go!" Li Ke lifted his whip and rushed into the forest first. Yin Yang and more than ten elite soldiers of the Wu Palace followed closely.

After more than an hour, night officially fell.

In the mountains and forests, a bonfire rose. Li Ke, Yin Yang and others gathered around the bonfire to cook some hot soup and eat some dry food. There are a lot of mosquitoes in the mountain forest. Fortunately, some insect repellent and mosquito-repellent potions were prepared when they left. At this time, several sergeants were packing up the marching tents and spraying potions, and they were about to sleep overnight in this mountain forest.

Li Ke sat by the fire, nibbling on dried noodles with a bowl of hot soup, staring at the jumping flames, silent.

"Your Highness, the bed is ready, it's better to go to bed earlier." Yin Yang came over and said.

Li Ke nodded, "Sit down, Yin Yang. After you have been busy for so long, you have to rest for a while and come and eat."

"His Royal Highness." Yin Yang sat beside Li Ke, drinking soup and cakes.

Li Ke looked at Yin Yang and smiled and said: "Yin Yang, I have wanted you to follow me for a while. I think back then, you, Qin Mubai and Yuwen Hongtai were all lieutenants in my house. Now Qin Mubai The feudal commander is in full swing, and Yuwen Hongtai also pays homage to the general to become famous in the world. But you are still in my mansion. Have you ever felt injustice when you gave up to the classic military captain of this song?"

Yin Yang hurriedly put down the soup bowl and noodles, clasped his fists and said with a serious face: "The final general is determined to follow His Royal Highness until death!"

"Okay, I know you are loyal." Li Ke smiled and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "You, Quan Wanji, and many officials and generals in the mansion, have followed me for a long time. I am intimate, and my name is like a brother. I have no virtue and no talents, Li Ke, I have so many of you loyal support, and I have given you no reward. Whenever I think of it, I feel ashamed. I don’t know how bad things are when I return to Beijing. . If it is fierce, then I, Li Ke, would rather be crushed and leave a good way for you; if lucky, I will share the glory and wealth in the future, and I will not forget each other!"

"I'm waiting for His Highness, Li Xian, Corporal Yi Bo Yuntian, before I am willing to follow all the way without complaint or regret!" Yin Yang said sternly, "His Royal Highness is the Lord of England, and the heavens have eyes, so they will not lose!"

Li Ke smiled indifferently, and said: "Good luck and tricks people are never what they want. The world is unsatisfactory. In fact, for all these years, if you hadn't helped me, Qin Mu Bai has helped many times in secret. I'm afraid I've been ruined and I've never accomplished anything, let alone today? Now my father called me back to Beijing, as expected, most of it was related to the Eastern Palace Reserve. Therefore, our trip was actually very dangerous."

"The subordinates know." Yin Yang's face sank, and he whispered, "Above the hall, there are many people who don't want your Highness to return to Beijing. As early as the beginning of leaving the city, the subordinates and Quan Changshi I once suggested that Your Highness bring more guards, why didn't Your Highness listen?"

Li Ke smiled and said: "What's the difference between bringing ten people and bringing a hundred people? I just went back to Beijing to report on my work, and the court did not allow me to take the soldiers with me. How can I make a big fight and disturb the people all the way? Yin Yang, Now in the world, I don’t know how many pairs of eyes are staring at me, Li Ke. Whenever there is a little bit of outrage, it is a verbal criticism, how can I suffer it? As early as many years ago, Qin Mubai warned me that everything is low-key and tolerant. , Don’t be sharp, don’t be arrogant. Facts have proved that he is right. I, Li Ke, can live to this day and have the opportunity to serve the country and gain feats. This is the credit of this sentence. But the tree always wants to be quiet. The wind keeps going, no matter how low-key and forbearing I am, some people have always refused to let me go. Hey..."

"Young Master Qin is indeed an extraordinary person." Yin Yang said, "The subordinates have been unable to figure out, in fact, he is more junior than me, when is he superior to others? Many things, he seems to be able to know the prophet? What he is going to do, he must be able to do very well."

"Haha!" Li Ke smiled, "He is just that kind of person, who makes people jealous and respectful, and there is no way. I remember that I used to drank and chatted with him and drank a few more glasses, he boasted, whether it was From Wen Congwu, or to manage other things, as long as he does things with his heart, he will definitely be able to do better than ordinary people. I was very unconvinced at that time, but now that I think about it, this is indeed the case. Qin Mubai, he He is a person who is outstanding in all aspects, and may not have a very top-notch side, but as long as he does something with his heart, it will not be bad. This is what he can do."

"Yes, I have to be convinced!" Yin Yang said, "When it comes to using soldiers, he is definitely not as good as Wei Gong Li Yaoshi, or even his two brothers Su Dingfang and Hou Junji; if Wenzhi, he might still Not as good as a provincial governor under his jurisdiction, and not as good as His Royal Highness and Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others in the courtroom. In terms of martial arts, he is also close to my strength, far inferior to his fierce general Xue Rengui; In terms of talent, he is not good at poetry and melody, and he can also play the two-handed pipa. But he has a wide range of skills and has no obvious missing side."

"You have overlooked an important point." Li Ke smiled slightly, "He is not as good as Su and Hou in military use, but his two brothers are convinced and willing to fight for him; his literary skills are average, but he A large number of capable officials and officials of Xiao Liang and other generations were united by his side; he was ordinary martial arts and ordinary talents, but Xue Rengui, Yuwen Hongtai and other tiger and lion generals were willing to stab him. Even outstanding meritorious service and full reputation The king of Jiang Xia in the world also regarded him as his own. There is no shortage of talents by his side. The four court pillars and the eighth army in the Guanxi Army are all talents who stand alone. Only waiting for him to show his life. Gong will surely rise all the way to the sky."

"Yeah, why?" Yin Yang said in confusion.

"Personality." Li Ke said two words briefly and smiled with interest. "This guy has a special charm that can't be seen or touched, which allows people who come into contact with him. , Can’t help but like him, trust him, and respect him. Men are willing to be friends with him, and women are willing to trust him for life. In fact, even I have always been very lucky to be friends with him."

Yin Yang grinned, "I am very grateful to be able to follow His Royal Highness. Just as His Royal Highness said, His Royal Highness also has such a special charm, which allows me to wait for His Highness to go through fire and water. In fact, Qin Shaoshuai and His Highness, There are quite a few similarities. This may be one of the reasons why the two of you are so close?"

"Really?" Li Ke laughed haha, "I haven't seen him for a while, let alone, I really miss him a little. Yin Yang, you say, if Qin Mubai was a woman , Then I will marry him!"

"Haha!" The sergeants laughed.

Smiling, suddenly someone shouted—"Be careful, there are assassins!!"

Everyone was shocked. Before the word ‘assassin’ fell sound, they heard a sharp, sharp arrow piercing the air, and the warning person yelled in pain and fell heavily to the ground!

Obviously it was hit!

"Everyone, be careful, protect your lord!!" Yin Yang jumped up, and decisively took off his clothes to put out the bonfire, and guarded Li Ke with the other two soldiers in the core and hid in the dark.

A whistle sounded in the surrounding woods, and sharp arrows flew around. There are really assassins in ambush!

Li Ke has also drawn his sword in his hand, and secretly said: Unexpectedly, the worst thing still happened, and there was an assassin on the way!

"Your Majesty, be careful, there are a lot of people!" Yin Yang whispered in the darkness, "I heard the arrow direction, I have completely fallen into the encirclement and ambush. The other party is strictly organized and premeditated, and it is not like ordinary Bandit!"

"Yes, ordinary bandits always ask for money and murder." Li Ke was still calm and sneered in a dangerous situation, "And now, the other party will kill him if he doesn't meet him. , Obviously is here to assassinate!"

"Will it be?!..." Yin Yang was so excited that he didn't dare to go on.

"Don't guess, concentrate, escape the danger!" Li Ke said briefly.

"Yes!"

Not far ahead, several guards were already meeting with the assassin. In the darkness, there was a loud screaming and killing, and occasionally, the star ignited in the night sky and the fight was very violent.

Yin Yang and the other two guards form a character shape, and Li Ke is firmly guarded at the core. After staring at the battle ahead, he was shocked and cried out: The opponent is not weak! I chose the best soldiers among the best soldiers, all of them have extraordinary martial arts. Unexpectedly, the incoming assassins are more capable, and our people will be overwhelmed!

This time is in danger!

"His Royal Highness, go! Your subordinates will take you to break through!" Immediately, Yin Yang took Li Ke and dived into the dark.

Li Ke stood still, frowning deeply and said: "Those brothers are still fighting desperately, how can Ke live alone?"

"Your Majesty, if you don't leave, it will only increase casualties!" Yin Yang said anxiously, seeing Li Ke still motionless, knelt on one knee, "My subordinates are willing to ask Your Highness to take the lead! I am willing to go through the fires and deaths for His Highness. ! But if your Highness does not escape the danger, the lives of those brothers will be lost!"

Li Ke gritted his teeth, "Okay, let's go!"

The three guards guarding Li Ke, slashed the two assassins in the way, escaped several cold spears and dark arrows, and broke through to a corner of the dark forest.

Fighting fiercely in the woods, the more than ten guards of Prince Wu's Mansion suffered most of the casualties. However, these people all regarded death as home, and the death battle was delayed, buying time for Li Ke and others to escape.

In the dense forest at night, Li Ke and others panicked and fled more than a mile. The sound of fierce fighting in the rear faded away, and the four of them hid behind a few big trees, panting wildly.

"His Royal Highness, continue to escape, we are not out of danger yet!" Yin Yang took Li Ke and left again.

"Well..."

Li Ke's words did not fall, and suddenly two sharp piercing noises broke through the air, and the two guards guarding him fell neatly to the ground and died. Li Ke and Yin Yang were shocked and looked intently. The two of them shot arrows in their throats at the same time, breaking their necks!

"Master!" Yin Yang took a breath!

"True, true, true", several unhurried sound of horse hooves, a ride appeared in the night, blocking Li Ke and Yin Yang in front.

"Some, I have been waiting for you for a long time, His Royal Highness King Wu!"

Immediately, the voice of the person was blurred, apparently through the masked veil. Li Ke looked up through the hazy moonlight, and it turned out that the rider was dressed in a dark night and black scarf, and his eyes were cold and cold, and he shot out murderously.

Yin Yang was sweating in his hands holding the knife, and his face was sweaty. He gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, be careful, this person is extraordinary! When his subordinates fight to the death, Your Highness waits for the opportunity to flee. !"

"No need." Li Ke snorted, but he shook his body and stood in front of Yin Yang, put his sword into its sheath, looked up at the man immediately, and vibrated: "Who is your excellency? It must be old knowledge. Otherwise, there is no need to mask!"

Immediately, the man stared at Li Ke, his eyes flashing with solemnity and coldness. With a knife hung around his waist and a bow on his saddle, he was so free, as if he didn't put the two in front of him in his eyes at all, and he was not afraid of them suddenly attacking or fleeing.

"Why don't you speak? Is it because you are afraid that I will hear your accent?" Li Ke smiled coldly and said, "You only said a word just now, and I seem to have known you before."

"Really?" The man apparently smiled immediately and vomited these two words lightly. The horse he stepped on lifted its hoofs a few times, and Yin Yang, like an enemy, holding a knife and blocking it in front of Li Ke.

"I heard that you are from Jingxiang!" Li Ke pulled Yin Yang away, stepped forward and shouted, "As expected, your excellency was when I was an official in Xiangzhou. Old acquaintance!-Who is your excellency?!"

"Good ears, good memory!" Immediately the man sneered twice, "Unfortunately, you are going to die. There is no need for a dying person to know so much."

With a "boom", the knight's long sword came out of its sheath, and the light was radiant!

"His Royal Highness, be careful!" Yin Yang yelled, and slammed his knife to the knight.

"No!"

Li Ke yelled. Before the words fell silent, he heard Yin Yang's scream. He fell to the ground in the volley and rolled a few times. He didn't even scream for a few twitches, as if he was dead. Up!

"Yin Yang!!" Li Ke screamed sadly and was about to step forward, a long knife was already placed on his neck.

"Don't move." The man immediately said in a deep voice.

"Let's do it." Li Ke took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, stood up straight and closed his eyes.

"Don't worry, I didn't kill him." Right away, the man didn't do anything, but he said, "Wang Zhongyi, there are many loyal and loyal people around him. If such a person kills one, there will be one less. So, how can you bear the heart? ?"

Li Ke opened his eyes in astonishment and suppressed his head to look at the man immediately, only to see that he retracted the long knife into its sheath, and stretched out a hand to Li Ke, "Wu Wang, please get on the horse!"

"This!..." Li Ke was taken aback for a while, "Your Excellency, what do you mean?"

"Someone wants to kill you, only between turning their hands. Since they don't kill you, they will save you." Right away, the man's voice was calm as the water of an ancient well, and he said leisurely, "You are right. Someone is an old acquaintance of King Wu; but not an old acquaintance, but also a prisoner of your rank."

"What? Then who are you... who are you? What are you doing here?"

"Naturally, I came here specifically to intercept and kill King Wu."

"Then what do you mean now?!" Li Ke glanced sideways at Yin Yang who was lying quietly on the ground, both frightened and angry.

The man was silent for a moment, stretched out his hand and tore off the black scarf from his face.

Li Ke stood there blankly, speechless.

"His Royal Highness certainly didn't expect it to be me." The man smiled immediately.

"I did not expect it. Wanwan...I didn't expect it!" Li Ke took a deep breath, "Didn't you deserve to die long ago?!"

"Oh, this is a long story!" The man immediately reached out to Li Ke again, "Wu Wang, please get on the horse! Another moment's delay, you can't get out! Your subordinate was just knocked out by a certain. There is no danger of half-life. After he wakes up, he goes to the government to report the case. It may not be a bad thing. It is important to ask Wu Wang to escape first!"

"You... you are the assassin who came to intercept and kill, why did you do this?" Li Ke said uncertainly, "If you don't explain, this king would rather suffer the sword and axe, and would not follow you unclearly. !"

"Hey!..." The man immediately sighed and said: "Yes, I was ordered to kill you. But thinking about the old grace, I can't kill you."

"Old grace? How has this king ever favored you?"

"It’s not that you have old benevolence to XX. It’s a friend of yours who has a great kindness to XX and a covenant with friends in the world. Because of him, I can’t kill you. Because you treat him very much. Important, but also his good friend.” Right away, the man looked up at the moon and looked back at the past, and sighed leisurely, and said, “His Royal Highness, please remember that you can escape today... it's all your friend. The well-being created."

"I see, you are talking about Qin Mubai! When he was in Xiangyang, it was Qin Mubai who smashed the river water ghost and caught you, the leader of the green forest, and then cracked the former Sui Dynasty left by your grandfather. The treasure secret of Emperor Yang's mausoleum, you two did not know each other, but became confidantes. Am I right? Song Cao Master-Zhao Chong?" Li Ke said.

"That's right." The man immediately turned out to be Zhao Chong!

"Well, although I still have a lot of things I haven't figured out yet, I am willing to follow you." Li Ke took a deep breath, "For nothing else-I believe Qin Mubai, his vision, no It will be wrong!"

"Please come on!"