Chapter 74 Chapter 14 Chang'an Bloody Night

Chapter 14, Chang'an Bloody Night, Part Three The sacrifice ceremony was completed, and both the sacrificers said that Taizong was serious. On the night of June 15th, there was chaos in Chang'an, and people said there was a conspiracy. ——"Yong History.Taizong Benji" On June 14th, in the dead of night, in a secret room in a secret mansion in Chang'an, a man and a woman were discussing secretly. The man was wearing black night clothes and a black cloak, his face was completely hidden under the gauze Next, the woman looks ordinary, but she is full of sword energy, it is Wen Ziyan herself.The two of them were silent for a long time in front of the dim light, and the man finally said: "Please tell the sect master, we can't do anything this time, now only in terms of the power in Beijing, we are only five or five with King Yong, and King Qi Only he or his soldier talisman can call it, so it is impossible to participate in the seizure of the throne this time, besides, His Royal Highness still has a chance, if we act in a hurry, we will fall into a trap instead."

Wen Ziyan sighed and said: "The head of the sect also thinks so, but I always feel that if I don't take the opportunity to kill a few thorns in my eyes, I really won't be reconciled." The man said coldly: "Who can we kill? There is the evil shadow Li Shun beside King Yong. Unless the head of the sect personally takes action, no one can succeed in one fell swoop. Jiang Zhe has Master Cizhen by his side. What if the others are killed? Why, with the excuse of making them revenge in vain, are you going to kill Princess Changle, who is practicing in Wuchen Nunnery?" Wen Ziyan smiled slightly and said: "Of course we don't dare to kill the princess, but what about Ye Tianxiu, he is in Chang'an now, why don't we take the opportunity to kill him and cut off King Qing's wings."

The man thoughtfully said: "That's a good idea, but Ye Tianxiu stayed in the capital with a legitimate name after all. The status of the chief guard of King Qing is unusual. We have to kill him secretly, or we have to borrow a knife to kill." Wen Ziyan said coldly: "It's easy to kill Ye Tianxiu. If I didn't want to anger King Qing, I would have done it a long time ago. Now we take advantage of the chaos and kill him. Even if King Qing wants to ask for a crime, he can't find anyone." The man smiled lightly and said: "Let's not do anything, let Xia Hou go. He is also a disciple of the Demon Sect Moon Sect. Don't look at him, he seems to have too many martial arts tricks on the surface, but he is not that simple."

Wen Ziyan smiled and said: "Okay, I will do as you said. Master often said that you are her right-hand man, and you really deserve your reputation." The man said lightly: "So what if it's a right-hand assistant, it's not like you can only take orders from others." Wen Ziyan said seriously: "Don't worry, after the matter is completed, you will be satisfied with the arrangement of the sect master." The man was silent for a moment before saying, "I'm leaving, it's getting late." Wen Ziyan nodded lightly and said: "Be careful on the road."

The man came out of the secret room, his figure was as light as a flying bird, and he disappeared into the night in a blink of an eye.And a bloody killing is about to begin. On June 15th, King Yong and Li Zhi took the place of the prince to accompany the sacrifice in Chang'an. When Li Zhi completed the ceremony respectfully and perfectly, even the most discerning Confucian could only admire him. Returning to the power center of the Dayong court made many people hate it, and some people rejoiced.Ye Tianxiu is one of them. As King Qing's chief guard, he is very clear about his hatred for King Qing and Fengyimen, and he also understands that King Qing has no chance of winning at all. The only way is to rely on power, but until today Ye Tianxiu willingly admitted that only King Yong was worthy of being an emperor.

Ye Tianxiu reluctantly looked at King Yong's car, and finally decided to go back to his residence. In recent days, Lord Jiang has sent a letter to His Highness Prince Qing, saying that the poisonous injury of Lord Young has been temporarily brought under control, so Lord Hou hopes to be able to Send the young master to Chang'an as soon as possible, but now the situation in Chang'an is so complicated that Jiang Hou's power can hardly guarantee the safety of his son, so he entrusted him to King Qing, but King Qing is also in the way. In Chang'an, King Qing's power is not It is stable. Although Fengyimen can't deal with King Qing's people openly, it is not because they are powerless, but because they are unwilling to give King Qing an excuse. If the young master arrives in Chang'an and they find any clues, they can openly kill him. When all these people are wiped out, not only His Royal Highness King Qing's painstaking efforts will come to naught, but Lord Jiang Xiaohou will also be trapped in Chang'an.

Back at King Qing's secret stronghold in Chang'an, it was already dusk, Ye Tianxiu ordered his subordinates to watch carefully, and then went to the study to write back to King Qing, explaining his opinion.Less than a day after finishing writing, Ye Tianxiu felt depressed and couldn't sleep well, so she began to read the recent information in the study. But at this moment, a mysterious man was standing in a street not far away, looking at this place indifferently. He was wearing a gray-black gown with a slightly tight waist. He was slender, like a jade tree facing the wind, although He was covered with a green gauze, so he couldn't see his appearance, but the eyebrows and eyes exposed outside the mask were already very elegant. He looked at the sky, and suddenly flew into the quiet house. His flying figure was like a flying swallow. He jumped over the courtyard wall in a blink of an eye, and his figure fell high into the courtyard, which already alarmed Ye Tianxiu's subordinates. They sent out secret signals and surrounded the man at the same time. The man did not panic, but just walked slowly. Walking inward, a few guards of King Qing couldn't bear it anymore and stopped him, only to see a blue light appear like lightning flashing, blood flowed out immediately, those guards were all pierced through the throat by a sword .

At this time Ye Tianxiu had rushed over, he shouted loudly: "Who are you, how dare you break into a private house at night?" The man sighed lightly, and said: "I'm also here by order, see you, Brother Ye." After saying that, he rushed towards the crowd, those guards were all martial arts masters, who were good at martial arts, and they all attacked by coincidence, but that man's light kung fu Very outstanding, I saw his figure soaring, and the sword light was like a streamer, shining everywhere in the gray and black figure, sometimes hitting through the air, sometimes flashing dazzlingly, wherever he went, the sword came out with blood.Ye Tianxiu shouted angrily, drew his sword and rushed forward, but the man didn't fight him, but just chased and killed the guards, Ye Tianxiu was even more frightened, and shouted: "Quick back."

These guards are all well-trained people, and immediately dispersed in all directions, and Ye Tianxiu also took the opportunity to block the man, both of them have very good sword skills, Ye Tianxiu's sword skills are pungent, fierce, and fast, but there is a calmness in them , but the masked man's swordsmanship is light, fast, and unpredictable, and it is even more difficult to resist when combined with his unpredictable lightness kungfu and body skills. The two fought seventy or eighty moves in an instant, Exquisite sword moves were brilliant, and the sword energy was surging. Both of them were as dangerous as a small boat in a storm.

The guards of King Qing knew that if they acted by themselves it would cause chaos, and they didn't want to disturb the officers and soldiers, so they could only surround the venue and prepared hidden weapons, thinking in their hearts that if the two separated, they would greet the masked man. The two of them fought to the point where the masked man suddenly let out a soft drink, and the swords flew towards Ye Tianxiu. The sword was extremely fast, and Ye Tianxiu was very calm. The man's body seemed to tremble, and he couldn't help but feel happy. Knowing that the man's skill was weaker than his own, his figure flashed in an arc, and he stabbed at the man's back with a sword. There was no time to turn around, but the masked man was really out of breath, and his figure froze. Ye Tianxiu stabbed at his right half of his body with his sword, and he was about to succeed, but who knew that the man made a backhand sword, and the light of the sword was like lightning. There was a flash of thunder, Ye Tianxiu finally thought carefully, saved some strength, and only had time to avoid the vital point. He let out a pain, pressed the wound, and shouted: "Break out of the encirclement each." After saying that, he rushed out regardless of the pain.

The masked man wanted to chase after him, but for some reason he suddenly stopped, turned around and rushed towards the guards who were desperately trying to kill him so as to stop the enemy for Ye Tianxiu, but this time he was flying in the air, his figure was like a flying falcon, and his sword light was like The rainstorm, with just a dozen moves, killed the few remaining guards.Finally, the masked man looked at the blood on the ground, sighed softly, took out a white silk handkerchief from his arms, wiped off the blood on the sword, and then inserted the long sword into the scabbard disguised as a belt. The sharp sword turned out to be a soft sword. At this time, the mansion suddenly burst into flames, and the masked man frowned slightly. He immediately knew that King Qing's subordinates had burned the mansion himself, so as not to leave any evidence behind. middle. However, this bloody battle was just the beginning of this night's nightmare. Just after the night guards rushed to the scene of the fire and put out the fire, two major events occurred in Chang'an City. One was Zheng Xia's assassination, and the other was Chang'an. Urban events. Zheng Xia was assassinated at the beginning of the Second Geng Dynasty. After completing the finishing work of the ceremony, Zheng Xia returned home at night. Although he was a civil servant, Dayong admired martial courage. He didn't like to sit in a sedan chair. He just rode slowly. The entourage protects each other and looks around from time to time. Zheng Xia has always been famous for his uprightness, outspokenness and courage to advise. Therefore, even though he is honest and upright and has a bright character, he still has many enemies, so there are quite a few around him. Some of the guards with excellent martial arts are those who have received Zheng Xia's great kindness and are grateful to repay him;Although Li Yuan was confused about some things, he criticized the foolish king who accepted advice. He respected Zheng Xia very much, so after Zheng Xia was assassinated, Li Yuan ordered four imperial guards to be Zheng Xia's guards. Later, Zheng Xia was awarded the false title of third-class imperial bodyguard to the other four guards who were born in Jianghu. Just after Zheng Shizhong greeted the guards guarding the gate, not long after he walked out of the Suzaku Gate, a black shadow crawled on the roof on the side of the road. At this moment, the black shadow suddenly shot out, stabbing Zheng Xia with a sword.This sword was as fast as a meteor lightning. Originally, Zheng Xia was absolutely lifeless, but it was a fluke. When this black shadow assassinated in the air, Zheng Xia just remembered that although the ceremony to welcome the holy car back to Beijing had been arranged, but according to the You should ask King Yong for instructions on etiquette. After all, the emperor appointed King Yong to perform sacrifices, which is equivalent to letting King Yong sit on the flag. Although King Yong was under house arrest during this period of time, etiquette should not be taken lightly. Zheng Xia Originally, these etiquettes were the most important thing, so he leaned down from his horse and whispered to a guard to send a post to Prince Yong's mansion tonight, explaining why he couldn't go to see him tonight.The moment he leaned over, the assassin flew forward and stabbed him. By coincidence, Zheng Xia only felt a sharp pain, and the sword had pierced his shoulder. And when the assassin flew out, the bright moonlight had already revealed his figure. Although the guards were not able to stop the sword, they did a good job of mending the situation. The guard Zheng Xia leaned over to talk to him, He tore Zheng Xia off his horse, and several other guards also drew their swords and surrounded the assassin, but the assassin was unusual, and he almost missed a hit. , has broken out of the encirclement and disappeared without a trace. Zheng Xia endured the severe pain and said, "Immediately send someone to notify His Royal Highness King Yong, Xiang Wei, and Qin Qing, the commander of the Imperial Army." After finishing speaking, he passed out.These guards hurriedly sent Zheng Xia to the Tai Hospital not far away for treatment, and the news of Zheng Xia's assassination immediately spread to the ears of the major forces in Chang'an. Just when the forces of all parties were suspicious, on June 15th, a major event that turned Chang'an upside down happened. The two most prosperous markets in Chang'an are Metropolitan City (East Market) and Liren City (West Market). It will be two hours later, and Pingkangfang is a good place for night ban, so it is a brightly lit and spring-filled night at midnight, and at midnight, fires are everywhere, and everywhere in Dongshi Merchants gathered to fight the fire, but in the chaos, some people killed people and robbed goods while shouting "Shu people swear to death that they will not surrender to Dayong". At that time, the Chunming Gate closest to Dongshi City also started to catch fire, and Chang'an, who was shouted to be killed inside and outside the city, was bleeding like a river.Since the founding of Dayong, Chang'an has been singing and dancing, and the officials of Dongshi were caught off guard for a while, so they had no choice but to send someone to report to Qin Qing. If Qin Qing hadn't been alarmed by the assassination of Zheng Xia, I'm afraid it would have been delayed, but he had already left the house with Qin Yong, and when he saw the fire in the direction of Dongshi, Qin Qing and Qin Yong were both on the battlefield General, immediately ordered all the forbidden troops to be dispatched. Qin Qing sent the forbidden troops to protect the important yamen and mansions in Chang'an, and then ordered the city gates to be closed. Qin Qing personally led a forbidden army to surround Dongshi. It only took more than half an hour. At the hour, Qin Yong was in charge of checking the streets and alleys. The forbidden army loudly conveyed military orders everywhere, announcing that Chang'an had entered a state of martial law, and all residents must stay at home and not go out. When Qin Qing and Qin Yong met in Dongshi, the only place in Chang'an that hadn't calmed down was because there were the most foreign merchants and warriors in Dongshi. Although the fire inside had subsided, they started killing each other. Qin Qing and Qin Yong Although I also want to send the imperial army to suppress it, but this is a prosperous place in Chang'an. If the imperial army suppresses it, it will inevitably burn all jade and stones. Guan, Wei Guan is a civil servant, and the two had to send someone to ask King Yong for instructions. Before the fire started, King Yong and Li Zhi were discussing with me what had happened these days. Li Zhi said happily, "Suiyun, now this king can be said to have won the hearts of the army and the people of Dayong. What do you think?" I respectfully said: "Your Highness's accompanying sacrifice in Chang'an this time will let the world see His majesty's demeanor. Although the emperor still has the heart to protect the crown prince, but now who doesn't know that the crown prince has lost his virtue, so I implore His highness, don't rush to force this time. According to the wishes of the master of Fengyi sect, if His Highness really criticized the Crown Prince, people in the world would think that His Highness does not care about brotherly love, and the Emperor hastily silenced his words, obviously just wanting to teach the Crown Prince a lesson, that's all. If His Highness pushes too hard and prevents His Majesty from stepping down, I'm afraid His Highness will be angered." Li Zhi frowned and said, "You're right, but you also know that now that the master of Fengyi sect has personally stepped in, I'm afraid the crown prince will not make any mistakes from now on. If it drags on for a few years, I'm afraid the king will have no chance." .” I smiled and said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, now Fengyimen is desperate. No matter how powerful they are, they can't win the hearts of the people in the world. His Royal Highness is not a puppet at his mercy. His nature is hard to change, and he can do anything." Of course, we can't just wait like this. The minister's plan is already in place, but King Qi is too in the way. Although King Qi has a rough temper and a little scheming, there are some things that others haven't noticed yet. Astute and aware, so His Highness's top priority is to send His Highness King Qi away from Chang'an." Li Zhi thought for a while and said, "It's not difficult. There are some changes in Northern Han Dynasty. I can recommend King Qi to inspect the border." I hurriedly said, "Your Highness may wish to inspect the border." Li Zhi was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly realized, and said, "You mean playing hard to get?" I clapped my hands and said: "That's right. If His Highness returns to the army, he will enter the sea like a dragon. How can those people let His Highness go? At that time, there will be no one who has the qualifications except King Qi. Once King Qi leaves, His Highness can An Xin fights with the prince, and when the matter is completed, as long as there is a military order, are you afraid that the king of Qi will not obediently restrain himself and return to the capital?" Li Zhi nodded and said: "Okay, I will explain this matter when my father comes back. I can rest assured when the sixth brother leaves. Now the prince's leading general is only the sixth brother. If he leaves, I can rest easy." worry." I shook my head and said, "That's not necessarily the case, Jingjiang's son-in-law also holds the monarchy and is proficient in the art of war." Li Zhi said with a smile: "Suiyun, don't you tell me that you didn't do anything in Qin's house?" I smiled slightly, thinking of Hualiu, the elite of the secret camp, my former personal guard, isn't he now by Qin Yong's side? While I was chatting and laughing with King Yong, a guard reported that Zheng Xia had been assassinated, and King Yong and I were worried. Not long after, the guards in the mansion came to report seeing the fire again. This is the second fire tonight. The location seems to be Dongshi, King Yong and I looked at each other in dismay, I was thinking quickly, how could so many things happen together, if it is a coincidence, it would be too much.