Chapter 76 Chapter 16 Intricacies

Chapter 16 Intricate and Complicated At the beginning of the chaos, there was Su Dingluan, who was assassinated in the air. Fortunately, Zen Master Cizhen was hidden by the side. Taizong was unharmed. Su Dingluan, a third-rank general in the Northern Han Dynasty, was violent, beheaded generals and captured the flag. He was invincible in every attack. The number "Pioneer General" is also. ——"Yong History.Taizong Benji" At this time, only the sound of the bowstring sounded like pearls falling on a jade plate. Changsun Jishi launched a series of sharp shots. Several big men without armor who rushed in front were the first to bear the brunt. They were shot through flesh and blood by sharp arrows. Ji Xin was as careful as a hair, and he noticed that the steps of the imperial guards were a little chaotic, which should not happen to well-trained imperial guards, so he fired arrows in time to stop the assassins.And for this delay, li zhi's guards had blocked the assassins.

Just when Li Zhi was smiling and looking at the guards who had gained the upper hand, suddenly someone broke into the door of a shop by the side of the road, his body was like lightning, his body was like thunder, and he stabbed at Li Zhi with a spear. At this time Sima Xiong was supervising the battle in front, and before he could rush back, Changsun Ji raised his bow and shot three arrows in a row to stop him. Unexpectedly, the man swung his short sword, and Changsun Ji's long arrow, which could break metal and rocks, bounced back abruptly. Changsun Ji was so shocked that he had no time to dodge, so he had to use his bow to call the arrow.The arrow that bounced back was unexpectedly powerful, Changsun Jilian and his horse retreated three steps, and the bowstring of the golden bow was even broken.For a while, Changsun Ji was unable to rescue King Yong.

At this time, there were only four guards around King Yong, and they blocked the man's approach with their bodies at the same time, but the man's body unexpectedly circled an arc secretly, and stabbed at King Yong. The sharp pointing made Li Zhi feel powerless to dodge, he sighed in his heart, am I going to die here before my ambition is fulfilled, and he couldn't help closing his eyes. Just at the critical moment, a Buddha's name sounded like the sound of heaven. "Amituofo." The sound was like thunder, and then Li Zhi felt his body relax, and the threatening sword energy had disappeared. He quickly opened his eyes and saw Master Cizhen clasped his hands in front of his horse, Recited the Buddha's name, and two feet away, a nine-foot-tall man looked at Master Cizhen angrily, holding a rifle made of fine steel in his hand. Li Zhi gasped when he saw it. It turned out to be purple-black. Li Zhi knew that only human blood could dye a weapon in this color after many battles. Li Zhi immediately knew the identity of this man with such a figure, such martial arts, and such murderous nature.He said loudly: "It turned out that Su Dingluan, the vanguard general of the Northern Han Dynasty, arrived. I don't know how lucky this king is, to let the general himself come to assassinate him."

King Yong's personal guards are alright. Many of those forbidden soldiers have fought against the Northern Han Dynasty. They have heard the name of this vanguard general for a long time, but they have never seen him before, so they all looked at him with curiosity and fierce eyes. The Northern Han army is famous for its bravery and fierceness, or it is not as good as Dayong's army in terms of well-trained, but in terms of personal combat power, it is superior to Dayong's display. All Dayong soldiers are familiar with the famous generals and soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty.The military leader of the Northern Han Dynasty was Weiyuan General Long Tingfei. This man was from a famous family and was proficient in military strategy. Although he was only 30 years old, he defeated Dayong's army many times. The only one who can defeat him is Yong Yong. Wang Lizhi alone, even Qi Wang Lixian was once defeated by him.If it weren't for Dayong's large number of generals, I'm afraid that not only would he not be able to leave the pass to attack the Northern Han Dynasty, but he would also be defeated by Long Tingfei.In addition to Long Tingfei, there were four other generals in the Northern Han Dynasty who were famous all over the world.

Flying Tiger General Quartz is good at long-distance raids and defeating the enemy in one fell swoop. Panshi General Duan Wudi is good at defending the city with iron walls and iron walls. Ghost-faced General Tan Ji is good at marching and forming formations. Vanguard General Su Dingluan is good at cutting generals in front of the formation. He is the Demon Sect The second disciple of the suzerain, Zong Wuji, although he did not reach the pinnacle of martial arts, he is a rare warrior in the battlefield. It is unbelievable that this person would appear in Chang'an to assassinate King Yong.

They are surprised here, but they don't know that Su Dingluan is also complaining in his heart. The assassination of King Yong is not a trivial matter. To do it, he originally pretended to be a businessman to visit Dayong because he had nothing to do at the border for the past two years and he was bored. Who knew that the secret spy system of the Northern Han Dynasty would start the Dongshi Incident at this time, intending to disrupt the Great Yonghuang Capital and prepare for a large-scale invasion half a month later, and Su Dingluan also received Zong Wuji's order to act accordingly Su Dingluan has been in Chang'an for many days, and it is clear that if this incident happened, King Yong and Li Zhi would definitely go to Dongshi to suppress it. As expected, he waited for King Yong. There was a 70% chance of winning, he just wanted to kill Li Zhi in one fell swoop, and then escaped while the situation was chaotic. The secret agents of the Northern Han Dynasty had already prepared a retreat for him. The more annoyed he was, he didn't care about Master Cizhen's status as a master with the same status as the suzerain. He pointed at Cizhen with a spear in his hand and shouted angrily: "You bastard, you don't practice in the temple, you have repeatedly ruined the important affairs of our Demon Sect. It is really hateful and abominable."

Although he scolded harshly, Master Cizhen was not angry, but said indifferently: "I am a citizen of Dayong, His Royal Highness King Yong has outstanding military achievements, he is the God of the Army of Dayong, and he is the pillar of the sky in the court. How can I sit and watch you wait?" Assassinate His Highness, if Su benefactor puts down the butcher knife, I would like to intercede for the benefactor, please Your Highness spare your life." Su Dingluan looked around, and saw that King Yong's personal guards and the imperial guards had surrounded the place completely, and there was another master level expert in front of him. He knew that he would never escape this time, but he had a strong heart, and said coldly: "Okay , let you see how powerful I am.”

After saying that, the spear flickered, and rushed straight to Master Cizhen. Master Cizhen's expression remained unchanged, but a glimmer of approval flashed in his eyes. He waved his left hand, and punched out with his right fist, but it was the most basic move in Shaolin boxing "Sky Cannon" ".But Master Cizhen's emissary was so powerful that it made people feel irresistible at first sight. Su Dingluan's heart tightened, but his heart was fierce, he stabbed out fearlessly, fists intersected, Master Cizhen didn't move at all, Su Dingluan was forced to take a step back, but his eyes flashed fiercely, Leng is as straight as a swimming dragon, and pounces on again.

The two of them couldn't match each other, and saw Master Cizhen hit Su Dingluan's chest with his palm, and Su Dingluan was sent flying several feet away, he saw bleeding from the corner of his mouth, he let go of his spear, and his chest sank even more. I can't survive.Master Cizhen shook his robe sleeves, proclaimed the Buddha's name, retreated behind King Yong's horse, and remained silent. One of King Yong's guards stepped forward cautiously and touched Su Dingluan's body with a steel knife. Seeing that he was motionless, he bent down to check his breath.Unexpectedly, Su Dingluan opened his eyes at this moment, grabbed the steel knife with his hands, and chopped it off with all his strength. The guard was not in danger, and an iron bridge fell backwards, and the steel knife dangerously slashed across his body. , Su Dingluan slashed down with a horizontal knife, and the guard rolled away, and at the same time, Master Cizhen flicked his finger in the distance, and with a crisp sound, the hundred steel-making knife was broken from it.

The guard jumped up and stepped back with lingering fear. At this time, Changsun Ji took a strong bow that he had just obtained, pointed at Su Dingluan with an arrow, and shouted: "General Su, if you continue to act pretentiously, don't blame me!" Changsun Ji's arrows are ruthless." A bleak look flashed in Su Dingluan's eyes, and he laughed loudly: "Who is Su, the vanguard general of the Northern Han Dynasty, over the years, countless generals and warriors of your Da Yong have died at the hands of this general, today Su is assassinating you!" Failed, but there is absolutely no reason to catch him without a fight. Master Cizhen, you and your family teacher are also people of the same status, and you will not embarrass the junior, so Su must be captured, right?"

After all, Su Dingluan looked at Master Cizhen, he knew in his heart that he wanted to commit suicide, and if Master Cizhen tried to stop him, he really would not want to die.Master Cizhen sighed slightly, and said: "I am here to help His Royal Highness King Yong for the sake of the Dayong community. If the benefactor Su hadn't hurt people's lives in front of the old monk, the old monk would not want to meddle in the mundane affairs." Seeing that Master Cizhen had already expressed that he would not embarrass himself, Su Dingluan even smiled proudly: "Li Zhi, you are lucky to have escaped a catastrophe today. If Master Cizhen was not here, you would have died a long time ago. Unfortunately, I didn't know that Master Cizhen was here. When we arrive in Chang'an, otherwise, I would rather kill a few more generals of you on the battlefield." Although Su Dingluan's words were fierce, Sergeant Dayong admired the warrior the most. Seeing that he was dying, but still so heroic, they all showed appreciation. Although they let them kill Su Dingluan with their own hands now, they There will be no soft-heartedness in the slightest, but she absolutely does not want to humiliate him.So they all looked at King Yong, worried that he would get angry. However, King Yong laughed and said: "General Su's failure was a fluke for this king. Don't worry, general, this king promises you that not only will you not force you to surrender, but he will also send your body back to the Northern Han Dynasty, so that your lord will kill you." You are buried as a hero." When he spoke, he showed his true qualities of a hero, and his expression was even more looking forward to Xiongfei, which made everyone admire him. Su Dingluan smiled miserably, stood up staggeringly, opened his mouth, but blood gushed out, he didn't care, just walked a few steps, bent over to get the rifle, everyone thought he was going to commit suicide, who knew he Before he could stand up, he swung it vigorously, the spear was as fast as a shooting star, and shot towards Li Zhi, everyone couldn't help but exclaimed, but Li Zhi seemed to have expected it, turned sideways on the horse, avoiding the spear.All the guards were furious, their knives out of their sheaths, their arrows on their strings, waiting for King Yong's decree to cut Su Dingluan into pieces. Su Dingluan was not afraid, straightened his body, and said calmly: "Su is a good man, he can only die under the knife of a warrior, how can he commit suicide, if His Highness is willing to kill Su with his own hands, it will be an honor for Su. Luan gave the lance to His Highness, why did you avoid it?" King Yong was slightly taken aback, and said with a smile: "Disciple of the Demon Sect, you are really powerful, and I like your temper very much, but it is a small matter for you to assassinate me, but it is a big matter for you to kill innocent people in Dayong. General Su's hands are covered with blood." The blood of my people in Dayong, please forgive this king for not being merciful, all the soldiers, who will see General Su off." Sima Xiongti immediately stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, this beast intends to assassinate His Highness. The crime is extremely heinous. The final general failed to protect His Highness. The crime of dereliction of duty is inevitable. Please allow the final general to kill him." King Yong nodded slightly, Sima Xiong stepped forward immediately, and looked down at Su Dingluan from a high position, Su Dingluan looked up, there was no trace of fear in his eyes.Sima Xiong was also in admiration in his heart, the moment Su Dingluan raised his head, Sima Xiong slashed down, and everyone felt a flash of light in front of their eyes, Su Dingluan's head fell to the ground, blood sprayed everywhere, and the head flew up, still screaming in his mouth Said: "So happy!" Sima Xiong's expression remained unchanged, and he returned to the horse to pay the order.Li Zhi said in a loud voice: "Although this man is cruel by nature, he is full of courage and courage. My king has already allowed him to return to his hometown. Do you have any objections?" All the troops said in unison: "I respect His Highness's order." Seeing that the matter had calmed down, King Yong returned to the palace with his personal guards and Master Cizhen. Along the way, King Yong asked strangely: "Master, aren't you cultivating in the cold garden, why did you come to rescue me?" Cizhen's riding skills are only mediocre, although with his skill, there will be no danger, but he still has to steer the horse carefully, he replied: "Your Highness, I was entrusted by Mr. Jiang, and Jiang Tanyue hurried forward Come on, let's say His Highness went to Dongshi to deal with the incident. He said that after much deliberation, if he only wanted to disrupt Chang'an to attack Dayong, there would be some problems, so he was worried that someone wanted to lure His Highness out and assassinate him, so the old monk also rushed over. Dong Shi secretly protected His Highness, but Mr. Jiang was so clever that he actually said it right, His Highness is benevolent and grateful to heaven, so there is such a rare person to help." Li Zhi was also amazed, and then thought about it: "In this way, there is no one around Sui Yun to protect him, what if someone takes the opportunity to assassinate him?" Master Cizhen smiled and said: "Your Highness, don't worry, Pei Yun is beside Mr. Jiang, and there are fifty personal guards. Even if the old monk personally takes action, it will be difficult to succeed in the assassination for a while. The evil shadow Li Shun is in the mansion. Come here in time, don't worry, Your Highness." Only then did Li Zhi heave a sigh of relief, but his brows were furrowed. In the past, before he and the crown prince were in trouble, Fengyimen also recommended guards to him, but he didn't like women in the army, so they only retained men. However, the safety of the princess and her family members is still protected by the Fengyi Gate. Looking at it today, if something happens, it will be difficult for the princess not to have effective bodyguards around her. At this time, Master Cizhen suddenly said: "Your Highness, there is a pair of distant grandnieces in the old monk's family, who are only nineteen years old this year. But they are very mischievous, the old monk has heard that the princess is unparalleled in virtue, if they can be taught by their mother for several years, it will be a blessing for these two children." Li Zhi was overjoyed, and quickly said, "Thank you Master, Li Zhi thanked you." Master Cizhen smiled and said: "Your Highness speaks seriously, this is an old monk begging His Highness for help, how dare you accept His Highness's thanks." Li Zhi said a few polite words, the two of them knew each other, no one said that these two girls came to protect the family of King Yong, and that these two girls were born in Emei, and it was also Emei's intention to show favor to King Yong. Back in Hanyuan, seeing that Jiang Zhe was safe and sound, Li Zhi finally heaved a sigh of relief, sent Master Cizhen and Pei Yun away, and then Li Zhi said to Jiang Zhe: "Fortunately, you asked Master Cizhen to save him, otherwise, I am afraid that the king will really die." died." I said embarrassingly: "It's also because I didn't think carefully, but fortunately, it's not too late to make up for it." Li Zhi smiled wryly: "Actually, this time is not bad. Although the king was almost killed this time, killing the 'Pioneer General' of the Northern Han Dynasty is enough to make up for it." I sighed and said: "Although that's what I said, but this matter is so big, King Qing will be angry because his subordinates were killed. If he sends someone to track down the murderer, I'm afraid the chaotic situation will become even more chaotic. Zheng Shizhong was assassinated." , the Dongshi incident, although His Highness has contributed to suppressing the incident, but I am afraid that someone will take the opportunity to say that His Highness replaced the prince to accompany the sacrifice, and God will bring disasters, and this incident will also cover up the crime of the prince's filthy harem and disrespect to the gods of heaven and earth." Li Zhi felt a chill in his heart when he heard this, and said, "Could it be that someone would believe such a confuse of black and white?" I glanced at King Yong, and said: "It's not whether people will believe it, but if someone is willing to believe it, His Majesty may give the prince a chance. Your Highness is so powerful in the imperial capital, but His Majesty can't help feeling that His Highness is too prestigious. If you suppress His Highness, you will also forgive the prince once." Li Zhi said with a wry smile: "Unexpectedly, this king has worked so hard for the community, but because of this, he has suffered suspicion. Alas, but today's incident, how can this king stand by and watch?" I smiled slightly and said salutingly: "Your Highness, you did the right thing this time. The Emperor is suspicious of you, but everyone in the world does not respect His Highness's virtue. If this matter spreads, it will only benefit His Highness. What's more, if the Emperor takes the opportunity to spare the prince , will also lose confidence in the prince, and the prince will feel uneasy because of this matter. In this way, the trust between father and son, monarch and ministers is very deep. King, Your Highness can just let go and go for it, now that His Highness is ready for everything, the only thing that is owed is Dongfeng, please also send an order to Master Shi to prepare him to return to the court." Li Zhi showed joy on his face, and disappeared in an instant, saying: "It's fine to write a letter, but I still want to see how my father will deal with this matter this time. Sigh. I hope my father will make a decision impartially, otherwise I, as a son-in-law It must be too chilling.” I didn't answer, I'm afraid King Yong is doomed to be disappointed.Looking at the already bright sky, I am a little tired, so I asked King Yong to go back to rest.Back in the room, Xiao Shunzi had already returned, with a look of displeasure on his face, I asked, "What's wrong, such an ugly face." Xiao Shunzi complained: "My lord, it's fine if you ask me to protect the princess, but how can you ask Master Cizhen to save His Highness without telling me." I smiled wryly and said: "I can't call you back, don't worry, Master Cizhen has already made an arrangement with King Yong, so you don't have to leave my side next time. But today you have to do something. Chang'an must have a bad reputation, first let Xia Jinyi go out of the city to hide, so as not to be discovered, after all he is not an anonymous person in Chang'an." Xiao Shunzi said with a strange expression, "I've thought of this a long time ago, but Chi Ji heard that there was an unexpected guest at their place." I was surprised and said: "Uninvited guest, there is a secret cave they have carefully arranged, how could outsiders come?" Xiao Shunzi's expression became even weirder, and he said, "That person is Ye Tianxiu, the guard of His Royal Highness King Qing, you have seen it before." Now I am really stunned, how could there be such a coincidence?