Chapter 4 The third surprise attack

【one】 The seventeenth day of the first lunar month. Chang'an. In the morning, it was bitterly cold. When Zhuo Donglai woke up, Sima Chaoqun was already waiting in the small hall, sitting on the chair covered with sable fur, drinking his wine from a crystal glass. Only Sima Chaoqun can do this.One day, a girl who thought Zhuo Donglai couldn't do without her, just sat on this chair, and was thrown naked in the snow outside the door. Everything about Zhuo Donglai is absolutely inviolable, with the exception of Sima Chaoqun. But Zhuo Donglai still made him wait outside for a long time before he put on a toga and walked out of the bedroom barefoot. The first sentence he asked Sima: "You came so early, are you in a hurry to ask why I let you go yesterday?" Zhu Meng?"

"Yes." Sima said, "I know you must have many reasons, but unfortunately I can't think of any." Zhuo Donglai also sat down on a pile of soft sable fur.Usually, in front of Sima, he is always well-dressed and respectful, never sitting on an equal footing with Sima. Because he wants others to feel that Sima Chaoqun is always superior. But now there are only two of them in the house. "I can't kill Zhu Meng," Zhuo Dong said, "first, because I don't want to kill him, and second, because I'm not sure." "Why don't you want to kill him?"

"He broke into our hinterland alone, swung his knife calmly and beheaded our general in front of the horse. He could have walked away, but he stayed because he wanted to drink with a friend." He said lightly: "If I killed him at that time, people in the world will definitely say that Zhu Meng, the 'Xiong Lion', is indeed a hero, a good friend, loyal, and courageous." Zhuo Donglai sneered, "I killed him." Didn't he fulfill him instead?" Sima Chaoqun stared at the wine in the crystal glass, and after a long time said coldly: "I know you must have a reason, but I can't figure out how you can't be sure?" He asked Zhuo Donglai, "Is the good player you brought with you Little, still can't deal with the three of them?"

"Not three, but four." "Who is the fourth person?" "I didn't see it, but I could feel that he was standing outside a window behind me." Zhuo Dong said, "Although he was standing far outside the window, I felt as if he was close to my back. " "why?" "Because of his murderous intent." Zhuo Dong said, "I have never encountered such a terrifying murderous intent in my life." "You didn't look back at him?" "I didn't. Because I know he has been staring at me, as if he was specifically warning me that as long as I make a little move, no matter what the move is, he may shoot."

Zhuo Donglai added: "Although I didn't see him, Gao Jianfei must have seen him." "how do you know?" "At that time, Gao Jianfei was sitting opposite me, facing the window. When I felt the murderous aura, Gao Jianfei's expression also changed, as if he saw a ghost suddenly." Zhuo Dong said: "Gao Jianfei can definitely be regarded as the number one swordsman among the rising swordsmen in recent years. If there is no special reason, why is he so afraid of a stranger?" Sima Chaoqun suddenly laughed, laughing loudly. "So you're a little scared too!" His laughter seemed to be full of sarcasm, "Unexpectedly, when Ziqi Donglai Zhuo Donglai is also afraid, the person who is afraid is a person who has never even seen it."

Zhuo Donglai looked at him coldly, and when he finished laughing, he said calmly, "Although I didn't see him, I already know who he is." "Who is he?" Sima's laughter paused, "Do you think he is the one who assassinated Yang Jian?" "Yes." Zhuo Dong said, "It must be." He said: "This person must seldom walk around in the rivers and lakes, and must have a special relationship with Zhu Meng, but he is definitely not Zhu Meng's subordinate." Zhuo Dong said, "This person must use a weapon that no one has ever seen It is a terrifying weapon that can release the power of many different weapons at the same time."

"What else?" Sima asked. "there is none left." "That's all you know?" "Until now, that's all I know. I can't even imagine the shape of that weapon." Zhuo Donglai said flatly, "But I believe that I already know more than anyone else. " Sima wanted to laugh, but he didn't. Zhuo Donglai is his friend, a good friend who has been through life and death together, and Zhuo Donglai is also his most capable helper. But no one knew why, when the two of them were alone, he always confronted Zhuo Donglai, as if he wanted to stab him in every possible way.

Zhuo Donglai always did not resist at all, not even reacting at all. After drinking another glass of wine, Sima suddenly asked Zhuo Donglai again. "Now that Sun Tong is dead, what about Guo Zhuang?" "Guo Zhuang is not here anymore." "I saw him yesterday morning, why wasn't he there this morning?" "Because I told him to rush to Luoyang yesterday morning," Zhuo Dong said, "I told him to go as soon as I heard the news that Zhu Meng had arrived at Honghuaji." Zhuo Dong said: "I want him to change horses every 500 miles and go there day and night. He must arrive at Luoyang the day before Zhu Meng returns home."

Sima Chaoqun's eyes suddenly shone, and he suddenly asked: "Is he sure to make it in time?" "must be able to." "What if he can't make it?" Zhuo Donglai said flatly: "Then I will tell him to die in Luoyang, and there is no need to come back." Sima Chaoqun didn't ask Zhuo Donglai why he sent Guo Zhuang to Luoyang and what he was doing? He doesn't have to ask. He was fully aware of Zhuo Donglai's plans and actions. ——Zhu Meng Qingqi went far away. Since the generals under him did not follow, they would definitely meet him on the road. Before Zhu Meng rushed back, the defense inside the "Lion Hall" must be much weaker than usual. It was them Great opportunity to rush to the raid.

——As long as the best opportunity can be grasped, one surprise attack is far more effective than ten bitter battles. This is Zhuo Donglai's most commonly used strategy. This time the plan was indeed precise, ruthless and bold, which was Zhuo Donglai's usual style. Sima Chaoqun only asked Zhuo Donglai: "You only sent Guo Zhuang alone?" "We also have people in Luoyang," Zhuo Dong said, "Guo Zhuang didn't go alone." "Who else?" "And wooden chickens." "Wooden chicken?" Sima moved, "You didn't kill him?"

"He has always been a very useful person, and he is also useful to us. Why should I kill him?" "He was sent by Zhu Meng to kill Yang Jian, don't you think he betrayed us?" "Now he is not going to kill Yang Jian, but Zhu Meng." "why?" "Because he already knew that Zhu Meng just wanted to use him as a cover, and he deliberately wanted him to die. Because Zhu Meng had already determined that he would never succeed." Zhuo Dong said, "He is not afraid of being used, but he I can't take this insult." Zhuo Donglai added: "What's more, I paid him far more than Zhu Meng." Sima looked at him with a mocking smile in his eyes again. "Now I know why you didn't kill Zhu Meng." Sima said, "You want him to go back alive, you want him to see with his own eyes the painful lesson you taught him, and you want him to know how powerful you are." He looked at Zhuo Donglai and smiled: "You have always been like this, always wanting to make others hate you and be afraid of you." "That's right, I want Zhu Meng to be afraid, and I want him to be afraid to do unforgivable wrong and stupid things." Zhuo Dong said, "It's just that I don't want him to be afraid of me, but I want him to be afraid of you." His voice was soft: "No one but ourselves knows who is in charge of this operation." But Sima jumped up, with blue veins protruding from his forehead. "But I know," he said aloud. "Why don't you even ask me about such a big job? Why wait until you've done it?" Zhuo Donglai's attitude was still very calm, staring at Sima Chaoqun with calm and gentle eyes. "Because what I want you to do is not this kind of thing." He said, "What I want you to do is a big thing. I want you to become an unprecedented hero in the Jianghu and complete an unprecedented hegemony in the martial arts." Sima clenched his fists tightly and stared at him for a long time, then suddenly heaved a long sigh and relaxed his clenched fists. So his men stood up and walked out slowly. Zhuo Donglai suddenly asked him again: "Gao Jianfei is still near Chang'an, waiting for your reply. When are you going to fight him?" Sima Chaoqun didn't even turn his head. "Whatever you want," his voice suddenly became very cold, "you must have already planned this kind of thing, anyway, no matter when you fight, he won't even have a chance, because you will never give him a chance." There's a chance." Sima said flatly, "So you don't have to come back and ask me about such things in the future." 【two】 When Gao Jianfei woke up, his hands and feet were almost frozen. In the small room of this cheap inn, there used to be a small brazier, but now the little charcoal in the brazier has been burned out. He jumped up and made sixty or seventy strange postures on the bed. His body was like a noodle that could bend and twist at will with his thoughts.When he reached the eleventh posture, his whole body began to warm up. When he stopped, he felt that his spirit was uplifted, his face was radiant, and his mood was extremely happy. He believed that he would definitely see the person carrying the suitcase today. After leaving that teahouse yesterday, he saw this person three times again, once by a small frozen river, once at the foot of a mountain, and once in a back alley in Chang'an City. He can see clearly. Although he hadn't seen this person's face clearly until now, he would definitely not mistake the gray cotton robe and the dark brown cowhide suitcase. It's a pity that every time he rushed over, that person had disappeared like air. He decided not to continue chasing, and decided to come back and have a good sleep before talking. Because he had already discovered that that person also wanted to see him, otherwise he wouldn't have deliberately appeared in front of him three times. He must be testing him, testing his martial arts, testing whether he has any malice towards him. Xiao Gao believed that if he stopped looking for him, he would show up sooner or later. Although the snow had stopped, the weather was getting colder. Xiao Gao decided to eat a bowl of hot noodle soup first. As soon as he arrived at the small noodle shop he often went to, Xiao Gao really saw the man and his box. It's not time for lunch yet, and there are not many customers in the noodle restaurant. This person was sitting in a corner where Xiao Gao used to sit, silently eating a bowl of noodles, the kind of cabbage soup noodles that Xiao Gao often ate. His suitcase lay beside him.A flat box, more than one foot wide and two feet long. ——What is in this box? How can such an ordinary box be the most terrifying weapon in the world? Xiao Gao really wanted to rush over, grab the box, and open it to have a look. But he resisted the urge. No matter what, this time he finally saw the man's face clearly. With a sallow face, a pair of dull eyes, and a feeble look, it looks like a person who has been seriously ill for seventeen or eighteen years and is already dying of illness. Although there were still many vacancies in the noodle restaurant, Xiao Gao still walked over bravely, sat down opposite this person, ordered a bowl of noodles, and then immediately said to this person: "My name is Gao, and I am tall in mountains and rivers." He told This person, "My name is Gao Jianfei, which means I'm going to fly gradually." This person didn't respond at all, as if he didn't see someone sitting down on the other side. The dark brown cowhide box was placed beside the table, and Xiao Gao could get it as soon as he stretched out his hand. What would happen if he reached out to pick up the box and turned around and ran? Xiao Gao dared not try. He has always been very courageous, and there seem to be few things in the world that he dare not do. But this person who looked as if he was dying of illness seemed to have some kind of inexplicable and incredible mysterious power, which was enough to make anyone dare not give him the slightest hint of blasphemy. Xiao Gao stared at him for a long time, then suddenly lowered his voice, and said in a voice that only he could hear, "I know it's you." Xiao Gao said, "I know the person who killed Yang Jian was you." The man finally raised his head and glanced at him, a cold light suddenly flashed in those dull eyes, like a bolt of lightning suddenly struck down from the gray sky. But there is no thunder after the lightning. The man immediately returned to his feeble appearance, silently took out a few pennies and put them on the table, silently picked up the box, and silently walked out. Xiao Gao immediately chased after him. This time this person did not suddenly disappear from the air like the previous three times. He kept walking ahead, and walked very slowly, as if afraid that Xiao Gao would not be able to catch up with him. After walking for half a day, Xiao Gao suddenly found that he was walking into the alley where he had seen him yesterday. There is no one in the alley, and it is a dead alley that cannot be walked out. Xiao Gao's heart skipped a beat. ——Did he bring me here because I already knew his secret, and wanted to kill me with his mysterious box? Xiao Gao didn't know what kind of weapon this box was, and he didn't know if he could parry and resist with the sword in his hand. Just because he didn't know, he suddenly felt a kind of fear that he had never felt before. But this person doesn't look like he wants to kill, nor does he look like he can kill. Now he has turned around and faced Xiao Gao, and after a long time, he asked Xiao Gao in a calm and hoarse voice: "Do you know who I am?" "have no idea." "Have you seen me before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month?" "No." "Do I look like a murderer?" "Not like." "Have you ever seen me kill someone?" "No." "Then why do you say that I killed Yang Jian?" "Because of your box," Xiao Gao said, "I know this box is a very mysterious weapon, and it is very scary." The man stared at Xiao Gao. Xiao Gao's eyes, demeanor, standing posture, breathing frequency, the material of his clothes, and the coarse cloth bag in his hand, he did not let him go in every part of his body. He seemed to be watching more carefully than Zhuo Donglai, and his gray and lifeless eyes seemed to hide some kind of sophisticated hidden weapon specially made to observe others. Then he asked Xiao Gao in the same peaceful voice: "You said your name is Gao Jianfei?" "yes." "Where do you come from?" "From the mountain." "Is it a very tall mountain?" He asked Xiao Gao, "Is there a clear spring and an ancient pine where you live?" "yes." "Did the clothes you're wearing be spun out of the cotton and linen produced behind the mountains?" "yes." Xiao Gao has already begun to feel very surprised that this person knows much more about him than anyone else. "Is there an old man on that mountain who likes to drink tea?" He asked Xiao Gao again, "Does he often sit under that ancient pine tree and use the spring water there to make tea?" "Yes." Xiao Gao said, "He told me about your box." "Did he tell you anything about me?" "No." The man stared at Xiao Gao, and there was a cold gleam in his gloomy eyes: "He never mentioned me? Didn't he even mention anything about me?" "Absolutely not." Xiao Gao said, "The old man just told me that the most terrifying weapon in the world is a box." "Have you ever told anyone?" "No." "Does anyone know where you came from?" "No." Xiao Gao said: "Zhuo Donglai once checked my clothes, trying to find out where I came from from the material of my clothes, but unfortunately he didn't see anything." He planted the cotton, woven the cloth, and sewed the clothes himself. That mountain was an unknown mountain, and no mortal had set foot on it except them. Xiao Gao smiled: "Even if Zhuo Donglai has great abilities, he can never find out my background." "Where's your sword?" the man asked. "Has anyone seen your sword?" "there's a few." "How many people?" "A few dead people." Xiao Gao said, "Everyone who has seen my sword has died by my sword." "Is there anything special about your sword?" "some." "What's so special?" "There is a very strange mark on the spine of this sword, which looks like a tear stain." The person carrying the box suddenly had an expression in his eyes that no one could explain, as if he was very sad, but also as if he was very happy. "Tears, tears, so there really is such a sword in the world." He murmured, "Why are there tears on the murdering sword? Why is there such a sword in the world?" Xiao Gao couldn't answer. This is a very wonderful question, and perhaps no one can answer it at all. Xiao Gao finally couldn't help asking him: "Now can you tell me who you are? How do you know so much about me?" The man kept his mouth shut and said nothing, but suddenly flicked his middle finger with his thumb, making a crisp sound. Xiao Gao immediately heard the sound of wheels rolling and horseshoes stamping on the ground. When he turned his head to look, there was already a black painted carriage parked outside this back alley. The person carrying the suitcase had already walked over with his suitcase, opened the door, sat in the compartment, and then asked Xiao Gao: "Can you get up?" —Where did this carriage come from? Xiao Gao didn't know. —Where is this carriage going? Xiao Gao didn't know either. But he went up, even if he knew that the carriage came from hell and wanted to take him back to hell, he would still go up. 【three】 The carriage was spacious, comfortable and splendid, and the carriage moved extremely fast and steadily. The four horses pulling the carriage and the driver who drove the carriage were undoubtedly well-trained.There is no doubt that the yoke and carriage are specially designed. Even in the garages and stables of princes and rich people, there may not be such good carriages and horses. How could this ordinary-looking person have such a gorgeous carriage? Xiao Gao wanted to ask him a lot of questions, but he closed his eyes as soon as he got in the car, and fell asleep as soon as he closed his eyes. The mysterious box was placed on the seat beside him. Xiao Gao's heart moved again. ——If I secretly opened it to take a look, what would happen to him?I just took a look. Even if he finds out, it probably doesn't matter. The temptation was too great, too great to resist. Xiao Gao finally couldn't help stretching out his hand. His hands are extremely dexterous and have received extremely strict training. In one experiment, he continuously opened thirty good locks made by eleven master craftsmen. Those locks are difficult for others to open even if they have a key, but what he uses is nothing more than a wire. He quickly found the spring on the box, and only heard a light "click", and the spring had been pushed aside. The owner of the box is still asleep. —What is in the box?Why is it the scariest weapon in the world? The secret was finally revealed, and Xiao Gao's heart beat faster. He gently and slowly lifted the lid, and what seemed to be contained in the box were only iron pipes and pieces of strange shape.There were about thirteen or fourteen pieces, each of different form and size. It's a pity that Xiao Gao didn't see clearly. As soon as the box was opened, he suddenly smelled a faint fragrance like gardenia. Then he passed out.