Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Assassin
When Wan Tianhua heard this, his gaze at Deng Hong was even more fierce.
If Deng Hong hadn't seen it, he hurriedly saluted King Ning, and said with a slight smile: "The prince is serious, Deng Hong is a general of the defeated army, how dare he speak bravely." The minister thought that the prince was sitting on the three benefits of 'heaven, earth and man', and he would be able to win a big victory in a battle with Butcher Zhang. Three months ago, the eastern part of the city was attacked by wild beasts, because it was the time of harvest, and Butcher Zhang lost at least half of his military rations. Between Dongyu City and Yongning City, there is a narrow river valley corridor, although Zhang Butcher sent heavy troops to guard, but the terrain on one side of our army is higher, whether it is fire attack, water attack, or stone attack, etc., can receive miraculous results, this is the advantage of the terrain. Zhang Butcher is mean and unkind, and indiscriminately kills and abuses power, appoints people to maintain relatives, and subordinate generals are separated from their appearance, as long as the prince sends people to lobby, there will inevitably be people who surrender, which is the benefit of people. ”
"As for Wan Changshi's fear of being attacked by other forces, the prince doesn't have to worry about it. The only people who have always coveted Yongning City are Zhang Butcher and Wu Nai'an. Needless to say, we just need to embankment Wu Nai'an. If Wu Nai'an wants to attack Yongning City, he must make a detour through the Xing'an Mountains, but the news that Wang Changshun intends to exterminate the rebels in the Xing'an Mountains, it is impossible for Wu Nai'an not to know, with his cautious character, he will definitely not choose this time to appear there, so that Wang Changshun can find an excuse to get rid of him. Even if Wu Nai'an doesn't consider these problems and leads his troops to attack Yongning City, we can use the strength of those tribes to delay for two or three months. In this time, it's enough for us to take EAST. ”
Deng Hong's words made those who were sloppy and patting horses nod frequently, if it weren't for the feelings of Wan Tianhua, they would have echoed it a long time ago. Wan Tianhua frowned slightly at this time, and was about to try to refute, but unexpectedly, a big man suddenly stood up next to him.
"Lord Wang! I, Zhou Dashi, am a rough man, and I can't understand these analyses of General Deng, but my brothers and I have never put that butcher in our eyes, and the matter of attacking the city and pulling out the village can be left to me and wait. As long as the prince gives an order, we can immediately kill the east corner city. ”
Zhou Dashi sat diagonally opposite Deng Hong, he had a big waist and a round waist, he was sitting there, and he was a head taller than the others, and he was a tiger general at first glance, he served as the commander of the palace guards, and it could be said that he was 100% of King Ning's henchmen, and he had been with him since King Ning was not crowned king. As early as when everyone was listening to the music, he, like several generals around Deng Hong, seemed a little absent-minded, and when he heard that there was a battle to be fought, he immediately came to his senses.
Zhou Dashi admires Deng Hong very much, who can be literate and martial, and he has long been unaccustomed to Wan Tianhua, a person who likes to play with power, and he saw that Wan Tianhua was going to speak again, most of them still wanted to obstruct Deng An, so he rushed to stand up and speak. Because his voice was extremely loud, it suppressed all the noise around him. All of a sudden, there was a cold scene in the pavilion.
was robbed of the conversation in front of everyone, Wan Tianhua was angry and anxious, but he didn't have the slightest way to take this week, his face couldn't help but blush, and he didn't say a word.
Seeing this, King Ning's face sank, and he said, "Great World, sit down!"
Zhou Dashi opened his mouth helplessly, and had to sit back in his seat.
King Ning looked around, swept over everyone's faces one by one, and saw that they were either apprehensive or silent, and were slightly proud.
It wasn't until another moment passed that the person who belonged to the Wantianhua side began to speak. But then, there were people who supported Deng Hong and put forward different opinions.
Just as everyone in the pavilion was arguing about the expedition, under the surface of the lake, two men in black stood still in the water like sleeping fish. What's even more bizarre is that when the lake reaches the front and back of the two of them, it seems to be blocked by a layer of invisible force, and it can't touch them at all. Those who can get to such a point obviously won't be ordinary mortals.
The two monks appeared to be unmoved, but were actually communicating with each other in occult arts.
"Wan Zhongjian dotes on this son too much, in order to get rid of his admirers and political enemies, he actually wasted Zhou Zhang so much, let the two monks pretend to be secular killers, and after a while, we have to cooperate with Wan Zhongqiu to act, what do we say is also the patriarch of the Xiuzhen family, and it is the existence that mortals look up to. If this thing gets out, it won't be laughed off by other families. Wei Chun snorted heavily, extremely dissatisfied with the plan proposed by Wan Jia.
"Brother Wei, you and I have already agreed, what else can I do, there is no need to complain about this matter, for the sake of those two Tsukidans, I will endure this time for the time being. When our Wei and Yi families also have foundation building monks, they will spread it out to see who dares to laugh at us. Yi Jian opened it ugly, comforting Wei Chun while fantasizing about the scenery after the foundation was built.
"By the way, is the formation you set up in Dongshan Forest reliable? Wei Chun groaned a little and asked.
"Don't worry, that formation was exchanged for twenty spirit stones, as long as her cultivation can't reach the foundation, there will be no problem in being trapped for three and a half months. Yi Jiannan chuckled.
Wei Chun was about to ask some more questions when there was a sudden vibration on the surface of the lake. The shock is wide, but very small, and should not be caused by falling objects or fish swimming. He and Yi Jiannan glanced at each other, and the cold glint in his eyes flashed.
Then, Wei Chun's body moved sharply, rushing towards the surface of the lake like a barracuda.
At this time, the argument in the pavilion became more and more intense, and the two sides even ignored the existence of King Ning, and some hot-tempered ones, such as Zhou Dashi, began to point at each other's noses and scold. That person knew his status in King Ning's Mansion, and he didn't dare to return the tribute if he had a hard time.
And the important figures on both sides, such as Deng Hong and Wan Tianhua, did not say a word, secretly observing the situation in the field, Deng Hong drank low, and Wan Tianhua shook the folding fan.
The two of them didn't look at each other from beginning to end.
The woman with the ancient sword on her back frowned slightly by everyone's arguing, but she didn't have the slightest intention of leaving, and her slender fingers gently stroked a cyan jade bracelet on her wrist.
Sometimes, Deng Hong felt that he was really not happy, so he smiled apologetically to her, and the woman smiled faintly like everyone's ladies. When she smiled, her heroic spirit immediately faded, and she looked gentle and lovely, adding a different kind of beauty.
Wan Tianhua occasionally looked at the woman, and there was always a hint of fire in his eyes.
Wan Zhongqiu still closed his eyes and recuperated, and didn't seem to be the slightest interested in all this, but his fingers, while the woman was not paying attention, flicked lightly towards the water.
"Whew!" the sound was soft and short, as if it hadn't happened.
None of the Wenchen generals in the debate could hear it, and even Deng An and Wan Tianhua didn't notice it, but the woman with the sword on her back and Wan Zhongqiu followed the prestige at the same time.
On the surface of the water near the pavilion, a black shadow rose into the sky. He was in the form of a ghost, and like that voice, he didn't attract too many people's attention. At the moment when the black shadow came out, a blue light shot out of this person's hand like a lightning flash, and quickly turned into three strands on the way, shooting towards the unsuspecting Ning Wang, Deng Hong, and Wan Tianhua respectively.
"Hmph!" "Er dare!" At the same time, the woman with the sword on her back and Wan Zhongqiu shot separately, and before the three blue lights could get close to the target, they were shot to the ground, and they were actually three extremely thin flying knives.
The black shadow missed, his body shook, and he tread water and fled into the distance.
"There are assassins!" Wan Zhongqiu shouted, his body shook, and in the blink of an eye, a large piece of the ground fell to the ground. All this happened in a very short period of time, and those civil and military generals in the field did not understand what was going on, and they completely passed out.
"Protect the prince!" Wan Tianhua reacted extremely quickly, and stepped forward to protect King Ning behind him. At this time, King Ning was completely stunned, his expression was blank, and after a long time, he said tremblingly: "Quick! Wan Changshi, quickly call someone to protect this king!"
Hearing this, Wan Tianhua sneered in his heart. Yesterday, he just discussed this plan with Wan Zhongqiu, taking advantage of King Ning's banquet to invite his subordinates, send a monk to scare him, and find an opportunity to kill Deng Hong, so that King Ning can be more dependent on the Wan family, which is convenient for future control.
Wan Tianhua promised: "The minister's uncle is an immortal, and the prince will be fine." ”
Only then did King Ning come back to his senses and said again and again: "That's good, that's good." As he spoke, he hurriedly begged Wanzhong to thank him: "Thank you Daxian for your grace." ”
Wan Zhongqiu just nodded, turned to look at the woman with the sword on his back, and said politely: "Most of that person was sent by the National Teacher's Mansion, if he is allowed to escape this time, maybe it will attract Wang Yiping, that person is a late stage of Qi training, and it is difficult to win in the next person, it is better for you and me to chase him together, and strive to leave him in Ningyong City completely." Miss Qin, what do you think?"
A trace of worry appeared on the face of the woman with the sword on her back, judging from the situation just now, the target of the other party's assassination obviously included Deng Hong, and it was impossible for her to stay by his side all the time, thinking of this, her face suddenly turned red, and then replied decisively: "It's okay!"
Before leaving, she confessed again: "Brother Deng must be careful. ”
Deng Hong laughed and said: "Miss Qin don't worry, she is ruthless in her life, just an assassin, and she can't be killed!" It's just that the details of the other party are not clear, will it be dangerous to chase after her so rashly, if this is the case, Miss Qin will not go." ”
Qin Hongling's eyes were slightly red, she bit her lip, and stopped talking, so she resolutely turned around, floated up gently, and fluttered like a fairy in the moon, quickly catching up with Wanzhongqiu who was far away.
Looking at the beautiful back of the other party, Deng An was stunned, and then, the face of another woman appeared in his mind, so he shook his head with a wry smile, but he didn't notice that the eyes of the poisonous snake had been staring at him tightly.
Outside the trestle, there was a small group of guards who were quickly assembling, they should have discovered the abnormality in the pavilion, Deng Hong saw it, and hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, it's not safe here, you better return to the shore as soon as possible and join the guards in the palace." ”
After finishing speaking, Deng Hong leaned down, intending to wake up several generals around him.
Suddenly, the surface of the lake, which had just regained calm, turned up a huge wave, and under the frightened and inexplicable gaze of King Ning and the others, another man in black quietly rose from the water.