September 15th, the tenth year of Xuanhe in the Song Dynasty, is suitable for opening and construction; taboo is for breaking ground and traveling to Bianliang, Tokyo.
As soon as the genius dawned, there were more pedestrians on the streets in the inner and outer cities. Because today is the day of the imperial court meeting twice a month, all the officials in Beijing will go to the palace together. No, it has just passed the fourth watch, and the streets are already full of light from torches and lanterns, almost all the main streets are illuminated. As bright as day.
When the sky gets brighter, the flow of people on the long street that goes straight to the palace becomes even denser. Cars, horses, and pedestrians can almost block the Royal Street Avenue, which is more than ten feet wide. The Street Department must Only the people on the other side can manage and clear the situation so that the large group of people can pass smoothly.
However, as an extremely eye-catching group of people came slowly along the open streets of the inner city, the crowd subconsciously retreated to both sides, not daring to block its approach. Because the leader of this team was bearing the name Taiwei Mansion Yue Guogong, it was Sun Tusun Taiwei, the powerful figure in Tokyo who now dominates the sky. It's just that this team today is more noticeable than before, because in addition to Sun Tu, there are dozens of Xixia envoys who are dressed completely differently from the Song people, including several vassal monks. With such momentum and personnel, Naturally, it frequently attracted people around to watch.
Because it was his friend Xi Fengchang who proposed to go to the court meeting with him, Sun Tu did not refuse. He even got up early today and took people to the post house to pick up the other party and his party, and then went to the palace. And because of this, Even the accompanying team was much larger than before, with five hundred soldiers surrounding it, which instantly outshone other teams.
Sun Tu, Xi Fengchang and Yuesang Wagliu almost walked side by side, walking forward slowly. After walking for a while, he asked with a smile: "Brother Xi Feng, how are you thinking about it? Are you willing to accept me?" The three conditions you proposed before? If your country can meet these three points, I can guarantee that the westward marching army will be withdrawn in the shortest possible time, and at the same time, the negotiations between the two countries will be reopened this year."
"This..." Xi Fengchang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The request you made, Taiwei Sun, is too harsh, at least I can't agree to it. So I decided to meet with the emperor of your country to see if he can care about the lives of the two countries. lower the requirements.”
"I'm afraid this may be a bit difficult. What I mean is what Your Majesty means."
Xi Fengchang's eyebrows furrowed even more when he heard such unreasonable words coming from Sun Tu's mouth. But at this time, Yuesang Wali, who had not spoken a word all the way, suddenly said: "Captain Sun, I don't know whether I should say something or not."
"Master, there's no need to be polite. If you have anything to say, it's okay to say it."
"I noticed the day before yesterday, Lieutenant Commander, that you had an extremely strong murderous aura. But when I see you again today, this evil aura has already shot straight from the top of your head to the sky. This is really not a good thing. I hope you can uphold good intentions and don't do anything. Let’s commit another crime of killing.” Yuesang Wali said solemnly with a look of compassion.
But these words made Sun Tu startled slightly. After looking at the monk carefully for a few more times, he forced a smile and said: "Did Master see it wrong? I have rarely made any grudges with others in the past two years, let alone caused any killings." What a sin. As long as everything in the country and the capital remains as before, no one can die in vain."
"Is this so? Then I hope the Taiwei can keep his word." After Jie Sang pronounced the Buddha's name, he stopped talking and concentrated on riding his horse forward. However, the sad look on his eyebrows was at this moment. On the contrary, it became more intense
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While they were talking, the team had already arrived at the towering Suzaku Gate in front of the imperial city. After entering this gate, the street will be narrower than elsewhere, but at the same time, the shops along the street will be completely gone. Only government buildings and yamen will stand there, looking particularly solemn and solemn.
Precisely because they were about to enter the core area of the entire empire, the expressions of both the Xixia envoys and the officials of the Song Dynasty became serious. The team that was still chatting suddenly stopped at this moment, and Sun Tu and the others The officials at the front took two steps and quickly passed through the wide city gate, which could accommodate three vehicles and five horses abreast, and the people in the front team had also entered.
A bleak autumn wind blew suddenly from the north, picking up a few fallen leaves on the street and flying towards Sun Tu and the others. Everything seems to be no different from the previous visits to the imperial city, but if you feel it carefully, it gives people a different illusion.
At this moment, Sun Tu's eyes suddenly narrowed, his breath suddenly stopped, but his body fell slightly, and his hand rested on the handle of the knife at his waist. And all the guards around him made the same move almost at the same time - they actually felt a powerful murderous aura coming towards them at the same time.
This is a mysterious and mysterious feeling. There is no reason or basis. It relies on the experience and judgment gained from years of fighting and fighting in the mountains of corpses and seas of blood. It comes from the induction of the mind and body. They will never deceive their masters. .
It was at this moment, when Sun Tu rode his horse into the city gate that was not very deep, that a sharp horn sound suddenly sounded from the side and the front -
At the same time, hundreds of people suddenly appeared on the top of the five- to six-foot-high city. Without any hesitation, these hundreds of people suddenly jumped down amidst the shouts. They were in mid-air, with their hands already in their hands. Cold light flashed out, like meteors and sharp arrows, striking at the heads of the guards who had just emerged from the city gate.
At the same time, they all yelled loudly: "Kill Sun Tu and get rid of the national traitors!"
This was indeed a surprise to everyone, especially those officials who had passed through the city gate before Sun Tu and others. After hearing the sound of killing people, they turned around and saw these eagle-like people. When he pounced on the guy, he almost couldn't believe his eyes - how could this be possible
Yes, how is this possible? When the manpower is limited, it is a high wall of five or six feet. No matter how skilled you are, it is impossible to fight again after falling from such a height. It is considered lucky not to fall to death.
But soon, they saw clearly what was going on. These assassins who seemed to be flying down recklessly were not actually jumping naked. Instead, they all had ropes tied around their waists and landed on top of everyone. In an instant, as soon as the rope tightened, the momentum of their fall suddenly stopped, and they took the opportunity to use the force of their fall on the steel knife they swung, slashing at the target below with great force.
Although the guards reacted quickly enough and raised their swords to defend themselves almost at the same time, they underestimated the opponent's momentum, and actually had their weapons chopped off in a single confrontation, and fell down screaming in blood. But those attackers who had fallen down unbuckled their waists at this moment and let their bodies fall steadily to the ground. In an instant, they formed a murderous team, seemingly ready to rush out of the city gate at any time. The target is killed when
field.
But then, the current battle situation changed again. The inevitable assassination was in vain, because the imagined situation of Sun Tu leading the others out of the city gate did not appear. In this moment, both sides actually It's a confrontation across the door.
Yes, just when these attackers came down from above, Sun Tu had stopped even though he was inside the city gate. What even more amazed the Xixia people on the left and right was that at this moment, the entire team still maintained absolute calmness and order. No one moved, and they stood firmly in the narrow city gate and put on defense. The posture comes.
After being stunned for a moment, Xi Fengchang quickly understood. Obviously, all this should have been expected by Sun Tu. But this made him even more puzzled. Since the other party already knew that there would be such a change, why didn't they take action earlier and take this risk
Also, why are we here and today? Is there any inevitable connection between all this and myself? What will be the outcome of this accident
Just when his mind was spinning, something changed again, and he heard another loud bang from behind. The entrance was actually blocked by a thousand-pound gate, which meant that Sun Tu and his party's retreat had been cut off. Now there is only one road left ahead, where there are hundreds of enemies with swords in formation, and the unpredictable danger of the imperial street leading directly to the palace.
"Sun Tu, how long will it take before you get off your horse and die!" Following a roar, a row of officials in scarlet robes filed in on the long street a few hundred steps away, and the leader was none other than Prime Minister Li Gang. At this time, his beard and hair were fluttering, his face was red, like an angry old lion, roaring towards the front: "If you don't want to die in vain, drop your weapons quickly, I can save your lives. If you dare to take the risk again, If you resist, shoot to death!"
The shouts were like roaring bells, and they were so powerful that even the Xixia people changed their colors. Xi Fengchang was even more shocked: "How could this be so? Sun... Lieutenant Sun, what should we do?"
"Brother Xifeng is scared?" Sun Tu raised the corner of his mouth and glanced at him and asked.
"I just can't understand why such big changes always happen to you and me every time we meet."
"Perhaps this is the fate determined by God." Sun Tu narrowed his eyes and looked at the hundreds of soldiers and horses in front of him who had made defensive postures, and then shouted loudly: "Brothers, there are traitors who have colluded to form a party. If you want to destroy everything we have worked hard to build over the years, what should we do?"
"Kill them all! Kill them all! Kill them all!" Everyone roared loudly and violently almost at the same time, causing the city gate to buzz, and even sand and stones began to fall. And the murderous aura in the sky also rose, almost completely tearing the city gate of the Suzaku Gate into pieces.
"Okay, then let them see the determination and murderous intention of us and other elites from hundreds of battles!" Sun Tu said, holding the knife across his chest, kicking the horse's belly, but he was the first to rush towards the enemy in front, and in the blink of an eye he had already Rushed out of the city gate.
"Kill!" The guards immediately shouted and rushed out, galloping towards the hundreds of assassins holding swords on foot outside the door.
Perhaps he was frightened by the strong aura of the soldiers, or perhaps the attack he had just prepared failed to succeed, which demoralized the entire team. Seeing Sun Tu leading his army out, the hundreds of assassins outside the door immediately He retreated, allowing the cavalry of hundreds of people to rush out of the city gate smoothly and kill Li Gang and other important figures in front at full speed.