As one of the best assassins in Chang'an, the shadow of many high-powered generations who could not sleep at night, the Nie's daughter, who was soft and unable to lift a trace of strength, also lost consciousness and immersed in her own memories;
Now that everything must be ended and freed here, she no longer minds retrieving the dusty past bits and pieces in her memory that will also be forgotten.
Speaking of it, this so-called allusion to the family of assassins is from the historical records of Sima Qian; but in fact, it is only the scene of nearly a hundred years that has been active in the Mid-Tang Dynasty.
The original origin comes from Emperor Xuanzong’s inner worship court during the Kaiyuan period, which encompassed strange people and strangers in all aspects of the world; among them, there are many outstanding masters in the world such as swords, martial arts, and horns;
Among them, the most famous are undoubtedly Aunt Gongsun, General Pei and others who have been handed down in poetry. Li Taibai, whose poetry is more famous than sword fighting skills, was once among them.
However, after the Anshi Rebellion broke out with the decline of the Tang Dynasty, these people who worshipped in the inner dynasty also dispersed with the Emperor Xuanzong who fled the capital;
Many of them met with the elders with courage, but went to join the army to serve the country, and the king of Qin was determined to be under the command of Guo (Ziyi) and Li (Guangbi); thus, they became subordinates in the northwest.
Later, there were many people who held their own skills and were unable to leave their homeland. They formally formed groups and called them brothers and sisters, and secretly attacked and assassinated the officials and generals of the rebels and pseudo-dynasties.
Later, the world was initially settled. In the first year of Emperor Suzong's reign, another eunuch Li Fuguo began to dictate the power of the inner circle, and in the name of the prosecutor's office, the party members were gathered to investigate the affairs of the court and the field.
As a result, these remnants of aspirants who had sacrificed their lives to serve the country were re-assembled in secret, under the banner of Kuangji Datang and Protecting the Emperor, to fight and fight with their minions in the open and secretly.
Among them, the descendant of Gongsun Auntie Yingchuan Li Twelve Niang was one of them, and eventually participated in the successful assassination of Li Fuguo. However, when Li Fuguo has gone, there is a great eunuch who is kind to him again;
Yu Chaoen was tricked into the palace and killed in the inner court, and Cheng Yuanzhen began to dominate. When Cheng Yuanzhen began to lose power and was robbed and killed halfway by the enemy, Wang Shoucheng and Qiu Shiliang ushered in the nectar change of Wang Shoucheng and Qiu Shiliang. .
Since then, the replacement between Quan Huan and the emperor has continued. The supporters behind the assassin's family also faintly appeared, among them were the prime ministers and elders of the dynasty, there were also noble relatives of the clan, or foreign powers of the family.
It was only afterwards that the central authority gradually declined, and after the separatist wars of the vassals became the mainstream; the foreign forces behind them cooperated and cooperated with the masters of the eunuchs to jointly deal with the unruly ones under the purpose of safeguarding the imperial power. Fan Zhen challenged.
Therefore, with the continuous investment of manpower and resources behind them, the existence of these assassin families also lies in the struggle of the eunuch's party members, and they are successively divided into several veins to restrict and compete with each other.
For example, the two assassin families of Nie and Gongsun are mainly female assassins trained since childhood; because although women are inherently weaker than men, they are also much less guarded and feared, and they are more likely to take advantage of their ill-preparedness. s method.
It's just that, compared to the eyeliner and manpower of the Gongsun family who used to be all over the Jiaofang Xingyuan, they are good at collecting news and better than direct assassination methods and styles. Nie’s is the route of an elite assassin and a mortal man.
The name of the Nie family is taken from the Baihongguanri allusion of the Warring States Assassin Nie Zheng; the emphasis is on the righteous man Nie Zheng, who was sternly favored, and under the protection of many soldiers, he forcibly attacked and killed Han Aihou and dozens of his subjects , In the end, the tragic resolute draws the eye.
Because of the exquisite training and maintenance, the Nie family did not exceed dozens of people in his prime, and the number of shots was far less than the other few. However, every shot must be a key person in charge, or The momentary illustrious holding power.
Therefore, the most famous deed of the Nie family in the world is the story of Nie Yinniang who claimed to be taken away by a foreigner when she was a child and returned as an adult, and finally assisted the court in solving the story of Nie Yinniang of the Wei Botian family.
However, it hasn't been seen in the annals of history clearly or secretly, and the princes, nobles, important ministers, commanders and their confidants who died in their hands did not stop there.
Naturally, the assassin seeds they have obtained from the people in accordance with their roots and aptitudes since they were young will have to go through a long period of pain and cruelty, and after layers of cruel competition, can they get the final initial suitable manpower. .
Then it is to learn all kinds of skills in all walks of life according to the characteristics, even if there is no achievement, it is necessary to ensure that there is something to learn, and at the critical time, it can provide cover and life-saving opportunities.
Therefore, as long as the corresponding personnel can live to adulthood and be ordered to act, they are naturally named Nie and the corresponding ranking. Then use this as the number to accept various commissions and perform tasks.
The rank among them also represents the ability, success rate and status of the corresponding manpower. Therefore, she used to be named Nie Sanniang, and theoretically she is one of the candidates for the next generation principal/teacher.
However, she has been instilled and emphasized since she was a child. She has always been a tool. In fact, she is not the particularly good one among the Nie girls. Even in all aspects, it can only be regarded as a relatively mediocre result;
The most is to ensure that she will not be eliminated from the selection again and again, and disappear one after another in the sent away vehicle; in their world there are no friends, no relatives, only short-lived and unstable masters and apprentices under the cold and strict dogma relationship.
However, when those peers who are outstanding in some aspects and live generally outstanding, starting from the most preliminary tasks, gradually disappear from the field of vision of every assembly, she has become relatively outstanding.
As a result, someone in the Nie family gradually discovered another potential of her, the kind of natural lack of presence and inconspicuous temperament, no matter what she looks like, and wherever she is.
Because according to Nie’s practice, they spend a long time arranging and operating the corresponding identities every time they do it, and finally they can approach the target with little defense;
Compared with those who are too conspicuous and inevitably caught in it, her natural gas quality has inadvertently increased the survival rate of the means of getting out after the fact.
It's just that as the country is getting tougher and the world is chaotic, the taxation population that the court can control is getting less and less. These assassin families who lack the resources to maintain and support are also beginning to deteriorate under the pressure of reality.
The origins of the assassin family no longer only acted mainly against the enemies and threats of the imperial court, they began to kill a large number of people only for money and profit, and even participated in the power struggle between the center and the locality;
Therefore, some branches were bought and wooed by the vassal town, and secretly confronted the center. Some simply took refuge in the eunuchs who controlled the central authority and the Forbidden Army, thinking that they were rampant minions and lackeys.
Others are invested in the family represented by the prime minister, and become a private force to cut off dissidents. The first supporter of the Nie family line was Li Tangzong's family. In the struggle between the emperor and the eunuch in the past dynasties, it was unavoidable that they were repeatedly attacked and suppressed.
Therefore, Nie, who was a sharp edge in his hands, inherited the interests that have been withered until now, and there are only a few dozen manpower left, and even the manpower after successive losses can not be supplemented.
As a result, she was one of the few contemporary candidates of contemporary principals and a teacher; for the sake of Nie's inheritance, she pretended to be an eunuch and lurked in the Feilong stable in the palace for three months.
During this period, she even found a palace man to act as a partner, so she was able to wait for the opportunity to assassinate the Da Neishi eunuch Ximen, the adopted son of one of the four nobles of the former Shence Army Lieutenant Ximen Si Gong, and the dragon to make Ximen Jun Sui. The horse fell to death.
Then this time, for the old customer of the past, she offered a condition and benefit that was difficult to give up and refuse. She went all the way to the outside of the ridge to hide and wait, just for the opportunity of assassination for a moment of death.
However, it took two months to get into the house of the yellow thief's nephew Lin Yan. She failed for no reason, and she was inexplicably seen through the moment she even got close to the target. Then there was no chance again.
Because in the Canton area, the underground forces and dark lines that could provide her with cooperation and help were uprooted afterwards. If it weren't for her vigilance and care, maybe those corpses and heads that were hung on the cantilever would have their own share.
But as if fate had been tricked by others, there was no chance for her to remedy it again. The grass thieves swept across Jiangnan and Lianghuai, and also sank the two capitals. In the end, even the court and the assassin family were gone. .
Even if she fled to Jiangnan, she still failed to escape and fell into the opponent's hands. But at least the other party has promised to die without being so painful and uncomfortable. This is a lucky thing.
Because since she is in the family of assassins and has gained a lot, she has not heard of or even witnessed the end of the assassin who was caught by mistake;
As a female assassin, the fate of failing to die on the spot is even more tragic, at least every minute and every moment before dying, all kinds of horrible encounters may happen to her.
For example, when she was still a Feilong barn, she had personally seen how a singer who was suspected of being a family member of the Gongsun clan, in the hands of a group of eunuchs whose mentality was distorted into imperfect limbs, she only asked for death but was forced to persist for three. The horror of the sky.
So she was really lucky, at least not the worst result. It's just that some people are sorry for the sister who took her in the Xinyun Academy, and she can only do double compensation when she is fortunate in her next life.
It was just when she began to wonder whether it was the pain of the swordsman, the strangulation, or other means next? Maybe it was escorted to the city gate and beheaded to show the public, thinking that the follow-up shock? .
After listening to her story, the other party muttered for a long time before speaking in a low voice:
"Since no one can drive you anymore, are you willing to use it for me... Then maybe I can just let some insignificant people wait..."
Some things are impossible to write, I hope everyone will forgive me. You may be able to see it in the public account or the group in the future.
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If you are interested, just pay attention, but there is no guarantee of a stable release time. After all, family life, work and writing must be taken care of. (End of this chapter)