There is a screen wall between the backyard and the front yard of the state government office. It is supported by wooden poles, with tile openings on it, and a hard mountain on top. It has a patterned head and a chicken ridge, which is extremely gorgeous.
Li Xuan walked calmly in front, Yuan Wei took a step behind with some confusion, Cui Ding followed Yuan Wei's side, his eyes alert.
In the courtyards on both sides, Jinwu guards were filing out.
In the soft moonlight, Li Xuan stepped in front of the screen wall. For a moment, Yuan Wei and Cui Ding were separated behind the screen wall.
At this moment, a low cry suddenly sounded beside Li Xuan, and a slim figure in red fell directly into Li Xuan's arms from behind the front courtyard door.
"Ouch", the woman in red fell into Li Xuan's arms, her soft and powerful arms tightly hugged Li Xuan's waist, and also hugged his arms.
In an instant, a figure in gray clothes flashed out from the front, reaching out to help the woman in red clothes, and at the same time exclaimed: "Miss, what's wrong with you?"
At this time, Yuan Wei and Cui Ding walked out from behind the screen wall one after another, Yuan Wei in front and Cui Ding in the back. This sudden scene made the two of them stunned for a moment, but their expressions changed instantly.
A cold dagger suddenly appeared in the hand of the gray-clothed figure, and then stabbed Li Xuan's right rib fiercely.
The black color on the dagger makes people's scalp numb.
Cui Ding instantly grabbed the pumpkin hammer hanging on his shoulder, and threw it forward with a ferocious expression.
Li Xuan stood in the middle, the pumpkin hammer behind him was one step slower, and the poisonous dagger was already in front of him.
But he remained calm and poured out: "Arrow!"
In an instant, a harsh scream sounded, and the next moment, a very short crossbow arrow had pierced the killer's right hand.
With a "ding" sound, the dagger fell to the ground.
The man in gray gritted his teeth and continued to rush towards Li Xuan, but at this moment, Li Xuan's upper body suddenly fell backwards, almost like origami, avoiding all possible attacks of the man in gray, and then it was gone. The golden melon hammer fell from Li Xuan. Xuan flew directly in front of her eyes, and then hit the temple of the man in gray hard.
"Bang", the skull shattered, and the man in gray fell to the ground with a look of unwillingness.
At this time, Cui Ding had already rushed to Li Xuan's side, grabbed another pumpkin hammer, and protected him in front of Li Xuan.
In the center of the courtyard gate opposite, ten assassins in gray clothes holding daggers suddenly appeared. Without thinking, they rushed towards Li Xuan.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..." Countless crossbow arrows fell like a rain of arrows, instantly shooting through all the gray-clothed assassins. A dozen men in black jumped down from the wall at the same time, holding crossbows, and quickly came to Li Xuan. , with his back turned to him, looking around warily.
The Jinwu guards behind also came quickly to escort Li Xuan at this moment, and Li Xuan was firmly protected in an instant.
Yuan Wei was almost stunned when he saw all this. What happened just now?
His face was dull. Someone had just assassinated the King of Nanchang, a dozen capable assassins, but they were killed directly by the man in black who suddenly appeared.
These men in black are naturally from the King of Nanchang, so what about those killers, who are they?
Also, how did they appear here? This is his home, the governor's mansion of Hezhou!
Yuan Wei suddenly trembled, his face instantly turned extremely pale, and at this time, his eyes fell on the woman in red who was hugging Li Xuan.
At this moment, Li Xuan looked back at Yuan Wei, and with a little force, he took his hands out of the arms of the woman in red. At the same time, he reached out and patted her shoulder, and whispered: "Girl, it's okay. Your mission has been completed, come and tell me, where is the person who asked you to come?"
Li Xuan just patted her, and the woman in red trembled non-stop.
"Jiuniang, tell me, where is that bastard? Is he going to let our entire Yuan family be buried with him?" Yuan Wei suddenly rushed over, but was stopped by Cui Ding in the middle of the rush, but he was still there. He stopped shouting: "Jiuniang, you speak, you speak, you speak!"
"Shh!" Li Xuan reached out to Yuan Wei to sign for silence, and then reached out to lift Yuan Jiuniang's pale and delicate face.
This Yuan Jiuniang turned out to be the mixed-race woman who was dancing in the courtyard just now. She just appeared just to take a look at Li Xuan.
Li Xuan looked into her eyes and said softly: "I know you can't speak now, so in order to prevent the Yuan family from being raided and executed, and in order to prevent this place from being piled with corpses and covered with blood, tell me that he is here now Where, just take a look..."
Yuan Jiuniang shuddered suddenly, and then subconsciously looked at a big tree in the distance.
At this moment, a pumpkin hammer flew out fiercely and hit the big tree directly.
With a "bang", a figure flew directly from the big tree, flying high in the sky, and then as if pushed hard by someone, the figure instantly rushed towards Li Xuan like a rocket. .
"Whoosh whoosh!" More than a dozen crossbow arrows suddenly rushed towards the human figure like a rain of locusts. But at this moment, the black shadow in mid-air suddenly transformed into three people, and crashed directly into the rain of arrows in mid-air. middle.
The next moment, among the three phantoms, two fell to the ground like raindrops, and only one rushed towards Li Xuan.
"The phantom of all things is so interesting!" Li Xuan's slightly curious voice sounded, but immediately after, there was a soft "ding" sound, and the extremely cold sword light rose into the sky like a waterfall, and in the blink of an eye it was already fierce It hit the figure in mid-air.
In the last moment, the figure transformed into dozens of figures, but in the end, with a "bang", the figure fell heavily to the ground.
The long sword penetrated directly through the chest, and blood flowed all over the floor in an instant.
The Phantom of the Demon Gate is no match for Li Xuan.
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"Aye!" Yuan Jiuniang suddenly jumped up, and then rushed towards the man who fell to the ground.
However, she had just taken half a step forward when a hand hit her neck directly.
With a "bang", Yuan Jiuniang fell to the ground.
Li Xuan turned to look at Cui Ding on one side and said softly: "Fireworks!"
With a "swish" sound, a firework shot straight into the sky, and then exploded with a bang in mid-air.
Immediately afterwards, a clear sound of footsteps came from in front of the state government office.
Qiu Zhenmu quickly led a team of people and rushed in from the outside, instantly separating all the police officers.
When Yuan Ming arrived, the situation was like this.
There were more than a dozen corpses lying on the ground, and a woman in red leaned her back against the wall, completely unconscious.
Among the many corpses was a man whose face was covered in scars and whose appearance was unclear, but with those unbending eyes, Yuan Ming could still recognize who he was at a glance.
Yuan Wei stood to one side with an embarrassed expression, but there were waves of darkness flashing deep in his eyes.
Yuan Ming walked up to Li Xuan with some difficulty, and then gave him a heavy hand: "Your Majesty!"
Li Xuan glanced at Yuan Ming calmly, and then said calmly: "Yuan Hui, whose courtesy name is Qingguang, was the former head of the Household Department. He was involved in the case of Li Yifu's conspiracy. He was dismissed from office and exiled to Lingnan. He died of illness in the first year of Qianfeng."
Yuan Ming shivered suddenly.
Li Xuan actually clearly revealed Yuan Hui's identity, which showed that everything about Yuan Hui had already been planned by him.
Today's sudden assassination, as well as the Qianniu Guards who had been prepared, everything shows that this is a trap.
But in this case, Yuanming, the governor of Mingzhou, as the master, knew nothing about it.
He didn't know Yuan Hui's sudden arrival, he didn't know the assassination he was planning, and he didn't know Li Xuan's preparations in advance.
"Your Majesty!" Yuan Ming bowed his hands once again, trying his best to stay calm.
Li Xuan said calmly: "Your Majesty, I cannot hide the fact that I was assassinated in the Governor's Mansion. Your Majesty should apologize to the court. Of course, as for who this person is, it depends on what you want to do." ?”
Yuan Ming's expression immediately perked up, and he bowed and said, "Please give me some advice, Your Majesty!"
"Today's matter, I know, has nothing to do with the envoy or the Yuan family. Presumably there is nothing on this person that can prove his identity, and he must be related to Tubo. Otherwise, he would not be in such a hurry now. Take action, right? Your Majesty." Li Xuan's eyes fell on the woman in red on one side.
How could it be irrelevant? Yuan Jiuniang just said it herself, that man was her father. How could it be irrelevant to the Yuan family?
This contradictory scene made Yuan Ming understand the mystery immediately.
He stretched out his hand towards Li Xuan and said, "Your Majesty, please come inside!"
Li Xuan nodded and said, "Brother Qiu, Brother Cui, come together."
After saying that, Li Xuan took the lead and walked towards the backyard of the Governor's Mansion.
Still in the back hall from before, Li Xuan was sitting in the hall, with Qiu Zhenmu and Cui Ding standing behind him, and Yuan Ming standing in front of him.
Looking at Yuan Ming who was standing respectfully, Li Xuan said calmly: "Your Majesty, I am now the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple from the fourth rank, the right guard general from the third rank in the inspection, and I think he is just like Lu Yushi of Taozhou. , there is still no problem with the position of inspector and governor."
The corner of Yuan Ming's mouth twitched slightly, but he still had to agree and said: "It is indeed true. In terms of qualifications and the current situation, the prince can indeed review the governor of Hezhou."
"But it's just a school inspection. After the war, I will still be transferred back to Chang'an to serve as the young minister of Honglu Temple."
"Your Majesty is too humble." Yuan Ming said with a wry smile: "With Your Majesty's intentions, even Qin Ling will suffer a loss at the hands of Your Majesty in this battle. When the time comes, great achievements will be made and the school will be corrected. Your Majesty will be a state." Governor, no doubt."
Yuan Ming must admit that Li Xuan, the young minister of Honglu Temple, is already qualified to take a step forward. Apart from anything else, a fourth-grade Xiazhou governor is qualified, but it cannot be a good place. Yes, but being qualified is being qualified.
"I don't have much interest in the position of governor. I still want to make a fuss about the Tubo people." Li Xuan raised her head and looked at Yuan Ming with cold eyes.
The corners of Yuan Ming's mouth twitched slightly, then he cupped his hands and said, "Please give me some advice, Your Majesty."
"In this battle, I need the full support of the Hezhou Yuan family." Li Xuan leaned forward slightly, looked at Yuan Ming with cold eyes, and said softly: "After the war begins, I will transfer all three thousand Hangzhou soldiers to In Kuozhou, only Yongzhou infantry and a few cavalry are left, but in Hezhou, all supplies of food and grass must be ensured, and at the same time, outsiders must not be aware of the military situation in Hezhou. Only in this way can I, the king, be able to stand in front of the saint and work for the envoy. .”
Yuan Ming's brows raised and he pondered for a moment. He suddenly raised his head and looked at Li Xuan in disbelief.
What is the King of Nanchang trying to do? All three thousand Hangzhou soldiers will be transferred over after the right-leading Army Guard army leaves Kuozhou. His purpose...
It is Qingnan, the left wing of the entire Tubo army.
His ambition is so great.
(End of chapter)
