"Mr. Liu, did you see that crow on the tree outside? That's why you targeted that bird!"
Liu Qi looked outside and could only vaguely see an old locust tree in the darkness. As for what was on the tree, he couldn't see clearly at all, so he had to smile bitterly and said: "That's fine, let's see Xiao Yi's skill!"
Wu Xiaoyi didn't take aim and shot an arrow in the direction of the treetop at will. Liu Weili called someone from outside and gave a few instructions. After a while, the person came back with a dead crow in his hand and a short arrow stuck in his body. It was shot by Xiao B just now.
"Xiao Yi is really good at shooting!" Liu Qi praised with his palm.
"What does this mean? I only have three or four points of the teacher's skills!"
"I have heard about the reputation of General Cao's swordsmanship in Hebei. I never expected that he can shoot a crossbow well!" Liu Qi said with a smile: "How many of your disciples are as skilled as Brother Yi?"
"There are at least seven more!" Wu Xiaoyi showed a sarcastic smile: "But I have been expelled from the school by the teacher, so we have nothing to do with it anymore!"
"Oh? Why is that?" Liu Qi asked puzzledly.
"My teacher is an honest man. He picked me up from the street, taught me martial arts, and raised me up!" Wu Xiaoyi said: "He would rather use his skills in Pingkangfang to entertain the nobles at banquets. Dare to use it on yourself. When I was sixteen, someone bullied the teacher, and I killed that boy’s whole family in the street, so the teacher kicked me out of the school!”
"That's it!" Liu Qi nodded: "Everyone has his own ambitions, and we can't say who is right or wrong. But Brother Yi's ambition and courage are really admirable!"
"Don't dare!" Wu Xiaoyi said: "May I ask what big thing Brother Liu is going to do that requires my help?"
"Nothing else, I just want to use Brother Xiao Yi's hands to take someone's life!" Liu Qi said with a smile: "I wonder if Brother Xiao Yi is willing to take action!"
"It's easy to take people's lives!" Wu Xiaoyi laughed: "This is what I do for a living, but the price is not cheap?"
"The price is easy to talk about!" Liu Qi glanced at Liu Weili who was standing aside. Liu Weili took out a bag from his sleeve and threw it on the table with a dull sound. Wu Xiaoyi glanced at Liu Qi, reached out and opened his pocket, which was filled with Kaiyuan Tongbao made of gold.
"These are deposits! 30%! You will pay the remaining 70% after everything is done!" Liu Qi said with a smile.
"Who are you going to kill?"
"Queen Wu!"
"Queen Wu!" Wu Xiaoyi couldn't help but sucked in a breath of cold air even though he was as bold as a fight. His right hand holding the money bag trembled, and the golden treasures suddenly spilled all over the table.
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Two days later, Jin Mansion.
"Congratulations to Wang Langjun for moving to the rank of Marching Sima!" Dinghui, Heiji Changzhi, and Yijilianbode said in unison.
"No courtesy, no courtesy!" Even though it was already expected, Wang Wenzuo still smiled from ear to ear when he saw the official seal and petition issued by the Ministry of War. The official robe is just a hair's breadth, even in Chang'an, it is considered a high-level role. In just a few years, from being a small fire chief who commanded twelve people to this step, he definitely rose up on a rocket.
"I heard that you have a mission to appease the Japanese country. I wonder if it is true or not?" Dinghui asked carefully.
"That's what happened!" Wang Wenzuo, the three people in front of him, didn't bother to hide it. Anyway, it only happened in a few days. These people would know it sooner or later: "After the Battle of Baijiangkou, the Tang Dynasty and the Japanese Kingdom must finally come to an end. , and Brother Fuyu Fengzhang. If these two are not dead, Baekje will not be able to rest in peace. The emperor has entrusted me with full power to appease the Japanese country. Are you three willing to help me? "
"General, I am willing to do my best for you!" Hei Te Changzhi was the first to express his stance and knelt on the ground.
"Okay, okay!" Wang Wenzuo stretched out his hand to help Hei Te Changzhi up: "One person who gets Chang is better than a thousand people. I will definitely be rich and powerful with you one day!"
"Can Mr. Lang assure us that you have no intention of annexing Yamato?" Ijirenbod asked, and he glanced at Tinghui: "I really can't bow to the country of my parents! Tinghui, what about you?"
"I also want to ask Wang Sima to tell me his plans!"
"That's fine!" Wang Wenzuo nodded: "Ijilianbode, you want me to promise you, but unfortunately I am only a minister of the Tang Dynasty, acting under the king's orders, so I am not able to promise you anything.
Tang's future behavior. But one thing is certain, at least until now, the Tang Dynasty has no plans to send troops to Japan! "
"That's good!" Yijilianbode breathed a sigh of relief. _o_m
"I won't hide it from you. According to my plan, I only have three requirements for the Japanese state: first, the Japanese state must hand over the two brothers Fuyu Fengzhang and the tribesmen who fled to the Japanese state with them; second, the Japanese state must hand over the relics Third, the eldest brother, the prince, must at least abdicate and live in seclusion!"
"The eldest brother, the prince, must live in seclusion? Can we discuss this matter?"
For Wang Wenzuo's first and second requests, Ijilenbode and Dinghui had already been mentally prepared: the Fuyu Fengzhang brothers were the leaders of the rebels and direct descendants of the Fuyu royal family. There are more than 10,000 people. If this problem is not solved, there will be no peace talks between Tang and Japan. The relics are originally belonging to Baekje, and it is reasonable for Tang to ask for them from Japan. Only Prince Zhong Daxiong is the actual leader of the Japanese country. Wang Wenzuo's request for him to abdicate and live in seclusion would be too overbearing.
"This matter comes from Long Live Chrysostom. Once Chrysostom opens it, there is absolutely no reason to change it!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "In the final analysis, when the Japanese army sent troops to the peninsula, the person who presided over it was the prince of the middle brother. It was extremely lenient to just abdicate the throne and live in seclusion. Oh! If he was unscathed, how could he warn future generations? The emperor would wonder if this was a delaying tactic until he could build up his national strength and send troops across the sea for another expedition?"
After hearing Wang Wenzuo's heart-wrenching remarks, Dinghui and Yijilianbod turned pale and could no longer speak. As he said, the culprit who sent the troops in the first place was Prince Zhongda. If he was unscathed, how could he prove the sincerity of Japan's peace negotiations? If the Tang State felt that the Japanese were not sincere, then taking advantage of the new defeat of the Japanese, sending troops to conquer and uproot them would be the only option.
"Don't worry, you two. It's just a seclusion. I think there should be other successors to the throne in Yamato, right?" Black Teeth Tsunezhi advised.
"Yes, but there is no such person as the prince, the eldest brother!" Ijilenbod said with a bitter smile.
"You are indeed a rare person who dares to send troops to fight against the Tang Dynasty!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "It's just that people like this may not be a blessing to a small country!"
"Mr. Lang is right!" Dinghui quickly took over what his friend said: "Then what do we need to do?"
"We have to stay in Chang'an for a while, and we probably won't be able to leave until after the Qianqiu Festival!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "Zen Master Dinghui, Yiji Lianbode, I remember that you two were sent to Chang'an as envoys. It shouldn’t be just the two of you, right?”
