"Hey, Master Cao is probably going to kill someone!" The tall man pretended to be scared: "He Wu, I'm afraid you and my brother are going to die in this alley today!"
"Brother Qi, don't be afraid. We brothers are not the only ones coming this time. Although Daxia Cao is very skilled in martial arts, he didn't have three heads and six arms. Otherwise, how could he have fled away from his family in the first place?"
Accompanied by He Wu's sharp laughter, seven or eight people walked out from behind the two men, all holding crossbows and arrows, aiming at Cao Wenzong. He Wu smiled triumphantly and said: "Have you seen it clearly, Master Cao? Five yellow birch bows and two crossbows. Our brothers know that you are very skilled, so how dare we touch your tiger whiskers without being fully prepared? You want to The blame lies with Mr. Han, he promised you a bounty of 3,000 guan! My brothers will take your head, it will be enough for a lifetime!"
"A bounty of three thousand gold coins?" Cao Wenzong sneered: "Han Wenju hasn't forgotten me yet?"
"I don't know if Mr. Han has forgotten you, but the bounty is still there, and with Mr. Han's reputation, he will never blame us brothers!" At this point, He Wu's face suddenly changed and he shouted: "Let go Arrow, shoot this guy to death!"
As soon as the words fell, seven people fired their crossbows. They thought that there was nowhere to hide in this alley, and that no matter how powerful Cao Wenzong was, he would be dead. However, they didn't expect that the other party just curled up and held his head with his hands, and avoided three people. Although the other four arrows hit the target, they could not penetrate the body. Two of them were bounced away, and the other two were only stuck on it, obviously not hurting the opponent.
"What's going on! What kind of trick are you playing, Cao Wenzong?" Zhao Qi's face changed drastically. Although the others with him did not use strong bows, they still had at least four bows. The two sides were only seven or eight steps away. , this distance cannot be blocked by any mortal body.
"What a trick!" Cao Wenzong sneered and pulled open his front. The moonlight shone on his chest, shining like moonlight on silver.
"What are you wearing!" Zhao Qihe and Wu's faces were already as white as dead people. Of course they had already figured out that the reason why Cao Wenzong was able to take a few arrows without getting hurt was because of what he was wearing. , but it looks like a thicker silk garment. Could it be that this thing can also block arrows?
"Don't you recognize it?" Cao Wenzong patted his chest gently and said with a smile: "Cold as ice, soft as kudzu, and hard as steel, this is the Curtain Armor, but it's no wonder, dogs like you are like How can something like this recognize such a divine object?" As soon as he finished speaking, Cao Wenzong's right hand suddenly shook, and a person behind Zhao Qi suddenly screamed and fell to the ground. It turned out that the person was hiding behind Zhao Qi and wanted to draw his bow again, but Cao Wenzong caught a glimpse of him. Yes, he threw a knife and cut his throat, ending his life.
"Everyone, come together, kill this guy to survive!" Zhao Qi shouted, drew his sword and stepped forward. The others also rushed forward. As soon as the two sides fought, Zhao Qi collapsed like Tang Woxue. No matter who he met, Cao Wenzong would not fight, and would just chop him off with one strike. He was quick in his strikes, powerful in strength, and accurate in his hands and eyes. Few people could block him in front of him, and he would not stop anyone who was stabbing or slashing him from the side. It avoided the head, face and neck, and connected with the side of the trunk at a less critical place. They all bounced away, as if nothing happened. In just a short breath, he fell to the ground. Half of Zhao Qi's neck was cut off, and he had more air coming out and less air coming in. He Wu was stabbed in the thigh and kept wailing.
"Shut up, if you yell again, you two will die!" Cao Wenzong shook his right hand, shook off the blood on the blade, and walked to He Wu: "Tell me, what are you two doing in Luoyang?"
"Master Cao, spare your life!" He Wu was frightened by the sudden turn of events. He looked at Cao Wenzong in horror: "It's not me, it's not me, it's Zhao Qi who wants to kill you!"
"You two are the same thing!" Cao Wenzong grabbed He Wu's chest and said, "Tell me, how is Han Wenju doing lately?"
"How have you been lately?" He Wu was stunned and didn't know how to answer for a moment. Cao Wenzong saw this and sneered: "Don't worry, I won't kill you this time. You go back and tell Han Wenju that he should kill his neck immediately." Clean it up and wait until I go back to take his life!"
He Wu was overjoyed when he heard this, and even the wound on his leg no longer hurt. He kowtowed to the ground and was about to get up and run away, but was stopped by Cao Wenzong: "Why, just leave like this? Have you even forgotten the old rules?" ?”
He Wu gritted his teeth, cut off his own ear and threw it on the ground: "Don't worry, the villain will definitely bring the words to you!"
Cao Wenzong snorted coldly and got out of the way. He Wuzong was about to pass by when a white light flashed in front of his eyes. He felt a cold sensation in his right wrist, followed by a sharp pain. However, Cao Wenzong cut off one of his hands: "I don't have enough ears. I'll do it for you." You add some more!”
Cao Wenzong returned to the post house. It was getting late. He washed off the blood on his body and went to Wang Wenzuo's residence. At this time, Wang Wenzuo was flipping through a book and looked up at Cao Wenzong: "Why did you go so long? That child's home is far away?"
"It's not far, only one street away! I just met a few old acquaintances on the way!"
"Oh?" Wang Wenzuo laughed: "Meeting an old friend in a foreign land? It's rare. Wenzong, why don't you let them have a few more drinks and just send someone to deliver a message? It doesn't matter if I have other people here!"
"Thank you Ming Gong for your kindness!" Cao Wenzong showed a wry smile: "But no need, these old acquaintances of mine are the kind that want to kill me. If it weren't for this lock tonight, my subordinates would have died!"
"What's going on? Please explain everything clearly from beginning to end!" Wang Wenzuo's expression changed drastically, and he threw the book aside and asked. Cao Wenzong told the story from beginning to end about how he encountered the trap set by his former enemy in the alley and successfully counterattacked. Wang Wenzuo asked Cao Wenzong to untie his coat, looked at the marks on the lock curtain, and said with a smile: "Not bad, not bad, it's not in vain that I spent so much money on iron and armor. I saved your life today."
"Yes, it's thanks to this lock curtain today. They probably thought I didn't have any armor underneath my clothes, so they dared to harm me in the alley. In the past few years, I followed Ming Gong in Haidong, and I used to treat this I forgot about this thing, but I didn’t expect to meet this group of people again in Luoyang. They are really haunted!”
"Well! The advantage of this locking curtain is that it is close to the body, soft, and cannot be seen from the outside when worn under clothes! Although it is not good at blunt weapons and spears, it is still enough to block arrows and swords!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "But the man has a grudge. Revenge, repay kindness with kindness, that guy named Han Wenju has such a big grudge against you, it’s better to settle it as soon as possible, so that there is always something worrying in your heart, it’s not easy!”
"Yes!" Cao Wenzong nodded: "What Ming Gong said is that I would like to ask Ming Gong to grant me half a month's leave and reward me with a few good horses. I will take a few apprentices to go and end this matter." Let’s go to Jiannan to serve Duke Ming again!”
"Pfft!" Wang Wenzuo laughed when he heard this: "Wenzong, Wenzong, what do you want me to say about you? Do you think you are still a knight-errant and a bad boy now? You are now a sixth-rank military attache of the imperial court, my king's How can you go out with a knife and go in and out with a white knife and a red knife when you are in command in front of the government? Isn't this too disgraceful?"
"What Mr. Ming said is true!" Cao Wenzong's face turned red: "My subordinate did not consider it well. Not only is it disrespectful to do so, it will also implicate Mr. Ming and disgrace Mr. Ming's reputation!"
"No, no, no! I'm not saying that if you do this, it will implicate me. People like Han Wenju are just dogs, and if they are killed, they will be killed. How could they implicate me? I'm talking about you, what you are doing now You must consider your identity in every word and deed. It is okay to kill Han Wenju, but you cannot do it yourself. You must punish him according to the national law, do you understand?"
"what do you mean?"
"It's very simple. Today I went to the palace to meet the Holy Spirit and asked His Majesty to recruit one thousand Xuanrun crossbowmen and one thousand Danyang Tengpai players. Your Majesty has already agreed! I will leave this matter to you! When you get to the Ministry of War The documents are all ready, so you can take twenty people to the south to recruit troops!"
"Yes, yes!" Cao Wenzong was stunned. He didn't expect that Wang Wenzuo changed the topic and suddenly mentioned the recruitment of soldiers. What does this have to do with killing Han Wenju. Seeing his look, Wang Wenzuo knew that he hadn't figured it out yet, so he asked, "Let me ask you, where is Han Wenju from?"
"He's from Luzhou!"
"Is Luzhou not far from Xuanzhou and Runzhou?" Wang Wenzuo asked.
"This -" Cao Wenzong was stunned. The Luzhou mentioned by Wang Wenzuo is today's Hefei, Xuanzhou is today's Xuancheng, and Runzhou is the area around Zhenjiang, Nanjing today. These places are hundreds of miles apart. , whether it’s near or not, far or far, I don’t know how to answer for a while.
"I asked you if you can recruit Xuanrun crossbowmen and Danyang rattan players in Luzhou?"
"It's not impossible!" Cao Wenzong has followed Wang Wenzuo's thinking: "You want me to take this opportunity to get rid of Han Wenju?"
"Nonsense, why else would you be asked to go?" Wang Wenzuo snorted coldly: "When the time comes, I will give you the title of recruiter. When you go there, you are an official and he is a citizen. After recruiting soldiers, You have two thousand people. Is it difficult to find a crime to kill him? If you don't know how to use those swordsmen and pens, I will choose an old official who is proficient in grammar to go with you. You can listen to what he says. , I’ll keep you and kill that guy easily!”
"Thank you Ming Gong!" Cao Wenzong was convinced by Wang Wenzuo's words, and he knelt down and said: "Avenge me!"
"You and I are soldiers in the army, thank me for what I have done!" Wang Wenzuo helped Cao Wenzong up: "But revenge is revenge, but the business of recruiting soldiers must be done, otherwise I won't be able to spare you!"
"Don't worry about this. I will finish the recruitment of soldiers first, and then I will go to trouble Han Wenju!"
"As long as you understand!" Wang Wenzuo nodded: "I will find a way to urge the Ministry of War, you prepare your luggage, and you will set off as soon as the official document comes!"
Facts have proved that the Ministry of War did not need Wang Wenzuo's urging at all. On the fourth day after entering the palace to meet the saint, all kinds of official documents, seals, and rewards that Wang Wenzuo needed had been delivered to the post house. This was extremely fast considering the administrative efficiency at the time. Of course Wang Wenzuo knew what this meant. He immediately packed his luggage and went from Luoyang to Nanyang, then entered Wuguan and Lantian. By the end of August in the second year of the General Chapter (669), he had arrived at Jianmen Pass.
"Sure enough, it is a strange and dangerous place in the world!" Looking at the mountain peaks leaning against the sky like swords and the winding narrow valley road with only one line in front of him, Wang Pu couldn't help but sigh: "Liu Chan has such strange and dangerous things, how did he be destroyed by Deng Ai in the first place? ? It’s really unimaginable!”
"Liu Chan? Deng Ai?" Acton on the side looked at the mountain in front of him, but he was confused: "Wang Pu, what does the two people you mentioned have to do with the mountain in front of you? Why have I never heard of it? Pass?"
"Nonsense, you were sleeping when the teacher was in class, of course you didn't know!" Wang Pu snorted coldly: "You should remember Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Lu Bu, right?"
"Remember, remember!" Actun suddenly became energetic: "There are also Cao Cao, Sun Quan, and Zhou Yu. What's wrong? What is the relationship between those two people and these people?"
"Of course it is related!" Wang Pu said: "Liu Chan is Liu Bei's son, and Deng Ai is the general of Wei after Cao Cao's death!"
"Oh, oh!" Acton responded twice: "What did you mean when you said Liu Chan was killed by Deng Ai?"
"It was destroyed!" Wang Pu pointed to the valley in front and said: "Deng Ai led his troops to invade Shu from here. Liu Chan could not defeat him and had to surrender, so Shu was destroyed! This time we go The place is the territory of the former Shu Kingdom, and the master wants to be an official there!"
"But I heard that Duke Ming is taking us to Jiannan Road? Why are we going to the territory of Shu again?"
"Idiot, Jiannan Road is Shu, and Shu is Jiannan Road!" Wang Pu was furious: "This place used to be called Yizhou, but after this dynasty it was renamed Jiannan Road!"
"Hey, don't I know about Yizhou? The people of Tang Dynasty are really troublesome. It's so troublesome to change it to another name even though it's a good name!" When Acton said this, he suddenly had an idea: "Hey, By the way, Liu Bei became king after he went to Yizhou, will Ming Gong go to Jiannan this time - "
"Shut up!" Wang Pu was startled, and quickly covered Acton's mouth, cursing: "Are you crazy? You can say such nonsense, it will kill people!" He looked around and confirmed. No one was paying attention to the two of them just now, so he let go of his hand and whispered: "Acton, you must not talk nonsense in the future, and you must not compare the master with Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Quan, otherwise many people will die. A lot of people!”
"Why not?" Actun asked in confusion: "Cao Cao and Sun Quan are not good people. It is not good to compare their masters to them. I know that. Liu Bei is obviously a good person, why can't we compare!"
"If you can't, you can't!" Wang Pu became more and more annoyed and shouted angrily: "It just can't be done anyway, just remember it, otherwise no one will be able to forgive you if this word gets out. Don't regret it then!"
"Okay, okay, okay!" Acton had never seen Wang Pu like this before, and said angrily: "I just won't say anything from now on. You Tang people are so boring. You will kill someone if you say a few words!"
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