With a loud sound of wood cracking and shattering, Xiao Luan climbed out of the house along the window, turned his body in mid-air, used his left hand to support himself on the ground, forcibly reversed his entire posture, knocked on the ground with one knee, and slid backwards
After half a year, I stopped retreat with the sharp sword in my right hand.
After Xiao Yan, the window jumped out of the figure, it was the leader of the black crow, Yang Yan.
After Yang Ji jumped out of the window, his left foot was on the ground. His whole body seemed to turn into a sharp arrow and shot towards Xiao Luan. The short blade that appeared in his hand from unknown time also stabbed directly towards Xiao Luan's head.
Unfortunately, Yang Ji was still a step too late. Xiao Luan, who had stabilized his body at this time, waved the sharp sword in his hand. The sword deflected Yang Ji's short blade and stabbed Yang Ji's face.
However, he did not succeed. Yang Yi turned his head away with a calm expression and avoided Xiao Luan's sword. At the same time, he reversed the short blade in his hand and stabbed Xiao Luan's shoulder with his backhand.
With a stabbing sound, the short blade in Yang Ji's hand plunged into Xiao Luan's shoulder, and he tried to pull the blade back, completely destroying Xiao Luan's hand.
"Damn it! What kind of broken armor is this!"
Xiao Luan cursed secretly, leaned back, and while his back hit the ground first, he kicked Yang Ji's chest hard with his legs.
At this time, Yang Ji was in the air and had no way to use his strength, so he had to subconsciously protect his chest with his arms and withstand Xiao Luan's heavy kick.
It has to be said that Yang Ji's strength was definitely underestimated. After being kicked away by Xiao Luan, he actually turned over in the air and landed firmly two feet away from Xiao Luan - although
He also touches the ground with one hand first.
Although both arms - especially the left arm which had taken most of the impact, were numb and sore at the moment, Yang Ji's injury was nothing compared to the injury on Xiao Luan's right shoulder.
"Mr. Gongzi?"
The soldiers of Fuwei not far away were stunned when they saw this scene. They couldn't figure out why Yang Ji, "Mr. Gong's follower", suddenly attacked their young master Xiao Luan, but they still surrounded him in time.
At this time, Yaowu had already dealt with the two followers who followed Xiao Luan into the house and rushed outside the house. Unfortunately, Xiao Luan, who was injured in his right shoulder, was surrounded by more than a dozen soldiers who were lying in wait.
, and there were another twenty or thirty soldiers who were lying in wait, vaguely surrounding Yang Ji, Ya Wu and others.
"Did you miss it?"
"Hmm..."
Standing side by side with Yang Ji, Ya Wu put on a vigilant posture while exchanging glances with Yang Ji.
In fact, it was not their original intention to take action suddenly.
Because at the time of the coming, Beiyongyu revealed to them. As the sister -in -law of the Nan Yan Xiao's general, Xiao Yan was very good in martial arts. In order to ensure that everything was lost, he was drunk by Xiaoyong Yu in the plan.
- Even if they are only half drunk, they can greatly increase the chances of Yang Yi and Ya Wu subduing Xiao Luan.
What I did not expect was that Xiao Yan actually noticed that it was wrong -in fact, I think about it now. At that time, Xiao Xun's cold and non -words of the Northern Gongyu may be just to cheat, but at the time
The five or three people of the crow were tightened, and their mood was too tense, so that when Xiao Yan deceived them, the idea of "Immediately Strong Actions" was subconsciously generated.
As Bei Gongyu reminded before, when Xiao Luan was completely awake, even if Yang Ji and Ya Wu were able to subdue Xiao Luan on the spot, the possibility was not high.
No, at that time Xiao Luan kicked the table in front of him towards Ya Wu. While knocking Ya Wu back, he pulled out the sharp sword from the scabbard and forced Yang Ji back, and he quickly jumped out of the window.
At this time, Xiao Luan's two guards also reacted and rushed towards Ya Wu angrily.
Although Crow Five succeeded in killing Xiao Luan's two guards in the end, he also missed the opportunity to team up with Yang Yi to attack Xiao Luan and subdue him.
"Dang Cang——"
Xiao Luan reached out and pulled out the short blade Yang Ji left on his right shoulder. After taking a look at the blood on the short blade, he threw it to the ground.
At this time, his mood was unprecedentedly angry, and he still had some lingering fears of escaping - because just now, he almost lost an arm to Yang Ji opposite him, and was even in danger of being captured by mistake.
.
He had never thought before that he, who had practiced martial arts since childhood and had never slacked off for decades, would one day be almost captured by an assassin - even if the opponent was obviously not an ordinary assassin.
"Beigong Yu——!!"
Reaching out to stop the Fuwei soldiers who were a little commotion because they saw him injured, Xiao Luan shouted angrily towards the house.
As soon as he finished speaking, Bei Gongyu walked out of the house with neither joy nor sadness.
After looking at each other for a few times, Xiao Luan gritted his teeth and said, "I never thought that one day, you would actually betray me!"
"I never thought about it..." Bei Gongyu sighed melancholy.
Indeed, having followed Xiao Luan for twenty years, he had never thought before that one day he would defect to the Wei court. Even when he was tortured by Zhang Qigong, he never thought of surrendering.
Until he met Prince Zhao Run, until Prince Zhao Run offered him a temptation that he couldn't refuse.
Perhaps sensing something from Bei Gongyu's tone, Xiao Luan calmed down a little and asked coldly: "What benefits did the court promise you to betray me?"
Bei Gongyu shook his head slightly, and then corrected: "It's the prince. His Royal Highness the prince promised me to restore the status of the Beigong family and make me the leader of the resurgence of the Beigong family." When he said this, a flash of light flashed in his eyes.
With a hint of apology, he whispered: "Maybe for you, revenge is higher than anything else, but I have thought about it for a long time. For me, revenge against the Ji Zhao royal family is not more important than making the family prosperous again..."
After listening to Bei Gongyu's explanation, Xiao Luan also understood the reason.
For the children of these big families, the word "family" is like being engraved in their souls. Even though in some families, there will inevitably be some troubles between brothers and uncles, when the whole family faces a crisis, I believe that all members of the clan will
They will risk everything for their family.
What is family?
Family is the "root". From the perspective of blood and inheritance, it explains where they come from, what kind of heroes have appeared in their ancestors, and what great things they have done in this world. These are all a kind of belonging that is engraved in the heart.
sense of honor and honor.
Perhaps common people cannot understand the meaning of "family" because most of them only remember three generations of their ancestors and only consider whether they and their families can have enough food and clothing. In the eyes of people from big families, such people are just "duckweeds" at best.
It doesn't even have a "root".
"...Is that why you don't hesitate to bow to the Hunjun?"
Xiao Luan could understand Bei Gongyu's desire to re-establish a prosperous family, so the anger in his heart also subsided a little.
"It's the prince." Bei Gongyu corrected again. Then, he took two steps forward and came to the vicinity of Yang Yi and Ya Wu. He said to Xiao Luan: "Xiao Luan, you can't defeat such an opponent.
Why continue to fight to the end?…
…His Royal Highness the Crown Prince told me that he has no hatred for Mrs. Xiao. The reason why he hates you is just because you took advantage of and ultimately betrayed King Yi Zhao Yuanli, causing the latter to drink poisonous wine and end up in a dark way... This is a personal feud.
, rather than national hatred.”
"..." Xiao Luan was stunned for a moment, with a somewhat complicated look in his eyes.
He may have been thinking of King Yi Zhao Yuanli and this close friend with whom he once had a very good relationship.
"Let's end it here." Beigong Yu said seriously: "If you are willing to stop here, His Highness the Crown Prince's mind will not allow you to leave an heir and inherit the Xiao family's incense..."
"Haha." Xiao Luan laughed when he heard this, and said in a somewhat sarcastic tone: "That's really good, but, as you just said, for me, revenge on the Ji Zhao family,
That is the only obsession in my heart... Beigong, I am very disappointed."
After saying that, he raised his hand and pointed at Bei Gongyu, Yang Yi, and Yawu, and ordered with a cold face: "Kill them!"
At this moment, several soldiers rushed out of Xiaozhuang courtyard. As they ran, they shouted in a hurry: "Sir, a group of people came from outside Xiaozhuang courtyard. They are very skilled. Brothers can't stop them."
Already..."
Xiao Luan frowned and was about to speak when he saw Yan Lei, who had received Bei Gongyu two days ago, stretched out his hand to stop him and said in a low voice: "Young Master, you can't stay here for a long time. You leave first. As for the traitor... I will take care of you on your behalf."
Kill him."
After saying that, a Fuwei sergeant led Xiao Luan's horse over.
Seeing this, Xiao Luan nodded and got on his horse decisively, because he realized that this time Bei Gongyu defected to the Wei court and wanted to arrest him, so there must be an ambush of Shuangya under the command of Prince Zhao Run outside the manor.
If you don't leave now, you won't be able to leave later.
Thinking of this, he rode away.
Just as he guessed, in just a moment, the Green Crows and the Black Crows had already come in. Although Yan Lei and others chose to stay behind to buy time for Xiao Luan to leave, they still could not stop the Blue Crows and the Black Crows.
Crowds of black crows, in just a short time, about a hundred soldiers and soldiers in the courtyard of this small village were all killed by the two crows. Even Yan Lei ignored Bei Gongyu's repeated attempts to persuade him to surrender and was killed by two crows in the roar.
A black crow stabbed him in the chest.
Just as the battle was coming to an end, Zhang Qigong came here with a frown on his face. Seeing that Xiao Luan was not around, he asked Beigong Yudao: "Where is Xiao Luan?"
Bei Gongyu shook his head and said, "He saw through it."
With that said, he told Zhang Qigong exactly what happened just now.
Although Zhang Qigong was upset, he also knew that the fault lay not with Bei Gongyu or Yang Ji, but also with Ya Wu and the others. If he wanted to blame it, it was Xiao Luan who was too alert.
Thinking of this, he asked: "Where is Xiao Luan going now?"
"They should have fled back to the military camp." As soon as Bei Gongyu finished speaking, Crow Five added: "Just now, my brothers from the Blue Crows have followed, maybe they can intercept..."
As soon as I said this, I heard a burst of noise coming from the east outside the village courtyard.
Seeing this, Zhang Qigong hurriedly led everyone out of the village courtyard. From a distance, he saw an army with the banner of "Wei", about 200 people, intercepting and killing more than 20 Green Crows and Black Crows.
members of the public.
As for Xiao Luan, there was no trace.
"Are they the guards brought by Xiao Luan?"
Zhang Qigong frowned.
"Lord Captain..." Ya Wu and Yang Yi looked at Zhang Qigong without hesitating to speak.
Zhang Qigong certainly understood what they were thinking. He pointed decisively at the group of Patriot troops in the distance and said gloomily: "Leave no one behind!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the Black Crows and Green Crows behind Zhang Qigong, quickly stepping forward to support their companions.
Although the guards were well-dressed and seemed to be regular troops of the country, they were vulnerable to the Green Crows and the Black Crows. Except for a few of the Crows who were injured by the guards' hand crossbows, the Black Crows
Almost all of the Green Crows were unscathed.
"Who are you? How dare you attack the troops defending our country!"
A captain of the guard was chopped to the ground by the ghosts of the black crows amid the roar.
"Things are in trouble..."
Looking at the corpses of the guards everywhere, Zhang Qigong felt a headache.
Because when he came, Prince Zhao Run specifically told him not to cause trouble in Wei or do anything that would affect the relationship between Wei and Wei.
But now it was good, a group of about 200 regular soldiers of the Patriot Army were killed by the Green Crows and the Black Crows.
At the same time, the injured Xiao Luan fled back to the military camp on horseback, just as Bei Gongyu guessed.
Before entering the camp, he glanced back - he knew that there must be pursuers of the Blue Crows behind him, but he did not panic. After smiling mockingly at the Green Crows, he rode in.
The military camp was garrisoned by 8,000 soldiers.
The look seemed to say: I am in this military camp, do you dare to come?
Seeing Xiao Luan enter the military camp, several Qingyas looked at each other in disbelief, and finally returned the same way and reported to Zhang Qigong.
After a while, Zhang Qigong led Bei Gongyu, Yang Yi, Ya Wu and others to the vicinity of the military camp and watched the military camp from a distance.
Although he knew that Xiao Luan must be hiding in this military camp at this moment, Zhang Qigong also had to consider the military camp with 8,000 people and the military camp of Wei's ally Wei Guo.
"Captain Zhang, why don't we, the Qing Crows, attack the camp at night and capture Xiao Luan." Ya Wu suggested from the side.
Zhang Qigong shook his head and said: "Xiao Luan must have been prepared. If he breaks into the military camp rashly, he may be ambushed by him. Not to mention the loss of Shuangya's manpower, the guards will also know our identity...
"At this point, he sighed and said: "It is related to the relationship between Wei and Wei. We need to report it back to His Highness the Crown Prince and ask him to make the decision."
Seeing this, Yawu nodded and said: "I will send someone back to Daliang to report this to His Highness the Crown Prince!"
After saying that, he sent several Qingya people back to Daliang.
Two days later, the Green Crows returned to Daliang and first met with their immediate superior, Zongwei Gao Kuo, to explain the matter.
After Gao Kuo learned about this, he realized that it was a big or small matter, so he quickly took the green crows into the palace and went to the East Palace to see the prince Zhao Run.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun was lying on the Kang couch in the side hall of Changqing Hall, reading a book. When he learned that Zongwei Gao Kuo wanted to see him, he summoned Gao Kuo to the hall and asked him why.
After retreating, Gao Kuo told Zhao Hongrun everything that happened in Weiguo, but the latter frowned: "Xiao Luan hid in the Wei army camp in Dunqiu area?"
"Hmm." Gao Kuo nodded and said, "Zhang Qigong sent Qingya here to ask for instructions whether to attack the military camp at night and capture Xiao Luan."
"Attack on the Guards barracks?"
Zhao Hongrun frowned and glanced at Gao Kuo.
Although Zhao Hongrun was indeed disappointed that Zhang Qigong and others failed to capture Xiao Luan this time, he would not ask Zhang Qigong and others to take risks to attack the Wei army camp. After all, once this matter was exposed, it would be extremely detrimental to the Wei State.
After thinking about it, Zhao Hongrun shook his head and said: "Since the "Five Parties Attack on Wei", the relationship between Wei and Wei has become quite tense. Although after Wei Gong Ziyu returned to Wei, the relationship between the two countries has tended to ease.
, but... let people keep an eye on that military camp
, trying to monitor Xiao Luan's every move. He has invested a lot in Weiguo, and he will not give it up easily. If he knows where he is, he will not have to look for a needle in a haystack." At this point, he took a breath and said: "
Think of another way."
To be honest, Zhao Hongrun doesn't want to see Wei Wei fall out of harmony. After all, his mother Wei Ji is from Wei State, and Wei State is equivalent to half of his old hometown for him. What's more, he is now expected to inherit the throne of Wei State.
Wei Gong Ziyu is still his cousin.
This is precisely because after Wei obtained Qin, a powerful ally, the ministers in the DPRK and China did not care much about the relationship between Wei and Wei, but Zhao Hongrun still advocated a harmonious relationship between Wei and Wei - if possible, he also hoped to protect this country.
Because this is the country that raised his biological mother Wei Ji.
"As for Xiao Luan..."
Having said this, Zhao Hongrun asked the young eunuch Gao Li to get pen and ink, write a letter in his own handwriting, handed it to Gao Kuo, and said: "Send someone to deliver this letter to Wei Gong Ziyu."
"yes!"
Gao Kuo clasped his fists and retreated.
A few days later, the Green Crows sent by Gao Kuo served as messengers and delivered the letter written by Prince Zhao Run to "Juancheng" of Wei State, which is the county town where Wei Gong Ziyu currently lives, and delivered it to the hands of Prince Wei.
At this time, Wei Gong Ziyu had already learned the news that a group of soldiers of the Dunqiu Guards had disappeared for no reason. After all, the general of the Dunqiu Guards did not dare to hide such a big thing.
In the study, Duke Wei Ziyu opened the letter and read the letter from his cousin Zhao Hongrun carefully. As he read it, he frowned.
To be honest, he really didn't know that "Gongyi", the deputy general of the Dunqiu Guards, was actually the traitor "Xiao Luan" wanted by the Wei State - after all, at the beginning, Wei Gongziyu only saw "Gongyi" calling himself a guard.
, and was willing to donate large sums of money and materials to the country, mistakenly thinking that the other party was a loyal person, so he promoted Gongyi to be a general.
"Xia Yu, what do you think?" Wei Gong Ziyu handed the letter in his hand to his confidant and beloved general Xia Yu.
Although Xia Yu was a ranger, he was not a reckless person. After carefully reading the letter, he frowned and said: "Master, I don't think that Wei Master Run would deceive us about this kind of thing. Since he
If it is said that "Gongyi" is "Xiao Luan", the key criminal of Wei State, then
, I'm afraid it's true... This Xiao Luan disguised himself and sneaked into our country to deceive the young master's trust and seek military power. The general thought that this person was probably very ambitious, so he had to get rid of him as soon as possible...or sell the young master Wei.
If you're good at it, ask someone to tie up Xiao Luan and take him to Daliang!"
Wei Gongziyu nodded when he heard this. He didn't think it would be a good thing to keep Xiao Luan, a key criminal from another country, in the country.
At this moment, I suddenly heard a soldier coming from outside the house to report: "Sir, I would like to see you, the deputy general of the Dunqiu Army."
"Huh?"
Wei Gong Ziyu and Xia Yu looked at each other, and the latter smiled and said: "This person dares to come to see the young master, so we should take this opportunity to capture him!"
Wei Gongziyu thought for a while and said: "Zhao Run and I are cousins. Everyone in the country knows this. If this Gongyi is really Xiao Luan... This person dares to come to see me at this time. He is really brave."
. Let me hear his purpose, Xia Yu, lead a hundred soldiers to lie in wait in the inner room and listen to my orders."
"Yes!" Xia Yu replied, cupping his fists.
After a while, when everything was ready, Wei Gong Ziyu ordered people to recruit Gong Yi, the deputy general of the Dunqiu Army, into the house.
Indeed, the so-called deputy general Gongyi of Fengqiu Army who walked into the study room as ordered was indeed Xiao Luan.
The moment he saw Mr. Wei Ziyu, Xiao Luan cupped his hands and worshiped: "Xiao Luan of Nanyan, pay your respects to Mr. Wei."
"..."
This unexpected self-identification at the beginning made Wei Gong Ziyu stunned. He did not expect that Xiao Luan would take the initiative to reveal his true identity.
After thinking for a moment, he pretended to be puzzled and asked: "Xiao Luan? Isn't the general's name Gongyi?"
"Haha." Xiao Luan smiled and asked, "Sir, have you not received a letter from your cousin, Prince Zhao Run of the Kingdom of Wei?"
"..." Wei Gong Ziyu frowned and subconsciously glanced at the letter on the desk.
Seeing this, Xiao Luan glanced at Wei Gong Ziyu's desk, and said with a relieved smile: "It seems that I have received it." After saying that, he saw Wei Gong Ziyu's sudden change of expression, glanced at the inner room, and smiled.
He asked: "Isn't it possible that there is an ambush in the inner room, waiting for Young Master to give orders to tie up Xiao?"
"..."
Seeing that Xiao Luan looked as usual and had no intention of attacking him secretly, Wei Gong Ziyu was a little curious and nodded and said: "It is indeed as you said, and there is also our country's brave Xia Yu in the inner room. Do you want to fight him?"
?”
Although Zhao Hongrun repeatedly reminded Wei Gongziyu in his letter that Xiao Luan was not only cunning but also extremely skilled in martial arts, Wei Gongziyu did not think that his confidant Xia Yuhui would be unable to subdue Xiao Luan. After all, Xia Yu was
A strong man who can carry a cauldron.
"It's better to say goodbye. Before General Xia Yu defected to Young Master, there were stories among the people that he was powerful enough to carry a tripod. How could Xiao be General Xia Yu's opponent?" Xiao Luan said with a smile.
After hearing this, Wei Gong Ziyu looked Xiao Luan up and down and said calmly: "Xiao Luan, you guessed that my cousin Zhao Run would send a letter and asked me to try to get you, and you dared to go out and deliver it to your door. I admire you.
Courage... As you have donated a large amount of money and materials, Wei Yu would like to hear your purpose of coming here."
"In fact, Xiao has more money and supplies, which are on their way to Weiguo..." Xiao Luan said with a smile.
Wei Gongziyu's eyes flickered slightly when he heard this, and he asked in an unclear tone: "You want me to protect you with this? But I feel that if you are bundled and sent to Daliang, Daliang will also give our country a generous sum of money."
Money and things..."
"But in this way, Wei Guo will never be able to get rid of Wei Guo's control." Xiao Luan chuckled and said: "I have dealt with Zhao Run, and he just incited a right-hand man who I never thought would betray me.
...With all due respect, although the young master has a reputation as a virtuous person in the Wei Kingdom, he may not be as good as Zhao Run. In my opinion, the Wei Kingdom may inevitably be manipulated by the Wei Kingdom and eventually be annexed by the latter."
Wei Gong Ziyu gently tapped the table with his hand and looked at Xiao Luan with an unclear expression: "What do you want to say?"
"Xiao Mou wants to say that actually you and I have the same interests. Young Master hopes to make the Wei Kingdom strong and free from the control of the Wei State. And Xiao Mou, after being driven out of the Wei State, also hopes to have a solid backing to help me complete the war.
The revenge of the Ji Zhao clan... In fact, Nan Yan and Wei Guo have always been friendly, and I still have a good impression of Wei Guo."
"..."
Looking at Xiao Luan with a calm expression in front of him, Wei Gong Ziyu weighed the pros and cons.
To be honest, he still has a good impression of his cousin Zhao Run. After all, the latter often provided help when he first came to Daliang as a hostage.
However, he did not want to get the throne by begging for mercy from the Kingdom of Wei like his father.