It turns out that the man in gilded clothes riding the horse at the front is called Tian Ying, and he is a close aide of General Shangguan Minghong.
Since Tian Ying was leading the escort, the person in the carriage was most likely Shangguan Minghong. Lin Yi also suddenly understood that the person Zhao Wei and Mr. Mo had conspired to assassinate was actually Shangguan Minghong.
This shocked Lin Yi.
Lin Yi knew that he would not dare to murder Shangguan Minghong even if he borrowed Zhao Wei's ten courages.
Then his master Feng Liancheng must have given instructions behind his back.
He even dared to kill the generals sent by the emperor himself. If the incident were leaked out, Feng Liancheng would have committed the crime of having his whole family executed. This Feng Liancheng was really audacious.
Although Lin Yi didn't know the private grudge between Feng Liancheng and Shangguan Minghong, and wanted Feng Liancheng to take the risk and hire someone to assassinate Shangguan Minghong, Lin Yi decided not to sit idly by.
Lin Yi originally wanted to kill Feng Liancheng, but now if he saves Shangguan Minghong, he might be able to take the opportunity to bring Shangguan Minghong together to deal with Feng Liancheng.
Lin Yi observed calmly.
The team arrived in front of the house, and a trembling old man in his seventies was helped out of the house by two people. The old man looked excited. The old man was Shangguan Minghong's uncle Liu Zhong.
Liu Zhong was overjoyed to learn that his nephew came to visit him today. Because he was weak, he sent his descendants to greet Shangguan Minghong in front of the mansion early.
Shangguan Minghong was the general of the dynasty, and the Liu family was proud of him. Because of Shangguan Minghong's status, local officials also took great care of the Liu family. During the holidays, the officials would bring generous gifts to visit Liu Zhong. I hope Liu Zhong can stay in Shangguan.
Minghong said a few kind words for them in front of them.
The carriage stopped and a man got out. It was Shangguan Minghong.
When Shangguan Minghong came down, Tian Ying and the guards looked around vigilantly to prevent anyone with evil intentions.
When Shangguan Minghong saw his uncle coming out to greet him in person, he quickly stepped forward to Liu Zhong and helped him up personally.
Shangguan Minghong said: "Uncle, why did you come out to pick up my nephew in person? This is really unbearable for my nephew!"
Liu Zhong's joyful voice trembled, and he said: "I can bear it, I can bear it. You can bear it. You are one of the five tiger generals in the dynasty, and you are also a popular person around the emperor. You can bear it for the Liu family."
What an honor it is to come. By the way, Mr. Liu and Mr. Wu from Fengcheng came to visit me. They brought me many gifts. They also asked you when you would come to visit me. They were prepared to welcome you grandly. But do you believe
They said not to show off, so I didn't tell them you were coming today. My uncle was so happy that he couldn't sleep well for the past two days..."
Liu Zhong was so excited that he shed tears.
He has not seen his nephew for two years.
Shangguan Minghong saw his uncle weeping and his eyes were wet. He said: "My nephew has been in the northwest for a long time. I should have come to visit my uncle earlier, but I have been unable to get away due to official business. I hope my uncle will forgive me.
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Liu Zhongdao: "Don't blame me, you came here to protect our northwest from foreign invasion. What you did is a big thing. Big things are important, big things are important..."
After the uncle and nephew exchanged a few pleasantries, Shangguan Minghong supported his uncle and walked into the Liu Mansion surrounded by everyone.
After entering the living room, relatives and friends came forward to see Shangguan Minghong one by one. Shangguan Minghong also ordered people to distribute the gifts they brought to his relatives.
At noon, firecrackers went off in the Liu Mansion, making it as festive and lively as the Chinese New Year.
Liu Zhong held a sumptuous banquet to entertain his nephew. Three large tables were set up. Tian Ying and his guards also sat at the same table. Tian Ying and his guards had heavy responsibilities, so they only ate and did not drink to avoid any trouble. Shangguan Minghong drank happily with his relatives.
.There were sounds of laughter and chatter during the dinner, and the atmosphere was auspicious.
Liu Zhongqin also personally accompanied his nephew to have a few drinks.
After three drinks, each table was served a pot of local five-flavor mutton soup.
Shangguan Minghong liked to drink the five-flavor mutton soup the most, and he drank two bowls in a row.
After finishing the mutton soup, Shangguan Minghong drank a few more glasses with his two cousins. Then he picked up a glass of wine and was about to toast his uncle with another glass of wine. Suddenly, his glass fell to the edge of the table, rolled to the ground and shattered.
At the same time, Shangguan Minghong's expression also changed. He looked at his uncle and then at the relatives and friends on the table with a strange look.
Everyone was very surprised and looked at him.
Liu Zhongdao said to Shangguan Minghong: "Hong'er, what's wrong?"
Shangguan Minghong said in a special tone: "The soup is poisonous. I am poisoned..."
As soon as Shangguan Minghong said these words, everyone present was shocked.
Tian Ying and a group of guards quickly left the table, took their swords, and rushed over, surrounding the table.
Tian Ying said angrily: "You actually dare to drink in the general's soup..."
"Presumptuous!" Shangguan Minghong interrupted Tian Ying and yelled: "This matter must have nothing to do with my uncle and the others. How could they assassinate me..."
Tian Ying stopped gnawing.
The relatives and friends at the table also came to their senses at this moment, and they all hurriedly explained that this matter had nothing to do with them.
But when they saw that Shangguan Minghong didn't look like he was poisoned, they became even more confused.
Liu Zhongdao: "Hong'er, you don't seem to be poisoned. Do you feel that something is wrong? Moreover, your cousin supervised everyone to taste each dish before it was served. And we also drank the five-flavor mutton soup.
Yes. Your cousin drank more than you did. How could it be poisonous?"
Shangguan Minghong smiled bitterly and said: "This poison is transformed into gong. You don't have internal power, so of course you can't feel it. And if you are shallow in cultivation, you will be slow to notice."
Most of Shangguan Minghong's guards also drank the mutton soup. Except for the leader of the guard, who was not weak in martial arts, he also felt something strange at this moment. Others had weak skills and had not noticed anything strange until now.
Shangguan Minghong was very powerful and he noticed it immediately.
At this moment, Shangguan Minghong felt that his physical strength, energy, and blood were in a mess, and his true energy was constantly weakening. Moreover, the power-forming poison was also overbearing. In the short period of time he realized it, it had already reduced 20 to 30 percent of Shangguan Minghong's internal energy.
The guard leader changed his color and said: "It is indeed poisonous, and my power has begun to dissipate!"
Tian Ying didn't drink mutton soup because she didn't eat mutton.
He held his sword and guarded Shangguan Minghong closely.
Tian Ying asked anxiously: "General, what should we do now?"
The Liu family now believed that the soup was indeed poisonous.
The team members were so frightened that some cried, and some were so frightened that their bodies trembled.
Liu Zhong was so shocked that his voice changed, and he said with a crying voice: "Who the hell poisoned this? What should Hong'er do now?"
Everyone looked at Shangguan Minghong, hoping he would come up with an idea.
Shangguan Minghong, like Feng Liancheng, is a battle-hardened man with both wisdom and bravery. He has never seen any storms. He seemed very calm. Shangguan Minghong judged that no matter who poisoned him, there must be an undercover agent of the other party in the house. That's why he was able to kill Yang Tang
If they are poisoned, then even if they drink the mutton soup, they will not be able to hide it from the enemy. The enemy will soon enter the house.
All these designs are for him.
Shangguan Minghong calmly said in the face of danger: "Tian Ying, please quickly send someone to notify the local garrison and send troops here as soon as possible!"
Tian Ying quickly said to the guards: "Which one of you hasn't had any soup?!"
Two guards raised their hands, and Tian Ying ordered them to call for help quickly.
Shangguan Minghong said to his uncle and cousins again: "The enemy is coming soon, you should hide quickly. Their target is me. You..."
Before Shangguan Minghong finished speaking, two screams suddenly sounded in the courtyard.