Three hundred and seventeenth chapter shot assassination
The identity can be faked, the appearance can be faked, but the temperament of a person is difficult to fake.
At this time, Liu Xiu and others all had sallow complexions (painted with wax) and stubble (sticky beards) on their faces. They were not good-looking, and their clothes were even worse, and they were even wearing patches.
However, observing Liu Xiu's speech and behavior, it gives people an inconsistent feeling of being gentle and jade-like.
The arrogant girl was stunned for a moment before she came back to her senses, and her face became unsightly. She was staring at a domestic slave, which was a great shame and humiliation for her.
She reprimanded in a deep voice: "Don't you have a mouth under your nose? You don't know the road, can't you ask for directions? A house slave is a house slave, a bunch of useless trash!" At this point, she rolled her eyes and turned around.
, waved to the girl whose lower body was already soaked, called her to him, and said with a smile: "Miss He, these slaves can't find the toilet, why don't you lead them there! After all, yours
They all have similar identities!”
After she finished speaking, several girls around her giggled.
The girl who was called Miss He, her originally pale face turned red, and her little hands that were shrunk in her sleeves were tightly clenched into fists.
Although it was still unclear about their specific identities and their relationship, Liu Xiu could tell that the arrogant young lady was in a group with several other young ladies, and they were bullying Miss He.
Liu Xiu didn't want to get involved in the dispute in the backyard. He quickly said: "This lady is joking. We are just domestic slaves. How can we let this lady lead the way for us!"
The arrogant girl burst out laughing and said: "You are a domestic slave, and she is a daughter of the city. Isn't your status appropriate?"
Hearing this, several girls around started giggling again, and Miss He's face also turned redder.
Liu Xiu probably understood what was going on now.
In cities, the bazaars where business is conducted are usually called marketplaces. For a long time in Chinese history, marketplaces were another name for merchants.
During the Han Dynasty, the status of merchants was already very low. Although they were rich, they could not get on the stage and were looked down upon by the gentry.
Although the gentry class also did business and owned various shops, the gentry themselves did not run these businesses themselves. They usually left it to their domestic slaves to take care of it, and the gentry themselves only had to collect the money.
Obviously, this arrogant girl and her companions around her are all daughters of noble families, while this Miss He is the daughter of a merchant.
This time Li Hun got married, and they came with their families to congratulate them. When they got together, the daughters of the noble clans formed a gang to make things difficult for the merchants' daughters, and even humiliated them.
Liu Xiu was originally unwilling to participate in the affairs in the backyard, but seeing that Miss He was shivering from the cold and about to collapse, he sighed secretly and said, "In this case, I will help Miss He."
When the arrogant girl heard this, she burst out laughing and nodded towards Liu Xiu, as if to praise him, you are quite good!
Miss He lowered her head and said in a hoarse voice: "Guys, please follow me!" As she spoke, she walked quickly towards the arch in the garden.
"She is willing to lead the way for domestic slaves. She is truly a daughter of the market!"
"That's right! Lowly people should be with lowly people, why should they sit with us!"
Even after walking out of the back garden, Liu Xiu could still hear the laughter coming from behind.
Liu Xiu shook his head secretly. After walking a certain distance, he stopped and said, "Miss He!"
Miss He slowly stopped and looked back at him in confusion.
Liu Xiu smiled at her, pointed to the side door, and said, "It's still cold now, and Miss He's shoes and socks look soaked. If you go out from here, you should be able to find your mansion's carriage."
Miss He looked at Liu Xiu in surprise and didn't come back to her senses for a long time. She thought that Liu Xiu agreed to let her lead the way because he looked down on herself, the daughter of a merchant. Unexpectedly, it turned out that he was here to help her out of the siege.
"I……"
"Miss He, we can find the toilet ourselves, so we won't bother Miss He to lead the way. Miss He, go change clothes quickly, I'll say goodbye later!"
As she spoke, Liu Xiu bowed her hands to Miss He, and led Long Yuan and the other two people towards the front yard.
Seeing Liu Xiu and others leaving, Miss He wanted to ask his name, but she didn't call him out after all. After a while, she turned around and headed for the side door.
The four of them, Liu Xiu, returned to the front yard and stood in the middle of the courtyard. Liu Xiu looked into the lobby. At this moment, Wang Xing, who was sitting in the hall, was looking out. Their eyes met and they immediately understood each other.
Wang Xing smiled at Li Wen and said: "Master Li, this time I brought a small piece of Shu brocade. When I was in the county, I had to go through a lot of troubles to get this piece of Shu brocade!"
Brocade, gold! The value of brocade can be reflected through the word brocade. One inch of brocade, one inch of gold. At that time, this was not excessive at all. And the best among brocades is Shu brocade.
The manufacturing process of Shu brocade is complicated, difficult and cumbersome, and the annual output is very small. Once it is produced, it is directly transported to Chang'an. Those who can use Shu brocade are either the royal family or princes and ministers.
At this time, Li Wen and Jia Xuan were startled when they heard that Wang Xing had also sent a piece of Shu brocade. The former said in surprise: "It's in the gift list..." He remembered that there was no Shu brocade in the gift list sent by Wang Xing.
Wang Xing smiled and said: "I have not included this piece of Sichuan brocade in the gift list. Mr. Li, would you like to come out and have a look?"
"Okay, okay, okay!" To be honest, Li Wen is already very rich and has a lot of wealth, but he has never gotten Shu brocade, or even seen it. Wang Xing actually sent Shu brocade this time.
Overjoyed.
Li Wenxing hurriedly followed Wang Xing out of the lobby. Jia Xuan followed him out with a look of curiosity and envy.
Wang Xing walked to his gift box and pulled out a small piece of brocade from the silk and satin.
This piece of brocade has a blue background and colorful patterns on it. These patterns form mountain patterns, cloud patterns, auspicious animals, auspicious text, etc.
Li Wen lowered his head and carefully unfolded the brocade bit by bit. None of the patterns on it were the same. Whether they were mountain patterns, cloud patterns or auspicious beasts or auspicious text, they were all lifelike, with different postures, exquisite and stunningly beautiful.
They were amazed. Both Li Wen and Jia Xuan were fascinated by the sight. They didn't know how long it had passed. Li Wenfang couldn't help but exclaimed: "So this is Sichuan brocade. It really deserves its reputation..."
Just when he was filled with emotion, Long Yuan, who was standing next to the gift box, suddenly shook his right arm, and a dagger fell out of his cuff. He grabbed the handle of the knife with his palm, pointed it at Li Wen's chest, and slashed.
Stabbed it.
It was so fast that Li Wen didn't react at all, but at this moment, a big man standing behind Li Wen suddenly shouted: "How dare you?!" Following the words, he struck out like lightning and grabbed Li Wen.
The collar of his back shirt was pulled back sharply.
sand!
Long Yuan's dagger pierced through the Shu brocade, and the tip of the knife pierced Li Wen's chest clothes and had already pierced into the flesh. However, as the big man pulled, his knife could no longer penetrate deeper and did not pierce Li Wen's heart.
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Li Wen was shocked, opened his mouth wide, and was about to scream when Liu Xiu, who was beside Long Yuan, suddenly flicked his arm, and a crossbow arrow flew out, piercing the Shu brocade and hitting Li Wen's throat.
Poof! Half of the arrow's shaft did not enter Li Wen's throat, leaving only half of the arrow outside. Li Wen's eyes widened, his mouth was still wide open, and his body fell straight backwards.
The big man standing behind him hurriedly stretched out his hand to support him. When he looked closely, he saw half a crossbow arrow on Li Wen's throat. His eyes turned red and he shouted sternly: "Capture the assassin!"
As he spoke, he put down Li Wen, drew his sword, and rushed towards Long Yuan.
He could pull Li Wen to avoid Long Yuan's fatal knife, but he was really unable to pull Li Wen anymore to avoid Liu Xiu's fatal arrow. The big man stared at bloodshot eyes and fought Long Yuan with his sword.
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Jia Xuan reacted, screamed strangely, turned around and ran out.
Hearing two whooshing sounds, two figures rushed toward him. At the same time, two cold lights suddenly appeared in the sky. Jia Xuan was different from Li Wen. After all, he was a county captain and a military commander, and he himself
Have some martial arts skills.
Realizing that something was wrong, he ran away and rolled sideways. Sha, Sha! The two daggers stabbed by Long Zhun and Long Bu cut two holes in his exaggerated sleeves.
"There are assassins here -" Jia Xuan roared at the top of his lungs.
His shout was so loud that even the guests standing outside the mansion heard it. Li Wen and Jia Xuan brought many guests, but many of them were not good enough to bring them into the mansion.
Most of the guests stayed outside the house.
Hearing the shouts in the mansion, the two guests all exclaimed: "No!" As they spoke, they rushed towards the door of the mansion.
However, the three people who were the first to ascend the steps suddenly felt their eyes blurred and they didn't even see clearly what was going on. Their necks had been cut open by a sharp blade.
The three diners covered their necks with their hands and staggered back. Scarlet blood gurgled out from the gaps between their fingers. In the blink of an eye, the three of them fell to the ground one after another, unable to survive.
The rest of the guests were shocked. When they looked up, they saw three young men standing in front of the mansion. Each of the three young men held a shining dagger in their hands.
The diners realized that, needless to say, these three people were also accomplices of the assassin. Everyone shouted, grabbed each one, and rushed towards the three young men.
Even though the three young men were using daggers, they were agile and had superb martial arts skills. Under the combined attack of so many of them, they managed to block the door of the mansion without being forced back by the opponent.
Inside the Li Mansion, front yard.
Now the place was in chaos. Long Yuan and Li Wen's disciples were fighting together. Liu Xiu took the opportunity to catch up with Jia Xuan, pulled out a dagger from his sleeve, and stabbed him in the back of the heart.
Before Jia Xuan could react, he suddenly heard a roar and a burly man directly knocked Liu Xiu's body sideways.
Boom! Liu Xiu's body was knocked out by the strong man, and his dagger naturally failed to stab Jia Xuan.
Liu Xiu was lying on the ground, his body hunched into a ball, and it looked like he had been hit hard.
The strong man stepped forward and rushed towards Liu Xiu. When he got close to him, he grabbed his belt with one hand and his back collar with the other, and lifted Liu Xiu high above his head from the ground.
The strong man raised his knees, trying to push Liu Xiu down and bend his body. However, Liu Xiu, who seemed to have no strength to do anything, suddenly hugged the strong man's neck.
While the opponent was pressing him down, the strong man fell headfirst due to the pull of his arm. His fatal blow to Liu Xiu was also neutralized by Liu Xiu.
Liu Xiu fell on him and stabbed him with the knife.
The strong man reacted quickly. He held Liu Xiu's knife-holding wrist and stared directly at Liu Xiu with his big eyes. The tip of the dagger was hanging just above his chest, and there was not enough distance between them.