The dancing horse led the convoy out of Xuanwu Gate and headed north along the official road.
In the carriage, I was alone. I glanced out the window from time to time, and saw a gray and black wilderness. Thinking of my experience in Jinyang City these days, a lot of things happened, and I also made some contributions to the Jinyang Uprising.
But I still feel like I'm being guarded everywhere, and I don't have many close friends, so I can't help but feel a little lonely.
After walking for dozens of miles, he suddenly felt a murderous aura pouring in from the window. Before he could react, a sharp sword penetrated through the wooden board on one side.
The sword entered the carriage very quickly, and as the dancing horse was looking away, he was slightly distracted and almost got stabbed by the sword.
Fortunately, when the sword was about to penetrate the body, it was delayed for a moment. The dancing horse found a gap and quickly turned sideways to avoid the edge of the sword. Then he looked in the right direction and grabbed hard at the wooden board of the carriage, then scratched the wooden board and flashed his hand with lightning.
He stretched out his hand and grabbed the person's neck. Just as he was about to give it a firm squeeze, he heard a familiar voice shouting in panic: "Siwu Ma, please let go quickly."
Only then did he realize that the person coming was actually Yuwen Jianxue. As soon as the dancer's hand was released, he heard a thud and Yuwen Jianxue fell to the ground. He stuck his head out of the window and saw that the other party rolled several times on the ground due to inertia.
He looked quite embarrassed, "Why are you here?"
"I'm kidding you," Yuwen Jianxue said angrily, "Who knew you were so murderous...didn't you see me stopping at the last moment? Otherwise, you would have been on your way long ago."
Wu Ma stopped the carriage and invited Yuwen Jianxue into the carriage. The whole journey was deserted, and he was feeling a little lonely. When he saw Yuwen Jianxue, he was actually a little surprised, "You haven't said yet, why are you following me here?"
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Yuwen Jianxue said: "Let me ask you something first. If you answer me, I will tell you."
"Just ask."
"This time when you go north to the grassland, the Turks ask you by name to go there. You clearly know that there must be something fishy and the road ahead is dangerous. Tang Gong does not insist that you go to negotiate peace. Why do you have to take such a risk?
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"How can it be so simple?" Wu Ma laughed and said: "Tang Gongming said that if I encounter any difficulties, I can find someone else to go with. But for the trip to the Turks, there was a mystery in the letter. Tang Gong had already discussed it with a group of advisers.
It is clear, and they are well aware of the risks. If Duke Tang really considers me, there is no need to ask me what I want. It would be better if Duke Tang makes the decision and sends another envoy there."
"Ah... Then I heard someone say that you are still grateful to Mr. Tang. When I heard about this, I almost lost my temper. I thought to myself, you are not usually so stupid."
Wu Ma smiled and said, "My leaving Jinyang City was originally what Tang Gong wanted - Li Zhiyun took over the Tang Tower and came out with a set of rules. It was the time to establish his authority. He left me as the former captain. It was a fluke ahead.
After winning a few battles, the remaining power is still there. When Li Zhiyun used too much force to deal with me, he would disregard past feelings and become impatient; if he used too much force, it would be difficult to open up the situation.
You also saw that when he set the rules that day, no one stood on his side, and your master didn't even say anything right."
Yuwen Jianxue sneered and said: "That's because he is too anxious. I heard a few rules he set, and they seem to have some tricks. But if you are so eager to achieve success, everyone has to go through the process of acceptance."
Wu Ma said: "Anyway, asking me to leave for a while is in line with Li Zhiyun's thoughts. When I come back, he will have finished sorting things out and everything is on the right track. For me, I have things to do when I go to Turks.
It’s not bad to take a break and change your mood.”
"I have never understood," Yuwen Jianxue looked straight at Wu Ma, "Why, why did you let the captain out so easily... Is the Tang Tower so unimportant to you?"
Dancing Horse Youyou said: "As for the captain, I don't think I can keep doing it just because I want to do it. The surname of Datang Tower is Li."
After hearing these words, Yuwen Jianxue let out a long sigh and leaned heavily on the carriage behind him, "This is why I sneaked out to find you this time - I can't stand them treating you like this.
Everyone in the Li family is too thoughtful and the city is too deep. Erlang of the Li family is a little better, but with such a father and younger brother, I'm afraid he won't be much better... I really don't like Li Zhiyun, he looks calm and indifferent
, He is so polite to a child, but behind his smiling face is full of bitterness and hatred. Every time I look at him, I feel cold and gloomy at the back, and I can’t get over it for a whole day.
Even today, he called me over alone, saying that he wanted to discuss my future path of practicing enlightenment. It was really funny. Did I discuss it with him... I responded casually and ignored him. Isn't that right?
Coming to find you.
And my master is really the most obsessed with high officials in the world. In order to be an official, he is really hesitant, cowardly, and suffers all kinds of grievances. As a disciple, I can’t bear to stand it. Fortunately, he asked me again yesterday.
How is the conversation with Erlang of the Li family going? I told him that our talks broke down and we had a big quarrel. From now on, we will go our separate ways... I finally understand. If I want revenge, count on me.
There is no chance for Master and the Li family..."
Wu Ma was stunned for a moment, "Did you sneak out?"
"Can you grasp the key points?" Yuwen Jianxue said angrily.
"The point?"
"The point is," Yuwen Jianxue said, "I left my master, the Tang Tower, and the Jinyang Army with a bright future, and came to you at all costs - I want to protect you safely to the Turks
, come back safely."
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The road to the north was not peaceful. At a mountain col more than a hundred miles away from Jinyang City, Wu Ma actually met a team of killers. They were well-trained and cooperated with each other, and they accurately found Wu Ma's position in the convoy.
Then the arrow rain went first, and the carriage was disabled with the horse rope. Immediately afterwards, a top expert suddenly got in from the carriage and passed by the dancing horse with lightning speed.
The opponent's trump card was a thin rope that was completely invisible to the naked eye, but was extremely tough. The moment the rope crossed the dancing horse's neck, he felt the closest death crisis since he came to this world.
He intuitively felt the invisible killing move, and instinctively twisted his neck to one side to an almost right angle. Even so, the sharp rope still cut off a piece of his hair and scratched the outer edge of his auricle.
Seeing that he had avoided the killing move at an incredible speed, the killer subconsciously let out a surprised "Huh". He also seemed to understand that the invisible rope had the most terrifying power only during the first assassination.
If the existence of the rope is known to the enemy, the success rate of the killing move will be reduced by more than half. So, after the attack failed, the killer decisively rushed out of the carriage and disappeared without a trace.
Afterwards, Wu Ma and Yuwen Jianxue searched the nearby area, but found nothing. The two of them counted all Wu Ma's possible enemies on their fingers, starting with Bi Khan, Qing Xia, Li Zhiyun, Pei Ji and Hoopoe, and even
Including Li Shimin, after analyzing the pros and cons, I felt that they were all possible, but there was no particularly sufficient and necessary reason to kill the dancing horse.
From Bi Khan's point of view, Wu Ma was the key figure who led to the capture of the Association. From Qingxia's point of view, she wanted to avenge Tian Deping. By killing Wu Ma, Li Zhiyun could better control the Datang Tower. Pei Ji
He Da Shenghui was tempted to eliminate Liu Wenjing's important ally.
As for Li Shimin, the reason for his action may be Yuwen Jianxue. But Wu Ma and Yuwen Jianxue agreed that Li Jiaerlang did not have such a narrow-minded mind.
Finally, Yuwen Jianxue said: "Since these people are all suspicious, we might as well consider the final purpose of our trip.
If it was Shibi Khan who did it, then he would do it in the Han area, halfway, which means that he does not want you to have trouble in the territory of the Turks, in his tent, because this is likely to lead to the conflict between the Turks and the Jin Dynasty.
Negotiations between the Yang Army broke down, putting the association rate in danger——
Therefore, as long as we can reach the Turks on this trip, it will be safe, but we need to be more careful on the road. I think it would be more appropriate for us to travel lightly, with fewer people walking, and to change the route."
"Not bad," Wu Ma looked at Yuwen Jianxue with relief, "I found that since you successfully cracked the illusion of the Third Prince's womb, people have become smarter. Sure enough, crisis is what makes a person grow.
Maximum power.
When you were in the Third Prince's womb, you faced the Nine-Headed Insect and the Halloween Princess almost alone, who were far more powerful than you. You were always full of a sense of crisis. I see that you couldn't sleep every day, and you kept thinking about it.
You finally figured out the way to break the situation. With this experience, it will definitely be of great help to you."
"You said it wrong this time," Yuwen Jianxue said: "It is not the crisis that makes me grow, but hatred - I have always had this idea in my heart. I want to stand in front of Yang Guang and avenge Aye with my own hands. In
Until I reach this goal, I will keep moving forward, keep growing, and keep strengthening my arms until I personally chop off Yang Guang's head."
It is worth mentioning that this assassination of Wu Ma also triggered a temporary divine decree. As Wu Ma survived safely, the temporary divine decree was also successfully passed. Wu Ma actually got five divine decree stars, Yuwen Sword
Four snowflakes, from this we can see how dangerous this assassination is...