Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 800 Assassination
"That's right!" Liu Peiji said, "It's also luck. Da Qiao and Er Qiao sisters met Sun Ce and Zhou Yu. What if they met Dong Zhuo and Zhang Fang (military generals during the Eight Kings Rebellion in the Western Jin Dynasty, who were famous for their ferocity) , I’m afraid the situation is not as good as the two of you!”

These sisters have heard of Dong Zhuo. Although they don’t know who Zhang Fang is, they guess that he should be someone like Dong Zhuo. Although they also know that Murong Moo and Liu Peiji are complimenting them, they can also see that these two people are wealthy. Characters, compliments to such characters naturally sound very different from ordinary ones, and the look in their eyes suddenly became unusual.

At this time, there were footsteps downstairs, but it was the food and wine ordered from the restaurant. Two waiters came upstairs carrying warm boxes, placed them on the small square table in front of the four of them, and then sang "Fat Nai" and went down. . Murong Miao picked up the wine glass and raised his hand to Liu Peiji: "Brother Liu, it is all thanks to you that this matter can be successful. Your Majesty, I have to thank you so much! Please!" After saying that, he raised his wine glass and drank it. Drink it all.

"Brother Murong, what did you say?" Liu Peiji also picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Now that your Lord has spoken, can I still disobey orders? Fortunately, the whole thing has been successful, otherwise the sky would not be falling!"

"That's true!" Murong Miao said with a smile: "After this incident, I'm afraid everyone in the world will think that Brother Liu and the Lord are mortal enemies. If they see Brother Liu and I drinking together at the same table, I'm afraid they will be so scared that they can't speak. Come!"

"Yes!" Liu Peiji drank it all in one gulp and felt a little tipsy: "So you can't just take things in the world by their appearances, otherwise you will suffer big losses sooner or later!"

"Brother Liu's words are well said, and they must come to light!" Murong Miao said with a smile: "Daqiao, Brother Liu's wine glass is empty, and it's not going to be filled again!"

Daqiao filled up his wine glass, took a sip, then brought the glass to Liu Peiji, and said affectionately: "Please give Liu Lang a drink from this glass!"

Liu Peiji saw the beautiful woman in front of him, her white wrist and the white porcelain cup were of the same color, indistinguishable from each other. He subconsciously held Daqiao's wrist, brought it to his mouth, and said with a smile: "Drinking is easy, but beauty is required. Make amends!" Daqiao fell into Liu Peiji's arms and twisted into a ball.

"Okay, okay!" Murong Miao said with a smile on the side: "Sure enough, a celebrity comes from a romantic background. Brother Liu, beauties are kind to you. Are you interested?"

After a while, the old bustard came up after learning the news. It was just as Murong Miao said. Although the old bustard was complaining incessantly and his eyes were red from crying, the ransom price quoted was only 600 guan for the big bridge and 200 guan for the small bridge. Although eight hundred guan was a lot of money, considering the reputation of these two sisters in Chang'an, it was so discounted that it broke their bones. Murong Miao converted his worth into gold, then stood up and left, agreeing to send someone to pick up the Erqiao sisters in the evening three days later.

"Trouble is trouble, but how many men in the world don't like this kind of trouble?" Murong Miao said with a smile: "Brother Liu, you don't thank me, but you blame me, you are really ungrateful!"

Liu Peiji couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "You are right, but I have no experience in this kind of thing, but I don't know if the madam will increase the price temporarily and deceive me!"

Although Erqiao was also a famous prostitute in Chang'an, after all, the main currencies circulating among the people at that time were copper coins and cloth. Gold and silver were rare. Most of them were only circulated among the nobles' courts, and were mostly used for making utensils and storage. The impact of so much gold placed in front of them was the first time for the two women to see it, and they felt a little distracted. After Murong Miao's reminder, the two women ignored the reserve of the famous prostitute and gathered around to please Liu Peiji. This middle-aged man in his early fifties, with thinning hair and a mediocre appearance, suddenly became a piece of cake. Murong Miao sat aside with a smile, drinking wine and eating vegetables, sitting and watching Liu Peiji struggling in the fragrant wind and meat rain, which was a bit like "but sitting on the bridge, smiling at the wind and waves".

Liu Peiji was holding the beauty in his arms, drinking wine in his mouth, 10% of his mind was confused and 70% of his brain was confused. When Murong Miao asked, he was stunned, and then smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Murong is joking, I have a mountain wife at home, Chang'an Mi It’s expensive, but it’s not easy to live there!”

The expression on Liu Peiji's face changed, and finally he sighed, raised his glass and said, "That's all, Liu has nothing but admiration for what the Lord has done. Please wait for Brother Murong to thank me, and I won't say any more! Drink in victory!"

In order to ensure the safety of the gift, Murong Miao selected six people from his accompanying guards to send Liu Peiji home. It was getting late at that time, and the streets of Chang'an had already been under curfew. Except for the patrolling Wuhou who occasionally passed by, the only people who occasionally came and went were all kinds of illegal earners. However, Liu Peiji was not too worried. The place he lived was only two or three square meters away from the imperial city. It was considered the center of Chang'an City. In addition to patrolling the streets, Wuhou, there were also night patrol troops of the Forbidden Army, providing security. Very good; secondly, the guards sent by Murong Miao to him are all burly, with bows on their backs and swords on their backs. You can tell at a glance that they are not simple people. As long as the little thieves who make a living at night are not blind, who will bring trouble on him?

"The Japanese country is rich in gold and silver, so the Lord ordered it to be cast into money for easy use!" Murong Miao picked up one with a smile and waved it in front of Liu Peiji: "One weighs one tael, and there are five hundred in this rattan box. There are a thousand pieces in the two boxes, which should be a little thought from the previous matter. Brother Liu, with these, we can build a golden house to hide the second bridge!"

Liu Peiji remembered that Murong Miao had lived in Chang'an for a long time and had been a general of the Forbidden Army. He probably knew the secrets of this kind of fireworks place, so he smiled and said: "That's fine!"

"Drink to win!" Murong Miao also raised his wine glass, drank it all, and then smiled at Erqiao: "You two beauties, you have seen it! Brother Liu is the rich man with thousands of gold, I am just This is a freeloader, you two must please him to be serious!"

About half an hour later, Liu Peiji, who was in disheveled clothes, managed to break away from the siege of the sisters on the second bridge and broke out of the siege. The price was to ask their mother to come upstairs to negotiate the price and redeem their lives. Of course, the newly acquired wealth will also cost a lot. Seeing the happy sisters going downstairs to clean up the mess, Liu Peiji smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Murong, you are the one who caused all this trouble for me today!"

So Liu Peiji and his party walked to the street where Fangshi lived, and saw that they were only about ten steps away from the entrance of Fangshi. Liu Peiji's servant stepped forward and shouted: "Open the gate quickly!"

"That's easy to say!" Murong Miao clapped his palms twice, and soon he heard heavy footsteps on the stairs. Two guards came up from the stairs, each carrying a rattan box. They looked heavy. He placed the rattan box in front of Murong Parrot, crossed his hands and bowed before going down. Murong Miao took out the key from his sleeve and opened a rattan box. He saw brand-new gold coins neatly placed in the rattan box, which glowed yellow under the light, causing the three of them to take a breath.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!
It seemed that there was a foreign object in his throat. Liu Peiji coughed violently. Da Qiao on the side quickly patted his back. After a while, Liu Peiji recovered and said with a wry smile: "How is this allowed?"

"Why not?" Murong Miao said with a smile: "Gentlemen have the friendship to make money. What's more, in this matter, you have indeed helped the Lord a lot, so it is only right to take some money. Besides, is this gold good? It’s easy to transport it to Chang’an, if you don’t accept it, why don’t you let me send it back?”

"You don't need to worry about this!" Murong Miao said with a smile: "With me here, even she wouldn't have the guts!"

"It's midnight, the gate can't be opened!" The gatekeeper yelled and cursed from behind the wall: "You bunch of wandering ghosts, leave quickly, or we'll call the night watchman Wuhou to deal with you!"

"My master is Liu Peiji, the Minister of Household Affairs! Open the door quickly!" the servant shouted.

There was silence inside the door for a moment, and then someone answered: "Okay, I'll open the door right away, but if you dare to lie, I will go to Liu Shilang's house tomorrow to accuse you of pretending to be an official and punish you!"

"It is indeed me!" Liu Peiji said loudly: "There is something going on in the palace tonight, so I came back late. Open the door!" The gate of the square opened, and a janitor holding a torch walked out, looking sleepy and confused. Liu Peiji smiled at the guard leader sent by Murong Miao and said, "I have a lot to do with you tonight. Please come back after I sent you here!"

Before the guard leader could answer, he heard a few soft noises. Liu Peiji looked at his shoulder in confusion and found that a crossbow bolt had been inserted into it. Before he could speak, another crossbow bolt came. He received another blow on his lower abdomen and fell off the horse.

"Quickly, protect Liu Langjun!" The guard leader finally reacted. He shouted loudly and drew his sword to block Liu Peiji behind him. Immediately, more than a dozen masked men in black rushed out from the surrounding shadows, slashing with knives. No matter who it was, they would hit the head with a knife.

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Early morning, Tai Chi Palace, Yanjia Palace.

As soon as the sky dawned, the emperor Li Hong got up and washed himself under the waiter of the chamberlain. Just as he was preparing to have breakfast, he saw the chamberlain's young eunuch coming in from the outside, with a look of panic on his face.

"What happened?" Li Hong asked.

"Reply to Your Majesty!" The chamberlain's young eunuch knelt down and said with a slightly trembling voice: "Last night, the household servant Liu Peiji went out for a drink. When he came home, he was assassinated at the gate of Fangshi. He was hit by two arrows and fell unconscious at home. !”

"What? Liu Peiji was assassinated?" Li Honghuo stood up: "How could this happen? When did it happen? Have you found out who the instigator was? By the way, did he go out to drink with anyone last night? "

"Reporting to your majesty, according to the memories of the gatekeeper of Fangmen, the assassination should be around the time of Chou hour. The assassin should be waiting at the gate of Fangshi where Liu Shilang lives, preparing to assassinate when the minister comes back. The person behind the scenes still doesn't know, yesterday I don’t know who he went out to drink with at night!”

"Bastard? Could it be that Liu Peiji went out drinking alone? Where are his accompanying family members? Wouldn't you just ask them?" Li Hong said angrily.

"Reporting to your majesty, Liu Peiji only brought two servants out last night, but both of them were killed by assassins in the chaos last night, so-"

"Nonsense!" Li Hong said angrily: "He just took two servants out. Both servants died, but he was only hit by two arrows! How is this possible?"

"Your Majesty, that's what happened. According to the gatekeeper's recollection, when Liu Shilang came back, besides the two servants, there were several other people around him. It was these people who protected Liu Shilang after he was hit by an arrow. Only by blocking the siege of the assassins could Liu Shilang save his life. But these people found that the assassins had retreated, and Marquis Wu arrived and Liu Shilang disappeared after his life was safe."

"Then why didn't the patrolling Marquis Wu stop them?"

"Those Wu Marquis thought they were Liu Shilang's bodyguards, so they dared to stop them. By the time they learned from Liu Shilang's family that they were not, those people had already disappeared!"

"Trash, trash!" Li Hong angrily swept all the breakfast items on the table to the ground. Of course he knew what Liu Peiji's assassination meant at this juncture - a high-ranking official at the level of Prime Minister had just stepped forward to dismiss Jie Ao. The unreasonable petition of the unruly leader of the feudal town dampened his arrogance and forced him to submit a petition to be demoted to a second rank. But while he was waiting to boost his morale, he was stabbed on the streets of Chang'an. This was simply a slap in the face of the imperial court!

"Could it be Wang Wenzuo who did it?" An idea flashed through Li Hong's mind, but he rejected it immediately. The reason is very simple: this is not like Wang Wenzuo's style of acting. He has never sought fame but truth. Profits, and never acting on impulse. Now that he had bowed his head to the court, he would not bother to kill Liu Peiji to slap the court in the face and destroy the relationship between the court and Hebei that had been maintained with great difficulty.

"Who is it if it's not Wang Wenzuo?" Li Hong thought to himself: "This man must hate Liu Peiji to the core, and he is stupid enough and bold enough to risk the world's disapproval and assassinate the prime minister on the streets of Chang'an!" Thinking of this , he couldn't help but get a headache.

"Your Majesty the Queen!"

Li Hong turned around and saw Empress Yang (the original Concubine Yang) coming in. She saw the broken porcelain pieces and food on the ground, and frowned: "Clean up the floor, otherwise we will be stabbed." My feet are just as beautiful as yours!" Then she smiled at Li Hong and said, "Everyone, what's wrong with you? You got angry so early in the morning. Who has troubled you?"

"That's what happened!" Li Hong sighed, recounted the story of Liu Peiji's assassination last night, and sighed: "The prime minister and assistant minister of the dynasty was assassinated on the streets of Chang'an. It is really a rare anecdote in a century. It shows up in this dynasty, what a shameless person!"

"Is there such a thing?" Queen Yang was furious when she heard this: "Your Majesty will order the Yongzhou Prefecture and the Ministry of Punishment to step up the investigation, and the people behind the scenes must be caught!"

"Of course!" Li Hong nodded: "It's just that I'm afraid there won't be any results in a short time!"

"You guys retreat first!" The Queen waited until everyone retreated and said to Li Hong, "Has Your Majesty ever thought about General Wang?"

"I have thought about it, but I think it is unlikely!" Li Hong shook his head: "Based on his past behavior, one is one and two is two. Since he has surrendered to the court, he will never send assassins to hurt anyone again!"

(End of this chapter)