Late Tang

After Lin Wu returned to the camp from the banquet in Gaoling City, he didn't feel sleepy at all.The closer he got to Chang'an, the more confused his heart was.Chang'an, this is the sad place for their brothers.Thinking that their brothers are also from the Chang'an Imperial Army family, although their ancestors have always been only lieutenant-level officers and were not distinguished, they have always been good.But at the beginning, because he accidentally offended the powerful, his family was ruined and he was forced to leave his hometown.

It was very late at night, but he couldn't sleep.

He, Lin Wu, has finally returned. He escaped from Chang'an and was in a terrible state of distress. Now, he is the capital of the town [***] Yuhou, and he is known as the envoy of soldiers and horses. With thousands of soldiers and horses.The dignitaries they offended at the beginning were actually just fourth-rank generals of the imperial army, not as good as their brothers' current rank.Now that he is back in the capital, how should he deal with his former enemies.

Facing the candlelight in a daze, he suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps coming from outside the tent.

The figure flashed, and a gust of cold wind blew in, followed by several people.Lin Wu raised his head and saw clearly that it was Liu Xun, the chief disciple of the Marshal.At this time, blood was bathed in blood, his face was pale, and he was panting.

"What happened?" Lin Wu's expression changed, and his heart suddenly felt a sudden, a very bad feeling rose in his heart.

Liu Xun swallowed his dry throat, looking anxious, "The commander was assassinated in Gaoling City!"

"What did you say?" Lin Wu was originally an impatient person, but he has matured and calmed down a lot in the past year.But when he heard that Li Jing was assassinated, he immediately blew the stab and stood up abruptly.

"The commander-in-chief rests in the mansion at night. Who knew it was a trap. That bastard Tian Lingzi, who ambushed thousands of Shence troops in the city, suddenly set fire to the mansion in the middle of the night and sent people to besiege the mansion. The commander asked I went over the city to report and asked the general to rush to the rescue."

Lin Wu's anxious face turned pale, "How is the commander-in-chief now?"

"It was discovered in time, and the commander-in-chief was not injured, but now he is trapped in the mansion, unable to break out for a while."

Lin Wei finally calmed down a little when he heard that Li Jing was not injured and was fine for the time being.

"Let's go, immediately gather troops and horses, we will enter Gaoling City and rescue the commander in chief." Lin Wu stood up.

Liu Xun quickly stopped: "The commander sent me back because he was afraid that the general would do this. This is where the emperor is standing, so you must be more cautious when you encounter problems. You must be careful when you move troops and horses."

"What does the handsome mean?" Lin Wu asked.

Liu Xun hurriedly said what Li Jing had said, even though he knew Tian Lingzi was going to murder him.But Li Jing didn't dare to let Zhen[***] attack Gaoling City, after all, this place is under the emperor's feet, and Chang'an City will know every movement and movement at any time.In case Tian Lingzi set up a bigger trap in the back, maybe Zhenfan might fall into the trap.Therefore, Li Jing specially confessed to Liu Xun that Lin Wei and Wang Zhong must not let Lin Wei and Wang Zhong lead their troops alone, let alone attack the county town recklessly.

"The commander-in-chief means to inform Marshal Zheng and Marshal Yu of this information immediately, and then let the commanders go to Gaoling City and let the city open the gate. As long as the commanders arrive, the thieves in Gaoling City will not dare to continue to kill. "

After Lin Wu heard this, he nodded repeatedly, the land of the capital is not a place where Zhen [***] can let go of his hands casually.Immediately went to wake up Wang Zhong, Zhang Chengye, Li Zhen, Guo Chengan, Zhang Hong and other town [***] Wenwu.

After a brief discussion, Zhang Chengye led a team of guards to Chang'an immediately, looking for Zhang Tai, and asking him to find a way to tell the emperor about this matter.On the other hand, Lin Wu, Wang Zhong and others immediately went to see Zheng Congxun, Yu Jian and others.

When Zheng Congxuan and others heard that Li Jing had been assassinated in Gaoling City and that thousands of people were besieging the mansion where Li Jing stayed, they were all surprised and speechless.

The crowd didn't feel sleepy at all, so they immediately summoned all the troops and generals.

No one would have imagined that such a thing would happen just after arriving at the foot of the capital.Li Jing, as the deputy envoy to recruit, and also a major contributor to the quelling of the chaos this time, especially almost everyone present here has received Li Jing's favor and help, at this time, it is natural to share the same hatred.

Li Zhuo, the governor of Heyang, was the grandson of Li Sheng, the king of Xiping County, a famous general in the Middle Tang Dynasty. Li Yan, who broke Caizhou on a snowy night, was his uncle.On the battlefield in Hedong, he lost a brother, and his subordinates also suffered heavy casualties.If it wasn't for Li Jing leading the town [***] to appear on the battlefield a few times, he might have gone with his brother long ago.Therefore, when he heard that someone was besieging Li Jing, he was very angry.In fact, who dares to do this, everyone basically knows.

However, the influence of the Li family in the court is also very powerful. The entire Li family is intricately intertwined, and it can be said that it is one of the most famous families in the Tang Dynasty.Such a noble family, the most despised is the eunuch.

"Long Lang Qiankun, at the feet of the emperor, there are thieves who dare to attack our recruiting deputy envoy. This is to ignore all of our eight towns and three tribes. If he attacks and recruits the recruiting deputy today and we don't care, then tomorrow our The merits of countering the rebellion may be gone. The day after tomorrow, maybe this knife has been put on the necks of us people. Needless to say, gather troops and horses, and first level the small Gaoling County. Even if we are on the top of the Golden Luan Palace, before His Majesty the Son of Heaven, we will not be afraid."

"Don't talk about it." Zheng Congxuan sighed, although the matter was obvious, he didn't dare to let everyone do this.If one is not good, maybe it will cause a mutiny.He looked around at the generals, "The matter has not been clarified yet, so we won't talk about it for now. The most important thing now is to rescue Li Shuai. Everyone has heard what Li Shuai said just now. I I think what Li Shuai said is right, now is not the time to add chaos to the chaos. In my opinion, there is no need to call in troops and generals, as long as the generals from our eight towns and three tribes go to Gaoling County again, the generals who went to the banquet at night will be the same. Go. You don’t need to bring too many people, it’s enough for one person to bring a team of personal soldiers.”

Just as he was talking, suddenly there was a sound of horns in the camp, which was the sound of an alarm.Everyone was suspicious, could it be that Tian Lingzi was so bold that he even dared to attack Daying.

A loud voice interrupted everyone's thoughts, "Marshal Li is back, Marshal Li is back!"

Yu Jin's nervousness, worry, anger and other emotions condensed together. He saw Li Cunxiao, Wang Yanzhang, and Li Jing's two fierce generals leading the way with torches. Gao Siji, Fu Cunshen and others surrounded Li Jing. Jing was riding on the horse, but she was still talking and laughing loudly with an old man in civilian clothes with a relaxed face, and finally turned into joy and excitement.

The Shence army attacked the mansion, but it rained heavily. As soon as the fire was extinguished, Li Jing, relying on the bravery of his guards, successfully blocked the Shence army's attack from outside the courtyard.As a result, before Liu Xun came to rescue the soldiers, Xin Yan had already led more than a hundred cavalry to kill them.Those shence troops suddenly saw a cavalry attacking from behind, with sword energy like a rainbow, extremely brave, killing melons and vegetables, they only thought that it was Li Jing who killed them in the town outside the city [***], insisted In less than a moment, without the command of Feng Chuang, Chen Duo and others, they immediately broke up and fled.

Xin Yan and Li Jing met each other, the old and the young looked at each other for a long time.

Xin Xun reported his family name, "Xin Xun from Sizhou, I met Li Shuai who is famous all over the world. Yong Saburo's name is indeed true, but he is a little younger than expected."

When Li Jing heard that the other party was actually Xin Yan, he was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses.This is the number one swordsman in the Tang Dynasty, a real hero.Although Li Bai's poems, Zhang Xu's calligraphy and Pei Min's swordsmanship are called the three best, the sword master Pei Min's sword is more of a performance nature. Although he himself is very strong in martial arts, he can at most be regarded as a master of swordsmanship.And Xin Yan is not only strong in swordsmanship, but more importantly, he has a character of chivalry.

Xin Yan, who is so righteous, is the swordsman of the great swordsman.

Li Jing admired Xin Yan very much. He was one of the top ten swordsmen in ancient China, and his reputation was not in vain.It's just that I never thought that they would meet on such an occasion in the end.

In the end, he lost his composure and said, "Mr. Xin is a little older than he imagined, and much thinner." After speaking, he felt rude and smiled awkwardly.Xin Yu didn't care much about it.

Asked why Xin Xun and the others appeared, Xin Xun briefly explained what had happened.Hearing this result, Li Jing couldn't help admiring Xin Yan even more.There may be quite a few people who can draw swords to help when they see injustice, but if they know that the other party is a powerful person that they cannot afford to offend, they can still insist on themselves and not be subdued by the other party's power, and the one they help is only a stranger , which is even more admirable.

After the two sides converged, more than 200 people rushed out of the small courtyard. Li Jing and others first found the horse, then mounted the horse and scattered the enemy soldiers all the way, and finally rushed directly under the city gate, broke through the pass, and returned to the camp all the way.

Xin Xun's reputation is indeed very high. He has a prominent family background, and at the same time, he has 50 years of experience as a swordsman who has not been an official. , The name of chivalry for the country and the people spread all over the world.From the emperor and the prime minister to the traffickers and pawns, he has countless admirers.

In the camp, not only high-ranking officials from aristocratic families like Zheng Congxuan, Yujuan, and Li Zhuo came forward to greet Xinyu with a smile, but even border miscellaneous beards like Helianduo, Tuoba Sigong, and Qi Bizhang, They all have a look of admiration, and when they talk to Xin Yan, they have a look of excitement.

And the other soldiers in the camp came after hearing the news, wanting to see the real face of the number one swordsman of the Tang Dynasty.

Xin Yan and his more than a hundred disciples and guards immediately became the most popular guests in the entire camp.Seeing that it was almost dawn, in order to celebrate Li Jing's escape, Zheng Congxuan ordered a day off for the soldiers who had woken up, and then asked the logistics battalion to prepare a banquet for Daxia Xin and his disciples.

Murong Xue and Aunt Lan also followed Li Jing back to the camp, and at this time they came to say goodbye together.

"It's better to stay!" Li Jing said suddenly.

Murong Xue was surprised.Li Jing smiled slightly, "If I'm not wrong, you should also be the killer sent by Tian Lingzi. Now that you have failed in your mission, you probably won't have a good result when you go back. Although you tried to kill me, you also helped me later. Resist the enemy soldiers together, even if the two are equal."

"You don't blame me?" Murong Xue said complicatedly in her heart. If Aunt Lan hadn't suddenly appeared at the end, she was already ready to attack Li Jing.

"It's not surprising, you are a good person." Li Jing changed his subject, "Besides, I also have an intelligence organization under my command, which also needs a top assassin like you. If you want, I hope you can join. "

When Murong Xue first heard that Li Jing asked her to stay, she was very excited. When she changed the subject later, when she heard that Li Jing asked her to join his situational organization, and was still interested in her identity as a killer, she couldn't help feeling sad.Aunt Lan also saw Murong's intentions, and was about to refuse for her, but Murong Xue said: "Okay, I am willing to stay." (To be continued.)