Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1081 Hu Sanguang Was Assassinated

In the blink of an eye, a crystal thread flashed out from Shangguan Bingyun's finger beside Ye Chen, and with a snort, it pierced the head of another snake and died on the spot.

From Ye Chen picking up the strange snake chopsticks to everything that happened next, it's a long story, but in fact, it was less than a breath, Ma Wentao and that Wang Boju even felt dazzled for a while, and didn't know what happened.At this time, Lian Jicheng, who was a beat slower than Shangguan Bingyun, had already rushed towards the family, but before he could get close, the family had a total of eleven members, old and young, who all fell down. .

There was deathly silence at the scene, and the five thousand Heavenly Guards had already drawn up their steel-stringed bows and arrows, aiming at all the people in the village. Wang Boju turned pale with fright, and fell limp to the ground.Ma Wentao was also quite frightened, but after several changes in his expression, he looked at Wang Boju, already filled with endless killing intent.He suggested to Ye Chen that he came to Huayang County, and this Wang Boju was originally his counselor, and was recommended by him to become an official in Huayang County.And although Wang Bo did not host the Hundred Family Banquet in front of him, he invited His Majesty into the village.And just now His Majesty was almost bitten by that extremely poisonous snake. Thinking of the possible consequences, Ma Wentao became terrified and sweated profusely.Pu Teng knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please punish me with death." He didn't know that the possibility that the snake venom could threaten Ye Chen was almost zero. Dodge and counterattack.

The nearby villagers witnessed the whole process just now. Although they did not see clearly the process of the chopsticks turning into snakes, they witnessed the process of the nine members of the family vomiting black blood and dying.In addition, the soldiers of the [-] Celestial Guard Corps aimed at them with bows and arrows, and all of them knelt down to Ye Chen amidst the screams of fright, and some even started to cry for grievances.

Ye Chen glanced at the common people and shouted: "Retire for me, don't scare my people."

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Longzhou, Sanyang Lake.

Unlike Jiangnan, where there are hundreds of miles of lakes everywhere, Sanyang Lake with a radius of only more than 30 miles is already a relatively large lake near Xiajing.The shortest route from Xiajing to Huayang County is to pass Sanyang Lake.

With the gradual formation of Xiangfu Country's development model of building roads, reclaiming more fields, focusing on industry and commerce, and researching and researching materials, except for the Hexi Corridor and Hehuang area that have just been acquired, the main official roads in Xiangfu Country have been built extremely smooth, and the city is even more It is a clean cement road.The road near Sanyang Lake is extremely wide. Although the Northwest is far less populated than the Central Plains and Jiangnan, there are still intermittent pedestrians coming and going.

It was noon at this time, a day had passed since Ye Chen was assassinated in Huayang County, but the sun was the hottest, so there were fewer pedestrians on the road.There was only a large group of people walking quickly along the lake to Huayang County, but because there was a carriage in the middle, they only kept a medium speed.

After Hu Sanguang received the news that Ye Chen was assassinated in Huayang County, he set off from Xiajing overnight and rushed to Huayang County.It's just that Hu Sanguang got used to living a comfortable life in the past two years, but he didn't like riding a horse, so he took a carriage.

Hu Sanguang is in charge of the Security Department of Xiangfu Country. Because of his special status, he has been assassinated a lot in the past two years, so he has always attached great importance to his own safety.

At this time, the carriage he was in was surrounded by the guards like an iron barrel. Looking from both sides, except for the roof of the carriage, all sides were completely blocked by the personnel of the Operations Department of the Ministry of Security riding tall horses.There are very few pedestrians on the road, and occasionally, when they see this group of people, they quickly avoid it.Although the Xiangfu Kingdom has been in peace for more than two years, and the people have lived a stable life for two years, since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the influence of the decades of troubled times of the Five Dynasties has not been eliminated. The chicken is not much different. If you provoke these soldiers for no reason, you will be cut off with a knife, and your body and head will be separated. You don't know how you died.

The whip whipped in the air, and the crackling sound was accompanied by the roar of Zheng Bao, the commander of operations, which lifted the spirits of the guards who were a little bit listless due to the hot sun.Zheng Bao’s hawk-like eyes looked around. On one side was the bank of Sanyang Lake. On several fishing boats in the distance, fishermen were casting their nets. As the fishing nets were pulled out of the water, the fish in the nets kept jumping. , Struggling, helpless but getting tighter and tighter.On the other side of the road is a poplar grove, the wind blows, the leaves rustle, other than that, there is no sound.Smelling the slightly watery dampness in his nostrils, Zheng Bao took a deep breath comfortably, it was so quiet, except for the hooves of his horse team and the splashing of the lake water, there was no other sound.

As if he had overlooked something, Zheng Bao turned his head slightly, and looked at the large forest with some doubts, a warning sign suddenly appeared in his heart, why is it so quiet here, such a large forest, with so many people coming here, how could even a bird Never startled.And... in that lake... He suddenly turned his head and looked at the fishing boats in the lake, his eyes widened. The distance between them was still the same as at the beginning, and these fishing boats followed them quietly while maintaining the same distance.

"Warning!" Zheng Bao suddenly pulled out his waist knife and roared angrily.

It seemed to be the accompaniment to Zheng Bao's roar. It was silent, but there was a continuous sound of whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, from the woods where there seemed to be no trace of anyone. It was the sound of a strong bow being fired.

Although the personnel of the Operations Department were a little wilted by the sun before, but now with Zheng Bao's roar and the sound of the strong bow, the strength of these personnel was instantly revealed. At the critical point, the other hand raised the crossbow flatly, and with a crash, they all turned to face the bamboo forest, making preparations for charging.

The first round of arrows shot not a man, but a horse.This caused errors in the judgment of the people in the Operations Department. Although there were quick-response stretches of shields and swords and arrows, many horses were hit by arrows and fell down wailing. Pressing down, but the strict formation finally showed some flaws.

"Get off the horse!" Zheng Bao ordered loudly, and the people from the Operations Department turned over and got off the horse without hesitation.

"kill!"

The masters of the first row of the operations department immediately trotted a few steps and shot a round of crossbow arrows into the woods, and there was a faint scream from inside.

"Kill!" Zheng Bao ordered for the second time.The operations masters in the second row trotted across the first row and shot the crossbows in their hands again. At the same time, the operations masters in the first row had drawn their waist knives, held their shields in one hand, and began to rush into the forest.

Although he was attacked suddenly, Zheng Bao remained extremely calm and did not lose his composure. Only two rows of nearly a hundred experts from the Operation Division rushed into the woods. He believed that each of his subordinates could block ten with one. , to deal with these rabble, it is a breeze to win.He didn't care about the battle in the woods, he fixed his eyes on Hu Sanguang's carriage, seeing that the carriage was still tightly surrounded, he felt relieved.

"Go forward, don't stop!" Zheng Bao said.

The masters of the local operations department immediately pushed the dead horse and the injured horse to the side of the road, covering the carriage and moving forward slowly.

The battle in the woods was not as optimistic as Zheng Bao expected. There were screams one after another, and the familiar voice kept ringing out. Zheng Bao finally showed surprise between his brows. With a wave of his hand, another team of masters from the Operation Division ran away. past.

At this time, Sanyang Lake, which was originally calm, suddenly boiled. Dozens of men in water jackets jumped up from the water. Turned pale with shock, it was the sound of the fast-firing crossbow they were most familiar with, and it was the same four-crossbow in their hands.The whole world knows that this kind of fast crossbow can only be produced by the Xiangfu country, and it is difficult for other countries to imitate who these people are.

Everyone's attention was focused on the forest, and no one thought that there were assassins hidden under the water. The four-shot crossbow produced by Xiangfu Country was powerful, and at such a short distance, the crossbow arrows shot instantly. Shooting in front of the eyes, it effortlessly broke through the armor on the masters of the Operations Department and shot them to the ground.

"Kill!" Dozens of men casually dropped the four-linked crossbow in their hands, pulled out a shiny black dagger, and threw themselves into the hands of the master of operations. Their wrists rose and fell, one inch long, one inch strong, and one inch short. An inch of danger, the assassins holding short knives rushed into the hands of the master of action, like a fish in water, the dagger was obviously made of steel from Xiangfu Kingdom, so piercing the armor on the body was like peeling tofu. In a very short period of time, the master of the Operation Division was killed into chaos, and he approached Hu Sanguang's carriage little by little.

Zheng Bao was frightened and angry, and when he pressed the horse's back, he flew up like a big bird. When he landed, he was among several assassins. The assassin flew into the air, followed by the short body with an elbow. There were a few clicks, and the sternum of the man on the left was shattered.Zheng Bao was able to become the head of the Operations Department of the Ministry of Security. He was a first-class master himself, and he was also a top existence among the first-class masters.

Zheng Bao entered the flock like a tiger, punching and kicking with knives, killing several people in a row in an instant, and stabilized his position a little bit, which made the master of the operation department breathe a sigh of relief.

But when Zheng Bao raised his head, there was a look of panic in his eyes. On the lake, two fishing boats crossed the boat. Crossbow, and it is also a new type of crossbow machine that can fire four short crossbow guns at a time after the latest improvement of Xiangfu Kingdom.

(End of this chapter)