Phoenix that can't smile

Chapter 717 A Butcher Knife
"Ku Tu, I want to see what kind of superhuman assassin you caught?" Bao Si stared at Qu Tu's face with some playfulness, then suddenly smiled and asked cheerfully.

"Empress Dowager, please take a look." Jutu winked at the guard, and the guard immediately put the so-called assassin under Baosi's feet. Baosi frowned slightly, looked at the assassin, and immediately denied it: "You also It may be too small to underestimate Bengong, the so-called assassin should have the minimum potential, with murderous intent on his face, and fierce eyes, but this person in front of him has lost eyes and dull eyes, which is obviously just a pretense. Deceive me?"

"The empress dowager is really smart. Isn't she an assassin? If I say yes, she must be. Don't worry, sooner or later there will be real assassins who will send out the traps that have been set up long ago." Ju Tu couldn't help but smiled comfortably.

"Well, Jutu, then I'll be waiting for your good news." Bao Si pursed her lips and smiled.

Lishan Mountain has been a place for summer vacation and health preservation for generations. On this autumn night, the bleak wind and the silent courtyard complement each other, heralding the loneliness of this place.

"Brother, could it be that our eyeliner was really captured by Dig Tu? There has been no news for so many days, is it possible that Die Tu has already learned about our overall plan from that guy?" In a wing of the Lishan Palace , the black shadow swayed, and a very subtle and clear voice lingered in the yard.

"It seems that Qutu is going to kill us all. If we don't deal with that guy, maybe the task assigned to us by the lord will be completely finished!" The black shadow was reflected on the dead tree in the yard, looking extremely anxious.

In the middle of the night, it was pitch black, and the sound of horrific autumn gnats rose and fell from time to time. A very cold blade suddenly tore open the curtain of the room, and slowly shone a cold light inside.

"My lord, there are enemies!" An Tong had already heard the sound at this time, and jumped off the beam in an instant, crushing the black clothes who were probing into the house.

"Say, what are you doing here?" The lights came on immediately, and Jutu tore off the mask of the man in black, and found that this man looked like Zhu Kai, the old guard of the Lishan Palace.

"Boy, you dare to assassinate at night, saying, who arranged for you to come here to monitor the Queen Mother?" An Tong's eyes were red, and he put a long knife on Zhu Kai's neck.

"My lord, the young one is also wronged. In fact, the young one doesn't know who his lord is at all, but the young one has been arranged for a palace a few years ago, and it is true that the young one doesn't know anything." Zhu Kai trembled in fright. road.

"Humph, boy, you guys are so brave. You sent people to spread rumors in the Lishan area, saying that Lishan is haunted, and even directly slandered the Empress Dowager, confounding black and white, and creating chaos. To be honest, for any of these, you will die crime!" An Tong scolded loudly with his eyes wide open.

"My lord, the young one can summon anything. The young one only knows that there are fifteen swordsmen arranged by my lord in this palace. They are all people with high martial arts skills. If we want to assassinate the empress dowager, we can use the sword at any time." , but without my lord's order, none of us dare to move." Zhu Kai kowtowed and begged for mercy.

"Who taught you to spread those rumors?" Que Tu asked sharply.

"Master Fang from Luoyang, and a father-in-law. As for who arranged them, I don't even know." Zhu Kai hurriedly told the truth.

"Eunuch? Could it be that the great eunuch Tusheng is subordinate? From this, I can conclude that the mastermind of this matter is very likely to be Cusheng, Fang Yun, and Ma Yan!" After thinking carefully, he immediately patted table.

"My lord, now that we have caught a spy, how should we capture the remaining fourteen assassins?" An Tong immediately asked Qu Tu for instructions.

"An Tong, let's say we're going to tie these spies to Caishikou and kill them in public. The assassin's first reaction is to rescue his accomplices, and the second is to quickly assassinate the Queen Mother, trying to take advantage of the opportunity!" Qu Tu thought.

"My lord, I don't think these spies will go to rescue their accomplices. They are a group of shady guys, and they will not rescue their accomplices at all. In my opinion, they will jump the wall and assassinate the queen mother suddenly!" An Tong analyzed road.

"Then let's deliberately set up some ambushes at Caishikou to lure those assassins to take the opportunity to take risks, so that we can wipe them all out in one fell swoop!" Qu Tu couldn't help but make up his mind.

One day later, the Lishan palace was full of gongs and drums, announcing to the people that the spies of Xirong had been caught, and they bound the criminals to Caishikou to kill them in a formal manner. At that time, they attracted a large number of people to watch. The elite Tiger Ben set up numerous traps in the Peony Pavilion, waiting for the assassin's action.

"Qu Tu, you are so confused. Assassins hide their secrets very secretly. You prepare these snares to hunt them down. You are basically telling them that we already know their existence. I don't think they will show up." After a day, Peony Pavilion There was no fighting at all, but Cheng Rong hurried to Qutu's house and set fire to Qutu.

"Cheng Rong, didn't you arrange this plan?" Que Tu stared at Cheng Rong strangely and said.

"Quitu, this matter will change at any time. Now that we have caught the real spies, it means that we are also being watched by those unknown assassins. To say something terrible, right now, those eyes are staring at us. How could the trap be useful?" Cheng Rong said eagerly.

"Then Cheng Rong, how should we deal with the assassins now?" Jue Tu suddenly realized.

"Kutu, let's pretend to retreat and take our troops to Shuilong Pass. When the enemy is more relaxed at this time, it is the critical moment for them to relax!" Cheng Rong quickly pointed out.

"Go to Water Dragon Pass? So those assassins will believe that we won't come back again?" Que Tu felt extra worried.

"In this way, Jugtu, you pretend to have arrested all the assassins, show a complacent look, and then lead the captives directly to Shuilongguan. The assassins think you are slack, and they will take the opportunity to follow you and follow you. At this time , is the best time for us to do it!" Cheng Rong stroked his beard and laughed.

"Well, Mr. Cheng's method is definitely right, Lord Guo, let's do it like this." An Tong nodded immediately.

One day later, the banner of the excavation came out of the Lishan Palace with thousands of horses and horses, and marched all the way to Shuilongguan, and the Lishan Palace fell into silence again.

At this time, in the Peony Pavilion, there were only the laughter of the princess and Baosi.

The cold dew dotted the green leaves, exuding moisture in the moonlit night. At this moment, a sharp blade once again lifted the curtain of the Peony Pavilion bedroom.

Through his eyes, the assassin could clearly see that the person lying on the bed was the Queen Mother Baosi, and he used his lightness kung fu to sneak forward.

At this time, the woman lying on the bed was still deeply asleep.

The assassin quickly took out the package from his arms and placed it on the woman's vermilion lips.

"Hi!" The woman suddenly opened her eyes and punched the assassin in the chest, which immediately made the assassin roll on his back.

"Boy, let's see who this old lady is?" The woman took off the human skin mask, revealing a strange face.

"You are?" the assassin panicked.

"I'm a chivalrous girl from Lishan, Huang Shiniang. How about it? You haven't seen it before. Let me show you my true face!" The woman took off the mask on her face, and it turned out to be a pretty face.

"You bastard! Where are you from? How dare you impersonate the queen mother, where is the queen mother?" Seeing that Huang Shiniang was alone, the assassin immediately became arrogant again.

"Queen Mother, follow Master Jugtu to Shuilongguan. Master Jugtu knew in advance that you were going to attack, so he arranged for someone to lead you here, so hurry up and disarm!" Huang Shiniang swung her long sword, raised her head and said loudly.

"Since Empress Dowager Ping is not in Lishan, why are we still staying here, my lord, why don't you hurry back to the capital and inform the lord that the Digging rebels have brought the empress dowager to Shuilongguan to plot rebellion!" At this time, the rest of the black-clothed assassins They gathered around and suggested to their leader.

"Okay, brothers, let's go!" The leading assassin just wanted to escape from the bedroom, but he didn't expect that all the ropes on the ground were erected, and suddenly picked up countless brooms, sweeping countless dust straight onto the assassin's face.

While these assassins were desperately looking for their direction, sharp swords were already on their necks.

"Hahaha, Mr. Cheng, it really is a clever plan. These guys really couldn't bear it, and they came out to make trouble!" At this time, the smiling Dug Tu, An Tong, and a group of soldiers rushed out with lights on. .

"Quitu, you boy, where did you get such a hag?" The leader of the black-clothed assassin shouted loudly.

"Boy, see clearly, I am the maid of the Empress Dowager, Mingyue! How about it, I will silence you all at once, and want to assassinate our Empress Dowager, what a dream!" The so-called Huang Shiniang, the Huazhi who laughed suddenly Trembling.

"Okay, Brother Cheng, we've caught all these assassins, so the Queen Mother should go back to Mount Li, right?" Jue Tu looked at Cheng Rong with a smile.

"What? Qutu, don't you want to take the queen mother away from here? Do you still want to endure the pain of lovesickness?" Cheng Rong smiled very humorously at Qutu.

"Oh, Brother Cheng, it turns out that you have already hidden your hand." Qu Tu couldn't help but suddenly realized.

"Ju Tu, there is no such thing as the Empress Dowager Ping in this world now. You can ask these assassins to go back and report to their lord that the empress dowager died after being assassinated in Mount Li, and you take Si'er directly to Shuilongguan. I won't be suspicious." Cheng Rong couldn't help but smiled gratifiedly.

"Okay, then I'll go after Si'er!" Judgment bowed his hands gratefully to Cheng Rong knowingly, then quickly got on his horse and disappeared into the rising sun with his men.

(End of this chapter)