Tiantang

Chapter 177 The Origin of the Assassin

Chapter 185 The Origin of the Assassin
In the room, Zhang Xuan also fell silent.

After listening to this conversation, he probably guessed that he would not be in danger for the time being.

Being held hostage in this way was beyond Zhang Xuan's expectation.The madness and recklessness of such an assassin also exceeded his expectations.

With all these things, he immediately came to a more rational judgment: the assassin was definitely not appointed by a member of the Li family. The descendants of King Si Ning and King Rong Li Wan may also have hidden descendants. They must regard Zhang Xuan as an enemy. But they will definitely not go up against the wind and assassinate twice in succession, they don't have the courage and courage.

What is the origin of the assassin?Is there any special purpose in choosing to assassinate at this time?Zhang Xuan thought hard.

Since the time travel, except for the fact that he went out of Beijing to dispatch troops because of King Rong's rebellion, he did not step out of Chang'an City, and the offenders were nothing more than members of the Tang Dynasty dignitaries, basically the Li family.

To be honest, Zhang Xuan once doubted the old emperor.

Because this kind of swordsman with extraordinary skills is definitely not a Chinese cabbage that can be seen everywhere on the street. Li Longji is the only one who can mobilize this kind of power and assassinate important officials in the capital so arrogantly.

But after thinking about it, it seemed impossible.The old emperor's sanity is not clear at present, and he is even paralyzed in bed. Even if he has this heart, he doesn't have this ability.

Zhang Xuan looked at the secret room. There was no window in the secret room, and the light was extremely dim, which indicated that it was probably a dark room located underground.Now that the assassin hid himself here, the possibility of relying on rescue to escape is not great.

Zhang Xuan gritted his teeth, he was tough and rational, and he was a man of two lifetimes, even in the face of desperation, he would not give up easily.

He moved slightly, and felt that the rope was very tight, and with his strength, it might be more difficult than reaching the sky to break free.

At this time, there was a conversation between the two women, one old and one young.

"Kong'er, I'm going to meet the young master, take good care of this kid. By the way, give him some water to drink, don't starve him to death. This is the person that the young master wants, you must remember not to spoil the young master." big event."

"Konger, I know that you have a family feud and hate this person deeply, but why not? Konger, remember what I said... Our biggest enemy is the emperor, the Li family. Only by destroying this Li family Home, we can avenge our revenge!"

After a pause, the old woman exhorted again, her voice revealing the misty and resentment accumulated over endless years.

The young woman was silent, and then there was no movement.

Zhang Xuan was silent for a moment, hesitated for a moment, and then moved vigorously, making a lot of noise.

The door of the secret room was suddenly pushed open, and a graceful young woman wearing a black veil who could not see her face stepped in slowly, staring coldly at Zhang Xuan on the ground.

"You'd better be quiet and be honest. It's useless for you to call for help. This is in the underground dark room. You'd better not provoke me, so that I can't help but take your life."

The woman's voice was extremely cold.

Zhang Xuan smiled lightly, "I don't know how to call, Zhang will not do such futile things."

"It's just that Zhang still can't figure out what kind of enmity Zhang has with the girl, so that the girl is so willing to assassinate Zhang among the troops in Chang'an City."

"Zhang asks himself, he has never done anything against his conscience in this life. Moreover, Zhang is under 20 years old and basically lives in Chang'an City, so it is impossible for him to have any grudges with others."

"Zhang is a frail scholar with no strength to restrain a chicken. If it falls into the hands of a girl, it must be a dead end. But can the girl make Zhang a fool-tell Zhang, do you and I have personal grievances? "

The woman remained silent, but her eyes were still very cold.

Zhang Xuan sighed, "Since the girl doesn't want to say anything, Zhang can't do anything about it. It's just that Zhang is in a hurry, can the girl open the door of convenience and let Zhang make it easier?"

"Zhang won't escape. Zhang, a scholar, can escape in front of the girl's tricks?"

The woman seemed to frowned, and suddenly stepped forward, leaned over and untied the rope that bound Zhang Xuan, and then gave him a cold look, "Follow me."

Zhang Xuan hurriedly moved his stiff limbs and followed the woman out.

Outside the door is a deep and dimly lit passage, and the end of the passage cannot be seen clearly.Zhang Xuan did not act rashly, he knew that the woman would let him go, so he would not be afraid of her running away, the terrain was unknown, in the hands of such a woman with strong martial arts skills, Zhang Xuan had no chance of escape.

The woman took him to a secret room that looked like a toilet, and motioned him to enter for convenience.

Zhang Xuan smiled and walked in.

It was not false that he did want convenience.

After solving his internal emergency, he didn't come out immediately, but continued to think about ways to escape.

From those conversations, he judged that there must be a master behind the two assassins, and he was the person the master named.This shows that I have what their master needs in my hands.

what is it then?Will this become a bargaining chip for his own life?

Could it be the wealth in Li Wan's secret room?Zhang Xuan shook his head, denying it himself.

He kept this news very strictly, and there was no possibility of it leaking.And those who knew the secrets were already dead. He made up his mind not to stop the old emperor from killing all the servants of the Rong Palace because of the consideration of keeping the secrets.

What is that?
Suddenly, a flash of light flashed in Zhang Xuan's mind: Could it be the art of gunpowder and firearms?

Due to the prevalence of alchemy, the art of gunpowder is probably not a secret.But he is the only one who can refine the prototype of gunpowder unintentionally refined by alchemy into a formula that can be fixed and developed and applied to firearms.

Zhang Sanchi led people to be responsible for the development of gunpowder and firearms, and now he has developed a powerful rocket and a throwing cannon.It's just that Zhang Xuan has always been cautious in doing things. He did not hand over the core formulas of gunpowder and firearms, some key technologies and blueprints to Zhang Sanchi, but mastered them himself.In some important links, Zhang Xuan even did not hesitate to do it himself.

From the beginning to the end, Zhang Sanchi and others conducted experiments according to the formula provided by Zhang Xuan, and each link was carried out separately and independently. Therefore, a gunpowder engineer like Zhang Sanchi did not master all the technologies, let alone an ordinary gunpowder engineer. The handyman is gone.

Zhang Xuan knew that this thing would not be kept secret for too long, but he could keep it for a while, at least before he applied it to the army, he didn't want to let the world know.

With the methods of these two female assassins, it would not be difficult to sneak into the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and hold Zhang Sanchi hostage to ask some confidential matters.It's just that they obviously can't offend the most critical things from Zhang Sanchi, because these are all in Zhang Xuan's mind.

If that's the case... Zhang Xuan's mouth twitched lightly.

A cold and impatient voice came from outside the door, "Are you finished?"

"Okay, okay." Zhang Xuan pushed open the door with a smile, and cupped his hands at the woman, "Miss, thank you!"

The woman glanced at Zhang Xuan indifferently, and took the lead.

Back in the secret room, the woman was about to continue to tie Zhang Xuan up, but saw Zhang Xuan sitting slowly on the ground, waved his hands and smiled, "Zhang has no strength to restrain a chicken, and there is a girl guarding the door. Bundled, I’m afraid it won’t be very effective.”

"Zhang is willing to talk to the girl."

"Shut up!" the woman scolded coldly.

"The girl held Zhang X hostage. If she didn't have a deep hatred with Zhang X, then she wanted to get something from Zhang X. How about this, the girl might as well open the skylight and tell the truth. In order to save his life, Zhang X only needs what Zhang X has. Open your mouth, Zhang will do anything."

The woman seemed to think that Zhang Xuan would not be able to escape, so she didn't bother to tie him up in the end, and threw the rope in her hand, "You'd better be honest, otherwise, I will be ruthless under the sword!"

Zhang Xuan smiled, but he thought in his heart that although this woman is sophisticated, she doesn't seem to know much about the world.Although he spoke indifferently, he didn't have much scheming.

"Please tell me your surname!"

The woman scolded coldly, "Shut up, don't court death!"

No matter how angry she was, Zhang Xuan kept talking to herself, either searching for her name or complaining that she had died unjustly, but in the end she got angry with the woman. She took a step forward, and a dagger slipped from her cuff, Probing into Zhang Xuan's throat, he said coldly, "If you croak any more, I'll kill you!"

"You kill." Zhang Xuan closed his eyes and said softly, "Zhang saw that although the girl held Zhang, she did not hurt Zhang's guards. It can be seen that the girl is not the kind of bloodthirsty person who hurts innocent people at will... ...If the girl must be killed, then she must be killed."

"Just can you make Zhang Xuan understand?"

A strange look flashed in the woman's eyes, the dagger in her hand was slowly moved away, and with a casual throw, the dagger was inserted obliquely on the wall behind Zhang Xuan, making a soft humming sound.

"Since you are so unwilling to give up, then I will let you give up and make you understand." The woman's voice immediately became sad and angry, and she slowly lifted the veil, revealing a beautiful young face.

The willow eyebrows are like crescent moons, and the eyes are as deep as the sea, but the endless indifference surges, which makes her beautiful face pale.

Zhang Xuan stared deeply at the face in front of him, frowned and said, "Zhang doesn't know the girl."

The woman raised her eyebrows and said indifferently, "My surname is Li, and my name is Teng Kong!"

"Li Tengkong?!" Zhang Xuan was shocked, "Are you the daughter of Li Linfu?"

"Exactly. Do you still feel wronged now?" Li Tengkong sneered, "If my teacher didn't stop me again and again, I would have killed you a long time ago!"

Zhang Xuan took a deep breath.He did not expect that the female assassin in front of him was Li Linfu's daughter.He did know that Li Linfu had a daughter who was a monk who was visiting Taoism, but he didn't take it to heart.

He smiled wryly, "Miss Li, Zhang has been wronged even more like this. I have no grievances or enmities with your Li family. If you want to avenge your family, you should go to the palace to find the old emperor or Yang Guozhong. Wouldn't it be unfair to find your superiors?" pole?"

Li Tengkong sneered, "I will kill Yang Guozhong, but you are not a good person either."

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This is a foreshadowing, a big plot in the future, Lao Yu will write it as soon as possible, if there is any inadequacy, please forgive me.

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