Chapter nine hundred and ninety-ninth the four city masters of Tiancheng
On the first floor of the study of the Prime Minister's Office, Gu Yangyu, the Minister of Personnel, was chatting with Prime Minister Ma Qingdong with a smile on his face. Gu Yangyu tentatively raised the request of General Tolu Wushu. "Master, the lower-ranking official left the Prime Minister's Office last night and went to the General's Office. After the lower-ranking official persuaded him, the general had agreed to give up his past grudges and join forces with the Prime Minister to get rid of the thief and bald national commander. But, just..." Gu Yangyu looked embarrassed and said no further.
Ma Qingdong pressed his left hand on the teacup and frowned and said, "Mr. Gu, it's wrong for you to do this? Just say it, why do you have to hesitate? Can you still eat it?"
Gu Yangyu sighed intentionally, looking embarrassed: "The official is not very embarrassed to mention this. It was the general who mentioned that he and the Prime Minister were assassinated by the assassins from the Prince of Wei's Mansion at the same time. The General and the Prime Minister were both poisoned. But the Prime Minister recovered very quickly. There must be some good medicine to relieve the poison. However, the poisonous wound on the General's body has not yet healed, so the General wanted to ask the Prime Minister for a dose of antidote!"
Gu Yangyu naturally did not dare to mention Tolu Wushu that accused Ma Qingdong of sending assassination to assassinate him. If that was mentioned, Ma Qingdong would turn against him immediately. Even if Tolu Wushu caught the assassin and admitted that it was sent by Ma Qingdong, Ma Qingdong would not admit it. If he was not involved in this matter, Gu Yangyu would not have any problem making things difficult for this matter.
Especially recently, His Majesty the King has only known to hide in the Changshou Palace for a day. He will sit with the nameless monk in Zen and meditate every day, and ignore the government affairs at all. Whenever there is morning and afternoon, everything is the prime minister. Basically, he has to ask about the prime minister. It would be a bit unwise to offend the prime minister at this time.
Ma Qingdong reached out to dust off the dust that did not exist on his sleeves, raised his eyelids, and glanced at Gu Yangyu. Gu Yangyu was frightened by Ma Qingdong's eyes. Ma Qingdong asked with a smile: "Oh? General Toru actually made such a request? He wouldn't say that the assassin was sent by me, right?"
Gu Yangyu was shocked and quickly called out, "Hahaha, the Prime Minister is really good at telling jokes! The General asked me to greet the Prime Minister on his behalf. After all, General Toru and Prime Minister have a common enemy. At this critical moment, the two families join forces are the key to victory. Prime Minister must not suspicion and not destroy the Great Wall by themselves!" There is no way, how dare Gu Yangyu explain Toru Wushu's words to Ma Qingdong directly?
Ma Qingdong understateed: "Master Gu, I just asked casually, just a joke. Why are you so nervous? It seems like you are guilty! Depending on your performance, Tolu Wuzhu hasn't said anything good to me!" Ma Qingdong and Tolu Wuzhu fought for a while, how could he not understand what Tolu Wuzhu is? The person who knows you best may not be a friend, but may be an enemy.
Gu Yangyu became more and more embarrassed and replied awkwardly: "Master Guo, how could the General speak bad things about you? The General was very interested in getting rid of the thief baldness in joining forces with the Prime Minister Guo. He hoped that the Prime Minister could get him an antidote to relieve the pain in his body! How dare he point fingers at the Prime Minister Guo? After all, he is soft-hearted and has short hands, right? Hehehe..."
Ma Qingdong smiled and said with regret: "Oh, I'm so sorry. I don't know how the poisonous injuries on my body are!" Nonsense, just taking the antidote and not asking for help, which is equivalent to publicly admitting that the assassin was sent by him? Gu Yangyu's face changed. Just as he was about to say something, Ma Qingdong picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea slowly, and smiled: "But I can recommend the doctor who helped me treat the injury to the general. If the doctor can cure the general's injury by chance, he doesn't have to thank me!"
Gu Yangyu laughed loudly and lit Ma Qingdong with his hands: "Master Guo, you old fox!"
Guan Zhiyi was worried. After Tolu was forced to feed the elixir of the Gu pill by Tolu, he was in panic all day long. Just as he was relaxing in the back garden of the prime minister's mansion, an inconspicuous maid in the prime minister's mansion walked to Guan Zhiyi, gave a bow, and whispered, "The General has a letter to General Guan!" After that, a folded letter flew lightly towards Guan Zhiyi. Guan Zhiyi was stunned at first, and immediately reached out to catch the letter.
Guan Zhiyi couldn't believe that in his eyes, such an ordinary maid in the prime minister's mansion was actually a spy inserted by the general. Guan Zhiyi, who was originally worried about whether to confess to Ma Qingdong, was a little discouraged. He was already convinced that the second housekeeper Ma Lu was the general's person. After returning that day, Guan Zhiyi was thinking about why Ma Lu took him to the imperial hunting ground, and why did he happen to encounter Tolu Wushu? How could there be so many coincidences in the world? Some coincidences were clearly planned for a long time.
Since so many generals infiltrated in the prime minister's mansion, even if he confessed this matter to Ma Qingdong, he would probably be soon spread to Tolu Wushu's ears. Guan Zhiyi no longer hesitated, and he finally made up his mind to turn to Tolu Wushu. After all, this general who led the army was a royal relative and a uncle, and was far from comparable to Ma Qingdong without foundation.
Guan Zhiyi opened the folded letter paper, and saw that there was only a line of small words written on the letter paper, "So quickly to the capital to serve the king!" Guan Zhiyi's heart sank. Guan Zhiyi understood that Tolu Wushu had decided to attack Ma Qingdong. After a brief panic, Guan Zhiyi understood that he had to make a decision at this time. This would be a very difficult decision, but it might change the current subtle situation of returning to China. Whether to send troops or not, this is indeed a
question.
Far away, in the cracks in the rockery in the back garden, Ma Qingdong and his confidant Yan Dasong were looking at Guan Zhiyi coldly tore the letter to pieces and threw them into their mouths and swallowed them. Ma Qingdong had already seen the note with words written on it. The maid who was serving Tolu on the surface was actually Ma Qingdong's man.
Ma Qingdong held his hand behind his back and sneered, "Guan Zhiyi, you are just a thief. The true prince has praised you all the way to become General Heda Yecheng, but how did you repay the true prince? He is really a wolf that is not familiar with you!"
Yan Dasong pressed his waist knife and said coldly: "Master, why don't you take people to get rid of this bastard, and then take over his army, and give a good example to those traitors who betray the adults?"
Ma Qingdong narrowed his eyes and looked at Guan Zhiyi's back, and said leisurely: "No hurry! No one can stop him from coming. Hedaye City is far away from the capital, so it is not so easy to come! Just tell the levels along the way and cause more trouble for him! Didn't he have the pass token given to him by the butcher? The original appearance is to let him know that even if he returns to China, even if he has a pass token, it would not be as effective as the words of my Prime Minister!"
Yan Dasong smiled and bowed, "Yes! I'll do it now! Guan Bao and his team were walking on the road for three months. When they arrived, they could just attend the butcher's funeral!"
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After resting in Shacheng during this period, Tang Jiusheng and Xiahou Lingyu's injuries were all healed. Chen Chengshu had also arrived in Shacheng, and he was accompanied by a master of Xiaowei, Linghu Yu. When Tang Jiusheng felt that his body had almost recovered, he discussed with Tie Dun and the group was preparing to leave Shacheng and rushed to the next stop, the oasis of the desert.
Linghu Yu and Chen Chengshu were walking with each other, one to protect Chen Chengshu, and the other to help Tang Jiusheng. After Xin Zhiping learned that the fat man had committed suicide by jumping off the cliff, he was very sad. He thought that the fat man was dead, and there was a powerful thug beside Tang Jiusheng. Although Chen Chengshu was here, Chen Chengshu was mainly based on law and art, and martial arts was not a strong point, so Xin Zhiping ordered Hu Yu to come with him. Linghu Yu worked tirelessly and set off with Chen Chengshu and rushed to Shacheng to reinforce Tang Jiusheng.
Tiedun had already discussed with Tang Jiusheng, and went to the oasis first, and then rushed to Qiantuo City in the northern part of the country to meet Long Yuli. Long Yuli was an iron subordinate of the old king Tieku. Before, Long Yuli was a hypocritical disobedience and secretly bribed the killer sent by Tiebu. Only then could the Tiedun brothers enter the Da Shang territory without any danger. Unfortunately, Tiehui and Tieling brothers died after Ma Qingdong and Tiebu.
Later, Xin Zhiping used the trick of escape from the shell, causing the killers of Luoyu Pavilion to mistakenly believe that Tie Dun was dead. So Tie Bu and Ma Qingdong, who were far away from Dachang City, got the information that the three Tie brothers died in assassination one after another. In addition, the two princes in the country who had been brutally killed by Tie Bu, and everyone thought that the Tie Ku branch had already been exterminated.
Long Yuli and others were very desperate about this. Since then, the iron-core subordinates who were originally Tieku have run away, but they have no way to stay in the court, besides being loyal to Tiebu. What the people who suddenly returned were not expecting was that the third prince Tiedu was not only alive, but also wanted to come back to regain the throne.
Zhuo Buqun still stayed in Shacheng, which had not yet been completely stabilized, and guarded Shacheng with Guan Lueti and others. Tang Jiusheng only brought Tiedun, Chen Chengshu, Ling Jianfei, Linghu Yu, Xiahou Lingyu and others to set off, dressed up as a small caravan. With Guan Lueti's insistence, Tang Jiusheng brought another old horse thief Sha Lifei as a guide. It is said that Sha Lifei has a good memory and is a living map in the desert.
Thirty miles south of the sand city, the old horse thief was riding camels in front of Shali. Tang Jiusheng, Chen Chengshu, Ling Jianfei, and Linghu Yu were in a team of four, riding four horses and following Shali. Behind the four horses were two camels, carrying Tiedun and Xiahou Lingyu, as well as some essential daily necessities in the desert. There was no way, without fresh water and food, you could not survive in this vast desert.
At this time, Yulong Xingkong had already taken the Dragon Turtle Soldier Talisman to Tietong Mountain at the southern end of the country to recruit three thousand soldiers from the Nanlong Back Army. After Yulong Xingkong summoned the Nanlong Back Army and asked the Nanlong Back Army to rush to Dachang City, Yulong Xingkong would come back to Qiantuo City to find Tiedun, Tang Jiusheng and others to meet. Then Tietun used the Dragon Turtle Soldier Talisman to summon the Beilong Back Army, and two groups of troops rushed to Dachang City, preparing to regain the throne in one fell swoop.
The desert is vast and the yellow sand is vast. Tang Jiusheng Tiedun and his group are not moving fast. After learning that the fat man jumped off the cliff, Tang Jiusheng was extremely sad and didn't even joke recently. The prince was silent, and Ling Jianfei and Linghu Yu did not dare to joke. Only Xiahou Lingyu occasionally fights Tiedun, but Tiedun is a little dull and is far less funny than the fat man. Xiahou Lingyu feels bored, after all, Tiedun is too boring.
A few days ago, Tang Jiusheng fought with Diao Wenxun at the foot of Shacheng. The Seven Emotional Sword was knocked to the ground. Later, Zhuo Buqun took the Seven Emotional Sword back. Xiahou Lingyu's Biyun Sword was also taken out of the wall of the city wall by everyone. At this time, Tang Jiusheng and Xiahou Lingyu were both carrying their own swords, and the rest were carrying swords with their swords and swords with their swords.
While everyone was walking, they saw a cloud of smoke and dust everywhere in the sky. It seemed that more than a dozen horses were coming from the ground, and the knights were all dressed in black. The old horse thief Sha Lifei, who was responsible for the opening of the road, immediately took off his sabre as if he was facing a great enemy. Sha Lifei probably judged from the outfits of these people that this was also a
A group of horse thieves, and a group of extremely strong horse thieves, cold sweat broke out from Shalifei's head. Shalifei held the scabbard in his hand and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Everyone should pay attention! A horse thief is here!"
Tang Jiusheng, who was so bored on the horse's back that he was about to doze off, suddenly became energetic and looked at the group of people running towards him. The group happened to be seventeen, in the shape of a geese wing, blocking the way of Tang Jiusheng and his seven people.
The leader on the horse opposite was a woman in a middle-aged state. The woman had willow eyebrows, her almond eyes were full of spring, and her slender hands were pressed on the hilt of a golden knife. She was wearing a white top, red tip, blue pants, an embroidered waist, a flower-covered head, silver jewelry around her neck and earlobes, and a pair of red embroidered hundred-section shoes. Although she had no national beauty and fragrance, she was very charming.
The sixteen men around the woman were of different heights, fat and thin, but they were all white clothes, black vests, blue cloth bag heads, white cloth bag heads or black cloth bag heads. Everyone was carrying a sabre. In this desert, the clothes of these people looked particularly unique. The old horse thief Shali Feishu said in shock: "Oh no! These people are horse thieves in Tiancheng! That female thief is the Jindao Tang Yu'e, the four lords of Tiancheng!"
These days in Shacheng, Tang Jiusheng, Tiedun and others learned a lot about the desert cities. Tiancheng and Shacheng are considered enemies. Tiancheng is above the desert cities, so it is known as Tiancheng. Unexpectedly, just after leaving Shacheng thirty miles today, they met the people in Tiancheng. It was really a narrow road.
Tang Yu'e, holding a golden knife, looked at Tang Jiusheng and Ling Jianfei, her eyes were hot and hot. These two handsome guys looked so comfortable. This was her dish. Tang Yu'e smiled slightly, opened her red lips lightly, pointed at Tang Jiusheng and Ling Jianfei with her hand sheath, and said aloud: "Guo Kuanghu, those two little white faces are mine! As long as you can take them down today, you will go back to the oasis, no matter which girl you want in the brothel, you can choose!"
A thin man like a chicken said, urging his horse forward to get out of the line, turned around and looked at Tang Yu'e, and said loudly: "Four City Lords, I, Lao Guo, are responsible for helping you take down these two rabbit masters, you can't break your promise!"
Tang Yu'e smiled and said, "Go quickly! As long as you can take them down, let me tell you, girl, I dare to buy one for you! Is the Four City Lords a person who is untrustworthy?"
Guo Kuanghu, who was as thin as a chicken, pulled out his sabre and smiled at Tang Jiusheng and Ling Jianfei, "You two rabbits are not dismounting? Are you waiting for your uncle Guo to take action? If it weren't for the main catch of the four cities, I would have cooked and eaten you two of them with fine skin and tender flesh!"
Xiahou Lingyu, who was riding a camel behind, couldn't help laughing when he heard that Tang Jiusheng and Ling Jianfei were called Rabbit Master. Xiahou Lingyu laughed and said to Tang Jiusheng, "Brother Tang, I told you to wear an ugly face. You insist on bringing the handsome face. Now, I'll be fine. I'll be able to catch it and make a date!"
Tang Jiusheng turned around helplessly and said, "Miss, am I willing to do this? Who told me to be handsome, more handsome than this face? Do you admit it or not? If I tear off this face, she will be afraid that she will be even more straight when she sees my true face!"
Xiahou Lingyu laughed and shook her head repeatedly, "Brother Tang, we all admit that you are a handsome guy, but modesty is a virtue. Why can't you be more modest?" Xiahou Lingyu finally heard Tang Jiusheng's words and was in a happy mood, which proved that Tang Jiusheng's heart had not yet died with his good friend Fatty.
Ling Jianfei was furious. This stinky girl actually spoke wildly, insulting him and the prince, and even arresting them for being a couple. Is it tolerant? Ling Jianfei choked and pulled out the Shanqing Sword, his eyebrows were raised, and he shouted, "Bitch! You are so rude, look at Grandpa Ling taking your life!" Ling Jianfei was not used to riding a horse and had a saddle on his feet. The man had already risen in the air and rushed towards Jindao Tang Yu'e.
When Tang Yu'e saw Ling Jianfei flying in a royal blue martial arts uniform flying towards the sky, her posture was extremely cool, and she couldn't help but shout aloud. The expert could tell if she had any. This little guy is not only handsome, but also has good martial arts skills. At that time, she even thought of capturing him back. The Lord Tang Si City has always liked male favorites. Whenever he sees a very beautiful man, he will snatch him back to Tiancheng. In the past few years, at least thirty or fifty handsome guys have been locked up in the Lord of Tiancheng's mansion.
Guo Kuanghu, who was as thin as a chicken, was about to take action, but he saw Ling Jianfei completely ignored his existence and attacked Tang Yu'e first. Guo Kuanghu was furious and jumped up from the horse's back, swung his sword to chop Ling Jianfei, shouting: "You little face, you still dare to attack the four city lords, don't you want to make a fuss?"
A dazzling sword light splashed out in the air, and Tang Jiusheng's eyes lit up. Guo Kuanghu's sword technique is good! He already has the style of a master. Ling Jianfei wanted to kill Tang Yu'e, but he didn't take Guo Kuanghu seriously. As soon as Guo Kuanghu made a knife, Ling Jianfei knew that it was not good. This sword technique was a good sword technique! Unfortunately, he underestimated the enemy too much. This dazzling sword light really caught him off guard. Ling Jianfei felt a chill in his heart.
Tang Jiusheng was about to draw out the Seven Emotional Sword, but Linghu Yu had already pulled out the Yanling Sword, jumped up in the air, and rushed towards Guo Kuanghu. A similarly dazzling sword light slashed at Guo Kuanghu. Tang Jiusheng was very surprised and said with a gloomy face: "When did Linghu Yu learn such a high-quality sword technique?" Tang Jiusheng still knew Linghu Yu's martial arts. Although he was considered a master among the Xiaowei, he was still far from being a first-class master, only about the second-grade one.
Chapter completed!