Chapter 84: Sacrifice riot (Part 2)

The panicked crowd began to gradually calm down. Although the red-clothed Forbidden General was always vigilant and his hawk-like eyes were always scanning the crowd, he did not find anything except the masked men who were blocked by the military formation. Especially

The person who had just incited riots in the crowd and charged into the Forbidden Army's formation had been completely hidden in the crowd.

It can be said that everyone in the Xia clan practices martial arts, and there are many outstanding civil and military officials. However, because this trip was to worship the sages at the altar of the Xia clan, they did not wear weapons and were surrounded by the three imperial troops in the military formation.

The strength of the masked warriors inside was also extraordinary, from the lowest to the very top. After a fierce battle, the masked assassins killed them on the spot, not less than twenty of them.

The assassination after the ceremony was inexplicable and seemed to be full of loopholes. He rushed out of the crowd and shouted some confusing slogans, and then twenty warriors with good training ability showed everyone the power of the imperial army.

Combat strength?

As a disciple of the Imperial Academy, Shangguan Lu was placed behind the officials. Although he was not allowed to act rashly under the strict orders of the Forbidden Army, he witnessed the assassination with his own eyes. The beginning of the riot witnessed the powerful combat power of the emperor's personal guard Xiaolong and the three units of the Imperial Forbidden Army.

He saw an extremely absurd assassination come to an end, but in his heart, the only thing that lingered in his mind was what Jiang Gui had said to him before: "There is something strange happening in Fei Thatched Cottage." Shangguan Lu firmly believed that this seemingly absurd and grotesque behavior

There must be a reason behind it.

"Sir, Lord Shangshu..."

At this moment, a loud cry came from the queue of hundreds of officials. The Minister of the Ministry of War fell to the ground. When the riot was over, he was found dead and had no breath. And he, the Minister of the Ministry of War, himself was an innate practitioner.

The warrior turned out to be the only victim in this assassination.

On the day of the ceremony, such a bad incident happened during Emperor Changsheng's prayers, especially the assassination of the Minister of War, one of the six ministers. Naturally, the so-called celebrating and having fun with the people would not exist. After the storm quickly subsided,

, Emperor Changsheng, the civil and military officials, and the powerful lords should return to the inner city under the protection of the imperial army.

Now that Emperor Changsheng and all the officials have left, the tribesmen have made hasty sacrifices on their own. The solemn and solemn scene of worshiping ancestors and sages has become a little more noisy. Everyone is whispering. The accumulation of soil can still form a mountain, let alone

There were more than a few thousand people gathered around the Xia clan altar, and they were all talking loudly.

Shangguan Lu and his fellow Imperial College students were sent directly back to the Imperial College by the imperial army in yellow. When he returned to his dormitory, he found that Jiang Gui, Shangguan Yuan and Wei Peng were not in the dormitory.

"Why is it the Minister of the Ministry of War? But I clearly remember that there was no masked man crossing the formation of the imperial army and breaking into the ranks of the officials. Isn't it a strange thing? What is the connection with the unusual movement in Fei Caotang?"

Shangguan Lu frowned and thought secretly. Although the more he thought about it, he became more and more frightened but still had no clue. He had no choice but to give it up for the time being. After all, he was in charge of his own affairs. If it weren't for the Tatar issue, which was related to Brother Xuelang, the border army, he would not have any idea.

Being so sensitive to the appearance of Tatars in the capital, he picked up the classics on the desk and read them, waiting for the three of them to return.

Before sunset, Shangguan Yuan and Wei Peng finally appeared in the rest house.

"Ah, brother, you are back. There are too many people and you can't see anything. So what exactly is going on with the assassination?" Shangguan Yuan was afraid that the world would not be in chaos. Because there were too many people and the position was far back, the assassination was impossible.

I didn’t see the excitement at all.

"There were only twenty warriors, and they were put down by the imperial army within a short time."

"No, then we can't help but fight. After all, there are still twenty warriors, okay?" Shangguan Yuan muttered and complained.

"Brother Yuan, the three imperial guards and the Xiaolong Guard are all here. It's not a joke. The Forbidden Army gathered together and pointed out that the frontier army is elite and only has 20 warriors. If you still hope to fight endlessly, you are too underestimated the Forbidden Army.

His strength, right?" Wei Peng looked at Shangguan Yuan with a look of disdain.

"Come on, Yuanzi, come on. I've been studying a lot this year, and I haven't been able to take care of your practice. If you have time today, let's talk about it." Shangguan Lu put down the classics in his hands and said softly.

"Well, brother, I have never slacked off this year. It's just that the accumulation of internal energy and the cultivation of my own acupoints are really difficult. What's more, today is a sacrifice, can you not say it?" Shangguan Yuan said.

On the one hand, it is true as he said, there is really no slacking off, but the training of a warrior is difficult, there is no shortcut, lest his brother scold him, he can only plead.

"Okay, martial arts practice is like rafting on water. You can make progress without retreating. Once you slack off, your journey as a warrior will stop."

"Brother, I remember it. I don't dare to slack off." Shangguan Yuan still took his brother's advice to heart and replied with a cautious expression.

When it comes to understanding Shangguan Yuan, it is none other than Shangguan Lu as his elder brother. For his own path as a warrior and for the dream of a great warrior in his heart, Shangguan Yuan started reading two hours a day from the Imperial College library six months ago.

The classics he brought out, from the initial coping to the current adaptation, who knows where Shangguan Yuan's out-of-touch temper came from.

After almost sunset and two sticks of incense, Jiang Wei entered the resting place with the snowflakes wrapped in his arms.

"Uncle Jiang, is it starting to snow outside? Hey, where are Yuanzi and the others?"

Shangguan Lu has not gotten up since he came back. Shangguan Lu, who was already fascinated by reading, was awakened by the cool breeze when the door opened. He looked up and saw that Shangguan Yuan was not in the room and asked softly.

"Master, it has just started to snow. I have been staying in Qian Toad's shop and just came back." Jiang Xing shook his arms around the sticky snowflakes on his robe and replied in a low voice.

"You've been staying in the shop. Didn't Qian Toad take you to meet the shopkeeper of Fei Caotang?" Shangguan Lu's heart suddenly tightened, and his eyebrows began to rise.

"Well, I never saw the shopkeeper. It was only after sunset that a clerk from his shop brought the original book to Qian Toad's shop for me to take a look at."

"Uncle Jiang, the shopkeeper of Fei Caotang, was not at the shop during the day, or even worse, at Wu Mian Yi Market?" Shangguan Lu vaguely felt that he should have caught something, but he seemed to have caught nothing.

No.

"Master, no matter whether this Fei Caotang is a Tatar den in the capital or not, this unique volume is indeed a rare masterpiece!" The envy and longing revealed in Jiang Wei's eyes were difficult to conceal.

"Uncle Jiang, what kind of unique book is it that makes you so obsessed with it?" Seeing Jiang Gui's expression, Shangguan Lu also asked curiously.

"It's an only copy called "Xing", written by a master warrior." Jiang Gui replied immediately.

"It is a rare work written by a master. I wonder how much it will cost?"

"Master, the shopkeeper offered me ten jade coins, and I won't accept the payment."

"What, ten jade coins, ten thousand taels of jiaozi, and you still don't have to pay the jiaozi, is this a bit too high?"

"Master, in my opinion, there is no premium at this price and it is worth the money." Jiang Xu said firmly.

Shangguan Lu knew Jiang Gui very well. Since Uncle Jiang said so, the classics should indeed be worth the price. However, the money in hand is not abundant now. Ten jade coins is indeed a bit difficult, but it is also a good opportunity to contact the manager of Fei Caotang.

Although there was no clue or evidence that the inexplicable assassination during the day was related to the Tatars or Fei Caotang, Shangguan Lu believed that there was an inevitable connection between the two, but he did not know that this connection was related to the three previous ones.

A conversation that has no beginning or end is connected.

"Uncle Jiang, do we still have the elixirs and treasures we have?" Shangguan Lu made some calculations and found that he could only get enough by selling some.

"Master, there is still a bottle of living soil, but blood limb crystals and living soil are things that can be encountered but cannot be obtained. It is better not to have them if you have no choice." Everything in Shangguan Lu is in Jiang Gui's hands, and Jiang Gui is the most important.

Nothing is clearer.

"Brother, what? What's wrong?" At this moment, Wei Peng and Shangguan Yuan came together.

"Oh, it's nothing." Shangguan Lu said subconsciously, not wanting his embarrassment to be known to his two younger brothers.

"Brother Lu, I've heard it all. I still have some money here. The elixirs and treasures are hard to come by, so I'd better keep them." Wei Peng said and took out the gold pieces from his belt bag.

"Pengzi, this is the withdrawal voucher from Xuanhuang Bank, and it's a gold piece. You need at least a thousand jade coins to get it." Shangguan Yuan took the gold piece and looked at it in his hand.

Shangguan Lu was also very surprised. Although Wei Peng was the son of Cao Junfu in Huangjun, he left in embarrassment. How could he have such a large sum of money now?

"Brother Lu, don't look at me like that, because I became one of the top three in the school last year, and my grandpa gave it to me, but I haven't used it yet." After Wei Peng explained, his expression was a little unnatural, and he looked a little sarcastic.

.

"Pengzi, forget it, you haven't used this money yourself, and I can't even use it." Shangguan Lu looked at Wei Peng's expression, how could he not know what was going on?

What an irony.

"Brother Lu, it's already happened now, is this still necessary?" Wei Peng said solemnly with a sad face.

"Okay, I'll take it, Pengzi."

When Wei Peng saw Shangguan Lu receiving the gold piece, he felt relieved and laughed happily, "Brother Lu, among brothers, this is a bit unorthodox."

The next day, Jiang Gui took Wei Peng's gold piece and went to Wumian Yi Market alone. Shangguan Lu had been waiting for news about Jiang Gui at his residence. As long as Jiang Gui could see the manager of Fei Caotang, everything would be settled.

statement.

At the end of the day, Jiang Gui returned to his resting place, his breath was disordered, he took off his outer robe, and his body was covered with wounds.

"Uncle Jiang, how could he be so seriously injured?" Shangguan Lu helped Jiang Xu sit down and asked eagerly.

"Master, "OK", the shopkeeper of Feicaotang is indeed a Tatar, and the entire Feicaotang is the Tatar stronghold in the capital." Jiang Gui felt a little unsteady, and after taking a few breaths, he said a complete sentence, then

The wooden box wrapped in brocade was also taken out of his arms.

"Where did you get this injury?" Shangguan Lu didn't pay attention to the wooden box that Jiang Gui valued so much. He just carefully took off Jiang Gui's clothes and saw that there were wounds all over his body, including knife wounds, sword wounds, and even more.

Bruises caused by blunt force blows.

"Hey, I don't know. I still don't know who he is. I saw the shopkeeper of Fei Caotang during the transaction and confirmed that he was the person I saw outside the palace that day. After that, I quietly left Fei Caotang and returned to the resting place in a hurry.

, as soon as he emerged from Faceless, he fought with a group of men in black robes. There were not many in number, but they were all top warriors." Jiang Xu said with fear on his face and a lingering fear in his heart. It was obvious that the situation at that time was extremely dangerous.

Shangguan Lu took the wound medicine handed over by Shangguan Yuan and applied it carefully. Aunt Huang who came over to clean up the tableware saw him, "Sir, you need to be careful when applying the medicine, so let me, an old woman, do it." Aunt Huang couldn't help but said, taking the wound medicine.

The medicine was applied to Jiang Gui. When Shangguan Lu saw that Aunt Huang was indeed doing better than him, he smiled and stood aside.

Aunt Huang was very neat. After applying the wound medicine, she picked up the tableware and left directly.

"Master, there is no doubt that Feicaotang is an important Tatar stronghold in the capital." Jiang Gui said to Shangguan Lu eagerly after Aunt Huang finished taking the medicine and left.
Chapter completed!