Chapter 17 The King's Entrustment
Tole City is located at the junction of the Langerli Mountains and Tongtian Mountains. To the south is the Tongtian River, which comes down from Tongtian Mountains, and to the north is the Holy River, which flows to the north. It is said that it is the closest place to God. Many scholars and priests will take a boat north before their deaths, but they have not come back. Some say that they have arrived in the kingdom of heaven, and there are ordinary people or merchants who pursue fame and fortune, but they have not come back. Some say that they are punished by God as slaves.
In short, this holy river has many legendary stories, and its status in the hearts of the Tole people is beyond reproducibility. People have built many protective things for this river. According to locals, it is beautiful, especially in late autumn and early winter, ice cubes in the water surge, reflecting brilliant light in the sun, and the whole river is like light.
But the Holy River is now in Xicheng. When Tang Feifan heard the introduction of the shop's shop, he felt curious and yearning for a moment, but he could only listen and couldn't go.
"Oh, the current situation is that you are just so many people all day long." Outlet sighed.
"Who knew that such a thing would happen? It is said that the rebel leader was the former king's younger brother, but he was just an illegitimate child..." While the mate was talking, the sound of neat and orderly footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door, and the mate hurriedly stopped.
They all looked out the door and saw that Paletahong was coming again, and with more than a dozen soldiers, each with serious expressions and ready to fight. Tang Feifan and Outlets looked at each other, and their expressions became a little heavy.
"Sir, do you still want the last meal?" the guy hurried forward and asked.
Paletahong pushed the mate aside with a wave of his hand, staring at Tang Feifan and Outlet, and slowly walked over.
"Sir, we haven't eaten yet. Why don't we eat something with us?" Outlet said with a smile.
"No, I'm here to tell you a good thing." Paletahong suddenly laughed, the fat on his face trembling.
"What a good thing?" Outlet and Tang Feifan saw more than a dozen soldiers behind him, but they didn't think there would be any good things.
"After I met you yesterday, I went to see His Majesty the King and talked about you. His Majesty the King also thought you were the most polite and sincere merchants, so he decided to summon you." Paletahong said: "Isn't this a good thing? You should feel honored."
"Yes, yes, we are very honored, but we are just merchants. If the king summons me, I am afraid that we will not be polite and will collide with the king." Ultrale said.
"You don't have to worry about this. The king specifically criticized you for not having to bow, so you just need to be a little cautious. This is another supreme honor. Even when I see His Majesty the King, I have to bow and kneel down. Paletahong smiled and said, "Have you thought about it, hurry up and leave with me."
Outlet glanced at Tang Feifan, but the latter had no choice but to go with him.
When they walked out of the restaurant, the soldiers immediately followed, stood on both sides, surrounded them in the middle, and the one who walked in front was the General Paletahong. From the words of Paletahong just now, they felt a crisis, and they didn't even want etiquette. It can be imagined how terrible the things they would face were. Another thing that made them uneasy was that there were only six soldiers following them, and the rest were left at the entrance of the restaurant, not knowing what they were going to do.
After passing through an alley, they approached the palace. Its majesty can be seen through many house walls. The layers of towers are the highest place in the palace, and there are also earth-yellow rammed earth walls around it.
Suddenly, four black figures fell from the sky. Since they were walking in the alley, they surrounded them. The men in black were tall, with agile movements, fierce eyes, and a scimitar at their waists.
"Who are you?" Paletahong was startled and hid behind a soldier and drew out a scimitar. He saw the golden hilt and the shiny blade, which was very beautiful. The soldiers were well-trained, surrounded Tang Feifan, Outlet and Paletahong in the middle, pulled out their weapons, and were ready to face the battle.
But the men in black didn't talk nonsense to them. One of them waved his hand and the others rushed up. For a moment, swords and weapons collided, and the sound of collisions continued. Tang Feifan and Ultrale wanted to escape in the chaos, but now they were in this alley, except climbing over the wall, there seemed to be no other way to go. Tang Feifan had no weapons in hand, and he had just come into contact with the Tang Sect martial arts, so he was unable to compete with them, so he could only stand beside Paletahong.
The scene was very chaotic. After the assassins fought with the soldiers for a while, an assassin docked and swung his sword, slashed a soldier's leg, and then rushed into the protection circle and grabbed Outlets. The other soldiers were also knocked down at this time. Paletahong roared and rushed forward, but no one cared about him. He dodged and grabbed Tang Feifan. No matter how the two struggled, they could not escape and were eventually taken away by them.
During the process of being taken away, their heads were covered with black cloth. They didn't know what was around, but Tang Feifan felt that they were going around and kept going around.
When the black cloth on their heads was lifted up, they found themselves in a magnificent hall, surrounded by bookshelf made of gold, and a piece of agate on the side of each book, which added a freshness to the vulgar hall. It was very big, and they were kneeling on a red blanket that ran through the hall, embroidered with golden flowers. At the end of the red carpet was a three-stage staircase, and a dark golden throne was above it. Tang Feifan glanced at it and knew that they should have come to the palace, and there were maids waiting at the door.
But what puzzled him was, what exactly did those assassins do?
"I'll go, where is this?" Outlets obviously hadn't reacted yet.
"The Palace." Tang Feifan reminded in a low voice.
"How did we get here?" asked Outlet.
Tang Feifan was about to answer when he heard footsteps coming. A tall man in brocade robe walked out from behind the scenes. The brocade on his arms was the most eye-catching. Tang Feifan and Outlet were both stunned because the brocade was from the Tianlong Kingdom, and it looked very skillful, and it was definitely not something that could be bought on ordinary streets.
The man was handsome and handsome, with majestic eyes. As soon as he appeared, the atmosphere in the entire palace became a little heavy.
"Let's loosen your ties!" After the man shouted, the two maids at the door hurried over and loosened the rope tied to their hands for Outlet and Tang Feifan.
"Please get up quickly!" The man sat on the royal chair with a smile.
"I dare to ask if you are His Majesty the King?" Tang Feifan stood up and asked.
"That's right." The king nodded and said, "I know, you must have questions and resentment. Why do you also take you into the palace but still need to arrange assassins? In fact, that's ours. We are just worried about being caught by spies from the rebels. So we sent assassins to secretly send you to the palace. This is also a problem. You two will understand, right?"
"Understanding, do you know what happened to His Majesty the King asked us to come?" Outrere said with a smile.
"Oh, this matter has always troubled me and has caused the general public to suffer. So I asked you to come over and hope to share the burden for me. This reward is naturally no problem." The king frowned and said.
Tang Feifan's heart was shocked. He had guessed something and his face was a little gloomy.
"Our royal family has been conscientiously governing the country, but suddenly another group of rebels rebeled and directly captured half of the city. This also made my country in danger and all industries suffered a blow, so I wanted to ask someone to help me kill the leader of the rebels." The king said.
"It can be seen that you really care about this country, but we are just businessmen, one old and one young, how can we kill people?" Tang Feifan said with a wry smile.
"Hahaha, after the General told me yesterday, I sent someone to investigate. You kid can kill many bandits and robbers. You are very skilled. And I have brought all your weapons, so don't refuse." The king smiled.
Before he finished speaking, two soldiers carried his wooden box over. Tang Feifan hurriedly went up to see it. It was indeed his box, and there were a lot of things inside.
"Young man, you are not allowed to bring them into the city. It is a murderous crime. I am giving you a chance to redeem your attack. And as long as you do it, I will give you a thousand gold coins. You can choose the beautiful palace, and the position of general is within your control. Are you willing to share the burden for me?" The king walked to Tang Feifan and said with a laugh, but when Tang Feifan looked at him, he saw murderous intent in his eyes.
If he didn't agree, he might soon splatter blood, but if he agreed, how could he kill the rebel leader who could occupy half of the city? It was just because the situation is now forced, and Tang Feifan had to agree.
‘’Hahahahaha, okay, as long as you do it, I will give you whatever reward you want. Let’s have a good rest tonight. Tomorrow morning, someone will naturally arrange for you to go to Xicheng. Be prepared." The king smiled and then left slowly.
"call!"
Tang Feifan almost fell to the ground. Outlets hurriedly stepped forward to support Tang Feifan and said, "What should I do?"
"What else can I do? Let's see if I can escape tomorrow." Tang Feifan whispered.
At this time, the maid at the door came over, her voice sweet and her smile was as bright as a flower, "Two, please follow us."
Chapter completed!