There are two people standing in the courtyard. The one on the left looks like a waiter who is always ready to greet customers. His shoulders are always slumped with a humble smile on his face. The one on the right has a square face and wears a starched green robe.
, like a traditional country private school teacher.
But in the eyes of Xia Xun, who had seen them with his own eyes, there was a completely different interpretation: these are two real killers, killers who make a living by killing people. Although they rarely take action, they are the kind of three-year-old killers.
Not open, but a top-notch assassin who has been open for three years.
They were used as spies and guards, which was a waste of materials. Luo Qianshi had no one to use, so he turned the two of them into handymen, doing everything. In fact, the two of them were just killers, the most professional
That way, if he fought them head-on, Xia Xun was confident that they were no match for him, but if they were to assassinate someone, even he would have a headache.
Xia Xun stopped and greeted them cordially: "Brother Chen, Brother Ye, how are you?"
The two killers were a little embarrassed. They didn't know what kind of attitude they should adopt towards Xia Xun, their former colleague and boss, whether they were enemies or friends.
With a "squeak" sound, the shoji door opened, and a crisp, timid and excited voice sounded: "Brother Yang!"
Xia Xun turned his eyes and saw a young man with red lips and white teeth, half standing in the sun, dressed in white, like a jade man.
Xia Xun smiled slightly, walked over, paused slightly at the door, and called: "Yu Jue."
"Brother Yang!"
The handsome and charming face was slightly red. He tried hard to restrain his surprise when he saw Xia Xun. He just called out, pursed his lips and stood aside. Then Xia Xun saw his hair tied up in a bun and wearing a
Luo Kedi, who was dressed in moon-white Yanju uniform, had three slight beards, and a face like a crown of jade, was sitting cross-legged on the banquet, looking at him with a smile.
Liu Yujue whispered: "Sir...please come in."
So, Xia Xun walked into the room.
Beside Luo Kedi, Xiao Qianyue was sitting on her knees with a knife, her delicate face was slightly distorted, and there was a light of fierce hatred in her eyes. However, from the moment Xia Xun saw Luo Kedi, the look in his eyes was
There was no one else around, so he walked directly in, knelt down in front of the short table in front of Luo Kedi, and without squinting, he bowed to Luo Kedi and said, "Sir!"
Luo Kedi looked at Xia Xun with a smile and said lightly: "You guys get out!"
Liu Yujue took a step back after hearing the order and retreated to the door, but Xiao Qianyue remained motionless.
Luo Kedi had just turned over a tea cup from the plate. His face darkened, he dropped the cup on the table and said in a deep voice: "Go down!"
Xiao Qianyue gritted her teeth, then stood up, stared at Xia Xun with red eyes, and then stepped back to the door. The shoji door was immediately closed by Liu Yujue.
"You're here!"
"I am coming!"
Xia Xun wanted to answer this way, but the question and answer were a bit too old-fashioned, so Xia Xun asked instead, "Why don't you leave, sir?"
Luo Kedi raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why should I leave?"
Xia Xun said: "From the bottom of my heart, you are an extremely arrogant person. You will not bow your knees to the enemy, so I don't understand why you don't leave. If you want to leave, I believe no one in the world can stop you."
you."
Luo Kedi chuckled: "I won't leave because I know you are coming!"
"Does your Excellency know that I will come?"
"Aren't you already here?"
Xia Xun rubbed his nose, and he couldn't help but think of Gu Long again.
Luo Kedi poured a cup of tea for Xia Xun. He behaved calmly and elegantly without spilling a drop of water. His hands were very steady.
Xia Xun lowered his eyes and looked at the cup of tea with light mist floating in it.
Luo Kedi smiled: "Are you worried about the poison?"
Xia Xun immediately picked up the cup and drank it in one gulp.
Luo Kedi shook his head and said: "You should be careful. You won our bet. There is no need for winners to fight with losers."
Xia Xun said: "If you want to kill me, at such a close distance, just one knife is enough. Why do you need to poison me?"
Luo Kedi chuckled, picked up the cup, brought it to his lips, stared at Xia Xun and asked: "Who is the leader of the flying dragon...?"
Xia Xun bowed to him and said, "It's just a humble position!"
"Okay, very good!"
Luo Kedi's eyes lit up and he drank a cup of tea in one gulp. The tea was brewed just right and left a fragrant aroma in his mouth.
Luo Kedi gently licked the water stains from the corners of his lips and said, "Feilong and Jinyiwei have been fighting for almost two years. What do you think of Jinyiwei?"
"We have the upper hand!"
Xia Xun was silent for a moment and said slowly: "However, Feilong is fighting against Jinyi whose hands and feet are tied up, so he can't win with force. Jinyiwei is a knife, a hundred-forged steel knife, which can cut iron like mud. It's a pity that there are people
They hide it in its sheath and refuse to take it out because they think it is a vicious knife. In fact, whether the knife is dangerous or not depends on the person holding it."
Luo Kedi's eyes became brighter, as bright as the morning stars.
Xia Xun said: "In the eyes of those civil servants, Jin Yiwei does all kinds of evil, but I don't think so. People have privacy and don't want to be supervised, and those sanctimonious literati are no exception, so everyone hates Jin Yiwei, so
They say that the Jinyiwei is useless, but the Jinyiwei has its own value."
Luo Kedi blurted out: "Do you think it still has value? If King Yan became emperor, wouldn't he ban it? Wouldn't he let us just make it a decoration like Yiluan Si?"
"No, I believe not!"
Xia Xun shook his head and said: "His Royal Highness King Yan will definitely restore the ancestral system."
Luo Kedi's eyes dimmed: "The one who put us in a cage is the late Emperor!"
Xia Xun said: "But it was also the late emperor who created the Jin Yi Guards. From the imperial edict of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, to Cao Cao's Sili Xiaowei, one generation after another, he served as school official, candidate for official, and signed the lottery, until Wu Zetian's Tongjuan inner guard.
The Imperial City Division of the Song Dynasty..., what they do is what Jinyiwei is doing, and the people who use it know the meaning of its existence.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao, Wu Zetian, Zhao Kuangyin, these generations of heroes understood its value. Jinyiwei was not the first 'court eagle dog', nor will he be the last. I believe that one day, any country will have one
An organization similar to Jinyiwei..."
Luo Kedi stared at him for a long time and slowly smiled. The smile was very gratifying, with a kind of contentment and peace of mind.
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He turned around and stared at the most cherished "Driving Map in Brocade" behind him, which he had to clean every day. Then he stretched out his hands and gently picked off the painting, holding it in his hand and looking at it carefully.
After a long time, he reluctantly rolled it up.
Luo Kedi rolled up the scroll very slowly. He rolled up the long scroll inch by inch until it became a scroll. Then he turned around and said solemnly to Xia Xun: "In the beginning, I allowed you to go back just because
What you said to me, you said that if your choice is the right one, letting you go can leave some firepower for Jinyiwei."
Luo Kedi held the scroll in both hands and slowly handed it forward with a solemn expression. Xia Xun took the scroll from Luo Kedi's hand with some doubts and gently unfolded it. He could see it more clearly at a closer distance. This painting must be
It was created by everyone, the painting style is delicate, bright and bright, and the grand scene of the royal guards accompanying them on a patrol is slowly and vividly depicted.
Luo Keke said in a deep voice: "The scrolls at both ends of the painting can be pressed."
Xia Xun's expression changed, and he put down the scroll as he was told, and pressed his thumbs tentatively on the lower ends of the scrolls on both sides. With a "click" sound, the scroll actually cracked like a clip. Xia Xun opened his eyes in surprise and grasped the cracked
I tried to lift it up, and the entire painting was peeled off, and there was actually a mezzanine underneath.
The mezzanine was not a painting, but densely packed small regular script. Xia Xun randomly found a paragraph of text and took a look at it. He saw that it read: "Sun Yifan, from Min County, Fujian Province, is a boat operator. His family has two masts."
One big ship, several small boats..." Looking again, I saw another line of small characters: "Yixing County, Changzhou Prefecture, Ren Juying, Zaoyu..."
Xia Xun immediately held his breath. He had always known that Luo Kedi held a mysterious power in his hands, but he did not expect that this secret was placed in front of him and in front of everyone who could enter and leave Luo Kedi's residence.
It is actually hidden in the house where Luo Kedi receives guests, placed inside a painting that is visible as soon as you enter the house.
"Sir, this..."
Xia Xun raised his head, but before he could say anything, he was suddenly shocked. In just a moment, Luo Kedi's face was as white as silver paper. His skin color, which was originally fair and healthy, now showed a strange paleness.
Luo Kedi stretched out his hand and pressed down, stopping Xia Xun's rising figure, and said in a low voice: "You win, I lose. According to the agreement, I will pass this fire to you!"
"grown ups……"
Xia Xun was a little panicked. Looking at Luo Kedi's complexion, he knew that Luo Kedi had taken highly poisonous medicine and his face was filled with a look of death. He was afraid that even the gods could not save him. He came today and did not want to do anything to Luo Kedi.
How about defeating the enemy? He knew that if people like Luo Kedi were given important use, they would definitely shine, so he originally wanted to persuade him to surrender, but he didn't expect that many people who should have died with the fire in the palace did not.
To die, Luo Kedi, a man who had absolutely no need to die, took poison and committed suicide.
Scholars have a way that scholars should adhere to. In the hearts of people like Luo Kedi, there is undoubtedly a way that he insists on. No matter how expedient he can make changes for the sake of his ideals, his bottom line will not be touched.
When he needed to touch it, he chose martyrdom.
The look in Luo Kedi's eyes gradually dimmed, but his body still sat upright, like a tiger that refused to fall even though it was dead: "I... I'm surprised, why... everyone thinks he will never
Maybe...when it succeeds, you are so accurate that you must...protect him?"
Xia Xun fell silent, unable to answer.
Luo Kedi's cheek twitched. Although he sat upright and tried his best to remain calm, Xia Xun knew that the poison had taken effect and he was already burning inside. He was enduring great pain. Luo Kedi took a sip.
The lips moved very quickly, very slightly, but Xia Xun had already seen that the moment the lips were slightly opened, his mouth was filled with bright red, blood had already poured into his mouth, and he swallowed it hard.
He couldn't sit upright anymore. He tilted his body and fell down on the table. Xia Xun quickly let go of the scroll and rushed to support him. Luo Kedi's face turned into a strange silver-gray, and his pupils shrank like As big as the tip of a needle, he stared at Xia Xun with his strange eyes and said softly: "You beat me in a round! Today, I set up another round. This time, can you win?"
Xia Xun blurted out and asked: "What game?"
Luo Kedi didn't answer. He raised the corners of his mouth, smiled, with a hint of pride and pride, and never answered again...
Xia Xun gently laid him down on the mat, stared at his face, and answered his question in a low voice: "His heroic strategy surpassed that of Tang Zong, and his farsightedness and foresight surpassed that of Han Dynasty; he conquered Mobei in five times, and plowed captives three times. The imperial court; marched eastward to the north of the northeast, and set up the guard of Hami to the west; annexed Annan, and all barbarians surrendered; made six voyages to the West, and all nations came together to worship the Lord;
Dredging the canal, Yongle ceremony! No land, no indemnity, no surrender, no marriage, no tribute. The emperor guarded the country, and the king died... This is the achievement of his life. He is not a perfect man, but he is a great man. Since his destiny I have to choose one. If I don’t protect him, should I protect Adou who can’t help him?”
Luo Kedi did not answer, he could no longer answer.
Xia Xun sighed, gently stretched out his hand and touched his eyes.
The door opened, and Xia Xun stood at the door holding a scroll in his hand.
Seeing the scroll in his hand clearly, Xiao Qianyue let out a whimpering roar from her throat like a wounded wolf, drew her sword and pounced on it.
"choke!"
An embroidered spring knife suddenly stopped at his neck, and Liu Yujue shouted in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, whoever entrusts this most cherished picture scroll to you will be the one we obey from now on, just as we are loyal to you!" Speaking of this, a layer of tears suddenly appeared in his eyes.
Xiao Qianyue's ferocious aura slowly subsided. He lowered his knife and walked forward as if no one else was around. The knife in Liu Yujue's hand always followed his movements, moving forward and sideways until he walked into the door. The sharp knife The blade of the knife left his neck without even a cut on his skin.
"Yujue's sword skills have improved greatly!" Xia Xun looked at Liu Yujue and took a deep look.
On the mat in the room, Luo Kedi was lying quietly, his clothes as white as snow, spotless. Liu Yujue's eyes were focused on him, like a pool of clear water.
But the door closed immediately and Xiao Qianyue closed the door.
Liu Yujue blinked away the tears in his eyes, sheathed the knife, retreated to the foot of the steps, faced Xia Xun, and suddenly leaned down and bowed down: "I have met you, my humble servant, Liu Yujue!"
Chen Dong and Ye An hesitated for a moment, then both fell to the ground.
Xia Xun sighed softly and slowly raised his head. The sky was as clear as jasper.
In the room, Xiao Qianyue knelt down gently next to Luo Kedi, stared at his face affectionately, raised her sleeves, gently wiped away a trace of blood that overflowed from his lips, and slowly pulled out his Embroidered Spring Knife.
With the knife in her belly, Xiao Qianyue slowly fell beside Luo Kedi, struggled to hold his hand, held it tightly, and then closed his eyes with satisfaction...
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