Volume II Chang'an Chaos Chapter 144 Assassination of Liu Tailai (2)
"Of course you did it yourself."
Li Xin'an wiped the blood from his mouth and said: "There are only a few high-ranking female swordsman masters in the entire world. Who are you?"
"You didn't win, so you have no right to know!"
The woman stepped forward with a knife and was about to chop her head off when another person rushed out from behind her.
The man in green clothes is holding a sword, his sword skills are illusory and ethereal, his body is like a green lotus, the petals of the lotus are floating away, but it is the life-threatening cold light.
The female swordsman immediately turned around and chopped the green lotus into pieces, but the man quietly disappeared without a trace.
Li Xin'an stood up from the ground and ran wildly outside.
The remaining woman was alone, looking at the empty cell.
"Interesting, you don't want to kill me, but you want to save Liu Tailai?"
The woman looked outside the prison and sneered: "Do you really think you can escape?"
"He won't be as merciful as me."
Under the square well is the copper ladder that connects the ground to the prison of Dali Temple.
Li Xin'an and Ye Qinglan each held one of Liu Tailai's arms and led him up the copper ladder.
Yang Guozhong was self-defeating. In order to kill Liu Tailai, he sent away dozens of jailers guarding the bronze staircase in Dali Temple. This also provided convenience to Li Xin'an.
Otherwise, they would not be able to attack the people in Dali Temple.
"Brother Li, that woman just now was so scary!" Ye Qinglan looked frightened and patted his chest after the disaster, "I don't know who is more powerful, her or Qu Gang."
"It's hard for you. On the one hand, you want to save me, and on the other hand, you want to save Liu Tailai."
Ye Qinglan looked at the unconscious Liu Tailai, shrugged and said, "There is no other way. If I want to know the truth, I have to protect him."
"I just don't know what action will be taken at Dali Temple. We don't want to be arrested as soon as we go out."
Li Xin'an said: "It's okay. Gao Zhengming, the Minister of Household Affairs, and Mr. Su Xiu have come to Dali Temple. If something goes wrong, they will solve it."
"Liu Tailai is not dead this time. Will he be transferred to another place?"
Li Xin'an shook his head, "Probably not. There are only two places Liu Tailai can go to, either the prison of the Ministry of Punishment or the Dali Temple Prison. Basically, Dali Temple will be questioned this time and some unimportant people will be dismissed.
No bones were hurt. Liu Tailai is still where he should be."
"Yang Guozhong and others want to kill Liu Tailai, and they only have this chance. As soon as we go out, His Highness will immediately go to see the saint after learning the news. The saint will not let Liu Tailai die, so his life is saved."
"Just be afraid, Yang Guozhong still has a backup plan!"
The copper ladder finally rose to the ground, and the square well was surrounded by soldiers wearing strong armor.
"They have kidnapped important officials of the imperial court, catch them!" an official wearing the official uniform of Dali Temple shouted sternly.
"Misunderstanding! Misunderstanding!" Ye Qinglan waved his hands repeatedly, "We are not murderers, the people who want to kill Liu Tailai are down below!"
But the aggressive soldiers would not listen to his excuse, and moved forward with their spears, locking them firmly.
Liu Tailai was seized by the official and taken to the back.
"Brother Li, aren't you from His Highness? Please show your identity quickly!" Ye Qinglan said anxiously.
Li Xin'an remained silent.
"Take them down and wait for the adults to take care of them."
The soldiers twisted the arms of Li Xin'an and Ye Qinglan and escorted them down the square well.
"What a pity, I just came out and have to go back again!" Ye Qinglan said dejectedly.
Li Xin'an's nose twitched slightly, and the "Hidden Killing Wuji Kung" that he had practiced since childhood told him that there was a powerful master nearby!
He suddenly turned his head and saw a figure suddenly appearing on the wall behind the official.
The man's face was covered with black cloth, revealing only a pair of falcon-like eyes.
His target was Liu Tailai who was behind the official.
"careful!"
Li Xin'an shouted loudly, and the sudden loud noise made the soldiers escorting him faint. Li Xin'an took advantage of the situation to break free from their restraints and went straight to Liu Tailai.
The Dali Temple official shouted in horror: "Catch him! Catch him quickly!"
In the blink of an eye, Li Xin'an was in front of him.
He pushed the frightened official away with one hand, and at the same time punched upwards, colliding with the mysterious man.
Li Xin'an felt that the opponent's internal energy was like a vast ocean, rushing straight into his body. The bones of his right arm were almost broken, and tiny columns of blood burst out.
Enduring the severe pain, he pulled Liu Tailai and flew backwards.
The mysterious man followed closely, but the soldiers from Dali Temple responded promptly and blocked the mysterious man's path with their bodies.
But those elite soldiers wearing armor who could block the galloping horses were like paper in front of the mysterious man. Just watch the mysterious man punch one by one, and the soldiers fell down. He was like a sharp knife, easily
broke through their defenses.
In this situation, the soldiers who were brave enough to fight to the death now showed fear on their faces, shrinking back and not daring to step forward.
The two soldiers who restrained Ye Qinglan were already dead. He rushed to the frightened Dali Temple official, grabbed his collar, and said viciously:
"Listen up! Young Master, I don't care whether you want to kill Liu Tailai or really want to save Liu Tailai. Things have gotten serious now. If Liu Tailai dies now, you won't be able to run away! Hurry up and call someone!"
The official suddenly woke up and said, "Yes, yes... you are right."
He took off a bamboo tube from his waist, pointed it at the sky, and suddenly pulled off a lead on it.
A sharp sound sounded, and the mysterious man's movements suddenly stopped. He looked back at the purple-red fireworks in the sky and couldn't help but clenched his fists.
Li Xin'an and Liu Tailai stumbled forward, but suddenly a woman's chuckle came from the square well:
"I told you, you can't run away."
The second copper ladder rose to the ground. The female grandmaster carrying the sword raised her chin towards Li Xin'an and split the two soldiers who rushed towards her in half with her backhand.
"I lost and I owe you a life, but I have no intention of giving it to you today."
Li Xin'an pointed to his ears, and then pointed to the doors on both sides of Dali Temple.
He had already heard the sound of Dali Temple soldiers gathering and running over.
A rough estimate is more than 200.
"Both of you are second-grade grand masters, not dead warriors. There is no need to risk your life for Liu Tailai."
The woman's face turned cold, she raised her knife and attacked Li Xin'an.
Ye Qinglan danced his sword to meet him. The swords clashed with each other. Within a moment, the woman stepped on his body and jumped into the air.
"Fire the arrow!"
In the distance, a sonorous and powerful voice sounded, and the soldiers coming to support from Dali Temple finally arrived.
Dozens of arrows shot out towards the volleying arrows. The female grandmaster swung the sword and chopped those arrows into pieces with the majestic internal force of the sword.
The mysterious man dodged past the soldiers of Dali Temple like a ghost, stepped forward, and punched Li Xin'an in the chest.
Liu Tailai had no support and fell straight towards the mysterious man.
Ye Qinglan, who was knocked down, stood up again. Just when the mysterious man was about to swing his fist at Liu Tailai's head, Ye Qinglan swung his sword and slashed at the mysterious man's calf.
The mysterious man was in pain, and the movement of his hand suddenly sluggished for half a minute. The soldiers from Dali Temple rushed in like a tide and fought for the lives of four people to snatch Liu Tailai back.
Shining swords surrounded the mysterious man and the female Grandmaster. The crowd broke through and Gong Baiquan, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, and Gao Zhengming, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, walked out side by side.
Gong Baiquan had uncontrollable anger on his face, and the vulture's eyes stared hard at the mysterious man and the female grandmaster. He didn't know whether he was angry because they wanted to kill Liu Tailai, or because he was angry because they failed to kill Liu Tailai.
Ye Qinglan dragged Li Xin'an to the back of the crowd. Li Xin'an received a powerful blow from the mysterious man on his chest. He couldn't catch his breath and fainted.
Gao Zhengming, the Minister of Household Affairs, glanced at Li Xin'an. He was very familiar with this young man. He was Li Chu's confidant. At this moment, he also knew what to do.
"Master Gong," Gao Zhengming said in a low voice, "If such a big thing happened in Dali Temple, there must be someone behind the scenes. It's better to capture these two people and force them to find out the real culprit behind the scenes."
"That's what Mr. Gao said." Gong Baiquan, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, gritted his teeth and said, "You two, kill them without your neck! Otherwise, I will definitely kill you without a burial place!"
The mysterious man looked at the soldiers who were crowding around him and knew that he could no longer kill Liu Tailai. He immediately sneered and said:
"You can save Liu Tailai's life for a while, but not for the rest of his life! Tens of thousands of refugees on Guannei Road are still waiting eagerly for Liu Tailai's head! Sooner or later, countless people with lofty ideals will break through this Dali Temple and kill this Dali Temple.
Chew the people you kill, inch by inch! Eat all their flesh and drink all their blood!"
Gong Baiquan snorted coldly, "If you speak loudly, you will be killed without mercy!"
Gao Zhengming's expression changed, and when he was about to stop him, Gong Baiquan said coldly: "Master Gao, there is no need to say anything. The thieves have already made it clear that they were ordered to come by the tens of thousands of refugees from Guannai Road, so why bother with them anymore!"
The female grandmaster let out a scream and inserted the short knife into the ground. Suddenly, the ground collapsed into a large piece, and the internal energy spurted out mixed with gravel and soil and hit the soldiers who rushed forward like a rain.
The mysterious man's boxing skills were unfolded, and he did not attack the enemy in a large area like the female master. Instead, he punched slowly and knocked back the soldiers one by one.
The two men retreated while fighting, and soon they arrived at the back door of Dali Temple.
"Two hundred elite soldiers can't do anything to just two people?" Gao Zhengming was dumbfounded.
"We have sent people to the Nanya Forbidden Army Office to ask for help. Dali Temple just needs to drive people out." Gong Baiquan said calmly.
"On the street? Won't it affect the people?"
Gong Baiquan sneered: "Don't they claim to be benevolent people? How could they attack the common people?"
"I would like to see if they would take action if ordinary people surrounded them."
Seeing the two people exiting Dali Temple, Gao Zhengming knew that Gong Baiquan would not be hunted down anymore, so he immediately smiled and said:
"Master Gong, Liu Tailai was named by the saint to be interrogated personally. Now someone wants to kill him, but he failed, so that's it. But if something goes wrong again with Liu Tailai, and the saint blames him, it will be difficult for Dali Temple.
"We are all ministers who have served the saint for more than ten years. Just when the saint wants to enjoy peace, we can't make him angry anymore."
Gong Baiquan forced out a false smile, "Master Gao said that I will never let Liu Tailai be assassinated again."
"Master Gong said it, but we must do it."
"That's natural!" Gong Baiquan said seriously, "However, someone kidnapped Liu Tailai and escaped from prison before. I suspect that someone wanted to save him. Those two people were seriously injured. I want to arrest them and torture them to extract confessions.
Origin, Mr. Gao, do you have any objection?"
Gao Zhengming was startled, his eyes drifted back involuntarily, but Li Xin'an was still there...
Where?
"Master Gong is responsible for his duties, so naturally I dare not delay."
"That's good." Gong Baiquan said with a smile, "Someone, bring them two..."
Gong Baiquan was just about to arrest Li Xin'an and Ye Qinglan when he saw that the two people who had just been lying on the ground had lost sight of them.
"Where are the people?"
The soldiers around looked at each other, and they didn't know where the two men had gone.
"Master Gong, it seems that Dali Temple has suffered two big losses this time." Gao Zhengming said with a smile.
"Humph!" Gong Baiquan walked away with a cold expression.