Chapter 389 The swordsman blocking the road, Xie Yuwei
Yanzhou, Yecheng.
Cao Cao was ready to march north.
As soon as the Wei clan started fighting Yuan Shao, he immediately led his troops to capture Qinghe County and Wei County south of Jizhou and close to Yanzhou.
Not to mention Wei County, Qinghe County has tens of thousands of acres of fertile farmland, and the autumn harvest is about to begin, so isn’t that an advantage for me?
However, what Cao Cao never expected was this.
Yuan Shao actually retreated.
Having already captured two counties in Youzhou, Yuan Shao actually retreated!
Cao Cao was puzzled, and in the end there was only one reason that could explain it: Yuan Shao, no, I gave you the chance and you didn't use it.
However, the slap in the face soon came.
Yuan Shao can't defeat Wei Cheng, but at this stage, he still has no trouble defeating Cao Cao.
When he learned that Cao Cao had gathered troops in Yecheng, Yuan Shao was first frightened for a while, and then he stationed troops in Qinghe County. This wave of operations directly confused Cao Cao.
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Hedong.
July 7th.
Red lanterns are hung high, filling the streets with a festive atmosphere.
If you walk into any store, the shopkeeper will greet you warmly and offer you two wedding candies.
This day was a happy day for Wei Cheng to marry Xie Yu, and the whole city was delighted.
Weifu Dongyuan.
The butler Wei Mu was busy instructing the maids to serve tea and water, and guests came one after another in the foyer.
As the groom's official, Wei Cheng naturally had to go out to entertain, and uncles from several families couldn't be absent.
The head of the family, Wei Haoduan, sat at the head of the family, chatting and laughing with the Cai family, Yang family, Fan family and other family members, holding his eldest grandson in his arms.
The second baby, the eldest baby, is already two months old. Although he can't speak yet, he is lively, cute and smart.
The other side.
The second uncle Wei Min and the fifth uncle Wei Zhu were chatting with several guests from aristocratic families who had come from afar, and their words were always about conflicts of interest.
These aristocratic families are all wealthy families from various places who are far away from Hedong and closely connected with various industries of the Wei family.
The Wei family's caravans are able to travel across the country thanks to their multi-faceted management. Of course, all of this is profitable.
Just like a bar of soap.
In Hedong, you only need a ticket and twenty coins to buy two yuan.
When you go to other places, although you don't need to check the money, you need to pay ten times or even a hundred times the money.
The Wei family holds 50% of this part of the profits, and the remaining 50% will naturally belong to these wealthy families.
Pavilion outside the foyer.
Wei Cheng was sitting in the main seat, behind him was Dian Wei who was like an iron tower, and Xu Chu who was always on alert.
The two of them were a little bit funny today. Because they were welcoming the bride, they both wore bright yellow gowns. The collar and cuffs of the gown were decorated with moiré red silk, which was regarded as the best man's uniform.
Xu Chu was okay, but Dian Wei was uncomfortable. Wearing this scholar's gown always felt strange.
There were more than just the three of them in the pavilion.
Zhang Fei, Huang Xu, Tai Shici, and Le Jin also put on groomsmen uniforms. Fortunately, the four of them were relatively young and not as coy as Dian Wei. Even wearing long gowns, the appearance of the four of them immediately improved.
A lot.
"That's right, that's right. You guys came with me for a hard work today." Seeing the four people arriving, Wei Cheng laughed loudly.
The four of them cupped their fists and bowed, then took their seats one by one.
Zhang Fei counted the numbers and frowned: "Is it enough for just the six of us?"
Wei Cheng nodded and said, "That's enough. We're here to welcome the bride, not to steal her. Why do we need so many people?"
Zhang Fei chuckled and said: "Young master, what you said is wrong. There are so many people and there is a lot of pomp and circumstance. Let me tell you, just let Lao Xu and the others come back. The Longshan Army is on the left and the Hupo Army is on the right. That scene will be exciting enough." .”
Wei Cheng smiled silently.
After some pleasantries, the butler Wei Mu came to inform.
"Second Master, it's almost time."
Wei Teng nodded slightly, stood up and walked out of the pavilion first.
Everyone in the foyer seemed to have received the news and came out one after another, chanting congratulations.
Wei Cheng returned the greetings one by one.
The main entrance of Wei Mansion is wide open.
When Wei Cheng appeared, the street was already full of people, and many female relatives from aristocratic families hid among them, wanting to take a look.
Wei Cheng's outfit today was carefully designed, and she even put on a little makeup at Hao Niang's request.
The twenty-six-year-old Wei Cheng has already reached her crown. The white jade blond crown on her head shines brightly in the sunlight. Her long, flowing hair hangs neatly on her back. Just the quality of her hair makes many girls feel ashamed.
The clothes on his body are also different from those now. Due to the hot summer, Wei Cheng is not wearing brocade and satin, but is lined with ice silk cloth, and his coat is made of silk gauze as thin as cicada wings. I can't even feel any weight on my body.
To outsiders, Wei Cheng looks like he is falling from the sky covered with a red cloud.
The breeze gently ruffled the wide sleeves, bringing up red ripples. Combined with her fair skin, handsome facial features, and deep and calm temperament, just one glance made people blush and dare not look directly.
Outside the gate of the Wei Mansion, a carriage has already been prepared.
Although the passage of animal power is prohibited in Anyi City, whoever Wei Cheng is, he still has this privilege.
After boarding the carriage, Xu Chu and Dian Wei sat on the shaft, one on the left and the other on the right.
On both sides were Zhang Fei, Huang Xu, Tai Shi Ci, and Le Jin, riding their respective mounts to guard one side.
Behind him, there were several carriages following. On the carriages were the betrothal gifts prepared by Wei Cheng, as well as some other agreed-upon things.
However, I don’t know who suddenly shouted: “Well, that coachman is General Xu!”
"If you put it like that, isn't that big bald man the God of War of Jiaohai, Mr. Hua!?"
The chatter among the crowd grew louder and louder, so much so that Wei Cheng, who was sitting in the carriage, heard it.
Wei Cheng opened the car curtain, looked back, and couldn't help but smile.
Xu Huang put one foot on the shaft of the carriage and the other dangling in the air, looking exactly like an experienced coachman.
Not just him, Hua Kun, Hao Zhao, Lao Gao of the Longshan Army, Liu Datou, Zhao Feng... each drove a carriage filled with betrothal gifts.
Zhang Fei, who was riding on the horse, said hehe, "Master, this surprise is not bad."
Wei Cheng smiled slightly, lowered the curtains, and the smile on his face became a little brighter. These must be brothers. The relationship is no longer just a superior and subordinate relationship.
"Go and greet the bride first, and then we'll talk about their culpability for leaving their posts without permission later."
"ah?"
Zhang Fei was close enough to hear it clearly. He turned to look at Xu Huang and others, silently mourning for them, met Hua Cun's gaze, and said with his lips: "You deserve it."
Hua Cun scratched his bald head: What do you mean?
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The Wei Mansion is in the north of the city, and the Xie Mansion is in the east of the city.
In order to have fun with the people, the procession to welcome the bride has to go around in a circle and pass by the clock tower in the center of the city.
at this time.
On the eaves on the top of the bell tower, a thin figure appeared out of nowhere, holding an unsheathed long sword in his hand, with the hilt even made of rags.
On the glazed tiles behind the swordsman, an old woman yawned.
"Son, are you really going to seek your own death?"
The swordsman nodded slightly, sighed and said: "A man's words are hard to follow. Since he agreed at the beginning, now even if he doesn't want to, he can only repay the favor like this."
The old woman sneered and said in a hoarse voice: "If you want to do it for your mother, just kill Wang Yun. Killing him is much easier than killing the guard."
The swordsman frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "After all, he saved your life and mine."
The old woman curled her lips and was about to speak when she suddenly heard a burst of mysterious music coming from far away.
"Are you here?" The swordsman's expression calmed down, and he unconsciously lowered the sword in his hand.
Seeing this, the old woman sighed heavily, raised her head and said, "Since you want to repay your kindness, I can't stop you, old woman. It's okay. I'll go to the Xie Mansion. If you are captured alive, remember to use this to threaten the envoy."
Jun, maybe you can still escape."
The swordsman's face changed drastically, and he turned around to stop him: "Old woman, do you want your life?"
Unexpectedly, it was already too late. The old woman slid down from the bell tower along the rope that had been prepared long ago, and replied: "If you die, then the little girl will never live..."
The swordsman frowned. He didn't like this woman's behavior very much. It would bring harm to his family, not to mention that the daughter of the Xie family had not yet entered the family.
However, it was too late for him to stop the old woman at this time.
Seeing the old woman disappearing nimbly into the crowd after going downstairs, he only hoped that the old woman could live well.
The swordsman looked away, raised the sword in his hand, and touched it gently.
Just when the wedding team arrived at the bell tower.
The swordsman jumped up and landed lightly on the eaves of the next floor, descending one floor after another, and finally landed firmly in the center of the square.
The leading musician was startled by the sudden jump, and his progress stopped.
The next moment, two arrogant bodies came from behind, it was Dian Wei and Xu Chu who were always alert to their surroundings.
Since Wei Cheng's assassination, the two of them have spent every day in self-blame. Although they felt sorry for Wei Cheng by thinking this way, they did expect another assassin to appear so that they could make up for their mistakes.
"Who is coming?" Xu Chu took a step forward, his eyebrows furrowed and his eyes fierce.
The swordsman tightened the sword in his hand, and looked at the two men with eyes that did not seem to have any brilliance. Instead, he looked at Dian Wei and Xu Chu in an understated manner, as if strolling in the courtyard, no, to be precise, it was Wei.
The carriage where Teng was sitting walked away.
Dian Wei and Xu Chu, who were ignored, looked at each other and became furious at the same time, shouting: "How brave."
Although the two of them were not wearing weapons, their boxing and kicking skills were quite good, and they could punch the swordsman directly in the face.
The swordsman's eyes remained indifferent until his fist was about to touch his face.
"Um?"
Xu Chu and Dian Wei turned around at the same time after their punches failed.
And the swordsman didn't know when he had walked behind them, his sword still tilted sideways, as if it had never moved.
"Evil comes, Zhongkang!"
Wei Teng suddenly roared, but unfortunately, it was too late.
Poof, poof~
Two splashes of blood splattered on the spot. Xu Chu and Dian Wei, who realized it later, hurriedly covered their necks, but the blood couldn't be stopped at all.
The expressions of the two of them were exactly the same, they were both stunned and confused. They did not see their opponent's sword movement at all.
"Hey~"
"Take your life!"
The sight of Xu Chu and Dian Wei spurting blood made Zhang Fei, Yue Jin and others so excited that they waved their whips to kill the swordsman.
When Wei Cheng saw this, he shouted: "Don't move."
Zhang Fei and Le Jin tightened the reins of their horses and looked back in confusion.
Wei Cheng jumped off the carriage, stretched his hands forward, and made a grabbing motion.
The swordsman seemed to sense a hint of danger coming. Facing the joint attacks of Xu Chu and Dian Wei, he could still remain expressionless. At this moment, he suddenly rolled sideways, as if he was avoiding some fatal injury.
Wei Cheng glanced at him in annoyance, then pressed down his hands.
Immediately afterwards, a magical scene appeared.
I saw Xu Chu and Dian Wei, who were still clutching their necks and bleeding to death in a hurry, miraculously disappeared on the spot.
Fortunately, not many people noticed this scene. Ordinary people had already panicked and fled when Xu Chu and Dian Wei were injured.
Wei Cheng's face was pale and he closed his eyes in concentration. After feeling the two people floating in the space, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Everything in space is static. As long as the two of them are not dead, they can still be saved.
The swordsman looked at Wei Cheng in disbelief and said for the first time: "What are you doing?"
Wei Cheng frowned slightly. He was frightened and angry at the same time, and he had no intention of pressing the swordsman any further.
Looking at the gradually empty Bell Tower Square, Wei Cheng took out the Sand Eagle again, the murderous intent in his eyes could no longer be described in words.
After being assassinated several times, the Bodhisattva still had some anger, not to mention that he was still a human being.
Bang, bang, bang~
Wei Cheng fired three shots at the swordsman.
At this time, the distance between the two was actually not that close, at least twenty meters.
But Wei Cheng was stunned and missed a shot. Fortunately, the swordsman seemed to have some scruples because of Wei Cheng's method just now, so he did not rush forward immediately.
This also bought time for Xu Huang, Hua Kun, Zhao Feng and others behind.
The three of them were different from Zhang Fei and others. They had just arrived in Hedong in the morning, and they all carried weapons with them.
"Sir, are you okay?" Xu Huang asked.
Wei Cheng touched his aching shoulder. Based on the previous experience, it was not dislocated this time, but it still hurt a little.
"I'm fine. Are you sure you can capture him?"
Xu Huang raised his head to look at the swordsman and said in a deep voice: "I can only try my best. He moves very fast. He must be a master of swordsmanship. I didn't even see clearly how he was doing it just now... By the way, Zhong Kang and the other two?"
"They are fine. I used a little trick to rescue them first."
Xu Huang was far away just now and didn't see how Xu Chu and Dian Wei disappeared. He just thought they were carried away, so he nodded, looked at Zhang Fei and Le Jin aside, and said in a deep voice: "Don't follow them with bare hands. If he fights, find a few city guards and put on stab-proof uniforms, quickly."
Zhang Fei and the four others nodded, as if they had suddenly found the backbone.
As for the swordsman, he looked at Wei Cheng with an inexplicable expression. The two people just disappeared mysteriously, which really frightened him.
He didn't care at all about the actions of Xu Huang and others, and didn't even look at them.
It wasn't until Xu Huang and others had formed an army that he suddenly said: "Oh no, the old woman won't kill people, right?"
He seemed to be talking to himself, and even slapped himself in annoyance.
"Mr. Guard, I had no intention of being your enemy. What I did was out of necessity. I knew I would definitely die today. But right now, your little lady is in danger, and I am the only one who can save her. Do you think?"
Wei Cheng frowned, he had no intention of being an enemy and had no choice but to do so. This man said so much, but he only heard the second half of the sentence.
"You are still attacking my family?"
The swordsman looked embarrassed, "Well, this is... I won't be able to explain it for a while. Anyway, you'd better go and have a look."
"Then you have to save your life first!"
Wei Cheng was so angry that he raised his hand and fired two shots.