They were all hiding their worries, and neither Li Chengzhi nor Cui Guang was in the mood for a banquet. After a few drinks, they both felt that they were too drunk, so they went to bed early.
Early the next morning, the morning bell rang at Duanmen. When Li Chengzhi opened his eyes, it was already bright outside the window.
He stood up, put on his boots, and opened the wooden window. A cold air hit his face, making him shiver.
The heavy snow has just cleared, and the sky is as blue as a mirror. The mist exhaled is like white mist, and it is blown back by the wind. In an instant, a layer of fine frost beads form on the eyebrows.
"Lang Jun, do you want to get up and go back home?"
Li Rui stood under the window and called softly.
"Where is Lord Shang Shu?"
"I have already gone to court, and I told you before I left that I should not disturb you!"
Did you forget that today is already the ninth day of winter?
"Go back!" Li Chengzhi confessed.
After a quick wash and farewell to Cui Guang's second son Cui Xu, Li Chengzhi boarded the carriage.
Li Rui asked outside the car: "Lang Jun, should you pass through the city via Guangping Royal Road (to Guangmo Gate in the north and Pingchang Gate in the south), or should you go out of Qingyang Gate and return to your home along the river outside the city?" Li Chengzhi was a little impatient: "Why don't you ask me about such a trivial matter?"
Li Rui was a little embarrassed: "I thought that if I walked through the inner city, I would have to go through Yannian, so I asked a question."
So you were afraid of meeting Gao Zhao?
"Today, the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, even Cui Shangshu went to court, let alone Gao Sikong? Just leave!"
"No!"
Li Rui hurriedly responded and ordered the coachman to raise his whip to urge the horses. The two carriages walked along the east-west imperial road and headed towards Guangping Street in a leisurely manner.
Cui Guang's residence is in Yishouli, and to the east is Yongheli. The residences of famous Wei ministers, Shangshu's right servant She Guo Zuo, the former right guard general Gongsun Zhi who faked his death and defected, and other important ministers are here.
And further west is Yannianli, where Gaofu is located.
He came in a hurry yesterday without any cover-up. If Gao Zhao had the intention, he should have known that he was coming to visit Cui Guang, so there was no need to hide.
If you have a guilty conscience, you may be suspected of not having three hundred taels of silver in this place.
Li Chengzhi was leaning against the car wall with a peaceful mind, with random thoughts running through his mind.
I don’t know how Cui Guang will break up with Yuan Cheng, and whether Yuan Cheng will agree?
They are all people who have quickly become masters in cultivation. They are best at listening to thunder in silence. They can dig a huge hole with just a few gestures, not to mention the opportunity that comes to their door.
Therefore, Li Chengzhi was very suspicious that Yuan Cheng would do the opposite, deliberately make a big splash, and then alienate him and Gao Zhao?
If this is really going to be the case, wouldn’t it be tempting to jump over the wall?
Li Chengzhi couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, thinking that he was really in a hurry. Everything he had done in the past two days had fallen short of his standards, and he rushed to deliver condoms to the enemy?
He slapped his forehead and let out a long sigh. He heard the sound of "hush" again, and the carriage stopped unexpectedly. When he heard it again, it was almost noisy not far away, and many people were surrounded in darkness.
Li Chengzhi asked suspiciously: "Why did you stop?"
"Mr. Lang, the carriage carrying Jinwu Zheng to clear the snow was startled. After injuring several officials from Luoyang County, it overturned and blocked the road!"
What a coincidence?
Li Chengzhi thought slightly and opened the car curtain.
Not far away, a nearly two-foot-high archway stands, and the huge word "高" is so dazzling.
It’s not just a coincidence, it’s a coincidence that it’s home.
Fortunately, Gao Zhao has already entered the palace to attend the court. Otherwise, if he only needs to send his servants out of the palace to call him, would Li Chengzhi still be able to pass through the palace without entering?
Even though the situation is like fire and water now, when it comes to heaven, Li Chengzhi is still Gao Zhao's prospective son-in-law.
Inadvertently, he saw a faint figure moving on the archway, as if he was stretching his neck to watch the excitement. Li Chengzhi couldn't help but have a strange thought in his heart: If Gao Zhao makes up his mind to move faster than himself, there is no better time than now.
opportunity.
All he had to do was send troops to block both ends of the royal road, and then send dead soldiers to charge and kill him. No matter how brave and skilled he and his servants, including Li Rui, were, they would probably suffer from this.
He looked outside the car again: In addition to Li Rui and the driver, there were eight servants. But this was Li Chengzhi's limit.
It's not that he doesn't want to take more, but now he has no official or position, only one empty title. If there are more than ten retinues, it is over the limit.
In these troubled times, there are countless pairs of eyes staring at him. Li Chengzhi doesn’t want to make himself uncomfortable, so he will try not to cause trouble if he can.
Fortunately, Li Chengzhi is not generally afraid of death. These ten servants all appear to be wearing leather robes, but in fact they all wear inner armor under the leather robes. Although they do not carry bows, they all carry short crossbows, which are also hidden in the leather robes.
Bottom.
So it looks bloated, stuffed one after another, like ten big bears.
After thinking about it, he laughed again.
No matter how crazy Gao Zhao is, it is impossible for him to do something in his own family, otherwise he would never be able to explain it even if he was covered in mouth.
After waiting for about a moment, Li Rui came to report that the carriage had moved away. Li Chengzhi waved his hand noncommittally.
But after walking less than ten feet, Li Chengzhi's brows suddenly furrowed.
Something seems wrong?
There was a lot of noise and curses just now, why did the huge royal road become so quiet in the blink of an eye?
He opened the curtains and stuck his head out the window.
The onlookers had dispersed without a trace. A carriage was slumped on the side of the road, as if one of its wheels had fallen off, like a cripple.
There was only one coachman, squatting on the side of the road with his arms folded, and a small fire in front of him. He must have been left to watch the coach.
In addition, there were a dozen armored soldiers and several government officials not far away. They seemed to be still arguing, but their voices were kept low.
"Where are the people?" Li Chengzhi stretched out his hand and pointed toward the street.
"Ah?"
Li Rui was stunned, "This place has been cleared. Xue Fu was taken to Tongtuo Street by the government officials. The injured was sent to the hospital. Zhi Jinwu and the government officials were still arguing on the street. I don't know who Lang Jun was referring to.
?"
"I saw a huge crowd of people just now, but in the blink of an eye they were all gone. Where did they go?"
So it turns out that Lang Jun was talking about those idle people?
Li Ruigong said: "They are all servants of the princes' mansions. They were ordered to disperse by Jin Wu's team, and everyone returned to their respective mansions!"
It sounds reasonable, but for some reason, Li Chengzhi felt a little wary.
The people of the country have the same temperament for watching the excitement, which is engraved in their bones. Who among the people living here is not an important minister of the country, ranking among the three ministers and nine ministers?
How can a small team of seven-rank officials in front of the prime minister be defeated?
Suddenly, Li Chengzhi couldn't help but twitch his nose and smelled a faint strange smell.
Others are not familiar with it, but how can he not smell it?
Gasoline!
"I'll fuck you, uncle..."
For a moment, even Li Chengzhi couldn't tell whether he was scolding Gao Zhao or himself.
Why did he not agree when Li Rui reminded him to leave the city, but insisted on passing through Gao Zhaomen?
Just now, we have already thought that Gao Zhaoruo wants to kill him. There is no better opportunity than now. Why don't you know how to be on guard?
"Quickly, dismount... lie under the horse..."
Li Chengzhi roared fiercely, kicked off his feet, and rushed out of the roof of the car like a hawk. Then he pounced and hid under the car.
Since you can smell the smell of gasoline, it means you are very close. If the assassin activates, he will be there in a moment.
I just don’t know whether the assassin brought rockets or grenades made according to his fake secret recipe.
Li's servants all looked confused, but the advantage was that Li Chengzhi had practiced hard and his instinct of obeying orders was almost engraved in his bones.
As soon as Li Chengzhi shouted in surprise, while his brain was still thinking, his body reacted first. The movements of the ten servants were surprisingly consistent: bending down, taking off the pedals, vaulting, and then rolling.
When they stopped rolling and fell to the ground, seven of the ten people had drawn their short crossbows.
At this moment, a porcelain jar larger than a human head was thrown from behind the car and hit the roof of the car without any bias.
There was just a "crash" sound, and the porcelain jar was smashed into pieces. Suddenly, black and yellow liquid flowed down from the roof of the car, and the pungent smell was more than twice as strong.
What are you really afraid of? The assassin is actually preparing to set fire to it?
If Li Chengzhi still stayed in the carriage and thought that he could resist the assassins with the steel plate sandwiched in the carriage, he would be able to roast him like a pig with just a can of kerosene.
Li Chengzhi's eyes were about to burst: "Be careful, it's kerosene...it's hidden in the wrecked carriage..."
The royal road is extremely wide, twenty feet long, and the field of vision is extremely broad. Li Chengzhi's carriage is basically driving in the road. Without equipment such as trebuchets, it is simply impossible to throw the oil tank so far from the roadside with human power alone.
And it can be so accurate.
Furthermore, the oil tank was thrown away from the back of the car, so Li Chengzhi concluded that it was definitely that carriage.
Sure enough, Li Rui looked back and saw a man who looked like an iron tower standing next to the carriage. He was swinging the rope in his hand with all his strength. After swinging it for three or four times, another oil can flew straight towards the carriage.
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On both sides of the fire, four or five archers appeared out of nowhere, pulling their bows and strings.
The bow suddenly held a ignited rocket.
"Kill!" Li Rui roared, arching his back like a spiritual ape and galloping towards the carriage.
Before the killing sound ended, another "boom" was heard, and the huge carriage burned into a fireball in the blink of an eye.
Are you still hiding a bird feather, waiting to be run over by a carriage weighing a thousand kilograms?
Li Chengzhi rolled around like a lazy donkey, and when he rolled out from under the car, the two horses neighed in pain and rushed forward.
If he hadn't been quick to see the opportunity, the wheel would have rolled over Li Chengzhi...
These ten servants of the Li family practice constantly on weekdays, and even accompanied Li Chengzhi on his expedition to Guanzhong. They are used to big opportunities. Therefore, even if they are suddenly attacked, they will be frightened but not confused.
Five of them followed Li Rui towards the carriage, and the remaining four held crossbows in their left hands and knives in their right hands, forming a tight circle to protect Li Chengzhi in the middle.
The distance between the two was only ten feet. Li Rui rushed forward quickly. When he was about ten steps away, he heard several "ding ding" sounds. The six arrows missed and they all hit the assassins beside the disabled car.
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But since they came prepared, they naturally did their homework. Just like Li Rui and others, these assassins may appear to be dressed in a variety of colors, but they all wear full armor under their robes.
Only one of the arrows bounced off the armor and hit an archer in the face.
Seeing Li's servants charging towards them, the archers abandoned their bows and drew their swords on the spot, and bravely attacked them.
But the iron-tower-like man still looked as if there was no one there, just waving the oil can. This one actually flew straight towards Li Chengzhi.
In the history of history, Li Chengzhi has never been so angry as he is today. This is all because the weapons used by the enemy to deal with him were discovered by him himself.
He gritted his teeth in hatred and looked around like lightning.
The dozen or so Jinwu officials and government officials no longer fought for copies, but mounted on horses that appeared out of nowhere, holding sabers in their hands and watching eagerly.
What's more, all the people who had been watching the excitement came out of the alley. Those who were stringing strings, those who were moving arrows, those who were gathering fire were gathering fire, and those who were throwing oil cans.
Looking to the other side, just like the golden guards and government officials, a dozen armored men stood on horseback with their swords drawn. As soon as Li Chengzhi dared to rush over, they would jump on their horses and kill them.
Already surrounded by iron cans, it seems like a dead end?
What a good thief, you actually want to burn me to death in this imperial way.
Li Chengzhi only felt how ridiculous this scene was?
In broad daylight, in the clear sky, someone actually assassinated the Duke of the country openly at the gate of the Sangong Mansion in the royal road of the capital?
Suspecting that Gao Zhao might not stop doing anything, Li Chengzhi even imagined that even if Gao Zhao was crazy, at most he would choose a dark and windy night in January, send dead soldiers to attack Li's house at night, and finally set a fire , come and die without any evidence.
But against all odds, I never expected that Gao Zhao would suddenly start in front of his house?
But if we continue to hate, what will it do to help?
"Li Rui, don't get entangled, Xiangdong, fight back to Cui Mansion..."
Li Chengzhi stretched his hand under his collar and tugged hard. With a "swish" sound, the cotton robe was torn off, revealing a pair of silver-white inner armor. Then he stepped on his feet and jumped on the ground. Like a vigorous leopard, he quickly landed on the ground. Rolled around.
The road has been swept, but it is paved with loess, so it is impossible not to leave any snow. Moreover, it is early winter, and the temperature is not very low. After being covered with snow all night, a lot of snow has melted on the road, everywhere. They are all covered with a layer of wet mud.
After this roll, when he stood up again, Li Chengzhi was already like a clay figure. He was holding a cotton robe in his hand and dancing like a windmill.
Most of the arrows fired by the archers were deflected by him, but one or two were nailed into his robe, but because they were not stained with kerosene, but were stained with a layer of mud, they went out when they fell.
And Li's blacksmith's armor forging craftsmanship is pure green. This full armor weighs more than thirty kilograms. It is not only light, but also has enough molten steel. Not to mention just a few short bows, it weighs five or six. Even the stone's powerful crossbow cannot damage it at all.
As for the oil tank, there is no need to worry. This thing is big and stupid, and it only relies on manpower to eject it. As long as you prevent it from hitting your armor, you don’t have to worry.
These servants were all trained by Li Chengzhi, and he did not need to explain them at all. The four guards beside him followed suit. They all pulled off their leather robes, waved them, and followed Li Chengzhi towards the east road to kill them.
There are also those who are brave enough to catch the thrown oil can with their leather robes and throw it back with their backhand.
I don't know whether it was luck or good accuracy, but the oil can hit a bowman. The archer was wearing armor and holding the bow, standing on the side of the fire. The oil can shattered in response, but the archer was burned to pieces in an instant. Burning Man.
The screams were so piercing, the Pyro was scurrying around like a headless fly, and the assassin beside him was afraid to avoid it. In the blink of an eye, he missed every opportunity.
God will never stop me!
Li Chengzhi was surprised and happy, and pointed his knife: "Kill with me..."