Funing Hall

In the Princess Mansion, Zhao Zongning and Shao Yi had a quarrel.

She is a princess and Shao Yi is a courtier, so they shouldn't be arguing.

But they did quarrel, Shao Yi disregarded his superiority and inferiority, resolutely refused to admit his mistakes, and believed that what he said was right.

Zhao Zongning smashed the teacup on the ground: "The little 11 people are gone, you still have to say that? Who is going to pretend to be dead if they have a good life?"

"Princess!" Shao Yi knelt on the ground and said earnestly, "Mr. Eleven is definitely not as clear and transparent as you and His Majesty think."

"I know that if he is a fool, my brother will not pass on the throne to him."

"Princess, speaking of this matter, why did His Majesty have to be assassinated when he was in Luoyang? Why did the Eleventh Lord block the knife for His Majesty? The Princess was there, and the minister was also there! You know, I'm only one table away from His Majesty, but I couldn't catch up in time. Eleven Lord is so far away, how can he accurately jump over to block the sword for His Majesty? I have practiced kung fu since I was a child!"

"You question Xiao Shiyi's tricks? Even if the knife is slashed, the other person will be gone! Who would use his own life to make tricks? Xiao Shiyi has been in the palace since he was a child, how could he have other thoughts?"

"Princess! I have been thinking about it for a long time, and I can't confirm it until now. Please listen to me in detail." Shao Yi knelt on the ground and begged bitterly.

Zhao Zongning sullenly, nodded after a long time: "You say."

When Zhao Shiqi's boat turned to the Bian River, he couldn't sit still. He stood outside the boat, looking north.

It is too dangerous to sail at night, even on the calm Bian River, only these two boats are still moving forward.When passing the pier, you can see the rest of the boats lined up, resting by the pier.It was late at night, and most of the ships were pitch-black, except for one or two ships with their lights on.

Mu Fu came over from another boat and asked in a low voice: "Sanlang, can we rest for a while?"

Zhao Shiqi put his hands behind his back and shook his head: "Hurry up."

"Yes. After passing the pier in front, we will enter the city. The little one can't enter the city with you, so we stop there."

"Ah."

"How many people are you bringing?"

When Zhao Shiqi rushed to Yizhou, all the banned soldiers he brought stayed in Yizhou.It was Mu Fu who brought people from Hangzhou to join him, and he used those people as Fang Fan and Zhang Fan's people.In order not to attract attention, most remain in the southwest.He and Mu Fu only brought some people back, less than a hundred of them.

But these one hundred are undoubtedly elite soldiers. When Zhao Shiqi was in Hangzhou in the past, they were also his confidantes.

"Ten people are enough, go and check again, don't make any mistakes in the clothes."

Mu Fu nodded, turned around and went to check.

Seeing the pier that Mu Fu mentioned, the two boats separated.The ten people who followed Zhao Shiqi all lined up behind him, and the rest got on Mu Fu's boat.

Mu Fu cupped his hands: "Mr. Lang, this is a small pier. While there is no one guarding it today, the younger ones will take them ashore first. After a few days, when Beijing settles down, the younger ones will come to Beijing."

Zhao Shiqi nodded, and said: "You have been exposed a long time ago, so be more careful in your actions in the future. After a while, I will find someone to replace you."

Mu Fu said guiltily: "You know."

As he was about to arrive in the city, Zhao Shiqi felt a lot more relieved, he rarely showed a smile, and he didn't blame Mu Fu for his ineffectiveness.Instead, he patted Mu Fu, and then their boat continued to move forward.

When he was about to reach the pier in the city, Zhao Shiqi felt more and more comfortable. He took a deep breath, and the water of the Bian River in the city seemed to be different from that outside the city.His ten elite soldiers still followed him, but he was always a fierce person when he was in Hangzhou, and these ten soldiers did not dare to say a word.

There was only the sound of water in Zhao Shiqi's ears, and the smile on his face became deeper and deeper.

When he was about a hundred feet away from the pier, an elite soldier behind him suddenly said, "Sanlang, why is something wrong?"

Zhao Shiqi was taken aback for a moment, he was thinking about Zhao Cong in the palace, thinking how happy Zhao Cong would be to see that he was not dead and came back suddenly.He was so engrossed in his thoughts that he indeed overlooked many things that were wrong.

Another elite soldier also said: "I have been to Kaifeng before, and in winter, Beijing is not so dark! This wharf is the largest one with a radius of hundreds of miles. Except for our Jiangnan and Fujian areas, it is here. Not even a lantern at the moment!"

Two people opened their mouths, and the rest had the courage to express their surprise.

Zhao Shiqi frowned, he had naturally discovered it.

Most people in Tokyo like to be lively, even late at night, there are always supper shops open, it shouldn't be so gloomy!They were right that even if all the lights in the street were out, the pier should not be without a light.

There is only one possibility, something happened to His Majesty in the palace.

When he thought about it, he immediately thought of his "death".When he faked his death, Zhao Cong couldn't recover from it for five years. When he saw him, he knew that he was serious, and he was so angry that he vomited blood.

When he thought of Zhao Cong vomiting blood and turning pale with anger, he couldn't help feeling flustered.

He couldn't help saying: "Hurry up!"

The boatman didn't know if he heard it, but after all, there were only a few hundred feet left, and they reached the edge of the pier in a short while.There are also boats resting at the pier, but the small boats along the road occasionally have their lights on, but it is all dark here.

Zhao Shiqi didn't care about it, and as soon as he arrived at the pier, he stepped on the pedal and went ashore.

The people behind him were the calmest at this moment. The ten of them looked at each other in blank dismay, and they still followed Zhao Shiqi ashore.After walking for a while, two people in the queue turned back to the pier.

Zhao Shiqi didn't have a horse, and he didn't have time to find one.

He strode down every street he had known for a long time, and the more he walked, the more weird he felt.Suddenly the autumn wind picked up, he took a deep breath, turned around, and said in a deep voice, "Go back to the pier!"

When he had just landed, he had already noticed that something was wrong.It's just that Zhao Cong was the only one in his mind, and he left subconsciously.Now that the wind is blowing again, his mind is much clearer. The wind at the pier just now smells of blood.

When they returned to the pier, the two who turned back first had inspected every boat, and were about to catch up with him to report. Seeing him coming, they immediately stepped forward and said, "Mr. Wang! The people in the boat are all dead!"

As soon as the voice fell, the originally quiet pier became even more silent, even dead silent.

Until another gust of wind blew the bloody smell even stronger, Zhao Shiqi asked, "How did you die?"

"It's all fatal with one knife, neck." His subordinate made a movement of wiping his neck.

"What weapon did you use?"

"The little ones looked around, and they all have the same cut, but they are ordinary broadswords. We have used them before, and they are the ones we usually use in training."

Zhao Shiqi's mind was running fast, there was not a single light on the street, it must have something to do with Zhao Cong.

And who is going to do such a thing while taking advantage of the darkness in Tokyo City?It can't be an ordinary murder case. Ordinary people don't have the ability to kill so many people in such a short time. It's only two hours into the night, and there are dozens of boats parked here!

Zhao Shiqi didn't believe in this evil, and he could always find a flaw. He stepped forward and checked every ship in person.The subordinates lit the fire booklet, and he looked at it carefully by the light of the fire.Although the wounds of these people are the same, they are different in depth and the location of the incision is also different, but there are always a few people who are the same.It can be seen that many people did it together. Who can recruit so many people to kill these most ordinary boat people?

Although Zhao Shiqi said that he missed Zhao Cong, he couldn't ignore it.

He stood up and said, "Leave one person here, and the rest follow me to the city gate first."

"Yes!"

Without further ado, the subordinate followed him to the city gate. If something happened to Zhao Cong, the city gate would be closed together.As he expected, the city gate was closed and unguarded.Either the gate guards were negligent, or they were also killed.

He also checked the city wall carefully, and found no trace of climbing for the time being, so it can be seen that the perpetrator is still in the city.

Zhao Shiqi turned around and led people to search every street. He also knew that relying on these ten people would not be enough.He already planned to go to Zhang Juan's house first, wake up Zhang Juan, and ordered the forbidden soldiers to check together.

It's just that not long after he left, the subordinate he left at the pier rushed over, came up to him, and panted, "Lang Jun! Uncle Mu is here!"

"What is he here for?"

"Uncle Mu said that there is something important to report, you should go! He is afraid of causing trouble, so he dare not go ashore! Sir, you should go!"

They are so afraid of him, but they also urge him, which shows that it is indeed a big deal.

Zhao Shiqi hurried back to the pier again, Mu Fu stood on the boat and looked forward to it, and when he saw him coming, he immediately lowered his voice and said: "Mr.

Zhao Shiqi jumped into the boat: "Speak."

"The young one brought people ashore and passed by a village. We saw someone walking with torches, so we immediately hid in the woods. Maybe they didn't expect that there were people there at this time, so they didn't find us. They, they said It's the native language of Western Xia!"

"What about people?"

"The little ones couldn't understand what they said! But one of them seemed to be a Han Chinese, and he said a few elegant words. They came to the city of Kaifeng and said that there was a response! Listen, after they left, the little one took people to take a ride When the boat comes, they will probably be outside the city gate soon!" Mu Fu said anxiously, "What should I do?"

Zhao Shiqi sneered.

Although he didn't know what happened in the city, he could guess what the other party wanted to do.Usually there were guards in the city, and he guessed secretly at this time that these people might have met with accidents.

"How many are they?" he asked again.

"There are two columns, no horses, about 200 people."

Zhao Shiqi looked back to the direction of the city gate, thought for a while, and quickly ordered: "200 people can't accomplish big things, I'm afraid they won't even be able to enter the palace, they must have other plans. You who often come to Beijing, two people Companion, go to Wei Jun Wang Mansion, Hui Jun Wang Mansion, Jia Guo Gong Mansion, Huang Mansion, Qian Mansion and other important officials to guard, go according to rank, and speak out immediately if there is any abnormality. If you encounter bad people, you can If you kill, you will kill. The rest of you, follow me to the city gate!"

"Yes!" They got the order and quickly separated. About 40 people were familiar with the mansions of officials in central Beijing, so they could only protect [-] families, but that was all they could do.

Zhao Shiqi said to Mu Fu again: "You go and guard the Qian Mansion together."

At this time, there was a shortage of envoys, and I couldn't take care of other things. Fortunately, it was late at night.Mu Fu cupped his hands, turned around and led the person away.

They didn't light a fire, and walked quickly in the city by the dim moonlight, their voices were soft and soft, really like ghosts.

Zhao Shiqi led people to the city gate, and with a wave of his hand, 60 people immediately climbed up the city wall and hid in the shadows.Zhao Shiqi finally climbed up, sat on the highest point, and looked into the distance.

Sure enough, about a quarter of an hour later, two groups of people appeared in the distance, and the torches they lit were dimly lit.

Another quarter of an hour later, the torchlight got closer and closer.

Without waiting for him to signal, all sixty of his subordinates took out their bows and arrows from behind, crouched in the shadows and pointed their bows and arrows at the people in the distance.

Zhao Shiqi said softly: "It's too far away and too dark, don't scare the snakes. Hide first, they will definitely climb the wall before they reach the city wall, and use the bow when they climb the wall."

The rest of the people did not make a sound, but took back their longbows one after another.

The other side had fire, they didn't, they hid deeper, even Zhao Shiqi came down from the highest place and hid in the city wall with the rest.

Finally, the other party walked under the city wall.As Zhao Shiqi expected, in the quiet night, they threw the three-claw hooks onto the wall one after another and stuck them.About fifty three-claw hooks were stuck on the city wall, Zhao Shiqi counted secretly, it seemed that they came up in four batches, but it was good, 60 of them were enough.

The people on the city wall looked at each other, and when they heard the sound of climbing getting closer, Zhao Shiqi stood up first.Almost at the same time, the other 60 people got up together, quickly drew their bows and arrows, and shot downwards.

There were several screams, and the people under the wall said something they didn't understand in Xixia language.

One of them said in elegant tone: "There is an ambush! Withdraw!"

Zhao Shiqi caught this sound, he sneered, showing his white teeth, it was very gloomy under the moonlight, want to withdraw?

"Leave them all." He ordered in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

The other party had a torch, and the torch was still alive when the person died. By the light of the fire, they shot and killed another 50 people.The other party seemed to just want to act quietly, seeing that they were discovered, they naturally thought that the Song soldiers in the city were on guard, so what's the use of them?They struggled to retreat, and slipped away more than a hundred people.

Zhao Shiqi turned over and slid out of the city gate along the rope they had thrown up earlier. The rest of the people followed him and ran forward together, chasing and killing other people.

The Xixia people are good at riding and shooting, but they can't outrun them when it comes to running alone.

Zhao Shiqi's subordinates used to be bandits, and they were all multi-tasking, and they were the most flexible. They could draw their bows and shoot while running.Killed half of the people again, and finally the opponent seemed to find that he couldn't hide, so he threw a torch and took a knife to kill each other with Zhao Shiqi and others.

Xixia people are fierce, and Zhao Shiqi and his bandits are not kind, they are all bloodthirsty.

Zhao Shiqi and others still had bows and arrows, but in the end they only broke two people, but the other party was dead and injured.

Zhao Shiqi stepped on one of his feet and asked, "Who can say Yayin? Point it out, and save your life."

This person was terrified, he was shaking his fingers in pain and pointing at a person, that person was about to run away, when someone stepped forward to arrest him.

Zhao Shiqi smiled, and cut off the person under his feet with a backhand knife.

The man did not rest in peace, Zhao Shiqi sneered: "Do you believe this?"

Zhao Shiqi stepped forward, faced the arrested person, and asked, "Are you from the Song Dynasty or from the Xia Dynasty?"

The man did not speak.

"I look at you like a Song person."

He still doesn't speak.

Seeing a lot of blood these days, Zhao Shiqi felt very comfortable. Seeing him like this now, he picked up a knife from the ground with his foot and held it in his hand with a smile. I will tell you what happiness is." After he finished speaking, he quickly carved the word "loyalty" with the tip of a knife on the face of this man.

This person was quite stiff, he didn't say a word in a daze, or rather, he was so painful that he couldn't speak.

"Have a backbone!" Zhao Shiqi waved his hand, "Tie it up and enter the city!"

"Yes!"

A few people were left behind to deal with the aftermath, and when they saw that they were not dead, they made up a few knives, and the rest of them took the bodies of the two brothers and followed Zhao Shiqi into the city again.

A group of them killed more than two hundred people, more or less, their bodies were spattered with blood.

Zhao Shiqi killed a lot, and his face was even stained a lot. He marched these days without a clean veil on his body.At this moment, he dealt with these people, thinking about Zhao Cong very much, he wiped his face with his sleeve casually, and didn't care about other things.

After they climbed back into the city, Zhao Cong divided half of the people to meet Mu Fu and the others and told them to retreat immediately.

He immediately brought the remaining [-] or so people into the palace, this is to prevent any accidents in the palace, at least there are still people available around him.

When we arrived at the palace gate, the palace gate was closed.

Zhao Shiqi stepped forward to knock on the door, and after a while, a young eunuch and guards came to open the door, and when they opened the door, they smelled blood, and they looked at each other.

Zhao Shiqi had already stepped in and said, "It's me."

His voice was so familiar, the little eunuch and guards were taken aback.Seeing clearly that it was indeed him, the guards could still control themselves, and the little eunuch who often rewarded him directly shed tears: "Mr. Eleven?!"

For some reason, seeing the little eunuch weeping, Zhao Shiqi felt affirmed.

He smiled: "It's me. I'm back."