Tang riddles

The golden sun rises brightly in the east, the sky is high and bright, the clouds are calm and the wind is light.No one can associate such a beautiful spring scenery with the bloody and brutal killings.

But unfortunately, this beautiful spring was mercilessly stained with a strong smell of blood.

The middle section of the official road leading to Jiangling City is inaccessible. At this moment, there are a large amount of bloody bird feathers and bird carcasses, arrows all over the ground, and messy ruts and horseshoe prints.Walking forward along such tragic and mottled traces, you can see a large area of ​​dust flying not far away. In the dust, there are miserable horses neighing and people howling, which is unbearable to watch.

The appearance of the tripping rope in front caught most of the people in the convoy unexpectedly. Those who rushed ahead were tripped and turned over.And these people became the victims of the companions who were too late to brake the horseshoe wheels. At the same time, they themselves became the stumbling ropes of the companions, so in a very short period of time, the entire prison caravan fell here. It was a mess, and it had been forcibly stopped.

Shen Sui hurriedly reined in the reins of the prison car in the residence, and stopped the prison car at a critical moment.Her first reaction was to pry open the prison, cut off the chain, and dragged Zhou Mao out of it.

"Squat down, squat in front of me, if you don't want to die." She said to Zhou Mao.

Zhou Mao had an inexplicable guttural sound in his throat, his bearded face was pale, his eyes were full of horror, and his whole body was shaking.At this moment, he completely obeys Shen Sui's orders, and he will do whatever Shen Sui asks him to do.

When Zhou Mao knelt down, Shen Sui stood behind him holding a snow knife, his eyes always alert.The strange thing is that during this short period of time, the other party did not launch any further attacks, and the great opportunity was lost in this way, which inevitably aroused suspicion.

"Khutuo, go and have a look!" This was the third order she gave Hutuo after being attacked.She wants to find out the casualties of the people in front to determine her next step.

Hu Tuo was right behind Shen Sui, he reined in his horse in time, and stopped earlier than Shen Sui.At this moment when he received the order, he immediately rode his horse to Shen Sui's side, handed over his two horses to Shen Sui, and went up to check on foot himself.

Shen Sui stood still, holding the rein with his left hand without a knife, becoming more vigilant, ready to take Zhou Mao on the horse at any time.

Huta's speed was very fast, and within a few breaths, he shouted from a distance:

"Dalang, most of those soldiers are dead, including the captain of the leader. Some were trampled to death, some had their necks broken, and some had their lungs punctured. Only one or two were still alive, and their hands were also severed. The broken leg couldn’t move. In the prison, Mrs. Zhang was still alive. Zhou Amei was shot in the temple by an arrow and died. Zhou Jin and Zhou Zhong fell unconscious. Zhou Jin’s hand was broken, and Zhou Zhong’s head had a Bloody mouth."

Shen Sui probably knew the situation of the casualties, and said: "You gather Mrs. Zhang, Zhou Jin, Zhou Zhong, and the few still alive soldiers, and we will wait here."

Hutuo said yes.She knew what Shen Sui was waiting for, she was waiting for Qianyumen's reinforcements.

Da Lang came out this time by no means unprepared, she and herself were just one step ahead, and Qianyu Sect's supporters would come later.This was to avoid the suspicion of the officers and soldiers, because it would be too strange for Shen Sui to bring a large group of quacks to meet the prisoners for no reason.If there is no trouble in the middle, the Qianyumen who will come later will only be the most ordinary businessmen on the official road.But once something happens, they are the fastest and most powerful knights in the arena.

Now this group of knights is finally about to reveal their swords hidden in the haystacks.Jiangling Mansion is the most prosperous place in Hanzhong, and the Qianyumen branch here is also full of talents, all of whom are local tyrants, capable people and strangers.I believe that once they arrive, the mastermind behind the scenes will definitely end in failure.

It's just that this period of time is the most testing time for Da Lang and himself.

Hu Tuo spent a lot of energy to gather the wounded who hadn't died around Da Lang.Da Lang stood in the middle of an open place, with no cover around him, and a wide field of vision.A sneak attack was impossible, and the black hands behind the scenes did not launch a sneak attack.

Hu Tuo performed simple first aid bandages for the wounded as quickly as possible.Now that all he could do was done, all that was left was to wait.

During this period of time, Shen Sui was not idle.With a small part of her mind, she began to ask Zhou Mao who was squatting in front of her.Right now, this period of time is very precious, and Shen Sui must obtain the information he needs.Although she didn't know what happened on the other side's side, she gave up a great opportunity, but she would not be so stupid as to get entangled in this and let this precious time slip away in vain.

Shen Sui's questioning was very skillful, her voice was calm and gentle, like a warm current breaking through the ice, wrapping Zhou Mao who was full of fear.Zhou Mao had a strong feeling of trust in her, and quickly told everything he knew.

Zhou Da did tell him many things, because Zhou Mao was his eldest son, Zhou Da had the idea of ​​letting Zhou Mao inherit his career.

What business?According to Zhou Mao, his father, Zhou Da, believed that he was a member of the church and should dedicate everything to the church.If Zhou Da hadn't joined this so-called church, his family would have lived a very good life.Zhou Da was originally a soldier in the Forbidden Army near Gyeonggi.Because he was brave and fearless in a battle against bandits, he was favored by the superior officer and transferred to be a soldier.Later, relying on his own ability to climb all the way, he actually sneaked into Chang'an City and became a guard next to a Chang'an nobleman.

Zhou Da did not tell Zhou Maoming the identity of this nobleman, but only said that his status was extremely noble and he was related to the royal family.And this person would go in and out of Pingkangfang several times every ten days, and he would take their guards there almost every time.This high-end lady of the nobility, and their low-end guards, have a good time in the low-end pavilion in Beiqu.

It was through this opportunity that Zhou Da got to know an eloquent Orchid.This orchid had a good time with him several times, gradually fascinated Zhou Da fascinated.Zhou Da poured out all the grievances in his stomach to Hu Ji. At that time, he never thought of seeking revenge, but only lamented that those people in his hometown died too unjustly and miserably.I don't know what enchanting words that Hu Ji said, which actually stirred up the flames of hatred in Zhou Da's heart.Later, this orchid brought Zhou Da to contact some believers in Pingkangfang, almost all of them were women, and they were all low-status prostitutes, and some turtle slaves were also believers.Their beliefs are extremely pious, and Zhou Da even participated in their secret meeting, which is called an association, and then the thoughts in his mind began to go to extremes.

Later, Zhou Da came into contact with the "Holy Maiden" who had a high prestige among these believers.This holy woman takes saving the common people as her mission, and is considered to be the spokesperson of the Lord in the world.She will listen to the pain in the heart of every believer and help them find relief.And the way she helped Zhou Dajie was to design a series of revenge plans for him, and lead him to find Zhu Yuanmao for revenge.In the words of this "saint", she asked Zhou Da to kill Zhu Yuanmao in the name of "washing away the sins of the world and liberating the soul possessed by the devil".Such deceptive words endowed Zhou Da with a very strong sense of mission.Since then, killing Zhu Yuanmao has become Zhou Da's goal in life, and he will never give up until he achieves his goal.

Shen Sui carefully asked about the identity of this saint, but unfortunately, Zhou Mao didn't know about it.Because even Zhou Da didn't know the true identity of the saint. Every time she appeared, she was covered with a veil and dressed in black.Only once, Zhou Da mentioned to him that the saint might be from Pingkangfang, but this was just Zhou Da's personal guess.

It is enough for Shen Sui to know these things, it seems that Mrs. Yan is probably inseparable from Zhu Yuanmao's case.She secretly organized a religious association in Pingkangfang, which is likely to be one of the Nestorian forces in Chang'an.Whether it is the Ci'en case or the Zhu Yuanmao case, it is she or the associations under her who are making waves. In fact, they have never been direct executioners, but they have stimulated several tragedies and killed so many people just through words. people.

What exactly are they trying to do?The purpose is really confusing.

The questioning came to an end, Zhou Mao could tell her everything, and there was nothing more to ask.Shen Sui could feel that the enemies ambushing around hadn't withdrawn.But the other party did not continue the raid and tried to kill the survivors like Zhou Mao.Shen Sui was afraid that the other party might be waiting for something.

After another period of time, from the turn of the hillside far from the official road, several figures gradually appeared.When I got closer, I saw that there were five people in total, all riding on horses.The leader was a tall and strong man, covered in a set of pitch-black armor.The style of this armor is by no means that of the Tang military, and with the strange looking metal spear held in that man's hand, Shen Sui probably recognized that it was a knight from the western world.Shen Sui once saw in a book of travel to the Western Regions that Futu had this kind of armor.And I heard that in the farther west, there are many kingdoms and wars are frequent, and these knights are often the main force of the war.

Behind the knight, Shen Sui saw the archer at a glance. On his left arm was the shuriken that he threw, and the tip of the sword was deeply buried in the arm, and it was simply wrapped with a black cloth. After a moment, his arms were pinned to his chest in a weird position.

Then, Shen Sui saw an extremely thin man, who should also be a man, still dressed in black, covered his face, with a pair of crossed knives on his back, and all kinds of special weapons tied around his body .Shen Sui understood that the shuriken was thrown by this man. This man was a Japanese scout. I heard that in Japan, this special type of soldier used for reconnaissance is called "Zhi Neng Bian", which means patience, so Also known as ninja.

Beside these three people, there are two black figures, also masked, but it is obvious that they are women.The two women have graceful figures and are wrapped in black clothes. They each carry a huge machine on their backs. It looks like a Zhuge Liannu, which can shoot multiple powerful crossbows/arrows at once.

Hu Tuo narrowed his eyes. He thought that the enemy had many troops coming, but he didn't expect that it was only these five people.

Shen Sui seemed to see his thoughts, and said in a low voice:

"Our action today was also unexpected for them. Being able to send these five people for emergency response is considered a quick response. The matter of Mrs. Yan may be the reason that prompted them to act to silence them, but they still have nothing to do. Completely kill people from my hands, and now they probably want to make a deal with us."

"Hasn't the matter of Mrs. Yan already been exposed? Why did you silence her so cruelly?" Hu Tuo was puzzled.

Shen Sui smiled:

"Hutuo, do you think that the news in this world is spreading as fast as my Qianyumen?"

Hutuo was taken aback for a moment, then laughed.That's right, Mrs. Yan thought that something bad might happen to Zhou Da's family and her identity would be revealed, so she sent people to ambush on the road from Kuizhou to Jiangling early, hoping to silence Shen Sui before Shen Sui contacted Zhou Da's family. Prevent Shen Sui from finding out information about himself.However, the other party's message transmission speed was far slower than that of Qianyumen, before Jiangling's manpower had time to wipe out Zhou Da's family, Shen Sui found out the identity of Mrs. Yan's traitor.The news of Mrs. Yan's identity being exposed did not reach Jiangling in time, so that these few people did not know the news that Mrs. Yan's identity had been revealed, and they still carried out the previously discussed plan to silence her. scene.

Shen Sui said:

"However, just now, they should have known about Mrs. Yan's exposure."

"How did Dalang judge?" Kutuo asked.

"The Nestorian nuns over there in Jiangling should already know about Mrs. Yan. When I communicated with Bai Hao before, it told me that in the northeast sky, there was a Haidongqing with a very strange breath coming from the sky above Jiangling City. It took off and flew away in a hurry. At that time, I guessed that someone in Jiangling City was sending an urgent message, but now I am even more convinced that the sea dongqing is the other party's messenger bird."

"Dalang, tell me, the black-robed man who attacked Zhou Da's family and Mrs. Zhang San on the cliffside of the hanging coffin in Zhoujia Village was one of these people?"

"There is a great possibility that they are with them, but I don't think they are among these few people."

"Why?"

"Because of stature and temperament. These people are either too strong and tall, or too short and thin. The man in black robe is of medium stature, neither tall nor short, neither fat nor thin. He has no gender at all, and his aura is extremely stern and terrible." Horror, it's not comparable to these few people, it's really not like one of them."

"Could that be the nun in the city?" asked Khuta.

"It's possible, but... if it's really the case..." Shen Sui didn't say the second half of the sentence, but Hutuo understood, and Da Lang was saying: If it's really that nun, then this person's ability to disguise is just as good. terrible.

Kuta did not suspect the coachman who was traveling with the nun and unfortunately broke down the carriage.Because the coachman was innocent, he had asked the Jiangling branch to investigate this matter, and he had already informed Shen Sui.That man was a coachman in Jiangling city, he had been in this business for many years, so there was no suspicion.

While the two were talking, the leading black-armored knight had already approached.Shen Sui held the knife, stood on the spot expressionlessly, looked up at him slightly, his eyes were calm.She waited for him to speak.

The knight was riding on the horse, with his eyes hidden behind the window on the helmet, he stared at Shen Sui for a long time before finally speaking.As soon as he opened his mouth, Shen Sui frowned.Because what he said was a series of words that Shen Sui couldn't understand at all.

"It's Latin..." Hutuo whispered to Shen Sui, and translated:

"He said, let's make a deal, you give me those people, and I will let you go."

The corners of Shen Sui's mouth curled up slightly, and he smiled.

This man has a big tone, which is interesting.

The author has something to say: Kuta’s skills will be revealed slowly in the future, and translation is the most important one. He is proficient in dozens of languages ​​​​in the Western Regions, including Latin used in the Eastern Roman Empire at that time.

To mention here, the Eastern Roman Empire, later historians called the Byzantine Empire, and its capital was Constantinople, which is now Istanbul, Turkey.In the Tang Dynasty, the Tang people called the Eastern Roman Empire "Fu Tu", and some called it "Da Qin". In this article, I use the name "Fu Tu" uniformly because I don't want to confuse it with Ying Qin.

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