The stipulation on Shangguan Jin's note was the time after the afternoon office dismissal. Tang Songqiang collected his thoughts and went to the office to attend the office as usual. When he heard the bell ringing for the afternoon office dismissal, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and felt that this day was really a long one. Too long. (
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He went home directly from the imperial city. When he changed out of the official clothes he had worn all day and walked to the gate, he saw Tang Yuan walking in from the outside, holding a child with a double bun in his hands. In the cold winter, both children were The clothes were thick and thick, and he was very cute as he jumped around like a little cotton monkey. When Fang saw Tang Song, he immediately chirped "uncle".
"Two or three steps behind Tang Yuan and the two children, followed by Chen Xuanli, who was as straight as a javelin and tall and heroic. The former cold-blooded general of the Imperial Army now had a silly smile on his face, adding a bit of warm tenderness to him out of thin air.
¡°It¡¯s rare that I don¡¯t have to be on duty today, so I took these two little monkey cubs to play in Longmen Mountain outside the city.¡± When Chen Xuanli took two steps forward to talk to Tang Song, the smile on his face had not faded.
During this period, Chen Xuanli's visits to the Tang family increased greatly, and he was almost as familiar as returning to his own home. This was of course because his two sons always liked to come here to seek connections with Tang. On the other hand, Chen Xuanli's true feelings also gradually emerged. Sima Zhao's heart.
Without his consent, how could those two boys run here so casually? Chen Xuanli clearly used his two sons as matchmakers.
Women in this era have a high degree of freedom, and Tang Yuan doesn't know many people in the city of gods, so he becomes more and more open-minded. So scenes like this of four people traveling together have appeared frequently recently, and they are often regarded as a happy family by others.
In the past, if they met, Tang Song would definitely tease Chen Xuanli and his two sons, but today he really had neither the thought nor the time, and he didn't even stop walking when he nodded to say hello.
As soon as he walked over, he was stopped by Chen Xuanli, and then he was pulled aside, "Is there something wrong with you?"
Looking at Chen Xuanli's sincerely concerned eyes, Tang Song felt hot in his heart. After thinking about it for a while, he told the whole story.
This time is a big deal after all. Since Chen Xuanli took the initiative to ask, it would be unwise to show off and keep silent.
Chen Xuanli finished listening. The smile on his face immediately disappeared, and he became solemn. In an instant, he returned to his true nature as a cold-blooded general on the street, "Nonsense. Why didn't you tell me such a thing earlier. That's it, it's too late to say more, you leave now. , I¡¯ll go back to camp. Let¡¯s get them all at the city gate.¡±
Chen Xuanli acted vigorously and resolutely, turned around and untied the strong horse from the hitching post at the door, then got on the horse neatly and rode away.
Tang Song turned around and confessed a few words to Tang Yuan before getting into the carriage parked at the door of the mansion.
After arriving outside the east gate of Luoyang, Chen Xuanli arrived, along with a team of fifty guards.
Tang Song got out of the car. "Brother, you"
"Be careful and you won't make a big mistake. I have been the leader of these people for two years. They are all brothers who can change their lives on the battlefield. You can rest assured."
At that time, the smallest organizational structure in the army was the team, with a team of fifty people and a team leader led by one person. Chen Xuanli pulled out an organized team, no wonder Tang Song reacted like this.
Fortunately, these forbidden troops are under attack, and fortunately they are all wearing regular clothes. Fortunately, this is Luoyang, the sacred capital with as many powerful people as dogs. People are used to seeing large groups of people marching together, but the talents of Chen Xuanli's group are not eye-catching.
Having come here, we can¡¯t let these people go back. Tang Song said nothing more and went straight to the agreed place with Chen Xuanli.
The agreed place was in the grove next to the village where the woodcutter lived. It was dark early in the late winter, when Karamatsu and others arrived. It was getting dark.
After getting off the bus, Shangguan Jin was not seen. The group of people brought by Chen Xuanli dispersed without waiting for instructions. Use the trees and terrain in the forest to hide your figure and alert the surroundings, showing off your elite qualities.
The cold winter wind blew through the dry and withered woods. Listening to the whining sound of the wind, and looking at the cold and dark sky, and the flowing movements of the Imperial Army sergeants, Karamatsu began to feel abnormal tension rising in his heart.
To ease the tension, Tang Song took the initiative to talk to Chen Xuanli, "Brother, are you okay if you take a whole team of brothers out of the city?"
"You have to come if you have something to do." Chen Xuanli glared at Tang Song, obviously still angry that he didn't explain the matter earlier. After a moment, he said: "Although there are some violations, this group of brothers does not have to be on duty tonight. The generals above He treated me well, and the matter was dealt with twenty or thirty soldiers one by one afterwards, so it¡¯s no big deal.¡±
Hearing that he had to be beaten with a military stick before he could explain the past, Tang Song became anxious. When he was about to say something, Chen Xuanli said in a deep voice: "Here we come."
Karamatsu looked in the direction of his eyes.?, I saw five or six people walking towards the edge of the forest under the cover of withered yellow thatch. They were not walking fast because there was clearly another person guarding them among the five or six people.
Due to the color of the sky, Tang Song could not clearly see the faces of those people, and even their figures were a little blurry. But even so, the tension in his heart still increased sharply. If we include the sixteen retired veterans of the Forbidden Army, there should be at least eighteen Shangguan Jin brothers. Why are there only so few left? Who is the guard in the middle? Brother Shangguan was injured?
Tang Song ran to meet him, but after running a few steps, he was grabbed by Chen Xuanli, and then he arrived behind Chen Xuanli.
As the two sides approached, Tang Song's heart grew colder and colder. Among the people across from him, there was no Shangguan Jin or Shangguan Ming. The person guarded by these people in the middle was actually a young woman.
Seeing this, Tang Song could no longer bear it, rushed forward, grabbed the shoulder of the man in front and asked: "Where is Shangguan Jinren?"
This man swept away Tang Song's hand with one arm and said sternly: "Did you assign this job to Brother Shangguan?"
He used too much force this time, and Karamatsu felt a splitting pain between his arms. Without waiting for a reply, Chen Xuanli suddenly rushed up, "Crazy Lei, what's wrong with you?"
Crazy Lei pointed his finger at Tang Song and said angrily: "Ask him."
Tang Song got angry anxiously, "Tell me what the hell happened? Where is Shangguan Jin? Where is Shangguan Ming?"
Tang Song's words somehow angered the madman Lei. This man really rushed towards Tang Song like a madman. If Chen Xuanli hadn't blocked him quickly, he would have killed Tang Song half of his life.
Madman Lei struggled desperately in Chen Xuanli's arms. After finally struggling, he froze and howled like a wounded beast, "Colonel Chen, there are only five of the sixteen old brothers left. The brothers died miserably, miserably." where!"
As soon as these words came out. Tang Songru fell into the ice cave, and when he was about to ask, there was a sound behind him. Immediately, they saw the Forbidden Army in charge of security walking over from where they came with Shangguan Jin.
After only three or four days of absence, Shangguan Jin had almost lost his human form. His clothes were torn and looked very shabby. There were hidden scars on his shoulders and back, his eyes were bloodshot, and he hadn't slept in an unknown amount of time.
Seeing that there was no one else behind him, Tang Song rushed over, "Where is Fifth Brother? Where is Fifth Brother?"
"It's okay. From the city gate to here, no one is following you." Shangguan Jin's tone was very calm, a kind of indifference to life and death.
Such Shangguan Jin made Tang Song feel strange as never before.
Hearing this, Chen Xuanli next to him didn¡¯t ask any more questions, and immediately turned around and made a gesture to the guards who were following him.
At the moment when this gesture was issued, Tang Song was about to approach Shangguan Jin when a black light flashed from behind his head. It was nailed deeply to a nearby tree. Because the force was too strong, the short tail feathers still made a buzzing vibration sound.
If Tang Song had not wanted to get closer to Shangguan Jin just now and his body had not remained still, his head would have been shot at this time.
Before Tang Song could react, he had been pushed heavily to the ground, and Chen Xuanli's low scolding could be heard in his ears. "It's a crossbow"
Along with this low cry came a rain of arrows mixed with crossbow arrows. This wave of arrow rain was obviously divided into two parts. One is facing Karamatsu, and the other is facing the woman guarding the five or six people.
It is different from Karamatsu. Crazy Lei and the others were much more alert. As soon as Chen Xuanli's scolding came out, they leaned over and lay down like a conditioned reflex, protecting the woman tightly.
"Zhang Jilai, please bring fifteen people to escort my brother and the woman back." After Chen Xuanli said this, he raised his body slightly and said loudly: "The arrow rain just now only had a dozen or so at most, and more than 70% of them were hunting bows. The other brothers rushed up with me and slaughtered these bastards to avenge the brothers."
Taking advantage of the lull in another wave of arrows, Chen Xuanli drew his sword to protect himself and rushed towards the place where the arrows came from. None of the guards he brought with him shouted or spoke loudly. More than 30 people silently followed. People rushed out from all directions in the forest, half-bowing their bodies and rushing forward in a spreading semicircle.
As soon as they rushed up, the arrows coming from here suddenly became sparse. Tang Song was pushed onto a strong horse by two forbidden soldiers, and then heard the rapid sound of "smashing" horseshoes, and Luoyang came to Luoyang. The city gate rushes.
The panic just now struck so fast. Fortunately, Karamatsu had some background on the White Horse Temple Assassination Case. As soon as Fang got on his strong horse, the cold wind of winter blew on his face like a knife, and his mind immediately came to his senses. After a few flashes of thought, In the meantime, things have almost come together.
Brother Shangguan Jin must have discovered something important during the mission, especially when he got that important woman, and he has been hunted down for the past few days. The pursuit was so fierce that they could not even stay in the city, let alone return to the Tang family.Living.
Outside the city, those people had the ability to kill them all, but because of this, those who thought the situation was under control did not take any further action to avoid alerting the snake, and wanted to use Shangguan Jin and others to set a trap. Lead out the person behind the scenes and kill him together.
Their plan was very good and the trap was very successful, but the only thing they didn't expect was that he would be followed by a full-fledged squad of guards.
If it hadn¡¯t been for Chen Xuanli¡¯s chance encounter at the door of his home, Tang Song would have died today even if he had ten lives, and none of Shangguan Jin, the others, and that woman would have survived.
"A lucky escape, what a vicious thought!
While galloping against the wind, he thought of what he had just experienced, and of Shangguan Mingbi When he woke up, facing the bone-shattering cold wind, the blood all over his body burned, and he shouted loudly: "Who did it just now?"
"Prince Liang's Mansion, but besides them there is another group of people pestering them, but those people are not ruthless."
At this point, Tang Song no longer needs to ask. Wu Chengsi's death was caused by Wu Sansi. As for who the other person was, he had a vague understanding.
It was extremely inconvenient to speak while rushing against the wind, so Tang Song stopped asking questions and just kept his head down, while the blood in his chest became hotter and hotter.
In just a short time, these dozen riders had arrived outside the gate of Luoyang City. At this time, it was getting dark. The imperial guards on duty at the city gate were changing their shifts. There were very few people coming in and out under the city gate, which made the tall city gate hole even more obvious. open.
After what he had just experienced, Karamatsu couldn¡¯t care about anything now. Without waiting for the imperial guard appointed by Chen Xuanli to guard his safety to question him, he shouted sharply: "Rush over and go straight to the inner palace."
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