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Volume 5 Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, Looking Northward Chapter 118 A Surprise on the Road

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    The next day, when the sun rose three poles, King Cao belatedly set off. Lu Qi could only follow King Cao's lead and left Yuanzhou along the official road to Jingzhao Mansion.  It was a safe trip, and there were still scouts returning to explore the road. At nearly noon, they entered the boundary of Qianyang County. Lu Qi reported that there was a Caobi town fort in front of him, which could be used as a resting place.  Arriving at the Tubao City in Caobi Town, Lu Qi ordered his team to rest outside the castle. He took Lu Hai and Li Bao to meet with the teams of King Cao and King Ji, and entered the Tubao together with more than a thousand people.  Entering the earthen fort, the earthen fort in Caobi Town seemed crowded. There was only one 500-meter-long street in the earthen fort.  Lu Qi ordered the guards to go into the shops on both sides of the street to rest. No one was allowed to come out and walk around. The guards did not dare to neglect Lu Qi's military orders and went to carry out and rest in an orderly manner. It was so cold that they could enter the house.  Of course I do.  Lu Qi waited until most of the guards dispersed, then invited King Ji and King Cao to enter the best wine shop. As soon as he entered the wine shop, he immediately ordered all the drinkers to be driven away, and he paid the bill.  The waiters and shopkeepers hurriedly cleared the table. Lu Qi invited everyone to sit down. He, King Cao, King Ji, and Shi Zhongfei sat at a table in the middle of the room.  "Lu Shangshu is really cautious." King Cao said with a smile.  "I am traveling with your two highnesses. I dare not be careless." Lu Qi responded gently. King Cao smiled lightly and remained silent, but King Ji nodded.  The commander of the guard ordered the dishes. Soon, the waiter brought beef and steamed buns, as well as wine. The soldiers took their food one after another. Shi Zhongfei stood up and poured wine. Lu Qi glanced at the wine and suddenly waved his hand and called the shopkeeper.  .  The shopkeeper rushed over and said respectfully: "Sir, what are your orders?" "Don't you have any good wine here?" Lu Qi asked.  "Sir, this is the best old wine. We are a small place and cannot compare to those in big places." The shopkeeper said with an apologetic smile.  "Nonsense, I passed by here last time and drank good wine at a hotel in Beitou. Your wine is obviously mixed with water." Lu Qi raised his eyebrows and said in annoyance.  The shopkeeper was startled, then said with a grimace: "Sir, this is the best wine here." "Go and buy me the wine from Beitou." Lu Qi waved his hand.  "Hey, sir, please wait a moment." The shopkeeper hurriedly agreed, turned around and trotted out.  As soon as the shopkeeper went out, Lu Qi glanced at Lu Hai. Lu Hai got up and walked out. Li Bao naturally got up and followed.  "Lu Shangshu, this, this wine seems to be good." King Cao picked up the wine bowl and said, he smelled the strong aroma of the wine.  "Your Highness, please don't drink this wine. There is medicine in this wine." Lu Qiping said calmly.  King Cao's expression changed, and he hurriedly put down the wine bowl. Others also looked at the wine glasses in surprise. The expressions of the two waiters changed, and suddenly one pounced on King Cao, and the other pounced on Lu Qi. King Cao's guard commanded  The messenger was sitting at the table with his back to King Cao. Lu Qiyi said that there was medicine in the wine. He had already turned around. When he saw the waiter running towards King Cao, he was shocked and jumped towards him.  To be the leader of King Cao's army, he must be a martial arts master from Ban Zhi. The commander of the army is like a tiger, with a long body and a punch. The guy swung his right hand and flew out a short dagger from his sleeve.  In his hand, the edge of the short dagger was blue, and he flexibly moved his fist into the man's hand. The guard commander hurriedly closed his fist, stepped forward and kicked his legs, and at the same time quickly drew out the knife with his left hand, holding the saber upside down.  Turning around and waving, he retracted his legs, and a cold light ran towards the assassin.  On Lu Qi's side, facing the assassin who was rushing towards him, Lu Qi also stood up, but he did not retreat. King Ji was sitting opposite King Cao, that is, he was sitting diagonally to the left of Lu Qi, so he rushed towards him.  The assassins could only go to King Cao and Lu Qi.  The assassin who pounced on Lu Qi also held a blue dagger in his hand. His thin face was full of ferocious ferocity. He stabbed Lu Qi with the dagger. Lu Qi reached out to meet him with a calm expression. Suddenly, he suddenly retreated.  He reached out with his left hand and grabbed King Ji who was standing up, then raised his foot and kicked the wooden table. The wooden table flew up and hit the roof.     boom!  There was a loud bang. The building of the wine shop was originally a simple shed roof. The wooden table suddenly broke open the roof. After the bang, there was a muffled groan, and there was someone on the roof.  There were indeed people. The wooden beams on the roof were broken, and the already unbearable roof collapsed. Five bodies fell down together with the roof materials. They were five civilians wearing military crossbows.  Clothing for men.  Zhengzheng!  The fallen assassin fired crossbow arrows at King Ji and Lu Qi in the air. Lu Qi had already led King Ji behind him, and quickly pulled out his saber with his right hand. The sword flashed and knocked away a crossbow arrow, and the saber slashed.  Still running towards the assassin holding the dagger, the assassin hurriedly stepped back, but what followed was a roar and violent slashes with several sabers.  Those who were able to come in and have dinner with the prince were actually all Ban Zhi, and their reactions were extremely quick. All the soldiers in the room rushed to the meeting.He drew his sword and attacked the assassin, and everyone was filled with murderous intent. If the prince was assassinated, not only would these traitors take their own lives, but their relatives would also be implicated and convicted.  None of the seven assassins were mediocre, and they were very ruthless. The assassin who attacked Lu Qi suddenly threw the dagger in his hand at King Cao. King Cao was so frightened by this sudden turn of events that he turned around and looked for him in panic.  When I didn't reach the north, I stood there in fear and at a loss.  Seeing the dagger flying towards King Cao, a hand suddenly reached out to King Cao, pushed King Cao's right shoulder fiercely, and pushed King Cao out. King Cao screamed and staggered towards Lu Qi.  , but it was the guard commander who pushed him in a hurry, and the dagger flew into the air.  Lu Qi was also shocked, and quickly stepped forward to grab King Cao. He was afraid of what would happen next, but he also secretly cursed King Cao for being a waste. An assassination had taken place, and the roof collapsed, but he still stood there. He didn't know how to retreat, and  King Cao did not retreat. First, he was blinded by fright. Second, he instinctively relied on the commander of the army and subconsciously did not dare to leave the powerful bodyguard.  A dangerous counter-assassination battle ended quickly. The seven assassins were killed by the guards with knives. The mutilated corpses and the strong smell of blood were nauseating. Shi Zhong flew hurriedly with the guards to support King Ji and King Cao.  After walking out, Lu Qi finally walked out.  As soon as they reached the street outside, more soldiers of the army came swarming in. They all looked shocked and angry, and their eyes showed disbelief. No one could have imagined that an assassination would happen in such a small place.  Hu Luhai and Li Bao strode back. Lu Hai was still holding a person in his hand. He looked at the robe and saw that it was the shopkeeper who left. Lu Hai walked over, raised his hand and threw the person to the ground, saying: "Sir,  No one was caught alive, this guy has poison in his mouth." Lu Qi nodded, and suddenly King Cao asked in annoyance: "Who are these people? Didn't they catch any other accomplices?" Lu Hai seemed to have heard nothing.  He said: "Reply to Your Highness." "Didn't I say that I didn't catch anyone alive? As soon as this guy was restrained, he committed suicide by biting the poison." Lu Hai answered with raised eyebrows.  King Cao glanced at Lu Hai and said with a gloomy expression: "There must be assassins in this castle. All of them will be arrested immediately. Anyone who is not from the local area will be severely interrogated." The guard general hurriedly responded and executed. Lu Qi  He couldn't say anything, but King Ji asked: "Tianfeng, how did you discover the assassin?" Lu Qi smiled and said: "Your Highness, that wine is good wine. I drank that kind of good wine at Qingfengju.  It's very expensive, costing more than twenty guan per jar. Such a simple wine shop can actually sell expensive and fine wine. I suspected that I wanted to let us drink it, so I cheated." King Ji nodded in surprise.  Lu Qi added: "Also, the wine is already good wine. I said the wine was not good, but the shopkeeper didn't refute it. Instead, he obediently went to the north to get the wine. However, the scout reported to me and said  There are only two wine shops at the south end of this earthen castle, but there is no liquor shop at the north end." King Ji nodded, and many of the guards looked a little strange, but King Cao asked again: "How did you know there was an assassin on the roof?  "Your Highness, when the assassin in the room moved, the assassin on the roof also moved. He probably wanted to shoot a cold arrow from the gap in the roof, but when the assassin moved, I heard it," Lu Qiwen replied, and King Cao nodded.  After Lu Qi finished explaining, he went to look at the corpse of the shopkeeper. In fact, he used his supernatural powers to discover the weapons hidden by the clerk and the shopkeeper, and then found someone crawling on the roof. He also deliberately wanted to let King Cao  King He Ji was frightened, but King Cao was foolish and almost died from fright. The dagger was obviously poisonous.
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