Chapter 22 Midnight Horror

"Actually, you don't have to guess!" Nie Kong then rubbed his eyes and seemed to be very sleepy. "Guessing is all belittling my brain. Think about it, Lord, if Beirong has planned to do something, will he cancel all the plans based on Ning Tanger's news alone?"

"That is to say, they still let Ning Tanger continue to inquire about the military situation, right?" Zhuo Ruitong sneered, "I thought you had any other opinions. I also thought of that."

"I have never said that I have any high opinion. You have to be ashamed to ask," Nie Kong said disapprovingly. "As for the coincidence between the Lord and his subordinates, it's just the hero's opinion is just the same!"

"Okone, I'm willing to bow down to you, but Nie Kong, what we have to face will definitely be an unprecedented hard battle. Are you sure?" Zhuo Ruitong didn't have much intention to joke, so he quickly gave up the mouth-to-mouth fight.

Nie Kong shook his head, "Are you sure? As I said before, who is sure about the changes in the situation now? What's more, I'm also a layman, not a fairy!"

"Can't you even comfort me?" Zhuo Ruitong glanced at Nie Kong and said, "Even if you don't have ten, it's okay to have 90%. Anyway, I won't believe it!"

"It is because Nie Kong never talks falsely that he can be trusted by the Lord. Why does the Lord have to force his subordinates to break his promise?" Nie Kong smiled bitterly, "Holy speaking, if you use Bei Rong alone, I can still say that I still have 60% or 70% of the certainty, but I have to divide the troops in the Central Plains. With the strength of Weijun alone, I'm afraid I'm not even a certainty of one!"

"Weijun is remote and cold, the land is vast and desolate, and the products are far less abundant than the Central Plains. Naturally, there is a lack of grain and less taxes. The accumulation of a year in Weijun is not even as good as the State of Wu in March, and I dare not increase the burden on the people. It's really hard to die!" Zhuo Ruitong sat down with some frustration and said, "I've been working hard for four years, but my strength is still not satisfactory!"

"So, I'm not sure that Nie Kong alone is the final say. It's practical to make all the preparations!" Nie Kong straightened up from the lazy leaning leaning, rubbed his hands and said, "Speaking of a tough battle, why did I suddenly become excited? It's a pity that we have to arrange for Princess Xuan to enter Wei County tomorrow. Otherwise, how about you and my brothers in the next game?

"Exemption!" Zhuo Ruitong quickly refused, "You'd better help me solve the safety first. By the way, the route of Xiangui's access has been confirmed to be a loophole in my border defense. It turns out that it doesn't need to pass through my border checkpoint, but it is a non-defense zone that can go back and forth between the two places. Although there are mountains stretching against each other, as long as you master the rugged mountain. The secret road, just by relying on the strength of my feet, can turn over from the barren mountains and wild mountains of Wei County to the Beirong boundary in one night. Such a terrible loophole. If it weren't for tracking Xian Gui, I'm afraid that others would attack in front of our couch, we wouldn't know. Have you arranged manpower to deal with it immediately?

"Yes, of course, it's sent. Lord, please don't worry. As I said before, even if we have any negligence, the large army of Beirong can't come in. The mountain road is only one person wide. It is more appropriate to say that the mountain path is better than the sheep intestine path, and there are cliffs and steep walls on both sides, that is, walking alone, a little careless. It is also very easy to fall off the cliff, not to mention horses and chariots. If Bei Rong wants to take advantage of this loophole, he can only send a small group of strong brigades to make a surprise attack. His subordinates have carefully studied the map drawn by the Mingsha camp soldiers who have followed Xian Gui. Please have a look..." Nie Kong said and took out a neatly stacked silk from his arms and unfolded it to Zhuo Ruitong, and pointed out. He said, "It's here, this position, please see if the whole terrain looks like a pocket, and this is the mouth of the bag. I'm ready to be here..."

"Okay!" Zhuo Ruitong nodded approvingly, "As you said, catch turtles in the urn here. If they dare to come, let them come back!"

Huanxuan suddenly woke up from her sleep. Inexplicably, she felt panicked and short of breath. She stood up and listened carefully. There was a dark silence around her, which was nothing unusual.

Xiaoci slept next door. Huanxuan hesitated whether to call Xiaoci. Finally, she got out of bed and touched the dagger carrying around her waist. Huanqian tried to calm herself down. Before leaving, Zhuo Ruitong gave her a self-defense because she was worried about her safety, and told her to carry it at any time to sleep. I feel no exception.

Huanying came to the window and looked out close to the lattice. The yard was also quiet, not even a mouse. However, as soon as Huanying was about to leave the window, she immediately realized that something was wrong. A dark red fire appeared in the northwest corner of the yard, which was not caused by ordinary lights.

It's on fire! The firelight is very close to each other, and there should be a fire outside the courtyard. Huanxuan's first reaction is to put out the fire, because the houses on this small street are one after another, and the whole street may be burned. However, the strange thing is that if there is a fire, someone outside should be aware of it, at least a few shouts to let people save in time, or let them in the courtyard Hurry up and evacuate. Why didn't even the guards who secretly protected them move?

Huanxuan rushed out of his room and went straight to Xiaoci's bedroom, "Xiaoci, Xiaoci, get up quickly, something's wrong!" Huanying patted the door several times, and the door was finally opened. A shadow appeared at the door. It was said that sooner or later. With the appearance of the shadow, a snowy cold light also came straight to Huanying. The cold light reflected the dark eyes of a masked man.

However, although the masked man's knife light was fast, it was still empty. He only heard a "dang". The dagger in Huanying's hand was holding the other party's blade. However, because the other party was too strong, Huanying was forced to take several steps back.

It turned out that as soon as the shadow appeared, although Huanying could not see her appearance clearly, because of her familiarity with the height of Xiaoci and the difference between men and women in the outline of the shadow, she had come to the moment that was not Xiaoci, so when the shadow came out of the knife, she was still ready to deal with it. However, as soon as she fought, Huanying knew that the other party's kung fu was not invincible to her. She narrowly avoided the other party's sneak attack, but it was just a fluke. His father, Changsun Yi, was a literary minister. He never liked the girl's family to dance with knives and swords. The only thing he learned some riding and shooting skills, and mostly used it in the entertainment of horse shooting. Huanying secretly cried bitterly in his heart. Today, I know that I should learn more kung fu from a martial artist at the beginning. Even if I don't have the talent, it's good to at least reach the level of self-defense like Zhuo Ruitong and Zhuo Yuancan.

The most anxious thing is that Xiaoci in the room doesn't know what's going on. Huanying can't imagine whether Xiaoci is already unfortunate, or there is no time for her to think about it at all. Heiying was stunned when he saw a blow and was slightly stunned. It seemed that he didn't expect Huanying to avoid his sneak attack, but he immediately went to Huanying without hesitation. The second attack was made.

This room is not big. There is no separation between going up and down the stairs. Only the middle living room has side doors leading to other rooms, and Huanying and Xiaoci live on the right side, so at this time, she and the shadow are standing on the right side of the living room. Huanying roughly estimated that with his familiarity with the furnishings in the house, she is a step faster than the assassin in the dark. After going around the tea table, "Who are you? Why did you come and kill me!" In the lingling of tension, he still asked in a low voice.

"I'm not well-known. It's useless for you to ask. It's not that I want to kill you, but someone wants to borrow your body!" The assassin then rushed to the tea table and said, "After going down to the underworld, don't look for me. It's just your fault that you married into the emperor's house!" After saying that, the knife flashed again, and it was so happy.

The three words "imperial family" were like needles piercing the heart, which made Huanying tremble all over her body. She instinctively raised her hand and tossing at the assassin. The teapot and tea trays that she could touch, all of them were all tossing out one by one. The assassin dodged left and right and had to collect the knife to block the flying debris. Finally, it turned out to be a stool hidden under the tea table. The assassin only Seeing what was dark, it was still blocked by a knife. Unexpectedly, the knife split the wooden stool. The split part of the wooden stool only slightly reduced its momentum, and it still poked at him. The assassin was repeatedly, and finally he was barely hit. When he stared on the opposite side of the tea table, there was no shadow of linger.

The assassin looked around in anger and found that Huan Ying had pushed open the side door on the left and ran in. So he immediately jumped in a few steps and chased him. As soon as he arrived at the door, the "bang" side door was tied to death, and he couldn't push it open. The assassin's hand fell with a knife and split the door. After jumping in with an arrow, he found that the window of the wing was open, and There was no one in the room, and the assassin was even more angry. He flew out of the window and said, "Let's see where you can run!" He cursed secretly.

However, as soon as his feet touched the ground, another cold light swept towards him, "Look where you are going!" A young man's voice sounded slightly sarcastic.

The assassin knew that his heart was not good and raised a knife to greet him, but the other party was not Changsun Huanying's kind of martial arts melon. After two or three moves, the assassin's kung fu was not weaker than him at all. He was not only not weak, but even higher than him. The assassin was thinking about how to retreat and leave while trying to fight, but there was a raging fire outside the courtyard. Obviously, it blocked everyone's way out.

The assassin sneered, "Do you want to capture me? There is no door. At worst today, everyone will be burned to death together!"

"What do you think?" The sarcasm in the visitor's tone is stronger, "Will it be burned to death here? Why don't you go out and have a look?"

The assassin panicked. He obviously set fire first and blocked the possibility of outsiders approaching the courtyard. How did this person suddenly appear? Unless the fire outside is fake, how is it possible?

The assassin left the person suspiciously and flew to the gate of the small courtyard, but before he opened the door, his heart was cold. Because it burned at this time, the door of the courtyard was still intact, and it was cold to touch.

Open the door of the courtyard, on the street outside the door, there are several bonfires, and there are many soldiers dressed as civilians. The assassin turned around in despair and raised the knife in his hand. "Come on, if you have the courage, fight with me alone!"

The man shook his head, "You must be surprised why you were drugged in the well water, but they were not fascinated like neighbors, right?"

"Well, there's nothing strange about it. The well water is beaten back. Some people drink it and some people may not drink it. I don't expect to lean on the well to take medicine to fascinate all people!" The assassin replied lightly.

"I have to admire that your move is really cruel. In fact, they have also suffered from you, but fortunately, I found in time that I didn't let you succeed in the end because of coming with other people. I advise you to put down your weapons and get rid of it. Our prince is kind-hearted and may save you from death!"

"Huh!" The assassin snorted coldly again, "You have to humiliate me. I failed. Why are you all dead? You can either eat my knife or see if I can break out!"

The young general slowly approached the assassin, "Okay, I respect you for your courage, but it's a pity that they are all dirty tricks. They don't deserve to be called heroes, and they don't deserve to be forgiven by the prince. Let me kill you. Look at the trick!"

Although he said that he wanted the assassin's life, the sword pointed to him, but it was not the key point of the other party. The reason why he said that was just to divert the other party's attention. Nie Junshi told him to catch him alive. He didn't want the other party to commit suicide while he was unprepared.