thieves

"Dazai, why did you stop suddenly?" It was Cui Ke's voice.

Li Xie said with a smile on his face: "In a few days, it will be the day of the official confrontation with the Yue Kingdom. It is very ominous for His Majesty King Jiuwu to see the blood on the Jiuzhang Stage today!"

"It also makes sense." There was some light in Cui Ke's dark eyes, shining like stars in the dark night.Most likely because he couldn't believe that Dazai-sama, who had always only seen money in his eyes, unexpectedly began to care about him abnormally today.

When Song Huai saw the sudden turn of the situation, he was afraid that there would be a big disadvantage, so he hurriedly said: "I often heard that Wang Shang is invincible and invincible. How can he worry about disasters because of the mere leader of Wei Yan? Others don't I know, I'm afraid it's..."

"Afraid of what?"

"I'm afraid they will think that the king is afraid of Wei Yan's prestige, and he doesn't even dare to look at his head."

"Is there such a thing as gossip?"

Song Huai wanted to provoke him with words, but looking at Cui Ke's reaction now, he was too calm, and there was no anger in his tone. Song Huai secretly thought that he had made a mistake, and rolled his eyes, thinking about how else he could get close to Cui Ke Ke, but Cui Ke said leisurely: "For the sake of my eternal wisdom, you should present his head."

So simple?Song Huai was dumbfounded.

"What are you doing stupidly?" Cui Ke urged.

"Yes." Song Huai stepped up to Danchi, put the wooden trunk in front of Cui Ke's case, and kept a kneeling posture. His callused hands were already beginning to move, and he was about to pull out the long sword on his back immediately.

Cui Ke looked at the head in the wooden trunk with great interest, lifted it up, looked at it back and forth for a while, and showed a satisfied smile, "Wei Yan is just in the palm of the widow now."

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Everyone shouted loudly, just at this moment, a sharp sound exploded, covering up all the praises: "Your Majesty, be careful!"

A wat board hit Song Huai's hand, and Li Xie was spreading his legs apart at the moment, blocking Song Huai's assassination plan with an extremely brave posture.

Song Huai was stunned for a moment, and when he looked up again, the world was turned upside down, and he saw two clusters of guards with halberds running out from behind the screen, and surrounded Song Huai.

"Bold madman! How dare you assassinate His Royal Highness Chen Wang!"

The long sword in Song Huai's hand was knocked down by the long halberd, his two thighs were injured and trembling, bleeding profusely, he knelt down on the ground with a "plop", he still tried his best to straighten his waist, but was knocked down by a stick and fell to the ground.

Cui Ke jumped over the guards and came to Song Huai.

"Who the hell are you? Why did you assassinate the widow?" Cui Ke stood with his hands behind his back, restrained his playful expression, stepped on his back, and suddenly heard a burst of laughter.

"Hahahaha!"

Cui Ke raised his eyebrows: "Why are you laughing?"

Song Huai said: "The dignified King Chen, the king of a country, who is said to be a man of destiny who is rarely seen in a hundred years, was fooled by me into clapping hands, and almost died by my hands. Isn't that ridiculous enough?"

Cui Ke snorted coldly, "From the beginning to the end, I never believed you at all. I was just waiting for you to change your mind. If you really surrendered, I might spare your life. It's just a pity that you are stubborn. , die without repentance."

"My lord! Be careful with the sharp weapon!" Li Xie, who was on the side, saw the sharp weapon protruding from the man's sleeve, and couldn't help but turn pale with panic, and opened his mouth to yell.

Cui Ke flicked his sleeves to block a row of hidden weapons, stepped back several times, and stood with his back against the desk.

The guards immediately surrounded him, pointed their long halberds at Song Huai, and surrounded him again.

Song Huai sneered, picked up the hidden weapon that had fallen from the ground, and swiped at his face.

The sound of flesh being torn and pulled was extremely clear, like a curse, lingering on the beams of the hall, everyone stared blankly, standing stiffly, watching him one by one, mercilessly, strike Fast and hard.

"Crack!" Song Huai threw the hidden weapon in his hand on the ground fiercely, raised his head, revealing a completely mutilated face, his nose and eyes could no longer be distinguished, and he looked very creepy. He said in a low voice, "I am originally a marketer. Ranger, I just want to kill you, a tyrant who has murdered countless soldiers who surrendered from the country, and gain a good reputation, but I didn't expect it to be... not good at learning."

"Do you think that if you say this and take all the blame on yourself, the widow will be able to let the whole country go?" Cui Ke pulled out the long sword on his waist, and the cold light gave off a breathtaking coldness. Pointing at the man's chin, he said, "I don't need any reason to destroy the Yue Kingdom. Even if this matter really has nothing to do with the Yue Kingdom Prince, do you really think that he can escape unscathed?"

"What does the life and death of the prince of Yue have to do with me? What I have said is only the truth, believe it or not."

Cui Ke laughed sarcastically, turned his back to him, and uttered the words like ice: "Kill him and expose his body at the entrance of the market. The widows will not believe it. No one in the world will know who he is. who!"

"It's just that your majesty, he has already ruined his appearance, and he can't tell his face, how can people tell?" the guard asked.

"Other people don't know, don't they even know his elders? The widow will definitely find them and smash them into powder to eliminate the hatred in my heart!"

"Yes!"

Raising the knife and falling, suddenly a pool of blood flowed from the main hall, thick and bloody, flowing slowly, like a monster with green face and fangs, swallowing the main hall, making people shudder fiercely .

The corpse was exposed at the entrance of the city for three days. Under the scorching sun, the corpse stinks. People who come and go pinch their noses and cover their eyes to dare not look at it.

At noon, the pole shadow was the shortest, and several soldiers on guard complained: "It's been three days, and the corpse is about to rot. Your Majesty is really, and let us stay here. Tell me, what is he doing?" It looks like a ghost, how can anyone recognize it?!"

"Your Majesty is notorious for vengeance. Back then, even dead people could whip their corpses out for revenge. What's more, this person almost killed him! Don't put his whole family in the pot!" Now, the king will definitely not give up!"

"Shhhhh! Dare to be the king of criticism, do you want to die?"

"This subordinate has met Lord Dazai! This subordinate is guilty! This subordinate is guilty!"

Li Xie glanced at them coldly, and with the scabbard of the long sword, he slammed their backs heavily, ordering them to stand up straight, "If you dare to speak any more, I will definitely kill you!"

"Yes Yes Yes!"

The sky was getting darker and darker, and a few drops of drizzle suddenly floated from the crab-shell blue sky, splashing on the corpse, and then the rain intensified, continuous, weaving obliquely, weaving into the city's mourning and resentment.

The woman rushed home with the baby under her armpit, and the eggs in the vegetable basket fell to the floor, and sticky yellow fluid flowed out.The butcher put away the stall in a mess, took two knives, sharpened them vigorously, and scraped off the meat.The yellow leaves on the ground were trampled to make a "cracking" sound, tearing people's tormented hearts.

A woman came slowly with a bridle, and when she came to the entrance of the city, she got off her horse and let the green horse neigh vigorously behind her, without turning her head.Braving the rain and dark clouds, she looked at the soldiers on the stage who were about to retreat, and said calmly, "I am the one you are looking for."

"What? What did you say?" The soldier's eyes were wide open, like copper bells, with disbelief written all over his face.

"His name is Song Huai, and he is my younger brother. Assassinating King Chen is just to repay the kindness of Zhou Ji of Yue Kingdom. He was orphaned and fatherless when he was young, and I am his only relative in this world."

"You..." The soldier was surprised and speechless.

Song Chunyang continued: "His feat should not be forgotten by the world. I know that the reason why he described it badly is because he is afraid that people will recognize him and implicate me. But how can I let his fame be drowned in the world?" After a pause, she smiled reassuringly, "Please bring me to King Chen and let him deal with it."

Li Xie stared at him, and seemed to be greatly shocked in his heart, "If you dare to ask this lady, who is she?"

"A woman, why worry about it?"

Song Chunyang let the shackles lock his hands and feet, smiled calmly, took a deep look at the corpse on the ground, and followed Li Xie away like a fluttering catkin without roots.

"Actually, I admire you, Madam, more than Song Huai." Li Xie lowered his voice and whispered in her ear.

"Thank you." These were the last words Song Chunyang said in his life, the last two words.

The green horse behind her suddenly raised its head to the sky and howled, the sound was so loud that it shook the sky, the horse raised its front hooves, backed up a few steps, and suddenly hit the stone pillar on the stage, "suddenly" fell to the ground and died.

The soldier beside him whispered, "She seems to be alone."

"Who?"

"Empress Dowager Song Chunyang of the Yue Kingdom."

The author has something to say:

As for why Song Huai had to disfigure his face, it was like this. He was afraid that others would recognize him, which would implicate Prince Zhou Ji and his sister who looked similar to him. .Take it easy for the next chapter.