In the Xifu, a carriage was parked steadily outside the main entrance. More than 20 servants stood in two rows of human walls, blocking the passage between the carriage and the main entrance. Dozens of people were leading horses and lined up along the streets.

At the intersections at both ends of the road in front of the door, several people were waiting with long wooden sticks. They were the escorts of the Xifu to prevent someone from riding a horse and attacking the carriage, because soon after, the Erlangjun in their house would go out.

On both sides of the main entrance of Xifu, several people held bows and arrows in one hand, looking around with caution, beware of the sudden appearance of assassins on the opposite wall. They originally wanted to set up a wooden ladder on the wall and send someone to climb up to the top to guard, but they gave up considering the actual situation.

The residents of this neighborhood are either rich or noble. The Xi family is of great origin, but others are not ordinary people. They will not obey their requests honestly and "cooperate" with the protection of Xi's mansion.

"Everyone opens his eyes wide, Erlang is ready to go out!" The guard leader whispered, and the guards shook their energy when they heard this and became more alert to the surroundings.

Today, Erlangjun is going to the envoy's residence to visit Yuwen Wen, the Duke of Xiyang County. The two clashed outside Shouchun City, Yangzhou several months ago. Today, Erlangjun is going to come to the door to apologize.

Many guards outside the gate have experienced that conflict now. They have seen their husbands scolding the same young Xiyang County Duke, and then watched the other party slap their husbands in the face but were powerless.

I know that with the temper of Erlangjun, unless the Lord of the Langjun escorts him to the door, he will never be humble when visiting Yuwen Wen alone. The result of the meeting between the two parties is about not having a speculation.

Just do it as you do it. Erlangjun just lets outsiders know that he has taken the initiative to apologize. Another purpose is to make the other party unable to help but take action and arrange for assassination on the way he travels.

So after a while, from leaving the mansion to the mansion, then leaving the mansion to return to the mansion, guarding against assassins on the way back and forth became the top priority.

Will there be assassins along the way? Maybe there are, maybe there aren't any. If the Xiyang County Duke is rational, then he shouldn't have sent any assassins, because the Xifu has arranged personnel along the way, just waiting for the assassins to fall into the trap.

From Xifu to the residence, there are many streets to walk on. If you want to set up an ambush halfway, unless there is a person who is responsible for revealing information, it is a job that depends entirely on luck.

Can the other party send so many assassins? This is impossible.

Yuwen Wen, the Duke of Xiyang County, was in Yecheng without relatives and no one could help. Although he had many guards on this trip, how many of them could be drawn out as an assassin?

It is not easy to assassinate Xi Sheng in a sturdy carriage in a team of dozens of guards. Unless it is suppressed by numbers, it is impossible in Yecheng. If the opponent wants to successfully assassinate, he must assemble all his good players and attack halfway in the same place.

I don’t know the specific route of travel, and the shortage of people made it impossible for Yuwen Wen to set up ambush on the main roads, so the guards of Xifu didn’t think that the other party had any chance of winning. The probability of an ambush halfway was very small, so they could only make trouble at both ends of the road.

If someone really wants to assassinate, the assassination site will either be near the Xifu or near the envoy.

According to the return of the guards who were exploring the way forward, the soldiers from Qiu Guanfu were kept in order near the residence, and they surrounded the residence. It seemed that if there were really assassins, they might not dare to take action there, so the guards around the residence were the top priority.

There was a guard guarding the intersection with a long stick in his hand. The defense was that when Xi Sheng got on the car, someone rushed over suddenly when the convoy was moving forward. However, even if he rushed forward with a carriage, the guard poked the horse's legs with a long stick, and he would have to finish any horse.

As long as Xi Sheng got on the car, he would not be afraid of swords, guns and arrows. The carriages were specially made, and they were not afraid of being shot by swords and arrows. After all, it was in Yecheng, so there was no need to worry about being besieged by many people. Even if a mere assassin got lucky enough to get close to the car, he would definitely not be able to open the car door.

When the guards thought of this, they all breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that unless Yu Wen Wen lost his heart and gathered dozens of people to intercept and kill him in the street, how could a few assassins get what they could do?

Not to mention hiring outlaws like heroes as helpers, the city foxes and clubs in Yecheng are clever, and there is no need to say to bully the powerless and powerless people. They dare to get involved in the battle between the powerful and the powerful, and no fool dares to take on the job.

Not only that, if Yuwen Wen really dares to hire people, the relevant news will be heard in different ways. If the palace does not need to take action, the high-ranking prime minister will definitely arrest people and teach them a lesson.

So it is impossible to assassinate or something!

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A carriage was slowly driving on the street and was stopped at the intersection at the west end of Xifu. The guard of Xifu said that "this road is blocked" ahead. The driver who was chasing the car shouted: "I walk this road every day, why don't I let you go now!"

"What do you go this road every day? Why haven't I seen you? What do you do?" A guard scolded loudly, and the rest of them held wooden sticks and were on guard against the driver forcibly breaking through the interception.

"My surname is Li, I'm a scattered man!" The coachman looked like a rash man, "I pass by here every day. What does it mean to have never seen me before? I won't let you get over it. If you miss the problem, you will lose money!!"

"La Lishui? I remember that La Lishui's surname Jia, I have never heard of Li's surname, nor have I seen you!"

"What are you yelling at? I've been sucking here for two years. Why are you yelling at?" The coachman was furious when he heard this, "Let Lao Zhang from the Zhang family kitchen come out! He testified to me!"

"Okay, okay, you're the one who pulled the water." Another guard said, looking at the wooden barrel with a odor on the carriage, pinched his nose and waved his hand: "Don't argue, there is a noble man in front of you, you take a detour. If you pass by like this smelly, I'll just let you go. Do you dare to go?"

"I'm just a slaughter! Just take a detour!" The coachman muttered. The young man sitting beside him jumped out of the carriage and helped the carriage turn around. The guards watched the carriage turn coldly, and their vigilant expressions relaxed a little.

"Look at that virtue! La Lishui is still so powerful. Do you think it's gold?" The guard who first attacked cursed in a low voice. The person next to him asked him if he recognized La Lishui. He spat and cursed: "Who recognizes Na Lishui? I just lie, but this guy really La Lishui."

The guards stopped the carriage trying to approach the mansion. The carriage fell and left in the opposite direction. After walking more than ten steps away, the young man got on the carriage again. The coachman asked in a low voice: "Did you see clearly?"

"I can see clearly that the carriage is on the east side, and the convoy will definitely be heading towards the east end intersection in a while."

"Very good, I'll slow down, please pay attention to the movement of the carriage." Zhang Dingfa ordered that he had disguised himself and had become unrecognizable.

"Don't worry, I'm looking in the mirror. As long as I don't look back, those people will not be suspicious."

"Get the distance in a while, and move more secretly, and there is a seductive eyeliner in front of you." Zhang Dingfa reminded.

"Know."

Just two incense sticks, Zhang Dingfa was still talking to Di Ling in the mansion, in order to let the other party "witness" himself in the mansion, and then he received the order from Yuwen Wen to sneak out of the mansion and crawl out of the mansion in a private house on the north side.

The residence originally had no authentic tunnels, at least there was no such area where Yuwen Wen and his party lived. After staying at the residence at the end of May, they rented a house in the street across the north of it, and then began to dig the tunnels for Yuwen Wen to escape in an emergency.

This authenticity is now in handy. Yuwen Wen's guards all speak a Nanyin, and the only exception is Zhang Dingfa. Only he can easily hang out among the crowds on the streets of Yecheng, without fear of the accent attracting others' attention.

Therefore, he was responsible for the assassination of Xi Sheng, and another clever guard, as the deputy, approached Xi Mansion with the coachman who was the slaughter.

It is also true that after being stopped by the escort of the Xifu Mansion, Zhang Dingfa, who had a northern accent, was able to talk to the other party freely, but did not attract the other party's attention. In addition, the disguise changed his appearance and was not afraid that the other party would recognize his identity.

"Chief, take another thirty steps, and the distance is almost the same." The young man sitting next to him whispered.

"You can't stop. Those people must be staring. If the distance is far, then it's far. Pay attention. If it's too far, I'll make a sound. You jump to the carriage and shoot it out immediately."

The young man responded, and took a small mirror in his hand to look at the movement in the direction of the palace gate behind him. There were several buckets of water in the open carriage, which contained a pair of large crossbows with good strings, which could shoot the four turbulent oils at a distance of 150 steps at the same time.

Their mission is to attack Xi Sheng's convoy here. The sulphur bombs are equipped with mechanisms that can immediately fire after they are fired. However, the accuracy of such a launch may not necessarily be able to hit Xi Sheng's carriage.

Young people are good at operating large crossbows. They can visually estimate the distance and quickly adjust the elevation angle of large crossbows. They have good eyesight and shoot carriages with about 150 steps, and their hit rate is the highest.

In this operation, Xi Sheng will be launched immediately as soon as he gets on the car. If God blesses Xi Sheng's carriage, even if he cannot burn it to death, he will be in trouble.

If the shooting is missed or the distance is wrong, it doesn't matter. The burning fireball can turn Xi Sheng into a frightened bird, and it will take at least a while before you dare to go out.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to kill him with one blow, but it’s just that it’s too difficult. Yuwen Wen has no foundation in Yecheng. Except for Zhang Dingfa, he is all from the south. He reveals his feelings as soon as he opens his mouth. He can’t hide in the houses near Xifu without any trace, and can only approach it by flow.

"Chief, the guard cavalry is on the horse, it must be that Xi Sheng is about to come out!"

"Stay calm, the secret whistle in Xifu ahead is looking at this side. Xi Sheng got in the car and waited for me to give an order before taking action!!"

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In Xi Mansion, Xi Sheng walked through the courtyard surrounded by guards and walked towards the gate. The butler looked around at the carriage and nodded to him when he saw nothing unusual. Xi Sheng nodded when he saw this.

After walking through the gate and coming to the carriage, he was about to explain something to the housekeeper when suddenly the sound of horse hooves started. A cavalry in the back of the carriage suddenly rushed out and broke through the wall to attack Xi Sheng.

In the flash of lightning, the cavalry drew his sword and slashed at Xi Sheng's head. The housekeeper quickly pushed Xi Sheng away with his eyes and hands, but was hit by the back of the head by a long sword, and blood splattered.

"There are assassins!!"

A shrill shout sounded, and the escorts of Xifu pulled out their swords and rushed forward. Seeing that the cavalry missed a blow, Xi Sheng rolled to the side, and the escorts surrounded him again. He whistled and whistled his legs and squeezed the horse's belly.

The mount under his crotch immediately turned around and aimed his horse buttocks at Xi Sheng. Then he shook his hind legs hard. With a sound of Peng, Xi Sheng was kicked up, screaming and flying backwards, passing over the head of the rushing guard, and fell to the ground like a kite with a broken string.

The sound of bowstrings started, and a fast-handed archer shot arrows at the assassin. He groaned and leaned on the horse's back. Some of the guards shouted to save Xi Sheng, while others surrounded the assassin and wanted to pull him off and capture him alive.

The assassin's mount screamed, spread his four hooves and rushed away the crowd to the east. Regardless of the interception of the escorts who were surrounding him, he struggled to break through the siege and ran away with blood all over his body.

The sound of horse hooves was as fast as raindrops. The guards and cavalry of Xifu chased after him, and shouts cut through the sky above Yecheng.
Chapter completed!