Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 857 Human Bomb and Terrorist Attack

Seeing such a wonderful performance, Chang Podao felt so regretful that he slapped the branches repeatedly, and shouted: "If I had known that there was such a beautiful and fun thing, I would have brought my son and daughter from Longzhou to Xiajing! "

At this time, the fireworks show has come to an end.Everyone held their breaths, wanting to see what wonderful performances are coming, but they saw an old Taoist priest leading two Taoist boys to a peach tree in the garden in the middle of the square, pointing at the bare peach tree, They circled around.Then he took out a elixir-like thing from his bosom, and buried it under the tree root.

The two Taoist boys covered the peach tree with a black curtain.After a while, Daotong lifted the cloth and saw that the peach tree had grown green leaves.The Taoist walked around the peach tree again, closed his eyes slightly, and covered them again after muttering something in his mouth.After a while, when it was opened again, the peach tree had blossomed.Amid the exclamation of the audience, the Taoist asked two Taoist boys to cover the peach tree again. After a while, after uncovering it again, they saw that the peach tree had already borne fruit.The Taoist ordered the peach tree to be covered again. After a stick of incense, he pulled back the black curtain, and saw that the peaches were as bright red as fire, and the fruits were so numerous that a tree was fully ripe!
The Taoist priest picked a plate of peaches from the peach tree and sent two Taoist boys to present them to the emperor, queen, concubine and princess.Cover the black curtain again, and when it is lifted, the peach tree is as bare as before!

This kind of magic show is really dazzling.Amid the exclamation of the audience, Chang Podao sighed in amazement: "Is this really a fairy art?"

Shi Lang shook his head, and said: "This is an illusion." But the illusion was performed extremely realistically, and they saw it with their own eyes, so they knew what it was, but for a moment, they felt a little dazed and couldn't believe it. own eyes.

"Illusion?" Zhong Sanhe repeated incredulously.Suddenly, out of the corner of his eyes, he saw a person, like a fish swimming in the water, passing strangely through the gap between people that was difficult for people to pass through, and quickly moved away from the crowd.

Zhong Sanhe's pupils shrank, he couldn't see how strong this person was, but the strange agility displayed by this person made him feel unbelievable.

At the same time, Ye Chen looked at the Taoist priest and the two Taoist boys in the imperial city tower, his nose moved slightly, his eyes narrowed, and he said, "It's a suicide terrorist attack! Bring the bow and arrow."

As soon as the words fell, Lian Jicheng floated out from nowhere, holding Ye Chen's bow and quiver in his hands.

Ye Chen received it in his hand, quickly picked up three feathered arrows and shot them out, and then the feathered arrows disappeared, and when they appeared, they were already stuck in the throats of the Taoist priest and the two Taoist boys.Except for Bai Canghai and Yu Daoxiang who could clearly see the trajectory of Yujian, the others didn't know what happened, or they didn't notice how the three Taoist priests died, because they didn't even have time to scream. It is already dead.

The scene suddenly became dead silent, and just when some people opened their mouths to scream, Ye Chen suddenly spoke: "It was I who shot them dead with arrows, because they are assassins with terrifying scars on their bodies." Weapons, now please exit in an orderly manner."

Ye Chen's voice seemed to carry a mysterious power, which made the people who were in a panic instantly regain their calm.

"Long live, long live, my emperor."

Someone shouted, then knelt down towards the direction of the imperial city where Ye Chen was.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" All the people knelt down.

Zhong Sanhe and the others on the tree looked extremely abrupt, so the expressions of the three changed slightly at the same time, and with a whoosh, they jumped from the tree, fell into the crowd, and knelt down together.

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The people in front of the Imperial City Square had all dispersed, and the nobles on the upper floors of the Imperial City had left earlier. Only Hu Sanguang was left with a gloomy face, leading the three envoys of the Ministry of Security to personally inspect the bodies of the three Taoist priests, and Traces and objects left behind.

Seeing his subordinates find three gunpowder bags from the bodies of the three people, Hu Sanguang looked very ugly.The assassin came to the front of the imperial city with the gunpowder bag, and almost let the assassin bring the gunpowder bag in front of His Majesty, the queen, the two noble concubines, and the princess on the imperial city tower.If His Majesty hadn't discovered it himself, and decisively killed him with a single strike with the magic arrow technique, the three assassins would have ignited the gunpowder packs, and even if they couldn't blow up His Majesty, many people would have been killed.

"Find out the origins of these three Taoist priests, how they came to Xia Jingcheng, and who they have contacted with. Then ask the people from the Equipment Department of the Military Command to come over and see if these three gunpowder bags are from the weapons and equipment production base. Things. Don’t let anyone go, although Your Majesty didn’t say anything, but this time our Ministry of Security has lost face, if we can’t find out the case, then all of us will lose face.”

Feng Zhiyuan and the three major envoys of the Ministry of Security hurriedly said yes respectfully.

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Chang Podao, Zhong Sanhe, and Shi Lang didn't go to Chang Podao's home in Xiajing in the end, but went directly to Cuiyinglou.

Cuiying Tower is owned by the Han family. Of course, Han Xizai will not take care of it himself, and other members of the Han family will take care of it.Cuiyinglou is a large-scale service place integrating restaurants, brothels and inns.The guys in Cuiying Building are all polite and courteous, wearing square headscarves, purple shirts, and silk shoes; while Cuiying Building is composed of several three-story and five-story buildings. , the buildings are ups and downs, uneven and scattered, and the buildings are connected by flying bridges. In the entire Xiajing City, it is one of the most distinctive restaurants.And every elegant room in Cuiying Building is a separate room, in which there are simple and yellow history books, brand-new scriptures and newspapers, pianos, swords, incense burners, calligraphy and paintings, and beautiful book boys With the beautiful maid... the elegant style can be ranked among the top three in the entire Xiajing.Therefore, many high-ranking officials and dignitaries in Xiajing City, literati, rich gentry and wealthy businessmen, in short, rich people, all like to come to Cuiying Tower to eat, drink and play whoring.

Among the three, Chang Podao was the richest, so although Shi Lang forced them to come, Chang Podao still consciously took the matter of entertaining guests on himself.One of the houses he chose was named "Dongzhu".It is on the top floor of the tallest building in Cuiying Building. Open the window and you can see the night view of most of Xiajing City.

The three of them came all the way and never said anything about the scene in the Imperial City Square just now. After entering the house, the three of them didn't ask for a girl. They asked the waiter to serve the food and drink and waited for the waiter to leave. Behind them, the three of them took a big sip of wine each to suppress their shock, then let out a long breath at the same time, and looked at each other with indescribable solemnity in their expressions.

"Before when we first climbed the willow tree, we had three fears in our hearts because His Majesty, the King of Killers and the Queen each took a look at us. Is this correct?" Stone Wolf said first, with a lingering lingering expression in his expression. frightened.

Zhong Sanhe interjected: "That's right, these three are all top-notch experts, and the three of us have already reached top-notch strength, and there are only three of them on the scene who can give us that feeling."

Chang Podao said solemnly: "My father once told me that after martial arts cultivation breaks through first-class and reaches super-first-class realm, a kind of 'momentum' will gradually be produced. This kind of thing is similar to artistic conception, invisible and intangible, but But they exist in reality, the reason why His Majesty, the King of Assassins, and the Queen are able to be at such a long distance, just a single look can give us that feeling should be the reason for the 'power'."

Zhong Sanhe said longingly: "I remember that Master also told me that when this 'potential' reaches its full potential, it is possible to reach the legendary half-step innate realm."

With a snap, Stone Wolf put the wine glass on the table, and said, "Don't talk about the 'potential', it's still far away from us. Talk about the three arrows just now, Your Majesty, I didn't see anything at all. The three monsters are already dead."

Chang Podao said: "What is the origin of those three monsters, they dare to assassinate His Majesty, they really want to die."

Zhong Sanhe's eyes flickered, and he said: "Before His Majesty killed the three demons just now, I found a suspicious person. I suspect that person is the mastermind of the assassin."

Shi Lang and Chang Podao were taken aback for a moment, and the latter said, "Then why don't you catch up?"

Shi Lang also said: "Exactly! Such a good opportunity, catching the assassin is another great achievement."

Zhong Sanhe shook his head and said, "It's not that I don't want to chase after him, but that the assassin's movements are too weird. He was like a fish in water among the crowded crowd, and he disappeared from my sight in two or three strokes."

Shi Lang and Chang Podao's expressions suddenly became solemn. They knew that Zhong Sanhe's strength was even higher than the two of them. This person could easily disappear from Zhong Sanhe's eyes, which showed that he was very powerful, at least he was also with Zhong Sanhe. Almost a first-class master.

At this moment, a well-dressed man hurried in. All three of them knew him as a guard of Chang Podao. After he came in, he whispered something in Chang Podao's ear.Chang Podao's expression changed drastically, he got up abruptly, clasped his fists and said, "Little brother has something important to do at home, I have to leave first. The bill here has been settled, two brothers drink slowly!"

Zhong Sanhe and Shi Lang saw that something was wrong with Chang Podao's mood, they nodded in agreement quickly, and wanted to ask if they wanted to help, but when they thought that it might involve Chang Jiabao's private affairs, they hesitated to speak, and let Chang Podao rush leave.However, on the second day after the incident, the two of them learned from other sources that Chang Fei's father, the owner of Changjiabao, was stabbed and seriously injured.

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The fourteenth day of the first lunar month is the eve of Shangyuan, which is the busiest time of the year.

The assassin case in front of the Imperial City Square, which shocked the whole country on the first day of the new year, has not made a major breakthrough so far, so the security department is in a bad mood, especially Hu Sanguang is extremely angry these days.Under such circumstances, it is naturally impossible for the Ministry of Security to have a holiday like other yamen for the Lantern Festival.

(End of this chapter)