The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 325
Sun Shao didn't speak, took a melon from the table next to him, held up his palm, concentrated for a moment, and suddenly patted the melon with his palm.Just when everyone thought that the melon would burst at the sound, they involuntarily stepped back, only to find that Sun Shao's palm had stopped on the melon, and he turned his backhand to hold the melon on his hand.

Everyone was a little baffled and didn't know what the hell he was doing.

"Your envoy, please cut up this melon." Sun Shao carried the melon to Cobrado.Cobrado took it suspiciously, picked up a knife from the side, and cut it off with one knife. Just after cutting half of it, he let out an exclamation: "It's amazing."

Alexander was the first to surround him, and when he saw the melon that Cobrado had cut open, he immediately covered his mouth in astonishment.

The rind of the melon was intact, but the flesh inside was broken into small pieces as if it had been smashed by a stick, and the juice flowed horizontally.

Shapur and Varag were also shocked.

"This is called cotton palm. When practiced to the depths, a piece of paper is covered on a stone, and a palm is hit on the paper. The stone is broken and the paper is intact." Sun Shao looked at his palm proudly: "This skill is said to be In 30 years, only three people will meet, one is Deng Zhan, General Fenwei of the Wei State, one is me, and the other is Tu Hu, the captain of my bodyguard. General Deng has retired for many years, and Tu Hu has not practiced for a long time. He wants to do it It’s not as casual as I am.”

"It's amazing." Alexander looked at Sun Shao admiringly, and stammered, "This must be the king's most precious skill, right?"

"If you want to learn, I can teach you, but whether you can practice well or not depends on your good luck." Sun Shao smiled and turned to look at Cobrado: "To verify whether it is this kind of kung fu The method of injury is very simple, because although the person who dies from this kind of injury will not have external injuries, his internal organs will be broken, just like this melon pulp. Therefore, there will be blood in his mouth, eyes, ears, and nostrils. Blood stains, even if they are wiped carefully, will inevitably leave clues."

As soon as Cobrado moved his body, he was about to check Ma Ming's body, but then he controlled it again.At this time, the monk who was closest to Ma Ming said, "I have checked, and there is no blood in the eyes, nose, mouth or ears of the Venerable, and there is no trace of being wiped by someone."

Cobrado breathed a sigh of relief.

"My Han people also believe in ghosts and gods, and I also believe in forbidden spells. In particular, there are many people who believe in witches in Yue Yue, but I don't believe in this." Sun Shao smiled: "There are many people who falsely use witchcraft, but the real ones use witchcraft." I have never seen a successful witchcraft to harm someone. Moreover, Venerable Ma Ming is so profound that I am afraid that ordinary witchcraft will not be able to hurt him, so we can put aside the witchcraft for the time being." He paused, recalled He began to walk around the room twice, and everyone couldn't help but follow his footsteps and turn their eyes, hoping that he could give a more convincing analysis.

Sun Shao walked back and forth twice, and stopped in front of Cobrado: "Your envoy, are you the closest person to His Holiness?"

Cobrado nodded quickly: "Yes."

"In the past three days, you haven't left him?"

"Yes." Cobrado nodded again: "Except when the venerable is meditating. However, the venerable will not leave this room when he is meditating, and our people are guarding all around the room, and it is impossible for strangers to come in and out .”

"Varag, immediately send someone to check the room with the Guishuang people to see if there are any traces of footprints." Sun Shao immediately ordered, and then said to Cobrado: "Do you remember that in three days? Are there all the people Venerable Nei has come into contact with?"

Cobrado thought for a while, then nodded affirmatively. "His Holiness has been negotiating for more than half a month, and there are only a few people in contact with."

"Have they been here today?" Sun Shao asked.

Cobrado shook his head without thinking: "No one came to visit His Holiness today, and His Holiness sat in meditation after negotiating, and then something happened."

Sun Shao scratched his head in embarrassment, and said with a wry smile: "So, this matter has really become a case without merit." He turned to Shapur and Alexander and said, "Do you two have any high opinions?"

Alexander touched his chin and shook his head again and again, but he couldn't think of a clue.Shapur hesitated for a moment, then also shook his head.

"Alas—" Sun Shao sighed, and sat beside him dejectedly.Not long after, Valag and Cobrado arranged for someone to report back, but no trace of footprints was found on the house.After hearing this, Sun Shao sighed again.He was silent for a while, then raised his head and said to Cobrado: "Your envoy, although I can't think of any way to kill the venerable, I think the venerable, as a cultivator, is not far away." Wanli came to Axum just to seek peace for Guishuang. Now that he has given his life for this great goal, we can’t let him die in peace. I decided to follow your Guishuang’s original request Cooperate with you to soothe His Holiness' spirit in heaven."

When Cobrado heard this, his blood boiled with excitement.He knew how much Guishuang Wang Bodiao had for this negotiation and how worried he was. Although he entrusted this task to his most trusted Venerable Ma Ming, he knew that Guishuang was the weakest among the four countries. The odds of reaching the target are slim, and these days of negotiations have shown that his concerns are not unscientific.What Ma Ming is most worried about is not being able to complete the task entrusted by King Guishuang, but now, what he failed to accomplish while alive has been realized because of his death, and Cobrado can't help being very excited.

Cobrado knelt down in front of Sun Shao and kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty is a merciful Bodhisattva, and His Majesty will not forget your kindness after reincarnation." Then he threw himself next to Ma Ming's body and cried: "My lord Or, have you heard, the king has agreed to our request, you can rest in peace."

I don’t know if there are ghosts and gods, but before Cobrado’s words fell, Ma Ming’s wide-open eyes suddenly closed, and the expression of horror on his face also slowly disappeared. All this was first seen by the monks, and then reminded After leaving Cobrado, Sun Shao and others also knew about it.They gathered around and looked at the body of Venerable Ma Ming, who had looked very peaceful, all of them were inexplicably surprised.

Xia Hourong was the first to react, he sighed and said: "Your Majesty really has a great cultivation base, although he can't tell now, he must know who hurt him, and he will pay him back sooner or later."

Shapur shuddered involuntarily. All this was too terrifying. Could it be that Ma Ming's soul really hasn't left yet, listening to them here?He resisted the desire to twist his neck to take a peek, but a drop of cold sweat involuntarily slipped down from his temples.

"Yes, good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil. It's not that there is no retribution, and the time has not come." Sun Shao added, and once again saluted Ma Ming's body: "Your Majesty, rest in peace. It will be reported sooner or later. I know you Buddhists don’t advocate revenge, but I can’t watch my respected friend die on my land, and I can’t watch the enemy use such despicable means to provoke troubles. We will definitely To realize the wish of peace in the world." He turned his head and looked at Alexander and Shapur: "I wonder if the two of you are willing to fulfill Venerable Ma Ming's wish."

Alexander replied without thinking, "I, Rome, am willing to do my best to promote peace in the world. Anyone who provokes a war is the enemy of my Romans. I will fight him to the end." After finishing speaking, he and Sun Shao They exchanged a look and looked at Shapur at the same time.

Shapur was bitter in his mouth. Of course he knew that he was their common enemy. This time, the Four Nations Alliance was actually Yue, Guishuang and Rome uniting to contain the rise of the Sasanians. But at this moment, how dare he Said that he wanted to start a war and conquer the other three countries?He licked his lips and said in a hoarse voice: "I am also very willing to fulfill Venerable Ma Ming's wish. I hope that there will be no more wars and bloodshed in the world."

Sun Shao nodded heavily, and reached out to pat Shapur on the shoulder: "I believe in you, Prince Shapur. Those despicable people killed Venerable Ma Ming in such a despicable way, just to provoke our quarrel, we But we can’t let them get what they want, we want to show them that our four countries are all sincere and hope for peace in the world. Don’t you think so?”

Shapur squinted his eyes at Sun Shao's hand on his shoulder, sweating profusely, and subconsciously felt that his shoulder was in great pain, as if he had heard the sound of bones cracking, but he was embarrassed to move away, All he could do was stand there, with a smile on his face.His smile looked very weird, his face was twitching, but he couldn't see a trace of a smile, Cobrado, who just raised his head, saw it, and couldn't help feeling suspicious again.

"Of course, of course." Shapur finally heard Sun Shao finished speaking, and hurriedly bowed to salute, taking the opportunity to move away from Sun Shao's hand.Although Sun Shao's hand was gone, his shoulders were still throbbing with pain.

"Your envoy, what do you think?" Sun Shao turned his head and looked at Cobrado, who was smiling with tears in his eyes, full of grief and joy: "We can't find the murderer now, so we can only declare the death of His Holiness as a normal death, so as not to It has caused unrest in the world. As for the murderer, don't worry, we will continue to investigate secretly in the future, and we will definitely not let him escape punishment."

Cobrado had no other choice but to agree with Sun Shao.Several people discussed it and explained the reason to the monks.Although the monks were a little embarrassed, thinking that this violated the Buddha's commandment not to tell lies, but when they thought that if this matter was exposed, King Guishuang would inevitably break away from the Four Kingdoms Alliance, which might cause countless fights, so they had to agree.

Immediately, Sun Shao invited Shapur and Cobrado to announce that although Ma Ming's death was a bit weird, there was no conspiracy involved.Shapur was unwilling at first, but Sun Shao said that the biggest purpose of the other party is to frame me Yueguo, and the second is to frame you Sassan, because everyone knows that if Yueguo and Guishuang fall out, then Sassan will be the biggest The beneficiary, he obviously wants to plant the spoils on your Sassan, who will declare if you don't declare?If you don't want to, I'll go, I can't wait.

When he said this, Shapur was unwilling and did not dare to say it anymore, so he had to bite the bullet and go outside with Cobrado to make a statement to the onlookers. Later, in order to show his sincerity, he had to use Ahura Azda In his name, he swears that the Sassanids will help the Guishuang people. As he said, he felt a shiver on his back, and he seemed to lose consciousness on the shoulders that Sun Shao patted.

Sun Shao and Alexander also issued a statement immediately, saying that they would strive to create a peaceful environment for the people of the world, allowing them to live and work in peace and contentment, and live a good life.These statements quickly spread throughout the city of Axum with the monks and people watching, and spread in all directions with the footsteps of the merchants. That's all.

The most unlucky one was Varag. He was reprimanded by Sun Shao for the reason of ineffective guard work. Although he did not deprive him of the throne, he deprived him of the right to rule the area outside Axum. Varag was so angry He also knew that if Sun Shao's matter was not handled properly, the alliance of four kings would come to an end, and King Bodiao of Guishuang would definitely launch an expedition, or at least withdraw from the alliance.This responsibility is not small. Sun Shao only reduced the scope of his territory, but did not deprive him of the throne, which is considered light.

Although he thought so too, he was very dissatisfied with the result. As soon as the matter was over, he followed Shapur to the post where Shapur lived. As soon as the two entered the inner room, Varag's face sank. , flew into a rage, and kicked over the table, and all the exquisite porcelain on the table fell into pieces.

"Is that why you helped me? You did it without saying hello beforehand, making me ashamed in front of so many people?"

Shapur jumped away nimbly, looking at the porcelain shards on the ground, his face was gloomy, and he didn't say a word.He didn't bother to explain to Varag, he just watched Varag vent, and when Varag finished venting, he frowned and said: "Do you think this is Sun Shao's punishment for you? Do you think there is no such thing , you can be the king safely? Why don't you think that this is what Sun Shao did to frame you and me?"

Varag squinted at Shapur, panting heavily: "Tell me, did you do this?"

"Do you believe it?" Shapur kicked away the broken porcelain pieces on the ground, got a chair and sat down: "You also saw that Ma Ming wasn't hurt at all."

Varag stared at Shapur for a moment, feeling a little uncertain. He asked again and again, but Shapur just kept silent.He rubbed his shoulders from time to time, his face was so cloudy that dripping water appeared to be in a very bad mood.Varage accepted it when he saw a good deal, and calmed down. After all, he never thought about being Sun Shao's obedient minister. Sooner or later, he would betray Sun Shao one day. Right now, he just has to endure for two more days.

"What's next?"

"This king of Yue is not easy to deal with." Shapur drank the wine in his glass in one gulp, pinched his brows with his hands, and sighed: "Originally, Ma Ming is dead, and the biggest suspect is the kingdom of Yue. As long as you give some guidance, Aksum The city will be in chaos, and the good reputation he has accumulated these days will disappear without a trace. I didn't expect that he would pull us to make such a shitty statement, and in a few words, he got us in. Hmph, he thought I don’t know what he’s thinking? Even without this, he would have benefited the Guishuang people, otherwise how would he deal with us Sassanids. It’s just...his reaction was too fast, and I didn’t even have time to prepare for it. Before the big fire started, he extinguished a small fire, tsk tsk..."

Shapur shook his head while admiring, his face was uncertain, he seemed a little frustrated and a little excited, he ignored Varag, just talking to himself there.Valage stayed bored for a while, and had no choice but to get up and leave. After thinking about it, he went to Sun Shao's palace again, and told Sun Shao about Shapur's reaction.Sun Shao didn't say much, but just comforted him by saying that the reduction of his territory this time was also to give an explanation to the people of Guishuang, and he would make up for it when he found a chance in the future, so that he could rest easy and not get bored.Valag didn't believe it at all, and he didn't care, but he had to put on a grateful look, thanked and thanked, and then returned to his mansion.

After Alexander returned to the post house, he was still very excited. He waved his palm twice from time to time, imitating Sun Shao's movement of patting the rotten flesh with his palm.He thought it was amazing, how could it have no damage on the outside, but shatter the inside?But things happened right in front of his eyes, and he had to believe it if he didn't believe it.And the change in Ma Ming's face after listening to Sun Shao's words also made him sigh in shock that there are so many wonders in the world.

"I want to learn this miraculous skill." Alexander said to Quintus enthusiastically, "I want to learn. His Royal Highness the King of Yue said that as long as I am willing to learn, he can teach me."

Quintus smiled: "His Majesty has learned this, is it useful?"

Alexander raised his eyebrows: "Why is it useless? Didn't His Royal Highness learn it?"

"His Royal Highness Yue Wang was not His Royal Highness Yue Wang at the time. He was just a person with no life safety at that time. In order to protect himself, he needed to practice martial arts hard, so he has good martial arts. But Your Majesty, do you learn this for the purpose of fighting Do you want to fight those gladiators?"

"Then I can still go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, and become a hero on the battlefield just like Achilles." Alexander rolled his eyes and said, "Didn't His Royal Highness often go to the battlefield to fight in person now? You also said, His queen is also a brave female general, and his sister is also an enemy, so am I not as good as a woman?"

"Your Majesty..." Quintus couldn't laugh or cry, Alexander and Sun Shao stayed together for a long time, not only became as lecherous and wanton as Sun Shao, but also became as aggressive as Sun Shao, but in his opinion However, Alexander only learned about Sun Shao's superficiality, but did not learn about Sun Shao's most powerful ability - Sun Shao's greatest ability is not fighting in battle, but his ability to frustrate the enemy without making a fuss.For example, the death of Ma Ming this time, Quintus believes that this must be a ghost of the Sassanians, the purpose is to destroy the alliance against the Sassanians, as long as the Guishan people and the Yue Kingdom are turned against each other, then the Sassanians will be behind the scenes Once they are safe, they can deal with the Romans wholeheartedly—the country of Yue is too far away from Rome, and they can only support some supplies. If they really want to fight, they have to rely on the Roman army to fight the Sassanids.Alexander only saw the economic plight of the Romans, he didn't see that even with sufficient supplies, the Romans might not be able to gain the upper hand - but this conspiracy was resolved by Sun Shao in a blink of an eye, and turned into a promotion Advantages of the alliance.

Although he knew that this was a good thing, Quintus was still very worried about the prospects of Rome. The reason was simple. Rome's weakness was caused by the festering from within. The defeat on the battlefield was only an appearance, and Alexander obviously did not see this. .

Quintus sighed with some regret, and for the first time had some doubts about his actions to help Alexander. From the perspective of comprehensive ability, Alexander's mother Momia is obviously superior to Alexander. If she is here, Perhaps when negotiating with Sun Shao, he could better grasp the key points, instead of just asking for more assistance like Alexander.

"Should we inform the whole of Rome about the situation here?" Quintus reminded vaguely.

"Roma? Are you talking about my mother?" Alexander's blushing face sank from excitement, and his waving palms fell weakly. He turned his head and glanced at Quintus: "Do you think I haven't made any progress? "

Quintus quickly said: "Your Majesty, you have misunderstood me. Your Majesty has made rapid progress during this period. In the words of the Han people, you have made great progress. I admire your Majesty's wisdom very much." Kuntu Seeing that Alexander's face softened, Si cautiously persuaded: "It's just that, after all, Your Majesty still doesn't have enough strength to get rid of your mother, so we have to show some respect to her more or less, and you leave Rome After such a long time, she must also be very worried about you, looking forward to news of your safety."

"Don't worry, she knows all the news about Axum City." Alexander curled his lips and strode into the room, leaving Quintus far behind.Quintus froze for a moment, shook his head helplessly, and had no choice but to trot all the way to follow.

Cobrado knelt next to Ma Ming's body at the Guishuang Messenger Post, cleaning Ma Ming's hair with tears in his eyes.Ma Ming has been busy negotiating these days, and he has no time to clean his scalp. Short hair has grown on his shiny scalp. Now that he has passed away, Cobrado does not want him to go to see the Buddha in this state. He wants to replace him. Clean up your hair.He handled it very carefully, as if he was afraid of disturbing the sleeping Ma Ming.

With the gentle sliding of the razor, the short gray hair fell down one after another, and the scalp that had lost its temperature became clean again, but in the eyes of Cobrado, the holy light no longer shone, the great Venerable Ma Ming has left him forever.

"Ding", there was a soft sound, the razor in Cobrado's hand seemed to have touched something, Cobrado looked through his teary eyes, and found a drop of dried blood on Ma Ming's freshly shaved scalp , Among the bloodstains, a shiny thing loomed.

Cobrado was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses. He hastily and gently put down the razor, held Ma Ming's head in his arms, and took a closer look, only to find that it was a very thin needle. It was stabbed in the hollow hair socket at the back of Ma Ming's head, and almost all of it went deep into Ma Ming's head, leaving only a little needle tail. If he hadn't shaved Ma Ming's hair, he might not be able to touch the hidden hair even if he touched it with his hands. Needle in hair pile.

He quickly found a tool, and it took a lot of effort to pull it out carefully.

A finger-long thin needle is impressively in sight, shaking a strange light under the light.

Cobrado involuntarily sucked in a breath of cold air.

(End of this chapter)