Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 431 The Eight Gates Organization Assassinates Li Tai (Subscribe)

"Kill a man in ten steps, and never stay behind for a thousand miles. Flick off your clothes and hide your name deeply." Li Bai's "Xia Ke Xing" is not so much a description of the daily life of ancient knights, as it is a true portrayal of a professional killer.

In ancient China, due to the needs of the current situation, there have been many famous killers in history since the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period.Some of them are well-known as chivalrous men, and some of them are notorious, known as minions or lackeys, doing shady deeds.

But more killers, together with their organizations, were lost in the torrent of history, and they remained unknown from the beginning to the end.

Sima Qian, the author of "Historical Records", dedicated a chapter "Biography of Assassins", focusing on the five famous assassins in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.

They are: Cao Mo, Zhuan Zhu, Yu Rang, Nie Zheng, Jing Ke; there is also a friend of Jing Ke, Gao Jianli, who is attached to Jing Ke's story.But whether it was these five assassins or other dead men of that era, most of the legends of personal heroism that are talked about by later generations are mostly the legend of individual heroism. Even the content recorded by Sima Qian also focuses on their chivalrous spirit of assassinating for righteousness.

However, the term "killer" is still not glorious. Out of the needs of feudal rule, there have been shadows of killer organizations in almost all dynasties.

Especially the imperial court. The imperial court secretly recruited and trained killers, and used assassination methods to eliminate individuals, so as to reduce the threat to the imperial court regime.This type of organization is extremely hidden and possesses a high degree of mystery.It is also because of this that historians often keep secrets about the killer organization, and their figures can only be glimpsed in folk stories and legends.Until the Ming Dynasty, the emergence of "Three Factories and One Guard" marked that the official spy agency that assumed part of the assassination function officially entered the stage of history.

Before the Ming Dynasty, all killer organizations were low-key.

It also includes a killer organization in Datang, its name is Lanlian. But Lanlian is just a killer organization, there is another organization above Lanlian, which is divided into eight doors, stealing door, Gu door, mechanism door , Qianmen, Lanhuamen, Shentiaomen, Red Handkerchief, Lianlian.

Among them, Robbery Gate is an organization of robbers and thieves, Gu Gate is an organization of releasing Gu and expelling corpses, Trick Gate is an organization of research institutions and equipment, Thousand Gate is an organization for cheating cheaters, Lanhua Gate is an organization of brothels, Shen Tiao Gate is an organization of dancing masters, and Red Handkerchief It is a juggling organization, and Lanlian is a well-known killer organization.

Although Lan Lian regards Zhuan Zhu and Yao Li as their ancestors, what they are talking about is not the righteousness of the country, but "taking people's money and taking people's lives", a blatant exchange of lives for money.

This organization has a long history, and such brutal people still exist.

"I'll be the main assassin this time...!" He Qingfeng said slightly while looking at a woman in front of him in a restaurant in Chang'an City.

"You know that this is my plan to pave the way for King Qi, and you are willing to be the main assassin?" The woman opposite He Qingfeng asked with a slight smile.

"Of course. I am the killer of Lanlian, and you are the master of Lanlian sect. Lanlian's assassination takes people's money and takes people's lives. There is nothing to pave the way for anyone. Even if there is, it has nothing to do with me.!" He Qingfeng said I don't care.

But the woman on the opposite side could see He Qingfeng's other emotions, but the woman didn't say anything, but smiled and said, "I'm sorry, you're not going to be the main assassin this time!"

He Qingfeng frowned slightly: "I'm Lan Lian's best killer."

"I know!" The woman looked at He Qingfeng and said indifferently: "We will indeed take the life of others if we receive the money, but we have never said that this will be successful.

And Xiao He, you don't want to be an unknown killer forever, do you? "

"Sect Master, what do you mean? Why can't I understand at all?" He Qingfeng didn't know what the other party was talking about. The purpose of this blue lotus was to take people's money and take people's lives. It has always been like this. Why is it today? What has become of life claiming does not necessarily lead to successful claiming?
You know it wasn't like this before.

Looking at He Qingfeng who was at a loss, the head of the Lanlian Sect smiled and said: "Assassin is always a shameful profession, we have no future, but our next generation still needs a future.

Just like you, Xiao He. You will have children in the future. Do you want your children to become anonymous killers who can only live in the dark? "

"Sect Master. Of course I don't want to, but we can't change it. After all, there are people above us!" He Qingfeng reminded slightly.

But the sect master looked at He Qingfeng and said: "It can be changed. As long as you listen to me, Lan Lian will disappear from the entire Tang Dynasty soon. It's not that we disappeared on purpose, but that we did something wrong and were caught If the imperial court is exterminated, no one above will doubt it.

After the matter subsides, Blue Lotus will be completely over. At that time, we will become residents of Dunhuafang together. If you want to continue working, you can go to the intelligence agency of Dunhuafang.

If you don't want to, you can also enter the workshop of Dunhuafang. At that time, all of us in Lanlian will have our own future. "

"So that's the case!" He Qingfeng didn't speak anymore, but silently lowered his head.!

The next day was around 5:[-], Li Tai was already exempted from going to court, but yesterday he thought of an idea to make Li Shimin beware of Li You, so today he also got up early to prepare to attend today's court meeting. early morning.

It's just that Li Tai didn't expect that his journey to the palace this morning would be very frightening and exciting.

Li Tai can't ride a horse because his body is too heavy, so when he goes to court, he usually takes a carriage and he rides a four-wheeled carriage produced by Li You, which has a lot of space and is relatively stable. Li Tai likes this kind of four-wheeled carriage very much carriage.

But what Li Tai didn't know was that riding in this kind of carriage would become a very clear target. Although the outside of Li You's carriage was made of wood, there was a steel plate between the wood and the wood. It cannot be broken with the most advanced bed crossbow.

So Li You's safety can be guaranteed, but Li Tai's four-wheeled carriage is not the same as Li You's carriage.

There are about 50 royal guards around Li Tai's carriage. You don't need to guess that these guards must be good players, otherwise they would not have been sent to protect King Wei. There is a big trap waiting for them.

When the carriage came to Tongyifang, Li Tai was about to enter the Taiji Hall of the Imperial City from Hanguang Gate, but Li Tai would never have imagined that there were already about thirty killers ambushing on his only way at this time , each of these killers has a strong bow, and there is also a crossbow in the army. This crossbow is used to shoot Li Tai in the carriage.

In this way, Li Tai's carriage convoy arrived at Tongyifang in a peaceful atmosphere, and in Tongyifang, less than 100 meters away, all thirty killers were already in place.

Li Tai is still taking a nap in the carriage at this time, and he won't get up until Li Tai arrives.

But when Li Tai was dreaming and Li You was finished, suddenly, a piercing sound reached Li Tai's ears. Although Li Tai was sleepy, the sleepy Li Tai was easily awakened. This was a kind of self-protection. .

As soon as the sound of piercing the sky sounded, Li Tai opened his eyes, and then heard a 'bang'. A sharp arrow shot from outside the carriage into Li Tai's carriage, and directly nailed it to Li Tai's body, which was less than [-] kilometers away from him. points.

"Ah!" Li Tai's startled voice sounded: "Hurry up and protect me, someone will assassinate me!"

As soon as Li Tai's words fell, fifty guards immediately protected Li Tai's carriage, but it was useless for you to protect, only to hear the leader of the killer yelled softly: "Shoot!"

Thirty killers in ambush suddenly got up, and thirty bows and arrows fired non-stop. These killers were all very skilled in archery. After a few rounds of salvo, fifty Wei Wang's guards were completely killed.

Afterwards, the assassins showed a slight smile, and then one of the assassins opened the door of the carriage, and saw Wei Wang Li Tai trembling in the carriage.

After seeing the killer, Li Tai hurriedly begged for mercy: "I am Li Tai, king of Wei, don't kill me, I will give you a thousand pieces of gold, and I will give you twice as much as the other party gave you."

However, Li Tai's begging for mercy did not make the other party hesitate at all. Instead, he made the other party raise his knife high, and then heard the other party reply softly: "What he gave, you will never give it, because you You are not qualified, so His Royal Highness King Wei, you must do what you can, it is not yours, and you want to grab it, then someone will punish you, and now his order is to let you die!"

As soon as the words fell, the killer slashed down. Although Li Tai was a little fat, he still tried his best to hide from the face of life and death.

"Ah!" Li Tai's thigh was slashed, blood soon flowed all over Li Tai's trousers, and dripped onto the carriage, Li Tai screamed in pain.

The killer laughed and said, "You're quite nimble and know how to dodge, but I'm sorry, you can only dodge once, and you will die the second time!" Following the killer's second blow, he came down.

And at this moment, a bow and arrow pierced the sky from a distance, and shot the steel knife in the killer's hand to one side. The killer's tiger's mouth was shaken and painful. crossbow.

"Let's go, Yuchi Gong!"

Suddenly, the killer in front shouted loudly, this killer was startled, looked at Li Tai and shouted to the killer behind: "But Li Tai is not dead...?"

"Do you want to lose your life here? Go!"

The killer at the back yelled again, followed by the sound of 'bang', 'bang', 'bang', 'bang' and 'bang', followed by a burst of smoke around him, this should be a smoke bomb.

After a cloud of smoke passed, Yu Chigong immediately came to Li Tai's carriage. Seeing that Li Tai's thigh was bleeding profusely, Yu Chigong shouted loudly: "Go to the palace immediately to find the imperial physician!"

"Yes!" A soldier agreed, and he didn't know anything after following Li Tai, probably because he lost too much blood, Li Tai slowly passed out.

(End of this chapter)