Pick all the cold branches

Yuqing is a brave warrior who has experienced many battles, and she didn't plan to use her sword to deal with a deserter who fell into a bandit.

But Zhang Er was unexpectedly ferocious and difficult to deal with. Even if he was at a loss, he would keep roaring and rushing forward, completely unstoppable and brutal.Moreover, this Er was born to be powerful, with a thick back and a muscular waist, which was a whole head taller than Yuqing.Compared with brute force, Yuqing can't get the slightest advantage.

If it has been entangled for a long time, Yuqing is still young, so she is inevitably a little impetuous, so she has to draw out her saber, wanting to fight quickly.

Unexpectedly, this knife attack almost caused a major accident.

The two eyes glanced sharply, and when they saw his knife, they exclaimed in shock: "...Xiu Chun Knife! Jin Yiwei?!"

Jin Yiwei's Xiuchun Knife, one knife for each person, is specially made by a special person. The knife is in the presence of the person, and the knife breaks the person to death, which symbolizes the supreme grace.Because it is the emperor's personal guard, Jin Yiwei cannot be killed easily. If he commits a crime and subdue the law, the emperor will personally issue an edict to break his saber and order him to kill himself.It is the punishment of "breaking the blade".

When the king of Zhuangmin County was gone, Chen Shiqin took the opportunity to fight against the Jinyiwei to fight for power, in order to force all the Jinyiwei, including the then Jinyiwei experienced Shen Chun, to commit suicide.

At that time Jing Wang Jiafei was in the imperial mausoleum to guard his filial piety. After hearing the news, he went to Chen Qingyu to expose Chen Shiqin's scheme to deceive his superiors and subordinates. He thought that the five princes who died young had accumulated blessings and it was not appropriate to commit crimes, so they saved dozens of lives.

But Chen Shiqin has been fighting with Jin Yiwei for a long time, and he deeply hates Shen Chun's uprightness, and wants to go to the imperial court to argue again.In order to protect his subordinate brothers, Shen experienced willing to sacrifice his life, folded his sword in front of the emperor, and died a heroic death.The emperor was deeply aware of his righteousness. Although he followed Chen Shiqin's wishes and put the Zhenfu Division under the supervision of the Ritual Supervisor, he secretly dispatched the [-] guards under Shen Chun's command to the imperial mausoleum under the name of punishment. It is the second prince who guards the imperial mausoleum to keep his filial piety.Three years later, these former Jin Yiwei returned to the court with the Second Highness and became the king's guards of Prince Jing's mansion.

Therefore, there are only royal guards in the other princes' mansions, but Jing Wang Jiafei's mansion has the only personal guard with an embroidered spring knife since the founding of the holy dynasty.

His majesty's holy will is to leave loyal and brave people available to his son.However, even if there is no holy will, the blood feud that Shen has experienced, and His Highness Prince Jing's life-saving grace, are enough to make these righteous men who escaped from death swear to follow.

However, since entering Prince Jing's mansion, these dozens of Xiuchun knives have been sealed away.Jin Yiwei is the emperor's personal guard, so naturally he cannot serve the palace.In Beizhen Fusi's file, all of them are dead.

Before going south this time, the emperor personally told His Royal Highness King Jing to ask them to take out the Xiuchun knife and match it again.Even Yuqing, who is usually lacking in heart and lungs, immediately understood that this time he went south to kill people, and he wanted to kill people that only Xiuchun Dao could kill.

Of course Zhang Er is not such a person.

But why does an ordinary low-level soldier actually recognize the rules of Xiuchun Dao?

Yu Qingyuan didn't expect that Zhang Er would recognize his saber, she couldn't help but froze for a moment, and almost got hit by Zhang Er's slap.

When the rest of the gangsters heard Zhang Erru shouting, they all became nervous, and immediately put on a desperate posture, and they were about to rush forward.

As a result, all the guards around Jiafei became nervous, and the twelve Xiuchun knives were unsheathed in unison, and it looked like a bloody battle.

If there is a real fight, what if the prince is injured?

In fact, Yuqing was not worried about His Royal Highness Prince Jing's own skills.

He was mainly worried about Zhen Xian.

Of the 15 people present, only one Zhen Xian could not fight.Not only can't fight, but it also brings injuries.That's all there is to it, but it happens to be the prince's favorite.Yuqing has seen it several times with her own eyes. The prince really regards Mr. Zhen as more important than his own life. Once the war starts, he must protect Mr. Zhen first. Wouldn't he be self-defeating?

Yu Qing had never seen Zhen Xian, Su Ge Ba La and Tong Qian leading the Seventh Highness and a group of Han slaves kidnapped by the Tatars to fight with the Tatar iron cavalry, nor had she seen Zhen Xian holding his hand in his sleeve. Accompanying His Royal Highness Prince Jing with a dagger to face the scene of Batu Meng conquering the [-]-strong army to recapture Wolf Slaughter Fort, it is impossible to imagine how such a thin and frail person with all his injuries can stand firm before the killing battle without weak legs. Feeling that His Royal Highness King Jing must be dragged down, he suddenly panicked, and couldn't hold back any longer, so he grabbed Zhang Er by the throat and shouted at the gangsters: "Everyone back off!"

He locked Zhang Er's throat with his left hand, and put the Xiuchun knife on his lower back with his right hand, just a single force could kill someone.

Seeing that Zhang Er was being held hostage by Yu Qing, those gangsters really showed fear and began to back away slowly, but they still had vigilance and hatred gritted their teeth.

Things have come to this point, I am afraid it will be difficult to get better.

As expected, Yuqing is still a little tender.

Jia Fei wanted to go forward to rescue the siege himself, but suddenly he heard a sound of arrows shooting into the sky.

In response, the hanging door was pulled up, and another group of men and horses rushed out from the bandit village. The leader was short in stature, wearing a bronze mask, invisible, but the firecracker in his hand was particularly conspicuous.

"Be careful, Yuqing!"

Jiafei immediately let out a low snort.

Yuqing reacted very quickly, she grabbed Zhang Er and flashed quickly when she heard the sound.

Almost at the same time, the gunpowder bomb fired by the green-faced man had exploded where he was standing just now.

Firearms such as guns and guns are only equipped by the Shenji Camp. Compared with traditional swords, spears and halberds, their power is not to mention, and they can kill people at a distance of a hundred paces. It is unexpected that there are such coastal bandit villages. No wonder they can run amok without hindrance.

If he hadn't been reminded by the prince just now, he might have been shot by the bandit leader, even if he didn't die, he would still be disabled.Yuqing was frightened for a while, she couldn't help staring at the bandit with the strange blue face, and grabbed Zhang Er more forcefully.

Zhang Er was covered in cold sweat from the pain, but he still wanted to yell, but his larynx was locked and he couldn't say a whole sentence, so he yelled "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo".

Seeing this, the green-faced man didn't tell his subordinates to rush to fight, he just rode forward alone, aiming his gun at Jia Fei, and said coldly:

"I thought you were Japanese pirates pretending to be businessmen, so it was Jinyiwei? But Jinyiwei didn't catch those dog officials who occupied the latrines without shitting and ran amok among the fish and meat people in the village, and didn't go to fight the Japanese pirates. Why did you come to trouble us? Sure enough, eagle dogs are eagle dogs, and you all harmed your own people, which are worse and worse than Japanese pirates."

The bandit chief's voice was very special, as if he was deliberately choking to hide his original timbre, but it still seemed a little shrill. Coupled with his short stature and ugly green face, he had a ghostly air about him.

Moreover, there was sarcasm in this person's tone, as soon as he opened his mouth, his words were like a knife, his contempt was undisguised.

Jin Yiwei has always arrested dirty officials and criminals for the emperor. It is inevitable that he will have a bad reputation in the officialdom, but in the past, he would not provoke such a big resentment among the people. I have to recite it together. After seven years, I have already become notorious, even if I am wronged and depressed, there is nothing I can do.

The ugly words coupled with the ugly voice made the listener more and more annoying.

Although these guards of Prince Jing's Mansion are no longer on duty in the Jinyiwei, they are still from the Zhenfu Division. Hearing such words, it is inevitable that they will feel angry from their hearts.Not to mention Yuqing, even the twelve brothers beside Jiafei also turned dark, their back molars were gnashing loudly, they all wished they could rush forward and have a quick fight.

But this place is not the time to be impulsive and willful.

Zhen Xian had been quietly watching this from the beginning, and felt that there was no other way to do it, so he wanted to step forward.

Before he could move, he was grabbed by Jia Fei.

His Highness naturally didn't want him to argue with these mountain grass bandits.But now, if he doesn't go, can His Highness go to bargain with these gangsters in person?

Zhen Xian looked sideways at Jia Fei, shook his head lightly, and bit by bit opened the hand that was holding him.He asked the guards to take a step left and right, stepped forward to block Jia Fei, and gave a shallow salute to the blue-faced man.

"My young master came from the north. I heard that Guizhai has a long history of righteousness to fight against the Japanese and defend the country, so I sincerely paid a visit. There is no malice. If we don't know the rules of the world and are rude to you, please forgive me for not knowing it."

He was exiled in Lingnan when he was young, and he had seen various local gangs and cottages. He knew that people in the underworld had their own set of rules, and they would not deal with strangers easily, let alone do business with strangers.If you don't want to be embarrassing when you come to the door, you need someone to recommend you; if you want to gain trust and join the group, you have to submit a certificate of approval.If they came directly to the door like this, it was like intruding into the territory of other wild beasts rashly, and it was inevitable to be intimidated.

Before coming, he actually discussed with His Highness, the safe way is to find a middleman among the local refugees who has friendship with this village, first send the greeting card and the gift of knocking on the door to negotiate, and then agree on a date to go to .But His Highness did not agree.

His Royal Highness Prince Jing is used to the way in the official circles who lie a few days in advance to deceive "outsiders". He would rather take risks than come to the door by surprise, hoping to see what these rumored gangsters are up to.

Now that I see it, there are indeed many strange things.

The green-faced man stared at Zhen Xian and looked him up and down, seeing that he looked like a well-mannered scribe, and he looked weak and frail, and his speech was still polite and thoughtful, so he withdrew the firecracker in his hand.Probably because he felt that the muzzle was blocked by such an unarmed patient, and there was no point in aiming at him.

"It is possible to kill Japanese pirates. Weiguo has no such plan. It's just for survival. Since the well water does not violate the river, let my people go. The servants, please go back."

This voice was so weird that Zhen Xian even wondered if this person had something to do with the Weaving Bureau.

But he immediately overturned this conjecture.

The green-faced man did not recognize His Highness Prince Jing.

If an eunuch from the Weaving Bureau, even if he doesn't know Wang Jia, he should be able to guess the identity of His Highness.However, although the green-faced man could see that His Highness was the one giving orders among the 15 of them, he completely regarded His Highness as the "superior officer" of Jin Yiwei.

From this point of view, the leading blue-faced bandit chieftain should be just an out-and-out underworld reckless, with no deep involvement with the palace.

Zhen Xian thought about it, but when he glanced around, he saw the blue-faced man casually hanging the firecracker on his waist button, he couldn't help being slightly stunned for a moment, and asked: "The firecracker used by your lord was confiscated from Japanese pirates? "

In fact, the firearms that can be seen on the underworld are obtained from smugglers in the army, and the only way to get them is from foreigners. In addition, the firearms in the hands of this blue-faced man are obviously similar to the bird blunderbuss and magic weapons used by the officers and soldiers. The blunderbuss are not quite the same, but are more oriental in shape.Zhen Xian had read the manuals of foreigners making guns, and had also seen various improved firearms used by the frontier army against the Tatars outside the customs. It is not difficult to determine the origin of the firearms.

But the blue-faced man was very surprised, as if he didn't believe that such a thin and weak person could recognize firearms, he immediately tilted his head, stared at Zhen Xian, and said strangely: "You It does have some insight.”

This blue-faced man sounds like a proud person, but also very stubborn, some things are probably not easy to say.

Zhang Er was twisted aside by Yu Qing and hummed desperately, and was glared at by the green-faced man, but he didn't shut up.

Zhen Xian laughed a little. After thinking for a while, he still said politely: "Although this kind of gun is powerful, its range is only a hundred paces, and it is easy to accidentally injure itself. In rainy weather, it is very easy to get wet and cannot be used. If it is improved a little, It will be very useful.”

"You really understand firearms?" The green-faced man was obviously not convinced, but he still let out a sound of admiration, his eyes fixed on Zhen Xian and shot a sharp light through the hole in the green face.

This reaction was very easy to understand, Zhen Xian helplessly raised the corners of his lips, "Do you know if you want to say it, I just have a little experience."

"Then what else do you know?" The blue-faced man tilted his head and asked in a manly voice, his weird voice was full of frivolity.

That tone really made Zhen Xian hesitate for a while.

The reason why he talked about the gunfire was to defuse the fight, but the other party obviously didn't appreciate it, and instead just satirized him in an attempt to provoke him.Now, he can indeed sell a loophole and wait for the fish to take the bait, but... I don't know what His Royal Highness Prince Jing standing behind him will think, and whether he will be angry about it.

But at this time, he couldn't turn around in front of the green-faced man to see what His Highness wanted.

The arrow is on the string, it all depends on tacit understanding.

Zhen Xian straightened his back, subconsciously grabbed the hand behind his back, and gently grabbed the sleeve of the person behind him.

This is an extremely subtle but intimate little action, not even out of reason, but just instinct.

Zhen Xian was quiet for a moment, feeling that the familiar hand was holding his hand, and suddenly he felt relieved, and he responded: "I still know... Your Excellency hangs the firecracker on his waist like this. If you are seen by someone with a heart, even if you are lucky enough not to hurt yourself, you will probably hurt the brothers around you."

Zhen Xian had seen it from the very beginning, when the blue-faced man casually hung up the firecracker, the angle of the firecracker hanging obliquely from his waist was poking at his buttocks, and it only took a lighted feathered arrow to break his leg bone .

Although this man relied on the great power of the firearms, he was actually not good at using firearms, but a complete novice.

But what Zhen Xian said at this time, apart from kindly reminding him, it was more for the purpose of baiting the other party.

Sure enough, the green-faced man was startled when he heard the words, and immediately held down the firecracker on his waist and straightened it. Although he was still dissatisfied, his body reaction had already betrayed the momentary panic hidden under the blue face.

"This young man is so well-informed and handsome, I'm quite interested. Now that he's here, he's just a guest. Would you dare to come into my village for a bowl of water and wine? There is only one person in the village who can handle firearms—”

Zhen Xian heard the deliberately concealed smile and the bluff provocation in this weird voice, he couldn't help but put away his five fingers, and tightly grasped Jiafei's hand.

He saw that blue-faced, fang-toothed face jumping up from the horse's back, and pounced on him like a ghost.

A strong wind suddenly hit his face, and Zhen Xian suddenly felt his body fall backwards.

Jia Fei, who had been waiting for a long time, had already dragged him to the back of the guards, and at the same time he turned sideways to meet him, swift and fierce like an eagle pecking at a tiger, and with a single blow of his arm, he took off the bronze face that was brought to him.

This series of actions is out of consonance, premeditated, smooth and precise.

The blue-faced man never expected that he would be unmasked in public in such a way that he would not succeed in robbing someone, and in shock he touched the firecracker on his waist.

Seeing it, Jia Fei immediately grabbed the man's forearm and twisted it forcefully, he had already intercepted the firecracker in his hand, and turned it against the man's forehead.

This time, the person who was meeting him raised his head and stared at him fiercely.

His Highness Prince Jing was startled suddenly.

Everyone present was also stunned.

It was a face with so beautiful eyebrows and eyes, it could really be said that the skin was like fat, bright eyes and white teeth, it was completely different from the bronze face covered before.

This blue-faced man who ordered the gangsters was actually a young girl!