The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

The night snow was continuous and denser as it fell.

Xun Zhen was in a sound sleep and woke up suddenly.

He opened his eyes, adjusted to the darkness in the room, and listened carefully. Someone in the front yard was calling: "Good thief!" Along with the cry, there was the sound of weapons crashing. One person shouted "Ouch", and immediately shouted: "The thief is sharp, don't fight recklessly." Another shouted: "I'll go to the backyard to protect Xunjun." The shouts, the screams of pain, the sound of weapons colliding, were noisy and chaotic. Break the silent snowy night.

"What's wrong?" His wife Chen Shaojun also woke up, grabbed his arm tightly, and asked.

"Maybe it was a thief, right?" Xun Zhen lifted the quilt and jumped off the bed. The ground was freezing cold, making him sleepless and refreshed. He smiled and comforted his little wife, "I don't know where the thief came from, don't open your eyes, He stole it to our house. Don’t you know that there are more than a dozen warriors who can fight tigers in the front yard?” The fifty light warriors he brought from Xixiang were distributed to Xun Qu’s house, more than thirty, and the rest All live in the front yard.

He comforted his wife and told her to stay on the bed and not to go out. He put on his clothes, took his sword, put on his shoes, and without a towel, his hair was loose, and he pushed out the door. The night sky was bright and the moon was bright, snowflakes were flying, and the cold and cold were blowing on the face, and a thin layer of snow was spread on the steps. The black roof, the big trees in the courtyard, and the bluestone floor are all covered in silver. The snow reflects the moonlight, and the whole backyard is cool and bright.

He stepped on the snow, went down the steps, and went to the front yard. After walking two steps, the backyard door was knocked open and two people rushed in.

"Xun Jun!"

Here came Xiao Ren and a Qing Xia. The two of them were disheveled, carrying knives, as if they were in a hurry.

"What happened to the front yard?"

"A thief sneaked in."

"Several people?"

"One."

"One?"

Xun Zhen frowned slightly. The dozen or so light knights living in the front yard are all brave warriors. Listening to the movement, they all got up. How could a dozen or so people be unable to take down a single thief? And it looks like someone was injured. Where did this thief come from? Also great.

Xiao Ren said: "Ayan is on duty tonight, he found the thief."

Xun Zhen kept walking and walked out of the courtyard with the two of them to the front yard.

The front yard was a mess. A dozen people surrounded a man in black, stepping forward and back, fighting with swords to the death. The man in black used a short sword. Those who besieged him used a ring-headed sword and a long sword. Only half of the swords in the hands of the two or three people were left, and they were probably cut by the sharp sword of the man in black. , Most of them, like Xiao Ren, were disheveled, some were barefoot, some were casually wearing shorts, some were shirtless and only wore a pair of trousers. There are two or three sword heads and knife heads scattered on the ground.

There were also two people sitting under the wall with their weapons tossed aside, one covering their legs and the other covering their chests, their clothes stained with blood.

Among the two, one of them was Cheng Yan.

Xun Zhen glanced at the fighting arena, walked quickly to Cheng Yan's side, squatted down, and looked at his wound.

Cheng Yan was injured in his chest. He pointed to the front yard door and said, "I went there on a night watch and ran into this thief and sneaked down from the wall."

Xun Zhen used the Ministry of War to mobilize the guests. As long as he lived or where the guests gathered, there were guards and patrols every night. Tonight happened to be Cheng Yan's turn to be on duty. He checked Cheng Yan's wound, and it was on his right chest. Fortunately, Cheng Yan was strong and didn't hurt the vital part. Another light man was injured on the outside of his thigh, bleeding all over the floor. He ordered Xiaoren: "Go and find a doctor of ulcers!" A doctor of ulcers, a surgeon.

With his sword, he opened the clothes, tore off the cloth, wrapped the wounds for the two of them, and then looked into the field.

He thought it was a little thief, but now he looks at it, but he doesn't look like a little thief. Under the siege of more than a dozen Xixiang Qingxia who are famous for their bravery, they can still advance and retreat freely. With such skills, how could he be just an ordinary thief?

The sound of fighting in the courtyard was so loud that the people in the village were alarmed.

Shortly after Xiaoren went out, clansmen with knives and sticks and torches came in one after another.

These days, the Xun clan is all "waiting for the day", and they are extremely vigilant, so whenever there is a change in the Xunzhen family, they will come in time.

The thirty or so light warriors who lived in Xun Qu's house also rushed over. Xun Qu spread out his sword and took the lead, surrounded by Xun Qi and Xun You, walking in front of the chivalrous men, separating the clansmen outside and inside the door of Xun Zhen's house, he stepped into the courtyard, stood outside the fighting arena, listened to him. After Xun Zhen said to him, "Cheng Yan meets a thief at night," he watched for a while, and suddenly shouted, "Get out of the way!"

The light warriors on the field jumped out of the way. He raised his long sword and threw it hard into the field.

At this moment, the man in black happened to have his back to the courtyard gate, and when he heard him shouting loudly, seeing Qingxia dodge away, he didn't know what to do, but he turned his back and didn't know what to do. He just turned around, wanting to see what happened. The long sword was already in front of him, passing over his shoulders. Xun Qu made this throw with great strength, the sword passed through the shoulders of the man in black, and the force was unabated, and he took the man in black and staggered forward a few steps before nailing it to the tree.

The people of the Xun clan and Qingxia who were onlookers shouted in unison, "Good fencing!"

Xun Qu taught Xun Zhen a lesson: "You young man has learned the sword from me for ten years. How can you stand by and watch when you use martial arts tonight?"

He didn't understand the situation. With Cheng Yan and the others, it was not easy for Xun Zhen to play. Xun You smiled and said, "There are many warriors under the gate of Zhen, so you don't need to fight in person." He asked Xun Zhen, "Who is this? So brave!"

Xun Zhen shook her head and said, "I don't know either." She took two steps closer and asked the man in black, "The man in black is very brave, and he is an enemy of a hundred people. He is definitely not a gentleman on the beam. Excuse me, who is this person? Why did he sneak into my house in the middle of the night?"

The man in black closed his eyes and sat leaning against the tree, letting Yexue fall off his clothes, ignoring Xun Zhen.

Xun Zhen added: "I know that a strong man like Si Xia sees death as home, and is not afraid of death. But now that you are wounded and captured and fall into my hands, life and death are not up to you. If you are willing to tell the truth, I may It will give you a good time. If you insist on not saying anything, I also have experts who specialize in torture. It should be noted that under Miki, you can't beg for death."

There are many people who are not afraid of death, and few people who can endure torture and poison. Perhaps Xun Zhen's threat had played a role, and the man in black said, "You don't have to know my name, I will sneak into your house tonight..." I don't know if it was because of the severe trauma and excessive blood loss that his face was pale. , the sound is subtle, almost inaudible.

Xun Zhen took a few steps forward again, only five or six steps away from him, and said, "What did you say?"

The man in black shouted angrily, "I'm here to kill you!" He threw the short sword in his hand, grabbed the hilt on his shoulder with his backhand, and forcibly pulled the long sword out of his shoulder. Jumping up and rubbing his body, he stabbed Xun Zhen. Everyone inside and outside the hospital immediately exclaimed.

Xun Zhen is not a reckless person. She has been on guard for a long time. She dodged and stepped sideways. She first gave way to the short sword, then blocked the long sword with her hand. land. The snow was slippery on the ground, and the man in black fought fiercely for a long time, then was seriously injured, lost his strength, and fell to the ground.

The Qing Xia swarmed up, held him down, and grabbed the long sword.

Xun You said to Xun Zhen, "It seems that you don't need to ask any more, this person is obviously here to assassinate you." As he spoke, he blinked at Xun Zhen.

Xun Zhen was stunned. Although he didn't know what he meant, he could see what he was implying, so he pretended to be puzzled and said vaguely: "I have always been careful in my words and deeds, and I don't make enemies with others. It's strange, who is so big with me. Chou, send assassins to assassinate?"

Xun You said: "When you were the postal supervisor in the north, you chased down corrupt officials, killed the tyrants, and moved the north of the county to offend many people. Thinking about that night, you were so tame, and the whole county was shocked. And that night, you night Going to the Hongmen banquet, face folded Zhang Zhi. This person may be sent by those greedy officials and tyrants, or it may be sent by Shen Xun's nephew or Zhang Zhi."

Xun Zhen vaguely guessed what Xun You meant, and pretended to be contemptuous, and said, "Shen Tun, the dead soul under my sword. Zhang Zhi, the son of a dude. If the two of them sent it, don't ask." Ling Press The light man who lived in the man in black said, "Kill him."

Xun You stopped him and said: "This person is extremely brave, he was entrusted to assassinate, he did not care about danger, he regarded death as his home, and 'a confidant dies', such as the ancient martyrs. In the past, Nie Zheng assassinated Han Xiangxia and was tired. He took his sword to Yangzhai, the capital of Han, and after assassinating Xia Tien in the mansion, he disfigured himself and committed suicide. South Korea asked a lot of money for his name and family. When his sister heard about it, she knew Nie Zheng, so she went to South Korea, laying down the corpse and crying, shouting: 'Those who are tired of assassins, Nie Zheng is also in the deep well of Zhiyi'. The city people said, 'Han Hou offered a reward of thousands of gold to buy Nie Zheng's relatives. So disfigured and committed suicide for me, but how can I cherish my own body and destroy the name of my virtuous brother!'... It is not suitable for a martyr to destroy his name. Zhenzhi, you should ask this son's name, so that he can be named can be passed on to future generations.”

Xun Zhen put on a kind-hearted appearance, and said, "It's very true." She asked the man in black, "The martyrs under your feet should not be ignored, and they should be famous for future generations. No matter who is entrusted by your feet, I only May I ask your name again?"

The man in black is a first-class figure of Nie Zheng, or he would not have come to assassinate Xun Zhen. Hearing Xun You's story about Nie Zheng, his blood boiled, and he saw that Xun Zhen had placed his suspicion on the sons and nephews of Zhang Zhi and Shen Xun. On his body and Junbei Haoqiang, he had no scruples, and said loudly: "To the one who stabbed the milk tiger, Yangzhai Pingyang Li Huoze is also!" Gritting his teeth and glaring at Xun Zhen, he spat, and scolded, "Tonight's failure, I It's not a pity to die, I just regret that I couldn't kill you, and I couldn't repay the kindness of the Patriarch."

Speaking of which, he was also aggrieved and came to assassinate Xun Zhen, but he did not expect to be surrounded by a group of light warriors as soon as he entered the front yard. If he had known that there were so many people living in Xun Zhen's house, he would never have come alone. Holding his Qingxia sword, stabbed him to death.

Xun Qu hurriedly said, "You two did a great show!"

Xun You smiled and said: "This person has been severely injured, and he has not forgotten to assassinate him. He is a desperado. I am afraid that he will not be able to ask anything, so he will only resort to this side-scrolling plan. As long as his name is cheated, Everything else is easy to check."

This conversation between him and Xun Zhen was all acting. As he said, this man in black is not afraid of death. Even if he is captured, he probably won't be able to ask anything. If he wants to find clues, he can only use this "deception".

After hearing his words, the clansmen and Qingxia who were watching suddenly realized.

Xun Zhen said in his heart, "Gongda is so clever that he can deceive the assassin's name in just a few words. No wonder he can identify a traitor at the age of thirteen."

Xun You deceived the assassin's name with just a few words. It seemed simple, but it was not easy. If it weren't for him being good at observing words, looking at appearances, and trying to figure out people's hearts, he would never have been so easy. Only if he is good at observing words and expressions, can he know the temperament of this assassin; only if he can figure out people's hearts, can he prescribe the right medicine for the temper of this assassin.

Xun Zhen thought again: "Gongda used the story of Nie Zheng to deceive the assassin's name, which is similar to how I used the story of the ancient ranger to convince Gao Su when I was in Fanyang Pavilion, but it was much more difficult." He thought about it for a long time. Decided to use the ancient ranger story to convince Gao Su, and tonight, Xun You made a plan in just a moment. If nothing else, Xun You is far superior to him only in the aspect of "skilled talents".

He ordered two people and said, "Go to Yangzhai Pingyang tomorrow morning to find out the details of this person and find out who he was assigned by."

Cheng Yan asked under the wall, "He said his name was Huo Ze?"

"Yes. ..., what, you know him?"

"When the villain Suijun was in Yangzhai, he heard this name."

"Oh?"

"It seems to be a guest under the Bolian family."

"Pollen?"

Xun Zhen was taken aback, she was actually a guest of Po Lien's family? So, he came here under Poren's orders? Bo Lian has been unable to hide since he and Bo Cai disappeared. Why did he suddenly instruct the assassin to assassinate him? His face changed greatly. The expressions of Xun You, Xun Qu, Xun Qi and others also changed drastically at the same time. Everyone's eyes met, and one person blurted out at the gate of the courtyard: "Tai Ping Dao is going to do something!"

The speaker was Xun Yu~www.wuxiaspot.com~ He came late and came over just in time to hear the question and answer between Xun Zhen and Cheng Yan.

The clansmen were slow to respond and asked, "Wen Ruo, how do you say this?"

"Bolian and Zhenzhi have no personal enmity. Tonight, he suddenly sent someone to assassinate him. It is only for one thing: because he is afraid of Zhen's reputation, he wants to get rid of the 'big trouble' before taking action." Traitor, Zhenzhi, your prestige makes even rebels fear!"

Inside and outside the courtyard, everyone was startled by the news, the flames swayed, there was silence, and all eyes fell on Xun Zhen.

The fluttering spring snow was soft and lovely, and fell silently to the ground.

Xun Zhen brushed off the snow petals that fell on her shoulders, and said two words in her heart: "Every time there is a big event, there is stillness." Spreading her hands, she said, "Scarf." Soon, two soft little hands tied his hair. Get up, wrap in a towel. He turned his face to look back and saw that it was Chen Ruo. Next to Chen Ruo was Tang Er, holding the belt in both hands, ignoring the snow, knelt down on his knees, adjusted his clothes for him, and wrapped the belt around.

Although Xun Zhen taught Chen Ruo not to come out, Chen Ruo was worried about him and couldn't sit still in the room. She went to the next door to call Tang Er who also woke up. The two of them had been peeking out at the door of the backyard just now, listening to him asking for money. I quickly took out the towel from the room, and brought the belt over by the way.

Xun Zhen smiled at them both.

Xun Qu said in a deep voice, "Wen Ruo's words are not bad, but Po Lian sent a dead man to assassinate him. This must be a precursor to the Taiping Dao. Zhenzhi, what's your plan?"

Xun Zhen returned the sword to its sheath. The night wind fell and the snow fell, and he couldn't feel the cold. It seemed that he had returned to that night when he attacked the thief in the middle of the night, and he seemed to have returned to the night when he was tame with his hands.

He controlled his body, which was trembling with excitement, looked at the blood-stained snow under the tree, and said calmly, "Since Bo Lian is afraid of my 'milk tiger' name, I'll let him see what a 'milk tiger' is. Tiger'."