C7

Chapter 7 - The Disappeared King Yi

"Idiot …" "You big idiot, you know that bandits don't care about morality and want to kill people, but you still foolishly charged out …" Xiao Letian could only hear Hu Niu's chiding voice, the little girl seemed to be extremely angry, her eyes had even been covered by a layer of water vapor.

The little girl's mouth was like a knife, almost scolding Xiao Letian to death. If it wasn't for the fact that he couldn't figure out how to wear the clothes from the ancient times, he really wouldn't want to suffer like this anymore.

"Didn't I just say that our only way out now is to negotiate with the bandits. "We used up too much gunpowder during last night's battle, and almost everyone was injured. We really can't fight anymore …"

"Then... Since you said that bandits do not care about morality and are here for revenge, why did you still go out and make a scene? Aren't you courting death? " Hu Niu did not know how she did it, but she could not bear to see Xiao Letian taking the lead.

Xiao Letian laughed bitterly in his heart, right now, negotiation was the only way, although the success rate was not even 30%, it was still better than sitting still and waiting for death, right? As for the candidate to be negotiated, there was no one else other than Xiao Letian.

Xiao Letian never thought that when his plan was revealed, two-thirds of the people in the Mountain Temple would kneel down, and all the servants would cry bitterly. "Impossible, Master Xiao, you are the backbone of the merchant caravan, if something were to happen to you, no one could save everyone … Master Xiao, you beat so many bandits last night, they must want to eat your meat. "I can't ah …"

No one's pleas were able to stop Xiao Letian. He looked at the gradually whitening sky and began to issue orders, "There must be bandits that have not died inside the pile of corpses outside the temple. Send someone to call for help, give them a favor … "Go back and shout, tell them that Alone overseas came out to negotiate, and that I am Chinese, but that I grew up overseas, and that I don't have any grudges or disputes with the people at the foot of the mountain …"

When everything was arranged, Xiao Letian lowered his head and looked at the whole set of pilot leather jackets he was wearing. He looked at the tiger team emblem embroidered on his jacket and the small bone rivets. He knew that this thing really couldn't be worn out.

Since they were going to negotiate, then it would be better to follow the flow. In psychology, this was something that needed to be done carefully. Only by closing the psychological distance between the two of them could the best outcome of the negotiations be reached.

In the end, Hu Niu managed to find a set of black satin robes for her.

However, when Hu Niu saw that Xiao Letian was clumsily buttoning up the plate and didn't tie one up for a long time, the girl walked over with a flushed face. "Idiot … "Your life has been rich since you were young, why don't you even know how to bind it …" After saying that, she actually began to help out carefully one by one. maid also shamelessly helped Xiao Letian get his clothes off.

As Hu Niu helped, she would berate Xiao Letian from time to time. In a trance, the scene was like a wife sending off her husband, and it looked like she was a new wife from the looks of her blushing face. Xiao Letian lowered his head to look at the two dimples on Hu Niu's body, and her eyes couldn't help but steal a glance at her chest.

After finishing all this, Xiao Letian walked out of the main hall of the Mountain Temple. The golden light of the morning sun shone onto his body, causing the Alone overseas, whose head was wrapped in white cloth, to give off a holy feeling. When the people in the courtyard saw that he had come out, they all stood up. Many of the older people had already wiped away their tears.

"Xiao, have a safe trip... You're the bravest cowboy ever... " As Louis let out a loud roar, Xiao Letian subconsciously raised his head. Just at this moment, Sai Men pressed on the shutter button, and Xiao Letian's body was forever preserved.

"Big fool, big idiot …" Hu Niu, who was in the main hall, could no longer hold back her tears and rolled down like a broken string of pearls. In her hands, she was still tightly holding onto that high-end Flying Tiger leather jacket, the little girl had already decided that this leather jacket would belong to her, and she would never return it to that bad guy again.

The wind blows and the water is cold, but once a warrior goes, there will be no return. Xiao Letian's current mood should be no different from Jing Ke's, who tried to assassinate him back then.

In front of Xiao Letian, on the slope leading to the business street at the bottom of the valley, there was a simple wooden horse blocking his way. Over ten angry bandits were surrounding the lonely Xiao Letian with their lances.

Maybe the act of saving the injured had some effect, or maybe the identity of the Alone overseas that Xiao Letian revealed had some effect. In any case, the bandits who killed them without blinking an eye did not kill Xiao Letian on the spot, but instead reported it to their leader. Not long later, a sonorous voice echoed.

"Humph!" Was there really someone who wasn't afraid of death? "Children, set up the big pot. There's boiled meat to eat today …" Looking carefully, the person walking towards them was a sturdy man about eight feet tall. He had a strong build and his eyes were wide open. In his hand was a shiny steel blade. This violent man who shouted that he wanted to eat Xiao Letian's flesh was the gray beard.

Two bandits rushed forward to tie Xiao Letian up, and the struggling Xiao Letian suddenly roared: "You two still don't know when you're about to die? This lord will point you a way out and you won't cherish it? "Fine, fine, fine. If you have the ability, then kill me. If you don't kill me, then you're raised by my wife …"

How dare he scold the little wife of the ancients? This was too vicious, gray beard immediately took out his steel blade and shouted with a flushed face, "I'll kill you!"

"Hmm?" At this moment, a low grunt came from behind a white rock. This muffled sound was really good, gray beard's blade just didn't dare to touch it. Xiao Letian immediately understood that the true leader of the bandits was actually behind this huge boulder.

"Boss, perhaps you think I'm bluffing, but I'll let you know what's going on. You'd better leave with the 110 thousand silver on the trade road. Be careful of your 200 over subordinates getting surrounded by wontons of money …"

Although Xiao Letian's legs were still trembling, his mind had completely recovered. He knew that his mouth was the life of a hundred people.

"The Great Master dares to do business here, there is no way he would not have stepped on the plate in advance. This place is not far from the Western Tomb, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs's army guarding the mausoleum is no less than ten thousand people, not to mention the Han Army's Green Camp stationed in the city. Last night, the sound of gunshots and shouts rang throughout the night. The surrounding villages probably already knew of the letter, so how could they not report it to the government? "

"Don't forget, this is the location of the Imperial Tomb. How can the Manchu not kill bandits? You must know that this is the place where the Lord of Yongzheng sleeps … "

Xiao Letian took a deep breath and continued, "The other caravans do not only have our people, there are also foreign people. American missionaries, if anything happens to them, it will cause a diplomatic dispute. How could they not risk their lives just for these two things? "If it's as I expected, the troops from Xiling and the Green Battalion s from other places already know about this letter …"

"Hahaha …" Xiao Letian did not finish his sentence, a long laugh came out from behind the rock, followed by a middle-aged man came out from behind the rock.

"Hahaha …" I thought you were going to say something big, but it turns out it's just a cliché. What Alone overseas? Last night when I saw you shouting and fighting in front of the Mountain Temple, and commanding ten guns to kill someone at the peak of perfection, I really thought you had some sort of great talent in your stomach? "In the end, he's just a mediocre person …"

"What?" Was it the musket team that he commanded? " gray beard only suppressed the enemy last night from the bottom of the mountain, he did not personally see Xiao Letian command them to kill the enemy. If he saw it with his own eyes, he would have chopped into pieces long ago.

"Ling Chi, execute this Second Demon …" The situation immediately changed.

Xiao Letian's entire body was now drenched in cold sweat. He tried his best to analyze the situation in front of him, and all the clues that were emitted from the bodies of these bandits quickly gathered in his mind.

Hundreds of military bows, small hand crossbows, sawtooth arrows, silent yet disciplined squads, and even their short, nondescript braids made Xiao Letian think of an impossible possibility.

"You have long hair? You are Taiping Army? "You're not bandits at all, right …" It was unknown where Xiao Letian got his strength from, but he managed to escape the control of the two soldiers. With large strides, he walked in front of the middle-aged man and stared into his eyes for exactly three minutes.

"I'm really stupid, I should have thought of it long ago, that this year is Tongzhi's third year, he just captured Tianjing City, so the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom can be considered as completely destroyed. After all, they are a power, and at their peak, there are millions of warriors. Even if Ceng Guofan lined up to kill them, he would not be able to do it so cleanly. "

"There will always be people who will survive, there will always be people who will be able to escape this calamity, and you are the Heaven Nation's branch that managed to escape? So not only do you want money, you want lives. If you want to kill the Manchu, you have to kill the merchants who support the Manchu. If you don't want to cooperate with me, you have to kill the foreigners who chose the Qing Dynasty.

Xiao Letian was about to go crazy, his saliva almost sprayed onto the middle-aged man's face, but he never thought that the man's self-control would be so good, his face had a slight smile on it, and he was not angry at all.

"Now that you know our identities, do you think you can still live? In order to keep our secret, you have to die … "But seeing how smart you are and how talented you are, I can let you choose how you want to die …"

"Can you not die?" Xiao Letian subconsciously took over, while the middle-aged man only smiled and shook his head, indicating that he no longer had any hope.

Heavens! The earth! You don't have to play with people like that. Others send beautiful girls to your little brother, but when you see the main character, that bastard, you immediately kowtowed. But it's my turn now, why am I so unlucky?

gray beard led his men to charge forward again, but Xiao Letian still did not give up. He asked one last time, "I can die, but you have to tell me who you are. With your bearing, it's impossible for you to be an ordinary military officer without a surname or surname. You must be a great character … "Let me be the one who understands, and you let me be the one who understands …"

Xiao Letian was struggling, the soldier was pressing him to death while the gray beard behind him spat a mouthful of strong alcohol on his steel blade. It looked like he was going to do it himself.

Xiao Letian never thought that his desire to survive would be this great. In this life or death situation, he actually possessed such strength, yet the two strong Taiping Army s could not even touch him. The veins on his face and neck were all blue, and he was crawling like an earthworm.

"If I were to be a ghost, would you be afraid of a person who is about to die? "You coward …" Xiao Letian knew that the ancient people, especially those with status and position, all loved and cared for her reputation. As long as she was provoked, he would be able to get the information she wanted.

Sure enough, the middle-aged man went close to Xiao Letian's ear and whispered into it, "Remember, I'm Sky Nation's King Yi, Shi Dakai …"

That sentence was like a thunderclap that exploded in Xiao Letian's mind. This famous revolutionary of recent Chinese history was actually standing right in front of him? Didn't he die two years ago, at Tongzhi's hands? Could he be faking it? He can't even lie to a dead man like me, can he?

Shi Dakai, the king in the mouths of the commoners of the south, the one who was one of the few internal affairs talents in the Heaven's Balance Country, the first high-ranking general to create a household and open Imperial examinations. In the history books of the future generations, there were many who would scold the other officials of the Heavenly Kingdom, but those who scolded Shi Dakai were extremely rare. Even the Great Ancestor had more opinions than disagreements with Shi Dakai.

"I understand, you are faking your death to conceal your identity!" The one who died was your double! You want to take the legacy bloodline and continue to reverse the situation, don't you? " Xiao Letian had even forgotten the threat of death. His entire body was immersed in the excitement of discovering the secret in history.