Datang: Longevity for Thousands of Years, Exposed by Xiao Sizi

Chapter 90 Meeting an old friend, Qin Changye’s thoughts!
"Mr. Jing Yan likes to look at places that are high up, and believes that there are always unexpected gains in high places. These two people are what he observed."

The purple-robed man...
Yin Yang Bagua Fish…..
The old man's eyes flickered, and he said leisurely: "The Yin-Yang Bagua fish is unique to Kaiyang of the Seven Stars. As expected, they have all started to come into Chang'an City."

"Send a message to Chouniu immediately and ask him to take his men to move. The Lu family is well defended and we cannot move for the time being. But Kaiyang, one of the Seven Stars who is stationed in Yizhou, came to Chang'an City and was so arrogant."

"It's time to let Kaiyang know that in Chang'an City, even a powerful dragon cannot defeat a local snake. He... should pay the price."

The Rabbit's subordinates were busy half-kneeling.

"Understood, Taoist Priest, I'll give the order right away!!"

……

at the same time.

In the room next to the old man, Qin Changye was writing something.

He was recording what happened today.

[Today, they really came, for me. ]

[Among them, Qixing took advantage of the fact that Patriarch Lu was eager to see me, so from beginning to end, he deliberately led Patriarch Lu to assassinate Xiao Sizi.]

[They...after so many years, their hatred towards me seems to have deepened, so much so that they want to attack the people around me.]

[Xiao Sizi, I'm sorry, I dragged you into this. ]

Qin Changye seemed to be thinking about something as he wrote this.

He exhaled and continued writing.

[They thought they were being discreet, but they forgot… I know everything, and I know exactly what they are up to.]

[The root of this matter still lies with the Seven Stars. I can't sit idly by. Otherwise, they will only do something more outrageous. From now on, I...]

Write here,

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

Qin Changye's eyes flickered and he slowly took back the paper.

"Come in."

He spoke slowly.

With a creaky sound, the old man who was originally several rooms away walked in.

"Ancestor."

When the old man saw Qin Changye, he clearly looked like an elder, but it was he who called out, "Old Ancestor."

Qin Changye looked at him, his eyes gradually softening: "Sishe, how have you been these years?"

The old man in front of him was Si Snake, one of the twelve guardian gods, and it was he who gave immortality.

Qin Changye remembered very clearly that the child Si Snake was born in the Three Kingdoms period and was the child of the older generation of Si Snake.

At that time, the older generation of Si Snake died to protect him, and finally used all their strength to send his child, the Si Snake, to Qin Changye for him to take care of.

Since then,

Qin Changye lived with Sishe. He watched him grow up and become smart, and also watched him get married and have children.

In the end, perhaps out of guilt towards the older generation of Snakes, or perhaps because he watched the child grow up and had a deep affection for him, he gave him... eternal life.

In fact, he was just trying it out at the beginning, because he needed similar blood, and Snake, luckily, had similar blood to his.

but….
Are you really lucky?
Qin Changye didn't know.

He didn't know whether giving the Snake longevity was good or bad.

After all, Snake watched his children die, his wife die, and everything pass away with time, but he himself remained there.

Like Qin Changye, Sishe possessed immortality, but also a curse.

"Grandpa, I'm fine."

The old man Sishe smiled gently and sat opposite Qin Changye very naturally.

He and Qin Changye are very familiar with each other. It was Qin Changye who took care of him and raised him. The relationship between them is more like father and child than guardian and master.

"When will you arrive at Chang'an City?"

Qin Changye said calmly.

Sishe laughed and said, "Grandfather, don't you know this clearly? Is there anything in the world that can be hidden from you?"

After he finished speaking, Qin Changye did not speak.

Sishe took a deep breath and continued, "Grandfather, this time when we came to Chang'an City, I saw that you were hiding your identity, so I brought them to avoid you and protect you in secret. I think you also know this."

"I am now in front of you because...I think you are aware of the matter of Hanyang Gate in the Imperial Palace."

This issue,

Si She learned about it from his subordinates, but Qin Changye had no subordinates at the moment. However, Si She still believed that Qin Changye would know it.

Moreover, I know it very clearly!
It is so certain.

"That matter....Grandfather, please let me handle it."

Sishe looked at Qin Changye sincerely, took a deep breath and continued: "In the few days after you woke up, Chang'an City and the Seven Stars were not peaceful."

"But we can handle it for you, including this matter...his Highness Xiao Sizi's matter."

Qin Changye was thoughtful after hearing this.

Sishe continued: "Why do we, the guardians of God, exist? We exist in this world to clear away all obstacles for you!"

"Please trust us and we will handle this matter well."

"Please, Grandfather. Please, Father."

After hearing the previous words, Qin Changye was still relatively calm.

But when he heard the word "Dad", Qin Changye's eyes gradually softened.

This word "Dad"
It was a young snake from the Three Kingdoms period. It couldn't find its father and was crying. So it asked the little one to call itself "Dad".

He was always called that later, but as he grew up and came into contact with other guardians, he also came to know his mission and position.

That word "Dad" will never be heard again from then on.

"Can it really be solved?"

Qin Changye's voice was gentle.

Snake took a deep breath and said, "Okay."

Qin Changye nodded: "That's fine, I'll leave it to you."

When Snake heard this, his face immediately showed joy.

"Thank you, ancestor, for trusting us!"

If this matter is handed over to Qin Changye, it will be handled quickly, but it also represents the incompetence of their guardian angel!
Some people have asked them why they had to go to all this trouble. Wouldn't it be better to let Qin Changye handle it? It's efficient and fast.

But they won't agree.

They protect the gods.
Almost everyone wanted to prove to the First Emperor, to their former fathers, and to Qin Changye that they were capable of protecting him.

Not a vase!
For the so-called pride, even sacrifice is worth it.

"Old Ancestor, goodbye."

Since they were all immortals and would meet each other quite often in the future, the Snake did not have much to think about. After making sure that the ancestor agreed, he turned around and left.

Qin Changye just watched him leave quietly.

When Sishe was about to leave the room, Qin Changye said leisurely, "Put your attention on the Ministry of War for the time being."

Snake paused.

"it is good!"

After answering, he left again.

After he left, Qin Changye took out some paper and wrote in his diary.

[I originally wanted to solve this matter for myself, but Sishe and the others still want to prove something in front of me, so let them...prove it, these stupid kids.]

Qin Changye wrote this and smiled helplessly.

[If things are out of control, I will see it and come out, let them make a fuss, the young eagles will always spread their wings and fly, and we, the elders, will just watch from behind to prevent the situation from getting out of control.]

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Tai Chi Palace.

When the imperial guards told Li Shimin the news of Xiao Sizi's assassination tonight, Li Shimin was furious. It was the first time he was so angry since the founding of the country.

He smashed everything in sight in the Taiji Palace to pieces. This was the first time that the palace servants serving Li Shimin saw him so violent.

"Check! Check all the guards of Hanyang Gate tonight!!!"

"I will kill all nine of their clans. I will also investigate the people behind this! I don't want to see any fish slip through the net!!"

The emperor was so angry that he laid down millions of corpses.

Li Shimin was completely furious tonight.

He was so angry that his eyes turned red.

The position of little Sizi in his heart is of great significance. It can be said that... it is more important than any other child.

Xiao Sizi, the princess's name is "Jinyang".

Jinyang is the most honorable name for the entire Li Tang royal family, because Li Tang started from Jinyang. Li Shimin gave it to Xiao Sizi, which shows how much Li Shimin loved Xiao Sizi.

tonight.

He was almost separated from his most precious daughter.

anger!
Extreme anger!
Boundless anger!
He wants to kill!

Kill all the assassins who participated in the assassination of Xiao Sizi! !
The man behind this killing was so frightened that he would never dare to attack his precious daughter again!!!

Half an hour later.

The matter was brought to the charge of Lu Qing, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, and Han Min, the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture, who were given full responsibility for the matter.

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Vertical sun.

The whole Chang'an city welcomed another sunny day.

The people were having a great time.

Nothing is different than before.

But last night, there was turmoil in every corner of Chang'an City.

Xiao Sizi was assassinated, Li Shimin was furious, the Big Dipper tightened his voice, and the Chu Palace sent people to hunt down Kaiyang of the Seven Stars...
There are so many dark things happening that it’s hard to keep up.

The main residence of the Lu family.

Secret passage.

The head of the Lu family was walking in a secret passage, which had only one path, and he was accompanied by several guards from the Lu family.

"How are those people being dealt with?"

Patriarch Lu asked with his hands folded behind his back.

Still with the iconic squinting eyes and his hands hidden in his sleeves.

"Return home, it has been dealt with long ago."

"When you gave the order, we had already sent people to kill all the hidden chess pieces of the Hanyang Sect, and their families were also killed one after another by us."

"I believe that even if the Dali Temple's Lu Qing, Shao Qing, and Jingzhao Prefecture's prefect Han Min have all the skills to solve cases, they will not be able to find us even if all the clues are cut off."

"At most... we can find the man in purple robe."

One of the Lu family guards spoke slowly.

After the head of the Lu family left the chess game last night, he quickly ordered them to use the family's power to kill the Lu family's hidden chess pieces in Hanyang Sect one by one.

So when Li Shimin sent people to capture all the guards of Hanyang Gate, some of the guards died in various bizarre circumstances. That was because all the guards were hidden pawns from their Lu family.

Not only the guards of Hanyang Gate, but even their family members died mysteriously one after another today.

All the clues that could be found to be clues to the Lu family's behavior were completely wiped out by them.

This matter had to be handled with caution. Because they all knew that assassinating Xiao Sizi would draw the wrath of the Tang Emperor Li Shimin, and they had to clear all clues and not let Li Shimin find them from the evidence.

As for the faction to which the Immortals belong….
Let them know if they know, since Master Lu is going to force them out anyway.

at this time.

Upon learning that all clues had been erased, Patriarch Lu said, "Well done. Now that the Dali Temple has conducted a thorough investigation, even if Lu Qing and Han Min are more capable, they will only find Kaiyang, the Big Dipper."

He did not tell Kaiyang the truth last night.

Therefore, if nothing unexpected happens, there will be a portion of Hanyang Sect's power in Kaiyang that has not been eliminated.

He knew Lu Qing, who was an extremely skilled case solver.

If Lu Qing finds any clues, he will most likely find it on Kaiyang.

Among the two groups of people, except for Master Lu and Kaiyang who knew each other, no one else knew. Everyone under them thought that only their master was carrying out the assassination.

Therefore, Patriarch Lu was not afraid of the confessions from the Hanyang Sect guards affiliated with Kaiyang.

They didn't even know that the Lu family was involved in the assassination, so how could the confession involve the Lu family?
And if the guards of Hanyang Gate under Kaiyang confessed, then Li Shimin and the Dali Temple would focus their attention on Kaiyang and divert the disaster to others.

"Um, Master, do you think the assassination will be successful?"

At this time, a guard from the Lu family couldn't help but ask.

The head of the Lu family laughed and said, "From the beginning, I never thought that the assassination would succeed, so I never allowed the Lu family's killers to participate in person, but chose to call on the assassins from the Jianghu."

"Although we can only guess the degree of preference that immortal has for Li Mingda in a few days, according to my intuition, it is an incomprehensible preference, so he will definitely send someone to protect Li Mingda."

"It's just that... the person who protected Li Mingda was so powerful that we couldn't find out his identity. This is something I never expected."

Patriarch Lu sighed.

At this moment, Jiawei suddenly realized.

No wonder the head of the family did not agree when he applied to join Zhu Lian’s front-line assassination team. It turned out that the head of the family did not think it would succeed at the beginning, so how could he let his confidant go to die?
"Now, we can be sure that the immortal's people, and even the immortal's family, the Qin family, are in Chang'an."

"Start checking. Check which unknown people have appeared in Chang'an City recently. Remember, it's recently."

Lu Yuntian opened his mouth and gave orders.

"Understood, Patriarch."

One of the Lu family guards nodded.

Lu Ning, who was following at the end, listened to his father's arrangements and layout of each thing, and still sighed again, and was filled with awe.

His father's layout and arrangements were really amazing. He didn't become pedantic as he got older, which made him even more afraid to covet the position of the head of the family.

Although Lu Ning was brought here today and the assassination was kept secret from many people in the Lu family, the eldest brother Lu Ning knew that it was also arranged by the head of the Lu family.

Because he found that the eldest brother Lu Ning had been very restless recently, so he took advantage of this incident to teach the eldest brother a lesson and let him know that as the head of the family, he was still sharp!
"arrive."

At this time,

There is a room at the end of the secret passage.

The head of the Lu family asked all the guards to wait outside while he opened the door and walked in.

inside.

It is a cozy room layout.

At this time, there was a person sitting at the table, it was Zhu Lian's younger brother Zhu Hongyun.

When Zhu Hongyun saw that the person coming was Lu Yuntian, he stood up and asked anxiously, "Where is my boss? Master Lu, is he back? "

"Is he behind you? Or will he come later?"

Patriarch Lu still squinted his eyes and sighed, "Sorry, the mission failed."

boom! ! !
stunned!

Shock!

sluggish!

Unbelievable! !
These words were like a bolt from the blue, and Zhu Hongyun's face immediately lost all expression.

Looks cold!

At a loss!

mission failed.

He knew what this meant, it meant Zhu Lian was dead!

“How could it be… How could it be…”

"My boss is so strong. He has been assassinating people all his life, and he has been successful all his life. He has assassinated people 125 times without a single failure. How could he fail..."

"The only defeat was the end of life..."

Zhu Hongyun covered his head with his hands, in extreme pain.

then.

His eyes were red, but he was howling like a madman.

"Asshole! Asshole!!"

"Zhu Lian, you are such a bastard!"

"Why didn't you let me go with you last night? Why? Why did you let me stay here?"

"You said it. When we drank the sworn brotherhood wine, you said we would share weal and woe. You said that since you entered the assassin industry, you would never be able to leave! The day you leave will be the day you die!!"

"You said it, it's all what you said! Why do you want me to leave the assassination business again! Ahhhh! Why, you said that we don't ask to be born on the same day, month and year, but we ask to die on the same month and year! This is also what you said, it's all what you said!!"

"Why did you wait until this day finally came to push me away? Why, why on earth did this happen!!"

"Zhu Lian, you deserve to die! You really deserve to die! I, Zhu Hongyun, hate you. I hate you! I hate you for not letting me go with you!!!"

Zhu Hongyun burst into tears.

He covered his head and roared and cried madly.

The sound was so loud that even with the extremely high sound insulation, the Lu family guards outside noticed the movement. One guard thought something had happened and wanted to go in, but was stopped by the other guards.

And inside the room.

The head of the Lu family remained calm, with his hands tucked behind his back. At this moment, his face showed sorrow. He stepped forward, patted Zhu Hongyun on the shoulder, and said, "My condolences."

Zhu Hongyun's eyes were lifeless and he just couldn't stop crying.

I don’t know how long I cried.

Maybe she was tired of crying, or maybe she woke up from crying.

Zhu Hongyun said with dull eyes: "Master Lu, I want to leave Chang'an City."

He knew the agreement between Zhu Lian and the head of the Lu family. Before Zhu Lian died, he arranged for the head of the Lu family to let him go back to Yangzhou City to run the tofu shop.

tired.

It hurts.

Tired.

Zhu Hongyun just wanted to return to Yangzhou City first.

"Ah."

Patriarch Lu patted him on the back again, indicating that he understood.

then.

The two walked out of the room.

Zhu Hongyun was in front and Lu Yuntian was behind.

Zhu Hongyun seemed to be thinking of something, and she kept crying as she said, "Master Lu, Zhu Lian said before that if he had the chance to retire in the future, he would open a tofu shop, redeem Hongyun from Cuihua Tower, marry her, have a child, and let the child recognize me as his godfather."

"Haha, he fell in love with a girl from a brothel. I laughed and despised him for several years because of this. Fortunately, in the end, I saw Hong Yun's dedication to Zhu Lian, and began to accept this sister-in-law who had not yet entered the family. My sister-in-law knew a lot. When she saw that I liked a girl, she asked me to buy some good rouge for her."

“With her help, I succeeded.”

"Sometimes, I really want to thank my sister-in-law from the bottom of my heart. It was she who made me, Zhu Hongyun, realize that I almost missed the most beautiful girl in the world. Thank her so much."

"It's a pity that Zhu Lian...died when my brother and I were in Chang'an. How should I explain this to her after we return? How will my sister-in-law cry..."

Puff….
Half the story.

Stopped abruptly.

Zhu Hongyun felt a huge pain in his body. He looked down at his stomach and found that a hand had pierced through it.

"I'm sorry, you know too much. You can't go back to Yangzhou City."

Behind him was the extremely calm voice of Patriarch Lu.

It was as if he had done something that was a trivial matter.

Zhu Hongyun was extremely angry and quickly withdrew.

Eye contact with Patriarch Lu.

His consciousness was hazy, but his skills were extremely agile, and every move he made was fatal, attacking the head of the Lu family.

The head of the Lu family can pierce a person's body with just his right hand, and his martial arts skills are extraordinary.

Facing the weak Zhu Hongyun, he dodged casually, and then seized the opportunity to strike with his knife again, this time cutting Zhu Hongyun's neck, and blood gushed out immediately.

With a "thump", Zhu Hongyun fell to the ground with resentment.

On the verge of death.

The past of this life comes to mind.

He did not hate the head of the Lu family. Instead, he laughed.

"Zhu Lian, I'm a little late, but... I still followed you."

"You died at midnight, and I died in the morning, so... we died on the same day, the same month, and the same year..."

With a smile, slowly close your eyes.

The body is also rapidly losing vitality.

Even though the Zhu brothers had powerful martial arts, they had to repay a favor and step into the chess game called power. They became pawns in the game and died one after another.

To the Tang Dynasty, they are just passing clouds, and no one will remember them after tomorrow.

No one cared about their life or death, except the two brothers themselves and their families.

Confirmed that Zhu Hongyun was no longer breathing.

The head of the Lu family hid his hands behind his back again and walked out of the room. The guards of the Lu family did not take it seriously at first, but when the head of the Lu family passed by them, they saw that the sleeves were dripping with blood.

Lu Ning also saw it and his eyes widened instantly.

"Hey, Patriarch! Are you okay?!"

The guards of the Lu family were horrified and thought that the head of the Lu family was injured.

"I'm fine, but there's something that needs to be dealt with inside."

"Let's go and deal with it. It's cleaner, and you can take care of it, Ning'er."

"After that, we will find time to bury Zhu Hongyun's ashes with his brother. This can be regarded as the only kindness of my Lu family."

Patriarch Lu said as he walked.

The pace is always rhythmic and never disordered.

It's as if.

Once again, he explained a trivial matter that was beyond his control.

It seemed as if nothing in the world could make him lose his mind.

The Lu family guards who were watching him from behind had extremely complicated expressions.

Lu Ning's eyes were extremely complicated.

Now, he no longer dared to think about the old man's position, at least not by fighting internally to get the position.

Old man...you are still as good as ever.

And he doesn't have a knife yet...
"Old man, you..."

Lu Ning muttered something, full of resentment, then sighed and said nothing more.

(End of this chapter)