Chapter 383
A team of thirty Liao patrolmen rushed into the chaotic Yangma Market. They originally wanted to control the chaos first and then talk about other things. After hearing this from the young master of the Xiao family, the military officer in charge immediately changed his expression. Who in Nanjing did not recognize the two young masters of the Xiao family? Seeing that they spoke, they were not hesitating to deal with the Song people. He immediately shouted: "Song Zhu is not surrender yet!" He rushed over with everyone, and the swords and guns of the few people directly greeted Sun Tu and Lu Da. Obviously, as long as they dared to resist, they would be willing to kill them.
Sun Tu's face suddenly turned cold. He really didn't expect that the Liao soldiers here would be so unscrupulous. At least he was under the name of an envoy of the Song Kingdom, and he was about to kill him. But naturally he could not stop. He immediately turned around and waved his sword and attacked with all his strength. With a continuous clang, he had already scattered the spears that had stabbed him in front of him. Then he moved his body and rushed forward with a mighty momentum.
This time, it was really beyond the expectations of these Liao soldiers, especially the spears in front of him, and the middle gate was wide open. Sun Tu grabbed him in front of him. The knife in his hand flashed and burst into pieces, and he screamed and screamed. When the others made another move, he easily dodged him, and kept rushing forward again, heading towards the captain.
The Liao army captain suddenly felt the terrible pressure and murderous aura, and shouted in a hurry: "Get back, get ready!" His team was equipped with seven or eight archers. As long as they were asked to distance themselves, not to mention that there were only two, even twenty people would have to explain here.
The ordinary merchants and people around had already escaped far away, watching the increasingly serious scene in horror. Only Sun Tu, the master and servant of the Xiao family, the Liao soldiers, and the four gangs who were completely confused and followed.
Among them, the people who were following the stalkers were the most entangled. Although they had no good feelings for the Song people, they didn't want them to die here just like that. Seeing that the Liao soldiers had already raised their arrows, the leader immediately shouted: "Tiewu, this is the Song envoy, you can't really hurt them."
The captain named Tiewo frowned when he heard this. His hand that had already raised was stiff and he did not wave it decisively, so the archers did not shoot arrows immediately, but the bowstrings were tightened and could be loosened at any time.
And Sun Tu suddenly let out a clear roar when they were hesitating: "Brother Lu, shoot the horse first!" As he said that, the man had already swung up and rushed towards the master and servant of the Xiao family on the side. Before they could react, the knife in his hand quickly slashed again, chopping all the evil servants blocking the two young men. Then, in a flash, he appeared in front of one of the young men with a pale face. After letting him take a knife from his chest, he quickly raised his left hand, grabbed the other party's forearm, pulled it down with force, and pulled it into his arms. He raised his right hand and had already crossed the knife to his throat.
As a good brother who had been with Sun Tu for several years and had been born and died many times, Lu Da fully demonstrated a strong tacit understanding with him. Just as Sun Tu rushed over, his burly and tall body also appeared in front of the slaves at an amazing speed. He waved his fists and swayed heavily, knocking down or repelling the rest of the people. Then he shouted loudly, and reached out and held another young man who was already scared to move in his hand, and then blocked him in front of his chest like Sun Tu.
The two of them were too fast, and before the others could react, the two noble young men had already become their hostage and flesh shield. It was not until Sun Tu shouted loudly: "Who dares to take action? If you dare to shoot arrows, you will die together!" The Liao soldiers hurriedly lowered the bow and arrow that they were aiming at subconsciously. If there was a mistake, one arrow hurt a certain young man, and they would definitely die!
Tiewo and the leader of the stalker couldn't believe their eyes. These two Song people were too powerful. They could actually hold two young masters of the Xiao family who were protected by many people in the blink of an eye, and they were still under the noses of dozens of people waiting for him...
Especially the leader of the stalker, he was even more surprised. Before, Sun Tu and the others saw that although they were so fierce, they still fought with these slaves back and forth. Why did they become so much more powerful in the blink of an eye?
But now he didn't care about the troubles of the others. He immediately shouted: "General Sun, don't do anything randomly. Everything is easy to say. We will not hurt you. Please don't hurt the two young masters, they are the young masters of Xiao Shumi, Nanjing City..."
Many officials in the southern part of the Liao Kingdom were the same as those in the Song Kingdom. For example, in addition to the King of the Southern Court, Yelu Xiongge, the highest-ranking place was the Privy Councilor Xiao Jinde. This is also the consistent rule in the Liao Dynasty. Often, Yelu, who had the emperor surname, would be accompanied by a Xiao family with the surname of the Later, to play a balanced role.
Since the founding of the Kingdom of Daliao, there has been a inheritance, that is, the emperor and empress checks and balances with each other. At first, it was the Yelu family and the Shuli family. Later, the Shuli family was defeated and destroyed, and the Xiao family was overtaken. From then on, these two families completely controlled the power of the important yamen in the Great Liao family from top to bottom, and took the way of checks and balances and decentralization to the extreme.
The same is true when it comes to Nanjing City. Privy Councilor Xiao Jinde holds military power here and can compete with Yelu Xiongge. He is also a person who protects his sons and spoils his sons. This makes his two sons domineering and lawless in Nanjing City, but no one dares to provoke him.
But unexpectedly, today, these two Nanjing bullies kicked the iron plate. After a conflict with Sun Tu, they not only did not take any advantage, but were taken hostage by others. They also made the people around them frightened and hindered, and they didn't know what to do.
But facing their intimidation, Sun Tu just smiled coldly: "This is your Liao Kingdom's way of treating guests? I have always treated people with courtesy in the Song Dynasty, but what about you? Not only do you do business but not honest, but they also shouted to fight and kill when there is a conflict. Do we really dare not resist? I will put my words here today. If you dare to take action, these two playboys will die, most of you will be buried with you! Also, as a member of the Song delegation, I am afraid that the two countries will have another battle, and no one will end up well by then!"
As he spoke, the knife in his hand was tightened a little, and a thin wound was cut on the hostage's neck, scaring the other party's face and body to the point of being white and soft. If it weren't for being held by Sun Tuqiang, he would have gone out and slipped to the ground. And he looked scared. If it weren't for having a knife in his throat, he would have been begging for mercy directly.
"General Sun, don't misunderstand. We have no intention of hurting you. This is just a misunderstanding. Please don't do anything randomly..." The person on the opposite side was also sweating profusely and persuaded him repeatedly: "I can swear that our Khitan ancestors have no ill intentions towards you. As long as you let the two young masters go, we will never dare to hurt you at all..." As he said that, he hurriedly glanced at Tiewo again and signaled that the other party would also express his opinion.
Tiewo was not vague, and immediately waved his hand to let his subordinates put away all their weapons, revealing an extremely ugly smile and said: "General Sun, you, I have been in a century of friendship between Liao and Song dynasties. You don't want to start another war because of this little thing, which will lead to a misfortune in the people? Everything was misunderstanding before, as long as you say it was opened. I can also swear that as long as you let the two young masters go, you will never pursue this matter..." Now the most urgent task is to rescue the people first, and it is not too late to say anything else.
Sun Tu's face was still full of vigilance: "I may not believe what you Liao people said. But since you have said that, I can let go of people, but I have to wait for my safety before saying it."
"How are you...what are you?" they could only ask angrily in their hearts.
"It's very simple. I'll take them back first. As long as we can return to the inn safely, we will naturally let them go." Sun Tu made his own request. This really made them unable to refute. After hesitating, the two leaders could only nod and respond: "But please don't hurt the two young men again." At this time, the hostage Sun Tu was holding was fine, but there was an extra knife wound on his throat, but the person who was hooked by Lu Da was already blushing and almost fainted by his strong arms.
Only then did Sun Tu realize the situation around him and quickly reminded him: "Brother Lu, please save his life." Then he held the two of them hostage and slowly retreated outside the Yangma Market.
The merchants and people around were full of fear and curiosity as the two Song people held the young master of the Xiao family backed up, and did not dare to stay for too long. They scattered again, among which Huangfu Duan, who had a white horse with a look of shock and regret.
It can be said that this conflict arose because of his horse. If the government pursued it later, he would suffer. However, Sun Tu didn't think about this much. When passing by, he stopped and shouted to him: "The horse seller, the transaction between us is still counted. If you send the horse to the Guanshi later, you can still get 5,000 guan." This came to Huangfu Duan's ears. He really didn't know whether he should cry or laugh.
Seeing them retreating, the Liao soldiers chased after Tiewo. At this time, he was still talking to Yugan, the leaders of the followers. The latter said in great anger: "There is another Song man who had just run away in the chaos. We were ordered to keep an eye on all their actions. I can't waste it here anymore. Tiewo is left to you to deal with it, how about?"
"Yes." Tiewo also knew that the other party had a heavy responsibility, so he nodded and agreed.
Chapter completed!