The ace special forces who dominated the Sui Dynasty's late period

  This set of swordsmanship, Gao Xiuer had only learned for three days, far from being practiced and perfected, and did not have the conditions to be used in a real fight. She also once had a detailed and cautious plan, waiting for the day when Yang Guang would visit the Guiyin Temple, taking advantage of his deep sleep, and take his life with one sword.

  But when her enemy appeared before her eyes, Gao Xiuer threw away all her plans and jumped out immediately.

  Yang Guang was cruel and devoid of virtue, but he had some literary talent and was not unappreciative of the finer things in life, including calligraphy and famous paintings, music and dance, as well as beautiful women.

  In the palace, there were many songs and dances, but in order to avoid suspicion, few people would dance with swords in front of him. Yang Guang suddenly became interested. Looking at this beauty again, she didn't wear makeup, was elegant and refined, her appearance seemed even more beautiful than Xie Xuan's, only her figure was slender and weak, couldn't help but ask: "Who are you? Can you really dance with a sword?"

  That day, in front of Empress Xiao, Gao Xiuer clearly admitted that she was not skilled in the arts, but now she took the initiative to offer a dance. Xie Xiang couldn't help but feel suspicious. However, she only thought that Gao Xiuer was trying to win favor, and absolutely did not think that Gao Xiuer wanted to assassinate Yang Guang.

  Xie Xiangwen is not a petty person, and she has been remembering Yuan Ziyun's words. She wants to persuade Yang Guang to reform and avoid disasters with Gao Xiuer, so she says in a soft voice: "Your Majesty, this is Mei Ren Shi Huiniang from our palace. Her sword dance is something that even we usually can't see, but today she will be favored by Your Majesty's presence."

  Yang Guang smiled and said: "Good good good, you can dance. If you dance well, I'll come tonight with a single arrow and two eagles."

  Xie Xiang's face was flushed with shame, her waist twisting and turning as she let out a soft "tsk" sound, pouting and saying: "Your Majesty! You..."

  Yang Guang burst out laughing.

  Gao Xiuer remembered the words of Yuan Ziyuan, and her heart suddenly felt a chill. A faint cold sweat broke out on her forehead, and her hands holding the sword began to tremble. But the sword had already been drawn from its scabbard, and she couldn't help but dance with it. She gritted her teeth and made a sword move.

  Yang Guang was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Army at the age of 20, leading an army of 500,000 to conquer Southern Chen. Later, he also served as the Governor of Yangzhou and suppressed Gao Jiong's rebellion in Jiangnan. He had also fought against the Turks in the north. Although his martial arts skills were not high, his vision was not bad either.

  Gao Xiuer's moves were mediocre and slow, clearly a new learner. But her figure was elegant, her posture lithe, and when she danced, it had a unique charm.

  Yang Guang watched with a nod, his hands unknowingly grasping onto Xie Xiangwen's jade peak, playing with it recklessly. Xie Xiangwen blushed and stood up to dodge. Just as Yang Guang was about to pull Xie Xiangwen back, he suddenly saw Gao Xiuer's figure flash by, her right hand thrusting a sword over.

  Because of Xie Xiangnu's sudden movement, Yang Guang was completely unguarded again, with his chest wide open. Just as Gao Xiuer's right sword was only a few inches away from Yang Guang, it suddenly stopped and couldn't move forward another inch. It turned out that a pair of palms had tightly clamped her treasured sword, and it was Ma Zhong who had been standing behind all along. No one saw clearly when he blocked Yang Guang's path.

  Gao Xiuer wielded a pair of swords. When one sword slipped from her hand, she let out a tender cry and with her left hand, the sword sliced through the air, aiming straight for Ma Zhong's arms. If Ma Zhong had let go, her right-hand sword could have continued to stab forward, even if it couldn't kill Yang Guang, it could still severely injure him.

  Ma Zhong indeed let go, stretched out his finger and flicked the sword in Gao Xiuer's left hand. With a "ding" sound, the sword slipped from her grasp and flew straight up, embedding itself in the beam with a "thud", still quivering back and forth.

  Gao Xiuer didn't hesitate, her right hand thrust the sword forward, but all she heard was a series of clanging sounds, and that sword had already been broken into several pieces, leaving only an empty hilt in her hand.

  Everything happened too quickly, until now, Xie Xiangru, Yuan Ziyen and the beauties only exclaimed in shock.

  Xu Tingfu suddenly rushed forward, opening his arms to block Yang Guang's path, shouting loudly: "How dare you! You actually dared to assassinate the Emperor! Quickly take her down!"

  At this time, Ma Zhong had already grasped Gao Xiuer's shoulders and pressed her to kneel on the ground. Another eunuch of Yang Guang, from start to finish, did not move a single step.

  Xu Tingfu saw that Gao Xiuer was already under control, and only then did he turn around and kneel down, repeatedly knocking his head and saying: "Your servant was remiss, causing the Emperor to be startled. Death penalty! Death penalty!"

  Xie Xiangwen also came to his senses, turned over and kowtowed, knocking his head on the ground: "Please Your Majesty punish me!"

  She was the mistress of the Qieyin House, and with such a big thing happening to the beauty in the house, she couldn't avoid responsibility.

  Yuan Ziyen and the other beauties also knelt down in a big patch with a "hula" sound.

  "It's none of your business." Yang Guang waved his hand, letting everyone get up, but walked to Gao Xiuer and examined her for a long time before asking, "Why did you want to assassinate me?"

  Gao Xiuer knew she was doomed, glared with her eyes wide open and cursed: "You this dazed ruler, everyone can kill you! This young lady has fallen into your hands, whether to kill or to execute, it's all up to you!"

  Yang Guang was most fond of beautiful women and proud of his own dashing good looks, being both literary and martially talented, holding high positions, and under the heavens there wasn't a woman he couldn't conquer. In those days, Lady Xuanhua had also resisted him in every way at first, but later she still ended up sleeping with him.

  Now, taking a closer look at Gao Xiu'er, her appearance is somewhat similar to Chen Hua's, but she is even more beautiful than Chen Hua by three points. Yang Guang couldn't help but feel a sense of competitiveness and said to Xie Xuan and others: "You all advise her well, as long as she changes her mind, I will not hold anything against her."

  But then, the lady in charge of Jingming Courtyard, Wang Guizhi, stood at the gate, looking forward to it, but was informed by a palace maid that Yang Guang had entered Qieyin Courtyard, and she felt somewhat disheartened. Having already entered the palace, who wouldn't hope to be favored by the emperor and receive his blessings? Jingming Courtyard was the first of the sixteen courtyards, and Wang Guizhi had been eagerly hoping that Yang Guang would come to her place first tonight, but unexpectedly, Xie Xiang had taken precedence with a clever move.

  Wang Guizhi returned to the palace in disappointment, ordering the palace maid to close the gate and went back to her room to rest. She lay on the bed, tossing and turning, but couldn't fall asleep.

  Suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew in, and the window had somehow opened by itself. Wang Guizhi hastily sat up, just about to shout, but felt something chilly on her neck, and an icy voice sounded behind her: "If you want to live, don't make a sound!"

  Although Wang Guizhi was the daughter of a wine family, she had a lot of courage. She nodded and said in a low voice: "Brave warrior, do you want to rob money or rob color? If it's robbing money, all the valuable things in this house can be taken away. If it's robbing color, a young woman would rather die than obey!"

  When she entered the palace, she was examined by the palace maidens. If she were to be defiled by this scoundrel and bear the shame of polluting the imperial harem, not only would she herself not survive, but her family would also be implicated. It's better to die cleanly and with a clear conscience.

  But then he heard the man ask in a low voice: "Are you Yun Lixi Shi Wang Guizhi?"

  Wang Guizhi was selling wine at the Yilou Tavern, and among the tens of thousands of people in Luoyang who had seen her, it wasn't strange that this person recognized her. Wang Guizhi didn't show any surprise, only saying lightly: "So what?"

  "It's nothing, just asking casually." The man suddenly removed the thing on her neck and said softly, "Don't worry, I'm not robbing you of your wealth or body, I just want to ask you one thing. Where is Yang Guang?"

  "What are you asking this for?" Wang Guizhi became alert and suddenly turned her head back, exclaiming in surprise, "It's you!"

  This was Liu Ziqiu. On the day when Xu Tingfu came drunk and wanted to take Wang Guizhi away, among all the guests in the hall, only Liu Ziqiu spoke out to stop him, so Wang Guizhi had a deep impression of him.

  Liu Ziqiu's face was originally covered with a black cloth, but after smelling that faint osmanthus fragrance, he confirmed that the woman he had taken hostage was Wang Guizhi, and then he actively pulled down the black cloth.

  The West Garden is much larger than the imperial palace, and Yang Guang will not be surrounded by people here. To find the target, there must be an insider, and Wang Guizhi is the one he thinks is most suitable as an insider. Since he wants to ask her to be an insider, he must be open and honest, so Liu Ziqiu doesn't want to hide his identity.

  "What do you want to do?" Wang Guizhi suddenly blushed and said, "I can't go with you, I still have family."

  Liu Ziqiu knew she had misunderstood him, but it wasn't convenient to explain, so he just nodded and said: "Alright, I won't take you away. I just want to find Yang Guang to talk about something, can you help me ask where he is?"

  Wang Guizhi tensed up: "You won't be disadvantageous to His Majesty, will you?"

  "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone that I came to your place." Liu Ziqiu suddenly said in a low voice, "As long as you help me with this, I'll tell you a secret!"

  Although Liu Ziqiu thought he had helped Wang Guizhi, Wang Guizhi obviously didn't trust him and hesitated: "You tell me what the secret is first."

  "Alright, I'll tell you." Liu Ziqiu hesitated for a moment before saying, "Yi Zui came to fetch water, and your dad went with him!"

  Wang Guizhi's face stiffened, and she opened her mouth to cry out in surprise. Liu Ziqiu was prepared, stretching out his right palm and lightly patting the back of her neck, causing her to softly fall over.

  In the small building of the Guiyin Courtyard, Xie Xiang was persuading Gao Xiuer with a group of beauties. Gao Xiuer just closed her eyes and remained silent.

  Xie Xiang was anxious, but saw Yuan Ziyun's eyebrows furrowed, wondering what she was thinking, and hastily said: "Yuan beauty, you usually get along best with Shi beauty, why didn't you come to persuade her today?"

  Yuan Ziyen shook her head and said, "If it's not meant to be, then it can't be forced."

  Xie Xiang's expression changed greatly as he said: "You didn't say it that way a few days ago."

  Yuan Ziyen let out a sigh, but didn't say anything more.

  There is a waterside pavilion on the east side of the small building, right next to Silver Light Lake. Although the banquet was disturbed by Gao Xiu's assassination attempt, Yang Guang remained enthusiastic and sat quietly by the lake waiting for news from Xie Xiangyun and the others.

  Suddenly, Xu Tingfu hurried in, prostrating himself on the ground and knocking his head: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I have investigated. Shi Huidang's father is named Shi Shun, who runs an inn at the East Gate. A few days ago, he suddenly sold the inn and left with his wife, their whereabouts unknown."

  Yang Guang is a vengeful person, as can be seen from the fact that he killed Gao Jiong after so many years. He could spare "Shi Huiniang" because of her beauty, but he would not let off her family members. So, while people were persuading "Shi Huiniang" on one side, Yang Guang had already sent Xu Tingfu to confiscate the Shi family's property on the other side.

  It is said that Shi Shun's family has escaped, Yang Guang coldly ordered: "Pass down the edict to each prefecture, they must be captured and brought back, alive or dead!"