Chapter 001: Waking up from a dream and realizing that I am just a guest
HS City Criminal Police Captain Sun Yi hadn't slept for three days because of a tragic case that wiped out a whole family. Now that the case was finally closed, he returned home and fell asleep without saying a word.
Unexpectedly, not long after I lay down, I heard someone banging on the door outside:
"My lord, my lord! Hurry up and get up, something terrible has happened!"
The noise was as loud as beating a drum. Even if Sun Yi wanted to pretend not to hear it, it was difficult. He opened his eyes in a daze and felt uncomfortable all over, especially his mouth and nose, which were sticky as if blocked by something.
He subconsciously reached out his hand to wipe it, but his hands were filled with dark brown sticky liquid, which also emitted a faint pungent fishy smell.
Blood?!
Sun Yi was now completely awake. He jumped out of bed and looked around cautiously, only to find that his messy bedroom had completely changed:
The wooden-framed, paper-pasted window frames, the large bed with brocade curtains, the wardrobe carved with five blessings holding longevity symbols, the candlesticks with cranes standing on the backs of dragon turtles - especially the wooden rack at the foot of the west wall, where there was a large, cold, golden ring knife!
What on earth is this…
Sun Yi's mind was a little confused for a moment. He was in a trance and couldn't figure out whether he was awake or completely asleep.
Suddenly, he discovered that there was a half-man-high bronze mirror placed next to the large gold-wire ring knife. With an idea in his mind, he rushed to the bronze mirror in two steps, and with three parts of fear and seven parts of expectation, he carefully put his face close to it.
The face reflected in the bronze mirror, although still with thick eyebrows, big eyes and a square figure, was at least ten years younger, with more angular features and a much stronger stature - but what was more eye-catching was the bronze muscles that looked like cast iron.
Mermaid line, eight-pack abs, inverted triangle muscle group...
Sun Yi subconsciously bent his arms, and saw a hill-like bulge on his biceps, which was conservatively estimated to be the size of a D cup!
this……
Could this be the legendary time travel? !
Sun Yi staggered back half a step, his mind in a mess. The corner of his eye inadvertently caught sight of the large golden ring knife. He didn't know what was wrong with him, but he suddenly had an urge to hold the knife in his hand. So he reached out without thinking and grabbed the large golden ring knife in his palm.
This knife looks heavy, but it feels as light as a piece of aluminum when you hold it.
Sun Yi accidentally used a little too much force, and the nine copper rings collided with each other, making a loud noise. The crisp sound of the collision seemed to be magical, piercing deep into his brain through his ears, and then countless fragments of memory exploded in his mind!
The ninth year of Guangde in the Great Zhou Dynasty?
Sun Shaozong, the military attaché stationed in Qianxiang Kingdom?
Offended Prince Yizhong?
Do you have a brother named Sun Shaozu?
These memory fragments were incomplete, and the order was even more disorganized. Sun Yi spent a lot of effort to sort out the general context:
This body originally belonged to a guy named Sun Shaozong. He came from a military family of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Because he offended the powerful people of the time, he almost lost his life. As a last resort, his brother Sun Shaozu had to use his connections to send him to Qianxiang Country for temporary refuge.
However, even though he was avoiding danger, Sun Shaozong did not escape the "embrace of the Great Zhou court" in Qianxiang Kingdom. He was now the military attaché of the Great Zhou stationed in Qianxiang Kingdom, and was actually granted the rank of sixth-rank captain of the imperial guards. He was in charge of more than 30 guards in the embassy and was considered the second most important person under Ambassador Niu Yongxin.
Although Sun Yi was a little confused about which dynasty in history these Great Zhou Dynasty and Qianxiang Kingdom belonged to, after accepting these memory fragments, he at least had a basic understanding of this era, and he felt a little more at ease.
Alas~
Now that I've traveled through time, I'm afraid I can only accept my fate.
Just when Sun Yi... no, just when Sun Shaozong was feeling mixed emotions but had to face reality, the sound of banging on the door like a drum came into his ears again: "Sir, Sir! Get up quickly, Sir Niu has been assassinated!"
Ambassador Niu Yongxin is dead?!
A piece of information immediately flashed through Sun Shaozong's mind: According to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, if a special envoy of the imperial court dies in a foreign country, all the accompanying guards must die to apologize!
Damn~
Am I not now the leader of Niu Yongxin's guards? !
I just came here and I'm about to lose my head. This is even more tragic than sending your head thousands of miles away!
Sun Shaozong didn't have time to think about it. He picked up the large gold-threaded knife and stepped forward to open the door bolt. With a push, the two doors opened to the left and right like pieces of paper, and hit the wall with a "clang", shaking the dust off the beams.
He stepped over the threshold and saw a short man in a helmet and armor standing outside. He grabbed the man by the collar and brought his face, shouting, "Niu Yong... How did Lord Niu die?!"
“Huh…huh…”
The dwarf was kicking and paddling in the air, making noises with his mouth, but how could he utter a complete sentence?
Sun Shaozong then realized that he had almost strangled him to death, and hurriedly put the dwarf back on the ground carefully - well, it seemed that the other party was not particularly short, but Sun Shaozong was too big and strong, which made the other party seem not tall enough.
Moreover, based on the guy's weight, Sun Shaozong also realized that the large golden ring knife was not actually that light, and might even be several pounds heavier than he had initially guessed.
This bronze body of muscles is indeed not just for show!
“Cough… cough cough…”
The dwarf, who was not short, coughed dryly for a long time before he recovered. He said with a sad face , "Didn't Lord Niu accept an invitation to attend the wedding banquet of Qinglin prefect Ruan Liangshun's second wife? At the wedding banquet, a dozen thieves suddenly attacked and killed Lord Niu and his four accompanying brothers!"
Qinglin Prefecture is the capital of Qianxiang Kingdom, and Ruan Liangshun is the prefect of Qinglin Prefecture. In modern times, his role is basically equivalent to that of the mayor of Beijing City.
Sun Shaozong was piecing together the relevant information in his mind when he heard the 'dwarf' mumbling with some complaints: "In fact, if you, the captain, hadn't suddenly felt unwell and couldn't go with us, Lord Niu wouldn't have lost his life - all those assassins piled up together wouldn't be enough for you to kill with just a few strikes, not to mention that after they succeeded, most of them could escape in the chaos!"
This tone was full of resentment and didn't sound like flattery.
Think about the strange power hidden in this body. If Sun Shaozong was there at the time, he might have been able to stop the assassins as he said...
etc!
Sun Shaozong suddenly had an idea. He quickly put the golden knife in his left hand, spread out his right palm and looked at it carefully for a few seconds. Then he shouted: "Feng... Feng Xin, gather all the people in the embassy to the front hall immediately! Tell them that I want to call out their names one by one. If you see anyone acting suspiciously, arrest them immediately!"
It took him a lot of effort to remember the identity of the dwarf in front of him: Feng Xin, one of the two seventh-rank inspectors under his command.
Uh~
Considering that another inspector had died in Ruan Mansion with Niu Yongxin, he was now the only inspector under his command.
Feng Xin heard this, but he had no intention of following orders. Instead, he sighed dejectedly, shook his head and said, "Sir, it's useless. Now the east and west gates are locked, and the embassy is surrounded by the Qianxiang army. With our limited manpower, we can't get out! I think we can't escape this time, and we will all be buried with Sir Niu..."
Seeing that Feng Xin was getting more and more discouraged as he spoke, his eyes turned red and tears were about to fall from his eyes.
Sun Shaozong could no longer bear it, so he lifted him up into the air, shaking him like a lantern, and yelled, "I order you to gather everyone together right now! Do you understand?!"
"Listen...listen, I understand! I will do it right away!"
Feng Xin felt that his bones were about to fall apart. How could he dare to take the risk and disobey orders? He hurriedly rushed out of the courtyard!
Tsk~
This is really an unexpected disaster!
Watching Feng Xin's back disappear behind the door, Sun Shaozong's face fell - now the city gates were closed and the embassy was surrounded by heavy troops, there was definitely nowhere to escape. The only way to survive now was to catch the escaped assassins before the news was passed back to Da Zhou and make amends.
Fortunately, as a criminal policeman, what he is best at is solving cases!
