Chapter 24: The Trap
For assassination, Zhanbai may be able to deal with it calmly, but in comparison, Gongzi Jun is not good. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The tree is a big wind, Gongzi Jun was originally a flag-like figure, and he can't be dazzling. On the other hand, Zhanbai is more just dragged down by it.
Gongzitian controls two-thirds of the territory of the Chu State, and occupies all the rich land, plus he inherits the inheritance of the late King of Chu, and the wealth he has is far beyond the ability of Gongzijun.
As far as the matter of the two sides sending assassins to each other is concerned, Gongzi Jun and Zhan Bai are together, and the price they can give is only enough to assassinate Gongzi Tian, on the other hand, Gongzi Tian, with his great wealth, has almost put all the civil and military officials attached to Gongzi Jun's side into the blacklist.
The final result is that Gongzi Jun's self-protection power is more than enough, but in half a year, four civil and military officials who are attached to him have been successfully assassinated, which is undoubtedly a big blow to morale.
Nowadays, people are panicking, for fear that they will become the next unfortunate target, and under the distraction, it is inevitable that they will be powerless to deal with government affairs.
"Hey, sir, I'll tell you the truth, according to the report of the city defense officials, in just the past six months, there have been more than 10,000 strange faces gathered in Yingcheng, all of them are rangers, and the students are sure that a considerable number of them are assassins. But what do you know? After all, on the surface, this is a normal flow of people, and now our territory is no longer limited to Yingcheng. Therefore, there is no possibility of screening out assassins with bad intentions. Childe Jun said helplessly.
"Hey, that's the result of the lack of a hukou system." Zhan Bai also sighed.
The environment of the Spring and Autumn Continent is too special, although here, both the aborigines and outsiders will issue nameplates to distinguish identities by different occupations, but there is no systematic household registration system, and the number of outsiders is too large, and the power of the rivers and lakes is extremely mobile, and it is simply impossible to find out the identity of everyone.
"Hukou system? Sir, I wonder what this hukou system is? Sure enough, Zhanbai's words immediately aroused Gongzijun's interest.
"This household registration system is actually very simple, that is, on a large scale, the government is the main body to formulate detailed identification documents for all people under its jurisdiction, including age, appearance, occupation, etc., and issue guidelines accordingly. In this way, if these people who have a household registration want to move freely, they must provide directions, or they can be punished according to the law that has been enacted. Childe thinks, if this is the case, with the road guide and household registration, wouldn't it be a good solution to the current problem? Zhan Bai guided with a heart.
"Wonderful, although this method may not be able to eradicate the roots, it also greatly eliminates hidden dangers. The gentleman is really talented, and he has such a plan. Gongzi Jun couldn't help but applaud, but it made Zhan Bai's face a little feverish.
Where did he come up with this household registration system, but it was just a foreign product based on the experience of his previous life.
"It's a good idea, but it's almost impossible to implement it in a short period of time. If the prince is interested, it is better to wait until the state of Chu is pacified and he sits on the throne before implementing it. Zhan Bai said in a timely manner, "Far water can't quench your thirst, for now, in the face of that dangerous assassination, you still have to be on your own defense." ”
"Now, that's all it can be." Gongzi Jun nodded helplessly.
"Okay, let's stop here today, I still have some things to deal with in my house, so I won't stay long." Zhan Bai looked at the sky, it was already noon, and he got up to leave.
"Sir, it's better to ...... after lunch" Childe Jun politely retained, but he didn't have much hope in his heart.
The two have been together for a long time, Gongzi Jun knows Zhanbai's character very well, and he is often a person who does what he says, and he is not interested in the exchange of favors.
"No, now that the war is coming, you and I must be fully prepared, don't pass it here." Sure enough, Zhan Bai shook his head, and after signaling to Gongzi Jun, he walked out of the study first.
Gongzi Jun escorted Zhanbai out of the feudal palace all the way, and then returned under the escort of dozens of carefully selected doormen, although most of the time, the assassination happened at night, but during the day, the guards did not dare to take it lightly.
Gongzi Jun is like this, and Zhanbai is no exception.
Although it can't compare to Gongzi Jun's pomp, every time he goes out, Zhanbai has at least a dozen people guarding him, led by the disciples of the sword collar in the bright place, and there must be five disciples of the Dark Sword Pavilion in the dark at all times.
Summer is about to begin, and after a spring rain, not only did it not bring much coolness to the weather, but the scorching sun became more raging after the weather cleared.
It seems that in order to resist the heat, a horse-drawn carriage was specially arranged for this trip.
The carriage was pulled by two healthy horses, and although it was not luxurious, it was not a small space inside.
Zhan Bai sat alone on the carriage, holding a book in his hand and reading it carefully, sometimes with a smile of relief, and sometimes with a look of regret.
In fact, this book Jane is Sun Shuao's homework.
Now, although he is busy with political affairs, Zhanbai still spends about half an hour a day teaching this student Guiguce and leaving homework.
The so-called homework is more of Uncle Sun's experience of reading through Guiguce.
Guiguce itself is obscure and difficult to understand, and because of Zhanbai's limited time, when teaching, he often only names the essentials, so many details need to be carefully understood by Sun Shuao himself, and recorded and presented to Zhanbai as homework. After the correction, Zhanbai will also give corresponding corrective answers.
In this way, it also has the effect of doing more with less, at least several times better than cramming teaching or completely free-range professors.
It can be said that every homework of Sun Shuao, in the previous life, can be regarded as a thesis, through this small half a year of study, Zhanbai obviously feels that it has made quite good progress, of course, there will inevitably still be some slightly immature loopholes.
Squeak!
Just as Zhan Bai's mind sank into the book, the carriage suddenly stopped.
Before Zhan Bai asked, the curtain had been lifted.
"Sect Master, something seems to be wrong ahead." Chu Chi's face appeared in Zhanbai's eyes, and his expression was quite serious.
For the escort team of Zhanbai going out, as early as after the arrival of disciples such as the sword collar and the blood refining dark hall, they were extremely rigorously formulated.
Today, Chu Chi personally led eight sword collar disciples as the guards of the Ming Division, and he himself played the role of a horseman.
Hearing Chu Chi's admonition, Zhan Bai did not speak, but looked out through the half-opened door curtain.
In front of him is a bustling street leading from the Domain's Mansion to Zhanfu, and on the surface, it seems to be no different from the old days, but behind the road there are many people, and there are many peddlers and pawns.
But Chu Chi can find out what is wrong, how can he be so careful as a hair.
On the street, there are still a lot of people, but the air is faintly exuding the atmosphere of repeated killings, not only that, but more importantly, the shape of the street full of people is full of flaws in Zhanbai's eyes.
The vendors looked left and right, but their faces did not usher in the politeness of sending them to the false snake, which was a failure.
Passers-by seem to wander aimlessly, but all of them put their hands in their wide sleeves to add to the snake, don't forget, this is not a cold winter day, so secretive, unless there is an ulterior secret, Zhan Bai really can't think of any other reason, and it is a failure.
And also......
"I'm afraid there are thousands of people on this short journey." Zhan Bai sighed, if they were all assassins, this scene would be really big enough, "Turn around and walk from the path." ”
Zhan Bai didn't know if these people were dealing with him, but for the sake of safety, it was better to be safe, after all, this is not what it used to be, after stripping off the godhead, he himself is almost no different from an unbound chicken.
As for the guards' sword collars and the disciples of the Dark Sword Pavilion, although they are elite, the number is too small, and under the siege of thousands of people, not to mention that they are not pleased, they can already burn incense and worship the Buddha without the entire army being wiped out.
Fortunately, Chu Chi found out in time, and the carriage stopped just after reaching the corner of the street, so it was very easy to turn around.
As for whether the assassins will chase them out?
"As long as you're not a fool, I believe no one will want to die." Zhan Bai shook his head, after all, this place is not far from the vassal king's mansion, and it is not surrounded by it, so he and the others still have a great chance to escape back. Once those assassins catch up, facing the powerful power of the feudal palace, it will be tantamount to moths to a fire.
"Yes." Chu Chi nodded kindly, and without hesitation, he pulled the reins, turned the horse's head, and headed for another path.
Although the traffic in Yingcheng is well developed, there is a section of road that must be passed between the vassal palace and the exhibition mansion. Within this stretch of road, there are only two connecting roads.
The street that had just turned around was one of them, and the other was a small road, which was much narrower and not easy to walk, but it was better to be remote and quiet, and it was not suitable for a large number of assassins to lurk, and this was undoubtedly the best choice for Zhanbai at the moment.
"Sect Master, I'm afraid this road is not peaceful." After turning to one end of the path, Chu Chi looked at the empty narrow street and reminded with his intuition.
"Hehe, it looks like someone brought us here on purpose. In that case, we're going to meet him, let's go. ”