Chapter 249: Jiang Qu is assassinated
Wei Wuji quickly found Lian Po, Lian Po was a little afraid of Wei Wuji, not afraid of anything else, or afraid that Wei Wuji would find himself to drink, Lian Po had never seen such a drinkable person, Lian Po was about to find the north, Wei Wuji could still laugh and continue to drink until dawn, Lian Po felt that he was more able to drink, but in front of Wei Wuji, Lian Po didn't dare to speak, when Wei Wuji pulled him to drink for three days and three nights, Lian Po almost quit drinking...
It's not that Wei Wuji deliberately embarrassed him, it's just that Lian Po is one of the few people who can accompany Wei Wuji to drink to the fullest, so Wei Wuji pulls Lian Po to drink. Lian Po looked at Wei Wuji, who was full of alcohol in front of him, his eyes were a little wary, and he was ready in his heart, as long as he dared to say about drinking, he would say that he had quit drinking. Just when he was ready for everything, Wei Wuji suddenly said: "Ma Fuzi is the son of Yiren, the prince of Qin, and it was Ma Fujun who adopted his son when he left Zhao State. ”
Lian Po was stunned for a moment, not knowing why Wei Wuji was talking about this, he thought for a moment before saying, "I know." ”
"This matter has been known to Long Yangjun of Wei, and he asked me to stop attacking Weiguo, otherwise, I will inform King Zhao of this matter."
"Xinlingjun, this matter can't be hidden, and the lord will know about it sooner or later."
"I know, but this matter can be told to King Zhao by us, or even Ma Fujun, but we can't let outsiders tell King Zhao."
"I see what you mean."
"Long Yangjun wants me to dissuade the war, this is to make Shangjun mistakenly think that I am biased against Wei and make him no longer trust me, so I can't personally propose this matter to Shangjun, it's better for you to do it." , Lian Po nodded, and said: "Zhao has captured the two cities of Weiguo, and it is not impossible to stop the war now, if you insist on destroying Weiguo and make Wei and other princes unhappy, this is not a good thing." ”
"Jiang Qu, the envoy of the Yan Kingdom, I suspect that he came to the Zhao Kingdom for another purpose? I'll come to him tomorrow to discuss the affairs of Zhao and Yan? Are you prepared? Keep an eye on his doorman. ”
"Yui!"
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Next? Lian Po proposed to King Zhao: stop the attack on Weiguo? So as not to make enemies with Wei Chu and other countries? King Zhao was already a little shaken? Hearing Lian Po's proposal at this moment? Naturally, he agreed to this matter, when he called Long Yangjun? Tell him when Zhao will stop attacking? Long Yangjun was very happy, he kept toasting King Zhao? Flattering the wisdom of King Zhao again? King Zhao laughed and prepared to hold another banquet to celebrate.
Long Yangjun really didn't talk to King Zhao about Ma Fuzi.
This made Wei Wuji, who had been staring at him at the banquet, settle down, and Jiang Qu was also at this banquet, and Jiang Qu sat next to Wei Wuji? Laughing and chatting with Wei Wuji about the affairs of the two countries, Wei Wuji's goal has actually always been on Yan Guo? If Zhao Guo must find a target for expansion, it will definitely be Yan Guo. The strength of Wei is not inferior to Zhao, although Wei does not have decent generals, but Xinlingjun is a Wei after all, and will not focus on Wei for expansion.
Korea is very weak, weaker than Yan, but he has just joined Qin and become a subsidiary of Qin, if Zhao attacks Korea, it will definitely trigger a duel between Qin and Zhao, if there is no Wei, Chu will help Zhao, Zhao is not Qin's opponent... Therefore, the target naturally fell on Yan Guo, Yan Guo itself was weak, Qin State could not interfere, and there was no need for Zhao State itself to contribute, as long as Li Mu led the knights of the border fortress to attack Yan State, and Wei Wuji took his soldiers to stop Qin State, Yan State would have no way to live.
What's more, Qi and Yan have enmity, and Zhao may still be able to get help from Qi State.
When Tian Dan rushed to Zhao State, he was unwilling to do anything, but when Zhao State wanted to crusade against Yan State, this Qi man still came forward, defeated tens of thousands of soldiers of Yan State in a battle, and directly captured several cities, forcing Yan State to bow his head, Wei Wuji even doubted that if Zhao State was ready to attack Yan State again, maybe Tian Dan was willing to help. Therefore, Wei Wuji was against Yan Guo's idea of asking for peace.
It's just that he didn't reveal his inner thoughts, he just smiled and chatted with Jiangqu enthusiastically about the removal of the border guards on both sides, and the uninformed people looked at them, probably thinking that Zhao and Yan really wanted to stop the war and shook hands and made peace. Jiang Qu looked very happy, in his opinion, if Yan Guo wants to become strong, it is natural to stabilize the relationship with several surrounding countries, consolidate his territory outside the Saiwai, and silently increase his strength.
Just when the banquet was about to end, Long Yangjun said to King Zhao: "This time the two sides can complete their agreement, or thanks to Xinlingjun, with Xinlingjun in Zhao and Pingyuanjun in Wei, the two countries will definitely maintain friendly relations.... I heard that Ma Fujun set up a school in Handan, and some sages from all over the world heard about his reputation and rushed to Zhao State, and the warriors were vying to become his disciples..."
"I have to congratulate you, Mafu has gathered so many talents, you don't have to worry about no one under your command anymore."
"Before leaving, I want to visit Ma Fujun and give me the gifts that my lord has prepared."
The smile on King Zhao's face froze, especially when Long Yangjun mentioned the sages in Mafu, even more so, because up to now, none of the sages gathered in Mafu were willing to serve Zhao State, and some even reprimanded the envoy sent by King Zhao, threatening to stay in Zhao State just for Mafujun. This made King Zhao very uncomfortable, and Long Yangjun's words immediately made King Zhao even more annoyed.
King Zhao didn't even keep Long Yangjun, so he let him leave.
At the end of the banquet, Wei Wuji held Jiang Qu's hand, the two walked out of the palace with a smile, the two just walked out of the palace and got into the carriage, "Whoosh~~", only to hear a sound of breaking the air, Wei Wuji leaned down suddenly, and heard someone screaming in the distance, the warriors ran one after another, extremely noisy, when Wei Wuji looked behind him, he saw a Yan warrior standing in front of Jiang Qu, with a crossbow arrow stuck in his back, lying on the ground.
Wei Wuji hurriedly stepped forward, the warriors guarding the palace shouted, Dong Chengzi quickly rushed over with the soldiers, ready to arrest, Jiangqu looked very frightened, his whole body was trembling, he looked at the body of the Yan State warrior lying in front of him, his face was full of pain, Wei Wuji hurriedly leaned down and looked at the corpse in front of him, especially the arrow stuck in his back.
"This is Korea's strong crossbow...", Wei Wuji analyzed, but Jiang Qu was a few steps away from Wei Wuji, and asked with some caution: "What do you mean: The Koreans came to Handan to assassinate me?" Wei Wuji raised his head and looked at Jiang Qu, who was obviously wary of himself, and was not surprised in his heart, among Handan, he was the most opposed to negotiating peace with Yan Guo, that is to say, assassinating Jiang Qu was in his interests, and Jiang Qu would inevitably think about it.
"If I wanted to kill you, you wouldn't be able to enter Handan City." , Wei Wuji said, then stood up and looked around, the palace was very heavily guarded, and if he wanted to carry a strong crossbow and assassinate here, the difficulty was not ordinary, and the surrounding area was empty, anyone who dared to approach here would cause the warriors to be on guard, this was a very bad place for assassination, and he wanted to kill Jiang Qu.
There are so many opportunities, so why do you want to do it here?
Wei Wuji quickly thought about it, perhaps, the assassin's purpose was not to kill Jiang Qu, but to have something else in mind? Sabotage Zhao Yan's peace? But who is so opposed to peace in Handan City? In addition to himself, there is also Lian Po, there is Lejian, and Tian Dan... Wei Wuji quickly thought in his mind, if the Qin people wanted to kill Jiangqu and destroy the relationship between the two countries, wouldn't it be good to kill Jiangqu directly?
Choosing such a dangerous place as the palace and failing in the end is not like the style of the Qin people.
Is there someone who wants to draw everyone's attention here and then do something?
Just when Wei Wuji was thinking about it, Dong Chengzi finally came here out of breath, he hurriedly sent someone to search the surroundings, and asked about the situation related to Jiangqu. Looking at Jiang Qu with a sad face, Wei Wuji suddenly thought again, could this be what Jiang Qu did himself, but what did he want? In Zhao, the people who favor peace occupy the vast majority... Just as Wei Wuji was deep in thought, Dong Chengzi suddenly stood in front of him.
"Xinlingjun....", Dong Chengzi said with some seriousness.
"Huh?" Wei Wuji was interrupted from thinking, looked at Dong Chengzi with some confusion, and asked, "What did you find?" ”
"I want to ask you, do you have anything to do with this assassination?"
Wei Wuji suddenly laughed, and he said, "I understand. As he spoke, he hurriedly turned around and left, but Dong Chengzi's soldiers hurriedly surrounded him, Dong Chengzi looked at him with a solemn face, and said: "You are a major suspect, as far as I know, you have a lot of Han crossbows at home, can I go to your mansion with you to have a look?" ”
"Yes."
When Dong Chengzi followed Wei Wuji into the courtyard, Wei Wuji's disciples all felt that something was wrong, and they all held the short sword at their waists, Xinlingjun shook his head and told them not to do anything, and then he took Dong Chengzi into his arsenal, Wei Wuji did hide a batch of weapons, but this was legal, because these weapons were given to him by King Zhao.
In order to let Wei Wuji not leave the Zhao State, King Zhao rewarded Xinling Jun with horses, bows, crossbows, swords, etc., to reward his bravery, Dong Chengzi followed Wei Wuji into the arsenal, at a glance saw a strong crossbow on the case, sure enough, they are all exquisite Han crossbows, the so-called Han crossbow does not refer to the crossbow built by South Korea, but a kind of crossbow made by the Koreans, which was later imitated by various countries.
The Qin people even developed a more powerful crossbow based on it.
In the row of strong crossbows, a vacant position appeared, and the strong crossbows above were long gone. Wei Wuji looked at the position and smiled bitterly, he looked at Dong Chengzi beside him, and asked seriously, "Do you believe that I will use the weapons in my arsenal to assassinate the envoy of the Yan Kingdom?" Dong Chengzi frowned, he didn't speak, he thought for a moment before he spoke; Because of my status as a friend, I would like to trust you. ”
"But because of the identity of the Si Kou, I must tell the Emperor about this matter, please don't blame, I am not qualified to interrogate a feudal monarch, but I can't ignore this matter, because, I am the Si Kou of Zhao State, and the laws of Zhao State cannot be trampled on."
"When Ma Fujun kills... That's not what you said."
Dong Chengzi blushed and said: "Ma Fujun has the power to adjudicate in his own food, not to mention that the criminal chooses to resist, in this case, Ma Fujun implements the ruling, which is in line with the law, I can show you the written law..."
"I'm not questioning your verdict, I'm just saying it casually." , Xin Lingjun shook his head, he looked around, looked at everything around him seriously, and said: "If it wasn't for my disciples who betrayed me, it was Long Yangjun who stole them, these days, only Long Yangjun has come to my mansion, I suspect that he wants to restrain me, and then come to achieve his own goals, please be cautious." ”
Dong Chengzi nodded.
After Jiangqu was assassinated, and a Yanguo warrior died, the entire Handan was immediately blocked, not allowed to enter and exit, Dong Chengzi personally took people to investigate, Xinlingjun has been issued a restriction order by him, not allowed to go out of the mansion, the same, there is Jiangqu, Dong Chengzi sent someone to protect Jiangqu, and even Longyangjun, who was about to visit Zhao Kuo, was also surrounded by Dong Chengzi, Dong Chengzi told him that this was for his safety.
Long Yangjun didn't say much.
King Zhao was very angry, in front of his palace, such a thing actually happened? He called Dong Chengzi to the palace and gave him ten days, within ten days, the real culprit must be caught, otherwise, Dong Chengzi will be removed from the position of Sikou.
Dong Chengzi first searched for the assassin, and then investigated Xinlingjun, Long Yangjun and others, it took three or four days, but he found nothing, and he couldn't even be sure whether the crossbow that assassinated the Jiangqu was the one that disappeared from Wei Wuji's house, and the assassin was nowhere to be found, and the warriors guarding the palace didn't see anyone approaching here... Dong Chengzi judged the location of the assassin according to the wound behind the doorman... However, he was surprised to find that the bolts seemed to be coming from the direction of the palace.
"What do you mean?? Are you saying that the widow is the envoy of the Yan Kingdom?! ”
When King Zhao heard Dong Chengzi's analysis, he was furious, reprimanded Dong Chengzi again, and drove him out.
Dong Chengzi originally wanted to check the palace, but he couldn't get the consent of King Zhao at all, Dong Chengzi could only judge that the assassin was one of the warriors guarding the palace, or mixed in with them, and after quickly shooting, he fled into the palace, otherwise, it was impossible to disappear without a trace in such a short time, so why should the warriors who guarded the palace deny that they saw the assassin?
Poor Dong Chengzi's hair fell out one by one, but he didn't have a clue.
In the end, he could only send someone to Mafu and invite Mafujun to bring someone to help him.