Chapter 43: The Corner of Great Qin
The streets of Xianyang in the middle of the night were deserted, the cold wind swept across Zhao Qi's cheeks, a little cold, he tightened his clothes, hummed a little song and continued to walk forward, Ling'er followed Zhao step by step, looking around with a lantern in his hand, the surrounding candlelight was dark, like a devil who chooses people to devour, can swallow people at any time.
When Zhao Qi went to Zuixianglou, he didn't expect those few unproductive people to go back tonight, sure enough, Zhao Qi and Gao gradually talked for an hour with Bingzhu, and a few people who took the woman to have fun had not come out, Zhao Qi sat bored, so he had to inform Hua Niang, and he took Ling'er back first.
The streets of Xianyang are not as flat as in later generations, the potholed streets are covered with a thin layer of snow, and you always have to stumble when you take two steps, which makes Zhao Qi very uncomfortable, and he can't help but say: "This Xianyang street should be repaired, this road is easy to fall people."
"Yizi is broad-minded, and he thinks about the people of Great Qin at any time, and the concubine is really admired." The sound of a woman's laughter and moaning came out of the darkness, which made Ling'er tremble in fright, and grabbed Zhao Qi's arm and hid behind him.
Zhao Qi seemed to have expected it, so he stopped unhurriedly and responded into the darkness: "Oh? I'm very glad that Miss Zi Ji can think like this, but I don't know why the girl chased her out alone late at night? It's better to be cautious in troubled times, but at night when the ruffians wander around, I believe that the girl's appearance is their preference. Zhao Qi's tone sounded relaxed, but his hand quietly held the short sword in his sleeve.
"Hehe, where did Zhao Gongzi say, your name is thunderous in Xianyang, with you, how dare you have a ruffian to come over?" Zi Ji's enchanting figure appeared in sight, twisting and stepping out of the darkness, the purple plush leather clothes made her look more sexy, what Zhao Qi couldn't understand was the design of her fur fur, her shoulders were exposed, but I don't know if I would feel cold in the cold wind of this deep winter.
Zhao Qi didn't know if he was cold, he only knew that he should not take this woman lightly, this seemingly charming and touching woman without any threat was a killer that Zhao Qi could not be despised for. This opened Zhao Qi's eyes, it was not a common thing for women to practice martial arts during the Warring States Period, since he came here, this is the first time he has seen a woman who makes him feel threatened, if a woman studies the art of assassination, she will have a great advantage, no one will think that a charming beauty will complete what kind of threat to the martial artist, which just shows the danger of female assassins.
"Hahaha." Zhao Qi is now also contaminated with the bad habits of the Warring States military generals, and likes to laugh twice before speaking, as if not doing this is not enough to show his courage, and only after laughing did he put his hands behind his back and said, "I think Miss Zi Ji blocked the kid's way late at night, not just complimenting the kid, right?" ”
"Oh, where did Zhao Gongzi say, everything the concubine said was the truth, how could it be said to be a compliment, but ...... The concubine does have something important to ask for tonight. Zi Ji always had a smile on her face, which made Zhao Qi unpredictable, she just wanted to continue, but suddenly looked at Zhao and lowered her head to peek at her little girl and frowned, "Childe, can you take a step to speak?" ”
Zhao Qi glanced at Ling'er behind him, and rubbed her hair bun casually, causing Ling'er to stare at him angrily, and then waved his hand and said, "It's okay, Ling'er is not an outsider, Miss Ziji is the one who speaks."
Zi Ji, who was still very generous, twisted up at this time, grabbing the placket of her clothes with both hands and seemed to have some struggle in her heart, Zhao Qi looked at her quietly and did not speak, any major decision has a long process of struggle, Zhao Qi knew very well that he only needed to wait patiently and wait for Zi Ji to make his choice.
After a long time, Zi Ji sighed before she slowly spoke: "Zhao Gongzi, I'll just say it directly, you are a rare smart person in Daqin, and you will definitely be the king of Qin Aichen in the future, I think your talent should not be limited to this, and the beautiful country of Daqin should be given to a smart person."
"Hehe, so what does Miss Zi Ji mean?" Zhao Qi smiled, but the expression on his face became gloomy, and he looked coldly at the beauty in front of him, of course he wouldn't not understand the meaning of her words, but he heard more from her words, it seems that these so-called Jianghu assassins can no longer keep to themselves, and have begun to seek rights for themselves, and they have actually become the spokesperson targeted by them? Zhao Qi was a little annoyed, didn't he think that I was easy to be bewitched when I was young?
Zi Ji seemed to have fallen into the world of her own reverie, and she didn't notice the change in the expression on Zhao Qi's face, she continued: "Now that the Great Qin King has changed, it is the time when accidents are most likely to occur, didn't Zhao Gongzi think that the soft couch of the King of Qin can be replaced?"
"As a courtier, it is my duty to solve problems for my king, how dare I have such a rebellious mind, Miss Ziji must not have such thoughts." Zhao Qi showed a frightened expression, but the meaning of rejection in his tone was much lighter, of course he would not be stupid enough to really want to commit treason, but he just had the idea of playing with this woman, Zi Ji probably still doesn't know how close Zhao Qi's relationship with Yingzheng and Mrs. Huayang is, otherwise he would definitely not do such a stupid thing, this kind of rebellious behavior should not find anyone Zhao Qi, so they are doomed to failure.
Zi Ji seemed to hear the shaking from Zhao Qi's tone, and the corners of her mouth involuntarily raised, and continued to bewitch Zhao Qi: "Don't you think that my strength is too weak to fight against the millions of lions of Great Qin?" If so, you don't have to worry, the reason why Qin is orderly, but the princes will have all the same, if the Great Qin has no king, but the dragons have no leader, it can be broken in the near future, what does the prince think? ”
"What's the best idea?" Zhao Qi showed a yearning look, he seemed to have discovered a great secret, these people seemed to be much more complicated than he imagined.
Zi Ji covered her mouth and smiled "giggles", and said: "Zhao Gongzi is a person who practices martial arts, he must have heard of the art of assassination, assassins are originally alone, and have you ever heard of an assassination organization composed of assassins?" We did what others didn't dare to think of, we have the first organization in the world that is all assassins, I think Zhao Gongzi must know the role of this force, if Zhao Gongzi can join us, wouldn't the king of Qin be captured? ”
"I'm joining you?" Zhao Qi was stunned, he didn't expect that the seemingly calm Qin State secretly hid so many hidden dangers, the assassin group may have appeared in the novel movie, but it has never been recorded in history, the dark department is somewhat similar to this nature, but its value is to protect the King of Qin, and the organization Zi Ji said is obviously to subvert the regime, and it is linked to Zi Ji, Zhao Qi thought of one more thing.
Zi Ji seems to be waiting for Zhao Qi to think about it, how did she know that Zhao Qi could not have the intention of rebelling at all, what Zhao Qi thought, is just how to lure these people out and completely eliminate them, the Great Qin that Zhao Qi wants to build should be beautiful and strong, he will never allow the existence of these tumors, let alone allow them to threaten Yingzheng.
"I remember when I was back to Qin, I was attacked along the way, and among these people were professionally trained assassins, do these people have any connection with you?" Zhao Qi remembered that he was attacked on the way back to Qin with Ying Zheng and Zhao Ji, and that time Zhang Han and Li Xin also caught a lot of assassins, obviously it was not as simple as robbing money, Zhao Qi felt that these people might have a connection.
Zi Ji obviously knew, she twisted and circled around Zhao Qi for a while, and then said slowly: "Yi Zi is too worried, I should know who these people are, but I can tell you clearly, this is definitely not our people's doing, if you want to know more, it depends on the sincerity of the son."
"Let me join you?" Zhao Qi stared at Zi Ji with a smile, and suddenly showed angry eyes, he turned around with his sleeves and turned his back to Zi Ji as he walked, "You guys joined me almost the same!" I was born in Daqin, Daqin is my biological mother, I will never allow any threat to its existence, I warn you, put away your thoughts, as long as I am in Daqin for a day, you tumors will not want to surface, if you threaten Yingzheng, I will definitely let you know what price you will pay for your ideas! ”
Zi Ji looked at Zhao Qi's back in a daze, she couldn't understand how this person said that she would turn her face, thinking of the conversation with him just now, she seemed to have found something, and stomped her feet angrily, she was actually tricked by this kid! Zi Ji stared at the direction in which Zhao Qi disappeared, revealing an eagle-like look.
A tall figure quietly appeared beside her, this is a young swordsman, dressed in coarse cloth clothes, his long hair is tied up and fluttering in the wind, he holds a sword in his arms, and there is no joy or sorrow in his tone, he says, "This man you like seems to be unwilling to help us."
"Then get rid of it!" Zi Ji's eyes were cold, and she said this resentfully and turned away.
In the dark, on the eaves not far away, the young man untied the wine bag from his waist and put it to his mouth to take a sip, and let out a breath of cold air. Zhang Han stood up, moved his hands and feet, and said to himself: "This damn weather is really getting colder." After saying that, his feet moved, and he disappeared into the night.
In Xianyang Palace, Zi Chu leaned on the soft couch with his eyes closed and quietly listened to the news brought by the middle-aged man in black clothes.
After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he breathed a long sigh of relief, slowly opened his eyes and said, "Zhao Qi, Zhao Qi, you really didn't disappoint the lonely king." It seems to be said to Zhao Qi, who is not nearby, and it seems to be said to himself.
Zhao Qi was not surprised at all by Zhang Han's appearance, this kid disappeared from the moment he entered the Zuixiang Building, he didn't think that this cold murderous weapon would be as addicted to wine as Feng Zheng and them, needless to say, he must have climbed to the roof of the Zuixiang Building to see the scenery.
That is to say, Zhang Han has been following him from the moment Zhao Qi came out of Zuixiang Building, and he doesn't feel strange.
snatched the wine bag from Zhang Han's hand and poured himself a sip, and his frozen red face looked better.