Chapter 81: Death in Peace
When Wu Zixu saw that the assassin was stabbed down by Fan Li, he shouted: "Keep people under the knife!" ”
But it was too late, and the soldiers rushed up, slashing and chopping with their swords like stuffing, and in the blink of an eye, the assassin was chopped into a pulp.
Wu Zixu meant that if he left his mouth alive, he might be able to interrogate what the situation was, such as who the assassin was and who he was assigned to. Why did he assassinate King Wu, was he the assassin in Wu Palace that day, and so on.
Now that the Assassin is dead, it's all a mystery that will never be solved.
Wu Zixu was still sitting on the ground, there was a pool of blood on the ground, and King Wu said, "Xiangguo, how is your situation?" ”
Wu Zixu said: "It's a flesh wound, but it doesn't hurt the muscles and bones." ”
King Wu said: "Xiangguo has suffered so much in order to save the widow, and the widow is uneasy. ”
Wu Zixu said: "This is the duty of a courtier, and the king must not take it to heart,"
King Wu said: "Come on, send Xiangguo back to the house, go to notify the palace doctor to rush to Xiangguo's mansion for treatment, and bring some ginseng bird's nest to Xiangguo's body, in addition, reward 100 taels of gold, 20 horses of Ge cloth, and send someone to Xiangguo's mansion." ”
"Yes!" Someone immediately went to handle it, and Wu Zixu was also carried away. King Wu said, "Dazai, are you alright?" ”
Bo Yao said: "Thanks to the king's blessing, the minister is fine." ”
King Wu said, "There is another reward for the Dazai widow, and I will send someone to send it." ”
Bo Yao said, "King Xie"
King Wu said, "Dazai should also go back to his house and rest." ”
Bo Yao said, "King, let the minister send you back to the palace." ”
King Wu said, "The widow is fine. The widow has a young uncle. ”
Bo Yao took his leave and left.
As he was talking, King Yue and Yayu hurried over, saw King Wu, and exclaimed, "King, are you okay?" ”
King Wu said: "With the young uncle here, what can the widow do?" If the young uncle hadn't arrived in time, there would definitely be something wrong with the widow tonight. ”
King Yue said, "Heaven bless, the king is fine." ”
King Wu called the leader of the forbidden army and said, "Three of your people have died, collect the corpses, buy a coffin for burial, and double the bereavement allowance according to the usual practice." ”
Fan Li said, "King, let the body of this assassin be disposed of by the ministers." Although this assassin was an enemy of the king, he was a hero who was not afraid of death, and the minister wanted to give him a coffin and ask the king for his permission. ”
King Wu said, "This is as it should be. You can do it. "King Wu's grandfather, He Lu, was able to ascend to the throne by bribing the dead soldiers to assassinate the king of Wu, so he had a different complex from ordinary people to assassins. Hearing Fan Li's words, he agreed without hesitation,
Fan Li waved his hand, and Sima Zhe sent a few people to come up and move the assassin's corpse back to the cemetery.
After everything was settled, King Wu said, "Young uncle, escort the widow back to the palace." ”
Fan Li said, "The king, please." ”
King Wu said: "Young uncle, you have saved the widow twice in succession in the past few days. The widow gives you a reward, you don't want it, you let the widow do with it. ”
Fan Li said: "If the minister does something that should be done, he can ask for a reward wherever he wants, as long as the king is safe and sound." The courtiers were concerned that the king's security was weak. Who knows if there will be any more Assassins. ”
King Wu said: "I asked Xiangguo about this, and he said that the army is trained to fight on horseback, and those people can't deal with these masters on the rivers and lakes." Warriors like Sangkook were all stabbed by the Assassins. ”
Fan Li said: "This is a big deal. The king had better hurry up and deal with it. ”
King Wu said: "Young uncle, there are candidates to guard the court, but the face of the widow is too small, please don't move." ”
Fan Li said: "The poem says: Under the Putian, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, if it is not the king's ministers, who dares to disobey the king's orders? ”
King Wu said: "Yes, I have invited him twice for this person, but he has not agreed, if I invite him again, it will be the third time." ”
Fan Li stood down with a look of surprise: "King, you mean?" ”
King Wu said, "The widow is talking about you." ”
Fan Li said: "King, but ......"
King Wu said: "Don't say it, I've heard your reasons several times,"
Fan Li said: "The minister should not shirk, the king treats me well, Fan Li knows how to be grateful." But Fan Li abandoned the king and became an official in Wu, how will people in the world comment on Fan Li? ”
King Wu said: "Okay, if the young uncle agrees to be a palace guard, the widow must treat King Yue well." ”
Fan Li was very moved and said: "Since the king said so: "If Fan Li wants to refuse again, it is unkind." ”
King Wu said: "Okay, it's decided, you enter the palace to guard, you can mobilize the forbidden army, you can bring a sword into the palace." ”
Fan Li knelt down and made a big salute: "Minister, Fan Li, thank you!" After burying the assassin tomorrow, the minister went to the palace to take duty. ”
Fan Li sent King Wu into the palace. After settling down, he left the palace and hurried back to the Tomb of Helu. The Assassin's face was severely disfigured. I couldn't see my face clearly, and my body was also slashed and in tatters. I can't bear to look at.
King Yue's face was sad, and Yayu was crying.
Of course, Fan Li knew who the assassin was. When he gave Zhong Chang the task, he had already made the result clear, and Zhong Chang still followed Fan Li's arrangement and calmly went to his death.
The grief in Fan Li's heart was not revealed, although Sima Zhe's people were very good to King Yue, they were not his own people. Of course, they can't let them know about such a confidential matter.
Fan Li calmly asked someone to go to the street to buy a horse of arrowroot cloth and wrap Zhong Chang's body. Then he asked someone to go to the street overnight, bought a good coffin, collected Zhong Chang's body into the coffin, and carried out a simple worship. He also sent people out into the street and hired a carriage to spare it.
Nothing to say for a night.
The next day, after breakfast, the carriage had stopped at the gate of the cemetery, and Sima Zhe asked the soldiers to lift the coffin and put it on the carriage.
King Yue and Yayu personally sent it to the gate of the cemetery, bowed down and bowed again, and then saw the hearse disappear at the bend of the street before returning to the cemetery.
The soldier drove the carriage, Fan Li escorted him with a sword, and went out of Gusu City, walked out of ten miles away, chose a place near the mountains and rivers to stop, and the soldier took out his tools, dug a tomb, and then lifted the coffin off the car, and slowly fell into the tomb in the direction of Yue Guo.
Everyone filled in the soil together, and there was not much time, so they made a mound.
Sima Zhe said: "Uncle, it's over, please get in the car and go back." ”
Fan Li said: "Master Sima, you can lead the brothers back." I'm in a bad mood, I'm a little tired, and I want to be here by myself for a while. ”
The soldier drove the wagon and disappeared into the distance after a while.
Fan Li knelt down against the mound. My heart hurt like a knife. He, Fan Li, in order to gain the trust of King Wu, entered the palace and promoted his plan to restore the country, killing his good brother with his own hands.
When his sword plunged into Zhong Chang's chest, he saw Zhong Chang look at him deeply, and then fell to the ground, allowing Wu Bing to slash and chop with his sword.
If you talk about his skills, Zhong Chang is injured, and those Wu soldiers can't trap him, and after he has done enough tricks, he closes his eyes and calmly dies!
Tears flowed, Fan Li raised his head and looked up to the sky and shouted: "God, punish me, Fan Li is the number one bastard in the world-"
As soon as he turned his face, there was a person kneeling beside him crying, it was really the third uncle of Chang's three masters.
Fan Li hugged Shu Chang and cried: "Brother, Fan Li is not a human!" ”