Chapter 367: The Death of Ko Wentai

Ko Wentai has passed the year of knowing the destiny of heaven this year, and his old face hides his actual age. After years of staying in the windy and sandy Western Regions, his body was gradually eroded by the wind and sand.

When the Tang army slowly approached Gaochang, the psychological pressure on this Lu Wentai was also increasing day by day, and finally, under the double pressure of this huge psychological pressure and the originally somewhat weak body, the lord of Gaochang could not afford to fall ill.

His son, Koji Zhisheng, temporarily took the throne and dealt with the domestic affairs of Gaochang.

In Gaochang City, in a vast mansion, a slightly fat middle-aged man is looking up at the pointed round roof above his head.

"Shopkeeper May!" A young man walked up to the middle-aged man and whispered.

The middle-aged man turned his head, revealing a bland face. This person is Lin Ran's successor, Mei Renxing.

"Yesterday, Ko Wentai has announced that Ko Zhisheng will temporarily handle government affairs, do you know the reason?" Mei Renxing said lightly.

The young man was stunned for a moment, and then hugged his fists and said: "Ko Wentai can't afford to be sick, lingering on the sickbed, and can't handle affairs, so he has to let his son Ko Zhisheng deal with it!" ”

Mei Renxing nodded: "Yes, that's right!" By the way, I heard that you are a ranger, so you must be very good at kung fu! ”

The young man was a little unaccustomed to Mei Renxing's way of quickly changing the topic, and he was stunned for a moment before replying: "If you go back to the shopkeeper, the villain is from a ranger." As for kung fu, the villain is not good at fighting the enemy head-on, and is good at lightening the body and, uh, running for his life! At the end, the young man couldn't help but blush.

When Mei Renxing heard this, he smiled lightly: "I once asked the people below, which of you is the best at lightening the body and the best at sneaking in secretly, and they all said that it was you. That's why I'm looking for you! I have one thing I need you to do! ”

When the young man heard this, he showed a look of disbelief: "Give it to me? Is the shopkeeper really going to give me a task to do? ”

This Mei Renxing has always been mean and extremely strict with his subordinates. So far, there are only a few subordinates who can satisfy him. So, most of the tasks are entrusted to them. As for other ordinary subordinates, it seems difficult to get tasks.

Therefore, this young man showed a look of disbelief.

Mei Renxing said solemnly: "This matter is not easy, it can be said that it is extremely difficult, so Qian Qing, I told you here now, you can consider not going!" I won't embarrass you! ”

The young man named Qian Qing gritted his teeth and half-knelt on the ground: "Please command!" ”

Mei Renxing heard him call himself an adult, and couldn't help but nod slightly, this Qian Qing is also interesting, if he can come back after this mission, he will become his confidant.

"I want you to sneak into the Gaochang Palace and put a packet of powder into the medicine that Ko Wentai is taking!"

Qian Qing raised his head abruptly and looked at Mei Renxing in amazement.

"Your Excellency wants me to poison Ko Wentai?"

"No, no, no!" Mei Renxing stretched out a finger and swayed it gently, "How can I do such a low-level thing as poisoning?" ”

"Is that powder ......," Qian Qing asked puzzled.

Mei Renxing looked around, motioned for Qian Qing to come over, and whispered in his ear: "Super strong **!" ”

"Wow!" Qian Qing suddenly let out a low sigh. He can imagine that after taking this medicine, Lu Wentai, who was already lingering on the sickbed, suddenly suffered a fever, and once he couldn't hold it back, with his weak body......

Well, this ** can be preceded by four words: super strong!

Alas, Qian Qing could almost foresee the fate of Lu Wentai. At the same time, he looked at his boss with an abnormal gaze, this boss, really...... What an unexpected idea!

Taking the small paper bag from Mei Renxing's hand, Qian Qing went out sadly.

Since the Tang army had reached the border of Gaochang, although there had been no battle, it made the royal family and Turks in Gaochang City very nervous. A large number of soldiers were sent to the head of Gaochang City, watching the situation outside day and night.

Even Ko Zhisheng has already begun to plan the overall distribution of all the food in Gaochang City, so as to ensure that there is enough food to stalemate with Gaochang City during the siege of Gaochang City by the Tang army.

For the city walls of Gaochang, Koji Zhisheng has a strong self-confidence. The Koji family has been operating Gaochang for hundreds of years, during which the Gaochang city wall has been repaired again and again, so that the city wall has been more than ten zhang high, nearly one zhang thick, and there is a female wall. It can be called the first city wall in the Western Regions, and it is almost able to catch up with the city wall of Shangzhou City in the Tang Dynasty.

In order to guard Gaochang, half of the palace guards were also sent to defend the city. Therefore, Mei Renxing dared to boldly send his subordinates to sneak into the palace and plot against him.

Gaochang in May is already very hot, the sun hangs in the sky for a long time, scorching the earth, until two o'clock, the sun is reluctant to fall down the mountain, night gradually falls.

Qian Qing shook a big pu fan while drinking tea. At this time, his body seemed to be drenched with water, and beads of sweat kept coming out.

Just now, he came alive and rehearsed the action in this courtyard.

I think that at the beginning, he Qian Qing was also a famous ranger in the Chang'an area. Although his fame is not as good as Liu Cheng, Wu Peng, Jiao Boss, Meng Boss and others who have already joined the army, they are also considered rising stars and famous among the new generation of rangers.

Originally, his goal was to be like those predecessors, to be able to join the reconnaissance battalion and show his skills, but the clinker reconnaissance battalion later stopped recruiting people from the rangers, and was selected by the military government instead. Qian Qing was suddenly disappointed. Just as he was getting older and was about to find a good job to support his family, the news came that the Investigation Institute was recruiting rangers. So Qian Qing joined the investigation institute without hesitation. After two years in the investigation institute, he was transferred to Mei Renxing's command, and thus began a bleak life.

Counting on his fingers, it has been almost three years since he was transferred to Mei Renxing, and he has not been promoted once. This made Qian Qing very depressed.

Now, here's the opportunity.

After moving his body, Qian Qing lay on the couch and waited for midnight to come.

In the process of waiting, Qian Qing didn't eat much, all of them were meat, barely filling his stomach. It is estimated that by midnight, he will be in a state of fasting.

The long wait is somewhat boring. Unconsciously, Qian Qing fell asleep.

I woke up suddenly, only to see that it was pitch black outside. Qian Qing estimated that the time was almost up, and got up to tidy up the equipment.

In addition to a saber, there is only one flying claw. Qian Qing's only purpose is to reduce weight as much as possible.

Dressed in black night clothes, climbing over the high courtyard wall, Qian Qing ran straight in the direction of the palace.

As for the route, Qian Qing had already chosen it as early as daytime today.

When I came to the outside of the palace, I looked from afar, and I saw that the lights in the Gaochang Palace were bright, but there were no people moving. Standing under the corner of the imperial city, you can even hear the snoring coming from the wall.

When Qian Qing was a ranger, he was lawless with a group of young people, stealing chickens and dogs, digging graves over walls, doing everything, and even fighting the idea of the imperial city, but when he saw the heavily armed guards standing on the imperial city, he finally gave up this plan.

Unexpectedly, when I was in Chang'an, I didn't dare to go to the imperial city at night, but today in Gaochang I got what I wanted. Qian Qing smiled secretly in his heart.

Throwing the talon onto the wall, hearing a soft, dull crash, the talon grabbed the battlement. On top of this flying claw, two layers of linen cloth are carefully wrapped, and when it collides with the wall, it will not make a crisp metal collision sound.

Climbing the wall of the Gaochang Palace with the help of the rope, Qian Qing glanced at the Gaochang soldier who was sleeping in the corner of the wall holding a weapon, pursed his lips disdainfully, and then carefully descended the city wall with his flying claws.

After entering the palace, Qian Qing took out a map of the palace from his arms, and then the faint lights determined the current location and the sleeping palace of Ko Wentai, and quickly found the shortest route.

Follow the route you find carefully. Except for the flickering candle flames, there were hardly any people along the way. In addition to the sound of the night wind, there is only the sound of snoring.

Suddenly, Qian Qing found that the wooden door beside him moved slightly, and when it flashed, it flashed into the darkness.

I saw the wooden door open, and a big man staggered out as if drunk. Standing on the steps, he pulled down his pants, shook out of the night water, and then returned to the room with half-squinted eyes.

The frightened Qian Qing couldn't help but secretly scold these Gaochang people for being uncivilized, and they actually peed in front of their house.

Except for this big man who got up at night, Qian Qing never met any more people.

When he was about to arrive at the palace where Ko Wentai was, he turned a corner and suddenly lit up in front of him.

I don't know how much brighter the lights here are than other places. And the figure shuttles, as if they are busy with something.

This is the palace where Komuntai is located.

Retracting his body, Qian Qing cautiously poked out half of his head and looked over there, only to see that behind a beaded curtain, there were five or six women with long bodies and wearing tulle. They each had a golden bowl in their hands, but they did not know what it contained. Around a luxurious bed, lying on the bed is the king of Gaochang Ko Wentai.

I saw Lu Wentai wave his arm weakly, and the five or six women immediately put the golden bowl in their hands on the side of the bed, gradually lifted the bead curtain, and walked out.

Qian Qing heard these women complaining in the dark: "The king has already drunk water twice tonight, and it is estimated that he will drink it again in a short time, who will serve him then!" ”

"Of course it's you!" The other women chuckled.

After watching these tall women leave, Qian Qing's eyes looked at Li Wentai on the bed again. I saw him lying on the bed like a dead dog, motionless.

Qian Qing was hidden in the shadows, staring at Lu Wentai on the bed without blinking.

Finally, I saw him stretch out a hand, trembling towards a golden bowl. And a pair of eyes are closed.

Seeing that the opportunity could not be missed, Qian Qing immediately quietly drilled through the gap where the bead curtain was half a foot above the ground.

"Bang-" Ko Wentai touched off one of the golden bowls, but touched the eaves of the other. Qian Qing opened the paper bag and poured the whole bag of powder into the golden bowl that was being sent back.

Knowing that the sound of the golden bowl might attract the attention of the women who had just left, Qian Qing hurriedly sprinkled the powder and quickly rushed under the bead curtain.

However, before he had taken two steps, he heard footsteps, and immediately stopped his steps, and squatted silently under the shadow of the candle flame next to the beaded curtain.

The six women soon arrived at the palace. When they lifted the bead curtain and walked past Qian Qing's candlestick, Qian Qing slammed through the bead curtain that was still shaking. Quickly disappear into the shadows.

He cautiously walked out of the palace along the way he came, and ran straight to his own courtyard.

Qian Qing didn't know what was going on, but two days later, Ko Zhisheng announced that Ko Wentai had passed away due to a sudden illness due to a serious illness, and he was officially succeeded as King Gaochang and prepared for the upcoming attack of the Tang army.

"Alas, then Ko Wentai must have died quickly!" Mei Renxing stood alone in the courtyard and sighed faintly, "That kind of Tianzhu secret powder, I'm still ready to keep it for myself, it's really cheap for that old guy!" ”