Chapter 64: Liu Taozhi
"Liu Taozhi?" Yu Wenwen felt a little familiar when he heard this name, and after recalling for a while, he finally remembered this historical figure: Liu Taozhi, the first royal killer or executioner of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the date of birth and death is unknown.
He was the prime minister of the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the founder of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Gao Huan's 'Cangtou' when he started his family, that is, a private soldier of the domestic slave type, serving Gao Huan, Gao Cheng, Gao Yang, Gao Yan, Gao Zhan, Gao Wei, these kings of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and countless princes will die under his sword.
Liu Taozhi's characteristics are who listens to whom on the throne, so no matter how many masters are changed, they will not fall, and every change of the throne of the Northern Qi Dynasty is very bloody, but Liu Taozhi is reused by the new master by virtue of this position.
"Brother, what does this Ye Xiao's boss Liu Taozhi think took over the business of this assassination?" Yu Wenwen didn't believe it, the so-called tree fell and the Qi country was scattered, and the people of Qi without this Ye Xiao were afraid that they would also be scattered, maybe it was just a few members who formed a team to 'take orders'.
Seeing that Yu Wenming was not very sure, he continued: "I heard that this Liu Taozhi was later crowned king, and since the destruction of the Qi State four years ago, there has been no news, either he was destroyed by the enemy, or he took his life savings to retire incognito, and he will not reappear until he is old and confused." β
Liu Taozhi can go through several emperors under the tyrannical Gao family, relying on his slickness and flexibility, this kind of person can have the opportunity to retire and spend the rest of his life, and he will no longer think about 'exerting his residual heat' and licking blood on the tip of the knife.
Yu Wenming expressed his opinion: "In the last years of the Qi Kingdom, as long as the emperor was a servant, a hawker, or a splasher, he could be crowned the king, and when Liu Taozhi was crowned king, the name was no longer a penny, and there were not a few enemies who wanted revenge with blood on their hands after serving the Gao family for decades. β
He thinks that Liu Taozhi may be attached to a powerful person or family in order to avoid the enemy, so it is inevitable to do something for the new master. If Liu Taozhi led Ye Xiao to vote for which family. It's not the ordinary people who can afford it.
Yu Wenwen thought for a moment and his face was solemn: "Brother is guessing that it may be Yang Jian who hired these people?" Maybe they'll come back against me two in the future? β
He thought it was incredible. From a historical point of view, Yang Jian was very suspicious after he ascended the throne, and in the middle and late stages, many of the elders of Conglong were killed for various reasons, but most of them were 'pulled out and cut down' or 'leave your whole body and don't thank you', and there has never been a rumor similar to Yongzheng's assassination of his courtiers with 'blood drops'.
However, this era has begun to change because of his arrival, and it is possible for Yang Jian to do whatever he can in a hurry.
Yu Wenming felt that it might be the case, but there was still no conclusive evidence: "Maybe, maybe it's the Shinshu Governor's Mansion or Liuzhuang's hired person." β
The states under the rule of the Xinzhou Governor's Office are in the area of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, and Yu Wenwen feels that it is more convenient for the Ye Xiao in the north to come here to get work than to throw himself into the 'Eastern Zhou' court with Yecheng as the capital.
However, Chi Yuan, the Duke of Shu, may not be interested in these water dogs, so the biggest possibility is that some family gate valve on Yang Jian's side hired them, of course, Liu Taozhi may not be involved, and it may also be some old members, but Yuwenwen thinks that if Liu Taozhi is still alive, then he will definitely not be involved in this kind of thing again.
"That brother has to be careful, as the saying goes, 'if you don't be afraid of the thief, you won't come, you're afraid of the thief', and the brother should have more eyes as the commander." Yu Wenwen struck first. He knew that his brother had dragged him here and said a lot of things, probably just to beat him.
"I'm talking about you! Why else did you say so much? You spend all day wandering around the city with a few retinues."
Yu Wenwen was not happy when he heard it, he had never messed with flowers and grass in the city, and his brother said this as if he was that evil young man with a few family members who molested the little lady on the street in broad daylight, and as a result, he would kill himself if he did too much injustice, and he was "killed by a certain young man" for the people, and finally "violent corpses on the street".
"And say no!" Yu Wenming reprimanded in a low voice, he looked outside and resisted the urge to poke his brother's head and began to interrogate: "Where did you get the princess of Liang Guo last night!" β
Last night, Yu Wenming sat in the palace to command the rebellion, and the royal family of Liang was loyal to the forbidden army to protect it, and was not disturbed by the rebels, but later when the number of people was counted, it was found that there was a missing nine princesses, and the palace maid who served the nine princesses said that after the chaos began, she disappeared in the palace without a trace.
Although the ninth princess only returned to the palace a few days ago, but how to say it is also the royal bloodline, so Yu Wenming mobilized the soldiers to search every corner of the palace, tossing for most of the night, but the result is 'life is not seen, death is not seen, there is no corpse', everyone thinks that the bitter life of the nine princesses is to the rebels to kill the life, but I don't know where to throw / corpse, but Yu Wenming always feels that this matter has a lot to do with his younger brother.
Yuwenwen heard that his brother didn't hide it when he found out that it was wrong: "Miss Xiao thought that she had entered the palace and brought disaster to her Aya, so she blamed herself and hanged herself in the pavilion. β
"And then you're going to take the sheep by the hand?" Yu Wenming looked at his younger brother helplessly, this kid was entangled with the Xiao girl all day long and didn't know what was going on, and the younger brother and sister who had been married for less than a year were still not satisfied with the appearance of a fairy and got a widow surnamed Yang as a concubine. This little concubine just gave birth to a little nephew, and within two months, she provoked another girl.
Seeing that his younger brother was noncommittal, Yu Wenming couldn't cry or laugh, and last night his younger brother was anxious and led the troops into the palace to save him, which made Yu Wenming, who was his brother, very moved, but he didn't expect that he was a master with unclean hands and feet. It seems that this princess of Liang Kingdom will be a disaster sooner or later.
Yu Wenming glanced at his younger brother and sighed in his heart: That's it, just take it as Xiao Yue's apology for this mess, and in the future, this cheap son-in-law will fight by himself
"Anyway, what's going on with your little concubine Yang, judging from the month of the little nephew, she must have been in Chang'an, who is she?"
Yuwen Wen coughed dryly, and then talked about it, Yu Wenming didn't bother to ask when he saw this, so as not to make his younger brother think that he was worried about the little concubine and had bad intentions, and the brothers walked out of the door, and after Yu Wenming once again emphasized the importance of guarding against assassins, the two of them went about their own business.
"The surname is Yang, the widow, and it is said that she also has a little girl, Chang'an" Yu Wenming muttered to himself, and suddenly he seemed to think of something terrifying, "Queen Mother?"
Could it be that my younger brother brought the Empress Dowager Yang Lihua, who was said to have died of illness, home to be a concubine?
This picture is too beautiful, Yu Wenming didn't dare to imagine it, then shook his head and denied himself with a smile: "Thinking too much, how is it possible"......
"Liu Taozhi?" Yang Ji listened to Yu Wenwen's words thoughtfully.
Seeing this, Yuwen Wen joked if he was frightened, Yang Ji shook his head with a smile when he heard this. As a 'thousand-year-old demon', he probably knew about Liu Taozhi's deeds, but he didn't take it to heart: it would be good if the lost dog could find a place to hide and spend the rest of his life.
"With all due respect. This Liu Taozhi is exaggerated. It's just a knife. β
Hearing what the other party said, Yu Wenwen also nodded, Liu Taozhi is very famous because there are many princes and generals who died under his knife, but he has a very low evaluation of his 'business ability': This guy is just a fox and a fake tiger!
As the saying goes, the monarch wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die, so Liu Taozhi kills the people the emperor wants to kill, to put it bluntly, he is an executor, an executioner, and the people who are killed can only cry bitterly when they know that the catastrophe is coming, either begging the emperor for mercy or cursing the emperor not to die well, few people want to resist, because it is useless to resist.
Liu Taozhi is a knife, not with his amazing martial arts skills to take the target's head in the midst of heavy guards, or to fight with the opponent for hundreds of rounds and take his life, he basically killed the person who was sentenced to death by the emperor. Playing the role of "Come on, drag it down and cut it!" "The little character who slashes people.
Disdain is disdainful, but the truth has to be faced, and Yu Wenwen will not be arrogant enough not to take the assassin seriously: "But this assassin is troublesome, and I don't know when he will be stabbed if he is being targeted by accident." β
Sun Ce, the little overlord of the Three Kingdoms, was careless, seriously injured the assassin and died young, and the dream of dominating the world also dissipated, leaving Da Qiao to be a widow, it was really a sin, Yuwen Wen didn't want to go to Sun Ce's footsteps, and his untimely death made the beautiful wife and concubine in the family become the surviving, so you should pay attention to it, and the remaining remnants of the Qi State have to be on guard.
He couldn't help but think of the problems faced by the powerful departments after the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Red and Empire in the original era: After the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the United States, many veterans, special forces, and grassroots officers with combat experience had no object of allegiance, and they could not integrate into ordinary life, so they chose to work hard.
There are those who work for the gangs as bodyguards and thugs or even become gangsters altogether, there are those who join mercenaries to kill people for money, and some who participate in regional conflicts and become the leaders of military organizations of all sizes in a vain attempt to realize their ambitions.
Ye Xiao, a very fashionable name, but Yu Wenwen will not be frightened at all. In this era when there are no sniper rifles, missiles, and remote-controlled bombs, the power of the so-called assassins is just like that, and there is no need to make a fuss.
After discussing for a while, the two decided to take the method of loosening the outside and tightening the inside, and let the guards tense their nerves on the establishment day, but after a long time, they will relax. The difficulty of the so-called thousand-day thief prevention lies here.
"By the way, it seems that the master of the loquat temple is buried in what Niumu Temple?"
Yang Ji said that he was buried near the Niu Mu Buddha Temple in the north of Jiangling City, and that day Chen Jun rushed into the Loquat Temple to do something wrong to the women in the temple, and the old abbot blocked it, annoyed the soldiers and was hacked to death with a knife, that is, at that time, Yu Wenwen led the new army to land on the north lake.
That night, Yuwen Wen led the army to attack Jiangjin Shu in the south, because it was expected that Chen Jun would come back the next day, so he moved by boat with the women in the temple in the early morning.
The western part of Changhu Lake is adjacent to the ancient temple Niu Mu Buddha Temple, thinking that the Loquat Temple is in disrepair and there are no monks, Yang Ji persuaded Wu Ming to bury the old abbot near the Niu Mu Buddha Temple, one is not far from the dead Buddha Gate Pure Land, someone should take care of the two to be buried near the Buddhist Temple, and there are also the same door in the future to help take care of the tomb.
Yang Ji took Wuming to the Niu Mu Buddhist Temple to negotiate related matters, the temple host is very talkative, with the assistance of Yang Ji and others, soon the old abbot was buried nearby, and Wuming built a grass house to guard the tomb for three years for the master who raised himself for more than ten years.
"In this way, when I go to the Niumu Buddha Temple in a few days, I can also take a look at this little master by the way."
'Go to the Niumu Buddha Temple? Let's take Miss Xiao there' Yang Ji smiled bitterly in his heart, he knew that the person in front of him who had never set foot in the Buddhist temple at all on weekdays was going to go now, just to relieve Miss Xiao's heart knot.
"What do you do with a stinky face? Seeing that Ben will be stained with flowers and grass, his eyes are red? Yuwen said softly, "You have been in this world for more than ten years, and you have never thought about starting a family?" β
"Starting a family?" Yang Ji muttered to himself, and a haunting shadow appeared in his mind, that was his betrothed wife who had not yet passed the door, in that turbulent era at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Jiannu entered Koushan Mountain, and his fiancΓ©e saw that the city was broken and committed suicide after his heart had died.
Yuwen Wen sighed when he saw Yang Ji's sad appearance, and then patted him on the shoulder: "The past is over, why bother." β
"You can talk about it first, everything will be fine after you have a girlfriend." (To be continued.) )