Chapter 10: The Broken Alliance
More than 20 miles of mountain roads are not close, but they are not far away, and Fusu and his party deliberately choose rugged and dangerous places, so when the group returned to Jicheng, not only was it almost late, but everyone looked like they were blood-stained robes and dusty servants.
When the group came to the bottom of Jicheng, they saw that the gate of Jicheng was closed, and there were Yan troops all over it. At the head of the city, where the fire was blazing, everyone had their swords unsheathed and their bows wound, as if they were facing a great enemy. Fusu was overjoyed in his heart: "Could it be that Sister Hong and Wuya have already succeeded!?" Looking at it like this, at least seven or eight percent sure! That's great! ”
In the haze, the Yan army saw that the group came to the city, and immediately put on guard, and a general of the Yan army said sharply in the city: "Who is coming?" Fusu has been interacting with Prince Dan and others these days, and has met a lot of civil and military dignitaries of Yan State, so he looked up, knew him, and said busily: "Is it General Luo Yan?" I'm Zhao Su, a friend of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and I had a relationship a few days ago! ”
Luo Yan, the captain of the Yan army, looked down at the city carefully, and sure enough, he said, "It's Brother Zhao Xian, why did you come back so late?" Hey, how did the virtuous brother become so embarrassed? Seeing the embarrassed appearance of Fusu and the others, Luo Yan couldn't help but be taken aback.
Fusu pretended to smile bitterly and said, "Hey, don't mention it." The general better let us into the city first! We're so hungry and tired that we can't stand it anymore! ”
Luo Yan was still interesting enough, and hurriedly said: "Open the city gate and let them in!" ”
In the sound of "quack", the heavy gate of Jicheng opened, and Luo Yan greeted him, and before he could speak, Fusu preemptively said: "General Luo, it is not yet time to close the city gate!?" And why is it so like a great enemy, could it be said that something happened in the city? ”
Luo Yan said with a bitter face: "It's hard to say." The gates of the city have been closed since yesterday night, and they have not been opened at all today. What's the reason, hey, last night, Huang Wu, the envoy of Wei, was assassinated by a mysterious assassin in the pavilion. Because the assassin fled without a trace, the lord was furious and instructed His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Su Xiang to send a large number of soldiers to search the whole city! ”
Fusu was ecstatic in his heart: "Great, something big has been done!" But there was a look of surprise on his face and he said, "What! There is such a thing! That Mr. Huang Wu's swordsmanship is so high that it is rare in the world, who can kill him? ”
Luo Yan shook his head and said, "I don't know, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and others should still be in the pavilion to check the scene, and the virtuous brother asked His Royal Highness the Prince, maybe you can know more?" Well, I almost forgot, didn't Brother Xian go out of the city with the prince of Changping of Chu State early yesterday morning? Why is it so embarrassed now? ”
Fusu feigned sorrow and came from it, and the performance skills of the businessman in his previous life were used, and his face suddenly looked sad and angry, and he said with a bitter face: "Alas, don't mention it." Yesterday, I was hunting with the prince of Changping, and we were attacked by assassins at night. Changping Gongzi and others all died in battle, and my subordinates protected me and sacrificed their lives to fight my way out of the encirclement before I could escape back from the mountain! ”
Luo Yan suddenly fainted, and his heart was full of pain. This is really a wave that has not subsided, and a wave has already risen.
Suddenly, Luo Yan thought about it and said hurriedly: "Brother Xian, bear with me for the time being, I will ask the sergeant to send you to the pavilion to see His Royal Highness the Prince, such an important matter must be dealt with quickly, otherwise if it causes a national dispute, it will be troublesome!" ”
Fusu responded: "Then there is General Lao!" ”
Luo Yan arranged two carriages, escorted by dozens of sergeants, and took Fusu and others to the Wei State Pavilion.
When I arrived at the pavilion station, I saw that the pavilion post had already been surrounded by a large number of Yan troops, and from time to time there were officials from the DPRK and China coming in and out, which seemed very busy.
Fusu got out of the car and walked forward with Wuxin and the others, and the guard at the door turned out to be Song Yi, one of the three major guards of Prince Dan. Fusu hurriedly said: "Brother Song, take me to see His Royal Highness the Prince, the prince of Changping has also had an accident!" ”
Song Yi and Fusu had already met many times and were very familiar with each other, and they were shocked when they heard the words: "Ah! Something happened again!? Why are you so unlucky these two days! Come with me! Then he led Fusu and his party inside, and was anxious to see Prince Dan.
When Fusu met Prince Dan, he was inspecting Huang Wu's dead body in the room with three or five criminal trial officials. Hearing the footsteps of someone entering, Prince Dan frowned, and was about to get angry, but when he looked up and saw Fusu's appearance, he couldn't help but be surprised: he saw Fusu's pale face, high crown crooked, ragged clothes, and his left arm stained with blood.
Prince Dan exclaimed: "Didn't Zhao Qing go out of the city to hunt with the prince of Da Chu Changping?" How did it become like this? ”
Fusu couldn't look at Huang Wu's death, and hurriedly replied: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the big thing is not good. Last night, we and the prince of Changping camped at the foot of Yanwu Mountain, but at night we were suddenly attacked by a large number of assassins. Fortunately, Zhao Su's camp tent was located in the left rear of the camp mountain, and he found it quickly, and when he saw that the situation was not right, he immediately killed and fled. It seemed that I wasn't the main target of the Assassins, so I didn't chase after me too much, and finally escaped after running for a while. When I returned to the camp this morning, I saw that the camp had been burned by the Assassins, and there were countless dry bones in the ashes, and the prince of Changping had also been killed! Zhao Su was so anxious that he had to rush back to the city on foot to report to His Royal Highness the Prince! ”
"Ahh Prince Dan screamed in shock, only to feel cold hands and feet, and his brain was dizzy for a while, and he almost fainted to the ground. Xia Fu and Qin Wuyang, who were behind them, hurriedly stepped forward to support them. Song Yi also hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”
Prince Dan waved his hand, straightened up, and Xia Fu and the three retreated. Prince Dan's face was very haggard, and he asked, "Zhao Qing, apart from you, I don't know if there are any Chu people who can escape?" ”
Fusu shook his head and said, "I don't know! Last night, the assassins raided from three sides, and the number was probably between one or two hundred, all of them were good hands, and most of the Chu people should have been killed in their nights. If it weren't for the favorable location of the sleeping tent below, and the quick discovery and early escape, I am afraid that it would be difficult to escape death. With the force of his subordinates and a few guards, he only fought with more than a dozen Assassins in a rapid battle, and all of them were wounded in this chaotic battle. If the rest of the Chu people don't love war, they just escape by themselves, so I'm afraid that they can escape one or two. If you want to swear to save the prince of Changping, you will definitely not be able to resist the powerful force of the assassins, and it is not impossible for the whole army to be annihilated! ”
Hearing this, Prince Dan took a long breath, only to feel that his brain was faintly clouded, and his face was depressed: "It's over, now that Mr. Huang Wu first died at the hands of assassins, and Prince Changping also died unexpectedly, how can my Yan Kingdom explain to the two countries?" ”
This Prince Dan obviously has a good impression of Fusu, who is both civil and military, and trusts him, so he never thought that Fusu would be lying. It seems that Fusu's talent and dissatisfied attitude towards the Qin State on weekdays made Prince Dan convinced that Fusu was a Zhao man whose country was ruined!
Seeing that Prince Dan had no doubts about him, Fusu couldn't help but be secretly happy in his heart, so he asked, "Has His Royal Highness the Crown Prince investigated the scene of Mr. Huang Wu's murder?" If the murderer of the assassination can be found, maybe he can confess to the Wei State. The same is true of the prince of Changping, although the assassin must have fled without a trace, but in the fierce fighting, it is inevitable to leave traces, if the murderer of the assassin can be found, maybe he can also give Chu an explanation! ”
Hearing this, Prince Dan perked up a little and said: "What Zhao Qing said is very true, but I watched the scene of Dr. Huang Wu's murder, but I didn't find many useful clues. Zhao Qing has always been smart, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to get out of such a chaotic army, why don't you help me check the scene! ”
Fusu nodded and asked a few criminal trial officials, "Have you ever touched the furniture and other things in the room?" ”
Several officials saw that Prince Dan was quite polite to Fusu, but they didn't dare to put up any shelf, and hurriedly said: "Not only have the furniture not been moved, but even Mr. Huang Wu's body has not been moved!" ”
Fusu nodded, and then asked, "What clues have been found at the scene?" ”
"Only the Assassin sent the tip of the sword, and there are no other clues!"
Fusu admired Boundless and Qi Hong in his heart: "You deserve to be a super professional, you did a really good job!" Then he said, "Take the sword and show me!" The officials hurriedly took a tray with the tip of a sword more than half a foot long.
Fu Su looked at it for a moment and said, "The sword body is made of iron, which is very sophisticated, and it can be ruled out as something from the Qin State." The pattern on the sword is delicate, the craftsmanship is exquisite, the tip of the sword is slightly flattened, and there is a great Chu style. This sword should have been made by the Chu people in the land of Wuyue! ”
After speaking, Fusu took a look at the scene: he saw that Huang Wu's bedroom here was east-west, and there were corridors outside the two doors; There was a pane near the east wall, which had now cracked a large hole, large enough for a man to penetrate; Under the window wall is an overturned bookcase and a slanted cushion, and the bamboo slips that have fallen off the side of the bookcase are halfway through reading, and the pen and ink are all there, also scattered around the bookcase; In the middle of the house, Huang Wu's body fell with its head to the east, and the window paper on the west side had cracked a large hole large enough for people to walk through.
Fusu thought for a while and said, "If there is no mistake, the stabbing process is like this:
An Assassin infiltrated from the East and was about to assassinate him, when he was discovered by Mr. Huang Wu. Because Mr. Huang Wu was studying in the room at that time, he hurriedly drew his sword to fight, so the felt and the case were very messy.
Since the sword used by Mr. Huang Wu was definitely made of meteoric iron, and it was by no means comparable to ordinary iron swords, in the hand, the assassin's long sword was broken to the ground.
However, just as Mr. Huang Wu's attention was drawn to the Assassin from the east, the window frame on the west side cracked, and another Assassin was killed. Huang Wu Wusheng didn't notice it for a while, and he was hit by a sword in his back first, so there was a puddle of blood on the ground that was spraying straight back, and a smear of divergent blood in front of him should be caused by a large amount of blood loss caused by Mr. Huang Wu's throat being cut by the assassin in front of him after being hit by the sword. As for the front and back, it is easy to distinguish between the front and the back, if a good player like Mr. Huang Wu is not successfully attacked in front, otherwise how can a broken sword cut a large throat so easily!
However, it can also be seen that these two assassins are both proficient in assassination, and their swordsmanship is extremely subtle, and their cooperation is extremely tacit. Such a person should be a professional assassin, and he must have fled quickly after one blow, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't have to work hard, people can't find it! ”
Prince Dan was greatly disappointed, so he had to smile bitterly: "Zhao Qing's analysis is really thorough, so according to Zhao Qing's opinion, who may have done it?" ”
Fusu looked at the broken sword and said: "Although this broken sword is not a masterpiece, it is also an extraordinary product, and ordinary people can't afford to use it, so the person who uses the sword must be a powerful person." In addition, this sword is for the Chu sword, the biggest possibility is that Mr. Huang Wu and a powerful person in the Chu State have a feud, so that he was stabbed to death! However, the sword is dead, people are alive, and people from other countries may also use it, so Zhao Su can only guess! ”
Hearing this, everyone's faces changed, and they said in their hearts: "It won't be that the prince of Changping sent someone to assassinate Huang Wu, these two people have been jealous for a long time, and this is not impossible!" But when I thought that Changping was dead now, I couldn't help but wonder again: "What's going on?!" ”
Prince Dan said with a headache: "Although what Zhao Qing said is quite reasonable, but the assassin has escaped, and it is really difficult to know who did it." Zhao Qing saw if it was Qin Guo who did it? ”
When Fusu heard this, although he was shocked in his heart, he said without showing any expression on his face: "It shouldn't be possible, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can think carefully about the reason for himself!" ”
Prince Dan nodded, and said helplessly: "Yes, the matter of the confluence of my kingdoms is extremely hidden, how can the Qin State know?" Even if someone accidentally leaked the secret, it would take more than two months to go back and forth from Jicheng to Xianyang, and it would only take half a month to a month or so for Changping, Huang Wu and others to arrive in my Yan Kingdom, even if the Qin people were fast, it was unlikely that they would react in such a short period of time and send such a powerful killer to destroy Hezong! Could it be that this killer was sent by Changping? ”
Fu Su smiled secretly in his heart: "That's true, if it weren't for the fact that I was in Yan Kingdom, with the strength of 'Qin Feng' in Yan Country now, it would not be enough to find out about the cooperation of Yan, Chu, Han and other countries this time, let alone react so quickly!" It's not that Prince Dan didn't think that it was Qin Guo who did it! He pretended to think for a while and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should go to Yanwu Mountain tomorrow to take a look at the remnants of the Chu camp, maybe you can find some useful clues!" ”
Prince Dan nodded and said, "Okay, Zhao Qing will go back to rest first, and after I personally check it out at the foot of Yanwu Mountain tomorrow, I will come and discuss with Zhao Qing!" ”
Fusu heard the words and retired.
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Fusu returned to his residence, and the unkempt situation startled Qi Hong, Huofeng and others, and hurriedly waited for Fusu to take a bath, and bandaged it carefully.
Fortunately, everyone is suffering from skin injuries, and they are all in the prime of life, and the pain has been greatly reduced after a little bandaging, and they have returned to a vigorous state.
At that moment, Qi Hong, Huofeng and the others presented their food, and Fu Su and the others were hungry for a day, and immediately devoured them. With something to worry about, everyone regained their energy after a while.
Fu Su touched his bulging belly, and said to Qi Hong and Wuya: "Sister Hong, Wuya, I went to the Huangwu Pavilion to see it, you guys did a really beautiful job, except for the intentional cut off of the sword, there was no trace left!" ”
A look of triumph appeared on Wuya's cold face, and he said lightly: "This Huang Wu martial arts is indeed good, if I go alone, I'm afraid it will not be easy to kill him, I have to find a very good opportunity." Who knew that with Miss Qi Hong's strategy and cooperation, Huang Wu was killed within three moves, which was really neat! This is really a shame! ”
Qi Hong said with a smile: "Wuya is really a prize, if it weren't for you sacrificing your life to attract Huang Wu's attention head-on, I wouldn't have won so easily!" ”
Fusu smiled: "Don't be modest, Sister Hong and Wuya have done a good job." And Changping was completely annihilated by my design at the foot of Taiwu Mountain. This merger planned by Yan Guo is over at this point, let them doubt each other, dog eats dog! However, in the past two days, everyone must live in seclusion, so as not to leak their whereabouts and cause unnecessary trouble. You must know that we are in the tiger's den, and if we don't notice it, we will be killed! "Yes!" Everyone nodded in unison.
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Early the next morning, when Fu Su was still asleep, he heard someone calling in his ear: "Childe! Son! Fusu was woken up, and opened his eyes a little hazy, and saw the four girls of the Fire Phoenix standing in front of the bed, their pretty faces full of worry.
Fusu smiled: "What's wrong? Is it dawn? Su Xue pursed her lips and smiled: "Childe is really tired!" It's already dawn, and it's already three shots in the morning! Fusu looked out the window, and sure enough, he couldn't help but say with some embarrassment: "Hehe, I'm really tired, get up, get up, I'm hungry!" ”
The women then waited for Fusu to dress and wash, during which they inevitably encountered the wound on Fusu's left arm.
Seeing Fusu's injury, the women couldn't help but feel a little distressed. The lively Qingluan said angrily: "Childe, if there is anything next time, let our sisters do something, let us hide behind every time, how can this work!" ”
Fu Su smiled and said: "You take care of me, you just do your best, the battlefield battle, surprise attack and defeat the enemy These things are still left to our men!" Lan Shuang was a little unconvinced when she heard this: "That Sister Hong is not a woman, why can she help her son a lot?" ”
Fusu was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't say anything for a while, so he had to divert the topic and said: "Sister Hong's experience is as deep as you can, let's talk about it when you are older!" I'm hungry, get something to eat, or I'll eat you!" As he spoke, he slapped the buttocks of the four people with a hot pot on each of them, and then walked out laughing.
The women couldn't help but scream for a while, their faces were red, and when they saw that Fusu just refused to use it, they knew that they were worried that they would be hurt, and they couldn't help but be happy and worried.
After a simple breakfast, there was nowhere to go, so Fusu took Qi Hong, Huofeng and other beauties to the garden to enjoy. Fusu has been busy with banquets and planning recently, and he hasn't accompanied the women to play for a long time, so several women can't help but be very excited for a while!
The green grass is like a fungus, the flowers are blooming, the trees are lush, the pond water is blue, and the freshness and nature in the garden make Fusu feel good and cheer up sharply.
Fu Su is good at telling stories, especially good at editing some small stories that make girls laugh and tears, and often relieve the boredom of the girls on the journey to Yan. At this time, seeing that Fusu was in a good mood, the women pestered Fusu to tell them stories. Fusu was just about to open his mouth, when suddenly Qin Hu hurriedly came and said: "Childe, there is Miss Xiaochun at the door who heard that Gongzi was injured and came to visit, I don't know if Childe has seen it?" ”
Fusu was shocked, and the women also showed displeasure on their faces, Fusu thought about it, and didn't want to get into any more love debts, so he said, "Don't see it." You say I'm seriously injured and I'm resting. Remember, don't make her angry, just say it! "Wow!" Qin Hu went. The faces of the women also showed expressions of relief, and Fusu smiled bitterly in his heart: "Women! ”
But after a while, when Fusu was reinventing a modern love story to seduce a beautiful woman, suddenly there was a noise outside the garden. Fusu was shocked and stood up abruptly.
What's going on? When Fusu and the others were puzzled, they saw Qin Hu appear in front of everyone with a bitter face: "Childe, Miss Xiao refused to leave and broke in." The brothers know that she is a friend of the childe, but they dare not hurt others, and they are very embarrassed, so go and see! ”