PS: Chapter 2 is updated in the afternoon

Just when Qu Wuji and his long-lost "niece and nephew" recognized each other, and everyone was happy, the assassination that happened in the arena was also revealed.

But the final point of the spearhead was beyond everyone's expectations, and the most suspicious was actually the envoys of the Jin Kingdom!

Cao Guoren was stunned after verifying the identity of the assassin, but this result was within Zhao Wuxian's guess.

It turned out that the reason why the crossbow-wielding assassin was able to avoid inspection was because he was mixed in the guards of the prince of the Jin State and the Shangjun Sima Jiqin, and walked in with a swagger!

Isn't it normal for the messenger's guards to carry weapons? And that's where the omission happened. Who would have thought that when the Keju competition was fierce and everyone's attention was on the rolling and churning skin, this "guard" who was supposed to be by Ji Qin's side would quietly move to the range under the pretext of a small relief, and shot a poisoned arrow at Zhao Wuxian!

If it weren't for the fact that Wu Renzhuan drew his sword to warn in a hurry, and Mu Xia and Tian Ben guarded them properly, the soldiers arranged by Zigong came out of the Yongdao extremely quickly, and the consequences would have been unimaginable!

Upon learning that the envoy of the Jin State was involved in the matter, Cao Bo was shocked and angry, and summoned the suspect Ji Qin overnight. Faced with the results of Cao Guo's repeated thorough investigations, as well as the assassin's body, Ji Qin did not deduce that he did not know, and happily admitted that this was his person, but then denied all the assassination.

He exerted his skills as a politician and shouted: "This person is a light warrior of the Jin Kingdom who came to my place half a year ago, claiming to be able to use a new weapon with a crossbow, and nine shots out of ten, so my family Sima Cai is accepted as a guard." I sent someone to check his background, but he was just a wicked boy from a middle-sized family in Xinjiang City. There's no problem, and I'm pretty loyal on weekdays. Who knew that yesterday he suddenly made a mistake and made an assassination. ”

At the end, Ji Qin also added this sentence: "If the Si Kou and Zhao doctors of Cao State don't believe it." You can send someone to the Jin Kingdom to investigate thoroughly. "Spread your hands, as if you were really innocent.

Although Ji Qin apologized to Zhao Wuxian repeatedly, he left himself completely abandoned, and even the assassin's background, he deliberately covered up the past, but this revealed his intention to cover up.

Cao Guo has his own rule of "not punishing the doctor", not to mention that the evidence is not conclusive, so he was let go after staying in the Sikou Office for half a night, leaving only the indignant Kan Zhi scolded: "Don't think about it. Who else can be able to place people in the guards of Sima of the Jin State to find a gap and assassinate Si Kou, except for the general Zhongxing, who else can there be? ”

Zigong shook his head and sighed: "Anyone can see this, but the evidence is insufficient. This is the only one who belongs to the Qin Guard, and the rest are all unrecognizable faces, who came in in the crowd without many weapons in their hands, and the assassin who killed two Wu Guojia soldiers in a row has already absconded, but the city Dasuo has no result for a day. Therefore, if Qin does not cooperate. It's really hard to check down, after all, he is the envoy of the Jin Kingdom, and he also has a teacher-student relationship with Si Kou, and if he wants to pry something out of his mouth, he can't be detained or executed. ”

So the clue was broken here in Ji Qin. Fortunately, Zhao Wuxian's previous good relationship worked, and after a while, a soap-clothed official came to deliver the wood chips. Wuxian took a look, but it was sent by Deng Fei, who had been following Qin's side. In it, he wrote down the details that Zhao Wuxian and the others did not know.

The origin of the assassin is certain, and it is indeed a dead soldier raised by the Zhongxing clan and the Fan clan. Ten years ago, he was assigned to join the family guard. But this assassination was kept in the dark. It was not the instruction of Zhongxingyin and Fan Jijiao, but the black humerus of Zhongxing, Fan He and the others learned that Wuxian would come to Taoyi, so they wanted to send someone to assassinate Zhao Wuxian to "avenge" Fan Jia.

Ji Qin thought that this guard was a gift from Erqing at first, but he didn't understand the reason until after the incident, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and he was really afraid when he thought about it, if something happened to Zhao Wuxian, he would definitely have to face the wrath of Zhao Ying, the middle army of the Jin State. But even though he was deeply angry at the actions of Bank of China and Fan Erzi, he still stuck to his teeth, and would rather take the blame himself than tell what he was behind the scenes.

Wuxian can also guess his thoughts: "After all, Ji Qin is the Sima of the army, and he has to consider his own future, he is now taking refuge in the Zhongxing clan, and the second son uses him, but he can only take the initiative to cause trouble." ”

Kan Zhi said: "Actually, there is another way, if you can let Mr. Deng come forward to testify......

Zigong shook his head: "I'm afraid it's useless, although Mr. Deng is willing to tell us the truth and remind Si Kou to be extra careful when traveling in the future, but he also doesn't want to embarrass his lord by leaking secrets in public, it is an open betrayal, and it is a taboo for people and ministers, so he asked to destroy this thing after seeing it at the end of the slip." ”

After listening to the opinions of the two, Wuxian made a decision after pondering for a while: "I will inform my father of this matter, and report the 'speculation' of Fan and Bank of China to the ruling magistrate of the Jin State and ask him to try it." However, Zhi's attitude is ambiguous, and I really don't know who he will favor. This matter will probably end without a problem, and even if the two sons of Fan and Bank of China are convicted, they will only be detained and exiled at most, and it will not deal a blow to the strength of the two clans. ”

"But I won't force Mr. Deng to corroborate, send someone to report back to him, and if there is something similar in the future, please tell me quickly. There is no thanks, only to rescue Deng Xizi as soon as possible, but Xinzheng is thousands of miles away from here, and it will take a month to go back and forth, please don't be anxious. ”

After saying that, he asked people to prepare the car again.

Kan Zhi instructed his subordinates to drive and asked, "Where is Si Kou going?"

"Me? I want to enter the palace overnight, go to see Uncle Cao, and sue Fan and the second secretary of the Bank of China for assassination in front of him! ”

"Isn't it because there is insufficient evidence and can't confirm it?"

Wuxian showed a mysterious smile: "Naturally, it can't be confirmed in Jin, everything is played by two parties, but in Taoqiu, I just need to let Cao Bo believe it alone." ”

Kan stopped, and Zigong bowed down and said: "Clever plan, give a wish to be the Sikou Emperor!" ”

The assassination of Zhao Wuxian by the two sons of Fan and Bank of China could not cause an uproar in the Jin Dynasty because of insufficient evidence. But with his unsympathetic rhetoric, Cao Bo was convinced: on his thirty-sixth birthday, Erqing openly assassinated the VIP Zhao Wuxian in an arena full of joy and auspiciousness! This is great offense and disrespect!

Cao Boyang is not scheming, he is easy to be bewitched, he is very angry, although the strength of the whole country is less than half of the Fan family or the Zhongxing family, but since then he has hated these two families.

In this way, Zhao Wuxian gradually started from the corner and laid out the chess game he expected.

If the Zhao clan had a conflict with these two families, it would not be a small fight limited to the country, but a "world war" in which the entire northern princes might be involved. At that time, even if Zhao Wuxian could not guarantee that Cao would send troops to help, he would be able to make the country selectively neutral, at least not fall to the enemy......

But even so, Zhao Wuxian couldn't swallow this breath in his heart, although he wouldn't use the inferior means of assassinating each other, but he had to find a way to make the Zhongxing clan and the Fan clan suffer a big loss! to be able to let out this evil breath!

……

Cao Bo thought that the envoys of various countries were shocked, and feasted in the palace for another day, after which the envoys of Wu were leaving. Their trip to the north this time is relatively intense, and they will go to Zhengguo, Chengzhou, and Jin, and when they return, they will take the route of Weiguo, Luguo, and Juguo, and they will just pass by Zhao Wuxian's territory.

"At that time, the doctor must stay a few more days and let the shirtless be entertained."

After recognizing their relatives, Zhao Wuxian and Qu Wuji seemed to have really become relatives, and the two became talkative, and they were happy along the way. Wu people out of the west gate of Taoqiu along the Jishui retrograde, he also went to the boat to send each other, and gave Zhen Yi just fired black porcelain and hemp paper, public paper, hundreds of leather paper, he hoped that when Qu Wuji returned, he could bring a large order to Sanyi.

Qu Wuji hinted that he wanted to buy some horses in the Jin Kingdom this time, preferably a good horse from Daidi near Dayuan and north of Juzhu Mountain, and hoped that the Zhao family would help, so Wuxian naturally agreed. Regarding the purchase of copper, tin and the search for boatmen and water warriors, Zhao Wuxian also mentioned it.

Qu Wuji said: "The boat master doesn't have to worry, the southerners make the boats, the northerners make the horses, since ancient times, as soon as I return to China, I can send a team of people to Zitai." As for copper, tin, and leather, Daxing Zixu once strictly ordered that private exports were not allowed ......"

He glanced at Zhao Wuxian, and then changed his voice and said: "But most of the lords of Xu Di, Zhong Wu, and Qunshu are newly sealed by the king in the past ten years, and there are many minerals and beasts in the yi, but there are few silk hemp and luxury goods. If Zitai's territory can provide these goods, I can naturally act as an intermediary for you to exchange them through some channels. ”

There are some things that he is not enough for outsiders, Wu is under the king, and the power is distributed and supported in this way, namely the crown prince sent to supervise the country, the great walker Wu Zixu conspired for state affairs, the guest secretary Sun Wu was in charge of the army, and the Dazai Boyao was the main financial and internal affairs.

Among them, Bo Yao, who had a close relationship with the prince, whipped the corpse of King Chuping in Poyingdu, and made Yin Zichang his wife and daughter, and began to lose his ambition after avenging the Bo family, and became greedy for money and lustful. He was very fond of extravagant utensils, and after those beautiful porcelain were brought to Wu by the prince's wife, the Lady of Song, in addition to the Wu Palace, Dazai's Lingyi Mansion was the most urgently needed. As long as Qu Wuji goes his way, he can bypass the big pedestrians Wu Zixu and Sun Wu, make some deals with Zhao Wuxian, and profit from it.

Chatting and chatting, Qu Wuji also talked about the purpose of Wu Guo sending people north this time, and Zhao Wuxian listened attentively.

Qu Wuji's ancestor is also a Chu person, but he does not have the slightest affection for this mother state.

"After the state of Chu moved its capital to the land, Yin Zixi changed his discipline, and the king of Chu also seemed to be intent on cheering up, so the people of Daxing were a little worried......"

Wu Guo had experienced too many victories, so Qu Wuji seemed unimpressed when he said this, but Zhao Wuxian heard something different from it. Although the Chu State is crippled, their potential, Wu Zixu and Sun Wu, the two strategic masters, are very clear, and it is enough to make people vigilant, so they promoted this mission, the purpose of which is to repair the old alliance with the Jin State!

For Mr. Zhao, this should be a good thing. (To be continued......)

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