PS: Chapter 3 is around 2 o'clock

The whistling north wind blew across the Hexi Plain, blowing the Wei banner at the head of Shaoliang City to the east and west. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this moment, the faces of everyone in the city were as sour and helpless as frosted eggplants.

"My father is dead?" Wei Ju held his head, and the whole person was lying on the desk, unable to believe that this was true. His father, Wei Mando, was in the prime of life, shrewd and capable, and would prosper the Wei clan with him, but his life died like a withered tree in midsummer, which made Wei Ju difficult to accept for a while.

"The head of the house was assassinated!" It was Lu Xing, a disciple of the Wei family, who came to Hexi to report the funeral, and he was also sad in his heart, thinking of the scene that day, his heart was cold and angry.

Wei Mando died a disgraceful death, he was assassinated while using the toilet, the assassin shot Wei Qing with a dagger and crossbow, and kicked him into a dung pit, defiling his body. As for the assassin, in the face of hundreds of Wei guards, there was naturally no way to survive. But with only one arm and a Wei Manduo's sword, he rushed out and killed several people in a row, causing chaos in the entire Wei clan, and finally it was Lu Xing who shot him in the thigh with an arrow, and he used the sword to cut his face, gouge out his eyes, and cut his abdomen and intestines, and died......

Until his death, everyone only knew that he was called a "torturer", from Xinjiang, and was Wei's toilet painter, but his true identity was unknown. After Lu Xing cleaned up Wei Mando's body, he put the assassin's body in the street market, and bought his name with a thousand gold, until Lu Xing came to him, no one knew who he was, since he couldn't even find out the murderer, then the mastermind behind the scenes was even more impossible to find, they could only guess that the one who wanted Wei Mando to die was either from the Qin State or the Zhao family......

All the retainers bowed down one after another and said: "The head of the family has died, and I hope that the gentleman can preside over the overall situation and succeed to the throne!" ”

Wei Ju's hands no longer trembled, he wiped away the two lines of tears from his face, and then entered the inner room.

When he came out, he was already wearing a full set of linen mourning clothes, and on his head was a crown representing the secretary. Somewhat unaccustomed to pushing the tiara back and placing it in a thick bun. It didn't take long for him to pull forward again, and then spin around, as if it would make him more comfortable to wear.

It's not easy to be high-sounding, and the things on your head are heavy.

Wei Ju wiped away the tears on his face and said to the military officer next to him: "Pass the order, the whole army will be silent." ”

A strategist hesitated and said: "The Qin army may come to attack at any time, will announcing the death of the head of the family at this time affect the morale of the army, or will the lord retreat to the east of the river?" ”

"There is my uncle and grandfather (Wei Wu) in Hedong, and I want to stay in Hexi now and live and die with the 20,000 soldiers of the Wei family!"

For Wei Ju, he hoped that this assassination was done by the Qin people, not Zhao Wuxian, if it was the Qin people, no matter how bad the Wei family was, they would lose Hexi, which had only been captured for more than a year, and if it was the Zhao family, the Wei family would be ruined!

At that time, Hexi may be safer than Hedong......

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"Chief, the subordinate has found out a piece of news from the Jin Kingdom......"

In Zheng County, Qin State, a black-clothed Qin official stood respectfully in front of the eldest son Pu, and told him everything he had heard.

"Wemando is dead!" Zipu was still fiddling with the map, but he jumped up from the mat in surprise, once the head of the Wei family died, there would be chaos inside, this was a great opportunity for the Qin State to recover Hexi!

"Is this reliable?"

"The Hexi front reported that the entire Wei army had been replaced with a black flag, and this should be true."

"Goodness, great goodness! This year, Wei's has suffered a series of disasters, many places have no harvest, I heard that the price of salt has fallen sharply, and I still have a sigh of relief without collapse, all relying on Wei Manduo's old calculations, I don't dare to do anything to Hexi easily, he died at the right time. ”

But then, Zipu's suspicions protruded, because more than a hundred years ago, the Qin State took advantage of the funeral of Duke Wen of Jin and sent troops to attack Zheng Guo, but he was first deceived by the patriotic businessman Xiangao with a bunch of cowhides, and when he returned, he was ambushed by the Jin people and Jiang Shirong in Cuihan, and the Qin people were defeated.

Could it be the same routine this time, the head of the Wei family pretended to be dead, and then induced himself to send troops in winter, and the Wei family and the Zhao family set up an ambush together, causing the Qin State to suffer heavy losses?

"How did Wei Qing die?"

"I heard that he was assassinated." The Qin official told the strange news he had found out from the Jin Kingdom, and this matter had become a legend on the streets of Anyi.

Hearing that the assassin was lurking in the toilet to assassinate him, and he committed suicide afterwards, the chief of the Qin State, who liked strong men, couldn't help but sigh sincerely: "Hero, if you want to come to him to assassinate Wei Manduo, there must be his own reasons, but it's a pity that such a warrior can't be obtained for my Qin State, it's a pity, it's a pity." ”

When the interruption continued, but suffered from its chaos, perhaps infected by the assassin's deeds, Zipu no longer hesitated, he immediately asked people to send a message to Yongdu, taking advantage of the winter snow has not yet fallen, people over the age of fifteen in the counties east of Fajingshui rushed to Hexi, he wanted to try to attack Hexi again when the new lord of the Wei clan was established.

The new monarch of the Qin State has only succeeded to the throne for more than a year, and the military and political affairs of the DPRK and China are basically Zipu's words, although his younger brother Zihu resigned from the position of Zuo Shu Chang in shame because he was captured by the Zhao family.

"The Wei clan must not have the fighting spirit, take advantage of the snow to seize some cities in Hexi, and wait for the spring of next year, when Qi Zheng and other countries ask me to attack Jin and Zhao together, and then recover the rest in one go!"

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"Wei Qing is dead, this matter has been confirmed from Anyi, how should we respond."

Zhao Wuxian stayed with his eldest son for a few months, and after the disaster eased slightly, he did not return to Yecheng immediately, but arrived in Jinyang, so it took ten full days for the news of Anyi to reach here.

Sitting down were the county officials of Taiyuan County and Zhao Wuxian's close ministers, Zi Xia, Yu Cheng, and Yu Xi and others who came from Dai County to report to him, or gloating, frowning, or exchanging ears.

The first to stand up was Sima Xuqu of Guanyan County, who grinned and said: "I am a rough person, but I have also heard a saying, called when the time comes, but suffer from it, the Wei family is dead, and the main force is still in Hexi, it is a good time to capture them and unify the Jin Kingdom!" ”

"Not really."

Zixia frowned and expressed his opinion: "Gu Li, don't destroy his country because of mourning, let alone friendly neighbors?" This is a bit unkind. ”

Xu Qu, who had been a brigade commander and guarded the border for ten years, finally achieved positive results, and Xu Qu, who had become a county Sima, squinted at Zixia and laughed in his heart, he looked down on this white-faced scribe who didn't know what war was.

"Zixia is young, you are only afraid that there is a saying in the military battle, which calls taking advantage of your illness to kill you, if you are afraid of this, won't you become Song Xianggong who let the enemy cross and do not attack?"

"I just want the monarch to win the kingdom with dignity and not by deceit. What's more, it was the middle of winter, and there was also an army of Wei soldiers in Hedong, which was not so easy to capture. The balance of power of the three Jin countries, once broken, will cause the Han family to centrifuge, the Jin country will split, the princes will come to attack, and all this that Shangqing has worked hard to maintain after the alliance of Houma will not be in vain? ”

Every retainer present here has the right to speak, and they have their own opportunities to do their best...... or raise the volume, or sneer, or know the reason, or joke, and from time to time someone stands up angrily.

In general, Zhao Wuxian's advisers tended to maintain the status quo, sending envoys to the Wei clan to mourn, and then ensuring that the Wei clan remained within the Jin state, so that the Wei clan, who faced the threat of the Qin people, would become more obedient.

However, the generals are eager to start another war, Wei Guo and Sanyi are too easy, and most of them are pacified by Lu soldiers, and the people on the Jin side can't get credit, especially the Guaya County of Xuqu is very close to the Wei family's territory, and he must be in a hurry at that time.

As for Zhao Wuxian, he just sat quietly and listened intently.

This is a way to know the talents and measures of his courtiers, and a wise monarch should be a man who sees and listens, understands the ideas or better suggestions of his courtiers, and makes firm decisions based on their opinions.

But the ultimate decision-making power, he has always held firmly in his own hands.

In the end, Dong Anyu, who will step down next year to retire in Yecheng, coughed for a while, interrupting the ongoing controversy.

"Did the second and third sons forget to ask the most important thing?"

Dong Anyu looked at everyone with a calm face, and then turned back to Zhao Wuxian and said, "Dare to ask the lord, who killed Wei Qing?" Who is the mastermind, have you ever found out? ”

Everyone is a spirit, yes, it is nothing more than Qin and Zhao who want Wei Manduo to die, if it is done by Qin, Zhao Wuxian will inevitably help Wei, but if Zhao Wuxian does it himself...... They thought of the previous run on the price of Wei's salt, and for a while the people who advocated Xu Xu Tuzhi were silent, but Zixia still insisted on his opinion.

Zhao Wuxian sighed: "It just so happens that I still have one more thing in trouble, and the second and third sons will also witness it with me." ”

He ordered: "Let the Qingjing bring the Anyi Light Hero Governor to the revenge......"

(To be continued.) )