Chapter 22: Who Did It?
On the south bank of Luoshui, Zheng Chao took several people off the boat, and it turned out that the assassins just now were Zheng Chao and others. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info The Shan clan had already had the idea of getting rid of Zhou Gong, and also made corresponding plans and arrangements, but the struggle with Zhou Gong has not been white-hot, so it has not been implemented until death. Thanks to this Zheng Dynasty, he served his master very sincerely, and knew his master's wish, so he had the scene just now, which not only fulfilled the master's wish but also avenged the master, and Zheng Chao's heart was happy at this time.
After everyone went ashore, only one person flattered, "My lord's plan is very clever, let Dongzi and a few of them play the role of homeless people to attract Zhou Gong, we will shoot it with a crossbow machine while Zhou Gong got up, and hit it with one blow, and it is unimaginable!" "It turned out that Zhou Gong was sitting in chariots this week, and shields were tied to the railings around him, and only when Zhou Gong got up and shot with a crossbow machine could he be sure to hit.
Another person said, "You don't know, the adults actually have two hands to prepare, that Dongzi and they actually have daggers on their bodies, if our crossbow machine misses, they will fight to the death, and they will definitely kill that Zhou Gong." ”
Then another man said, "I think the most powerful thing for you is to buy all the boats in this section of the Shuli River this morning, and sail all of them to the south bank and sink, otherwise, we will not get out so easily, and tell them to wonder who did it, let them guess, haha." ”
Zheng Chao listened to the joy in his heart, but he was still sober, patted the heads of a few people, and said with a smile, "Look at what you said, although we have successfully arrived at the south bank, we are still in the surrounding realm, it is better to go out first to find the little master, I want to come to Dongzi to get out." Let's go, let's go. He turned to one of them again, "It's just a pity for you, a good Luoyang guard can't do it and will follow us to a distant place." ”
The man just waved his hand, "The little one's life was saved by Engong, even if you want to go back again, the little one won't frown, if you want to say that again, you won't treat me as your own brother." Zheng Chao smiled and didn't say anything more, and then several people walked east along the river bank, and disappeared in a few breaths.
After more than half an hour, the news reached Cheng Zhou. Zhou Bian was practicing with his guards, and suddenly a few guards hurriedly ran into the palace, and passed the square in the blink of an eye. I was puzzled for a while, and saw the sound of people and horses coming from the backyard of the palace, and saw more than 100 guards hurrying towards the palace gate with several cars, and the queen mother and the princess sat in a car. Zhou Bian couldn't help but be shocked when he saw it, what was the big deal, even the Queen Mother and the Grand Master had to rush out, so he hurriedly dropped the wooden spear in his hand and stepped forward.
When the master saw Zhou Bian coming, he hurriedly instructed the coachman to pull the carriage and waved his hand to let Zhou Bian come up. But the Queen Mother turned around and wanted to stop it, thinking that she didn't want Zhou Bian to go with her, but after a few words of persuasion from the princess, she had no choice but to do it. Seeing Zhou Bian going with the large army, more than a dozen people in the prince's guard also consciously followed, and ran outside the palace with the team.
After getting into the car for a while, Zhou Bian heard the Taishi explain that Zhou Gong was actually assassinated. This morning, Zhou Bao resigned, but was assassinated on the way, and the specific situation is not clear. This news is really explosive, it took a long time for Zhou Bian to react from the shock, the assassin, he actually appeared not far from him, Zhou Gong, who was fine in the morning, said goodbye to him, will this be gone? Alas, fortunately, since coming to the Warring States of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, he has seen several life incidents, and he can still calm down, but after sighing, Zhou Bian's head flew up, who did this, well, also, what benefits can my royal family get from it?
As he pondered, the convoy slowed down and someone shouted that it was almost there. It turned out that this Chengzhou was only a few dozen miles away from Luoyang, and the village where the accident occurred happened to be in the middle of the two places.
After getting out of the car, Zhou Bian followed the Taishi and the Queen Mother to converge, and walked towards the village with the support of the guards.
Seeing the royal family coming, a tall guard immediately came up and bowed, "I have seen the Queen Mother, the Grand Master and His Royal Highness the Prince." Doctor Ben is the captain of Zhou Gong's guard, and Zhou Gong is unfortunately killed here, and he has to bother you to come in person. As he spoke, he was about to cry, thinking that the captain still had a deep affection for the lord.
The Taishi immediately helped him up and took over, "Duke Zhou is the pillar of my Great Zhou, this is really God bless my Great Zhou." The Queen Mother and the Prince naturally wanted to come over. It's just that the murderer has been found, and why did he stay here and inform the two sons? ”
"The murderer has not been found yet, I waited in distress in this village, and then immediately blocked this place, in order to wait for a few adults to come, Gongzi's class because this morning set off to Gongyi, the road is far, so someone has been sent to inform, but Gongzi Chao did not report, and only after a few adults came did they dare to decide. Adults, please come with me. ”
This prince is the eldest son of Duke Zhou, and now he is in Luoyang City, only twenty miles away from here, but the chief of the guard did not report, but instead stopped Duke Zhou here, the queen mother was very strange, but she did not ask immediately, and walked to the village with the chief of the guard, and Zhou Bian also followed closely.
After entering a room that looked like it should have been temporarily vacated, the chief guard had the door carefully guarded before bringing out a few old men from the inner room.
"I've met a few adults, and I'll tell you the truth about what you told Dr. Ben."
Several old men hurriedly knelt down, and one of them spoke, "My lord, yesterday there were several samurai who came to my village to live with the token of the Gongzi Dynasty, and the small ones have seen it, and it is indeed the token of the Gongzi Dynasty, and one of them has also seen the old man, and he has come to the village with the Gongzi Dynasty before, so he remembered, so the old man agreed." I didn't want to think that when Lord Zhou Gong passed by our village today, those people actually took advantage of no one to pay attention, climbed onto the roof of the roadside, shot Lord Zhou Gong with arrows, and then fled. What the old man said is true, it is indeed a person from the Gongzi Dynasty, and the rest of the people don't know the old man, and the old man doesn't know that they will be murderers, this matter really has nothing to do with us. ”
When the chief of the guard heard this, he wanted to call again, but was stopped by the Taishi. "Is what you're telling true, but there is evidence, does anyone else know about it?"
"Know, know, the whole village knows. One of those people hung the token of Gongzi Chao on his body, and yesterday when it was not yet dark, he still wandered around the village a few times, and the whole village saw it. There was no evidence, but the whole village saw it. ”
Listening to the old man's words, the whole room fell into deep thought. The captain of the guard thought about it again, and went out of the house to retrieve the two crossbows. "Taishi, this is the crossbow used by the thief, and he was chased and left behind, and he was picked by us."
The Taishi stretched out his hand to take it, and Zhou Bian saw the ancient crossbow for the first time, so he was curious, and couldn't help tiptoeing to look. Seeing this, the Taishi handed it to Zhou Bian, Zhou Bian only felt that the crossbow was very heavy, the crossbow was about two feet long, and the crossbow bow was about two feet long. Zhou Bian turned over again, but he didn't see anything more, but this thing is not difficult to make, if it is to strengthen the strength in the future, it will still be equipped with a large number of crossbows.
The Taishi took it, but only glanced at it a few times and then handed it to the Queen Mother, "Queen Mother, this crossbow is unique to Han Bing." ”
"Hey, how did the Taishi know?" Zhou Bian couldn't help but wonder, there was no inscription on this crossbow.
Taishi has always been very good to Zhou Bian and has always answered questions. "Your Highness, this crossbow, each vassal state is made of different lengths and sizes, and the structure is also different, Your Highness, please look at this crossbow, the machine is complex, and the mountain is expected to be in the future, if it is a Chu crossbow, the crossbow bow is longer and more powerful, but the machine is simple and unbearable to use for a long time, the Wei crossbow and the Han crossbow are very similar, but the Wei crossbow is more exquisite and has a handle at the bracket, and the Qi crossbow is generally carved with patterns, and the wood used is also lighter. The four princes who are rich in crossbows in the world, and the rest of the crossbows can't do this, so the old man thinks it's Han crossbows. All these things are known to all the people in the ranks. ”
The captain of the guard nodded his head again and again. Zhou Bian secretly said that the crossbows made by various countries at this time were not the same, but how could he think of a way to take the strengths of each family and create the most powerful Zhou crossbow?
At this time, the Queen Mother spoke, "Let's ignore these for now, let's go and inform the Gongzi Dynasty, no matter what, the Gongzi Dynasty should come." Thinking that this son's class is about to arrive, when the two sons arrive, they will transport the body of Duke Zhou back to Luoyang, and it is against etiquette to put it here. The rest will be discussed later. ”
The chief of the guard was about to wait for the Queen Mother and others to speak, so he took the order and left. Then everyone in the room fell silent. Zhou Bian also thought quickly, who did it, on the surface, it seems that Gongzi Chao is the most suspicious, but this crossbow is Korean, and it may also be done by South Korea, if it is really done by South Korea, Gongzi Ban can't get rid of the relationship, because he only sent South Korea back, from the perspective of vested interests, it is naturally more likely that the two sons are more likely, but there is also Taishi, he also scolded Zhou Gong a few days ago, and was extremely dissatisfied with Zhou Gong, but Zhou Bian turned his head to look at the old man like a good man Taishi and immediately denied this view, Taishi doesn't have the strength and motivation to do so.
But who is it? Zhou Bian thought hard.