Chapter 240: The Legend of the Assassins

After resting for the night, Zhao Wuxian led everyone out of the stone fortress that straddled the peaks.

The road ahead was full of thorns and shrubs, where jackals howled and foxes lived, and many places could only accommodate one cart, so the team opened up a distance of more than 100 paces, like a long snake crawling in the mountains.

The rider straddling the horse was exploring the road in front, and the guards protected Zhao Wuxian, Zhao Guangde, the two gentlemen, and the four ** cars that Le Qi was riding.

Further back, there is the baggage carried by Wu Jing and others, protected by spearmen who are ready to fight, and they are the main force that helps the wheel man and the public servant repair the cart after the wheel falls into a ravine, or the axle breaks.

Zigong was also in this queue, looking at the road conditions ahead, he couldn't help but worry about the porcelain on the car.

"Zigong." At this moment, Feng Rin, who was still there, walked over, and climbed into Zigong's car without saying anything, and looked at him with a big pie face.

"I checked it again, and the flags used on the road, the runes and documents used at the passes, and the coins and silks used for hiring and asking questions were not missing, how are you here?"

Zigong sighed and said: "Ci Zheng is worried that the porcelain on the cart, although it is stuffed with straw and packed in bamboo baskets, it will inevitably be broken and damaged, and I am afraid that when it reaches Shangqiu, only half of it will be intact." ”

Feng Rin said with a smile: "I heard that Zigong used to be a businessman, but now he is a returner, and he has a job, but what he is worried about is still these things. ”

His words were implicitly sarcastic, but in the past two days, Zhao Wuxian summoned him to inquire about the history of the road a lot of times. On the contrary, it was Zigong, who was busy managing the convoy and giving gifts to the friendly Yizai at various passes along the way. Fewer summonses. So Feng Rin has a feeling, at least in his own work. He is taking the place of this peer!

So, he couldn't help but come over. I want to show off.

Seeing that Zigong was sarcastic, but still smiling and disagreeing, Feng Rin continued: "Zigong and I are both returning people, and we are the deputy of the gentleman on this mission, and pedestrian words and related etiquette are indispensable. I've been on the road for five days, and the etiquette is a little rusty, so why not you and I practice in the car, how about it? ”

Zigong's smile became even thicker, and he lowered his posture: "Ci thinks so too." I went from being a businessman to a returning person, and I didn't know much about many places, so I had to learn from you for advice. ”

Feng Rin was proud, but after half a moment, his intestines were full of regret.

He found that Zigong was able to recite the diplomatic essay "The Book of Absolute Qin" with more than 1,000 words sprinkled word for word, and Zigong was also proficient in the words of the pedestrians he had come into contact with in the pedestrian office.

And as a person who must be proficient in poetry and etiquette, Zigong taught him a good lesson.

"If it's taken out of context. This sentence is not as good as the other sentence, and it is easy to cause misunderstanding, so it is better to use it sparingly......"

"This gift is a gift for a small country, although the Song State is not as good as Qi and Qin. But after the micron, Zhou's guests can't be treated with normal courtesy......"

Feng Rin ate it several times in a row. He couldn't help it, he asked tentatively, "Zigong...... Why are you so familiar with poetry, books, and rituals? Even if it's the master of ceremonies of the pedestrian department. It's nowhere near as good as you. ”

Zigong smiled modestly: "Born in the family of merchants, I don't know how to be polite." I didn't hear poetry and books until a few years ago in Qufu, Lu State, watching Confucius give lectures. After hearing this, he felt something, so he worshiped Confucius as his teacher, learned six arts at the age of seventeen, and was promoted from a registered disciple to a disciple within a year, and was rated as good at speaking by the master. Eighteen years of history, Guanlu "Spring and Autumn", every day with the master to review poetry, books, rituals and music, or teach to the new juniors, reciting 200,000 words before and after, all of them are memorized. ”

I see! Feng Rin's confidence was lost, and he felt that his performance today was really like a funny and vulgar advocate, and he was about to flee from the wilderness, but he was stopped by Zigong.

"Fengzi does not dislike that I used to be a businessman, and is willing to discuss words and etiquette with me, and I am very grateful. The master once said that when you learn and learn, you and I will have to communicate more in the future, so as to assist the gentleman to complete this mission. ”

Feng Rin was so ashamed that his face was flushed, so he had to make a promise, he secretly said in his heart that the Zhao family's doctors really have any geniuses, and this time the envoy has Zigong by his side, and he has no chance at all, so he can only try his best to behave in the guide and guide the way.

After subduing Feng Rin, Zigong sat in the car and looked up, looked at the dark sky of the mountains in the distance, and muttered, "It's going to snow?" ”

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At the same time, in the four ** cars in front of the team, a conversation was also underway.

After that day's intimate contact, the cold war between Le Lingzi and Zhao Wuxian disappeared, although he still didn't like to deal with him in front of Le Qi, but this was no longer because of lingering thoughts, but because of shyness.

During the boring journey, talking about chess with Le Qi, or chatting about the customs of the Song Kingdom, and even the historical evolution, while watching the girl's red temples, is also a good way to pass the time.

"Assassin Legacy?" However, at this time, Zhao Wuxian frowned slightly after listening to Le Qi's brain-opening thoughts.

"It is precisely that for more than 200 years, there have been many astonishing assassinations by assassins in various countries, some successful, some unsuccessful, but the aspirations and intentions are very clear. The fame of the Assassins spread all over the world, and the villains loved to talk about these strange men, so it was necessary to list them separately so that future generations would know what was going on. ”

Seeing that his wife was on the rise, in desperation, Zhao Wuxian had no choice but to participate in this discussion and accompany him to Hu Lai.

But chatting and chatting, Zhao Wuxian himself was also full of interest.

"In chronological order, the first assassin to bear the brunt is naturally Cao Di."

Back then, when Duke Qi Huan first succeeded to the throne, he secretly hated Lu Guo for helping his brother Gongzi to correct, and almost sent someone to shoot him, so for a while Qilu was at war. Cao Di, a native of Luzhuang Gongguo, was a general, who did not abide by the rules of war at that time in the Battle of Long Spoon, and won a game by luck, but then lost three consecutive defeats, lost his division and lost his land, and was forced to sign an alliance under the city.

However, on the altar of the alliance, Cao Di made a cameo appearance as an assassin, held a dagger and kidnapped the Duke of Qi Huan, threatening Qi to return the lost territory of Lu. This incident, coupled with the previous "Cao Di Controversy", he is naturally qualified to be biography.

"Assassinate Gongzi Cheng's retainer Gongsun Pestle. There is also the fox house that assassinated the virgin father of Fu Yang of the Jin Kingdom, and it can also be joined side by side. How? ”

Each of these two men is their own master, and both act as assassins in the struggle between the Zhao clan and the fox clan. The outcome is different. Fox Juju was executed by Zhao Dun, Gongsun Pestle lived for another thirty years, and Cheng Ying made meritorious contributions to protect Zhao Wu in the difficulty of the lower palace, and assisted him until adulthood - although the stories of Zhao's orphans in later dramas were largely made up, but the loyal ministers of these two protectors did exist in Zhao's family history.

Le Qi nodded, wrote it down in the brochure with a brush, and said, "In this case, there is no shortage of chuni." ”

This person was a famous Hercules during the reign of Jin Linggong. Ordered by Jin Linggong, he went to assassinate Zhao Xuanzi, the autocratic Shangqing.

He sneaked into the Zhao family's mansion at dawn, but found that the door of the living room had been opened, and Zhao Dun was diligent in state affairs and was already dressed in court clothes and ready to go to court. Because it was still early, he sat with his eyes closed and recuperated, and muttered words of persuasion to the king.

Zhao Dun's move touched Ji Lu, although he was an assassin, he also had the bottom line of loyalty. I really couldn't kill him, so I retreated again. Embarrassed, he sighed outside the door and said: "Zhao Qing never forgets to be respectful, and he is the master of the people." He who kills the lord of the people is unfaithful; Turning his back on the king's mission. Unbelief. As a soldier, if you commit a crime of disloyalty or unbelief, it is better to die. Then he fell to death under the locust tree at the door.

Subsequently. There is also a favorite minister of Jin Ligong, Changyu Jiao, who asked for an order to assassinate Sanjiao, was also selected. This man knows the situation very well. After the assassination, he retired without being implicated in the death of Jin Ligong. A wise assassin.

However, there was no way to leave, Zhao Wuxian learned from Le Qi that there was no "want to leave Qingji" in this era, and Qingji, the son of Wu Guo, is now alive and well. This oolong was so shocked that Zhao Wuxian hurriedly swallowed his words back, only saying that he had listened to the rumors in the market, but in his heart, he secretly said that Taishi Gong had cheated himself again.

Focusing on assassinating the king's bureaucrats is the final highlight of this biography. The plate of delicious and fragrant fish, the sword of the world's divine soldier fish intestines, Gongziguang's oath, Wu Zixu's grudge, and Zhuzhu's fearlessness of death all add a magical color to this story.

"The thorn of the husband is also the king, and the comet strikes the moon......"

With the growth of the samurai class, the atmosphere of being a good ranger and liking fencing has quietly risen in the Central Plains, and assassins are even more talked about.

"It is said that the son of Zhuan Zhu is named Boyu, and he was fulfilled by King Wu Lu and named a doctor, and the fish intestine sword is also in his hand, I don't know if there is a father's loyalty and bravery."

Zhao Wuxian also has many warriors under him, and he is very keen on collecting heroes from all over the world.

Then he thought of a question: "In history, Yu Rang, who was entangled with Zhao Xiangzi and assassinated him many times in a row, where is he now?" ”

After walking for a few hours, the convoy had climbed over the highest peaks and turned around to the outside of the sheep intestine mountain.

Zhao Wuxian got out of the cart and looked at the road in front of him, the sheep intestine is the name of the ancient saka road, because it is rugged and winding in the mountains, twists and turns, and resembles a sheep intestine, so it is named.

Yangjiban starts from Zhao's original county in the south and reaches Han's Zeyi in the north, with a total length of about ten miles. This is the most dangerous section of Taihang, the throat of the ancient Jingluo road, the terrain is dangerous, and the cliff is towering. As far as the eye can see, you can only see deep ravines, rugged and bent roads, and stubborn rocks on the road.

Although it was only past the afternoon, there were dark clouds over the Yangjiban, and I was afraid that it was going to snow, so Yu Xi in front sent someone back to ask whether to continue walking or set up camp.

Zhao Guangde suggested: "The weather in the mountains is changeable, and the snow will not fall for a while and a half. Staying in the mountain pass, the road is narrow, it is not easy to camp, and I am afraid that I will be frozen at night, so I still have to walk this road before dark. ”

Wuxian nodded, agreed with his suggestion, and ordered the team to move forward.

The convoy creaked and walked again, and on a peak in the sheep's intestines, out of the reach of the riders, there were also several pairs of eyes silently watching the prey lined up like a long snake on the mountain road.

"The strong man, it's the black and red four-** car." A young man in a gray outfit with a simple three-foot sword on his back pointed at the mountain.

"There is also the chariot with the banner erected, which is a gift this time, and I hope that the strong man will kill it together."

"Something you know!" The answer was a sturdy and majestic man, nine feet tall, with a visible scratch on his neck. A smile appeared on his lips, and he placed the weapon tied with leather and silk on his back on the ground, and then expertly untied it.

The weapon showed its true face, it was several short spears with a golden cyan luster, all cast in bronze, and the weight was large enough to be thrown to kill people from afar.

The big man held the short spear in his backhand and raised it high, aiming at the convoy of Xu Xing at the foot of the mountain.

"With my Gu Yezi as an assassin, and on such a terrain, his generation will definitely die!" (To be continued......)

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