Liu Xin understands very well that he is not alone now, nor is he just his wife and children, and his fate has been tightly linked to the entire Han Dynasty. He insisted on leading a large army into Guishan City to ensure his own safety. If after entering the city, he only brought a few personal guards into the inner city, as long as the Dawan monarch and ministers had different intentions, the danger still existed.

Although Liu Xin's martial arts have reached the point of perfection, if he wants to fight against thousands of troops and horses on his own, he thinks that he does not have this ability. Liu Xin didn't dare to pin his safety on the trust of the Dawan people, so he proposed that the Han army must control the city defense of the inner city, otherwise he would rather withdraw from Guishan City.

This time, Mo Zhiti did not hesitate at all, and simply handed over the defense of the Dawan Palace to the Han army, leaving only eight guards by his side, and the rest of the Dawan soldiers all retreated outside Guishan City. Guishan City was replaced by soldiers of the Han Dynasty from the outer city to the inner city, from the head of the city to the four gates.

The current situation is quite a bit of a loss of power and humiliation for the Dawan people, but Mozhiti and Yansai don't care. Especially Yansai, he personally experienced the battle outside Pishan City last year, 40,000 Dawan troops were killed by 5,000 Han troops, and now there are nearly 20,000 Han troops outside the city, if the Han army wants to attack the city, Guishan City will definitely not be able to hold it, it is better to welcome them in obediently, presumably Liu Xin will not stay here and not leave.

The Dawan palace is built quite luxuriously, which is not the "credit" of Mozhiti, but the result of the long-term operation of the successive Dawan kings. The banquet in the hall had already been prepared, and Liu Xin was not polite to them, and came directly to the top to take a seat, Sun Ce pressed the sword in his hand and stood behind him. Sister Liya and Clea sat down on Liu Xin's left hand seat, and Mo Zhiti and Yan Sai accompanied each other in their right hand.

The dishes are quite Western flavors, but Dawan is mainly farming, and there are many fresh fruits and vegetables on several cases, and the most distinctive is Dawan's famous dish roasted whole camel.

Mo Zhiti poured a glass of wine, took a deep swipe at Liu Xin, and said: "Your Majesty's visit to Guishan is a blessing for the people of Dawan. ”

Liu Xin picked up the wine cup in front of him and put it under his nose to smell it, and praised: "I often hear people say that Dawan produces good wine, and sure enough, it is true. It's just that I have important things to do, and I'm going to leave for Kangju early tomorrow morning, so I'll be free of this wine. ”

Although Liu Xin had already sent an envoy to communicate with Mo Zhiti, telling him that he was just borrowing the Tao, Dawan Junchen was still suspicious. Now hearing Liu Xin say this, Mo Zhiti was finally convinced, and his mood relaxed, but he said: "Now is the season when the grapes are ripe, Your Majesty will stay for a few more days, and Xiao Wang will accompany you around." ”

Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "No need, there will be a grand ceremony in Chang'an next year, and I will invite you and the two of you to watch the ceremony when the time comes." ”

Being able to get the personal invitation of the Han Emperor, Mo Zhiti suddenly felt infinitely fluorescent, and couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Xiao Wang will definitely go." ”

Liu Xin nodded and said, "Okay, I have to hurry tomorrow, what program will start now, eat early and rest early." ”

Mozhiti slapped his hands lightly, and the musicians on both sides played various instruments, and a group of costumed girls rushed in and danced in the center of the hall. Liu Xin didn't know these musical instruments, he only knew that they were unique to the Western Regions, but he knew the dance that the girls danced, it was the famous Hu Xuan Dance, because Liya was a master of Hu Xuan Dance.

The dancing posture of these girls can only be regarded as above average, and Liu Xin's mind is not on appreciating the dance, he just wants to pay attention to the etiquette when he participates in this banquet, if according to his original intention, he can eat something casually.

Liu Xin ate a few things at random, the music in the hall suddenly became faster, the dance was gradually climaxing, and several girls danced faster and faster, and they had arrived in front of Liu Xin.

Suddenly, one of the girls jumped up and rushed straight to Liu Xin, who was sitting on the top.

Liu Xin was munching on a roast leg of lamb, as if he hadn't noticed the changes in the field at all. On the other hand, Sister Cleya, who was sitting on the left-hand seat, reacted quickly, and jumped up from the seat together, four slender arms grabbing the girl.

Almost at the same time as the girl jumped up, a musician who was beating the tambourine raised the small drum in his hand, and a few cold lights shot towards Liu Xin. In a hurry, Mozhiti and Yansai were dumbfounded, and they didn't have time to react.

Liu Xin was still unhurriedly gnawing on the roast leg of lamb in his hand, and did not make any evasive movements. Seeing that those few points of cold light were as fast as lightning, only a stone's throw away from Liu Xin, Sun Ce's figure suddenly shook, and the overlord knife on his waist was already out of its sheath. A flash of light flashed, and several triangular darts fell from the ground.

The musician was not surprised when he missed, but instead showed an imperceptible smile on the corner of his mouth, muttering that he didn't know what he was talking about. Yan Sai was very close, but he could hear it clearly, and hurriedly exclaimed, "Your Majesty, is there any discomfort? ”

Over there, the girl Hu Xuan had been dragged down from the air by Sister Cleya, and the two jade lotus-like arms had been pinched off on the spot, and the girl couldn't stand the pain and fainted.

It all happened so quickly that it was only then that the other musicians and dancers in the hall had time to scream, and chaos ensued the room.

Liu Xin slowly stood up at this time, threw the leg of mutton bone in his hand in front of the musician, and said lightly: "What can I do with just three cow hair needles?" ”

Only then did everyone see that the leg of mutton bone had turned black at some point, and there were three thin silver needles stuck on it, and it was shaking to itself.

The musician exclaimed, "You, how did you find out!" ”

It turned out that the Hu Xuan dancer didn't know martial arts, but she had been practicing dance for a long time, and her skills were flexible, and her momentum was quite amazing, but she was just a cover for others, and she didn't have any lethality at all, so she was easily caught by the Cleya sisters. The real killer was the musician.

The musician's shot was very vicious, and the few darts he had sent out earlier were also false moves, and the killing moves were the three highly poisonous cow hair needles. These three cow hair needles are very subtle, hidden in the cold light of the dart is difficult to find, he used this method to kill people tried many times, but he didn't expect to miss it today.

At this time, the Flying Tiger guards who reacted had already controlled all the musicians and dancers in the hall, and even Mozhiti and Yansai each had a steel knife on their necks, and the two monarchs and ministers were already as pale as dirt.

Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "It's none of their business." ”

The guards received the order and let Mozhiti and Yansai go. The two knelt in front of Liu Xin together, kowtowed again and again, and begged for forgiveness.

Liu Xin smiled and helped the two of them up, and said, "I know that you will never assassinate me. If you really want to assassinate, you won't be here with me. It's just that this assassin is really a good means, he wants to kill two birds with one stone! ”

It took Mo Zhiti a long time to come back to his senses, and asked puzzledly: "Your Majesty, what is killing two birds with one stone?" ”

Liu Xin sneered: "If he succeeds in stabbing him, do you two still want to live?" If you think about it, who would be most interested in such an outcome? ”

Mozhiti and Yansai glanced at each other, both in a cold sweat.

Liu Xin suddenly said: "Although he assassinated me, the target was the two of you, this is your Dawan's internal matter, I won't ask too much, I hope you find out the results as soon as possible and give me an explanation." ”

Both Mozhiti and Yansai were submissive, and a well-prepared welcome banquet ended in a hurry. Mozhiti, who was bent on making up for his mistakes, hurriedly stepped forward again and said, "Your Majesty, the room where you are resting has been prepared, and Xiao Wang has also selected two beauties to sleep with Your Majesty." Your Majesty, please come here. ”

According to the provisions of the "Shule Treaty", Dawan has to pay tribute to the Han every year a group of girls, and these girls who will be sent to Chang'an this year are receiving etiquette training in the palace, and letting them sleep with Liu Xin is one of the training contents. And even if there are no such girls, Mozhiti will make corresponding arrangements.

Liu Xin's face sank, and he shouted: "Mo Zhiti, I see that you haven't figured out the situation yet!" The Assassins have already blended into the band, can't they blend in elsewhere? Your palace is no longer safe for me, and now you should understand why I have to be guarded by my own soldiers? ”

Mo Zhiti didn't dare to persuade again, and the two of them bowed down and retreated.

Sun Ce stepped forward and said, "Father, what are you going to do with these two assassins?" ”

Liu Xin sighed and said, "It's me who has gone too far, these two people can be regarded as loyal and brave people to Da Wan, leave them a whole corpse." ”

In fact, this musician and dancer should not have been in the Dawan palace for a year or two, and if they really want to attack Mozhiti, there is a chance. Therefore, Liu Xin can be sure that the goal of these two people should be very clear, that is, to target themselves. I have never met these two people, and it stands to reason that they do not have a deep hatred with them, so why should they put themselves to death?

There is only one reason, that is, Liu Xin was too strong in Guishan City, which caused some Dawan people to be dissatisfied. Most Dawan people can only bury their dissatisfaction in their hearts, but this musician has the opportunity to contact Liu Xin, so he will take risks.

Although Liu Xin has roughly figured out the reason for this, the musician and dancer still need to die. Not to mention that this musician is a dangerous person, just because they stabbed themselves, Liu Xin could not let them continue to live. But this incident also sounded the alarm for Liu Xin, how to deal with the relationship between countries is not based on anyone's hard fists, who is reasonable.

There was nothing to say all night, and this assassination incident was just a small episode for Liu Xin. However, it will have a great impact on the domestic situation in Dawan, and Mozhiti will definitely carry out a large-scale purge of dissidents among the Dawan nobles under pressure from Liu Xin. After this purge, Dawan's political situation will be completely controlled by pro-Han forces, creating a favorable condition for Liu Xin to bring Dawan under the rule of the Western Regions Protectorate in the future.

As the sky grew brighter, Liu Xin bid farewell to Mozhiti and his ministers, left Guishan City and continued westward, and entered the territory of Kangju an hour later. A large area of grassland is presented in front of Liu Xin, a herd of cattle and sheep are running freely on the grassland, and young male and female herdsmen are singing unrestrained love songs.

Liu Xin's mood gradually became nervous, he squeezed his fist lightly, and said secretly in his heart, Kangju, I'm here!