The night in the ancient city of Qufu should be silent, because in this era, there is no watchman, there is no government to patrol the city, and the wine shop and song shop will not be lit up and sleepless all night, and at night, the homes of wealthy families are also silent, and the whole city is shrouded in darkness and silence.

But tonight there were bands of soldiers with torches roaming the city, and everywhere there were soldiers shouting and shouting. In order to escape for their lives, the assassins who infiltrated the Ji Mansion lit fires in several places in the city, and then took advantage of the chaos to escape, although in a panic, they only lit some stacks of firewood stacked in front of and behind people's houses, but because the buildings were mostly wooden, once the fire started, no one dared to be careless, and the people who caught fire and the neighbors who came to help did not sleep peacefully all night.

The early morning of the ancient city of Qufu should have been quiet, the rising east, such as a red fire, there are no early risers of Shinong and business, there are no early street vendors and restaurants, the street is deserted, occasionally there are a few early people, and the steps under the feet should also be leisurely. But this early morning was not quiet, and Uncle Sun of the Great Si Kou was furious, holding a halberd and armor, and personally supporting the chariot to inspect the city.

The chariot rolled and rolled against the bluestone road after the light rain in the early morning, making a tooth-sour sound, and the passer-by who occasionally got up early on the side of the road was glared at by Lord Si Kou's cold gaze, and then saw the sharp blade in the hand of the soldier behind him, and immediately became panicked. However, if the expression is suspicious, or the steps of avoidance are in a hurry, someone will surround him with a team of soldiers and interrogate him in detail to verify his identity. For a time, everyone in the ancient city was in danger.

Commanders, judges, city guards, and small officials each brought officers and soldiers to search and arrest everywhere, if there were Wu people dressed up, regardless of their origins, they were all detained first, and there were Wu people with noble status or related to the doctors of Lu Guoshiqing, although they were not centrally guarded, but they also set up guards in front of their doors, and they were not allowed to enter and exit easily.

Ji's assassination! This is the report that Uncle Sun got when he was sleepy, so panicked that he put on armor and helmets, hurriedly ordered the generals, and rushed to the Ji Mansion with lanterns and torches, but was blocked by the Ji Mansion generals. Thousands of people in the Ji Mansion unsheathed their swords and wound their arrows, guarding the Ji family's compound so that no one was allowed to enter or leave, even his great priest was also blocked.

After waiting at the door for a long time, Uncle Sun waited for Ji's order and ordered him to arrest the murderer, and reprimanded him for the dereliction of duty of the great priest, Uncle Sun returned to the army angrily and began to patrol the city, and in the early hours of the morning, the real murderer with conclusive evidence was not caught, how could Uncle Sun not be annoyed.

It wasn't until dawn that Uncle Sun was summoned into the mansion by Ji Sun Yiru, first scolded him for being a bloody dog, and then dragged out the dead body left by the assassin. Thinking of the assassination of Qingji yesterday, the murderer is also a Wu person, and the truth has been revealed: King Wu sent assassins to kill Qingji, and he couldn't catch it, so he wanted to kill Ji, the most powerful protector of Qingji.

Da Si Kou to the Wu people where can they still be polite, for a while the whole city, when the sky is bright, many Wu people have been detained, even Qi people, Zheng people, Chen people, Cao people, Chu people, whether they are in business or entertainers, but all of his parents gave him a more fierce face, they were all detained by Uncle Sun.

At this time, no one knew that something had happened to the Mengsun family. The houses and courtyards of the Sanhuan family are extremely vast, and the area is like three small cities, and there is a commotion inside, and it is not easy to hear the sound outside. At this time, Meng Sun Ziyuan had just been woken up by his son, Meng Sun's figure was thin, but his temper was the most hot in Sanhuan, if it wasn't for his son to call him, others really wouldn't dare to wake him up from his sleep.

Rao is like this, Meng Sun Ziyuan was also very displeased, he removed the jade arm of a beautiful concubine on his chest, put on his robe angrily, and his gray hair was not combed, so he walked out on his shoulders, and after his son Meng Sun Xie whispered a few words in his ear, the displeasure on Meng Sun Ziyuan's face was suddenly replaced by shock, and he hurriedly walked out with him.

When he arrived at Meng Sun's banquet hall, Meng Sun Ziyuan couldn't help but change color and was shocked. In the reception hall, under the mural of the green mountains and ancient pines and white clouds in front of him, there was a row of corpses leaning against the wall, and on the far left was the four fierce dogs raised in his house. Followed by his two favorite horses, a green skull and a red horse head, the two heads of the horses were placed on the ground, the huge horse's eyes were still open, and further to the left, there were six generals who were responsible for patrolling the inner house, they were also lying side by side on the seats, the blood of human corpses and animal corpses soaked the seats, and the house was full of blood.

Meng Sun Ziyuan's eyes changed color, and he said in a trembling voice: "This ...... How so, who did it, and when did it break into the Assassins? Why hasn't anyone been surprised? ”

The children, retainers, and generals around Meng Sun Ziyuan didn't dare to speak, and Meng Sun looked at them, and then looked at this ghostly prison-like scene, and suddenly became furious. The Assassin said that he could silently kill the fierce dogs of his courtyard, kill his beloved horses, and kill his generals, but he could not just break into his bedroom and take his head?

Meng Sun Ziyuan jumped like thunder, pointing his fingers and scolding, the faces of Meng Sun's disciples and retainers were like earth, no one dared to speak, and the more Meng Sun Ziyuan scolded, the more angry he became: "Muddy account, will the assassin show up if he stands here?" Go and call ......me the permanent officer, the quasi-husband, the judge, and all the judicial and criminal law officers to me, no, just ask Uncle Kou Sun to come, and make sure that he finds the murderer, and in addition to the great trouble in my heart......"

Meng Ziyuan was pointing fingers, his most beloved concubine Qi Ji ran in in a panic, and when she saw the blood, it was like hell on earth, so frightened that she screamed, her feet were weak, she almost fell to the ground, and a bundle of things in her hand fell out with a "snap", and she was falling into a pool of blood.

Meng Sun Ziyuan hurriedly stepped forward to support him and called: "Qi Ji, why did you come in, there is blood everywhere here, it is too terrifying, Madam go out quickly." ”

Qi Ji froze, threw himself into his arms, and hugged his body tightly. It's just that Meng Sun Ziyuan is thin and small, this Qi girl is tall and plump, half a head taller than him, saying that he threw himself into his arms, but it was like the old man Meng Sun was taken into the arms of the nurse.

Qi Ji said in a panic: "My lord, when I went to the toilet in the morning, I found that the court clothes and crowns and Yugui that the adults put on the bookcase in the small hall were all gone, and there was only a simple book on the case. ”

Meng Sun Ziyuan was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Madam, where is the simple book, quickly get it for me to read." ”

"In ...... There......" Qi Ji timidly pointed to the roll in the pool of blood. Meng Sun Ziyuan looked at the ground, and a family general had already rushed over to pick up the wooden tablet, wiped the blood stains on it with his sleeve, and then ripped off the bloodstained string, and presented the wooden tablet to Meng Sun Ziyuan with both hands.

Meng Sun Ziyuan hurriedly opened it and took a look, only to see that some of the words had been soaked in blood, but he could still read the whole word according to the residual strokes, and a few words were written murderously on the wooden tablet: "Jun Xiu asked, men have their own men." Men should be violent. Things and benevolence do not stand. Men are in the killing arena, as bold as a bear and as a wolf. If you are born as a man, you will kill people, and you will not teach a man's body to wrap a woman's heart. Men never show mercy to themselves, and they laugh at their opponents. There are 100 battlefields in the field of revenge, and there are weeds everywhere. ”

Meng Sun Ziyuan hurriedly looked at it, trembling with anger, he narrowed his eyes and thought about it, and muttered: "Revenge by killing?" Who has a grudge against the old man? His body shook suddenly, and he shouted angrily: "Yes, it must be him, it must be Qingji." Hey! I also said that I really deceived him, and I did not think that yesterday I said that I would assassinate someone, and now he will come and return the color. Come, come, quickly gather 500 soldiers, and follow me to get people......"

His son Meng Sunxie was in his early thirties at this time, and he was much more stable than his father, so he hurriedly said: "Father, it won't be a person who celebrates jealousy, right?" The font on this wooden tablet is not the one that the Wu people are accustomed to, but the bird seal style. ”

Meng Sun Ziyuan smiled disdainfully: "Idiot, as the son of a country, how can Qingji not understand this universal font?" ”

It turned out that during the Spring and Autumn Period, no matter how far apart the two countries were, they initially used a unified script - the Great Seal of the Zhou Dynasty. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the Zhou court was unable to control the world, the countries were separated, and over time, the original same font had undergone some changes in various countries, and later the world was unified, Qin Shi Huang re-standardized the text again, and the common character became a small seal.

At that time, the font of Wu was the bird seal that evolved from the big seal, the strokes were as many as birds spreading their wings, looking beautiful, but it was not easy to identify, the characters of each country had their own characteristics, but the source of both the text and the language of each country was the same, so the countries handed each other the letter of state, and when they sent each other's envoys, it was still the book of Zhou characters and Zhou language. Qingji is the son of Wu Guo, and Meng Ziyuan certainly doesn't believe that he can only draw birds.

Meng Sun Xie always felt that he only relied on some speculation to kill the door, which was very unfavorable to his own family, no matter what, in the eyes of the Chinese people, Qingji was solemnly invited by their Sanhuan family, and now the evidence is insufficient, it is really difficult to convince people to catch Qingji with such a scroll of wooden tablets, and it is really difficult to convince people, and I am afraid that Ji's level alone will not be able to pass.

Besides, this bloody and ghostly appearance is really terrifying, and if you can't kill a strong enemy for no reason, if you can't kill with one blow, it will be endless trouble. Thinking of this, Meng Sunxie stubbornly continued to persuade: "Father, if it is really Qingji, we should plan and then act, and we should not start the sword soldiers lightly, otherwise there will be trouble, and others will ask why Qingji sent people to our house to kill people and establish authority, what should we do at that time?" Moreover, Qingji is a guest of Ji Sun's ruling government and treats him with national courtesy, and his father wants to kill him, I'm afraid that Lord Ji Sun will not have a good time at that level, father, you see...... Do you want to discuss it with your uncle and grandson before deciding to do so? ”

Meng Sun Ziyuan couldn't bear his anger and thought about it, and what Jue's son said made sense, so he slammed his feet and roared angrily: "Okay! You go and prepare the car, Qi Ji, comb the old man's hair and dress quickly, I will rush to my uncle's family immediately! ”

(To be continued)