Chapter 44: The Trap

The hoopoe man said disdainfully: "The saint is under the protection of the forbidden army to worship, Zhen Fu has just been killed, they are terrified, they must be hugging each other, and the masters are around, I am afraid that the dead soldiers you sent have not yet been killed next to the royal car, and have been killed by the guards of the forbidden army!! ”

Dai Yan said with confidence: "That's not necessarily, the martial arts of the Dai family's dead soldiers are by no means comparable to those who are idle, and there are many of them, if you go all out, you can give it a go." ”

Li Jishen said: "Marshal, if Empress Dowager Xu does not appoint a young lady to escort him, Qian Hongzuo has heavy military protection, and he has studied martial arts for many years, even if an assassin with strong martial arts wants to succeed, it will not be easy." But Empress Dowager Xu's cleverness was mistaken by cleverness, as long as we send enough dead soldiers to ensure that before the killing, Qian Hongzuo will definitely die. Think about it, when the dead attacked, the attention of the guards of the forbidden army was attracted by the assassins outside the imperial car, including Qian Hongzuo. Such a God-given opportunity should not be missed! ”

Dai Yun pondered for a moment, after all, this kind of opportunity would never come again, and finally Dai Yun said: "Mobilize all the dead soldiers to deal with this assassination." Qian Hongzuo rarely goes out of the palace, and there must be many onlookers at that time, so we arrange for people to mix in it, so that he will move forward slowly. Although he has many guards, if he walks on the narrow streets and narrow roads, the guards stretch out in a long line, even if they want to rescue him, they will only be crowded. ”

The hoopoe man said: "Dad, aren't you afraid that the assassin will kill your daughter together?" ”

Dai Yun stood up, patted the hoopoe man's hand, and said, "No, you are a woman, and Qian Hongzuo is wearing a Ming Huang royal suit, such an obvious difference, if you can still kill the wrong person, then it is not an assassin, but a stupid pig." ”

Dai Chunan wanted to say something, but Dai Yun didn't wait for her to speak, and said, "Shengnan, now Qian Hongzuo is already weakening his father's military power. Even if he and Empress Dowager Xu are good to you, they are just using you as a delaying tactic. When the time comes, they will definitely poison our Dai family. Even if you become a queen, you will be sent to the cold palace. It's better to help your father and help your brother complete the great cause of seizing the throne. At that time, you will be the true phoenix of people, and you can do whatever you want. Whether you want to be the queen who may be deposed at any time, or the founder of the Dai family, whether you want the Dai family to fall, or whether you want the Dai family to become the supreme Wu Yue, it's all in your thoughts. ”

The hoopoe man was silent, she was originally very disgusted with the suffocating life in the deep palace, and it was her nature to love freedom, not to mention that she had no feelings for Qian Hongzuo, but she had deep feelings for her father and brother.

Dai Yun continued to persuade: "You believe that Dad, he will arrange everything seamlessly. If you don't leave the palace in the next few days, your father will call the inside line and tell you the location and signal of the action. After you kill Qian Hongzuo, you must pretend that you are also injured, and afterwards your father will take you back to Dai Mansion for treatment on the grounds that you are injured. From now on, you will have nothing to do with the Qian family. Anyway, you and Qian Hongzuo are not married at all, and they are not his widows. ”

Li Jishen said: "Since the marshal has made up his mind, then I will arrange it." ”

Dai Yun glanced at Li Jishen and said, "What's the need for you to arrange it?" If your strategy succeeds, the commander will reward you. These days, you don't want to leave the Marshal's Mansion for half a step, you know? ”

Dai Yun is suspicious by nature, even if he is surrounded by strategists, he does not trust. Although he felt that Li Jishen's plan was very good, he was unwilling to let him know the specific plan of action of the dead soldiers.

Dai Yun said to a personal guard beside him: "Immediately send someone to inform the eldest prince and let him prepare to return to Hangzhou." After Qian Hongzuo's death, the princes will inevitably compete for the throne, and none of those unsuccessful things can compare with me. As long as Feng'er led the troops to Hangzhou, when the army was overwhelmed and the ministers were clamoring, Empress Dowager Xu would only have one way left to support him on the throne. ”

Because the saint was going to Zhenfu, the forbidden army conducted a strict investigation along the way, especially the towering buildings and shops on the street. Because Zhen was killed last time, the assassin relied on the condescending terrain advantage to kill and injure the guards with strong martial arts in an instant with a dense rain of arrows. Therefore, the focus of this forbidden army investigation was on high-rise buildings, and even temporarily took over the "possibly threatening" locations.

But they got it in the wrong direction. This time the place where Dai Yun set up an ambush is called Jinxuan Lane, the alley is not long, but it is extremely narrow, there are no shops, the left and right sides of the alley are residential houses, the reason why it is opened into an alley is just to facilitate the passage, and it is the only way for the palace to go to Zhen's house.

On the edge of this alley lived a wealthy merchant with a large caravan who made a living by trafficking in tea, silk and other goods. In the troubled times, it is not easy to make money from trade, so this family has a lot of escort soldiers. There will always be a lot of people coming in and out, because it makes sense, and it doesn't raise any suspicion.

While the appearance was calm, the owner of the house was suddenly subdued by the attackers, and the entire courtyard was occupied by Dai Yun's dead soldiers. But everything was normal at the gate, and there was no pause to move and unload the goods.

The rich merchant's house, the side wall near Jinji Lane, was not built higher than his identity, but in order to prevent passers-by from peeping inward, the courtyard wall could not be climbed without the help of wall ladders. Like many families in Hangzhou, the wealthy merchant planted a lot of bamboo along the inner wall. When Dai Yun's dead soldiers took control of the house, they attached to the courtyard wall, relying on the bamboo shield, and placed a lot of wall ladders.

The reason why the dead soldier raised by Dai Yun is particularly heroic is because of the heavy money, but more importantly: once the situation of retreating from the battle occurs, the dead soldier will also become the target of hunting, and he will die extremely miserably. The cruelty of Dai Yun's execution of the dead soldier is incomparable to all the tortures of the Wuyue Kingdom.

Most of these dead soldiers were the children of refugees from the Central Plains, who were bought by Dai Yun under the pressure of hunger and cold. Perennial brutal training and despair of dying at any time, their situation is actually worse than that of those they killed.

Soon, the hoopoe man received a report from his father's eyeliner in the palace that the ambush location was Jinxuan Lane, and the assassination signal was "the whistle used by the forbidden army to call for help", as long as the whistle was heard, the hoopoe man could choose the opportunity to do it.

The hoopoe man only felt uneasy, she didn't have a good impression of Qian Hongzuo, but she didn't hate him to the point of killing him. She encouraged herself again and again that she would fight for the Dai family and her father and brother, as long as she could succeed this time, she would never practice martial arts again, and never intervene in power struggles again.