Chapter 27: The Thorn King (End)
The close distance, the unexpected surprise attack, the lightning-fast attack, the jade hairpin with the blood sealing the throat at the tip, and the defenselessness of the other party, in Zhou Yihan's opinion, such an assassination is absolutely foolproof. Especially when the tip of the hosta with a slight blue light was only less than half an inch away from Wang Kunjun's choked throat, Zhou Yihan couldn't help but burst into tears, and silently recited in his heart, "Daddy has a spirit in the sky, and my daughter has finally avenged you."
I don't know if it was the illusion that the tears in his eyes blurred his vision, or if time suddenly stopped at this moment, Zhou Yihan strangely found that the hosta in his hand seemed to stop when it was only half an inch away from Wang Kunjun's throat, no matter how hard he handed the hosta forward, no matter how quickly he stepped forward, the tip of the hosta always pierced Wang Kunjun's throat. There seems to be an insurmountable gap between the tip of the hosta and Wang Kunjun's throat, and no matter how hard he tries, he can't shorten the distance by half an inch.
Of course, these thoughts were just flashes of lightning in Zhou Yihan's mind. After a moment of confusion, she understood what was going on. There is no illusion in his sight, time has not stopped, and there is no insurmountable gap or invisible obstacle between the tip of his hosta and Wang Kunjun, and the reason why he can't stab the enemy who is close at hand is only because while he is stabbing forward, the other party is also rapidly retreating. Although the other party still maintained a posture of drinking with his head up, although the other party was still sitting upright on the seat, and although there was a lot of furniture behind the other party, the speed of the opponent's retreat was no slower than the speed of his own stabbing forward, so that he could not make up for the half-inch distance between the two sides anyway.
The situation in front of him made Zhou Yihan annoyed and helpless. Speaking of which, before the assassination, Zhou Yihan and the Zhang family brothers and sisters did not think that Wang Kunjun's own martial arts might have an impact on their own assassination operations. After all, as a senior brother who worships under Chen Tuan's ancestor like Qian Yuanshan, it is normal for Wang Kunjun to know martial arts. And Zhang Yan also vaguely remembered that he had heard Liu Yunyan and Fan Wucheng mention that Wang Kunjun was good at martial arts. As the planners of the assassination operation, the Zhang family brothers and sisters wanted more of the sensational effect caused by the assassination and the subsequent impact on the Chai Zhou court, and did not insist that the assassination must be successful. And Zhou Yihan, as the perpetrator of the assassination operation, felt that under such careful arrangements by his side, Wang Kunjun suddenly made a move when he was defenseless at the banquet, even if the other party had some martial arts, his chances of success would be very high. Therefore, when formulating the assassination plan, everyone intentionally or unintentionally avoided the question that Wang Kunjun might be superior in martial arts, and did not use it as an important reference index.
The mistake of deliberately ignoring Wang Kunjun's martial arts before the action has finally shown its bad effects. It was by virtue of the superb martial arts that Zhou Yihan and her comrades deliberately ignored that Wang Kunjun discovered and dodged the killer stab in time. Although Zhou Yihan knows very well that the scope of the banquet hall is limited, Wang Kunjun can't keep retreating like this, as long as he keeps chasing after him, he will always catch up with the other party. But Zhou Yihan also knew very well that she had no chance to continue to chase and stab, because even if she didn't have to look at it with her eyes, she knew that the guards standing outside Sanzhang had already drawn their knives and rushed towards her, and the "Qingyuan" brothers who had just raised a glass with Wang Kun's audience had also jumped up from their seats at this time, and rushed towards her from different directions, among them, Xu Shao'an and Qian Yuanshan had already arrived in front of her, and she could even feel their fierce palms.
Although he had already made up his mind to die, his body's instinctive survival ** still reacted to avoid danger when he knew that the assassination was no longer possible. Zhou Yihan first reported the last bit of hope, threw the hosta in his right hand at Wang Kunjun, who was getting farther and farther away from him, and then used his left hand to prop it on the ground, and his whole body swept obliquely to the left.
The hosta that flew out naturally could not cause any damage to Wang Kunjun, and the reaction in his body only made Zhou Yihan dodge Qian Yuanshan who attacked from the right rear, but he was no longer able to fight against Xu Shao'an who pounced from the left rear. With a muffled sound of "bang", Xu Shaoan's palm slapped heavily on the back of Zhou Yihan's heart like a raging wind, causing Zhou Yihan, who was originally moving to the left, to fly to the right side at a faster speed. Fortunately, at this time, Wang Kunjun, who had stopped the retreat, shouted "stay alive", and stopped Muttle, who arrived later and was about to kill the killer, so that he could retract the kick he had kicked in mid-air, and reached out to catch Zhou Yihan who was flying towards him, and turned several times in the air, unloading his strength, and then landed firmly on the ground. Rao is like this, Zhou Yihan was still injured in his internal organs, broken ribs, and spitting blood from his mouth by Xu Shaoan's palm, if he hadn't been supported by Muttle, he was afraid that he would have fallen to the ground a long time ago.
Although he was slapped by Xu Shao'an and was dying, Zhou Yihan did not lose consciousness at this time. Before Mutter could hand it over to the guards who had rushed to him and tie him up, she reached out and pulled another hosta from her hair and stabbed it in the neck. Fortunately, Muttel had already been careful with the assassin when he caught Zhou Yihan, and the other party was seriously injured, and the stab was greatly inferior in both strength and direction. Therefore, without waiting for the hosta to approach, Mutel shook his hand and swept Zhou Yihan to his feet, and scolded in disgust: "I don't know whether I live or die, I'm tied up."
I never thought that Zhou Yihan's hairpin stabbing Mutel was fake, and it was true that he took the opportunity to make the other party angry and kill himself. Although Muttel remembered the fifth brother's order to "stay alive" and did not kill Zhou Yihan, he also gave the other party a short time to move freely. So, taking advantage of the fact that Mutel let go, and the surrounding guards had not had time to tie herself, Zhou Yihan tried her last strength to stab the hosta in her hand, which was also quenched with huge poison, into her slender neck, and twisted it hard before Mutel, who saw that she was not in a good situation, raised her foot and kicked the hosta in her hand.
The hosta was kicked out of her hand, and a stream of slightly black-red blood gushed out from the hole in her neck. If it hadn't been for Muttle's timely evasion, he would have been splashed all over his face. Although the accompanying medical officer was immediately summoned to treat Zhou Yihan, the artery in the strength was punctured, coupled with the huge poison of the blood sealing the throat on the hosta, when the medical officer arrived, he was only faced with a corpse that had no signs of life.
The presence of the Assassins turned what had been a jubilant and joyous wedding feast into a bloody disaster. Although Wang Kunjun, the target of the assassination, was unharmed, the assassination of one of the actual rulers of the Great Zhou Dynasty and Song Guogong and the Great Zhou court can be regarded as a major event that shocked the Great Zhou and even shocked the world. Therefore, after a short period of deliberation and communication with his eldest brother Li Junwu Tongguò in Kaifeng, the committee decided that Zhang Weixin would be solely responsible for the investigation of the assassination, and ordered the soldiers and horses stationed in Kaifeng to be on strict guard in case of any change - although it is not clear the identity of the assassin, but looking around the world, the motive and ability to carry out the assassination are none other than the Khitan, courtiers loyal to the Later Zhou royal family, local rebels in Jinghu, and other forces that have a grudge against the crossing team, Therefore, it is an inevitable measure to order the soldiers and horses stationed in Kaifeng to be vigilant.
In addition, in order to cooperate with the investigation, the committee also ordered Liang Ziyue, who was in Kaifeng, to immediately lead capable agents of the Internal Affairs Department of the Ministry of Intelligence to Jinghu to assist Zhang Weixin in his work -- in any case, the assassin appeared in Qian Yuanshan Mansion to assassinate him, and the Jinghu District Branch of the Ministry of Intelligence bore an unshirkable responsibility, and the transfer of Liang Ziyue to lead the agents south was also the proper meaning of the question.
Of course, it will take time for Liang Ziyue to arrive in Langzhou, and Zhang Weixin cannot wait for him to come before carrying out his work. Therefore, Zhang Weixin, who was authorized and appointed by the committee, on the one hand, ordered everyone in the Qian Mansion to be immediately isolated and detained, except for the groom Qian Yuanshan and the bride Liu Pinglan, and then the dozen or so agents of the Intelligence Department who came with Wang Kunjun in his car to examine them one by one -- this was only a preliminary examination, and further investigation would be carried out after Liang Ziyue and his people arrived. On the other hand, Zhang Weixin also ordered Muttel to immediately take over the defense of Langzhou City with Wang Kunjun's warrant and military talismans, block the four gates of Langzhou City, and prohibit anyone from entering or leaving until the investigation was completed. At the same time, in view of the fact that the original guards and personal guards of the pacification and control of the government also need to be reviewed, Zhang Weixin also ordered the personal guards and the soldiers and horses of the "Ranger Battalion" who came with Wang Kunjun to take over the security work in the palace.