Chapter Twenty-Nine: Interception and Miss

When the soldiers arrived, they were left from the house and went into seclusion, and they discussed the situation between Korea and China from time to time. Gongzi Jiguang also looked for opportunities to visit the house from time to time, and the three of them plotted together in the secret room to assassinate the royal bureaucracy.

In order to avoid people's eyes, Ji Guang is light and simple.

The soldiers had nothing to do on weekdays, so they taught Yuqin swordsmanship under Yuqin's repeated entanglements. I couldn't be separated, so I had to acquiesce.

After March, Ji Guang sent a letter saying that Zhuan Zhu had learned the method of cooking fish from Taihu Lake and returned to Meili. Let the departed and the soldiers go to the house to discuss.

He was taken to the army and accompanied by an ox cart to Ji Guang's house. After entering the mansion to visit, the soldiers and Zhuan Zhu had not seen each other for a few months, and they were different, and the two brothers were very excited.

Ji Guangdao: "I have returned from my studies, I don't know what Mr. Wu's good plan is?" ”

Wu Yuan said: "The king is good, and Zhuzhu is already proficient in this way. But I also said that there are three people, including Cover, Candle Yong, and Qingji, and the son should not be moved lightly. ”

Ji Guang said with some concern: "What Mr. said the day before yesterday has some truth. But there is no way to reconcile the three of them. If you have been waiting for nothing, time will pass like a white horse. If the king's office is in the throne for a long time and the people's hearts are stable, I will have no chance to take advantage of it. Mr. Wang's next best thought. ”

The soldier pondered for a long time, shaking his head and saying nothing.

was deviated: "The king is a good fish, and he has refined his taste." It is better for the prince to recommend Zhuan Zhu to King Wu, let Zhuan Zhu go to the palace to be a cook, and then find an opportunity to start. ”

Ji Guang looked at the soldier to see what he thought.

Wu Yuan said: "King Wu should be very precautionary against his son. According to my guess, the person recommended by the prince must not have the opportunity to get close to the royal bureaucracy. ”

was departed: "Moreover, there is a chivalrous man in my family named Ziwen. He is also a person with excellent martial arts. It's better to focus on one another, looking for an opportunity to assassinate the king. ”

Wu Yuan said: "There is definitely no chance above the court. One is that both of them are white and can't enter the court. King Wu sometimes went out hunting, but he could give it a try. ”

Zhuzhu said: "I went to Taihu Lake to learn art, I wanted to use this craft to make fish for King Wu, if you can get close, you can kill him." ”

Wu Yuan said: "Since it is difficult for the prince to wait, he has to make this decision, kill the king, and take advantage of the chaos to stand on his own." However, I am against doing it now. Leave it to your own discretion. ”

Ji Guang pondered for a while, and finally made up his mind: "I recommend to King Wu to enter the palace as a cook, and this plan will go first." If King Wu doesn't need to be Zhuanzhu, he will carry out the next jihua, and when King Wu goes out hunting, Ziwen and Zhuan Zhu will assassinate on the road. ”

Seeing that Ji Guang was unwilling to wait, even if the time was not ripe, he had to help plan. The soldiers decided that in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, Zhuzhu and himself returned to the house. After the prince recommended the Zhuan Zhu to the king of Wu, Zaijian took the opportunity to act. The three of them quit Ji Guang, and they didn't mention it when they left the house.

One morning, the state affairs are over. Ji Guang came out of the class and said: "The minister Ji Guang knows that the king has always liked fish burning. But only the fish around Taihu Lake in the world are the most authentic. The courtier's family recently took in a cook, who is a master of making fish. The ministers saw that the king was in charge of the government, and it was very hard. Intentionally dedicate this person to the service of the king. ”

King Wu was about to retire from the court, and when he heard Ji Guang say this, he was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Brother Wang." The widow loves fish stew very much, and the fish roast made in the palace has no taste. Since Brother Wang cut his love, thank Brother Wang for his kindness! ”

After the royal bureaucracy retired from the court, he still worshiped his mother first. The mother and son chatted for a while, and the king talked about Ji Guang's offering of the cook: "Brother Wang knows that the widow likes to burn fish, and today in the court, he said that he got a master of fish grilling from Taihu Lake, and he wanted to sacrifice it to the widow. Mother will also be able to taste the craftsmanship of this master. ”

After hearing this, the wingman mother was a little uneasy: "Ji Guang offered this person to make fish for the king, although the fish is good, but the people's hearts are unpredictable. Will my son not refuse? ”

"The widow also saw his kindness, but he was disrespectful."

"Ji Guang has always been resentful, and the fish is the thing in the mouth, although it is difficult to say what his intentions are. It's better to do it to be safe. ”

The king knew that his mother was cautious, although he was greedy for the smell of fish, and when he saw that what his mother said was reasonable, he accepted his mother's order.

On the second day, after the royal bureaucracy went down to the court, he left Ji Guang alone. Thanks for his kind words: "Brother Wang's dedication to the cook yesterday was known by his mother, and he taught the widow a lesson. It is said that the widow is greedy for pleasure, for a momentary verbal pleasure, and does not care about state affairs, so thank you Brother Wang for seeing love. In the future, when the widow has leisure, he will go to the royal brother's house to taste it. Then leave the cook to Brother Wang's own use. ”

Ji Guang replied with a smile: "It's okay, when the king is free, he will stoop to the minister's house to taste." ”

Ji Guang had no choice but to inform the three of them of King Wu's decision not to summon Zhuan Zhu to the palace. The soldiers took the lead in planning and decided that when King Wu was hunting, Ziwen and Zhuan Zhu cooperated with each other to assassinate the king. Internal information such as the date and location of King Wu's hunting was provided by Childe.

There was nothing to say for a while, and in the blink of an eye, it was early autumn. It was the tenth day of the ninth month, and the king of Wu went out to hunt in a wild forest called Kunshan Mountain, eighty miles away from Meili, according to the schedule. Flags fluttering all the way, and the armor soldiers stand to protect each other. In this hunt, the forbidden army led by Prince Qingji was responsible for the security of the royal bureaucracy. Accompanied by Childe Himeko and Dazai Kakuma.

Qingji arranged for the front team of the forbidden army to go to Kunshan to clear the field first. Originally, the mountain was in the wilderness, and it was difficult to see people. In addition, Kunshan is also the place where King Wu used to go hunting, and this royal bureaucrat crossed his beloved BMW and called "Yizhang Qing". The horse was sold from the north and was covered with a dense layer of azure hair. The nostrils were broad, the long mane was scattered, and he ran with four hooves as if they were not touching the ground. The king put on the brocade armor, crossed a zhang qing, surrounded by the forbidden army, and came to the mountain with a bow.

The forests of Nakuo Mountain stretch and are very few hunting places in Wu Kingdom. From time to time, elk, black bears, hares, wild boars, etc. are infested.

When I arrived at the mountain, I set up a camp. Early that morning, the king, relying on his martial arts, shot two deer and several hares one after another within the range of the forbidden army. I was having fun when I suddenly passed a black bear in front of me and fled in a hurry. The king crossed his bow and pursued him closely.

Seeing that Dazai and Himeko were behind, the king prepared to follow. Turning back to the two, he said, "Brother Wang and Dazai will stay, and the widow will come back soon after shooting this guy." ”

The black bear was very agile, and used the trees in the woods as cover to flee all the way. Soon the royal wing chased out of the forbidden army's guarded area.

Qingji didn't dare to be careless, and accompanied Wang Wei all the way. Remind the king: "Father, be careful, this place is already some distance away from the place guarded by the forbidden army, father, please go back." ”

Where is the royal bureaucracy willing to give up, the black bear is also a little angry, and when he saw that the royal bureaucracy has eased up, he also stopped to gasp. The king rested for a while, but continued to chase the black bear.

Qing Ji saw that the forbidden army behind him hadn't followed yet, and he was also a little anxious. Seeing that his father was stubborn in chasing, he had to ride his horse to follow closely.

When the king saw that the black bear was not far from him, he slowed down his horse, clamped his legs around the belly of the horse, and bent his bow and arrows. (At that time, because the horse pedal had not yet been invented, it was necessary to use the legs to clamp the horse's belly when archery, and free both hands to complete the archery action, and it was generally necessary to grasp the horse's reins or mane with one hand to maintain the balance and stability of the body when riding a horse.) Just listen to the whoosh. When he looked closely, the wolf's tooth arrow shot steadily at the side of the tree trunk, and the black bear ran fast.

At this time, the shadows of the trees are blurred, and the sunlight casts colorful shadows through the gaps in the shade of the trees. In the depths of the silent woods, two dark shadows flickered between the gaps in the trunks.

At the same time, Ji Guang pulled the reins and pulled the horse and slowly came to the side of the king.

When the king finds the right moment to shoot the black bear again. Finally, the black bear let out a long howl, staggered a few times, and finally fell to the ground. The king was overjoyed, stopped the horse, stood aside, and said to Qingji behind him: "This beast is against the widow, and he will eventually die with one arrow, and my son will put it on the horse's back, and we will go back."

Na Qingji jumped off the horse and was about to squat down to pick up the stupid bear. I felt that it was wrong, and listened carefully, and there was a tearing sound in the air, like tearing a brocade silk.

Chirping~~~~~~~

I saw that Qingji flew up, threw the royal bureaucrats off the horse, and then pressed the royal bureaucrats under him and protected the royal bureaucrats. When the royal servant looked up from the ground, a short arrow and a black dart were firmly inserted into the trunk of the tree, and they were three points into the wood.

When Qingji jumped up from the ground again in an instant, the Praetorian Guards behind him had already followed. I saw that the two black shadows in the woods disappeared in an instant.

Qingji went up and pulled out the short arrows and darts one by one, turned around and looked around. From the angle and depth of the tree's trunk, it was the work of two people, attacking from different positions. From the point of view of strength, they are all first-class masters. Qingji drank the forbidden army who wanted to go to search, and asked them to protect the king's officials on the spot. In order to prevent the assassins from leaving the mountain, they escorted the king back to the big tent.

Although Wang Feng was not injured in this assassination, he was also frightened. The king sent an order to go down, left Kunshan, and returned home.

Wang Gong replied to **, and was happy to go out on a safari, but when he encountered such a thing, he was really depressed. Although Qingji is strong in martial arts and protects his life, it is necessary to investigate and deal with who did it. The royal bureaucracy ordered You Qingji to go down to investigate carefully, and if there was any news, report it immediately.

Qingji returned to his prince's East Palace, and put the short arrow and dart on top of several cases to examine it carefully. The arrowhead of this short arrow and the handle of the dart have inscriptions of the state of Chu. Judging from the black appearance, this is all quenched, and it must be to see blood seal the throat. In this way, the purpose of this assassin is very clear, that is, to take the life of King Wu.

According to his own analysis, Qingji reported to the imperial court: after verification, it must be that the people of Chu have been looking for opportunities to be unfavorable to the king. The assassination of the king in Kunshan this time was another despicable means of the Chu State.

Ji Guang returned to the house, knowing that this matter had failed, and the royal bureaucracy would be more vigilant. Although they missed, they all retreated, with no losses and no flaws. But now that the grass has been alarmed, the chances of assassinating the royal bureaucracy are even more slim. In view of this, under the perseverance of the soldiers, Gongzi Jiguang had no choice but to keep his eyes on it, patiently wait for the opportunity to do it, and no longer act rashly.