Chapter 42
When Bai Qi led people to find the soldiers guarding the gate that night, they had been dead for a long time, and the wound was a suicide, according to Qin Law, the crime of collaborating with the enemy was not just so simple as death, it was also clean after a hundred times, but the clue was broken from then on, although Wang Ji was suspected, there was no evidence. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
For this point, Zhao Chengping is not very worried, Wang Ji will always show his feet, and now he is most concerned about the Hun waist card on Shen Fei's body, whose it is.
"Nightwolf Guard." The little prince said.
The Night Wolf Guard is the scout team of the Huns, with strong night vision, silent walking, and strong latent ability, and every time the Huns invade the Central Plains south, there is the support of the Night Wolf Guard.
"It seems that this Night Wolf Guard may have been discovered by Shen Fei and killed Shen Fei?" The little prince guessed.
I remembered that when I first lived in the Governor's Mansion, the assassins came twice in three days, and through their memories there was only one mysterious person, who spoke Chinese.
Zhao Chengping suddenly thought of something, Shen Fei and Chen Shi must have found out about Wang Ji's collusion with the Huns before he was killed.
Although Gongsun Zhan had already sent a letter to Cai Ze, if the King of Qin believed that such a position as a county guard was connected to a foreign country, there must be actual evidence. Evidence is actually not very difficult.
Taking out the silk cloth, Zhao Chengping drew a picture of Wang Ji and the eldest prince's secret meeting. The angle is to crouch at the window and look into the house.
The little prince and the eldest prince both have the tokens of the Xiongnu royal family, and the engraved characters are the same.
The silk painting and the token of the Xiongnu royal family generously presented by the little prince...... And Cai Ze, Wang Ji, see how you can get through this.
On the day when all the Huns who entered Anyi were beheaded by Bai Qi, Zhao Chengping said to the little prince:
"It's your turn."
On that day, a wounded Hun was secretly sent out of the city, and soon the eldest prince learned that the people sent out not only did not find the little prince, but were also welcomed into the city by Wang Ji and betrayed to Bai Qi, resulting in the annihilation of the whole army.
"The people of the Central Plains are treacherous, and we should teach them a lesson." The eldest prince Zhedu was furious, "Gather everyone to sweep the peace of the city." ”
King Zuo Xian stopped him: "Don't conflict, the eldest prince, I heard that recently, Shangdang County in South Korea was cut off from the road with his country by Bai Qi, and Feng Ting, the county guard of Shangdang County, has secretly sent someone to Handan for help, once King Zhao takes over Shangdang County, there will be a big battle before Qin Zhao." The Central Plains people have a saying, 'Sandpiper and clam fight, fisherman profits', as long as we wait for them to lose when they shoot, we will be able to get twice the result with half the effort. ”
Zhedu thought about it, thought deeply, and sneered: "It's just Wang Ji's treachery, I must not let it go like this." ”
"What's so difficult about this, during Wang Ji's tenure as the county guard of Hedong, he really never reported to the King of Qin about the rule of any officials in his jurisdiction, but I am afraid that the King of Qin will be dissatisfied with him for a long time, as long as he lights up a little fire and lets the King of Qin issue an edict to kill him, what else can't be done?"
As he spoke, King Zuo Xian summoned the scout, explained a few words, and the scout took the order and left.
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In the city of Handan, King Zhao Huiwen received a letter from Feng Ting, the county guard of Shangdang County, on behalf of the people of the county, refusing to carry out the order of King Han to cede Shangdang County to Qin, and would rather vote for Zhao than surrender to Qin. Although many people in the court dissuaded King Zhao from not making enemies with Qin for this reason, but Shangdang County is such a large place, King Zhao's eyes lit up, even if Pingyuan Jun persuaded again and again, he finally agreed to Feng Ting, and Zhao was willing to accept Shangdang County.
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In the city of Xianyang, King Zhaoxiang of Qin received two secret letters, the first was rumored that Wang Ji had colluded with the Huns to rebel against Qin, and the second was that Zhao had taken over Shangdang County, which had been ceded to Qin by the edict of King Han. He thought that Wang Ji's matter was pure nonsense, and put it aside for the time being.
The matter of going to the party is very important, and he summoned Fan Sui and Cai Ze and other important ministers to discuss whether to use troops against Zhao, but Cai Ze opened his mouth first:
"King, someone has secretly reported something to the minister, and the matter is very important, and the minister has to tell it."
As he spoke, he took out the silk painting and the Xiongnu royal token in his hand:
"This is Zhao Chengping, the governor of Hedong, sent someone to convey it, and at the same time, Gongsun Zhan, the general under Wu Anjun, also secretly reported to Wang Ji that the Huns had entered the customs, and Wu Anjun was arrested and corrected."
King Zhaoxiang picked up the silk painting, and the characters on it were lifelike, and Cai Ze said:
"Zhao Chengping said that the Huns in the painting are the Huns prince Zhedu, and there are veterans in Xianyang who have fought with the prince's army, and they all say that the person in the painting is indeed Zhedu."
"Hedong County is rich, you don't have to report to the power of the officials for three years, Wang Ji, what are you dissatisfied with!" King Zhaoxiang was furious.
Cai Ze persuaded: "The king is angry, maybe it is precisely because the king has released power that he is becoming more and more insatiable. ”
The two of them were angry and persuaded, but they didn't notice that Fan Sui next to him had a cloudy face, he was recommended by Wang Ji, and after being reused by King Qin, he recommended Wang Ji in turn, and it was because of his recommendation that Wang Ji became the county guard of Hedong.
"In case, this is the opposite plan, in case, this is the plan of the Huns......" King Zhaoxiang muttered to himself.
Cai Ze said: "There is a person in the minister's family, who is from Hedong County, who was originally a lieutenant under the king's account, and fell asleep all day after being seriously injured, and only woke up yesterday, but it is not that he can't move freely, why don't you ask him again after a while?" ”
"The widow is going to ask today! Even if it is to lift, carry him! ”
After a long time, one person was carried into the main hall by two strong palace people, and Cai Ze said:
"Chen Shi, this is the king."
Chen Shi could barely move his neck, as if he wanted to struggle up and salute, but King Zhaoxiang waved his sleeves to stop:
"Excuse me, tell me, is Wang Ji colluding with the Huns?"
Chen Shi replied: "Yes." ”
"How do you know that he colluded with the Huns, tell me the truth, otherwise you are framed!"
Then, Chen Shi told the story of that day.
That day, Chen went on an inspection and found that there was a person on the street who was suspicious and wanted to investigate, but was stopped by a person and said that this was Wang Junshou's friend, so there was no need to ask. Since that person was Wang Ji's personal entourage, Chen Shi didn't think much about it, and he didn't pursue it anymore after saying a few words of homely things.
When he left, the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, although that person tried his best to cover it up, but it was obvious that he was a Hun, why did Wang Junshou have a Hun as a friend, he told his boss Shen Fei about it. Shen Fei also felt that this matter was suspicious, so he asked Chen Shi to keep quiet, he went to the county guard mansion to ask clearly, believing that with his relationship with Wang Ji, Wang Ji should not do anything to him.
After Shen Fei went to the county guard's mansion, Chen Shi continued to inspect, but found that "Wang Ji's friend" appeared from the corner of the street again, sneakily going to the house where no one had ever go, and there was a footman living at that time, selling things was not uncommon, and there was a small shop on the street.
Chen Shi, who was suspicious, followed all the way, but found that the man was looking around at the door, and after not noticing that he was being followed, he knocked on the door, and after the door opened, he flashed in, and the door was closed again.
The courtyard wall of this portal is not high, Chen Shi easily climbed it, and jumped into the courtyard, there was no one else in the courtyard, only one room seemed to have a voice.
Chen Shi quietly approached, wanting to hear what they were talking about, and was surprised to find that they were speaking Xiongnu. Chen Shi couldn't understand the Xiongnu language, so he only wrote down a few words, and hurriedly climbed over the wall and left. On the road, he met a soldier in his own team, he ordered the soldier to stay by the merchant's house, if anyone came in or out, he had to report, and then he was at the gate of the county guard's mansion, he met Shen Fei who had just come out, he informed Shen Fei of his discovery, and Shen Fei groaned for a long time:
"Just now, the county guard said that the man was doing business on the border, and told me not to be careful."
"Can you believe it?" Chen Shi asked.
Shen Fei shook his head: "I'm not stupid, we'll go to that house to explore when it's dark." I used to tell you to learn Xiongnu hard, but you were too lazy to learn it, and now you regret it, right? Do you remember what they said? ”
Chen Shi said the words that he vaguely remembered, and Shen Fei thought for a while:
"Prince, leave, burn. Didn't understand what it meant at all. Forget it, let's go explore tonight. ”
Beside the courtyard of the house, the soldier sent by Chen Shi faithfully carried out the order:
"No one is in or out."
Chen Shi nodded: "Very good, you can go back." ”
The two continued to squat near the house, after nightfall, Chen Shi and Shen Fei saw the lights in the house, so they jumped in from the wall, there were two people in the house, still talking, Shen Fei listened, the more frowning his brows became, Chen Shi looked confused, Shen Fei wrote in his hand:
"The Huns had a deal with the county guard, and the county guard allowed them to enter and leave Hedong County freely......"
wanted to write again, Chen Shi's legs were numb, and he wanted to change his posture, but he accidentally kicked the stone on the ground and made a soft sound.
The peoples on the grassland have wolf-like keenness, the two rushed out of the house with scimitars, saw Chen Shi Shen Fei, without saying a word, directly cut up, Shen Fei was still able to resist, Chen Shi was slashed because of his leg numbness, inconvenience, was slashed, fortunately he was wearing a cuirass and did not take off, and did not hurt the vital point.
Seeing that he was injured, Shen Fei stepped forward to fight against two Huns, he was excellent in martial arts, with one enemy and two, he could still fight a draw, but unexpectedly, someone suddenly hit him on the back of the head, Shen Fei was weak and knelt on the ground.
Chen Shi raised his head, he couldn't believe his eyes, it was none other than Wang Ji, the county guard, who knocked Shen Fei's head.
"Lord Wang, you, are you really colluding with the Huns?" Chen Shi didn't want to believe it.
Wang Ji said coldly: "How can you understand the major national affairs, since you have all seen it, you can't keep it!" ”
Seeing that Shen Fei was already squatting on the ground, the two of them turned to deal with Chen Shi, if it weren't for the armor, Chen Shi's life would have been lost.
Suddenly, Shen Fei stood up and pounced on the two, the bronze knife in his hand slashed at the waists of the two, slashing one person to the ground, and the other person jumped away in time, only hurting a little, and scuffled with Shen Fei.
"Run!" These were the last words that Chen Shi heard Shen Fei leave behind.
He walked over the wall, and when he looked back at the wall for the last time, what he saw was the dagger in Wang Ji's hand that was slammed into Shen Fei's heart.
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There was silence in the hall, and you could hear the needles on the ground.
Chen Shi held back tears and gritted his teeth and said: "King, General Shen has been loyal to the country all his life, but in the end, it ended like this, and the king wants to give General Shen justice." ”
Now King Zhaoxiang was distraught, and the internal strife and external enemies attacked at the same time, and finally he slapped the table:
"Kill, kill, kill, kill those who dare to oppose my Great Qin, kill those who dare to go against my Great Qin!"
Cai Ze bowed his head and was silent, secretly happy in his heart.
Fan Sui bowed his head and was silent, feeling big in his heart.
Soon, an edict was issued from Xianyang, and the recipient was Wu Anjun Bai Qi of Anyi, Hedong County.
After reading the letter carefully, Bai Qi signaled and summoned the whole army.