Chapter 51: The Bath Spy

As mentioned last time, Sun Quan heard that the two princes of Shu had ascended the throne one after another, and his heart was overjoyed, and his originally dry heart came alive again. He hurriedly convened ministers for banquets and court meetings, and formulated a series of countermeasures.

This series of changes in Shu not only made him feel good and increased his meal, but also pampered 3 princesses in a row at night.

On this day, the former general Zhu Huan entered the Taichu Palace to ask for a meeting, and asked Sun Quan to go out of the palace to hunt. Zhu Huan is only 5 years older than Sun Quan, he is a person of the same generation, Zhu Huan is arrogant, does not like to be driven by others, and is good at raising soldiers, light on wealth and righteousness, excellent memory, and when he sees people, he will not forget it for decades.

He and Sun Quan are like-minded, and in addition to the relationship between the two of them, their personal relationship is also very good. Some time ago, seeing that Sun Quan was depressed, his friend also saw it in his eyes, and he was anxious in his heart, and his persuasion to enter the palace many times was ineffective.

Now seeing Sun Quan coming out of his depression, he immediately entered the palace and asked Sun Quan to go out hunting, so that Sun Quan could further relieve his mood and recover to his previous high-spirited state as soon as possible.

After Sun Quan was a military general, his father and his brother were both fierce generals, although his martial arts were much worse than his father and brother, but he was also very interested in martial arts and hunting. It's a pity that since the death of his brother Sun Ce, he has taken on the burden of revitalizing the Jiangdong Group, and the government affairs have become more and more burdensome, and there are fewer and fewer opportunities to go out hunting and completely relax.

Especially in the past few years, the war with Shu has been repeatedly frustrated, he worries about national affairs all day long, and he is getting older, so the number of times he goes out to hunt is getting less and less. Until now, there are only three or four hunts a year.

This time Zhu Huan invited him, it was when others were in good spirits on happy occasions, so he readily agreed. Although Sun Quan has not yet been proclaimed emperor, he is also the de facto king of a country, so the honor guard of travel is still very pompous.

Such a big battle is of course eye-catching, and when his honor guard just left the White Tiger Gate, it had already fallen into the eyes of people with a heart. This was the secret agent of the "CIA" in Stone Town, and the secret agent immediately reported the information to Wang Xi, the intelligence chief of Jianye.

Wang Xi's eyes were also red during this time, and his troubles were no worse than Sun Quan's troubles some time ago. There is a bullshit "Nine Dragons to seize the heir" task, and the goal of the task is very simple: put some snails in Sun Quan's bath water.

The snails are specially transported by specific personnel, and they are usually kept and raised by special personnel. Wang Xi was very baffled by this inexplicable task, because he didn't know what the role of putting the snails in the bath water was, and only the person who kept the snails knew about it.

The person who raised snails was a doctor and a big-bellied man, and this big-bellied man was Zhang Yongwang, whom Liu Hou and others had seen in the "Parade Tower", and he assisted the doctor in raising snails. His role is to act as a source of infection, constantly feeding his excrement to the snails, so that the snails remain infected.

Of course, this process is disgusting, and it is usually carried out in secret, only the doctor and Zhang Yongwang know the inside story, and the others don't know anything.

However, the person who kept the snail was the identity of a doctor, and the smart Wang Xi faintly guessed a possibility, but this possibility was too shocking and shocking that he didn't dare to think about it, and he only wanted to cooperate with the doctor to perform the task well, and it was better not to know what else should not be known.

However, this seemingly simple task with only one sentence is not simple at all. Who is Sun Quan? That is the king of Eastern Wu, the king of a country, usually lives in the deep palace, lives in a simple place, and there must be a large team of people and horses to escort the travel, where it is so easy to approach.

If his secret agent can really get close to Sun Quan's side, he will naturally be able to take off his head, in that case, do you still need to be so distressed?

Now don't talk about getting close to Sun Quan's side, it is impossible for secret agents to break into the palace, in fact, so far, the "CIA" has only bribed a few palace ladies and eunuchs to help spy on the news in the palace.

Wang Xi also knew that it was okay to let these money-greedy palace ladies and eunuchs leak the news in the palace, and it was absolutely impossible to let them do anything beside King Wu.

If you can't penetrate the palace in a short period of time, what should you do? Wang Xi could only make up his mind when Sun Quan left the palace. However, Sun Quan rarely goes out of the palace at ordinary times, and even when he goes out of the palace, he mostly goes to various military camps and sailors to inspect, those places are Longtan Tiger's Den, and it is impossible for his own people to act there.

Wang Xi summoned several think tanks from the Jianye Branch of the "CIA", analyzed a large amount of information from the palace, and finally set the target of the action on Sun Quan's hunting. From this information, they knew that after Sun Quan finished hunting, he would sweat all over his body and like to bathe and change clothes nearby.

If it is winter, Sun Quan will go to Tangshan because there are hot springs there, and you can soak in the hot springs nearby after hunting. But it's June and it's hot, so Sun Quan usually hunts in Qingliang Mountain. There is a waterhole on Qingliang Mountain, through which a mountain stream passes, and the water of the stream is murmuring and crystal clear. This waterhole is a great place for bathing.

According to intelligence, Sun Quan would bathe in this waterhole every time he finished hunting, which was the best opportunity to do it. The location of the start was determined, but the question came again, when would Sun Quan go out of the palace to hunt?

According to the informant, Sun Quan will only come out to hunt three or four times a year now, so when will it be? You must know that this "Nine Dragons Seize the Throne" mission has a time limit, because it is to cooperate with His Majesty Xià to attack Chengdu, so this task must be completed in the near future.

If Sun Quan decides when to go hunting, the daylily will be cold. So, Wang Xi and others continued to plan. Later, it was finally analyzed from the intelligence that the former general Zhu Huan and Sun Quan had a bad relationship, and Sun Quan was accompanied by Zhu Huan almost every time he hunted.

So, the matter fell on Zhu Huan, so the question came again, how to get Zhu Huan to persuade Sun Quan to go hunting? Zhu Huan was loyal to the Sun family, and it was impossible to buy him for his own use.

Then, Wang Xi designed a bureau, which was very simple, that is, to let a "CIA" operative pretend to be a wealthy businessman, pretending to be a big business in Jianye, and wanted to cling to Zhu Huan and get Zhu Huan's care, so he gave Zhu Huan a good hunting bow and a falcon as a gift.

The bow is a good bow, not only a strong bow with strong pull, but also a very beautiful one with gold and silver. The falcon is even more incredible, and it was bought back from the Karasuma people in the North Sea.

It is said that it took a few lives to catch a young eagle of this kind of falcon, and it had to be domesticated for a long time. In this way, an eagle raised from an early age can become a qualified falcon, and its preciousness cannot be measured by money.

Zhu Huan, who got the hunting bow and falcon, if he didn't show off, he would undoubtedly be like a brocade at night, so, as expected, Zhu Huan really went to ask Sun Quan to hunt. Of course, as mentioned above, Zhu Huan asked Sun Quan to hunt, and there were indeed factors that cared about Sun Quan, an old friend, and in his opinion, this was a win-win-win move.

Sun Quan and Zhu Huan rode horses and galloped in the mountains today, coming and going, and the two frequently drew bows and arrows, and gained a lot. The reason why Sun Quan brought so many people carrying flags was not to show off, but because they needed to wave the flag and drive away the prey.

The prey, driven by these standard-bearers, is constantly concentrating on the location of the two, so that they can shoot the animals with great efficiency.

The two chatted and hunted all the way, and soon the retinue that followed behind them was full of pheasants, hares, and even a wild boar. In the blink of an eye, the middle of the day has passed, and everyone is making a fire in the wild to barbecue game, and after lunch, they are ready to return.

In the hot summer, the two of them sweated, Sun Quan was going to bathe in the cold and refreshing waterhole, he and Zhu Huan were talking, and Zhu Huan gave him the precious falcon he had just gotten, he was in a good mood, so he invited Zhu Huan to go to the waterhole to bathe together.

At this time, there were five sergeants guarding the edge of the nameless waterhole. This waterhole is located in the open air in the wilderness, and is rarely visited, but occasionally when hunters or herbalists pass by in the mountains to hunt in the mountains, they will draw water for drinking.

Because Emperor Wu is coming to hunt today, the soldiers of this army were sent here early to guard this waterhole.

Their main task was to persuade anyone to leave if they came here, and to drive wild animals away from the spring if they came to drink. The most important thing is to clean up and sweep away the dead branches and leaves in the vicinity to make the surroundings look pleasant.

Very few people came, but today there were not only these five soldiers, but also three people lying on their stomachs not far from them.

The three men were dressed as ordinary hunters, with bows and arrows, knives and steel forks, and most specially, they also carried a large bucket. They are members of the "CIA", and one of them is Wang Xi, and for today's task, Wang Xi, the director of the Jianye Branch, has personally gone out.

Their task today is to pour another bucket of snails into this pool. Why do you say "again"? The reason is that they had already poured a bucket of snails three days ago, and at that time, the pool was not guarded at all, so it was easy to act.

However, the opportunity for Sun Quan to go out of the palace to bathe is very rare, and if he misses this opportunity, it is basically impossible to find another opportunity to complete the task. Therefore, they decided to pour another bucket of snails today to ensure that this mission is foolproof.

This was due to the doctor's prudence, because the doctor said that the stream here was clear and clean, and it was flowing water, and he was afraid that the larvae would not survive or be washed away elsewhere, so he had to add another bucket to ensure the effect.

Wang Xi didn't know what the larvae he was talking about, but that didn't stop him from resolutely carrying out his mission. They had been lying on their stomachs all morning, but the five soldiers had been waiting here all morning, and they could not find an opportunity to unknowingly pour the contents of the bucket into the pool.

"Director, why don't we ......" A secret agent about twenty-five or six years old next to Wang Xi said to Wang Xi as he gestured with his hand for a chopping motion.

"No, that will easily arouse the vigilance of the people of Dongwu, if Sun Quan doesn't come here to bathe at that time, it will be a bad thing." Wang Xi replied.

"However, we are running out of time, and if we don't act, we will also miss this opportunity." The agent said again.

"Wait a little longer, wait for Liu Si and them to come back." Wang Xi said. Liu Si took three people to catch wild things, Wang Xi asked them to catch them alive, so it was more difficult, they had been gone for a long time, and they had not come back yet.

Just when everyone was impatient and wanted to take drastic actions, Liu Si and the three finally returned, and at the same time, they also brought back a few hares and pheasants.