Chapter 50: The Assassin Returns
"This matter must be the instigation of the queen of Shu Han, if the Hou Ye does not repent in time, I am afraid that this great Shu Han country will be lost and lost." Shen Wei should be the first to strike.
"The lowly office thinks so." The other chimed in, "I also ask the Hou Ye to quickly pass on the military order to kill the queen lord and the demon girl to prevent future troubles." ”
Liu Yong's face did not change, but he just glanced at the two of them coldly.
"The queen must not be beheaded lightly, my father is magnanimous, how can it be difficult to be a king of a dead country? There is no need to mention this matter again, but I am still waiting for my father Wang Junzhi to arrive, and I am making plans. Sima Banru said, "In addition, the body of General Deng Ai Benhou has also been preserved in a good coffin, and Benhou will also be buried in him if he remembers his exploits during his lifetime." ”
The crowd was silent again.
Liu Yong gently tugged at the corner of Sima Banru's clothes.
Sima Banru waved his hand: "All the generals should return to the camp separately to prevent the harassment of those Shu troops outside, and they must not discuss this matter again." ”
Although everyone was unconvinced, Sima Banru must be the son of King Jin, and Deng Ai was dead, so it was useless to say more, so they dispersed one after another.
Not long after the crowd dispersed, Liu Yong called Qi Zhen.
This night, Sima Banru and Liu Yong have been waiting in the big tent.
The sky is about to dawn, and Qi Zhen will come back with people.
More than a dozen warriors who followed Deng Ai were bound hand and foot and taken to the big tent.
Sima Banru walked down the steps, smiled, and patted Shen Wei on the shoulder.
Ben Hou knew that General Shen Wei was Deng Ai's confidant, Deng Ai played my concubine and intended to rebel, Ben Hou had no choice but to kill him. You and others are all the generals of the three armies, and there are many warriors around you, Ben Hou can't face the enemy with you, so he has to come up with this strategy to break through, and ask you to follow Deng Aina underground. ”
Shen Wei knew that he was fooled and scolded.
Sima Banru commanded: "Chop."
A dozen samurai were pushed out.
Soon, more than a dozen bloody human heads led by Deng Ai were hung on the high pole outside the big tent.
Under Liu Yong's instructions, Sima Banru listed many "evidences" of Deng Ai and others' intention to rebel, and sent them to various camps to appease the soldiers.
Despite this, there were still some soldiers who were loyal to Deng Ai and Shen Wei and others who fled.
The entire Cao Wei camp was in a very chaotic state.
Liu Yong sent Zhang Shao and Chen Yi to replace Shen Wei and others, and stationed his forbidden army on the periphery of Cao Wei's camp, ready to counterattack at any time.
Sima Banru is naturally not stupid, but now that he has become the commander of Cao Wei's army, his number of men and horses can still completely crush the Shu Han forbidden army.
When Liu Yong returned to the palace with Qi Zhen, it was already noon the next day.
"The villain and Sima Banru are close at hand, why doesn't Your Majesty want the villain to kill this person?" Qi Zhen didn't understand Liu Yong's intentions and asked.
Liu Yong smiled bitterly.
"Sima Banru knows that he has made a mistake in killing Deng Ai, and the next thing is really a last resort, if we kill him, the angry Cao Wei soldiers will turn my entire capital into a sea of blood, for today's plan, only to still hold Sima Banru hostage, order Cao Wei's army, just wait for Sima Zhaojun's order to arrive, we wait for the opportunity to move, and it can be done in one fell swoop."
Qi Zhen thought about it, and was still a little incomprehensible to Liu Yong's arrangement.
Ten days later, Sima Ban Confucian's big tent:
"Lord Hou, the decree of the King of Jin for a thousand years old has arrived, and the herald is now waiting outside the tent." A lieutenant officer walked into the tent.
At this time, Sima Banru was drinking with Duan'er, and when he heard the report, he just glanced at the officer with slanted eyes, and ordered, "Ask him to wait, and go to see him after Benhou and his concubine have a drink." ”
The lieutenant officer hesitated.
Duan'er's expression changed slightly.
"Master Hou, since he is a person sent by King Chitose of Jin, how can he be so lazy, if he is known by King Chitose of Jin, he needs to blame Lord Hou, Lord Hou just summons him to see him, and the concubine avoids it."
"It's fine." Sima Banru's hand rubbed against Duan'er's little face, and then stood up.
The news of the arrival of the angel official had reached Liu Yong's ears an hour later.
It was Wei Qing'er who came to deliver the letter.
"According to Sister Duan'er, Sima Zhao urged Sima Banru to escort His Majesty and the Queen Mother back to Luoyang as soon as possible, Sima Banru is preparing materials for the departure for this purpose, Your Majesty, Sister Duan'er is very anxious, and wants Your Majesty to find a way to deal with it quickly."
Liu Yong's expression became very serious.
If Sima Banru really did what Sima Zhao wanted, his carefully planned plan would be in vain.
Empress Zhang stood beside Liu Yong and groaned.
"If Your Majesty wants to continue to ask Sima Banru to stay here, and then postpone the time for us to leave, in the opinion of the concubines, you still need to make up your mind on the angel official?"
Liu Yong was a little puzzled.
"Qi'er means ......"
"The concubine hasn't thought about it yet, but the concubine thinks that only this person can influence Sima Banru's actions now."
Liu Yong pondered for a long time, then suddenly stood up and bowed deeply to Empress Zhang.
"Qi'er's words will wake up violently, if this plan is successful, I hope that the recovery of the Han River and the mountains of Shu will be expected."
Empress Zhang panicked and hurriedly dodged to the side.
"Why did Your Majesty say this, the concubine just said it casually, and there is no good plan."
Liu Yong seems to have made a decision.
"Qing'er, you go back, as soon as possible, Duan'er will find out the place where the angel official lives from Sima Banru's mouth, and report to me quickly."
Wei Qing'er promised to leave quickly.
Another night is coming.
Since Liu Hengjian took over the task of guarding the palace, the night here seemed to be longer and quieter than ever.
The Cao Wei warriors sent by Liu Heng seem to be able to appear in all corners of the palace anytime and anywhere, although they dare not cause trouble easily, but if they are met at night and interrogated, it is also a very troublesome thing, based on this, every night, the palace maids and eunuchs will rest early, and they will no longer dare to go out easily.
The same is true tonight.
However, someone appeared out of place.
This person walked out of the back door of Empress Dowager Wu's Cining Palace, and almost silently approached the Jing'an Palace where Liu Yong and Empress Zhang were located.
At the back door of Jing'an Palace, the eunuch on duty sat drowsy in a chair and glanced up when he heard footsteps.
"Your Majesty and the Queen Mother have rested, why are you still walking here?" The eunuch couldn't see the man's face clearly, thinking that it was a eunuch in the palace, so he whispered.
The man did not speak, but walked straight to the eunuch.
The eunuch leaned down and picked up the lantern that had been placed on the ground, and looked at the man while rubbing his sleepy eyes.
In front of me, there was a completely unfamiliar face.
The eunuch was startled, and his eyes fell on the man's hand, which was actually holding a long sword with cold air, covered with black animal skin, and the sword spike was like a dozen small snakes that had just shed their skin against the backdrop of the sword light, which made people suddenly feel cold all over their bodies.
"Who are you who dare to bring a sword into the palace?" The eunuch immediately thought that it was Cao Wei's warriors who entered the palace to make trouble, so he did not dare to shout loudly.
However, as his voice landed, the man's arm was raised slightly, and the long sword had already pierced the eunuch's chest.