Chapter Seventy-Three: The Future
Qi Fang had a look of regret on his face, and sighed: "It's a pity that this old man Lu is too proud, he has such an amazing treasure of wisdom, but in his life, he can't help but meddle in these three things! If he was a little more nosy, if he wasn't so pretentious, and didn't regard fame and fortune as dung, maybe our Qi country wouldn't be what it is now!" It's a pity that year after year, I tried to persuade him every year, but he didn't want to, but this year I can't say it, he is now so old that he is losing his teeth, and he is so old that he has no strength to scold me, so he can't trouble him anymore!"
Although Qi Fang's mouth seemed to be scolding Lu Zhonglian, every sentence was full of high praise, which made people feel a lot of emotion in their hearts!
"Third brother, don't stand outside the door and talk, let the children come in!" A tall and chubby middle-aged man walked out of the gate, it was Lu Yunzhou's uncle Qi Jing.
Maybe it was because his wife and children died in the war that year, Qi Jing's eyes always had a touch of loneliness, but on that chubby face, he looked at Lu Yunzhou and the three of them with a smile, as if the three of them were his children.
Lu Yunzhou and the three of them hurriedly greeted Uncle Qi.
The three brothers Qi Jing, Qi Min, and Qi Fang, like three pillars, are in the three fields of business, politics, and the military, and jointly support the huge Qi family.
And the three elders obviously also intend to let the juniors participate in the affairs of the family to exercise their abilities, so whenever there is a family meeting, they will not leave them behind!
Qi Ting put his hand on Lu Yunzhou's shoulder, and the three of them followed Qi Jing and Qi Fang into the hall of Lan Xue Hall.
As soon as Lu Yunzhou walked in, he saw Qi Min who was facing away from them, he seemed to be thinking about something, and when he heard Lu Yunzhou and the others coming in, he turned his head, swept his eyes, and asked, "Where is Shuang'er?"
Qi Jing had a hint of expectation on his face, and said with a smile: "Maybe it's still on the way here." ”
Qi Min frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Since Shuang'er hasn't arrived yet, let's not start in a hurry, let's talk about another thing first!" Qi Min looked at Lu Yunzhou, "Did you encounter an assassination in Shenchi yesterday?"
This sentence was shocking, which made everyone's faces change, Qi Jing, Qi Fang and Qi Ting all arrived in Linzi early this morning, and they came to Lan Xuetang as soon as they arrived at home, so it was the first time they had heard of this matter.
Lu Yunzhou nodded calmly, although it was very late for Lu Yunzhou to go home last night, but the assassination happened during the day yesterday, and it was not surprising that Qi Min knew about it.
"What, little brother, are you hurt?" Qi Fei looked at Lu Yunzhou worriedly.
"Don't worry, sister, the injuries are all on the assassin's body, I haven't even lost a drop of blood!" Lu Yunzhou smiled at Qi Fei and shrugged his shoulders to indicate that he was fine.
Qi Ting's face suddenly became grim, and he looked at Lu Yunzhou and asked, "Is it them?"
Lu Yunzhou understood what Qi Ting meant, nodded at him, then turned his head to look at Qi Min, and said in a deep voice: "Father, I originally wanted to mention this matter, because these black-clothed people who assassinated us were the same group as the people who assassinated the second brother back then!"
Everyone was suddenly moved, and Qi Min asked in a deep voice, "Yu'er, can you be sure?"
Lu Yunzhou nodded and said, "I'm completely sure, because I heard it with my own ears." The main target of their assassination yesterday was Duan Heng because they took money from their employers. But this is not their main task, their main task in Linzi is to make a list, and the people on the list are their real assassination targets!"
"List ......" Qi Ting muttered to himself, bowing his head and pondering.
Qi Fang said: "Yu'er, you go on!"
Lu Yunzhou continued: "First of all, I heard that I was on the list, and I was at the top of the list, so they would definitely come to me, and then the eldest brother and second brother Danchu were also on the list, but the assassins seemed to be quite jealous of the eldest brother and second brother Danchu. Finally, the Assassins addressed their master-the-master behind the scenes as Lord Sanguni!"
"Lord Xiangguo?" Qi Min and Qi Fang glanced at each other solemnly, as if they had thought of something, Qi Fang asked in a deep voice, "Did they mention anything else about that Xiangguo Lord?"
Lu Yunzhou recalled it carefully, nodded and said, "The leader of the assassins said...... When Lord Xiangguo was young, he had a premonition that he would do something great in the future, so he left the current assassin leader in Linzi, and that assassin leader was the fulcrum for Lord Xiangguo to be able to plan in Qi State!"
Lu Yunzhou looked at Qi Min and Qi Fang with a look of sudden realization, blinked his eyes, and asked, "Father, third uncle, do you already know who that Xiangguo Lord is?"
Qi Min closed his eyes, shook his head and said, "Fortunately, Yu'er heard this, otherwise we don't know when we will find out that this poisonous snake is still secretly watching us!"
Qi Fang said indignantly: "With these conditions, this person definitely didn't run away! Hmph, when he became the prime minister of Yan Kingdom, I knew that this poisonous snake was about to start eating Qi Kingdom!"
Lu Yunzhou was surprised: "So that Lord Xiangguo is the prime minister of Yan Kingdom?"
Qi Ting also looked suddenly enlightened, and said: "No wonder, Brother Dan and I found out that the code name of their organization is called Blood Yan, and we didn't understand what it meant at the time, since we are from Yan Country, it is not strange to call this name! But how could my father and second uncle know that the so-called Lord Xiangguo is Yan Xiang's chestnut belly?"
Qi Min smiled bitterly and shook his head: "No one knows Chestnut Belly better than us, because Chestnut Belly is not only a Qi countryman, but also studied in Jixia School Palace when he was young, and the two of us are classmates!"
Lu Yunzhou and Qi Ting's eyes widened, they never expected it to be like this!
Qi Fang pinched his eyebrows, his expression was solemn: "This poisonous snake will still leave such an arrangement, we are really careless, we must tell Tian Xiang as soon as possible! This place will be over in a while, I will go to Lao Kuang to discuss it first!"
Qi Min saw that Lu Yunzhou and Qi Ting still had inexplicable expressions on their faces, so he explained: "When this chestnut-bellied young man was gloomy and narrow-minded, he was nicknamed Poisonous Snake! Chestnut was a little older than us, and then my third brother and I finished our studies one after another, and soon after returning to Tangyi, we encountered the disaster of the Five Kingdoms. After Tian Xiang regained Qi, another ten years passed, and we heard that Chestnut was more expensive than Yan Wucheng in Yan Kingdom, and later he climbed step by step to the position of Prime Minister of Yan Kingdom. Two years ago, King Yan Wucheng passed away, and now King Yan ascended the throne, but Li Bao still holds the power of Yan State. Although we knew a little bit about Chestnut's personality back then, we didn't expect that he was ready to take revenge on Qi Guo before leaving!"
Qi Fei was speechless: "This person is too terrifying, after all, he is a Qi countryman, how can he do this!"
"But ......" Lu Yunzhou was puzzled: "Chestnut belly shouldn't know me, right? Why does he have to kill me? And the eldest brother and second brother Danchu, there is no grievance with the chestnut, although it is said that the eldest brother and the second brother Danchu are now leading their own troops, but two years ago, the eldest brother and the second brother of Danchu were both students, and like now, they pose no threat to him, why does this chestnut belly have to put us to death? And on their list, I am still ranked first?"
"This ......" Qi Min and Qi Fang glanced at each other, and they both had doubts.
Qi Min nodded slowly and said: "This matter is indeed very strange, in fact, the people who have been assassinated in the past few years are not only the three of you, but without exception, they are all young people, and most of them are students! It stands to reason that even if the chestnut belly wants to be assassinated, the first target must be Tian Xiang, and then the important ministers of the court, me and the third brother should also be on his list, but he really has no reason to trouble you children!"
Qi Ting raised his eyebrows and asked, "Could it be that it's not actually that chestnut belly?"
Qi Fang rubbed the stubble on his chin, puzzled: "I stayed in Linzi when I was young, and I was the prime minister of a country, and I have malicious intentions towards Qi Guo, this organization is also called Xueyan, it's not chestnut, and there is no one else, right?"
Qi Ting proposed: "Brother Dan has been tracking down the news of this blood swallow like me all these years, and when he arrives in Linzi, I will go to him and ask if there are any other clues!"
Qi Jing listened to it for a long time, and suddenly said: "Second brother, third brother, have you ever thought about a question, if it's you, or Tian Xiang, or other important ministers of the court, are assassinated by assassins, is it possible for the assassins to succeed?"
Qi Min's pupils shrank suddenly, and he said suddenly: "I see! If the target of the assassination is us, the assassin will never succeed!" The situation in Qi has always been very tense, when the alliance forces of the five countries captured Qi together, although Tian Xiang later succeeded in recovering all the territory, but before the armies of various countries withdrew, they left countless secret agents in Qi State, among which Yan was the most numerous! The identities of these people are very well hidden, after the war and chaos in those years, the official registers have been lost, and these secret agents are mixed with the displaced people and stay in the Qi country, and they are no longer recognizable at all! Therefore, as long as they are officials in the Qi country, no matter how big or small the officials are, most people will bring a large number of guards when they go out, and the assassins can't even do it closely, how can they assassinate us!"
Qi Jing added: "What's more, once the assassins really assassinate the important ministers of the Qi State, if their identities are revealed, it will lead to diplomatic disputes, and now the situation of the Yan State is even worse than ours, Tian Lian has been looking for trouble with them on the border for many years, and the people of the Yan State are afraid that they have already been frightened, how can they kill themselves! In my opinion, this plan should be a plan to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and I am afraid that the plot is not the current Qi State, but the future Qi State! Isn't the future of the Qi State supported by those outstanding young people now?" The people of the Yan Kingdom have no way to take the Qi State now, but they can stifle the hope of the future of the Qi State and make the future Qi State fall into a situation where no one is available! And the assassination of these young people who only seem to have some potential at the moment will only make the people in power feel sorry for them, and it will never cause diplomatic disputes, nor will it be reminiscent of the Prime Minister of the Yan State making trouble behind his back!"