Qin Emperor Ziying

Chapter 225 Assassination
After Jiang Lu left, Zhao Zheng sat quietly behind the emperor's case without moving for a long time, and the attendants who didn't understand what Zhao Zheng was thinking didn't dare to move at all.

After a long time, Zhao Zheng got up and returned to his bedroom, and took out a brocade box from under the bed.

There were three wooden plaques lined up inside, with the names of Guang, Fusu, and Jiang Lu written on them. Zhao Zhenglue hesitated to take Jiang Lu's name out of them.

When he saw Fusu's name, his eyes froze for a moment, and he stroked the wooden plaque engraved with Fusu's name a few times, and the corners of his mouth could not help revealing some love.

As his eldest son, Fusu seemed to have never been given special attention by him because of his low status as a mother, but as his first son, how could Zhao Zheng not have high hopes for him.

What's more, the years when Fusu was born were also the most depressing years when he was shrouded in the shadow of Lu Buwei.

The birth of Fusu once opened a window of hope to his gloomy situation at that time.

However, as Fusu got older, he also eradicated Lu Buwei, Lao Ai and other high mountains that hindered him, but he became more and more disappointed with Fusu's actions.

It's true that Fusu doesn't see any domineering spirit of annexing the six kingdoms, but rather pedantic benevolence and weakness.

You must know that the troubled times will be settled, and the vast eastern region captured by the Qin State is still very unstable. The survivors of all countries are hiding in secret, waiting for an opportunity to restore the old country.

Bandits and bandits are rampant in many places, and it is really difficult for a benevolent and weak king to straighten out these situations one after another.

However, Fusu's actions last night gave Zhao Zheng a new understanding of Fusu. Facing the general's sharp sword, he was able to stand up and protect his brother. It can be seen that Fusu is not as weak as he has shown.

On the contrary, in the face of big right and wrong, he sees very clearly and is very responsible.

And now that I am in the prime of my life, if I can use iron and blood methods to solve all the unstable factors when I am in power, it is not impossible for my successor to be a benevolent king.

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There is no impenetrable wall in the world.Moreover, Jiang Lu aggressively went to the trouble of finding Ziying, and kicked the door of Gongzi Guang to pieces, which made the whole incident a great miracle in Xianyang City.

Zu Xian was an official all his life, and he had a good relationship with many ministers of the Qin family. Ziying's strong return put Zu Xian to death. dissatisfied.

This time, it is said that he even offended the Prince Qin's favorite son, General Lu, to the death. Many people were waiting to see Ziying's joke.

However, the result of the matter surprised these people.Yang Duanhe was exempted from being the teacher of the son Jianglu, and Zongzheng chose another good teacher, and Jianglu was also ordered to be banned for one year.

The son Jiang Lu's supporters mainly come from the military, and his teacher Yang Duanhe played a big role in this. It is because of Yang Duanhe that many generals regard Jiang Lu as their own.

However, King Qin ordered the general to choose another famous teacher, which is worth pondering.

Veteran Yang Duanhe certainly couldn't teach him wrong. King Qin's move was obviously aimed at the son and general, especially the military forces standing behind him.

Officials who have been in the ups and downs of the officialdom for many years can see that if there is no major change in the son and general, there is no basis for fighting for the throne.

Young Master Jiang Lu's loss of power immediately made Young Master Guang and Ziying the hottest figures in Xianyang City.

These days, the officials who came to visit from Young Master Guang's mansion didn't break their heels. Everyone could see that Young Master Guang must be one of the most powerful contenders for the next throne.

Ziying was feared by the officials because of the notoriety of gods blocking and killing gods.

Don't you see that Lang Zhongling Zu Xian's son provoked Ziying, not only his head was different, but even Zu Shun, who was the Lang Zhongling, was taken down by Ziying, and was "received" by the King of Qin afterwards.

Even King Qin's own son, General Lu, was virtually wiped out of the possibility of inheriting the throne because he provoked Ziying.

From these two incidents alone, it can be seen how much King Qin loved and trusted Ziying, and he was definitely raised as a future pillar of the country.

Moreover, several young generals in the Qin army are obviously the only ones who follow the lead.

For a while, in front of the Chang'an Lord's Mansion, there were a lot of people who came to visit Ziying, but they were all blocked out by Ziying's physical discomfort. The previous incident was enough to show off.

What Ziying is doing now is to be low-key, low-key and low-key.

With Jiang Lu being grounded, Xianyang became calm again.

And although Ziying has been refusing to see guests on the grounds of being unwell for a while, no one dares to underestimate Ziying's influence.

Time flowed so peacefully like water, and in a blink of an eye, the time came to the 26th year of Qin Wangzheng.

In terms of age, Ziying is nineteen years old this year, but because Ziying has practiced martial arts since childhood, and the wisdom and vicissitudes in his eyes are completely inconsistent with a 15-year-old boy, he looks like a 20-year-old boy. Young people in general.

On this day, there was a heavy snowfall in the middle of Xianyang City. Sima Jingjing, Xia Ke, and Xue Ji were playing snowball fights with some maids in Chang'an Junfu, while Ziying leisurely admired the graceful figures of the three girls.

Suddenly Yan Meng, who has become the steward of the Chang'an Lord's Mansion, hurried over from the door and winked at Ziying. Ziying understood that Yan Meng must have some secret matters and wanted to report to him alone.

Immediately, he led Yan Meng to his study.

"What's the matter?" Fang Ziying asked Yan Meng as soon as he sat down.

"Juzi, I received a big job from the Momen Xianyang Zhizhan Pavilion branch yesterday." Yan Meng said with a bit of a smile.

Seeing Yan Meng's expression, Ziying was also a little curious about what the "big job" was, and immediately waited for Yan Meng to continue talking with great interest.

"An uninvited guest went to Zhizhan Pavilion Jianyi last night, and he said that he would exchange five hundred gold for the leader of the giant."

The Mo Sect is divided into six pavilions: Bingge, Tianji, Organ, Zhizhan, Zhangtian, and East and West. The Zhizhan Pavilion is the main force of the Mo Sect. A large number of famous knights are from the Mo Sect's Zhizhan Pavilion.

On the surface, Jian Yi is an expert swordsman in Xianyang City, and he also uses his sword to make friends with dignitaries from all over the world.

But in fact, he is indeed a member of the Mo sect, relying on his friendship with various dignitaries to inquire information for the Mo sect, and in Xianyang city, he relies on teaching his disciples sword skills to cover himself.

He is one of the most famous swordsmen in Xianyang City.

"Do you know who that is?" Hearing this, Ziying also felt a little funny. He wanted to find someone to assassinate him, but he found his subordinates.

"When that man left, Jian Yi quietly followed him, he was just an ordinary person, Jian Yi also followed easily, and finally found that he had returned to the son Jiang Lu's mansion.

"Young Master and General Lu"

Ziying said these four words playfully.

The punishment received by the young master, Jianglu, was not insignificant. Although Jianglu had repeatedly provoked him, and he had a heart of coveting his own woman, Ziying originally planned that if he could learn a lesson, he would not pursue it anymore, but never Thinking that this general's resentment towards him is so deep.

It is true that Young Master Jianglu now regards Ziying as his number one enemy.

In his opinion, Ziying has come to this point. If he hadn't obeyed his order and obediently served Sima Jingjing and Xia Ke, he would have lost so much face and received such a heavy punishment. .

During the few months of being grounded, Zongzheng found six doctoral officers to be his teachers for Jiang Lu, but each of them would be beaten away by Jiang Lu after teaching for a long time.

In the past few months, his hatred for Ziying not only didn't lessen but deepened with the passage of time, he wished that Ziying would be skinned and cramp.

Although he was grounded and could not enter or leave the mansion, other people were not subject to this restriction. After thinking about it, he suddenly thought of the swordsman Jian Yi he had seen in Wei Wei's mansion before.

Jiang Lu himself is a martial artist, so he pays special attention to those who practice martial arts. He still remembers that Jian Yi's swordsmanship is not only extremely sharp, but also has a tricky angle that makes it impossible to guard against. Such a swordsmanship is naturally very suitable for being an assassin .

So Jiang Lu sent someone to find Jian Yi, and proposed the idea of ​​hiring him to assassinate Ziying.

"Although Jian Yi doesn't know the identity of the young master, it is no small matter to assassinate the young master of a country. Moreover, the Mo Sect never kills virtuous people. The young master is known as a "virtuous monarch". Naturally, Jian Yi knew about it, so he shirked the matter." Yan Meng continued.

"How can such a good money-making matter be pushed out?" Ziying said with a sudden smile: "Go back and tell Jianyi to go directly to Jianglu. If he is willing to pay a thousand gold, he can invite his own knights My friends killed me together.

And it's guaranteed to be safe. "

When Ziying said this, Yan Meng also understood Ziying's thoughts, Juzi wanted to ruthlessly beat you up.

The young master, Jiang Lu, is just an idle young master, who doesn't have much real power, and is not well-off.

Five hundred gold is probably all the "working capital" he can come up with.The young master asked him for a thousand gold, I am afraid this young master will find it hard to accept.

"By the way, you might as well tell Jian Yi about my identity, and let him come to my house as the commander of the guards in the future." Ziying added.

For people like Jian Yi, they often have their own beliefs, just like Yan Meng just said not to kill virtuous people, not only Momen, but also Jian Yi himself.

If Jian Yi is forced to do this kind of "stealing and extortion" to defraud the son and general of his money, it may shake Jian Yi's persistence.

However, if you tell him the fact that Mr. Chang'an is the Mo Sect's giant, Jian Yi's psychological level will be easier. Since you plan to assassinate my master, it's not so unreasonable for me to lie to you for some money instead.

"No, I'll arrange it right away," replied.

"Jianglu." After Yanmeng went out, Ziying rubbed his fingers habitually and said the name softly a few times.

Since you showed your minions to me first, don't blame me for retaliation.

Ziying, who is familiar with the 5000-year history of China, has too many ways to play with a prince who is not very bright.

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Jiang Lu, who was in a bad mood that night, had just severely punished the chef in the house because of his unappetizing food.

He was fined and grounded, and he lost his father's favor. When he thought of his enemy "Ziying" who was still hugging him outside with "infinite scenery", he felt a little angry.

He had already given out five hundred gold as a reward, but he couldn't find a warrior from Dudu to assassinate Ziying, which made him even more angry.

Although the weather was still very cold after the new year, Jiang Lu felt better after drinking two large glasses of ice water.

When Jiang Lu returned to his room, Fang was about to go to bed, but suddenly found a person sitting cross-legged on the couch in his room.

Jiang Lu himself was quite courageous, and he was born with a lot of nerves, so suddenly there was another person in his dormitory, but he didn't have much fear.

He just gripped his saber a little tighter.

Taking advantage of the dim moonlight, Jiang Lu looked at the unexpected guest who suddenly appeared in his bedroom.

I saw that man was sitting cross-legged on his couch, with a slender sword lying across his lap, as if he was the master of this house, tasting the fine wine he had treasured.

"After a few months, don't you remember me?" The man looked at the wine glass in front of him and said to himself: "Yesterday, you just sent the servants from the mansion to me. Don't tell me you just forgot."

As soon as Jiang Lu heard this, he immediately understood, and the image in his mind from a few months ago overlapped with the very "unbeaten" face in front of him. Isn't this the Xianyang whom he wanted to hire to assassinate Ziying? Swordsman Jian Yi.

It's just that when Jiang Lu saw Jian Yi looking at the cup and sipping fine wine, it immediately reminded him of Ziying who only cared about drinking and treated himself like a monkey that night.

The resentment towards Ziying suddenly rose in his heart.

"I don't know, sir, what is the purpose of visiting late at night?" Jiang Lu asked tentatively.

"Mr. Chang'an's bodyguards are highly skilled in martial arts. I thought it would be difficult to escape with my whole body after taking his life. Therefore, I rejected the young master's kindness yesterday." Jian Yi suddenly said with a serious expression: "However, I just happened to have two of my best friends come here today. Xianyang, the martial arts of both of them are no less than mine, with their help, I am absolutely sure that I can assassinate Lord Changan."

When Jian Yi said this, a golden light seemed to appear in Jiang Lu's eyes, and he said excitedly: "What is said by Mr. is true?"

"It's true, I'm just a white head, how can I have the guts to deceive the young master." Jian Yi said slowly: "However, the risk of assassinating Lord Chang'an is extremely high. After the assassination is successful, the three of us may have to leave Xianyang immediately and flee to the end of the world. Therefore, five hundred gold rewards are not enough!"

At this moment, Jiang Lu's entire rationality has been overwhelmed by the sparks of hatred, and all he thinks is that he has the hope to kill Ziying.

"I can give up to [-] gold." Jiang Lu continued, [-] gold is all the wealth that Jiang Lu can give.

(End of this chapter)