Three days later, Wen County, known as the "Land of Nanyang".

Wenxian is located in the western part of the North Henan Plain, with the Yellow River in the south and Taihang in the north. It was originally the homeland of the demon concubine Daji, with the Su clan. During the reign of Duke Xian of Jin, the Di people who went south along the Taihang River killed Wen, and the Su family, who had been passed down for thousands of years, died out.

After the Di people were repelled by Duke Huan of Qi, Zhou Tianzi took the opportunity to take Wendi back and use it as the territory of Ji. When Duke Wen of Jin arrived, because he led his troops to help King Xiang of Zhou recover the throne, King Xiang conferred all the "Land of Nanyang" south of the Taihang Mountains and north of the Yellow River, including Yuan and Wen. Jin State.

The Jin state obtained Wendi, which could be used as a frontier to march into the Central Plains. Duke Wen set up a town here and appointed Hu Qin as the first doctor Wen. Afterwards, Wendi fell into the hands of the Zhao clan. In the era of Zhao Xuanzi, it was once the central city of the Zhao clan.

Zhao Wenzi did not like the greedy and reckless eldest son Zhao Huo, so he replaced his concubine Zhao as the heir. Zhao Huo stayed behind in Wenxian to take care of Zhao's ancestral temple. After his death, his son Zhao Luo succeeded as Wenxian doctor.

At this moment, Zhao Luo, who was bloated and dressed in brocade, was watching and waiting on the city tower, accompanied by Chen Dingguo, a retainer of the Le family.

"Come, come!" The sharp-eyed county official pointed to the team at the end of the road and reported to Zhao Luo.

Zhao Luo supported Gao Guan, squinted his eyes, but saw a long line of Mo Jing drafts approaching in the distance - this is the color of mourning clothes.

Zhao Luo secretly said something bad: "It seems that the news from Yuan County is true, Le Da Sicheng is dead!"

Chen Dingguo, who was on the side, also let out a painful cry. He was the younger brother of Chen Yin, the chief of the Le family, and his position was Scholar. This time he brought a **** of Le's soldiers. He borrowed the way from Wei Guo and came to Wendi to wait for the lord. Unexpectedly, it was the news of Le Qi's death.

A moment later. The west gate of Wenxian County opened wide, and the silent team filed in. Zhao Luo waited, and finally saw Zhao Guangde, his only son, who had lost a lot of weight, in the crowd, so he pulled him to see if he was injured.

After leaving home for more than half a year, Zhao Guangde was a little unaccustomed to his father's doting. He embarrassedly covered up the bruises he had made when he rolled off the army car while being guarded by Zhao Wuxi that day, stepped aside, pointed behind him and said, "Father This is cousin Wu Xie, cousin, this is my father, doctor Wenxian."

Zhao Luo looked behind his son, and saw a young gentleman standing with a sword hanging on his head. He was wearing a plain and plain crown and a black suit. He was supporting the carriage that was pulling the dark coffin. There was some dignity in his eyes.

Zhao Wuxi waved his sleeves and saluted: "The boy has seen his uncle."

Zhao Luo didn't dare to neglect Zhao Wuxi, who might become the future head of the family, and hurriedly returned the courtesy.

Then he asked in confusion, "Nephew, what happened?"

...

three days ago. A group of people was attacked in the intestines of sheep, and Le Qi died.

After mourning, because I don't know if there are any other assassins in the mountains. So Zhao Wuxi immediately urged everyone to set off and arrived in Yuan County before dark.

as a **** ally. The former county doctor of the Han family treated Zhao Wuxi and others as respectfully and thoughtfully as he treated his lord. The assassination took place on the territory of the Han family. So he didn't dare to be neglected. After the snow stopped the next day, he immediately sent troops to cable the surrounding roads to check for passing pedestrians.

However, the heavy snow that fell overnight has covered some trails, and the mountain searchers did not find anything. Only a hunter in the mountain revealed that near the intestine of the sheep, he saw a young man in gray with a long sword walking towards the north of the mountain.

Le Lingzi woke up the next day. She wiped away her tears, gritted her teeth, cleaned Le Qi's body, and put it in the coffin.

Knowing that she was sad, Wu Xian stroked her petite shoulder to try to comfort her, and at the same time sent a messenger back to Xinjiang to inform Jin Hou and Zhao Yang of the incident.

He invited Zigong, who was familiar with the relationship between the princes, to discuss, and came to the conclusion that after Le Qi's death, Zhao Wuxi's mission was a failure.

Zigong believed that without Le Qi as an intermediary, there would be a lack of important guarantees, whether it was the marriage of Zhao Le or the Jin-Song alliance. This is what the people of Qi, and the assassination mastermind who was hiding behind the scenes wanted.

On the night that Yuanxian accompanied Lingzi and guarded Le Qi's spirit, Zhao Wuxi also reflected on himself in the cold snowy night, and reflected on why the originally good situation had reversed.

"From the beginning to the end, the Zhao family was too passive. My father kept trying to break the game. He formed a good relationship with the Le family, but fell into Fan Yang's trap. He lost a game on the Winter Solstice last year; after that, because of my appearance, the Zhao family became stronger. Entering the pottery and millet markets, swept most of the millet from the households of the officials around Xinjiang, and laid a good economic foundation, which was considered a win.”

"But during the seven days when my father fainted, the Zhao clan was still passively defending. Although he was lucky to win in the end, he got a lot of compensation, and Le Qi was released. He thought he had won the victory, but the enemy was too cunning. I started to weave, although I was careful all the way, but I still slammed into it and hurt Le Bo..."

Wu Xie's thinking became clearer and clearer, but his heart became more and more cold: "The reason is that our actions are always half a beat, and we are always passive. I focus on the improvement of strength. It is indeed the right way that is inseparable from the original, but it ignores the strange way of taking the initiative to cause trouble for the other party.”

"To be right, to win by odds, so this time, we can't wait for the enemy to take action in Yuan County... We must take the initiative to fight back, Fan's unkindness, don't blame me for being unjust, if you dare to break the rules, I can also kick the chessboard away. !"

As soon as he thought about it, his chest heaved slightly, as if he suddenly realized that he understood the true meaning of "the collapse of ritual and music" in the spring and autumn world.

So, in the early morning of the next day, Zhao Wuxi summoned all the subordinate officials and military officials and made such a decision.

"We continue to go to Song country, swearing to complete our mission, we must not give up!"

If it ends like this, his first duty and first mission will end here, casting the shadow of failure, and there is even the possibility of being framed by Zhu Qing. Therefore, it is better to continue to go to Song country as a pedestrian than to go back to Xinjiang in such a dismal manner, and it will also disrupt the enemy's follow-up plans.

Although Zhao Wuxi suspected that Fan was involved in the incident, he suffered from the lack of evidence. The location of the incident was the territory of the Han family, and the assassin was also a tiger of the state of Qi. then. He made this report in a slip to the Marquis of Jin:

"The assassination of Le Bo was done by the people of Qi. But there must be an internal response in the Jin state! Either among the six ministers, or among the two ministers of Fan and Zhongxing! The ministers failed to protect Le Bo's safety. I went back to my country to plead guilty to the emperor, and asked my father to kill me in the temple, but in order to reconcile the Jin and Song Dynasties, the ministers could only continue to send the coffin of Le Bo back to the country and explain the matter to the Duke of Song."

In the slips given to Zhao Yang, he bluntly stated that Fan and the Second Minister of the Bank of China were absolutely involved in this matter. Because of this, the situation that was extremely beneficial to Zhao was completely reversed. Even if this would damage the interests of Jin and cause a diplomatic dispute with Song, with the temperaments of Fan Yang and Zhong Xingyin, they would not care at all.

Wu Xie asked Zhao Yang to search for evidence, strengthen precautions, and fully support him in continuing to deal with the matter in front of the Marquis of Jin.

After watching Qi Cong carrying the letter away, Zhao Wuxi didn't stay in Yuanxian to wait for Xinjiang's reply. The next morning. The group said goodbye to the doctor in the original county, and walked eastward along the gradually flat road for a long time before arriving at Wenxian County.

...

In the Zhao family's mansion in Wenxian County, after listening to Zhao Wuxi's narration of what happened in the past few days. Zhao Luo's plump face was dripping with sweat.

Assassination is something Zhao Luo is extremely afraid of.

He was timid and fearful by nature, even in the chaos of the princely dynasty. In the face of the Zhou Shi rebels who were like fish belly, he had the experience of abandoning the army and fleeing. Therefore, Zhao Luo felt that Wu Xie should not act rashly. Have to wait for the new Jiang's order.

"My dear nephew, what you need to do now is not to seek merit, but to seek no fault. Although this mission fails, you will be cut from your duties by the emperor, but if you stay in the lower palace for a few years, you will naturally be able to serve again... So, It’s better to rest here and wait.”

Zhao Wuxi made up his mind: "Uncle, if I stop at this point, Fan and Bank of China's second ministers will definitely use this as an excuse to attack me. Not only will I be punished, but Zhao's prestige will also be damaged. Le's friendship will also fall through, there will be all harm and no benefit, this is the end of the matter, it's better to give it a try!"

What's more, Xin Jiang is currently in charge of Fan Yang, and the Marquis of Jin is also controlled by him. He has no sympathy for the premonition that the orders he received will never be beneficial to the Zhao family!

However, even if Zhao Guangde, who was beside him, helped to speak, Zhao Luo still shook his head like a rattle. Of course, with his courage, he didn't dare to leave Wu Xie forcibly. He just adopted an attitude of non-cooperation and non-support, and resolutely did not agree to send troops to **** Wu Xie to the east.

"If that's the case, then let your nephew take care of it." Without taking chances, the fat doctor flicked his sleeves and pulled Zhao Guangde around to turn around and leave.

Zhao Wu Xie nodded to Zhao Guangde and let him leave the hall, leaving only Wu Xie and Zhao Luo.

"What do you want to do when your nephew sent my son away?" Zhao Luo felt uncomfortable seeing Zhao Wuxi staring at him.

"Dr. Wen, is this trying to betray the Zhao clan?" Zhao Wuxi didn't answer at first, but when he approached Zhao Luo, he suddenly asked loudly, which shocked his shoulders and almost fell to the ground.

"What do you mean, nephew? You can't talk nonsense." He was always timid, so he quickly took a few steps back.

Zhao Wuxi's eyes widened, he stepped forward and said: "The Zhao family is in the same family, now the boy's path is blocked, and it is still unclear whether the mission can be completed, but my uncle wants to stay out of it? After investigation, the boy can only tell the truth. Did my uncle forget what Handan looked like when he knelt down in Wenxian and begged for mercy more than half a year ago! Uncle also wanted to bear the suzerain's punishment again, just like when he abandoned the army ten years ago and returned home. Are you angry?"

During the rebellion of the prince dynasty ten years ago, Zhao Wen was still the heir to Wendi. At that time, the fear deeply engraved in his heart still existed, and now facing Zhao Wuxi who broke out, he seemed to see Zhao Yang standing in front of him staring at him, and he was shivering with fright~lightnovelpub.net~ both legs A soft almost fell to the ground.

"I'm sending troops, but it's not enough to send troops? But Wenxian is different from other small sects. When dispatching more than 100 people, the suzerain must be notified. Therefore, I can only give my nephew one soldier..."

Zhao Wen was crying, but he was still haggling in his heart. But having said that, his Wenxian County was considered the most honest Xiaozong of the Zhao clan, and was suppressed by Zhao Yanghu's prestige. Now Zhao Luo feels that even if Zhao Yang is gone, he will be eaten to death by the young man in front of him.

So, when Zhao Wuxi came out of the hall with a smile, he gently told Zhao Guangde that at his "please", Zhao Luo had "agreed" to send someone to accompany him.

Of course, 100 people is definitely not enough, but just by frightening, it seems that there will be no more. Zhao Wuxi pulled Zhao Guangde and said something like this in his ear. (To be continued..)

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