The West Lake at this time was not so beautiful.
It is far inferior to the West Lake that was expanded after an emperor settled here for a while, and it cannot be said to be beautiful.
Xiao Zheng actually didn't attach much importance to this place. If it weren't for the fact that there were several Jiangnan aristocratic families here, he wouldn't have stayed.
In Xiao Zheng's heart, Jinling is the best place.
However, what he didn't expect was that he would be assassinated here, and the other party was obviously well prepared.
Under the willow tree beside the lake embankment, Xiao Zheng killed an assassin who rushed up with one sword. This sword was naturally very tricky.
Under Yue Shan, he learned not only military tactics and strategies, but also martial arts.
These assassins are indeed well trained.
But compared with Xiao Zheng, there are still some gaps.
Although Xiao Zheng does not have natural supernatural power, his fighting ability is good. Whether it is a horse fight or a foot fight, he is at the level of a master.
The twelve assassins fought and retreated on Xiao Zheng's side, but in the end only three were left.
The three people stood in front of each other, looking at Xiao Zheng and several of Xiao Zheng's guards in front of them.
Today's assassination attempt failed after all.
If there were more people, it might be possible, but it was a pity that only twelve of them could participate in this assassination.
Everyone has been trained since childhood, and it took a lot of money and thought to have the twelve people they have today.
Today's assassination, if it can kill Yan Wang Xiao Zheng, it is naturally very good, but it cannot be killed.
That purpose was achieved.
"puff!"
The man standing at the front among the three did not continue to charge. He was injured. Xiao Zheng had not lost a hair so far. It would be useless to rush over. He might be caught and tortured.
So I wiped my neck directly.
The other two glanced at each other and knew the consequences of being caught, so they had no choice but to follow closely.
Xiao Zheng did not relax, but kept the guards on alert. He was waiting for Wang Jian's arrival.
Only when his own Yanyun Sixteenth Cavalry arrives can he be considered completely safe.
Just a moment.
Wang Jian arrived with people.
"Your Highness, after checking, these people should be dead soldiers, most likely from the capital." When Wang Jian said this, he hesitated, but finally said it.
Xiao Zheng was sitting in the pavilion, with a chessboard on the table.
After hearing Wang Jian's words, he asked, "Why do you see it?"
Wang Jian replied: "Looking at their appearance, first of all, they are people from the Central Plains, not Mongolian and Northern Yan people. Secondly, their hands, arms and legs are somewhat similar to the Longyou people. They should have lived in Longyou all year round." , the wind and sand there are bigger, so the feet look a little rough."
"There are some differences between the people south of the Qinling Mountains and the people north of the Qinling Mountains, and there are also some differences between the people on the Longyou side and the Jiangnan side."
"There are some differences between people living in the bitter cold areas of Hebei and people living in Longyou."
"This was analyzed by several people."
Xiao Zheng nodded.
People from the capital.
Could it be that he was really sent by his elder brother?
…
After hearing the report from Eunuch Three Treasures, Xiao Yi felt very calm and his eyes were shining brightly.
"Keep staring."
"Qin Jiushao is like fishing bait and a whetstone. It allows Gu to see which of the officials in the capital really have great ambitions in their hearts and are not just wallflowers."
After saying that, I remembered something again.
He whispered to the Sanbao eunuch: "Qin Jiushao has not taken the initiative to contact Murong Xueyuan until now, which is not enough to prove that Murong Xueyuan is no longer Beiyan's masterpiece."
"We also have to be on guard against her secretly passing on some important news to Murong Yin, you know?"
The eunuch Sanbao bowed and said, "Here."
What's the problem for a real man without a wife?
Murong Xueyuan is a fierce horse from Beiyan, and now he has been surrendered.
Xiao Yi has never been a dedicated person.
Especially when I just crossed over and met a white lotus.
With the memory of her previous life, knowing what kind of woman Li Qiuya is, she is naturally very disappointed.
Later, another Concubine Li appeared.
So in Xiao Yi's first impression, women in this world are not very friendly.
Only the appearance of Yang Yuhuan and Cai Wenji made Xiao Yi change a little, but he would not trust women like Murong Xueyuan and Li Qiuya because of this.
After Eunuch Sanbao exited, Lu Ming walked in.
Jinyiwei was also a secret agent of the imperial court, monitoring all officials, so naturally they also had to monitor Qin Jiushao's contact with those officials in the court.
"Gao Yao, a member of the Ministry of War, has hosted a banquet for several friends of the general and the prisoner in the past few days, and is interested in asking about the general and prisoner."
"In addition, this person received 50,000 yuan of money and 5,000 taels of silver coins secretly sent by Qin Jiushao."
Xiao Yi nodded and said, "Don't touch him yet, let someone send out the false news."
"You can't scare the snake away, but you have to take a look at what kind of big fish Qin Jiushao can catch in this court!"
In fact, in order not to cause too much turmoil.
Xiao Yi had also greeted the six ministers in advance.
He could absolutely trust these people, so he directly told them what he wanted to do.
Let them cooperate.
Play a play.
Lu Ming continued: "Your Highness, I have also investigated something. Someone intends to assassinate His Highness King Yan."
Xiao Yi frowned, looked at Lu Ming, and asked, "Who is it?"
Lu Ming replied: "I don't know. This is a mission received by an assassin sect called Black Stone in the world. The specific method of assassination and where it will be assassinated is still unknown."
Xiao Yi always felt like he had heard of this assassin organization called Blackstone somewhere.
And since I have an impression, it should be from a previous life.
Words from past lives.
It’s really getting more and more interesting.
…
"Interesting, really interesting."
"The assassins from the capital came to Hangzhou to assassinate me. They used those fireworks as gunpowder. They have no power at all. They are just a cover-up."
"If gunpowder can really be used, maybe this frame-up will be successful."
Xiao Zheng twisted the black powder in a wooden plate placed on the table with his hands. It was a little rough and had a smell.
After hearing that Xiao Yi fought in Jinyang, he quickly captured Jinyang City and captured Li Thief and his son with a quick victory.
Among them, the most important siege weapon is gunpowder.
At the beginning, Xiao Zheng was also trying every possible means to find out about this siege weapon.
Later, based on the information he obtained, Li Si guessed that the so-called 'gunpowder' should be something similar to fireworks.
They did bring the fireworks over and did some experiments, and finally found that they did have a certain power.
But it was not enough to blow down a tall and strong city wall.
Xiao Yi must have mastered the secret and improved the power of fireworks to achieve such effects.
And today's assassination.
The other party also took out this thing at the beginning.
However, in Xiao Zheng's view, it was completely useless.
From beginning to end, this thing failed to hurt him at all.
Therefore, this was obviously a trick by the other party to frame him and provoke conflicts between him and Prince Daqian.
"Publish it and say that this king was assassinated on the edge of the West Lake and is now seriously injured!"
"Also, give the order for Bai Qi to retreat."
"Zhao Xuanjia should leave it to my elder brother to handle it."
Xiao Zheng didn't think that his elder brother would really send an assassin to kill him at this time.
If you really wanted to kill him, you could have done it when you were in the capital.
The key is, if my elder brother were to carry out an assassination, it wouldn't be so simple, nor would it be so clumsy.
…
"So fast?"
When Xiao Yi heard the news, it was already several days later.
In fact, he had already sent someone to secretly inform Xiao Zheng about Black Stone's assassination, asking him to pay more attention to it.
The strategy of assassination is a trivial and shameful act.
But how to say it.
For some people, and for some things, this is a foolproof method.
If you want to solve a problem, you must naturally solve the problem itself.
"check!"
"Take a look and see who did it."
"Also, there is no need for an unstable sect like Blackstone to exist."
"Whether it's to give an explanation to King Yan, or for the sake of stability in the future."
"An organization like the Assassin cannot be allowed to grow too strong."
Lu Ming cupped his hands and said, "Here."
This is considered a big job for Jin Yiwei.
…
"Xiao Zheng is really injured?"
Some people in Qin Jiushao didn't believe that the twelve men sent by Fan Ximiao could really succeed in the assassination.
He knew very well what kind of person Xiao Zheng was.
He had seen it several times when he was at Baoding Pass.
Later, when Xiao Zheng put down the rebellion between Dong Thief and Yuan Shao, he was actually in Jiangdong and met with the imperial students.
As long as you get to know him a little bit, you will know that such a person is a man of both civil and military skills, and he is also a man of great depth and high level of strategy.
Such a person cannot be successfully assassinated easily.
Without seeing with his own eyes whether Xiao Zheng was seriously injured, he didn't quite believe the news.
Fan Ximiao snorted disdainfully and said, "You didn't do anything. Now I have seriously injured Xiao Zheng and successfully provoked a conflict between him and the prince, but you still don't believe it."
"Believe it or not."
Qin Jiushao was actually a little angry about Fan Ximiao's behavior in private, which completely disrupted his plan.
He still firmly believed that Xiao Zheng was not so easy to assassinate.
If you want to provoke a conflict between King Yan and the Crown Prince, the best way is to take action from Yue Hongling and Yue Shan.
Because he had already asked about it.
Back then, Xiao Zheng became a disciple of Yue Shan, and he and Yue Hongling were considered siblings.
Later, Xiao Di ordered that Yue Hongling be made the crown prince's concubine.
Is this considered a fight to win love?
You must know that Xiao Zheng doesn’t seem to have a good match yet?
Xiao Di not only fought for love with a sword, but also took away the possibility of Xiao Zheng becoming the prince and handed over the military power to Xiao Yi.
Isn't Xiao Zheng angry at this kind of behavior?
Qin Jiushao felt that even if Yue Shan was loyal to Da Qian, he could kill two birds with one stone through his master-disciple relationship with Xiao Zheng.
You can also use the relationship between Yue Hongling and Xiao Zheng to make the prince and King Yan turn against each other over a woman.
This is much more clever than an assassination, or finding out the spies of the two of them and sending them to the other party's hands to provoke conflicts between them.
After Fan Ximiao left, Qin Jiushao immediately called someone.
He didn't believe that Xiao Zheng could be seriously injured so easily. Even if he was seriously injured, they would not be safe.
Now we must find a way to deal with Fan Ximiao, and at the same time, we must report the situation here.
Because it is very likely that he will abandon Fan Ximiao later.
Just a few days.
Jin Yiwei rushed in directly.
There are also Jinyiwei handles on the front and back doors. The Jinyiwei who rushed into the courtyard were very fast. They seemed to be familiar with the layout of the courtyard in this place and quickly checked the people inside.
Fan Ximiao is in the study, waiting for any movement from Jiangdong. As long as Bai Qi heads north, it means that his plan is successful.
"Bang!"
Who knows, his door was knocked open.
"you……!"
When he saw that it was Jin Yiwei who broke in, he understood that his plan must have failed.
Lu Ming looked at Fan Ximiao. This man had many iron marks and whip marks on his body, and his expression was a little sluggish.
"Tell me, do you have any other spies in the capital?"
One of Fan Ximiao's eyes was swollen, and he could still see clearly. He tried to raise his eyes, and when he saw Lu Ming sitting not far away, he lowered his head and remained silent.
When Qin Jiushao asked him to leave the capital, he was still arrogant and felt that it was unnecessary. Even if Xiao Zhengnai pretended to be injured, it would not be possible to find him.
There is an assassin gang in Daqian's world called Black Stone, which specializes in assassination missions.
As long as the price is high, even the prince or even the emperor can accept it.
In order to assassinate King Yan, he also paid a high price.
Then he let his own people do the assassination. In this way, others would only find out about the assassin gang Blackstone, but not him.
The people sent out are all dead soldiers. Like him, it is impossible to betray him.
And now, it is impossible for him to betray Qin Jiushao.
Lu Min signaled to the people around him, "Keep beating until he speaks."
In fact, he did not expect Fan Ximiao to confess and tell Qin Jiushao, because even if Fan Ximiao told Qin Jiushao, they would not be able to catch Qin Jiushao. That was a good bait. His Highness seemed to intend to use him to confuse Murong Yin.
However, Fan Ximiao paid a high price to let Blackstone's people assassinate King Yan, so naturally he could not be spared lightly.
A few days later.
Fan Ximiao, who was dying, had another delicious meal.
After that, he was transported to Jiangdong and handed over to Xiao Zheng.
This is Xiao Yi's attitude.
Of course, along the way, he also deliberately wanted to hook someone.
After all, this show must be done in full.
However, Qin Jiushao didn't take any action and just asked the Jin Yiwei men to escort Fan Ximiao to Jiangdong.
Xiao Zheng didn't even see anyone, so he just asked his subordinates to kill him.
This matter ends here.
…
"The situation at the Anxi Protectorate is not very good." Xiao Yi read the letter sent by Han Shizhong.
"In the final analysis, it's because the distance between one trip and the other is too long, and the manpower here in Daqian is obviously insufficient."
The Trade Department of Dagan Hubu has done a good job. It has always kept the trade routes between Anxi Protectorate and the capital uninterrupted, allowing Dagan’s money to buy grain from Xixia grain merchants. Xixia’s currency slowly Reduced and slowly lost credibility, the copper coins after exchange will also be melted again and cast into Daqian Tongbao.
But there were still some losses, and the Daqian court still underestimated the number of Xixia coins stored in the hands of the Xixia nobles.
If you continue to exchange, you will actually make a big loss here.
Because the quality of Xixia coins is really poor, the quality of Daqian coins is very good.
It's kind of like a mess.
No matter what, it’s not enough.
The truly powerful people are the Xixia nobles.
Those who can control the nobles of Xixia and make the nobles, merchants, landlords, squires, etc. of Xixia surrender, that is, they have completely surrendered to Xixia.
At this stage, this road is going too slowly.
Just a currency puts a lot of pressure on Daqian.
“You have to do it under pressure.”
“This is something that requires perseverance, and the payoff and reward are very considerable.”
"From now on, no matter whether they are nobles or ordinary people at the Anxi Protectorate, they only have a lot of money in their hands, so there is no way to go back."
"Because once they rebel, the currency in their hands will lose its effect, and many people will be reluctant to part with the money in their hands."
"Then we won't join in the rebellion."
"This is the first step to regaining your composure."
"There is no problem with the strategy we have set. No matter how difficult it is, we must overcome it. Daqian has now obtained a large amount of silver from Japan."
"At that time, the silver coins will fill the gap of Tongbao money, as long as you can endure it for a while."
"Slow down the currency exchange, wait until the silver coins come out, and then increase the intensity."
Dai Guang bowed and said, "Here."
Xiao Yi continued: "One more thing, the assassination of King Yan has already come to an end."
"It was Murong Yin's spy Fan Ximiao who paid for Blackstone's assassins to assassinate him. In the end, they were all killed by King Yan's guards."
"King Yan was not injured."
"But to the outside world, King Yan was seriously injured after being assassinated."
After everyone heard this, they bowed again.
"Fan Ximiao has been arrested and sent to Jiangdong."
"Qin Jiushao is also hiding."
"However, he should still come out after the incident."
"Just pay attention."
Everyone gave up once again.
…
Xiao Zheng naturally knew that Fan Ximiao was just a small fish, and he was killed directly without even meeting him.
"It seems that eldest brother also knows that the capital has Murong Yin's spies."
After looking at Li Si, he thought of something again and said softly: "Maybe our spy, brother, also knows about it."
Li Si said softly: "Your Highness, I thought we should arrange for someone else to go to the capital."
Xiao Zheng thought for a moment and nodded.
Li Si then continued to speak: "Your Highness, Zhao Gao has always been astute and has followed Your Highness for many years. We can send him to the capital, and he may be able to accomplish something."
Xiao Zheng also thought of this person and nodded again.
Just a moment.
A man who was no more than thirty years old, but had a beardless face, a slender figure, and pink eyes walked in.
"Zhao Gao pays homage to His Highness."
Xiao Zheng said: "I have something here that I need you to do."
