Time passed little by little. The assassination team took out the water they carried with them and started drinking. They took out the food they carried with them and shared it with each other. After eating and drinking enough, they accumulated sufficient physical strength and waited for the arrival of that important moment.
Pi Yuan looked at the sky, estimated the approximate time, and sent a signal to his teammates to prepare for battle.
Liu Bei is a very self-disciplined and punctual person. This is the pattern they have discovered these days. The time Liu Bei goes to somewhere every day is quite fixed. Now, it is time for Liu Bei to arrive.
They all grasped the swords in their hands, and the people in the crossbow team also put arrows on the bowstrings, ready to bend their bows and shoot at any time. As soon as Liu Bei appeared, he would definitely die.
But time passed and Liu Bei did not appear.
Pi Yuan was a little surprised.
In the past few days, Liu Bei had appeared here at this time every day. Could it be that there was something delayed today?
This sudden situation surprised the team members. He signaled the team members to be calm, not to panic, and to wait a little longer, but they continued to wait and did not see Liu Bei.
Finally, they lost their composure.
"Why didn't Liu Bei come?"
"Isn't he always here at this time?"
"What's going on today?"
"What happened?"
"how so?"
When a group of people couldn't figure out the situation, the door of the warehouse where they were hiding was suddenly violently kicked open. A group of heavily armed soldiers rushed in with shields and sticks. Without saying a word, they smashed their heads and faces with sticks. Come down.
The assassination team was caught off guard. Although they resisted vigorously, they were beaten to death and disoriented. They fell to the ground one after another and soon lost their ability to resist.
Zhao Yun stood outside the warehouse. When his subordinates on the mission carried out a group of Zhutou San and Zhutou Four, Zhao Yun had a look of disdain on his face.
"A group of people like this still want to assassinate the general? I really look up to you!"
With that said, Zhao Yun said to the people around him: "Go and report to the general quickly. Just say that the matter has been completed and invite the general to come over."
"only!"
A soldier got on his horse and galloped away quickly.
Then, Zhao Yun explained to the seven or eight soldiers around him.
"Go down immediately and act according to the plan without making any mistakes."
"only!"
The soldiers mounted their horses and galloped away,
About three sticks of incense later, Liu Bei's carriage appeared on this street. He got out of the carriage unhurriedly, and walked forward slowly under the protection of the guards.
"Everyone is here?"
He looked at Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun nodded.
"A lot of them, they're all here."
"Have the other teams been ordered to go down as well?"
"Well, I've given all the instructions. There will definitely be no problem."
"well done."
Liu Bei patted Zhao Yun on the shoulder, then walked forward and saw Pi Yuan.
"Your name is Pi Yuan, right? Huan Dian's chief disciple. I met you during the debate before."
"snort!"
Although Pi Yuan was beaten into a pig-headed shape, he did not show any fear, but looked at Liu Bei with a look of dissatisfaction.
"Tell me, who ordered you to do it?"
"No one ordered it."
Pi Yuan said coldly: "It's you, Liu Bei, who has done so many unjust things. We, the students of the Modern Literature School, can't tolerate you as a thief continuing to be arrogant, so we spontaneously rose up to kill you. Now that the matter has been exposed and you have discovered it, I I have nothing to say, but I alone take charge of this matter!"
"You alone? Are you so capable alone?"
Liu Bei looked at the standard crossbows and arrows that had been confiscated from the army at his feet: "You don't have an official position, but you can get the strictly controlled military standard crossbows and arrows? What do you think I am, a general?" I'm incompetent, so I was deceived by your lies?"
"I stole that!"
"Stolen?"
Liu Bei sneered: "Not bad, your bones are pretty strong, and you don't want to betray your companions, right? But why don't you think about how I could catch you all in one go? How did I know you were in this place? Aren't you surprised? "
That's really weird.
Having been beaten into a pig head three just now, Pi Yuan was so frightened and panicked that he had no time to think about these issues. Now that Liu Bei raised it, he realized that this matter was quite strange.
And there’s only one explanation that doesn’t seem strange—there’s a mole!
"Who betrayed us?"
Pi Yuan stared at Liu Bei.
Liu Bei looked back behind him.
"Come here, he wants to see you."
"only."
An indifferent voice sounded, and Pi Yuan's eyes widened.
"Should...should be moved? You...you're not..."
Ying Qian nodded.
"Well, it's me. That's right. I personally delivered these things to you, right? I also have complete records of the retrieval, which can be used as evidence. Now, after checking, you can know where these bows and arrows come from. , there is no need to hide it at all.”
Now it was not just Pi Yuan, but the other disciples of the Jinxue School who had come back to their senses were also looking at Ying Qian with wide eyes.
"You...are you not a disciple of the Zhang family? And you are not..."
"Yes, I am a disciple of the Zhang family, and I was also a disciple of the Yang family. At first, I was a subordinate member of the General Affairs Department established by the general. Later, I left the General Affairs Department and switched to the Yang family."
Ying Qian nodded: "But now, I am a subordinate of the general, can't I?"
"you you……"
Pi Yuan's eyes widened, completely unimaginable that this man would reveal his repeated betrayal in such an understatement.
It seems very relaxed.
It shouldn't be like this, it's wrong, it's impossible.
How could he betray him repeatedly?
How could he betray him repeatedly and still be accepted?
First from the Liu family, then from the Yang family, then to the Zhang family, and then jumped back to the Liu family. How could a person be so shameless?
Pi Yuan turned his attack and glared at Liu Bei.
"You actually believe such a treacherous villain?"
"I don't believe him, how can he believe you? He helped me, but you want my life."
Liu Bei looked at Pi Yuan with confusion.
"me……"
Pi Yuan was furious, and then looked at Ying Qian: "You thief! Traitor! Evil thief! Rebellious thief! I wish I could eat your flesh! Drink your blood! Sleep with your skin! You...you... House slave with three surnames!!!"
To be honest, when Pi Yuan said the words "house slave with three surnames", Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Ying Qian.
He saw that Ying Qian's originally expressionless face finally changed, and his face gradually turned red. Then he quickly walked up to Pi Yuan who was tied up by Wu Huada, and slapped him with a wave of his hand.
"A domestic slave with three surnames? When did I become a domestic slave? You, a thief, assassinated the general of the dynasty yourself, and you still want to slander me? I am a hero, and you are a traitor! Rebel! Rebel!!"
As he said this, he was still angry and slapped Pi Yuan again, making Pi Yuan dizzy.
Liu Bei smiled, stepped forward and grabbed Ying Qian.
"Okay, okay, Qian, don't be too angry. He is a dying person. Why are you angry with a dying person?"
Ying Qian blushed and stared at Pi Yuan.
"General, please let me watch when Pi Yuan is executed!"
"This is acceptable."
Liu Bei nodded and agreed to Yingqian's request.
This group of people was arrested, and given their respective identities, as well as the crossbows and arrows that were prohibited from private possession, as well as the testimonies and records of the transfer of the crossbows and arrows, this matter is an ironclad case.
So while capturing these assassins, Liu Bei ordered Zhao Yun to organize a team, and asked Zhang Rang and Guo Hong to help. He mobilized a thousand Dongyuan spies and a thousand Zhongdu officials and disciples to lead the Longkang Huan family and Runan Xi. Members of the major families of Jinwen School, represented by Yang Zhang, all came to arrest him.
All the spies and Zhongdu officials and disciples were dispatched, and poured into the mansions of the major families of Jinwen School. They took out the court orders to arrest people, and then there was a burst of chickens, dogs, ghosts, and wolves howling.
All the members of the Jinwen School's major families were arrested and brought to justice, including Huan Dian, Zhang Xi and others.
Soon, this matter was known to the court officials. Whether they were officials from the ancient literature school, neutral officials, or some uninformed officials from the modern literature school, they were all extremely shocked by this.
After the shock, the ancient literature school group was furious, the neutral school officials were obedient and silent, and the modern literature school officials were frightened.
The assassination of Liu Bei was a very serious matter and extremely bad in nature.
This was an assassination of Liu Bei, the general of the dynasty, a clan member of the Han Dynasty, and the head of the Liu family in Zhuo County, Zhuo County. It was an assassination of a court official and the leader of the ancient literature school. It was an assassination that completely violated political rules.
They committed a huge taboo.
(End of chapter)
