"I know that Luo Wang accepted an order at the beginning, which was to assassinate Lord Xinling, but there was never a chance. Lord Xinling has been staying in his fiefdom since he was suspected, and he has a large number of followers and troops to protect him. We have no way to do it. , but one day Luo Wang welcomed an unexpected guest, Long Yangjun, the favorite of King Wei Anxi.
The other party wanted to join forces with us to get rid of Lord Xinling. Luo Wang was also worried about this, so he cooperated with the other party to kill Lord Xinling. "
(Sima Qian's grandfather was named Sima Xi, so he avoided all posthumous titles with "Xi" in "Historical Records" and changed them to "Li", so King Anli of Wei should be King Anxi of Wei.)
"What about Lord Xinling's retainers?"
"Most of the disciples were dismissed, and some were assassinated by people sent by King Wei Anxi." Xuan Jian said.
"King Wei has broken his arm," Ziyou sighed.
"The conflict between Lord Xinling and King Anxi of Wei has been going on for a long time. After Jingbao assassinated Lord Xinling, when we examined the body, we found that there was already a toxin in Lord Xinling's body. Lord Xinling left the court under suspicion. After that, he spent the whole day having fun, drinking and hanging out with his diners, maybe he did this because he knew he was going to die soon," Xuan Jian said.
"What poison?" Ziyou asked.
"Requiem Powder is essentially a tranquilizing medicine, but once this medicine is mixed with musk, it will turn into a fatal poison. This poison will not act directly, but has a long incubation period. Once it breaks out, it will be powerless. Go back to heaven." Xuanjian said.
"It seems that King Wei Anxi already hates Lord Xinling." Ziyou said.
"After Lord Xinling left the court, he once wanted to hand over his disciples to the current King of Wei. Although King Wei was not a wise king, he still had the talent to defend the city. Lord Xinling hoped that his disciples could help King Wei pretended to be false, but Lord Longyang caught him before he could," Xuan Jian said.
"It seems that King Wei Anxi is afraid of the same fate as King Zhao Wuling." Ziyou said.
What King Xinling did was intolerable to any king. As a royal family, his virtuous reputation is resounding throughout the seven kingdoms, with three thousand followers, and is respected by all countries. If it were an ordinary person, King Wei Anxi would be very happy, but Lord Xinling It's the royal family, how can it not make people suspicious, especially what Lord Xinling did later, which was ambiguous with King Wei's woman, stealing military talismans, forging edicts to kill the general who King Anxi of Wei personally accepted his fate, disobeying the monarch's orders, and handing Controlling the armies of the Five Kingdoms, some people only knew Lord Xinling but not King Wei. Such an act of overpowering the leader would not be enough no matter how hard he died.
"But what he didn't expect was that his life would end and his arm in Wei would be broken." Ziyou continued.
Just when Ziyou and Xuanjian were talking about the past events of the Wei Kingdom, a killer came to the hillside and saluted Ziyou and Xuanjian.
"Mr. Ziyou, Lord Xuanjian, our investigation has made it clear that this village was established by some of the disciples of Lord Xinling. As for the person who stole Mr. Ziyou's jade pendant, it was the dog thief."
Dog thief? Ziyou looked a little surprised. The dog thief was originally a disciple of Lord Mengchang, and the most famous one was the rooster and the dog thief. After the death of Lord Mengchang, most of his disciples defected to Lord Xinling, and the dog bandit was one of them.
Seeing Ziyou thinking, Black and White Xuanjian did not speak, but waited quietly, but his hand was already on the sword at his waist. As long as Ziyou gave an order, he would swarm up with the killers in his trap.
"Let everyone stay where they are. Xuanjian, follow me into the village." Ziyou said.
The killer glanced at Xuanjian, who nodded. Their order was to follow Ziyou's order. Ziyou jumped down from the hill, followed closely by Xuanjian. The two landed smoothly at the entrance of Weijiazhuang and walked away. After entering the dimly lit village, a middle-aged man sat in the fenced yard.
The doors of the surrounding houses were opened one after another, and a group of people gathered around. There were old and young, some were scholars, some were dressed as poor people, some were horsemen, and some were blacksmiths.
"Zhang Er?" Xuan Jian narrowed his eyes and looked at the man in the middle. The two knives at his waist were already unsheathed.
Ziyou also looked at the middle-aged man, Zhang Er, one of the most famous people among Lord Xinling's retainers, and currently one of the most wanted criminals in the Wei State. He also had a more famous identity, Liu Bang, Emperor Taizu of the Han Dynasty. Big brother.
"Black and White Xuanjian, Luowang's Tianzihao killer, and Confucian Mr. Ziyou, the two of them actually got together. It's really unexpected." Zhang Er said.
"The wanted criminals of the Wei State have actually gathered near Daliang at some of the entrances of Lord Xinling. As expected of me, I am a frequent visitor to Lord Xinling at a young age. Your Excellency lured me here by stealing. I don't know what you want to say? Ziyou said calmly.
"People say that Mr. Ziyou, a Confucian, has unparalleled ingenuity and is full of tricks. I really can't hide this trick from you. Originally, I had something to say to Mr. Ziyou, but your Excellency and Luo Wang got mixed up, so don't blame me." Zhang Er's face darkened, and he shouted with slightly red eyes.
"Kill Xuanjian and avenge your Majesty!"
Upon hearing this, Xuanjian immediately pulled out the black and white Xuanjian from his waist. He was surrounded by black and white sword energy, and his hairband was floating. The people around him had cold eyes, holding long swords in their hands, and stepped forward step by step. Several people in the crowd The naked man walked out, exuding a tyrannical aura.
"Wei Wuzu!?" Xuan Jian's originally calm expression suddenly became a little crazy, and the murderous intention that had been hidden suddenly burst out.
"Wait! You brought me here for this, right?" Ziyou took off the jade pendant from his waist and lifted it up.
The people around him stopped immediately when they saw the jade pendant around Ziyou's waist. Their eyes were no longer cold, but rather warm. Many people's eyes were slightly red with tears already welling up in their eye sockets.
"Your Majesty!" The people around him immediately knelt down and cried bitterly as they looked at the jade pendant in Ziyou's hand. Naturally, what they were kneeling on was not Ziyou, but the jade pendant in Ziyou's hand that belonged to Lord Xinling. This was given to him by Jing Salamander. of.
Zhang Er saluted the jade pendant and then looked at Ziyou and asked
"May I ask Mr. Ziyou where this jade pendant came from? As far as I know, when you were assassinated, the jade pendant on your body had disappeared."
"I'm just keeping this jade pendant for you."
"For whom?"
"Ji Yan, the child of Lord Xinling Wei Wuji." Ziyou said, holding up the jade pendant.
"Boy, you have to know the consequences of deceiving us. Even if you are a disciple of Confucianism and you have this black and white Xuanjian by your side, we can still keep you!" An old man walked out of the crowd and shouted to Ziyou.
"This jade pendant is personal to Lord Xinling. If he hadn't given it to others personally, who do you think could have gotten it?" Ziyou said.
The others looked at Ziyou and then at Zhang Er. Zhang Er nodded. Ziyou was right. He heard Lord Xinling say about this jade pendant. Just as Ziyou said, unless Lord Xinling handed it over personally, Otherwise no one else will get it.
