Qiu Zhen did not directly participate in the assassination of Xiao Xiang in Zhendi, but left it to Zhang Xin to arrange.
Assassinating the prince is not a trivial matter, and Qiu Zhen is the prime minister of Feng State. If the matter is exposed, the entire Feng State will be involved. For the sake of conservatism, he chooses to stay out of the matter.
Zhang Xin is very willing to accept this task. He is not afraid of taking risks. Even if he is exposed, the king will protect him. If it is accomplished, he will have made an unparalleled achievement. Why not do it?
After repeated consideration, he found a good candidate, the secretly assassin Gao Mucheng.
In the past, Gao Mucheng was ordered to lurk in Zhaoyang and secretly protect Xiao Xiang. Relatively speaking, he knew Xiao Xiang much better than others. Moreover, he had rescued Xiao Xiang and was relatively close to Xiao Xiang. easy.
Out of these considerations, Zhang Xin decided to use Gao Mucheng to handle the matter.
Gao Mucheng belongs to Dark Arrow and belongs to two different systems from Zhang Xin, a civil servant. Zhang Xin has no control over him and has no authority to order him to do things. However, Zhang Xin's rank is much higher than Gao Mucheng.
As the governor of Feng State, Zhang Xin is a high-ranking official, a veritable important minister of the imperial court, and a member of the core of power in Feng State.
In front of Zhang Xin, Gao Mucheng, who was usually so arrogant, behaved with utmost respect and did not dare to show any slightness.
In the lobby of Zhang's Mansion, Gao Mucheng politely bowed his hands and asked, "I wonder what Mr. Zhang's orders are when he comes to this official?"
Zhang Xin smiled, but did not get to the point immediately, and asked in a sideways way: "I heard that Mr. Gao is very familiar with King Sichuan?"
Gao Mucheng secretly took a breath. In the Feng Kingdom, it was a huge taboo to be associated with King Sichuan. He hurriedly explained: "Xiaguan used to be ordered by the king to lurk in Zhaoyang secretly and protect King Sichuan, but That is the king's order, and there is no personal relationship between the official and the Prince of Sichuan"
Zhang Xin waved his hands with a smile and said, "Don't be nervous, Mr. Gao. I am not coming to you this time to investigate your relationship with Prince Sichuan, but because there is an important matter that needs to be handled by Mr. Gao. If this matter can be handled well, Mr. Gao will be a great contributor to our Feng Kingdom. He will be promoted to a higher position and his future will be bright. But having said that, if things go wrong" At this point, he shook his head and did not continue. Go on, but the meaning is already obvious.
Gao Mucheng was moved in his heart and asked, "I wonder what Mr. Zhang is going to do when he goes down to serve?"
"Go kill someone!"
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ? He asked curiously: "Who are you going to kill?"
"King Chuan!" Zhang Xin said word by word.
"Who? King Sichuan?" When Gao Mucheng heard this, his eyes immediately widened and he looked at Zhang Xin in disbelief.
"Yes, it's the King of Sichuan!" Zhang Xin said quietly: "Now the Sichuan people are threatening our country more and more, and the King of Sichuan is the culprit. If the King of Sichuan does not die, our country will be worried, and the king will also have trouble sleeping and eating. It must be eradicated. This is not only the intention of my official, but also the intention of the left prime minister, Mr. Gao, do you understand?"
Gao Mucheng was stunned there, unable to recover for a long time.
He has countless blood debts, and killing an individual is no longer a serious matter, but this time Zhang Xin wants him to kill King Sichuan, which is different from killing others. After staying for a long time, he came back to his senses and asked: "Master Zhang, does the king know about this?"
"The king is the king of a country. Of course, there are some things that the king cannot say. But even if the king himself does not say it, shouldn't we, as ministers, understand the king's thoughts and help the king solve his problems? Unless the King of Sichuan dies, I, Feng, will The country is in trouble, and the king is in trouble!"
Gao Mucheng fell silent. In this case, this was not the king's order, but the intention of Zhang Xin and the prime minister.
Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, Zhang Xin said slowly: "This matter is of great importance and needs to be kept strictly confidential. Master Gao should know in his heart that since you know this matter, if you can't agree, it will be difficult for you to talk to others in the future. Opportunity.¡±
Gao Mucheng was shaken, lowered his head in a hurry, pondered for a moment, and said urgently: "The King of Sichuan has been assassinated several times, and he is already surrounded by experts and heavily guarded. Even if Xiaguan had rescued the King of Sichuan before, it would be difficult for him to do so. If you have a chance to get close to her, let alone kill her?"
Zhang Xin smiled, waved his hand and said, "Master Gao, don't worry about this. The Prime Minister and I have already thought of the specific plan for you. You just need to act as ordered."
While speaking, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Gao Mucheng, saying: "After reading this letter, destroy it immediately. Do not let it fall into the hands of others!"
"I understand!" Gao Mucheng hurriedly stepped forwardStep forward and take the envelope.
Seeing Gao Mucheng carefully put the envelope into his arms, Zhang Xin said leisurely: "Master Gao is hiding in the dark and fighting and killing all day long. After all, it is not a long-term solution. I can assure you that as long as you can handle this matter, , the left prime minister and my officials will fully recommend you in front of the king, you will be a high official, generous salary, and you will be rich and prosperous for a lifetime!"
Gao Mucheng's face straightened, he bowed and saluted, and said, "Thank you so much, sir!"
Zhang Xin nodded with a smile, then picked up the tea cup and drank the tea slowly.
Zhendi, Xitang. Half a month later, the disaster grains mobilized from the Zhenhuan border were transported to Xitang. The Baizhan Army was very generous. After receiving the order from the court, it allocated 200,000 shi of military grains and dispatched A large number of elite soldiers arrived at Xitang day and night to transport food. The Hundred Wars Army was so active this time, of course it was related to the fact that the victims were Zhenren. After all, the Hundred Wars Army was a large army composed purely of Zhenren.
Tang Yin was very satisfied with the speed of the Baizhan Army's food transportation. Shortly after the military food arrived in Xitang, he personally set off with the food team to the disaster-stricken Heping County.
Qiu Zhen was really right about the matter. Seeing Tang Yin personally going to provide disaster relief, the Sichuan people were not fools and immediately understood his intention to win over people's hearts. Then, after urgent consultations, Xiao Xiang also decided to go there in person. Linqiao County in Zhennan is providing disaster relief.
Tang Yin followed the grain transport team and walked away from Xitang less than a hundred miles away. Xiao Xiang's team, who also went to provide disaster relief, caught up with them.
The disaster relief grain for Xiao Xiang was transported directly from Sichuan to Linqiao County without passing through Xitang, so Xiao Xiang traveled lightly when going to the disaster relief, and the speed was much faster than that of Tang Yin's grain transport team.
After catching up with Feng Guo¡¯s grain transport team, Xiao Xiang went out of his way to find Tang Yin and said with a smile: ¡°Brother Wang suddenly left without saying goodbye, it¡¯s so easy for me to find him!¡±
Tang Yin couldn't help but rolled his eyes secretly. Xiao Xiang was really well informed. She had caught up with him just after he left Xitang.
With a calm expression on his face, he said: "The seasonal floods have surged, Heping County has been severely affected, and there are many people displaced. As the 'king of the country', I should go and inspect."
He deliberately emphasized the word "king" to remind Xiao Xiang that she only holds the title of prince now, but she is no longer the king of a country.
Xiao Xiang nodded repeatedly and said: "What Brother Wang said is absolutely true. Linqiao County was hit by a disaster, and the Emperor cannot come in person. I, the prince, can only go to provide relief on behalf of the Emperor."
"Humph!" Tang Yin chuckled and turned his head away, too lazy to pay attention to her again. Xiao Xiang shrugged and said to himself: "Brother Wang is really smart. He went to provide disaster relief just after occupying Zhendi. This trip will definitely gain a lot of people's hearts. However, the speed of Brother Wang's grain transport team It's too slow. Even if I want to accompany Brother Wang, I really don't have the patience. It seems that I can only take the first step!" After saying this, her face was full of helplessness, but her eyes were full of smiles, and she specifically said to Tang Yin bowed his hand.
Listening to Xiao Xiang's sarcasm and looking at her triumphant look, Tang Yin was so angry that his teeth itched.
" Xiao Xiang didn't go to the disaster relief earlier or later, but rushed to go with her. Obviously she made such a temporary decision after hearing the news that she was going to the disaster relief. It was too unfair to borrow his own ideas and end up ahead of him. Of course, Tang Yin felt aggrieved.
He took a deep breath and gave a malicious reminder, or a curse, and said: "Sister Wang, please be careful. The people in the disaster area are hungry and emotionally aggravated, and riots will inevitably occur. You only go with this small number of people, be careful." We are in danger!"
The entourage that Xiao Xiang brought was all cavalry. In fact, there were quite a lot of them, as many as five thousand, and there were also a large number of guards among them. Those were all spiritual cultivators, and there were also two elders from Shenchi. Even if If there is a riot, there is nothing to be afraid of.
She nodded with a smile and said in a brisk tone: "Thank you, Brother Wang, for reminding me. I will be careful. I'll leave now!" After saying that, she urged her horse, led a cavalry team, and galloped away in front of Tang Yin.
Looking at the retreating figures of the Sichuan cavalry, a counselor firmly grasped the reins of the war horse, urged the horse to come to Tang Yin, and said fiercely: "Your Majesty, King Sichuan has gone too far!"
Seeing that Xiao Xiang had led the cavalry away, Tang Yin was not so angry. He smiled calmly and said: "The villain is successful, especially this villain is a woman. She just doesn't have a tail, otherwise she would be able to fly up to the sky!"
It was originally quite an irritating thing, but when Tang Yin said this, everyone around him couldn't help but laugh.
Yin Lan answered the words with pride: "It's useless even if the King of Sichuan goes to relieve the disaster first. The disaster food sent from Sichuan to Linqiao County has not yet arrived. It is reported that the disaster food transported by the Sichuan people has not left Sichuan until now." Compared with our speed, the ground is far behind."Tang Yin frowned when he heard this. The disaster food for the Sichuan people did not arrive, but Xiao Xiang went to the disaster area first. Isn't this nonsense?
When the time comes, the victims will not be able to see the food, so why not take out their anger and resentment on Xiao Xiang? He asked suspiciously: "Yin Lan, does the Sichuan Army have troops stationed near Linqiao County?"
Yin Lan was stunned for a moment, then quickly took out the map from the package, unfolded it, looked at it, and nodded: "Yes, there are five regiments of the Sichuan Third Army stationed at the border of Linqiao County and Shima County. There is a ferry there, probably to prevent our army from crossing the river south!"
"Oh!" Tang Yin responded and breathed a sigh of relief. No wonder Xiao Xiang dared to go to the disaster area with only 5,000 people. It turned out that there was a garrison there.