Regarding how to assassinate Xiao Xiang in Zhendi, Qiu Zhen did not directly participate, but left it to Zhang Xin to arrange.
Assassinating a 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 chose 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 succeeds, 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 belonged to Anjian, and he and Zhang Xin, a civil servant, belonged to two separate systems. Zhang Xin had no control over him and had no authority to order him to do things. However, Zhang Xin's rank was much higher than Gao Mucheng's.
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 the slightest slightness.
In the lobby of Zhang's Mansion, Gao Mucheng politely bowed his hands and asked, "I wonder what your orders are, Master Zhang, when you come to see me?"
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 the King of Sichuan. He hurriedly explained: "Xiaguan used to be ordered by the king to lurk in Zhaoyang secretly and protect the King of Sichuan. However,
That is the king's order, there is no personal relationship between the official and the King of Sichuan..."
Zhang Xin waved his hands with a smile and said: "Don't be nervous, Mr. Gao. I am not here to find you this time to investigate your relationship with Prince Sichuan. Rather, I have 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 down, 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!"
Being in the shadows, killing people is a common occurrence, so why is it so difficult? He asked curiously: "Who is it that you want to kill?"
"King of Chuan!" Zhang Xin said word by word.
"Who? King Sichuan?" Upon hearing this, Gao Mucheng's 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 had countless blood debts on his hands, and killing an individual was no longer a serious matter, but this time Zhang Xin asked him to kill the King of Sichuan, which was different from killing others. After staying for a long time, he came back to his senses and asked: "
Mr. Zhang, does your Majesty know about this matter?"
"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? If the King of Sichuan does not die, I will not be afraid.
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 had not spoken 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 cannot agree, it will be difficult for you to talk to others in the future.
Opportunity."
Gao Mucheng was shocked, 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 talking, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Gao Mucheng, saying: "After reading this letter, destroy it immediately. Never fall into the hands of others!"
"I understand!" Gao Mucheng hurriedly stepped forward and took the envelope.
Seeing Gao Mucheng carefully putting 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 Prime Minister and the officials will fully recommend you in front of the king, you will be a high-ranking official with 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 after the incident, the disaster grains mobilized from the Zhenhuan border arrived in Xitang. The Baizhan Army was very generous. After receiving the order from the imperial court, it allocated 200,000 yuan at once.
Shi's military rations and a large number of elite troops were sent to transport the food. It was Xitang who arrived day and night. The Hundred Wars Army behaved so actively this time. Of course, it has something to do with the fact that the people who suffered the disaster were Zhenren. After all, the Hundred Wars Army is a pure force.
A large army composed of Zhen people.
Tang Yin was very satisfied with the speed of the food transportation by the Baizhan Army. 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.
Disaster relief in Linqiao County affected by Zhennan.
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.
Xiao Xiang's disaster relief grain was transported directly from Sichuan to Linqiao County, without passing through Xitang, so Xiao Xiang traveled lightly when going to 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, which made it 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 was unable to come in person. As a prince, I can only go to relieve the disaster on behalf of the Emperor."
"Huh!" Tang Yin chuckled and turned his head away, too lazy to pay attention to her. Xiao Xiang shrugged and said to himself: "Brother Wang is really smart. He just occupied Zhendi and went to provide disaster relief in person.
, this trip will definitely win people's hearts, but Brother Wang's food transport team is moving too slowly. Even if I want to accompany Brother Wang, I really don't have the patience. It seems that I can only go first!
"After she finished speaking, her face was full of helplessness, but her eyes were full of smiles, and she even specially bowed her hand to Tang Yin.
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, and she didn't go to the disaster relief later, but rushed to go with her. Obviously she made such a decision on the spur of the moment after hearing the news that she was going to the disaster relief. She borrowed her own ideas, but in the end she went to her own
In front of everyone, this is too unfair, and Tang Yin is of course indignant.
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 few people, be careful."
We are in danger!"
The entourage brought by Xiao Xiang were 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 take my leave now!" After saying that, she urged her horse, led a cavalry team, and galloped away in front of Tang Yin.
Watching the Sichuan cavalry retreat, one of the counselors grabbed the reins of the 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 had not arrived, 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, right at the junction of Linqiao County and Shima County, there are five regiments of the Sichuan State's Third Army stationed.
There is a ferry there, probably to prevent our troops 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.