At that time, Wang Jian was sleeping soundly in the handsome tent...
During this period of time, Wang Jian was unable to take a good rest due to Handan affairs. Finally, he waited until everything was on track and could finally have a good sleep.
Not long after I fell asleep, a messenger came to report:
"General Yang, please ask the general to move to the prison. There is something important..."
Wang Jian, who woke up in a daze, interrupted the messenger impatiently:
"It's not too late to deal with the matter tomorrow, why are you reporting it now?!"
Wang Jian only thought that he had captured a few more bandits, or that he had found some nobles who were on the run.
The messenger replied:
"General, it is said that the envoy of Yan State was captured..."
Wang Jian frowned and asked with a hint of anger:
"What are you doing to capture the Yan envoy?"
"Does Yang Duanhe think that the three counties are not enough?"
Unexpectedly, the messenger replied:
"General, the envoy from Yan State intends to assassinate the king..."
Wang Jian was opening his mouth to yawn, but was so frightened by these words that he stifled it back.
"What? What did you say?"
"The envoy from Yan State wants to assassinate the king?"
The messenger replied:
"That's true!"
Wang Jian jumped up from the bed without putting on his clothes, and hurriedly put on his shoes without borrowing them and hurried to the prison.
The prisoner was in the barracks, but he arrived in just half a quarter of an hour.
Yang Duanhe was already waiting outside the prison. When he saw Wang Jian coming up, he hurriedly greeted him. Then he led Wang Jian inside and explained:
"It should be what happened during Haishi."
"The soldiers under my command chased the bandits to the Xiangyun Inn."
"When searching for an inn, I accidentally found the room of the envoy of the State of Yan."
"The poison-quenching blade was found in the map he presented to the king."
"The envoy of the State of Yan saw what was going on and was exposed, so he killed several soldiers before being captured by us..."
Just as he was talking, Wang and Yang entered the torture room.
Yang Duanhe waved his hand, and someone presented him with a short blade made of linen.
Wang Jian picked up the short blade and took a look. The blade shone slightly under the firelight, and the edge was extremely sharp. After weighing the weight, Wang Jian knew immediately that it was a precious blade made of highly refined steel.
Even kings, generals and ministers may not be worthy of this hundred-level steel. How can an ordinary envoy carry this thing with him for self-defense?!
It seems that the assassination was indeed done.
Wang Jian asked:
"But who discovered it?"
Yang Duanhe cupped his hands and replied:
"It's Engineer Shen Bing!"
This surprised Wang Jian:
Is it this guy again?
Just blinking his eyes, he achieved great success again!
Wang Jian glanced at the torture room where screams were coming from and asked:
"Did they recruit them or not?"
Yang Duanhe shook his head:
"Those two envoys had a very harsh tone."
"I'm afraid the other soldiers don't know about it."
…
Wang Jian nodded and said to himself that this was only reasonable. Naturally, such a secret matter could not be known to ordinary soldiers.
After hesitating for a moment, Wang Jian ordered:
"Ask them to be merciful and secretly send the assassin to Xianyang."
"At the same time, send a fast horse to report to the king."
After taking a look at the poison-quenching sword, Wang Jian added:
"Bring the evidence of guilt with you!"
"In addition, this matter must be kept strictly confidential and no one can know about it. Do you understand?"
Yang Duanhe quickly replied:
"My subordinate understands."
Of course Wang Jian had his own deep meaning in doing this.
This matter involves Qin and Yan. The two countries are at war or at peace, so of course they must be kept secret.
From Wang Jian's perspective, he did not want these envoys to be assassins.
Because the Qin army was not suitable for fighting at this time.
Although the drought in the three counties was cured and people's sentiment gradually stabilized, after a large amount of grain was used for farming, there was not much left.
Wang Jian even knew that the grain reserves of the Qin State had been exhausted due to fighting and farming.
At this time, if there is another war with Yan State due to "assassination"... how to solve it?
However, Wang Jian knew that this was not his decision.
Even whether these Yan envoys were "assassinations" was not his decision.
Therefore, the best way is to block the news and send the prisoners, evidence, etc. to Xianyang for Ying Zheng to make his own decision.
However, although Yang Duanhe responded, he did not move.
Wang Jian asked doubtfully:
"What's wrong?"
Yang Duanhe replied:
"General, there are many bandits on this road, and some of them number in the thousands."
"This is both a delivery of evidence and a delivery of prisoners. What if the bandits rob them..."
When Yang Duanhe said this, Wang Jian couldn't help but take a breath.
What this means is that postmen delivering letters were often robbed on the road during this period.
The most dangerous thing is the prisoners. Rows of prison cars can be seen from a long way away. If the bandits think that the prisoner is a noble of the Zhao Kingdom and come to rob him...
Regardless of whether the prisoner is robbed or killed in the end, the responsibility for this crime is not something they can bear.
If we want to escort, how many troops are needed to escort?
several thousand?
Thousands?
None of this is realistic.
A small number of soldiers is ineffective.
If there are too many, it means that we have to walk for a long time on the road to reach Xianyang, and the three counties are extremely short of troops and cannot send so many people.
After thinking about it, Wang Jian ordered:
"You can just block the message, and I will take care of the other matters."
Yang Duanhe responded before retreating.
Wang Jian did nothing. He just wrote a letter explaining clearly the cause and effect, and then explained the reason why the prisoner and the evidence could not be sent to Xianyang.
To put it simply, kick the ball to Ying Zheng.
If Ying Zheng insists on sending the prisoner to Xianyang, and the prisoner or the evidence is robbed on the way, Wang Jian can get away with it.
This matter was so urgent that Wang Jian sent a team of cavalry to protect the letter so that it could be safely delivered to Xianyang.
At the same time, the postman was instructed that if there were any bandits who robbed the mail, he must use the cavalry to destroy the mail while blocking the enemy.
This is not difficult. In ancient times, mailers who sent mails, especially military letters, were prepared to avoid leaking military information:
When sending a letter, he would carry a cup of ink with him. If there was any danger and the letter would not be saved, he would pour the ink into the bamboo slips and destroy the writing.
Fortunately, the letter was delivered to Ying Zheng two days later.
Ying Zheng became furious as soon as he saw it...
Having suffered enough death threats since he was a child, he hates and fears the most that someone wants to kill him.
In fact, everyone is afraid of it, and of course everyone hates it.
But Ying Zheng is even more special. It's like his untouchable reverse scale. Once he feels the threat of death, he will become crazy and murderous until he feels safe.
Therefore, Ying Zheng didn't care at all about the prisoner or the evidence.
As soon as Wang Jian said this, it was already settled in Ying Zheng's heart: it must be Ji Dan who wants to take my life.
There is a reason why Ying Zheng guessed Ji Dan immediately.
This Ji Dan was originally a good friend of Ying Zheng. When they were both hostages in Zhao State, they had the same illness and were neighbors.
At that time, if there was anyone in Ying Zheng who could speak from the bottom of his heart, it was only Ji Dan.
But a few years later, Ying Zheng became the King of Qin and Ji Dan went to Qin as a hostage...
It would be fine if Ying Zheng missed his old friendship, but at this moment, Ying Zheng could not care about Ji Dan, his friend in need, so he immediately put him aside.
This Ji Dan was also short-tempered, and after being treated coldly, he fled back to the Yan Kingdom in anger...
As long as Ying Zheng doesn't care about it, you, Ji Dan, actually secretly sent someone to assassinate him?