20demayo Chapter 163: Fat Meat Targeted by Wolves
Chapter 163: Fat Meat Targeted by Wolves
Zhou Yichen was well prepared. He knew that none of his "brothers" would miss such a good opportunity. Just like when he went to Yunzhou, it would be a pity not to take action with such a good opportunity.
As for Rong Qingzhu, there were only two groups of people who didn't want him to go to Xi'an City. It was either this one or that one. He didn't need to guess.
Rong Qingzhu was accompanied by the best guards of the Rong family, but he was still unable to withstand such a large number of assassins. If it weren't for the escort of hundreds of soldiers along the way, he would have died long ago.
The captured assassins soon couldn't stand the torture and sold out all the money from the customers who paid them to kill people!
The father of the seventh prince's concubine supervised the construction of the big river dam in Xi'an City. He must have embezzled some money during the process, otherwise he would not have sent people to assassinate Rong Qingzhu in a panic after he was ordered to go to Xi'an.
As for the Seventh Prince, he simply wanted to kill Zhou Yichen, and Rong Qingzhu...how should I put it, it should be a side effect.
After all, Rong Qingzhu was ordered to go to Xi'an City this time only to reinforce the river dam, not to thoroughly investigate whether there was any corruption during the supervision of the construction of the Xi'an Dahe Dam project!
If Rong Qingzhu was the latter, Zhou Jinye would definitely kill Rong Qingzhu even at the risk of offending his father.
Since Rong Qingzhu is just a sidekick, the main target is naturally Zhou Yichen. The reason why the mission is to kill two of them is that if you can kill them, then kill them. If you can't kill them, Zhou Yichen will still be the main target.
Rong Qingzhu, who encountered such a large-scale assassination for the first time in his life, "......"
He suddenly realized what the path to succession was.
He once thought that he knew very well the difficulties and risks in the fight for the throne, but in fact, after this incident, he clearly realized that he did not fully understand it!
Fighting for the throne is never just about ascending the throne, but about constantly moving forward on this road and avoiding those hidden attacks to ensure that you don't die in those plots.
Qi Bai, who firmly chose to support Zhou Yichen, had encountered countless assassination attempts similar to the one he encountered today. Rong Qingzhu didn't even dare to think about it.
He didn't know who was right or wrong here. There were not so many right and wrong in this world, especially in the context of a struggle for power, who could tell the difference?
The only thing Rong Qingzhu could do was to be firm in what he was going to do this time. He wanted to protect hundreds of thousands of people in Xi'an and save them from the suffering that the people of Yunzhou had experienced.
For this reason, even though he may encounter many obstacles along the way, Rong Qingzhu will not regret it.
Zhou Yichen has encountered assassination attempts more than once or twice over the years. Compared to Rong Qingzhu, he has long regarded these things as commonplace and can even take the opportunity to collect some useful information from them.
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The distance from Xi'an to the capital is over a thousand miles. The 600-mile express road takes two days and two nights even if you ride at full speed, not to mention that there is a secret route that starts from the water.
The journey by water would take at least three days, even if the journey was non-stop and without encountering any ambushes or obstructions along the way.
Han Yaojun comes from the Han family, so he naturally won't easily underestimate the fight for succession in the capital. No matter whether Zhou Hanjin's plan is true or false, he must be cautious to prevent Zhou Hanjin from being assassinated on the way before the memorial is delivered to the capital.
Rong Qingzhu and Zhou Yichen both left the capital. Chu Xi received the news on the second day after they left the capital. She couldn't help but frown and pinch her brows.
However, she knew that distant water could not quench thirst, and no matter how much she worried, it would be of no use.
Compared to Zhou Yichen's situation, Chu Xi was more anxious about the current situation.
"Master, I have already asked. In previous years, there were not so many caravans. This year, there are indeed more unfamiliar faces. In addition, recently, more than a dozen foreigners with typical northern grasslands have stayed in the inn in the city."
Chu Er and Chu Xi came out of the military camp together. They had been in Xi'an for almost two days.
Chu Xi did not tell Chu Er what he was going to do, and Chu Er did not ask. He was like a shadow, always silent and quietly following Chu Xi.
Yesterday morning, they entered the city, found the busiest street in the city, found the Yuelai Inn, and temporarily paid for three days' room.
"Find someone to keep an eye on them." Chu Xi bent his finger joints and tapped the table lightly.
"Master, are you worried that they have not given up their plan to attack Xi'an?" After all, Chu Er was always with Chu Xi. Even if Chu Xi didn't reveal it, he could probably guess two or three points.
Chu Xi lowered her eyes, "A group of wolves are eyeing a piece of fat meat. Do you think they will easily give up the food that is right in front of them?"
Upon hearing this, Chu Er also felt that it was unlikely.
"Since the last emperor personally led the army to fight the battle between Taiyuanlin and Western Chu, the Great Zhou has been recuperating for nearly eighteen years. During these eighteen years, it can't be said that there has been complete peace, but the occasional clashes were only minor confrontations."
It is an iron law that the world will eventually unite after a long period of division, and will eventually divide after a long period of unity. Especially in the context of this era, it is an abnormal phenomenon that there has been peace for eighteen years without a real large-scale war.
Since Chu Xi entered this body, he received the memories of the original owner. The vague and simple background introduction in the novel "Records of the Great Zhou Dynasty" is nothing compared to the more than ten years of Great Zhou education that the original owner, a native resident, received.
From the original owner's memory and the historical records since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, she felt that...the current Emperor Tianwu had the worst achievements.
Perhaps it was because of the late emperor's outstanding achievements that made his son look... dull and particularly useless.
The current emperor obviously knows this truth, so he is always particularly picky and dissatisfied with those old ministers who followed the previous emperor to conquer the world.
In the final analysis, he knew that he was not as good as him and did not want to hear any voice saying that he was not as good as him, so he simply replaced those ministers who once followed the previous emperor.
Chu Er didn't want to understand these big principles. He just did whatever his master told him to do. Wherever his sword pointed, it must be the direction of his master's finger.
"It's been raining outside for five or six days in a row. If it continues like this, it's only a matter of time before the water level exceeds the dam." Chu Xi suddenly stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the gloomy sky.
The sound of dripping rain outside is not too loud. The heavy rain for several days is really pure and without any water.
For the people of the entire city, this feeling of approaching danger is like being a prisoner waiting to be executed. It is so depressing to count the time before death.
"The timing is so good, they won't let it go."
Even without Zhou Hanjin's internal and external support, this battle was inevitable.
Either explode now or wait a few years...
Chu Xi walked out of the inn holding an umbrella and found that some bad situations had begun.
The flood is approaching, and this year is bound to be a disaster year. The harvest will not be very good, so several rice shops in the city have raised their prices.