At noon the next day, Guo Changwu came to Shanzhentang Pharmacy again. Wang Kuang took him to the back hall, poured him a cup of hot tea, and said, "I have heard about the former prince."
Guo Changwu perked up and asked, "Where does he live?"
"He lives in Qujiang Villa. If you want to assassinate him, you don't have to go to Qujiang Villa. You can just go to Dayun Temple. He is a layman in the temple, and his Buddhist name is Qingyang layman."
"Are you sure?" Guo Changwu was a little skeptical. How could it be possible to inquire in such detail in just one day?
Wang Kuang nodded, "There is no mistake. He is an important figure that the emperor ordered us to pay attention to. We have been following him."
Guo Changwu believed it. The emperor must be paying close attention to this person, otherwise he would not allow himself to assassinate him.
"Where is the monastery? How can I find him?"
Wang Kuang took out a map and said, "Dayun Temple is on the east bank of Qujiang Pool. It is easy to find. This is a map of Dayun Temple. Do you see it? The northwest corner is the Jushi Temple. You can find him there."
"How can I tell him apart?"
"It's easy. Lay people also have levels. He is the second level and wears a dark brown lay robe. There are only two people in the whole lay monastery wearing dark brown lay robes. The other one is an old man with a white beard, in his thirties, with pale skin.
He is the thin man."
"Thank you very much!"
Guo Changwu took the map and walked away. Wang Kuang looked at his back with complicated eyes. He didn't understand why the inner guard wanted to fake it. Of course, he also knew that this matter was not something that the inner guard could decide.
The internal guards deployed the most sophisticated tracking methods. They intercepted the ox-carts and horse-drawn carriages heading to Qinzhoumen Street. Only three ox-carts passed by the entrance of Shanzhentang. Guo Changwu stopped the second one. The driver was a man with hair and hair.
The white hunchbacked old man made Guo Changwu lose his vigilance, and he went directly to the inn outside the city.
Back at the inn, Guo Changwu packed up a little and went out. Not long after he left for Dayun Temple, Zhong Huan came to his guest room. He saw Guo Changwu's learned lesson, tampered with the lock, and tied a rope.
He knew that any time the door opened, Zhong Huan entered the house directly through the window.
The house was neatly tidied, and there was nothing. However, I found a bag on the bedside, which contained a change of clothes, certificates from Yanshan Prefecture’s imperial examinations, dozens of taels of broken silver, an identity silver medal, and a sword in the corner of the room.
There are saddles and horse bags.
Zhong Huan quickly concluded that Guo Changwu had nothing on him and his identity would not be known even if he was shot. If he wanted to leave Jingzhao, he would definitely return to the inn.
Dayun Temple is very close to the inn, only two or three miles away. Guo Changwu bought a gray layman's robe with only one ingot of silver in a shop outside the temple, pretended to be a layman, and walked straight into Dayun Temple. He had
On the map, I quickly found the layman's courtyard in the northwest corner. More than thirty laymen lived here, participated in a month-long ritual, ate fasting and chanted Buddha's name every day.
The former prince Zhao Chen was indeed one of the laymen, with the Buddhist name Qingyang layman. He was of a very high rank and could wear dark brown layman robes.
There are also internal guards to protect the safety of their family. However, the internal guards have several female guards to protect the safety of his wife and children in his house. There are no internal guards in Dayun Temple, and there is no need. Zhao Chen, whose name is Qingyang layman, works as a guard in Dayun Temple.
Being a layman is top secret information, and only no more than five people know it. Even his wife only knows that he is a layman in a temple, but she does not know which temple he is in or what his name is. Only the abbot of the entire temple knows his identity.
Guo Changwu walked into the layman's courtyard and saw dozens of laymen sitting in the lobby chanting sutras. He saw his target at a glance. Sitting at the end was a male layman in his thirties, with a pale face and a thin body.
Wearing a dark brown layman's robe, with his eyes slightly closed, he knocked on wooden fish and chanted sutras devoutly.
He made his left hand look like chanting sutras, and held the short crossbow in his robe with his right hand. He walked slowly over, sat down behind Zhao Chen, and asked in a low voice: "Are you Master Qingyang?"
Zhao Chen bowed slightly and said, "I am a layman from Qingyang, I dare not call myself a mage!"
"good!"
Guo Changwu covered Zhao Chen's mouth with one hand and pulled the hanging knife. "Poof!" A poisonous arrow hit Zhao Chen's back.
Zhao Chen groaned and fell softly.
Guo Changwu stood up and walked away quickly. When he walked out of the Jushiyuan, he heard a commotion inside, and someone shouted: "Go find the abbot!"
He quickly left Dayun Temple without looking back. No one was following him, which made him feel particularly relaxed. He didn't expect to succeed so easily.
As an assassin, Guo Changwu was still unqualified, and even his IQ was not up to par. If Zhao Chen was so easy to assassinate, what else would the Emperor of Jin send him for? Just let the people from the intelligence station do it.
It is easy to assassinate Zhao Chen, but finding him is difficult, like finding a needle in a haystack, unless it is to instigate Wang Hao, but Guo Changwu obviously did not think of this.
After completing his mission, he was eager to leave Jingzhao City.
Guo Changwu hurried back to the inn. In order to facilitate the assassination, he took nothing with him. Although it was convenient for the assassination, it was not convenient for him to leave. His expenses, sword, scholar certificate, identity certificate, and horses were all at the inn.
He came to the door of his room, reached out and touched the door lock. His hair was still there. He opened the door with confidence. As soon as he entered the door, a guard soldier fell from the sky and knocked him down from behind. Then he was ambushed in the room.
Four internal guards rushed up, held him down, tied his hands and feet, tied his mouth with a rope to prevent him from chewing his tongue, covered his head with a black cloth bag, and carried him downstairs.
Only then did Guo Changwu realize that he had fallen into the opponent's trap.
Wang Hao and Zhong Huan hurried to King Yong's official office and reported the details to Chen Qing. Chen Qing asked: "How is the situation of the former prince?"
Zhong Huan said sadly: "The opponent's poisonous arrows were very overbearing. The former prince died on the spot and could not be revived!"
Chen Qing nodded, "Immediately ask the Beijing News to report this matter. This Guo Changwu must be allowed to speak and explain everything. This case must be done to death. Then send someone to take over Shanzhentang and explain it clearly to Wang Kuang. Give it to him."
My son's title and wealth, he must shoulder this responsibility for me."
"I humbly obey orders!"
Chen Qing said coldly: "Remember, apart from the three of us, no fourth person will know the truth!"
At noon the next day, the "Beijing News" published important news on its front page. The former prince Zhao Chen was assassinated by Jin Kingdom assassins at the age of thirty-four. Currently, both the assassins and Jin Kingdom intelligence spies were arrested by the internal guards. They confessed.
They confessed the assassination plan. They originally wanted to assassinate King Yong, but King Yong's defense was tight and they were unable to do it. Instead, they attacked the former Song Dynasty prince whose defense was lax.
Even the background of the assassin was fully introduced. The assassin Guo Changwu was the nephew of Guo Wei, a wealthy family in Jizhou, Yanshan Road. Guo Wei was suspected of treason and was suppressed. Guo Changwu escaped. He failed to assassinate King Yong on East Street and fled to the Kingdom of Jin. He was then dispatched by the Emperor of the Kingdom of Jin.
, once again sneaked into Jingzhao to implement the assassination plan, and with the assistance of Jin Kingdom intelligence spies, assassinated the former prince Zhao Chen.
The internal guards even found the assassination order of the Jin Emperor, complete with witnesses and physical evidence. The crime was so unforgivable that King Yong approved his execution in public.
Three days later, in Zhuque Street, Jingzhao City, with hundreds of thousands of people watching, Guo Changwu was led to the guillotine and beheaded in public.
Seven days later, Lin'an's "Beijing News" also reported in detail the news that former prince Zhao Chen was assassinated by Jin Kingdom assassins. However, this news did not cause a sensation in Lin'an. After all, not many people were interested in a has-been prince.