Chapter 120 Assassination of the Three Zhang Jiao Brothers
As time passed little by little, the assassination team took out the water they carried with them and started drinking. They took out the food they carried with them and shared it with each other. After eating and drinking enough, they accumulated sufficient physical strength and waited for the arrival of that important moment.
Pi Yuan looked at the sky, estimated the approximate time, and sent a signal to his teammates to prepare for battle.
Liu Bei is a very self-disciplined and punctual person. This is the pattern they have discovered these days. The time Liu Bei goes to somewhere every day is quite fixed. Now, it is the time when Liu Bei is about to arrive.
They all grasped the swords in their hands, and the people in the crossbow team also put arrows on the bowstrings, ready to bend their bows and shoot at any time. As soon as Liu Bei appeared, he would definitely die.
But a while passed and Liu Bei did not appear.
Pi Yuan was a little surprised.
In the past few days, Liu Bei had appeared here at this time every day. Could it be that there was something delayed today?
This sudden situation surprised the team members. He signaled the team members to be calm, not to panic, and to wait for a while, but they continued to wait and did not see Liu Bei.
Finally, they lost their composure.
"Why didn't Liu Bei come?"
"Isn't he always here at this time?"
"What's going on today?"
"What happened?"
"how so?"
When a group of people couldn't figure out the situation, the door of the warehouse where they were hiding was suddenly violently kicked open. A group of heavily armed soldiers rushed in with shields and sticks. Without saying a word, they smashed their heads and faces with sticks.
Come down.
The assassination team was caught off guard. Although they resisted vigorously, they were beaten to death and disoriented. They fell to the ground one after another and soon lost their ability to resist.
Zhao Yun stood outside the warehouse, waiting for his subordinates on the mission to carry out a group of Zhutou San and Zhutou Four. Zhao Yun's face was filled with disdain.
"A group of people like this still want to assassinate the general? I really look down on you!"
With that said, Zhao Yun said to the people around him: "Go and report to the general quickly. Just say that the matter has been done and ask the general to come over."
"only!"
A soldier got on his horse and galloped away quickly.
Then, Zhao Yun explained to the seven or eight soldiers around him.
"Go down immediately and follow the plan without making any mistakes."
"only!"
The soldiers mounted their horses and galloped away,
About three sticks of incense later, Liu Bei's carriage appeared on this street. He got out of the carriage unhurriedly, and walked forward slowly under the protection of the guards.
"Everyone is here?"
He looked at Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun nodded.
"A lot of them, they're all here."
"How many other teams have also been ordered to go down?"
"Well, I've given all the instructions and there will definitely be no problem."
"well done."
Liu Bei patted Zhao Yun on the shoulder, then walked forward and saw Pi Yuan.
"Your name is Pi Yuan, right? Huan Dian's chief disciple. I met you during the debate before."
"snort!"
Although Pi Yuan was beaten into a pig-headed shape, he did not show any fear, but looked at Liu Bei with a look of dissatisfaction.
"Tell me, who ordered you to do it?"
"No one ordered."
Pi Yuan said coldly: "It's you Liu Bei who has done so many unjust things. We, the students of the Modern Literature School, can't tolerate you as a thief continuing to be arrogant, so we spontaneously rose up to kill you. Now that the matter has been exposed and you have discovered it, I
I have nothing to say, but I alone take charge of this matter!"
"You alone? How can you be so capable alone?"
Liu Bei looked at the standard crossbows in the army that had been confiscated at his feet: "You don't have an official position, but you can get the strictly controlled military standard crossbows and arrows? How do you think I am a general?"
Is he incompetent to be deceived by your lies?"
"I stole that!"
"Stolen?"
Liu Bei sneered: "Not bad, your bones are quite strong, and you don't want to betray your companions, right? But why don't you think about how I could catch you all in one go? How did I know you were in this place? Aren't you surprised?
"
That's really weird.
Having been beaten into a pig head three just now, Pi Yuan was so frightened and panicked that he had no time to think about these issues. Now that Liu Bei raised it, he realized that this matter was quite strange.
And there’s only one explanation that doesn’t seem strange—there’s a mole!
"Who betrayed us?"
Pi Yuan stared at Liu Bei.
Liu Bei turned around and looked behind him.
"Come here, he wants to see you."
"only."
An indifferent voice sounded, and Pi Yuan's eyes widened.
"Should...should be moved? You...you're not..."
Ying Qian nodded.
"Well, it's me. That's right. I delivered these things to you personally, didn't I? I also have a complete collection record there, which can be used as evidence. Now you can find out the origin of these bows and arrows.
, there is no need to hide it at all.”
Now it wasn't just Pi Yuan, the other disciples of the Jinxue School who had come back to their senses also looked at Ying Qian with wide eyes.
"You...are you not a disciple of the Zhang family? And you are not..."
"Yes, I am a disciple of the Zhang family, and I was also a disciple of the Yang family. At first, I was a subordinate member of the General Affairs Department established by the general. Later, I left the General Affairs Department and switched to the Yang family."
Ying Qian nodded: "But now, I am a subordinate of the general, can't I?"
"you you……"
Pi Yuan's eyes widened, completely unable to imagine that this man would reveal his repeated betrayal in such an understatement.
It seems very relaxed.
It shouldn't be like this, it's wrong, it's impossible.
How could he betray him repeatedly?
How could he betray him repeatedly and still be accepted?
First he followed the Liu family, then the Yang family, then the Zhang family, and then jumped back to the Liu family. How could a person be so shameless?
Pi Yuan turned his attack and glared at Liu Bei.
"You actually believe such a treacherous villain?"
"I don't believe him, how can he believe you? He helped me, but you want my life."
Liu Bei looked at Pi Yuan with confusion.
"me……"
Pi Yuan was furious, and then looked at Ying Qian: "You thief! Traitor! Evil thief! Rebellious thief! I wish I could eat your flesh! Drink your blood! Sleep with your skin! You...you...
House slaves with three surnames!!!"
To be honest, when Pi Yuan said the words "house slave with three surnames", Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Ying Qian.
He saw that Ying Qian's originally expressionless face finally changed, and his complexion gradually turned red. Then he quickly walked up to Pi Yuan who was tied up by Wu Huada, and slapped him with a wave of his hand.
"A domestic slave with three surnames? When did I become a domestic slave? You are a thief who assassinated the general of the dynasty yourself, and you still want to slander me? I am a hero, and you are a traitor! Rebel! Rebel!!"
As he said this, he was still angry and slapped Pi Yuan again, making Pi Yuan dizzy.
Liu Bei smiled, stepped forward and grabbed Ying Qian.
"Okay, okay, Qian, don't be too angry. He is a dying person. Why are you angry with a dying person?"
Ying Qian blushed and stared at Pi Yuan.
"General, please let me watch when Pi Yuan is executed!"
"This is acceptable."
Liu Bei nodded and agreed to the request.
This group of people was arrested. Considering their respective identities, as well as the crossbows and arrows that are prohibited from private possession, as well as the testimonies of the transfer and the records of the acquisition of the crossbows and arrows, this matter is a solid case.
So while capturing these assassins, Liu Bei ordered Zhao Yun to organize a team, and asked Zhang Rang and Guo Hong to help. He mobilized a thousand Dongyuan spies and a thousand Zhongdu officials and disciples to lead the Longkang Huan family and the Runan Xi family.
Members of the major families of Jinwen School, represented by Yang Zhang, all came to arrest him.
The spies and all the officials and disciples of Zhongdu were mobilized and rushed into the mansions of the major families of Jinwen School. They took out the imperial orders to arrest people. Then there was a burst of chickens flying, dogs crying and wolves howling.
All the members of the Jinwen School's major families, including Huan Dian, Zhang Xi and others, were all arrested and brought to justice.
Soon, this matter was known to the court officials. Whether they were officials from the Ancient Literature School, officials from the Neutral School, or some uninformed officials from the Modern Literature School, they were all extremely shocked by this.
After the shock, the ancient literature school group was furious, the neutral school officials were obedient and silent, and the modern literature school officials were frightened.
The assassination of Liu Bei was a very serious matter and extremely bad in nature.
This was an assassination of Liu Bei, the general of the dynasty, a clan member of the Han Dynasty, and the head of the Liu family in Zhuo County, Zhuo County. It was an assassination of a court official and the leader of the ancient literature school. It was an assassination that completely violated political rules.