At this time, Li Yong had crossed the river and was heading to the agreed place.
Sizhou is the place where Luoyang is located in the capital, Sizhou Hedong County, and Hongnong County are divided by the big river (Yellow River). On the south bank is Hongnong County, where there are several Diannong Xiaowei, Diannong Zhonglang, and many fields.
The land is all farmland cultivated by troops, which is very dangerous; on the north bank is the Qingyao Mountain, with complex terrain, sparse population, and some hunters and drug farmers operating in the mountains.
Li Yong walked north along the winding road and could already see the hills at the southern foot of Qingyao Mountain. The mountainous area in the distance was said to be the place where the three ancestors of the Yellow Emperor met for an alliance. Cai Hong chose this place to meet, which was quite suitable for the occasion.
There were faint voices in front, and a small market appeared among the hills. Li Yong led the horse and stopped to look around. On the slopes at the southern foot of Qingyao Mountain, you can see yellow and green.
Between the grass and trees, there are exposed rocks.
Li Yong thought to himself: From a distance, it looks like moss growing on the stone.
It was this place. He reached out and pulled the bamboo hat on his head, lowered the bamboo hat to cover his face, and walked westward along a winding path, not going to the market in the north.
"Squeak!" Suddenly some bird made a sound. Li Yong quickly raised his head, followed the sound, and stretched his hand to the hilt of the sword at his waist. When he saw the shadow of flapping wings in the air, he suddenly
He breathed a long sigh of relief.
After all, he had provoked the most powerful official in the Wei Kingdom. Li Yong had been worried, and he was indeed a bit too sensitive.
When he saw a thatched hut in front of him, he felt a little relieved. The person who responded was already close in front of him.
People are probably a kind of group thing. Even people like Li Yong, who is engaged in licking blood from the edge of a knife, still need a group to get the necessary support and help. It is difficult to stand on one's own, and often a small thing or even a penny is enough.
Cai Hong can stump the heroic Han. Cai Hong symbolizes a group. He is Sima Shi's close confidant. Behind Sima Shi, there is Jiang Wei, and even the entire Han Dynasty.
This kind of mentality can be felt at any time. Just like now when Li Yong sees the market where people gather, he will feel a sense of intimacy in his heart, although he does not dare to go there.
Li Yong came to the outside of the hut, tied his horse to a wooden stake, stepped forward and knocked on the wooden door three times.
A voice came from inside: "Who is it?"
Li Yong said: "The servant is here."
The wooden door opened with a creak, and as expected, Cai Hong, wearing a linen jacket, stood at the door. Li Yong immediately bowed his hands and bowed.
Cai Hong glanced outside and said, "Come in and talk."
Li Yong said: "Here."
The two entered the door, came to a rough wooden table, and knelt down on the straw mat. They saw a few sacks stacked in the room, with some bark, grass roots and other things exposed inside. Cai Hong seemed to be disguised as
A businessman who purchases medicinal materials.
At this time, Cai Hong put a jar of wine on the table, neatly placed two thick bowls on it, and said in a deep voice: "How?"
Li Yong said: "Qin Liang had guards around him. The servant stabbed one of the guards but did not hurt him."
Cai Hong asked calmly: "The incident happened at the Wang family's residence?"
Li Yong nodded and said: "Because autumn has just arrived, that morning, I heard that Qin Liang was coming to the Wang family temple to offer sacrifices, so I made preparations early in the morning."
Cai Hong said: "It doesn't matter. It would be better to kill Qin Liang, but this is not bad either. Mr. Sima did not support you in vain."
Li Yong said hurriedly: "I lost my father in my early years. Fortunately, Sima Gong took me in and my mother was taken in. The servant did not starve to death in the wilderness. I feel grateful for Sima Gong's kindness and hope that one day I can repay the kindness of raising him. It is a pity that I could not kill Sima Gong."
The enemy will finally feel regretful."
Cai Hong said kindly: "Luoyang is now full of people from those three families. It is not easy to do things. If you have the courage to do it, you will be considered a hero."
Li Yong said he was sorry, but he knew in his heart that he had made a contribution! Killing Qin Liang in the Wang family would obviously arouse mutual suspicion between the two families, and would most likely lead to infighting between the two families! This was probably the result of Jiang Wei's Sima Master
The purpose of the scheme, whether successful or not, will serve its purpose.
Li Yong then asked carefully: "My mother, my wife and children have arrived in Han Dynasty?"
Cai Hongdao: "Don't worry, Qing. Jiang Boyue is the general of the Han Dynasty Guard, and he is responsible for the affairs of the Shangshu. Raising a few people is just a trivial matter. Qing's family is very good now. It won't be long before you can reunite with them."
Li Yong nodded, but his mood was a little complicated, because he had more than one wife, but his situation at this time was quite different.
In his early years, Li Yong grew up on the Sima family's manor, where he worked, received training, married a wife and had children. A few years ago, under the arrangement of others, Li Yong went to a manor in Qingzhou to work as a banker.
The Qingzhou manor where he lived was the property of the Wang family; then the Wang family married him a new wife.
He couldn't take care of the wife he married in Qingzhou in advance, for fear of arousing suspicion. Now Li Yong could only take care of his first wife, his eldest son, and mainly his biological mother and his first wife.
Cai Hong opened the wine jar, poured wine into two thick bowls, and handed one bowl to Li Yong.
"Borrow me a bowl of wine and celebrate your success for now," Cai Hong said.
Li Yong took the bowl with both hands, observed the wine calmly, and smelled it again before drinking. He was a member of the Sima family from the beginning, and Cai Hong was a confidant of Master Sima. They were our own people, and Li Yong was just a member of the Sima family.
I'm just used to being careful.
Come to think of it, I haven't been able to sleep well in the past few years, and I really can't change my mentality for a while.
He felt that not many people liked working as an undercover agent. Most people couldn't bear the sense of precariousness.
However, Li Yong felt happy at the thought that he would soon be able to go to the Han Kingdom and live with his mother, wife and children. As for the wife that the Wang family married for him, he could only forget that it is difficult to have both ends in the world!
As for Wei and Han, they were similar to him. Han had been established for thirty or forty years and was considered a stable place. The Han people even said that Cao Wei was a traitor who usurped Han.
Li Yong exhaled and said, "Thank you Mr. Cai." Then he raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.
"Ha!" Li Yong sighed comfortably after drinking, "The wine is really good. Where did Mr. Cai get it in this remote place?"
Cai Hong smiled, drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp, and put it on the table with a bang.
At this moment, Li Yong accidentally discovered that there was a vague figure moving behind the rear window, and he blurted out: "Who?"
Cai Hong's expression on the opposite side of the wooden case changed, and his shoulders moved, as if he was about to draw his sword. Li Yong jumped up from the straw mat without thinking much, and ran to the door of the room without saying a word.
"Whoa!" There was a sound of a sword being unsheathed, and Cai Hong did not check the back door, but chased after Li Yong.
Li Yong's heart sank, and he immediately felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave. He didn't have time to think about the cause and effect, but his intuition was that Cai Hong was going to be detrimental to him!
In a moment, Li Yong opened the door and rushed out. Fortunately, he noticed the danger early and found that his horse was still tied in place, and he didn't have time to be secretly taken away! He rushed over with all his strength and cut off the tie-breaker with a sword.
Hemp rope, he turned over onto the horse without hesitation and kicked the horse in the belly.
At this moment, Cai Hong also caught up and stabbed Li Yong with his sword. Li Yong blocked with his sword and opened the attack with a "clang"! But Cai Hong was on the left side of the horse, and Li Yong held the sword in his right hand.
Out of reach, as the horse's hooves moved forward, Cai Hong's second blow came from the side and behind, and Li Yong could not block it with his sword. He opened his eyes and saw the shining sword coming towards him, and subconsciously shook his left arm.
, trying to deflect the sword, the sword immediately stabbed his forearm.
"Ouch!" Li Yong screamed in pain.
At this time, the kicked horse finally rushed forward suddenly.
"Stop!" Cai Hong's voice said. After a moment, he shouted again, "Come back, we have something to discuss. The two people behind the house are just people who are on guard against the officers and soldiers. You are mistaking your cup and bow for the shadow of a snake."
When Li Yong heard this, he was actually a little moved. Because the road ahead was at a loss, he didn't know what to do after leaving here, and his family was still in Han! Like a child who was beaten by his family, he would always be beaten no matter what.
Thinking about going home.
But Li Yong took a look at his left arm that was still bleeding, and heard the horse neighing from behind the hut, and suddenly he felt sober.
He gritted his teeth and ignored Cai Hong. He hurriedly pulled the reins and tightened the horse's belly. The horse immediately ran down the mountain along the winding dirt road.
"Why? Why!" Li Yong said to himself as he ran. He was sour and worried, and just wanted to cry.
After a while, he rode his horse and ran down the hillside. He couldn't help but look back at the winding path, which was blocked by hills. He didn't see the pursuer yet.
Exposed rocks can still be seen on both sides of the hill. From a distance, it still looks like moss is growing on the rocks.
At the bottom of the mountain is a slightly wider dirt road, leading to the market in the north. Li Yong quickly came to the fork in the road and looked around. There was the market to the north, and the road to the south ran past the river. He could only run to the east and west.
further.
Li Yong randomly chose a direction and galloped eastwards.
After a long time, Li Yong was still confused and didn't know what was going on! Now the Qin and Wang families are the most powerful officials in the Wei State. Li Yong assassinated Qin Liang and had almost no foothold in the Wei State. It was impossible to continue.
After betraying Cai Hong and others, why did they want to kill him?
There is no need to silence them. When the two of them run back to Han together, there is no need to worry about what they did in Wei being known.
Li Yong thought for a while and guessed that Cai Hong was worried that Li Yong would not be able to return to Han with him!
This is because the Wei officials will definitely use the portraits to search for assassins at various entrances and roads. Cai Hong may be afraid that Li Yong will be recognized and he will not be able to escape. This is probably the reason! Otherwise, Li Yong would not be able to think of anything else.
, why did Cai Hong kill himself?
Cai Hong had previously told Li Yong that after taking action, regardless of whether it was successful or not, he should try to escape immediately and avoid being caught.
But Cai Hong's deployment was obviously not to protect Li Yong, but just to ensure the smooth progress of the conspiracy! After Li Yong's identity as an undercover agent of the Wang family was revealed, he was indeed of no great use, and there was no ambiguity about sacrificing him.
After all, those people only regarded him as a tool, a knife!