December 20, 259 BC.

The cold has become the theme song of Hedong County, and almost everyone wears winter clothes, and Wang Ji, who is the county guard of Hedong County, is naturally no exception.

Wang Ji, who was wearing a black fur robe, his face was also black at this moment.

Although it was morning, there was no sunshine, and snowflakes fell from the sky one after another, falling on Wang Ji's body and face, making the Hedong County Taishou feel a little chilly.

Wang Ji took two entourages all the way through his county guard's mansion, and soon came to a small building in the backyard of the mansion.

Zheng Zhu, the envoy of the Zhao State, lived in this place.

When Wang Ji saw Zheng Zhu, Zheng Zhu was eating meat and drinking wine under the service of two young maids, his face was slightly red, and he looked a little drunk.

It's cold outside, but the hall has a stove in the middle of it, so it's quite warm.

Zheng Zhu saw Wang Ji and said with a smile: "County guard, it's better to sit down and have a drink with me." ”

Wang Ji shook his head, took off his coat, waved all the others back, and then sat down in front of Zheng Zhu, and said with a straight face: "Daxing, so much time has passed, is there no response from Handan?" ”

"Handan?" Zheng Zhu smiled at Wang Ji and said, "I remember that a few days ago, I had already informed the county guard that the king had ordered Hu Yiwei to prepare to assassinate Meng Fu. ”

Wang Ji took a deep breath and said, "But at that time, Daxing told me that the time had not yet come, and I still needed to wait for the assassin to arrive. Now that Meng Fu has been repeatedly urged, where is the assassin? ”

Wang Ji's tone was a little impatient.

Since it is an assassination, then the assassin is essential.

Wang Ji didn't have any effective manpower at his disposal, so when Zheng Zhu proposed that Zhao send assassins, Wang Ji naturally happily agreed.

According to the plan secretly discussed by Wang Ji and Zheng Zhu at the beginning, the assassination operation will begin when the 30,000 conscripted Minfu soldiers enter the military camp for handover.

But now that half a month has passed, Meng Ji has sent people over to urge Wang Ji to send the county soldiers several times, but because the assassins have not been in place for a long time, Wang Ji has not yet brought these county soldiers over.

Wang Ji said: "Today is the fourth time that Meng Fu has sent people to urge, if it is delayed any longer, I am afraid that Meng Fu will really be suspicious." ”

Zheng Zhu took a sip of wine in a hurry, opened his mouth and spewed out a mouthful of wine, and said with a smile: "Why should the county guard be in a hurry, if that Meng Fu really can't hold back, shouldn't he enter the city in person to meet the county guard?" ”

Wang Ji sighed and said, "It's strange to say, that Meng Fu will enter the city to see me on weekdays, but he has disappeared recently... Wait, could it be that the Devil has seen through our plans? ”

A drop of cold sweat flowed down Wang Ji's forehead, if Meng Ji really saw through Wang Ji's attempt to betray, then with Wang Ji's current strength, it was impossible for Meng Ji to be Meng Ji's opponent.

Zheng Zhu looked at Wang Ji who was full of panic, and couldn't help but smile and said: "The county guard is too worried, if Meng Fu has really seen through the county guard's scheme, how can he let the county guard live to this day?" ”

Wang Ji thought about it, and it seemed that this was really the truth, so he slowly put his heart back in his stomach.

But even so, Wang Ji still planned to urge Zheng Zhu again.

After all, this matter is a major matter related to Wang Ji's life and even his future, and Wang Ji attaches great importance to it in his heart.

Without waiting for Wang Ji to speak, Wang Ji's henchman butler suddenly hurriedly walked into the hall and whispered in Wang Ji's ear: "There is a messenger in Xianyang with the king's order. ”

Wang Ji paused for a moment, and then said to Zheng Zhu, who was still intoxicated with alcohol: "Daxing and peace of mind here, I will go first if I have something." ”

Zheng Zhu raised the bronze wine lord in his hand and said with a smile: "The county guard is busy by himself, I just need to be accompanied by fine wine." ”

Wang Ji looked at Zheng Zhu's appearance, and muttered a little in his heart.

This Zhao Guoda is good at everything, but he looks a little greedy, and he is a little procrastinating.

With the complaint about Zheng Zhu in his heart, Wang Ji quickly came to the gate of his mansion.

Here, a black-clothed emissary on a tall horse and dozens of gray-clothed attendants were already waiting.

Wang Ji looked at the envoy and felt a little strange in his heart.

It was snowing outside, so why didn't the messenger go into the hall and sit down, but waited outside?

The black-clothed envoy saw Wang Ji's arrival, and his eyes immediately fell on Wang Ji's body: "You are Wang Ji?" ”

The tone is rather stiff.

Wang Ji walked up to the envoy and said with a smile: "It is Wang Ji." ”

The envoy nodded, took out an edict from his arms, and said to Wang Ji Zhengse: "Hedong County is too shou Wang Ji to receive the order!" ”

Wang Ji didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly solemnly made a courtier salute to the edict in the hand of the messenger.

I saw the envoy unfold the edict with his hand, and read it aloud: "It has been found out that the Taishou Wang Ji of Hedong County has a heart of disobedience, and wants to betray Daqin and collude with Zhao State, and the crime should be punished!" ”

"What?" Wang Ji was stunned, and before he could straighten up, he was directly pressed down by two gray-clothed men beside the messenger.

In addition, the other gray-clothed men beside the envoy drew their blades one after another, and they were murderous one by one.

Wang Ji was shocked in his heart, his face turned pale, and his lips trembled when he spoke: "You, you are Hou's subordinate!?" ”

The envoy glanced at Wang Ji expressionlessly, revealing a cold and cruel smile: "Wang Ji, in this Qin State, there is nothing we don't know!" ”

Wang Ji's face was like ashes.

As an important minister of the Qin State and a confidant of Xiangbang Fan Sui, Wang Ji certainly understood what a terrible secret organization "Hou" was.

Since he has been targeted, then the matter must be exposed.

Once this kind of thing is exposed, it is a dead word, and there will be no other results.

After the envoy said this, he no longer looked at Wang Ji, who was like ashes, but waved his hand vigorously: "The whole house is searched, and no one is left!" ”

After the envoy gave this order, the gray-clothed people with sharp blades rushed into the hall of the county guard's mansion with murderous violence.

Shouts and screams soon rang out, mixed with the sound of weapons clashing.

Just when Wang Ji felt that the whole world was completely dark and was about to close his eyes and wait for death, the face of the messenger in front of him suddenly changed.

"Something isn't right!"

The messenger suddenly jumped off his horse, grabbed Wang Ji by the collar, lifted Wang Ji up like a chicken, and shouted, "Have you set up an ambush in the mansion?" ”

Wang Ji looked dazed.

"Whoosh!" A sharp arrow burst through the air with a rapid sound.

Then a sharp arrow came from the side, shot through the temple of the messenger in front of Wang Ji, and pierced directly through the envoy's head.

A large piece of warm blood instantly sprinkled on Wang Ji's face, turning Wang Ji's gaze into bright red, and the tip of his nose was full of blood.

Wang Ji screamed and rolled his eyes, almost fainted, and his crotch was wet instantly.

Two sharp arrows hit again, and the two gray-clothed men who had just been holding Wang Ji were also shot down one after another, and they fell to the ground with Wang Ji.

Just when Wang Ji was frightened and didn't know what was going on, a familiar voice sounded in Wang Ji's ears.

"We were late for rescue, but we frightened the county guard."

Wang Ji subconsciously raised his head, and just happened to see Zheng Zhu's face that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and it was a little drunk.