Chapter 805: The Wind is Sluggish and the Water is Cold (Second Update)
Jing Ke is ready.
No one knows how Jing Ke was persuaded by Lejian, maybe Jing Ke's diehard friend Gao Yanli knew, but after Gao Yanli also died, this matter became a mystery for the ages.
When Lejian saw Jing Ke, he almost thought that he was seeing a wasted person.
This plan had been hatched as early as Lejian's return from Handan last fall, and Jing Ke had agreed a few months earlier that he would undertake the task of assassinating King Zhao this time.
In order to compensate Jing Ke, Lejian generously agreed to all of Jing Ke's requests, including a very grand mansion, many servants, carriages that greeted and grew, and even the title of doctor.
In addition, Jing Ke has a lot of time. As long as he doesn't set out on a mission for a day, then he can devote the day to endless fun.
So Jing Ke got fat.
Maybe it's not too appropriate to describe Jing Ke as fat here, but after living in the past few months, Jing Ke, who was a little sharp in his thinness back then, and beat all the retainers in the Lejian Mansion to the ground, has now become a rather strong man, and even has begun to have an obvious small belly, coupled with the clothes that are full of pride from head to toe and the strong aristocratic demeanor between gestures, all of which give Lejian an illusion.
I may have come across a fake Jing Ke.
This made Rakuma a little angry: "What the hell is going on with you? ”
is obviously a wild wolf that chooses people to eat, how can it become an out-and-out guard dog in just a few months?
This is not the Jing Ke that Lejian wants.
Jing Ke could hear the blame in Lejian's words, but he didn't have even a trace of embarrassment or guilt, in fact, for a person who was about to sell his life, he wouldn't have any good attitude towards the guy who bought his life.
So Jing Ke said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, it's time to go?" ”
Le Jian nodded slowly, and looked at Jing Ke mockingly: "Yes, the Queen Mother has agreed to carry out the plan, but I am very skeptical that with your current situation, you will be able to complete the task." ”
Jing Ke laughed, he smiled very calmly, and there was even a hint of ridicule in his calmness.
"Dare to ask the king, if you compare the skills of governing the country and the strategy of marching and fighting, which is higher or lower between Jing Ke and the king?"
Le Jian said without thinking: "The doctor is far inferior to me. ”
Jing Ke nodded, and said, "That's true." If it is about the skill of killing and the art of assassination, which is higher or lower between Jing Ke and the king? ”
Lejian hesitated for a moment and said, "Naturally, the doctor is stronger than me." ”
Jing Ke smiled: "Since this is the case, then why should the monarch be suspicious of Jing Ke? It must be known that when it comes to killing, it is not Jing Ke's boasting, and few people in this world can do it. ”
There was a hint of impatience in Le Jian's eyes, and he said: "The doctor needs to know that this assassination operation is a gamble on the national fortune of the entire Yan Kingdom!" If the doctor's assassination fails, the Yan Kingdom will die! As a Yan Xiang, how can I not be cautious? ”
Jing Ke laughed and said, "Your Excellency must know that this assassination operation is a loss for Jing Ke's life!" Whether it succeeds or not, Jing Ke's death is a foregone conclusion! Does the monarch really think that Jing Ke is willing to go down in history as a loser? Since the husband was born in the world, he should serve the people who are dedicated and want to leave, and he can't learn from Yu Rang and Nie Zheng! ”
Focusing on assassins and leaving Qingji, these are all examples of successful assassins, and Yu makes Zhao Wuxian and Nie Zheng assassins tired, which are examples of assassins' failures.
Obviously, Jing Ke wanted to be a successful assassin.
Jing Ke's words made Le Jian a little speechless, but this Chang Guojun obviously did not persuade him, but continued to ask: "I heard that the doctor has been singing every day in the mansion for the past few months, drinking and having fun with friends, is this the doctor's preparation for the assassination?" ”
Jing Ke nodded very seriously and said, "Yes." ”
Rakuma was stunned for the first time.
Jing Ke continued: "When we first met last year, in the eyes of the king, Jing Ke at that time was like an assassin? ”
Rakuma nodded, "Like Ji." ”
If it weren't for the fact that Jing Ke was a good seedling for killing people at first glance, how could Lejian choose him to carry out this task?
Jing Ke smiled and said, "If the king can see that Jing Ke is an assassin, then there are countless capable people under the command of King Zhao, and he is the emperor of the world, can't you see that Jing Ke is an assassin?" Once King Zhao is on guard, does the king think Jing Ke can still succeed? ”
The music was chopped again.
Jing Ke stood up, walked a few steps back and forth in front of the music room, and then slowly knelt down and said, "In the opinion of Chang Guojun, Jing Ke is like a doctor now?" ”
Lejian nodded unconsciously: "Like." ”
Jing Ke smiled: "This is a killing technique." If the assassin Jing Ke met King Zhao in person, then I am afraid that he would have been taken down and beheaded before he reached the top of the main hall. But if the doctor Jing Ke meets King Zhao in person, presumably King Zhao will not only gladly receive him, but even create an assassination condition close to King Zhao for the doctor Jing Ke. I don't know if Chang Guojun thinks Jing Ke is right? ”
Le Jian was finally convinced, and nodded convincingly: "In terms of the skills of killing assassins, I am indeed not as good as a doctor!" ”
Jing Ke laughed loudly when he heard this, but strangely, there was not even a trace of joy in his eyes.
Le Jian gently pressed on the table in front of him, and a dark grid popped out with a click.
Le Jian took out a dagger from the dark grid and said to Jing Ke: "This dagger was purchased from Mrs. Xu with a lot of money when I went to Handan last year, and it is called Fish Intestine Dagger!" ”
Jing Ke was startled, and couldn't help but ask: "Could this dagger be the fish intestine dagger that was dedicated to the assassins of the king's bureaucrats back then?" ”
It is rumored that when he assassinated Wu Wangyi, he hid a dagger in the belly of the fish, and took the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to sacrifice the fish to pull out the dagger from it, and the assassination was successful in one fell swoop.
The dagger used at that time was called the fish intestine dagger.
Rakuma smiled: "Exactly." This dagger is extremely short, just right for a close-quarters assassination in a hidden scroll, and I also have a bottle of poison that can be applied to the fish intestine dagger, which can have the effect of sealing the throat with blood. ”
Jing Ke cherished and took the fish intestine dagger in Le Jian's hand.
Le Jian looked at Jing Ke and said, "The doctor is here, but there are any unfulfilled wishes?" ”
Anyway, Jing Ke went this time to sell his life for Lejian, and other people's lives were sold, so Lejian naturally didn't mind compensating Jing Ke with some more things.
Jing Ke thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Three of the daughters given to Jing Ke by the king before are already pregnant, if there are children who can survive in the world, then please take care of them for me." ”
Le Jian nodded, and said to Jing Ke very solemnly: "If the big thing is successful, then the blood of the doctor, I should treat it as my own and raise it!" ”
Jing Ke smiled slightly, stood up, and bowed to Lejian: "In this way, thank you very much." Seven days later, I should go to Handan to meet King Zhao! ”
……
North Easy Water.
A small boat stopped on the pier on the north shore of Yishui, and dozens of people dressed in white clothes stood on the pier with a solemn face, just for one person to see them off.
Jing Ke was dressed in a doctor's clothes, and the whole person looked like a romantic and famous man, and he bowed his hand to everyone, and said in a deep voice to the music room standing at the front: "Chang Guojun, I will go here." ”
Le Jian nodded, and gave Jing Ke a deep salute: "If the big thing is successful, Le Jian has thanked the doctor for the tens of millions of people in Yan Kingdom!" ”
Jing Ke laughed and stepped aboard.
Suddenly, the sound of music sounded, and everyone looked intently, but saw a person sitting on the ground not far away, forming a song.
Jing Ke's eyes lit up: "Gradually leave my brother!" ”
Gao Yanli nodded slightly towards Jing Ke, striking the building with one hand and holding the strings with the other, the tune changed from the palace business, and a sad atmosphere quietly permeated.
Jing Ke suddenly laughed and said: "How can there be no song if there is a song, and let me sing a song!" ”
Suddenly singing loudly:
"Beat the drum and use the soldiers. The city of the earth is Cao, and I travel south alone.
From Sun Tzu Zhong, Ping Chen and Song. I don't want to go, I'm worried.
Where do you live? Lost his horse? What do you want? Under the forest.
Death and life are broad, and Zicheng said. Hold the hand of the son, and grow old with the son.
Yu is broad, not I live. Yu Xun Xi, I don't believe it! ”
The song is vast and sad, full of helplessness and longing for being separated from their comrades-in-arms and lovers, and several women crying dead on the dock on the shore are the three women that Jing Ke said before that he let Lejian take care of.
The sound of the building suddenly changed, and it began to become generous and passionate, and it was like a rumbling drum that kept stirring in everyone's ears.
Jing Ke sang loudly and said:
"Why isn't the grass yellow? When not? Who won't? Operate the Quartet.
Why is the grass not mysterious? Who is not reserved? Mourn my husband, and be a bandit alone.
Bandits and tigers, leading them in the wilderness. Mourn my husband, day and night.
There is a fox with a peng, and the grass is secluded. There is a car with a stack, and it is a good way! ”
After a song, Jing Ke bowed deeply to everyone on the boat.
Everyone didn't dare to slack off, and they returned Jing Ke's gift one after another.
Jing Ke laughed loudly and said: "I think I am just a down-and-out scholar, wandering in various countries and not allowed to enter, now there are all the kings to send each other, this life is enough!" ”
Gao gradually got up from the building, and also bowed to Jing Ke in the distance.
Jing Ke looked around at the crowd, and suddenly became arrogant, singing loudly: "The wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man will never return once he is gone!" ”
After speaking, he stepped into the cabin and shouted, "Open the ship!" ”
The boatman did not dare to slack off, propped up the oars and drove away, and the boat gradually sailed away from the dock on the north bank of Yishui under the gaze of everyone, heading towards the land of Zhao on the south bank.
Rakuma watched the ship quietly out of his sight, with only one thought in his mind.
"Jing Ke, Jing Ke, you must succeed!"