Chapter 266: Iron-Blooded Zhao Dun, Summer Sun (3)
After Zhao Dun returned to Qingshiliao, he summoned Xian Shen and Shihui and ordered the two to go to Qin to pick up Gongzi Yong and return to China. Xian Shen likes to take on this kind of errand of fame and fortune the most, and he turned around and happily revealed the news to Xun Lin's father.
Xun Lin's father was not happy at all, but persuaded him: "Madame and the crown prince are both in China, but they go abroad to seek a new king, this kind of thing cannot be successful." You might as well quit this task because you are sick, or you will be in trouble. You and I used to be Tongliao (Xun Lin's father was the general of the Bank of China, and he was the general of the left line), and I can't help but persuade you. ”
He shook his head contemptuously and said, "The person who is least likely to become the new monarch is the crown prince." Xinjun must be one of the two sons selected from Zhao Meng (Zhao Dun) and Jia Ji (Fox Shooting Gu, Feng Yu Jia), and Gongzi Yong's advantage is obviously greater. Besides, (Xian Xian suddenly held his head high and looked ahead), compared with the general righteousness of the country, what is my personal small profit? ”
Xun Lin's father then recited the third chapter of the "Board", "Although I am different, I am a colleague." I'm plotting and listening to my clamour. I am convinced, don't laugh. The ancestors had a saying, and they asked for it. But no matter how "arrogant" Xun Lin's father was, Xian Yan kept shaking his stubborn head.
Fox Shooting Gu ordered her brother Fox Hair Ju to bring Gongzi Le back. Fox Ju took a few capable generals to Chen Guo day and night. Their movements were secret and swift - when Gongzile was kidnapped out of Huaiyang City by a group of unidentified men, he thought he had encountered a kidnapper.
Gongzi Le was exiled to the state of Chen shortly after the death of Duke Wen of Jin, when he was still a child, and now he is only thirteen or fourteen years old. This child, who had always lived in the middle and lower classes of the Chen Kingdom, did not understand at all the reasons for choosing him and the meaning of becoming a monarch; Not only did he not have a trace of excitement and expectation, but his eyes were full of doubts and worries.
He asked Fox Juju many times: whether he could return to the Jin Kingdom alive; whether his brothers would want to get rid of him; Can the fox clan provide him with the necessary protection?
Childe's worries affected Kitsune's mood, and his will began to become depressed. Gongzile's hunch was correct, Fox Ju had always thought that no one could detect his whereabouts, but their actions had long been under Zhao Dun's surveillance—because someone inside had already been bribed by political enemies.
There is a small town called "Shaoyuan" in the west of Jiyuan, Henan Province today, Shaoyuan was called "Pi Shao" in ancient times, it is the first Taihang and the east end of Yiguan; And Yiguan is the only way from Chen to Jin.
When they passed through Pishao, they were ambushed by unknown persons. The attackers' goal was very clear - they stabbed Gongzile to death in an instant, without even giving the child a chance to call for help.
The Assassins fled as soon as they succeeded, and Kitsune was furious and immediately launched a pursuit. During the pursuit, one of the pursuers was attacked by his companions while attacking the Assassins, who fled with them. In this way, people know that there are ghosts mixed in the team.
After the fighting, the two assassins' bodies were dragged back to the scene of the crime. After identifying the face of the corpse, someone confirmed that one of them was the retainer of Yang Virgin's father, and Yang Virgin's father would never act without receiving Zhao Dun's order, and the murderer behind the scenes was exposed.
But the ministers didn't quite believe that the thick-eyed Zhao Dun could commit such a vicious and murderous atrocity, and they didn't believe that he would kill the son of the ancestor and an innocent boy like an animal. But in the face of boundless monarchy, the contenders only consider the means, what does it matter if the prince is a gentleman or a villain?
Gongzile's death caused the fox clan to lose all its political capital, and also made his political future very bleak. Fox Shooting Gu didn't have the strength to confront Zhao Dun head-on, so she vented her hatred on Yang Virgin.
For Yang Virgin, Zhao Dun has never liked him, and the doctors have always stayed away from him; To be a man and achieve the realm of having no friends, only he can achieve it.
The fox shooter aunt gave the task of assassinating Yang's virgin father to the fox house. In September, Kitsune led his killers and attacked his convoy while he was out of town.
But it is not easy to kill a battle-hardened general, and Yang Virgin's guard is by no means in vain, and the two sides have to fight for a meal before it ends. Yang's father was seriously injured and died as soon as he was transported into the capital, and as a result, the identity of the fox was also exposed.
At that time, the Jin Kingdom was actively preparing for the funeral of Jin Xianggong, and delegations from various countries gathered in Xinjiang. In order to ensure that the funeral of the ancestor could go smoothly, Zhao Dun decided to suppress the assassination of Yang's father in advance.
In October, the Jin people buried the Duke of Jin Xianggong as scheduled. In November, Zhao Dun arrested Fox and tried him himself (because the magistrate Yang was killed). The crime of murdering a doctor in the public office is the same as treason, and the punishment shall be death. But Fox refused to admit his guilt, saying, "I just killed a murderer of Gong Wen's son." Besides, Zhao Meng, as a murderer, what qualifications do you have to judge me, an avenger? ”
Zhao Dun said: "Xu Bo (the fox is the continuation of the fiefdom, and the nickname is Jian Bo), if Gongzile is not forced into danger by you, if you don't bring him back to the Jin Kingdom, Gongzile will still live in the Chen Kingdom in a good manner." Let me ask you, who caused his death? ”
The precedent of Zhengqing sentencing Yaqing's own brother to death had never happened in the Jin Kingdom. The doctors were in a panic all day long, for fear that once the two families had a fight, the entire office would suffer. Many doctors came to intercede on behalf of the murderer, saying that they would demote him to a concubine and deport him.
But Zhao Dun raised the "Jin Punishment" in his hand and said: "Does the doctor want me to add an article to it: 'The punishment of the fox family can be reduced by one degree'?" In addition to the fox clan, do you want to add other clans? The intercessor stopped squeaking.
Fox Juju was soon executed, and the ministers learned Zhao Dun's thunderous methods. You must know that Fox Ju is not only the son of Hu Yan, the first contributor to Duke Wen's accession to the throne, but also the cousin of Duke Wen and the doctor of the Jin Kingdom. But people thought about it again, since Zhao Dun dared to assassinate Duke Wen's son, what was a mere cousin?