Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 209

Seeing that Qingji defeated the masked man in two or three strokes, the nearby guards couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and quickly pointed Chang Ge at the masked man to prevent him from acting rashly.

Because of the sudden assassination of the king this time, the whole street was in chaos.

Unaware passers-by fled one after another, and the chaotic crowd created a favorable situation for the assassins. Otherwise, relying on hundreds of guards would be enough to quickly suppress this group of reckless assassins!

Fortunately, within a short time, all the assassins were either dead or injured, and were captured alive or killed on the spot by the old guards.

The strong smell of blood permeated the air, and the corpses lying on the ground were even more glaring.

"Your Majesty, I beg your Majesty to forgive me for being late to save you!"

The western lieutenant who hurried over with his troops knelt on the ground, pleading guilty in a cold sweat.

Qing Ji just waved his hands blankly, and didn't question Wei Xi.

At this time, Xu Menchao, the general of the old guard, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, there are twenty-one assassins, seventeen were killed, and four were captured alive. How should we deal with them?"

Qing Ji was noncommittal, and immediately walked up to the captured masked man, and pulled off the black mask on his face, revealing a very stern face.

This is a handsome young man, Qing Ji is only about fifteen or sixteen years old, with fair complexion and imposing manner.

What a handsome young man.

What is even more commendable is that his swordsmanship is so superb, among the swordsmen of this era, he is probably the top existence!

"Who are you? Who is your last name?"

Qingji squinted his eyes and asked.

The young man just turned his head to one side, and said coldly: "Qingji, don't talk too much. Today I failed in the assassination. I should have killed you at the neck. If you want to kill or cut, I will listen to you!"

"You can't expect to learn anything from me."

Still a tough one!

Qingji just chuckled, and said, "That's right. Little brother, I admire you very much. As long as you can tell who is behind the scenes, I will spare your life. How about it?"

Hearing this, the young man remained silent and did not speak.

For this young man with outstanding swordsmanship, Qingji actually admired him very much.

At such a young age, dare to assassinate the king in the street, such courage, such courage, how many men in the world can match?

Coupled with the boy's formidable swordsmanship, Qingji already had the idea of ​​taking it for his own use.

If the young man can tell who is behind the scenes, Qingji doesn't mind forgiving his crimes, and even entrusts him with a heavy responsibility!
Seeing the young man's silence, Qingji said slowly again: "From your accent, you should be from Wu? I don't know what wrongdoing I have done, so that I will not be afraid of the axe and the axe, and I will not be afraid of dying. widow?"

"Hmph, Qingji, you claim to be a wise and heroic lord, but in my... view, you Qingji is just a deceitful person, a real tyrant and evil lord!"

The young Zhu Ziyu couldn't help but gritted his teeth and stared at Qingji, and said, "Today we assassinate you, not at the instigation of others, but out of a sense of justice!"

"I know that the assassination can't be successful, but so what? The king of Wu was assassinated in the street, and the world must know it!"

"I just want everyone in the world to know that Mr. Wu is cruel, so that the people of the country will attack each other, and you Qingji will be notorious!"

"Bold!"

Xu Menchao, the general of the guard at the side, couldn't listen anymore, and immediately pulled out his blood-stained bronze sword with a "shua", and only waited for Qingji's order to kill Zhu Ziyu on the spot.

Qingji just waved his hand, signaling Xu Menchao to retreat.

"Qingji, even though we are dead, our ambition is still there, and it will last forever!"

Zhu Ziyu held his head up, with a dignified look of righteousness, and said loudly: "You celebrate the taboo, but you want to be like Xia Jie and Shang Zhou, and get the name of cruelty and injustice, and you will be infamous for thousands of years!"

"Hahahaha! Come on! Come on!"

Looking at Zhuziyu who looked up to the sky and smiled, Qingji was very disdainful.

Giving up one's life for righteousness?

Qingji didn't believe that the young man in front of him had such noble sentiments.

In this era, there are not no honest gentlemen who can truly sacrifice their lives for righteousness, but there are very few of them.

As for the assassins, most of them are for the sake of being famous in the world. Like Zhuan Zhu and Yao Li, they are entrusted by others to be loyal to others, regardless of their own life and death, just to become famous from now on!

They regard fame and fortune as more important than their own lives.

Compared with such a righteous reason, Qingji is more willing to believe that the young man in front of him assassinated him in the street was entrusted by others, or out of personal hatred!
"Take him down and put him in prison. Order Wu Zixu to interrogate him strictly."

"promise!"

For an assassin like Zhu Ziyu, Qingji naturally wanted to deal with them quickly, so as to deter Xiaoxiao's generation.

Otherwise, if Qingji is tolerant again and again, letting go of the assassins who came to assassinate him, wouldn't he indulge more assassins to assassinate him?

With Qingji's bravery, coupled with the strength of the guards around him, ordinary assassins naturally couldn't get close to him, and couldn't hurt him in the slightest.

But in this way, wouldn't Qingji be annoyed to death in the face of endless assassinations?

Furthermore, the nature of assassinating the king in the street is really too bad!

Those who didn't know thought that Qingji was really a tyrannical king who forced the people of the country to make such a bad move and had to send assassins to assassinate Qingji.

After Qingji returned to the Wu Palace, he asked Wu Zixu, the county magistrate of Wudu, to be summoned to the Zide Palace for discussion.

"Chen Wuyuan, see the king, the king is ten thousand years!"

After Wu Zixu entered the Zide Hall, he bowed to Qingji who was sitting on the altar.

"Excuse me. Zixu, sit down."

"Thank you king!"

Wu Zixu hurriedly took a seat on one side.

"Zixu, how about the promotion of five baht coins recently?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, thanks to the concerted efforts of the monarchs and ministers of the Wu Kingdom, and the unremitting efforts of the workshop, no less than [-] million five baht coins have been produced, and they are being sent to Hongshang with Wu Du as the center. Vigorously promote it in the areas of Tong, Tong and Zhenzi."

Wu Zixu said solemnly: "Li Shu also actively responded to the call of the king, and exchanged all kinds of currencies such as cloth coins, knife coins, and ant nose coins to the government for new five baht coins."

"I believe that within half a year, five baht coins will be fully circulated in our country of Wu and become the only legal currency in the true sense."

"good!"

Qingji slightly nodded and said, "Zixu, you have worked hard."

"Working for the king, eating the king's salary, this is the duty of the minister, so what's the hard work?"

In front of Qingji, Wu Zixu maintained a very humble attitude from beginning to end.

This is not Wu Zixu's character!

However, the many years of fugitive life have greatly changed Wu Zixu's original arrogant temperament, and forcibly honed him into a cautious person.

Is it good or bad?

Wu Zixu didn't know.

However, Wu Zixu knew that Qingji was his only hope for revenge against Chu, his benefactor, and even his monarch!
So no matter how humble he treats Qing Ji, it is not too much.

(End of this chapter)