The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

In the middle of the night, Tongxi was awakened by the sound of fighting and cursed in his heart: Your Highness is really a crow's mouth.

Tong Xi was not worried about Zhao Yao's safety. He did not rush to Zhao Yao's side, but went to catch the assassin first. Zhao Yao slept peacefully, unaffected by the assassins outside.

An assassin just approached Zhao Yao outside his room, and he immediately fell to the ground without even having time to scream.

Lu Guang, who was guarding Zhao Yao's house, glanced at the movement outside the window and felt nothing in his heart. He yawned, and there was no need for him to take action, so he might as well continue sleeping.

When Zhao Yao woke up, it was already Chenshi. He slept very well last night and was not woken up by the assassin at all. He was not surprised to learn that there was an assassination attempt last night.

Tongxi said complainingly: "Your Highness, you are such a crow's mouth."

Zhao Yao smiled and said: "This has just begun, there will be no peaceful days in the future..."

Before Zhao Yao finished speaking, he was interrupted by Tong Xi, "My lord, please stop talking." Tong Xi wanted to cover Zhao Yao's mouth.

"No one alive?" Zhao Yao asked while drinking porridge.

"I originally caught a few alive, but they all bit their tongues and committed suicide." It is said that they bit their tongues and committed suicide, but in fact they bit the poison in their mouths. "This slave is useless, please punish me, Your Highness."

Zhao Yao waved his hand and said: "It's not that you are useless, but my good fifth brother thinks highly of me and specially sent a dead soldier to assassinate me."

"A dead soldier?" Tongxi looked shocked, and then he thought of the actions of those assassins last night, and then realized that he was a dead soldier. "No wonder those assassins last night were so ruthless and looked down upon death." Tong Xi had never met a dead soldier before. Last night was his first time fighting a dead soldier. It was normal for him not to recognize a dead soldier.

Zhao Yao glanced at Tongxi and said with a smile: "There will be batch after batch of dead soldiers, and maybe there will be dead soldiers from the Huns. You have to work hard."

When Tongxi saw Zhao Yao saying such terrible words with a smile on his face, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and he said angrily: "Your Highness, don't say it as if it doesn't matter to you." Also, Your Highness, why do you have such a gloating tone? , the dead soldiers are here to assassinate you, not the slaves.

"It's not a bad thing to have assassins as companions along the way. At least it will be more lively."

Tongxi: "..." Your Highness, you are really not afraid of death.

Sure enough, as Zhao Yao expected, the following assassins came one after another without stopping. The most important thing is that each wave of assassins becomes more and more fierce. If they hadn't prepared a response in advance, they might not have been able to deal with the wave of assassinations.

Seeing that they could not get close to the King of Han, the assassins burned the ships directly. Because they didn't know which ship the King of Han was on, the assassins directly set fire to all the ships of the Liang family caravan.

Zhao Yao would change boats every day and would not stay on just one boat.

Guessing that the assassin would set fire to the ship, the fleet had already smeared a layer of fireproof material on the ship, but it could not completely prevent the fire, it could only make the fire burn slower.

When the fire started, the crew had time to put it out before it burned the entire ship.

The assassins never expected that setting fire to the ship would not work, so they could only continue to board the ship to assassinate.

Not to mention the guards on the ship, the crew members have all gone to sea and encountered various dangers at sea. The pirates they had encountered were more vicious than the assassins, so they had enough experience to face the assassins. Furthermore, their ships have been specially modified to cope with various risks at sea, and they are not ordinary merchant ships. There are various mechanisms on the ship. When the assassins get on the ship, a small group of people will die under the traps on the ship.

Seeing that setting fire to the ship or boarding the ship to assassinate them failed, the assassins thought of sinking the merchant ship. Unfortunately, they did not expect that the Liang family's merchant ship was not an ordinary ship. If they wanted to sink it, ordinary means would not work unless they used explosives. However, the assassins did not have explosives.

During these days, the assassins tried their best to assassinate Zhao Yao. Not to mention success, they didn't even see Zhao Yao.

King Han, who was far away in Youzhou, was very angry when he learned that the assassins sent out had not yet succeeded in assassinating him. If possible, he wished he could kill Zhao Yao himself.

Yang Qi also didn't expect that assassinating a Han king would be so difficult. Fortunately, there is still some time before the King of Han returns to the capital, and they still have a chance to kill the King of Han.

The King of Han did not want to repeat the mistake of assassinating the King of Chu. He could not let Zhao Yao return to Beijing smoothly and had to kill him at sea. Kill him at sea and throw the body into the sea. Nothing can be traced then.

"Zhao Yao must die at sea!" King Han said with a fierce look, "Send out our dead soldiers."

Yang Qi took the order and said, "I'll make arrangements right away."

"Send out all our dead men, leaving no one alive including Zhao Yao and the people around him." King Han meant to kill the entire fleet and leave no one alive. "Make it a pirate attack."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Zhao Yao, who was far away at sea, sneezed unexpectedly.

"Your Highness, it must be the King of Han who is cursing you." Tongxi thought to himself. If he were the King of Han, he would probably be half angry to death at this moment.

"Go and call Liang Chun."

"Slave, go now."

A moment later, Liang Chun appeared in front of Zhao Yao.

Zhao Yao told him that the next assassination would be more brutal than all the previous assassinations, so fire guns could be used.

The Liang family's merchant ships not only had muskets, but also cannons and thermal weapons such as fire and medicine. However, they are not used in Dazhou on weekdays. They are only used when they go to sea and encounter pirates.

Liang Chun was very happy to learn that Zhongyun could use fire guns, and he immediately gave the order.

The Liang family has a musketry team. Although the members are not sharpshooters, they can kill assassins without any problem.

"Lu Guang, in the next few days, you will be open to fighting."

Seeing that he was finally put to use, Lu Guang's eyes suddenly lit up and he said with some excitement: "Yes, Your Highness."

"If possible, it would be best to capture one or two alive."

Tongxi said: "The assassin has poison in his mouth, so it is difficult to catch him alive."

Lu Guang said: "I'll give it a try."

Zhao Yao raised his hand and patted Lu Guang's shoulder, and said warmly: "The next step is up to you." Lu Guang, who was entrusted with the important task, looked solemn: "I will never let His Highness down."

This was not Lu Guang's first mission. He had gone to sea with other members of the Shenji Battalion before and shot pirates. Their Shenji Battalion would go out to sea to kill pirates every once in a while. This was one of their daily trainings.

Zhao Yao suddenly thought of something and said jokingly: "Maybe you can take down these assassins without spending too much effort."

Lu Guang and Tong Xi didn't understand, and both looked puzzled.

"Your Highness, didn't you just say that the King of Han might send the Huns' dead soldiers to assassinate you?" Tongxi added, "Didn't you say that the Huns' dead soldiers were more powerful than the Huns' cavalry? Why did you say it didn't cost too much?" strength?"

"The Hun cavalry and the Hun soldiers are powerful, but there is a prerequisite."

Lu Guang and Tongxi asked in unison: "What's the premise?"

"That was on land, and where are we now?"

Lu Guang responded quickly, "We are at sea now."

Zhao Yao pointed to the waves rising on the sea and smiled with a malicious look on his face: "In the past two days, the sea has been windy and the sea is not stable. Do you think those dead Huns will get seasick?"

Hearing this, Tong Xi finally understood what Zhao Yao meant, "Those Huns must have never been on a boat or out to sea. They will definitely get seasick when they come to sea, and they may even be acclimatized."

"On land, the Huns are a wolf, but at sea they turn into sheep." Zhao Yao smiled in his heart, Fifth Brother, Fifth Brother, you never dreamed that the Huns you sent to die would die in the sea.

Zhao Yao had guessed that it was the first time for the Xiongnu soldiers to take a boat and it was also their first time to go to sea. Not long after they got on the boat, they became seasick.

The murderous soldiers got on the boat and felt fear for the first time when their bodies were swaying out of control.

They would not feel despair even if they were seriously injured, even if they only had one breath left, but when they were vomiting to the point of vomiting, they felt despair for the first time in their lives.

Most of the first batch of Xiongnu dead soldiers sent were seasick and acclimatized. A few people didn't get seasick, but it was still very uncomfortable.

During the past two days, the wind and waves on the sea were very strong. The boat rose and fell with the waves, and the people in the boat also swayed with the waves. The dead Huns who took a boat for the first time could not stand firm on the boat.

The seasick dead soldiers could no longer assassinate the King of Han. The dead soldiers who were not seasick barely managed to get close to the Liang family's merchant ship. They flew to the Liang family's merchant ship with strong willpower, but a big wave hit them. Before they could stand still, they staggered and fell into the sea.

They can't swim, so if they fall into the sea, they will die.

Lu Guang and Liang Chun waited for the dead Huns, but before they could take action, the dead fell into the sea and never came up again.

They waited for another long time, but did not wait for the second batch of assassins. Until dawn, no assassin was found.

When Zhao Yao woke up and learned about this, he was not surprised at all.

Tong Xi and Lu Guang still couldn't believe that the assassin died like this. They hadn't done anything yet, and the assassin himself died. This was really... the first time such a situation had happened.

"Your Highness, you really guessed it."

Lu Guang said with disgust on his face: "These assassins are too useless." This was the first time he saw an assassin falling into the sea by himself.

"It was the first time for the Huns to go to sea. This situation is normal." Zhao Yao suddenly thought of something and asked, "How many assassins came last night?"

Lu Guang replied: "Ten."

"Only ten?" Zhao Yao tapped the table with his fingers, "My good fifth brother can't possibly send only ten dead soldiers to assassinate me. There should be a group of dead soldiers. They didn't come last night. They must be seasick. If you are too faint to come, go look for them, they may be near us."

"My subordinates are going to look for you now."

"My slaves will go too."

After a while, Liang Chun came to report that their people had salvaged two corpses from the sea not far away, and they were the assassins last night.

After dawn, Liang Chun sent people to search the nearby sea in a small boat for the body of the assassin last night. Unexpectedly, he actually found it.

The assassin's masks have been torn off, one reveals the face of a Huns, and the other reveals the face of a Central Plains man.

Liang Chun was surprised and said: "Your Highness, didn't you say that he was a dead soldier of the Huns? How could there be people from the Central Plains?"

"It's not surprising that there are people from the Central Plains among the dead soldiers." Zhao Yao pondered for a while and said, "Tear off their clothes and see if there are any marks on them."

Liang Chun glanced at the people around him. The people around him understood and immediately went to take off the clothes of the two corpses.

Marks, a wolf's head, were found on the thighs of both bodies.

The Huns admired wolves. It is said that every Huns would have a wolf head tattooed on his body not long after he was born.

"Keep the corpses in ice, don't let them rot." Zhao Yao ordered, "They are still useful, I have to take them back to the capital."

Liang Chun waved his hand and asked the people around him to take the two bodies down.

"Your Highness, these two corpses can only prove that they are Huns, but they cannot prove that they are the dead soldiers of King Han."

"It's enough to prove that they are Huns." It just gave my father a chance to attack the Huns in an honest way.

"But... this has nothing to do with the third princess."

"I hope Lu Guang and the others can find those seasick dead soldiers, and maybe learn something from them." Fifth brother, fifth brother, you sent the Huns dead soldiers to assassinate me, you really shot yourself in the foot.

Lu Guang and Tong Xibing went in two directions to find the seasick assassin. After searching for a long time, they finally found him. When these dead soldiers were found, their faces were all pale and they looked like they had only one breath left. (End of chapter)