Daming Military Empire

Chapter 97 Assassination in the dark night
In fact, Wang Guozhong had already finished eating, and he also wanted to catch up with Zhang Liwei, after all, they hadn't seen each other for three or four years.However, the king was pulling Zhang Liwei to drink, and the two uncles were chatting enthusiastically, so it was not easy for him to intervene, so he could only wait in the military tent.

When Zhang Liwei staggered in, he thought it was his subordinates who passed the message, but he never thought that Zhang Liwei himself came over in person. He quickly got up and put his arms around Zhang Liwei's shoulders, and said with concern: " Stand up, how did you drink like this?"

Zhang Liwei didn't answer him right away, but waved to the guard who sent him over and said, "Thank you, you can go now."

The guard knew that the two brothers were going to talk about the old days, so naturally he, a young man, couldn't spoil them here, so he hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Young man, leave."

When the guard's footsteps were far away, Zhang Liwei immediately slapped Wang Guozhong's hand away, stood up straight, and said with a smile, "Help me, when did you see me drunk?"

Wang Guozhong was taken aback by his sudden slap, and stammered and asked, "You, you, who are you? Why are you pretending to be drunk?"

Zhang Liwei pulled him back to the center of the military tent, and said in a low voice: "Of course I have something important to discuss with you."

Wang Guozhong asked with doubts on his face: "Important matter? What is important matter?"

Zhang Liwei didn't answer but instead asked, "What do you think of Wang Jiayin?"

Wang Guozhong thought about it carefully, looked at Zhang Liwei again, and swallowed back the perfunctory words that he was going to blurt out. If there is anything he can't say about his good brother for more than ten years, he gritted his teeth and said angrily: It was okay back home, he was good to his brothers, but he has changed since he became such a king, he put on a bad face all day long, as if everyone owed him money."

Zhang Liwei asked again: "Then why did you rebel with him?"

When Wang Guozhong heard this, he frowned and recalled: "At that time, there was no way out. Years of severe drought, the fields had no harvest, and we couldn't survive without rebellion!"

Zhang Liwei curled his lips, and said disdainfully: "At that time, if you came to Ningwu to look for me and served as a frontier soldier under my father, would we still let you starve to death?"

Wang Guozhong said regretfully: "Oh, I was also in a feverish mood at the time, so I followed them in the rebellion when I was confused, and now I can't turn back."

Zhang Liwei said mysteriously: "Who said there is no turning back now? I have a chance to turn back now, do you want it?"

When Wang Guozhong heard this, he looked at him in horror, and said tremblingly, "You, you, didn't you come to seek refuge with Wang Jiayin?"

Zhang Liwei said proudly: "Just kidding, my Zhang family has been favored by the emperor and has been a hereditary official for more than 100 years. Will I rebel with him?"

Wang Guozhong seemed to have thought of something, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He stared at Zhang Liwei blankly, and said in a trembling voice, "You're not here to assassinate Wang Jiayin, are you?"

Zhang Liwei patted Wang Guozhong on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You guessed it right, how about it, can you help me with this?"

Wang Guozhong's legs were already trembling a little, and he almost sat down on the ground after being slapped by him. He smiled wryly, "Is this the opportunity you said?"

Zhang Liwei didn't bother to go around with him anymore, so he directly showed his cards and said, "Exactly, you and I will both be promoted to lieutenant general after the matter is completed. How about it, I won this opportunity for you from the governor. Do you want to do it?"

Wang Guozhong's eyes lit up when he heard the words. Lieutenant General, that is a military officer of the fourth rank. He felt that the strength that had been lost was returning to his body. He was of the same rank as the prefect. He gritted his teeth and slowed down. Slowly stood up straight, and then firmly said: "Do it, why don't you do it, is it really him who lives in fear all day long? He Wang Jiayin has countless concubines and enjoys all the glory and wealth. We people can't do it. I don’t even have a wife, I don’t want to hang out with him for a long time.”

Seeing Wang Guozhong like this, Zhang Liwei knew that the matter was almost over. He suppressed the excitement in his heart and ordered in a low voice: "Well, you can make arrangements right away. Once the midnight is over, let your cronies take turns. Let them stay outside for a while, we will go in and kill Wang Jiayin, take his head to the hill north of the camp, and hand it over to the governor. We don't have to worry about other things, the governor will make his own arrangements."

Wang Guozhong nodded firmly when he heard the words, and then walked out quickly.

It was night, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and Wang Jiayin's camp was inexplicably quiet. The whole camp seemed to be in a deep sleep. Even the soldiers on duty around the camp hugged their cotton coats tightly and leaned against each other, dozing off all the time.

Just after midnight, a group of personal guards came outside Wang Jiayin's handsome tent, and the same number of voices and shadows immediately appeared in the shadows around the handsome tent, and they all yawned and muttered: "You are finally here, we are about to so cold."

After all, they lined up for a while, then staggered back to their military tents to sleep, and everything fell into silence again.

After about a quarter of an hour, two figures dressed as personal guards came outside the handsome tent with a food box. They looked around, then gently opened the cloth curtain door of the handsome tent, and walked in directly!
After a while, they came out again with food boxes. One of them waved to the dark place, and the guards in the dark rushed out quickly, lined up in a neat line, and followed them to the outside of the camp.

They were unusually silent along the way, no one spoke, and even deliberately controlled their footsteps, trying not to make any noise, as if they were afraid of disturbing others' rest.

When they came to the gate of the camp, the dozing guards finally saw them, and one of the little bosses came forward with a stoop and asked obsequiously, "Commander Wang, do you still have to leave the camp at this late hour?"

Wang Guozhong directly threw a token to him, and said coldly: "Don't be so wordy, keep an eye on your gate, don't ask what you shouldn't ask."

The leader took the token and looked at it. It was indeed a general order issued by Wang Jiayin. He quickly shrank his neck, bowed and handed the token to Wang Guozhong, flattering him: "Okay, I don't ask, I don't ask, Commander Wang, please hurry up." Walk."

Wang Guozhong snorted softly, and led the group of soldiers out of the camp gate. Zhang Liwei followed him with a food box and smiled strangely at the little boss, who hurriedly cupped his hands to make up for his smile.

Hey, why does the food box in his hand seem to be dripping out, the little boss wants to go up and remind them: "The soup in the food box has spilled."

But when he thought of Wang Guozhong's cold face, he shrunk back again, so let's spill it, anyway, it's not for me to drink, don't be scolded just to remind them, then the ball will not hit!

Just like that, the little boss stood by the gate of the camp, watching them walk out of the camp and into the thick night. The soup dripping from the food box seemed endless, following them all the way into the darkness.

(End of this chapter)