Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 355 Assassination of Liu Bang ([-])

When the three of them were discussing, a dead man came in and reported: "Commander, Lu Zhi is here to visit."

"It seems that her side is ready." Liu Zhuang nodded slightly, and immediately left the secret room and came to the front hall, but less than half an hour later, he returned to the secret room in the backyard.

Mr. Yang first asked: "Commander, what did Lu Zhi say?"

The owner of Liu Zhuang said in a deep voice: "Lu Zhi said that Liu Ruyi's birthday will be four days later. With Liu Bang's favor for Mrs. Qi and Liu Ruyi's mother and son, he will definitely hold a beautiful family feast for Liu Ruyi at that time. At that time, she will arrange everything and get our people into Weiyang Palace."

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Another three days passed in a blink of an eye, and Liu Bang also returned to Xianyang.

The next day happened to be Liu Ruyi's birthday, so Liu Bang took this opportunity to hold a family banquet, and called all the concubines and concubines, all the relatives of the king and a few civil and military officials to the Weiyang Palace for a gathering.

When Liu Bang appeared under the guard of Liu Bi and Xia Houying, the hall was already full of people. Although Mrs. Qi was present, a dozen other concubines were also present, and even Lu Zhi appeared. Sitting on the right seat next to Liu Bang, Mrs. Qi sat on Lu Zhi's lower seat with a look of hesitation on her face.

Seeing this scene, Liu Bang couldn't help frowning slightly, but he was helpless.

Among the eight sons, except for the crown prince Liu Ying who was lingering on the sick bed, the other seven sons were all present, especially Liu Ruyi, who had sword eyebrows and star eyes, a face like a crown of jade, and wore a moon-white straight train and deep clothes. The unrestrained figure perfectly set off, Liu Bang just looked at it and felt happy in his heart, it was like Liu Bang's prince.

On the left side are the seats for the relatives of the king, next to Liu Bang are Lu Ze, and then the children of Lu, and the other concubines, including Mrs. Cao and Mrs. Ku, have brothers, but none of them are successful, especially Mrs. Qi. The brother of the clan, who is as fat as a pig, sits on the seat scratching his ears and looking around, and he can't get on the stage at a glance.

In addition, behind the Lu family's sons, there are Fan Kuai's widow Lu Xu and his only son Fan Kuang.

Prime Minister Xiao He, Sub-Prime Minister Bai Mo, and General Zhou Bo sat firmly on the seat of ministers next to the king's relatives. Originally, Liu Bang also invited Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, but Zhang Liang said he was ill and did not come. Liang didn't come, but accidentally sprained his ankle when going out, and he was sick and couldn't come.

"The king is here..." Accompanied by Xia Houying's resonant chant, the concubines, princes, princesses, relatives of the king and ministers all stood up one after another. After the ceremony, he went straight to the king's seat and took his seat, and everyone followed suit, and then there were female officials and male waiters who brought up fine wine and meat like flowing water.

Liu Bang offered the first cup of wine to everyone, and the banquet officially began.

Immediately, the musicians on both sides of the main hall played drums, zithers, and flutes. Amidst the melodious and melodious sound of singing, a group of dancers danced up to the main hall. Liu Bang couldn't help turning his head to look at Qi Ji, Qi Ji With a tacit understanding, she suddenly looked back and cast a wink at Liu Bang. Madam Qi was unique in dancing with her sleeves up and her waist down.

Lu Zhi watched with cold eyes, and had already gritted his silver teeth in secret.

In the main hall, apart from Liu Bang and Mrs. Qi, there were several big men flirting with each other. Lu Ze first looked at Prime Minister Xiao He, Xiao He nodded imperceptibly, then Lu Ze turned his gaze to Zhou Bo, Zhou Bo also nodded slightly, When he turned to Zhou Bo's lowered Bai Mo, Bai Mo smiled slightly and raised his wine glass to Lu Ze.

Only then did Lu Ze heave a sigh of relief. Since returning to Xianyang, he has successively met Xiao He, Zhou Bo, Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, and Bai Mo, and had long heart-to-heart talks with each other. Now it seems that Xiao He, Zhou Bo He Baimo was obviously convinced by him, the only pity was that Zhang Liang and Chen Ping did not attend.

However, with the full support of Xiao, Zhou, and Bai, Lu Ze is also [-]% sure.

Lu Ze's gaze turned slightly to one side, and he swept towards the concubine's seat imperceptibly. Among Liu Bang's dozen or so concubines, there was a woman in Tsing Yi who looked very obtrusive. This woman was Bo Ji, who was originally Wei Wangbao's wife. Queen, after the Han Dynasty destroyed Wei, Liu Bang saw that Bo Ji was so pitiful, so he included her in his harem.

However, Liu Bang is lustful and loves the new and dislikes the old, and Bo Ji is not as versatile as Mrs. Qi, who knows how to please Liu Bang, but she fell out of favor soon after Liu Heng was born.

Up to now, Bo Ji has not been given the title of concubine, she is just a concubine, and even her son Liu Heng has no status, and everyone before and after is very low-key, and his third brother Liu Ruyi is like two worlds However, Lu Ze learned from Prince Fu Shusun Tong that Liu Heng's intelligence is not inferior to Liu Ruyi's.

When Lu Ze was thinking about choosing a suitable time to speak, Lu Zhi suddenly sat up on his knees and said to Liu Bang, "My lord, Ruyi'er is a man of seven feet. Today is his birthday. Just look at the feminine dance of this dancer. It would be a blood loss, there is a famous master of swordsmanship in the palace of concubines, how about letting him dance swords in the hall to add to the fun?"

Liu Bang frowned, and when he was about to refuse, Liu Ruyi clapped his hands and said, "Father, my son wants to watch Sword Dance!"

Liu Bang put his hand on his forehead, and said helplessly: "Well, today is your birthday, and the father will obey you and dance the sword!"

Lv Zhi gave a dark smile, and clapped his hands lightly outside the hall. Then a guard walked straight in, and pulled out a gleaming sword clangingly. When the hall dancer stood up, I don't know whether it was intentional or not, the guard danced As she danced, she gradually approached Madam Qi and Liu Ruyi's seats, and her sword became more and more fierce.

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Time went back to four days ago, Green Willow Villa, the secret room in the backyard.

Mr. Yang said quietly: "The first step is Commander Liu dancing swords in the hall, alluding to Mrs. Qi and Liu Ruyi. In order to protect Mrs. Qi and Liu Ruyi, Liu Bang will definitely let Liu Bi or Xia Houying dance with him, but Xiahou Ying is already old, and it is Liu Bi who is most likely to go down to the palace to dance with Commander Liu."

Mr. Gu nodded, and said again: "The second step, Commander Liu needs to deliberately show weakness and lead Liu Bi to the corner of the hall, so as to stay away from Liu Bang as much as possible, and create opportunities for the assassination of Wu Shiba and Wu Siliu."

Mr. Yang continued: "The third step still needs the cooperation of Lu Zhi, she will instruct Lu Xu to present a birthday gift, Wu Shiba and Wu Siliu will have a chance to get close to Madam Qi and Liu Ruyi, but now it's time to gamble. "

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Liu Bang snorted, and turned his head to wink at Liu Bi who stood beside him.

Liu Bi understood, drew his sword and leaped into the hall, dodged in front of Mrs. Qi and Liu Ruyi, and danced with Lu Zhi's guards, all of a sudden, the sword lights flashed in the hall, and the clanging sound could be heard endlessly. The concubines, princes, princesses and relatives of the king watched with fascination.

Liu Bang breathed a sigh of relief, despite the lively dance between the two, in fact Liu Bi clearly had the upper hand, and Lu Zhi's guard was about to be cornered by Liu Bi. The bodyguard of Lu Zhi had been beheaded by Liu Bi many times, and wanted to play tricks in front of the widow, dreaming, hmph!

Lu Zhi was always looking at Liu Bang out of the corner of his eye, and when he saw Liu Bang sneer, a sneer suddenly formed on the corner of Lu Zhi's mouth, "You want to keep that bastard and evil bastard, but I have to kill them, if you can't kill that bitch today A bitch and a villain, the old lady will not rest in peace even if she dies, at that moment Lu Zhi winked at Lu Xu again.

Lu Xu sighed, sat up on his knees, and said to Liu Bang: "My lord, today is Ruyi's birthday, and my concubine specially prepared two rare items. I hope Madam Qi and Ruyi will like them."

"Oh? A rare thing?" Liu Bang said cheerfully, "Quickly present it and have a look."

Lu Xu lightly clapped his hands outside the hall, and two attendants entered the hall carrying two wooden trays, and then went straight to Madam Qi and Liu Ruyi's table, Lu Ze frowned, suddenly turned back and asked Lu Xu softly : "Little sister, why did you suddenly think of giving birthday presents to Mrs. Qi and Mr. Ruyi?"

Lu Xu lowered his head, not daring to meet Lu Ze's inquiring gaze.

On the other side, Liu Bang rubbed his hands, and said happily to Lu Xu's two attendants: "Axu said it was a rare thing, so it must be a rare thing, first present it to the widows to have a look."

Regarding Lu Xu, Liu Bang was unguarded. First, Lu Xu was originally a simple and honest person, and second, Lu Xu was Fan Kuai's wife. Liu Bang never thought that Lu Xu would harm him.

The two attendants carrying the tray turned slightly and strode towards Liu Bang.

Lu Zhi was in a hurry and winked at Lu Xu again and again, but Lu Xu lowered his head at this time and didn't see Lu Zhi's wink at all.

On the contrary, Lu Ze, who had been paying attention to Lu Zhi and Lu Xu, noticed Lu Zhi's abnormal expression, and his heart was shocked. He hurriedly sat up on his knees and shouted at the two attendants: "Stop!"

Hearing this, the two attendants not only did not stop, but instead quickened their pace.

It became hasty all of a sudden, and most people in the hall didn't react at all.

Lu Zhi's face turned pale in an instant, and she suddenly realized that she was probably being used by someone, and that the two assassins really wanted to assassinate were probably Liu Bang, not that bitch. That bastard!

At the same time, Lu Xu's anxious low cry sounded behind Lu Ze: "Brother, there are Liannu in the tray!"

What?Repeater? !Lu Ze was stunned suddenly. It was too late and then too soon. Xia Houying had just put his right hand on the handle of the sword, and the two attendants had already lifted the cover on the tray, and there were indeed two black swords on it. repeating crossbow.

The next moment, the two attendants flipped their hands and they were already holding the crossbow. Before Lu Ze could think about it, he instinctively rushed forward and opened his arms to block Liu Bang's seat. With a loud sound, at least four thin, long and blue crossbow arrows from the two canopies had already shot at Lu Ze who was standing in front of Liu Bang's seat.

There were only a few soft bangs, and the four poisonous crossbows had all been nailed into Lu Ze's chest.

Only then did Xia Houying draw out his long sword, and while protecting Liu Bang behind him, he yelled sharply: "There are assassins, protect the king, protect the king..."

(End of this chapter)