Chapter 359

Wang Meng next to Yan Ziyan asked, "haven't you seen all the places to see? We've seen our grain depots, soldiers' books, and soldiers' food and drink expenses."

Wan Shijie added, "these are from your city. I want to inspect the border again. If there is no problem there, I will report back to Beijing immediately."

Wang Meng said, "but the food and rates are mainly concentrated on the camp side. Don't you just have accounts at the border?"

Wan Shijie still shook his head: "the imperial court attaches great importance to the military pay, and ordered me to check it carefully. I'm going to go to the border with general Yan tomorrow. What do you think, general Yan?"

Yan Ziyan said, "naturally."

……

After dinner, Yan Ziyan sent people to send wanshijie back to his room, while Yan Ziyan and others stayed to drink.

Yan Ziyan took a sip of wine and said, "I always feel that Wanyu Shi has a purpose, and those who come are not good."

Wang Meng also took a sip of wine. After drinking it, he "sipped" and spit it out: "did you find out that he had a bad heart? I've already found out that he looked at the account books very carefully, but he was always absent-minded. He couldn't remember what he saw yesterday. It means that he didn't come for this at all."

Yan Ziyan said, "is it difficult for him to come..."

After that, he made a movement to wipe his neck.

Wang mengdao: "No wonder. According to me, the people in the imperial court are not kind-hearted. Whether the emperor or the national teacher, they are all a bunch of uneasy and kind intentions. They try to please when they want to hire people and deal with them casually when they don't need them. You can see the end of General Xiao. I heard that he is actually an idle official in the capital. Obviously, some people don't want him to succeed and cover the Lord everywhere Suppress him. "

Yan Ziyan said again, "if the purpose of Wanyu Shi's coming this time is to kill me, how can he retreat after he killed me?"

Wang Meng said, "he has the official documents of the imperial court. If he wants to kill you, he can have 100 reasons and find another 100 reasons to get away. If we block him, it will become a conspiracy to rebel, and the imperial court will not let us go."

Another colleague of Wang Meng said, "yes, when he was reading the account book yesterday, I noticed his hands. His hands were full of cocoons. Obviously, he was not a civilian, but a military officer. Maybe he was a dead man, specializing in this kind of life-threatening work."

Yan Ziyan frowned and then said, "if he came to kill me, but he didn't do it, he may be afraid of you, so are we going to lure him to do it now?"

Wang Meng said: "we should not only lure him to do it, but also fight back, and finally find a reasonable reason to kill him."

The people deliberated again and discussed the specific details.

……

The next day.

Yan Ziyan rode to pick up wanshijie early in the morning.

"Wan Yushi, did you sleep well last night?" Yan Ziyan asked with a smile.

Wan Shijie nodded and said, "OK!"

"Last night you said you were going to inspect the border. It's the end of the year. I have nothing to do. I'll go with you today."

Wan Shijie found that Wang Meng, who always followed Yan Ziyan, was not there. He couldn't help asking, "where are Deputy envoys Wang Meng and others?"

"You can go out of the city and arrange for me to lead the troops to rehearse." Yan Ziyan is still laughing.

Although Wan Shijie has doubts in his heart, he also feels that this is a good opportunity. It's better to go with Yan Ziyan.

Yan Ziyan now takes two bodyguards with average martial arts, but wanshijie takes experts. Anyway, wanshijie has the upper hand.

The party rode out of the city.

It snowed heavily a few days ago, so it's not convenient to take a carriage here. You can only ride a horse.

Yan Ziyan didn't seem to take precautions against wanshijie at all. He only talked about the garrison. All the way, he introduced wanshijie to the situation here, talked about the life of the soldiers, and said that the soldiers guarding the border were the hardest, especially now it's cold. Some soldiers don't have enough bedding, some need more than a dozen to squeeze a room, and there's no hot water. It's hard.

But wanshijie was completely indifferent.

This kind of life is far from him. As long as he finishes his task and returns to the capital, he can live comfortably in the big house, served by slaves, roasted by charcoal fire, drank good wine and ate good meat.

What does the life and death of the people here have to do with him?

Yan Ziyan observed wanshijie's actions and noticed wanshijie's expression. He doubted wanshijie's purpose even more.

It takes two hours to walk from Heihe village to the border. There is a mountain road in the middle, which is uninhabited.

Wan Shijie deliberately slowed down and observed the situation around him.

This road is covered with thick snow and surrounded by mountains and forests. If you do it here... It will be unknown to God.

Kill people and throw them down the nearby cliff. The snow is thick enough to cover them up for a long time.

Wan Shijie thought of this and winked at his two men. His men understood it and took out their weapons.

Yan Ziyan still seems unprepared.

At the front corner, wanshijie suddenly lifted his knife and stabbed Yan Ziyan.

The first knife, Yan Ziyan hid.

He deliberately asked in horror, "Wanyu Shi, are you..."

"Yan Ziyan, you grass bandit and rebel, die!" Wan Shijie finished and continued to kill Yan Ziyan.

The two guards of Yan Ziyan have also been killed by Wan Shijie's men.

Just when wanshijie thought he would succeed soon, arrows were suddenly shot from the nearby forest. Yan Ziyan was on guard and fell down early in the morning. Two of wanshijie's men couldn't dodge and were killed by an arrow.

Wan Shijie looked at Yan Ziyan in surprise: "originally, you have already laid an ambush!"

After saying that, he wanted to kill Yan Ziyan again, but the knife was raised, and he got an arrow in his chest. Wanshijie pulled out the arrow and wanted to kill again. At this time, another shower of arrows shot at him.

In a short while, wanshijie was shot into a sieve.

The blood dyed the surrounding snow red. Wanshijie and his men fell in a pool of blood. He opened his eyes, as if he was still looking at the sky at this time, wondering how things happened so suddenly.

Inside the forest, Wang Meng and others rushed out.

Wang Meng put away his bow and arrow and said angrily, "brother Yan, he really wants to kill you. Fortunately, we arranged an ambush here last night, otherwise the person who died now is brother Yan."

Yan Ziyan also frowned.

Wang Meng said again: "the imperial court sent someone to kill brother Yan. If it doesn't succeed this time, they won't give up. Next, they will continue to send someone, or let brother Yan go to Beijing. At that time, they will find a reason to trap you in the capital and kill you again after a period of time."

……

Xiao Baoshan and ye Xiaoxian are ready for the new year.

As the Empress Dowager has given a lot of things, they have nothing to prepare in terms of materials. Now they mainly decorate the house, hang red lanterns in front of and behind the house, and paste red paper outside the house.

Ye Xiaoxian is very happy now. The only regret is that she can't spend the new year with Li Hongmei and them.

Xiao Baoshan looked happy, but overall, his mood was not high.

Ye Xiaoxian can see that Xiao Baoshan is worried about Yan Ziyan now. She said to xiaobaoshan, "Baoshan, are you worried about Yan Ziyan in the north? Do you think the national teacher will succeed?"

Xiao Baoshan said, "the probability of success is relatively small."

He knows the situation there. Yan Ziyan has a big general around him. If there are people in the court, they will be vigilant.

Besides, they went to the camp to assassinate. The camp over there is Yan Ziyan's territory. If they are not very familiar with people, it will be very difficult.

Ye Xiaoxian hugged Xiao Baoshan and asked, "what are you worried about?"

Xiao Baoshan stroked Ye Xiaoxian's face and said anxiously, "if the national master's people don't succeed in assassination, they will call Yan Ziyan to Beijing and kill him for other crimes."

Ye Xiaoxian's good mood was dispelled by Xiao Baoshan's words. She said stuffy, "so the imperial court doesn't need good officials. Originally, people who have contributed to the imperial court are regarded as a thorn in the eye!"

Xiao Baoshan said, "the current imperial court is really a pile of mud. First, there is no Ming Lord, and second, there are no good ministers to assist the Ming Lord."

When Xiao Baoshan finished, ye Xiaoxian quickly covered his mouth and motioned him not to say more in case the wall had ears.

……

Twenty five years later, the news of wanshijie's death reached the palace.

The letter was written by Yan Ziyan himself. It explained that Yan Ziyan was accidentally shot by the Beiqing army when patrolling the border city. In addition to wanshijie and his two men, Yan Ziyan's guard also died.

The emperor and the national teachers did not believe in it.

After the defeat of Beiqing army, although it came to harass from time to time, wanshijie died, which is unreasonable.

The emperor consulted with the national master and planned to call Yan Ziyan to Beijing in the name of reporting his work in five years.

……

Before the new year, the national teacher went to the Empress Dowager's palace again and wanted to be gentle with the Empress Dowager before the new year.

The Empress Dowager is no longer lazy as before. She is very enthusiastic to her national teachers.

After they had a good time, the Empress Dowager asked about the assassination of Yan Ziyan. When the national teacher was the empress dowager, he didn't hide it and told the truth.

The Empress Dowager asked, "what are you going to do with Yan Ziyan next?"

The National Master said, "call him back to Beijing after five years, and then trap him in the capital."

The Empress Dowager thought for a moment and then asked, "if you call Yan Ziyan back, you have to send another person to guard the border. Will his brothers serve the new people? After all, they are all old subordinates."

The national teacher said, "it depends on who you send. If you send xiaobaoshan, they will be convinced."

The Empress Dowager smiled: "haven't you been guarding against xiaobaoshan? Now you're going to send him over. Won't you assassinate xiaobaoshan at that time?"

The national master hugged the Empress Dowager and said, "we will certainly cultivate a person who can replace Xiao Baoshan in this period of time. Alas, you don't have to worry about this. It's rare that you are enthusiastic about me now. Why don't you... Do it again?"