December 20, 259 BC.

The cold has become the theme song of Hedong County. Almost everyone wears winter clothes, and Wang Ji, as the governor of Hedong County, is naturally no exception.

Wang Ji, wearing a black fur robe, looked dark at this moment.

Although it was morning, there was no sunshine. Snowflakes fell from the sky and fell on Wang Ji's body and face, making the prefect of Hedong County feel a little chill.

Wang Ji led two followers to his county magistrate's mansion and soon arrived in a small building in the backyard of the mansion.

Zheng Zhu, the envoy of Zhao State, lived in this place.

When Wang Ji met Zheng Zhu, Zheng Zhu was enjoying eating meat and drinking with great pleasure under the service of two young maids. His face turned slightly red and he looked a little drunk.

Although it is cold outside, there is a stove in the hall, so it looks quite warm.

Zheng Zhu saw Wang Ji and smiled and said, "Prince, it's better to sit down and have some drinks with me."

Wang Ji shook his head, took off his coat, waved all the others back, then sat in front of Zheng Zhu, and said seriously: "Big, time has passed so long, is there no reply in Handan yet?"

"Handan?" Zheng Zhu smiled at Wang Ji and said, "I remember that a few days ago, I had already informed the county magistrate that the king had ordered Hu Yiwei to prepare to assassinate Meng Ao."

Wang Ji took a deep breath and said, "But the big bank told me that the time was not up and I still needed to wait for the assassin to arrive. Now Meng Ao has repeatedly urged him, where is the assassin?"

Wang Ji's tone was a little impatient.

Since it is an assassin, then an assassin is essential.

Wang Ji did not have any capable people, so when Zheng Zhu proposed to send an assassin from Zhao State, Wang Ji naturally agreed happily.

According to the plan that Wang Ji and Zheng Zhu had secretly agreed upon at the beginning, the assassination operation would begin when 30,000 civilian soldiers recruited entered the military camp for handover.

But now half a month has passed, and Meng Ao has sent people to urge Wang Ji to send the county soldiers several times. However, because the assassin has not arrived for a long time, Wang Ji has not brought these county soldiers there.

Wang Ji said: "Today is the fourth time that Meng Ao has sent someone to urge him. If he delays it, I'm afraid Meng Ao will really be suspicious."

Zheng Zhu took a sip of wine without any haste, opened his mouth and squirted out a sip of wine, and said with a smile: "Why should the county magistrate be anxious? If Meng Ao really can't hold back, shouldn't he go to the city to meet the county magistrate in person?"

Wang Ji sighed and said, "It's strange. Meng Ao would come to the city to see me if he had anything on weekdays, but he has disappeared recently... Wait, could Meng Ao have seen through our plan?"

A drop of cold sweat flowed down Wang Ji's forehead. If Meng Ao really saw through Wang Ji's attempt to betray him, then Wang Ji's current strength would not be Meng Ao's opponent at all.

Zheng Zhu looked at Wang Ji with a panic on his face and couldn't help but smile and said, "The county magistrate is too worried. If Meng Ao really had seen through the county magistrate's plan, how could he let the county magistrate live to this day?"

Wang Ji thought it seemed that this was true, so he slowly put his heart back in his stomach.

But even so, Wang Ji still planned to urge Zheng Zhu again.

After all, this matter is a major event that concerns Wang Ji's life and even his future, and Wang Ji attaches great importance to it.

Before Wang Ji could speak, Wang Ji's confidant housekeeper suddenly hurried into the hall and whispered in Wang Ji's ear: "There is an envoy in Xianyang with the king's order."

Wang Ji was stunned for a moment, and then said to Zheng Zhu, who was still intoxicated by alcohol: "Good news, please feel free to be here. If I have something to do, I will go first."

Zheng Zhu raised the bronze wine in his hand and smiled and said, "Mr. Please go and be busy with your own business. I just need to have good wine."

Wang Ji looked at Zheng Zhu's appearance and muttered in his heart.

This Zhao State Bank is good at everything, but it looks a bit greedy and is a bit procrastinating in doing things.

With his heart's complaints about Zheng Zhu, Wang Ji quickly came to the gate of his mansion.

Here, a black messenger riding a tall horse and dozens of gray-clothed attendants were already waiting.

Wang Ji looked at the messenger and felt a little strange.

It is obviously snowing outside now, so why doesn’t this messenger go into the hall and sit, but wait outside?

The black-clothed messenger saw Wang Ji's arrival and his eyes immediately fell on Wang Ji: "Are you Wang Ji?"

The tone is quite stiff.

Wang Ji walked to the messenger and smiled and said, "I'm Wang Ji."

The envoy nodded, took out an order from his arms, and said seriously to Wang Ji: "The prefect of Hedong County, Wang Ji, received the order!"

Wang Ji did not dare to neglect and hurriedly solemnly performed a courtesy to the order in the hand of the envoy.

The envoy used his hand to issue an order and chanted loudly: "It was found that Wang Ji, the prefect of Hedong County, had the intention of being unjust, and wanted to betray the Qin Dynasty and colluded with Zhao State. The crime should be punished by the clan!"

"What?" Wang Ji was stunned. Before he could stand up, he was pressed directly by two gray-clad men beside the messenger.

In addition, the other gray-clothed men around the messenger pulled out their weapons, one by one, and they were all murderous intent.

Wang Ji was extremely shocked, his face turned pale, and his lips trembled as he spoke: "You, you are the subordinate of the waiter!?"

The messenger glanced at Wang Ji with an expressionless face, and showed a cold and cruel smile: "Wang Ji, there is nothing we don't know about in this Qin State!"

Wang Ji's face was ashes.

As an important official of Qin State and the confidant of Xiangbang Fan Sui, Wang Ji certainly understood what a terrible secret organization "Hou" was.

Since I have set my sights on Hou, the matter must have been exposed.

Once such a thing is exposed, it will be a word death and there will be no other result.

After the messenger said this, he no longer looked at Wang Ji, who was ashamed, but waved his hand vigorously: "The whole mansion searches, no one will be left!"

After the envoy's order, the gray-clothed people holding sharp blades rushed into the hall of the county magistrate's mansion with murderous aura.

The shouts of killing and screams rang out quickly, mixed with the sound of weapons intersecting.

Just as Wang Ji felt that the whole world was completely dark and was about to close his eyes and wait for death, the face of the messenger in front of him suddenly changed.

"Things are not right!"

The messenger suddenly jumped off the horse, grabbed Wang Ji's collar, raised Wang Ji in front of him like a chicken, and shouted: "Did you set up an ambush in the mansion?"

Wang Ji looked confused.

"Swoosh!" A very rapid sound of sharp arrow breaking through the air suddenly rang out.

Then a sharp arrow came from the side, shot into the temple of the messenger in front of Wang Ji, and penetrated directly through the messenger's head.

A large area of ​​warm blood instantly sprinkled on Wang Ji's face, turning Wang Ji's gaze bright red, and the tip of his nose was full of blood.

Wang Ji shouted and rolled his eyes, almost fainted, and his crotch became wet in an instant.

Two more sharp arrows shot, and the two men in gray who had just carried Wang Ji were shot down one after another, and Wang Ji fell to the ground together.

Just when Wang Ji was in a state of fear and wondering what was going on, a familiar voice rang in Wang Ji's ears.

"Our rescue is late, but it scares the county magistrate."
Chapter completed!