Steel Dynasty - Chapter 852

[Chapter 850 King Chu is dead]

Dark clouds hang low in the sky.

When I came out of the medical school, there was a cold wind blowing outside, and it looked like a heavy rain was about to pour down.

Xiao Ming looked at the ever-changing Qingzhou City and smiled. His hard work paid off. Although almost eight years passed by in a hurry, incredible changes were taking place in the Great Yu Kingdom in his hands.

Industry, medicine, chemistry, architecture, and the knowledge from technological crystals are allowing Dayu to develop from a feudal dynasty to a modern country.

But for Xiao Ming, this was not enough, because for him, the country of Chongqing still lacked final unification.

Lin’an.

Li San was eating in a restaurant. Due to the influence of Qingzhou, stir-fried dishes have now spread in Great Chongqing. Many businessmen in Lin’an purchased iron pots and vegetable oil from Qingzhou, so stir-fried dishes were also available in every restaurant.

“It looks good, but it’s just a pity that the taste is still lacking.” Li San was a little dissatisfied with the stir-fry in this restaurant. For him, the taste was far different from Qingzhou.

A young man sitting opposite him did not speak, but silently glanced at the grand procession outside the restaurant. This was the hunting procession of King Chu. Li Chuyuan’s return did not seem to disturb the annual hunting day.

“It’s time to go!” After taking a bite of the food, the young man said coldly, without caring that Li San was his immediate boss.

Li San is accustomed to the attitude of young people. This young man is called Wang Hu. He was born in Orion and seems to have a natural talent for muskets.

In a short period of time after being exposed to the musket, he became the top assassin of the Secret Guard.

“Hey, let’s go. It’s time to end the life of this King of Chu. Anyway, if we don’t kill him, the Cao family will kill him sooner or later.” Li San’s eyes sparkled with wisdom.

In the past few days, he had had many contacts with the secret guards ambushing in the city, and basically had a grasp of the current situation in Chu State. It could be said that the changes that had taken place here exceeded their expectations.

After these days of analysis and inquiring, he basically gave up any hope of peacefully regaining the Chu Kingdom, because even if the King of Chu died, they would still face the merchant council.

Because according to what they knew, in addition to instigating the King of Chu to open up civilian regiment training, the Merchant Council also bribed some generals under the King of Chu. All of these generals led new armies. This was enough to show the sinister intentions of the Merchant Council.

From the beginning of the establishment of the Merchants’ Council, Cao Kun decided to isolate the King of Chu and establish a country similar to the Western system.

After paying the money, Li San and Wang Hu left the restaurant. They had already prepared for King Chu on his way to Wangjialin Garden, and now they just needed to rush there.

Looking at the team that stretched for miles, and then at the hundreds of hunting dogs in the team, Li San frowned. It had to be said that the King of Chu was indeed very powerful, even more powerful than the emperor.

No wonder people all over the world say that Chu is the richest country in the world.

Following the hunting team out of Lin’an City, Li San and Wang Hu quickly set off towards the ambush point on horseback. Whether they could kill King Chu in one fell swoop depended on it.

Half an hour later, the two arrived at a hillside, and then they led the horses to a woods and tied them up. They did this to prevent the horses from being discovered.

Then the two of them crossed the hill and ran to another hill three miles away. To be cautious, the location just now was not the ambush location, that was the real ambush location.

When they arrived at the designated location, suddenly a row of secret guard members covered in weeds stood up. They immediately helped Li San and Wang Hu disguise themselves.

The withered yellow weeds quickly made the two of them blend into the surrounding environment. This time, for the sake of safety, Li San also spent a lot of energy and used the camouflage technique taught to him by the emperor.

In addition, they also carried smokeless gunpowder this time in order not to expose themselves as much as possible.

After the disguise was completed, Wang Hu and Li San lay down. At this time, Wang Hu picked up the first breech-loading rifle made by Song Changping.

Taking out the paper-cased bullets and putting them next to him, Wang Hu calibrated the scope, then licked his fingers to test the wind direction and force.

The knowledge of these snipers comes from the information provided by the palace.

In addition to Wang Hu, the other twenty secret guard members in the ambush were holding captive muskets. In order to ensure the success of the assassination, they would conduct a second wave of shooting after Wang Hu failed.

Of course, for Li San, he didn’t want it to happen a second time.

Everything was ready. At this time, Li San saw the King of Chu and his party walking towards the mountain road through the telescope.

Two quarters of an hour later, the hunting team entered their shooting range.

At this moment, Wang Hu’s eyes suddenly became like a falcon, and his muzzle moved slowly, aiming at King Chu who was guarded by everyone in the middle.

For concealment and for their own safety, their location this time was three hundred meters away from King Chu.

At this time, King Chu was completely unaware that the door of death had been opened to him. Li Chuyuan’s return made him a little upset.

For him, any decision made by Xiao Ming makes him emotionally bored. Perhaps only hunting can make him forget the troubles in front of him.

Looking at the scenery on both sides, King Chu let out a breath. Suddenly, he noticed a glint of light flashing in the grass in the distance.

This bright light was similar to the sun shining on glass. For a moment, King Chu’s body stiffened, and his instinct told him to dodge immediately.

But before he could react, he saw a flash of fire in the grass on the hill in the distance, and then he felt a sharp pain in his forehead, and then he lost consciousness.

After all this happened, the sound of gunfire came.

“Assassin, assassin!”

King Chu slowly fell off his horse with blood on his forehead. The entire hunting team was in chaos for a while.

The guards protecting King Chu quickly rushed towards the hill 300 meters away. At this time, they saw a group of people covered in grass getting up and quickly escaping to the other side of the hill.

This assassination plan was rigorous, and Li San naturally left a way out for his retreat. Someone had already prepared horses at the foot of the hill and was waiting for them.

They threw off their disguises along the way, got on their horses and fled towards Jinling City along the established route.

“Wang Hu, you did a good job. This shot hit King Chu in the forehead. There is no way he is still alive.” Li San said excitedly. He had an explanation for the emperor when he returned this time.

He will no longer lose to Wang Xuan in terms of merit.

Wang Hu was silent, his face expressionless, as if the assassination just now had nothing to do with him, but the excitement in his eyes still betrayed him.

The guards of King Chu chased him all the way, but when they arrived at the ambush site, there was no assassin anywhere.

They look at me, I look at you, and then scatter away.

Now that the King of Chu is dead, even fools know that the Chu Kingdom is about to change. Whether to follow the Merchant Council or follow Li Chuyuan, now they must choose.

As for the King of Chu, who would care about a dead man?

PS: I went to the hospital today to complete some procedures, and there will be another update that will be late.

(End of chapter)