Two famous assassins in history under King Wu died tragically after the successful assassination

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Two of the famous Assassins in Chinese history performed assassination missions for the sake of King Wu, one named Zhuan Zhu, who assassinated King Wu, and the other, Called Qiu Li, who killed Wang Qingji, the son of King Wu.

Why did King Wu send a special staff of assassins? It's a long story.

King Shoumeng of Wu had four sons, of whom the elder Si Jizha was known for his virtuous virtue, and Shou Meng wanted Ji Za to inherit the throne before his death, but the fourth elder resolutely refused to accept it, and there was no way to pass it on to the eldest Zhu Fan. Before Zhu Fan died, he left a will: Our brothers must pass this throne to the hands of the fourth elder, and pass it down in the order of brother size. Therefore, after the eldest died, he passed the throne to the second elder, and the second then passed on to the third elder, and before the third elder died, he wanted to pass the throne to the old four seasons, but the fourth elder had no interest in the throne and ran away again. The father and several brothers cried and shouted five times to offer the throne with both hands, begging the fourth elder to accept him, but the fourth elder avoided it like a hot potato. Accustomed to seeing that in China's history, for the sake of glory and wealth, father and son turned against each other and fought each other, and this scene of fatherly love and brotherly love staged was so rare and touching.

The third son was called Wang Zhi, and the Wu people made him the King of Wu, and he believed that he was righteous to inherit his father's throne. Gongzi Guang, the son of the eldest Zhu Fan, was unwilling, and he thought that since the fourth uncle did not want to succeed to the throne, then this throne should also be inherited by the eldest son in order. Therefore, these two people have each used their own strength to fight for the throne.

At that time, because his father and brother were killed by the King of Chu, Wu Zixu had great difficulty not to die, and he fled to the Kingdom of Wu after all kinds of difficulties, he wanted to help Gongzi Guang to gain his trust, so that in the future he could use Gongzi Guang's strength to repay the deep hatred of the King of Chu for killing his father and brother. He knew very well that Gongzi Guang's confidant was the king's staff, and he wanted to get rid of it quickly.

At that time, Wu Zixu befriended an assassin named Zhuan Zhu and recommended it to Gongzi Guang, who valued and treated Zhuan Zhu very much. As the saying goes, a soldier dies for a confidant, and devotes himself to preparing for the success of the assassination, and first runs to Taihu Lake to learn for three months to make grilled fish.

Gongzi Guang saw that the time was ripe for all parties and pretended to invite wang zhi to the banquet. Although Wang Zhi agreed, but just in case, when he went to the banquet, he also put on thick armor, and the soldiers he brought were guarded layer by layer, which can be described as heavily guarded, "Wang Zhi made the soldier Chen Zigong to the House of Light, and the door ranks around, all of which are relatives of Wang Zhi. Clamped waiters, all holding long beryllium. "And here Gongzi Guang also hid weapons and soldiers in the basement." At the banquet, Gongzi Guang pretended to have sore feet and used this as an excuse to return to the basement. The tense moment finally came, and he knelt down with the grilled fish to offer to the king," quickly took out the fish intestine sword hidden in the belly of the fish, stabbed at the king with lightning speed, and tried his best to penetrate the three layers of armor and pierce the back of the king's staff with all his strength. The king died on the spot, and the special staff was also cut into meat sauce by the king's guards. After Wang's death, Gongzi Guang established himself as king, that is, the historical King of Wu, and his son was awarded the title of doctor.

Gongzi Guang became the King of Wu as he wished, but because of a person, he was unable to sleep and eat. Who is this man? He was Prince Qingji, the son of Wang Zhi. Speaking of Prince Qingji, in the State of Wu is a mighty warrior with excellent martial arts, after his father was killed, he fled to the Wei Kingdom, raised an army, and prepared to attack the State of Wu and regain his father's throne.

Wu Wanglu was worried about this. Wu Zixu saw his uneasiness and thought of finding an assassin named Qiu Li, who said that he could kill Prince Qingji. King Wu was very suspicious, because the difference in their abilities was too great. How strong is prince Qingji? King Wu once used six horses to go to the river to hunt down Prince Qingji and did not catch up with him. Later, he used archers to shoot him, and so many arrows did not hit him. Look again at the thin appearance of a short stature, a pair of hands without the strength of a chicken. But to leave is very confident to say: the success of the assassination does not depend only on bravery. As long as I have courage, I will be able to succeed. King Wu was also impressed by him: then you should estimate and try. In order to gain the trust of Prince Qingji, He li persuaded King Wu to carry out the following plan: let King Wu send someone to cut off his own arm, and later kill his wife and children, and ashes. This is a hatred that does not share the heavens, and then when he wants to leave, he pretends to flee the kingdom of Wu for revenge and goes to see the prince Qingji. As the saying goes, a person who has a common enemy is a friend, and it didn't take long to completely gain the trust of the prince. Seeing that the time had come, when he wanted to leave, he began to complain bitterly about how tyrannical And ruthless King Wu was, and he also killed our family, and we united to avenge this deep hatred. This coincided with Prince Qingji's thoughts, so he led his soldiers and prepared to cross the river to attack King Wu. When the mighty military ship marched to the river, he was defenseless from Prince Qingji, and took up a short spear to assassinate Prince Qingji, and his technique was fast and accurate, giving Prince Qingji a fatal blow. Prince Qingji was seriously injured, and suddenly realized that he had won the bitter meat plan to leave. The prince laughed: What an unexpectedly bitter plan! Who would pay such a terrible price to carry it out? Believing that he was one of the few warriors in the world, he ordered his men to spare his life, and in the end Prince Qingjie died of excessive bleeding from his wounds. I have to say that Prince Qingji can spare the assassin who killed himself, and this kind of mind is also rare in the world!

To leave alive and return to his life, King Wu was overjoyed, of course, he wanted to give a heavy reward to the leave, but he refused to leave. He endured the pain of sacrificing his wife and children, which was unkind to himself. It was an unjust act to deceive the prince of Qingji's trust and finally kill him. He must not have become an unkind and unjust person, and he must live only to be a snoop and steal life. However, as an assassin, he had fulfilled the righteousness in his heart, and he had no regrets, and finally drew his sword and committed suicide.

The soldiers of that dynasty could sacrifice their lives for righteousness. They value benevolence and honor more than anything else. For the sake of honor, they can give up glory and wealth, and even give up their lives. Honor cannot be insulted, and if they are humiliated, it will be more painful than the loss of their lives. For example, when Qi Zhuanggong was in power, a scholar dreamed that someone scolded him and finally spit on his face. When he woke up, he felt that he had never been humiliated in his life, and decided to find this person, but he did not see him for three days in the street, and when he returned home, he committed suicide.

Therefore, when he made the decision to assassinate the king, he knew that there was no chance of survival and had to strike a brave blow; to leave the great achievement but give up his glory and wealth and commit suicide, it was emotional.