In ancient history, the Four Great Assassins refer to the famous assassins of the pre-Qin period. The "Chronicle of the Assassins" records the deeds of many assassins and warriors, four of which are particularly prominent, often referred to as the "four great assassins", these four assassins are "Jing Ke, Zhuan zhuan, Nie Zheng, and to leave". Their credo is that "a soldier dies for a confidant." With the courage to see death as a homecoming and the feat of shaking the mountains and rivers, they have left their own chivalrous names in history, so that their heroic names will be passed on forever. Among them, as far as the "Nie Zheng" mentioned in this article is concerned, he successfully assassinated the Korean Xiangguo during the Warring States period. Therefore, judging from the results, Nie Zheng was more successful than Jing Ke. After all, Jing Ke's assassination of Qin Shi Huang's yingzheng ended in failure.
One
First of all, Nie Zheng (?) –397 BC), a warrior of the Warring States period, a native of The Korean Dynasty (present-day southeast of Jiyuan, Henan), was known as Renxia and was one of the "Four Great Assassins" of the Spring and Autumn Warring States.
Although Nie Zheng was Korean, in order to avoid his enemies, Nie Zheng came to the Country of Qi with his mother and sister to engage in the profession of butcher. After a long time, Puyang Yan Zhongzi served the Marquis of Han as a vassal, because there was a grudge with the Korean Xiangguo Xia tired, Yan Zhongzi was afraid that the hero tired to kill him, so he traveled around the world to find someone who could avenge the hatred of the hero tired for him. When he arrived in the State of Qi, someone from the State of Qi told him that Nie Zheng was a brave man.
Yan Zhongzi came to Nie Zheng's house to visit and ask for a meeting, and after several round-trips, he then prepared wine and food and personally delivered it to Nie Zheng's mother, wanting to invite Nie Zheng, the assassin, to help him. In this regard, in the author's opinion, although Yan Zhongzi is sincere, he is comparable to Liu Bei when he was three Gu Maolu. However, Nie Zheng was reluctant to go out of the mountain because of his mother.
After a long time, Nie Zheng's mother died, and after the burial, until the expiration of the mourning period, Nie Zheng was willing to help Yan Zhongzi. Therefore, Nie Zheng went west to Puyang, saw Yan Zhongzi and said, "Before, I did not agree to Zhongzi's invitation only because my mother was still alive; now unfortunately, my mother has enjoyed her full years." Who is the enemy that Yan Zhongzi wants to take revenge? Please let me do this! ”
In this regard, Yan Zhongzi did not hide anything, and directly told him that his enemy was the Korean Xiangguo Xiati. In this regard, in the author's opinion, in the Warring States period, the Xiangguo of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States was undoubtedly a minister under one person and above ten thousand people, and the consequences of assassinating these ministers were naturally very serious. What is more crucial is that there will also be many guards around these xiangguo, and ordinary people will not have the opportunity to approach them at all. From this point of view, Nie Zheng's attempt to assassinate The Korean Xiangguo Hero is not only extremely difficult, but also an act of nine deaths.
Two
Of course, for the brave Nie Zheng, not only did he not have the slightest fear, but he did not let Yan Zhongzi send someone to help him, because this would only attract the attention of the other party.
After saying goodbye to Yan Zhongzi, Nie Zheng came to Korea with a sharp sword. At that time, the Korean Xiangguo Hero was sitting in the palace, and there were many people holding weapons to protect him. In this regard, Nie Zheng rushed forward directly to the mansion of xia tired, and stabbed the other party with a sword, which can be described as a one-shot, so that the tired guards did not react.
After Xia Ti was killed, the people on the left and right were very flustered, but because of the large number of people, they still surrounded Nie Zhengtuan. After knowing that he could not get out, Nie Zheng first destroyed his appearance and then committed suicide.
It is worth noting that it is precisely because Nie Zhengxian destroyed his own appearance that the whole of South Korea put Nie Zheng's corpse in public on the market and paid for inquiries, and they did not know who he was. Therefore, the Korean court issued a notice to reward him, and those who could say that they were tired of killing Xiang guo were rewarded with thousands of gold. But, long after that, no one still knows who he is.
Three
Nie Zheng's sister Nie Ying (聂荣) heard that someone had assassinated the Prime Minister of Korea, but she did not know who the murderer really was, so she probably guessed that this person was her own Nie Zheng. Therefore, Nie Zheng left the country of Qi and came to Korea, and when he saw that the deceased was indeed Nie Zheng, he lay on the corpse and wept bitterly, extremely sad. In this regard, in the author's opinion, the reason why Nie Zheng destroyed his appearance before he died was actually to protect his sister, because as a brother and sister, their appearance is still relatively similar. Once he did not destroy his own face, then his sister would also be implicated. However, after Nie Zheng was killed, his sister Nie Ying (a "Nie Rong") did not want to live alone, but took the initiative to run to Nie Zheng's body to suffer, which naturally met with the anger of the Korean court.
Moreover, Nie Zheng's sister Nie Zheng (a "Nie Rong") said: Now because I am still alive in the world, his younger brother Nie Zheng destroyed his face and body on his own, making it impossible for people to recognize, so as not to implicate others, how can I be afraid of the disaster of killing myself and bury my brother's reputation forever! This surprised the whole market. Nie Ying then shouted "Oh my God" three times, and finally died next to Nie Zheng because of excessive grief.
Four
Finally, according to the records of historical materials such as the "Records of History", after the death of Nie Zheng's sisters and brothers one after another, the people of the princely states of Wei, Zhao, Chu, Qi, and Qin heard the news, and not only praised Nie Zheng's ability, but also sighed for the end of Nie Zheng's sister. In this regard, Tang Ju, the minister of the State of Wei, said: "The thorn of the FuZhuan Emperor Wang Yiye, the comet attacking the moon; Nie Zheng's thorn Han puppet, the white rainbow through the sun; to leave the thorn Qingjieye, the cang eagle struck the temple." These three sons, all of whom were clothed men, were still angry, and Hugh descended into heaven, and he and his subjects were four. ”
Later generations have "Nie Zheng's Song of The Thorn of Han Wang", that is, "Guangling San", which was widely played by pianists, and it is said that the best played was Ji Kang among the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest of Wei and Jin, which was used to express his admiration for Nie Zheng. In general, for the four major assassins of the Spring and Autumn Period such as Nie Zheng, Jing Ke, Zhuan Zhu, and Qiu Li, whether they succeeded in the end, their chivalry and bravery were admired by posterity.