Phi-Fic Chapter 584 The Persian state religion, the real murderer behind the scenes
Chapter 584 The Persian state religion, the real murderer behind the scenes
Cao Mao's room was brightly lit.
Hearing that the emperor had been assassinated, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Xu Shu, Wei Yan and others all hurried over.
"Can Your Majesty be injured?"
Xu Shu asked nervously.
The rest of the people also looked concerned, and even called the imperial physician who came to the Western Regions with the army.
After all, Cao Mao is the emperor, controlling the huge Dragon Empire!
If something happens to him, I'm afraid there will be bloody storms all over the empire!
"How can a mere assassin hurt me?"
Cao Mao smiled indifferently.
At this moment, Dian Wei and Xu Zhu rushed in after hearing the news.
Seeing that Cao Mao was safe and sound, the two breathed a sigh of relief, then knelt down with remorse on their faces,
"The last general is incompetent and caused His Majesty to be assassinated. Please punish us!"
Xu Shu looked at the two of them coldly, dissatisfied and said,
"General Dian, General Xu, as His Majesty's personal guards, you two didn't arrive at the first time, it's simply dereliction of duty!"
The two just lowered their heads and did not refute.
"Okay, okay, I can't blame the two of them for this matter."
Cao Mao smiled faintly and waved his hand,
"I ordered them both to go back and rest."
He had already said that, so it was inconvenient for Xu Shu to say anything more.
He frowned slightly, and said with some doubts,
"How did Your Majesty know that this woman named Annasha is a so-called Zoroastrian?"
"It's a coincidence that this happened. I have read the information on this before, so I know."
Cao Mao explained.
Zoroastrianism, also known as Zoroastrianism.
It was the most influential religion in the Middle East before the birth of Christianity, the state religion of the ancient Persian Empire, and the religion of Central Asia and other places.
It is the source of Manichaeism, and after it spread to China, it was also called Zoroastrianism.
The Ming Cult in "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji" actually evolved from the Zoroastrian Cult.
When Anasha was dancing at the banquet tonight, she inadvertently revealed the tattoo on her jade arm, which happened to be captured by Cao Mao.
In his previous life, he had seen records about Zoroastrianism when he was browsing the information on the Internet.
So Cao Mao recognized at a glance that the tattoo was a Zoroastrian pattern.
When he was alone with Annasha tonight, he just asked a casual question, but he didn't expect that Annasha would categorically reject it.
This made Cao Mao take precautions.
It's just that he didn't expect that Annasha, who is a Zoroastrian, would come to assassinate him!
Thinking of this, Cao Mao felt a fierce fire burning in his heart!
"Where's the female assassin?"
Cao Mao asked.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, she has been imprisoned in a dungeon. I have sent several healthy women to torture her."
At this time, there was a sudden noise from outside the room,
"Let me go, let me in, I want to see His Majesty!"
Cao Mao frowned, and asked in a cold voice,
"What happened?"
A guard rushed in quickly, saluted Cao Mao,
"Your Majesty, it is Wusun Kunmi Ni Xianzhi who is outside, arguing to see His Majesty!"
"This fellow still has face, come and see His Majesty!"
Wei Yan's face was gloomy and cold, with a bloodthirsty gleam in his eyes,
"Your Majesty, the final general wishes to kill these Wusun people first, and then go to take Wusun Kingdom!"
Cao Mao pondered for a moment, then said softly,
"No need for the time being, let Ni Xianzhi come in first, I would like to hear what he has to say."
"Here!"
The guards lead the way.
After a while, Ni Xianzhi scrambled into the room.
As soon as he saw Cao Mao, he knelt down and kowtowed to Cao Mao.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I really don't know about Anna Sha daring to assassinate His Majesty! I hope Your Majesty can learn from her."
His forehead fell heavily to the ground, making a muffled "dong dong dong" sound, and after a while it was bloody.
Ni Xianzhi came to Yongsheng City this time to express his surrender to Cao Mao, lest the Dragon Empire send troops to attack Wusun.
It was hard to convince Cao Mao that he would not be held accountable anymore.
As a result, before Ni Xianzhi had time to breathe a sigh of relief, there came the news that Annasha had assassinated Cao Mao!
As soon as he heard this, Ni Xianzhi heard a "buzz" in his head, and almost passed out from fright!
After calming down, he didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately came to see Cao Mao, wanting to prove his innocence!
Cao Mao originally wanted to scold Ni Xianzhi, but seeing his posture, he gave up the idea.
"Okay, get up."
Cao Mao ordered.
Ni Xianzhi then stood up and said in fear,
"Your Majesty, please believe that this matter was definitely not instigated by the minister..."
"Of course I believe you!"
Cao Mao interrupted him, a little impatiently,
"If I didn't believe you, your head would have fallen to the ground by now!"
Ni Xianzhi's heart trembled, he lowered his head and said nothing more.
"Ni Xianzhi, do you know anything about Zoroastrianism?"
Cao Mao asked softly.
"Zoroastrianism?"
Ni Xianzhi was startled, his eyes were full of confusion and he said,
"This religion came from the West and is said to be the state religion of the Persian Empire."
"But we Wusun people don't believe in Zoroastrianism. Only the kingdom of Khwarazm in the west and the Guishuang Empire believe in this religion."
Cao Mao rubbed his chin, thought for a long time, and then said,
"I see, you go back and rest."
Although Ni Xianzhi was uneasy, he did not dare to disobey Cao Mao's order, so he saluted and prepared to leave.
After he cupped his hands and left, Xu Shu said slowly,
"It seems that Anasha's assassination of His Majesty was not ordered by Ni Xianzhi."
"But those beauties were brought by him and presented to His Majesty. If he didn't order them, who would they be?"
Wei Yan said doubtfully.
"Now it seems that I only learned about it from the female assassin."
Zhao Yun sighed slightly.
"However, this woman's will is extremely tenacious, and it is not easy to learn from her!"
Deng Ai frowned.
When everyone was thinking about how to find out the real culprit behind the scenes, Xu Shu chuckled and said,
"Your Majesty, I have a plan to make the real murderer obediently surface!"
"Oh? Yuan Zhi, tell me quickly."
Cao Mao smiled.
Xu Shu leaned forward and whispered a few words.
The two immediately looked at each other and smiled.
"Yuanzhi's plan is very clever, so I will do as you said."
……
Let's say that after Ni Xianzhi left the emperor's residence, he returned to the post house.
As soon as he entered the room, Ye Situ came forward to greet him, expressing his concern,
"Master Kunmi, what is the situation?"
Ni Xianzhi glanced at him, sat down in despair, smiled wryly,
"Annasha failed to assassinate His Majesty, and has been imprisoned in the dungeon."
"Fortunately, His Majesty did not embarrass me, but just let me wait for the news."
Hearing this, Ye Situ couldn't help but feel anxious!
He doesn't care whether Ni Xianzhi will be punished by Cao Mao.
He cared more about Annasha's safety!