Liu Qiaoer nodded: "Don't worry, wait for our signal, then light the torch and throw it into the mansion. No one is allowed to run out."
Tian Yong clasped his hands together and said, "Yes, sir."
Liu Qiaoer and Cui Boxiao looked at each other, and Cui Boxiao stretched out his hand, stepped against the wall, and said, "Come up."
The wall of Prince Xiang's mansion was higher than that of the imperial palace. After Liu Qiaoer took a few steps back, she rushed forward and stepped on Cui Boxiao's hand. Cui Boxiao moved forward and Liu Qiaoer easily climbed onto the top of the wall.
Then he leaned forward and stretched out his arms: "Come up."
Cui Boxiao also took a few steps back, rushed a few steps and climbed onto the wall, then grabbed Liu Qiaoer's hand. Both of them used their cleverness and instantly flipped over the wall.
This level of cooperation was very tacit. Tian Yong and others were stunned. They were as light as a swallow and silent, which was really suitable for assassination.
Tian Yong and his men waited outside Prince Xiang's mansion, waiting for Cui Boxiao's signal.
In the mansion, Cui Boxiao and Liu Qiaoer entered and quietly found a side courtyard. They both changed into black clothes suitable for activities, put on black masks, and went straight to King Xiang's room according to King Xiang's map.
Although the Xiangwang Mansion was heavily guarded, for Cui Boxiao and Liu Qiaoer, it was as easy as taking something from a bag.
Arriving at Prince Xiang's room, Cui Boxiao killed several guards, and he and Liu Qiaoer slipped into the room silently.
King Xiang was indeed seriously injured, but he was not unconscious and was still reading official documents. The room was warm and there were two maids serving him.
"Who?" Hearing the noise, King Xiang became alert.
Liu Qiaoer and Cui Boxiao each killed a maid and broke in.
"Prince Xiang, how are you?"
Once in the capital, Liu Qiaoer met Prince Xiang once. At that time, she was a maid beside the prince and watched Prince Xiang leave the capital in a teahouse.
Cui Boxiao also met King Xiang at the same time.
However, King Xiang did not recognize the two people and had a bad feeling.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?"
Liu Qiaoer smiled coldly: "In compliance with the Emperor's wisdom, there will be no mercy for killing anyone."
As soon as he finished speaking, Cui Boxiao had already made his move. He swung a dagger and cut the artery in King Xiang's neck. Immediately, blood gushed out like a fountain.
Cui Boxiao packed up King Xiang's body and hid it in a cupboard. He then dressed himself up as King Xiang and slowly walked out of the room.
"Come here, call all my generals here. I want to attack the capital."
The guards didn't even look closely and actually went to summon the generals.
Cui Boxiao and Liu Qiaoer returned to the room, and Cui Boxiao lit a stick of incense.
"They will be here in an hour."
Yes, whenever the army calls a meeting of generals, one hour is the maximum deadline.
Liu Qiao'er's eyes lit up: "You stay here and I'll go see how many treasures the King of Xiang has."
King Xiang had warehouses and granaries. Liu Qiaoer had already inquired about them. This time, she came back, took the drawings and went straight to the warehouse.
He is worthy of being a prince with a fiefdom. With so much gold and silver treasures, he could not spend them all even if he lived a life of extravagance and decadence. If he did not have to become an emperor, wouldn't it be better for him to live a good life
Liu Qiaoer moved all the gold, silver and jewelry into the space, and the space was upgraded again.
This upgrade was more than the last one, with three levels upgraded at once, but it only expanded the space and upgraded Liu Qiaoer's strength and wealth.
Liu Qiaoer quickly walked around the entire mansion, and almost an hour had passed. It was obvious that this courtyard was really big. King Xiang's property was looted by her. She walked all the way to the gate of the mansion and waited for King Xiang's generals.
Sure enough, the generals nearby came one after another, but the place where they gathered was not the general's room, but the meeting hall.
This would make it easier for Cui Boxiao and his team to catch them all in one fell swoop.
An hour passed and the last general arrived. Liu Qiaoer had been guarding the gate. When the gate was closed, she blew a loud whistle.
All the Zhenbei soldiers who were ambushed in the mansion ran out, holding sharp arrows and aiming at the meeting hall.
"Prince Xiang is plotting a rebellion. I am here on the orders of the Emperor to strangle him. You all should surrender quickly and follow me back to the capital to be punished. Otherwise, you will be killed without mercy."
Cui Boxiao picked up King Xiang's head, stood in the yard, and shouted towards the meeting hall.
The generals in the meeting hall also rushed out, watching everything in shock, and realized that they had been surrounded.
"The emperor is so tyrannical, we want to avenge King Xiang."
These generals are all good generals, but they followed the wrong masters.
At Cui Boxiao's command, arrows rained down and many generals were caught off guard and were shot like hedgehogs.
But there were also generals with great martial arts skills who hid in the room.
Cui Boyao made another gesture and threw torches into the room. Ancient houses were all made of wood and contained a lot of silks and satins. The fire burned quickly and forced the generals hiding inside out in no time.
There was another rain of arrows. Cui Boxiao saw that most of these people were dead. He waved his hand and Tian Yong jumped down from the wall with several soldiers.
"Pack up and bury these generals with honor. Release the other servants. King Xiang is dead. The food in his warehouse will be used as consignment to the army. Miss Liu also left some gold, silver and jewelry for everyone. Divide them before you go back."
There was a fire in Prince Xiang's mansion. Word came out that the Zhenbei Army was under the secret order of the Emperor to capture Prince Xiang, and Prince Xiang committed suicide.
Most of Prince Xiang's troops were taken over by Cui Boxiao, Tian Yong and others, and only some personal guards escaped. As Cui Boxiao had expected, these people wanted to go to Zhenbei Army to avenge Prince Xiang.
Cui Boxiao asked Tian Yong to stay in Liangzhou to take over from the Zhennan Army coming from the capital, while he took his soldiers back to Lancheng.
As Cui Boxiao had expected, the personal guards of King Xiang were ambushed as soon as they left King Xiang's fiefdom. Pei Gang led the soldiers and bandits to kill all the personal guards of King Xiang, some were killed and some were captured.
After Cui Boxiao, Liu Qiaoer and others returned to the Zhenbei Army, Tian Yong had already connected with the Zhennan Army from the capital. The Zhennan Army incorporated Prince Xiang's army. So far, the civil strife in Beiyuan was completely over.
Liu Qiaoer received a letter from Zhang Lingzhi. Although the emperor did not die, he was seriously injured. It was unknown how long he could hold on, so he asked Liu Qiaoer to go back and help take care of the emperor's body.
Before Liu Qiaoer could discuss it with Cui Boxiao, something happened in Lancheng.
The border city west of Lancheng was actually instigated by the Huns to declare themselves king. The Marquis of Zhenbei passed the news to the capital, and the capital ordered the recapture of the border city.
The people of Border City may not be from Beiyuan, but the land must belong to Beiyuan.
What this meant was to let the Marquis of Zhenbei go on a killing spree, killing anyone who wanted to establish himself as king, recapture the border cities, and drive the Huns out of Beiyuan.
The Marquis of Zhenbei actually wanted to entrust this important task to Cui Boyiao.
Cui Boxiao was planning to return to the capital with Liu Qiaoer.