When the prince returned to his house from the palace, the sky was already bright. However, his house now looks much deserted than usual. Not only has the guard in the front yard not returned due to fighting the fire and catching thieves, but even some slaves have been sent out to help everywhere, so that not even one of the lanterns hanging in front of the gate has been extinguished. Someone rekindled it in time.
Normally, the prince would have been angry and angry with some people when he saw this, but today he was so sleepy and exhausted that he had no intention of doing so. He just waved his hand and asked his followers to disperse, and then he met two personal servants. Accompanied by his wife, he went straight to the inner bedroom and planned to sleep there.
When the two slaves lit soothing incense for him, took off his outer fur robes, and bowed and left silently, the prince yawned loudly and walked with some heavy steps to the place where the brocade quilt was spread. He wanted to fall asleep in front of the bed.
Although he was extremely sleepy at this time, his mind was still thinking about the next countermeasures. Judging from today's situation, Li Kan is completely finished, and what he has to do is to try to distance himself from him, but he still has to think about how to do this.
And just when he was thinking about opening the curtain in front of the bed, his originally groggy mind was suddenly aroused, and a cold air suddenly fell straight down from his forehead, and instantly passed to the soles of his feet, making him feel cold. The whole person stood there blankly, staring directly at the locked brocade box on the bed.
Naturally, it is impossible for such things to be randomly placed on the prince's bed. The presence of such a box here is shocking enough. What made him even more panicked was that the box was extremely familiar to him. It was the box he used to store some confidential items and hid them in a secret room in the study. Why did it suddenly appear here!
After a while, the prince suddenly woke up and turned around to shout out who was coming. But at this moment, a hand preceded him and covered his newly opened mouth—sometimes there was an extra person behind him, holding a sharp steel knife in his hand. At this time, this man was looking at him with cold eyes: "Prince, I didn't expect you and I to meet so soon, right?"
Although the visitor covered his face with a black cloth, with only a pair of bright eyes exposed, the prince immediately recognized his identity when he opened his mouth. His face immediately changed drastically, and he made a whining sound in his mouth. Because his mouth was tightly covered, he couldn't clearly say those three words - Sun Qianli!
The prince really didn't expect that this guy would be so bold as to sneak into his house late at night and appear in his bedroom... What is he going to do? Who asked him to do all this
He was confident that no matter how courageous Sun Qianli was, he would not dare to do such a fatal thing on his own initiative. The only explanation was that someone asked him to do it! But who is he, he actually knows what is hidden in the secret room of his study! Also, what will he do to himself? Should he kill himself, or just scare him
Sun Tu smiled after looking at the frightened and confused look in the prince's eyes. He didn't expect that everything would go so smoothly today. When something unexpected happened outside the palace, he didn't delay much. He quietly left the chaotic place by relying on the convenience of retreating to the edge of the crowd before, and then went straight to Near the prince's residence.
Then there were fires in several nearby neighborhoods.
Attracted many guards from the Prince's Mansion. After seeing this, Sun Tu didn't hesitate anymore, and quickly climbed over the nearly four-foot-high wall with the hook he had prepared, and easily entered the mansion, which was a forbidden area for others.
Because there was a layout map of the Prince's Mansion that the King of Yue had secretly given to him before, Sun Tu easily found the back house, and successfully found out what the King of Yue wanted to do in the secret room that looked flawless to others but was clear to him. Get the brocade box. But after getting this thing, he did not take advantage of the lack of guards in the Prince's Mansion to leave as the King of Yue had arranged. Instead, he continued forward and lurked into the Prince's bedroom.
Although Prince Xia's bedroom is not as large as a palace, it is quite spacious, especially the beams above are very thick, which allows Sun Tu to easily hide there without worrying about being discovered. Sure enough, even if the prince came back later, there were many candles lit in the room, and the slaves did not notice that there was an extra person in the room.
It wasn't until the prince was the only one left in the room that Sun Tufang landed lightly on the ground, quietly hiding behind him, and controlled it in his hands before the other party was shocked to notice something had changed and wanted to shout loudly!
After seeing the fear and doubt in the other person's eyes, Sun Tu laughed, moved to his ear very considerately, and whispered: "The King of Yue asked me to greet the prince. He already knows everything you have done before. Today is the time for you to repay everything!" After saying this, he stabbed the knife in his hand into the prince's chest without hesitation, then pushed him onto the bed and reached out to take the knife. The box turned around and came to the door without stopping. After opening the door a crack, he stepped out.
At this time, there was some light outside, but Sun Tu's movements did not slow down. With both feet, he jumped towards a big tree that he had spotted before. After landing on it, he only used his strength to , then moved forward again. After a few ups and downs, he had arrived in front of a high wall.
It was only then that his figure was seen by a servant who was about to come here to clean up. Then a cry of surprise rang out, completely breaking the tranquility of the Prince's Mansion: "Come quickly, there is an assassin!"
Sun Tu was not affected by this at all. As soon as he stretched out his figure, he jumped up high. He climbed up with his hands and pressed on a protruding wall. After using his strength again, he It rose a lot further, then climbed over the courtyard wall neatly, and then ran forward with all its strength. In fact, this high wall is not the street outside, it is still in the Prince's Mansion, but this does not affect his plan to evacuate, because all the roads and geography here are all in his mind, and he knows that as long as he goes forward, Go up a section, turn right, and there will be a small door that can easily leave here.
At this time, the entire Prince's Mansion was completely in chaos because of that scream. Countless people ran out of the house disheveled, and many people even ran straight to the prince's bedroom in a panic. After a while, the screams started one after another: "It's not good, the prince... the prince has been assassinated by an assassin!"
If Helian Jinshi was still in charge of the house at this time, even if it was chaotic at first, it would soon become orderly and well-defended again, and he would also think of how to set up defenses to capture this bold assassin.
However, Helian Jinshi was seriously injured and broke his arm due to the battle with Sun Tu two days ago. He was still recovering at home. Naturally, it was impossible for him to step in and take charge of the overall situation at this time. In addition, there were too few people available in the house today, and they were stretched thin. They could only run around in vain, but they were unable to find and keep Sun Tu, which allowed him to climb over another high wall with great ease. Escape quickly.
"Get the imperial doctor quickly..." Someone who was concerned about the prince's condition yelled crazily.
"Quickly enter the palace to report that the emperor and the prince have been assassinated!" Some sober-minded people immediately thought of the seriousness of the matter, and then hurried out and sent someone to the palace immediately to report the bad news to Li Qianshun.
Xingzhou City, which had just calmed down a moment ago, was once again in chaos. Several fast horses rushed onto the streets, heading straight to the nearby Taiyuan Hospital and the Imperial Palace, spreading the terrible news and causing panic in the city. The people are becoming more and more panicked...
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At this time, Li Qianshun in the palace did not go to bed. Instead, he sat in his palace with a gloomy face. The eunuch serving in front of him had knelt on the ground. He didn't dare to take a breath, and he was panicking in his heart. To the extreme.
Of course, this was not due to the previous incident. The root of everything was only the memorial table that he had smashed to the ground. In fact, the emperor did not think about reading any memorial table after he came back. He just planned to read it. He sent several congratulatory forms to celebrate his birthday to calm down his emotions, but one of them turned into a memorandum, and it hit his biggest taboo - his views on the Song-Liao War. , this memorial bluntly stated that he should choose neutrality rather than unite with a certain party.
If Li Qianshun had seen such a memorandum at other times, he wouldn't be so angry, but something like this happened today. He planned to read some congratulatory memos to be happy, but instead something like this came out, and it was still mixed in. Congratulations on the table, which made it unbearable for him.
"Xifeng clan, you are so brave. You actually colluded with the King of Yue and Uguru Ya. Do you really think that I won't dare to punish you?" Cold words spat out from his mouth, and all those present were shocked. The chamberlains were even more frightened to the extreme. They clung to the ground one by one, wishing that there would be a gap in the ground for them to slip into.
Yes, this memorial that made the emperor furious came from the Xifeng clan. Originally, he picked out the congratulatory form because the birthday gift from Mr. Xi Feng was the most suitable for him. However, at first glance, it felt like someone had poured a basin of cold water on his head and slapped him on the face. It felt really real. It's too bad.
Li Qianshun, who was in a rage, would certainly not think about why Xi Feng was so bold, or whether someone was secretly changing the situation. At this time, he just wanted to immediately arrest and prosecute all the descendants of the Xi Feng family in Beijing.
And just when he was about to give the order to arrest someone, a chamberlain ran to the door of the palace in a state of pee and cried loudly in a mournful voice: "Emperor, something bad has happened... The prince... The prince has been assassinated, and we don't know whether he is alive or dead. …”
"What did you say?" After hearing the bad news, Li Qianshun felt his head buzzing and exploded. There seemed to be rumbling thunder in his ears. He stood up in excitement and asked this question. At the same time, his body staggered and fell backwards...