"His Royal Highness is coming, and the old minister has missed a long way to welcome him. Please forgive me! I don't know what the Royal Highness came to the house at night?"
When Liu Qitian came to the outside of the mansion, he saw the prince blocking the door with a dark army, and suddenly bowed his hands in salute.
"General, don’t be unharmed! I don’t want to go around with the general, just tell me, I was ordered by the king to investigate Liu Qi’s assassination of the second prince. According to the spy’s report, Liu Qi has returned to the general tonight. The mansion, the palace came here to ask Young Master Liu to ask questions, so as to understand the truth of the assassination!" The prince smiled at Liu Qitian and said.
Liu Qitian's heart jumped fiercely, what a powerful intelligence network, his grandson received the news as soon as he returned to the general's mansion.
Then of course Liu Qitian would not admit it on the surface. He looked at the prince in confusion and said: "His Royal Highness, the old man and grandson have returned? Why doesn't the old man know?"
"Maybe the general’s grandson has not had time to see the general. According to the intelligence of this palace, Liu Gongzi is in the general’s mansion at this time! The general, it’s not good for the general to bother the general too much. Please come out, Master Liu!" The prince said with great interest.
"His Royal Highness, the old man doesn't know where his grandson is, how can I invite it out? But please don't worry, your highness, once the old man has news about his grandson, he will definitely cooperate with the prince as soon as possible!" Liu Qitian said righteously.
The grandfather Nie Zhongqiang next to the prince said with a sullen face to Liu Qitian: "General, although you are a general of a country, but the prince was ordered by the king to investigate this matter, I think you should cooperate, otherwise you are disobeying the king's order!"
"Huh! Master Tai Fu, the old man is discussing matters with His Royal Highness, where will it be your turn to interrupt!" Liu Qitian suddenly roared, and Nie Zhongqiang did not dare to show his unhappiness.
"The general is safe and not restless. Master Taifu said it is true. The palace did come by the order of the king, but out of respect for the general, the palace did not want to search the general's mansion on a large scale, so as not to cause trouble to the general." Raised his hand and said with a smile.
Liu Qitian was silent for a moment, and looked at the prince at each other. After a while, he said plausibly: "His Royal Highness, the old man has already said that, the old man doesn't know where the grandson is, the prince should please come back!"
The prince suddenly narrowed his eyes, and then winked at an inmate next to him. The inmate took a step forward and unfolded a delicate parchment scroll and chanted loudly: "The general takes the order!"
Seeing the inner supervisor read the will, Liu Qitian suddenly leaned back and arched his hands. All the other people around knelt down. This is the general's privilege. When he sees the king, he doesn't need to kneel, just salute.
"According to the heaven, the king said that the assassination of the second prince was against the sky. The prince is now ordered to investigate this matter thoroughly. All ministers should cooperate with the prince and must not disobey! This is my honor!"
After finishing speaking, the inner supervisor handed the imperial decree to Liu Qitian; "General, this is the will of the king, please accept the decree!"
"Old minister accepts the decree!" Liu Qitian took the imperial decree with both hands.
The prince smiled slightly and looked at Liu Qitian and said: "General Liu, Hon Miyamoto does not want to use the king to suppress the general, but now is an extraordinary period. This matter must be supported by the general. The general hopes that the army will enter the general’s mansion to search. Or let your grandson come out by himself?"
"No need, my son walked out by himself!" Suddenly, Liu Qi walked out of the general's house.
Liu Qitian suddenly glanced at Liu Qi with a wry smile. You said, what are you doing out there, there are so many places in the General's Mansion, so as long as you hide, you are afraid of being searched out
"Well, Liu Gongzi is bold enough to face the difficulties! It seems that the general general did not know the news that Liu Gongzi came back. Liu Gongzi, the second prince was assassinated, please take a trip to this palace!"
Regarding the Prince's words, Liu Qi curled his lips and looked disdainful. This guy typically couldn't spit out ivory.
"This son didn't assassinate the second prince at all, but since the prince personally dispatched, the son will accompany you on a walk!" Liu Qi said to the prince, raising his head.
"Very well, if Liu Gongzi is not the murderer behind the assassination of the second prince, then the palace will definitely return Liu Gongzi to his innocence! Then, Liu Gongzi, please!"
"Boy, do you really want to go there?" Liu Qitian asked, frowning, with worry in his eyes.
"Father, don't worry, they dare not do anything to me with you!" Liu Qi said with a smile.
Liu Qitian sighed, then looked at the prince with a serious face, and said: "His Royal Highness, the old man's grandson was taken away by you. The old man will be watching this all the time, and I hope that the prince can enforce the law impartially!"
"That's natural, this palace will never frame any good person, nor will it kill a bad person by mistake!"
After speaking, the prince looked at Liu Qi and said, "Prince Liu, please!"
Liu Qi shook his head, and then followed the prince's team and left the general's mansion with a swagger.
Looking at the figure of Liu Qi going away, Liu Qitian frowned, and then said to the lieutenant next to him: "Let the people in the court stare at Liu Qi the whole time, don't let Liu Qi make any difference!"
"Yes, General!"
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"His Royal Highness, don't come here unharmed, this time you finally succeeded, are you really proud of it?" Liu Qi asked with interest on the way to leave with the Prince.
"Why is my palace proud? It is worthy to be proud if it can take the charge of Liu Gongzi. Now, it is far from it." The prince shrugged and smiled.
"Then what is your Royal Highness going to do?"
"This is our own plan, and now it's up to Young Master Liu to do it!"
"So that's the case, it seems that His Royal Highness has arranged everything, is it to let this son die?"
The prince smiled mysteriously, and did not answer Liu Qi's question.
"Where will this son be taken next?" Seeing that the prince did not answer, Liu Qi continued to ask.
"Liu Gongzi, please rest assured, this boy is only taking Liu Gongzi for questioning, and will not treat him wrongly!" The Prince said playfully.
The prince did not treat Liu Qi wrongly and took Liu Qi to live in a comfortable and spacious palace, but there were countless masters guarding the palace, among which there were close to ten masters of the congenital realm, not to mention the masters of the acquired realm. The current Liu Qi can't break through this kind of encirclement no matter how powerful it is. Obviously, the prince has lost his blood, and the strength of his subordinates is also extraordinary.
Therefore, Liu Qi can only stay in this palace obediently, waiting for the opportunity.
…
At this time, the second prince of Whirlwind City also received the news that Liu Qi was taken away by the prince. He knew that Liu Qi's plan had already started.
"His Royal Highness, the murderer Liu Qi who assassinated the Second Prince has been taken by His Royal Highness for questioning, what should we do now?"
"Since the assassin is caught, of course go to the imperial city to confront the murderer! This king must bring the real murderer behind the scenes to justice, otherwise, how can he be worthy of his identity!" The second prince said with cold light in his eyes.
"In that case, the subordinates will make arrangements!"
"No, organize the army. The assassin who assassinated the king is the grand general's grandson. The general will definitely take action in this matter. Maybe he will use the army to stop the king from going to the imperial city halfway! Escort this king to the imperial city, so that the general can't stop this king even if he sends an army!"
"Yes, the second prince!"
So, in the middle of the night, the troops from all parts of Whirlwind City hurriedly assembled, and the army of 100,000 people was assembled overnight, and the two princes drove to the imperial city early the next morning.
Almost the entire Kuangwu Empire has learned of this news. Although the 100,000 army is only a very small number of troops in the Kuangwu Empire, so many troops are used only when fighting.
In the court hall, various ministers were arguing about the matter one after another. Obviously the second prince's movement was too great.
"Report to the great king that the second prince is bringing a hundred thousand army to the imperial city at this moment. It is obviously inappropriate to dispatch such a large team. Please also ask the king to make an order for the second prince to return the army to Whirlwind City!"
Liu Qitian said to the king with a serious face. In fact, he already knew that Liu Qi and the second prince had discussed it a long time ago. At this moment, he deliberately said in front of the king that letting the second prince retreat was a move to advance.
Of course, Liu Qitian's proposal was opposed, and the first one was Cai Ren.
"Great King, the reason why the second prince came to the imperial city was to confront Liu Qi, the murderer who assassinated him. Liu Qi is the grandson of General Liu. The reason he carries so many soldiers is because he is worried that the general will send troops to stop him privately for his grandson. You must know that the general has a talisman in his hand, and he has the opportunity to dispatch troops at any time! So it is normal for the second prince to act like this!" Cai Renyi said righteously.
"Master Cai said that the assassination of the royal family is a serious crime for the nine families. If this matter is really done by Liu Qi, I am afraid that the general will also be implicated. If the general intentionally does it, he will definitely be sent out The army prevented the second prince from entering the imperial city! What's more, the second prince's one hundred thousand army was insignificant to the imperial city. Only the imperial city guards had hundreds of thousands, and the one hundred thousand army simply couldn't get over the waves!" said another minister.
"Great King! Don't be afraid of ten thousand in case, the second prince carrying a hundred thousand army may have hidden secrets. Please also ask the big king to order the second prince to retreat the army back to Whirlwind City in case of accidents!" Liu Qitian arched his hand at the king. Said with a serious face.
"The general is worrying too much. The second brother has always been the most well-behaved of the princes, and he won't make any moths!" The prince waved his hand and smiled.
"The King..."
"Okay! Stop arguing, what's the point of fighting every day? The second prince carrying a hundred thousand army is purely normal. Needless to say, the lone king is a bit tired. I will come here early today and retreat. Come on! Cough cough..." The king on the dragon chair waved his hand with a irritable expression, coughing ceaselessly after speaking.
Looking at the tired and old look on the king's face, it was obvious that he was already old, and his sick body was likely to leave at any time.
"Follow the king's will..."
Liu Qitian arched his hands'unwillingly', and then stepped back. When he left, a meaningful smile flashed across his mouth.