She had just been injured, and when she saw the arrow, she was so frightened that she couldn't get up. She was no longer the excited and scolding person she had just been.
"Your Highness, turn off the lights." Mr. Xiao was stunned for a moment, then reacted and said anxiously.
Prince Qi Lie also reacted at this time, waved his hand, and several guards immediately turned off all the lights in the room.
In the darkness, no one spoke anymore. Only Princess Qia's particularly rough voice could be heard, followed by low sobs.
The pressure is so heavy that it makes people feel heavy...
After a long while, the outside finally quieted down, and a guard came to report outside the door: "Your Highness, the assassin is dead."
"How many people died?" Prince Qilie asked in a deep voice.
"There are four people, all dead." said the guard outside.
"Light the lamps!" ordered Prince Qilie.
The lights were finally turned on, and a guard pushed open the tightly closed door, intending to go out and bring the guards outside in for questioning. But as soon as he got outside, a cold dagger stabbed his throat.
The guard didn't even have time to say a word. His body tilted, and he fell to the ground, holding his throat, with blood gushing out.
The guard behind him paused and shouted, "There's an assassin," and rushed forward with sword in hand.
Prince Qi Lie stopped and ordered, "Send more men to capture the assassin alive!"
Until now, he still didn't understand what happened, but this assassin was the best survivor, and he had to keep him no matter what...
Several more guards rushed out with swords drawn...
Lord Gu, the Jingzhao Yin, was woken up in the middle of the night. He dressed hastily and took his men to the residence of the envoy from the Northern Frontier. He was extremely troubled.
Today was a bad day for him, as the Jingzhao Yin, he felt even more sad.
Looking at the scene in front of him, and then at the gloomy-faced Second Prince of Northern Frontier, and the Northern Frontier officials who were jumping up and down, Lord Gu felt that he was actually not capable of shouldering such a heavy responsibility.
He was just a Jingzhao Yin, who only had to take care of small matters in the capital. Matters of national importance like these were beyond the control of a small Jingzhao Yin like him.
He wiped the sweat off his forehead with his hand and said to the official from Northern Frontier with a smile, "Does the Ministry of Personnel know about this?"
"I have already reported it, but he has not come yet. I wonder if he doesn't care. Is it possible that you, the Great Zhou Kingdom, have no intention of negotiating and deliberately tricked our prince here to secretly kill him?"
"You, the Great Zhou, are not trustworthy. We have to go back. When we go back, we will go to war with the Great Zhou." An envoy from the Northern Frontier jumped up and down and accused, while persuading Prince Qilie: "Second Prince, let's go back. The Great Zhou is not interested in peace talks. Your safety cannot be guaranteed, and you still want to talk about other things. Someone actually came here to assassinate you. This... This is intentional. If there is no one behind the scenes, how dare they do such a thing."
"This... Let's wait a moment." Lord Gu was sweating, "Wait for the Lord from the Ministry of Justice to come over, and then we can discuss this matter."
"Come here? When will you come? If you were going to come, you would have come by now. Why haven't you come yet?" The envoy from the Northern Frontier didn't believe it and continued to scold.
As they were talking, a large group of yamen runners came in. Lord Gu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that someone had finally arrived.
Yue Wenhan walked in and bowed to Prince Qilie in the middle: "Greetings, Second Prince."
"Is this gentleman from the Ministry of Justice?" Qi Lie had never seen Yue Wenhan before. Seeing that he had an extraordinary demeanor, he looked him up and down and asked.
"I am the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple and temporarily working in the Ministry of Justice." Yue Wenhan said neither humbly nor arrogantly.
This matter was originally to be handled by someone from the Ministry of Justice, but Yue Wenhan had done a good job in handling cases before, so the Minister of Justice loaned him to the Ministry of Justice to handle cases, and he has been in the Ministry of Justice all this time.
The Minister of Justice had previously revealed to Yue Wenhan his intention to keep him in the Ministry of Justice, but the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court had no intention of releasing him.
Currently, Yue Wenhan is serving in the Dali Temple, but he is actually working in the Ministry of Justice.
After meeting with Lord Gu, people from both sides began to investigate the matter.
There were many assassins, but in the end only four of them died on the spot, and the last assassin escaped, leaving no one alive.
All the assassins were wearing black clothes. Judging from the initial momentum, there were at least twenty or thirty of them. It was impossible for so many assassins to appear out of nowhere, but now they disappeared without a trace.
People died in the northern border, and several soldiers from the Great Zhou guarding outside also died. Overall, these were insignificant.
The important thing is the last assassin. This assassin actually found the residence of the second prince of Northern Frontier, and knew for sure that the second prince was in the house. He even killed an elite guard in front of the second prince.
If there were more people like this, the Second Prince would be in real danger.
Fortunately, there was only one person like him at that time. I don’t know how he avoided the guards outside and got to the front of the second prince’s house. What he said was very consistent with the situation at that time. If the second prince had been in a hurry to come out, he would have died at that moment.
Not only was the Second Prince in real danger at that moment, Princess Qiya of the Northern Frontier also almost lost her life. If she had not happened to fall at that time, she would have died long ago.
Compared to the Second Prince, she faced danger more directly and is still frightened. A doctor has already gone in to treat her injuries, and I heard that her injuries are serious.
"Who do you think these people are, Lord Yue, and what do they want to do?" Lord Gu, the prefect of Jingzhao, came to Yue Wenhan and asked in a low voice when he saw him squatting in front of a corpse to check.
Yue Wenhan shook his head: "I can't tell yet."
As he said this, he reached out and flipped through the lapels of the men in black, but there was still no evidence. It was as if these men in black had suddenly appeared and then disappeared just as suddenly.
"What is the purpose of these people?" Lord Gu changed the question.
Yue Wenhan still shook his head: "This matter... is very strange."
"Master Yue also finds it strange?" Lord Gu looked around and saw that the people from Northern Frontier didn't notice them, so he lowered his voice and said, "I heard that the first assassin was a princess from Northern Frontier. They went to the inner courtyard specifically to assassinate a princess. This... looks really... strange."
Just now, Princess Qia's maid was shouting in the yard, saying that the assassins wanted to kill the second princess, and that those people attacked the second princess first.
"Master Gu thinks this matter... is related to the Second Princess?" Yue Wenhan understood.
"Master Yue, the assassins were so powerful, but they only rushed to the Second Prince at the end. At this time, the Second Prince was already on guard, and there was no way he could stand in front and take risks. This so-called danger has never been for the Second Prince. But the Second Princess is different. She was really... in danger at that time."
Lord Gu said vaguely.
Everyone was investigating the case, and their guesses were similar. Yue Wenhan actually thought the same thing, and raised his eyebrow: "Master Gu, do you think someone wants to kill the second princess, so they made such a big scene?"
The scene was indeed huge. I heard there were twenty or thirty men in black. Such a large number of people was different from what one would imagine. Lord Gu could not say at this time that this incident was definitely related to the backyard.
Among the women in the backyard, starting from the royal family, the highest one is the Crown Princess, followed by Princess Ying, Princess Jing and the princesses of other idle princes. Although these women have noble status, it is impossible for them to have so many people in secret, right
This... If you think about it carefully, it's not good...
A yamen runner ran over in a hurry, holding something in his hand: "Master Yue, we have a clue."
"What clues?" Yue Wenhan stood up.
The bailiff handed over the clue in his hand, which turned out to be a pair of earrings placed in a very delicate jewelry box, which looked unusual.
"Where did you find it?" Yue Wenhan asked after looking at it carefully.
"It's in the back yard, where the princess lives. The man who tried to assassinate the princess appeared there, but was later found and fled. This jewelry box might have been dropped by him in panic. I just asked the princess' maid, and it doesn't contain the princess's things."
The earrings do look very delicate, and you can tell at first glance that they are not something that ordinary people can own.
"This is... a woman's earring." Lord Gu exclaimed and subconsciously looked at Yue Wenhan. This was consistent with his previous guess.
Yue Wenhan nodded: "Right here, where the princess was assassinated?"
"It was found in the bushes at the place where the princess was assassinated. The assassin touched the princess and attacked her secretly. It seems that he went to assassinate her on purpose, but the princess was lucky enough to fall and escape. The guards were alerted at that time, and the assassin lost this important thing in a panic."
The bailiff thought about it, organized the matter and reported it.
Yue Wenhan smiled and nodded, with a look of approval on his face: "You are quite capable, what's your name?"
"My name is Zhou An." Zhou An replied.
"Not bad!" Yue Wenhan nodded, as a compliment to Zhou An.
As they were talking, a guard from the Northern Frontier came over and walked in front of Yue Wenhan: "Master Yue, our prince wants to see you."
Yue Wenhan nodded, closed the jewelry box, put it into his sleeve, and asked Lord Gu to look after it here. He followed the guards from Northern Frontier into the yard.
Prince Qi Lie had already washed up again, and when he saw Yue Wenhan come in, his expression was no longer as cold as it was at first, and he even smiled at him politely.
"Lord Yue, I heard that a pair of earrings were found. They were dropped by the assassin. I wonder if I can take a look?"
"Second Prince, please look." Yue Wenhan took out the jewelry box from his sleeve and handed it forward.
Prince Qi Lie took it and examined it carefully. After hearing about such a thing, he immediately sent someone to invite Yue Wenhan, fearing that there might be the slightest mistake.
Now that she saw clearly that the earrings had nothing to do with her, she heaved a sigh of relief, closed the jewelry box, and pushed it to Yue Wenhan: "Master Yue, this jewelry box has nothing to do with Qiya, it is definitely not Qiya's."
"Would you like to ask Princess Qia to take a look?" Yue Wenhan asked seriously.
“No need…” The second prince shook his head.
"Second brother, I want to see." Princess Qia's voice suddenly came from behind him. She also heard the news and couldn't help but come over to recognize it.
"What are you doing here now? Rest well. It's not advisable to move too much if you hurt your body." Prince Qi Lie reprimanded gently.
"Brother, if I don't come to see you, I won't be able to sleep. Who knows when someone will try to assassinate me again? This time I followed you to the Great Zhou for the sake of peace between the two countries. If it's because of Qiya that the peace talks between the two countries are turned to ashes, not only will all the previous efforts be wasted, but the people of the two countries will also not have peace. Then Qiya will be guilty of a great sin."
Princess Chia said softly.
These words sounded very nice, completely different from her previous remarks, as if she had become a different person. At this moment, she was still the sensible Princess of Northern Frontier who came for the sake of peace between the two countries and for the people of the two countries.
Yue Wenhan smiled slightly, and seeing that Prince Qilie no longer stopped him, he handed the jewelry box in his hand to Princess Qiya.
Princess Qiya stepped forward eagerly, picked up the jewelry box, placed it in her palm, and examined it carefully. She looked at it more carefully than Prince Qilie, after all, this matter concerned her life and death.
Because she was more careful, she saw the font in the corner that was almost ignored by others. Her originally gentle face immediately became gloomy, and she gritted her teeth. If she knew which bitch had plotted against her, she would take that bitch's life even if she risked everything.
"Lord Yue, there are words on this, right?" After calming down and taking a deep breath, Princess Qia gritted her teeth and asked slowly, handing over the earrings in her hand.