The cold night of the spring day was oppressive, and not long after the hour of Hai, the deputy commander of the forbidden army, Zhao Yu, suddenly rushed into the meeting room with big strides, "Your Highness, the two tall and thin men from the Northern Wei Dynasty are gone—"
Yan Chi, who was sitting in the main seat listening to Bai Feng's report, frowned, "What did you say?"
Yan Chi's expression was stern, and a pair of phoenix eyes shot out a sharp light like a cold arrow. The young and promising Zhao Yu couldn't bear it all of a sudden, a thin layer of sweat dripped from his forehead, "Those two people are gone. The two of them got out of the big tent together, and headed towards the latrine in the north. Our people saw them enter the latrine, and waited for a long time before they came out. See our suspicion and run away!"
The first group of guards was Yan Chi's men, but the second group was Zhao Yu's men. The latrine was next to the camp, and they happened to go to the side of the people arranged by Zhao Yu. Zhao Yu's guilt fell on Zhao Yu!
Regardless of the importance of this matter, Yan Chi is the presiding judge of this matter, not to mention the emperor, I am afraid that His Royal Highness will not be able to bear it!
Yan Chi looked at Zhao Yu deeply for a moment, then stood up abruptly, "Call the men and horses immediately. The two of them are out of the camp. They don't have horses, and they are not familiar with the terrain. They must not be far away. They must be chased back!"
Yan Chi gave an order, his voice seemed to be overwhelmed by the fury of thunder, Zhao Yu didn't dare to be sloppy, he hurriedly responded and went out to gather his men. It was already late at night, and the entire camp was quiet, and most of the tents were extinguished After the lights were turned on, most of the accompanying masters and officials stopped. Zhao Ying was afraid that the two would escape, so he walked to the army drum and gave a heavy blow. Soon, nearly a hundred soldiers and horses in the nearest army tent approached. All gathered in the square.
Zhao Yu quickly recruited 300 people and divided them into three directions. One went upstream, the other went downstream, and the other went to Weishan. There was only Weishui River. Zhao Yu didn't realize that those two people could go this far The direction is not arranged.
The people and horses in the camp moved quickly, and soon all the tents were startled. The lights were on, and everyone didn't know what happened, so they came out of the tents to have a look. His family members made chaos in the camp trail outside the main tent—
Many people went in without knowing, even the guards in front of Tuoba Hong's big tent didn't know what happened. Qin Wan and Tuoba Wu came out of the tent to take a look, and saw groups of patrolling soldiers all heading towards Go to the big camp where the warriors of the Northern Wei Dynasty lived!
Qin Wan frowned, "Xu Chang, go and see what happened!"
When Xu Chang heard this order, he suddenly felt relieved. He agreed, and hurriedly chased after the patrolling guard. When he arrived in front of the camp, he found that the warriors of the Northern Wei Dynasty were being held in front of the tent as if they were prisoners. Angrily, they were interrogating one by one, and the question was naturally about the whereabouts of Wei Chan and Xiao Yu. Xu Chang saw that the crowd around him was in chaos, and no one noticed him at all. He paused, but he didn't go to Zhao Yu.
Looking around, Xu Chang disappeared into the dark camp path in a flash.
The direction near the square was brightly lit, but many corners and trails in other places were still submerged in darkness. Xu Chang walked all the way towards the pharmacy, and soon he arrived at the dimly lit pharmacy. The chaos here seems much quieter. The soldiers guarding outside the pharmacy didn’t know if they were attracted by the chaos, but they disappeared at this time. Xu Chang looked outside, but found that there was no drug boy in the camp. , Thinking of Qin Wan's instructions in the afternoon, he knew that the medicine boy must have started to boil the medicine at this moment, but the medicine would take half an hour, and the medicine boy might have disappeared because of other things.
The drug boy is gone! Just what he wanted!
Xu Chang squinted his eyes, looked around vigilantly, and suddenly walked towards the pharmacy very quickly. He had a serious and cold face, and his heart was always vigilant, and he entered the pharmacy , Sure enough, there was no shadow inside, and there was a small stove burning near the wall of the medicine tent. The medicine pot above the small stove was boiling medicine soup, and the medicine soup was boiling. In this silent night, Make a gurgling sound!
Xu Chang's eyes lit up fiercely, he walked quickly to the medicine jar, took out another thing from his arms, and threw it in very quickly, watching the tiny pill meet the medicine soup Melted, he was slightly relieved.
However, before he breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly, a glaring fire light suddenly lit up outside the medicine tent. At the same time, countless overlapping figures were reflected on the felt blanket of the medicine tent, and Xu Chang's expression changed. , turned around and walked out. When the curtain was lifted, Xu Chang's swift figure suddenly stopped, and then he slowly lowered the curtain with an unprecedented solemn expression.
Ten steps away in front of him, Yan Chi and Qin Wan were looking at him, and behind them, Zhao Yu and Lin Zhang, Tuoba Rui and Tuoba Wu, and even more Great Zhou Imperial Guards all looked solemn looking at him...
Xu Chang was expressionless and cold, he knew he had been tricked!
"Xu Chang! It's you! It's you who killed my elder brother!" Tuoba Wu looked at Xu Chang in disbelief, his eyes gradually turned from shock to anger, and she stepped forward, "Why! Why did you kill me? Brother! He valued you and trusted you so much, but you actually killed him! No wonder! No wonder he was injured so badly. How could he be on guard if you wanted to attack him?! Xu Chang, who promoted you? To be the instructor of the Imperial Army?! Has your conscience been eaten by dogs?!"
Xu Chang looked at Tuobawu expressionlessly, as if he didn't feel that he was doing anything inhumane, nor was he moved by Tuobawu's accusation. Tuobawu was in a hurry and was about to scold again, but Yan Chi He said in a cold voice, "The grace of support is naturally not as good as the grace of saving lives, Xu Chang, am I right?"
Xu Chang's originally calm expression suddenly changed. He looked at Yan Chi in disbelief, and then quickly restrained his expression and said coldly, "I don't know what His Royal Highness is talking about."
Yan Chi narrowed his eyes, "You are the deputy lieutenant of the envoy guard of the Northern Wei Dynasty, but you are the deputy instructor of the imperial army in the Northern Wei Dynasty. It is extremely rare to be able to achieve such a position at your age. It is extremely rare to promote you. The person who admires you is Prince Tuoba, but no one knows that six years ago, the person who rescued you from the list of deserters who were about to be beheaded was Tuobaqi, the Fourth Prince of the Northern Wei Dynasty! You are in the army Injustice, when you were about to be dealt with by military law, it was the Fourth Prince who saved you."
Seeing Xu Chang's cold face cracking little by little, everyone knew that Yan Chi was right.
"Since then, you have served the fourth prince, and later joined the imperial army, paving the way for the fourth prince. You never thought that you would be appreciated by the prince and jump to a high position. You know the ambition of the fourth prince of the Northern Wei Dynasty, so the fourth prince asked you to follow the mission of the Northern Wei Dynasty. I came here because I want you to get rid of the crown prince in Dazhou, so the responsibility lies with Dazhou, and he is in the country, just taking the opportunity to consolidate his position, because the only person who can compete with him, that is, the fifth prince, also came to Dazhou .”
"That day you separated on the mountain first, but then you turned around and chased after the prince, taking advantage of his unpreparedness and shooting him, and you felt that the prince would be exposed if someone found out, so you simply put a lure on him, thinking You want to destroy the corpse, but you didn't expect that it would rain that day."
Yan Chi broke Xu Chang's background word by word. Xu Chang clenched his fists tightly and said with a sneer, "Is His Royal Highness trying to put all the blame on the Northern Wei people? What about the evidence? Where is the evidence?"
"The evidence is in the medicine tent behind you." Zhao Yu stepped forward angrily. Just now, he knew Yan Chi's plan of trying to catch him, but the fear at that time was real, and the anger of fear later, now So it all happened to Xu Chang. He was very skilled in martial arts, and he was not afraid, so he stepped forward and said, "Aren't you here tonight to poison you? The nine girls said that His Royal Highness will wake up tomorrow. In the next few days You also know that His Royal Highness is getting better! So you jumped the wall in a hurry and wanted to take another risk, and three days ago, you also came here to poison, but you didn't want to meet General Fu, so you killed General Fu here!"
With a sneer on the corner of Xu Chang's lips, he looked at Yan Chi and then at Qin Wan. In the end, he didn't continue to argue, but he scanned Yan Chi's people one by one, as if he was looking for someone. After that, he smiled and said, "His Royal Highness must feel that all his inferences are correct at this moment, is that really the case?"
The smile on the corners of Xu Chang's lips was gloomy, and Tuobawu's scalp was numb when she looked directly at it, but she sternly said, "Xu Chang, it was the Fourth Emperor who ordered you to harm the prince?! You thought you harmed the prince here, Can he, Tuoba Qi, become the prince of the Northern Wei Dynasty?!"
With that said, Tuoba Wu pointed at Xu Chang and ordered Zhao Yu, "Take him down! I'm going to take him back and let the emperor himself interrogate him!"
This is to take Xu Chang back to confront Tuoba Qi. Zhao Yu responded and waved his hand to step forward. Xu Chang glanced at Zhao Yu vigilantly and stepped back. Then, he said in a dark voice , "It's not just the Fourth Highness who wants to take the prince's life, why is there no excuse for the princess to commit crimes?!"
Tuoba Wu frowned, "What nonsense are you talking about?! Do you still want to quibble?!"
Xu Chang looked at Tuoba Wu, then suddenly glanced behind her again, he smiled coldly, a look of determination suddenly appeared on his face, and before everyone could react, he stepped back into the tent , Zhao Yu frowned, and rushed into the tent, but as soon as he entered the tent door, his footsteps stopped, and then fell to the ground with a "plop"!
Yan Chi and Qin Wan stepped forward quickly, and looked under the curtain that Zhao Yu raised, and saw Xu Chang lying on the ground, his eyes slightly opened, Qiqiao was bleeding, Qin Wan quickly stepped inside, looked back for a while Said, "It's poison."
As he spoke, he walked to the medicine jar and inserted the silver needle in his sleeve, and said after a while, "It's also poison."
Poison poison is the most poisonous in the world, and there is no cure for those who are poisoned. Looking at Xu Chang who bled to death from his seven orifices in an instant, everyone knew that he must have no possibility of being revived. Tuoba Wu gritted his teeth, "Just die like this Already?! It’s cheap for him!”
Tuoba Rui frowned and said, "So it was him! What Wei Chan and Xiao Yu said to me today is true?!"
Zhao Yu raised his eyebrows, "Your Highness Fifth, what did they ask you for?!"
Tuoba Rui looked at Yan Chi for a moment, "They said they were suspected by His Royal Highness, and then they said they were wronged. I thought at the time that the Royal Highness was in charge of investigating the cases on both sides. His Royal Highness said it." After a slight pause, Tuoba Rui said, "Didn't they run away? If they didn't do it, why did they run away?"
Zhao Yu blinked, then glanced at Yan Chi again, "They did it, they might want to run away, but they didn't do it, it's also understandable for them to run away, if they don't run away, stay and suffer?"
Yan Chi's reputation is out there, if it were him, he would run away too!
Zhao Yu thought about it, and then said, "His Royal Highness has known for a long time that those two people did not do it, and sent people to watch those two people, just to confuse the real murderer, and Xu Chang didn't know what he said to those two people Anyway, Xu Chang also played a role in the two people running away. Seeing the chaos in the camp tonight, he found an opportunity to come over and prescribe medicine. This is the medicine, His Royal Highness has already made arrangements, just wait for him!"
Zhao Yu also just learned about Yan Chi's situation just now, so he has the desire to tell everyone about it. After he finishes speaking, those around who understand and don't understand all know that these are all Yan Chi's schemes! Tomorrow is three days away, and it would be great to catch the murderer tonight! All the generals of the Great Zhou were relieved.
It was already late at night, and the movement naturally alarmed Yan Huai, Yan Che and the others. When they heard that the murderer had been caught, Yan Huai breathed a sigh of relief, and Yan Che even rushed to the medicine tent with his people. The poisonous poison in it is the undeniable evidence that Xu Chang's intention to murder Ta Bahong is irrefutable!
"Xu Chang is the most important person of the Crown Prince's brother. Among the Imperial Guards in the Northern Wei Dynasty, there is only one head coach, and there are no deputy coaches. Among them, Xu Chang is the youngest. In the future, the Crown Prince's brother intends to keep him by his side, but I didn't expect him to... "
Tuobawu was furious, and looked at Yanchi again, "How did His Royal Highness know that he belongs to the fourth emperor's younger brother?"
"This princess doesn't need to know. If the princess doesn't believe it, she can find out by herself!"
Yan Chi did not pretend to speak, and ordered someone to collect Xu Chang's body, Tuoba Wu snorted, "Xu Chang's archery skills are excellent, if he shot it, the prince's brother's injury would make sense, but We never thought about…”
Tuoba Rui also said beside him, "What is the meaning of Xu Chang's last words! Do you still want to excuse yourself?"
Tuoba Rui didn't say that Tuoba Wu forgot, so she thought for a while before saying, "He just said that there are many people who want to harm the prince's brother, and he never admitted that he was instructed by the fourth emperor—"
Tuoba Wu looked solemn, and quickly looked at Yan Chi, "His Royal Highness, please temporarily block the matter of tonight, except for everyone present, the news must not be leaked out!"
Tuoba Wu obviously wanted to find a way to sanction Tuoba Qi, who was far away in the Northern Wei Dynasty. If the news of Xu Chang's identity was revealed, then Tuoba Qi would definitely be on guard. He was beside the Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and wanted to cover the world to justify himself. It's a very simple matter, Yan Chi nodded upon hearing this, "It's not difficult at all."
Yan Che said with a relaxed expression, "Although Xu Chang is dead, we still have to find some evidence to prove it."
Yan Chi nodded, "That's natural, I'll search his bedroom right away."
Yan Che nodded, and turned his eyes to see Qin Wan who was still squatting beside Xu Chang. Her expression was serious, and there was a calm solemnity between her brows and eyes. Facing a corpse, she surprised him with her calmness. , and thinking of how many cases she had helped solve before, she suddenly felt that Qin Wan was covered with a layer of brilliance.
"The person is dead, I will send you back first."
Yan Che was watching, but Yan Chi walked to Qin Wan's side. When he said this, Qin Wan turned to look at Yan Chi and said, "I want to examine his body to see if there are traces and signs left on him. General Fu's scars after fighting."
Although Xu Chang was caught for poisoning right now, it was obvious that Qin Wan still wanted to find stronger evidence to prove it.
Yan Chi bent his lips, and immediately ordered Bai Feng to take Xu Chang to the empty tent next to him. Seeing Bai Feng bringing someone over, Qin Wan got up and subconsciously stood beside Yan Chi. This detail caught Yan Che's eyes, and he frowned Just a slight wrinkle.
At this moment, Tang Fu came over and whispered in Yan Che's ear, "His Royal Highness, the Emperor asked you to go there."
As soon as he heard it, he knew it was for Xu Chang's business, Yan Che nodded, greeted Yan Chi, and turned to leave.
Xu Chang has not shown his trace for several days, but once exposed today, his determination is terrifying. He was already in a high position, but he did not fight for his own life, so he died like this. Qin Wan carefully looked at the scars on his body, and finally sighed He breathed a sigh of relief, "There are three types of scars on his body, the earliest scars are from the night of the martial arts competition, and the soldier who was drinking beat him with a stick, and the remaining new wounds are from the killing of General Fu , he has a bruise under his left rib, probably from an elbow or a fist blow, and he has the same patchy bruise on his left and right arms, I guess from the stool. "
"So it proves that he did kill General Fu!"
Qin Wan nodded, "That's right, that's exactly what it is." Speaking of which, Qin Wan went to look at Yan Chi again, "When did you start to doubt him?"
Yan Chi said, "When you told me about Ta Bahong's injuries."
Qin Wan raised her eyebrows, "Is it that early? But at that time Xu Chang was still a very trusted follower of Tuo Bahong."
Yan Chi looked at Qin Wan's clear eyes and the corners of his lips slightly curved, "At that time, I had already asked other people who went up the mountain together, and there were not many people who had the opportunity to get close to Tuo Bahong, and since something happened to Ta Bahong, everyone thought that The biggest suspects were Liu Yun and Tuoba Rui. I thought so too at the time, but I knew Xu Chang was very skilled, so I was a bit suspicious of him at that time. Later, General Fu died, and wounds were found on his body the next day. Although he said he left it with his subordinates, at that time I was 80% suspicious that it was him. Later, he went in and out of Wei Chan's tent many times, and you asked me to tell me that he had been to the medicine storehouse. confirmed."
Qin Wan looked at Yan Chi, still a bit puzzled, with Tuoba Rui and Liu Yun in front, why Yan Chi could place his doubts on Xu Chang, although anyone who could doubt it, but this Once, she still had a lot of trust in Xu Chang at the beginning, and she didn't know if it was because of the first night of martial arts competition that she had a good impression of him.
"Tuo Bahong's accident, I was the first to think of the struggle for the heir apparent in the Northern Wei Dynasty, but when it comes to the heir apparent, there are far more tricks and schemes than you can see..."
When Yan Chi said this, Qin Wan was a little stunned. She really didn't think too much about the conspiracy to seize the throne this time, but who would have thought that the Fourth Highness of the Northern Wei Dynasty was not here, but he arranged for Ta Bahong to be the most trusted people come to take his life.
Coming out of the tent, Yuan Qing was already waiting outside, and said, "His Royal Highness, His Highness the Prince, Princess Tuoba, and His Highness the Fifth Prince are all at the Emperor's place. Your Majesty also invites you to go over and talk."
Yan Chi nodded, and said to Qin Wan, "It's getting late, since Xu Chang committed suicide in fear of crime, you don't have to keep watch tonight, go back and rest."
Qin Wan nodded, and Yan Chi followed Yuan Qing away.
Qin Wan stood there for a moment, then walked towards Tuobahong's big tent, and when she arrived in the tent, she felt that Tabahong's pulse was stronger, she felt relieved, and said, "Prince Tuoba, I'm afraid We have caught your murderer, if you don't wake up, your body will be unable to support you, Her Royal Highness is guarding you day and night, don't let her down."
After Qin Wan finished speaking, she didn't turn around and leave immediately. She sat beside Ta Bahong's bed and began to think about how this case happened. After thinking about it, Qin Wan looked at the scar on Ta Bahong's waist again. , Xu Chang died, so naturally he couldn't explain the process of the distance's harm, so how did this scar come out