The path of the villain is not easy

Chapter 316 City Guards

Changsun Ji turned around, stood up straight, cast a glance at the city guards, and said sarcastically, "You guys came in time."

The city guards were not angry when they heard Changsun Ji's sarcasm, but just apologized and said with a smile: "The general also knows that our Zhongwei army is small in number and has to patrol other streets. I hope that General Changsun will forgive you for not coming to support at the first time." .”

"Hmph." Changsun Ji didn't answer, just snorted coldly, then turned around and got into the carriage.

For these people, Changsun Ji felt that talking to them was a waste of time.If the other city guards said they were patrolling other streets and did not arrive, Changsun Ji might still believe it, but for the Central Guards, Changsun Ji could only say: "Ha ha."

This Zhongwei army was originally prepared by the imperial court for some dudes in the families of the ministers above the court, in order to have a decent official position.

When it was first established, the dudes from the ministers' families still came to work, but later they asked for leave and missed their posts.Later, he directly asked the servants in the mansion to replace him.

It can be said that all the people standing in front of Changsun Ji's car are the servants of various dandies, and the scope of patrol by the Zhongwei Army is only this main road and a three-meter-deep alley on this main road.

Just now, what the city guard said was patrolling other streets. In fact, to put it bluntly, he was hiding in the alley to see that Changsun Ji's battle was over, and then rushed out to finish it. This is why Changsun Ji treated them with this attitude.

Regarding Changsun Ji's attitude, the city guard seemed to have expected it a long time ago, so he didn't say much, just bent over and smiled apologetically.

As the domestic slaves of the dandy children of the big mansions, they have some status, but it depends on who they compare with, relying on their masters, at least some common people and traders can still be bullied by them.But facing powerful children like Changsun Ji, they are nothing.

If he can blatantly assassinate Changsun Ji in the street, they will know that he is not an ordinary person without thinking about it.If their business is ruined, they may be separated from each other someday.

As little people, this is their way of survival. Although they are disgusting, they still need to be accompanied by smiling faces and be a doormat, but there is no danger to their lives.

Changsun Ji got into the carriage and said to the driver outside: "Go."

The convoy started to leave the street slowly, and someone in the city guard bowed down and complimented, "General Changsun, please go slowly."

The carriage slowly drove into the other courtyard, Changsun Ji asked Feng Wan'er to send someone to look after and unload all the things on the carriage.He brought Wang Gang, Guo Yu and Chen Zhi into the study.

After several people were seated, Changsun Ji looked at Chen Zhi and asked, "How about it? You can shoot that man."

"Don't worry, general, he has already been killed. The man hit me with two arrows, one in the chest, and the other in the throat." Chen Zhi cupped his hands to Changsun Ji.

"Okay, Chen Zhi. You have made a meritorious service and saved the life of a colleague." Changsun Ji said with a smile.

According to Guo Yu's plan, Changsun Ji announced the news to the city before entering the city, and the assassination was within his expectation.

Although Changsun Ji stuffed a lot of cotton into the clothes of soldiers pretending to be assassins.Straw or something.But it can only let outsiders watch him hit the arrow. The person who actually shoots the arrow can definitely feel whether he has shot someone by the feel of his hand.

So Changsun Ji let Chen Zhi stare at him before entering the city. As long as an assassin appeared, that assassin would shoot arrows at the prisoner, and Chen Zhi would kill him after he finished shooting the arrow.In this way, in the eyes of outsiders, the prisoner had already been shot dead.

In the palace, there is still the study.

The prince looked at the man in white kneeling in front of him with a gloomy expression.

"Bastard, I just asked you to kill people. You only need to send one person with a crossbowman to solve the problem. Why did you send so many people? You dare to openly assassinate Changsun Ji's carriage. What do you think this is? This is the capital , At the foot of the Son of Heaven. It’s not a wilderness.”

"Who gave you the courage? You dared to do this, openly attacking the car of the returning general? Now the emperor is not here, and I am in charge of the country. Now that this kind of thing happens in the city, what do you want me to do? You know what you want me to do. How much trouble did it cause?"

"The slave's conviction is all his own decision. He thought he could get rid of the elder grandson's taboo for the crown prince, but he was impatient for a moment and made a mistake. He asked the crown prince to forgive him."

"You are so confused. Can't you understand? Changsun Ji is my sister who married my sister, so of course it belongs to my school. Do you know why I sent Lao Ji to kill him?"

"The slave is ignorant." The man in white glanced at the prince and said with some doubts

The prince sighed, his subordinate was loyal to him, but his mind was not bright.

"The reason why I sent Lao Ji to kill Changsun Ji was because I wanted to use Lao Ji's identity to lead Changsun Ji's death to the third or seventh child."

"I need to make the Marquis of Liu'an angry, and let him help me ascend to the throne with all his strength because of Changsun Ji's mortal enemy against the third and seventh sons. Although Changsun Ji belongs to my faction, the power in Changsun Ji's hands is too small. There is no way to compare with the Marquis of Liu An."

"Perhaps, in a few years or more than ten years, the Marquis of Liu'an will hand over the strength and connections he has accumulated to Changsun Ji, but the time is too long, and I can't wait, so I can only take some measures to speed up the time. "

"Successful, it will be of great benefit to me. Even if it fails, it will not be harmful to me. It will only increase Changsun Ji's resentment towards the third and seventh sons, and it will be beneficial to me without any harm."

"However, outside of the capital, in the hands of Lao Ji, Changsun Ji can die. But in the capital, in the hands of you and me, Changsun Ji cannot die. Do you understand?"

"Your servant understands." The man in white showed a look of sudden enlightenment, and then looked at the prince with admiration and said, "The prince is really scheming, and even if the eldest grandson Ji is sold by the prince, he probably has to help the prince." Lord count the money. "

"Stop talking nonsense, is Lao Ji dead?"

"Dead, the crown prince. The servant watched the arrow he hit from a distance and closed his eyes." The man in white clasped his hands and said.

Hearing that the man in white said that Lao Ji was dead, the prince's face gradually became better. He nodded, thought for a while, and then continued.

"Assassination and raid are not the same concept. If it is an assassination, and only a prisoner died, it is not difficult to suppress it with my strength in the capital. Come on, the one you want to kill is Changsun Ji."

"This is a provocation by Changsun Ji. It is also a provocation to the dignitaries in the court, the military, and even more so to the royal family. I can't suppress this matter with my strength alone, you know?"

(End of this chapter)