The path of the villain is not easy

Chapter 317 The Prince
The man in white shook his body, glanced at the prince and said, "Prince, I know that it was the slave who caused you trouble. You can just hand over the slave when the time comes. The slave will bear all the blame."

The prince glanced at the man in white, and then said: "Song Qiao, how long have you been under my command? It's been 30 years. You are good at everything. The only shortcoming is that you are so smart that you assassinated the eldest grandson, and now you are again. I just let you have a long memory, why did I ever say that I would send you to die?"

"Prince, what do you mean..." Song Qiao asked excitedly with joy on his face.

"Didn't Changsun Ji destroy many aristocratic families in Yanzhou? This assassination was done by the children of those aristocratic families who fled. Originally, I wanted to use this matter to ask Changsun Ji for favors. Now I will use it to wipe your ass."

"I will leave this matter to the censors. You only need to lead the children of the exterminated families. At that time, the problem of Changsun Ji in Yanzhou will be solved, and he will be sold. All right."

"Remember, since the assassination was unsuccessful this time, let's let it go. With Changsun Ji's achievements in suppressing the rebellion in Yanzhou, with a little operation, Changsun Ji can also bring me great help in the future."

"I understand." Song Qiao nodded.

"Well, step back." The prince turned around and said with his back to Song Qiao.

"I obey." Song Qiao clasped his hands, and then slowly exited the room.

When the prince was alone in the whole study, the prince's fat face was a bit silent.

He has a calm personality and is very filial to Emperor Yan. He has been the prince for more than 20 years. Although he has not made any great achievements, he has not made any mistakes in his hands.

Originally, according to this situation, if he continued to develop, as long as he survived for a few years, after Emperor Yan abdicated or passed away, if there were no accidents, he would definitely inherit the throne.

He has been waiting for more than 20 years. If he can inherit the throne after waiting for a few more years, that's all. He can bear it and wait patiently.

However, although Emperor Yan is old now, his body is strong, and he is in charge of the affairs of the world by himself, without any intention of delegating power.He was a little anxious.

He's in his 40s, and he'll be [-] in a few years.He was anxious not only because of his age, but another important reason was because he said that his body couldn't hold on anymore.

This is a secret that only a few of his cronies know except him.Even Emperor Yan didn't know that there was something wrong with his body.

That was when the country was just founded, and the domestic thieves had not yet been completely suppressed.Once, he was ordered to wipe out a nest of bandits. With the support of enough elite soldiers, he quickly wiped out that nest of bandits.

However, on the way back to Beijing, the class teacher was ambushed and hit his chest by a stone. Although he survived under the treatment of the imperial doctor, he injured his lungs and became the root cause of the disease.If there is no medicine stone to suppress, hemoptysis will occur within a few days.

At that time, he was still young and strong, and he didn't show much, but as he got older in recent years, he felt that his body was getting weaker and weaker. This was the final reason for his anxiety.

At that time, Yan State was first established in order to reassure the people.There have been people in the court requesting Emperor Yan to enshrine the East Palace.

In order to get this seat, he killed all the people who knew about it, except those he could trust. After all, if the news leaked out, he would be cut off from the East Palace seat.

Because even if he pleases his father again, for the sake of the whole country of Yan, his father will not hand over the seat he sat on to a tuberculosis ghost who has few days to live.

The prince supported the table with one hand and covered his mouth with the other. He felt that his throat was a little dry and itchy, and he couldn't help coughing a few times. When he opened his hand, there was blood foam coming out of his mouth on the palm of his hand.

The prince looked down at the blood foam splashed on his hands, and remained silent. After a long while, he sighed, and firmly clenched the blood foam splashed on his hands into his fists.

Night fell slowly.

In the Changsun Bieyuan, a ray of light shines from the inside of the house through the window paper to the outside of the yard. A figure walks past the window, blocking the light through the window paper, and the originally blurred shadow on the ground suddenly becomes pitch black.

However, soon, the figure left, casting the shadow of the window paper into the dimly lit courtyard again.

"dong dong dong"

The door rang softly.Changsun Ji sat at the desk and looked up at the wooden door, then opened his mouth and said, "Come in."

The door was pushed open from the outside, Guo Yu walked in from the outside, closed the door, walked a few steps forward, bowed his hands to Changsun Ji and said, "My lord, you are looking for me."

Changsun Ji nodded, then handed him a note in his hand and said, "Sir, please take a look at this first."

Guo Yu first glanced at Changsun Ji, saw that his face was expressionless, and then took the note. The note was not very big, only three fingers wide. It should have been rolled into a cylinder before, so as soon as it came off Changsun Ji's hands immediately rolled together automatically.

Guo Yu stretched out his hand to open the note, and there were a few words written on it: "Song Qiao, the prince's retainer, left the palace at [-]:[-] and returned to the palace at [-]:[-] without knowing where he was going."

Guo Yu looked at the note and said nothing. These few words were just records of Song Qiao's entry and exit records in the morning. If others read it, they might not be able to see anything, but in the eyes of Changsun Ji and Guo Yu, there was something else.

Because the time when Changsun Ji and the others were attacked today was during this period of time, and Song Qiao happened to leave the palace during this period of time, coupled with the information they obtained before, the authenticity of everything, who is behind the scenes? It has been completely revealed.

Changsun Ji looked at Guo Yu for a long time and said: "Sir, why did the prince send someone to kill me?"

Guo Yu put the note together, then looked at Changsun Ji and said, "My lord, if you rely on guesswork, there are too many factors that lead to this incident. It may be because of a villain, or it may be because the prince has learned something. .or other."

"Instead of making wild guesses like this, let's push forward from the beginning. Since the prince sent someone to kill the lord, it means that the death of the lord will bring him greater benefits than the living lord.

We might as well think about it first, if the lord is really assassinated and killed in the small town, then as far as the prince is concerned, what can he get? "

Changsun Ji frowned slightly and said: "If the prince can benefit from my death, then the source of the benefit will be my enemy.

However, my enemies are not many in the capital, they are just some emotional disputes.And with the status of those people, even if the prince kills me, those people will not easily openly support the prince.

(End of this chapter)