Devil’s Advent

Zheng Fan put the dagger back and sat down beside the bed.

The fifth prince who was lying on the ground stretched out his hand with some difficulty,

Zheng Fan didn't take it seriously, and silently took out his Zhonghua brand tin box, took out a cigarette, and tapped it on the back of his hand.

The fifth prince shook his head, smiled wryly, then got up with difficulty, and gritted his teeth in pain.

Seeing this, Zheng Fan put down the box, stretched out his hand, and helped the fifth prince to lean on the bed.

Is the injury real?

Zheng Fan asked.

The Fifth Prince nodded and pointed to his left chest.

You stabbed it yourself? Zheng Fan asked.

The Fifth Prince frowned and said:

You should first ask if there is no poison on the knife?

The implication is that you skipped a step.

You didn't like me jumping before, but now you actually do this!

Zheng Fan shook his head, stretched out his fingers and tapped on the fifth prince's left chest, but he didn't use any force, and the fifth prince's wound didn't feel any pain.

I am a person who has fought countless times on the battlefield. In this position, as long as the opponent is not a recruit, if the opponent is not poisonous, it will definitely be fatal. Since you are not dead, it proves that you stabbed it yourself.

The kind of people who get shot and arrows in the chest every now and then are fine, but they are raised and jumping up and down again, it's pure nonsense.

In addition, assassins must know martial arts, as long as the knife is pierced here, and a little bit of blood is injected into it, the tearing, the shock, how can you allow the possibility of you going down to heal the wound?

The fifth prince nodded depressedly,

Yes, I stabbed it myself.

are you crazy?

The fifth prince was not in a hurry to speak, but pointed to the tea table not far away,

I'm thirsty.

Lord Zheng Hou looked at him,

He also looked at Lord Zheng Hou.

finally,

Lord Zheng Hou got up helplessly, walked over to pour a cup of tea, and handed it over.

The fifth prince took the teacup, the tea was still warm, and he took several sips before recovering.

I said, you are now a Marquis, and our Dayan's military exploits are indeed admirable, but I am a prince after all, can you show me some face?

Don't talk about trepidation, anyway, I know you won't, but at least respect it?

Zheng Houye dusted off the armor on his shoulders,

Lightly said:

Speak the truth.

Tsk.

The fifth prince was holding a teacup, as if he was organizing his words.

Lord Zheng Hou asked directly;

Poison, did you inject it?

Boom...

The teacup fell off and fell on the bed.

Zheng Fan, you can't talk nonsense, this matter has nothing to do with me, I am also wronged, so many people died in the end of a good banquet.

Did I take the wrong medicine? Do I want to do this?

After this, who would dare to come to my banquet?

Zheng Fan turned his head to look at the Fifth Prince,

Then why are you pretending to be poisoned here? Miss me?

It wasn't because the Fifth Prince was poisoned, Lord Zheng Hou would not come to Yingdu either.

The fifth prince immediately shook his head, with obvious discomfort on his face. These words, combined with the ground under his feet, gave people a bad atmosphere.

Tell me what you know, quickly.

You are very busy?

I am sleepy.

The banquet was organized by me. Many people came here for the sake of my prince. Then, poison was added to the wine, and a large number of people died.

Gone?

Gone.

Tell me about yourself, why you stab yourself.

The Fifth Prince was silent.

Zheng Fan stood up,

road:

It's okay if you don't say anything, my personal guards will rush in later, you will be tied up, sent back to Yanjing, to Dali Temple, to the clan's mansion, to the back garden where His Majesty is, speak slowly.

There is no reason, at this time, there is no reason to keep it secret.

After finishing speaking, Zheng Fan walked out.

He doesn't like the hesitating way of talking, it's too tiring and cumbersome.

The most important thing is that Zheng Fan's mentality has changed since he opened Fujianya. He began to advocate that it is enough for me to have soldiers in his hands, and nothing else matters.

This is a typical warlord mentality.

gone,

swelled up.

Zheng Fan. The fifth prince called out to Lord Zheng Hou, I know the person who assassinated me.

Zheng Fan stopped, not so patiently waiting for the next sentence.

His name is Wen Yin, and he belongs to the prince. He is responsible for recruiting people from the world for the prince.

Wen Yin?

Zheng Fan turned around, looked at the Fifth Prince sitting on the bed, and asked:

You also know Wen Yin?

The Fifth Prince was a little dumbfounded,

road:

I should ask you this question, right? You are a commander in chief, how do you even know about Wen Yin?

Zheng Fan pointed at his face, and replied, You should know why I know.

Yes, I know, Xiao Liu must have told you, after all, you are the biggest leader of Liu Ye's party, straight mother thief, what kind of luck is Xiao Liu, to support a person, to be able to support someone from a school captain to a military meritorious service Hou.

You're off topic.

I know, but do you know that when you ask me that, I'm hurt, worse than the wound in my chest.

After all, Gu is also a prince, and Gu is also a prince. There are still three thousand nails on the rotten ship, so why can't Gu know that Wen Yin is a quack dog under the prince?

It's true that I like doing carpentry and watching construction sites, but at least I'm also the son of my father, even if I can't compare with Xiao Liu, a big marriage has exposed so many backhands;

But I won't be so unbearable in your heart, right?

Wronged,

very wronged,

Very wronged.

Zheng Fan smiled and said, Wen Yin personally assassinated you?

Yes, I can see clearly that it is him. Back then in Yanjing City, when the crown prince celebrated his birthday, I met him once in the crown prince's mansion.

Later, someone checked and found out his identity.

Whether this discussion about the first meeting is true or not, Zheng Fan will not think about it for the time being. It is not a big problem for people to inquire about some news for themselves.

Wen Yin's knife stabbed me.

Then, are you still alive? Zheng Fan asked.

My guards tried their best to protect me. His knife didn't penetrate deeply. In addition, I was wearing hedgehog armor at the time, so the skin was only scratched at first.

Then, stab yourself?

Yes, I'm afraid, I'm afraid.

The fifth prince almost growled.

My second brother, my prince, he actually wants to kill me!

Zheng Fan walked back to the bed and looked at the Fifth Prince.

Zheng Fan, yes, we are princes, but we are also brothers. I have always felt that brothers in our family are different from those in other countries and those in history books.

In fact, the boss has always looked like a boss, and the boss doesn't care about the throne at all, so he has no chance;

The second child is calm, and the sixth child is even more evil;

I'm just a carpenter.

I didn't want to fight

I don't want to fight at all.

Why did he want to kill me?

The fifth prince tore off his clothes, revealing the bandaged wound, pointed there,

continued:

Third brother is gone. In fact, the brothers are feeling bad, not just because the rabbit died and the fox is sad, but because we all have feelings, we really have feelings.

Zheng Fan,

Do you believe it?

Our brothers really have a brotherhood.

Zheng Fan didn't speak.

Since the crown prince thinks I'm an eyesore and wants to get rid of me, what can I do? I can only cooperate. Wen Yin didn't stab me to death...

Wait a minute, didn't all the assassins who assassinated you take poison and commit suicide?

Wen Yin included, a few of them escaped, and the rest were surrounded by the follow-up guards and city inspectors. They bit the poison sac in their teeth and committed suicide.

In the dossier, it's not written.

What Zheng Fan read in the file was that all the assassins who were assassinated were either killed or committed suicide.

I didn't say that. The Fifth Prince replied as it should be, I even felt that Wen Yin's knife was not good enough, so I added another knife to myself. Fortunately, my craftsmanship is exquisite, and the knife didn't hurt To the root, but afraid of being seen as wrong, I swallowed some more pills to make myself appear poisoned and weak, no matter how good the doctor is, I will think that I am unconscious because the residual poison in my body is not cleared.

You still didn't say why you stabbed yourself.

I can't afford to provoke you, I can afford to hide, I can't do it myself, can I? I just want to slowly heal my wounds here, for a year or so, until...

Having said that, the Fifth Prince was stuck.

Zheng Fan understood what he was going to say, and raised him until his father died.

After the new king ascends the throne, he will be free. As long as he continues to be well-behaved, even if the new king is the one, he will not kill himself at that time, but will treat himself kindly, set an example of brotherhood and respect, and maintain a heavenly family. harmony.

Master Zheng, is this explanation enough?

The seizure of the heirloom has entered the final stage,

King Jingnan had agreed with himself that after autumn, he would go to Yanjing.

The fifth prince obviously wanted to take advantage of this assassination to get himself out, to lie dormant, and avoid the limelight.

The reason is reasonable, and it is also in line with the personality of the fifth prince.

In fact, among Yanhuang's seven sons, six adults, none of them are stupid;

The aptitude of the fifth prince is not bad, and there is also the blessing of the carpenter prince that others don't know, but Zheng Fan and the demon kings know.

But compared to the other two, he really didn't have a chance, and he was forced by the situation.

I also ask Master Zheng Hou to keep it secret for me. I will wake up after lying down for another half a month, and then stay in bed weak.

good.

Zheng Fan nodded and agreed, Then I'll go back to sleep.

Don't talk to me much? I've been lying on the bed and pretending to be unconscious. I can't hold a hammer and nails. It's also very boring.

You take a good rest, I'm tired too.

finished speaking,

Lord Zheng Hou turned around again and walked out again.

However,

this time,

When we got to the door,

The fifth prince obviously didn't call him to stop, but he stopped by himself.

Zheng Fan turned around and faced the Fifth Prince again,

Just staring at him like that,

The fifth prince was looked at and felt a little creepy.

Wen Yin, in fact, he is not from the prince. Zheng Fan said.

Ah? What? The fifth prince was shocked, Marquis Zheng, you... what do you mean? Who is Wen Yin?

Wen Yin is a hidden pawn arranged by Xiaoliu next to the prince.

What, Xiao Liu's people, why, how come, why did Xiao Liu kill me, why was he, no, it's impossible...

Zheng Fan tilted his head slightly,

Looking at the fifth prince,

reach out,

pointed at him,

face,

With a slightly playful smile,

road:

You actually knew a long time ago that Wen Yin is from Xiaoliu, right?

I………

Oh, hehe. Lord Zheng Hou laughed loudly, So, the lines I read while standing beside your bed just after I came in, anyone who dares to stand in the way of the Sixth Highness must die;

actually,

At that time in your heart,

I'm in a panic,

Do you really think that this Marquis is here to make up for Xiao Liuzi?

The Fifth Prince sat there blankly, his body began to tremble slightly.

Zheng Fan took two steps forward,

continue;

Also, when I asked you just now, when you answered me, did you think that I was probing, probing, do you know that Wen Yin is from Xiaoliu?

Cold sweat began to appear on the fifth prince's face.

So, since I entered the room, Your Highness, you have been acting all the time. Wow, this is the famous actor. Admire, admire.

Master Zheng, how did you find out?

Oh, I didn't see it, but before I left, I was just cheating. Anyway, you don't care if Wen Yin is the prince's person. Naturally, you don't care if you know that Wen Yin is actually Xiaoliu. If you tell me the truth, you plan to admit it. Why don't you give it a try?

... Fifth Prince.

Zheng Fan shook his finger at the Fifth Prince,

road:

Fortunately, since I was named Marquis, I have been dealing with some letters.

It was the blind man who was worried that the master was too busy and would not look good, so he gave Zheng Fan the handling of some letters, so that the master could write letters when he had time to spend his free time as a pen pal.

So, there is one thing, if you know about the Fifth Highness, you will definitely be more surprised.

What's the matter... Please ask Lord Pingxi to clarify.

That is, Wen Yin died three months ago.

...

Excerpt from the letter:

Xiao Fanzi, Wen Yin's old dog died, he died of illness.

In the early years, I let this old dog serve as a hidden pawn for the prince. At that time, the prince was short of people, so he quickly went up.

In the past few years, he has expressed a desire to retire. I know that he is tired, he feels old, and wants to live a peaceful life for a few years.

But he also knows that I will not agree, and he also knows that the only fate of retreating by himself is either to be silenced by the prince's people, or be silenced by my people.

But even so, he still showed this meaning, because he was really tired, so he knew it was impossible, but he still wanted to say it in front of me and sigh.

I'll listen to it too;

Then, he died, died in the inn, man, he was getting old, and he really disappeared suddenly.

People in the inn said that the night before his death, he ordered several jugs of wine and a plate of peanuts, ate and drank for most of the night by himself, and fell asleep after returning home.

It wasn't homicide, nor was it poisonous, it was really him who died, and he should know that his time is up.

He also left me a letter, which directly said: Master Liu, I can take a rest.

The people in the East Palace buried him and set up a grave in the west of the city.

I found time to take a look, from a distance, the old dog was lying there, probably resting.

Little fan,

You say, what is the difference between me and an old dog?

He was tired, but he knew he couldn't rest; I was also the same, I didn't want to fight in the early years, but my brother wouldn't let me, my father wouldn't let me, so I had to be pulled back.

The old dog was tired, and as soon as he lay down under the grave, he rested;

And me?

What about my wife and my son?

What's more, the two women have more in their stomachs!

Little fan,

After getting married, I realized that it was good to be alone before, and I didn't need to find a second bamboo mat when I rested alone.

...

I'm not lying!

The Fifth Prince said excitedly,

What I saw was Wen Yin!

Master Zheng Hou nodded,

road:

Your Highness, what you saw may not be true.

...

Squeak...

The courtyard door was pushed open, and a young man in green clothes walked into the courtyard, instead of pushing the door, he leaned over to the window,

whispered:

That Lord Hou has entered the city.

inside the house,

The response came:

Manpower, have they all withdrawn from the city?

Responding to your words, I followed your order early and withdrew. Now, the youngest one is still in the city waiting for your order.

good very good.

Buzz!

suddenly,

A chopstick flew out from the gap in the window and directly penetrated the neck of the boy in Tsing Yi.

The boy clutched his neck and fell to the ground with a face full of disbelief.

immediately,

The door was pushed open from the inside,

A year old man came out of it,

Wearing a wide-brimmed top hat, wearing a green snake and navy robe, with gold silk patterns on the cuffs, and wearing red-faced black-soled boots, her complexion is rosy, her skin is delicate and well-maintained;

this,

It is clearly an old eunuch who once served as the supervisor of Situ Lei's Dacheng Domestic Supervisor, and later assisted and served Situ Yu.

The old eunuch stretched out his hand,

pick up the chopsticks,

Sticking out tongue,

He licked the blood stains on the chopsticks,

Subsequently,

And shook his head to himself,

Said to himself:

Things are not good,

As soon as that Lord Hou came, he took advantage of the tomb of the former emperor Shishan to humiliate the Queen Mother, imprisoned the young master, and despoiled the entire palace;

hiss,

Could it be,

That Lord Hou already knew the truth of the matter?