The system forced me to be emperor

"How many spies does Dongchang have in the capital? Do you know?" Xiao Rui asked.

Tian Ergeng shook his head and said: "Only Wei Zhongxian holds the roster of the dark net. Although the villain is his adopted son, he doesn't fully trust him and didn't tell. But according to the villain's opinion, tens of thousands of people should have it." .”

Xiao Rui smacked his lips. Tens of thousands of people sounded like a lot. The capital of the country has a population of one million, which is not too much. However, Dongchang was able to deploy such a detailed dark net in such a short period of time. Xiao Rui highly doubted that His Majesty would have The East Factory was established secretly, but it was not pushed to the table.

After feeling emotional, Xiao Rui warned Tian Ergeng: "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, follow Wei Zhongxian well, remember what this king said, without my order, you will obey Wei Zhongxian in everything, don't let him doubt your loyalty!"

"The villain understands, don't worry, Your Highness!" Tian Ergeng said respectfully.

Xiao Rui waved his hand and said: "Go down, oh yes, if you have any new clues, just contact Yuan Fang in time."

"Yes!" Tian Ergeng replied, and then left Xianwang's mansion through the secret road.

Afterwards, Li Yuanfang also left. He was going to visit King Tang to find out why Xiao Yan's misfortune happened.

Towards evening, Li Yuanfang came back, but unfortunately he sneaked into the Tang Palace, but did not find any useful value. It seemed that Xiao Yan made porridge just on a whim.

On the other side of Chu Palace, Xiao Yiheng has not woken up for a long time.

However, the searches of the Patrol Battalion, Dongchang, and Jinyiwei were still fruitless. Although Zhongyong Hou Zhang Jinfu personally visited all the mansions that might hide assassins, they were unable to search and found nothing.

The assassin disappeared mysteriously. Did the investigation go in the wrong direction? The assassin didn't hide in a certain mansion, but hid in a certain carriage and left the south of the city?Even already out of town?

Or died somewhere with serious injuries?

In this way, it was time for the next day.

Chapter 241: Poisoned?I disdain

The morning court on the second day was also affected by the assassination of King Chu and became quiet and everyone was in danger, so the morning court ended in less than half an hour.This time at court, Xiao Yan did not continue to be absent, but after the morning court, he hurried out of the palace and returned to the mansion, and did not come to pester Xiao Rui.

Xiao Rui was puzzled, this didn't fit Xiao Yan's character at all, could it be that he had grown up and said goodbye to being frizzy?

How can it be!

Then there must be something!

The King of Chu has not yet awakened, and there are no clues of the assassin in Dongchang, Jinyiwei and the Patrol Battalion.

The same goes for the third day.

In a blink of an eye, it was the fourth day.

In the early morning, Emperor Xia asked the third division to track down the assassin. After all, only five days were given, but Zhongyonghou, Hai Dafu and Zhang Yu made no progress. Facing Emperor Xia's inquiry, their faces were extremely ugly.Emperor Xia didn't reprimand him, but he said calmly: "The assassin disappeared after assassinating the prince, and there are still no clues to be traced. Do you know what this means?"

What does it mean?

It means that the assassin's methods are all-powerful!

Zhang Jinfu, Hai Dafu, and Zhang Yurumang were on their backs, bowing their heads and not daring to get up.

After the morning court, the three hurried out of the palace to arrange the search in person.

Xiao Rui left the palace, just returned to the palace, Hua Tuo also stepped on the spot to ask to see him.

"Your Highness, I have something important to report." Hua Tuo said respectfully when he saw Xiao Rui.

Xiao Rui pointed to the seat and said with a smile: "Mr. is here, sit down and tell me, why do you need to go there yourself?"

Hua Tuo said: "Your Highness, at noon the day before yesterday, someone from His Royal Highness Tang Palace came to me and gave me a medicine list, saying to buy some regular herbal medicines in case I don't need them. This is normal, but I think After going through the medicine list, I found that there were some medicines for invigorating qi and blood, treating knife wounds, and sword wounds. Afterwards, the steward of the Tang Palace told me to keep this matter secret and not let anyone know. I am familiar with it, that’s why I came to see me, and told me to keep it a secret, not to tell anyone, including Your Highness, so I took the medicine myself and handed it to him.”

"In the afternoon, Dongchang and Jin Yiwei came to the medical hall and asked if there were any customers who bought herbs to treat knife wounds. The doctor in the medical hall didn't know that I took the medicine personally, so he said no. Dongchang also warned that if he found it, he would report it immediately. meritorious service."

After listening to Hua Tuo's statement, Xiao Rui frowned.

It is normal for the royal family to purchase herbs in case they are not needed from time to time, but at this juncture, the purchase of herbs for the treatment of knife wounds must be kept secret, which explains the problem.He went to Hua Tuo because he was afraid of going to other places to expose his whereabouts, but the people in the Tang Palace didn't know that Hua Tuo was Xiao Rui's person, so they naturally reported everything in detail.

Xiao Rui smiled and said: "Mr. Trouble, I already know about this matter. You have worked hard today to go there yourself."

"Where is that, this is what your subordinates should do." Hua Tuo respectfully said: "By the way, Your Highness, I have mastered that "Poison Classic" and prepared different types of poisons. If Your Highness needs it, send someone to treat it." You can just pick it up.”

"Okay!" Xiao Rui nodded.

After Hua Tuo left, Xiao Rui got up immediately and took Li Yuanfang to the Tang Palace again.

After passing the transmission, Xiao Yan came to greet him in person, and said with a smile, "Seventh brother, why are you here?"

Xiao Rui did not enter the mansion, but said in front of the mansion: "Did you hide the assassin who assassinated King Chu?"

Xiao Yan was startled, his face turned pale, but then he shook his head and said, "Seventh brother, what are you talking about? How is it possible, what kind of assassin? If I meet an assassin, I will definitely avenge my second brother!"

Xiao Rui snorted and said: "The king of Chu was assassinated, the emperor was furious, and he issued a command, whoever dares to hide the assassin will be punished as treason, even though you are a prince, if you know the law and commit crimes against the wind, be careful and become the second fifth elder brother! , you also want to leave the capital to herd a state and become a comfortable governor? If you want, then I will leave!"

After finishing speaking, Xiao Rui turned around and left.

Xiao Yan quickly stepped forward to hold Xiao Rui, and said in a low voice: "Seventh brother, come to the mansion to chat, come to the mansion to chat."

Xiao Rui glared at him and followed him into the mansion.

After coming to the living room and sitting down, Xiao Yan waved his hand to dismiss the crowd, and said: "Seventh brother, you were so loud just now, if bad people overhear, I'm fine and I'm fine."

"Don't talk nonsense, if you don't even worry about the management of your own palace, you are too bad a prince. Tell me, where is the man, take me to see!" Xiao Rui shouted.

Xiao Yan asked: "Seventh Brother, why do you suspect that the assassin is in my residence?"

"Don't you cry when you see the coffin?" Xiao Rui said depressedly: "Don't worry about how I know, it's still the same sentence, if you don't tell the truth, I'll leave if you don't tell the truth. Whoever you like to hide, whoever you want to hide."

Xiao Yan said angrily: "Okay, okay, let's just say it... I was going to court that day, and I saw the unconscious assassin in front of the gate of the mansion. I originally wanted to notify the patrol battalion, but I went to the police station because of curiosity. After untiing the assassin's face covering, who would have thought...she turned out to be Miss Bai!"

"Which white girl?" Xiao Rui didn't come to his senses, and after talking and asking, he said in surprise: "The person you like? That white girl you've been looking for so hard!"

After finishing speaking, Xiao Rui's brows were immediately furrowed.

This woman was looking for Ye Qianying, and she didn't know whether it was an enemy or a friend, but now she assassinated the King of Chu, it was even more difficult to judge.

"Take me to take a look. This woman's identity is mysterious. Ninth Brother, this matter is no small matter. Don't do anything stupid." Xiao Rui warned.

Xiao Yan muttered: "Miss Bai assassinated Second Brother, it must be Second Brother who did something bad, that's why she acted chivalrously, Second Brother deserves it."

"If your words are heard by the second brother or the emperor, I don't know if you will be chopped off." Xiao Rui glared at him, and said: "I still don't lead the way!"

Xiao Yan couldn't hide it, so he could only lead the way honestly. When he came to Xiao Yan's own room, the corners of Xiao Rui's mouth twitched. No wonder Li Yuanfang couldn't find the problem, Xiao Yan actually hid the person in his The room, even the people in the palace probably don't know that his lord has hidden an assassin.

Therefore, Dongchang's spies hiding in the Tang Palace did not find any trace of the assassin.

"You are very cunning." Xiao Rui said.

Xiao Yan said proudly: "It's still Seventh Brother who taught me well, I learned from you."