Fenghou

At this time, footsteps came from the corridor outside, "Little San, what's the matter?" The clerk's shout alarmed the shopkeeper and other guests.

Guo Changwu didn't have time to tidy up, he grabbed the map on the bed, grabbed two ingots of silver, stuffed them into his arms, and jumped out of the window.

"Hurry up, someone! Killed someone..." The shopkeeper's voice was faintly heard shouting.

Guo Changwu stole a horse from the mules and horses, and fled to Yanshan Road without looking back on the horse. He had already planned to assassinate Chen Qing and then fled to the Kingdom of Jin.

Although the assassination failed now, he also knew that there would be no second chance in a short time. How long would it be if he didn't escape at this time?

……

Not long after, Shen Chun, the county magistrate of Wannian, received a report and immediately sent archers to check it out. Archers found that the man had been shot by a crossbow arrow, and the arrow was poisonous. This was the case of the county government. He immediately sent Someone to notify the inner guard.

At this time, Zhong Huan was discussing the case with Wang Hao, the governor of the inner guard, and several inner guard commanders in the government office of the inner guard. Of course, assassinating His Royal Highness King Yong was a huge matter. Wang Hao dared not be careless, and immediately called everyone to discuss.

Zhong Huan introduced to everyone: "The assassin escaped from the back alley, obviously stepped on it a little bit, he is very familiar with the alley, this man is good at crossbow, if it is not for the interference of the buddy, the arrow must have shot through the car window, but still shot Failure to win His Highness shows that he is not a professional assassin."

"Why do you say that?" a leader asked.

"The reason is very simple. Professional assassins must shoot at people. They will never be probable, they may shoot, and they will lie in wait for a long time, looking for the best time. At the same time, it also shows that this assassin has just arrived in Jingzhao and has not figured out the situation. Let's do it."

"General Xiaozhong means that the assassin is in a hurry?" Wang Hao asked with a smile.

Zhong Huan nodded with a smile, "To say something disrespectful, it is definitely not the best time for His Highness to sit in the carriage. The best time is for His Highness to go to Qingfeng Teahouse for lunch at noon."

Everyone sighed, fortunately he was an unprofessional assassin, otherwise the consequences of changing to a professional assassin would be very important!

Wang Hao nodded, "This incident is a rare wake-up call. We have been too careless in the past few years, and we must not create any more opportunities for assassins."

At this time, an inner guard soldier came in, walked behind Zhong Huan, and handed him a note.

Zhong Huan glanced at the note, and immediately jumped up, "An inn clerk outside Dongcheng was shot and killed by a poisonous arrow, and the humble officer must rush over there immediately."

Wang Hao was also stunned. The assassin who assassinated King Yong used poisonous arrows. Could it be...

He also stood up and said, "I'll go with you!"

The first thousand and 420 chapters are tricky

The first time Chong Huan saw the buddy's body, he knew that he had found the assassin's foothold, with the same poisonous arrow. The buddy must have discovered his secret and was silenced by him when he fled.

The assassin apparently fled hastily. There were more than 100 taels of silver on the bed, a load of medicinal materials disguised as a businessman, and a dagger with the name engraved on it: Changwu.

The name was so familiar, Zhong Huan thought he had seen it there before, but couldn't remember it for a while.

"What name did he register at the store?" Wang Hao asked the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "It's Guo Changwu, from Hejian Mansion!"

Wang Hao frowned, "This is a fake name!"

"No! It should be the real name."

Zhong Huan handed the dagger to Wang Hao, "His name is on it."

At this time, Zhong Huan was shocked, "Guo Changwu! ' he remembered.

"I know who he is now. He is not from Hejian Mansion, but from Yanshan Road Country."

……

At noon, Wang Hao and Zhong Huan reported the latest investigation situation.

"His Royal Highness, this Guo Changwu is the adopted son of Guo Wei, a wealthy family in Ji County. He has been training Zhuang Ding in the manor. He escaped when he rounded up the Guo family. ..."

Chong Huan's eyes were full of remorse. If he invested more resources at that time, he could still catch this person, but he was careless.

"It's actually the remnants of the Golden Dog on Yanshan Road!"

Although Chen Qing was a little surprised, it was not surprising. There were too many people who wanted to kill him. If one day a remnant of Zhang Jun came out and wanted to kill him, it was still in the process of being cleaned up.

"Do you know where this person is?" Chen Qing asked again.

Wang Hao bowed and said, "Before we came here, the Wannian County Government gave us another piece of information, saying that someone reported that a man in black had robbed his horse. We counted the time, and it happened that this Guo Changwu escaped from the inn not long ago. He just snatched his horse and fled to the east, I have already arranged twenty inner guard cavalry to pursue him eastward, but I am not sure if I can catch up!"

Chen Qing nodded, "This person is very unprofessional!"

This Guo Changwu committed a lot of taboos for assassins. If an assassin fails to assassinate, he will hide like a snake, making it impossible for people to figure out his whereabouts. Still a professional assassin is far from it.

Wang Hao sighed and said, "Fortunately, he is not professional. If he was professional, he would definitely attack Qingfeng Teahouse, and His Highness would be in danger then."

Chen Qing's complexion was not very good. He originally wanted to go to Qingfeng Teahouse on North Street for lunch and drink tea, but he was boycotted by the five members of the Internal Affairs Hall. I also opposed him going to the teahouse at noon.

Wang Hao said again: "Your Highness, although Guo Changwu has escaped, his appearance is also a good thing. It reminds us that His Highness has many loopholes in his safety. We have been careless in the past two years. The humble job will definitely make arrangements, and there will be no more mistakes. .”

"I see!"

Chen Qing was really helpless, he knew that the freedom of ordinary people would be completely deprived of him.

Wang Hao laughed again: "If Your Highness likes the rice and tea from Qingfeng Teahouse, you can ask them to bring them in and arrange a special room with the same decorations. Your Highness and a few political councilors can continue drinking tea and chatting, there is no difference , just change places."

There was no other way, Chen Qing didn't want to talk about this issue, and turned to Zhong Huan, "What is General Zhong going to do next?"

"Xiaozhi must rush back to Yanshan Road immediately, and plug all the loopholes!"

Zhong Huan spoke very calmly, but there must be a bloody storm under the calm, and he will not let the second Guo Shaowu appear again.

Chen Qing nodded, and didn't say much, kindness and softness can't make a big deal, people who are not of my race must have a different heart, and those rich and noble families on Yanshan Road are no longer their own race.

"Don't go back in a hurry, stay with your family for two more days, and besides, I have a trickier task for you."

Wang Hao heard that the task was difficult, so he looked at Zhong Huan worriedly, but saw his eyes light up. Wang Hao was startled, and then cursed himself for being confused. Of course, the task entrusted by the king should be as difficult as possible, so why not? Show your abilities.

Wang Hao also knew that King Yong was training Zhong Huan to succeed him, but Zhong Huan's qualifications and experience were still lacking, and he would not take the position within five years. After five years, he would be 40 years old, and he believed that His Highness would not treat him badly.

Therefore, in recent years, Wang Hao has also cultivated Zhong Huan carefully, and he dare not wear small shoes for him. It is precisely this point. Although Wang Hao is a little mediocre, Chen Qing has no intention of changing people. If Wang Hao is too strong, it will affect the successor. cultivation.

Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said: "Yang Qin wrote me a very detailed report. In the report, he mentioned a person, a strange monk named Hushatu, who was making firearms for the Kingdom of Jin. Yesterday the military inspection When it comes to this person, this person was originally a Sogdian monk from Tianlong Temple in Taiyuan. He was good at grinding medicinal materials. There is no evidence, and I dare not report it, now it seems that this person is indeed a spy of the Liao Kingdom, and after the fall of the Liao Kingdom, he took refuge in the Jin Kingdom."

Wang Hao thought for a while and said, "Your Highness, this person has been in the Kingdom of Jin for more than [-] years. He must be very old. I haven't seen the firearms of the Kingdom of Jin make a name for himself in so many years. Does the humble official think that he has a false name?"

Chen Qing smiled and said: "Wanyan Wushu and Wanyanchang have always been involved in Jin Kingdom's firearms, and the Jin Kingdom court has never intervened, and according to the information we have, neither Wanyan Wushu nor Wanyanchang used this Hu Shatu, it means that he has just been activated. This is what I am worried about. The Jin Dynasty court established a firearms bureau, and then recruited the old monk Hu Shatu to preside over the firearms bureau. I don’t know anything about it. I'm worried."

Zhong Huan was silent for a moment and said, "Your Highness is worried because Jin Guo's development of firearms is out of His Highness's control."

Chen Qing glanced at him approvingly, this Zhong Huan was really smart, Wen Xian knew what he meant, so he mentioned it a little bit, and he immediately set out on his way.

Chen Qing nodded: "You're right, if Wanyan Wushu and Wanyanchang are developing firearms, I can keep track of their progress, but the Jin Guo Firearms Supervisor is out of control, and I have no way to understand them now The only thing I can do is interrupt their progress, you know what I mean?"

"Your Highness, do you want the humble official to kill this Hushatu?"

Chen Qing said lightly: "This is the tricky task I gave you. I know it's difficult, but Jin Guo reuses this Hu Shatu. He must have something special. In the past 20 years, he may have developed some secret weapon. , Kill him, and my heart that hangs in the air will fall."

Zhong Huan bowed and saluted and said: "The humble position will definitely not disappoint His Highness!"

The first thousand 420 chapter two enlightenment

At night, the head steward, Mrs. Liang, dressed up meticulously and came to King Yong's study in a nervous mood. Of course she knew what would happen when she came to King Yong's study, which made her really conflicted. A tryst with King Yong was not in line with her identity, but She didn't dare not to come, and more importantly, she also longed for that kind of taste in her heart.

Liang Shi closed the door and observed for a while, and after confirming that King Yong was the only one in the study, she gently pushed open the concealed door, "Who?" Chen Qing asked.

"It's me!" Liang pursed her lips.

"Ah! Come in."

Mrs. Liang closed the door and walked in. After a while, the two of them went up to the second floor holding hands.

……

After Yao Mei made tea for the prince, she left the study room. The prince had to consider important matters, to review the documents, to concentrate on reading and not to be disturbed, Yao Mei knew this very well.

Half an hour later, guessing that the tea was cold, Yao Mei came to the study again, ready to make another pot of tea, but unexpectedly she found the door of the study closed.

The door was ajar, so she could go in, but the door was closed, which meant that the prince didn't want to be disturbed.

Yao Mei had no choice but to return to her room, and about a quarter of an hour later, Yao Mei went to the study again, and found that the door of the study was still closed, she felt a little strange, this had never happened before.

At this moment, the door opened, Yao Mei was about to go forward, but found that there was a wrong figure on the ground, why was it a woman, could it be Sister Alian?

She went to Fujian Road with Yu Lian, and they waited on her husband together at night. Their relationship became much closer, and all the previous differences disappeared.

So when Yu Lian came to steal food at night, she could pretend not to see it.

"You take this!"

"Ah! My lord, I can't take it."

"Take it if you let me, I will reward you."

"Thank you, my lord, for the reward!"

Yao Mei was startled, the voice was wrong, she quickly dodged and hid behind the big pillars in the corridor, only to see a plump woman slapping the prince's face, turning around and walking away quickly with a piece of beautiful jade in her hand.

"Why is she?"

Yao Mei recognized the woman, and she was surprised that Mr. Liang was in charge. Of course, Yao Mei knew what this woman was doing in the study, and even a fool could guess it after the door was closed for half an hour.

She actually had an affair with the prince?Yao Mei felt sore for a while, how could the prince mess with this woman behind their backs?

Yao Mei didn't want to go to sencha again, and hurried back to her room.

The whole night, Yao Mei turned over and couldn't sleep, she suffered from insomnia.

In the morning of the next day, Yao Meiqiang went to have breakfast energetically, but she saw that the head steward, Mrs. Liang, was in high spirits and asked the palace lady to arrange breakfast. Her skin was extraordinarily delicate, and there was love in her eyebrows and eyes. It was obvious that she was well nourished last night.

Only then did Yao Mei take a closer look at Manager Liang with a woman's gaze. Her skin was very fair, well-maintained and delicate, her appearance was gorgeous, her body was slightly plump and plump, her breasts rose and fell like hills, and she was a 35-year-old woman. when mature.

At this time, Yao Mei also breathed a sigh of relief, no matter how she was in her 30s, it was impossible for her to be promoted from a palace official to a concubine.

"Amei, what's wrong with you?" Yu Lian asked with a smile.

She slept with her husband last night, and she was well nourished, and her peach blossom eyes looked at her husband who walked over with affection.

Yao Mei didn't dare to see the lord, she felt flustered, and said quickly: "I'll go deliver breakfast to Madam."

Yao Mei picked up the prepared dinner plate and hurried past her husband. She lowered her head, not daring to meet her husband's gaze.

Chen Qing glanced at Yao Mei strangely. She wanted to clean up by herself in the morning, but she didn't come?

"What's wrong with Amei?" Chen Qing sat down and asked.

"Amei seems to have not slept well, her eyes are red and she is not energetic." Yu Lian explained for Yao Mei.

Chen Qing nodded and began to eat breakfast.

……

Yao Mei walked into the Princess' room with breakfast, Lu Xiu was still in confinement and could not go out, but Yao Mei's tiredness still did not escape Lu Xiu's eyes.

"What's wrong with you? You're always floating when you walk." Lu Xiu hurriedly tied the plates, fearing that Yao Mei would stumble and fall.

"Ma'am, I'm very dizzy."

Lu Xiu pulled her to sit down, took a closer look at her, saw that her eyes had dark circles, and said with a smile, "Didn't you sleep last night?"

Yao Mei nodded slightly.

"Why?" Lu Xiu asked curiously.

"I……"

Yao Mei hesitated to speak, she didn't know whether she should say it, or whether her husband would be angry, but she felt that if she didn't say it, she would be sorry for her wife's love for her.

After hesitating for a moment, she stammered: "Last night I saw Mr. Liang...in the prince's study?"

Lu Xiu was not surprised at all, and asked with a smile, "You stayed up all night because of this?"

"Yes! I saw things I shouldn't have seen, and I don't know what to do."

Lu Xiu was very satisfied, Yao Mei didn't hide from herself, she deserved to win her over the past two years.

"If I said that I agreed with what happened last night, would you believe it?"

Yao Mei's eyes widened suddenly, "Ma'am!"

"Don't be so surprised. You know that the three women in our family are going to have children. There is a little emptiness around the prince. How many people have sharpened their heads to fill this position. Do you still remember my former personal maid Chunxi? She is now my brother Lu Wei concubine."

"How come?" Yao Mei couldn't believe her ears.

Lu Xiu sneered and said: "She went to seek refuge with Li Mei when she left the house. Li Mei always thought she was nice and caring, so she used her as her housemaid. However, Li Mei fell ill some time ago. When she fell ill today, Chun Xi arrested her. I took the opportunity to study in Lu Wei's study, if she is still in my house, will she seize the opportunity now?"

"Then Manager Liang, how could Madam?" Yao Mei was still a little too young to understand Wang Hao's wrists.

Lu Xiu smiled and said: "The prince met Guanshi Liang outside yesterday morning. The two of them stayed alone for a long time, and I knew they had an exchange. Then I asked Guanshi Liang, what did the prince say to her? She didn't dare Tell me that the prince asked her to go to the study at night, and then I said, you can go, but you have to agree to one condition."