The Villain's Heart Black Moonlight

Cen Jinzhao: “…”

Of course he knew there were scratches on it.

After all, he had kept the rice dumpling leaf inside his lapel and carried it with him for several days. He would take it out and touch it whenever he had time. He knew the marks on it by heart, even though he didn't hide them from Mo Hua.

Especially that scratch.

But... he didn't expect Chi Chu would remember it too.

The two looked at each other, and Lord Cen looked away without confidence, lowering his voice and speaking:

"Really? Then maybe I made a mistake."

This statement is full of loopholes and actually doesn't explain anything at all.

Cen Jinzhao stood up. He looked at Chi Chu and seemed to want to ask something else, but he decisively chose to escape.

"I'm going to go over there and check on Eleven's situation. If there's no evidence here, we have to hurry back to the palace."

The man's tone was calm and low, as if nothing had happened.

What's the matter with zong leaves or not? Does it have anything to do with Prime Minister Cen, who has all the power in the world?

He turned around and was about to walk towards Eleven, but he heard the little girl behind him mutter in a very small voice: "If you can't beat them, then run away. That's too foul."

Cen Jinzhao: “…”

When has the great Prime Minister Cen ever been implied in this way?

But he was unable to refute it.

Could he admit that he always carried the rice dumplings with him? Although it was not impossible, but... he was not that kind of person.

There are some words that just can't be said.

Cen Jinzhao pretended not to hear this and walked to Eleven's side.

Eleven silently lowered his head to turn over the corpse and glanced at his master. He couldn't help but show sympathy.

Although the marriage has not yet taken place, he has already anticipated the situation where his master will be under his control in the future.

Although Her Royal Highness the Sixth Princess looks gentle and harmless, just like how she suddenly attacked just now, if you really look down on her because of her appearance and personality, you are a real fool.

Eleven: Eyes look at the nose and nose looks at the heart, then withdraw your gaze.

The search was almost over at this time. Ning Hekun dared to leave like this because he had an idea in his mind. These assassins were all arranged by him, and no useful information could be found.

"Your Highness, let's prepare to return to the palace."

Cen Jinzhao's expression had returned to normal by now. He strode to Chi Chu's side, but his eyes paused slightly.

Because he saw that the rice dumpling leaf that was on him just now was now being played with in the little girl's hand.

He finally whispered, "Your Highness, can you return the leaf to me?"

"Hmm? But didn't you just say you made a mistake? Maybe you didn't want to take this leaf... I used this leaf before, so why don't you just leave it with me so I can use it next time."

Chi Chu blinked and spoke with a smile.

Cen Jinzhao choked, and he finally understood what it meant to shoot oneself in the foot.

Not only were the rice dumplings leaves gone, but he was also being openly teased by the little girl.

Although the girl's voice was as soft and obedient as always, her tone was vaguely mischievous.

Cen Jinzhao couldn't help it and raised his hand to touch Chi Chu's head.

Just as he imagined, it felt furry to the touch, like stroking a cute baby animal.

"The rice dumpling leaf is not a token of trust." Cen Jinzhao put down his hand and suddenly said, "But you gave it to me, so I want to keep it with me."

His voice was very soft and slightly hoarse.

"But your highness is right. This is originally yours, so it is appropriate for you to hold it."

After he said this, without even waiting for Chi Chu's response, he rode his horse a few quick steps to the front, his ears feeling a little hot.

"..."

Chi Chu was stunned for a while. She looked at the tall back of the man and reached out to touch the tip of her nose.

-

When Chi Chu and Cen Jinzhao returned to the palace, quite a few people had already gathered in the palace's not-so-luxurious hall.

Prince Kangdi and others were present.

At the same time, the people who had gone hunting before were also recalled one by one.

The atmosphere in the hall was not good. The ministers stood in their seats and no one dared to speak.

Come to think of it, something happened on the first day of the autumn hunt. Kangdi's good mood in the morning was completely worn out. At this moment, he was full of impatience and irritability, and he forced himself to sit in the main seat.

Seeing Cen Jinzhao coming back, he paused and gave a very forced smile:

"Lord Cen is back, are you okay? I told you I would send someone to the forest to rescue you."

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I am fine. I just suffered some minor injuries."

Kangdi twitched the corner of his mouth.

In fact, he knew what happened in the forest today, and he expected the prince to attack Cen Jinchao. But because he was happy to see this happen, Emperor Kang not only did not stop it, but turned a blind eye to it and made it easier for the prince.

He had actually thought about it a long time ago that the probability of success of such a thing was very low.

Cen Jinchao is not so easy to kill.

But he didn't expect that after such an arrangement, Cen Jinchao was only slightly injured!

And you can’t tell from the outside, so you can imagine how minor the injury is!

Of course, the difficulty in killing is not the source of Kangdi's irritation. The biggest problem now is that even if he is just doing superficial work, he has to find out who the "murderer" who assassinated Cen Jinchao is.

Since he couldn't get the prince out, he had to find a scapegoat.

As for the candidate for this "Lamb", Conti has no idea yet.

He only knew that Cen Jinchao was not so easy to fool.

In short, the subsequent events are predictably difficult, and Cen Jinchao will definitely demand some benefits from him.

When Kangdi thought of this, he couldn't help feeling some dissatisfaction towards Ning Hekun, who proposed the plan but failed.

"That's good. I don't know who is so bold as to assassinate an important official at this time. It's really abominable and outrageous!"

Emperor Kang responded perfunctorily: "Don't worry, my dear Lord Cen, I will investigate this matter thoroughly and give you an explanation!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Cen Jinzhao's expression was indifferent.

"Then you might as well go and rest today. It's definitely not suitable to continue hunting after encountering something like this."

It was obvious that Kangdi didn't want to deal with this matter directly, he just wanted to get rid of Cen Jinzhao.

Cen Jinchao's expression did not change after hearing this, and he did not fulfill Emperor Kang's wish. He said calmly: "I don't need to rest yet, so let's talk about the assassins first... Although I have dealt with nearly twenty assassins over there, no one knows how many people the other side has arranged."

"If they dare to assassinate me today, then tomorrow... they might attack others as well."

As Cen Jinzhao spoke, he looked at Kangdi, the implication of his words was obvious.

It sounds like he's a little worried about Conti's safety.

These words put Emperor Kang in a difficult position. Even though he knew that the prince's men would not take action against him, he could not say no to the "concern" of his ministers.

I can only continue to force a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, Prime Minister Cen."

Afterwards, Cen Jinzhao briefly recounted what had happened at that time.

Of course, some artistic processing was also done. For example, in his description, the assassin was not called out by the prince, but suddenly appeared after he and the prince and others got separated.

Although there was no mention of the assassin's connection to the Crown Prince, many people still looked towards Ning Hekun with suspicion.

How could it be such a coincidence that Prime Minister Cen encountered an assassin right after he separated from him?

Moreover, the two of them should have been quite close to each other at that time, so why did the prince bring people back first to inform them of the assassination, but left Cen Jinchao alone there?

The prince brought quite a few people with him, and there were only a dozen assassins, so everyone could easily deal with them on the spot.

Ning Hekun had anticipated the ministers' suspicion. He coughed lightly and was about to speak out the words he had prepared long ago.

Cen Jinzhao interrupted him: "Of course, I don't think all this has anything to do with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. After all, many people saw me and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince go out together. If anything goes wrong with me, everyone will definitely suspect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince first."

"Considering this, Your Highness probably won't attack me so directly, as that would be a bit foolish."

The man said expressionlessly.

When Ning Hekun heard this, his face felt hot, as if someone had slapped him hard in the face.

What does it mean to appear a little stupid... Isn't Cen Jinzhao just calling him stupid?

But after hearing this ridicule, Ning Hekun not only couldn't explode at Cen Jinzhao, but even had to laugh along:

"It is still Lord Prime Minister Cen who is sensible, otherwise it would be difficult for me to explain this matter... I am really relieved that Prime Minister Cen does not doubt me."

"Your Highness, there is no need to thank me. I believe that even if I don't tell you, Your Majesty will definitely find out the real murderer and clear your Highness of suspicion."

The man looked indifferent.

At this time, some quick-witted people in the hall had already figured out something from the language and expressions of all parties. For a moment... everyone was a little secretive.

——The current situation is no longer something they can intervene in.

Immortals fight, mortals suffer.

I just hope this fire doesn't burn them.

"Ahem, Lord Cen is right... I will have someone bring the bodies of the assassins here now. But by the way, Lord Cen, have you found any clues about the assassins?"

Kandi asked.

Of course he was just going through the motions.

Although the prince did a mediocre job in this matter and it caused such an ugly scene, he should not have left any evidence.

As expected, Cen Jinzhao frowned slightly and said, "Your Majesty, I have not found anything related to the identity of the assassins. These people should be trained assassins."

"Is that so?" Conti nodded.

He was just about to ask a few more questions casually and let Cen Jinzhao go down and wait for the result, but he heard a voice suddenly sounded in the hall.

The voice belonged to a young girl, soft and clear.

"Father, I have discovered something."

When his son said this, Emperor Kang was still a little slow to react. The main reason was that he had ignored Chi Chu for too long and for a while he was not used to having another daughter.

"Xiao Liu? Do you have any clues?"

All eyes in the hall were instantly focused on the little girl next to Cen Jinzhao, and Emperor Kang frowned and asked with some confusion.

He didn't notice that the moment Chi Chu opened his mouth, Ning Hekun, who had already breathed a sigh of relief, tensed up again, with a flash of panic in his eyes.

For some reason, an indescribable feeling of fear arose from the bottom of Ning Hekun's heart.

He always felt that something bad was going to happen.

But it shouldn't be...

Those assassins were all trained by him. Not to mention that they all died there, even if they were captured alive, they would not be able to say anything, and they would not have anything on them to represent their identity.

He stared at Chi Chu's hand a little nervously.

Then he saw Chi Chu take out a dagger from his clothes.

"Father, this is it. I found this dagger on one of the bodies. The pattern on it seems to be different from what I usually see... I was wondering if this has anything to do with their identities."

Chi Chu spoke in a gentle tone, with a pure and innocent look.

"Dagger? Different patterns?" Kangdi was stunned.

He asked his men to bring up the dagger and personally held it in his hand to look at it.

After seeing the pattern on the dagger clearly, Kangdi's expression changed.

This pattern clearly belongs to the prince!

And he also remembered that among those who could engrave their own logo on weapons, there was no prince!

Where did this dagger come from? !

and……

Emperor Kang was not actually stupid. In fact, he was quite smart and intelligent. Otherwise, he would not have been able to sit on the throne for more than ten years. It was just that he was old now, and sometimes he did things in a confused manner. However, when it came to matters concerning the throne, he showed rare shrewdness.

Kangdi carefully weighed the dagger and inevitably realized another fact -

These daggers were not produced uniformly, and there were slight differences in appearance and weight.

This means... someone is producing weapons behind his back!

At this time, Ning Hekun also saw clearly what was in Kangdi's hand, and his mind suddenly reached a strange sync with Kangdi's thoughts -

Where did this dagger come from? !

He naturally recognized the dagger; it was indeed something made by his weapons factory.

But... he is still in the stage of keeping a low profile, and this weapon has not been put into use at all. Why does it appear here, on Chi Chu's body!

Ning Hekun suddenly turned around and looked at Chi Chu.

The little girl looked calm and even smiled slightly when she saw him looking at her.

Chi Chu could probably understand Ning Hekun's confusion, but unfortunately she couldn't explain it at the moment.

Anyway, this dagger was something Chi Chu had taken from Ning Hekun’s factory before. It was originally used as a self-defense weapon, but he didn’t expect it to have such a wonderful use.

Ning Hekun: “…”

He was now more panicked than ever before. Even when he saw Chi Chu raising his hand to kill someone in the dense forest, he did not feel such a strong sense of urgency.

At the same time, his panic was also seen by Conti who was looking down.

Kangdi was shocked and anger surged in his heart.

"Prince, come up and take a look at this dagger."

Kangdi spoke in a deep voice.

"……Yes."

Ning Hekun suddenly woke up, with cold sweat on his forehead, but he still walked to Kangdi's side and picked up the dagger on the table. Then he opened his mouth and tried his best to pretend to be shocked:

"Father, why is there my pattern on this dagger?"