Gu Junchen closed his eyes: "Meng Delang, back then, this king was not qualified to say blood feud, but now this king has it."

Meng Delang was silent.Although he has not experienced what happened to King Qi, he understands the pain in King Qi's heart. The civil strife six years ago hurt the roots of Hua Guo too deeply.

The eldest son and grandson of Prince Yan all died in that civil strife.

"Stop, rest in place until dawn, pay attention to the situation around you, don't let someone take the prisoner away." Jun Yidao.They took the small road, the small road was faster, although the official road was safer, but Gu Junchen wanted to lure people out.

Perhaps the people behind him also knew Gu Junchen's purpose, but if the assassin really confessed, then it was a witness, and no one dared to take the risk.

Jun Yi carefully observed the surroundings, the prince said that the other party would definitely come, even if he didn't come, it would be no loss to us.However, the person and the confession are separate, the person walked slowly on the way, and the confession had already been rushed back to the capital.

However, on the first night that Jun Yi left the Northwest with the assassin, no prisoner was intercepted.

Five days later, the capital.

The assassin's confession has already arrived in Emperor Zhaoning's hands, and Emperor Zhaoning looked at the letter with a livid face.

"emperor."

"Tell Qin Shangshu and the first prince to enter the palace." Emperor Zhao Ning put down the letter.Although he had expected that the assassination of his nephew must be related to his son, he was still shocked when he saw this letter.Brothers don't care about siblings, let alone cousins.

Qin Shangshu and the eldest prince are coming soon, the grandpa and grandson met at the gate of the imperial study, each other's hearts skipped a beat, wondering why the emperor summoned them at the same time.But there is always a bad feeling.

"Lord Qin, Your Highness, please come inside."

Qin Shangshu and the eldest prince entered the imperial study.

"My minister sees the emperor."

"My son sees my father."

Emperor Zhao Ning glanced at them: "Get up, you all know about the Northwest Military Camp. The assassin who assassinated Jun Chen was not taken away, but moved away by Jun Chen. This is the assassin's confession." , let’s take a look together.”

"Yes." The eldest prince stepped forward, a little impatiently. Grandpa said that it was not theirs who assassinated the fourth child this time, so who could it be?He was looking forward to it very much, but when he saw the confession, his legs trembled, and he knelt down straight, "I'm wronged, my father is wronged." The eldest prince's voice trembled, and the whole person panicked.

Qin Shangshu felt that there was something wrong, so he took a look at the confession immediately, and then bent his legs, and he also knelt down: "Please check clearly, the emperor, this matter is definitely not done by this humble minister."

Emperor Zhao Ning leaned on the chair: "One or two said they were wronged, so who do you say wronged you? Zhen?"

"I don't dare." Qin Shangshu replied.

"Father, this son-in-law really never did such a thing. How could this son-in-law and the fourth brother love each other so much?" The eldest prince argued.

"Then tell me, who wronged you?" Emperor Zhaoning asked.

The eldest prince thought for a while: "Could it be the fourth child?"

"Nonsense." Emperor Zhao Ning slapped the table fiercely, "He let assassins assassinate him, he let Fuqiu Kingdom make a surprise attack? He let the group of masked men with hidden weapons attack the barracks, just to wrong you?"

"It's normal for my son to have such doubts." The eldest prince said, "Earlier Kou Qi sued Yu Zhenxi, if Yu Zhenxi really colluded with Fuqiu Kingdom, Fuqiu Kingdom would help the fourth brother sneak attack on the Northwest Army Camp to pretend It's also possible. As for the masked man with hidden weapons, he might be the fourth child."

"According to your theory, can I also suspect that it was your idea that Kou Qi sued Yu Zhenxi? It was you who colluded with Fuqiu Kingdom, and then dug this hole, let the assassin deliberately confess to you, and then waited for you to bite Junchen back. One bite?" Emperor Zhao Ning asked.

"Father, I swear to the heavens, if the assassin this time is really sent by me, I will die a terrible death." The eldest prince said loudly.

Emperor Zhao Ning narrowed his eyes, looking at the eldest prince as if looking at a butterfly ant.The first prince was staring at him with guilt, but it was really not him. He was just a little scared, but bravely looked at him.

"Then what about you?" Emperor Zhao Ning looked at Qin Shangshu.

"It's not the old minister, even the old minister is very courageous, and he dare not send someone to assassinate His Highness King Qi." Qin Shangshu said, "And this confession alone can't prove that the old minister did it."

"Now the testimonials are in my hands, and the witnesses are on the way. If this matter spreads, what do you think will happen?" Emperor Zhao Ning asked.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, in order to prove his innocence, the veteran will definitely investigate this matter with all his strength." Qin Shangshu said.

"Well, then I will hand over the assassin to you, and you will quickly lead people to meet King Qi's men, this is the route they will take." Emperor Zhao Ning handed over the road map to Shangshu Qin.

"The old minister obeyed."

Coming out of the imperial study room, Qin Shangshu's face sank into the water tank.

"Grandpa, can this matter really be..."

"Your Highness." Qin Shangshu cut off his words, "Your Highness, please speak carefully." Although he also had the same thought, it was indeed not him, who wanted to frame him like this.

"But if not, then what is the matter with this testimony? Could it be that the fourth child wants to take this opportunity to get rid of us?" The eldest prince also expressed this idea when he was in the imperial study just now, "I didn't expect the fourth child to be so vicious, I really underestimated him before." "It's not him." Qin Shangshu said again.

"Grandpa, I'm confused by what you said."

"This matter has nothing to do with you, and you don't need to intervene. You should do your job well, and when you become your first prince, all the grandparents will make things right for you." Qin Shangshu left such a sentence and left directly.

The eldest prince stared at Qin Shangshu's back, and the corner of his mouth slowly curled into a smile.

Qin Shangshu returned to the mansion, and immediately called his staff to discuss the matter of the assassin and the confession: "What do you think of this matter?"

"The matter of Kou Qi and Yu Zhenxi was done by us, and Fuqiu Kingdom was also greeted by us, so it is impossible for King Qi to direct and act on his own. However, we cannot guarantee whether he has tampered with the confession. "Staff together.

"This is just one of the possibilities, and there is another possibility. The confession is true." The staff said, "If the confession is true, but the assassin was not sent by Master Shangshu, then there is only one explanation, the other party is framing Lord Shangshu. The purpose of framing Lord Shangshu is to let the first prince's family and Qi Wang's family start to compete."

Qin Shangshu nodded: "I think so too. But if someone is framing this old man, who is the other party?"

The staff laughed: "If the eldest prince and King Qi fight, who will benefit?"

Qin Shangshu frowned: "The second prince? Or the third prince?"

"The second prince didn't make good friends with him, and the third prince might not be able to support him. Is it possible... It's the remnants of six years ago?" the staff asked.

Qin Shangshu shook his head: "I don't know." In fact, there is another person, but Qin Shangshu dare not think that Dali Temple Minister has nothing to do with him. The last time he wanted to attack Dali Temple because someone caught him The handle threatened him.So it is very likely that this person did what happened this time.The civil strife six years ago, and the people behind it, but who is this person?As soon as he thought that this person had his own reasons, Qin Shangshu felt as if he had been stared at and bitten by a mouse, and he was so disgusting that he would die.However, he had no choice, he couldn't find out who the other party was.

"Then why did the emperor entrust this matter to the adults to investigate?" the staff said together.

"Because regardless of whether this matter was done by the old man, the old man will not let the assassin die. In order to prove the old man's innocence, it is safest for the assassin to be in the old man's hands. If this matter was done by the old man, the old man will not If he can kill an assassin, but to prove himself, the old man will definitely push this matter to others. But if this matter is not done by the old man, then the old man wants to find out more than anyone else." Qin Shangshu said.Therefore, the Holy One is really well-intentioned.

"Our emperor is good at fighting wars, but he didn't expect to be good at dealing with court affairs." The two staff members said, "The emperor can sit firmly in the country, one is the person left by the prince's banquet, and the other is that he is the throne passed by the emperor himself. If..."

"What if?" Qin Shangshu raised his eyebrows.

"If there is some bad news, the king of Qi, not the emperor, passed on the throne at the Prince Banquet? Will this cause misunderstanding between the emperor and King Qi, and will it be more beneficial to the eldest prince?" Second staff member Again.

Qin Shangshu thought for a while: "In this way, there will be troubles in the imperial court, and the prince's banquet will cause trouble. King Qi is not in the capital. This is a good opportunity. It's time for us to solve their troubles. Go and arrange them, I will I just want to see what happens this time.”

About the assassin and the testimony, Emperor Ning only told Qin Shangshu and the eldest prince, just as Qin Shangshu expected, he was probing, no matter whether Qin Shangshu did it or not, only he would guarantee the safety of the assassin.

But in fact, can the assassin reach the capital safely?

When Junyi and the others left the northwest region, they finally attracted another batch of killers.

To save the assassin?Or to kill the assassin?

"Protect the witness." Jun Yi said.

County one plus twenty Imperial Forest Army, the other party seems to know their number, the number of visitors is twice as many as theirs, and their martial arts are very high, much higher than the Imperial Forest Army.No matter how good Jun Yi's martial arts are, he can't defeat a hundred with one, not to mention he is being entangled.and

The opponent obviously wasn't interested in fighting either, and after entangled Junyi, he rushed directly to the assassin.Then he killed him with a sword, and said after killing him: "Go

Jun Yi ran to the side of the assassin, checked his breath, he was dead.He said to the rest of the people: "Go back and report to the prince." Then he chased after him.

It will be two days before the rest of the Imperial Forest Army returns to the Northwest General's Mansion.

"We left two people to take care of the county chief, and the rest came back, and the assassin who was killed was also brought back." The guard of the Royal Forest Army said.

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