Thinking

"Duji Falcon Bu?" When Qi Si heard the name, he raised his spirits, remembering what Yuan Feng said.

It seems that the eldest prince not only mobilized the army frantically, but also didn't forget himself, and asked Duji Falcon to make up for it in his busy schedule.

Qi Si has never made a move against Duji Falcon, because this person is the connecting point of all clues, and must be saved until the last moment to eradicate him in one fell swoop.

But this time the assassination was definitely not something that the eldest prince of Great Liang could do alone, he was just a royal family from a foreign country, so many deadly assassins sneaked into Jiangliang, the imperial city of Jin, there must be someone who was behind him.

"It seems that you have more enemies in this place." Xiao Zhi said.

Qi Si smiled wryly: "Isn't that right, it should be King Jia's masterpiece that these dead men sneaked into the city and sneaked into Prince Huai's mansion quietly."

Lin Yu was imprisoned, and the bribery of military pay came out. King Jia was in danger, so he contacted Daliang, hit it off with the eldest prince, and accepted the assassin to take Qisi's life.

Qi Si figured out what had happened. Fortunately, King Jia was targeting him, not An Wang. At least he had the kung fu to stand by him. If An Wang encountered such a surprise attack, it would be more or less unfortunate.

"How is Emperor Su?" Qi Si asked.

Xiao Zhi looked at the snow-white peony in the black porcelain bottle on the table, and replied: "Your Majesty is doing well, I miss you often, and I have nothing to worry about about this battle."

Qi Si also missed Emperor Su and Jiang Xunyan very much, but he couldn't go back for a while.

"You have been of great help by coming here." Qi Si said with emotion, Xiao Zhi is in charge of Yan Kingdom's God and Shadow Guard, and he is extremely capable. Whether it is kung fu or leading troops to fight, he can help him. Emperor Su is extremely considerate.

Xiao Zhi smiled and said, "But it's up to you."

Prince Huai's mansion was in a mess, but they couldn't clean it up completely. The people in the mansion went directly to the Zhenfu Division to report the case, and the officials rushed over one after another. When they saw the corpses everywhere in the courtyard, they all gasped.

"My lords, check it out."

Qi Si changed into a clean robe, stood outside the gate of the courtyard, raised his hand in a leisurely way.Xiwei morning light reflected him as if he was a person from two worlds.

Only then did the officials come to their senses, perform their duties, examine the dead bodies, and record the situation in the palace.

The house was noisy and chaotic, and it continued, Ji Si didn't feel sleepy, except for Xiao Zhi's part, everything was truthfully told.The corpse was transported away by the people from the Zhenfu Department, the mess of the palace was gradually tidied up, and the blood stains everywhere were also cleaned up, finally gradually returning to calm.

When the sky was bright, the news of the accident at Prince Huai's Mansion also spread to the palace, and it must have spread throughout Jiangliang City in a quarter of an hour or two.

As expected, Emperor Hongjia called Qisi into the palace.

"Father." Qi Si looked a little haggard, and entered the hall, and found that everyone came in a very orderly manner. King Jia, King An and the ministers were all there, and Yu Ke was also there.

Qi thought to himself, is this a court meeting or summoning himself.

Emperor Hongjia frowned: "Are you hurt?"

Qi Si shook his head, strong and aggrieved, and played a father-son relationship: "I'm fine. I knew that I went directly to the northern camp yesterday, and these things happened out of thin air."

King An stepped forward and patted Qi Si on the shoulder reassuringly: "It's good that you're fine, and the sixth brother still doesn't forget the great responsibility on his shoulders at this time, it's really precious."

King Jia looked horrified: "There is such a bold assassin lurking in the imperial city, I am really afraid."

Qi Si looked at him without any fluctuations in his expression: "Fortunately, the people in Prince Huai's Mansion are smart, otherwise I'm afraid they will be slaughtered."

Jia Wang fell silent.

A minister was filled with righteous indignation: "It's extremely vile and appalling. This case must be investigated strictly."

Emperor Hongjia nodded: "The Zhenfu Division is already investigating, sixth son, don't worry too much, as long as you are fine, man, you have to be able to stand up to it."

Qisi saluted: "What the father said is that the war in the northern border will be a hundred times more severe than this, and this son should only experience it in advance."

Another minister Po felt strange: "Who would do this? Duke Huai is about to go to the northern border to fight with the army, could it be a spy from Great Liang?"

Qi Si glanced at King Jia, who seemed very confident that he would not leave any evidence, with a calm expression on his face.

But Yu Ke suddenly stepped forward and said very sadly: "Father, it's all the fault of my son."

There was an uproar in the hall, what is the situation?

In the blink of an eye in Ji Si's mind, he understood what Yu Ke was going to do, and he couldn't help but clenched his fingertips tightly.

Emperor Hongjia had always been different to Yu Ke. Hearing this, he was puzzled and asked, "How do you say it?"

Yu Ke was extremely helpless: "If it wasn't for the fact that my son wanted to go to Duke Huai's mansion to join in the fun and ask Sixth Brother to tell me anecdotes about the northern border, it wouldn't have led the assassin to Duke Huai's mansion and affected others."

Emperor Hongjia's face suddenly sank: "What do you mean, the assassin is after you?"

Yu Ke nodded in a daze: "That's right. Sixth brother was almost slandered in order to protect me from arrows. My son had never experienced such a thing. At that time, my heart was in chaos. Sixth brother told me not to worry. It's up to him." Take it all on... Now that I think about it, if the sixth brother is injured, wouldn't it delay the war in the north."

Qi Si cooperated with him very tacitly, stepped forward and squeezed Yu Ke's arm: "Don't think too much, as long as everyone is fine."

Emperor Hongjia frowned: "Lao Liu, let's just talk about this kind of thing, Gu will not blame you."

Although the tone was reprimanding, there was no meaning of reproach.

King Jia's face was a bit ugly, so he had to keep his head down and remained silent. He never expected that Yu Ke would come out halfway. Emperor Hongjia had always loved Yu Ke, and once the assassin's target became him, Emperor Hongjia would definitely investigate thoroughly.

People from Zhen Fusi came to report suddenly, and Emperor Hongjia ordered him to come in.

"Your Majesty, something... was found on the assassin." The person from the Zhenfu Department knelt on one knee and presented a letter, not daring to say more.

The hall was silent, and everyone was waiting to see what was going on with this latest clue.

Emperor Hong Jia took it, opened the letter and read it again, his face became faster than the sky, and pointed to King Jia: "Old Five! Are you crazy!"

Immediately after picking up the inkstone and smashing it, the inkstone and the ink splashed all over the room, King Jia looked astonished, he was thrown into a panic, at first he asked in a daze, "Father...what's wrong?"

Emperor Hongjia crumpled the letter and scolded: "Collude with assassins and take the life of your own brother, are you crazy! Lao Qi has always been indifferent to the world, what are you going to do?"

King Jia immediately knew that he was in serious trouble, he gritted his teeth and knelt down: "Father, I am wronged! Someone must have framed him, and we need to investigate thoroughly!"

There was an uproar in the hall at first, and then there was no sound at all, and the courtiers were all in a daze. What happened in one morning was simply more exciting than the whole year.

Yu Ke looked at King Jia and said in a difficult tone, "Fifth brother...is this true?"

King Jia was at a loss for words, almost fainted: "How... how could this happen?"

Emperor Hongjia looked at Yu Ke, gritted his teeth resentfully, and waved his hand to call for people: "Bring King Jia back to the palace and ground him. No one is allowed to come and go without Gu's permission!"

King Jia was almost stunned, realized what was going on, and repeatedly called himself innocent, but once the emperor's order came out, there was no reason to take it back immediately, and he couldn't escape the restraint with an undetermined time limit.

This day is the Spring Banquet, something happened to King Jia, but the Spring Banquet cannot be cancelled, and the weather of Shengping must be shown to the world.

Taking advantage of this matter, Qisi didn't plan to stay and wait for any spring banquet, so he bid farewell to Emperor Hongjia: "Everything should not be delayed any longer, I should go to the northern border as soon as possible."

Emperor Hongjia was also tired, not to mention that it was King Jia who proposed to let Qi Si stay to attend the spring banquet, and that's why the assassination happened that night.

Emperor Hongjia nodded: "That's right, let's go."

Dai Qin opened the tent door and went in, and saw Yuan Feng standing alone in front of the sand table, meditating.

"The court needs you to deal with it. This time the eldest prince has assembled a lot more troops than four years ago. The Hongji assassination department can't just stand by." Dai Qin sighed.

General Yuan Biao showed Dai Qin the results of many deduction: "Hongji's assassination must go to the battlefield with the king's army. After I stabilize the situation in the court, I will go forward with orders and attack back and forth before I can stop the eldest prince. .”

Dai Qin looked at him with raised eyebrows: "What?"

Yuan Feng smiled: "You have to lead the army of Hongji's assassination for me to help him."

Dai Qin knew that what Yuan Feng was talking about was Qisi, so he smiled and said: "Hongji's [-] troops, just leave it to me?"

Yuan Feng removed the flag on the sand table casually: "Daiqin, although I have never asked you about your identity, my father trusts you, and he trusts you, so I trust you too."

Dai Qin laughed: "Don't worry."

Ji Si only had a few people accompanying him on this trip, and Xiao Zhi was among them. Since Rui Chu's accident four years ago, the frontier army generals have been mobilized a lot, and the talents of the generals are not enough. The main problem is that they are not united. The generals who were temporarily mobilized in the army were much more credible.

"At that time, you can just appear as a counselor in Prince Huai's residence." Qi Si said to Xiao Zhi.

Xiao Zhi didn't ask any more questions, and nodded lightly, believing that everything was arranged by him without any objection.

Lu Yingqiu was still waiting outside the camp. When he saw Xiao Zhi, his eyes paused for a moment. The two nodded slightly at each other. Qi Si was a little surprised that Lu Yingqiu directly recognized Xiao Zhi, but because of the many people talking, he didn't say anything. .

In the tent, Lu Yingqiu sent everyone away, and Qi Si sat down with Xiao Zhi.

"Lu Yingqiu, do you recognize Xiao Zhi?" Qi Si asked.

Lu Yingqiu nodded: "It's been many years since I saw Shen Shuijian last time, and the Xiao family's demeanor has always been recognizable." He looked at Xiao Zhi with admiration, but he didn't want to speak deeply.

Di Youliang also came, saluted Zhao Qi, looked at Xiao Zhi, obviously understood, and didn't say anything.

The four of them exchanged with each other the recent situation in the central and northern borders, Qi Si frowned: "Since the former Eastern Continent Kingdom was broken, this is the first time such a war has occurred within the four seas."

Lu Yingqiu sighed: "This battle cannot be dragged on for long."

The twilight is like blood, the distant mountains are glowing red under the sunset, the wilderness is lonely, vast and uninhabited, Qisi is riding a horse outside the northern camp and wandering alone, this is the last peace before the storm.

He got off his horse and wandered carelessly in the field, when the sound of horseshoes approached behind him, Qi Si looked back and saw that it was Dai Qin.

Qi Si was a little surprised, but Dai Qin quickly approached, then stepped off the horse, drew out the epee behind his back, and swung the sword straight: "Take the move!"