royal husband

Snapped.

Yingzi couldn't hide his anger, and slapped the spy so hard that his face was swollen, "You don't know what it means? That's how you do things for me? I lost so much money for no reason. Dead man?"

It takes a long time to train a dead soldier. Ying Zijun is willing to kill the spy now, but this spy is the best at concealment among Ying Zijun's subordinates. Ying Zijun still bears down and kills the spy temporarily He planned to successfully assassinate Li Jin and the others before settling accounts with spy Qiuhou.

The spy also wanted to make up for his mistakes, and replied tremblingly, "The fifth prince, the seventh prince and Li Shizi got into the carriage /day/, the slave did indeed see it with his own eyes, but for some reason, the person changed when the day came, and the slave really What a shame."

The spies had seen Li Jin and the others, and they were also involved in the assassination of Li Jin and the others yesterday, so it was immediately clear that the two people on the carriage were fakes.

pity.

After the spies discovered that the person was pretending to be, they immediately yelled to retreat, but the people they attacked seemed to have been prepared, and captured several dead soldiers who participated in the assassination, forcing those dead soldiers to grit their teeth The poison committed suicide, while the spy himself survived under the protection of other surviving dead soldiers, so as not to be trapped inside.

Ying Zijun narrowed his eyes slightly, "Are you sure you read it right?"

The spy raised his hand and swore, "I dare to risk my life."

"Brother Wuhuang, this slave dares to say that in front of you. I think I read it right." Ying Zirui, who was silent beside him, said suddenly, "Besides, things will become like this. I don't think I can get rid of Shen Chaoyan." After all, it is Shen Chaoyan who is responsible for sending them out of the palace this time, and it is understandable for Shen Chaoyan to help them."

Hearing Shen Chaoyan's name, Ying Zijun's pupils shrank immediately, "Could it be...Shen Chaoyan plans to win Li Jin and the others over for Ying Ziheng?"

"Probably."

Ying Zirui nodded.

Ying Zijun denied Ying Zirui's words with a little panic, "It's impossible, Lao Qi is a useless piece of trash, so it's not worth Shen Chaoyan to treat him differently."

A dark light flashed quickly in Ying Zirui's eyes, "Brother Wuhuang, you forgot that Lao Qi has become the adopted son of the Empress. If I guessed correctly, Shen Chaoyan definitely wanted to make friends with the Empress through Lao Qi, and then use Lao Qi to make friends with the Empress, The queen asked Ying Ziheng to regain the crown prince."

Ying Zijun gritted his teeth and said, "The crown prince is mine, and I will not let Shen Chaoyan succeed."

Ever since he knew that Ying Ziheng's status as prince was abolished, Ying Zijun's desire to ascend to the position of prince became more and more intense. Naturally, he didn't want to see Ying Ziheng get the position of prince again.

Ying Zirui said calmly, "Brother Wuhuang, since we still don't know which carriage they got into, why don't we stop attacking for now and wait for them to go to Zhuzhou to seize the opportunity?"

Ying Zijun stared at the spies displeasedly and said, "Okay, you also go with me, I warn you that you can only succeed this time, not fail."

"Yes... the slave will definitely do a good job this time..."

The spy hurriedly knelt down to thank Ying Zijun.

"Okay, you go down and get ready."

"Yes."

Ying Zijun sent a message, and the spies not only continued to stay, but also quickly left.

"Liu Huangdi, has Ying Ziheng changed during this time?" Ying Zijun asked Ying Zirui to visit Ying Ziheng often in order to control Ying Ziheng's every move.

Ying Zirui had a good relationship with Ying Ziheng even when Ying Ziheng was the crown prince, so it would be best for him to keep an eye on Ying Ziheng now.

"Second brother has been drinking these few days."

Ying Zirui thought of everything he had seen during this period, and felt very strange in his heart.

It stands to reason that Ying Ziheng should be too happy to be married to the Dingbei Palace now, so why inexplicably started drinking to relieve his worries?

"Very good, Liu Huangdi, you continue to monitor Ying Ziheng secretly, and tell me immediately if there is any change." It's normal for Ziheng to have such a reaction, but if not, Ying Zijun will wonder what's inside.

"it is good."

Ying Zirui responded with a good word without even thinking about it.

……

bang bang.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and Ying Ziqi, who was reading a book, paused, "Who is outside?"

The eunuch who knocked on the door said, "Back to the third prince, the servant is serving the sixth prince. The sixth prince said that the third prince likes to eat lotus cakes, so he asked the servant to bring some for the third prince to taste."

"Sixth prince?" Ying Ziqi raised his eyebrows, "Bring it in."

"Yes, Third Prince."

The eunuch walked into the room cautiously, put down the pastry and left immediately.

Ying Ziqi didn't go to get the cakes immediately, but waited for the eunuch to close the door before slowly opening the food box, picked up the piece of lotus cake in the lower left corner, and immediately/broke/opened two halves, one was carefully rolled The small note immediately appeared.

Ying Ziqi had known for a long time that there would be a small note inside, so he was not surprised when he saw it. Instead, he calmly opened the small note to read the content inside, but that calm expression was the moment when he read the content on the small note. , instantly turned into a mockery.

That arrogant idiot Ying Zijun wanted to fight for the crown prince's position, it's really absurd.

Ying Ziqi couldn't help laughing.

From Ying Ziqi's point of view, Ying Zijun is a complete waste, it's fine if he can't hold his breath, and he likes to make trouble everywhere. If there is not a good mother behind him, maybe he has been calculated by someone with ulterior motives. No life.

"Forget it, it's good to have him here, if something happens, Winner will be a very useful shield."

To put it bluntly.

The news that Ying Zijun got through Ying Zirui, and even those dead soldiers that Ying Zijun thought he was raising, actually belonged to Ying Ziqi.

……

"Li Jin, we will reach Zhuzhou after a short walk. Let's take a rest and drink some water." Ying Yuan handed the water bag to Li Jin.

"it is good."

Li Jin took the water bag and immediately took a sip to moisten his throat.

On their way to Zhuzhou, they were on their way almost day/night, because they had an agreed time with Shen Chaoyan on their trip, and they had to be earlier than the food delivery team.

The reason why Yingyuan proposed to rest at this moment was not because he couldn't bear the hard work of the journey, but because he thought it was just right for them to stop here and wait for the food delivery team to come.

Of course.

There is one thing that Ying Yuan didn't mention because he was afraid that Li Jin would be unhappy. Along the way, Ying Yuan's heart was on his mind every day, for fear that Li Jin's body would not be able to hold on. Only then did Ying Yuan's tense heart relax a little.

Li Jin also responded to Ying Yuan's reminder with actions.

"Li Jin, the drought in Zhuzhou is very serious."

Looking at the yellowed trees and dry plants around him, Ying Yuan hadn't entered the city of Zhuzhou yet, and he could already imagine how hard it was for the people of Zhuzhou to live in this environment.

Li Jin covered the water bag, walked to Ying Yuan, patted Ying Yuan on the shoulder and said, "Well, I hope we can help them when we come to Zhuzhou this time."

It's too late, it's too soon.

Just as Li Jin said these words, a sallow-faced and thin child jumped out from nowhere, skillfully followed Li Jin's water bag, and then ran away quickly.

Ying Yuan was taken aback, "Li Jin, are you okay?"

"No problem." Li Jin shook his head, looked at Zhou Yunting and said, "Yunting."

"Yes, third son."

Zhou Yunting followed closely behind the child, only to catch the child in an instant.

"Let go of me...let me go...what are you doing with me..." The child didn't give up after being caught, struggling desperately to escape from Zhou Yunting's clutches.

Zhou Yunting already had a very high level of force, and the child looked malnourished. How could he be Zhou Yunting's opponent? In a short while, Zhou Yunting brought him to Li Jin.

Ping An angrily stared at the child, "You kid actually steals at such a young age."

"You are the ones who are the thieves. I didn't steal anything. This thing is obviously mine. You guys are robbing it now." The child refused to admit it, and even said that the water bag belonged to him.

Where did Ping An meet such a child before, and he immediately became angry, "What nonsense are you talking about, kid? Obviously you just rushed over suddenly and snatched my young master's water bag."

"I don't care, things are mine now."

The child was afraid that Ping An would rush over and snatch his water bag, so he hugged the water bag tightly, and if Ping An dared to snatch it, he would fight desperately with Ping An.

"Leave safely."

Li Jin stepped forward to stop Ping An.

"But he..."

"I know, just leave the next thing to me."

"Yes." Since Li Jin said that he wanted to deal with this matter himself, Ping An couldn't continue, so he stood there depressed and glared at the lying child.

Li Jin looked at the child with a smile, "You said the water bag is yours, so can you tell me how much water is left in the water bag?"

"This... why are you asking this?"

Because of Li Jin's inexplicable question, the child was stunned for a moment, and wanted to retreat on guard, but the child was still caught by Zhou Yunting, so he couldn't retreat at all.

"Of course it's to prove your innocence. If you're right, I can forget about the water bag."

"Really...really..."

The child opened his eyes wide, and looked at Li Jin in disbelief.

"of course."

"Okay, it's settled like that, you can't go back on your word." After the child said, he shook the water bag violently, trying to judge the approximate location of the water through the sound of the water.

But it was just such a shake that made the child dumbfounded.

Because this water bladder, which looks like a lot of water, is actually empty.

"Why is there no water in your water bladder?"

"Of course I finished drinking."

In fact, Li Jin and Zhou Yunting had already noticed that someone was nearby, but Li Jin signaled Zhou Yunting not to move and asked someone to come over, and then a series of things happened just now.

"How did this happen... I'm dead now..." The child suddenly cried, tears streaming down his face.

"Uh... isn't there no water? You have nothing to cry about." I wanted to gloat over the child's safety and see the child's miserable appearance, but I couldn't get angry, so I subconsciously comforted the child with clumsy words.