[Red House] The First Imperial Merchant

Chapter 34 Who is the murderer

Two of the four guards died, and Xiao Xizi also died on the bed, and was chopped down in the middle. Both of the injured were seriously injured, and they looked like they were about to retire early.Six of the eight death guards died, and the remaining two were captured alive. Before Xue Pan could question him, the two had already bitten through the poison sac hidden in their mouths and died. Xue Pan stared at the two poisoned corpses , frowning tightly.

The third prince turned pale with fright, but tried his best to pretend to be calm, so he looked pretty good.Jia Huan stood aside, seeing the trembling hand of the third prince, he reached out to pull it, and the third prince looked at Jia Huan blankly.

"Take Hongyi to my room for a glass of water." Xue Pan said.The smell of blood in the room was too strong, and the third prince was frightened.The old Liu and his wife who rushed over after hearing the sound lowered their heads when they saw this. They heard it when they were fighting just now but didn't come out. Now they are afraid of Xue Pan's censure.Xue Pan didn't expect this, the couple are ordinary peasant couples, they should not come out and hide, so he just said: "Old Liu, you help the two guards go in to apply medicine, Aunt Liu and I don't have Jingshen tea, you Go make a brew and send it to Yuzhai." The two nodded when they heard the sound, and they should have gone down.

Seeing that Jia Huan and Zhao Hongyi were still on the side, Xue Pan looked at Jia Huan and said, "Good student, take care of Hongyi, I'll be back in a while."

When Jia Huan heard this, he dragged the Muleng Zhao Hongyi to the main house.Seeing that the two had left, Xue Pan stepped forward to check the corpse. The third prince saw that he was too frightened to see a dead person, so he took off the mask of the man in black. For ordinary people, Xue Pan thought for a while, then raised the black The arm of the man in the clothes, touched the clothes on his body to see if there was a pendant, but there was no clue. He was about to leave when he glanced at the neck of the man in black who was falling over, and immediately walked to the side. There was a tattoo on the back of the neck, which was blue like a swallow. Thumb size is usually difficult to observe.Xue Pan took a look, and dialed another body, and sure enough, there was one too. Looking at the door, there were six bodies lying on the ground, and the shapes were in his mind.

When Xue Pan arrived in the main room, Jia Huan sat on one side and frowned. The third prince sat blankly on the chair, not knowing what to think. When he saw Xue Pan coming in, he burst into tears and hugged Xue Pan's thigh. He just cried without saying anything, Jia Huan gritted his teeth and wanted to pull away this kid who took advantage of his master, so he knew that he couldn't have any sympathy for this kid!Thinking that he didn't do anything, he just curled his lips and turned his head away not to look.

The third prince cried until he hiccupped, Xue Pan followed his back one by one, and when he was relieved, Yan Zi's cry sounded at the gate, probably frightened by seeing the messy corpses in the yard.Xue Pan supported the third prince's head and said, "Do you have a token?"

Zhao Hongyi fumbled in his bosom for a long time and found his dragon jade pendant and handed it to Xue Pan. Xue Pan took it out of the door, picked up the red jade string awarded by Emperor Pingkang, and handed it to Yan Zi, saying: "Don't say anything, you Ride to the Nine Gates, and when you see the gatekeeper, just tell me my name. Remember to see the admiral. If someone stops you, show me this string of red jade first. Just say that I have something important to ask, and don’t say anything else. , after meeting the admiral in person, hand over the jade pendant to the admiral, and then tell the address clearly, go quickly."

Yanzi was so frightened that his legs trembled, and he couldn't hear everything he said.Seeing Xue Pan scolding him coldly, Yan Zi came back to his senses, "Do you remember?" Yan Zi nodded and repeated it, and his complexion eased.

Xue Pan nodded and said, "Leave your clothes here. You can ride there. Don't talk to anyone on the way. Go quickly." Yanzi handed over the clothes to Xue Pan, and then ran to the door.Xue Pan closed the door, walked quickly into the room, and ordered: "You two come with me."

The guards were recuperating in the room on the right side. They lost a lot of blood and were fainting. Old Liu just finished administering medicine to one of them. Xue Pan saw it and said, "Move to the back mountain. Aunt Liu will help you. You two have worked hard today." Wei Gang was dispatched, but he didn't know and didn't have a fixed time. Xue Pan was afraid that there would be a second wave. After all, the killer had already moved, so he simply took advantage of the weak defense line of the guards to attack in one fell swoop. .At the beginning Xue Pan bought this Zhuangzi because he liked the hot springs in the back mountain. Not long after the Zhuangzi bought it, the spring water in the back mountain was not ready to lead the canals to the Zhuangzi. Concealed, just in time to use.

Lao Liu is a strong man in the Northeast, with great strength, and he doesn't pant when he carries his guards on his back.Xue Pan led a few people to the Hot Spring Cave, the cave was called Yuzhai, and there was a stone gate on the side, so it looked natural and hidden from a distance.The cave was very big and open with air, Xue Pan asked Zhao Hongyi to go down to take a bath, Xiao Xizi's blood splashed half of Zhao Hongyi's chest, Jia Huan went into the bath together, the compartment was a bedroom, and the two guards were here rest.

Aunt Liu held the tea and didn't know what to say for a while, Xue Pan saw it and said comfortingly: "It's nothing, if you two are afraid of being transferred to another village, it's okay." Old Liu refused first, saying that he felt guilty for not going out to protect the master just now And so on, Xue Pan didn't mention it anymore.

The weather was hot and Xue Pan's body smelled of sweat and blood from the fight just now, so he sent Mrs. Liu and his wife to look after the guards inside, and he also soaked in water.It takes about an hour to get to the city in a carriage from here, and if it takes at least half an hour, you can feel it. Xue Pan calculated the time and changed his clothes not long after soaking.In the pool, Jia Huanpao's skin was pink, while Zhao Hongyi was rosy, but he looked more energetic than before.

"Okay, come up!" Xue Pan sat on a chair and drank tea.

Zhao Hongyi's feet were soft and he walked slowly. When he got on the stage and saw the clothes, he couldn't help but lower his head, and said in a low voice: "Teacher Xiao Xizi died to save me, they want to hack me to death."

Xue Pan sighed, stood up and touched his wet head, and said, "Your status will not allow you to be at ease for the rest of your life..."

After changing clothes, drinking hot tea and resting for a short while, Xue Pan heard the movement in the yard, so he went out to look up, saw that it was the imperial guards, he was relieved, and hurriedly escorted Zhao Hongyi down the mountain.

Admiral Zhao himself rode over with the imperial guards, and Lao Gao, who was heartbroken, opened the door and saw the corpses all over the place, feeling that he could not keep his black gauze hat, and asked the reporter, who knew that there was nothing but those two sentences More to say, only when he saw the safe and sound third prince did he put his heart back into his stomach safely. Xue Pan saluted, and the admiral was in charge of the safety of the nine gates.

"Hello Mr. Zhao." Xue Pan said.

Admiral Zhao saw that the third prince was fine, except that he was not in good spirits, he could not see any physical injuries.At the moment when Xue Pan was saluting, Admiral Zhao's mind turned a lot. If the third prince appeared, at least if he could push all the responsibility to Xue Pan, everything is fine now and everyone is happy.

The rest of the matter is naturally in the hands of Jiumen, so he doesn't need to interfere. Zhao Hongyi got into the carriage, and wanted to let Xue Pan follow him, but when he saw Jia Huan next to him add a sentence, the three of them went back in the carriage. The admiral rode his horse, and the Imperial Guard walked back with the corpse.

In the carriage, Zhao Hongyi was depressed, Xue Pan didn't know what to say, and was speechless for a while.

That night, Xue Pan rubbed his forehead after taking a bath. Today was a long day with a lot of things to do. He sent the third prince back to Emperor Pingkang to ask questions in person, and Admiral Zhao also wanted to ask for a message. Fortunately, the prince was fine. Anger did not implicate Xue Pan, on the contrary, Xue Pan deserved credit for protecting, but at this time, no one would even think of claiming merit, wouldn't this be beaten!No penalty is a reward.

Jia Huan knocked on the door, and when he came in, he looked at Xue Pan and said firmly, "It never happened before."

Xue Pan knew that Jia Huan was showing his attitude, and was afraid that he would deliberately hide what happened in his previous life.Xue Pan believed it. In his previous life, he didn't wear Xue Pan and he didn't know where to mess around. Even if the third prince came out of the palace, he wouldn't be here. Let's look at how Xiaoxizi died today. If the third prince died in his previous life, he would If it didn't come in time, the guards deliberately left no one.

Seeing that Xue Pan was silent, Jia Huan thought that Xue Pan didn't believe it, so he hurriedly said: "It really didn't happen, I----"

"I believe." There are too many variables in this life, he is, Jia Huan is, with the variables of the two of them, it will also affect other people. "Do you think who is the killer today?" He had a guess in his heart, but there was no evidence.

Jia Huan thought for a while, then said hesitantly, "Elder Prince?"

"Why is it the First Prince and not the Second Prince?" Xue Pan asked back.Emperor Pingkang only praised the third prince a few days ago, and rumors arose in the court that the third prince was loved by Emperor Pingkang, and that the one who was really favored was the third prince. The assassination happened today, and it was all arranged early.

"The second prince has already left Beijing." Jia Huan said.

Xue Pan nodded at the table and said, "The fact that someone left Beijing doesn't mean that there are no dead men in Beijing."

"The master thought it was the second prince." Jia Huan said uncertainly.

"It's not that simple." Xue Pan evaded it vaguely, "You go back first, keep your mouth tight on this matter, and manage yourself." After Jia Huan went out, Xue Pan leaned on the chair and thought.

This matter is indeed not that simple, the first prince and the second prince can make sense, saying that the first prince is the second prince leaving Beijing, and there is only the first prince in Beijing, and the rumors only appeared in the past few days, the second prince has already left, this Don't do the second prince's business.If it is said that the Second Prince is just using the First Prince as a shield to kill two birds with one stone, that's all.

I heard that the second prince has many advisers, and he can see that the performance of the first prince in the disaster in Ludi is beyond the past. Just take the third prince for surgery.It's best to die, if you don't die, you will ruin the reputation of the eldest prince, you come and go.

Mess.

In the court hall the next day, Emperor Pingkang was furious and ordered a strict investigation into the assassination case of the third prince, and even named the first prince. Injured, Emperor Pingkang's attitude towards the eldest prince was obviously cold. The eldest prince was in a hurry. Just about to say more, Stern Qing said first: "The third prince was assassinated. I think it was caused by the Heilian Sect, a refugee from Ludi. Hurry up, the disaster relief money escorted by the second prince was robbed five days ago, a large number of refugees fled to the capital, and the Black Lotus Sect has organized the refugees to start a counterattack..."

When Emperor Pingkang heard this, he stopped talking about the assassination of the third prince.

Xue Pan stared at the stern Qing who presented the letter, and the topic changed. The second prince was afraid that seeing this scene, the situation he had worked so hard to set up was just a word, and he turned his eyes away, and he was afraid that he was about to cry.The reason why he suspected the second prince's murder was because the first prince's acting skills were poor, and the act of almost stealing loyalty from the ground with his head just now was really top-of-the-line acting.

The author has something to say: Early today! [Idiot with a smiling face