Yangyue

Henry Zhang heard the words, immediately tightened the reins, and said in a deep voice: "The son was assassinated? What happened? Make it clear!"

"I have been guarding the palace for the past few days. Since the passing of the virtuous king, my son has been troubled by nightmares and is very restless." The guard replied, "Last night, my son woke up from a nightmare again. Ask people to find a doctor who specializes in treating nightmares in the city overnight. As soon as the doctor entered the Shizi's bedroom, he took out a knife from his sleeve and slashed at the Shizi. Beheaded, Shizi was not injured, but was frightened."

Xiao Yangyue ordered everyone to go on the road as soon as possible, speeding up all the way, and arrived at the palace in a short time.

The surroundings of the palace were guarded layer by layer. After Xiao Yangyue got off his horse, he went straight to the prince's bedroom. Qi Zhu was helped off the sedan chair by Bai Yu and followed him in.

Zhu Zhongqian was sitting on the soft couch in the sleeping hall, looking haggard, and was drinking a bowl of soothing soup. His younger brother Zhu Zhongyan, king of Fujian County, was standing aside, his expression full of worry.

Seeing Xiao Yangyue walking in, Zhu Zhongqian stood up, his body swayed a little, he was frightened one after another in the past few days, he couldn't think of food or drink, he couldn't sleep at night, he was exhausted.

Xiao Yangyue: "My son, where is the assassin's body?"

Zhu Zhongqian had lingering fears, and his face was very haggard: "It has been wrapped in cloth and temporarily placed in the remote garden of the palace. Thanks to the strong guards of the Duckweed Pavilion, I was not injured."

"It's good that the son is not injured."

Xiao Yangyue ordered someone to take him to see the assassin's body, while Qi Zhu stayed in the hall, and asked about the ins and outs of Zhu Zhongqian's assassination again.

Zhu Zhongqian's answer was almost the same as that of the guard who came to report, but after Qi Zhu heard this, his eyebrows became a little more suspicious.

Zhu Zhongqian sighed sadly: "Father was trapped by nightmares before he was alive, and was murdered by assassins. Now I am also tortured by this nightmare every night, and I was almost killed by assassins. Even your second brother, you also have nightmares from time to time... you don't know if it's life or not. .”

Zhu Zhongyan heard this, and immediately said: "How can you say such a thing! What's wrong with you? The assassin is the one who deserves to die!"

Qi Zhu glanced at King Min Jun slightly, and said: "King Min Jun is right, you don't have to worry too much. I haven't told you yet, but we have discovered the main stronghold of the Moro Sect in Bei County, and the disciples in the sect have also eradicated it. It’s just that the leader of the cult has not been captured yet, and it will take some time to search with the government.”

Zhu Zhongqian was overjoyed when he heard the words, but Zhu Zhongyan turned his head to look at Qi Zhu, and then said with relief: "It's really hard work for Lord Hou and Lord Xiao. There are two adults here, and the eradication of the cult is just around the corner. It is actually me, Gongzhou and Qu. The blessing of the state."

Qi Zhu said with a smile: "The king of the county rewards you, this is our duty."

Since King Xian passed away, Zhu Zhongyan has been living in the palace to guard his father's spirit, and he often went to inspect the palace in person to ensure that the palace was well guarded. After a while, he got up and left.

Qi Zhu watched Zhu Zhongyan go away, looking at his back, his eyes were a little more secretly thinking.

Afterwards, Qi Zhu came to the backyard where the corpse was stored, just in time to see Henry Zhang covering the corpse again with the white cloth.

Qi Zhu: "What did you find?"

"There is no trace of disguise." Henry Zhang stood up, and said to the subordinates beside him, "Find out where his residence is."

"Yes, I have ordered someone to do it."

"Is this person really an assassin of the Mara religion?" Qi Zhu was a little skeptical, "This person knew that the prince was surrounded by heavy guards, but he chose to assassinate him in front of so many people. His technique was clumsy, and he was very different from the assassins who assassinated the virtuous king at that time." It's far away, it really doesn't look like a person from the Moro religion."

"Then what does Lord Hou think?"

"Of course we need to investigate, but I think we don't necessarily have to start with this foreign assassin." Qi Zhu paused slightly, and said meaningfully, "The palace should also be screened carefully to see if there are any assassins. Someone deliberately opened a hole to let the snakes crawl in."

At this time, Zhu Zhongyan returned to his bedroom, and the expression he had just faced Qi Zhushi was gone, replaced by a vicious and vicious look.

His personal servant looked outside the door of the dormitory, and after confirming that there was no one else around, he closed the door carefully and walked inside.The servant brought Zhu Zhongyan a cup of tea, but Zhu Zhongyan suddenly raised his hand and knocked the cup of tea to the ground.

Zhu Zhongyan's eyes were full of ferocious anger, and he sternly held back his anger and shouted: "Trash...all are trash, it's in vain for this king to spend so much time, and Xiao Yangyue and Xian Kunhou discovered it so quickly!"

"The king calms down." The servant comforted in a low voice, "Marquis Xiankun is thoughtful and wise; the master of the duckweed pavilion is extremely skilled in martial arts, and it is difficult to find an opponent even in the martial arts. It's even more difficult to deal with, didn't the king of the county also expect that it would not be possible to rely on the Mara religion?"

Zhu Zhongyan stretched out his hand to caress a sapphire vase on the table, and said to himself: "The jade in this palace is indeed different from other places. It is warm and smooth in the hand, which is not even found in my palace... You say, the prince and the county king are just There is only one character difference, how can there be such a big difference? Zhu Zhongqian and I are brothers of the same mother, and he only occupies the title of the eldest son, so why can he be the eldest son?"

The servant said in a low voice: "Eldest young master is far from the county king in terms of aptitude and talent. It's just that he can sell well in front of the prince, so he won the prince's favor. , when it belongs to you."

"It's a pity that the assassin last night failed to take Zhu Zhongqian's life." Zhu Zhongyan said angrily, "However, let him suffer from this nightmare slowly... Just like my father, one day, I will let him be in shock. Die in pain."

"That's right." The servant stared slightly, with a strange look on his brows, "However, the county lord, the assassin last night was quite strange, how could the Moro Sect send such a useless assassin..."

Zhu Zhongyan: "The Mara Sect was useless in the first place. At the beginning, the King of Loss secretly funded him to preach in Gongzhou and Quzhou for so long. Xiao Yangyue and Xian Kunhou were able to return from Tuhu. The purpose is probably exposed among the believers."

The boy nodded: "That's right, I heard that the story of the massacre of believers by the Mara Sect in Tuhu has spread among believers all over the place, causing people to panic."

"Forget it, don't care about him, this cult will be wiped out." Zhu Zhongyan sneered, "Let's stop now and let Xiao Yangyue and Xian Kunhou go to Chamo Luojiao. When they relax their vigilance, we will Make another plan."

"Yes." The boy said, "Your Majesty, let me say one more word. When you succeed, the lord and the son will go one after another... The emperor may suspect you, the lord."

Zhu Zhongyan slowly closed his eyes, and murmured: "Of course it's not that easy, so I have to push this matter to the Moro Sect. I can't get out of this matter, I need to suffer some injuries, and I have to get rid of it." Pretending to be tormented by a nightmare, acting as if there is no other way, so that even if the emperor has suspicions, in order to stop the mouths of the court officials and the world Youyou, he will have to make me his son."

Boy: "Yes, the county prince is very thoughtful."

"Go back."

The little servant nodded, exited Zhu Zhongyan's bedroom, and gently closed the door.He walked past the back of the dormitory, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a black shadow behind the rockery. He turned his head suddenly, but saw nothing there.

The little servant panicked inexplicably, and left the dormitory quickly.

That night, the King of Min County bid farewell to his son and returned to the Prince's Mansion.

The son was depressed and had no appetite, so he only drank a bowl of soup for dinner and went back to his room.

Only Qi Zhu and Xiao Yangyue were left on the dining table. Qi Zhu and the officials from the government had been discussing the Moro religion for a whole day, and he was already hungry. Seeing the exquisite fish, sheep and beef on the table, he had a good appetite. , As soon as it was on the table, I stretched out my chopsticks to pick up a lamb rib in front of me.

Henry Zhang suddenly stretched out his hand, pushed the plate of lamb ribs aside, and said expressionlessly: "Master Hou is injured, don't eat these hair."

Qi Zhu took a break, and then moved towards a stewed chicken with mushrooms, Henry Zhang said again: "Mushrooms don't work either."

"Then this stir-fried mustard greens?"

"No."

"...Then let me have some soup, shall I?"

"This soup is crucian carp soup with peach gum and white snails. Master Hou can't eat seafood."

Qi Zhu said with a smile: "My lord, tell me, what else can I eat? There are big fish and meat on this table, which one is not a hair?"

Henry Zhang: "Let the back kitchen change tables."

Qi Zhu didn't expect Xiao Yangyue to be so rude, and replied: "Forget it, we are in the palace, we are guests, no matter what, we can't order the kitchen like the master."

Henry Zhang put a plate of vegetarian dishes and light porridge in front of Qi Zhu, and said: "Master Hou doesn't want to change, so just eat it."

At this time, there was a burst of shouting and cursing outside the main hall door, Henry Zhang frowned, raised his sword and pushed the door out, and saw the housekeeper and several servants standing outside the door, a young servant fell to the ground in horror , holding a package wrapped in coarse cloth in his arms.

Seeing Henry Zhang leaving, Qi Zhu immediately stretched out his chopsticks and tore two pieces of lamb leg meat into his mouth, chewed and swallowed them, wiped his lips, and followed him, asking: "What's so noisy?"

"Hou Ye, Lord Xiao." The steward of the palace hurriedly saluted and cursed angrily, "This guy who received a thousand knives actually stole the relics from the prince's room and sold them! Fortunately, the people in the mansion found out that they had seized them. It's the little Yuxia who neglected his duty, and raised such a thing that eats inside and out, it really dirty the eyes of the two adults! Just ask someone to drag it down and beat it to death!"

Hearing that, the boy trembled like chaff, got up and ran away in fright, two guards by the wall grabbed him one by one from left to right, and slammed him to the ground. Ling bang splattered all over the floor.

There are indeed some valuables hidden in the package, including various kinds of jade pendants, agates, jeweled corals, etc., and even white jade paperweights and an enamel incense burner.

The virtuous king always used to burn incense at night, and the censer was indeed the one used in the virtuous king's dormitory all the time. At this time, when the young man threw it, a crack was broken in the base of the censer, which was originally tightly seamed, and a piece of white powder came out of the crack. leaked out and spilled on the ground.

Qi Zhu took a closer look and shouted, "Wait a minute."

Qi Zhu frowned and squatted down, gently twisting the powder oozing from the base of the incense burner with his fingers: "What is this..."

When the steward of the palace saw it, he was taken aback for a moment, and said in amazement: "This...it shouldn't be, the materials used in the palace are all high-quality, how can they fall out of dust when bumped..."

Henry Zhang turned around suddenly, walked quickly towards the Shizi's dormitory, ignored the obstruction of the servants outside the dormitory, pushed open the door and walked in.

Zhu Zhongqian hadn't fallen asleep yet, when he suddenly heard someone broke into the bedroom, he sat up from the bed in shock, saw that it was Henry Zhang who came, and said in astonishment: "Master Xiao?!"

Henry Zhang drew his sword, and cut the incense burner on the table in half with one knife, and a large piece of white powder fell out of the base that was divided into two.

Henry Zhang picked up the wreckage of the censer, raised it up to the candlelight in the house, and saw that the bottom of the censer, which was supposed to be sealed to hold the spices, had dozens of densely packed holes. The light is invisible to the naked eye.

A series of familiar footsteps sounded behind her, Henry Zhang turned her head and saw that it was Qi Zhu coming, the latter's eyes were deep, and he seemed to understand something.

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Qi Zhu showed the early symptoms of strict wife management