The Guo family is full of flowers and people, and at this time, the carriage of King Jin is heading towards the Guo family, he has just come out of the palace and is going to the Guo family to celebrate the birthday of Princess Chen Liu. King Jin did not sit in a sedan chair, but just led people to ride horses slowly, with more than ten guards on both sides. These guards around him are all first-class masters, and King Jin usually stays with him when he goes out.

However, just thirty meters away from Guo's mansion, a black shadow suddenly shot out from the alley next to him, and a sword stabbed at the King of Jin. King Jin was defenseless, almost about to be hit by the sword, but it was also a coincidence, just when the sword was stabbed in the air, King Jin suddenly remembered something, and ordered the guards next to him: "The Guo family is about to arrive, take a good inventory of the gifts prepared by this king." As soon as he finished the last word and turned around, the assassin had already flown in, and by chance, he avoided it in time, but he also felt a sharp pain, and the long sword that was about to pierce his throat pierced his left shoulder at once.

The guards next to him tore King Jin off his horse, and the other people instantly drew their swords and surrounded the assassin, but the assassin's martial arts were extremely high, and he missed a blow, and immediately rushed out of the encirclement before the guards formed an encirclement, and disappeared without a trace in a blink of an eye, and the guards next to him said loudly: "Quick, enter Guo's mansion first, and notify Qi Guogong!" ”

King Jin was assassinated in the Gongmen Mansion of Qi State, of course, this matter must be informed to the master first, King Jin has not yet ordered not to make a big fuss, the whole person has already fainted, and the guards are suddenly anxious, and hurriedly send King Jin to Guo's mansion not far away.

Guo's mansion is full of people coming and going, and guests are gathered, where can you hide the slightest bit of news. Soon, the news of the assassination of His Royal Highness King Jin spread in the Guo Mansion. When the Duke of Qi saw the injured King of Jin, he hurriedly ordered someone to send him to the guest room to recuperate, and immediately sent someone to ask the imperial doctor to treat His Royal Highness the King of Jin.

Jing Wang Yuanying's expression was also very shocked: "Yes, but it's just a distance of twenty or thirty meters, this killer is indeed bold, I don't know who sent it?" He said this, his heart was also uncertain, the King of Jin has a gentle temperament, has no quarrel with the world, and usually has nothing to do with the government and disputes, this time he just came to celebrate the birthday of Princess Chen Liu, and who would target him for no reason, and deliberately chose to be in front of the Duke of Qi's mansion, isn't it strange?

The prince's expression was also very indignant, and he sneered: "I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly to the end and give King Jin an explanation!" Saying that, he turned his head to Zhou Fengming, the commander of the forbidden army, and said: "Please ask Lord Zhou to ask Your Majesty to know, and do your best to dispatch the forbidden army to protect the important yamen and mansions in the capital, and then order the city gate to be closed, responsible for the inventory of the streets and alleys, and declare martial law in most of the capital before the assassin is caught, all the people must stay at home and not go out, if there is a violation of the military order, there will be no forgiveness!" ”

Seeing this situation, Qi Guogong frowned slightly, and couldn't help but speak: "His Royal Highness the Prince, is this too disturbing to the people?" ”

The crown prince said with a cold expression: "The emperor's brother was assassinated for no reason, I always have to seek justice for him, not to mention that this assassin is haunted, and he openly acted in front of the Duke of Qi, and he can still escape, there must be a big conspiracy in it, if he can't be caught, won't more people be killed?" ”

Qi Guogong glanced at the prince with a solemn face, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in the other party's gourd, Yuan Ying smiled slightly and said, "Your Highness, then in your opinion, how to solve this matter?" ”

The prince smiled faintly and said: "Since the assassins are infested in this area, the first thing is to let the forbidden army focus on the search in this area, Lord Zhou, don't you say?" ”

When Zhou Fengming, the commander of the forbidden army, heard this, he subconsciously glanced at Zhou Zhen, the Marquis of the City Pavilion, and when he saw him closing his eyes and nodding, he hurriedly bowed down and said: "What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is that the lower officials will report to His Majesty and immediately send someone to search!" So saying, he hurriedly took the people and left.

King Yuanhong of Qin has always been very close to King Jin, and his relationship is the best, but when he heard this, he was worried, and his caring expression was beyond words. He stood up and said, "I'll go see the third brother." ”

The prince nodded with great concern: "I will go with you to see the third brother." With that, he stood up. As soon as the crown prince stood up, of course, the others couldn't sit still, and they all stood up to visit His Royal Highness Yuan Yong, the king of Jin, who was already injured.

Seeing this situation, the Duke of Qi hurriedly reassured: "Don't be anxious, His Royal Highness the King of Jin needs to recuperate, if everyone goes to visit, I'm afraid it's not appropriate." In this way, when the imperial doctor has completed the diagnosis and treatment, I will express your kindness to His Royal Highness King Jin, and please don't be anxious, sit down first. ”

Everyone glanced at each other, and only felt that what Qi Guogong said was very reasonable, and this group of people rushed to the guest room in an uproar, not to mention a lot of chatter, and also prevented the imperial doctor from seeing the disease. Hearing this, the crown prince and King Qin glanced at each other, and said with a smile: "In that case, then the second brother should go and see the third brother first, and if there is any problem, report it to me at any time." ”

King Qin bowed in response, then got up and walked in the direction of the guest room.

At this time, there was also a lot of discussion among the female dependents, and the crown princess said softly: "What's going on, I was assassinated in broad daylight, and I was in front of the Duke of Qi State, who has such courage!" ”

Concubine Lu sighed and said: "Yes, this thief is really too powerful, I heard that King Jin is surrounded by some guards with strong martial arts, and they didn't even react, so they let the other party escape, it can be seen that they are simply prepared!" ”

Miss Wang nodded and said, "Fortunately, Jin Wangfu has a big life, so he didn't give his life, otherwise, he came for Guo Mansion, wouldn't it be ......?"

There were also people with bad intentions who laughed: "You are really worried about others, he is here to participate in the feast of Guo Mansion, if something goes wrong, it is also Guo Mansion's responsibility, what does it have to do with us!" ”

Such discussions have reached Li Weiyang's ears, but her expression is very plain and has not changed in the slightest. Princess Ali said softly, "Jia'er, what do you think is going on?" ”

Li Weiyang didn't even raise his eyelids, and his tone was cold: "Princess Ali wants to ask me, why was His Royal Highness King Jin assassinated?" ”

Princess Ali naturally nodded and said, "The place where King Jin was assassinated is too close to the Mansion of the Kingdom of Qi, it is simply a deliberate act by someone with a heart!" ”

Princess Ali is a very simple person, if even she thinks so, then the other party's actions are too obvious, why assassinate King Jin in front of Guo's mansion, isn't it strange? What's more, King Yuanyong of Jin is a very kind and indisputable person, whether it is the crown prince or King Jing Yuanying, it is too late to win him over, how can he assassinate him for no reason, what is the purpose of the person behind this, it is indeed very difficult to think.

Li Weiyang's heart quickly turned his thoughts, but he smiled quietly, his eyes were extremely dark, and he said to Princess Ali: "No matter what the other party's purpose is, His Royal Highness Hengzhi has not suffered any major damage, if it weren't for this, the prince would not have sat so steadily, in my opinion, let's wait and see what happens." ”

Mrs. Guo next to her is not as optimistic as Li Weiyang, today's banquet, the Chen family did not come alone, this matter cast a shadow in everyone's hearts, in the eyes of the prince, but with a smile in his eyes, thoughtful.

Mrs. Guo was sad, and couldn't help but sigh to the eldest daughter-in-law Jiang next to her: "The Guo and Chen families are completely finished. ”

Jiang didn't dare to respond, just hung his head and didn't speak.

Li Weiyang heard Mrs. Guo's sigh overflowing, but he just said lightly: "Mother, this is also a matter of time or time, why should you worry about it." ”

Jiang sighed: "Don't blame my mother for being angry and sad, the second brother and sister are nonsense after all, if she has to make trouble to this point, the two alliances have been damaged, what good is it for herself?" ”

Jiang is a traditional woman, although she has a deep relationship with her husband's childhood sweetheart and husband, but the traditional concept is also deep-rooted. In her opinion, there is nothing wrong with taking a concubine for her husband, if it weren't for her husband's resolute opposition, she would have already given him her maidservant, so she didn't understand Chen Bingbing's actions very much. Nalan Xue is the first, Chen Bingbing is just a latecomer, it's good if people don't come to embarrass you, you still have to go to the murderer's house, it doesn't make sense.

Li Weiyang shook his head, no one is right or wrong in the matter of feelings, if he is placed in Chen Bingbing's position, he may also be very hands-on, but he is just afraid that his husband will be snatched away. If it weren't for Chen Bingbing's love for Guo Yan too much, she wouldn't have fallen to this point, the bad thing is that the Chen family doesn't distinguish between right and wrong, and the grievances are not clear, first using the marriage of their children as a threat, and then blaming all the crimes on others after the failure, such a family is too protective of the short-term, but it hurts her own children, but she will not say these words in public. She just comforted Mrs. Guo softly: "Mother, a lot of things have happened, no matter how worried you are, you can't change the ending, wait slowly, maybe there will be another spring!" ”

She said this, but her expression was very gentle. Mrs. Guo saw it in her eyes, so she could only nod and said, "Now I don't ask for anything else, I just ask your brothers to live a safe life,"

As she said this, Li Weiyang had already understood, but before she could say anything, she heard a servant girl come to report: "Madam, the maid of the second young lady begged to go into the backyard, saying that the young lady left in a hurry, and everything fell on the Guo family." ”

When Mrs. Guo heard this, she waved her hand and said, "Let her go, no matter what you take with you, don't pay attention to it." ”

Li Weiyang heard it in his ears, but a faint smile crossed his lips, and the fish finally took the bait.

At this moment, someone outside shouted: "The Holy Decree has arrived!" Everyone stood up one after another, Qi Guogong and Princess Chen Liu took the lead to greet him, and the others also followed him, and they all knelt on the ground. The eunuch who announced the decree read the decree aloud, which was nothing more than praising the obedience and virtue of Princess Chenliu, and rewarded countless precious treasures, and after reading the decree, the prince of Qi immediately beckoned the eunuch who announced the decree to drink tea in the main hall, and the prince and King Jing also went to the main hall together.

The palace has already given a birthday gift just now, and His Majesty has now added weights, which shows that the kindness to the Guo family has not changed. The atmosphere in the garden became more active for a while, and everyone looked at the eyes of the Duke of Qi and the eyes of the people were also very enthusiastic, if they were still suspicious of Guo Yan just now, now they are all catching up, after all, the emperor's posture has been released, and people have no intention of pursuing Guo Yan at all, let alone implicating Guo Mansion, since this is the case, the Duke of Qi Mansion is still the home of a famous first-class duke.

The people in the garden were staggering, but suddenly they heard a loud shout from the main hall not far away: "Little beast, you are really ignorant, what kind of system is this, don't get out quickly!" ”

Everyone in the garden was startled, because the main hall was not far from the garden, so the voice came clearly, and then they saw the fourth young master Guo Dun walking out quickly, his face was still very angry, and the wine stains were sprinkled on his clothes. Everyone immediately understood that this Guo Dun obviously wanted to pay tribute to the eunuch who announced the decree because he didn't hold the wine glass steady just now, but he spilled himself.

Everyone couldn't help laughing at Guo Dun's nonsense, but Li Weiyang noticed something, she walked up quickly and said loudly: "Fourth brother, what's the matter with you, you actually spilled a whole body of wine?" Then she asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?" ”

Guo Dun also replied to her loudly: "Alas, how do I know, when my hand shakes, all the wine is spilled, that's it!" I'm going to change now! He said this, but lowered his voice and whispered to Li Weiyang: "Before my father entered the hall, he suddenly said that the prince's expression was wrong, so let you hurry up and inform the second brother in the backyard to leave!" ”

Li Weiyang's heart flashed with a hint of enlightenment, knowing that what he had been waiting for had finally happened! Immediately, his face sank, and he turned to his entourage and said, "What are you all doing with the pestle, why don't you hurry up and help the fourth young master to change clothes!" As she said this, the entourage around her hurriedly followed and helped Guo Dun to go. There is a small flower hall in the garden, which can naturally be cleaned up by Guo Dun.

Li Weiyang calmly returned to the banquet and said to everyone with a smile: "The fourth brother drank too much for a while, so he would be rude in front of the father-in-law who announced the decree, and my father was anxious for a while, and reprimanded him a few words, everyone don't have to take it to heart, let's drink and feast to your heart's content!" ”

The Duke of Qi, the crown prince and the eunuch who announced the decree were all talking in the main hall at the moment, and there were laughter and laughter in the hall from time to time. But Li Weiyang glanced at Zhao Yue next to him, Zhao Yue understood, and quickly turned around and left.

As soon as she walked out of the garden gate, a long sword came horizontally, Zhao Yue was stunned, and then saw a young officer with a straight face, stopping in front of her, the armor on his body was shining dazzlingly in the sun, and the long sword was also shining with cold light.

Miss Zhao Yuexindao said that it was really good, there was really someone waiting here, she sneered in her heart, but said on her face: "Who are you?" Why do you stand at the garden gate with a sword? This is the dignified Mansion of Qi State, and he dares to use a knife and a gun here, don't you want to die?! ”

The man's voice was cold and without the slightest emotion: "The subordinates have been ordered by the prince to guard the garden, and no one is allowed to enter or leave!" ”

Zhao Yue's face changed, and then she said quickly: "The prince's order? Why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have such an order? ”

The sergeant sneered, but did not answer. Zhao Yue asked again, and the other party's cold and shining sword was already on her neck: "Don't talk nonsense, if you want to live, return to your banquet, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless under the sword!" ”

As if frightened, Zhao Yue took three steps back, turned around and glanced at the sergeant, and then looked at the soldiers in the row behind him. Li Weiyang saw her go and return, and couldn't help but whisper: "What's the matter?" ”

Zhao Yue whispered in her ear: "Miss guessed right, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really ordered people to guard this garden heavily, and the slaves and maids couldn't force it out." According to Zhao Yue's martial arts, if she wants to break out of the garden, it is naturally not difficult, but if she does this, it will be tantamount to a head-on conflict with the prince's people. Li Weiyang understood very well that the prince must have taken action when he sent someone to guard the gate of the garden at this time, and Qi Guogong was obviously also vigilant, so he ordered Guo Dun to come out to warn Li Weiyang. It's just that Qi Guogong came to his senses a little late, Li Weiyang smiled faintly, his expression was calm, and he instructed Zhao Yue: "Since you won't be allowed to go out, then make some trouble, so that everyone can see what the prince has done, isn't it okay?" Then, a qiē proceeded according to the original plan. ”

When Zhao Yue heard this, she immediately understood, and she smiled slightly: "Yes, the slave will do it." With that, she turned away again. The sergeant was still at the door this time, but suddenly heard Zhao Yue shouting: "Oh, what are you doing?" Why do you need to use your hands and feet? ”

When they heard this, they all looked at the garden gate. The sergeant's face turned white, and then he said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? ”

Zhao Yue looked disgraced and ran to the garden, and the sergeant hurriedly drew his sword to stop her, but how could he stop Zhao Yue's skills? In an instant, her clothes flew flying, fell into the garden, and then fell at Li Weiyang's feet and said, "Miss, look! ”

Li Weiyang looked at her and said coldly: "You cheap, why are you so rude in front of the public, haven't you seen so many distinguished guests drinking and feasting?" ”

Speaking of which, the crown prince, the Duke of Qi and King Jing had already sent the eunuch who had announced the decree out, and everyone was stunned, and the prince's face was immediately a little unhappy.

Zhao Yue covered her face with her sleeves, as if she had been wronged: "Miss, the slave maid was ordered to get the birthday gift you specially prepared for everyone to enjoy, but who knew that he was stopped by this sergeant, he didn't say anything, but also said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered him to guard in the garden and not allow anyone to enter or leave!" I can't help but say, you see, he even did it to the slave maid. Saying that, Zhao Yue flipped her wrist, revealing the scratches on the back of her hand. According to the sergeant's martial arts, of course, he couldn't hurt her, this is the "evidence" she deliberately left. ”

Li Weiyang frowned slightly when he heard this, then looked at the prince and said, "Your Highness, how can you set on a slave and commit murder?" ”

The crown prince glanced coldly at the sergeant who chased in, and the man immediately knelt on the ground, "Please forgive His Royal Highness the prince, his subordinates are not doing well." ”

The prince waved his hand and said, "That's it, retreat." ”

When Qi Guogong saw this scene, his heart had already proved the ominous premonition just now, and he couldn't help frowning: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, you are here for a banquet today, why do you bring so many soldiers here, and why do you seal the garden to prevent people from entering, what is the reason?" ”

The prince smiled slightly, it was just a temptation just now, if it weren't for the ghosts in your hearts, why were you so afraid and uneasy? He became more and more sure that Guo Yan was hiding in the Guo family, and made up his mind to search, and said calmly: "Duke Qi doesn't need to panic, it's true that I just got someone else's report, saying that the assassin broke into the mansion of Duke Qi." When he said this, everyone was stunned, especially those delicate young ladies who were all discolored, and someone immediately asked: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, is the assassin really in this mansion?" ”

The crown prince nodded, with a worried expression: "Naturally, it was precisely because someone saw the assassin climb into the courtyard wall of the Duke of Qi that I ordered so many guards to guard the gate of the garden and prevent strangers from entering and leaving. ”

Li Weiyang smiled faintly and said, "Oh? So His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered someone to stand at the door to protect everyone present? ”

The crown prince smiled on his face and said quietly: "Naturally, after all, this is Princess Chenliu's birthday banquet, I want to catch the assassin, but I don't want to disturb you, so I let so many people guard the garden gate, first, to prevent the assassin, and second, to find an opportunity to catch him." ”

Li Weiyang's eyes were as bright as ice: "Since the prince said so, I don't know if I can return my fourth brother?" "Li Weiyang has received the news just now, Guo Dun intended to leave through the back door of the garden, but he was detained by the prince, and it can be said that he was well prepared and did not allow them to pass on the news.

When everyone heard this, they all showed a look of surprise on their faces, just now the fourth prince hurriedly retreated, didn't he go to the side room to change clothes? Seeing that everyone's eyes were over, the prince smiled and said: "The fourth prince drank too much just now, so I ordered someone to help him down, and he has no other intentions, if Miss Guo doesn't believe it, you can go to the wing room now to see if the fourth prince is sleeping there?" ”

Li Weiyang didn't believe this statement, Guo Dun was not drunk at all, he just took this opportunity to go to the backyard to report the news, but of course this thing could not be said in front of everyone. Li Weiyang didn't speak yet, but he heard Guo Cheng smile slightly and said: "The prince has a good intention, the Guo family understands it, but if there is really an assassin, naturally there are guards in our palace to arrest him, and the prince is a guest, so I don't bother you." ”

The crown prince sighed and said: "The person who was injured this time is my imperial brother, how can I stand by and watch, the third prince does not have to be polite to me." ”

Li Weiyang saw this scene and knew that the prince had made up his mind to search, but what she was waiting for was for the other party to step into the bureau, and immediately glanced at Qi Guogong, and then said in a deep voice: "What does Your Highness want?" ”

The crown prince seemed to be very embarrassed: "Since the assassin appeared in the Guo Mansion, of course he searched the entire Guo Mansion, but I really can't bear to destroy the birthday banquet of Princess Chen Liu." As he said this, someone immediately next to him said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the arrest of the assassin is also for the safety of everyone, if you let him stay in the Guo family, it will hurt Princess Chen Liu, it is better to search the Guo family and get rid of the troubles forever!" As soon as he said this, many people immediately stood up and responded, and it was easy to understand that this was someone else's home after all, and it was not a big deal to search it, if the assassin was really in the Guo Mansion, they would be in danger.

Qi Guogong's heart tightened, he already knew why the prince came, and he also guessed the connection between the assassination of His Royal Highness the King of Jin and the assassin hiding in the Guo Mansion: "In this way, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is going to bring someone to search my Qi Guogong Mansion, what if I say no?" ”

Ruan Xiaoshan, the prince's attendant, smiled faintly and said, "Duke Qi has no reason to harbor assassins, right?" Is there something you can't do with him? Ah, no wonder this assassin first intended to assassinate in front of your Qi State Mansion, and then hid in the mansion, I really didn't expect it......" Before he finished speaking, he was immediately cut off by Guo Cheng and said: "Please be cautious in your words and deeds, my Qi State Mansion will definitely not have any collusion with that assassin!" ”

The prince said loudly: "This is very good, why don't you ask the third prince to prove to everyone that the Guo family has nothing to do with this matter!" ”

Everyone's eyes fell on the faces of the Guo family, and there was suspicion, panic, and unpredictable malice in that look, which couldn't help but make people feel like they were on pins and needles.

Princess Chen Liu stood up slowly, she had already understood, and she couldn't help but sigh softly at this moment, if the Guo family insisted on not letting people search, it would be to tell people that this time the assassination of King Jin had something to do with them. But if he is asked to search, it is equivalent to giving Guo Yan to the other party for nothing. Guo Yan is still a prisoner, and the Guo family harbored him, which is much stricter than harboring assassins, and the prince is really a good calculation! Princess Chen Liu was about to speak to interrupt when she heard Li Weiyang's voice say slowly: "Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so worried about everyone's safety, then you might as well check it well, and it will also reassure everyone." ”

When the prince heard this, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, he didn't expect Li Weiyang to be completely indifferent, and then he stared at the other party, almost thinking that Li Weiyang had set some trap, but after thinking about it, Guo Yan is now in Guo's mansion, and what Li Weiyang did was only afraid to make him suspicious, so he didn't dare to search casually, he turned his heart sideways and said coldly: "Since Miss Guo has agreed, let's start searching!" ”

In fact, as early as the prince and the Guo family were talking, his soldiers had already rushed to the backyard, and the guards who were responsible for guarding the gate between the front and back yards were holding on, refusing to give up their positions lightly. After all, the prince had been prepared, and after those soldiers rushed through the first line of defense, he began to recklessly enter the backyard of the Guo family to search for a good time. These people did not care, they searched when they saw people, and they broke into the courtyard and searched everywhere, even the residences of the servants.

A blue-clothed maidservant had been waiting in the backyard for a long time, and when she saw this, she quickly walked up to the sergeant who led her and whispered, "Master, I know where the assassin you are looking for is. ”

The officer glanced at the woman in front of him, his eyes were fixed, the maid in front of him was Fu'er next to Chen Bingbing, the second young lady of the Guo family, she was supposed to go back to her parents' house with Chen Bingbing, but today she came back under the pretext of coming back to pack up her things for the Chen family and entered the Guo Mansion through the back door. There were maidservants and mothers next to them who saw that Fu'er was going to lead the way for those soldiers, and their faces changed, and no one could have imagined that this Fu'er would do such a betrayal of the master's family.

Fu'er ignored the angry glances of the others at her, and led the soldiers all the way to the small courtyard in the backyard, which was a small hidden courtyard, with a dense bamboo forest on the left and right, and only three rooms in front and back, which looked very simple. A soldier had already scolded loudly: "You girl, why are you leading the way, we have obviously searched this place." ”

Fu'er sneered, and after walking to the rockery, he had already turned the bulge of the rock wall with preparation, and then a huge rockery slid away from the side, and Fu'er motioned for two soldiers to push the two rockery stones to the left and right, making the gap wider, and saw that a stone slab was exposed where the original rockery was located. Fu'er groped on the ground for a while, the last time she just saw it from a distance, and was not very sure, now it was a little difficult to find a place, and it took a quarter of an hour to find the key, with a light blow, the green brick suddenly split into two, revealing a long tunnel, the tunnel was very smooth, with heavy steps, hundreds of steps, faintly visible its meandering, I don't know where it leads.

Fu'er smirked and said, "As long as you pass through this tunnel, you will be where the assassins are!" ”

Seeing this qiē maid and mother in the courtyard, their faces were very panicked, they didn't expect that Fu'er would betray the master of the Guo family, let alone think that there was really a tunnel here! This is a big disaster! Fu'er pointed to the tunnel and said loudly, "You still haven't gone in?" What are you waiting for? ”

With a sneer on the officer's face, he waved his hand and let the ten soldiers rush in, all the way into the tunnel, and at this moment, everyone saw that the master of the Guo family and the other guests had rushed here.

Seeing this, the prince smiled slightly: "I didn't expect that there was such a secret place in the Guo Mansion. ”

Li Weiyang saw that the tunnel had been discovered, but his face did not show the panic that the prince was expecting, but his smile was calm: "Look at what the prince said, who doesn't have an authenticity?" ”

The prince sneered: "Yes, every house has an authenticity, but not everyone can hide assassins. As soon as his words fell, a scream suddenly came from the tunnel, and the prince's face changed, and he hurriedly said, "What's wrong?" ”

Everyone looked towards the tunnel, but after a while, a soldier climbed up with a disgraced face, and said with a sad face: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, there is a mechanism in this tunnel, and as soon as my people entered it, they stepped on the mechanism, fell into the pit, and broke their legs!" ”

Where did the prince want to hear this, he said sharply: "What I asked is whether there are any assassins caught inside?" ”

The soldier's face became even more ugly, he pounced, fell to his knees, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, there is nothing in it!" ”

The prince's face changed suddenly, but Na Fu'er's face turned pale all of a sudden, and he lost his voice: "No, this is impossible, how can there be nothing?" ”

Li Weiyang snorted lightly: "Yes, how can there be nothing?" Haven't you seen the ice cubes stored in this place, which are left over from the winter, and are specially used for watermelons in the summer? The voice was not loud, and the few people around who heard this were all in their hearts.

Everyone didn't know why, and couldn't help laughing when they heard this, it turned out that there was a cellar in this tunnel, and what was hidden in it was Chen Bing from last year, and there was always such a place in all big families, which was not strange. Li Weiyang said again: "Oh, in addition to ice, there are also forty jars of hot and sour cabbage." Would His Royal Highness the Crown Prince want to taste it? ”

The prince's heart was burning with anger, and he was almost so angry that he was not angry by Li Weiyang's few words, and stared at the soldier coldly: "Is there really nothing?" ”

The soldier kowtowed again and again, "Yes, Your Highness, I have already checked, but there is really nothing." ”

Li Weiyang glanced at Fu'er coldly: "What? Is His Highness the Crown Prince trying to find the Assassins? It's a pity that this is the authentic of my Guo family, but I don't know that this girl actually brought someone here, she is the girl next to the second sister-in-law, she was locked up in trouble a few days ago, and she was just released, it is possible to go crazy for a while, but it is pitiful that you believe her indiscriminately, hey, it's a pity, it's a wasted effort. ”

When she said this, the prince's face became even more ugly, and he glanced over, and the leading sergeant shouted: "This slut is obviously deliberately deceiving us, it's really damned!" After speaking, he didn't hesitate to go up, his hand raised and fell, Fu'er screamed and was about to dodge, Zhao Yue moved quickly, blocked in time, and missed the tip of the sword a little. Because of this deviation, Fu'er was slashed in the shoulder by this sword, fell to the ground and gasped for a long time, his eyes wide open, and he wailed. The sergeant was about to go up to mend the knife, but was stopped by Zhao Yue, Li Weiyang looked at the painful Fu'er with a smile, and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, what's the matter, do you kill people and kill people?" ”

The crown prince was even more annoyed in his heart, and he almost hated to kill Li Weiyang with a sword, but unfortunately in this case, he had to hide his feelings, and just said coldly: "What about the others? ”

The sergeant at the head said: "Back to the prince, the subordinate soldiers have already gone to check in four ways, and there will be news in a while." ”

The prince snorted coldly, their plan will not be leaked, it must be that Guo Yan got the news in advance and hid it, but he also sent people around Guo's mansion to surround him, and he couldn't even fly out of a fly at all, so he didn't believe that he wouldn't be able to find anything!

Soon, the person in charge of searching the front yard hurriedly came and knelt on the ground: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, your subordinates have searched carefully, and there is no trace of the assassin. "I said this all the way, two ways, and three ways, and finally even the people who checked the fourth way came back, and their faces were very ugly, and obviously nothing was found.

The prince didn't expect such a situation to happen at all, he gritted his teeth and said, "Have you really found out?" Is it true that there are no assassins? And nothing else either? He bit the accent when he said something else, and Li Weiyang smiled coldly and looked at it expressionlessly.

The soldiers all lowered their heads, not to mention that they were careful, they even turned over the entire land of the Guo family, and all those corners and tunnels were found one by one, but unfortunately, not to mention Guo Yan's figure, not even a single chicken feather was found.

Qi Guogong's heart was slightly relieved, and he said coldly: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, you took these people to break into the inner courtyard of my house, and fabricated charges out of nothing, saying that my family was hiding assassins, Your Highness, Your Highness, you are trying to frame Zhongliang!" Now I haven't found anything, but I'm going to ask you, what do you mean by bringing some people here? ”

The prince's face changed, and then he smiled: "Don't be angry, Grandpa Guo, I also want to catch the murderer for the emperor, someone secretly reported that I saw the assassin come in over the wall, and I sent someone to search for fear of disturbing you." ”

Qi Guogong sneered: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really good at laughing, if the assassin really comes in, how can he not find it, if His Royal Highness wants to fabricate any trumped-up charges, you might as well go to the palace with me to meet the monarch now, and prove my innocence in front of Your Majesty!" ”

The prince was extremely annoyed in his heart, but his face was extremely annoyed, and he said repeatedly: "Don't dare, don't dare not, don't blame the Duke of Qi, it's because I'm too anxious for a while." In fact, in order to find Guo Yan, these soldiers of the prince can be said to be very hard, even the cracks of the rockery have been checked one by one, and Qi Guogong's study was searched according to the prince's instructions in advance, and indeed nothing was found.

Qi Guogong's smile was even colder: "By the way, my wife's bedroom, my daughter's boudoir, and my mother's yard, I'm afraid they haven't been searched carefully, do you want me to take everyone to take a good look and turn out the tunnels hidden in the bedroom for you, so that you can take a good look, okay?" ”

When he said this, the prince knew that things were not good, and said respectfully: "Don't be angry, Duke Qi, I can't help it in a hurry." ”

Qi Guogong laughed mockingly: "Our Guo Mansion has always been loyal to His Majesty, and there are many tunnels in the house, but they are all used to store some useless things, who doesn't have it?" If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thinks that we have hidden some unsightly assassins, you might as well tear down the Guo family's house and check it carefully, so as not to miss anything in the future! ”

"Haha," the prince laughed dryly, "Grandpa Guo is really good at laughing." ”

Qi Guogong sank his face and interrupted him: "Who is laughing!" Today, it was for the sake of His Highness's face that I asked you to search, but nothing was found! My Mansion has become a place where anyone can search it! Your Highness, the search has already been searched, do you really want to lift the Guo family's house and set a fire here? ”

This is to say that the prince intended to kill and set fire in broad daylight, and the prince could not afford this crime. He hurriedly smiled and said with a very reluctant expression: "It's me who acted inappropriately, and I will come to apologize another day, and ask Grandpa Guo and Miss Guo to forgive me." As he spoke, he instructed the leading sergeant, "Why don't you take it down?" ”

The sergeant hesitated, as if he didn't want to hear the prince's words, he leaned into the prince's ear and whispered: "It's all come to this point, if you can't find anyone, I'm afraid it won't sound good." The tunnels of the Guo family are all set one by one, depending on the subordinates, you might as well dig into this tunnel, maybe there is still a hole. Or maybe the other party has just fled, you might as well search the ten miles around, and you will definitely find the assassin and leave him with nowhere to hide. ”

When Guo Cheng saw this sergeant, his expression was gloomy: "General Tang, if I am not mistaken, you are one of the deputy commanders of the Praetorian Guard, and your duty is to defend the Beijing Division, but I didn't expect you to become the personal guard of His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

When Tang Yao heard this, his face suddenly changed: "Third son, don't talk nonsense, I'm just ordered to search." ”

Guo Cheng seemed to smile: "If you want to add to the crime, I advise all the adults present to discipline the servants around you well, lest if you are not careful, this General Tang will arrest your son and nephew and insist that he is a prisoner, and then punish you for the crime of complicity and rebellion!" ”

Tang Yao was taken aback, he didn't expect that this Guo family's mouth was so powerful that he had no place at all, he thought of this and immediately took a step back and flashed behind Zhou Zhen, the Marquis of the City Pavilion.

Qi Guogong was not ready to let him go so easily, he said in an indifferent tone: "Chengting Hou, I would like to ask you how you manage these 100,000 guards!" How can you let your deputy commander come to my Guo house to search casually, or is General Tang deliberately following the prince on your orders? ”

As soon as he said this, even the cold sweat of Zhou Zhen, the Marquis of Chengting, flowed down, he had 100,000 guards in his hands, responsible for guarding the capital and guarding the royal family, Tang Yao was one of the four deputy commanders of the forbidden army, so he naturally had to obey Zhou Zhen's orders, but this time, Tang Yao was ordered by the prince to search Guo's mansion, in fact, the Marquis of Chengting acquiesced, because he had already felt that the Guo family was too powerful, and now that there was no Chen family to help him, it was time to get a piece of the pie. But these words are not good to be said on the table after all, if His Majesty knows about it, he must suspect that he has some collusion with the prince, no, he may even suspect the head of His Royal Highness King Qin, so that he just wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, so he was dragged into the water together. Chengtinghou immediately glared at Tang Yao and slapped him fiercely: "Don't kneel down and ask Grandpa Guo for guilt!" ”

Tang Yao immediately knelt on the ground, buried his head low, and panic welled up in his heart for the first time.

The prince's face was already extremely embarrassed, and if he returned empty-handed today, his father knew that he must be furious, and he was searching and disturbing the people in the city, I am afraid that he would suffer after returning to the palace...... His heart swept over the emperor's gloomy and indistinguishable face, and the prince's heart trembled, and he reluctantly said: "Since the assassin is not in the Guo Mansion, then I will leave." Qi Guogong don't be angry, today is our rudeness, and I will make amends to you another day! ”

Qi Guogong snorted coldly, and didn't look at the prince, the prince's face was ugly, and he left with people in a wolf manner. When everyone saw this scene, their faces were a little sneering, especially the people who had asked the prince to search the Mansion of Qi just now, and they also left together.

Qi Guogong glanced back at Li Weiyang, but saw that she was smiling at herself, her expression was very calm, and Qi Guogong had been pinching his heart, so he breathed a sigh of relief. When Guo Fu sent all the distinguished guests away, Qi Guogong hurriedly asked, "Where is your second brother?" ”

Li Weiyang's eyes were clear: "Just now, I have transferred my second brother elsewhere, father, don't worry." ”

When Qi Guogong heard this, he quickly felt strange again: "When did you find out that the prince was going to search the Guogong Mansion?" ”

Li Weiyang smiled slightly, and said calmly: "I have been guarding against this day since very early on, and when His Royal Highness the King of Jin is assassinated and the prince orders the forbidden army to blockade the capital, I know that the prince must want to search the entire Qi State Mansion." "Actually, it should have been earlier......

Qi Guogong nodded and said, "Then your second brother is now?" ”

Li Weiyang turned his head and gave Zhao Yue two instructions, Zhao Yue smiled and nodded, and then entered the tunnel, but after half an hour, he and Guo Yan walked out one after another.

Qi Guogong's face changed: "Didn't that soldier already search the tunnel just now?" ”

Li Weiyang just replied softly: "This is thanks to His Royal Highness King Xu, he doesn't know how many layers he dug in our Guo Mansion, one door after another, just like a labyrinth, don't say that those soldiers demolished the house, even if they dig three feet into the ground, they may not be able to find the second brother." Tang Yao's so-called continued excavation, if there is no one to guide him, he will definitely not be able to find Guo Yan.

Mrs. Guo stepped forward and looked at Guo Yan carefully, tears welled up in her eyes, "It's okay, it's okay." ”

Guo Dun, who had just been released, walked over quickly, and he lifted Fu'er, who was sitting on the ground, and said, "Why do you want to help outsiders harm my second brother?" ”

Fu'er's whole body trembled, and she couldn't say a word. Guo Cheng hurriedly said, "Guo Dun, you let her go first." ”

Guo Dun angrily threw Fu'er to the ground, Fu'er's bones were about to be broken, and he could only endure it so hard not to cry. Mrs. Guo shook her head and said: "I really didn't expect that Bingbing would do such a thing, after all, Yan'er was married to her, and she didn't care about the old relationship at all, and let this girl harm her husband!" ”

Li Weiyang sighed, but said, "Does my mother think that the second sister-in-law did it?" ”

Mrs. Guo was stunned for a moment, then turned her head sharply to look at Li Weiyang and said, "Jia'er, what do you mean by this?" ”

Li Weiyang's gaze fell on Guo Yan's body, and she said softly: "Second brother, do you think that the second sister-in-law is the culprit who killed you?" ”

Guo Yan's face was silent, he didn't say a word, just lowered his head and looked at Fu'er thoughtfully.

When Mrs. Guo heard this, she became more and more strange, she stepped forward, looked at Li Weiyang fixedly, and said, "Is there anything else in this matter?" Jia'er, it's all your own family here, why don't you tell the truth about Yiqiē. ”

Everyone was looking at Li Weiyang in amazement, but suddenly someone said loudly: "She doesn't want to say it, so let me say it." Turning his head, he saw a slender figure leaning on the rockery, the pair of amber eyes shining brightly, and the extremely handsome face suddenly overshadowed everyone present, it was King Xu Yuanlie.

------Off topic------

Everyone asked me who would dig the pit and bury it, and then I would know that this line was a little longer and solved one by one.

PS: Give me a hint, when the prince comes to Guo's mansion, what he really wants to find is not just Guo Yan~ \(^o^)/