However, on the river surface three or five zhang wide, the boat of Zhao Qi'er and others had just crossed the Sanli Bridge, and the torches suddenly lit up on the river in front of them.

As the torches reflected on the river and the riverbank, I saw a few small boats on the not wide river full of front, and even the two banks were full of guards of the Imperial City Division holding bows and crossbows, and the arrows emitted a little cold light in the firelight.

Li stood sideways on the bow of the river and shouted, "Stop the boat immediately." ”

Zhao Qi'er, who got out of the small cabin, looked at Li Heng not far ahead, and then looked back behind him, at this time, Shi Miyuan's boat was slowly approaching, and the torch illuminated Shi Miyuan's triumphant face, and Song Qian was following aside.

"Li Heng, are you crazy? Do you know who's on board? We are under the leadership of Ye ....... Zhao Qi'er looked angry and shouted at Li Heng in front of him.

"As the deputy commander of the Imperial City Division, I naturally have the responsibility to protect Princess Xin, even if King Xin and Princess Xin are sold privately because of Tongjin, but if the Holy Lord has not yet ruled this case, people will naturally hand it over to me from your hands, is there anything wrong with this?" Li Heng laughed and said.

Zhao Qi'er and the others looked at the front and back and along the banks of the river, at this time, they were already surrounded by water and could not fly.

"Zhao Qi'er, hand over Princess Xin to me to take care of, I promise that Li Heng will never hurt you, and I will let you go immediately, how about it?" Shi Miyuan's ship slowly approached Zhao Qi'er's gradually forced to stop, and shouted with a smug expression.

"Forgive me. Master Shi, this is the Imperial City Division's errand ....... Zhao Qi'er turned around and glared angrily at Shi Mi, who jumped on the boat.

"So what? The Zhong Mansion was in a mess, Ye Qing picked up Princess Xin and ran away, is this hijacking or protection? Hand over the person to us, and I'll let Li Heng let him go immediately, how about it? Shi Miyuan ignored the guards on the remaining boats.

At this time, he didn't believe that the surrounded water was impassable, and there were crossbows and crossbows on the front and back and left and right against them, Zhao Qi'er and others dared to make any moves, not to mention, there were Song Qian and a few people next to him to protect him, otherwise he would not have swaggered on board.

"Believe it or not, believe that the princess is not on board." Zhao Qi'er turned her head, and the rickety boat on the water actually made Zhao Qi'er stand motionless on the bow of the boat, as if taking root under her feet.

"At this time, if you still say such useless words, Zhao Qi'er, don't you think it's ridiculous and naïve?" Shi Miyuan glanced at Zhao Qi'er in front of him behind his hands, then bent down slightly, took the torch in Song Qian's hand, opened the hatch and looked inside.

Inside the cabin, I saw the palace maid who believed in the princess, who was nervously looking at Shi Miyuan who came in nervously at this time, Shi Miyuan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly walked into the cabin, looking at the cabin where there was no one else except Fang Fei, and walked quickly to Fang Fei and asked sharply: "What about the princess?" What about Ye Qing? Where are they? ”

"This ...... I don't know, I'm separated from the princess. After coming out of the Zhong Mansion, Fang Fei, who had been in shock, was telling the truth.

Until now, she hadn't figured out what was happening in front of her.

As if in a dream, she first groomed the princess in the attic, and then followed her to the festive hall, and then everything suddenly changed, and before she could figure out what was going on, the eldest master assassinated the lady and the master, and when his mind was blank, he was pulled out by someone, and now, at last, he was finally able to take a breath and want to sort out his thoughts, and the person was already in the cabin.

"Zhao Qi'er...... What about the princess? Looking at Fang Fei, who was pale and helpless due to excessive fright, Shi Miyuan snorted angrily and walked quickly towards the bow of the boat.

Without waiting for Zhao Qi'er to answer him, Song Qian next to him whispered to him: "My lord, we may have been fooled." ”

"Fooled, what do you mean?" Shi Miyuan was stunned again, looked at Song Qian and asked puzzled.

"We may have been misled by Han Yanxuan." Song Qian glanced behind him, frowned, and said, "Lord Shi, look behind you, the Nankang army, which had been following us to pursue just now, did not get on the boat, and ...... On both sides of the river, they didn't send anyone to follow, and it looked like they were sending us onto the boat. ”

Shi Miyuan listened to Song Qian's words, and subconsciously held the torch and looked at the riverbank and behind him, where the light of the torch could shine, there was no one else except their own people.

"What's going on?" Shi Miyuan, who was born as a civil official, looked at Zhao Qi'er with a sneer on the corner of his mouth and asked.

Although he didn't understand the affairs of the military, he also knew that he was shaken by Han Yanxuan at this moment, and Han Yanxuan deliberately shouted loudly to himself to make him believe that the real Ye Qing would flee down the river.

Of course, he also guessed that Ye Qing would go down the river, so he let Li Heng guard the river in advance, and Han Yanxuan's words undoubtedly made him relax his vigilance, and he was even more convinced that Ye Qing would escape from the river, and he would also catch Zhong Qing first.

"Master Shi hasn't understood yet? Commander Ye did not take the waterway, but ...... I'm afraid that I'm already out of Jiankang City at this time. Zhao Qi'er glanced at Li Heng opposite and said contemptuously.

"Such cunning Ye Qing and Han Yanxuan, the two of them won't join forces, right? Sing a play to me today, right? Shi Miyuan pondered, and asked with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

"Then the general is not clear, you should ask Commander Ye and Han Da to be right." Zhao Qi'er was not afraid that Shi Miyuan would kill the killer at this time.

As Ye Qing guessed, the reason why Zhong Kang and his wife are important in Jiankang is because of the grievances between their brothers, and if they arrive in Lin'an and the case is presented to the palace, then Princess Xin and his younger brother Zhong Ping are much more important than Zhong Kang and his wife.

Being able to take down Zhong Qing is not only to make King Xin more jealous, but also to use it to contain King Xin, and then get greater benefits.

It is a fact that the king does not die, which is all too clear to all.

Whether it is the Holy Lord or the Emperor Taishang, it is impossible to kill King Xin, let alone Princess Xin, who is favored by the queen and the queen mother, at most, it is to sacrifice the Zhong family, and then remove King Xin from Lin'an.

Therefore, once King Xin is removed from Lin'an, then Zhong Qing can be used to trade some officialdom interests with King Xin, such as the change of hands in Dali Temple and so on.

Of course, Shi Miyuan hoped that he would be able to profit from it without moving a single soldier, which was also his original plan after arriving in Lin'an, but because Huang Du was arrested, he had to come forward, otherwise he would definitely be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

And when Shi Miyuan returned to the river bank from the river and led everyone to the north fence gate where the city gate was opened, a smell of blood instantly entered his nose.

Li Heng and Song Qian checked the city gate, and the nineteen corpses were found by them in an instant, either by a single knife or by several arrows in the body.

The torch shone on Shi Miyuan's frowning cheeks, and he was not in a hurry to chase after Ye Qing and Han Yanxuan, slowly got down from the carriage, looked at the corpses that were carried out by Li Heng and others and arranged in a row, and muttered: "This Ye Qing and Han Yanxuan are too ruthless, right?" So many people dare to kill? Could it be Ye Qing or Han Yanxuan who did it? Even if they won't be punished for killing the defenders, they are not afraid that the Holy Lord will be angry with the Emperor Taishang and reprimand them? ”

"It's hard to say." Li Heng glanced at the corpses lined up, and then looked back behind him with Shi Miyuan, only to see that under the light of the torches, a column of Nankang troops rushed over quickly.

And the leader was Zhao Ruyu, the commander of the Nankang Army, Hong Gongwu, and the Jiankang pacification envoy Yang Jian, as well as the Jiankang prefect Li Mengjian, who suddenly stopped not far behind them at this moment, and Zhao Ruyu, who was the leader, suddenly shouted: "Who is staying at the city gate." ”

"Zhao Ruyu also chases ......." Shi Miyuan frowned and muttered to himself.

Just before he finished speaking, he heard Li Heng next to him suddenly say: "Master Shi, it's bad, we have been calculated." ”

"What do you mean?" Shi Miyuan's heart was shocked, and a bad premonition instantly rose to his heart, and he looked at the dozen or so corpses not far from his feet with a shocked expression, and then looked at the Jiankang pacification envoy Yang Jian and Jiankang prefect Li Mengjian not far behind him, and instantly understood that the black cauldron where the city gate defenders were killed, I was afraid that I would have to carry it, and immediately gritted my teeth and resented: "Despicable and shameless Ye Qing, Han Yanxuan, I, Shi Miyuan, am not finished with you!" ”

"Shi Miyuan, you actually killed the defenders of Jiankang City Gate!" Zhao Ruyu took Yang Jian and Li Mengjian, the commanders of the Nankang Army and pacified them, and under the protection of the Nankang Army, they cautiously approached and shouted.

"Li Mengjian was bought." Looking at Shi Miyuan, who calmed down in an instant after appeasing Yang Jian and Li Mengjian, the prefect of Jiankang, did not answer Zhao Ruyu's words.

"I command all of you to lay down your weapons." Jiankang pacified Yang Jian, and the prefect Li Mengjian, and after Zhao Ruyu glanced back at them, the two immediately shouted to Shi Miyuan and the others in unison.

"Master Shi, what now? We...... I'm afraid we're going to be confused. Li Heng looked at the dead bodies on the ground, and then looked at Zhao Ruyu and the others who were secretly on guard and continued to approach them, and asked Shi Miyuan anxiously.

"What else can I do? You can't kill them all, can you? Moreover, I am outnumbered...... was calculated by Ye Qing and Han Yanxuan together. Shi Miyuan looked depressed and said unwillingly.

At this time, Shi Miyuan naturally knew that it was useless for him to quibble no matter what, this was obviously someone who had set up a game for himself, and he was waiting for himself to drill into it.

Especially Zhao Ruyu and others, how could they not appear sooner or later, just at this time? It is okay to take the commander of the Nankang Army and the pacification envoy of Jiankang, but he even brought Li Mengjian, the prefect of Jiankang, who believed in Wang Zhao Xuan, which obviously gathered the witnesses of the two parties to identify himself as the murderer of the Jiankang defenders.

Without Shi Miyuan's order, the guards of the Imperial City Division were instantly surrounded by the Nankang army at the north fence gate, and Shi Miyuan looked at Zhao Ruyu and the others with a smile in his eyes walking towards him: "Master Shi, why do you want to make such a big move?" Why did you kill all the defenders? ”

"Zhao Ruyu, Ming people don't say dark words, what is going on in front of us, you and I know it in our hearts. Did you think you would be the biggest winner? Tonight's business, I'll pay it back sooner or later. Shi Miyuan's face was pale and he didn't refute, he knew very well that the refutation was complete nonsense, and he still had to think about how to get out at the moment.

Of course, killing a few defenders is not a big deal for him Shi Miyuan, but it is just this matter of stealing chickens and rice, which makes him feel too aggrieved!