() It's just that I don't know when the wooden table collapsed, because of the age, it is inevitable that it is not strong, lying on it is still swaying, the wood makes a "creaking" sound, Xue Tan didn't have time to think about it, the journey was tiring all the way, so he had no time to take care of these, he slept in his clothes, and waited until it was almost noon, before he woke up.

packed his bags and packed his men, but Xue Tan didn't stay long, and he didn't even have time to eat, so he hurried out of the city.

Last night in Haichun Courtyard, it was not a lack of gain, Xue Tan found out that the fourth mother that the prefect of the city had been looking for was hidden in a small village outside the city.

Thinking to himself, before he knew it, he had left the right path and walked onto a narrow and uninhabited path.

Just as he came back to his senses, he suddenly found that he had taken the wrong path, and was thinking about going back, but found that there were two people behind him, and he was shocked, thinking, it's broken, I'm afraid that I will run into a robbery and robbery, not only cold sweat, but also walked forward in a panic, and continued to walk along this path.

The man behind him suddenly shouted, "Slow! ”

Frightened, Xue Tan couldn't even hold the package steadily, threw it on the ground, and was bending down to pick it up, but saw that the man took three steps and made two steps, and "poo" came to him in a few steps, stepped on the luggage on the ground with one foot, twisted his waist, and pushed Xue Tan with both hands like a tiger out of the mountain.

Xue Tan thought about getting angry, but after thinking about it, if he exposed his martial arts skills now, these people would probably report it to the people above, and looking at the posture, this is obviously staring at him for a long time.

Xue Tan pretended to fall, and struggled to get up, and the other person was already in front of him at this moment, with a crisp sound, the sharp blade of a sword, like a bronze mirror, Xue Tan couldn't open his eyes.

Seeing this, he stabbed at him with a sword, "dang long", a more tenacious crisp sound, blocking the stabbing blade, even the man was startled, and was about to open his mouth to scold, the sword had been straight into his throat, and the gurgling blood flowed down the sword body, flowing to the ground and melting into the reddish-brown dark soil.

Xue Tan pretended to be so frightened that his hands and feet were paralyzed and he couldn't move, but he was saved at this moment, so he came to his senses and looked at the back of the person carefully, the more he looked at it, the more familiar he became, but he couldn't remember who this person was for a while.

The man wanted to chase after another Assassin, but when the Assassin saw that his accomplices had been killed, he hurriedly left them

, turned his head and ran away, Xue Tanchang breathed a sigh of relief, got up to dust the falling dust, and saluted with fists.

"Thank you for this strong man for rescuing, if it weren't for you, Xiao Sheng would have died at this moment."

The man turned his head, smiled, and asked, "General Xue, do you still recognize me?" ”

Dong Yu's house.

"Xue Tan is dead? Good, good. Dong Yu replied with a smile while pacing in the room.

"That Xue Tan, he has long had bad intentions, not only wants to win over the sixth elder brother, but also has been unclear with the crown princess, if it wasn't for the early discovery of Du Zhifu, when he escaped, find a place in the wilderness mountain village incognito, no matter who it is, it will be difficult to find him, but the old man was worried before, if no one can find him, he is afraid that there will be many dreams at night, and the dead will be the most secretive."

Dong Yu took a sip of tea as he spoke, and it seemed that he was finally out of his sadness today and was very happy.

"I heard that Xue Tan's relatives have left the capital?" Dong Yu asked the person in front of him, he was Du Jiang's adviser in Yangzhou.

"My lord, it's true, it's too late for Governor Du's Mansion to wait for the news, then Xue Tan arranged for people to go out of the city early, and bought off the guards guarding the city, Lord Du originally proposed that you take this opportunity to kill the Xue family's family."

"It's just that the lower officials think it's inappropriate, if they kill the people of the Xue family, once the prince asks for the guilt and finds that his family members have disappeared overnight, he will guess that you must have done it, and he will definitely send someone to find the whereabouts of this Xue Tan."

"Think about it, in this capital, only you can be comparable to General Xue's family, the prince investigates you, in order to find out the real murderer of Xue Tan, at that time, you and I and Lord Du will be forced to a desperate situation, doing this, not only will it disturb the prince, but also the sixth elder brother will never spare us in the current situation."

"We are doing it at this time, it is too much attention, once something goes wrong, I am afraid that the line of Lord Du in Yangzhou will also be broken, so the lower officials made an initiative and rushed to the capital overnight, in order to remind you not to act rashly first, and see what the prince has recently moved before making another plan."

The strategist paused, and then said: "According to what the minister has seen, now that there are murders and strange cases in Jinghong Tower, the prince has already made a decision in his heart, and he knows in his heart that if he doesn't solve this matter, he is afraid that there will be no chance

He will be the emperor, so he will definitely make a big noise. ”

"Besides, the marriage contract with Yin Qingqi is imminent, and the news of the banquet held in the capital has long been spread, and the officials who congratulate from all over the country have already lived for a few months.

"But fortunately, their influence is greater, so we just need to find a few storytellers, arrange it well, and the news that there is a strange demon who wants to be in power from Beijing, then the literati love to see this, if it reaches their ears, and they don't have to work hard to publicize it, and write some poems, then Qi Yuan's reputation will be even worse."

"The common people don't love it, even if she becomes a monarch, I'm afraid she will be a short-lived ghost, so what we have to do now is to stop doing anything, nothing more than to let out some rumors, and then take back the rumors, and see what the court is doing, according to the lower officials, he will definitely not be able to hold his breath and wantonly send people to search the whereabouts of the sixth elder brother and the party."

"At that time, it was the most chaotic time in the capital, so we could install people and horses at this time and slowly sneak into the capital, but the action should be faster than that prince, otherwise, the ban will be strict, and I am afraid that it will be a little difficult to enter the city."

"It makes sense, it's just that the prince has many famous generals, and there are also some discerning people, if we do this, it will not take long to be discovered, and it will not play any role, not to mention others, the prince himself is a scourge, he is cunning by nature, I am afraid that he will eventually follow the vine and find out that we did this kind of thing."

"General Dong, what we want is not chaos in the capital, but chaos in the hearts of the people, if the people's hearts are in chaos, the behavior will be chaotic, and if the prince is in chaos, he will kill innocents indiscriminately, it doesn't matter if he kills one, it doesn't matter if he kills two, when he kills more people, although the official eunuch is nothing on the surface, he has no bottom in his heart."

"Everyone is in danger, they all want to protect themselves, this is the time for us to win people's hearts, if we can come forward to protect them, plus your strength, presumably that Qi Yuan will not dare to confront us face to face."

"What's more, he killed a lot of people, the people are not living, the people are complaining, it won't be long before there will be voices against him, don't look at no one now, but everyone is waiting, if this prince really dares to openly confront the sixth elder brother and take care of himself, someone will definitely come forward to organize, the old stubbornness in the court, at that time, will be our powerful assistant in rebellion."