"It doesn't matter if I'm here, just protect yourself."

A sudden comfort came to Zhao Qing'er's ears.

She turned her head to look at the resolute face of the lover beside her, and her heart was much more settled.

Zhao Qing'er nodded, and then grabbed the dagger tightly between her hands.

The four people in the bamboo forest naturally discovered that their leader had been assassinated by this young man in an instant, and they were all shocked by Xiao Jin's skills.

It wasn't until Xiao Jin picked up the Changge on the ground that they reacted one after another, mentioning their respective Changge, and looking at Xiao Jin vigilantly.

Judging from the footwork performed by Xiao Jin, this young man seemed to be a nobleman, so their innate fear made them dare not rush forward to fight this young man easily.

They could only look at Xiao Jin out of fear of self-preservation, but they didn't know what to do next.

Xiao Jin reacted instantly, he took back the Changge in his hand and stood on the ground, looked at the four soldiers quite arrogantly and said:

"Whose subordinates are you, who dare to attack and kill nobles here, do you know that this is a capital crime?"

As soon as the four soldiers heard this, they knew that their speculation had been fulfilled, and they did not dare to speak when they looked at me and I looked at you.

"I am a military marquis under the command of General Lian Min, the deputy marshal of Hedong, and I came here to look for the eldest son, but I saw that the house was in a mess, what happened, who was there in the bamboo forest, why did this person come to attack me, say it quickly!"

Xiao Jin's series of questions and a cold snort made the four sergeants subconsciously believe that the young man in front of them was indeed a nobleman.

The four of them hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to Xiao Jin and begged for mercy.

Xiao Jin looked at Zhao Qing'er beside her and nodded at her, Zhao Qing'er understood what Xiao Jin meant, and said coldly:

"When the Marquis asks you, do you say yes or not!"

The four of them only kowtowed and begged for mercy, and after hearing Zhao Qing'er's words, one of them raised his head and said tremblingly:

"General, we are the palace guards, last night the eldest son was drunk and made trouble in Mrs. Mi's house, and it is said that Mrs. Mi was also insulted by him.

The people in Mrs. Mi's house couldn't knock on the door, so they went to the Qinglong Palace to find Sanqing, and then broke the door to subdue the eldest son.

After the overnight interrogation, we were asked to come to the eldest son's mansion early this morning to raid the house.

The people in this bamboo forest are a few maidservants in the prince's mansion, and a few of us have just been caught, as for him, why did he attack you, this, this. ”

As he spoke, the soldier looked at the soldier lying next to Xiao Jin, and couldn't make up any reason for it for a while, so he stumbled and didn't know what to say.

Xiao Jin was shocked when he heard this, and he didn't wait for the soldier to say more, and hurriedly asked: "During the state funeral, where will the eldest son have wine to drink, and how can he go to Mrs. Mi, how do you know these things?" ”

The soldier was relieved to see that Xiao Jin didn't care about the dead soldiers on the ground, and immediately said:

"There was such a big commotion in the palace last night, and a few brothers entered Mrs. Mi's mansion, so they naturally knew what happened there, but where the eldest son was drunk, the villain really didn't know."

Listening to the words of this soldier, Xiao Jin's heart was like turning over the river and the sea, he could see that what this soldier said was true, and there was no need to analyze it at all, Xiao Jin understood that this was Mrs. Mi framing Xiao Zishuo.

It's just that Mrs. Mi's handwriting this time is too huge, and she even lost herself, which makes Xiao Jin feel desperate.

But he also reacted immediately, and the most important thing at the moment is to save Xiaoying first.

He calmed his face and said to Zhao Qing'er beside him:

"It seems that the eldest son has been framed, so let's go out of the city to discuss countermeasures with General Lian."

Without waiting for Zhao Qing'er to answer, Xiao Jin said to the soldiers again: "Don't tell others about my coming, do you know?" ”

The kneeling four people were stunned when they heard this, and the person who had just spoken immediately understood, and he hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Don't worry, the four of us didn't see anything today, in fact, we also believe that the eldest son was wronged." Alas, what a good man the eldest son is. ”

At this point, the soldier wanted to cry, but he had been brewing for a long time without success, so he had to bow his head.

Xiao Jin naturally didn't care to watch his funny performance, so he said to Zhao Qing'er in a deep voice:

"Let them go first, and you go and kill these people in the bamboo forest. I'm going to throw the corpse of this soldier into the pond. ”

After speaking, he said to the four people: "Let's go, kill the four of you, and the two of us will not be able to leave, but if you dare to go out and tell the truth, believe it or not, someone will take the life of your dog one day." ”

When the four soldiers heard that Xiao Jin was going to let them go, they glanced at each other, and hurriedly got up and ran back.

In their opinion, the intimidation of the nobles is not just words, and they are not stupid enough to suffer the revenge of those nobles for informing.

Seeing the four soldiers running away, Zhao Qing'er immediately ran into the bamboo forest and rescued the three women who were tied up by Wuhuada, including her own maid Xiaoying.

Xiao Jin didn't enter the bamboo forest, because he knew that most of the girls in it were already naked, so he turned around and went into the front room, and casually found some clothes and took them out to Zhao Qing'er.

Although the three women were tied hands and feet and had clothes stuffed in their mouths, they were not poisoned because Xiao Jin and the others came in time, so under Zhao Qing'er's comfort, they quickly regained their calm.

It was Xiao Ying who broke free of the clothes in her mouth and shouted, which saved her life.

After loosening the clothes for Xiao Ying and the three of them, Xiao Jin led them out of Gongzi's mansion, and at this time, outside Gongzi's mansion, it was already full of people, and they watched in surprise as a man and four women ran out of Gongzi's mansion and disappeared at the end of the street.

Xiao Jin knew that in full view of everyone, someone would soon know about the escape of the fish in Gongzi's mansion, and in this moment, he thought of a place of refuge.

It was not far from the post house where the Qin people were located and the Gongzi Mansion, and soon, Xiao Jin led Zhao Qing'er and others to run outside the post house.

Xiao Geun had only come to the post house a few days ago, and besides, he was also a staff member of the Edo shogunate, so the soldiers guarding the gate did not stop him when they saw that it was Xiao Geun.

Xiao Jin entered the post house and quickly found Gu Daoyuan's residence, but unfortunately, Gu Daoyuan was not in the post house.

Also, there was such a big thing in the Qi Palace, how could Gu Daoyuan sit in the post house peacefully. Xiao Jin thought that he must have gone to Uncle Yong to discuss countermeasures.

Although Gu Daoyuan, Fang Hengxin and others were not here, Xiao Jin knew that there must be someone in charge staying in the post house, so he hurriedly found the person in charge and wanted to find an empty house for Zhao Qinger and the others to settle down.

Although he didn't know who the woman who came with Xiao Jin was, he didn't dare to slack off when he saw Xiao Jin's hurried appearance, and immediately found a vacant courtyard with him according to Xiao Jin's request.

Not long after Xiao Jin, Zhao Qing'er and the others settled down, they heard someone outside the courtyard hurriedly calling him.

"Mr. Xiao, Master Gu is back. Please come and talk about it, sir. ”

When Xiao Jin heard this, he hurriedly explained to Zhao Qing'er and then got up and walked out of the house.

As soon as he entered Gu Daoyuan's residence, Xiao Jin saw Gu Daoyuan and Fang Hengxin waiting for him in the house, Xiao Jin didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly knelt on the ground to salute the two.

"Xiao Jin, what happened in the eldest son's mansion?"

After seeing Xiao Jin enter the house, Gu Daoyuan hurriedly asked Xiao Jin.

Only then did Xiao Jin understand that Gu Daoyuan and the others didn't know what happened last night.

He raised his head and looked at Gu Daoyuan and Fang Hengxin, who were frowning, and hurriedly told the two of them what the Fang Cai guards had said.

It's just that he hid the insult to Mrs. Mi and didn't say anything, only that Xiao Zishuo was drunk and made trouble in Mrs. Mi's house during the funeral period and was arrested.

In fact, Xiao Jin did not guess wrong, it turned out that Gu Daoyuan and others only learned about the transfer of soldiers and horses in the palace early in the morning, and then copied the matter of the eldest son's mansion, but they didn't know the details, so they hurriedly rushed to Uncle Yong to discuss countermeasures.

Uncle Yong was shocked, so he personally entered the palace to find the three secretaries of Qi to inquire about the matter, and Edo was also sent to the camp outside the city to assemble the 30,000 Qin troops with Zhong Xu and prepare for war.

Out of the keen awareness of Gu Daoyuan, Fang Hengxin and others, they knew that something big had happened in the Qi Kingdom.

But when they learned from Xiao Jin's mouth that Xiao Zishuo was drunk and made trouble in Mrs. Mi's mansion last night, they all felt cold sweat.

Drinking alcohol during the national funeral is a taboo, but based on this incident alone, Xiao Zishuo committed a human taboo and violated filial piety, and he made a big fuss about Mrs. Mi's house, making it clear that he wanted to trouble his younger brother. How can such a rude, unfilial, narrow-minded person be worthy of being a king?

But Gu Daoyuan knew in his heart that Xiao Zishuo was not a person who couldn't hold his breath, even if he hated Mrs. Xiao Ziyan, he would never do such a foolish thing.

So Gu Daoyuan's first reaction was that Xiao Zishuo was framed, but what could this be.

Before his father's funeral was buried, Xiao Zishuo was drunk and made trouble in Mrs. Mi's house and was caught by Sanqing on the spot, with all the human and material evidence, even if everyone knew that someone was using a trick to frame Xiao Zishuo, but who could save him.

Although Qi Guo naturally will not make this scandal public, Xiao Zishuo will not have the opportunity to appeal and refute it.

It seems that Xiao Zishuo is finished, it is really over.

Years of preparation and planning were about to succeed, but they fell short at the last moment. Gu Daoyuan and Fang Hengxin's hearts both seemed to sink to the bottom.

They knew that Qin Guo's plan to support Xiao Zishuo as the Duke of Qi had completely failed.

"Doctor Gu, please think of a way to save the eldest son."

Xiao Jin saw that the two of them didn't react after listening to what they said, and hurriedly kowtowed to the two.

Gu Daoyuan hadn't said anything yet, but Fang Hengxin rudely interrupted him: "What are you doing to save him, Xiao Jin, do you really think that you are from Qi and Xiao Zishuo?" ”

Like a thunderous explosion, Xiao Jin's heart was as dead as if it were the moment he heard what Fang Hengxin said.

He is just an inconspicuous chess piece that Qin Guo planted next to Xiao Zishuo, a chess piece that even the adults of Qin State don't care about, how can he say that Gu Daoyuan and Fang Hengxin can save Xiao Zishuo, who is already meaningless to Qin State.

He lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything more.

Even Fang Hengxin and Gu Daoyuan discussed how to deal with the aftermath and how the 30,000 Qin troops left the Qi State and returned to the Qin State.

"Xiao Jin, I know that you and Xiao Zishuo have been together for a long time, and he will cause you irreparable losses when he encounters this disaster, but you also have to remember that this is the game of thrones, some people will naturally lose, and it depends on who gives up enough and big enough.

Let the steward arrange a place for you to live, you go to rest first, and then return to Qin with us in a few days." ”

After a while, Gu Daoyuan's voice came into Xiao Jin's ears, he looked up at the middle-aged man with a gentle face, then got up and said "Woo", turned around and left.