Chapter 124: The Assassination
Just then, a general in gold armor walked in.
"Lord Wang, there will be something to play at the end."
"General Wang Ning has something to say."
Xu Cangtian put down the pen in his hand, and it was not difficult to see his respect for this General Wang Ning.
The army of Daqi is divided into four classes, namely gold armor, white armor, black armor and red armor, which are commanded by generals of different ranks, and this Wang Ning is under the command of the golden armor army, the dragon guard, the army responsible for the security of the palace, Wang Ning himself is also one of the six major second-grade generals in Kyoto, and he is also the first general to surrender to Xu Cangtian.
It is precisely because of the dragon guard that Wang Ning is responsible for that this palace has become Xu Cangtian's territory, and Xu Cangsheng does not dare to stay for a long time.
Daqi has always only had four first-grade generals, plus the saying that the Beijing officials are three high-grade, this Wang Ning can also be said to be the top group of figures in Daqi, but Kyoto is the center of Daqi, why can't there be another first-grade general who is in charge of the army in Kyoto?
"Lord Wang, there was a murder in the bazaar today."
"Huh?"
Xu Cangtian's brows furrowed, this Kyoto is the center of Daqi, if Kyoto is not peaceful, how can the people of Daqi live and work in peace and contentment, not to mention that the people of Kyoto know that the current major affairs are handled by his eldest prince Xu Cangtian, which is undoubtedly slapping him Xu Cangtian in the face.
"Do you know who died?"
"Back to the prince, the one who died was the assassin who assassinated King Weiyuan last night, and the last general has already investigated the identity of the deceased, is it ...... It's ......"
"Who is it?"
Hearing that it was the assassin who assassinated Qiu Shuangliang, Xu Cangtian's brows furrowed even deeper, this third child really came out one after another, in order to hit him Xu Cangtian, he really used all his strength.
"It's Hong Hao......"
"Hong Hao? It's a familiar name......"
"Back to the prince, it is Hong Hao, who served as the prince's guard three years ago."
"What?"
Xu Cangtian was shocked, and at this time he also remembered that this Hong Hao had obviously died three years ago, and he also gave a pension to Hong Hao's family, how could he be alive again?
"Lord, the last general also investigated this matter, three years ago, Hong Hao's records were already dead, and the prince issued a pension of 2,000 copper coins to his wife and children, but the money did not reach Hong Hao's wife and children at all, and they were already greedy halfway, and Hong Hao's wife and children had already left Kyoto and disappeared."
Hong Hao's own ability is not great, so the monthly money is only twenty yuan, and these two thousand yuan are enough for Hong Hao's wife and children to live comfortably and raise that son as an adult.
"Damn, who did that?"
Xu Cangtian said angrily, Xu Cangtian attaches great importance to civil power, and Daqi also attaches great importance to literature and light on martial arts, so Xu Cangtian also attaches great importance to etiquette, according to the rules, with Hong Hao's own identity, his pension is only a thousand yuan, and the other thousand yuan is still Xu Cangtian's own pocket, and the result is all sighed, this is dead people's money, dead people's money is greedy, and it must be his own subordinates, otherwise he can't know anything about this matter.
Xu Cangtian didn't dare to imagine how Hong Hao's wife and children would live without this money, if Hong Hao hadn't died, he would definitely go back to take a look, he must have seen something, otherwise he wouldn't have gone to the opposite side of him.
Hong Hao was originally Xu Cangtian's person, which was easy to investigate, but now he and Xu Cangsheng have set up a bitter plan.
"Lord ......"
Looking at Xu Cangtian's angry appearance, Wang Ning wanted to speak and stopped.
"What else?"
"After Hong Hao's death, Lu Lin sent Hong Hao's body to the prince's mansion, and now, no one in the prince's mansion dared to go out, and Hong Hao's body was placed outside the prince's mansion."
"Bold! Xu Cangsheng, the autumn frost is cold, you deceive people too much! ”
Xu Cangtian slapped his palm on the case vigorously, and some of the folds fell to the ground with a bang.
Xu Cangtian was completely carried away by anger, but in the general's mansion, the autumn frost was cold, Xu Cangsheng, and Lu Lin were gathered together, with a sad face.
Hong Hao assassinated Qiu Shuangliang, and if he died, he died, but behind this death was a mystery.
Lu Lin carefully handed over the poisonous needle to Qiu Shuangliang and Xu Cangsheng.
"Third Brother Lu, what does this mean?" Qiu Shuangliang asked.
"Childe, prince, don't you think it's strange?"
"What's so strange, since those people were ordered to assassinate Brother Shuangliang, and now they haven't been able to complete the task, they are naturally going to kill people." Xu Cangsheng replied, looking at the poisonous needle, but he couldn't see one or two.
"Prince, who is the son, that is the son of General Weiyuan, itself is a martial art, not to mention that the prince once participated in the military election and won the first prize, that is known to everyone, but the assassins sent by the other party are all crooked melons and cracked dates, although we waited in time last night, but even if there is no us, they can't hurt the son in the slightest, if the third prince wants to deal with a character like the son, the third prince, please think about what kind of power the third prince will send?"
"Hmm......" Xu Cangsheng also frowned, saying this, this matter is indeed full of strangeness.
"This is just one of them, and the second is that since they want to kill Hong Hao halfway, why don't they feed the poison in advance, and die directly if the assassination fails, why do they need to do more, Lu Lin met a person on the way, and his ability is also between the best compared to me."
"What?"
This time it was Qiu Shuangliang's turn to be surprised, Lu Lin's sword technique went further, but he could puzzle Helian Absolute Saint, one of the five generals under Hetan, and this time just sending an innocuous assassin would encounter such a master to block.
"When I assassinated Gongzi last night, those people didn't use means such as incense, although it may not be useful, but it can be seen that they didn't really want to kill Gongzi, and this living Hong Hao was the last person last night."
"It seems that they know that the Frost Brothers will keep the last person alive, and only if he is alive, this king will really take a look at him, he is waiting for me to recognize him."
"The reason why those people want to assassinate Hong Hao in the middle should be that they don't want him to really meet the third prince, it seems that there is a deep meaning in this." Lu Lin continued.
"It seems that there is a hidden dragon in the muddy waters of Kyoto, which is hiding in the shadows, which one does the third prince think?" Qiu Shuangliang turned to Xu Cangsheng and asked.
"According to my brother, this dragon is likely to be my second emperor brother, the eldest brother used to target him everywhere, it's not unreasonable, but recently he only cares about the eldest brother, but he forgot about my second brother." Xu Cangsheng shook his head and asked again: "By the way, Brother Lu, how did you deal with this Hong Hao's corpse?" ”
"This Hong Hao's corpse was naturally sent to the eldest prince, since the other party thinks so, then we will plan it, pretend not to know, and attack as soon as possible while the other party does not react."
"Well, but in that case, we're a little short on time. Later, Brother Shuangliang will go to General Yu Hao's mansion with this king, if General Xu Hao can be done, this king's heart can be regarded as settled. ”