When Situ Mingyue came to Qi Ning's tent, her face was a little unsightly, but she still reluctantly bowed her hand to Qi Ning: "I heard that Master Hou wants to see me?" I don't know what to command? ”

Qi Ning raised his hand and pointed to the tray on the case, Situ Mingyue looked over, saw a pot of tea and two plates of snacks, didn't understand for a while, and asked, "What does Master Hou mean by this?" ”

"Someone sent these just now, saying that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered them to be sent. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info" Qi Ning stared at Situ Mingyue and said slowly: "Situ Changshi is by the prince's side, I don't know if you know about it?" ”

Situ Mingyue was stunned for a moment, and said strangely: "His Royal Highness sent someone to send it?" This..... How is this possible? Suddenly realizing something, he took a piece of broken silver from his body and put it on the table, picked up the teapot, and poured the tea on the broken silver, and the white silver turned black in the blink of an eye.

Situ Mingyue's face changed greatly, and she looked at Qi Ning, who seemed quite calm, and said lightly: "Sure enough." ”

"Master Hou knows it's poisonous?"

Qi Ning said: "I'm waiting here, just to let Situ Changshi come over and verify it personally." Whether Situ Changshi believes it or not, from beginning to end, I have never touched the teapot. ”

Situ Mingyue didn't say much, got out of the tent, and quickly returned to the tent, with a solemn expression, and said: "Master Hou, the guards outside the tent prove that it is indeed His Highness who sent someone over, but ...... After His Royal Highness returned to the tent, he only carried the body of the little prince in, and did not come out, we stayed outside, and we didn't see him send anything at all. ”

Qi Ning sighed: "In this way, it seems that someone is pretending to be His Highness's order and wants to put me to death." ”

Situ Mingyue frowned and said, "Master Hou still recognizes the person who sent the things?" ”

"Dressed in green clothes, it looks like an ordinary entourage." Qi Ning said: "He looks like he is in his thirties, the skin on his hands is rough, but he is very powerful, there is a very thick old skin between the joints, and he has practiced hand kung fu for at least ten years, and he is by no means an ordinary attendant." After thinking for a moment, he said, "He kept his head down, but there was a clear mark. ”

Situ Mingyue hurriedly asked, "What mark?" ”

"Under the earlobe of his left ear, there is a black mole." Qi Ning said: "The black mole is not big, but if you look closely, you can identify it at once." ”

Situ Mingyue groaned slightly, and said in a low voice: "Master Hou, this person must be related to the person who poisoned him, it seems that there are indeed traitors among His Highness's entourage." He asked softly, "Why did Master Hou tell me about this?" ”

Qi Ning said with a smile: "Situ Changshi is a close confidant of His Royal Highness, and the ups and downs of the crown prince's honor and disgrace are closely related to Situ Changshi. ”

"Thank you, Master Hou." Situ Mingyue showed a hint of emotion.

Qi Ning shook his head and said: "You don't have to thank me, I want to thank you, I just hope that Situ Changshi can help wash away our grievances and return our innocence." ”

Situ Mingyue said: "Hou Ye rest assured, since there are clues, he will never let them go." He frowned slightly, thought for a while, and then said: "Master Hou, the little prince has just been poisoned, and it is a sensitive time, why would the person who poisoned him poison Lord Hou at such a time?" What good is poisoning Hou Ye for him? ”

Qi Ning said: "I'm also thinking about this. ”

Situ Mingyue thought for a moment and said: "Poison the little prince, blame your mission, make you and me enemies, if the Hou Ye is defenseless and is poisoned again, then ......!" With a stunned expression, he said in shock: "At that time, the people of your country's mission will inevitably think that His Royal Highness poisoned the Hou Ye, and they can't explain it clearly anyway, so the enmity between the two countries will not be resolved." ”

"The mission poisoned the little prince, and you poisoned the marquis, these two things will indeed cause the breakdown of the relationship between you and me." Qi Ning's expression was solemn: "Could it be ...... Is there someone who deliberately wants to sabotage the relationship between you and me? ”

Situ Mingyue said: "At present, there is only such an explanation, how to do it, you can only find the murderer." He said in a low voice: "After the little prince was killed, the camp has been completely sealed off, no one can enter, let alone go out, if that person poisons the Hou Ye, he will definitely be in the camp now, I will immediately send someone to investigate and search, no matter what, I will find out this person." ”

Qi Ning arched his hand and said: "Everything has a long history of Lao Situ." ”

Situ Mingyue left with the poisoned tea, and Qi Ning simply lay in the tent, thinking to himself, secretly thinking that if someone destroyed the relationship between the two countries, it was not impossible.

This time the Chu State delegation sent an envoy to Eastern Qi, which was not a secret, and it was almost impossible to keep this kind of thing secret.

Qi Ning believes that although many people hope that the two countries can smoothly form an alliance, there are also many people who are worried that the two countries will really sign an alliance and will do everything possible to undermine it.

Among them, it is naturally the most likely to be the Northern Han people.

But next to the prince of Eastern Qi, how could there be Northern Han people?

This is the prince's hunting camp, heavily guarded, under heavy precautions, wanting to sneak into the camp is almost a fool's dream, Qi Ning concluded that the real culprit must be someone next to the prince.

For the next half of the day, no one came to disturb, not even the one who delivered the meal, Qi Ning thought that the king of Linzi was killed, everyone was panicked, and it was not strange that no one cared about themselves, and it was not a strange thing that no one cared about themselves, and at dusk, I heard someone shouting: "Jinyi Hou, His Royal Highness the Prince passed you over." ”

Qi Ning got up and went over to open the tent, only to see Su Lun standing outside the tent, seeing Qi Ning, Su Lun bowed, quite polite, without saying much, turned around and left, Qi Ning followed Su Lun to the prince's cowhide tent, after the report, Qi Ning entered the tent, the scale of momentum inside was the same as always, but Qi Ning's mood was already very different.

I saw the prince sitting on the ground, looking a little embarrassed, several civil and military officials stood on the left and right, Situ Mingyue and Fang Xingzhai were among them, but the body of the king of Linzi was no longer in the tent, and it was thought to be placed elsewhere.

Qi Ning stepped forward to worship, and the prince said: "Jinyihou, this palace is looking for you to come over, so that you can see someone, you help this palace recognize clearly." Turning his head to look at Situ Mingyue, nodding slightly, Situ Mingyue said in a deep voice: "Bring it in." ”

Soon heard a burst of iron sound, several prince guards in strong clothes pushed a person in, that person was dressed in green clothes, covered in blood, walking with a limp, Qi Ning saw that there were several blood marks on his legs, obviously injured, the man was unkempt, was driven into the tent by the neck with a big knife, the prince picked up a wine glass, took a sip, and said: "Jinyihou, take a closer look, has this person sent you poisonous tea?" ”

Qi Ningqi recognized it at a glance, although this person's face was covered with blood, but the silhouette of his body was obviously the Tsing Yi servant who had sent him poisonous tea before, in order to make sure that he was not mistaken, he walked to the side and took a look, and saw that there was indeed a black mole under his earlobe, which was undoubted, and nodded: "Your Highness, it is indeed this person." ”

The prince sneered: "After this person was found, he tried his best to resist and injured a guard in the palace, but his martial arts are not bad. Staring at the Tsing Yi servant who was overwhelmed by the prince's guards and kneeling on the ground, he said coldly: "Who are you?" This palace has already sent someone to check, and there is no one like you under his hands. ”

Qi Ning thought to himself that there were thousands of soldiers in the camp plus the maids and servants who followed him, and it was not inefficient to find this person so quickly.

The servant in Tsing Yi was stiff, his arms were bent back, and he had a knife on his neck, but he still raised his head and said: "I am from the Northern Han Dynasty, and I am hiding here just to destroy your alliance, if you want to kill, you don't have to talk nonsense." ”

"Northern Han people?" The prince sneered: "You said that you are from the Northern Han Dynasty, and the palace believes that you are from the Northern Han Dynasty?" This is the garrison of the main palace, and anyone who comes in is strictly checked, how can the Northern Han people sneak in? Your accent is an authentic Xuzhou person, don't you believe it, this palace wants to check your origin, it won't take a day, even your ancestors eight generations can be checked clearly. ”

The corner of the servant in Tsing Yi twitched, lowered his head, and just said: "The Northern Han people gave me money, and my man has money, and he ....... do things for others!" ”

"Hugh has to quibble here." Situ Mingyue stepped forward and said sharply, "What's your name?" ”

The servant in Tsing Yi hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Ye Wen! ”

"Ye Wen, poisoning the little prince, and also intending to poison Jinyihou, do you know what kind of crime this is?" Situ Mingyue said coldly: "If you say that you did it alone, then you are the main culprit, and according to the national issue, you will destroy the nine clans." ”

Ye Wen's body shook, lowered his head, and was silent.

The prince said lightly: "This palace knows that you are just instructed by others, you are just a grasshopper-like person, how can you dare to poison this palace?" This palace promises you that as long as you confess who instigated it, this palace can not implicate your family, otherwise it will ......! His eyes were cold, and he said, "If you want your nine clans to be martyred for you, this palace will also fulfill your wish." ”

Fang Xingzhai also said sharply: "It's better to explain the truth, otherwise you will be dragged out and cut immediately." ”

Ye Wen suddenly looked at Fang Xingzhai and sneered: "Lord Fang, you are in a hurry to kill me, do you want to kill people?" ”

"Kill people?" Fang Xingzhai was stunned, suddenly realized something, and said in shock: "You...... What did you say? The official ...... When will this official kill people and kill people? You....... Don't babble here and spew blood. ”

Ye Wen showed annoyance and said, "I'm spewing blood? He looked at the prince and said, "Your Highness, everything that is small is truthfully invited, just ask for ...... I just ask His Highness to forgive the little family, this matter has nothing to do with them....... ”

Qi Ning had already understood a little at this time, frowned, looked at Fang Xingzhai, and thought to himself, according to this, could it be that the mastermind behind it was Fang Xingzhai? In fact, he had such suspicions before, but killing people requires motives, if Fang Xingzhai is behind it, then what is his motive?

This person is the assassin of Xuzhou, why did he poison the wine, intending to put the prince to death? After King Linzi became a substitute for the dead ghost, he was wronged, why did he send someone to send him poisoned tea and want to poison himself?

Qi Ning could not discern his motives, so he was not sure.

The prince has already said: "You confess truthfully, and this palace counts what you say." ”

Ye Wen's eyes showed a cold color, looked at Fang Xingzhai, and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the poison in the little prince is arrow poison wood, and there is still residual poison in the little one's arms." ”

Someone on the side immediately stretched out his hand and searched in his arms, and soon found a small porcelain bottle, Ye Wen said: "There is still a small half left in it, the two jars of wine, have been poisoned by the small one, and the tea that was sent to Jinyi Hou is also a small one in the tea, and the arrow poison wood is a poison extracted from a poisonous tree, which is abnormally poisonous, and it is rare to see blood to seal the throat, and it is impossible for ordinary people to get it." ”

"And how did you get it?" The prince asked coldly.

Ye Wendao: "It's him .......!" Look at Fang Xingzhai: "It was handed over to me by this Lord Fang!" ”