Qi Ning sneered: "This person is really scheming, he assassinated Lord Hu, naturally to prevent the mission from going to Eastern Qi. www.biquge.info If he succeeds this time, of course, we can only stop and report to the imperial court, and we can't continue to go to Dongqi. Delay here may be his ruse. ”

Hu Bowen sighed: "Although Xia Guan knows that he has a feud with the Marquis of Jinyi, he thinks that going to Eastern Qi is a national event after all, and he can't delay a national event because of personal grudges." He shook his head and said softly: "In this way, the three soldiers who were killed earlier should also be his cause." ”

"Master Hu, don't forget, Wu Dalin was promoted by the Sima family." Qi Ning said lightly: "The emperor wants to ask for marriage from Dongqi, but the Sima family is unwilling, I have been thinking, the Sima family will not let us negotiate the matter of harmony smoothly." I only fear that there is another conspiracy behind this. ”

"Another conspiracy?" Hu Bowen said worriedly: "What did Master Hou say? ”

"Master Hu, after we left Beijing, there have been people secretly watching." Qi Ning said coldly: "Before, I was still thinking about how dare those people dare to make a move against the mission, but now it seems that those people are very likely to be Wu Dalin's henchmen, they want to cooperate with the outside and wait for the opportunity to sabotage the envoy." ”

Hu Bowen was shocked and said: "Master Hou, do you mean that the group of people who have been tracking and monitoring us are Wu Dalin's people?" ”

"Now it seems that this should be the case." Qi Ning sighed: "Lord Hu, try to think about it, if Wu Dalin succeeds tonight, as the deputy envoy, you will be killed, what will be the result?" Needless to say, it will be a mess, and even me will be in chaos. ”

Hu Bowen suddenly thought about it and said, "Master Hou, is it just to cause chaos if Wu Dalin wants to kill Xia Guan?" In this way, the gang of people who followed and followed took advantage of the situation to enter and cooperate with Wu Dalin to destroy the gifts? ”

"That's how it should be." Qi Ning said: "Lord Hu was killed, the gifts were destroyed, and the envoy to Dongqi was in vain. I, Qi Ning, can only return to Beijing in embarrassment, as a righteous envoy, it is difficult to escape the blame, and when the time comes, the excerpt of participating in the impeachment of Ben Hou will definitely be like snowflakes, even if Ben Hou can save his life, if he wants to form an envoy again, it will be extremely difficult. ”

Hu Bowen sighed and said with a wry smile: "I didn't expect that Zhenguogong's methods were so ruthless, and in order to achieve his goal, he didn't care about the interests of Da Chu at all. ”

"I guessed before that the three guards who were killed must have seen something they shouldn't have seen, so they were killed." Qi Ning said in a low voice: "Although there is no real evidence at the moment, but the matter should not be my guess, tonight Wu Dalin must have secretly gone out to connect with his henchmen, and happened to be seen by the three patrolling soldiers, Wu Dalin was worried that the three soldiers would leak the news, so he shot and killed....... Master Hu, do you think my speculation is possible? ”

Hu Bowen nodded slightly and said: "This matter is already strange, but when it is explained like this, it makes sense." He asked in a low voice: "Master Hou, Wu Dalin stabbed the official tonight, it seems that he has already started to act, how should we deal with it?" If it can't be solved in time, Xia Guan is worried that something more dangerous will happen. ”

Qi Ning groaned slightly, and then said, "Master Hu, in your opinion, how should we deal with this matter?" ”

Hu Bowen hurriedly said: "Hou Ye, the lower official is not prevaricating, but this matter is really important, and I also ask the Hou Ye to decide, no matter how the Hou Ye decides, the lower official must obey the order." ”

Qi Ning sat down on the chair, thoughtfully, and said after a while: "If Wu Dalin is not removed, the consequences will be unimaginable, Master Hu, if this person is eliminated to prevent future troubles, what do you think?" ”

"Master Hou, if it's true...... If you really get rid of Wu Dalin, will it anger the Sima family? Hu Bowen frowned slightly, worried: "The Sima family is extremely powerful now, let's ..... We can't be provoked. ”

"What's the matter, Lord Hu is scared?" Qi Ning smiled faintly: "Don't worry, if someone wants to investigate it, even if you come to Benhou." ”

Hu Bowen hurriedly said: "Master Hou misunderstood, the lower official definitely didn't mean this. If Hou Ye decides to really get rid of this person, Xia Guan will definitely advance and retreat with Hou Ye. ”

Qi Ning said with a smile: "This is very good, we are also for the sake of the mission to go to Eastern Qi smoothly, the state affairs are big, there are some scruples, let's not care." ”

Hu Bowen walked to the front window, opened the window slightly and looked out, the night rain was pouring down, it was dark outside, closed the window and came back: "Master Hou, according to the opinion of the lower officials, even if you want to get rid of Wu Dalin, you need to be cautious and careful, and you must not cause the vibration of the mission." He said in a low voice: "These two hundred Yulin guards, we don't know the details, whether there are Wu Dalin's henchmen among them, it's really hard to say." ”

Qi Ning nodded slightly and said: "What Lord Hu said is extremely true, you and I have not been in contact with the Yulin Camp before, and we are not very clear about them, if many of them are Wu Dalin's people, if they start to do it, I am afraid that it will cause infighting." Previously, I saw that Wu Dalin seemed to have a good relationship with the soldiers under him, and if he attacked Wu Dalin easily, I was afraid that it would be very troublesome. He frowned slightly, thoughtfully.

Hu Bowen thought for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "Master Hou, there is someone who may be able to help us solve this trouble?" ”

"Who is it?"

"Liang Xiong!" Hu Bowen said solemnly: "Liang Xiong is a member of the Yulin Battalion, and his relationship with these soldiers is not bad, and he knows the situation of the Yulin Battalion very well, if he can help with it, he should be a good helper." ”

Qi Ning said with a smile: "Yes, Liang Xiong is alert, Master Hu, I won't tell you, this Liang Xiong has long found out that Wu Dalin is wrong, and before leaving Beijing, Chi Fengdian has already explained to him, asking him to be careful against Wu Dalin, and if he finds this person's help, it will be a success." ”

Huberwin rejoiced: "If so, then it would be great. Master Hou, Liang Xiong is the deputy team leader, if someone pursues Wu Dalin's matter at that time, you and I plus Liang Xiong can prove that Wu Dalin intends to sabotage the mission and ask for relatives, and others will have nothing to say. Master Hou, you are here later, and the next official will go to Liang Xiong to come over and discuss. ”

Qi Ning said softly: "The less people know, the better." ”

Hu Bowen nodded and said, "Xiaguan understands." It didn't take long for Hu Bowen to lead Liang Xiong into the house, and after Hu Bowen entered the door, he closed the door with his hand, and Liang Xiong stepped forward and said, "Master Hou, the brothers are still searching for the assassin, and there is no trace of the assassin for the time being." ”

Qi Ning nodded, glanced at Hu Bowen, and then coughed lightly, beckoned, and motioned for Liang Xiong to come closer, Liang Xiong was a little puzzled, but he still stepped forward, Qi Ning leaned forward slightly, and said in a low voice: "The assassin has been found!" ”

Liang Xiong was stunned and said in surprise: "Found it?" ”

"Deputy Team Leader Liang, there are many talents, I didn't say it in public." Hu Bowen approached and said in a low voice, "The assassin who wants to assassinate this official tonight is Wu Dalin, the escort leader of the mission!" ”

Liang Xiong's body shook, his thick eyebrows tightened, he was extremely surprised, and he was silent for a moment before he said, "Lord Hu, you ...... Do you see clearly? Although Team Leader Wu was a little strange, he ...... But he's not going to assassinate him, is he? ”

Qi Ning said: "Lord Hu is very sure, and Ben Hou also believes that Wu Dalin is the biggest suspect. ”

Liang Xiong smiled bitterly: "Before leaving Beijing, Commander Chi had instructions, and he only thought that Commander Chi was cautious and cautious, and he couldn't think of .......!" After a pause, he said: "Master Hou, Lord Hu, you are looking for a lowly post to come and inform you of this matter, there must be something to order, no matter what you are told, the lowly post must go all out." ”

Qi Ning smiled: "Just waiting for your words." His expression immediately became cold, and he said: "Deputy leader Liang, Benhou led the envoy, the purpose is to complete the emperor's will and succeed in courting Dongqi, so all the roadblocks that block the envoy to Dongqi must be kicked away." Staring at Liang Xiong's eyes, he asked, "Do you understand what Ben Hou meant?" ”

Liang Xiong nodded slightly, and said, "Did Master Hou say that you want to ..... Want to restrain Wu Dalin? ”

Hu Bowen said in a low voice: "Deputy Leader Liang, among these two hundred soldiers, can there be Wu Dalin's people?" ”

Liang Xiong said: "Although Wu Dalin has not been in the Yulin camp for a long time, he has a reputation before, he is from a poor background, and most of the soldiers in the Yulin camp are also from poor backgrounds, so he is quite respectful." ”

"Master Hou, it seems that you really can't punish this person in the open." Hu Bowen said: "It must be neat and quiet. ”

Qi Ning nodded and said, "Deputy Team Leader Liang, the stakes are very high, do you have any good ideas?" ”

Liang Xiong groaned slightly, and finally said: "Master Hou, what you and Lord Hu mean, the humble position has already understood, and the secrets to be done are naturally the less people know the better, and the humble position has a way, I don't know if it is feasible or not." He leaned closer and whispered in a low voice, Qi Ning nodded while listening, and when Liang Xiong finished speaking, Qi Ning smiled and said: "This is very good, just follow the idea of Deputy Team Leader Liang." ”

In the heavy rain, Wu Dalin was leading the soldiers to search for the whereabouts of the assassin in all corners of the village, but he found nothing, and suddenly heard someone shouting: "Leader Wu!" A person came from the darkness, Wu Dalin glanced at it, saw that it was Liang Xiong, and immediately asked, "Is there any trace of an assassin?" ”

Liang Xiong stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Team Leader Wu, Master Hou has found the clue and has already led people out of the village, so I will come and inform you and let you hurry over." ”

Wu Dalin frowned and said, "Master Hou left the village?" What clues did you find? ”

"It's supposed to be an assassin's track." Liang Xiong said softly: "Master Hou ordered us not to startle the snakes, and the others continued to pretend to search in the village, and you and I secretly went over." ”

Wu Dalin showed a strange look, hesitated, and finally nodded and said, "Where is Master Hou, lead me over." ”

Liang Xiong led the way in front, Wu Dalin followed behind, the two arrived at the entrance of the village one after the other, the guards naturally did not dare to stop them, and walked out of the way, only to see a small forest in front of them, and a small pond on the edge of the forest, Wu Dalin frowned and said: "Deputy Leader Liang, where is Master Hou?" ”

Liang Xiong raised his finger forward and said, "That's not it." Wu Dalin raised his eyes and looked over, and sure enough, he saw a figure standing at the edge of the forest in front of him, and stepped forward quickly, five or six steps away, and saw clearly that it was Qi Ning, and was about to salute, but Qi Ning had already turned around and went into the forest, Wu Dalin's brows tightened slightly, and he turned his head to look at Liang Xiong, and still followed.