Chapter 11: Assassination
After nightfall, the county commander intimately ordered someone to find a few handsome men and personally send them to Li Chengqian.
The county order knows the preferences of His Royal Highness the Prince, so he naturally wants to do what he likes! Send a handsome man to His Royal Highness the Prince.
After Li Chengqian saw the handsome man sent by the county order, his face turned green! Suddenly the thunder was furious, and the frightened county order almost became incontinent.
Du He, Zhao Jie and others held back their laughter vigorously, and almost didn't get sick.
After Li Chengqian sent away the county order, he retreated left and right, leaving Du He alone to talk in the house.
Li Chengqian had already seen that Du He had something to ask him, but he was holding back all the way, and Li Chengqian wanted to see what Du He was going to do.
At this time, in the dark night, several sturdy black shadows flashed and came towards the post house where Li Chengqian and the others were staying.
Under the night, the black figure flashed, and all the officials patrolling around the post house were quietly killed.
The body is then thrown into the darkness so that it cannot be discovered.
After doing this, the night people met their heads, separated again, and continued to sneak towards the inn.
"There are assassins! ......" An exclamation broke the silence of the night, followed by the sound of a fight, and the guards of the East Palace and the assassin exchanged hands.
Li Chengqian and Du He looked shocked, and Li Chengqian got up to get the sword on the side.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and Du He stared at the door, picking up an object casually, if the person who came was an assassin, he would desperately protect the prince.
Li Chengqian's hand clenched the hilt of the sword, his expression was solemn, and the sword slowly came out of his body.
"Prince!" Zhao Jie's voice came from outside the door, and Li Chengqian motioned to Du He to open the door.
Du He opened the door through a crack, and only after seeing clearly that the people outside were Zhao Jie and Su Gan Chengji, did he open the door.
"What's going on out there?" Li Chengqian asked.
"There is an assassin who intends to assassinate the Prince, but now he has been stopped by the guards of the East Palace, and the sound of fighting here will soon alarm the guards in the city."
"The guards in the city will come to the rescue, don't worry about the prince." Dry Chengji Road.
"Be sure to keep your mouth alive and find out who is going to assassinate the widow." Li Chengqian said angrily.
In the territory of Gyeonggi in the Tang Dynasty, someone dared to assassinate him, the imperial prince, which was really audacious.
"Your Highness! Do you still need to ask? It must have been sent by King Wei, and who else didn't want His Highness to return to Chang'an. Zhao Jie said.
Except for Li Tai, the king of Wei, there is really no one else, once Li Chengqian is assassinated, the favorable candidate who can become the crown prince is Li Tai.
Li Tai has this strength and this motive, and the road to succession is full of bloody storms.
Li Chengqian frowned, Li Tai is indeed the best object of suspicion, but is he really so impatient? If you have to make this decision, you even use assassination.
Li Chengqian's concern now is not who is the mastermind, but how to keep Su Gan Chengji here forever.
Li You, the king of Qi, may be captured at any time and escorted to Beijing for trial, and when the time comes, it will definitely involve Su Gan Chengji.
There is not much time left for Li Chengqian, and he must take this opportunity tonight to deal with the traitor of Su Gan Chengji.
After Li Chengqian was reborn, he found that he had inherited everything from his predecessor, even his martial arts without reservation, perhaps this was the welfare of the traverser.
Although Li Chengqian's martial arts are not as powerful as those of Su Gan Chengji, when Su Gan Chengji relaxes his vigilance, he can still succeed in making a black hand against him.
"Bang!" A shocking sound pulled Li Chengqian back, and when he looked up, there was a mess downstairs, and a guard of the East Palace was lying on the ground, and his life and death were unknown.
Two men in black rushed in from outside the post house and killed them upstairs, everyone's faces changed drastically, and Su Gan Chengji immediately greeted him and entangled with the two assassins.
Du He stepped forward to protect Li Chengqian behind him, and although Zhao Jie was very frightened, he still stood with Du He with his trembling body, forming a human wall for Li Chengqian.
If the Assassins could not be stopped, they would desperately buy the prince some time to escape.
Su Gan Chengji was wounded desperately and killed the two assassins under the sword, and then came to Li Chengqian's side.
"Your Highness!"
"Su Gan Chengji, are you okay?" Zhao Jiedao.
"A little injury doesn't get in the way!" Dry Chengji Road.
Suddenly, a sword light flashed, and the sword pierced into the heart of Gang Chengji, and Li Chengqian took advantage of Wagan Chengji's defenselessness against him, and shot and killed Gang Chengji.
The sword was pulled out, and hot blood gushed out from Su Gan Chengji's chest and splashed on Li Chengqian's three people.
When he was dying, Su Gan Chengji stabbed Li Chengqian with a sword, and he didn't understand why the prince wanted to kill him.
But this doesn't matter anymore, anyway, he can't live anymore, even if he dies, he has to pull the prince on his back.
If he can't live, he can't let Li Chengqian, the person who killed him, live, anyway, he can't live, so he doesn't care whether the other party is the prince or not.
Li Chengqian immediately took a step back, blocked it with the sword in his hand, dissolved the offensive of Su Gan Chengji, took the opportunity to go further, and made up another sword on Su Gan Chengji's body.
Su Gan Chengji's pupils dilated, and his body was soft to the ground, so his eyes widened and he swallowed his breath without looking at it.
"Prince, why are you doing this?" Zhao Jie looked incredulous, why did the prince kill his henchmen.
"Su Gan Chengji colluded with thieves and intended to plot against the widow, and now he has been killed by the widow." Li Chengqian said.
He must sit on the guilt of Cheng Ji, and killing him will be justified, otherwise, he Li Chengqian will be killed indiscriminately.
As the crown prince, he can't be lawless and kill people casually.
As for the investigation from above when the time comes, Li Chengqian is not worried that he will be found on his head, anyway, Su Gan Chengji is already dead, and there is no proof of death.
Even if something is really found, at most it will be found on Li You, the king of Qi, who told them to collude secretly.
"Yes! The minister saw with his own eyes that Su Gan Chengji wanted to assassinate the prince! Duhe nodded.
Zhao Jie nodded, agreeing with the two of them, although he didn't believe that Su Gan Chengji would have anything to do with tonight's assassination.
As soon as Su Gan Chengji died, even if Li You's rebellion case involved Su Gan Chengji again, he no longer had to worry about affecting him.
The death of Su Gan Chengji solved a crisis in which he was deposed.
"Let's go! Let's go down and see! Li Chengqian said.
The fighting outside had stopped, and the Assassins outside had either been eliminated or had fled.
The current danger is over, Du He and Zhao Jie accompanied Li Chengqian to the outside of the post house, and there was a mess all around, and there were many corpses lying on the ground.
Most of the corpses belonged to the guards of the East Palace, but the corpses of the men in black were not seen, and the city guards were cleaning the battlefield.
When the county magistrate learned of the assassination of the prince, he was so frightened that he hurriedly ran to the post house to plead guilty, but Li Chengqian did not see him, so he asked Du He to pass a message to the county magistrate, and then sent him away.