Although Mei Jingting had the intention to pursue the man, it was getting late, and the man had horses, so he thought about it for a while, and was helpless, so he shook his head and walked slowly towards the corpse on the ground.

When he approached, he crouched down, looked at the corpse carefully, and said in a deep voice: "He was shot through the heart by an arrow and died on the spot." ”

After saying that, he looked at the corpse's eyes again, then frowned, and said, "He was poisoned." ”

"Poisoned?" Hearing this, Wei Ziyang and Zhou Feng couldn't help frowning.

Mei Jingting didn't wait for them to ask suspiciously, he stretched out his hand, rolled the assassin's eyelids, and saw that the eyes were full of bloodshots, and there was a faint blue look, and he groaned in his heart, that is, he said: "I am afraid that this person was poisoned before the arrow." ”

"You see, this man's eyes are faintly blue, and his lips are also purple, which clearly means that he was poisoned before he was hit by the arrow, and if it weren't for that, the poison would not have spread so quickly." That Mei Jingting said lightly.

Wei Ziyang was a little surprised when he heard this, thought about it, and said, "Could it be ......?"

"Yes, it should be that he bit the poison in his mouth when we were not paying attention, and wanted to seek death, but he didn't expect that the poison had not yet attacked, but he was killed by his companions." When Mei Jingting said this, his eyes were shining, and his brows were tightly locked.

Mei Jingting thought about it, then got up and said to Wei Ziyang and Zhou Feng: "Brother Wei, General Zhou, how about I go back to King Xiang first?" ”

"It couldn't be better." Wei Ziyang replied.

The three of them made up their minds to go together and return to the Red Mansion Square by the night.

It's night, the winter night in Yaxian County is very cold, and even the vague fog can be seen in the air with the naked eye, plus there is such a thing, everyone's heart is very heavy. Fortunately, King Xiang was safe and sound, otherwise on the eve of the war, the lord would have been assassinated, which would have brought huge losses to Great Wei.

When I returned to the Red Mansion Fang, as soon as I walked into the backyard, I saw King Xiang standing quietly in the middle of the courtyard wearing a mink robe, with an indifferent expression, staring at the bright moon high in the sky, not knowing what he was thinking.

Beside him, Yongjin and Yu Bingqing looked sad, presumably very worried.

As soon as he saw the three of Wei Ziyang walking in, Yongjin stepped forward and asked, "What's the matter, where is the assassin?" ”

That Wei Ziyang listened to Yongjin's words, ignored him, and walked towards King Xiang, which made Yongjin so angry that his face turned pale.

Wei Ziyang arched his hand and said, "Your Highness, the assassin is dead." ”

"Killed by whom?" The king of Xiang raised his eyebrows slightly, just chuckled, and then asked lightly.

"That assassin was originally a dead man, and he had swallowed poison after being subdued by Commander Mei, but before he could die of poison, he was killed by his accomplices." Na Mei Jingting was unhurried and replied word by word.

When King Xiang heard this, he nodded, and said to this Mei Jingting with relief: "The hard work Mei is in charge." ”

"This matter is also due to the Wei brothers and General Zhou, if it were Mei alone, I am afraid that the assassin would not be able to subdue him." Na Mei Jingting was very modest at this time, and replied to King Na Xiang.

In fact, if you want to help, this Wei Ziyang really didn't help Mei Jingting, most of the credit for stopping the assassin should be said to belong to this Mei Jingting, if it weren't for Mei Jingting's trick "Hundred Miles Kill" to stop the assassin, Wei Ziyang alone would not be able to subdue the assassin with full certainty. And if you want to talk about Zhou Feng, there is no credit.

When King Xiang heard this, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he said softly: "Okay, don't talk about these troublesome things, Commander Mei, Brother Wei, can you accompany this king to go shopping?" ”

After Wei Ziyang and Mei Jingting saw that this King Xiang had just experienced a crisis, they were indifferent at the moment, looking like nothing had happened, and they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts that this King Xiang was really as calm as water, and now they heard that they were going to go shopping with him, and they were also a little dumbfounded.

After a pause, the two glanced at each other, and replied respectfully: "But according to the orders of King Xiang." “

The king of Xiang smiled, turned his head, looked at this Zhou Feng, and said to him apologetically: "General Zhou, it is the king who is not entertaining well today, but it has swept away the general's interest, which is not the fault of the king." ”

"Eh, what is King Xiang talking about, then since King Xiang is fine, he should rest in peace, and he will retire at the end." That Zhou Feng listened to King Xiang's words, and showed a strange expression, that is, he said to King Xiang.

"General, please."

Zhou Feng returned the salute, and walked towards the gate, but he didn't even look at the king of Xiang again.

After Zhou Feng's back completely disappeared from everyone's sight, King Xiang ordered this Yongjin and Yu Bingqing: "You guys retreat first." ”

When Yongjin heard this, he wanted to say something, but after all, he didn't say anything, and bowed to King Xiang, and said coldly to Wei Ziyang: "I hope Your Excellency will protect Your Highness." After saying that, he walked away.

That Yu Bingqing smiled, just glanced at this Wei Ziyang in a variety of ways, and then said softly: "The slave family obeys the order." Then came the willow waist swing, gracefully leaving. Then Wei Ziyang saw that this Yu Bingqing deliberately made such a posture, and he also swallowed his saliva, but he tried his best to hold back, if he lost his temper on this occasion, it would really be fatal.

When King Xiang saw that the two of them had left, he said to Mei Jingting and Wei Ziyang: "Then you and me, let's take a walk in this courtyard." ”

Mei Jingting and Wei Ziyang knew in their hearts that King Xiang was doing this, and they must have something to discuss with them, so they didn't say much, but their expressions were dazed, and they followed King Xiang to wander around this courtyard.

Although it is winter at this time, but the courtyard is a good wood is not withered, is in the verdant, a spring clear stream, slowly flows out from the gap of the rockery on the wall over there, merges into this pool of clear pool, the ripples in the circle, it is very beautiful, the flying wall on both sides of the courtyard is light tile, the carved floor is embroidered, it is very magnificent. Luxury and beauty, in this small courtyard, are harmoniously blended, not abrupt at all.

As the king walked along, he asked coldly, "Do you think the person who will assassinate me tonight be who sent it?" ”

Mei Jingting heard this, his face turned straight, he thought about it, but shook his head: "My subordinates don't know." ”

"Hehe, when did Commander Mei speak and hide it, so unupright, is this still the 'No. 1 swordsman in the world' that this king knows?" Listening to Mei Jingting's answer, King Xiang chuckled, but joked.

Obviously, Mei Jingting didn't say what he really thought in his heart.

Mei Jingting heard this and shook his head: "Your Highness, your subordinates don't dare to talk nonsense. ”

When King Xiang heard this, he smiled faintly, and then said leisurely: "I'm afraid that Commander Mei already has the answer in his heart." ”

"This matter was not done by the prince, but by the people of Western Qin." That King Xiang was shocked by a thousand thunders, and this was actually the words in his heart that were openly said, which made Mei Jingting and Wei Ziyang surprised.

Originally, this kind of thing should not be brought to the table, but Wei Ziyang didn't expect this King Xiang to say it directly without thinking about it, but he sighed again in his heart that this King Xiang was really a bold character.

Thinking about it carefully, indeed, this Xiangwang's guess is not without some truth.

First of all, the prince, of course, will be regarded as the first choice behind the scenes, King Xiang came to this county, the prince must be one of the few people who know the whereabouts of King Xiang, so it is even easier to send a killer to take King Xiang's life.

The second is the Western Qin people, the matter of the Great Wei army sending troops is probably already known to them at this moment, to say that they sent assassins to Ya County to investigate, and found the traces of King Xiang, it is not impossible, but it can only be said that this possibility is much lower than that of the prince sending people. Because King Xiang's whereabouts in Ya County are very secretive, he stays in the backyard of this Red Mansion all day long, and it is almost impossible for the people of Western Qin to know his identity.

King Xiang saw that Wei Ziyang and Mei Jingting were both in deep thought, and he didn't force it, but just said to himself: "My brother, others don't know him, but I know very well, this matter is very likely to be done by him." ”

"It's just that what I didn't expect was that he would start so quickly, and he didn't even care about this blood relationship." King Xiang smiled bitterly, with an infinite emotion of embarrassment, and confided in these words.

When Wei Ziyang heard this, he thought about it, and said: "Actually, Your Highness doesn't have to be so sad, whether this matter was done by the prince or not, there is no evidence yet." ”

When King Xiang heard this, he chuckled: "Well, I don't have time to take care of this matter now." ”

After finishing speaking, he tightened his expression and said to Na Mei Jingting and Wei Ziyang: "Then let's talk about the war." ”