Chapter 1828: Murder by a knife

Xu Chang watched the prisoner struggle to death, waved his hand, and someone dragged the corpse down, Xu Chang then looked at Ximen Yi and said, "You are a smart person, it seems that I don't need to say more." ”

Ximen Yi sighed: "Nioh drank tea and was safe and sound, but this prisoner was killed immediately, Nioh wanted to say that in this short period of time, someone had poisoned the tea." ”

Xu Chang glanced at Chu Huan intentionally or unintentionally, and said lightly: "This king just wants to say that tea can be non-toxic before entering the door, but after entering the door, tea can be poisonous, and it is unaware." ”

"Nioh suspects that someone around me is poisoning?" Simon Yi said.

Xu Chang sneered: "Including yourself." You said that you wanted to investigate the servants in the inn, and the king summoned the person who delivered the tea as soon as the incident happened, and I can assure you that he is loyal to the king, and his life is completely in the hands of the king, and the king trusts him more than you. He swore to heaven that those two cups of tea were made by him personally, and he personally sent them to the hall, and after entering the hall, he presented the tea to you, Lord Ximen, and then presented it to Xu Yu, according to his recollection, there was a guard by your side at that time. He looked at Chu Huan and said, "It should be you, right?" ”

Chu Huan nodded and said, "Yes, it's me." ”

"I heard that you are the captain of Ximen Yi's bodyguard, since the King of Chu is relieved to hand over Ximen Yi to you, I think your martial arts skills will definitely not be bad." Xu Chang said slowly: "It was already dusk, it is said that the hall is still a little dim, and the lights have not yet been lit. ”

Chu Huan said with a smile: "Don't hide it from King Ren, if I really want to poison him, I do have that ability, and it was indeed a good opportunity at that time." ”

Xu Chang nodded and said, "It's a good man, so do you admit that Xu Yu was poisoned by you?" Killing people pays for their lives, it is justified, come to people, drag them up! ”

The soldiers were about to step forward, but Chu Huan had already said in a deep voice: "Wait! ”

The soldiers didn't pay attention, the spear was on the back of a few people, and there were even soldiers on the side who drew their knives and put them on the necks of several people, Xu Chang's face was cold, but Chu Huan had already laughed loudly: "Xu Chang, Xu Chang, it's a shame that the King of Chu said that you are a hero in troubled times, but now it seems that it is just a vain name, and you are completely confused!" ”

"Slow!" Xu Chang raised his hand to stop everyone, stared at Chu Huan and said coldly, "What did you say?" ”

Chu Huan's mind flickered, puffed up his chest, and sneered: "You fell into someone else's trap without knowing it, and you still think you are smart here, just kill if you want to, I won't talk nonsense." ”

"Courageous." Xu Chang said coldly: "This king wants to know what kind of trap he has fallen into. Then the soldiers withdrew their swords and their spears retracted.

Chu Huan was bare-handed at this time, Xu Chang was only a few steps away from him, if he wanted to make a difficulty, he had great confidence to immediately capture Xu Chang and hold Xu Chang hostage to get out safely, but he also knew that if this was the case, even if he got out, then the Northwest Army and the Jinling Army would really take over the mortal enemy.

Chu Huan straightened his clothes before he said: "The reputation of King Ren is spread far and wide, and King Chu once said to us that King Ren is brave and strategic, and he is a rare hero in troubled times!" Speaking of this, the voice changed: "In fact, before this, I always thought that what King Chu said must be true, but now it seems that it is better to meet than to be famous." ”

"Bold!" Fei Qing shouted sharply beside him: "How dare you be rude? ”

Chu Huan sneered: "King Ren, we came to Jinling this time, what is going on, King Ren naturally knows it in his heart. Don't hide it from King Ren, although your reputation is like thunder, but we really don't know much about Liang Guogong, and we don't even know that there is another Liang Guogong in Jinling. ”

Xu Chang was silent.

In fact, he also knew very well in his heart that even he, the benevolent king, also rose suddenly, and not many people in the world knew about it, let alone his little-known younger brother.

"Liang Guogong went to visit the post house, we were still a little surprised, we didn't know there was such a person at first." Chu Huan said slowly: "When we met Liang Guogong for the first time, we had nothing to do with it, why did we suddenly harm him?" Although we are not smart, but we are not stupid, this is the territory of King Ren, don't say that it is such a person as Liang Guogong, even if it is an ordinary Jinling general, if we really kill us, can we leave alive? After we kill people, we can still wait leisurely in the post house, without making any preparations, waiting for Nioh to send someone to arrest us, and I wonder if Nioh really thinks we are so stupid, does this make sense? ”

Xu Chang's face did not change, he was still indifferent, just staring at Chu Huan.

"The world is bustling, all for profit, the world is bustling, all for profit, there must always be a purpose for doing things, and there should be a motive for harming people." Chu Huan stared at Xu Chang's eyes and met Xu Chang's gaze, "Nioh, let me ask you, you might have come up with our motive for killing Liang Guogong?" We came here to form an alliance, so why did we kill the prince in a madness? ”

Xu Chang didn't speak, but Fei Qing sneered: "What is the motive, you know it in your hearts." ”

"I don't know." Chu Huan shook his head and said, "I only know that the King of Chu sent Lord Ximen to come, and we followed the guards on the road to come to discuss the alliance with King Ren." There is a war in the south of Renwang, and the king of Chu does not want to be an enemy of Renwang, and you and I have their own needs, once an alliance is formed, it is beneficial to both sides, looking at the overall situation, we are trying our best to complete the instructions of the king of Chu, and bring a good news back to the king of Chu to explain. ”

Ximen Yi finally said: "King Ren, what Li Yin said is right, if we really kill the Guogong, and don't say that the alliance cannot be negotiated, even our lives will be ruined here, in public and private, it will be beneficial to us and harmless, just ask if this is the case, how can we poison the Guogong?" ”

Xu Chang frowned, and Chu Huan said: "I also know that when Guogong left the post house, he was poisoned, and it was because the tea was poisonous, we are indeed suspicious, but we have no motive to kill, and please ask King Ren to investigate." ”

Xu Chang was silent for a moment, and finally said: "According to this, Xu Yu's death has nothing to do with you?" ”

"I didn't say that." Chu Huan sighed and said, "In fact, I really think that the death of Guogong has a great deal to do with us!" Without waiting for Xu Chang to speak, he explained: "I don't mean to say that Guogong was killed by us, I want to say that the person who poisoned Guogong must have someone else, and their purpose in killing Guogong was to provoke the contradiction between King Chu and King Ren, and they killed Guogong both for King Ren and for us, so we can't say that it has nothing to do with this matter." ”

Xu Chang groaned slightly, and finally asked, "Then how do you explain that you didn't drink tea at that time?" When he said this, he looked at Ximen Yi.

Ximen Yi groaned slightly, and finally said: "I can't hide it, Nioh, we are new to your land, and we don't know much about Nioh, so we must be careful in everything." In fact, we were wary from the beginning, not because we were worried that Nioh would attack us, after all, if Nioh wanted to kill us, we would not be able to fly even if he gave us an order. If we accidentally die in Jinling, even if it is not the work of the King of Ren, the King of Chu will also count this account on the head of the King of Ren, so that not only will the alliance not be formed, but the two armies of you and I will meet each other! ”

Ximen Yi's voice was low and his face was solemn, not only explaining why he didn't drink tea, but also reminding Xu Chang that once the messenger was killed, the Northwest Army would meet each other.

Chu Huan said on the side: "King Ren, the top priority is to immediately order a thorough investigation of the post house, since the prince was poisoned in the post house, then the person who poisoned him must have been in the post house before, maybe he hasn't left at this time." If Nioh wants to kill us, and our lives are like mustard, and it is not a pity to die, but we die in vain, so that you and I will fight each other, then the assassin will definitely laugh at all this, and it will really be a matter of bitterness for those who are close to each other. He smiled bitterly and said, "When the time comes, I'm afraid that those people will still laugh at Nioh's stupidity behind his back!" ”

"Bold!" Fei Qing shouted again.

Xu Chang's face was gloomy, but at this time, he laughed, stared at Chu Huan and said, "Your name is Li Yin?" ”

"Exactly."

"Li Yin, you are really bold, no wonder the King of Chu will send you to guard Ximen Yi." Xu Chang's eyes showed a hint of appreciation, and then he raised his hand and said, "All retreat." ”

Fei Qing was stunned, but he didn't dare to disobey, and in the shouting and cheering, the soldiers around him quickly retreated, Xu Chang pointed to Ximen Yi and Chu Huan and said, "You two come with this king!" ”

Chu Huan and Ximen Yi glanced at each other, but Xu Chang had already walked to the side with his hands behind his back, both of them bowed slightly, followed, walked through a field of flowers and plants, and saw a small pavilion in front of him, with lanterns hanging around the pavilion, and a pool next to the pavilion, elegant and beautiful, Xu Chang entered the pavilion, Chu Huan and the two walked along the bluestone path, under the lights, Chu Huan saw a glimpse of the corner of his eye, among the flowers next to him, a ray of light crossed his eyes, obviously the reflection of the blade, and he knew that it seemed to be silent. But there are hidden guards in many places, and Xu Chang attaches great importance to his own safety.

Entering the pavilion, Xu Chang was not verbose, and asked straight to the point: "Do you know who poisoned Xu Yu to death?" Who has such a motive? ”

Ximen Yi shook his head and said: "Nioh, we just arrived in Jinling, and after entering the post house, we have not left the post house, and we don't know anything about the situation here, so we really don't know who will do this. ”

"You're wrong." Xu Chang stared at Ximen Yi and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't know Jinling, as long as you know the trend of the world!" He looked at Chu Huan and asked, "Li Yin, who do you think it will be?" ”

Chu Huan hesitated, in fact, he was really guessing in his heart at this time who wanted to borrow a knife to kill someone.

Today's shape is actually extremely dangerous, Xu Chang and Xu Yu brothers have a very good relationship, Xu Yu was killed, Xu Chang is naturally angry, if Xu Chang is more impulsive, a little irrational, and believes that the murderer is Ximen Yi and others, and can't listen to any explanation, then the consequences must be unimaginable, even if Chu Huan escaped death, but the Northwest Army and the Jinling Army also formed a big enmity. R1058