At three o'clock, the huge palace in Jijing has become extremely quiet, whether it is the Son of Heaven, the concubines, or the palace maids, and the eunuchs, they have all blown out the candles in their respective rooms early, and fell asleep to rest, making the huge palace look like a huge beast hidden in the darkness from afar.

The strange thing is that only the East Palace is still brightly lit......

"Rice bucket! A bunch of rice buckets! ”

In the side hall of the East Palace, as the prince of the Great Zhou, the crown prince Li Wei sat behind the desk with a scroll in his hand, looking at the guards who knelt down in front of his desk with a cold expression.

"For half a month, you still don't have the slightest clue, it seems that you are waiting for a rice bucket, what is the use of this prince coming?!" As he spoke, Prince Li Wei slammed the scroll in his hand on the desk, with a deep anger in his eyes.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince forgives your sins! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince spares his life! The row of more than a dozen guards trembled in fright, knocked on the ground again and again, kowtowed and begged for mercy.

"A bunch of rice buckets! - Half a month has passed since the attack on Prince Ben, and the murderer is still at large! It's been half a month, let alone arresting that damn bastard thing back, you can't even find out who the other party is, and you still have the face to ask Prince Ben to spare you and wait? ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince spares his life!" The guards kowtowed and begged for mercy, and one of them begged bitterly, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Mingjian, there are a lot of people in this Jijing City, and besides, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince specially asked me to avoid the eyes and ears of the Guard's Office, like this......"

"What do you mean, it's the prince's, aren't you?" Interrupting the guard's words, Prince Li Wei patted the desk and stood up, glaring at the guard with a sullen face.

"Don't dare to be humble, don't dare to ......"

"Useless stuff! Give me ......" Speaking of this, the angry prince Li Wei seemed to notice something, raised his head slightly and glanced at the beams of the main hall, and then, quite surprisingly, the angry look in his eyes actually retreated slightly.

"Get out of here! A bunch of rice buckets! ”

"Yes......" When the more than a dozen guards heard the amnesty, they crawled out of the main hall.

Glancing at the backs of the guards leaving, Li Wei stood up, walked to the door of the main hall, and glanced at the four henchmen waiting outside the palace gate.

The four guards were the confidants of the prince Li Wei, the tall man was called Zhang Chang, who was once a bandit and strongman in Jizhou, and was later captured by the officers and soldiers under the command of Jing Zhaoyin, and was supposed to be beheaded after interrogation, but the prince valued his martial arts, and secretly asked someone to change the sentence of the Great Prison Temple and take him under his command.

The slightly bloated body is called Ma Lian, a martial artist who went to Jijing to participate in the imperial examination a few years ago, just because he killed someone in the examination room, not only lost his career, but was also put in prison to wait for interrogation.

The remaining two are a pair of brothers, the elder brother is called Wang Xu, and the younger brother is called Wang Fu, who is the son and nephew of the family of the prince of Jijing, and his martial arts are quite outstanding.

These four people are all martial artists who can defeat a hundred with one enemy, and they are also the masters that Prince Li Wei has secretly recruited over the years, even if they are compared to the four generals of the Shenwu Battalion of the Eastern Army, I am afraid they will not be inferior.

Seeing that the crown prince Li Wei gestured with his eyes, the four of them glanced at each other, Zhang Chang and Ma Lian glanced left and right, and walked towards the dim place of the East Palace, while Wang Xu, Wang Fu brothers, and elder brother Wang Xu followed the prince Li Wei into the main hall, while the younger brother Wang Fu closed the door of the palace, stood outside the hall with a knife, and inspected the surroundings.

"Come out!" Li Wei, who walked to the center of the main hall, said lightly.

As soon as the words fell, a black figure jumped above the beam of the main hall, which seemed to be a man, dressed in black and pants, covered with a black cloth, and a dagger pinned to the right side of his waist.

"Ding Qiu, I've seen His Royal Highness the Prince!" Pulling down the black cloth covering his face, the assassin clenched his fists.

Before Li Wei could speak, Wang Xu, the guard beside him, frowned and reprimanded, "When you see His Royal Highness the Prince, you dare to kneel down and salute, you deserve death!" ”

I saw that the assassin named Ding Qiu smiled faintly, looked back at Wang Xu and said, "Don't make a mistake about Wang Guard, I'm not a minister of His Royal Highness the Prince......

"What did you say?!" Wang Xu, whose face was full of indignation, stepped forward, and slowly drew the saber at his waist with his right hand.

"In other words, we are not working for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but for His Royal Highness the Prince's silver......" As he spoke, the hand of the assassin Ding Qiu also faintly stretched out to the dagger behind his right waist.

"Alright, you two!" Prince Li Wei frowned and reprimanded, "In front of this prince, it's not your turn to be presumptuous!" - Wang Xu, put away the sword! ”

Seeing Li Wei speak, the guard Wang Xu had no choice but to withdraw the saber in his hand back into the scabbard and glared at Ding Qiu hatefully.

"Good ......" Ding Qiu smiled, and let go of the hand holding the dagger, the mocking look on his face made Wang Xu furious, but because the crown prince Li Wei was beside him, it was not easy to attack.

Dangerous......

An assassin organization that is all over Jiangnan and kills people for money, as long as they pay a corresponding reward, those people dare to assassinate even the ministers of the DPRK and China......

How could His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ask such a group of people who have no loyalty at all?

Thinking of this, Wang Xu frowned.

As if noticing the indignant gaze of his henchmen, the prince looked at Ding Qiu unhappily and said, "Ding Qiu, don't deceive people too much!" - How did you do the last time you were told? ”

Seeing Li Wei mention the matter, Ding Qiu had a straight expression on his face, and said with a bit of pride, "The person I [dangerous building] want to kill, I can escape once, but I can't escape the second time!" - He Kun, who rushed to Jiangnan to take up his post, Ding has done it for His Royal Highness the Prince! ”

"Good!" Li Wei's face was very happy when he heard this, he paced a few steps in the hall with his hands behind his back, a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes, and he said coldly, "That He Xuan, I don't know the current affairs, this prince intends to recruit him, and he secretly told the imperial history supervisor that this prince secretly formed a friend...... offended the crown prince, he thought that the right move to the county order of Tutang County and the demotion of a few levels of official positions would be over? Hum! As he spoke, he turned his head and asked Ding Qiu, "What about his family?" ”

Ding Qiu raised his hand and made a decapitation action, with a bit of professional indifference, and said in a low voice, "According to His Royal Highness's orders, his whole family of thirteen, plus more than 20 sedan chair drivers, coachmen, and escort officers and soldiers, not a single one will be left!" ——The head has not been brought, in a few days, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can go to the Criminal Department to inquire about the news and see if Ding has deceived His Highness! ”

"That's not necessary, I can trust you to wait! ——According to the previous agreement, the head of He He is 500,000 taels, and his family is 100,000 taels, and I will ask someone to give you the silver ticket when I turn around...... Those sedan chair drivers, coachmen, escort officers and soldiers, wait for you another 100,000 taels! - Well done! Li Wei's face was even more joyful, he licked his lips, and a cruel smile hung on the corner of his mouth.

"Thank you, Your Highness the Prince!" Ding Qiu's eyes vaguely showed a bit of joy when he heard this.

"You're welcome, this is what you deserve, for talented people, this prince has always been stingy with rewards!" As he spoke, Li Wei seemed to have thought of something, and with a little amusement, he asked, "What about your master?" Are you also doing this kind of business? ”

"This ......" Ding Qiu hesitated for a moment and said, "On the way back to Jijing, Ding went to Jinling for a turn, and the eldest sister seems to have opened a few righteous houses to take in those orphans who have no father or mother......"

"Yoshisha?" Li Wei laughed, pouted and said, "Hahaha, interesting, that murderous woman, are you going to stop?" Yes? Haha, the name of [Onihime], but she will cry! ”

Ding Qiu frowned when he heard this, and didn't explain much, just asked, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is looking for the eldest sister?" - Could it be that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince plans to assassinate which general in the DPRK and China again? ”

"I don't have any plans to do that yet! Last time, I asked you to kill the former general Lu Yan, and it was also a helpless move, who told that guy to rely on himself to be a member of the fourth brother's line, and offended the prince a lot...... Although the woman did a clean job, the imperial doctors in the court were still suspicious of the prince...... Besides, a general's head is five million taels of silver, even if it is the crown prince, he can't afford it! ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is too humble, you are the prince of a country, the future of the Ninety-Five, only five million taels, why bother?"

"Huh!" Li Wei smiled faintly, waved his hand and said, "Okay, it doesn't matter, let's not mention it for the time being, Ding Qiu, this prince wants you to kill someone for me!" ”

Ding Qiu's face turned straight when he heard this, and he asked in a deep voice, "Who is it?" ”

The crown prince Li Wei shook his head slightly, and told Ding Qiu the fact that he tricked Liang Qiu Wu into a remote room that day, drugged him in wine, and finally was knocked unconscious.

"What does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince mean that the thief is sitting on the fishing profits, and he has a husband and wife with that Liangqiu dance?"

Recalling the messy bed he saw that day, the fire of jealousy in Li Wei's heart suddenly ignited, and he said in a deep voice with strong anger, "As long as you find this person, kill him, and bring the head to me, this prince will pay you a reward of two million taels!" ”

"Two million ......" Ding Qiu subconsciously opened his eyes, licked his lips quite excitedly, and after thinking about it, asked, "Has His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ever sent someone to investigate the Donggong Mansion?" ”

"Donggong Mansion? Why? ”

"Ding thought that since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was sure that Liang Qiu Wu and the thief were most likely husband and wife, then this matter was a little strange......

"What do you mean?"

"Liangqiu dances this woman, Ding has also heard of it, this woman is as strong as a man, known as [Yanhu Ji], the head of [Four Ji], and her prestige is even higher than that of the eldest sister, how can a woman like her be able to bear her innocence being tarnished? According to His Royal Highness the Prince, after you woke up that day, you didn't see the body of the thief, Ding thought about it, there are only two possibilities.

Or, the thief fled before Liang Qiu Wu woke up; Or, the two of them have reached some kind of agreement...... Your Highness might as well call someone to find out, in the past few days, who has been in contact with the Donggong Mansion! ”

Li Wei is not a stupid person, he suddenly realized when he heard this, and said in annoyance, "I actually neglected this matter!" With that, he looked back at Ding Qiu and said in a deep voice, "Very good, Ding Qiu, this matter will be handed over to you!" ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince rest assured!" Ding Qiu nodded, hugged his fists slightly, jumped onto the beam, and disappeared.

Glancing up, the guard Wang Xu frowned and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, if this matter involves that Liangqiu dance......

"What do you want to say?"

"I think that if that Liangqiu Dance sees that he has been ** to that thief, he has no choice but to follow it, so he shields this person, if His Highness kills that person, I am afraid it will ......"

"I'm afraid of what?" Li Wei sneered, gritted his teeth and said, "That woman is useless, instead of keeping the power of adding my fourth brother, it is better to get rid of it as soon as possible!" ”

"I don't think that Ding Qiu will be Yan Hu Ji's opponent......"

"Heh, this prince didn't ask him to kill Liang Qiu Wu," Li Wei smiled faintly, looked back at Wang Xu and said, "You send your henchmen to Jinling and call that woman!" ”

Wang Xu was slightly startled when he heard this, and said in a low voice, "Your Highness means ......"

"Humph!" Li Wei snorted lightly, a smile rose at the corner of his mouth, and said lightly, "[Yanhu Ji], right [Thousand-faced Ghost Ji], one is one of the four towns of Jijing and a fierce general who terrifies the enemy on the battlefield, and the other is a [Dangerous Building] assassin who dares to assassinate anyone for the reward, and has never missed a single attack in more than ten years...... Interesting, right? ”

"Yes, yes!"

"Hmph, hahahaha......"