Chapter 14: The Seven Princes of Prey

Gongsun Yuting has been troubled by a few days, because he has been busy with the affairs of the seven princes of the southern kingdom, so he has no time to deal with it, that is, a few days ago, Qianyu made a big fuss about Shui Weixuan, and I heard about it that night, this matter spread throughout the entire harem, and it was in a uproar, and within a day, the matter was spread to the court, although Gongsun Yuting ignored it, but the court officials below did not think so, and they were all talking about it.

"Your Majesty, the princess is too barbaric and capricious, which is really unreassuring," Wen Shangguan boldly said.

"Your Majesty, a woman's martial arts practice has lost everyone's demeanor, the ninth princess is a bully at a young age, he will have trouble in the future, the king must not be careless" Shen Xingguan was full of sorrow, and said bitterly.

"Although the princess is a woman, she loves to dance with knives and guns, compared with other delicate women, the official thinks that the princess is more attractive, yesterday's incident is nothing more than the princess and a few palace ladies playing, isn't no one hurt?" The military general Zuo Shuai spoke seriously, and it was not difficult to hear in his words that he admired those who practiced martial arts.

Gongsun Yuting nodded thoughtfully, the words of this military general Zuo Shuai are not unreasonable, if Qianyu is really bad, it will hurt people, it seems that she has no intention of making trouble, he has also heard others say yesterday's incident, originally it was just a thousand words love to fight and be uneven, deliberately scaring those palace ladies who bullied Fuyu, who knew that the trouble was boiling, and the matter of the harem was even spread to the court.

"Your Majesty, fortunately, no one was injured this time, otherwise wouldn't Concubine Zhen Niangniang have to bear the evil for others? Take advantage of the fact that the princess is still young now, revoke her permission to practice martial arts, so as to avoid unnecessary trouble in the future" The criminal officer saw that Gongsun Yuting was not impressed by yesterday's incident, and with his understanding of the affairs of the harem, he felt that the incident of the ninth princess making trouble with Shui Weixuan was not a child's nonsense, but someone instigated it, and the person behind it could not be more obvious.

"Oh, Lord of the Criminal Department seems to have something to say, could it be that Lord Fan thinks that there is someone behind the Ninth Princess?" Gongsun Yuting put down the scroll in his hand, raised his head and gave the fan of the criminal department a sharp look, as if he was a little angry, and the court officials below all sweated for the fan.

"Your Majesty, this is not what Lord Fan means" Lord Fan's classmate and old friend Master Kong of the Weapons Battalion hurriedly helped him speak, and anyone could hear that Lord Fan did mean something, but who didn't know how much the king favored the queen's mother, even if it was really as Lord Fan said, it would not be the turn of a courtier to say.

"Yesterday's incident, this king will investigate clearly, will not let the concubine be wronged, now the prince of the south is about to arrive in our country, these days to strengthen the border guards, to ensure that the prince of the south can enter the palace safely" Gongsun Yuting pushed open the stationery on the table, a bunch of fast horses, sent back by spies from abroad, each letter has only one word, and this word is only understood by Gongsun Yuting, this word contains where the prince of the south has arrived, including how many people they have, and these letters have thirteen sheets, It means that it has been thirteen days since the departure of the prince of the South.

In the past four years, Gongsun Yuting has received letters sent back from the south, and each letter must have a password to read, in the past four years, the seventh prince of the south has been secretly poisoned by the queen many times without success, including the king of the south, who tried to kill his father to terminate the agreement between the two countries, the seventh prince has survived to the present, and the credit for this is indispensable to the people arranged by Gongsun Yuting in the south, Just for the promise made four years ago.

"Yes, the ministers and others will receive the envoys of the southern country at any time" The civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty said in unison, and everyone had a question in their hearts at this moment, why did Lord Su, who is the father of Concubine Zhen, not mention yesterday's events? Could it be that he let Concubine Zhen be oppressed?

After everyone retreated, Gongsun Yuting kneaded his forehead and sat down, and took up a delicate sandalwood box from under the table, the box was very large, he sighed, opened the box, inside was a pair of excellent bows and crossbows, after a closer look, he found that this is not an ordinary bow and crossbow, this is a bow and crossbow that can be retracted, there is only a long distance between the finger joints in the middle of every two joints, the crossbow body can change the appearance with the mechanism, in order to facilitate carrying, the whole crossbow has thirty-one mechanisms, and the small crossbow can be transformed into dozens of weapons, A wire thin enough to cut a bear's head in an instant, and a spear long enough to take the head of an enemy.

Thinking about yesterday's events again, Gongsun Yuting sighed again, reluctantly closed the box, and locked the box in the dark compartment behind the bookshelf, originally this was a gift for Qianyu on her fifth birthday in a few days, but now it seems that it is not yet time to give it to her, after all, this is a lethal weapon, and when she grows up a little and can restrain herself, he will give her a birthday gift.

Time flies quickly, three days in the busy Gongsun Yuting quietly left, this day is the time when the prince of the south arrived at the palace of the king of Chu, when the sky is not clear, the city gate is already heavily guarded, the entire Rong'an City is serious, and it is stipulated that everyone must report their actions to the city patrol every other hour, the reason why there is such a big movement, only because there was a mistake in being carried out before.

When the seventh prince set foot on the road to Chu State, he was targeted by many people, in addition to the queen and king of the south of the south, and the mother of the princes, there is also the Wei State that is secretly eyeing the country, if the Yan country has a secret agreement with the south in these four years, then, the king of the south will definitely use their strength to get rid of the seventh prince Mu Changfeng, four years ago the king of Yan one-way surrendered to the Wei country, the two countries have already reached a consensus, at that time, the king of Yan saw that the south country was about to overthrow the country, and avoided Ye Qiuke, who asked for troops in the south, four years ago, After the state of Chu secretly helped the southern kingdom win the war, the spies who secretly investigated found that the Yan state intended to win over the southern kingdom, and if the southern kingdom had made the decision to defect, then the state of Chu might face the danger of the three kingdoms winning the championship.

The power ring of the South King was sealed four years ago, this is one of the agreements of the year, the power ring that can make people ascend the throne can be sealed in the place where only the two keys in the hands of the King of South and the King of Chu can be opened at the same time, and there is also a clause in the agreement that if the seventh prince Mu Changfeng dies before the age of five, all agreements will be terminated, except for the annual tribute, on the contrary, the seventh prince must grow up in the Chu State after the age of five until he can take over the throne, this agreement is equivalent to the seven princes are the protons of the Chu State.

Wu State, a country that has a relationship with Chu for hundreds of years, the king of Wu has a very good relationship with Chu in the past dynasties, and the Wu State has abundant troops, the terrain is superior, and the war strategy is basically discussed by the King of Chu and the King of Wu, so in addition to this friendly country, the other three countries are dangerous, although the South and the Chu State signed an agreement, but after all, it is like taking advantage of the danger and reluctantly responding, the King of the South will mutiny sooner or later, only now the plan, Gongsun Yuting can only take one step at a time.

At noon, the envoy of the southern country finally arrived safely in Rong'an City of Chu, the prince of Chu Sun Yuting led the hundred officials and the prince in the palace to personally go out of the palace to greet him, the people of the whole city were all excited, the road in Rong'an City was crowded with people on both sides, the messenger who came this time was only Ye Qiuke, who was the prime minister of the southern country, and a few swordsmen in disguise, learned that Gongsun Yuting personally greeted, Ye Qiuke was deeply grateful, in fact, it was safe to enter Rong'an City, it was really dangerous on the way to come, every day was worried, everyone must be very energetic, today, Finally arrived in the state of Chu.

"Prime Minister Ye Cheng, it's hard work, this time I came to Chu State, but I have to stay a little longer" Gongsun Yuting headed by Gongsun Yuting stood in front of the hundred officials, behind him were the princes, and then the ministers of the court.

"Where is it, Ye Mou's martial arts practitioner is not hard work, but the seventh prince, because of the long distance and the bumpy carriage, he hasn't slept well for several days" Ye Qiuke pulled Mu Changfeng who lowered his head on the side, Gongsun Yuting took advantage of the situation, the little boy kept his head down and was silent, it seemed that he was really tired.

"Everything has already been taken care of in the palace, let him rest when he goes back!" Gongsun Yuting squatted down and patted Mu Changfeng's shoulder, his frightened body shook, and he looked up at him in horror.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the crowd, and with this commotion quickly flew out of the crowd several masked killers, flashing from the air very quickly, and went straight to Mu Changfeng beside Ye Qiuke, Gongsun Yuting and Ye Qiuke reacted almost at the same time, and quickly sandwiched Mu Changfeng between the two, the other party's sword and Mu Changfeng's chest * fork brushed, Gongsun Yuting gave a pair of palms at the fastest speed, and the killer took the palm firmly, turned over in the air, and landed with both feet steadily.

The court officials behind Gongsun Yuting were in chaos all of a sudden, and the military generals were used to this kind of sudden scene, and protected everyone as quickly as possible, and there were many people from the other side, and it seemed to have been premeditated, and everyone was easy to mix in the crowd, no wonder they couldn't find it.

Among the princes, a petite figure suddenly stood out, he was wearing a dark green tight-fitting corset, and the waist was embroidered with delicate crape myrtle flowers, only to see that he was still wrapped around a strange belt around his waist, he suddenly raised his head, raised his sword eyebrows, the corners of his lips were slightly upturned, and quickly took off the belt from his waist, and with a slight movement of his hand, the belt became a bow and crossbow.

Gongsun Yuting and everyone did not notice the change in this person, he quickly pulled out an arrow from his back and put it on the string, quickly aimed, pulled the bow and shot the arrow, the speed was extremely fast, the target was extremely accurate, and a shot hit the heart, until he shot an arrow, everyone looked at him in a panic, and saw that the arrow he shot was inserted in the enemy's chest, and then they were relieved.

Gongsun Yuting didn't expect that there was someone among the princes who was so skilled, it could almost be said that he was a hundred shots, he deliberately glanced at that person more, it was an unexpected person, Qianyu actually disguised himself as Yan Feng and mixed in among the princes, what a girl who didn't know whether to live or die, the matter of making trouble with Shui Weixuan a few days ago has not been resolved, and she is making trouble here, does she think this is Jingruiguan? At the moment, Gongsun Yuting was angry in his heart.