That night, in the palace of the Qi Dynasty, Zhu Tongjing, under the guidance of a little eunuch, walked directly in the direction of the dormitory, and was in a hurry.

When he went to the Queen Mother's bedroom outside the Anle Palace, there was no need to report, Zhu Tongjing went straight inside. At this time, the Empress Dowager of the Qi Dynasty He had just packed up her appearance and came out to meet her.

"Zhu Qing, it's the second watch, why did you enter the palace so late to find the mourning family?" When Empress Dowager He came out, her expression was not very good, and her face was a little tired and a little sickly.

Empress Dowager He is now nearly forty years old, and it is difficult to hide her old appearance among her luxurious appearance. Empress Dowager He entered the palace very early, but her appearance was average, when she was in the palace, he was not favored by the emperor, but he was only the queen, but he was snubbed by the emperor all the year round. It was not until she was in her thirties that she gave birth to a prince, but the prince was never crowned prince, and it was not until the emperor's death that he and his son's status were honored.

Zhu Tongjing knew that the Empress Dowager He had said that she was sick and had not gone to court these days, and the government of the Qi Dynasty had been abandoned for some time, so he would not come to disturb it if there was something wrong.

"The East King has entered the Xie Mansion." Zhu Tongjing said bluntly.

"Into Xie Mansion?" Empress Dowager He thought slightly, "That traitor is very good at buying people's hearts, and now he invites the East King to come to the mansion, what about it?" His family's affairs don't want to take care of it, and they don't want to ask about it. ”

Zhu Tongjing still said bluntly: "I heard that there will be someone who is not good for the king of the east tonight......"

Empress Dowager He frowned slightly and said, "You mean that someone wants to assassinate the King of the East?" ”

"Yes." Zhu Tongjing replied.

"If you do an assassination, you will assassinate it, and the mourners of the province will meet you." Empress Dowager He said with some indignation, "Now that the crown prince of the Wei Dynasty has been pledged, the East King is just a dignitary. Wouldn't it be better to be dead? ”

Empress Dowager He's words have a negative meaning, Zhu Tongjing has dealt with the Empress Dowager in recent years, and he is very familiar with the temper of the Empress Dowager. If it weren't for his advice in front of Empress Dowager He, Empress Dowager He's own ability would not be able to compete with the factions of other auxiliary ministers.

Zhu Tongjing knew that in the past few days, Empress Dowager He has been recuperating in the name of illness, but in fact, she is messing with some face-to-face leaders. He knew and pretended not to know.

"Queen Mother, please listen to the minister. The king of the east could not die. Zhu Tongjing saw that Empress Dowager He had the intention of leaving, and said.

"Oh, you can't die, why?" Empress Dowager He looked at Zhu Tongjing aggressively.

"Back to the Queen Mother. Now we pledge the prince of Wei. Relations between the two countries are strained. But it has not yet reached the point of mobilizing troops. The main reason was that the crown prince of Wei was hostaged, and even the Wei Dynasty himself was prepared. But if the eastern king of the Wei Dynasty dies violently in our country, the people of the Wei Dynasty will not give up. The two countries are likely to be at loggerheads. ”

Empress Dowager He said coldly: "What about moving troops? The Wei Dynasty is now suffering from internal and external difficulties, and it has moved to fight, will it be my great Qi to suffer losses? ”

"That's not what I said about the Queen Mother." Zhu Tongjing said again, "The minister learned that after the Wei Dynasty sent the East King to our court, something unusual had happened in Luoyang City, and in the minister's humble opinion, the civil strife in the Wei Dynasty was about to begin." If I want to dominate the world in the north, I must have the prince of the Wei Dynasty as a hostage to win the hearts of the people. But if the king of the east dies, our dynasty and the Wei dynasty will be at odds, and the Wei people will definitely re-establish the crown prince and start a war with our dynasty with one heart. At that time, the initiative will be in the hands of the Wei people. ”

Empress Dowager He thought about Zhu Tongjing's words and was speechless for a long time.

"Then the traitor can't figure this out?" Empress Dowager He asked.

Zhu Tong said respectfully: "It is precisely because he also thought of it that it will be unfavorable to the East King of the Wei Dynasty." The traitor has always opposed the alliance between our dynasty and the Wei people, and wants to cultivate the power in the army, and now someone is harming the king of the east, I am afraid that it is also the idea of the old horseman. As soon as the king of the east died, the two countries of Qi and Wei were not in harmony, and the beneficiary of the war would definitely be the old horseman, and the queen mother should have made a decision as soon as possible. ”

Empress Dowager He seemed to be justified when she heard Zhu Tongjing's words, and she was also a little nervous in her heart.

"Then you will take the Yi Zhi of the mourning family to the traitorous minister's mansion and take the king of the east out. It really didn't work, so I planned a time earlier and met with me. Empress Dowager He said.

"Obey."

Empress Dowager He asked the little eunuch to take the seal letter and wrote a decree for Zhu Tongjing to take to Xie Rumo's mansion to pick up the East King and return to the post house. After taking the Yi decree, Zhu Tongjing hurriedly walked to the gate of the palace, he had already known about the East King's entry into Xie Mansion, originally he thought that the East King was cautious and would definitely leave before sunset, who knew that after nightfall, he heard that the East King was spending the night in Xie Mansion, and someone would kill the East King.

"Don't delay the hour, it's too late." Zhu Tongjing looked at the hazy night, and suddenly said something to himself.

For some reason, he felt that the assassination of the East King was not all bad, he smiled coldly, and then said to himself: "Let you go back, sooner or later it will be a great enemy." ”

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It was the second watch, and Han Jian was still lying on the wide bed and pretending to sleep.

From the beginning, Yun Xiaoxiao didn't do anything to him, either sitting on the bed, or getting up and pacing back and forth, as if waiting for something to happen.

It wasn't until the second watch that Yun Xiaoxiao suddenly leaned over to Han Jian's side, stroked Han Jian's cheek with his hand, and said to himself coldly: "I don't know what she likes about you......"

It's just that this sentence is full of hatred. Han Jian didn't know who the "she" in Yun Xiaoxiao's mouth was, but he expected that it was either the person Yun Xiaoxiao hated or the person he loved. The hated person Han Jian understands well, but if it is Yun Xiaoxiao's love in his heart, Han Jian feels strange in his heart, either Yun Xiaoxiao has a psychological problem, or that "she" has a psychological problem.

There were originally a lot of candles lit in the room, but as time passed, a few candles were extinguished, and in the end, Yun Xiaoxiao only continued one or two candles, keeping the light in the room bright, but it was not as bright as when he first entered.

Just when the stick of the third watch was knocked outside, Yun Xiaoxiao suddenly got up and walked in the direction of the door, and then the door was carefully closed, and only Han Jian was left in the whole room.

At this time, Han Jian didn't need to pretend to be asleep anymore, because the whole room was closed, he flicked his hand and extinguished the last candle that was only burning in the room, the whole room was pitch black, only a very faint light came from the crack in the door, he jumped up and went directly to the door.

When Han Jian reached the door, he heard a small voice outside.

A man said, "...... Really can't sleep? ”

Yun Xiaoxiao's voice came: "If you don't believe it, you can go in and see for yourself." ”

The man said, "No need. This room is airtight, and it is expected that he will not be able to fly with wings. I finished it earlier, and I went back to report to Xiangye. ”

Saying that, there was a slight movement outside, and then Han Jian smelled the smell of tung oil.

Han Jian's heart sank, and he felt that Xie Rumo was preparing to burn him here, so he would arrange such an airtight palace for him to sleep in, and the layout was magnificent, and in the end it was just his tomb.

Han Jian immediately wanted to break out of the door and left. But he didn't. Han Jian thought about it carefully, and now Xie Rumo intended to kill him. Even if he could leave. Xie Rumo still won't let him go lightly, even if he can kill him, Xie Rumo won't give up. Now that he is in the territory of Xie Rumo, he is like a lamb to the slaughter.

To be safe. Unless Xie Rumo thought he was dead. But now there is going to be a fire outside. It was very difficult for him to escape without being discovered.

Han Jian's mind was racing fast. Then he had an idea, since Xie Rumo was going to set fire to him, why not set fire to himself. Surprised Xie Rumo?

At this time, the outside has begun to look at the splashing of tung oil, that is to say, in a short time, the whole house will fall into a sea of fire from the outside to the inside, Han Jian's idea is that the fire will rise directly from the house, so that the fire will start slowly, he took advantage of the chaos outside, and escaped from the door.

Han Jian took out the fire fold from his arms, directly lit the futon on the bed, and then lit the veils hanging everywhere in the room. For a while, the fire broke out, and the whole house fell into a bright light. Han Jian poured the tea on the table on a piece of cloth, covered his mouth and nose, and then turned around and went back to the door, ready to go out from the door at any time.

Sure enough, the fire in the house was something that the people outside did not expect. Han Jian heard the man outside shouting, "What's the matter, who lit the fire?" ”

Someone then opened the door of the room, and the fire inside was already quite small. Because Han Jian first ordered the bed, the entire bed was already in flames, and it was impossible to detect whether there was anyone on the bed.

"What's going on?" One person asked.

Yun Xiaoxiao's voice said: "It may be that the candlestick inside overturned and accidentally walked into the water." The fire is so big, who will go up and take a look? ”

One person said: "It's such a fire, it's ...... to close the door"

Han Jian knew that what he meant meant was that he didn't care whether he lived or died, anyway, there was only one door in the house, as long as the door was closed so that no one could escape.

Han Jian was on the beam above the door at this time, if these people withdrew and closed the door, he would indeed be unable to fly. Han Jian swung his sword and cut it directly, and when he landed, a wooden pillar fell down and smashed on several people who were unable to react.

It was simply dark night, Han Jian took advantage of the fact that the people below were helping people with their hands and feet, and at the same time, one jumped out in the thick smoke, and did not fall to the ground, directly from the door one by one, grabbed the eaves and door plaque and went up, and ran up to the roof, when the air was much smoother, but it would still be surrounded by thick smoke at any time.

At this time, the fire was still in the house, and it would rise to the roof at any time, Han Jian did not jump down from the direction of the main entrance, but quickly jumped from the roof to the side near the wall at the other end of the palace, and jumped directly onto the wall. When he got out of the fire range of the burning palace, the entire palace was completely surrounded by fire, after all, the outside of the palace was poured with tung oil, and once the fire spread outside, it would be out of control.

The entire Xie Mansion was in chaos, and it was not difficult for Han Jian to escape from the Xie Mansion in such a chaotic situation, but in order to prevent being detected, he directly did the opposite, and did not leave the mansion immediately, but hid in the direction of the Xie Mansion stable, and did not go out from the side gate of the Xie Mansion until more than an hour later.

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Zhu Tongjing and his entourage hurriedly rode to the direction of the Xie Mansion Gate, and before they arrived at the Xie Mansion Gate, they saw the flames soaring into the sky.

"Master, it seems to be Xie Xiang's mansion." The attendant pointed to the direction of the fire and said to Zhu Tongjing.

"Late?" Zhu Tongjing stepped up his horse and went to the gate of Xie Mansion. In front of the Xie Mansion, at this time, the guards of the East Wangfu were negotiating with the people of the Xie Mansion to go in to put out the fire, Zhu Tongjing looked at it, the guards of the East Wangfu should have been blocked from the door, and they couldn't even enter the door.

"Master Zhu? Why are you here so late, there is something to do, please go back. "The acquaintance of the Xie Mansion recognized Zhu Tongjing, because Zhu Tongjing represented the Queen Mother's Party and had a bad relationship with the Xie Mansion, so the words of the acquaintance were not very polite.

"By the order of the Queen Mother, who dares to stop it!" Zhu Tongjing snorted and went straight inside.

"No, Master Zhu, even if you take the Empress Dowager's decree, you have to wait until you go first to ask Xiangye, Master Zhu is still waiting outside, let's go in and talk about it."

Zhu Tongjing looked up and saw the flames soaring into the sky, and it was not far away, and he already vaguely felt in his heart who started this fire, and the fire was so far, I am afraid that it would be difficult for no one to be killed or injured.

"Get out of the way!" Zhu Tongjing slapped the Zhike to the ground, and the Zhike got up to stop it, but he was already held down by Zhu Tongjing's people, and at this time, the guards of the Dongwang Mansion also followed, knocked over a few of the guards of the Xie Mansion, and entered the main courtyard with Zhu Tongjing.

At this time, the banquet in the main courtyard of the Xie Mansion had dispersed, but some people still did not leave, and when Zhu Tongjing arrived, the people in the courtyard also looked at the direction of the fire not far away, but no one went to put out the fire. After all, it is not the business of these guests to fight fires, and there is a lot of noise in the Xie Mansion, and many people are busy fighting fires.

"How's the fire?" Zhu Tongjing grabbed a guest who wanted to go out, who was also an official in the court, and asked.

"Master Zhu? You...... Ask me, I ask who to go? The man was full of alcohol, Zhu Tongjing expected that he should have drunk too much at the banquet in the afternoon, and temporarily rested in the Xie Mansion, and he hurried to leave when he heard the fire outside.

Zhu Tongjing has always been disdainful of those officials in the court who flattered Xie Rumo, and these people wanted to use Xie Rumo's authority to climb up, but sooner or later they would also fall apart.

Zhu Tongjing didn't stop, and was about to walk inside, but he heard another shout from the direction of the door: "...... Our young son is still inside, you won't let Lao Tzu in? ”

Then hearing the sound of "oops" from Zhike, Sima Yi, Zhang Xing, and more guards from the Dongwang Mansion broke into the Xie Mansion.

All of a sudden, the gate of Xie Mansion was also very lively, together with the people led by Zhu Tongjing and the people led by Sima Yi, there were hundreds of people in total. And Xie Rumo is the prime minister of the dynasty after all, and he has the right to soldiers, before they can break in again, Xie Rumo has already blocked the way with many courtyards, and at this time, there is also a lot of noise in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Zhu Tongjing knows that the people from the city patrol soldiers and horses have arrived outside.

"Master Zhu? What wind is blowing you here? Xie Rumo asked coldly.

"On the order of the Queen Mother, I came to pick up the East King into the palace to speak." Zhu Tongjing shouted.

"King of the East? Hmph, now that the East King is in the middle of the fire, it's hard to say whether he is safe and sound, can he enter the palace with you? ”

Hearing that Dongwang was in the fire, Sima Yu was unceremonious, and rushed straight inside with people. Xie Rumo sent someone to stop him, but he was knocked to the ground by Sima with a punch.

"Sima Gongzi, what are you...... How? Want to rebel or not? Xie Rumo didn't expect Sima Yi to dare to make a mistake in his mansion, although he also knew that the current matter was very strict.

"I made your mother's rebellion, Lao Tzu is from the Wei Dynasty, what do you Qi Dynasty rebel with Lao Tzu! Rush, go in and rescue the young man! (To be continued......)