Chapter Sixty-Eight: Assassinations Continue
"Xiyue, how do you know that the person who came is not good, and this person is actually a false messenger?" After Xiao Wu escorted the person away, Huo Lingxiao said strangely.
It turned out that Lord Wei replied to Wei Xiyue, saying that he was in such a position, and his actions were quite inconvenient, and rash action might affect Huo Lingxiao and his party.
But in the letter, he also reminded that there has been some unrest in Beijing recently, and Concubine Yao and her family have frequent contact with people in the court, so Wei Xiyue should be more careful, but fortunately, the emperor seems to be a little less angry, and he will not be embarrassed in the short term.
It was precisely because of this that when she heard that someone from the palace had a bad complexion, Wei Xiyue began to question the identity of the person who came.
Listening to Wei Xiyue's words, Huo Lingxiao nodded again and again, "Thanks to Xiyue, I didn't be bluffed by this person, thank you Xiyue." ”
Seeing Huo Lingxiao praising himself like this, Wei Xiyue was a little embarrassed, but after listening to Huo Lingxiao's tone, she said, "Xiyue, since the situation here is so complicated, why don't you and Ling Shen leave early, and return to Beijing can be regarded as having a relationship with me." ”
knew in his heart that Huo Lingxiao's words were just to coax himself to return to Beijing, could it be that in his heart, he was such an unworthy person!
Wei Xiyue was furious in her heart, no longer paid attention to Huo Lingxiao, and went to discuss disaster relief matters with Huo Lingshen.
Looking at Wei Xiyue's angry departing figure, he shook his head helplessly, this fiery personality is worthy of Xiyue.
He sat for a while, got up and left, took Xiao Wu with him, and walked to the place where the person who was holding the false proclamation of the holy decree was held.
"Little Five, hit the board for this person and put the flail on it." Knowing that this person actually dared to falsely preach the holy decree, he must have been extremely bold, and he would not speak easily, so he did not wait for words to ask questions, Huo Lingxiao directly ordered people to be punished.
Seeing that the man was still holding his neck and looking stubborn and arrogant, Huo Lingxiao beckoned to Xiao Wu and whispered to him.
Hearing Huo Lingxiao's instructions, Xiao Wu was a little puzzled, but he still took the order to leave and went to prepare what Huo Lingxiao requested.
After Xiao Wu walked out of the house, Huo Lingxiao didn't say anything, he sat there for a long time, looking at the person in front of him lightly.
"Let me guess, even if you dare to falsely preach the holy decree, you must have expected that I would cut off contact with Jing, who cut off my contact?" Huo Lingxiao looked at the man's expression and slowly speculated about himself.
"Since there are some people in the court, there are quite a few people who can speculate about the holy will, I'm afraid it's not..." Hearing this, the man changed his arrogance and began to struggle a little.
As expected, as Wei Xiyue said, he and his father have been in love with him for many years, and when he is angry, his father will not ask for his name, and the person who falls into the well like this will only be the Yao Guifei who tries to cover the sky with one hand.
Not long after, Xiao Wu also came in with things, and he was holding this large pile of things, and his face was a little at a loss. Seeing Xiao Wu behaving like this, Huo Lingxiao couldn't help but be amused, he beckoned and commanded one by one.
"Cover him with this strip of cloth, and let not a ray of light penetrate it; And he put the iron disc on top of his head, and commanded that the beads should be sprinkled upwards without ceasing. ”
I thought that Huo Lingxiao would use such drastic means, but seeing that it was like this, the man sneered.
Seeing that he was so unimpressed, Huo Lingxiao smiled faintly, this voice was okay for a while, if it rang for a day, see if you still have the heart to resist.
Restrained his smile, Huo Lingxiao turned around and walked out of the room, his expression was full of coldness, and he casually instructed to pay attention to the shift reversal, and he must not stop all the time, and walked to Huo Lingshen's tent.
Huo Lingshen was a little curious when he saw Wei Xiyue coming angrily, but when he heard that Wei Xiyue was discussing disaster relief matters with him, he also gathered his curiosity and began to listen carefully to Wei Xiyue's plan.
When the two were discussing carefully, Huo Lingxiao opened the curtain and entered. Seeing him coming, the two of them were stunned, Wei Xiyue saluted stiffly, and then stood there and didn't look at Huo Lingxiao.
Huo Lingshen looked at the third brother and Wei Xiyue, and there was a wail in his heart, how could he get involved in the dispute between the two of him again, and he was not a person inside and out again.
He greeted him with a flattering face and said, "The third brother is here, I don't know what happened to the third brother?" ”
Huo Lingxiao couldn't help but be a little amused when he saw him like this. With a smile, he looked at Wei Xiyue's descriptive face, and said: "There is only one person who has pretended to pass on the holy decree, presumably Xiyue has already told you, I will tell you my opinion." ”
"Third brother, you say." Hearing Huo Lingxiao's words, Huo Lingshen also accepted his naughty heart and listened quietly.
"This person is extraordinary, Xiao Wu told me that after his investigation, that person is afraid that he still has some kung fu."
"That third brother..."When he knew that the person still had some kung fu, Huo Lingshen looked anxious, and wanted to step forward to ask Huo Lingxiao if he was injured.
"I'm fine." Lightly comforting Huo Lingshen, Huo Lingxiao continued: "As far as I guess, this is probably the conspiracy of the Yao Guifei in the palace. Yesterday, Xiao Wu told me that there was some change in the garrison fifty miles away, and the leader was a close confidant of the military department. ”
"The Book of the Ministry of War..."Wei Xiyue was no longer angry at this time, and began to think about what Huo Lingxiao said, "Who instructed the assassination of the prince?" She asked.
Hearing Wei Xiyue's question, Huo Lingxiao cast a glance of appreciation, "According to what Ling Shen said, this matter should be related to the Yan family, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, I followed this line and found the figure of the Shangshu of the Ministry of War." After that, he smiled helplessly, "It was because I investigated this matter that I was demoted out of Beijing." ”
"They don't have any conflicts of interest with the third brother, right?" Wei Xiyue couldn't help but be a little curious.
Probably out of the intuition of people in the royal family, Huo Lingshen spoke: "Fourth brother! ”
After that, he shook his head again and muttered in a low voice: "It shouldn't be, why is the fourth brother like this..."
Huo Lingxiao looked at Huo Lingshen still with some disbelief, and said categorically: "I'm afraid that the fourth brother is not as simple as we see, we have to cheer up." ”
As he was talking, Xiao Wu came to report and said that the person had recruited him. Huo Lingxiao left in a hurry, and only Huo Lingshen and Wei Xiyue were left in the tent.
Huo Lingshen was still a little shocked, Wei Xiyue knew that what Huo Lingxiao said was true, and the experience of the previous life told him that the fourth prince was indeed a ruthless person.
She stepped forward and carefully threaded the timeline for Huo Lingshen, persuading him to accept such a fact as soon as possible.
Huo Lingxiao strode into the prison cell, and when he saw that the person was really unbearable, he shouted, "I'll recruit!" I'm recruiting! ”。
After listening to the man's confession, he really didn't think it was any different, he nodded lightly, ordered his soldiers to write down the confession, and then turned around and walked out of the room.
Xiao Wu saw that it was only half an hour, and the contrast of the person was so great, and he said strangely: "Your Highness, your method is so magical, your subordinates thought that person would have a hard mouth, but who knew that he would confess so quickly." ”
"It is recorded in the book that when the cool officials of Xuanyuan Kingdom were tortured, they used such a method, which did not interrogate them physically, but started from the five senses and divine senses to completely destroy the prisoner's spiritual defense." Seeing that Xiao Wu was curious, Huo Lingxiao was kind and persuasive, and patiently talked about the principle behind this method.
"Think about it, just now you have only been in the room for a while, but there is a noise in your ears, and there is a feeling of irritability in your heart, if you stay longer, won't it be disturbed, and besides, blindfold him, add a little panic."
When Xiao Wu heard this, he was thoughtful, and he was even more in awe of Huo Lingxiao in his heart.
In Beijing, Concubine Yao saw that the person sent had not returned for a long time, and had never sent back any news, she was anxious, could it be that the plan had failed and was recognized by Huo Lingxiao?
It was when he was anxious that Huo Lingyu walked in slowly, "Mother concubine doesn't need to worry, Huo Lingxiao is in that wild place, and if he cuts off his news path, he will definitely not be able to escape from the palm of your hand." ”
Seeing that Huo Lingyu looked calm and confident, Concubine Yao also made up her mind and asked, "Ling Yu, in your opinion, what should you and I do next?" ”
"According to the plan, I will send another killer and ask him to treat my third brother well." Huo Lingyu said, a hint of gloom flashed in his eyes.
Concubine Yao Guifei did as she said, and sent another killer out.
After the killer was ordered, he felt Qingcheng day and night. Entering the city, he dressed as a city man and lay in ambush outside the camp, waiting for the right time to strike.
Finally, after waiting for a few days, the killer learned that Huo Lingxiao was going out of the city to inspect the water conservancy, and after seeing him and his group leaving the camp, the killer also quietly followed.
The killer followed all the way to a sparsely populated place outside the city, intending to kill with one blow, who would have thought that this was Huo Lingxiao's plan to catch turtles in the urn, but the killer was not successful, but was successfully caught by Huo Lingxiao and his party.
After disguise, Huo Lingshen and Wei Xiyue walked out of the team, Wei Xiyue took a step forward and said, "Third brother, now that the disaster relief is coming to an end, in order to avoid leaking the news, it is better for us..."
Huo Lingxiao nodded, and Xiao Wu behind him carried the killer and flew towards the depths of the woods.
"I've arranged the things in the city recently, and when Xiao Wu comes back, we can just go on the road."
Everyone said yes in unison, Xiao Wu rose and fell, and also returned to the team, and everyone immediately set off to hurry.
A few days later, Huo Lingxiao, Huo Lingshen, Wei Xiyue and his party finally returned to Beijing, and after settling Huo Lingshen and Wei Xiyue, he came to the palace with the person who pretended to pass the holy decree.
Hearing the news of Huo Lingxiao's entry into the palace, Concubine Yao was shocked, isn't he still in Qingcheng, the killer also passed the news the day before yesterday, how could this be!
How could Concubine Yao have thought that Huo Lingxiao was one foot taller, and he had already prepared people in Qingcheng, pretending to be the killer, and delivering false news to the palace every day.
This Concubine Yao is still worried in the palace, and Huo Lingxiao is already facing the saint.
"Participate in the father, long live the father, long live the father, long live, long live!"
Seeing Huo Lingxiao return to Beijing, the emperor also had some differences in his heart, but after all, he was the child of the woman he loved the most, and watching this child grow up since he was a child, the emperor still believed that Huo Lingxiao was a human being.
"Oh, how's Qingcheng doing?" In order to avoid encouraging such unhealthy practices, the emperor feigned displeasure.
"Returning to my father, my sons and ministers are waiting for others to build water conservancy, and now Qingcheng has gradually resumed production."
The emperor smiled appreciatively, and he deserved to be his most valued son.
"The reason why Erchen secretly returned to Beijing was because he discovered something earth-shattering." As he spoke, he brought people up.
"Half a month ago, this person was arrested by Erchen for falsely spreading the holy decree, and after the interrogation, he confided that it was Yao Guifei Niangniang's instructions, Erchen couldn't believe it, but the stakes were very high, in order to avoid leaking the news, after dealing with the Qingcheng matter, Erchen secretly took this person to Beijing."
"What!" The emperor was shocked when he heard this, "Come on, bring Concubine Yao!" ”