As the twilight deepened, Chen Jinsong's people in Xicheng found that the original victims were gone, so they hurried to the vassal king's mansion to report.

"Lord Qiqi, the villain found that the people in the city had disappeared"

Chen Jinsong narrowed his eyes slightly, his face was a little pale, how did he understand Chen Jinye, and he categorically didn't expect that he would use these victims to build a dam, it seems that he really underestimated him.

"From tomorrow, let more people out of the house, and this king wants the popularity of the western city"

Chen Jinye explained word by word in a low voice, and the person kneeling down was in a cold sweat, afraid that he would touch his moldy head and cause death.

"Little Obedience"

With a wave of Chen Jinsong's hand, the watchman suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and then slowly retreated respectfully from the room.

"Someone!"

The guards hiding in the dark outside the door of Chen Jinsong's room moved in response, and after entering Chen Jinsong's room, they bowed down on one knee and said, "My subordinates have seen the prince, what do you command?" ”。

Chen Jinsong slowly got up and faced the window, and said, "They haven't returned to Xicheng yet, go and teach him a lesson."

"Subordinates understand"

——

After Chen Jinye, Hongling and the people had dinner, the sky was already much darker, and after saying goodbye for a while, Bai Ju drove the carriage to pull Chen Jinye and Hongling on the way back to the city.

"What's next?"

Hong Ling asked boredly in the carriage, only to see Chen Jinye condense slightly, and said, "You have to investigate the location of the granary in Xicheng and the officials in Xicheng."

Speaking of this, Hong Ling nodded, "It's true, the vassal king's mansion is so extravagant, and the food wasted every day is probably enough for the people's rations, if there is no food in stock, I really don't believe it."

"A few days ago, Wangcheng escorted a few truckloads of grain over, and the imperial brother must have hidden it, but I am a little puzzled that we have been in Xicheng for so many days, as if a local official has never come to see me."

Hong Ling looked at Chen Jinye suspiciously, "Xicheng, are there other magistrates?" ”。

"Yes, when the imperial brother didn't come here a few days ago, there was a magistrate named Lu Yi stationed here, I remember that when the imperial brother took over here, my father did not take back his official position, so it stands to reason that he should have been assisting the imperial brother."

Hearing this, Hong Ling couldn't help frowning slightly, if Lu Yi was still there, it stands to reason that he shouldn't ignore the suffering of the people, thinking of the people, Hong Ling asked Chen Jinye, and said, "Since you know about this official, why don't you ask the people these days, maybe they know something?" ”。

"I asked secretly, and some of the older people still remember that he was said to have disappeared five years ago, and he hasn't heard of any other officials since."

"Lu Yi is missing, doesn't the king know?"

"At that time, Xicheng had already been handed over to the imperial brother, and in terms of the transfer of personnel, the father and the emperor were also a little looser, maybe he also wanted the imperial brother to play on his own, but we never expected that handing over the rich Xicheng to the imperial brother would be the result in the end."

Mentioning Chen Jinye's sadness, Hong Ling stared at his side and sighed slightly, "Your imperial brother, how did he come here, his mother... What happened? ”。

Hongling's question made Chen Jinye fall into a long silence, and after a long time, he slowly opened his thin lips, "Many years ago, when the imperial brother was just crowned, he was sent to the border by his father, and that was the first time that the imperial brother really left the palace. But who knows, the next time I have a chance to meet the royal brother is now."

"As for the concubine, when I came out of the temple with my mother, I heard that my father had sealed a domain for the imperial brother, where the imperial brother would be the eternal king, at that time, Xicheng was the richest place in the country, whether it was agriculture or minerals, it was a famous place, so the commerce here was also very developed, when the imperial brother had just arrived in Xicheng, his heels had not yet stood firm, and the concubine colluded with the palace to force the palace to the imperial court, and the father stabbed her to death in anger, who knew that this matter would leave such a deep mark on the imperial brother's heart"

Hongling leaned against the carriage, looking out of the carriage, until Chen Jinye's words ended for a long time, and she didn't come back to her senses, Chen Jinye looked at her back, looked silently, and stopped talking.

Today's night sky is covered by dark clouds, which is diametrically opposed to the good weather during the day, so Hong Ling looked at it for a long time, but she didn't see a naughty star jumping out.

Finally, she sighed silently and said, "Perhaps, my father shouldn't have sent you, what he wants to see should be the king."

"Father?" , Chen Jinye immediately locked his eyebrows, "Does he still want to follow in his mother's footsteps?" ”。

Hong Ling stabilized her mind, turned around very awkwardly in her heart, looked at the clear doubts and vigilance on Chen Jinye's face, and said: "You are so happy, naturally you will not understand the world torn apart in his heart, let me ask, if your father killed your mother, don't you hate and don't want him to give you an explanation in person."

"Do you think he's doing the right thing?"

"No, he didn't do it right, but his behavior is understandable"

Looking at the determination in Hongling's eyes, Chen Jinye's mind suddenly appeared after she learned that Jiang Zhong had remarried, her eyes flickered slightly, and Chen Jinye asked tentatively: "If your biological father leaves your biological mother, how will you react?" ”。

Almost without hesitation, Hongling replied, "I will fight to the death."

After a pause, Hong Ling added: "If I can have the same power as the vassal king, I may directly lead the troops to attack the palace, instead of breaking the jar and waiting for the uncertain people to lick the wounds."

"You're very sad"

Hong Ling turned her head slightly and no longer looked at Chen Jinye, "It's just imagination, the really sad person is in the Domain's Mansion."

As soon as Hong Ling's words fell, she heard a long howl from the horse, the carriage suddenly stopped, and Bai Ju shouted: "Danger! There are thieves! He jumped up from the carriage and fought with a group of men in black.

Chen Jinye heard the movement and immediately opened the curtain to peek out, only to see that a dozen masked people were aiming at him in the dark night, Chen Jinye hurriedly shrank his body back, and then took out his sword from under the seat, blocking the big knife of the man in black out of the carriage with lightning speed.

looked back at Hongling, who was already shocked, and said, "Squatting in the middle of the carriage, it will be fine", that's it, and then a pullback pierced the black-clothed man who was blocking, and quickly got out of the carriage and jumped onto the roof of the carriage, and the black-clothed people rushed towards Chen Jinye like crazy.

After Bai Ju quickly solved the two people in front of him, he eagerly flew over to join Chen Jinye, but he didn't find that an arrow was quietly aimed at him......

"Huh-", the sound of the long arrow passing through the night sky made Chen Jinye and Bai Ju raise their vigilance at the same time, but Bai Ju's defense was indeed half a step slower, and the tip of the arrow pierced through his left arm.

Bai Ju covered the wound on his left arm in pain, the anger in his eyes gushed out, his eagle-like eyes, looking straight in the direction of the arrow, where in the woods, a person was riding on horseback and aimed at the direction of the carriage, Bai Ju prostrate on the ground, quickly and quietly approached, and then a step up and killed him.

Chen Jinye's place is not easier than Bai Ju's, these black-clothed people are obviously well-trained, each person's actions have the tacit cooperation of others, more than a dozen rounds, Chen Jinye was stunned and didn't take any advantage, Chen Jinye knew in his heart that these people were coming at him, and every move they made was a direct hook to take their lives.

Just when Chen Jinye was in a stalemate here, Bai Ju gritted his teeth and broke the long arrow that shot into his arm and threw it aside, and then rushed to the carriage with his sword, with Bai Ju joining, the tide of battle was immediately reversed, and Chen Jinye split the three black-clothed men away from the carriage with a wind sweeping leaves.

Chen Jinye motioned to Bai Ju to guard the people in the carriage, and rushed forward with his sword, and gave the remaining few men in black a tragic killer, only in this way can this assassination be decided earlier, he can't bet that these men in black didn't leave a backhand, so he must fight quickly to avoid future troubles.

Back to the side of the carriage, Bai Ju was already a little dizzy because of blood loss, Chen Jinye helped him into the carriage, and Hongling, who saw Bai Ju like this, hurriedly took over Bai Ju and placed him in the original position of Chen Jinye.

"I'll go catch the carriage, you take care of him"

With that, Chen Jinye lowered the curtain and slapped his palm on the horse's buttocks, and the carriage quickly sped up.

Hong Ling held Bai Ju's injured left arm, Bai Ju leaned on the carriage, his consciousness gradually became a little unclear, Hong Ling knew what it meant, that is, he said nothing to let Bai Ju sleep.

"White house, white house!"

Bai Ju glanced at her and asked weakly, "What's the matter?" ”。

"You can't sleep!"

Bai Ju was a little helpless, "I'll just close my eyes and rest, I won't sleep"

"No, you have to be patient, now the carriage is fast, we will go back immediately"

"But I'm tired"

Seeing Bai Ju close his eyes slightly, Hong Ling gritted her teeth and pinched down fiercely towards Bai Ju's position among the people, the severe pain made Bai Ju suddenly agitated, frowned weakly, and said, "You want to harm me."