Not far from the gate, most of the courtiers had domestic servants driving here to wait for them to go to court, and Xiao Zhen was no exception, but it was not the miscellaneous servants in his house who were waiting for him, but Yin Luo.

At this time, many courtiers had come out of it in twos and threes, Yin Luo saw that everyone else had left in the car, but there was still no trace of Xiao Zhen, and he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, so he jumped down from the seat of the ox cart, walked to the door and looked inside, and then saw Xiao Zhen coming out of the door from a distance.

However, Xiao Zhen walked quickly, walked like a wind, and had a posture of going into battle to kill the enemy, Yin Luo became more and more uneasy, so he approached to greet him, and when he looked at it again, Xiao Zhen frowned tightly, his face was full of anger, and Yin Luo asked timidly: "What's wrong with Your Highness?" ”

Xiao Zhen didn't stop, only said: "Go to the Hou Mansion of Yongxiu County, I want to kill Xie Zheng!" ”

Yin was slightly stunned, stood there fixedly, watched Xiao Zhen walk in front of him, hesitated for two sentences, and then followed Xiao Zhen closely and asked, "What's wrong with Your Highness, this good person, why do you want to kill Xie Zheng?" Didn't she give advice to His Highness yesterday? ”

Xiao Zhen didn't answer, walked straight out of the gate and boarded the ox cart, Yin was slightly inconvenient to ask, so he had to drive him to the Hou Mansion.

At that time, Xie Zheng was not in the Hou Mansion, but on the Qingxi, standing on the Huaiqing Bridge, and Yuzhi watched the Dongfu City located in the east of the bridge from a distance, and heard Huan Ling say that the eldest princess would hold a birthday banquet here tomorrow.

Xiao Heng is the princess of Sima Daozi, the king of Huiji in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Sima Daozi was originally the king of Langya, since the regency, he changed the fief Huiji, and built a mansion at the confluence of the Qinhuai River and Qingxi, called "Dongfu City".

This is Xiao Heng's home.

A few days ago, many palace ladies came to clean Dongfu City, and there were three or four guards here in the past two days, but these three or four guards added up, it seems that there are less than half a hundred, Xie Zheng frowned slightly, she thought about it, and always felt that there was something greasy in it.

Yuzhi asked softly, "What is the lady looking at?" ”

Xie Zheng breathed a long sigh of relief, "The guards of Dongfu City don't seem to be quite right. ”

"Lady mean the guards here are not strict enough?" Even Yuzhi has seen the clues.

"Tomorrow's birthday banquet, Your Majesty will definitely come here, if nothing else, those nobles and ladies in the palace who have a little face will follow, as well as the princes and county kings will also go to the banquet, such a big battle, only these thirty or forty people to protect, it is too rash."

Yuzhi nodded thoughtfully, "That's what the lady said." But tomorrow, Your Majesty will travel, and there will definitely be more people. ”

"Having said that, but the mansion of Dongfu City, which is not a big mansion, is guarded by so many people, it is really unreasonable, you see those princes and nobles, which one does not have more than a hundred and ten government soldiers? Do you think that tomorrow they are going to hold a birthday banquet here, and of course they will send more people at that time, but Jiankang is mixed, aren't they afraid that someone will sneak into the mansion in advance and wait for tomorrow's murder? ”

Yuzhi naturally agreed after hearing this, and said: "Thinking like this, it is indeed abnormal. ”

Xie Zheng said again: "Tomorrow is the birthday banquet, the time is so urgent, but you see there, except for the northern army guarding it, there is not a single palace maid cook, where is there a birthday banquet." ”

"What does the lady mean is that tomorrow's birthday banquet will not be held in Dongfu City at all?"

"It's just my conjecture," Xie Zheng had a sad look on his face, and Yuzhi said again: "This matter, let's go back and ask the county marquis." The uncle of the county marquis is a doctor of the imperial history, and if he wants to inquire about the affairs of the palace, there should be some way. ”

Xie Zheng smiled and said: "It has long been rumored that Dongfu City will do it, this is a big matter, the official family will not change their minds casually, what I am afraid of is that people don't plan to live outside the palace at all, and only use Dongfu City as a pretext, bluff, and turn the tiger away from the mountain." ”

When Yuzhi heard this, he suddenly realized, and said: "The slave understands, Your Majesty wants to make a move on the prince at tomorrow's birthday banquet, but he is worried that the prince has already prepared, so he released the news that he will give the eldest princess a birthday in Dongfu City, so that the prince can focus all his energy on Dongfu City, and then he will find an excuse, saying that Dongfu City can't hold a birthday banquet here, so he can only change to another place and kill the prince by surprise!" Lady, is the slave right? ”

Now all kinds of things, and only this one reason can be explained, Xie Zheng still watched from a distance at the guards guarding outside the Dongfu City, and then said: "Yulin Jian is in charge of the palace guards, and will be dispatched by Wei Wei and Yulin Zhonglang, and His Majesty's safety outside the palace is all taken care of by the Northern Army. ”

"Chen Xianda is a rigid and serious person, cautious, the soldiers he brought out must be neat and rigorous, all of them are well-trained," Xie Zheng said, pointing at the guards, and then said: "Look at those again, although they are wearing the clothes of the Northern Army, what kind of crooked melons and cracked dates are they?" The giggling and slapstick, the snoozing and sleepy, and even the drunk, don't look like the people brought out by Chen Xianda at all. ”

Yuzhi asked, "Then who are they?" ”

"In my opinion, they are like the people of Yulin Zhonglang Zuo Qing, if I guess correctly, at this time, Chen Xianda is leading the Northern Army to disguise himself as Yulin Supervisor and guard in the palace, and tomorrow's birthday banquet is very likely to be held in the palace."

"Then the lady wants to inform the prince of this matter, so that he can prepare early?"

"Don't worry, I ordered you to send a letter to King Wuling yesterday, this morning, the prince must have suffered a loss from him, now he is in the court, he will definitely come to the Hou Mansion to settle accounts with me, so we don't have to visit the Prince's Mansion, just go back to the Hou Mansion and wait for him."

Xie Zheng was not mistaken, Xiao Zhen did go to the Hou Mansion to find her to settle accounts at this time, the ox cart stopped at the gate of the Hou Mansion, Xiao Zhen got into the car under his front feet, and Xie Zheng came back with his back feet, and the two met at the door.

Xiao Zhen looked at Xie Zheng, his anger did not disappear at all, and his murderous intent had worn off a lot, when he came, he had already thought of thousands of ways to die for Xie Zheng, but when he saw her, he forgot all about it.

Xie Zheng provoked him, walked up to him unhurriedly, and said jokingly: "Looking at His Highness's murderous face, it must have been angry at King Wuling in the early dynasty?" ”

Xiao Zhen sneered, this laughter seemed to be mixed with a hint of bitterness, "If you really gave him a message?" ”

"What if it's me?"

originally thought that Xie Zheng would defend himself after being exposed, but Xiao Zhen didn't expect her to admit it so simply, he said: "Gu should have known that you are the fifth person!" ”

"Wrong!" Xie Zheng was a little indifferent, "I'm not from King Wuling. ”

Xiao Zhen didn't say anything, but turned his face away, not wanting to look at Xie Zheng again, obviously not believing her.

Xie Zhengyan said: "I have already said that if His Royal Highness wants to turn over, the first person to be eliminated is Yang Mingzhi, the reason why I sent a message to King Wuling is to get rid of him, he is the most trusted person of King Wuling, Your Highness may wish to think about it carefully, today in the court, who is the first person to say that His Highness colluded with Taishi Ling, and then judge my rights and wrongs." ”

Her face was extremely cold, and she seemed to be holding her breath, and after she finished speaking, she immediately turned around and walked towards the house, just wanting to stay away from Xiao Zhen.

When she and Yuzhi just raised their feet and crossed the high threshold of the Hou Mansion, she suddenly turned around and said lightly: "By the way, there is something that needs to be reminded of Your Highness, tomorrow's birthday banquet for the eldest princess, I'm afraid it will be held in the palace, and I ask Your Highness to prepare early." ”