80, chopping grass (2)
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Ji Chongguang's technique of throwing the hairpin is actually a little similar to the man who assassinated him on the street, there is no force in his hand, but the hairpin seems to have borrowed a wind in mid-air for no reason, and the speed is getting faster and faster.
The attention of all the guards was on the Rong people who suddenly appeared, and the entire camp was noisy and panicked, and the hairpins broke through the air, and no one even found out until they were close, and it was too late to rush back to King Qi to save the car. At the last moment, the closest person to King Qi was the crown prince.
Jiang Chengqi had already privately contacted the leader of the Rong tribe, and agreed to cooperate with the outside during the spring hunt to force the king of Qi to abdicate. But he was deliberately stirred up by Ji Chongguang and Chu Ning, and he was not sure whether the strange assassin was reliable or not, plus the king of Qi was also the king and the father, after all, Yu Wei was still there, Jiang Chengqi subconsciously reacted, that is, he pulled out the sword on his waist, wanting to protect the safety of the king of Qi first.
He would never have imagined what kind of situation this knee-jerk would lead him to.
Jiang Chengqi pulled out his sword, took a step and stood in front of King Qi, and before he could turn around and make a resisting movement, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted: "Your Highness!" Cannot! β
The situation was so chaotic that it was getting late, and I could only discern the direction from which the voice was faintly coming, but I didn't know who shouted such an unclear but suggestive word. All the people who turned their heads to look at King Qi happened to see such a scene sooner or later, the prince held a sword in his hand and rushed to King Qi's side.
Wu Qi happened to go back to the camp to get medicine at this time, and the guards who were most loyal to the King of Qi went to chase the assassin again, and someone shouted "escort" and rushed back.
A long arrow came into the air and hit the prince by the throat.
Chu Ning was on a high place, so he could naturally see more clearly than those in the center of the camp. She looked in the direction where the long arrow came from, but unexpectedly found that it was the eldest son of the Xue family, Xue Yang, who shot the fatal arrow.
Xue Yang was indeed found by Lingyu, he was fully armored, and he was sitting on a horse with a white coat and a black tail. But after the arrow was fired, he did not go any further, and waited in place with the soldiers he had brought with him.
King Qi's guards soon returned to King Qi's side, and the prince was in the middle of his throat, his mouth was wide open, but he couldn't say anything, his hand was still raised in the air, but he didn't die for a while. King Qi said nothing with a gloomy face, the leader of the guards raised the knife in his hand and slashed at the prince, and the guards behind him also stepped forward.
Seeing that there was no room for turning things around, Xue Yang turned over and dismounted, walked to King Qi and knelt down, and pleaded guilty to King Qi.
Seeing this scene, Chu Ning knew that as soon as the prince's matter was over, the guards would continue to hunt down the assassin who had just come, and got up again to jump from the tree, but Ji Chongguang firmly held her wrist.
She was about to speak, but his lips were pressed against his fingers. Ji Chongguang said in a very soft voice: "I know what you want, but I am also your ally, at least for now, if you go out, it will be bad for me." β
Chu Ning still couldn't help but want to speak, but Ji Chongguang didn't know what kind of trick she used, and her mouth couldn't move for a while. A person who has been angry with others for more than ten years suddenly can't speak, not to mention how strong the fire in his heart is.
But she was controlled by others, and she was helpless, but she also wanted to know how Xue Yang suddenly turned back and gave the prince a fatal blow. After listening to a few words, she roughly understood the cause and effect.
This time, the prince colluded with the Beidi Rong clan, and did not hide it from the Xue family, and even got the acquiescence of the Xue family. However, the assassin who was fooled by Ji Chongguang and Chu Ning appeared here far earlier than the agreed time, and the Xue family suspected that the prince had completely distrusted him, and that arrow was expected that the prince's plan this time would not succeed, so he simply sacrificed him to show loyalty to the king of Qi.
The poor prince always thought that he had the full support of the Xue family, but he didn't expect that he was just a chess piece at the mercy of the Xue family.
I have to say that Ji Chongguang arranged it very cleverly this time, and there were not many clues that he and Chu Ning could know, all by muddying the waters, causing these people to be suspicious of each other.
Ji Chongguang looked at her for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Do you think it was the Xue family who killed the prince?" β
Chu Ning almost sprayed a mouthful of old blood on his face, obviously he sealed his mouth, and he still had to ask questions, but he couldn't open his mouth, what to ask?
Ji Chongguang glanced at her very clearly, as if he could really see through her inner thoughts, and said that this question was practical with his eyes, and he could just nod or shake his head to answer.
Chu Ning rolled his eyes, of course not. She is the person who knows how to eat a trench and grow wise, and after being put on a table by Ji Chongguang last time, she has repeatedly thought about the current situation. The king of Qi will not abolish the crown prince, so it is useless to plant it in front of the king of Qi, which is why the prince has been able to stand tall all these years despite being reckless.
But King Qi doesn't like this prince, and he will never pass on the throne to him, so King Qi has long had doubts about Zheng Ji's character in his heart, and even doubts about whether the prince's bloodline is pure. Since he can't abolish the crown prince, he can only lead him to commit unforgivable mistakes and then kill him directly. King Qi's dark thoughts, in fact, the Xue family also thought very thoroughly.
Sure enough, Xue Yang knelt in front of the King of Qi and publicly accused the prince of colluding with the Rong clan and plotting against him, confirming the prince's attempt to kill his father and seek rebellion.
After all, it is a matter of the prince of a country, and the evidence must be checked, Ji Chongguang only let go of Chu Ning at this time: "You can go down and do your business." β
Chu Ning simply pointed to his mouth angrily, signaling Ji Chongguang to solve this unfortunate spell. Ji Chongguang looked at her for a moment, and shook his head as if he was helpless: "No, if you open your mouth tonight, it will be bad." β
Then, Chu Ning was pushed from behind by him and fell to the ground lightly.
In front of the main tent, King Qi drank the decoction taken by Wu Qi, his face was still very bad, and after appeasing Xue Yang, he ordered the prince to be dragged down and buried hastily.
Then everyone remembered that the assassin had not yet been caught. The leader of the guards came forward and asked if he could search the camp in the direction where the man had fled, for it was the place where he forgot his worries and joys.
Before King Qi could speak, a clear and cold female voice came from outside the crowd: "Please send someone to search, if you don't find the assassin, you and I won't dare to go back to live." β
Everyone turned around and saw that Forget Worry was holding Forget Huan with one hand and a horse with pure white fur in the other, which seemed to be returning from outside the camp. The horse must have been a pure white coat, but it was covered in mud, and it was a little unrecognizable.
Chu Ning was also a little surprised, because she clearly noticed that there was a lamp burning in the camp tent where she forgot her worries, indicating that she was in the tent.
The king of Qi was very annoyed that the prince was able to contact the Rong clan in the north, and at this time, he saw that Forget Worry and Forget Joy seemed to have just come back from outside, and the naturally suspicious side of his heart surged again, and asked calmly: "You two, you are not in your camp in the middle of the night, where did you go?" β
Forget the worried look, is the usual calm and indifferent: "The first time I had the opportunity to come out to participate in the spring hunt, I wanted to ride a horse, and I took him there during the day." But I didn't really know how to do it, and the two of us fell into a mountain stream, so we had to walk back halfway through the mountain road, and we had just arrived. β
She rolled up her sleeves, revealing several deep scratches, as if they had been cut by the rocks in the mountains when she fell from her horseback.
King Qi was noncommittal, and only motioned to the guards to continue searching, but found nothing. Because Ji Chongguang has been assassinated in public several times, and the assassin has also appeared out of thin air and disappeared out of thin air, this situation is not unbelievable and unacceptable at the moment.
At this time, Wangwei suddenly knelt down in front of King Qi: "I beg the king, take in Wanghuan for one night, the assassin doesn't know if he escaped, since everyone said that he saw the assassin going in the direction of my and Wanghuan's camp, if the guards withdrew, he would come out again, wouldn't he be the first to attack my Wanghuan?" I don't care, I can forget it...... Also small......"
She had never lowered her posture to ask the King of Qi for anything like this, and as soon as she opened her mouth at this time, it was for the safety of Forget Huan, but it eliminated the King of Qi's suspicions about whether she had hidden the assassin.
In silence, Mrs. Xiaowei spoke: "It's better to let the princess sister and brother come and sleep with Yuxi, there are nurses and servants to take care of it, and it is also very convenient." β
King Qi nodded in agreement, and Mrs. Xiao Wei naturally stepped forward, took the hands of Forget Worry and Forget Joy, and took the two of them to her residence. The horse that he was holding in his hand was naturally handed over to the servants on the side to lead down.
The others didn't pay attention, but Chu Ning clearly noticed that Forget Worry showed a little unwillingness and nervousness when he handed over the horse to the servant.
Chu Ning took another closer look at the horse, and a ridiculous idea suddenly surged in his heart, and he couldn't help but want to confirm the authenticity.