Dawn is the darkest time of the night, and it is also the time when people are most prone to sleepiness. The Assassins who chose to do it at this point were also very experienced veterans.

At this moment, there were three black-clothed corpses lying horizontally in Qin Zhengyang's house.

"These people chose to assassinate Yin Shi, who was the most lax, but fortunately, the secret guards in the house reacted in time, otherwise the old man would be •••••••" Touching Qin Zhengyang's sharp eyes, Qin An didn't dare to say more, so he had to swallow back the words that came to his mouth deeply.

Qin Moyang looked at the three black-clothed corpses carefully, squatted down and reached out to untie the face towels on their faces.

"Be careful••••••" Just as Qin Moyang reached out to untie the face towel of the man in black, Sui Liming, who was on the side, let out a loud shout and pushed Qin Moyang to the ground. At that moment, Qin Moyang seemed to see the silver needle slowly flying towards his face, and time seemed to be frozen, but he didn't have any strength to dodge, so he had to watch it fly towards him.

Thanks to Sui Liming's timely response, he pushed Qin Moyang away.

"Judging by this person's face, it doesn't look like a Daqi person, but more like a person from outside the gate." Chu Juechen wrapped his hands in a handkerchief and picked up the silver needle on the ground, "This needle is poisonous!" ”

"Could it be someone from the Northern Desert?" Qin Moyang slowly stood up from the ground with Qin An's support, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and couldn't help but be afraid: he almost died here. Thinking of this, the cold sweat still fell unconsciously.

"It's not like a person from the Northern Desert. If the people of the Northern Desert want to assassinate me, the important ministers of the Great Qi will definitely assassinate the generals who hold the ice power, or the civil officials who hold important positions. Chu Jiechen analyzed, "Although the teacher is ranked as the third prince, the position of Taifu has no real power, and there is no point in assassinating the teacher. ”

"Look, that guy has a wolf tattoo on his face." Although Qin Moyang had just had a face-to-face with Lord Yama, he was not an idle person after all, and he quickly recovered, "As far as I know, the Northern Desert believes in wolves extremely much. ”

Sui Liming used his sword to open the face towels of the other three people one after another, and found that the other two also had the same tattoos on their faces.

"All countries have a tradition of worshipping wolves, and they use wolves as totems and believe that wolves are gods of the grassland. But I haven't heard of a person from the Northern Desert who dares to tattoo a wolf on his face. Sui Liming stood up and continued, "Because in their beliefs, the wolf is their god, and tattooing the god on their face is disrespectful to the god." ”

"But there is one grassland clan that dares to do this, and that is the Khitan Liao Kingdom!" Sui Liming said fiercely, "The Khitan people believe that the wolf is the incarnation of the god of war, and if the wolf is tattooed on the face, the god of war will possess the body, and then it will be invincible, so in the Liao country, only the bravest and strongest people in martial arts can have such tattoos." ”

"Khitan Liao?" Qin Zhengyang said to himself thoughtfully, "Isn't the Khitan Liao Kingdom already extinct?" ”

"That's right, the Khitan Liao Kingdom has indeed been destroyed, but I still have a dead princess of the Liao Kingdom in my Daqi." Chu Juechen looked at Qin Zhengyang and said.

"Queen?" Qin Zhengyang looked at Chu Juechen with a puzzled expression.

"That's right!" Chu Jiechen gritted his teeth and said, "I'm sure that the queen must still have a connection with the remnants of the Liao State in secret, and the cause of my mother's death is strange, and it must also be related to the queen." ”

"Recently, there have been rumors in the capital that the little girl of the Qin family has won the world. At the Qunfang banquet, when Chu Lian stretched out his colorful head to Liusu, he was rejected by Liusu, so that the queen returned in vain, which must have provoked him. ”

"So the queen wants to destroy the Qin family directly?" Qin Liumo took over, "Even I know that the time is not yet ripe for the queen to do this at this time, and it will only turn things in a direction that is not good for him." Was it a warning against her? ”

"No," Qin Zhengyang stroked his beard and said, "The queen will definitely startle the snake by doing this, so that we can be wary of her." Could it be that Chu Lian ordered people to do it? ”

"What does the teacher think of Chu Lian?" Chu Juechen asked.

"Chu Lian is just a prince who has nothing to do all day long in the eyes of the world, and he has never shown his talents in the government and the opposition, but I can vaguely feel his ambition and patience. If this assassin was ordered by Chu Lian, then this person is just a mediocre person, not enough to be an enemy, if it is not sent by Chu Lian, it means that this person has strong endurance and the city is not shallow. ”

The more the three of them thought about it, the more confused they became, and they tossed until dawn to see no results.

Chu Lian dormitory.

"Bastard, there is more than enough success and more failure!" Chu Lian smashed the teacup in his hand in anger and scolded the two kneeling on the ground.

The two were very strong, with high noses and big eyes, not the faces of the Central Plains, and if you looked closely, they also had wolf tattoos on their faces.

"Who told you to act without permission to assassinate Qin Zhengyang? He doesn't have any real power, so what's the use of killing him? And it will scare the snake. Chu Lian was so angry that his face turned red, obviously angry.

"My subordinates know their mistakes, and I hope His Highness will be gracious!" The two people kneeling on the ground said with a repentant face, "The subordinates just think that the Qin family is too rampant, just a small Taifu, without any real power, can actually influence the government." I just wanted to teach him a lesson, but I didn't expect it to get to this point. ”

Chu Lian waved his hand and said, "Forget it, you also did bad things with good intentions." I came to tell the queen mother, remember, next time you can't act without my order, it's a big deal. ”

"Vulture, have you gathered the centaurs I asked you to gather?" Chu Lian turned to his side and asked a Khitan man with a scar on his face.

"Back to Your Highness, everything is in order, only the east wind is owed!" Scarface had a hint of joy on his face.

"Okay, let them be on standby outside the capital at any time. In a short time, the day I register will be the day you return to the country! "Chu Lian is arrogant.

Seeing the opportunity, the two of them echoed: "Thank you, Lord Longen! Long live my emperor, long live, long live! ”

Then the two retreated, and Chu Lian asked Chen Ji beside him: "What do you think of this matter?" ”

"In the villain's opinion, it's just a good time for His Highness to ascend the throne!" Chen Ji whispered.

"How so?" Chu Lian asked with obvious excitement.

"What the villain is thinking about now is what the Third Highness and the Qin family are thinking now, they will definitely guess the Khitan Liao Kingdom from the tattoos, and then think of the queen and His Royal Highness. They even have the queen in their minds and will not do such a thing, so they will think that this is the work of His Royal Highness. Chen Ji cleared his throat and continued, "Your Highness has been low-key all these years, and outsiders don't know that you have the talent to govern the country. Therefore, at this moment, the Third Highness and others will feel that you are a mediocre person and let down their guard against you. And when they relax with you, it is when you destroy them and ascend the throne! ”

"I'm only afraid of ••••••, I'm afraid of ••••••," Chen Ji deliberately slowed down his speech and did not finish this sentence.

Chu Lian hated talking the most, and asked anxiously, "What are you afraid of?" ”

"I'm afraid that there is one person you are reluctant to kill."

"Oh? Who is it, except for the queen mother, there is no one in this world who I will not kill. ”

"That person is Qin Liusu, the little daughter of the Qin family," Chen Ji explained unhurriedly, "Since the last group banquet, I have seen His Highness never forget this girl, presumably His Highness's heart has already been given to her!" ”

Speaking of this, Chu Lian hesitated for a moment and said, "It's just a woman, what's the difference between killing or not?" ”

"That's a bad word!" Chen Ji patiently explained, "This woman is not inferior to a man in terms of talent, and this woman is even better in martial arts." According to the eyeliner report sent to the Qin Mansion, this woman did not recuperate in the ancestral house, but traveled to the rivers and lakes. Seeing that this woman is not an ordinary person! ”

Chu Lian fell into meditation: On the day of the Qunfang banquet, Qiu Yunling, the first talented woman in her tongue battle, you can see this person's courage and talent, it seems that this woman is really not to be underestimated.

"It's just a woman, if the gentleman says he wants to kill, how can I let a woman do a good thing to me. When I ascend the throne, what kind of beautiful woman in the world is not mine? ”

"Your Highness is wise!" Chen Ji echoed.

Qinjia Garden.

In the long pavilion, Chu Jiechen and Qin Liumo sat opposite each other.

"Brother Mo, I experienced a lot of things last night!" Chu Jiechen said slightly tiredly.

"What, admit it? This is not the Chu Juechen I know! Qin Liumo looked at the garden filled with mist, like a fairyland.

"Who made me wear the hat of a prince from birth? To be admired by thousands of people is to take on more responsibilities! ”

"Oh, the second child has grown up! I think you and I played in the mud and fought in this yard, but I didn't expect that we would have to take on such a big responsibility in a blink of an eye! Qin Liumo said with a smile.

"Hey, why do you keep making jokes." Although Chu Juechen is the prince, the two of them are still like brothers in private.

"Brother Mo, you said that this matter may not have anything to do with the queen?" Chu Jiechen asked instead.

"Not necessarily, maybe their subordinates acted without permission, or maybe it was done by some other force. But one thing can be known, and that is the queen's wolf ambitions. According to the informant, many horse teams from outside the border have recently come to the outskirts of the capital, all of them cover their faces with face towels, and they do not sell anything, and ordinary people are not allowed to approach. ”

"You're saying they might be about to act?" Chu Juechen asked in surprise.

"I don't know, but this is very suspicious, the horse team doesn't sell things, why are they coming to the capital? Don't act rashly first, first secretly transfer some pro-troops back to Beijing and wait and see what happens. ”

"It seems that this is the only way to go!" Chu Jiechen took a sip of the spring tea that had just been brewed and made a big hache.

"Jiechen, Liming has been by your side all these years and has never been home, who is he, how can he know so much about the customs of nomads?" Qin Liumo asked with a worried expression.

Chu Juechen seemed to see Qin Liumo's concern about Sui Liming's identity, and said: "Regarding Liming's identity, Brother Mo can rest assured. Although Liming was a person from outside the gate, he was driven away by his clansmen and was hunted down and killed when he was homeless. I stumbled upon him and took him with me. ”

"I also investigated Liming's identity and the purpose of coming here, and I found that there was really no suspicion before I stayed with me." Chu Juechen explained.

Qin Liumo also nodded with satisfaction: "This is the best." At this time, it is a time of crisis, and it is when Daqi needs you, you can't have any three long and two short. ”

The crisp sound of "popping ••••••" echoed in the quiet garden of this morning, expanding, expanding, expanding.