There was nothing to say all night, and the next day, Chen An replaced Mu Shaoping as usual, but he was always absent-minded. Fortunately, the weather has been calm in the past few days, and his medical hall is in the depths of the alley, and there are not many patients.

It was so hypocritical that until noon, there were no patients in the museum, and Chen An was bored, so he wanted to go to the backyard to go around. At this time, Sikong Cheng hurried in and handed him a note.

Chen An unfolded it, his face became solemn, and he took Sikong Cheng to find Zhang Xia and Zhu Qi and said, "The Holy Court's decree has come down." ”

Zhang Xia has Mu Shaoping to regulate her body in the past few days, and her condition has improved greatly, and she habitually confirms with emotional restraint: "The imperial court has already acted?"

Chen An bowed his head and said, "Yes, we also have to take action." ”

The three of them immediately touched their chests with their right hands and bowed down and said, "Obey the orders of Lord Metropolitan Eunuch." ”

"In this operation, Ye Shengyan will attack, Luancheng will respond, and I will be responsible for receiving everyone's retreat. Chen An paused for a moment and continued: "The sea route can't be left, you just stay here, open the pass, and prepare for our return journey, Zhu Qi, you send a message to Zhang Zhong to lead the department to occupy and stay at the Nanfucheng Post Station at any time, and then send a message to Sun Chong, let him lead the department to open the entire Shangfu Road Pass." I personally went to Shangfu Road to pick it up. ”

The three of them responded: "The subordinates receive the order." ”

After Chen An finished arranging, he walked outside, walked to the door, stopped, and said again after a little hesitation: "If there is no news from us in the past month, you will escort my uncle's family to Fuzhou." After that, go ahead and do it cheaply. ”

Chen An walked out of the room, glanced at the backyard, and then turned around and left without hesitation, heading towards the Lincheng Station.

It takes seven days to reach from Haichuan City to Lincheng by a single rider, but it only takes three days to transfer all the way to the post station, and it may only take two days if you travel day and night. Chen An thought that he could definitely arrive before they moved.

In the evening, Chen An stood on a dirt slope, this is where he saved Xiaowen in the first place, he really didn't know how he got here. Twenty miles to the west is the Xingnan Military Town, the sun is setting, Chen An looked at the sunset on the horizon, and actually remembered Mu Qing's smile, but it was immediately covered by a nasty figure.

He didn't know what was wrong with him lately, and he was always irritable, and a tyrannical aura lingered in his chest.

The magnificent sunset shone on Chen An's face, raising a dim halo.

He looked around, and there was a pile of bones in the grass not far away, whether it was a man or a beast, and several rats were burrowing in it, these rats had red eyes, withered hair, disgusting and infiltrating.

Chen An turned his head to pay attention, and his whole face was out of the light, and it looked gloomy in the darkness. He calmly took out a small gold-rimmed porcelain bottle from his bosom, poured out a purple pill from the bottle, and threw it on top of the pile of bones.

The rats foraging in the bones were frightened and hid around, but after a while they twitched their noses and leaned out to find the pill.

The purple pill was swallowed by a nimble mouse, and it immediately fell to the ground and twitched, but it stopped moving in the blink of an eye.

The other rats, induced by the smell of the purple pills, pounced on them and tore the poisoned rat's corpse clean and devoured it. Then, without a breath, they became agitated and ran frantically towards the nearby human camp, their eyes shining green in the darkness.

Chen An watched the changes in these rats with a blank face, watching the direction in which they were fleeing, until they disappeared from view, and then shook the reins and headed south.

On the way, he took another long detour, and came to the vicinity of the town naval military town.

Along the way, he stopped and stopped until he had scattered all the bottles of more than ten purple pills before he came to Yuechikou on Shangfu Road. At this point, four days have passed.

The mouth of the pond is the only way to go north from Haichuan City, so he doesn't go forward, just waits here, no matter the success or failure ahead, there will always be news coming.

This time, they were linked in many ways, and all the plans were only known to Xu Qian, and even Chen An and they didn't know exactly what they were going to do.

Of course, this gave them more autonomy, and at the same time, it also made it unclear to King Wu who would be the one who did it.

Even Chen An thought that it would be him who did it before he came, after all, his poisoning ability was unpredictable. It is more suitable for this mission, but who knew that in the end, he was arranged to come here to answer the back, but the real assassination task was handed over to Ye Shengyan, who was used to being "above board", which was really unexpected.

I think there will be a lot of surprises when I come to King Wu.

At noon the next day, Chen An had just finished eating dry food and was resting in the shade of a tree when he felt the sound of horses' hooves vibrating in the distance. In less than a stick of incense, I saw seven horsemen coming in front of me.

When he got closer, Chen An recognized at a glance that it was Ye Shengyan who was the leader.

Chen An did not hide his whereabouts, Ye Shengyan naturally saw him as well, and rode directly towards him.

Chen An's eyes turned around the person who came, and he saw that the seven people were all dressed in black, and they were in the dust. The qi and blood of the seven people are not very good, and they are obviously all injured. Especially Ye Shengyan, his face was pale, his clothes were stained with blood, and he must have gone through a vicious battle.

Ye Shengyan didn't say much when he came to Chen An, and said straightforwardly: "The action is successful, and King Wu will return to heaven." ”

"What about the loss, what about Brother Luan?" Chen An and Ye Shengyan are not people who talk too much, and it is easier for the two of them to talk.

Ye Shengyan said: "Eighty-nine people from Haizhou Wei died in the dark division, and the rest of the people have too big a goal, Luan Cheng and I led them separately, and he got the order to flee to Nanzhou in southern Xinjiang, and monitor the movements of Haizhou at any time." I led more than 200 people back to Beijing. He looked back behind him, a look of gloom on his face: "Now they are the only ones left." ”

Chen An's eyes narrowed slightly: "And the pursuers?"

"Yes. ”

"How much?"

"The kings of the three counties are vying for the throne, and for the time being, there are only three hundred palace guards behind me. As soon as he finished speaking, a puff of smoke and dust rose from the valley of Yuechi.

"So fast. Ye Shengyan's face changed, and he wanted to say something more, so he heard Chen An say: "Brother Ye, you go first, go to Ma Mingyi, there are my people to answer you, and the chasing soldiers will be handed over to me." ”

Ye Shengyan stared at Chen An, and only said after a while: "These are the guards of King Wu's mansion, even if they are not as elite as the Holy Court, they are not easy to get along with. You're alone?"

Chen An chuckled lightly and only said, "I'm Chen An." ”

This inexplicable sentence, Ye Shengyan understood it at once, the Ten Thousand Poisonous Ghost King was not afraid of group fights, he nodded and said, "Then you be careful." After speaking, he turned to the servant and ordered, "Let's go first and go to Ma Mingyi." ”

Chen An watched them leave, and then turned to look at Yuechikou, where smoke and dust were curling, and the cavalry formation was vaguely recognizable.

Among the guards of King Wu, Xiang Jian galloped on his horse and said to Hong Si beside him: "Brother Hong, now that the city is in chaos, we are out of the city to chase Ye Shengyan, isn't this a waste of the opportunity to stand in line?"

Hong Si laughed and said, "Stand in line, what line, as long as we take Ye Shengyan's head, do we still need to stand in line?"

Xiang Jian said in surprise: "Now that the king of Wu is here, and the seven princes are vying for the throne, don't we need to stand in line?" On weekdays, we guards are only loyal to the king of Wu, and we are not close to the princes.

Hong Si said seriously: "This is what I plan for the future, and the Seventh Prince will fight for something." You must know that it was Ye Shengyan who assassinated King Wu, as long as we take down Ye Shengyan's head, the righteousness is in the hands of you and me. When the time comes, if we go to any prince, I am afraid that they will meet each other. ”

Xiang Jian Daxi: "Brother Hong is still smart, and then we will go to the king of Jingping County, and he is the most powerful among the three county kings." ”

Hong Si said lightly: "No, let's take refuge in the eldest prince." ”

Xiang Jianyi was stunned: "Why?"

Hong Si explained: "Although the eldest son is not liked by King Wu and has not been crowned the king of the county, no matter how you say it, the eldest son has the name of righteousness. The so-called icing on the cake is easy, but it is difficult to send charcoal in the snow. There are countless capable people under the three county kings, will we be taken seriously in the past? Moreover, the eldest prince must have a lot of latent forces at the earliest, even if he is not as good as the three county kings, he is stronger than the other princes. Coupled with the righteousness we brought to him and the strength of the palace guards, there is a great chance of reaching the top. At that time, you and I will no longer be just a small guard commander, at least a battalion commander. ”

Xiang Jian's head said: "Brother Hong is still thoughtful, and the younger brother is willing to attach Brother Hong's tail." ”

Hong Si laughed and said: "Haha, you and my brother, you and I have blessings and hardships, what are you doing so politely." Now you just need to be careful that Ye Shengyan is dying and counterattacking, his martial arts are really good, and there is no one in my Wu Wangfuwei to stop him. This guy actually succeeded in assassinating King Wu in front of two hundred guards by virtue of his life. I'm afraid that the legendary six great masters can't do this. It is worthy of the death of the four Dark Divisions, I wonder what amazing magical powers the other three have?"

Xiang Jian said: "Brother Hong don't worry, that guy is already at the end of the crossbow, as long as we are careful, let his subordinates consume him first, and then take other people's heads, we will definitely succeed." No matter how high his martial arts are, there are only seven people, how can he escape with his life in front of our three hundred guards. This Ye Shengyan should be the best martial arts among the four, and this time I will also pass that Luancheng, but the body is quite a bit of a doorway, and the martial arts are just like that. I think that the other two are only famous for their weird and violent personalities with poisonous methods, and their real strength is limited. What's the use of poison if it's a head-to-head battle?"

Hong Si nodded, noncommittal. Suddenly, he let out a "huh", looked ahead suspiciously, and said, "Why is there a child there?"

Xiang Jian followed his gaze and saw that in the middle of the official road in front of him, there was indeed a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy standing, his eyebrows were delicate, but he was empty in a black robe, looking very thin.

Xiang Jian frowned and said, "I'll go and get him out of the way first, don't let him block our path." As he spoke, he whipped his horse.

Hong Si waved his hand to stop him, and said, "No need, just rush up and kill the assassin." ”

Xiang Jian was stunned and said, "This is not very good, right?"

Hong Sidao: "Standing in the middle of the road, who knows if he is Ye Shengyan's comrade, even if he kills him wrong, he will be unlucky." He saw that Xiang Jian was still a little hesitant, knowing that he was used to serving dignitaries and dignitaries on weekdays, so he continued to add: "Don't worry, look at his clothes and decorations, he doesn't look like a rich and noble family, and he won't make any extraneous branches." And even if you have a background, what can you do? The world is about to be in chaos, and it will definitely not be you and me who will do it. ”

Xiang Jian thought about it and didn't say anything, shook the reins and rode forward, ten steps...... In five steps, Xiang Jian pulled out a long knife and slashed at the young man's neck, and he could already clearly see the knife light reflected in the young man's starry eyes in front of him.