Night.

In the silence of the night, rows of red lanterns hung in the corridor, and from time to time I remembered the sound of chess pieces hitting on the chess board.

The breeze was blowing, and the lanterns were shaking.

A gazebo.

The two sit opposite each other, with a game of chess in the middle.

There was a thick white gauze hanging around, and a candle was lit on each side of the chessboard, and the candle flame kept jumping, and the expressions of the two were incomprehensible.

"Your Highness, what a good move."

Wang Zhan sat on the left side and slowly played a white piece.

On the chessboard, black and white chess pieces intersect and do not give way to each other.

"Guogong Miaozan, aren't you also a treasure knife."

Xiao Jingheng stared at the chessboard and fell into deep thought, picked up a black chess piece from the chess box for a long time, and slowly put it next to the white chess piece.

Wang Zhan stared at the chessboard, quite appreciative, for a long time, and said: "The side plug secret line came to report, saying that this Nine Emperor Princes are in full swing, not only taming the soldiers in the barracks, but also winning several battles in a row, if he succeeds in returning to Beijing, I am afraid that he will become the next Gu Mingyuan!" ”

Xiao Jingheng pursed his lips and smiled, a black chess piece kept mounking in his hand, and then dropped a piece, lowered his voice, and said, "Then let him come back without his life." ”

Wang Zhan paused, then smiled and said, "Your Highness, what do you want?" ”

"Let the people over there do it, by the way, let them change into the clothes of the Huns, if they fail, they will blame these sins on the Huns, and no matter how great Xiao Jingyi's ability is, he can't guess my head."

"Your Highness is wise, the old minister will do it."

"By the way, how about those guys?"

"The others have already been taken care of, and this last one is a bit difficult."

Xiao Jingheng snorted coldly, slowly put down the last chess piece, and the victory of the entire chessboard seemed to be clear.

"I'm going to meet in person tomorrow."

Xiao Jingheng stroked his sleeves and got up to leave.

"Congratulations to Your Highness!"

Wang Zhan squinted, the man had already walked away, and whistled at the dark night.

A sound of sparse footsteps came from the beams of the room, and then a masked man dressed in black knelt on one knee and folded his hands.

"Guogong, what do you command?"

"Report to that side, it's time to do it!"

Wang Zhan stared at the man on the ground, smiled evilly, and made a killing gesture with his hand on his neck.

"Your Highness!"

"Miss Qing, Your Highness, I went to the barracks early in the morning, and I am not in this house."

"It turned out to be a squire, since His Royal Highness is not here, Tan Zhi will not bother."

Qing Tanzhi glanced at it lightly, not surprised, and glanced at the house with some loss, and reluctantly left.

The door slowly closed, and Shi Hui leaned against the door frame and muttered, "Your Highness, why are you hiding from Miss Qing?" ”

"Annoying!"

Inside the house.

Xiao Jingyi slowly walked out from behind the screen and spit out a word expressionlessly.

Since the last military camp incident, Xiao Jingyi has been deliberately avoiding Qing Tanzhi.

"Your Highness, what are the arrangements for today?"

"The assassins who infiltrated the Huns a few days ago must be inappropriately defended around, so come with me tonight."

Qing Tanzhi returned to the house a little dejected, and Dian Cui served a cup of hot tea and gently rested it on the table.

"Shhh

She reached out to take it, but accidentally touched the wall of the cup, and saw that her fingertips were red and swollen.

"Miss, are you alright?"

Qing Tanzhi shook his head and said nothing.

In the past few months, when I went to the front yard, she was led by Shi Hui, she was not stupid, Shi Hui stayed with His Royal Highness in the past, how could she be alone, this Royal Highness was obviously deliberately avoiding her.

On the street, a child dressed in tatters bumped into a middle-aged man, and the servants around him saw this, and directly pushed the boy down, cursing in his mouth: "Beggar from there, get out of the way." ”

"Stop."

The middle-aged man's name is Qin Xian, and he is a six-rank official in the imperial court, Qin Xian looked surprised, he looked at the note in his hand, it was the beggar who stuffed it in his hand just now.

The note read: Shen Shi three quarters, the second day of the wine shop.

He bent down to pick up the boy on the ground, pinched the note in his hand and asked, "Who gave this to you?" ”

The boy shook his head and said slowly: "This is a masked man who gave it to me, saying that as long as I give you this note, he will give me five taels of silver, and I really don't know the rest." ”

Qin Xian touched the boy's head, took out some broken silver from his arms, and put it in the boy's hand.

"Go ahead!"

The boy clutched the silver in his hand and ran away quickly.

"Master, do you need to send someone to follow you?"

"No need, the other party is obviously prepared, how can it be easy for us to catch the trace."

"Are you still going?"

"Don't go, go home first."

As soon as Qin Xian stepped into the front yard, he saw his wife's eyes red and swollen, crying and running towards him, and her mouth kept calling "Xin'er".

Qin Xian's wife's name is Qingying, the two have been childhood sweethearts since childhood, and later Qingying married Qin Xian and gave birth to a daughter, which is the heart of his mouth, the couple Qin Se and Ming, Qin Xian also never married a wife and concubine for life.

"Ma'am, what is going on?"

Qing Ying kept patting Qin Ying's chest, and said in a choked voice: "The concubine went to the heart room today, thinking of taking her out for a walk, but no one was seen, and only this was found." ”

Qing Ying held a longevity lock in her hand, which he personally put on for her when Xin'er was full of moon.

Suddenly thinking of the note in his arms, Qin Xian secretly clenched his fists, it seemed that the person looking for him was prepared, and he had to go to this appointment, and comforted Qing Ying and said, "Madam, don't worry, I will definitely find our daughter." ”

"Xin'er is obedient, my brother will give you candy to eat."

Xiao Jingheng shook the rattle in his hand, and a six-year-old girl sat on the bed, wearing two braids.

Qin Xin clapped his hands and giggled, looked at Xiao Jingheng in front of him innocently, and asked, "Brother, when will you take me to see Daddy." ”

"Don't worry, sleep, your father will come."

Xiao Jingheng's eyes drooped, hooked his lips and chuckled: "Take care of her, as for the other one, it is time to go and have a good meeting for a while." ”

The man behind her nodded, and the palm of the knife slashed at the child's neck, she snorted, her body went limp, and she fell on the bed.

There was a knock at the door.

Xiao Jingheng gently covered the girl's body with the quilt and walked out behind the screen.

"Come in!"

Qin Xian entered the room, looked at Xiao Jingheng sitting on the chair, his face changed, he knelt on the ground suddenly, and said in a trembling voice: "See His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Lord Qin, please get up."

Qin Xian swallowed nervously, got up from the ground, and slowly sat down on the table.

"When I saw this palace, I guess my lord already had a guess in his heart."

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the angry old minister is ignorant, and he doesn't know what His Highness thinks."