After leaving the palace, the Chenguo delegation took a carriage back to the guest house specially arranged for them in Honglu Temple.

Han Chengxi sat down at the table and pulled out a small note from his sleeve.

During the day, the second prince and the sixth prince were ordered to go out of the city to greet the Chen State mission, but the sixth prince Shen Rui took advantage of the unpreparedness and quietly stuffed a note into Han Chengxi's hand.

There were only five words on the note -

See you tonight.

It was almost time for Han Chengxi to place the note on top of the candle and let the flames swallow it.

Soon the note was reduced to a pile of ashes.

There was a knock on the door, and the voices of the attendants burst in through the door.

"Your Highness the Nine, there is a guest visiting."

Han Chengxi thought that he had come quite on time.

He stood up, straightened his clothes, and walked out of the bedroom, where he saw two men standing outside, one of whom was his attendant, and the other was dressed in a black cloak, and most of his face was hidden under a wide hood, so that he could not see clearly.

But judging from the height of the other party, it should be an adult man.

Han Chengxi called tentatively: "The Sixth Prince? ”

The man raised his head slightly, dropped his hood, and his face was completely exposed.

It is the sixth prince Shen Rui,

He smiled at Han Chengxi: "The Nine Emperor Princes have good eyesight. ”

Han Chengxi glanced at the entourage beside him.

The retinue understood and retreated with interest.

Han Chengxi and Shen Rui entered the room.

The two sat down at the table, and Shen Rui caught a glimpse of a small pile of ashes on the ground next to the table, and asked with a smile.

"The Nine Emperor Princes were burning something just now?"

Han Chengxi picked up the teapot and replied while pouring the tea: "Well, I just burned the note you gave me." ”

Shen Rui understood: "It really should be burned, it's not good for that thing to be seen." ”

Han Chengxi handed over the teacup and asked straight to the point.

"The six princes came late at night, is there something important?"

Shen Rui took the teacup, but didn't drink it.

His fingertips gently rubbed against the wall of the cup and said slowly.

"It's rare for the Nine Emperors to come to Yujing, do you want to stay in Yujing for a while longer? I can accompany you to walk around the city of Yujing and take you to enjoy the scenery of our wild geese. ”

Han Chengxi said politely: "Thank you for the kindness of the six princes, I also want to stay here for a long time, but my father is still waiting for me to go back to restore my life, I can't let my father wait for a long time, I have to leave for Chen Kingdom in a few days." ”

Shen Rui found several reasons, but they couldn't get Han Chengxi to agree to stay longer, Han Chengxi looked very arrogant, but in fact, it was thick and fine, and it was very slippery.

There was no way, Shen Rui could only say the true purpose.

"I'll tell you the truth, I actually have a business I want to work with you."

Han Chengxi saw that the other party was finally willing to cut to the chase, so he didn't go around in circles with the other party anymore, and asked directly.

"What business?"

Shen Rui approached him, lowered his voice and said like this, and finally said.

"I know that the Nine Emperor Princes are both civil and military, and they are strong contenders for the throne of the Chen Kingdom, as long as you help me do this, I can help you when you compete for the throne in the future."

Han Chengxi's eyes narrowed slightly.

At this time, he has completely lost the roughness he usually shows, and his whole person has become shrewd.

"King Langjun is not so easy to deal with."

Shen Rui: "It's because it's hard to deal with that I came to you, and only you have the ability to deal with him." ”

Seeing Han Chengxi's hesitant expression, he hurriedly continued to persuade.

"Don't forget, it was precisely because of the intervention of the King of Langjun that Du Tao was arrested, and your Chenguo's deployment in Liaodong County also fell short, don't you want to take revenge?"

Han Chengxi naturally wanted revenge.

But he wasn't stupid, he knew that Shen Rui wanted to borrow a knife to kill people.

Han Chengxi pondered for a moment and said.

"You said that you can help me fight for the throne in the future, these are all false, I want something more substantial."

Hearing him say this, Shen Rui knew that the other party was interested in cooperating with him, and hurriedly said, "What do you want?" If I can get it, I'll get it for you. ”

Han Chengxi: "What I want is very simple, it is Tang Guixi's life." ”

Shen Rui was stunned.

Of course he knew who Tang Guixi was, he just didn't expect the other party to make such a request.

Han Chengxi: "You want the life of King Langjun, I want Tang Guixi's life, one life for another, it's very fair." ”

Shen Rui hesitated: "But Tang Guixi is far away in Liaodong County, and it is inconvenient for me to attack her." ”

Han Chengxi leaned back: "I don't care about this, anyway, my request is to let Tang Guixi die, as long as you can do it, I will help you solve the king of Langjun." ”

Shen Rui thought about his mother's advice to him, gritted his teeth and turned his heart sideways, and said with his head bowed.

"Okay, I promise you!"

Han Chengxi hooked his lips and laughed: "Happy cooperation." ”

Shen Rui: "Tang Guixi is too far away, I can't kill her in a short time." ”

Han Chengxi had obviously thought of this a long time ago, and he said unhurriedly.

"It doesn't matter, we can exchange tokens as a sign of our commitment to each other.

When I help you solve the King of Langjun, you have to return the token to me.

The same goes for you, how? ”

Shen Rui hesitated.

Once the two exchange tokens, it is equivalent to handing over the handle to the other party.

In the unlikely event that the token is exposed in the future, the partnership between them will also be known to outsiders.

This is a big crime of collaborating with the enemy, even if Shen Rui is a prince, he can't bear it.

Han Chengxi saw that he was silent, so he said.

"It's okay if you don't want to, I'll treat you as if you didn't come tonight."

After speaking, Han Chengxi was ready to send off the guests.

Shen Rui remembered what his mother had said to him, if King Langjun found out the truth about Concubine Yue's murder, his mother would definitely be killed, and he would not be able to survive at that time.

Instead of sitting back and waiting, take a gamble!

Shen Rui took off the jade pendant hanging around his neck and put it on the table.

"This is the peace pendant that the Queen Mother gave me when I was just born.

It is engraved with my birthday, and there is only such a piece of the whole wild goose.

I've been taking it with me for so many years.

Can it be used as a token of mine? ”

Han Chengxi picked up the jade pendant and looked at it, with a smile on his face: "Of course you can." ”

Then he took out a small and delicate metal token from his sleeve and put it in front of Han Chengxi.

"This is a token representing my identity, with my name engraved on it, as long as you take it out, you will be able to move unimpeded within the territory of the Chen Kingdom."

Shen Rui took the token and looked at it carefully, but saw that all the characters engraved on it were Chenguo, and he didn't know it at all.

He couldn't verify the authenticity of the token, and when he was hesitating, he heard Han Chengxi say.

"If you feel that the token is unreliable, I can write a letter of commitment to you on the spot, using your wild goose words."

Shen Rui accepted the offer.

Han Chengxi immediately took up the pen and wrote a letter of commitment.

His wild goose writing is not very beautiful, but it is very neat, and at first glance it is the result of years of practice.

In the end, he did not forget to stamp his private seal on the letter of commitment.

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