With the passage of time, the old emperor's illness became more and more heavy, to this day, he still has no intention of abdicating, the prince is impatient, and with the support of the winged king, the status of the king of Chenjun is as stable as Mount Tai, and now the prince is already sitting on pins and needles, and he can't wait for a moment.

On this day, the prince ordered someone to summon Zifeng to the mansion.

In the study, as soon as Zifeng saw the black and purple face of the prince Ji Cong, who was like an eggplant beaten by frost, he knew that there must be nothing good for him to call him here, in fact, where would there be anything good for the prince to do things?

"What's the Sky Shaker Tiger doing lately?" The prince asked weakly.

Zifeng replied: "Since the master failed to assassinate the Wing King's righteous son a few days ago, he has finally locked himself in the study, maybe he is self-reflecting. ”

"Introspection? Huh,"

The prince snorted coldly: "I said it a long time ago, the reckless man is useless, what are the chances of winning such a brute fight?" I didn't expect that the Wing King actually had a righteous son. In any case, the troubles of the Heaven-Shaking Tiger can be regarded as a startling snake. Detectives from all walks of life came to report, and today the surrounding of the capital suddenly found that there was a team gathered, as little as hundreds, more than thousands, and I couldn't tell who the team was, but it seemed that the second child was ready, if my expectations were good, it should be the old department of the Wing King. Now that my father is seriously ill and unwilling to abdicate, if the second child suddenly rises up, then we can't stop it, so we can't wait any longer. ”

Zi Feng said: "The Wing King shouldn't dare to make a move at the moment, Zi Feng thinks that his purpose in doing this is to deter His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so that you don't dare to act rashly." “

The prince sneered: "Since his comeback, the Wing King has never gone to the palace to meet his father, which shows how arrogant he is, and his father has nothing to do with him. For today's plan, we have to strike first. ”

Zi Feng said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince means to get rid of these teams?" This is difficult, we don't have so many people, and once the fight starts, I am afraid that it will alarm the imperial court, so it will be difficult to clean up. ”

The prince stood up, slowly paced in front of Zifeng, and said: "To get rid of these horses, I'm afraid it's not so easy, my father won't give me the military power, more than half of the generals in the court are a bunch of old guys, and they have a relationship with the Wing King, so far I don't know whether the Wing King is supporting the second child, or he himself is coveting the throne, now those soldiers and horses outside the city don't know what kind of team they are, if we blindly go to fight, I'm afraid it will ......."

Seeing that he wanted to speak and stopped, Zi Feng asked, "What does Your Highness mean ......?"

The prince said in a deep voice: "Capture the thief and capture the king first!" ”

Zi Feng's heart tightened, although he knew that the prince had always wanted to get rid of the Wing King, but he didn't expect him to want to do it so soon, obviously, he was afraid of the Wing King, although he thought so in his heart, but in front of the prince, he really couldn't make himself look too smart, so he pretended to be surprised and asked:

"Your Highness is planning to assassinate the Wing King directly?"

The prince nodded and sighed lightly: "It's not easy to assassinate the Wing King, but now the arrow has to be sent, and the soldiers can only be dangerous, the Sky Shaking Tiger is only to avenge personal revenge, what's the use of killing his righteous son, and it's not his own son, as long as the Wing King dies, the court will inevitably be in chaos, if the Wing King is really just to help the second child, the death of the Wing King is equivalent to pulling out the second child's tendons, and when the time comes, the prince will also pick up the skin of the second child, and cut the mess with a quick knife." ”

Zi Feng asked, "How does the prince plan to deal with King Chenjun?" ”

"Kill!" The prince's voice was clear, and he did not hesitate to say a word.

Hearing this word made Zi Feng's back chill, In this moment, he has already said two words "kill", one is to his own imperial uncle, and the other is his siblings, the tone is so indifferent and urgent, perhaps, the battle for imperial power is so direct, direct to ignore family affection.

Zi Feng replied "yes" expressionlessly.

The prince walked up to him, his eyes were cold, and there was a hint of coldness on his lips, and he said: "I'll give you half a month, no matter what method you use, you must complete the assassination of the Wing King, I just want to see the result, understand?" ”

Purple Wind's forehead: "Purple Wind obeys." ”

……

Leaving the study, Zi Feng's footsteps were hurried, and he couldn't wait to "fly" away from the Prince's Mansion without touching his feet, every inch of land here made him feel a kind of evil Grim Reaper's breath, which made him almost suffocate.

He hurried all the way, and after returning to Wudetang, he locked himself in the study, stroked his forehead and pondered, and his mood could not be calmed down for a long time. The prince's cold face full of cold breath jumped out of his mind all the time, every word of his was full of cold taste, at this moment, he deeply felt that Ji Cong, this prince under one person and above ten thousand people, the heir to the throne, the ruler of the future Liang State, is far more terrible than the Sky Shaking Tiger, terrifying, and even hateful, if such a cold-blooded person is allowed to rule a country, he can't imagine what the future of the Liang State will be.

Zi Feng's face was grim, and a strange luster flashed in his eyes, and at this moment, he made a bold decision......

He ordered someone to summon Zhou Yunqi and whispered something to him......

That night, just after the hour arrived, Zifeng was reading a book in the room, and Liu Qingyun walked in.

Zi Feng raised his eyes to look at her and asked, "Why don't you rest yet?" ”

Liu Qingyun stood beside him sullenly, leaning her back against the table, and said: "My father has fought with the righteous son of the Wing King since the last time, and after he came back, he lost his temper all day long, and in just a few days, one of the guards was beaten by him and vomited blood, three family members were injured, and the faces of the two envoys were beaten by him. Now everyone in the house is nervous, for fear that one day his fist will hit him, today there are two families in the house, three girls, the housekeeper does not dare to tell my father, no, just now told me in private. ”

"Ran away?" Purple Wind was stunned.

"Ran away, so to speak, escaped." Liu Qingyun sighed heavily.

"It's better to run, lest you die here someday." After saying this, she reached out and gently took off the book in Zifeng's hand, closed it and put it on the table.

Zifeng saw that she was worried, and she didn't have the heart to read, but when she saw that she took the book, she knew that she wanted to talk to her by herself.

He took her hand and said softly, "Qingyun, do you know why Master has been in a bad mood recently?" ”

Liu Qingyun said: "Isn't it that I failed to kill the righteous son of the Wing King." ”

Zi Feng shook his head: "It's because the prince wants him to listen to my arrangements from now on." ”

Liu Qingyun's fingers in his hand tightened slightly, and he said indifferently: "Your goal has been achieved." ”

Zi Feng had already felt the fluctuations from her heart, but his face was indifferent, and there was no ripple in his face.

"No, it doesn't matter anymore."

Liu Qingyun stared at him directly, "Didn't you say ......?"

"Yes, I did, but that's all in the past." Purple Wind interrupted her.

He said: "Don't be surprised, it's just a moment and that time, people's minds will change, if they can't even save their own lives......

His desire to speak again made Liu Qingyun's heart suddenly rise, and he asked urgently, "Can't save your life?" Purple Wind, what's going on? Is the prince asking you to do something? ”

Zi Feng looked at her, the corners of his mouth trembled, he reached out to wrap his hand around her shoulder, and said softly: "No, nothing happened, the prince didn't ask me to do anything, I just, I have experienced a lot, and I just saw it." “

Liu Qingyun didn't think so, she pushed him away, stared at his eyes with big eyes, and asked, "No, there must be something, right?" You tell me! Zifeng, I've been feeling flustered lately, I'm worried. “

Zi Feng said: "No, you think too much......"

The two were talking when there was a knock on the door.

Zifeng let go of Liu Qingyun and went to open the door, outside the door was Ding Chen Yuan, and behind him stood Zhou Yunqi.

As soon as he saw the purple wind, Zhou Yunqi hurriedly said: "Hall master, the prince is ......."

Zi Feng hurriedly raised his hand to stop him from continuing, ordered Chen Yuan to leave first, and then turned his head to Liu Qingyun and said, "You go back to the room to rest first, Deacon Zhou has something important to discuss with me." ”

Liu Qingyun looked at Zhou Yunqi's anxious expression, her eyes suddenly showed a sad look, and asked, "What can't you say tomorrow, you have to come over at night?" Or I'm not an outsider. ”

Zi Feng sank his face and said, "Qingyun, go back!" ”

Although Liu Qingyun was reluctant to leave, she still didn't want to intervene in Zifeng's official business, and when she saw him urging her to leave, she had no choice but to walk out.

Zi Feng stared at her back tightly, until he saw her go back to his room, then he glanced at Zhou Yunqi and said, "Come in." ”

Liu Qingyun returned to her room, where to sit, she turned back and forth twice uneasily, and then went out again, tiptoed outside the Zifeng window, and listened attentively.

The two people in the room spoke in a very low voice, but Liu Qingyun was also a person who practiced martial arts, and her ears and eyes were clear, so she could hear their conversation word for word.

I only heard Zhou Yunqi say: "Hall Master, the prince wants you to kill the Wing King within ten days, this is a thousand difficulties, the Wing King has countless guards around him, although your martial arts are first-class, how can you compete with those masters?" If you go to assassinate the Wing King, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, that is, you are going to die, your subordinates are still not at ease after thinking about it, and the hall master needs to be cautious about this matter. ”

Zi Feng said: "I don't know the danger, but the prince's order can't be disobeyed." ”

Zhou Yunqi said: "Hall Master, you must not let the Sky Shaking Tiger know about this matter, if he knows, he will definitely stop you." ”

"Why?"

"Hall master, you think, the more you do for the prince, the more you will be appreciated by the prince, then the higher you will be promoted, and the greater your power will be, This is what the Sky Shaking Tiger doesn't want to see, and now the Sky Shaking Tiger is in despair, he said to people outside, in front of the prince let you out of the limelight, and he ended up with a 'cool breeze at sunset'. If you do this for the prince, will he be able to watch this credit be taken by you again? If he deliberately comes out to muddy the waters for you, I am afraid that it will be more and more unfavorable to you. ”

There was silence in the room for a moment, and then Zifeng's voice came: "Yes, I finally managed to get to the position of the master of the Martial Arts Hall today, there is no turning back, even if the road ahead is difficult, I can only go forward." Deacon Zhou, you don't have to make a noise about this matter, especially to Qingyun......"

The air fell into a deathly silence again, and after a moment, he continued: "If I succeed, then the prince will succeed, and our road ahead will be easy, if I don't succeed, I will become benevolent, I don't care, it's just that I'm worried about Qingyun's ......."

Suddenly, he let out a self-deprecating chuckle: "However, she still has her father, as well as Mrs. Liu and Ziyu, and she is not inferior to me." You go back first, let me think about it, it is about the lives of my brothers in Wudetang, this matter should be carefully planned, you must not act hastily, go to Wudetang tomorrow and then convene the commanders to discuss. ”

"The ...... of the Hallmaster"

"Deacon Zhou, don't say more, I should be cautious about this matter, you go back first."

“…… Yes, Church Master, you should rest early. ”

A sound of broken footsteps sounded, the door opened gently, Zhou Yunqi walked out, turned around and closed the door, and walked straight out of the courtyard.

Liu Qingyun walked out of his room again, stood between the slightly open windows of Zifeng's bedroom and looked in, only to see Zifeng sitting at the table in the room, stroking his forehead and pondering, with a trace of anxiety between his tightly locked eyebrows, and the dim candlelight shone on his face, making his handsome face as handsome as a knife shrouded in a layer of dim yellow halo, looking so haggard......