The fourth prince and the third prince still have something to do, and after visiting His Royal Highness the Prince, they returned to the palace. Zhao Yao was worried about the injury of the Eighth Prince, so he did not return to the palace with the Fourth Prince, but stayed in the Dragon Protector Temple to guard the Eighth Prince.

At first, Zhao Yao wanted to stay, but the fourth prince was not at ease, after all, the prince was only assassinated last night, maybe there will be a second assassination, and it is too dangerous for Zhao Yao to stay in the Dragon Protection Temple. However, Zhao Yao told him that Emperor Wu of Zhou had already sent people to tighten the defense of the Dragon Guarding Temple, and there would be no second wave of assassins.

Seeing that Zhao Yao insisted on staying and taking care of the eighth prince, the fourth prince couldn't do it, so he could only agree to him. If the four princes didn't want to repair history, they would stay with Zhao Yao.

Before leaving, the fourth prince repeatedly told Zhao Yao to pay attention to safety and not to tire himself out by taking care of the eighth prince.

For the four princes, the seriously injured eighth prince is not as important as Zhao Yao.

At this time, in the house of the Eighth Prince, Zhao Yao stood aside and watched Yu Hai feed the Eighth Prince to drink medicine.

Although the eighth prince is unconscious, fortunately, he can still drink medicine. However, the eighth prince still did not subside.

The temperature on the forehead and face of the Eighth Prince was particularly hot, which made Yu Hai and Zhao Yao particularly worried. The doctor said that anyone who is seriously injured has a fever and will continue to have it for several days. If the fever does not subside after several days, it is dangerous.

Zhao Yao remembered that when he was sick and had a fever before, Liang Zhaoyi would wipe his body with warm water every once in a while to cool down. Zhao Yao told Yu Hai to let him also wipe the Eighth Prince's body with warm water.

Yu Hai wiped the body of the Eighth Prince with warm water every other hour, as if it really had a role, and the Eighth Prince's whole body didn't seem to be as hot as before.

Because he was worried about the Eighth Prince, Zhao Yao didn't have the appetite to eat the fast food of the Dragon Protection Temple.

Yu Hai saw that Zhao Yao was so worried about the Eighth Prince, and sighed in his heart that the Eighth Prince did not hurt Zhao Yao in vain.

During the period when the Eighth Prince was in a coma, he kept frowning and his expression looked very painful.

"Starlings must be in pain." Although Zhao Yao didn't see the two wounds on the Eighth Emperor's abdomen, he knew that the two wounds were very deep when he saw that the gauze that bandaged his abdominal wound was bloodstained.

He reached out and touched the center of the Eighth Emperor's frowning eyebrows, trying to smooth it.

"Starling, you have to wake up quickly, so that you can get better quickly." Zhao Yao gently shook the Eighth Prince's hand, "Starling, if you don't wake up, I don't have the appetite to eat the delicious food of the Dragon Protection Temple." ”

Yu Hai's eyes were red, with tears in his eyes, and his voice was choked: "Ten Highnesses, Your Highness will definitely wake up." ”

"Well, starlings will definitely wake up."

At this time, the prince walked in, and Zhao Yao hurriedly stood up and saluted, but was stopped by the prince raising his hand.

"Tenth brother, you don't need so many courtesies here."

"Yes, Brother Prince."

The prince stretched out his hand and touched Zhao Yao's little head, and said softly: "Tenth brother, I will guard the eighth brother and go to rest for a while." ”

"Brother Prince, I'll guard the starling with you." Zhao Yao said obediently, "With the two of us guarding the starling, maybe we can make the starling wake up early." ”

Hearing Zhao Yao say this, the prince's eyes were soft, and he said softly: "Okay, let's guard together." ”

The crown prince sat on the edge of the eighth prince's bed, and Zhao Yao lay at the foot of the eighth prince's bed. The crown prince spoke to the sleeping Eighth Emperor as if he were chatting on a daily basis: "Father has already ordered Uncle and General Shen to investigate this assassination together, and there will be results soon." "Because he was afraid of Zhao Yao's presence, the prince did not say what doubts he had in his heart." The assassins who assassinated me were dead soldiers, and they were treacherous, some like the dead soldiers of the Wang family, the Xun family, the Yuan family, and the Yu family, and I don't know which dead soldiers they were. ”

Zhao Yao lay at the end of the bed, quietly listening to the prince's words, and did not interrupt without opening his mouth.

Who is going to assassinate the prince's brother?

Second brother?

When the prince's brother had an accident, the first object of suspicion was the second brother. The second brother also knew this, and he would not be stupid enough to send an assassin to assassinate the prince's brother.

Moreover, if the second brother wanted to assassinate the prince's brother, he would have started assassinating him a few years earlier, and there was no need to wait until now, after all, the prince's brother would come to the Dragon Protection Temple every year to pray for blessings.

It shouldn't be the second brother's person.

The third brother and the fifth brother, or the sixth brother?

Quite possibly.

The Wang family, the Xun family, and the Yuan family behind the third brother are the gate valve families second only to the Xie family, and they are never willing to succumb to the Xie family all the time. It has long been obvious that they support the three princes and their competition for that position, but they can't compete with the Zhenguo Mansion and the Xuanping Marquis Mansion for the time being, so there has been no big move.

The Wang family and the Xun family didn't make trouble, because they wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and watch the prince's brother's party and the second brother's party fight. When they fight to the death, they can reap the benefits of the fisherman.

However, it is not excluded that the Wang family and the Xun family are secretly fanning the flames and adding fuel to the fire, making the prince's brother's party and the people acting for the king's party fight even more fiercely.

The third brother will become an adult next year, and there has been no news about his fief so far, and there is no news about whether the third brother will go to the fief or stay in the capital when he becomes an adult.

The Wang family supports the three princes to fight for that position, and it is impossible not to plan for him at all. Regarding the fiefdom of the three princes, the Wang family must have taken a fancy to a place not far from the capital. The Wang family must also want to keep the three princes in Beijing.

When a prince becomes an adult, he usually goes to his fiefdom. There are good and bad things about going to your own fiefdom. If it is a good thing, returning to the fiefdom can cultivate and strengthen one's own power. If it is bad, staying away from the capital is equivalent to staying away from the center of power. Also, I will receive the news about what happened in the capital one step later, and what I want to do at that time will also be one step later.

The Wang family wanted the three princes to continue to stay in the capital like the acting king. Moreover, there is another advantage to staying in the capital, that is, it can please the emperor.

The acting king is now in full swing, and even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a cut short of him, so there is no need to talk about the Wang family. If you want to deal with the king, you can only use extraordinary means.

It is also possible that the Wang family, the Xun family, and the Yuan family cooperated to assassinate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince together, and blame the acting king.

Even if the acting king is favored, assassinating the prince is a serious crime, and it is impossible for Emperor Wu of Zhou to favor him, and he can only be dealt with by national law at that time.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the king sent someone to assassinate him. The crown prince was assassinated, and the acting king was the first to be suspected, because of this, many people would think that the acting king could not be so stupid. The acting king took advantage of this and assassinated the crown prince.

Zhao Yao said silently in his heart, the second brother and the third brother may send someone to assassinate the prince's elder brother.

Wait, there are two more people who will also send someone to assassinate the prince's brother, that is, Queen Xie and Seventh Brother.

Although Empress Xie is the sister of the first queen, Queen Xie is the concubine, and the first queen is the concubine. Empress Xie was already a little shorter than the queen because of her young age, and it was impossible for her son to be subservient to the prince's elder brother.

As long as the prince's brother is dead, the seventh brother is the only son-in-law. According to the rules of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the crown prince must be a concubine. The prince's brother is gone, and the seventh brother will be made the prince immediately.

Except for the fourth brother, everyone is suspicious, and they all have motives. Whoever of them is not at all surprised.

Who is it?

Zhao Yao thought about it for a long time, but he didn't figure out who was the most suspicious.

Forget it, this matter has nothing to do with him, so he doesn't have to worry about it.

The crown prince was still talking to the unconscious Eighth Prince, saying that today he asked the monks to pray for the blessing of the Eighth Prince's practice. When Zhao Yao heard this, he sighed in his heart, the prince's brother is really good to the starling. Starling is the savior of the prince's brother, and the prince's brother should be good to the starling.

Zhao Yao listened, lay at the end of the bed and fell asleep in a daze.

Yu Hai saw that Zhao Yao was asleep, asked the prince, and immediately carried Zhao Yao to the next room with a very light movement.

Early this morning, Zhao Yao heard that the Eighth Prince was seriously injured, and he hurried to the Dragon Protector Temple without even having breakfast. After coming to the Dragon Protector Temple, he has been guarding the bedside of the Eighth Prince and has not rested.

Zhao Yao didn't sleep long before he was woken up hungry. He didn't eat breakfast, and he didn't eat much lunch, and his little stomach was already rumbling with hunger.

Tongxi had already guessed that Zhao Yao would be hungry when he woke up, so he asked the kitchen of the Dragon Protector Temple to prepare some food for him.

After Zhao Yao woke up, he ate some perfunctory, and then went to the bedside of the Eighth Prince to guard.

I hope that my father can find out the mastermind behind the scenes as soon as possible and avenge the prince's brother and starling.

At this time, in the imperial study of Chengguang Palace, Emperor Wu of Zhou was listening to the reports of Zhenguo Gong and Shen Hu.

For most of the day, Zhen Guogong and Chu Ying found a lot of things. They had found out the identity and origin of the Assassins. However, they have no intersection with the Wang family, the Xun family, the Yuan family, and the Yu family.

Emperor Wu of Zhou curled the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "So these assassins don't have any background? ”

Shen Hu said: "On the surface, this is the case, but Chen feels that these assassins are not simple. If they really don't have any background, where did their weird body come from? ”

Chu Ying continued Shen Hu's words and said: "They are obviously dead soldiers, and it is impossible for dead soldiers who have undergone strict training to have no background at all. ”

Zhen Guogong also said: "The identities and origins of these assassins should have been forged. ”

The identity and origin of the assassin who assassinated the crown prince before entering the Dragon Protector Temple were the same as ordinary people, which was too normal. It is clear that their identities and origins are fake, and someone has faked everything for them.

"That's what you found today?"

Listening to Emperor Zhou Wu's flat tone, Shen Hu and Zhen Guogong knew that Emperor Zhou Wu was not satisfied with their investigation.

"The emperor forgives the sins."

Emperor Wu of Zhou said in a deep voice: "I will give you three days, and I can't find out who is the mastermind behind the scenes, and I will not spare it!" ”

"Yes!"

Emperor Wu of Zhou glanced at Shen Hu with disgust: "Get out." ”

Shen Hu and the others didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly retreated respectfully.

Walking out of the imperial study, Shen Hu complained to Chu Ying: "I just said, tell the emperor this, the emperor will definitely be unhappy, if you don't listen, you have to tell the emperor." ”

Chu Ying glanced at Shen Hu and said angrily: "We have been checking for a day, and we haven't told the emperor a word, and the emperor will be even more angry." ”

Zhen Guogong hurriedly persuaded him: "This is not the time for the two generals to quarrel, we have to think about how to investigate next." ”

"Does Zhen Guogong have any suggestions?"

Zhao Yao: Starling, wake up quickly, I still want to eat the fast food of the Dragon Temple.

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