While Shen Ye was speaking, Su Yan had already reacted quickly and put the Yangzhou double blade next to the old man's neck.

Shen Ye stared at the old man's face, nervous to the extreme.

"Your Highness, spare your life, the little old man just overheard your words." The old man explained anxiously.

Shen Ye condensed and said, "How could I have said my identity? ”

"Just a few days ago?"

"How many days ago?" Shen Ye was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered what he said during the meal.

The old man swallowed his saliva and said in a trembling voice: "The little old man was behind the wall that day, and he heard everyone's words clearly. ”

Su Yan said coldly: "Impossible, I checked that room when His Highness was eating, and there could be no one next to it." ”

"The adults didn't notice it because I was hiding in the secret door in the room."

"Secret door?" Su Yan frowned.

The old man hurriedly said: "The old people in this village are used to seeing wars, and there are secret doors or cellars in every room to help us avoid wars. ”

"Su Xian." Shen Ye glanced at Su Yan, and Su Yan put down his blade.

I saw the old man walk to a shelf in the house that was piled up with debris, and move it hard.

"No effort." Su Yan walked to the shelf and knocked hard directly on the wall behind him, and a low thump came from the wall.

"Your Highness, it's empty." Su Yan nodded at Shen Ye.

Shen Ye remembered the scene at that time, squinted his eyes and said, "Why are you eavesdropping on our conversation?" ”

The old man's face was a little embarrassed: "The people of my clan have just been defeated, and the people in the village are already panicking, and when you arrive, we are all worried, so we will make this move, and I don't want to hear your identity." ”

Shen Ye breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably in his heart, although he saw that the old man's words were a little insincere, he still asked what he said: "You said that there are officers and soldiers who want to murder me, and you also overheard it?" ”

The old man hurriedly nodded and said: "Exactly, there are a few military masters who happened to rest in the room where you were a few days ago, and the little old man heard them say that the third watch tonight should not be lost, and when the little old man passed by the stove, he also noticed that the stove seemed to have been tampered with." ”

Shen Ye raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Who else knows about this matter?" ”

"The old man heard the news and hurried over, and no second person knew."

Shen Ye was silent for a while, then raised his head and said slowly: "No matter what, you can be regarded as having made a meritorious contribution, and I will reward you afterwards." ”

The old man's heart was hot, knowing that he had made the right bet, he immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed and thanked him, only to hear Shen Ye continue: "But my identity must not be revealed, if you ......"

"The little old man understands."

The old man was also dry, he immediately bit his finger, wiped the blood on his neck, and said solemnly: "I swear by the ancestors of the Holy Church that I will never reveal the identity of His Highness." ”

Shen Ye and Su Xian had seen Gongshan Yu, the leader of the Gongshan clan, swear in the Gongshan camp, and after seeing the old man act like this, the two of them were a little less wary of the old man.

"This matter has nothing to do with you, so you stand down, stay in the house for the rest of your life, and don't come out tonight, no matter what happens."

"Yes."

After the old man left, Su Yan said: "We expected that the people of Jiuqu would act tonight, but we didn't expect that they would actually learn the tricks of the Baiyi tribes and choose to poison the food. ”

"In short, tell our people not to touch the food tonight, but don't let the people of Jiuqu see the flaws."

"Okay, what else does Your Highness have to order?"

Shen Ye asked thoughtfully, "How credible do you think this old man's words are?" ”

Su Yan was stunned for a moment, a little unsure of what Shen Ye meant.

Shen Ye said softly: "When we came all the way, Baili Lu once told us that most of the villages in Yizhou should not be provoked. ”

Su Yan hesitated: "Your Highness is saying that this old man is not a last resort to eavesdrop on us. ”

"Yes, the war in Yizhou, many villages are not spared, or looted by horse bandits, or destroyed by the hands of rogues, this village not only has no traces of war, but also inhabited by all the old people, where do they have the ability to protect themselves? Perhaps it is because they are old people that the people who borrow or raid here will let down their vigilance against them, and these old people will also decide whether to commit murder according to the strength of the people who live here, and in addition, there is also a possibility that they may have something to do with those horse bandits. ”

Su Yan said suddenly: "Your Highness said that the old man had the intention of attacking us at that time, but because he heard His Highness's identity and was afraid of getting into trouble, he didn't take action?" ”

"It's just my guess."

"Your Highness, do you want to settle them all together tonight?" Su Yan said in a low voice.

Shen Ye pondered for a moment and shook his head: "The talents of Jiuqu are our biggest threat, we only care about them tonight, as for these old people in the village, I can only temporarily conclude that their identity is not simple, especially the old man who knows my identity." Although he swore an oath, I was still a little relieved, and after this incident, let this person go with us. ”

"Yes."

……

"Is it a bit rude for a man to break into a woman's bedroom in the middle of the night?" Dongguan Zhengxiang said rudely, but his eyes were full of jokes.

Shen Ye, who walked into the house, was carefully avoiding the mechanism placed on the ground, and when he heard this, Shen Ye pointed to the tightly fitting clothes on Dongguan Zhengxiang's body, and said with a look of indifference: "The elder is not resting again?" ”

Dongguan Zhengxiang's face was slightly red, and she bit her lips: "If I'm really resting, what will you do?" ”

Shen Ye felt a little helpless in his heart, stroked his forehead and said, "My elder, don't be joking at this time. ”

Dongguan Zhengxiang smiled lightly, looked at Shen Ye's helpless expression, and said, "Did Su Yan ask you to come?" ”

"After all, the people of Jiuqu are coming to me, and the room where I live must be the target of the other party's main attack, although we have been prepared, Su Yan and Xiang Hao are still a little worried about my safety and don't want me to be in danger, so let me seek refuge from the elders."

Dongguan Zhengxiang smiled confidently: "With me, even if the people of Jiuqu attack here, they will not be allowed to succeed easily." ”

Shen Ye looked around at the various mechanisms placed in the room, and couldn't help but be a little curious about how Dongguan Zhengxiang had made so many objects in such a short period of time.

Dongguan Zhengxiang said tentatively: "A user of the double blades of Yangzhou, a general of Beifu, why are they so loyal to you?" ”

Shen Ye's heart moved slightly, he didn't know if Dongguan Zhengxiang had guessed something, he shrugged his shoulders: "Maybe they, like you, recognized me as the son of King Jing?" ”

Dongguan Zhengxiang smiled faintly, she was a smart person, since Shen Ye didn't want to tell her identity, she didn't bother to ask.