"Heir, how are you, are you hurt?!"

"Xingcai, how are you, are you hurt?!"

Xingcai got out of the berserk state, and Liu Chan also confirmed that the two of them had no rescue value at all, and it was impossible to leave them alive, so the two immediately turned to each other, looking each other up and down in unison.

It was not until it was confirmed that the other party was indeed not injured that he was relieved.

"Prince, his subordinates are incompetent and ineffective in escorting, please punish the prince!"

"The subordinates are incompetent, please punish the prince!"

The guards who rushed to hear the news outside the market, as well as the guards who were obviously here, but didn't do anything, turned out to be pale with fright, and immediately knelt down and apologized.

If the prince or Miss Zhang has three longs and two shorts, none of them want to live.

Especially the guard who had just been there, thinking of the dangerous scene just now, the assassin was obviously prepared.

If one of the princes and Miss Zhang is not good at martial arts, today's assassination will definitely end in tragedy.

The frightened guard sweated like rain, and his legs trembled incessantly, but it was not all for his own life.

If the other forces have no prince, they may only need to set up another one, but if the Han Dynasty loses the crown prince Liu Chan...... He couldn't even think about it.

"Lone and Xingcai have not been injured, so the death penalty can be avoided." Liu Chan said lightly, "This time the escort is not effective, so I will be punished for waiting for the March month, take twenty military scepters, and go back to the army to re-temper." ”

In fact, if you really want to talk about this assassination, you can't blame them.

But that's what they did, and no matter what the process was, they were responsible for the fact that the Assassin had overstepped their defenses and successfully launched the assassination.

If there is a reward for meritorious service, there should be a punishment for exceedance, and if the reward and punishment are not clear, the seriousness and majesty of the military order and law will be lost, and it will be detrimental in the long run.

"Yes! Thank you for your kindness. ”

The guards who were not executed were overjoyed, and at the same time received the punishment, they felt a lot more at ease, and they all thanked Liu Chan for his magnanimity and kindness.

"Thank you for the prince's grace not to kill!"

"Notify the county government, martial law at all gates, and arrange manpower to check the suspicious people in the city. This matter is temporarily blocked from the news, and if you hear bad rumors spread, you will not be forgiven! ”

"Yes!"

"Send someone to inform the prime minister and monk Shang Shu Ling, and go to the palace to discuss matters."

"Yes."

After arranging the follow-up matters, Liu Chan looked at Zhang Xingcai with a little apology: "I didn't expect that you just arrived, and you encountered this kind of thing in the capital."

"I thought we would have a bonfire barbecue dinner again as before, but I want to enter the palace immediately to report this matter to my father and discuss countermeasures, and it seems that we can only change the day."

Zhang Xingcai said: "Why should the heir care about such a trivial matter, hurry up and enter the palace, I will go back to the post house and wait for news." ”

"What kind of inn to go to, I don't know if the people behind them have any tricks, you can stay in the palace temporarily. It just so happens that my mother hasn't seen her for a long time, and she often thinks of you, so it's better for you to accompany her. ”

"Okay." Zhang Xingcai smiled gently, where is there still the majesty and domineering that can easily unload people's arms and twist people's heads.

When the newly appointed Chengdu county magistrate heard that the crown prince had been assassinated, he was so frightened that he almost lost his breath.

Is this still worth it?

He immediately mobilized all the manpower and launched a carpet investigation of Chengdu City.

At the same time, contact the guards of the city gates, martial law is imposed on the four gates, and not a single insect can be released.

The bodies of the two assassins were also brought back to the county government and handed over to the most experienced officials to see if they could find any clues.

Liu Chan returned to the palace with Xingcai, which was actually the original Hanzhong Palace.

The two of them still want to return to the old capital, so naturally it is impossible to build a new palace before the war is fought.

Let people settle down Xingcai, Liu Chan went straight to find Lao Liu.

When he saw Lao Liu, he sat there without saying a word.

Based on Liu Chan's understanding of him, he should already know what was going on.

This is not surprising, such a big event happened in Chengdu City, if Lao Liu couldn't know it at the first time, he might have been assassinated countless times.

And beside him kneeling was a person who was not a fresh face, but who could be called a high position, but had a very low sense of existence.

This person knelt in front of Liu Bei, who was expressionless at this time, and he didn't dare to gasp.

Liu Chan knew this person, his name was Liu Yan.

This is Liu Bei's rare real "clan member", and Lao Liu Nai is the same clan, and he was pulled up by Liu Beinian in the friendship of the same clan when he was in Yuzhou.

At the beginning, Lao Liu also had high hopes for him, but unfortunately this person was not that material at all, and his biggest hobby was to brag with high-ranking officials.

is in a high position, but he almost never participates in politics, and of course he can't discuss anything with his ability.

Although virtue is not worthy, for Lao Liu, who has no clan to follow, he still treats this only person of the same clan well.

Although he didn't know anything about military affairs, fortunately he didn't get into any big trouble, and he rose all the way up until recently he sat on the post of "middle two thousand stones" as a guard lieutenant.

In the early years, this position was quite important and deeply trusted by the emperor, and ordinary ministers could not even think about it.

Because this is the commander of the "Southern Army" who is responsible for guarding the palace, and the top boss of the guards.

Since the Han Dynasty, the royal forbidden army was divided into the north and the south, the northern army took care of the field warfare, and the southern army was a full-time palace guard.

Now that Lao Liu has ascended the throne, it is natural to restore the original structure, the stall may not be big enough, but the department must be complete.

The reason why it is said to be "early years" is because it was already in the Western Han Dynasty.

With the change of the actual authority of the officials of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the current Wei Wei has not changed in name, but in fact he has become a mascot-like existence, which is very suitable for Liu Yan.

In fact, Lao Liu called him today, just to see that he was a little floating after he was promoted, and he wanted to take advantage of this matter to knock him down.

It's a pity that Liu Yan, who basically has no political acumen, didn't understand it at all, thinking that Lao Liu Zhen was going to deal with him because of the assassination of the prince, and he was almost scared out of the......

"When you go back, you must strictly rectify the southern army, and you must not slack off! Let's go down. Lao Liu saw his son coming, and waved Liu Yan away.

Liu Yan was amnesty, and hurriedly kowtowed: "Yes!" Please rest assured that they will strengthen their guards and never let such a thing happen again! ”

Liu Yan, who bowed down and withdrew, saw Liu Chan and bowed his head to salute, and Liu Chan nodded slightly.

He really wasn't interested in this kind of person who was worthless from the inside out.

"Father, you already know?"

Lao Liu first looked Liu Chan up and down, and his expression relaxed: "Are you okay?" ”

Liu Chan smiled confidently: "How can a child be stabbed to death so easily." ”

Lao Liu finally couldn't hold back anymore, stood up with the case, and scolded angrily: "Don't let me find out who is causing the trouble!" I can't destroy the three clans, it's really hard to get rid of the hatred in my heart! ”

It seems that Lao Liu also thinks that there is an internal ghost.

This matter is indeed obvious, judging from the assassin's meticulous assassination plan, as well as the fact that Deng Zhi visited Wu and Xingcai came to Chengdu well, it must have been planned by someone inside, or provided information.

"Although this person is dressed as a Jingzhou army, the person behind him is probably not under the command of Second Uncle Guan." Liu Chan followed up and said his thoughts, "In my opinion, it should be the Yizhou officials and generals who did it. ”

At this time, the information is not smooth, and it is impossible for the officials and generals in Jingzhou to grasp the situation here so accurately.

"Well, that's true." Lao Liu nodded and said, "Do you have a goal in mind?" ”

Liu Chan nodded, and shook his head again: "The mastermind of the source is naturally Cao Wei in the north, and when the Han and Wu alliances are in place, if I am assassinated...... If you put some smoke that provokes us and the second uncle and Dongwu to pop out, the alliance will definitely blow.

"The biggest beneficiary is naturally Cao Wei, which is not difficult to guess. It's just that who is the mastermind within me, or who reports to Cao Wei...... But I don't have a clue. ”

Liu Bei nodded with relief at first, very satisfied with his son's analysis, but soon his face became gloomy again.

The Northern Expedition is imminent, and if this traitor cannot be found out, it will really make people feel like they are stuck in the throat.

(End of chapter)