"General Qi Zhen is back."

Half an hour later, a palace maid ran into Empress Zhang's bedroom.

Liu Yong got up and greeted him.

In the hall, Qi Zhen was still afraid of the dust on his body, and when he saw Liu Yong coming out, he hurriedly came over to greet him.

The villain chased after the assassin, seeing that he had caught up, but he did not want him to escape into the palace of the Queen Mother, the villain did not dare to trespass, and asked someone to go back to the Queen Mother, but was told that no stranger was found. The villain was worried about His Majesty and the Queen, so he had to return first. I also hope that His Majesty will take the villain to Cining Palace as soon as possible, so as not to lose the Queen Mother. Qi Zhen said.

Liu Yong's brows frowned slightly.

Is this person's escape into Cining Palace a coincidence or intention?

Liu Yong quickly thought of Chen Ji.

"General Qi can't make a noise about this matter, let me go and find out after dawn."

"Yes." Although he was puzzled, Qi Zhen still retreated.

After dawn, Liu Yong did not go to Cining Palace, he had more important things to do, and Wei Qing'er brought more news from the angel official.

It is said that this person is a master of Sima Zhaojin's palace, one of the people Sima Zhao trusts very much, and has also participated in the dispute between Sima Banru and Sima Yan's heir, and is suspected of favoring Sima Yan.

This person's surname is Cao, his name is ju, and he still has some relatives with Cao Cao, the original Emperor Wu of Wei, but I don't know why, when Sima Zhao was in charge of the government and overstepped, he became Sima Zhao's lackey.

Cao Ju was not accustomed to the noise of the military camp, and was now placed in a private house in the city by Sima Banru, with three personal guards by his side.

Liu Yong was excited.

"I've got it."

At noon, Liu Yong, dressed in civilian clothes, appeared near the house where Cao Ju lived with Qi Zhen.

"It's a trivial matter, why should Your Majesty go out in person, the villain just broke in and caught that Cao Ju." Qi Zhen rolled up his sleeves and said.

Liu Yong patted Qi Zhen's shoulder.

"The general's bravery is quite similar to his brother, but he rarely has the calmness of his brother."

Qi Zhen blinked a few times, not understanding what Liu Yong meant.

Liu Yong didn't explain, and pointed to the carriage covered with a dark coarse cloth not far away.

"The general can't let the three of them reveal the news, capture Cao Ju's house, and turn around immediately."

"The villain knows." Qi Zhen agreed, turned around and walked around to the back of the house.

I only heard a "crackling" sound, and almost in the blink of an eye, Qi Zhen had already broken out of the gate with a thin guy.

After a long time, Liu Yong saw a head full of blood poking out from under the gate, and he tried to raise it, and then hung down.

"The three guys are quite powerful, if it weren't for the drunkenness, the villain would really need some effort." Qi Zhen said, throwing the man into the car.

The man remained motionless, probably knocked unconscious by Qi Zhen.

Liu Yong smiled faintly, and jumped into the carriage.

The carriage did not return to the palace, but after a few turns in the street, it entered a narrow and gloomy alley.

Cao Ju was carried into a dilapidated room by Qi Zhen like a bag, and threw it on the ground with a "plop".

After a long time, Cao Ju woke up from his coma, and the ribs on both sides were almost broken by Qi Zhen, and he was still aching faintly until this time.

The young man sitting in front of him looked indifferent and stared at him without saying a word. Cao Ju didn't know Liu Yong, but he could sense that this young man was unusual, it was something innate that could not be told in words, and it made people feel inexplicably frightened just by looking at it.

"Lord Cao has been wronged." Liu Yong said in a low voice, "I am the queen of Shu Han, and I invite you here today just for one thing." ”

Cao Ju was startled, glanced at Qi Zhen, who was standing behind Liu Yong, glaring angrily, hurriedly got up, and knelt in front of Liu Yong with weak legs.

"The little and the villain have no eyes, and they have offended Your Majesty, and I hope that Your Majesty will stop worrying with the villain and let me live."

"Lord Cao is a reasonable person, and I naturally can't bear to hurt him, but Lord Cao still needs to act according to my will."

Cao Ju didn't know what Liu Yong was going to do by himself, so he lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything.

Liu Yong took out more than a dozen pieces of bamboo slips that had been painted with yellow from his body, slowly opened them, and the string twisted from the yellow silk worn in the middle of the bamboo slips made a soft sound after rubbing.

"I only need you to hand over this edict to Marquis Sima by hand." Liu Yong said.

"Where did the edict come from?" Cao Ju exclaimed, "Could it be that Your Majesty asked the villain to forward it to the Hou Ye?" ”

Liu Yong shook his head.

After reading the contents of the "edict", Cao Ju's face turned pale with fright, and his whole body trembled.

"Your Majesty needs to know that this kind of thing is going to harm the nine clans, and there is still an old mother in the villain's house, and the courage does not dare to do it."

Before Liu Yong could speak, Qi Zhen had already walked over, grabbed Cao Ju's thin neck with a big fan-like hand, and gently lifted it up.

"If you dare to push back, General Ben will unscrew your dog's head."

Cao Ju must be a civil official, where has he experienced such a thing, he was choked by Qi Zhen's throat, his face instantly turned blood-red, his feet kept kicking, and he begged for mercy with his eyes again and again.

Qi Zhen put Cao Ju down when he was almost unconscious.

Cao Ju only gasped for breath, and no longer had the courage to refuse.

In order to prevent Cao Ju from changing halfway, Liu Yong asked Qi Zhen to follow Cao Ju's side at any time, and he left quietly.

Another hour later, Cao Ju appeared outside Sima's forbidden Confucian tent.

"Master Hou hasn't woken up from a nap, please wait patiently." The samurai in front of the door was unceremonious to Cao Ju.

Cao Ju knew that Sima Banru's resentment towards him came from the dispute over the heir.

It's just that at that time, Sima Yan tried his best to win himself over, and Sima Banru would only have fun all day long, not to mention that Sima Zhao seemed to be inclined to make Sima Yan his heir. In this case, even if he was forced to choose, he could only choose Sima Yan.

"I also asked the general to go back again, and said that the villain's search for Hou Ye is a major matter related to the fate of Hou Ye." Cao Ju said in a low voice.

Qi Zhen, who was standing not far away, looked at Cao Ju, angry and hateful.

The samurai looked a little impatient.

At this time, a palace maid brought by Duan'er came out of the big tent with an empty teapot in her hand.

The samurai greeted him with a smile on his face, as if he had seen his own sister after a long absence.

"Girl, stay."

The maid paused and glanced at the samurai.

"What does the general command?"

"Don't dare, don't dare." The warrior hurriedly waved his hand, "The villain didn't dare to disturb when he saw that the marquis was talking to Her Royal Highness the princess, but the angel official came to see him again, and said that there was an urgent matter, so the villain had to ask the girl for help and go back to the marquis." ”

The palace maid turned her head and looked at Cao Ju.

"Master Hou is having a good conversation with my princess, so it's probably inappropriate to disturb at this time. You two will wait here for a while, and then I will return after I get the fragrant tea. ”

"Thank you, girl." Samurai said.

The maid leaves.

It wasn't until the sun was in the west that a palace maid came out of the big tent to ask Cao Ju to go in.

Cao Ju was already standing with weak legs and a big head, and when he heard the summons, he groped around his waist with his hand, and glanced back at Qi Zhen, who had been staring at him, before he hunched over and walked into the big tent.