Zhao Zhentian swept the people on the boat, but did not see the eldest prince, before coming out, someone had already shown him the portrait of the eldest prince, and received a note, thinking that the eldest prince was on these three boats, but he didn't see it.

And the white-faced and beardless middle-aged man standing in the middle, although he has a commanding temperament and is also a person in a high position, he does not have that noble taste, and it is obviously because of people. The so-called servants around the official family, and the guards in front of the prime minister's door are all such people.

And the guards standing behind him, judging by their bravery and bravery, are even higher than the guards of the Zhao family, which is a stroke that only the royal family can take.

He knew this, stepped forward, and asked, "I don't know what this lord is called?"

Of course, this white-bearded middle-aged man was Gonggong Zhang, who came alone with three boats, he stood still and said proudly: "You are the main thing here?"

Zhao Zhentian scolded secretly in his heart, dog minion. But in view of the face of the other master, he had no choice but to arch his hand and said: "It is the deacon of the Zhao family's Yanwutang, Zhao Zhentian, who is ordered by the patriarch to search for thieves here. ”

Gonggong Zhang laughed twice, the laughter was sharp, piercing the eardrums, annoying people, he said: "Didn't you come to greet my master?" He didn't know that the Zhao family knew that Wen Xiucai was haunting Nanzhi Mansion, and he had previously sent a message that the eldest prince of the Zhao family was coming, but now it was almost not far from Nanzhi Mansion, but there was no official team to greet him, which made him angry, this Zhao family actually dared to snub the eldest prince.

Zhao Zhentian followed Gonggong Zhang's words and asked, "I don't know who your master is?"

Gonggong Zhang's tone suddenly excited: "My master is His Royal Highness the Great Prince, he was going to come to Zhao's Mansion, but because he suddenly became ill, he stayed in Shenzhou, our family is His Royal Highness's servant Gonggong Zhang, although His Royal Highness can't come, but he still entrusted me to bring many valuable gifts to the Zhao family." ”

Zhao Zhentian perked up, it was indeed the fleet of the eldest prince, but why was the eldest prince not on the boat, he approached Gonggong Zhang and whispered: "My lord, is the eldest prince hiding on the boat." ”

Gonggong Zhang waved his hand and flatly refused: "No, the eldest prince is still recuperating in the Imperial City of Shenzhou." Take me to your family chief, I have a letter from the eldest prince to give him. He muttered to himself, how can I tell you that the eldest prince went to Nanzhi Mansion by land, if the news is revealed, it will not be good to attract Wen Xiucai, a murderer, everything must be low-key.

Zhao Zhentian was stunned for a moment, if the eldest prince was not in the fleet, he would avoid the danger of being found by Wen Xiucai, but for the sake of prudence, he saluted first and said: "In this case, then please ask Gonggong Zhang to come out with a certificate that can prove your identity, and after I verify, I will immediately send a fleet to escort you to Fucheng." ”

Father-in-law Zhang listened, slightly annoyed, but he didn't say anything, turned around, and ordered his subordinates to hand over a token, Zhao Zhentian took a look, this token is made of pure gold, the front is engraved with a lively dragon, turned over, the back is engraved with "Yan", the eldest prince is called Ji Yan, this token can indeed prove the identity of Gonggong Zhang.

Zhao Zhentian pondered for a while, then returned the token, saluted again, and said, "Father-in-law Zhang, if you lose, I will send a fleet to escort you to Zhao's mansion, and I will also lead the way for my father-in-law in the fleet." ”

He turned around and called his subordinates and said, "Find two boats, hang 'Zhao', and escort Gonggong Zhang and his party to Zhao's mansion." After giving the order, he arched his hand towards Gonggong Zhang and said, "I hope Gonggong Zhang has a good trip, so I won't bother." With that, he withdrew.

After coming out, he found a pen and paper, wrote a letter, summoned his subordinates, and asked them to send carrier pigeons to Fucheng.

...............

Zhao Tianyan is working in the official residence of the assassin history, he is also the head of the Zhao family and the assassin of Liangzhou, and he is busy with affairs, and he has no time to spare.

At this time, Zhao Tianxiong walked in, the relationship between the two was extraordinary, and he could also come in to see Zhao Tianyan in the Assassin's Mansion without passing the rumor.

Zhao Tianxiong found a chair and sat down, and said: "Zhentian sent carrier pigeons to find the fleet of the eldest prince, but Gonggong Zhang on the boat said that the eldest prince was sick and did not come, but asked Gonggong Zhang to come with gifts from three boats, and also said that Gonggong Zhang brought a letter from the eldest prince. When he said "three-of-a-kind", his tone was slightly heavier.

Zhao Tianyan put down the ink pen in his hand, and said after a little hesitation: "Why don't you give gifts to three boats, the eldest prince must be on the boat when you come out." It's just that I don't know if I'm not there later? Zhentian can go up and search. ”

Zhao Tianxiong shook his head and said, "Gonggong Zhang showed the personal token of the eldest prince, and Zhentian didn't dare to order a search. ”

Zhao Tianyan sighed lightly and said: "Zhentian is not good at this, he is too sleek, less decisive, he has never understood that he is not as good as Xueqing, not martial arts, but personality." Now that the world is about to change greatly, he is more than successful but not suitable for development. ”

Zhao Tianxiong nodded: "It's still too early to talk about them, at least they have to enter the eighth and ninth orders of enlightenment to decide, and we old bones can last a few years." He paused and said, "Xue Qing told me that Lord Xing Sheng finally said how he was injured, and he was actually taken away by the demon fox who had been two tails. ”

Zhao Tianyan nodded and said, "She also told me." ”

Zhao Tianxiong asked, "Big brother, what do you think?"

Zhao Tianyan stood up and paced slowly indoors, this was indeed the impact of changing their long-standing concepts, and he said slowly: "If there are demon beasts in the wild, then there must be a countervailing force among the human race, otherwise they would have been able to do whatever they wanted." ”

"When the sky fell, there was a tall man on top. Since the demon beast has not emerged for a thousand years, it can only be said that Lord Xing Sheng's injury was just an accident. We don't have to take this into account when we deal with things and solve problems. ”

Zhao Tianxiong nodded, the patriarch's words were to the point, hey, I can only blame Lord Xing Sheng for his bad luck, how to provoke the demon beast.

"The main trouble now is that if the eldest prince hides in the boat and only gets to the dock, I want to see him and let him return immediately without entering the palace. Zhao Tianyan continued.

............

In the evening of the next day, the fleet arrived at the Fucheng wharf, at this time Zhao Tianyan and Zhao Tianxiong stood at the wharf in person and waited, they also knew something about Gonggong Zhang, he was the number one eunuch under the eldest prince, and he was the popular man of the eldest prince, in order to give the eldest prince face, and also to confirm where the eldest prince was, only if they came forward, this father-in-law would speak honestly.

Gonggong Zhang led people to get off the boat, Zhao Zhentian accompanied him, and he introduced: "This is Gonggong Zhang of the Great Prince's Mansion, and this is Zhao Tianyan, the patriarch of our Zhao family, and Zhao Tianxiong, the hall master of the Zhao family's martial arts hall. ”

The two of them greeted him, and Zhao Tianyan laughed and said: "Father-in-law Zhang, is this journey smooth? The old man has been waiting for several days, but he can be regarded as seeing Father-in-law Zhang, I don't know how the eldest prince is in health?"

Gonggong Zhang swept around, and stopped talking.

Zhao Tianyan knew that the word "illness" was really fake, and with a wave of his hand, Zhao Zhentian and all the guards dispersed, standing in the distance to guard.

Gonggong Zhang arched his hand and said: "Patriarch Zhao, the eldest prince is actually not sick, he originally came together." ”

Zhao Tianyan and Zhao Tianxiong looked at each other, as expected.

Gonggong Zhang continued: "On the way here, we received information that the prince of Qingzhou was killed by the bloody Xiucai, and his death was extremely miserable. Fearing that we would come and leak the news and attract this great enemy, the prince and his escort disembarked and entered the city by land. ”

"The eldest prince will disguise themselves as merchants to stay in the largest inn in the city, and ask the patriarch to secretly go to meet at that time. ”

Zhao Tianyan's face changed sharply, and he said, "The eldest prince also knows that Wen Xiucai has appeared again, and he has already entered the mansion city?"

Grandpa Zhang nodded, puzzled, "What's wrong?"

Zhao Tianyan sighed lightly and said, "Wen Xiucai appeared in my Zhao Mansion two days ago, and killed two people from my Zhao family. The eldest prince is too reckless, I hope that the disguise is good enough, otherwise it may cause a catastrophe. ”

Gonggong Zhang's face turned white, this is a problem, he already understands the actions of the eldest prince, and he will even meet Wen Xiucai directly in the palace.

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At night, in the largest inn in Nanzhi Mansion in Fucheng, there is a quiet courtyard, four people sit around, two people stand, and a brazier is placed on one side.

The four people sitting were the Great Xia Prince and Lin Lang, who had slipped into the palace in disguise, and Zhao Tianyan and Zhao Tianxiong, who came over at night, and the two who were standing were Zhang Gonggong and Zhao Zhentian.

The eldest prince was surprised: "So, on the contrary, I am clever and put myself in danger." ”

Zhao Tianyan nodded and said, "Xing Sheng felt the traces of that sword from the corpses of my two Yanwutang teachers. ”

The eldest prince said curiously: "Which sword?"

Zhao Tianxiong said in a deep voice: "Of course, it's the divine weapon in the capital. Xing Sheng said that the two sects had suffered a similar aura before they died, similar to being attacked by the divine weapon. ”

The eldest prince nodded slowly, there was only one of the divine weapons in Great Xia, and it was in the hands of an old eunuch who was loyal to the emperor. And in the past hundred years, this old eunuch has really made a move ten years ago.

Once again, it evoked the terrifying memories of the top martial artists of Great Xia for this divine weapon. Even a genius like Wen Xiucai can't resist it, but compared to the grandmasters who have all died before, Wen Xiucai was able to escape, which was beyond everyone's expectations.

When the Great Xia was founded a thousand years ago, this divine weapon created a great reputation, and then this divine weapon was controlled by eunuchs loyal to the emperor, and the use conditions of this divine weapon are also extremely harsh, and it can only be used by the ninth order and above, otherwise it may be damaged by the divine soldier first.

Therefore, Great Xia also attaches great importance to the cultivation of eunuchs in the imperial city, not even under a few princes, after all, this divine weapon is the last killer weapon of the imperial family.

If it is passed on to the prince, the emperor is afraid that he will not dare to sit on the throne with peace of mind, and I don't know that one day the prince will kill his head and usurp the throne.

As the great prince of Great Xia, of course he knows everything.

At this time, Lin Lang smiled and said, "Isn't Lord Zhao Xingsheng able to protect His Highness's safety?"