After rebirth, I made the princes cry

The envoy post station is specially designed for receiving diplomatic envoys, and its structure is of course different from that of ordinary post stations. This time, most of the envoys' guards actually live in the houses on the east and west roads, while the southern courtyard separated by a leisure garden is actually more appropriately called the outer yamen. It is not only the place where envoys meet guests, but also the various offices where the clerks of the envoy post station usually do their official business. It is not noisy, but it is crowded and eye-catching. When the guest officer was ridiculed by the left deputy envoy earlier, it had already caught the attention of many clerks and post station officials. At this moment, twenty or thirty envoys' guards suddenly poured in from the east and west gates, and surrounded the guest officer directly outside the front hall. Everyone was immediately panicked by the solemn atmosphere.

Even Shen Jiu, a spy from the Flying Eagle Department, was so startled that he tripped on the threshold when he came out of the office after hearing the noise.

Everything was calm and peaceful, what happened suddenly?

Even if the Left Deputy Envoy, who also holds the Black Jade Order, designed to make the King of Northern Han retreat and surrender, if he really wanted to use the envoys' guards to arrest the ministers and officials of Northern Han under the feet of the king of Northern Han, it would be tantamount to declaring war on Northern Han. Although His Majesty has granted the envoys the power to make decisions on the spot, the Dayu Envoy's tough attitude is not disregarding his own safety. Dayu is now not only the Lord of Shenyuan Palace, but also two princes in Chang'an City!

Among the people in the room, only Ke Cao Ling knew what happened in the post station. However, An Yu did not succeed, and she could not succeed at all. Deputy Envoy Zuo almost believed that he was the leader of the assassination. Such an attitude was already unusual. Now he even put on such a big battle. Where did Deputy Envoy Zuo get the courage? ! Completely turning against the Han Dynasty, how could it be good for Dongyu?

Ke Cao Lingke was still eager to argue with the envoy face to face. He expected that An Yu, a cowardly slave, would not rather die than confess the mastermind, and he would never condone Dong Yu's rather cunning Left Deputy Envoy to cover up the accident and let it go. An Yu's death would help advance the next plan, but he never expected that the Left Deputy Envoy would not only not let it go, but actually planned to massacre the envoy's post!!!

"You, what are you doing? Where is the Left Deputy Envoy? Where is the Left Deputy Envoy? You, the Dongyu envoys, actually dared to cause chaos in our capital and violate the etiquette of diplomatic relations. Are you trying to force our dynasty to regard you as enemies and kill you?!"

"Ke Cao Ling, don't get excited."

As soon as Ke Cao Ling's roar stopped, Shen Jiu heard a woman's light and soft voice. He subconsciously tiptoed and walked over a crowd of people, then he saw a young woman with only two princes following her approaching. Shen Jiu had not actually seen the new commander yet. He only knew that she was younger than the Fourth Prince and was the granddaughter of the first commander, Duke Linyi. Shen Jiu had been trained by Duke Linyi, but in his impression, Duke Linyi's youngest son, Wang Dao, was just a handsome young man back then.

Although the Left Deputy Envoy held an official position in the Dayu Dynasty, he did not wear men's clothes. However, women's clothes brought out her particularly refreshing demeanor. Her fair and clean face was not stained by any makeup, and her eyebrows and eyes were clear. She appeared in such a tense occasion, but with a slight smile on the corner of her lips, she immediately dispelled the solemn atmosphere.

Shen Jiu listened to her again: "I just asked everyone to gather in the front hall, how come the guest officer was so panicked?"

One of the envoys replied with a smile, "We dare not disobey the order of the Left Deputy Envoy. We were just gathering in the front hall, and the guest commander just happened to come out of the front hall. I think he misunderstood our intention to be disrespectful to him."

Ying Shu turned around and faced the guest commander: "Look, the envoys didn't even wear swords, and they didn't enter any office without permission. Because of a sudden incident in the post station earlier, I think it is necessary to question the public outside the front hall, so I ordered all the guards with official ranks to gather here first. This should... not violate the etiquette of diplomatic relations, right?"

Ke Cao Ling was speechless.

Nanci smiled and said, "Not only did the guards not carry long swords, I also did not carry a sword. I did not expect that just an ordinary gathering would cause the guest commander to panic. The guest commander was not as calm as usual today."

"I have heard from the Left Deputy Envoy earlier that the Third Prince was invited to come here because of a sudden accident. I can't help but feel nervous and suspicious." He barely explained why he had acted out of character just now.

Ying Shu said, "I am not making a fuss over nothing and summoning the guards on purpose. This morning, the Third Palace did not go out to the post station, but was almost assassinated in the inner residence. Although there was no danger and no injuries, this case cannot be left unresolved. It is the duty of the guards to protect the envoys, but I think that this case cannot be held accountable to our guards. When such an incident occurs, the details should be reported to His Majesty. In order for His Majesty to verify it in the future, I have to summon the guards to the scene for the hearing."

The Third Prince was almost assassinated? !

Shen Jiu was greatly shocked. At the same time, he heard a colleague beside him couldn't help but let out a low cry.

Although he was the only spy from Dayu among the messengers, not all of the clerks and post officials were the confidants of Ke Cao Ling. The one next to Shen Jiu was actually Gao Nujun's man. Shen Jiu even knew that the postmaster standing behind Ke Cao Ling was secretly dealing with a merchant from a noble family in Northern Qi.

He then heard Ying Shu say, "According to the assassin, she was following orders from Ke Cao Ling."

The third prince felt that he should show anger now.

"Ke Cao Ling, you were so nervous just now, and even tried to accuse our delegation of plotting something illegal. Isn't it because you know that today's case might not end well?!"

Ke Cao Ling did not see the key witness An Yu appear, but he heard Ying Shu and the third prince clearly identified him as the mastermind. It was not difficult to judge that the other party must have left An Yu alive. His plan was definitely not to turn against the envoy, and one of his plans was to deliberately escalate the situation. He thought that the other party had fallen into the trap, and now he was relaxed.

"This is what happened?!" As soon as he relaxed, the guest commander calmly put on his acting skills: "No wonder the Left Deputy Envoy was so serious when he arrived at the envoy's post today. I would like to ask your highnesses and the Left Deputy Envoy to understand that I was appointed as the guest commander and shoulder the important responsibility of protecting the envoys. If anything goes wrong with your envoy, I will be blamed. How could I order an assassin to kill your highness?"

"What Ke Cao Ling means is that I deliberately fabricated charges to frame you?!" The third prince raised his eyebrows, furious.

Nanci had already guessed what Yingshu was thinking, and was a little worried that the Third Prince might get too involved and make the mistake of talking too much, so he interrupted and said, "Third brother, you should listen to Ke Cao Ling's explanation."

"You can confront the assassin on the spot." Ke Caoling's attitude became more peaceful: "Your subordinate has no intention of questioning the envoy. Even Your Majesty of our dynasty firmly believes that your country is sincere in negotiating peace. You order your subordinate to be cautious, especially for the security of the envoy's post. You must not relax at all. Your subordinate's life and death, and the lives of more than a hundred people in my family, are closely related to the safety of the envoy. The assassin wants to put your subordinate's family in a situation where they will be destroyed and killed. Your subordinate will not let it go easily. But Your Highness, although you are furious, you must not believe the assassin's one-sided words."

Ke Cao Ling brought up Jiang Tailai, and his intention was extremely obvious.

If the envoys of Dongyu insisted on accusing him of being the mastermind, he could only have committed such a daring crime because he was following the emperor's orders. However, if the envoys of Dongyu questioned the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, wouldn't that mean that the peace talks should be terminated and war should be declared?

Ke Cao Ling was absolutely sure that Dong Yu would not dare to declare war on the Han Dynasty.

Because the envoys of Dongyu now clearly knew about the theft of Zhigui, it was impossible that Xiping envoys acted on their own, and they were sure that the original plan of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty was to forcibly detain the Lord of Shenyuan Palace in Chang'an. However, after His Majesty backed down, neither the two princes of Dongyu nor the Left Deputy Envoy who was trusted by the Emperor of Dongyu investigated further. It was obvious that the Emperor of Dongyu had given an order in advance to facilitate peace talks and diplomatic relations.

As long as they still have hope, no matter how tough their attitude is, it is nothing but bluffing.

"Ke Cao Ling is so confident, it seems he knew the assassin would commit suicide out of fear of the crime." Ying Shu sneered.

What? An Yu is dead?!

Ke Cao Ling couldn't help but fall into deep doubt.

If An Yu had not confessed, how could the other party have expected that he was the mastermind behind the scenes? Since An Yu gave him out in order to save his life, why would he commit suicide out of fear of crime?

But since An Yu was still alive, why would Deputy Envoy Zuo not allow such a person to appear alive? Was he trying to prove his guilt just by empty words?

"Ke Cao Ling is really good at scheming. He bribed Wu Mei Nu to assassinate the Third Prince. Even if Wu Mei Nu betrayed Ke Cao Ling, Ke Cao Ling could have argued that the assassin was one of our own and would never obey Ke Cao Ling's orders. That's why Ke Cao Ling was fearless and proposed to confront the assassin on the spot. I just said that the assassin had committed suicide out of fear of crime. Why was Ke Cao Ling so surprised? It's because Ke Cao Ling had never thought of killing people to silence them! Otherwise, why would it be surprising that the assassin committed suicide out of fear of crime if the assassination failed?"

"The Left Deputy Envoy just said that An Yu had confessed her guilt and accused me of bribery and instigation. Then he said that An Yu committed suicide out of fear of crime. I was surprised... Even if I knew that An Yu was the assassin, I would not doubt that she had indeed committed the crime of assassinating the envoy. I would only suspect that she was bribed by another country's spies and intended to alienate the diplomatic relations between our dynasty and Dongyu. I also ask the Left Deputy Envoy to see clearly. If I really had bad intentions, why would I bribe a weak woman to assassinate the Third Prince? Even if the Third Prince showed kindness to An Yu, he might not be on guard against her and allowed An Yu to enter the inner house. However, unless she was secretly poisoned..."

Having said this, Ke Cao Ling suddenly stopped talking.

He seemed to be in a hurry and said too much. He shouldn't have known that An Yu's method of assassination was not poisoning but using a pair of scissors.

He quickly explained, "When I heard that the assassin was An Yu, I was terrified. I was worried that she would poison your food. But when I saw that your Highness was safe, I was relieved. I also guessed that An Yu would never use poison. I was sure that the purpose of the spy from another country was to frame me, or even put the blame on your Majesty."

After the explanation, Ke Cao Ling still felt that the sudden quietness of the atmosphere was a little weird.

"Ke Cao Ling, I never mentioned that the assassin was An Yu." Ying Shu smiled.

There are two Wumei slaves serving as messengers at the post station now, and the other one is Zhang Chongzhun.

"It can't be Zhang Chongzhun, because Zhang Chongzhun..."

"Zhang Chongzhun was not in the inner house at that time, so it was impossible for him to commit the assassination. Then, didn't Ke Cao Ling know when the assassination would take place?" Ying Shu took two steps forward. Her height was certainly not enough to intimidate Ke Cao Ling, but aura and height and physique were not necessarily related. She had been putting pressure on Ke Cao Ling again and again since she stepped into the post station today. She was very confident that she could force Ke Cao Ling to reveal his flaws.

"Of course, the guest commander dare not really assassinate our envoys. As the guest commander just said, if any foreign envoy is assassinated in the envoy post, the guest commander cannot escape the blame. However, it was just a close call. As long as the guest commander makes a few excuses, he can stay out of the matter. Moreover, the guest commander is certain that our foreign envoys will also suspect that Northern Zhao, Northern Qi and other countries are behind the conspiracy.

The purpose of the guest order is to make us suspicious. Since Wumei Nu could even be bribed by the spy, let alone the majority of His Highness, he cannot contact the majority of His Highness? Guest order, I don't know why you tried to stop the decree to abolish Wumei Cang, but you did instruct An Yu to pretend to be the mastermind in assassinating the Third Prince. You can't deny it now, right?"

"I just, just..."

"Ling Kecao, we, as foreign envoys, have no right to judge crimes or impose punishments. You don't need to quibble any more. I will report this incident to your Majesty for a final decision."

Ying Shu gave the order directly: "All guards, listen up. Although the truth about the assassination of the Third Prince has been revealed, I have also interrogated him and found out that the assassin An Yu confessed that Ke Cao Ling's intention was not to kill the envoys of Dayu. Therefore, this case needs to be reported to His Majesty for judgment. On the other hand, it must also be reported to the court of the Northern Han Dynasty for judgment. From now on, you must strengthen your precautions. Anyone who harms the two princes will be killed without mercy!"

Shen Jiu lowered his head.

He really couldn't contain his excitement. He now fully understood the Left Deputy Envoy's intention.

The Northern Han Dynasty clearly wanted to use the dissolution of Wu Meicang as another excuse to win back the Palace Lord, but the Left Deputy Envoy's response today has nailed the Guest Commander as the mastermind, and even if the Guest Commander wanted to cover up this matter, he couldn't - the Northern Zhao and Northern Qi must have known about it, and I'm afraid even Lady Gao will never let it go!

Northern Zhao and Northern Qi certainly did not want to see the Lord of Shenyuan Palace being left in Northern Han, and Jiang Tai becoming the destined one!

He was really too excited, because the details of these clerks and post officials were based on his many years of infiltrating the Northern Han Dynasty. It was the information he provided that helped the Left Deputy Envoy to hastily formulate a countermeasure that would leave the Guest Cao Ling speechless!

Yingshu's eyes only glanced at the pale face of Ke Cao Ling, and then said to the Third Prince: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will first visit the Grand Chancellor, and will certainly ask him to summon the Duke of Jincheng, Xiu Yao Ling and other relevant Northern Han officials to discuss whether my handling today is in line with the diplomatic etiquette. After all, in this situation, no disaster that will harm Your Highness's safety will occur again."

Ke Cao Ling's whole body was soaked in cold sweat.

Suddenly at this moment, a bell rang, one after another.

This was the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty, and it was shaken by the death knell for the first time.

Ke Cao Ling was the first to kneel down, and at the same time, he felt relieved.

The death knell rang at a very timely moment. It really rang at a very timely moment.

Yingshu looked towards the sky of Chang'an City—the golden crows were blindingly bright, and the blue sky was filled with floating clouds. The weather was really great.

The Taizun of Northern Han died.