Li Yujing was hanging his head at this time, with unbearable pain in his forehead and bleeding.

When he heard Song Xuanjing say that he would give him a chance, he instantly raised his head, regardless of the pain, and hurriedly crawled to Song Xuanjing's feet, trying his best to show his loyalty: "Your Highness, I promise that I can complete the mission this time!"

"Humph!" Song Xuanjing looked at Li Yujing, who was lying on the ground like a dog, with disdain on his face, and said sternly: "You'd better keep your word. This prince's patience is limited."

Then, he lowered his voice and said, "My father's birthday is less than a month away. This prince does not want to see Song Xuanlin alive in Yanhuan Mountain again. Do you understand?"

"I understand, Your Highness!" Li Yujing replied hurriedly, "I will kill King Ming before the birthday banquet arrives to relieve your worries!"

"Humph, you're smart, why don't you get out of here?"

"It's Your Highness!"

Li Yujing hurriedly stood up, hunched over and lowered his head as he walked out of the door. He did not stand up again until he stepped out of the front door of the East Palace.

Recalling the thrilling scene in the hall just now, he couldn't help but let out a deep breath and quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe the blood off his face.

Feeling the pain coming from his forehead, Li Yujing looked back at Donggong again.

No wonder the prince was so furious. It turned out that when Prince Ming returned to the capital this time, he was rewarded generously by the emperor and praised by all officials as in the past.

So in terms of strength and reputation, Prince Ming is almost on par with the Crown Prince this time.

Moreover, there is an autumn hunting competition at the annual Yanhuan Mountain birthday banquet, and Ming Wang almost always won the first place in the previous autumn hunts.

At first, the prince thought that the King was only good at wielding swords and was not worth being afraid of.

However, as Prince Ming became more and more prominent, the Crown Prince began to become wary.

Just like when he saw that the Shen family had a good relationship with Concubine Wei's maternal family, he was determined to get rid of the Shen family.

The prince began to ask himself to kill King Ming again and again, but King Ming was so cunning that he always escaped.

However, this assassination in the Southern Region was about to succeed, but halfway through, a master suddenly showed up to disrupt the situation, and this person used the Shen family's unique martial arts.

Li Yujing came back to his senses and thought again about what happened in the West Street bun shop this morning.

He thought to himself that now there was no clue about the bun shop, and this master had not appeared again, let alone sought revenge on him. Could it be that he only had a grudge against Lu Song?

Li Yujing withdrew his thoughts and shook his head. The most important thing now was to kill King Ming, otherwise his life would be in danger.

Thinking of this, he quickened his pace, returned to his house and began to plan his next move.

————

Ten days later, at the Rongguo Marquis Mansion.

It is now midnight, and the entire mansion is shrouded in deep night.

The various mansions were serene and quiet, with only the faint sound of cicadas to be heard.

At this time, on the narrow path leading to the backyard, a small group of strong guards from the Marquis's mansion hurriedly walked by, holding lanterns and following the butler.

After a while, the guards stopped in front of the storehouse door in the backyard of the marquis's mansion.

Butler Zhao, who was walking in front, gently opened the warehouse door and motioned for the guards to go in.

As the door closed gently, the cargo boxes in the entire room came into the guards' view.

In this huge warehouse, layers of wooden boxes were lined up, the number of which was staggering.

The chief guard at the side could not help but approach the butler and whispered: "Butler Zhao, are you sure you want to transport all of them? This is too much!"

"Of course..." Butler Zhao said in a low voice with a serious look on his face, "This is the order of the Marquis himself, and I have just told you that the contents of the box are very confidential. You must watch your mouth. Once it is leaked, you and I will both die!"

"Yes, that's what the butler said!" The captain of the guards nodded in response.

Then, he looked at the boxes carefully, thinking that it was a good thing that he had called all the skilled guards under his command, otherwise he would have been overwhelmed.

After thinking about it, he began to assign responsibilities to his subordinates one by one and conveyed the precautions of the mission to them.

The butler observed for a moment and realized that the captain of the guards was indeed taking the task assigned by the marquis seriously, so he felt relieved.

He opened the back door of the warehouse, and then solemnly instructed the captain of the guards: "The carriage at the back door is ready. You will carry all the wooden boxes up there in a moment. Be sure to return home before dawn, and don't slack off at all!"

"Yes!"

The captain of the guards responded in a deep voice.

Immediately afterwards, the heavy wooden boxes were carried out one after another, and soon the warehouse was emptied.

Seeing that the guards were all strong and agile, the butler left the warehouse with peace of mind.

After a stick of incense had passed, the carriage outside the door was ready to go.

The captain of the guards walked around the long line of carriages twice, checked again and again, and after confirming that there were no omissions, he gathered the rest of the guards and prepared to get on the carriages and set off.

"Wait, my warriors!"

Suddenly, an anxious man's voice sounded behind them.

The captain of the guards looked back and saw a short servant from the marquis's mansion running out from the back door with a large jar of wine in his arms.

Before the servant could run up, the strong aroma of wine wafted into the noses of the guards.

"smell good!"

"Yes, I know it's good wine as soon as I smell it!"

The guards were perked up by the intoxicating aroma of wine, and all stared eagerly at the servant who was getting closer and closer.

The servant saw the guards drooling with greed and a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

In fact, this unexpected servant was Rong Sheng in disguise.

Just now, Rong Sheng had been waiting for them at the back door for a long time. As soon as the housekeeper returned home, she rushed over with the wine that she had prepared long ago.

At this moment, Rong Sheng had already run to the guards. She raised the wine jar enthusiastically and said, "It's almost autumn, and the dew is heavy. The Marquis ordered me to bring you some warming wine!"

As she spoke, she took out the wine bowl from her arms, raised the wine jar and began to pour wine.

"Gentlemen, drink some wine to warm your body before you set off. This is the fine wine that the Marquis has collected. It is fragrant but not intoxicating."

At this moment, the aroma of wine in the air became stronger and stronger. The guards looked at the wine bowl eagerly and quickly put down their weapons and took the bowl from Rong Sheng's hand.

One of them raised the wine bowl first and was about to drink it all in one gulp, but there was a loud "clang" and the bowl was knocked to the ground by the flying dagger.

The guard looked up in surprise, only to see the chief guard picking up the dagger he had just thrown at him, walking to the middle of the guards and solemnly ordering, "No one is allowed to drink!"

When the guards heard this, they no longer dared to come forward to get the wine.

The next second, the chief guard came up to Rong Sheng, looked her up and down, and then asked suspiciously, "Why do you look so unfamiliar? Which courtyard is she from?"

Rong Sheng frowned slightly, thinking that the chief guard was so alert. She immediately smiled and explained, "Sir, I am indeed from the Marquis's courtyard, but I have not been here for long."

As she spoke, she took out a token from her bosom and said, "The Marquis said that this is a secret operation and there may be many dangers along the way. That's why he asked me to come here to send you off."

"Because I just thought of it at the last minute, the Marquis specially gave me his token, just in case you guys don't believe it."

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like