After refusing to marry the prince, the general regretted it too much

A secluded place in the palace.

With the departure of another group of patrolling guards, the long-browed man in a night suit breathed a sigh of relief.

He quietly released the hand holding the long sword at his waist, and he walked through the high-walled corridors neatly, and came to an empty palace outside in a moment.

There were eleven or two people scattered in the hall, all of them were dressed in black and covered their faces tightly, except for the leader whose face was not pulled up, revealing a sad middle-aged face.

The man with long eyebrows took the initiative to show his figure and entered, nodded slightly to the leader and said: "This group of inspectors has left, and no one will come again in a short time. It depends on the sky. If you have a moment to work, this stupid king will order you to come back." Banquet."

The leader nodded and comforted: "Thank you."

The worry on his forehead was not relieved by the arrival of this good news, but became more intense. He went straight to the window, pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword, and looked in the direction of Kaiyun Palace.

"This foolish monarch is too fond of going out for pleasure, and he hasn't come to the palace twice in the past ten years. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," the leader sighed, "But why do I feel that this operation is too smooth..."

The several waves of guards around Emperor Hui were not mediocre, and Song Qian, the commander of the capital in front of the palace, was even more scheming.

However, this time he was mixed into the palace for three whole days, without any twists and turns, it went so smoothly, it was unbelievable.

The long-browed man raised his thick eyebrows that were too long, and said carelessly: "Brother, you are worrying too much. We have acted cautiously this time, and we have not shown any signs of weakness. The patrolling guards are all mediocre, so it should go smoothly."

"I hope so," the leader sighed again, "Can we verify the authenticity of the news we got before?"

The long-browed man chuckled: "It's true, the emperor is in his sixties, and he really fell in love with Princess Beidi who is in the palace. Because he is a foreigner and a prisoner of war, he is not easy to publicize it. It has been seven or eight days since I lightly dressed and went to the princess’s house every night.”

"Since the old man is in high spirits and enjoys the banquet today, the guards around him must be more relaxed than usual. When he goes to the princess's house, it is a good time for us to do it, and it will save us from going to the palace banquet to disturb it. "

The leader closed his eyes, nodded and said: "Let the brothers get ready, the emperor is ready to do it after leaving the banquet."

He seemed to think of something again, and said with some uncertainty: "We heard about this incident by chance when we sneaked into the palace that day. I will ask you to send a few brothers to find out the origins of the two little eunuchs who talked about it." , can you figure it out?"

The long-browed man scratched his head, and said in embarrassment: "I stared at the Hunjun's residence for several days, but I didn't see those two people again. However, there are many people waiting around Hunjun, so it's not surprising that I couldn't find them for a while." .”

The leader was silent for a moment.

After a long time, the man with long eyebrows heard a sigh from the person beside him.

"Forget it, it doesn't matter whether they want to kill people, whether they are helped by others, or fate."

Kaiyun Palace.

Because the banquet held for the autumn is not as regular as in the past, the atmosphere is more relaxed and natural.

The emperor sits high on the first seat surrounded by beauties, the sound of silk and bamboo orchestras can be heard endlessly, and the prosperous scenery piled up with gold and jade is like a gorgeous curtain, easily covering up the undercurrents that are surging around.

When the banquet was in full swing, Xie Heng, who was eating without a chopstick, looked at Xie Ke, the King of Jin, who stood up and walked straight towards him with a wine glass in his hand.

This was the first time he saw this half-brother who was equal to him in court.Prior to this, Xie Heng's impression of Xie Ke was limited to the second unlucky guy in the book who died in the chaos of the army, and the standard villain who was favored by the emperor because of his tyrannical nature and murder without blinking an eye.

When I saw it today, it was unexpected.

Xie Ke's appearance is three points similar to that of Xie Heng. Although he is not as handsome as Xie Hengfeng, he is unparalleled in the world, but he can also be called a handsome man. He is neatly dressed in a black prince's uniform, which shows a bit of arrogance. pride.

Xie Ke's smile was a little flamboyant, but his actions were extremely humble: "I haven't seen you for a long time, I'm happy with the banquet today, so I'm here to offer you a cup."

He said respect, Xie Heng also put on a brotherly respectful look, stood up, took the wine glass poured by the little eunuch beside him, and said with a smile: "It is true that I have not seen the ninth brother for a long time."

Both of them drank it down in one gulp, Xie Ke said again: "This time, Qiu Xi's father and emperor did not end, the fourth brother is weak, the eleventh brother is young, and the emperor's brother is sick again. The minister is really lonely every day. .”

"Tomorrow, I'm going to go hunting in the mountains, and I want to invite Brother Huang to go with me. Naturally, Brother Huang doesn't have to go off in person when he's sick, he just enjoys it and eats some barbecue."

Xie Heng lowered his eyelids, somewhat confused about Xie Ke's plan.

The original owner and Xie Ke had been at odds since they were young, so it was obviously too late to be too busy trying to connect with each other and pretend to be brothers and sisters.

It doesn't make much sense to say that Xie Ke intends to take the opportunity to make trouble and make some accidents to put him at a disadvantage.

If something happened to Xie Heng when he invited him to go hunting, Xie Ke would be charged with murdering his elder brother and the prince no matter what, even if the emperor only had his healthy son left, it would be useless.

Xie Heng didn't intend to provoke things that he didn't understand, so he smiled without sincerity, and declined politely: "There's no need for that, the imperial doctor has repeatedly told me not to work too hard, if I go to the mountain for fun, I will make it worse." It's not good if it's cold.

But Xie Ke insisted: "Brother Huang, there is no need to refuse in a hurry. How about it, the younger brother will come to invite the younger brother early tomorrow, and the younger brother will make a decision at that time, and the younger brother will have nothing to say."

Until Emperor Hui couldn't bear his temper and left first to find his beloved Princess Beidi, everyone present also dispersed in twos and threes. Xie Heng still rubbed his finger on the wine glass, thinking about the meaning of Xie Ke's last words.

Early tomorrow... Is Xie Ke sure what will happen tonight?

Could it be that Xie Ke also knew that there would be an assassination tonight?Push the boat along the way and make some arrangements to control yourself?

But judging from the memory of the original owner and recent secret reports, it seems that his younger brother is not so smart...

Xie Heng strolled out of the Kaiyun Palace, when the breeze blew on the stone steps, he felt drunk and a little tipsy.

The drinking capacity of his body can only be said to be barely out of the category of drinking in one glass. He drank a few glasses at the banquet, and now his face was already a little red, but there was something in his heart, and his mind was still clear.

After a while, Xie Zhiyao came in a hurry, but the first thing he said was not the news of Emperor Hui's assassination, but rather anxious: "Your Highness, a group of people have sneaked into the palace today!"

Xie Heng raised his head in surprise, and the original confusion in his mind disappeared instantly, and asked: "Where are the people? How many people are there? Are they here to assassinate?"

The book only said that Emperor Hui was assassinated in autumn this time, but it didn't say that two batches of assassins would appear in one day.

Xie Zhiyao frowned and replied: "It was discovered by the guards in the southern jungle during their inspections as usual. In a blink of an eye, only six people were seen, all with foreign faces, heading towards the direction of His Majesty's bedroom. When the two sides collided head-on, they The weapons were used, and now only four people have been captured, and the rest of Commander Gu led the people to search, and found this from the leader."

He took a secret letter sealed with wax from his pocket, and presented it to Xie Heng with both hands.

Xie Heng received it in his hand, and just one glance gave him a headache.

On the upper left corner of the envelope, a mighty and lively bird of prey was painted with red strokes, which is the symbol of the royal family of the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

The Southern Zhou Dynasty was the enemy of the Qi Dynasty that Qin Ye had dealt with for half his life. There was almost no chance that such a letter would appear in the Qi Dynasty royal palace without involving Qin Ye.

Xie Heng took the knife from Xie Zhiyao, opened the envelope neatly, unfolded the letter paper and read ten lines at a glance, his expression became more and more dignified.

This is a solicitation letter written by the new Emperor of the Southern Zhou Dynasty to Qin Ye.

It said that when he first came to the throne, there were no good generals in the court. It was a pity to hear that Emperor Hui was suspicious of good talents, so Qin Ye had made great achievements but had to live in Qijing. Can share the world with Qin Ye.

The words are earnest and the language is sincere, and there are even some tears at the end of the letter, blurring the crooked official characters of the Qi Dynasty written by the new emperor of the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

Xie Heng's face was extremely calm, he folded the letter paper in his hand and put it back as it was, and said slowly: "You just said that these people are heading towards the direction of the royal father's bedroom?"

Xie Zhiyao didn't understand, so he replied: "Yes, these people's goals are very obvious, and a map of the palace was found in the arms of the leader, it should be right."

Xie Heng closed his eyes, his expression was gloomy.

The enemy country's secret letter to recruit Qin Ye was not delivered to Qin Ye's house, but was intended to be delivered to Emperor Hui, which in itself explained many problems.

Is this letter true or false?

If it is true, is it because the Southern Zhou Emperor wanted to use a plan to separate Qin Ye from the royal family of the Qi Dynasty?But sending the letter directly to Emperor Hui, wouldn't this method be too obviously inferior?

If it was fake, who made such a letter and wanted to put Qin Ye to death?

Xie Heng tried his best to restrain the drunkenness in his mind, and said: "Immediately have someone send these four people to a hidden place, and interrogate them quickly, no matter what means are used, before tomorrow morning, I just want to know how many people are in their party and who caused them , Why lurk into the palace."

"In addition, send more people to follow Gu Mingzhao to search the jungle in the south, and arrest all the people as soon as possible."

"Send someone to talk to Duke Ding, if there is anything important to discuss with him, let him come immediately, the sooner the better."

Xie Heng rubbed his forehead, and continued: "Gu met with Duke Ding tonight. I will strictly keep it under wraps so that no one will know. You go in person, clear out all the irrelevant people from the palace, and tell them to be more strict."