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

That bit of cold light became the most shining ray of light in the dark night.

Xie Heng was terrified, and subconsciously leaned back, trying to avoid the prominent position of his mouth, but it was too late.

That sharp weapon was mixed with the sound of the wind, and it also carried the ruthlessness that was inevitable.

"Clang-crack-"

The crisp sound of gold and stone sounded, and the fine pieces were scattered all over the ground.

The assassin hadn't succeeded with the sword he was sure to get, and he wanted to stab again when he raised his sword, but he heard two voices behind him, one pointed directly at his right hand holding the sword, and the other directly hit his forehead.

But the guards of the Eastern Palace finally came to their senses.

"Escort!"

After a moment of panic, someone yelled loudly, two masters from the Eastern Palace stepped forward to wrestle with the assassin, and a few others quickly secured several dangerous positions in order to prevent the assassin from having accomplices to respond.

After a while, Gu Mingzhao, who went to arrange defense under the tower, rushed back with a pale face, and stood by the prince's side.

"Your Highness, are you injured?"

Gu Mingzhao was so flustered that he couldn't care less about etiquette. He glanced wildly up and down the prince's robe, trying to see if there was any serious injury, and his forehead was dripping with cold sweat.

"It's okay..." Xie Heng waved his hand and just said two words, only to feel his heart churn, and a little redness leaked from the corner of his mouth.

It was the effect of that heavy blow just now.

Seeing this, Gu Mingzhao became even more anxious, on the one hand he recklessly went to get the prince's pulse, on the other hand he urged to call the imperial physician.

"It's all right, don't worry." Xie Heng was also feeling uncomfortable. At this moment, he forced himself to watch the scene where the assassin was fighting with the guards, and he had to find time to comfort him. "Go and tell him not to let this person take poison."

As soon as the words fell, the assassin's jumping body suddenly softened, and with a heavy bang, he fell limply on the ground and stopped moving.

It seemed that the poison sac had been bitten open a moment ago, and the effect of the medicine had just begun to take effect at this moment.

Xie Heng closed his eyes in pain.

His body is too weak, and at this moment, his mind was dizzy for a while. Looking at the assassin's body that had fallen to the ground, he said: "He is wearing the clothes of the inner eunuch of the Eastern Palace. Go and see his face. Did he sneak in recently? ..."

The chief eunuch of the East Palace went to check, and when he came back, he knelt down and said, "Your Highness, I am a young eunuch serving in the Mingde Palace. I have never been served in the inner palace on weekdays, but I have been in the East Palace for several years. It is not easy to tolerate."

That's what others had already placed in the East Palace.

It's just that this person didn't do it sooner or later, why did he do it at this time?

Xie Heng frowned and was unable to speak, but Gu Mingzhao thought of something in his mind, and hurriedly said: "The defense around Your Highness has never been so empty. Tonight is indeed a good time. I'm afraid this person wanted to cooperate with outsiders to assassinate this person." However, they heard that Yan Xuansheng's people came to spread the word, and they knew that it could not be done, so they acted ahead of time."

If it is true what Yan Xuansheng said, apart from Yang Chong's people, there is also a group of martial arts masters lurking outside Du Ruoyuan, but quickly evacuated after knowing that the prince is not in the garden, what is the intention of this group?

I'm afraid that Yang Chong was worried about Yang Chong and wanted to confirm the death of the prince with his own eyes. After knowing that the prince was not in the garden, he still did not give up and wanted to find the prince before assassinating him.

If it was really unlucky and they came to the door, when the group of assassins and the guards of the Eastern Palace attacked, the prince would definitely be in a panic. If a young eunuch who had been serving in the Eastern Palace for several years had a different intention at this time, wouldn't it be twice the result with half the effort?

However, after Yan Xuansheng sent someone to spread the word, the young lady heard that most of her accomplices were killed and injured, and knew that the prince was on guard against this, but she was reluctant to let go of such a good opportunity...

He can only do it alone.

The cold sweat that had just disappeared on Gu Mingzhao's forehead broke out again after thinking about his joints, and the hand holding the sword hilt trembled unconsciously.

At this moment, a group of clear and chaotic horseshoe sounds came from under the tower, and everyone immediately woke up, until the guards outside rushed forward to report: "Your Highness, General Yan personally led the team to escort!"

Xie Heng's handsome face, which had lost all color, finally stretched a bit.

He fainted in relief.

-

That night, the lights in Du Ruo Garden were completely on.

It wasn't until the next day that it was bright, and the people who had closed their doors all night looked at the situation outside. What they saw was still the Southern Border Army with strict military discipline and armor and swords patrolling. The gate of the main city was never opened according to the time in the past.

The city is closed.

It was rumored that someone from Zhennan Protector's Mansion colluded with Southern Zhou's secret agents to murder the prince and burned half of Du Ruoyuan. His Royal Highness was furious and wanted to thoroughly investigate the matter.

By the way, clean the county town that is about to be marinated by the secret spies of Nanzhou.

Not long after, officers and soldiers came to each household, checked the population of each household according to their household registration and nationality, and announced the New Deal by the way.

The first accuser is meritorious, but the one who knows and fails to report is equally guilty.

The Southern Zhou Secret Spy Division has been operating here for many years, and has seriously used money to stun many officials.As soon as this incident happened, the Zhennan Protectorate's Mansion was crowded with people instantly, and the carriage in front of the gate could hardly stop, but they didn't ask any inside information.

The sergeant guarding the gate had already gained a certain understanding of the answer under Yan Xuansheng's ear-to-mouth order.

Ask to see Duke Ding?

Our father-in-law is still in the barracks outside the city. Isn't this the city closed, and we can't get in.

The crown prince sealed off the city, but Duke Ding doesn't care?

Look at what you said, our father-in-law accompanied the prince on a tour of southern Xinjiang, what can our father-in-law say about what the prince decides.

Ask to see Acting Governor Yang Chong?

Mr. Yang is not here. Mr. Yang went to Du Ruoyuan last night and failed to come out.

Ask to see General Yan?

General Yan is leading a team to search for secret spies in Southern Zhou. Are you in a hurry, or wait?

After this questioning, I don't know anything else, but the officials all over the city have figured out one thing.

Yang Chong committed a crime!

And the focus of the whole city, a certain murdered Crown Prince, was lying in Du Ruo Garden, surrounded by imperial physicians.

"Your Highness's injury is not serious, just improve your self-cultivation these days."

Doctor Chen has been in the palace for many years, this is the first time he has seen such a thing.

The servants around the prince came to look for him in a hurry, and told him that when the prince vomited blood, he thought that the prince was about to die after being poisoned, and half of his soul was scared away.

Holding the medicine box, he ran all the way to the prince, and after getting the pulse for a while, he realized that it was not poisoning, but trauma.

Afterwards, Imperial Physician Chen, who knew that the problem was not serious, cleaned up the fragments of the heart mirror scattered on the robe in a slow manner, and watched the prince take off a soft armor from his body, and then lifted an inner garment, only then did he see the white and white skin. A crimson mark on his skin.

If it wasn't for the fact that his body was too weak, and the assassin's sword was supposed to be quite powerful, even this imprint might not be able to survive until now.

This is really... a serious injury.

Doctor Chen, who only dared to slander and dare not speak out, carefully prescribed a warming and tonic prescription, and then gave some serious instructions, and then left.

As soon as he left, Gu Mingzhao came in, bowed to the prince and said, "Your Highness, Yang Chong will bring you here."

Xie Heng nodded, and someone came in with a man with his hands bound.

After only a few days, the people in front of me no longer have the pride of the past, let alone the arrogance of despising everything in Du Ruoyuan yesterday, showing a bit of desolation.

The guard led Yang Chong in and kicked him on the hollow of his knee. He didn't struggle much, but he was stunned for a moment when he looked up and saw the scene on the couch.

The prince was only wearing a moon-white pajamas, lying on his back on the soft bed, his face was quite pale, but his expression was very stable and leisurely, although he looked a little weak, he couldn't hide his handsomeness and dignity. breath.

He was stunned for a while, before he said bitterly: "I thought that the one I saw today would be Qin Ye."

Yang Chong still didn't want to understand the joints, or rather, he didn't dare to think deeply.

When he was captured yesterday, he struggled to ask Yan Xuansheng who ordered him to come to Du Ruoyuan today.

Yan Xuansheng looked at him like an idiot.

He asked Yan Xuansheng again, Qin Ye is far away in Xicheng, how can he cleverly calculate that something will happen today?Moreover, today the crown prince is not in Du Ruoyuan, but Yan Xuansheng came by such a coincidence. After this calculation, there must be a connection between the crown prince and Qin Ye, but how is this possible?

Yan Xuansheng said that he also wanted to know.

Yang Chong had vaguely guessed that he was being tricked, but he still couldn't figure it out.

The crown prince and Qin Ye turned their heads because of a maid in the palace. At that time, the matter of Xu Daoyan had not yet reached Tangjing, so why did the prophet use it to plot against him?

His puzzled and distressed eyes were too expressive, Xie Heng smiled, and said lightly: "Yuzhi is in Xicheng, how can I come to see you?"

As soon as the intimate "Yuzhi" came out, Yang Chong completely understood.

He closed his eyes, turned all the previous things in his mind, and suddenly said: "Your Highness and Qin Ye's calculations are prepared for Beijing, right? The crown prince and Duke Ding are at odds. I know, maybe I won’t take more precautions. In the future... if Duke Huai’s Mansion, Duke Dingguo’s Mansion and Dong Palace join forces, it’s not impossible to change the master of Tai Chi Hall.”

"I didn't expect that I, Yang Chong, would bear this calculation first."

"presumptuous!"

All the people around the house had already been sent out, only Gu Mingzhao was left to guard against Yang Chong's violent attack, so naturally he was the only one to stop him at this time.

Yang Chong sneered, but he didn't care. He pouted and said, "Since I know about the matter between His Highness and Qin Ye, would His Highness spare my life to make himself unhappy? I'm about to die, so I want to ask." , what does Your Highness want to know, and what do you plan to exchange for it?"

Yang Chong is not a fool, he naturally knew that this time he was at the end of the road, the crown prince never killed him with a knife, instead he spent a lot of trouble to see him, so naturally he has a plan.

"Talking to a smart person saves effort," Xie Heng boasted with a smile, and threw something in front of him, "I want to know, which one in Tangjing was the one who conspired with you to assassinate Gu yesterday?"

It was a dagger with a handle no longer than two feet long, but it was not stained with a trace of blood. It was the weapon used by the assassin yesterday when he stabbed.

Yang Chong lowered his head and took a look, his heart was like a mirror, but he didn't speak.

Xie Heng didn't take it seriously either, and just said indifferently: "Your wife and children are legally responsible, and I will try to save them and send them away far away."

Yang Chong tugged at the corner of his mouth, his voice hoarse: "Your Highness keeps what you say?"

"nature."

……

He was silent for a long time, and Xie Heng waited patiently.

Finally, there was a sound again in the silent house.

"It's your elder brother who is still on the sick bed, and everyone says he can't get out of bed..."

"Fourth Prince, Duan Wang Xie Wei."