Chapter 166 Assassination
When the sun rose and there was no more purple light in the sky, Chu Zhiyuan and Chu Mingxuan left the Mingwu Palace together.
Chu Zhiting and Chu Zhichuan went to the Zhenwu Division, and Chu Mingxuan went with him to the Rites Yamen to order Mao.
Chu Zhiyao had no work for the time being, so he continued to practice martial arts in the Mingwu Hall.
Chu Mingxuan was very proud.
He finally found his way and transferred to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites.
The two arrived at the Rites Yamen and were greeted with respectful greetings all the way. It was no different from before. More than ten days had passed, and it seemed like just yesterday.
The two separated and he came to his house.
Early on, I discovered that Gao Lingfeng was immersed in reading files, with a tired look on his face and an aphthous sore on the corner of his mouth.
"Sir!" Hearing the sound of footsteps, when Chu Zhiyuan came in through the curtain, Gao Lingfeng hurriedly stood up to greet him, cupping his fists and saluting.
Chu Zhiyuan clasped his fists: "It's hard work, Master Gao."
"My lord is finally back!" Gao Lingfeng breathed a sigh of relief.
A clerk served the tea. Chu Zhiyuan sat down in his seat, put the tea cup on the table, and looked at Gao Lingfeng.
Before Chu Zhiyuan could ask questions, Gao Lingfeng said: "Sir, a big incident just happened. Someone assassinated Cheng Tianfeng, the crown prince of Dazhen."
Chu Zhiyuan said nonchalantly: "After all, someone couldn't help but take action?"
He can detect alliance actions, but it is difficult for him to completely stop individual actions, and impulsive actions are difficult to guard against.
Cheng Tianfeng was guarded by Lingshuang's cavalry, and even a grandmaster couldn't do anything about it.
Gao Lingfeng told what happened.
A martial arts master assassinated Cheng Tianfeng in the street, but was directly killed by Ling Shuang's cavalry. As a result, it aroused public outrage. Several martial arts masters also took action and were killed.
This has been widely spread in Yujing City.
The people were very angry and felt that although it was wrong to assassinate Cheng Tianfeng, they did not hurt him after all. It would be too cruel for Ling Shuang's cavalry to kill him directly.
Are they used to killing people in Da Jing?
Old grudges and grudges came to mind, rekindling the hatred for Dazhen, and for a while, people's resentment boiled.
Many people felt that they should not reconcile with Dazhen or ally with Dazhen. Dajing should defeat Dazhen first and then severely damage Dameng.
After hearing these outrageous arguments, Chu Zhiyuan couldn't help but laugh.
This is just emotional, just focusing on venting without looking at the real situation.
If Dajing is really that strong, he really doesn't need to unite with Dazhen. He can destroy Dazhen with his left hand and Dameng with his right hand, and then he can dominate the world.
How can you still wrong yourself like this?
"Especially because we did not arrest the murderous Lingshuang Iron Cavalry, it aroused public outrage. They all accused our court of being weak, being tough on our own people, and being a weakling towards Dazhen."
"...Where did the assassin come from?" Chu Zhiyuan thought thoughtfully.
He was not completely absorbed by what was happening in front of him, but instead thought about more, wondering if there was a big hand pulling behind him.
"It has been clearly investigated that these people are all ordinary martial arts people."
"Not a disciple of a large sect?"
"The first one is a practitioner of martial arts passed down from his family. The others are also from small sects and have little background."
"Martial arts is passed down in the family...where are the family members?"
"They're all gone."
"What a coincidence."
Gao Lingfeng said slowly: "My subordinates also suspect that it was Da Meng who did it to sow discord between us and Da Zhen. However, this case is too big and attracts everyone's attention. We need ironclad proof."
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Chu Zhiyuan said: "It can only be said that it was too coincidental... When I saw Lingshuang's cavalry, I knew that I couldn't do anything. To assassinate him would be to die, and the ants still lived in vain."
Before this trip to announce the mission, he would have thought of Dameng without hesitation, but now he was not sure that it was Dameng.
It could be someone else.
"Let the people from the Zhenwu Division investigate this person carefully and dig hard to see if they can dig out anything." Chu Zhiyuan said: "It's probably difficult."
He couldn't help but think of what Li Haoyuan said. Dameng often used secret spies with far-sighted plans, which lasted for a long time and were impossible to guard against.
If it was really Dameng's secret spy, I'm afraid nothing would be found.
He set his sights in the direction of Sifang Pavilion.
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He came out of the Rites Yamen and stopped when he passed Tianbaosi.
Zou Fang behind him also stopped.
Guo Chi and the four others also stopped.
Chu Zhiyuan looked at the door of Tianbaosi, but finally did not go in.
No matter how efficient Tianbaosi is, it is impossible to settle his credit now. He will have to wait at least ten days.
In ten days, what level of merit will you be?
Chu Zhiyuan continued to walk out, preparing to go to his new house to practice.
After practicing the exercises in the morning, I did not go back to the palace for lunch at noon, but went directly to the Duke's Palace. I had already sent someone to inform the Duke's Palace. Today's cave lighting range has expanded to 300 meters.
The information about everyone and things within a range of three hundred meters was reflected in his mind one by one, as clear as the lines on his palm.
If information within a three-hundred-meter range flooded into the brain at the same time before merging the Miaoling Pearl, he would definitely be dizzy and unable to bear it.
Now I feel relaxed and free from any burden.
He suddenly frowned and paused.
Zou Fang and the others followed.
Chu Zhiyuan continued walking and glanced at Mingyue Tower.
Mingyue Tower is one of the top restaurants in Yujing.
Extraordinary food that ordinary people can afford, and the guests coming and going are either rich or expensive, and they are dressed in fine clothes.
Mingyue Tower is very lively.
What he saw with his super sense was that in a room on the third floor of Mingyue Building, Cheng Tianfeng and Li Hongzhao were sitting opposite each other.
The table is filled with a variety of breakfast dishes.
Apart from the two people in the house, there were only two maids and a eunuch.
Lingshuang Iron Cavalry was in the other two rooms on the third floor.
In these two rooms, half of the Lingshuang cavalry and half of the cloud riding cavalry were at the same time. They had all been disguised and modified, and they blended in without being conspicuous among the crowd.
The atmosphere in the three rooms was equally tense, tense and on the verge of breaking out.
Li Hongzhao's smile was as bright as a flower. Cheng Tianfeng was dazzled by the sight, but he forced himself to calm down.
He deliberately looked gloomy and cheered up.
He knew that Li Hongzhao was very clever and he must not take it lightly to avoid being tricked.
"Cheng Shizi, you have offended the public. You are used to being domineering in Shenjing, and you will do the same in Yujing."
"Is Your Highness going to spare the assassin's life and wait for him to be grateful?"
"But this is the Jade Capital of other people's great scenery, not your divine capital."
Cheng Tianfeng snorted.
I heard the provocation in her words.
But whether in Shenjing or Yujing, there is only one word for assassins: kill.
Fortunately now, the assassin was right, but he, the one who was assassinated, became the target of thousands of people. It was simply ridiculous!
That is to say, I have a good temper. Otherwise, I would have left long ago, no matter what the two-country alliance is!
"Prince Cheng, do you feel aggrieved?" Li Hongzhao said with a smile.
Cheng Tianfeng suddenly smiled, his eyes burning, staring into her beautiful eyes: "Your Highness did it, right?"
"What?" Li Hongzhao was startled, then laughed: "Do you think that assassin is someone sent by me?"
"Isn't it?" Cheng Tianfeng still stared into her eyes without blinking: "Your Highness's move is really clever, Cheng admires it!"
Li Hongzhao smiled and said: "To be honest, I did have this intention, but he took action before he could!"
Cheng Tianfeng twitched his lips.
Li Hongzhao snorted: "I didn't expect that besides me, besides us Dameng, there are people who don't want you to unite!"
Cheng Tianfeng frowned.
Li Hongzhao's eyes were always calm, even when he smiled, he was indifferent.
If you can't tell whether it's true or false, then just infer based on the facts. Li Hongzhao is just talking hard.
I really can’t think of anyone else in the world other than Dameng who would destroy the alliance between the two countries. He can’t really be a passionate martial artist, right?
If you are really not afraid of death, there is no need to assassinate someone on the street. It is easier to assassinate someone in a restaurant, in a library, or even disguised as a woman.
Why must he rush towards Ling Shuang's cavalry and assassinate him in front of everyone?
This obviously has ulterior motives and is deliberately intended to arouse public anger.
It's a conspiracy!
If it is a conspiracy, then we have to go beyond the specific means and look at the results and who benefits. Whoever benefits is the one who did it.
It's obviously Damon.
Li Hongzhao waved his jade hand: "If you don't believe it, forget it. Anyway, we Dameng have been wronged once or twice."
Cheng Tianfeng said: "His Highness invited me here not just for a meal, right?"
"There is one more big thing."
"What's the matter?"
"About Chu Zhiyuan."
(End of chapter)