Chapter 45: Assassinate the Prince

On October 15th, at the second hour of the hour, an exquisite carriage departed from the Long Princess's Mansion and galloped all the way. After half an hour, it stopped in front of the Third Prince's Mansion.
Stepped down from the carriage, a maid wearing a navy blue dress, Banxia Shi Shiran walked forward, was stopped by two guards in front of the mansion, and took out his greeting card. , My county owner asks to see you."
The guard read the greeting card and asked in confusion, "Huining County Lord? Didn't the third prince go to the Long Princess House?"
When I heard Banxia, ​​my doubts deepened, "Why? We set off from the mansion all the way, and never saw the third prince."
"The third prince did indeed go to the princess mansion. Today, someone came to pass on a message, saying that the county owner had something to discuss with the third prince, and the third prince went out early in the morning." Another guard said affirmatively.
Banxia thanked him, and hurriedly walked to the carriage, "The county lord, the guard in front of the Third Prince's Mansion said that the third prince went to the Long Princess' Mansion early in the morning."
The car curtain was lifted by a soft boneless pancreas, revealing a delicate face, "What's the matter?"
Banxia didn't dare to conceal a little bit, and said all the experience he had just heard.
Princess Huining's face sank, and the curtain in her hand fell severely. She immediately ordered, "Quick, get out of town!"
Things are wrong today, I just hope that everything is still too late!
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At the same time, in front of the Long Princess’s mansion, the third prince Zhou Jingyan had just got off his horse, and behind him a fast horse stopped beside him, turned over and dismounted and bowed his hands to salute. The prince went to Xiangguo Temple together."
Zhou Jingyan's gaze fell on the guard, with a clear smile, "Why didn't His Royal Highness say that he was going to Xiangguo Temple together?"
The guard immediately took out the waist card of the Prince's Mansion, "His Royal Highness made a temporary intention. Since he is praying for the empress and empress, it is natural that the prince should go together."
"Really? According to you, the other princes also went?"
"The Fifth Prince also went, and walked with His Royal Highness, waiting at the gate of the city."
"How do you know that I'm in the princess mansion?" Zhou Jingyan looked at the guard.
"The slave went to the Third Prince's Mansion first, and the guard in the mansion said that the Third Prince had come to the Long Princess' Mansion."
Zhou Jingyan knew from these few words alone that he must go, otherwise he would leave someone with a word, "Let's go." If he turned on his horse neatly, Zhou Jingyan looked at the door of the Princess's mansion without seemingly. A pair of phoenix eyes narrowed dangerously.
I just walked to the gate of the city, and I saw the carriage of the Prince's Mansion, with the five princes riding horses beside them, all dressed in jade-colored robes, which looked like the wind.
When the fifth prince saw the third prince, "the third brother is here."
The carriage curtain was opened, revealing the face of Prince Zhou Jingchen, "Since the third brother is here, let's go first, the sixth and seventh brothers have something to do."
When Zhou Jingyan saw that the person sitting in the carriage was Zhou Jingchen, he was relieved secretly, but he was a little uneasy for some reason, and after a few more words, he saw that the carriage curtain had been lowered and the carriage had begun to move forward. .
He and the five princes rode to one side, and there were ten guards from the Prince's Mansion around the carriage.
Zhou Jingyan wanted to find a reason to leave, but he didn't expect that Zhou Chongyu would talk to him all the way because he was bored, making him unable to get away.
After half a jet lag out of the city, a guard chased him on horseback, stopped in front of the carriage, turned over and got off the horse very quickly, and said respectfully, "Fifth prince, there is something wrong with Liu Guifei, please come in as soon as possible. palace."
The fifth prince Zhou Chongyu's expression stunned, and he saw that the carriage curtain had been lifted. Prince Zhou Jingyan frowned into the word "Chuan", "Since Concubine Liu is in trouble, the fifth brother will go and see it first."
Zhou Chongyu thanked him, and left with the guards in the palace.
Zhou Jingchen smiled faintly and said to Zhou Jingyan not far away, "Third brother, this time you bother you to go with me."
"That's natural." Zhou Jingyan has handsome eyes, smiles slightly, and his face is calm, but his heart is not as calm as his face, he always feels that something is wrong.
As the carriage continued to move forward, Zhou Jingyan was about to find a way to tell the ambushers not to do it first, but when he saw the scene in front of him, his expression stunned, and there was a secret sound, it was too late.
This official road has a position in the middle, surrounded by mountains on the left and lush woods on the right, which is the best boundary for ambushes.
A gust of wind blew, the rustle of the leaves rang, and there were already many people in black on the mountain on the left. Those people in black stood on the mountain with bows and arrows, majestic.
Some guards had noticed this long ago and immediately exclaimed, "Come on, move closer to the center to protect your Royal Highness." He said that he had released the signal flare in his hand. Black smoke bloomed in the sky, forming a mushroom cloud.
All the guards quickly surrounded the carriage, and Zhou Jingyan saw this and had to get close to the carriage, secretly vigilant.
The arrow flew towards the carriage like rain, the guard immediately raised the sword in his hand to block the dense arrow rain, and the captain of the guard screamed, "Third princes, please go to the carriage and hide with the prince for a while."
Zhou Jingyan turned his eyebrows and said in a panic, "Okay, let the carriage run and rush out." As he said, his mind turned sharply, why didn't the people in the carriage still speak when seeing this?
When Zhou Jingyan got into the carriage, Zhou Jingyan just got on the carriage, and the carriage rushed forward like flying, the arrow rain became denser and denser, and people fell from time to time.
Zhou Jingyan grabbed the shaft of the carriage with one hand and looked at Zhou Jingchen behind him. Suddenly, his eyes condensed, "Are you not the prince?"
"Zhou Jingchen" looked awe-inspiring, and his eyes were piercing and staring at everything outside. "See the third prince. His Royal Highness received a secret report. Someone wanted to assassinate him, so he made the move. His Royal Highness had already dressed up and went to Xiangguo Temple alone. ."
Just after he finished speaking, he stared at Zhou Jingyan in a dumbfounded manner, and looked down at the long sword that pierced through his abdomen in disbelief, "Three emperors... son..."
Zhou Jingyan took the opportunity to catch his body and put it down on the carriage, lifted the driving curtain, and made a gesture to the mountain outside.
The guard on the shaft said anxiously, "His Royal Highness, hurry back to the carriage, and the subordinates will ensure the safety of Your Highness."
Zhou Jingyan evoked a light smile, and his eyes were bloodthirsty red, "No need." After he finished speaking, he had penetrated a knife through the person's body, and the guard couldn't catch his eyes.
When the guards in the outer protective circle saw the situation here, they were all shocked. Obviously, they didn't expect things to become like this. At this moment, another wave of arrows struck, directly stabbing a few. A guard, followed by Feather Arrow and a wave of people in black, had already killed him.
When it was too late, Zhou Jingyan had already picked up the sword and killed several guards. The eyes of the surviving guards were red. From time to time, they had to kill the man in black and Jingyan last week.
Within a moment, all the guards fell, and the man in black knelt down in front of Zhou Jingyan and said respectfully, "Your Highness."
Out of the corner of Zhou Jingyan's eyes, he saw a guard bit his finger desperately, and he was writing something under his face.
A gaze passed, and a man in black had already slashed the guard down.
Zhou Jingyan looked at all the people around him and found that none of them survived. This was satisfied. He ordered a team of people in black to help. "You go to Xiangguo Temple to support. The prince has already dressed up and entered Xiangguo Temple. You must not let the prince escape."
"Yes," the man in black saluted respectfully, and took a shortcut on horseback like chasing in Xiangguo Temple.
Zhou Jingyan lifted the guard's head and glanced at the word under the guard's face. It turned out to be the word "three". A sneer sneered at the corner of his mouth. Then he took the guard's hand and drew two strokes on the word. , And restored him to the original state.
Zhou Jingyan turned on his horse and followed the black man behind him, "You come with me."
From time to time, the sound of horse hooves fled to the woods on one side.
After a while, the woods returned to silence, as if the assassination just now didn't exist.
A quarter of an hour later, there was a sound of horses hoofs from afar, and a delicate carriage had already chased it. As it approached here, the carriage immediately grabbed the reins of the horse, "County Lord, someone died in front of it."
The head of Huining County uncovered the carriage, and saw a group of people lying on the ground. His expression was stunned, and he immediately jumped off the carriage.
The groom looked at the people lying on the ground and suddenly turned pale, "The county owner, those people are the guards of the Prince's Mansion, and there is a sign of the Prince's Mansion on the carriage."
For example, some nobles and royal families would engrave their own logos on the carriages of their houses. As long as you see the signs, you can know who is in the carriage.
The hostess of Huining County walked forward in a daze, passing by the dead people one by one, the skirt was stained with blood without knowing it. The maid behind him, Banxia, ​​turned pale in fright, and immediately chased after him, "Lord, don’t go. Now, let’s quickly notify Jing Zhaoyin to come."
The county lord of Huining turned around and slapped Banxia's face with a slap. His nails painted with Dancome ran across Banxia's cheeks, and a layer of blood was smeared. "Asshole, quickly check if there are three princes inside."
She is now pressing the treasures onto the third prince, and must not let the third prince get into trouble.
Banxia walked to the pile of dead guards tremblingly, her face pale, she didn't dare to look at it.
"Trash," the county lord of Huining lifted up the skirt and walked forward. After checking, he breathed a sigh of relief before seeing Zhou Jingyan's body. After opening the driving curtain, he saw Prince Zhou Jingchen dying in the carriage. Suddenly screamed in shock, "Ah!"
Although he had expected the prince to die, he was shocked when he saw it with his own eyes.
There was a rush of horseshoes, and soon, the guards from the Prince's Mansion and Jing Zhaoyin surrounded the place layer by layer.
Jing Zhaoyin raised his eyebrows slightly and his face was bitter. He didn't expect such a thing to happen in the capital. He must be unable to escape the blame, and saluted respectfully, "please greet the county lord."
The head of Huining County was pale, forced to calm down, "Get up, the prince's cousin was assassinated, you should take someone to check it soon."
Seeing this, Jing Zhaoyin immediately beckoned. The people he brought immediately began to check. He looked at the head of Huining County, "I wonder why the head of the county is here?"
When the host of Huining heard this, his brows grew slightly and he sternly scolded, "What do you mean? Could it be that I sent someone to kill the cousin of the prince?"