Gu Yuzhi, furious, stepped forward and kicked the assassin: "Tell me, who sent you?"

He had barely finished speaking when he suddenly realized something was wrong and turned around, saying, "Mr. Huo, what about Guard Shen and the others..."

Just then, the back door was suddenly pushed open, and the guard dragged a man in by the leg with a fierce expression, leaving a long bloody trail on the man's body.

Blood splattered on Guard Shen's face. Gu Yuzhi jogged forward, looked up and pointed at the blood on his face, asking with concern, "Guard Shen, are you injured?"

He gave the guard a fierce look, then stomped his foot hard, his face full of regret.

He shouldn't have jumped down to look at the hidden arrow after catching the thief; he should have rushed out to help instead.

The guard instinctively hid his injured hand behind his back and said casually, "I'm fine, it's all this traitor's blood."

Gu Yuzhi then looked at the thief. The black cloth covering the thief's face had been pulled down, revealing a pale face and a cold gaze directed at him.

He snorted: "You've already been caught, and you still dare to be so arrogant!"

"You thief!" Upon seeing him like this, Guard Shen stepped on his broken leg without thinking. "If you look at me again, I'll gouge your eyes out."

The thief couldn't take it anymore and cried out, then his head lolled to the side and he fainted.

Only then did Guard Shen withdraw his foot and look down at Gu Yuzhi: "Is Your Highness alright?"

Gu Yuzhi shook his head, a hint of smugness on his face: "I'm fine. I even helped Mr. Huo catch the thieves inside."

Mr. Huo slightly raised his hand, and the guards tied the two thieves together and hung them under a big tree.

Gu Yuzhi looked up at them and said in a low voice, "Go to Xinliang as fast as you can and tell Guard Zhang to come back."

Just now, Guard Shen and his men found deadly poison in the teeth of these two thieves. Guard Shen said that these two were professionally trained assassins.

Only Guard Zhang could get such people to speak.

Gu Yuzhi snorted: "Let's keep them hanging like this until Guard Zhang comes back. As long as they don't die, it's fine."

No one would think Gu Yuzhi was cruel, after all, these two wanted the young prince's life.

Mr. Huo and the others glanced at the two assassins, then escorted Gu Yuzhi back to the council hall.

Sitting in the chair, Gu Yuzhi was still somewhat incredulous. He looked down at his still red palms and suddenly said, "Actually, I know who sent these two people without even interrogating them."

The situation in the northern desert has now stabilized, and the people of all the prefectures and counties like him very much, especially in Qingzhou. According to Prefect Huang, the people of Qingzhou have even erected a longevity tablet for him.

Now, only the King of Chu dislikes him.

He puffed out his cheeks and said, "Brother King Chu is really too wicked."

Gu Yuzhi snorted twice in anger, then his eyes suddenly lit up, and he jumped off the chair: "I understand! Once Guard Zhang has interrogated these two, I will take this evidence to Jiangnan."

He clenched his little fist and said, "This is the evidence that my brother, the King of Chu, harmed his own brothers!"

Chief Secretary Xie and Mr. Huo exchanged bewildered glances. Neither of them had expected that before they could even offer words of comfort, the young prince would bring up the matter of legitimately dispatching troops.

Chief Secretary Xie stroked his beard and nodded slightly, saying, "Your Highness is absolutely right. This is indeed a legitimate opportunity."

Gu Yuzhi shook his head, grabbed his bow and arrows, and headed outside: "I'm going to practice archery. When we get to Jiangnan, my bow and arrows will definitely be able to kill those thieves!"

He set off immediately, jogging to the training ground.

Once everyone was alone, Xie Changshi asked in a low voice, "What does Mr. Huo think of this matter?"

Mr. Huo raised an eyebrow and said, "What's there to see? Even His Highness can see it at a glance, so why can't you, Chief Secretary Xie, understand it?"

Chief Secretary Xie chuckled and shook his head: "I naturally understand that no one but the King of Chu could do such a thing."

Because of sweet potatoes and potatoes, the young prince's fame is not only renowned in the northern deserts, but is also very popular in other places.

Only the King of Chu would harbor hatred towards the young prince because the young prince stabilized the situation in the northern desert.

Xie Changshi said in a low voice, "I just can't understand what the King of Chu was thinking, that he would send someone to assassinate the young prince at such a critical moment."

Mr. Huo sighed deeply: "Actually, there's nothing I can't figure out."

"The unusual phenomena at the rice shops in Jiangnan indicate that the King of Chu has decided to rebel, which is why he closed the grain shops and is determined to prepare enough food and supplies before the big battle."

"But once His Majesty receives news of the young prince, he naturally won't give the Prince of Chu these few months to make adequate preparations. So the battle with the Prince of Chu will at most last one or two months."

Xie Changshi nodded slowly. He could have figured this out without Mr. Huo saying it.

Mr. Huo continued, "But the Jiangnan area is the fiefdom of the King of Chu. Although the King of Chu has not been to Jiangnan since he came of age, his advisors sent people to Jiangnan to manage it early on."

Otherwise, the King of Chu would not have had the mind to send people to seize territory in the northern desert after the death of his late emperor.

Mr. Huo said, "If it weren't for the floods in Jiangnan, and the powerful Prince Qi's attempt to open a breach in Jiangnan, Jiangnan would still be as solid as a rock, and the Emperor wouldn't be able to get any news from Jiangnan."

Mr. Huo asked leisurely, "So, do you really think that the Prince of Chu would be completely unaware of the Emperor's plans?"

Even if the army is broken up into smaller units, the commotion when it sets off will not be small.

Most importantly, who will be the commander-in-chief of the Battle of Jiangnan?

Even if all of the King of Chu's spies in the capital were in hiding, they would still keep a close eye on the generals and commanders. Once these people made any moves, the King of Chu would definitely receive the news immediately.

Whether this general and marshal will be able to reach Jiangnan safely at that time is hard to say.

As soon as Mr. Huo finished speaking, he and Chief Secretary Xie exchanged a glance and both sighed deeply.

Chief Secretary Xie shook his sleeves: "It's too late to say anything now, His Highness is going to Jiangnan."

He curled the corners of his lips into a smile: "Not only Your Highness is somewhat looking forward to it, but I am too."

War is cruel, and no one wants to start a war, but now it's not something they can simply avoid.

If the King of Chu were to seize the Jiangnan region, then the Sang Dynasty would be divided in two.

Given the nature of the King of Chu, he would never treat the people of Jiangnan well.

Mr. Huo simply patted Xie Changshi's shoulder lightly and sighed, "Things have already developed in this direction. There's no point in thinking about it anymore. The important thing is to go to Jiangnan with His Highness and bring the Prince of Chu to justice."

The two exchanged another glance, then stepped out simultaneously.

From today onwards, the patrols of the Wen family's guards will be more frequent.

After all, given the King of Chu's relentless nature, who knows when the assassin might reappear?