Chapter 490 [Prince Zhao is seriously injured]

"But if we need to recruit people, my father, the left and right protectors, and allies from various gangs would need to call on their friends... I'm afraid there would be over 500 people. If you add friends of friends, it would be a considerable number."

"So? You're also going to offer a large reward to martial artists?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Lili and Xin Che looked at each other, then turned to look at Mu Chengfeng and pointed a finger: "Tonight, you must die."

Jiang Lili smiled sinisterly, as if she was calling out to the King of Hell.

Mu Chengfeng suddenly stiffened: "Big sister, how did I offend you?"

"Or maybe I procrastinated too much, so Xue Wei asked you to kill me?"

The left protector looked at Jiang Lili and said seriously: "Miss, do you have any good ideas?"

Mu Chengfeng's cousin Mu Rong rolled her eyes and asked, "Does the Crown Prince's Consort want to borrow the fake death medicine I have?"

"Exactly, my cousin is really smart."

Jiang Lili clapped her hands and said, "This time, your assassination attempt, which we planned to show to outsiders, resulted in King Zhao being severely injured and poisoned and bedridden."

"The prince's arm is injured."

"As for your casualties, two died and one was injured, and the rest managed to escape."

"Among those who died was the son of the Wulin Alliance leader, Mu Chengfeng."

Jiang Lili said she was tired and drank some tea, and Xin Che continued what she was saying.

"You escaped with Mu Chengfeng's 'body'. The leader of the Wulin Alliance only has one son, Mu Chengfeng. His only son died in Prince Zhao's mansion at the prime of his life. He is determined to seek revenge."

"Gather all the people in the martial arts world that you can gather and come to the capital..."

"By then, the martial artists will have a legitimate reason to gather in the capital, and they can also seek the help of Emperor Qingning, and use his food, supplies, and housing."

The left protector was shocked, his mind working quickly: "It means using the dog emperor's hand to support our soldiers!"

"Great! This plan is really great!"

The martial arts masters at the table couldn't help but applaud.

Mu Chengfeng, whose talent lies in sports, thought for a long time before his mind finally came to its senses. "I see, that's how it is. Then my death was worth it!"

The deposit they received for this assassination was 500 taels of gold, and they also received food, lodging, and reimbursement of travel expenses.

If his father brought all the martial artists to the capital to seek revenge on King Zhao, Emperor Qingning would definitely be happy to see it happen and would certainly provide them with food and accommodation.

"Okay! Let's do it!"

After the meal, everyone took up their responsibilities and started to take action.

*

At the end of midnight, a cry of surprise was heard in Prince Zhao's palace.

"Oh no! There's an assassin!"

Then the torches were lit one by one, and soon the Zhaowang Mansion was illuminated. The torch lights of the Zhaowang Mansion could be seen from outside. The quiet Chaowang Mansion became noisy and the tense atmosphere inside the Zhaowang Mansion could be felt.

"Catch the assassin!"

"Go call the doctor! The prince has been poisoned!"

The quiet Chaowang Palace immediately became noisy.

As the Zhaowang Mansion was in chaos, six figures fled out of the mansion in a panic. Two of them were dragging an unconscious man towards Xia Su.

Xia Su heard the report from his men, and his face was filled with ecstasy. He then ordered his men: "Quick! The assassin is coming! Catch him!"

He easily captured two martial arts masters and took them back to the Bingmasi prison.

In the prison of Bingmasi, Xia Su reported to his attendants and asked anxiously about the group of martial arts masters he had captured in the prison.

"How was the assassination?"

The two martial arts masters who were conscious and only slightly injured did not answer him immediately, but silently looked at the man they carried back.

Xia Su realized that he was too impatient. The people on the ground looked silent and seemed to be dead. He should first be concerned about the casualties.

Xia Su looked worried as he looked at the person on the ground. "Is he injured? I'll call the best doctor from Shanyitang right away!"

One of the two martial arts masters shook his head, his tone filled with endless sadness and a bit of fear.

"No, he's dead."

Xia Su hurriedly comforted him, "Your Majesty will comfort his family."

——"His father is the leader of the martial arts world."

The words spoken by the other person at this time made Xia Su's body tremble.

Huh? I heard this is the Wulin leader's only child, a one and only child!

This! What should I do?

The leader of the martial arts world wouldn't resent the emperor, right?

Xia Su's eyes moved very quickly.

Wait, if you want to blame someone, you should blame the people in Prince Zhao's Mansion, right? After all, this action was initiated by the son of the martial arts leader himself, so they can't be blamed at all.

The atmosphere in the prison was very quiet at this time, and Xia Su gave the two men time to ferment their hatred.

After a while, someone reported the situation to Xia Su: "King Zhao has been fatally poisoned. He will be bedridden from tonight onwards and will be no different from a dead man."

"Xin Che's martial arts skills are too strong. We injured his arm, and the wound has been stained with cartilage powder, so his martial arts skills will gradually dissipate."

When Xia Su learned the result, he was generally relieved. He felt that it was worth sending nine martial arts masters to assassinate him.

He was anxious to report the results to Emperor Qingning. His Majesty was probably so tired of waiting for the results that he couldn't sleep.

"I'm sorry, you two will stay in the cell for now. A doctor will treat your injuries later."

Xia Su looked at Mu Chengfeng's "corpse", "As for this..."

A martial arts expert pulled out a note from his sleeve: "Master Xia, please send Master Mu's body to this location."

"As for the follow-up, the leader's people will handle it."

——"My condolences to you two."

Xia Su put the note away and assigned it to one of his subordinates.

Then he rushed to report the news to Emperor Qingning.

After Emperor Qingning learned the result of the assassination, his face showed neither joy nor sadness.

After the Xin family father and son came back to life, a shadow was already cast in his heart.

"After all, this father and son are not dead. I am not at all relieved."

Emperor Qingning immediately summoned Zhou Jushan. "Zhou Jushan, send five of my most skilled secret guards to Prince Zhao's mansion to take advantage of the chaos and finish him off! Make sure Prince Zhao is completely responsible for his death!"

Zhou Jushan, with dark circles under his eyes, suppressed his sleepiness and said, "But Your Majesty, the entire Zhao Palace has been alarmed. I'm afraid that Zhao Wang and his son are now heavily guarded."

Ah! I really want to retire soon! He has to keep this dog emperor company even when he's going crazy and not sleeping late at night.

"He just returned to Beijing. How many close confidants does he have?"

Emperor Qingning said fiercely, "I didn't give him any personal guards at all. The guards I assigned to him were just fancy-pants soldiers."

"Yes, do it right away!"

Zhou Jushan left in a hurry to find the leader of the secret guards, and sent a message to Jiang Lili to remind her.

But he was not too worried. No matter how powerful the master was, he could be defeated with just one bullet.

Emperor Qingning continued to stay up late waiting for news.

I stayed up until dawn.

The deputy leader of the secret guards appeared in Emperor Qingning's bedroom.