Chapter 796: Lighting the Fuse
Just like that, Lv Yuansong, one of the strong contenders for the throne, died.
He died in his own palace, on Longshou Mountain where tens of thousands of imperial guards were stationed.
For the Dahui court, such an assassination was undoubtedly a disgrace.
But they can do nothing about it.
They didn't know how many assassins there were, let alone their identities.
Because all the palace maids, eunuchs, retainers and bodyguards in Changding Palace were dead.
There were no witnesses, which meant that no one had ever seen the assassin.
They could only tell from the wounds on hundreds of corpses that one of them was an assassin with a sword.
Using a sword, mastering an illusion array, extremely powerful After combining these clues together, many people have already vaguely felt that this was done by Wei Changtian or Qin Zhengqiu.
But this is just speculation.
More importantly, even if Wei Changtian did it, they seemed powerless to do anything.
revenge?
Regardless of whether Da Hui has this ability, the attitude of the eldest prince and others alone is somewhat intriguing.
After all, Lu Yuansong's death was undoubtedly a good thing for everyone who was fighting for the throne.
Maybe these people are clapping and celebrating at this moment.
Of course, no matter what, we still have to do what we should do to save our face.
At the beginning of the hour of Hai, half an hour after Lü Yuansong's death, Longshou Mountain was sealed off in chaos, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.
At the same time, spies from various intelligence agencies of Dahui also began a "carpet-style" search in Yongding City, looking for all suspicious people who might be assassins.
In fact, the imperial court did not hold out much hope of finding the assassin.
After all, since this person could sneak into Changding Palace without anyone noticing, how could he be easily found? But regardless of whether there is hope or not, these reactions are necessary when a prince of a country is assassinated.
As a result, the undercurrent surging in Yongding City became more and more violent, and the last bit of calm that was barely maintained was finally completely broken tonight.
At 11:30 pm, Wei Changtian and Yang Liushi took a car to Zhuwu Inn.
They all had smiles on their faces, and although their clothes were exactly the same as when they left, they had actually changed into new clothes long ago.
Even Zhang San, who was following behind the two of them, was holding a few boxes of cakes bought from the West Market, as if the three of them had just gone to the night market . "Miss Qin, I bought the Ruyi cakes at Wufangzhai."
Walking into the front hall, Wei Changtian smiled and said to Qin He who was counting the bills: "I brought a box especially for you."
As he spoke, Zhang San had already placed a box of cakes next to Qin He, and the latter quickly stood up.
"You don't have to be so polite, sir!"
"Miss Qin, it's just a box of cakes, don't refuse."
"Well, I would like to thank you, Master and Madam."
After hesitating for a moment, Qin He didn't push the box of cakes around. After thanking him, she asked softly, "Sir, Madam, is the West Market still busy?"
"lively."
Wei Changtian smiled meaningfully: "It can be said to be very lively."
"Really?"
Qin He covered her mouth and responded, "Next time, if you and your wife have time, you can go to Ronghuafang in the north of the city. It's even more lively there."
"Okay, I'll go in a few days."
Wei Changtian nodded with a smile: "Miss Qin, shall we go back to the house first?"
"yes."
Qin He bowed slightly upon hearing this: "Sir, take care. Madam, take care."
"Um"
“.”
After chatting with Qin He for a while, Wei Changtian and Yang Liushi quickly returned to the courtyard.
Li Zimu opened the gate for them and could tell at a glance that tonight's events should be successful.
However, she still asked quietly:
"Sir, is Lv Yuansong dead?"
"Dead."
As Wei Changtian walked through the courtyard to the house, he answered casually: "Not only him, there is no one left alive in the entire Changding Palace."
"Um."
Li Zimu nodded and asked, "Did the masters in the palace take action?"
"No."
Wei Changtian shook his head: "Liu Shi set up the magic array as you said. After I killed the first person who entered the array, the people outside the array really didn't dare to enter."
"Really? That's good."
As they were talking, several people had already walked into the house, and night insects were chirping outside.
It was obvious that what happened tonight was planned by Li Zimu, and she was also the one who arranged the illusion array.
She told Wei Changtian that he must eliminate the first group of masters who entered the illusion array as quickly as possible and throw the bodies out of the array.
Wei Changtian did as he was told, and it turned out to be quite effective.
As expected, the masters of the Imperial Palace outside the formation were afraid to reenter the formation because of the head, which allowed Wei Changtian to kill Lu Yuansong easily in the end.
If not, even if he could succeed, it would probably take a lot of effort.
"Is there any movement from Gongsun Yan?"
After taking off his outer robe and handing it to Li Zimu, Wei Changtian asked Zhang San: "Or do you want to stay at home?"
"Yes, I have never left the house."
Zhang San immediately replied: "I think I'm still considering it."
"Consider it, then wait for him for another day."
Wei Changtian yawned and muttered lazily:
"If he still doesn't dare to do that after all this, then I must have misjudged him."
“.”
To the west of Yongding City is Prince An’s Palace.
The moon was dark and gloomy. Chaos and fire had spread from Longshou Mountain to the entire Yongding City, but had not yet reached this place.
Therefore, the palace remained as peaceful as ever in the night.
To outsiders, this place is no different from the past.
However, in the eyes of the maids and servants in the mansion, Gongsun Yan seemed a little strange today.
Being able to buy the status of a prince with money, it goes without saying that Gongsun Yan possesses a lot of wealth, which is not much different from the previous Xu family of Daning.
To be able to make so much money naturally requires a very large industry to support it.
Therefore, on weekdays, Gongsun Yan would go out early in the morning almost every day and come back late at night.
But today he has locked himself in the study since noon and has not stepped out of the room until now, and he has not even eaten dinner.
Such an abnormal situation naturally attracted a lot of people's attention, but no one knew what had happened.
Gongsun Yan's wives were extremely anxious. They had been waiting outside the study for a long time, carrying meals that had been heated up and cooled down and then heated up again.
Then at a certain moment, a man in black suddenly ran all the way here from the mansion gate and knocked on the door hurriedly.
"who?"
Soon, Gongsun Yan's cold voice came from the study, mixed with a hint of impatience.
"Master, it's me!"
Outside the house, the man in black didn't care whether Gongsun Yan was in a good mood or not, and immediately replied: "Something big happened in the palace!"
".Come in."
"yes!"
After responding loudly, the man in black pushed open the door and walked into the room. He then turned around and closed the door tightly in the confused eyes of the women.
"master!"
Walking quickly to Gongsun Yan who was sitting behind the desk, the man in black said without a word, just lowered his voice and spoke word by word: "Half an hour ago, the second prince died!"
(End of this chapter)
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