Chapter 601 I Predicted Your Prediction
"Prince, everything is ready and we can take action at any time." The person who came was Xiao Shijie's confidant.
His brows darkened, "Let's do it. Where's Chu Min?"
"The spy sent a message saying that Chu Min is already waiting at the East City Gate."
"good."
There was still singing and dancing at the banquet. Just as the guests were toasting each other, there was a sudden shouting and screaming from outside the door.
A figure suddenly flew in from the courtyard gate and slammed heavily on the banquet door.
"ah!"
"Who is it!" The imperial guards guarding inside immediately became alert and drew their swords.
The people in the house immediately became nervous when they heard the noise.
The singing and dancing suddenly stopped.
The sounds of fighting outside the door became more and more intense, and everyone's heart was in their throat.
"Protect the emperor, protect the emperor."
Several generals stepped forward and surrounded Xiao Jin and Su Ying.
Xiao Jin's eyes darkened slightly, but there was no obvious change in expression on his face.
Su Ying was still holding the last piece of cake in her hand as she followed Xiao Jin.
At this time, Jiang Yang suddenly ran in through the back door, "Your Majesty, there is a fire in the backyard of the mansion. I will escort Your Majesty and the Queen back to the palace right away."
"What, the backyard is on fire?" When Prince Jiangning heard this, his face instantly became panicked. There were more than a dozen of his beautiful concubines in there, they couldn't just die like that!
"What's going on outside?" Xiao Jin asked in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, a group of people rushed in and tried to break into the palace. I have stopped them outside the door. Your Majesty and Your Majesty should leave as soon as possible."
Xiao Jin held Su Ying's hand and said, "Let's go."
Seeing Xiao Jin and his men retreating, the ministers followed them.
As soon as they came out, they smelled a strong burnt odor. Looking up, they could see flames rising into the sky not far away.
The imperial guards took Xiao Jin and the others out through the back door. Xiao Shijie disguised himself and hid in the dark. When Xiao Jin and the others rushed to the back door, he quickly blended into the crowd and followed them out.
These people lived in various places in the city. After leaving the mansion, they went in all directions. No one noticed Xiao Shijie's movements, and he successfully got on the carriage that had been prepared long ago.
“Go!”
The carriage quickly moved towards the city gate where the guard was the weakest.
The spy said that since he returned to the capital, the soldiers guarding the city gates have become more strict than before. Everyone who enters or leaves the capital needs to be checked. No one knows what the soldiers are checking for, and when asked, they just say they are catching bandits.
However, Xiao Shijie knew that the emperor was preventing him from escaping from the capital.
Soon, the carriage arrived at the location agreed with Chu Min.
After the carriage stopped, Xiao Shijie got off the carriage, but she was no longer the same as before. Instead, she turned into a woman with her shoulders hunched.
The confidant who was waiting at the meeting point came forward and took him to a carriage. As soon as he got on, he saw a familiar figure sitting in the carriage.
Chu Min was startled when he saw a woman suddenly come in. After he saw her face clearly, the corners of his eyes twitched violently.
Xiao Shijie is really willing to take risks.
"Let's go, Lord Chu. It will be troublesome if we don't wait for them to react."
Chu Min nodded and signaled the driver to drive.
In a blink of an eye, the carriage arrived in front of the city gate. Because people leaving the city had to be checked, there were already many people queuing at the city gate.
When the officers and soldiers checked Chu Min's carriage, Chu Min lifted the curtain.
The officer recognized Chu Min and saluted respectfully, "Master Chu."
Chu Min nodded, "I have been ordered to leave the capital for work and cannot be delayed."
Upon hearing this, the officers and soldiers looked towards the carriage, and seeing that there was a woman sitting in the carriage, they did not ask any questions and simply let their carriage leave.
The carriage left the city and drove on the official road for a while before turning onto a remote path and soon deviated from the official road.
Although he had left the capital, Xiao Shijie did not dare to let his guard down.
"Thank you very much today, Lord Chu. When this prince succeeds, I will definitely not treat Lord Chu unfairly."
The speed of the carriage gradually slowed down. Chu Min slowly turned his gaze to Xiao Shijie's face, "The prince is really not suitable for this heavy makeup look. As for the future..." He took advantage of Xiao Shijie's lack of reaction and suddenly pulled out the dagger he had prepared and stabbed him.
"You, where is your future?" Chu Min's eyes gradually became ferocious. If he didn't want to be free from Xiao Shijie's shackles, he could only let him die!
He had made plans long before Xiao Shijie asked him to cooperate with him in escaping from the capital.
Xiao Shijie was startled and looked at Chu Min in astonishment, "You...you actually..."
Chu Min sneered, "If you die, I will still be the eldest master of the Jingguo Mansion, the Lord Chu who is valued by the emperor, and the heir to the Jingguo Mansion. You can make so many contributions to me, and you can be considered to have died a worthy death."
Xiao Shijie suddenly sneered, and his body suddenly moved closer to Chu Min.
Before Chu Min could react, he felt a pain in his abdomen.
His eyes widened in shock, and he looked at the knife in his abdomen in disbelief. Then he looked at Chu Min's abdomen, but there was no blood at all!
“You, you…”
The knife in Xiao Shijie's hand stirred vigorously in his stomach, and blood gushed out of Chu Min's mouth.
"Chu Min, you are thinking of betraying me and getting off my boat. Do you think I will still trust you?" Xiao Shijie sneered and opened his collar, revealing a piece of soft armor inside.
When Chu Min stabbed the knife just now, he was too nervous to notice anything unusual. It's not that he didn't think that Xiao Shijie didn't trust him, but he didn't expect that Xiao Shijie would be so bold as to kill him in the suburbs of Beijing!
Xiao Shijie pulled the knife out violently, and Chu Min spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground with a bang.
Xiao Shijie sneered and wiped the blood off the dagger, "Deal with the body."
After he finished speaking, there was no sound from outside for a long time.
Xiao Shijie frowned and when he lifted the curtain of the car, he found that he had been surrounded by the imperial guards who had arrived at some point in time.
Xiao Shijie's heart sank to the bottom.
Jiang Yang walked to the front of the carriage and glared at Xiao Shijie fiercely, "The birthday banquet for Prince Jiangning has not yet ended. Where are you going, Prince?"
Xiao Shijie clenched the dagger in his hand.
"Please get off the car and follow me back to the capital."
Xiao Shijie clenched his teeth and forced himself to remain calm, "I won't ride a horse, I'll take a carriage."
"The carriage is too slow. I'm afraid it will delay things. Please get off, my lord."
As soon as Jiang Yang finished speaking, he suddenly opened the car curtain and saw Chu Min lying in the car.
Seeing that the truth had been revealed, Xiao Shijie swung the dagger in his hand and stabbed towards Jiang Yang.
"Get it!"
At Jiang Yang's command, the imperial guards stepped forward one after another.
Xiao Shijie was no match for the four and was eventually taken back to the capital.
Chu Min's body was also taken back with them.
Xiao Shijie was escorted to the Ministry of Justice prison, and Chu Min's body was also sent to the morgue of the government office.
(End of this chapter)
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