Chapter 591: Taking Advantage of the Situation
After the body was carried away, the butler came in again. He had already read the contents of the letter when he came.
"Is the prince going to the capital?"
Xiao Shijie narrowed his eyes, "The emperor is testing me. I must go, but whether I can get to the capital smoothly is not something I can control. You make the arrangements now..."
The butler came closer and nodded after listening to him, "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will arrange it right away."
After Xiao Shijie wrote back to Prince Jiangning, Prince Jiangning immediately went to the palace to explain the situation to Xiao Jin.
"Your Majesty, Shijie said that he will leave for the capital soon." This result was not what Prince Jiangning had expected. His willingness to come should mean that he has nothing to hide.
Xiao Jin smiled, "It's great that he's here. I'll have a good chat with him when he arrives."
"Yes, yes, it is a blessing for this child to be cared for by the emperor."
"It's almost noon, uncle, why don't you stay and have lunch with me before leaving?"
King Jiangning shook his head repeatedly. Let him go! It would be a miracle if he could eat up Xiao Jin.
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. I have something else to do, so I will take my leave now."
"Since the emperor's uncle has something to do, I will not force him to stay. Send him out of the palace."
"I'll take my leave."
As soon as Prince Jiangning left, the smile on Xiao Jin's face faded. "Send a message to Zhu Lin, asking him to mobilize 2,000 soldiers and horses to wait outside Jinling City as soon as possible, and have those 2,000 soldiers and horses personally escort Xiao Shijie to the capital."
"Your Majesty, do you think Xiao Shijie will not come to the capital obediently?"
Xiao Jin's dark eyes condensed, "Who knows."
Before going to Beijing, Xiao Shijie sent a message to the capital, stating the time of his arrival, as if he was afraid that Xiao Jin would be worried.
On the day of leaving the city, he made a big fuss, wishing that all the people in Jinling City knew that he was going to the capital.
Xiao Shijie led two hundred men and marched out of Jinling City in a mighty manner.
There are many hills outside Jinling City, and Xiao Shijie's team reached the hilly area after two hours.
The hills on both sides almost block out the afterglow of the sunset. They wish you had set out late, and now the sun has already set. You may not be able to make it to the post station to rest at night, and you will have to camp in the wild.
Xiao Shijie was sitting in the carriage, the light shining through the curtains making his face flicker.
He slowly opened his eyes until the light grew dim.
"Sir, it's getting late. The team can't reach the post station. We can only camp in the wild."
Xiao Shijie hummed.
A quarter of an hour later the team stopped in an open space.
Xiao Shijie got off the carriage and glanced around.
"Is the person still with the team?"
The guard whispered, "Yes, I'll follow you all the way."
Xiao Shijie nodded. He knew that there was a spy sneaking into the capital, so he tried to take advantage of the situation to make the man in the capital believe that he was sincere about going to the capital.
As the sky gradually darkened, the burning fire illuminated the surroundings.
After eating, Xiao Shijie went into the tent to rest.
As the night deepened, the only sound was the crackling of branches in the fire.
A dark cloud passed through the sky, blocking the moon hanging in the sky, and the earth fell into deeper darkness.
Suddenly a gust of wind blew up the sand and stones on the ground. In an instant, countless men in black quietly approached this side. Before Xiao Shijie's men could react, the smell of blood had already spread in the air.
"There's an assassin, there's an assassin!" The guard reacted and shouted, piercing the tranquility of the night.
The guards soon started fighting with the men in black.
Xiao Shijie stood up when he heard the noise, but there was no trace of fear on his face as if he had been attacked.
"Prince, there are assassins coming. Should we return to the city first?"
Xiao Shijie walked out of the tent with a sullen face, looking at the fighting in front of him and said in a hoarse voice: "How can a few jumping clowns hinder my way to the capital? Kill them all!"
Xiao Shijie drew his sword and joined the battle, but even so, the guards were still losing ground.
The man in black is coming with great force and is unstoppable!
The guards protected Xiao Shijie behind them and said, "Prince, there are too many men in black. You should go back to the city first, otherwise I am worried that you will be in danger!"
Xiao Shijie's body and face were already stained with blood, but he didn't know whether these people were his or someone else's.
Xiao Shijie clenched the sword in his hand.
"The Emperor wants to summon me back to the capital. If I go back to the city now, how can I explain to the Emperor? If I miss my father's birthday, wouldn't it be unfilial of me?"
Xiao Shijie and his men were still fighting hard, but there were too many men in black.
Xiao Shijie had no choice but to order a retreat.
"Retreat, go back to the city first."
At his command, the guards escorted him to retreat to Jinling City.
What he didn't expect was that when they were retreating, another team of men in black emerged from the darkness and chased them with all their might.
When Xiao Shijie turned around, he saw an arrow flying towards him. His eyes dimmed slightly. He could obviously dodge it, but he had no intention of dodging until the arrow pierced his shoulder blade.
As the severe pain came, Xiao Shijie's eyes went dark. Before he lost consciousness, he only heard the urgent calls of his confidants.
Xiao Shijie slowly closed his eyes, with a faint smile appearing at the corners of his lips.
Xiao Shijie woke up in a sharp pain. When he opened his eyes, everything around him was not familiar to him.
Just as a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes, he saw Zhu Lin walking in from the door.
Xiao Shijie frowned, he was sure that Zhu Lin was not his.
"The prince has woken up."
Only then did Xiao Shijie realize that in addition to the severe pain in his shoulder blade, his entire body was sore and he couldn't exert any strength at all.
"You, who are you?"
Zhu Lin raised a smile that he thought was appropriate, "Your subordinate Zhu Lin was specially sent by the Emperor to pick up the prince."
Xiao Shijie's expression froze for a moment, "Pick me up?"
"Yes, the emperor was worried that the prince would encounter an accident due to the long journey to Jingcheng, so he asked me to bring people to pick him up. Unexpectedly, the prince was assassinated on the way. However, the accompanying doctor has examined the prince. Although the prince's injury cannot be healed in a short time, it will not affect the journey. The prince can arrive in the capital as scheduled."
Xiao Shijie's expression became uglier and uglier.
Especially when he met Zhu Lin's all-seeing eyes, he wished he could jump up and kill him!
"Your Highness, please have a good rest. I will take my leave now."
Seeing Zhu Lin retreating, Xiao Shijie opened his mouth to call his people, but after he called a few times, only an unfamiliar maid came in.
"May I ask what you want, my Lord?"
Xiao Shijie had a gloomy face, "Where are my guards? Where have they gone?"
(End of this chapter)
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