Chapter 11 Assassination
After nightfall, the county magistrate thoughtfully ordered people to find a few handsome men and personally send them to Li Chengqian.
The county magistrate knew the preferences of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so he naturally wanted to cater to his preferences! Send handsome men to warm the bed of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
When Li Chengqian saw the handsome men sent by the county magistrate, his face turned green! He was immediately furious, and the county magistrate was almost incontinent.
Du He, Zhao Jie and others were trying hard to hold back their laughter, and they almost got sick.
After Li Chengqian sent the county magistrate away, he dismissed his attendants and left Du He alone in the room to talk.
Li Chengqian had long seen that Du He had something to ask him, but he had been holding it back all the way. Li Chengqian wanted to see what Du He was going to do.
At this time, in the darkness, several agile black figures flashed and came towards the post house where Li Chengqian and others were staying.
In the night, the black figures flashed and killed all the yamen runners patrolling around the post house silently.
Then they threw the bodies into the darkness to avoid being discovered.
After doing this, these people in the dark touched their heads, separated again, and continued to sneak towards the post house.
"There is an assassin!..." A cry broke the silence of the night, followed by the sound of fighting, and the guards of the East Palace and the assassins fought.
Li Chengqian and Du He were shocked, and Li Chengqian got up to get the sword beside him.
There were footsteps outside the door. Du He stared at the door and picked up an object. If the person coming was an assassin, he would protect the prince at all costs.
Li Chengqian held the hilt of the sword tightly, his expression solemn, and the sword slowly came out.
"Prince!" Zhao Jie's voice came from outside the door. Li Chengqian signaled Du He to open the door.
Du He opened the door a crack, and after seeing clearly that the people outside were Zhao Jie and Hegan Chengji, he opened the door.
"What's the situation outside?" Li Chengqian asked.
"There is an assassin who intends to assassinate the prince. He has been stopped by the guards of the Eastern Palace. The sound of fighting here will soon alarm the guards in the city."
"The guards in the city will rush to rescue him. The prince does not need to worry." Hegan Chengji said.
"We must keep him alive and find out who wants to assassinate me." Li Chengqian said angrily.
In the capital of the Tang Dynasty, someone dared to assassinate him, the prince of the empire. It was really bold and presumptuous.
"Your Highness! Do you still need to ask? It must be sent by the King of Wei. Who else but him would not want Your Highness to return to Chang'an again?" Zhao Jie said.
In addition to the King of Wei Li Tai, there is really no one else. Once Li Chengqian was assassinated, Li Tai would be the favorable candidate to become the prince.
Li Tai has the ability and the motivation, and the road to succession is full of blood and gore.
Li Chengqian frowned. Li Tai is indeed the best suspect, but is he really so impatient? He has to resort to such a desperate measure, even using assassination. What
Li Chengqian is concerned about now is not who is the mastermind, but how to keep Hegan Chengji here forever.
Qi Wang Li You may be captured at any time and escorted to Beijing for trial, and Hegan Chengji will definitely be implicated at that time.
Li Chengqian does not have much time left, and he must take this opportunity tonight to get rid of the traitor Hegan Chengji.
After Li Chengqian was reborn, he found that he had inherited everything from his predecessor, even his martial arts. Perhaps this is the benefit of a time traveler.
Although Li Chengqian's martial arts are not as good as Hegan Chengji's, he can still succeed in attacking Hegan Chengji when he relaxes his vigilance.
"Bang!" A startled sound pulled Li Chengqian back. Looking up, the downstairs was in a mess, and an East Palace guard was lying on the ground, his life or death unknown.
Two men in black rushed in from outside the inn and rushed upstairs to kill. Everyone's face changed drastically. Hegan Chengji immediately went up to fight with the two assassins.
Du He stepped forward and protected Li Chengqian behind him. Although Zhao Jie was frightened, he still stood with Du He, forming a human wall for Li Chengqian.
If Hegan Chengji couldn't stop the assassins, they would fight to the death to buy a little time for the prince to escape.
Hegan Chengji killed the two assassins with his sword despite being injured, and then came to Li Chengqian.
"Your Highness!"
"Hegan Chengji, are you okay?" Zhao Jie said.
"It's just a minor injury!" Hegan Chengji said.
Suddenly, a flash of sword light passed by, and the sword pierced into Hegan Chengji's heart. Li Chengqian took advantage of Hegan Chengji's unpreparedness and killed Hegan Chengji.
The sword was pulled out, and boiling blood gushed out from Hegan Chengji's chest, splashing on Li Chengqian and the other two.
At the moment of death, Hegan Chengji stabbed Li Chengqian with a sword. He didn't understand why the prince wanted to kill him.
But it didn't matter anymore. Anyway, Hegan Chengji couldn't survive, and even if he died, he would drag the prince to his back.
He couldn't live, and he couldn't let Li Chengqian, the man who killed him, live. Anyway, he couldn't live, so he didn't care whether the other party was the prince or not.
Li Chengqian immediately took a step back and used the sword in his hand to block Hegan Chengji's attack. He took the opportunity to take a step forward and hit Hegan Chengji with another sword.
Hegan Chengji's pupils dilated and his body slumped to the ground. He died with his eyes wide open.
"Prince, why are you doing this?" Zhao Jie looked incredulous. Why would the prince kill his trusted warrior?
"Hegan Chengji colluded with the thieves and intended to plot against me. Now I have executed him." Li Chengqian said.
He must prove Hegan Chengji's crime, and then killing him would be justified. Otherwise, he, Li Chengqian, would be killing indiscriminately.
As the crown prince, he cannot be lawless and kill people at will.
As for the time being, when the higher-ups start investigating, Li Chengqian is not worried that he will be blamed, because Hegan Chengji is already dead, so there is no evidence.
Even if they really find out something, at most they will find out that it is Prince Qi Li You, who asked them to collude secretly.
"Yes! I saw with my own eyes that Hegan Chengji wanted to assassinate the crown prince!" Du He nodded.
Zhao Jie nodded, agreeing with what they said, although he didn't believe in his heart that Hegan Chengji was related to the assassination tonight.
Once Hegan Chengji was dead, even if Li You's conspiracy case involved Hegan Chengji, he didn't have to worry about him being implicated.
The death of Hegan Chengji resolved the crisis of his being deposed.
"Let's go! Let's go down and take a look!" Li Chengqian said.
The fighting outside had stopped. The assassins outside had either been completely eliminated or had already escaped.
The current danger was over. Du He and Zhao Jie accompanied Li Chengqian to the outside of the post house. The surroundings were in a mess, and many corpses were lying on the ground.
Most of the corpses were guards of the East Palace, but the bodies of the men in black were not seen. The guards in the city were cleaning the battlefield.
The county magistrate was so scared when he learned that the prince had been assassinated that he hurried to the post house to apologize. Li Chengqian did not meet him, and asked Du He to pass the message to the county magistrate, and then sent him away.