He suppressed his anger, went to Su Rui to show his presence, and then went to find General Mao.
Zhou Xi thought that if the truth came to light, he would abandon General Mao.
But at the same time, General Mao also thought that if the truth came out, he had to protect himself by pushing the bandits out to take the blame in order to protect himself.
No matter whether the prince and Wei Fu had already gotten anything out of the mouths of these captured bandits, as long as he killed them, the prince would not be able to do anything to him without evidence.
He and Zhou Xi are in cahoots with each other, all for the sake of profit.
Nowadays, there is relative peace among countries and there is no need to fight wars. The value of these military generals is relatively lower than that of civil officials.
Civil officials have channels for promotion and wealth, but these military generals do not.
If a military general wants to achieve merit, he must fight in wars, but he does not have the ability to rebel.
Staying in Changzhou with no hope of promotion, other things began to grow in his mind. After he got to know the bandit Zhou Xi, Zhou Xi promised to give him 20% of the money he earned every time and asked General Mao to pretend not to know their existence. General Mao would naturally not refuse since he could just sit back and collect the money.
Many times, when he knew that the government had important supplies to escort, he would reveal the news to Zhou Xi.
Over the years, they have cooperated very happily, and this time he also greeted Zhou Xi in advance, telling him that the prince would be passing by and asked them to be quiet for the time being.
But not only did they not listen, they also bumped into the prince's hands.
How could General Mao completely trust Zhou Xi?
The two of them each have their own little thoughts. Their relationship, which was originally brought together by interests, is very easy to break when facing a crisis.
The two parted on bad terms.
General Mao was dissatisfied with Zhou Xi's attitude of questioning him, and Zhou Xi was dissatisfied with General Mao's disobedience to his arrangements.
Both of them think they are very smart and the other is wrong.
And both want to control the other.
The people on the prince's side didn't notice that Zhou Xi was lingering over General Mao last night, but today Zhou Xi went to see General Mao and attracted the attention of the people on the prince's side.
After the prince returned, someone reported the matter to him.
The prince frowned.
Suddenly, he remembered that General Mao's men had previously visited the bandits' hideout. In a flash, he understood everything. He said to Su Cheng, "This Zhou Xi might be a bandit!"
Su Cheng understood after a little thought. The assassin who assassinated Su Rui yesterday came and went without a trace. He was still wondering who would come after Su Rui and him.
The brother and sister were assassinated one after another, but no trace of the assassin was found.
Logically speaking, among their group, the prince is more likely to become a target of assassins.
But the Taisho era was stable. Although the prince did not leave the palace often, he rarely encountered assassins when he did. That was why the aunts and others felt at ease letting the princes study, stay overnight outside, or even stay at their home in Jingzhou.
If Zhou Xi was a bandit, the appearance of those assassins would seem very reasonable.
He said to the prince, "I'll have someone send Su Rui back first."
Thinking that Su Rui seemed to treat Zhou Xi differently, he suddenly had a bad feeling.
After Su Cheng sent the prince back to his room, he went to find Su Rui, and then heard the person he sent to keep an eye on Su Rui tell him that Zhou Xi bought snacks for Su Rui.
Su Cheng's face immediately fell.
He walked in with a serious expression and said to Su Rui, "Pack your things and leave immediately for Jingzhou."
When Su Cheng came in, Su Rui was eating the snacks Zhou Xi had brought her. When she heard what Su Cheng said, she angrily threw the snacks in her hand and said, "Why?"
"Didn't we already agree on this yesterday? Why are you changing your mind now?"
Su Cheng knew that it was useless to reason with Su Rui. She would definitely not believe him if he told her that Zhou Xi had bad intentions. It would also easily expose the fact that they knew Zhou Xi's true face.
He could only say, "Your Highness was poisoned today. We are about to fight those bandits. I am worried that they will attack you, so I asked someone to send you back first."
Su Rui was worried when she heard that the prince was injured. Then she thought about how partial the prince was now. She snorted coldly and said, "Doesn't he have the amulet that Wei Fu gave him? Why didn't the amulet protect him?"
"Of course not. The poison that His Highness was poisoned with could kill a person within a stick of incense. If it weren't for the princess's talisman to help ward off the disaster and the princess's magic weapon to treat him, His Highness would probably be..."
When Su Cheng came to see Wei Fu in person, he also asked someone to invite a doctor. Before they returned to the city, they asked the doctor to check what kind of poison it was.
On the way back to the city, the prince also said that the moment he fell down, the amulet on his waist burned him.
When the prince took the amulet out, he found that it had turned into ashes.
Although Wei Fu rushed over quickly, it took him more than an incense stick of time to ride back to the city, so during that time, the amulet was used to protect the prince's life.
Su Rui's expression was awkward, and then she said, "Since the princess is so powerful, why are you still afraid of those people? The princess can handle anything anyway."
Seeing Su Rui's stubborn look, Su Cheng couldn't suppress his anger any more. He was almost scared to death when he saw the prince being poisoned, but she was still like this.
"Do you think, with your attitude towards the princess, she will still be willing to pay attention to you?"
"If something happens to you, will she still be willing to save you?"
"Who are you to the princess?"
Su Rui smiled and said, "Don't you all say she's a fairy? A fairy should be someone who will save anyone, otherwise she wouldn't be worthy of the name of a fairy."
Su Cheng looked at Su Rui in shock, thinking that she was really hopeless.
He didn't want to say anything more to her, and directly ordered the people around him: "Take the young lady to the carriage."
"Ling'er stay and pack up."
Su Rui said angrily: "Brother, you can't do this to me. If you do this to me, I will tell Mom when I get home."
Su Cheng turned a deaf ear to her shouting and watched his men drag Su Rui out.
Ling'er was left behind, but she was secretly happy in her heart, because being left behind would give her the opportunity to serve the eldest master.
The eldest son has been away for several months, and there is no woman around him. It must be because...
As Ling'er thought about this, a smile appeared on her face, which happened to catch Su Cheng's eye. Su Cheng frowned slightly. It seemed that Ling'er was looking for a reason to sell herself out.
How could a maid show such a smile for no reason?
Also, after returning, I must ask my grandmother to take good care of my mother. If she continues to indulge my sister, the Su family will probably never have peace.
The noise of Su Rui being forced into the carriage was so loud that Zhou Xi knew about it.
He could only suppress his anger towards General Mao, go to find General Mao, and tell him that he was going to chase Su Rui.
General Mao said coldly, "Why, now that the situation is getting bad, you want to run away?"
"We haven't confronted the prince head-on..."
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