Chapter 410 Night Trial

Yue Haoyun frowned and said, "When I realized that the assassins were coming for me, I guessed that they might be the Queen Mother and Han Lie!"

"Now, no one is more eager for my death than them!"

Yue Haoyun looked up at the void in front of him, his eyes gleaming with coldness, and he spoke word by word, "Zhu Ling! Han Lie! If you can't poison me to death, you will assassinate me! If I continue to endure it, I will be a coward!"

After that, he punched the bed hard.

The second prince stood up and walked to his side, patted him on the back gently, and comforted him: "With us here and Daxia as your backing, they will not succeed."

At this time, there was a commotion outside, the sound of carriages clanging and noisy voices, as if someone had entered the inn, and quite a few of them.

Yinbao immediately went out to check.

In less than a cup of tea, he came back and reported: "Second Prince, Prince Yue, Lord Han, it is the city guard who has brought more than a dozen subordinates."

In fact, it stands to reason that wherever the delegation goes, they should send someone to notify the local officials in advance so that the local officials can prepare in advance.

When the delegation enters the city, they should welcome it with great fanfare.

However, the second prince and Han Qingbo did not want to make too much trouble, so they did not send anyone to report in advance.

When they arrived at Shijiu Fort, the city lord didn't know about it. It was

not until they moved into the inn that the city lord learned about it from his servants. Therefore, when he and his subordinates hurriedly prepared and drove the carriage to arrive, the assassination on the street had already happened.

As soon as Yinbao finished reporting, the city lord and his entourage had already arrived outside Yue Haoyun's room.

"The city lord of Shijiu Fort requests to see the two envoys!" A loud male voice came in in surprise.

The second prince responded, "Come in and talk!"

As the door opened, a middle-aged man with a bulging belly walked in respectfully, followed by a dozen people.

However, the dozen subordinates were too embarrassed to enter the house and just stood outside the door with their hands down.

General Ducheng Shou bowed deeply to the Second Prince and Han Qingbo: "I am Liu Jing, the governor of Shijiu Fort. I pay my respects to the Second Prince and Lord Han!"

The Second Prince waved his hand and said: "Hurry up."

Liu Jing stood up tremblingly and said with his eyes lowered: "The delegation encountered an assassin as soon as they arrived at Shijiu Fort. I am really derelict in my duty! I hope the superiors will punish me!"

"I wonder if anyone in the delegation was injured?"

Han Qingbo said calmly, "Prince Yue and an attendant were injured, but I and the Second Prince are safe."

Liu Chengshou raised his eyes slightly and glanced at Yue Haoyun on the bed, trembling and saying, "I am terrified that Prince Yue was injured on my territory."

The Second Prince glanced at Liu Chengshou, who was hunched over, and showed a look of contempt, "Lord Liu, now is not the time for you to repent. You came at the right time. We caught someone outside. "I have found a live person. When the assassin is bandaged, you can take him back for interrogation and check the assassin's background."

Liu Chengshou responded hurriedly: "Okay, okay, I will interrogate him personally, overnight!"

Then, Liu Chengshou's eyes turned and said: "Second Prince, the King of Yue was injured. This inn is simple. Why don't you stay in my city guard's mansion?"

The second prince waved his hand: "That's not necessary."

After that, he used the excuse that the King of Yue needed to rest and let Liu Chengshou and others go back first.

Then, the second prince called Jinhu and Yinbao and whispered some instructions.

The second prince and Han Qingbo gave some instructions to the guards and went back to their rooms to rest.

When it was almost midnight, the second prince was sleeping in a daze, and suddenly his shoulders were tapped twice.

"Who?!" The second prince woke up in surprise.

"Your Highness, it's me, Jin Hu!"

After confirming that it was his confidant, the second prince relaxed, "What's wrong? Is there a situation?"

Jin Hu reported: "Liu Chengshou interrogated him overnight, but the assassin only said that he was hired by Hua Qian, and didn't say anything else."

"Liu Chengshou was afraid that the interrogation was too harsh and he would not survive, so he suspended it."

"Later, it was just as Your Highness expected. At three o'clock in the morning, two men in black sneaked into the prison and wanted to rescue the survivor."

"The people lying in ambush outside jumped out and captured the two accomplices."

The second prince clapped his hands in joy, "Good!"

Jin Hu continued, "Now, the city guard has found out the identity of the assassins. They are all bandits from Butai Ridge. The injured one and the two who came to rob the prison in the middle of the night are brothers."

The second prince's eyes lit up and asked, "Then did they tell us who is the mastermind behind the scenes?"

"When I came to report the news to you, City Guard Liu was interrogating them. I guess he hasn't finished the interrogation yet."

The second prince waved his hand and said, "That's great. I'll go and take a look too."

After that, the second prince called Han Qingbo and took him to the prison in the city guard's mansion.

In the prison of the City Guard Mansion, two men in black were tied up with iron chains, and their bodies were covered with dense whip marks.

Liu Chengshou leaned on the armchair opposite him and yawned, "Hurry up, tell them quickly! Tell them everything. You can suffer less!"

The second prince and Han Qingbo came in at this time. When

Liu Chengshou saw the two of them, he stood up hurriedly and saluted like a pug, "My two envoys, it's the dead of night, I can interrogate them, why did you two come in person?"

The second prince ignored him and sat directly on Liu Chengshou's armchair, picked up the interrogation record on the table, scanned it, and handed the record to Han Qingbo to read.

"Master Liu, please take a break first, and we will review the case."

Liu Chengshou bowed and stood aside.

The second prince looked at the two men in black and said to the older one, "Wang Dahai! Who hired you?"

Wang Dahai glanced at the second prince, turned his face away, and said nothing.

The second prince didn't think about it and continued to talk to himself, "Your target of assassination is the great king of Dai Viet. I estimate that the reward must be a sky-high price!"

"Without 100,000 taels of silver, you brothers will not take this risk, right?"

As soon as the second prince finished speaking, the younger man in black next to Wang Dahai suddenly raised his head, looking shocked: "What? You mean, that's the Great Prince of Dai Viet?!"

He was so shocked that his voice was a little hoarse.

The second prince smiled and nodded: "That's right. The tall man you assassinated on the street today is named Yue Haoyun. He is the elder brother of the current emperor of Dai Viet, a great prince!"