General Ning Yuan stood in Li Yuheng's tent with a bitter and annoyed look on his face, "Your Majesty, the emperor not only wanted to use this spring hunt to confirm the military power of the western suburbs camp, but also wanted to send someone to Linyue Kingdom to assassinate the prince. What happened when the emperor got confused? manage?"
He didn't want to go to Linyue Kingdom to carry out assassination, which would mean a narrow escape from death. Didn't you see that none of the dozens of people who assassinated the emperor this time survived?
Li Yuheng's face was gloomy. No one could guess the emperor's thoughts. The development of the matter was completely beyond his expectation. "Looking at King Che's performance in the past two days, he has no intention of competing for the military power of the western suburbs camp."
He was obviously very skilled in archery and could always hit the mark, but he spent three days fishing and two days drying nets, and often gave up his prey to his subordinates.
General Ning Yuan grimaced and shook his head, "Prince Che already has enough military power, so he probably doesn't take it seriously."
Li Yuheng thought about the positions of the six ministers and the prime minister in the emperor's camp just now, and the air pressure around him became even lower. "The spring hunt will proceed as normal tomorrow, and our plan remains unchanged."
General Ning Yuan raised his head and looked at Li Yuheng with a frown.
In Li Junche's camp.
Wen Jinhe raised his eyebrows in surprise, "The emperor wants to send someone to assassinate the prince of Linyue Kingdom?"
Li Junche nodded, "This assassination was also the work of Linyue Kingdom."
Wen Jinhe asked in confusion: "Are there no important figures among those killers?" Just sending some ordinary soldiers and a fifth-grade general, the Emperor of Linyue Kingdom Wen Yanru was too disrespectful.
Li Junche had a look of surprise on his face, "Do you suspect someone has escaped?"
Wen Jinhe scratched his chin, leaned back, and let his eyes go blank, "I was just thinking about it."
Li Junche stared at the empty plate on the table, tapping his fingers on the table. After a while, he stood up and said, "I'm going out. You don't have to wait for me to come back for dinner."
Wen Jinhe nodded and warned: "Pay attention to safety."
Li Junche called to Murong Nie and led a group of people to rush towards the direction where Li Yuheng and the others came back.
The body was taken back by Li Yuheng and the others, but the blood stains on the ground remained in place, attracting countless beasts.
Murong Nie dismounted and knelt on the ground on one knee, "Your Majesty, there is another set of faint footprints here. There should be no more than ten people."
Li Junche observed along the way, "They separated here. Most of them were responsible for diverting the imperial guards and covering the important person's escape."
Murong Nie looked into the distance and said solemnly: "The mountains and forests here are dense and they have no horses. Although several hours have passed, they may not be unable to catch up."
Li Junche: "Take the people and follow the footsteps to catch up and see who is leading?"
The spring hunting is not over halfway yet, so it would be inappropriate for Li Junche to leave.
"Yes, my subordinates will definitely bring the person alive."
It was already dark, and when Li Junche returned to the royal hunting ground, the candlelight in the tent had not yet been extinguished.
"The eunuch next to the emperor just came to see you." Wen Jinhe stopped what he was doing. Su Huaizhi's actions in Shuonan City were very fast and had begun to show results. Sun Fugui couldn't wait to put the account book together with the letter written by Su Huaizhi. send over.
Li Junche: "Jinhe, your guess is correct. Someone did escape. I have asked Murong Nie to chase him."
There was a hint of joy in Wen Jinhe's expression, maybe he could catch a big fish.
After Li Junche and Wen Jinhe exchanged a few words, they arrived at the emperor's tent.
Li Jingxing sat on the dragon chair, "I heard that you took someone out in a hurry this afternoon?"
Li Junche raised his eyes and looked at Li Yuheng who was standing aside. This guy must have complained.
The people Li Yuheng brought out were his soldiers. There was no need to greet the emperor. But after Li Yuheng's instigation, the emperor also felt a little strange. Why did he bring dozens of people out?
"Yes, I felt something was wrong. Maybe there were other killers who had escaped, so I took people to the place where the emperor arrested people to investigate." He couldn't mention Wen Jinhe until he caught the person.
Li Yuheng's face darkened, he did not expect that he would be involved, "I and General Ning Yuan led two thousand imperial guards, how could they let the assassins escape? You also saw the beheaded assassin's second brother."
Li Junche cupped his hands and stared at the emperor, "Father, I discovered that several people had escaped. The killers were divided into two groups when the emperor was chasing him. Those who died were trying to cover the escape of those who actually gave the order. I suspected that this was the case. Human identity is not simple.”
The emperor's aura suddenly became cold, "Have you been caught?"
Li Junche shook his head, "Those people have been running away for several hours, and I have asked Murong Nie to lead people to chase them."
The emperor looked at Li Yuheng, "Didn't you find it during the search?"
Li Yuheng looked a little flustered, "I didn't see anyone escaping, maybe it was the tracks left by hunters who went up the mountain to hunt."
The emperor hated the iron in his heart. Why did he ask King Heng to lead people to investigate? "You have never been on the battlefield. You are not proficient in these things. I was careless."
Li Yuheng's heart seemed to be blocked. Wasn't this a blatant statement that he was not capable enough and could not compare to Li Junche.
I hope Murong Nie can't catch anyone, otherwise his father will really be disappointed in him.
Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. Before the third day, Murong Nie came back with someone.
"My lord, there are seven people in total, six are dead and one is alive. One of them is protecting him, it should be the head." Murong Nie threw Wen Xinghe off the horse.
The emperor's personal eunuch hurried over and said, "Prince Che, the emperor heard that General Murong had captured someone, and specially asked the old slave to invite the prince to come over."
Li Junche said to Murong Nie: "Take the man and follow me to see the emperor."
Wen Xinghe had already turned pale with fright. The soil all over his body was mixed with the blood of soldiers. Looking at the people around him from the Beidi Kingdom, his heart became more and more frightened.
He cannot let these people know his identity, otherwise he will definitely die.
Li Junche asked as he walked: "Can you tell me who this person is?"
Murong Nie replied, "Everyone who knew about it is dead. He kept his mouth very tight and didn't say a word."
Li Junche turned around and glanced at Wen Xinghe who was being dragged. He could easily see that Wen Xinghe was different from ordinary soldiers.
Not like people in a military camp.
The emperor, Li Yuheng, the prime minister and the six ministers looked at the man who was kneeling on the ground and didn't recognize him.
"Who are you? What is your status in Linyue Kingdom?" the emperor asked seriously.
Wen Xinghe kept silent and lowered his head. He tried to stand up several times, but was pushed down by Murong Nie.
After some interrogation, no one asked anything.
The emperor was annoyed, "King Che, since it was captured by your men, I will hand it over to you for interrogation. The evidence must be conclusive to make him speak."
Wen Xinghe shuddered. Is the evidence conclusive?
When setting off, my father specifically warned that Linyue Kingdom and Beidi Kingdom could not go to war yet, so they wanted to cause trouble in Beidi Kingdom.
If he had known this, he should not have been in a hurry and asked his father for orders.
Unexpectedly, Li Junche actually responded and had himself arrested.
