Junior sister Zhou walked to the door, confirmed that the two of them were gone, and then turned around.
After looking at Chen Bilian for a while, he said: "Sister Zheng, do you know Wu Chengsi, the king of Changping County?"
Zheng Lingxuan's face changed slightly, and she nodded: "Yes, you are not looking for His Highness, are you?"
Junior sister Zhou said in a deep voice: "Can you invite him over?"
Zheng Lingxuan remained silent.
"Are you worried that I will harm him?" Junior Sister Zhou raised her eyebrows.
Zheng Lingxuan shook her head and said: "His Royal Highness is protected by many experts. If you try to harm him, you will only lose your life in vain."
Junior Sister Zhou said coldly: "Don't worry, although I did think about assassinating him before, but after hearing what happened to him on the battlefield, I changed my mind and just wanted to ask him one thing before I died."
"Why did you want to assassinate him? What did you mean before dying?" Zheng Lingxuan said in shock.
Junior sister Zhou lowered her eyes and said, "I just ask you if you can help me?"
Zheng Lingxuan hesitated for a long time, took a deep breath and said: "Forget it, I'll go to the palace right now, but I can't guarantee that I can invite the prince here."
Zhou Shang squeezed out a smile and said, "Thank you, senior sister."
When Zheng Lingxuan left, she asked Chen Bilian to help take care of Zhou Sang. The two women sat in the house and waited quietly.
The two women didn't know each other, so they didn't speak. Only the crackling of candlelight could be heard in the room.
After a while, Zhou Shang suddenly took some bandages from her clothes and took off her shirt, only to see a half-foot-long wound between her ribs.
Zhou Shang lowered his head to treat the wound, and after re-bandaging the wound, his forehead was covered with sweat.
Chen Bilian kept looking at her quietly, not knowing whether she was afraid or not, but did not go up to help her.
After a long while, a faint sound suddenly sounded outside the door.
Zhou Shang looked stern and said, "Quickly find a place to hide!"
After speaking, he drew out the sword from his waist, stood up, and stared at the door.
Chen Bilian hurriedly stood up and hid in a corner. At this moment, there was a bang and the door was kicked open.
Several men in black rushed into the house, and Zhou Shang faced them with sword drawn.
Not long after, a scream suddenly sounded out. Zhou Shang turned around and saw that during the fight, Chen Bilian was stabbed to death by a man in black.
Zhou Shang's face was pale and filled with self-blame.
At this time, she was at the end of her strength, and it was estimated that it wouldn't be long before she could catch up with Naihe Qiao and go to Chen Bilian to apologize in person.
At this moment, two figures were seen rushing into the house one after another, but they were Di Renjie and Zhuge Nan.
The two men quickly knocked down a group of men in black with their bare hands. Seeing that they were defeated, the men in black took out daggers and stabbed themselves in the heart without hesitation.
Zhuge Nan wanted to stop him, but was a step too late, while Di Renjie watched coldly and did not stop him.
"Hey, why didn't you stop them from committing suicide?" Zhuge Nan asked.
"They are all professional killers. They all took poison before going on a mission. They will only take the antidote when the mission is successful. It is useless for us to catch them." Di Renjie said, crossing his arms.
"How do you know?"
"Last time I came to look for Ling Xuan, I also met this woman. At that time, there were also killers chasing her. I caught two of the killers, but after being detained in Dali Temple Prison for two hours, they became poisonous.
Died."
Zhuge Nan was slightly startled and said in a deep voice: "The price for such a killer is probably very high, and the people who hire them must not be ordinary people. Hey, Miss Zhou, you know..."
When he was about to ask Zhou Sang questions, he found that Zhou Sang was already lying on the ground and fell into a coma.
Zhugenan stretched out his hand to help her up, but when he remembered that men and women were not close to each other, he took his hand back.
"Hey, Brother Di, go and help her up." Zhuge Nan said with a blushing face.
Seeing that Di Renjie didn't reply, he turned around and saw Di Renjie looking at the dead Chen Bilian without saying a word.
Zhuge Nan sighed and comforted: "The matter is over, don't be too sad."
"Why am I sad?" Di Renjie asked curiously.
"Didn't you save her? Aren't you sad that she died?" Zhugenan said in shock.
Di Renjie remained silent.
"Okay, I didn't expect you to be such a cold-blooded person. I know you today!" Zhugenan stared at Di Renjie for a long time and became furious.
Di Renjie glanced at him and said angrily:
"Don't talk nonsense. This woman approached me on purpose. She is not an ordinary woman." After speaking, he walked to Zhou Shang and helped her up.
Zhugenan was stunned for a moment and became even more angry: "You knew she had a problem, but you still kept her with Sister Lingxuan?"
"She doesn't know martial arts, and I've already told Lingxuan about this."
As Di Renjie spoke, he checked Zhou Shang's injuries.
"Then why didn't you tell me?" Zhugenan said angrily.
Di Renjie glanced at him: "I thought you had already seen it."
Zhugenan's face suddenly turned red.
After a while, he rubbed the back of his head and said with a smile, "Actually, I can tell a little bit."
After speaking, he squatted in front of a man in black and changed the subject: "Who did sister Lingxuan's junior sister offend to send such a powerful killer?"
Di Renjie put several chairs together and let Zhou Shang lie down on them.
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door. The two of them looked towards the door, but it was Zheng Lingxuan who had returned, followed by Wu Chengsi, Han Cheng and a group of guards.
Seeing the mess in the house, Zheng Lingxuan was shocked and angry.
Especially when she saw the dead Chen Bilian, she tightened her clothes. When she saw Zhou Shang, she quickly came to her side and finally breathed a sigh of relief when she found that she was still alive.
Wu Chengsi was also surprised, looked around and asked, "What's going on?"
Zheng Lingxuan said hurriedly: "Your Highness, my junior sister is seriously injured and needs immediate treatment."
Wu Chengsi nodded and said, "Bring her to my house and I'll let Zhiying treat her."
Zheng Lingxuan thanked her repeatedly and was about to pick up Zhou Sang when she suddenly saw Zhou Sang's eyes opened at some point. She grabbed her hand and said, "Have you...invited the prince here?"
"Yes, His Highness is right next to you. Don't talk for now. Let's heal your injuries before talking."
Zhou Shang shook his head and struggled to turn his head. A majestic young man in rich clothes appeared in his field of vision, and said with difficulty: "Your Majesty, can I...can I ask you something?"
Wu Chengsi heard Zheng Lingxuan say that this woman was a heroine in the world and had done a lot of good deeds, so he had a very good impression of her. He said gently: "What do you want to ask?"
"Do you... know Wu Wei?"
Wu Chengsi thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I don't know."
Zhou Sang's frown relaxed, his head tilted, and he fainted again.
Wu Chengsi felt slightly confused, but now was not the time to ask more questions.
He asked Zheng Lingxuan to carry Zhou Shang into his carriage. He and Di Renjie followed on horseback, while Zhugenan went to Wannian County to report the crime.
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Prince Pei's Mansion.
Li Xiangang returned to the study, and Zheng Yuanning, who was waiting in the study, quickly stood up and saluted.
"After the discussion just now, the king, the prince, the prince, the prince of Changping County and the princess Taiping had a family dinner together. After the meal, the king played a few games of chess with the father. Then he got back late. Let's
Father-in-law has been waiting for a long time."
Zheng Yuanning hurriedly said he didn't dare, and asked: "Your Majesty, did Prince Changping tell you and the prince the gunpowder formula at the banquet?"
King Pei shook his head and said:
"He only told his father and mother that his father planned to set up a divine fire workshop and give it to Wu Chengsi to manage, specifically to study the use of gunpowder."
Zheng Yuanning sneered:
"Wu Chengsi is now the young minister of Dali Temple, the head of the Hanlin Academy, and the general of Zuo Wuwei. Now that your majesty has given him the charge of Shenhuofang, aren't you afraid of exhausting him to death?"
King Pei sighed:
"Wu Chengsi won the battle in Liaodong and was favored by him. In addition, he donated the gunpowder. Naturally, my father would not let anyone else take over."
Zheng Yuanning said:
"Actually, after watching the gunpowder in Furong Garden today, I also thought about it carefully. At first glance, the gunpowder is indeed very powerful, but its actual effect is not great. Unless it is really that small bag of gunpowder that has that kind of power, then it is almost the same.
"
King Pei said seriously:
"Although this thing was the first discovered by Wu Chengsi, we cannot underestimate it for this reason. On the contrary, I plan to pay attention to the research progress of gunpowder at all times. When attacking the Tubo people in the future, this thing will definitely be able to send troops
Come in handy."
"Your Highness has a broad mind, and I admire you. However, Your Highness, now that Wu Chengsi has taken over Shenhuofang, he is likely to stay in Beijing for a long time. What about our plan?"
King Pei thought for a long time and said in a deep voice:
"The more critical this situation is, the more we must remain calm. If we start the plan now, it is very likely that Wu Chengsi and Di Renjie will see through it, so we should wait patiently."
Zheng Yuanning nodded and said: "Okay, let Bilian slowly gain Di Renjie's trust during this period. It will be more convenient when designing Di Renjie in the future."