Chu Zishan smiled calmly under Prime Minister Li's questioning and scrutiny: "A few days ago, I asked my maid to go to the market to buy some things, and my maid smelled a strong smell of human blood on the people passing by.
My four maids are first-class scouts on the battlefield. They are my clairvoyance and ears, with extremely keen abilities to detect and sense danger.
They thought this passerby was strange, so they followed him to a cloth village. There were many men in black and weapons hidden in the backyard of the cloth village. They overheard the man in black saying that they would take action on the 26th.
The maid came back and told me that I thought this was an assassination attempt. I sent the maid to confirm, but the man in black and the weapons were gone.
I was afraid of what might happen, and I didn’t dare to stand by and watch as people’s lives were at stake, so at nightfall, I took my maid to hide in a high place. At midnight, I saw many people in black. We followed them all the way, and the people in black went straight to your mansion.”
Prime Minister Li took a long breath and stroked his beard: "Thankfully, the eldest lady was alert."
"They still have people going to the back alley. Lieutenant Yuan has already passed. I hope they can arrive in time to rescue." Chu Zishan lowered his eyes. She had limited manpower and could only protect the prime minister. For the others, she could only say that she was intentional.
Powerless.
"Those who live in the back alleys are all cabinet ministers." Prime Minister Li punched the tea table, causing the tea set to jingle.
"Prime Minister, where is the Prime Minister?"
Urgent shouts came from outside the house, and then the study door opened, and Lieutenant Yuan rushed in, bringing with him a cold and bloody air.
Prime Minister Li had a premonition that the situation was not good, so he forced himself to calm down: "How about the back alley?"
Lieutenant Yuan bit his lip, his tiger eyes turned red, and said in a trembling voice: "Master Lin, Master Zhang, Master Ge, Master Zhao and the two Masters Gao were all killed. When I arrived, their heads were hung on the lintel..."
Having said this, Lieutenant Yuan could no longer hold back his sadness, lowered his head and became speechless.
Prime Minister Li's energy and blood surged, and his body swayed. Chu Zishan quickly supported him.
"Who is it that is so crazy about killing important officials in the court? This is really shocking and unprecedented."
Several like-minded old friends passed away tragically, which made Prime Minister Li heartbroken, beating his chest and crying with tears.
Chu Zishan said: "I just captured a few people alive, but they are dead soldiers, so there is little hope of asking anything out of them.
Who do you think had murderous intentions towards you and several ministers?"
Prime Minister Li pondered for a long time and shook his head: "At the palace banquet half a month ago, a courtier suddenly proposed to the emperor to establish a crown prince, proposing to make Concubine Rong the queen and Prince Duan the prince.
I immediately objected, saying frankly that Concubine Rong was impetuous, acrimonious, and unbecoming of a mother. Several old friends in the cabinet also agreed with what I said.
There is no doubt that this assassination must have been carried out by King Naduan."
As soon as he finished speaking, he slapped the desk with great anger.
Chu Zishan said: "You just offended King Duan and were assassinated. No one would doubt King Duan. King Duan shouldn't be that stupid, right?
I feel that someone deliberately framed Prince Duan."
Prime Minister Li looked at her and nodded: "The emperor is nearly sixty years old, but he has not appointed a crown prince for a long time, and he is also worried. Now, in addition to King Duan, there are also King Xian and King Huainan. King Huainan is the deposed king.
The son of a concubine, he has little hope, only a virtuous king..."
His eyes suddenly widened: "Prince Xian's mother, Concubine Xiao, is a very scheming woman. Could it be that this assassination was designed by their mother and son to frame Prince Duan?"
Chu Zishan blinked his bright eyes: "The Prime Minister has forgotten one person."
"who?"
"King Xiaoyao."
"No way, he can't be."
Prime Minister Li shook his head like a wave and said: "This King Xiaoyao is just a sick and sick man who is not going to die soon. He is also an idle prince with no real power. It can never be him."
Chu Zishan said: "Perhaps, that is just a disguise to hide the truth from others. He is the only legitimate son of the late emperor. Back then, he was supposed to inherit the throne. However, due to a serious illness, he was dying, so he was ordered to inherit the throne by the current emperor. He said that he
He is a sick and sick man, but he has not been living well these years. Doesn’t he hate seeing someone else sitting on his own throne?”
"This..." Prime Minister Li frowned and began to stroke the strands of beard again.
Mentioning King Xiaoyao, Chu Zishan's cold eyes flashed with terrifying murderous intent.
Xiaoyao Wang Baili Lingxi was the culprit who caused her whole Chu family to be executed. This time, she let this yandere prince who was good at hiding reveal his minions.
Lieutenant Yuan, who had been looking at the two of them, wiped the tears on his face and said: "If it were me, I would only hate you. I would pretend to be sick, and then secretly cultivate my snobbery. Today's assassination will bring chaos to the court and people's hearts."
If the panic turns into suspicion and harm between the emperor and the princes, this will definitely be what King Xiaoyao would like to see."
Chu Zishan pointed at Lieutenant Yuan with a smile: "Lieutenant, your analysis is so right."
"No matter who is responsible for this matter, the death of several loyal ministers will be a great loss and sorrow to our country."
Prime Minister Li said, stroking his chest and looking extremely painful.
Chu Zishan took out the needle bag from his pocket and pierced Prime Minister Li's left hand with a silver needle.
Prime Minister Li took a long breath and slowly opened his eyes.
Chu Zishan said softly: "You must be too tired on weekdays. You should pay more attention to rest. Otherwise, illnesses will come like a mountain. If something happens to you, that will be my biggest loss in Daxia."
Prime Minister Li nodded and said weakly: "Miss Chu, does she still know medical skills?"
"Know some medical knowledge." Chu Zishan smiled bitterly.
After leaving the Prime Minister's Mansion, the sky had already turned white, and Chu Zishan thought of the masked man again, Zulong.
Why is there no memory of him?
He appeared in the assassination operation of King Xiaoyao, so he is her enemy. This chapter has been completed!