The sky was getting darker and darker. Suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed across the sky, followed by a "rumbling" of thunder above the head. After a while, huge raindrops rushed down from the sky.
Beijing, which has been sunny for more than a month, finally received the first heavy rain of summer tonight.
Inside the palace of Prince Qi.
Several secret guards were kneeling in the hall in a state of embarrassment. They were soaked by the rain, and the rain mixed with blood and formed a small river on the ground.
"Useless things! Why do I feed you? There are so many of you, and you bring two mastiffs with you, how can you let people run away?" King Qi pointed at the people kneeling on the ground,
His face was filled with anger and frustration.
He was behind the last military pay incident. He originally hoped that the Zhennan Palace would be able to take a bite out of the prince's flesh, but he didn't expect that in the end, only Xu Yong was dismissed, and both the prince and Xu Shoufu were unscathed. On the contrary,
Because of this matter, Xu Shoufu became more and more aggressive towards him in the court, and even made him breathless at one point!
And Yang Hefeng had been attracted by the prince a long time ago, and he and Xu Shoufu were in the same nest as snakes and rats. He finally seized this opportunity and wanted to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pull Yang Hefeng down. But he didn't expect that these wastes would actually make people fall.
Ran!
When he thought of this, King Qi felt a heart-wrenching pain in his heart!
"Third brother, the matter has come to this. It's useless to blame them. Why don't you let them go down and bandage the wounds first!" Seeing King Qi's face becoming more and more gloomy, the man sitting next to him finally couldn't help but stand up and said
Then, without waiting for King Qi to speak, he said to the people kneeling below, "Okay, all of you, please step back!"
Several people raised their heads and looked at King Qi in unison. Seeing that King Qi made no objection, they bowed to each of them, then bowed and quickly disappeared into the rain.
"Fourth brother, you are too soft-hearted!" After they left, King Qi said to the person next to him with a reproachful look on his face.
The man smiled, got up and poured a cup of hot tea for King Qi, and then personally held the teacup and handed it to him.
King Qi rolled his eyes at him. Although he was panicking, seeing him smiling so warmly, he still accepted the tea cup from his hand. Just when he lowered his head to drink tea, the man's voice came out.
Suddenly it rang again.
"Third brother, don't worry, I guarantee that tomorrow I can prove that the seven corpses were transported by the Jinyi Guards."
As soon as he said these words, King Qi's depressed thoughts were immediately swept away. He put down the teacup excitedly and stood up, "Fourth brother, do you have any idea?"
That's right, this person whom King Qi calls his fourth brother is none other than the fourth son of the current emperor, Prince Duan, the direct younger brother of King Qi's mother.
Compared to King Qi's excitement, he seemed much calmer and calmer at the moment. He pushed King Qi back into the chair and sat back with a smile. "Before this, I had people tamper with the knife."
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"Did you do anything?" King Qi was still confused.
"I asked someone to apply Jin Yiwei's unique soul-chasing fragrance on the blade!" King Duan looked at King Qi and added with a faint smile.
"Chasing Soul Fragrance?" King Qi's eyebrows were still furrowed.
"That's right, soul-chasing incense. This kind of incense has a very light smell. Except for the black dogs specially trained by Jin Yiwei, people can't smell it at all. And once it gets on it, it won't dissipate for ten and a half days. It's used by Jin Yiwei to track fugitives.
” King Duan smiled and explained to King Qi again.
As soon as he said this, King Qi understood it immediately, but for just a moment, he frowned again, "But since this thing comes from Jin Yiwei, how can their own people not know that they have been exposed to this thing?"
"Third brother, why don't I say it again? Only the black dogs specially trained by Jinyiwei can smell this soul-chasing fragrance. Even if one of them has a particularly good nose, they can't care about it when they are running for their lives in panic, let alone
Said...how did they know that we would have the soul-chasing incense secretly made by Jinyiwei?" King Duan said with a smile.
After hearing what King Duan said, King Qi's hanging heart finally returned to his stomach.
"Fourth brother, you are still very careful in your actions. If the people under me were half as alert and smart as you, I wouldn't be overwhelmed by that old guy Xu Shoufu! But they kept telling me to endure it.
!I almost became a Buddha immediately!" Looking at his brother who was planning for him, King Qi couldn't help complaining to him.
After hearing these words of King Qi, King Duan couldn't help but smile. He persuaded him softly, "Third brother, the people under you are also doing your best! Xu Shoufu is cunning and cunning, and he has won the favor of his father, the queen and the prince.
Support me, we should really avoid him and not confront them head-on!"
"Of course I know, I just... I just feel aggrieved!" King Qi frowned and continued to complain.
King Duan smiled again, "Those who achieve great things don't stick to trivial matters. Third Brother's good days are still to come, so there is really no need to fight for this momentary momentum."
King Duan's words were like an iron, ironing King Qi's heart to his heart in an instant.
"Hahaha! Fourth brother, you can still speak! Don't worry, third brother misses you so much. From now on, whenever third brother has a bite of meat, he will never let you drink soup!" King Qi stood up and walked to the end.
In front of the king, he laughed and patted his shoulder.
King Duan also stood up, smiled, bowed his hands to King Qi, and said to him in a gentle voice, "Then I'll thank Third Brother here first!"
"Hahaha! We are brothers from the same mother, so we must never let anyone see us outside!" King Qi said, raising his hand and patting King Duan heavily on the shoulder, his narrow eyes filled with excitement and joy.
...with great ambition.
It was as if he had already sat in that position at this moment.
Seeing King Qi like this, King Duan also smiled, his smile was gentle and warm. Coupled with his bright and refreshing appearance, anyone could see that he looked like a gentle and harmless good young master.
"That's right." King Qi, who was immersed in his thoughts, suddenly remembered something. He looked at King Duan solemnly and asked, "Fourth brother, where did you get this soul-chasing incense? No, it's
Is it Jin Yiwei’s secret medicine?”
After listening to King Qi's words, King Duan gently curved his lips and said, "Since Jin Yiwei's secret medicine is from Jin Yiwei, it naturally comes from Jin Yiwei."
"From Jin Yiwei? Fourth brother, do you have someone in Jin Yiwei?" King Qi frowned unconsciously, and looked at King Duan with a hint of suspicion.
He tried his best to place a few people in Jinyiwei, but these people never mentioned to him that Jinyiwei had these things!
The person he placed knew nothing about the Soul-Zhui Xiang, but the person his fourth brother placed not only knew the Soul-Zhui Xiang, but could even bring it out from the Jinyi Guards...
King Qi suddenly became a little alert.
Is his fourth brother planning something behind his back?
Looking at King Qi's suspicious expression, King Duan could guess what was thinking in his mind at this moment without even thinking about it. He smiled at King Duan, and then said to him in a gentle voice, "Third brother, where did you guess?"
Go, I took this soul-chasing incense from Mr. Wang."
To be more precise, Lu Zhan took it from Wang Tao!
"Master Wang? Wang Tao, commander of the Jinyi Guards?" After listening to King Duan's words, King Qi not only did not eliminate the suspicion in his heart, but on the contrary, he became more suspicious!
And he was more shocked than suspicious!
When did Xiao Zhuo become friends with Commander Wang Tao of the Jin Yiwei?
"It's not like Master Wang and I have any friendship. It's clear that Master Wang wants to borrow flowers to offer to Buddha!" King Duan smiled and took over King Qi's words.
But even though he said this, King Qi did not dispel his suspicion. He looked at King Duan carefully with his eyes narrowed, guessing how true and how false his words were.
Seeing that King Qi still didn't believe it, King Duan's smile finally faded away. He looked at King Qi with some dejection and said, "Third brother, if others don't know me, how can you not know it? We are brothers from the same mother.
, and my legs..." At this point, King Duan lowered his head sadly.
Following King Duan's gaze, King Qi unconsciously looked towards his legs.
His eyes suddenly lit up.
Yes, he almost forgot that he has a leg problem, so even if he wanted Xiao Xiang to be in that position, Xiao would not be able to think of it!
Thinking of this, King Qi quickly smiled again. He reached out and patted King Duan on the shoulder, comforting him softly, "Fourth brother, I just misunderstood! You are right, we are the same mother.
My biological brother, as long as I am here, I will definitely treat you badly!"
King Duan raised his head, he reluctantly smiled at King Qi, and did not answer King Qi's words again.
The rain became heavier and heavier. With the cover of the heavy rain, Wei Yan and his party finally got rid of King Qi's pursuit.
"Boss, I checked, and King Qi's people didn't come after him." The Jin Yiwei who was sent to check quickly returned.
Wei Yan looked at the several imperial guards surrounding him, and his tense heart finally relaxed a little.
King Qi must have received the news, so he brought all the guards with him this time. It was a luck for them to escape from the pursuit of more than thirty guards!
It's a pity that the seven corpses...
Thinking of this, the little bit of happiness in Wei Yan's heart completely dissipated.
"Boss, what should we do now? Should we go back to the city? Or..." Seeing Wei Yan's expression solemn and silent, the Jin Yiwei frowned and couldn't help but ask him again.
Although they escaped from King Qi's pursuit, they were all injured. Coupled with the heavy rain, if the wounds could not be treated in time, they would probably fade away...
Wei Yan narrowed his eyes, looked at all the brothers surrounding him, and then his eyebrows furrowed heavily.
King Qi has not caught anyone, so there must be spies at the city gate now. If they return to the city at this time, wouldn't they be throwing themselves into a trap? But if they don't go back...
All the brothers were injured, and two of them were obviously at the end of their strength. They couldn't hold on much longer!
"Boss..." Seeing that Wei Yan remained silent, the man couldn't help but call him again.
Wei Yan's eyes finally moved. He gritted his teeth and finally made up his mind, "Let's go to Qing'an!"
"Qing'an?" The man hesitated.
Qing'an is still thirty miles away from here. Jinyiwei does have a stronghold there, but there are no good doctors in Qing'an.
"Let's go to Qing'an first and change into Feiyu clothes, and then return to the city at dawn tomorrow!" Wei Yan said decisively.
For the sake of convenience, none of them are wearing flying fish clothes today! Therefore, if they want to return to the city openly tomorrow, they must wear flying fish clothes. In this way, even if the King of Qi sends people to guard the city gate, it will be useless. They only need to say "execute"
Just get injured on duty!
The man obviously understood Wei Yan's intention. He quickly raised his hand and gave him a strong bow, and then said loudly, "Yes! Boss, everything is at your discretion!"
"Lao Liu, you are at the end, let's leave quickly!" Wei Yan gave another order to everyone in a deep voice.
"Yes!" Several people responded in unison, and then several figures quickly rushed into the rain curtain.