Chapter 9
Chapter 9
This voice... Lin Xingzhi turned around suddenly, and found that it was indeed the person he was thinking of.
Before he called anyone, Chu Zhao walked over quickly.
Chu Zhao was still wearing the clothes he saw in the cell yesterday, the blue brocade gown, which made his face extraordinarily fair, even a little abnormally white, and even his footsteps were not as steady as when they met at the gate of the palace.
It’s just that before Lin Xingzhi had time to think about it, Chu Zhao had already arrived beside him, his hands seemed to be very hard to grab Lin Xingzhi’s shoulders, and he said in a bad tone: “It’s so courageous, but I haven’t seen you for a day, you actually Dare to look at other men!"
Lin Xingzhi moved his shoulder, which was barely bearing any strength, and cooperatingly argued: "I didn't, and besides, what I see has nothing to do with you..."
Then he was murdered, "Shut up! Did the king let you speak?"
Lin Xingzhi looked embarrassed.
And Chu Zhao's eyes were fixed on King Qi, "Fourth brother, what are you talking about with your sister-in-law, why don't you tell Brother Wei as well?"
Lin Xingzhi: "..."
He is no little sister-in-law!
For Chu Zhao, the person who came out halfway to stop his good deeds, King Qi hated him very much, but he wanted to pretend to be respectful. Chu Zhao usually doesn't even pay attention to the prince, let alone an unfavored prince like him. up.
They all firmly believed that Chu Zhao could definitely commit brotherly murder, so they hated him, hated him, and also feared him.
King Qi replied honestly, "It's just that my younger brother was reckless and accidentally knocked over Lin Zhuangyuan's food box, so I just wanted to invite him to dinner to make amends. There is nothing else. Brother Sanhuang, don't worry." All changed.
Chu Zhao glanced at the food that hadn't been cleared away on the ground, and knew that it was Lin Xingzhi who was going to send him to the cell, so he looked at King Qi coolly, and said, "It's really reckless."
And fulfilled the elder brother's teaching responsibility, "Remember how long you have eyes when you walk in the future."
King Qi bowed his hands, and when he lowered his head, there was a flash of humiliation in his eyes.
"That's the end of this matter. The king's people will not be short of your meal, fourth brother. Let's go." Chu Zhao's hand pinching Lin Xingzhi's shoulder changed to grabbing his wrist, intending to take him away directly.
"Brother Three Emperors!" Before moving his feet, King Qi suddenly raised his voice and called out to Chu Zhao.
"Why did Brother San Huang get out of the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice so quickly?"
This is also a curious question for Lin Xingzhi, and he was released after only one day of imprisonment, which seems to be a bit of a joke by Emperor Jianyuan's imperial decree.
He looked sideways at Chu Zhao's reaction.
Chu Zhao frowned slightly, his face turned cold, "What does it have to do with you?"
King Qi stared straight at Chu Zhao's lips, and at the same time nodded his own, "Brother Sanhuang must have fallen ill, it's so red that he vomited blood."
Lin Xingzhi could clearly feel the schadenfreude in King Qi's tone, but it was not important, the important thing was that Chu Zhao's lips were really abnormally red.
Especially against his pale face.
"you……"
Lin Xingzhi was about to ask, but felt that his wrist was heavy, and half of Chu Zhao's body was leaning on him.
Immediately afterwards, Chu Zhao suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and staggered a bit.
"My lord!" Lin Xingzhi exclaimed in shock.
Chu Zhao shook his head lightly, wiped his lower lip casually with the other hand, and said to the king, "You'd better pray that this king will not die in front of you, otherwise..."
Chu Zhao's unfinished words and a look in his eyes made King Qi's limbs go numb, his back feel cold, and even his breathing stopped for a moment.
He felt the murderous intent, and was convinced that Chu Zhao could easily kill him.
And King Qi's reaction was all seen by Chu Zhao. He squeezed Lin Xingzhi's arm, sneered, and said, "Let's go."
Lin Xingzhi nodded, and at the same time tensed his arms to lend strength to Chu Zhao, and followed Chu Zhao in this half-supporting, half-threatening posture.
The palace had a carriage to pick up Chu Zhao, and it stopped not far away, and the two of them got into the carriage after walking over.
Lin Xingzhi was about to ask Shi Yan to go back to the house to tell his mother, when his hand just touched the curtain, Chu Zhao spit out another mouthful of blood, this time accompanied by a severe cough.
Lin Xingzhi also turned pale, and understood what King Qi meant when he said he was sick.
It's not a disease, but a poisonous hair.
He patted the door of the carriage, and sternly ordered the guards outside, "Go back to the mansion, go back to Prince Li's mansion immediately, hurry up!"
Those who were chosen to pick up Chu Zhao were naturally his confidants. Hearing Lin Xingzhi's eager shout and coughing from the carriage, everyone realized that the situation was not good.
Someone yelled to Lin Xingzhi: "Master Lin, please help the prince to sit still."
As soon as the words fell, with the sound of a whip, the carriage ran quickly, and the sound of people on the street avoiding the carriage could still be vaguely heard.
However, the way back home was not smooth, as soon as the carriage left the main street and turned into an alley, someone fell from the sky and blocked the way.
"Chu thief, take your life!"
After shouting, he immediately fought with the palace guards.
Lin Xingzhi lifted the curtain and saw the Changyue scimitar in the assassin's hand at a glance. He was surprised: "Xijie people?"
Chu Zhao covered his lips with a handkerchief and wiped the blood, and said indifferently, "Others, they are not stupid enough to attack this king now," let alone such an assassination in the street.
Lin Xingzhi looked at the guards of the palace who quickly gained the upper hand outside, and asked Chu Zhao, "My lord guessed that someone would intercept him today?"
Chu Zhao shook his head, "I can't guess, it's just that this king can't die now, so I arranged for a few more people to respond."
As his words fell, Lin Xingzhi saw a few archers suddenly appearing in the alley, aiming at those Xijie people, one by one, and all the assassins were eliminated in a short while.
The guards returned to their respective positions, Chu Zhaoping ordered, "Let's go."
The carriage continued on, turned two corners and stopped at the gate of Prince Li's Mansion.
Lin Xingzhi helped Chu Zhao get off the carriage, but when he touched Chu Zhao's fingertips, he was so cold that he withdrew his hand suddenly.
His face was full of disbelief, "Why are your hands so cold?"
Chu Zhao lifted his hand expressionlessly, "Are you scared?"
Lin Xingzhi didn't answer, but just grabbed Chu Zhao and took him out of the car, and then helped him into the door.
After walking for a while, he said, "What kind of poison?"
Hearing his question, Chu Zhao smiled and shook his head: "It's not good to be too smart, remember, this king is just sick."
Lin Xingzhi: "Deceive yourself?"
"No, it's deceiving the world."
Lin Xingzhi then understood that Chu Zhao, the former General Zhengxi, could be crazy and sick, but he couldn't be poisoned, especially the poison was given by his own father.
So he changed the question, "How often does this poison occur? How to solve it?"
"Once a month, there is no solution." Chu Zhao gave the answer.
There was an imperial doctor waiting in the palace, and when he entered the courtyard where Chu Zhao lived, someone immediately stepped forward to take Chu Zhao from Lin Xingzhi and help him into the house, but Lin Xingzhi was stopped by several servants outside.
He looked at the closed door and frowned slightly, when someone walked up to him.
"This poison is called Moon Soul. The poison occurs once a month. If you don't do acupuncture and bloodletting for an hour after the attack, you will bleed to death from the seven orifices."
Lin Xingzhi looked sideways, and what he saw was the old man he met yesterday when he came to the palace.
The old man was still saying, "It's only one cup of tea, and it's an hour."
"So today is not an assassination, but a delay."
"That's right," the old man sighed, "Death, what a good excuse."
Lin Xingzhi mocked: "It's a pity that they didn't succeed."
It's also funny, the secret agent of the enemy country can know the news of the poisonous hair of the great prince of Chu, even the secret that the poisoned hair will die if it is not treated for an hour.
Some people are really unscrupulous stupid.
The old man said meaningfully: "They should be thankful for not succeeding today."
Lin Xingzhi cast a puzzled look, but the old man did not answer his doubts, but only gestured, "It will take some time for the imperial doctor to treat the prince. Young master Lin, please go back first."
This decision does not allow Lin Xingzhi to refute, the old man has already called someone to send him and Shi Yan away.
Lin Xingzhi cupped his hands, "Then I'll come to see the prince when he is better."
Walking out of the gate of the palace, Lin Xingzhi saw a lot of guards standing beside the carriage that was going to take him back to the palace, obviously they all wanted to send him off with him.
After the carriage passed two streets, Shi Yan lifted the curtain and got into the carriage and whispered to Lin Xingzhi, "Master, there are people following behind, and they have followed for a whole street."
Lin Xingzhi guessed after seeing the number of people the old man arranged to send him home. Who told them to meet King Li today and know a secret that they shouldn't know.
Shi Yan was a little timid, and tugged at Lin Xingzhi's sleeve, "Master, you didn't come to kill us, did you?"
Lin Xingzhi shook his head, "It's not a matter of silence, at most it's a warning." After all, the status of the young master of the Lin family still has some weight.
But Lin Xingzhi was reminded, he said to Shi Yan: "Go back and write a letter to your brother, let him return to Beijing earlier, your young master, I need him."
Upon hearing this, Shi Yan immediately regained his energy, "I'll write it when I get back!"
Shi Yan also has a twin elder brother, who is specially trained by Lin's father as a guard for Lin Xingzhi. In the past two years, he has made achievements in kung fu and went out to practice.
Now for his own safety, Lin Xingzhi plans to call him back in advance.
Escorted by the guards of the palace, Lin Xingzhi's master and servant arrived home safely.As soon as he entered the house, Lin Xingzhi ran to tell Mrs. Zhou about the assassination of King Qi blocking him and Chu Zhao on the street.
Zhou sighed, "The princes have grown up, and the troubles of each family have also begun."
Of course, they think it is a trouble, but for some people it is an opportunity.
The fact that King Li was assassinated by Xi Jiexi in the street could not be concealed, and everyone reacted differently.
Although the people don't like King Li, who is sick and crazy, they still remember that it was King Li who defeated Xijie so that the people on the border could live in peace.
But the reaction of the other people was very unified, they all said it was a pity that they were just a cup of tea away, why didn't they die.
Someone was listening to Lin Xingzhi's report, "My lord, those two people were escorted by the guards of Prince Li's mansion the whole time, and my subordinates failed to find a chance to strike. Please punish me, my lord."
Perhaps it was as expected, the person called the master waved his hand, and never condemned, "If so, then we can only use other methods."
In Prince Li's mansion, Chu Zhao, who had finished acupuncture, was also talking to others about the day's events.
"The little master knows that the poisoning has been leaked, so the young master of the Lin family will definitely be targeted and restless, so why bother to involve him in it?"
Chu Zhao's eyes were deep, "Since he wants to marry this king, he should know that with this king, he can no longer live a wanton and peaceful life."
It's hard to even live.
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