If it was really Prince Jing who sent him, there would be no problem in calling him Prince Jing directly, but the subtle attitude would be different.
What's more important is that he shouldn't be so reckless and directly say it's Prince Jing, but should test him again and again.
First check to see if there is any intention of cooperation on your side, and then reveal your identity after you show some intention on your side.
Instead of directly telling the person behind the scenes, it doesn't matter whether they want to cooperate or not. What if they don't?
Isn’t Prince Jing a joke?
More importantly, this is an assassin. Will he take the initiative to reveal his main messenger?
Now that Dayun and Daqian have temporarily reconciled and no longer have any disputes, to assassinate Prince Duan at this time would be to revive the dispute.
He will inevitably bear the joint pressure of both parties. Da Qian will not give up, and Emperor Dayun will not give up either. He will definitely be severely punished.
At this time, saying that it was Prince Jing who did it, wouldn’t it mean to deliberately draw anger on Prince Jing?
He stared at the middle-aged man in deep thought, while remaining vigilant.
Once the assassin takes action, he will immediately be under the diamond table or lying on the ground, and the master under the rockery will be there in an instant.
His target is the prince, not himself, so the danger to himself is not that great. The assassin only has one chance.
The prince is wearing treasure armor, protected by treasures, and protected by the master's Buddhist beads. Even if the assassin succeeds, he will not kill the prince.
The middle-aged man said calmly: "My lord, don't you agree?"
Chu Hai smiled and said: "Not to mention that your prince has any secret news to pass on, why should I deliver the news for you? I have no job now and I am light-hearted. No matter how secret the news is, it will be of no benefit to me."
He then smiled and said: "By the way, you guys don't know that I am no longer the Sizheng of the Southern Supervision Department, right?"
The middle-aged man was startled and said hesitantly: "My lord, are you no longer the Sizheng of the Southern Supervision Department?"
Chu Hai said: "It seems that your prince is not well-informed. What else can we cooperate with?"
He waved his hand and said: "Go ahead. If the two countries are at war and don't kill the envoys, I won't keep you."
The surprise on the middle-aged man's face flashed away, and he regained his composure. He looked at him and then at Sun Shiqi.
Sun Shiqi said: "The emperor has new arrangements for the prince, and he will temporarily step down from his position as Chief of the Southern Supervision Department."
"Sir, there is no need to smear gold on my face. Either I have another appointment, or I have been dismissed from my official position." Chu Hai waved his hands freely: "Now I am useless to you, Prince Jing, go ahead. .”
"...I'll report back to Prince Jing next time." The middle-aged man hesitated, then clasped his fists and saluted: "Farewell."
Chu Hai smiled to himself, waved his hands in a lonely manner, his eyes had been cast into the distance, his mind was wandering, and he was obviously caught in some kind of emotion.
The middle-aged man looked calm, turned around and walked out, leaving the back garden under Sun Shiqi's gaze.
As soon as he disappeared, Chu Hai turned around and looked at Sun Shiqi.
Sun Shiqi also looked at him doubtfully.
After a moment, Chu Hai said: "Isn't he an assassin?"
Sun Shiqi also said curiously: "I didn't even take action!"
His face was as usual, his body was relaxed, and his breathing was as normal. He didn't seem nervous at all, but in fact his heart strings were tense and he was ready to lie down on the ground or under the diamond table at any time.
But it turned out that the tension was in vain, and the middle-aged man did not take action to assassinate him.
"You're not trying to scare us, are you?" Chu Hai said.
He immediately shook his head: "No."
No matter how angry Master Fakong is, he cannot fool himself. This will destroy his reputation and majesty.
Or maybe he made a mistake?
There is something weird about this middle-aged man that distorts Master Fakong’s clairvoyance? Does he think others are him?
No matter how powerful your clairvoyance is, it is not invincible and you will make mistakes.
Sun Shiqi frowned: "Weird."
He firmly believed in Fakong's judgment that this middle-aged man must be an assassin, but he did not take action.
"Your Majesty," he pondered, "did he discover the auras of Elder Xu and the others and know that it was impossible to succeed, so he stopped in time?"
"Impossible." Chu Hai said: "They have treasures to cover them, so it is impossible for them to leak their breath."
Sun Shiqi nodded slowly.
The aura-covering treasure of Wangfu is indeed extremely powerful. It can completely cover up the aura of the Grand Master without leaking it, and it cannot be detected even at close range.
It is said that it is a treasure from the Demon Sect, and its efficacy is not inferior to the ability to cover the sky and the sun in the Secret Book of the Demon.
"There is another possibility," Chu Hai said with a smile: "When you heard that I was dismissed from office, you thought I was a useless person, so you didn't bother to assassinate me?"
Sun Shiqi remained silent.
It is really possible that the impact of assassinating Sizheng of the Southern Supervision Department is completely different from that of assassinating a former Sizheng.
Maybe in the eyes of the people behind the scenes, just killing a prince is not enough, a higher status is needed to meet the needs.
"Alas -" Chu Hai sighed: "The world is so cold. Without Sizheng's position, assassins won't even bother to assassinate him."
"My lord, that may not be the case." Sun Shiqi said, "No matter what, we still have to catch him."
"Find out the person behind the scenes?" Chu Hai said.
Sun Shiqi nodded lightly: "We have to find out who wants to kill the prince, right?"
"We can't take revenge and go back to Dayun to assassinate him," Chu Hai shook his head: "It's really not necessary, just let him go."
He was disheartened, felt weak, and didn't want to do anything.
What I want to see most now is for the assassin to take action and then be severely injured by my own people. If I also take the opportunity to be seriously injured, will my father take it seriously?
Will the father feel pity for his hard work and change his mind?
Sun Shiqi knew that he was in a bad mood now and was in a state of depression, which was inevitable.
No matter who you are, you will inevitably feel depressed and decadent when you encounter the current situation. Even if you can cheer up, it will take some time before you can cheer up.
Chu Hai said: "Let Elder Xu and the others rest."
"Your Majesty, what if he sneaks back quietly?" Sun Shiqi said: "He might just explore the road this time and figure out the route to prepare for escape."
"Isn't he a dead soldier?" Chu Hai said.
Sun Shiqi shook his head: "In my opinion, he is not a dead soldier."
Although this middle-aged man was extremely calm, far exceeding the calmness of ordinary people, he was not dead silent.
So he is not a dead soldier, but a normal assassin, an assassin who is absolutely confident in his own strength.
More importantly, there was no movement on his body, as if he didn't know martial arts, and he was obviously wearing a treasure that concealed his aura.
This kind of treasure is not common. I am afraid there are not many in the world. Only the three major sects and the royal palace have such treasures.
When Chu Hai said this, he felt discouraged again: "That's all, no matter if he is a dead soldier or not, now that he knows the news, he should have given up."
At dusk the next day, the middle-aged man asked to see him again.
Still in the same position as yesterday, Sun Shiqi still sat next to Chu Hai. Chu Hai still sat in the chair and looked lazily at the middle-aged man: "Your prince, you still don't give up?"
"Yes, the prince said that you can still cooperate."
"Still exchanging news like before?" Chu Hai laughed at himself: "I have no official position now, so I can't get any news."
"Besides news, there is something else we can exchange." The middle-aged man said softly.
Chu Haidao: "Oh——?"
The middle-aged man took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it over.
Sun Shiqi hesitated.
Chu Hai stretched out his hand to take it, but was blocked by Sun Shiqi.
Chu Hai realized it and nodded without reaching out.
Sun Shiqi stretched out his hand and motioned for him to put it down.
The middle-aged man smiled, handed the envelope to the stone table next to him, clasped his fists and said, "Then I'll take my leave."
He turned around and left without hesitation, disappearing from the sight of both of them in the blink of an eye.
The two looked at each other.
After he completely disappeared, the two of them were silent for a while before continuing to talk.
"Is that correct?" Chu Hai said: "Is this an assassin? Was it a false alarm in the end?"
He looked down at the soles of his feet.
Elder Xu and the other six are still lurking under the rockery, ready to rush up at any time and can arrive in an instant.
Sun Shiqi pondered.
He also wondered what was going on.
"Could it be this?" He turned to look at the letter on the table.
It seemed that the letter was ordinary and did not give him a sense of danger.
Chu Hai saw him staring at the letter, shook his head and said, "It's not poisonous."
"I believe the master will not talk nonsense." Sun Shiqi said: "He must be an assassin, but he just doesn't know when to take action."
"Are you being beaten passively all the time?" Chu Hai said angrily: "If he doesn't take action, we will always be on guard?"
Sun Shiqi said: "There is really no need, we can just take him."
"Exactly." Chu Hai nodded.
He also saved the taste.
Since you were sure it was an assassin, why did you have to wait to take action?
Take it down directly, and then you will know after a trial. Even if you have wronged him, you just need to make a good apology.
"Come again next time and capture him!" Chu Hai hummed.
Sun Shiqi nodded.
He lowered his head and looked at his feet: "Elder Xu, come out."
Six old men appeared in front of them, cupping their fists and saluting.
"Is there something wrong with him?" Chu Hai said.
A tall, tall old man with a white beard and purple complexion said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, it seems that he is not a great master."
"Then there's no threat?"
"...Yes, I didn't sense any danger."
Chu Hai shook his head: "The masters of Dayun are all very strange. They can actually hide your senses."
The tall old man said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, it's possible that he is not an assassin. He doesn't look like it no matter how he looks."
Chu Hai shook his head.
He still believed in Fakong's judgment more than they did.
Seeing him like this, the tall old man said nothing more: "Your Majesty, let me open this letter."
"Yeah, that's fine." Chu Hai said, "Thank you."
He didn't feel any danger. There should be nothing wrong with this letter, but it was always better to be cautious in everything.
The tall and burly old man reached out to pick up the envelope, his clothes swaying around him, slowly opened the envelope's cover, and pulled out the letterhead from inside.
The letterhead was made of gold paper, shining brightly in the sun.
"Woo..." Suddenly a roar came from the sky.
Along with the roar, a golden light fell from the sky and shot towards the tall and burly old man, enveloping Sun Shiqi and Chu Hai.
The speed of this golden light was so fast that when the sound sounded, it was already close and there was no way to avoid it.
"Your Majesty!" Sun Shiqi rushed towards Chu Hai.
The two stood side by side. Sun Shiqi was fast enough to block the golden light. The golden light shot through his heart and then continued forward, hitting Chu Hai's heart.