Wang Linfeng, Qin Ming, Feng Chen, Lu Liang, Yan Bing, Lingyue, Jing Xuekui and others rode fast horses and headed towards the capital first.
The others followed the convoy and slowly returned to the city, escorted by Wu Qidao's two thousand soldiers.
Following Yan Bing as he flew all the way back to Beijing, there were also Zeng Ke and his nearly 100 Black Jin Guards.
In just one day, Black Jinwei's work had proven the identity of the assassin.
Basically consistent with Yan Bing's conjecture, whether it was the bones or the dried meat remaining in the stomach, all pointed at the same target.
Varro Country!!!
With just a little thought, all this mystery will be revealed in an instant.
The Beizhen regime, as the foreign agent of the Varo Kingdom and the vanguard of Liang's defense line, was overthrown by an unknown female in the blink of an eye! How could everyone in the Varo Kingdom's court not be shocked!? How could they not be frightened?
!? This potential enemy must be eliminated as quickly as possible at the minimum cost!
And the assassin's own skills are irrefutable evidence! It seems that the Varo Kingdom has no plans to completely hide itself!
After all, Varro Country... is too powerful...
Since the last khan of the Varo Kingdom, Xianyu Guomultie, flattened Chahatai and destroyed the Tatar and Kazakh Khanates, the Varo Kingdom has become the overlord of the entire Mongolian grassland covering half of Central Asia!
Whether it is economy, population, or even land area, it has surpassed Daliang! Even without Beizhen's support, it still has the strength to unify East Asia, and it has already been sharpening its sword against Daliang, which has always pursued a security policy.
In their eyes, even if they clearly assassinated your prince, your prince! What can you do to me!?
But at this moment, Yan Bing appeared...
This variable! It must be cleared! Even if it cannot be cleared! It is nothing more than a head-on national war! They are not afraid!
However, the bitter fruit of underestimating the enemy will eventually be swallowed by their royal family and the people.
From Jinan to the capital, it was more than 800 miles. Yan Bing and his party changed horses three times along the way. When they were hungry, they ate dry food and when they were thirsty, they drank well water from the kettle. By the time they arrived in the capital, it was already past Youshi.
, curfew.
The city gate official stood on the brightly lit city tower, shouting and arrogantly asking about the identity of the people coming down below.
But in the crowd, there was a commander, a prince, and a prince, one after another, and the city gate officer hurriedly ran down the city tower and opened the city gate himself.
He nodded and bowed, trying his best to please.
There was no one in the capital under the curfew, so everyone rushed into the capital on horseback. They dispersed the redundant Black Jin Guards and Zuo Zuo along the way, and found them for the old man, Qin Ming, Feng Chen, Lu Liang, Lingyue and Xue Kui.
Yan Bing and Zeng Ke were left at the inn, and they rode directly to the gate of the imperial city.
"This secret memorandum... please help me deliver it to His Majesty."
Arriving in front of the imperial city gate, Zeng Ke handed Yan Bing the details that he had recorded previously.
"Aren't you going with me? It seems that it would be more appropriate for you to say this in person, right?" Yan Bing frowned and looked at Zeng Ke.
Zeng Ke reined in the horse, turned over and dismounted, patted the horse's back, and said softly: "Before the informer is found...I...have no face to see your Majesty..."
Yan Bing nodded, vaguely understanding that Zeng Ke was here just to protect her, and then he got off his horse, handed the reins to Zeng Ke, and said in a deep voice: "Then wait for me here.
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"good."
Smart people often understand each other's heart without saying anything, so Zeng Ke didn't have to say anything else.
Yan Bing strode into the palace, and the night watchman in front of the imperial city gate naturally recognized Duke Ding and the commander Zeng Ke. He just bowed and saluted without any unnecessary questioning.
Yan Bing walked straight to Emperor Xuansi's imperial study room with ease. He pushed the door open and entered without waiting for the eunuch outside the door. At this time, Emperor Xuansi was still correcting the memorial with a candle, but the look on his face was obviously gloomy. , much older... The originally meticulous hair is now extremely messy, as if it has not been washed for a long time...
"Your Majesty... the furnishings in the royal study... seem to have been renewed..." Yan Bing looked around, walked slowly to Emperor Xuan Si, lifted up his skirt, knelt down, and knocked his head heavily on the ground...
Emperor Xuan Si was shocked and stood up in a hurry. He stretched out his hand to support Yan Bing and asked, "What are you doing? Didn't I exempt you from kneeling down a long time ago?"
Yan Bing allowed Emperor Xuan Si to pull him, still lying on the ground, and said in a deep voice, motionless: "Qihua... this kneeling... is not kneeling to the emperor... Qihua is kneeling to an old father... because... ..." Yan Bing choked up when he said this, and then cried loudly: "Because your son! He died to save Qihua!!! Qihua is ashamed of you!!!"
Emperor Xuansi was startled for a moment, then he said with a sad smile: "My son, risking his life to save me, the pillar of the Liang Kingdom... is his duty as a royal man... You... don't have to be ashamed... get up..." The words Before it fell, Emperor Xuansi was already in tears. He covered his face with his sleeves, walked to the tea table, beat his chest and feet, and cried bitterly.
"Your Majesty! Take care of your dragon body... Your Majesty...!" Xiao Zhezi hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to persuade.
Emperor Xuansi had already completely lost control of his emotions. He shook his sleeves and pushed Xiao Zhezi aside.
Bereavement in old age...
And it’s the one he likes the most in his heart... How can this not make this aging old man despair...
In fact, what Yan Bing didn't know was that Emperor Xuansi had not held a morning court meeting for four days since he received the secret letter.
In the past, even if he got cold or had a fever, he would only rest for three days at most...
In the past four days, he had been reviewing the memorials non-stop, just to keep himself busy and not think too much. Finally, after finishing the recent ones, he took out the past ones and reviewed them again, waking up every day When he was tired, he buried himself in piles of memorials and continued to criticize them until he was tired. He fell asleep after criticizing them and dared not stop for a moment.
He was afraid that if he stopped... he would think of...
In the imperial study room, Emperor Xuan Si and Yan Bing could be heard sobbing continuously. In the end, even Xiao Zhezi beside him was affected and wiped his tears silently.
It wasn't until a moment later that Emperor Xuan Si gradually regained his composure, returned to Yan Bing again, pulled her up forcefully, and asked in a deep voice: "Did Zeng Ke find out anything when he went here?"
Standing up, Yan Bing nodded slightly and handed Zeng Ke's secret memorial from his arms to Emperor Xuan Si.
Emperor Xuan Si stretched out his hand tremblingly, took the secret music, and slowly unfolded it... His originally gloomy face became colder and colder with each line of words... Finally, he suddenly put the secret music together, and his face turned red with anger. , breathing heavily, punched the table!!!
"I!! I'm going to destroy him!!!!" Emperor Xuansi slammed the secret music in his hand to the ground, raised his hands high, trembling all over, and shouted with all his strength: "I'm going to destroy him... Luo——!!!! I want to demolish their temples!!! I want to burn down their capital!!! I want their entire royal family!!! I want to bury my son with him——!!!!”
The heart-rending roar echoed in the palace late at night, and countless palace maids and guards passing by were frightened by it.
