When Shen Yang taught Liu Yan about the reform of water transport, he only had a few words and did not want to say more.
Not to mention Yang Yuanpu, Feng Yi and Kong Xirong who didn't like reading, Li Chong was confused after hearing about it, only knowing what was happening but not knowing why.
Li Chong went back at night and called for the Confucian scholars at home, but no one could explain the truth clearly.
He came here this morning and still couldn't answer the third prince Yang Yuanpu's questions. However, he didn't expect that Han Qian would use the opportunity of shooting arrows to explain the cause and effect clearly.
Seeing the third prince looking at Han Qian with bright eyes, Li Chong felt sour in his heart, but what could he say?
Did you say that Han Qian understood all this after listening to his father Han Daoxun's explanation after he went back yesterday?
Even so, it was too much for him to say in front of the Third Prince Yang Yuanpu that Han Qian was uneducated and useless.
Yang Yuanpu was initially dissatisfied with Li Chong for speaking so poorly of Han Qian, but he didn't say anything after that. When he was shooting, he cheered happily when he saw Li Chong's superb archery skills. There was no trace of unfamiliarity. After all, he could openly get close to him at this time. There is only one minister, Li Chong.
Han Qian took the boxwood bow from Li Chong and shot an iron arrow into the target from a hundred paces away. It missed the target by three or four inches. However, it was enough to show that his archery skills had improved rapidly during this period. His strength is not much worse than that of the warriors in the army.
"It's a cold day. Your Highness is not in the warm pavilion reading books, but you come to the archery range to blow the cold wind. If you catch the wind and cold, how will you explain to the madam?" Song Xin, who rarely appears in the archery range, was wrapped in a coat at this time. The rose-red brocade man came over and reached out to grab the hunting bow that Yang Yuanpu had already taken to prevent him from continuing to shoot arrows.
After all, Yang Yuanpu was still a boy under the age of fourteen, and he failed to take the hunting bow back from Song Xin, and his face turned red with anger.
Qian Wenxun and the guards standing by the archery range turned their heads to the side.
Although Song Xin was a concubine who had been serving the imperial concubine, and had also served the third prince Yang Yuanpu since she was a child, everyone knew that she was a person sent by Anning Palace.
Moreover, Song Xin had a good reputation, so even Li Chong did not dare to stand up for Yang Yuanpu at this time and dismissed Song Xin.
"Today in the middle of winter, I'm going to let Li Chong and the others have a banquet in my house. Are you all ready?" Yang Yuanpu finally held back his anger and didn't try to take the hunting bow back again.
"How can Li Chong and the others just go to the inner house to have a banquet? I specially arranged a banquet in the study hall and told them to go back to their respective homes after eating." Song Xin glanced at Han Qian and said, "Your Highness will follow my servant first." Go back to the inner house and don't get cold, otherwise Master Guo will come back and scold the servants for not knowing how to serve His Highness well!"
"I want to talk to Li Chong for a while." Yang Yuanpu said stubbornly.
"Your Highness, you have been together all day. What else do you have to say to Li Jialang?" Song Xin said angrily, as if she was scolding an ignorant child, but she did not force Yang Yuanpu to follow her to the inner house immediately. He handed the hunting bow to the guard camp to join the army and left first.
Seeing Song Xin glance towards him again before leaving, Han Qian frowned slightly.
Song Xin rarely came to the vestibule and archery range, and Han Qian had only seen her three or four times. She was beautiful and in her mid-twenties, but the eyes she glanced at were quite piercing. She must be I just saw from somewhere that he was talking a lot with Yang Yuanpu in private today, and I couldn't help but jump out to stop him.
Han Qian secretly had a headache, and Yang Yuanpu was surrounded by people from Anning Palace.
Even in the guard camp, the vast majority of people are unreliable.
Feng Wenlan also knew that he deliberately spread unfavorable news about the third prince and told An Ning Palace to show his innocence. Han Qian did not want his father to become the first target of An Ning Palace's suppression, but he could not avoid the eyes of people like Song Xin and Guo Rong.
Even communicating with the third prince Yang Yuanpu alone is a problem, what else can be accomplished?
"Feng Yi, you and Xirong pack up the archery targets!" Han Qian pushed Feng Yi and Kong Xirong away, squatted on the ground and pretended to sort the bows and arrows, and said to the third prince Yang Yuanpu, "Your Highness, do you dare to kill someone?"
"..." Yang Yuanpu was slightly startled, not expecting Han Qian to ask him this.
"Your Highness is always the emperor's son. If your Highness dares to kill someone, he will not be bullied by his servants!" Han Qian saw Song Xin walking towards the inner palace and did not forget to look over. He could only bow his head and use his bow and arrow to talk to Yang Yuanpu.
, "When the time comes, His Highness wants to reply to Ji Ji, Ji Ji will not dare to respond in front of Mr. Guo and the others."
"I dare to kill people, but I want to kill people because I am afraid that I will never have the opportunity to touch swords and bows in the future." Yang Yuanpu himself has obviously considered this issue. The key is that Anning Palace suppresses their mother and son everywhere, how can he sit back and watch him kill people to establish his power?
Han Qian didn't care whether the "dare" Yang Yuanpu said was just a figment of his mind, and continued: "Your Highness accidentally killed the slave and later admitted his mistake in panic. Even Anning Palace cannot blame His Highness!"
Li Chong was stunned there. He never expected that Han Qian would dare to teach the third prince to take such a dangerous strategy to establish his prestige. He lowered his voice and said: "Your Highness, please don't listen to Han Qian's words. Everything needs to be considered in the long run. You must not be so random."
What an act!"
No matter how deep Yang Yuanpu's palace is, he is only a boy of thirteen or fourteen years old.
When I left the palace, I thought I could breathe the air of freedom. Who would have thought that I would have to be controlled by slaves everywhere? The resentment I held in my heart was even stronger than in the palace. How could I possibly be able to calm down at this time?
"Song Secretary, I will go back with you!" Yang Yuanpu caught up with Song Xin and walked towards the inner palace together.
"If you do bad things, be careful and your life will not be saved!" Li Chong saw that the third prince Yang Yuanpu was dissatisfied with him talking about Han Qian's greedy things behind his back and no longer trusted him. He stared at Han Qian with resentful and hateful eyes.
He wanted to draw his sword and stab Han Qian in the chest.
"..." Han Qian gave Li Chong a cold look, forgiving that Li Chong did not dare to do anything to him.
"Why do you care about him?" Feng Yi and Kong Xirong packed up their arrow targets and came over. They saw Han Qian and Li Chong looking at each other angrily. They didn't know why they were like this, so they immediately pulled Han Qian away to prevent him from conflicting with Li Chong and being bullied.
, and did not forget to sarcastically say, "If people are tight on Your Majesty now, they will be powerful in the future. We have to guard against being bitten by others in the past!"
Li Chong was so angry that his chest ached, but he could only hold in his breath and walked from the corridor to the vestibule.
Han Qian, Feng Yi, and Kong Xirong walked slowly to the front courtyard and saw Li Chong standing at the entrance of the courtyard between the study hall and the main hall, talking to a soldier who was walking. They didn't know what he was ordering, and then they saw the soldier.
The soldiers of the Xinchang Hou Mansion walked out of the Linjiang Hou Mansion in a hurry.
Han Qian guessed that Li Chong did not dare to use dangerous tactics after all, fearing that the situation would be out of their control, but he could not stop Yang Yuanpu. Did he send someone back to bring in reinforcements?
Song Xin said she wouldn't let Han Qian and the others enter the inner house for a banquet. Then she saw a waiter coming out with a food box. Sure enough, he wanted to prepare a table of food and wine for them in the front yard.
Today is the beginning of mid-winter, and it is snowing heavily. Even if Han Qian and others are not left to have a banquet in the mansion, the banquet prepared by the Hou Mansion is very sumptuous, and two pots of Xinghuanglou's jujube wine are also warmed and delivered.
The commander of the guard battalion, Chen De, didn't know where he ran in the morning. When the banquet was ready, he ran out and brought Qian Wenxun, who was on duty today, and the deputy supervisor of the chamberlain to have a drink with him. He didn't see the three
Prince Yang Yuanpu and others came out and asked: "Didn't you say that Your Highness invites everyone to have a drink - where is Your Highness and others?"
"Song Siji specially prepared a banquet of wine in the inner chamber, and His Highness is in the inner chamber." Qian Wenxun said.
"..." Chen De wrinkled his nose and cursed in a low voice, but said nothing.
Even though Feng Yi and Kong Xirong regarded their accompanying students as a chore and were determined to distance themselves from the third prince Yang Yuanpu, they felt that the slaves sent by the Anning Palace to the Linjiang Marquis Mansion were too much.
Li Chong was restless, but Han Qian was drinking wine leisurely and tasting the delicacies from the mountains and seas on the table.
If the third prince Yang Yuanpu really dared to do something outrageous today, the Anning Palace would probably think that he was instigated by Li Chong, so he would not feel any psychological pressure.
The food in Han Qian's own house is much better than that of ordinary families. At least chicken, duck and fish are eaten every day. However, Linjiang Marquis is suppressed by the Anning Palace and is one of the only three heirs of Emperor Tianyou.
The food is not bad. The wine table in front of Han Qian and others includes braised shrimp hooves, braised goose feet, chicken skin and winter bamboo shoot soup, fried mandarin duck tripe, diced tomato with chicken sauce, lamb tongue skewers, and roasted deer legs.
With such a banquet of wine, even Han Qian rarely tasted exquisite delicacies several times in Xuanzhou.
"ah!"
After drinking two bottles of jujube wine, Feng Yi was not drunk at all. Seeing that Chen De was not enjoying himself, he wanted to encourage the deputy supervisor of the inner house to go to the back to get the wine. At this time, several screams came from the inner house, and Linjiang Marquis
The silence of the house is shattered!
There are more than 200 people inside and outside the Linjiang Marquis Mansion. No matter what their thoughts are, they will never dare to neglect him at this time. If something happens to the third prince, no one will be able to escape the relationship.
Hearing the screams and not knowing what was going on in the inner house, no one bothered to drink. They dropped the wine cups, picked up their swords and bows, and ran to the back house.
Zhao Kuo, Fan Dahei, Lin Haizheng and Feng Yi were all guarding the yard in the southwest corner. They didn't know what was going on at this time, but they didn't dare to break into the inner house casually. Chen De asked them to guard the front yard.
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Following Chen De and Qian Wenxun, they arrived at the Xiaoxiang Pavilion where the third prince Yang Yuanpu usually lived. Han Qian saw a chamberlain lying on the ground and howling miserably. He was struggling with his hands covering his lower abdomen.
It was deeply pierced there. The servant looked at the eighteen or nineteen-year-old man, his clothes were soaked with blood, and it continued to seep down and accumulate on the floor. His eyes were full of horror, as if something incredible had happened.
Although the poisonous plan was proposed by Han Qian, and although he had used Zhao Wuji's hand to shoot Fan Wucheng before, he was still shocked when he saw this bloody scene again. He stood in front of the yard with disobedience and gritted his teeth to talk to Chen De and Qian.
Wen Xun and Li rushed in behind them.
The third prince, Yang Yuanpu, stood in the corner of the courtyard. A dagger rolled down at his feet. His left arm was cut open. Half of his sleeves were dyed red with blood. His face was pale, and there was a panic in his eyes...
Seeing this scene, Han Qian instantly guessed that Yang Yuanpu wanted to frame the servant for assassination, but Yang Yuanpu did not kill the person and left him alive. This was a bit bad.
Han Qian took a breath and saw Li Chong squeezing in from behind. His face was full of surprise and confusion. He pushed him from behind and shouted: "This man is an assassin and wants to kill His Highness - Li Chong."
, you should catch this assassin quickly and don’t let him hurt His Highness again!”
Li Chong was pushed by Han Qian and almost fell down, but then he realized that Han Qian wanted to keep him alive.
Li Chong grew up in the army with his father and brother since he was a child. His hands were stained with blood and he was not afraid of killing people. However, he felt aggrieved when he was asked to help the third prince, Yang Yuanpu, clean up his wounds and wipe out Han Qian's vicious plan.
To the extreme.
However, no matter how clumsy the last hit is at this time, it is still better than leaving one alive.
The chamberlains and maids of the Hou Mansion gathered around in a panic, and were at a loss when they saw the bloody scene. Song Xin, the normally arrogant Secretary of the Hou Mansion, did not even understand what was going on at this time.
Han Qian shouted at the assassin. She saw that Yang Yuanpu was stabbed in the left arm, and there was a mess all around. She was afraid that there were assassins in the yard, so she ordered the guards and slaves to surround the third prince Yang Yuanpu.
"Let's protect His Highness!" Han Qian grabbed Kong Xirong and Feng Yi, who were about to capture the injured chamberlain, and walked towards Yang Yuanpu, so that Li Chong could silence them alone.
Li Chong glanced at Han Qian with resentment in his eyes, but he could only bite the bullet, ran over, turned the waiter's body over, put his head face down, pressed him to the ground, and then strangled him with one hand.
His throat was swollen, making him whimper and moan but unable to speak. He twisted his hands and feet with his other hand, put his knee on his lower back, and suddenly the scissors penetrated him.
"Keep alive!" When Song Xin, the Secretary of the Hou Mansion, thought of keeping alive, he saw that the servant was pushed down by Li Chong. His legs twitched violently for a few times, and he lay there limply. He didn't know that he had lost blood.
Most likely, Li Chong strangled his throat too tightly and suffocated him, and he eventually died.