Lin Chong had already fallen asleep waiting for the result. He was startled by Wang Chengen who suddenly rushed in, especially when he saw him tilting his head unnaturally.
He moved his head gossipingly to see what was going on. Even if brothers recognized each other, they wouldn't be so excited with tears in their eyes.
"Your Majesty, the assassin has confessed that King Zhou sent him to assassinate him. We have never found out before that the strange forces in Shanhaiguan are also the work of King Zhou."
Lin Chong rubbed his chin and thought for a while: "King Zhou? I can understand why he sent people to assassinate him, but why did he collude with the Manchus to get the support of the Qing Dynasty? He can't be so naive, right?"
Wang Chengen shook his head: "Probably not. The assassin said that King Zhou can do anything. Maybe he is not for the throne at all, but for revenge."
"Revenge?" Lin Chong was even more confused: "There is always a wrongdoer and a debtor. Who is he seeking revenge from? The whole world? He is simply crazy."
Wang Chengen thought about this conclusion and retreated from Xiaoxuanru. Thinking of this, his smile faded.
"Your Majesty, I dare to ask Your Majesty to grant my unkind request."
Lin Chong had already guessed that he was going to make a request. Since the assassin was his senior brother, and he had become a useless person, and now he had been inspired to turn a new leaf, it was not a big problem to let him live: "It's about that assassin.
Right? Is he your senior brother or junior brother?"
Wang Chengen seemed to have not expected that His Majesty not only guessed the request he was about to make, but also showed no sign of anger at all: "He is my junior brother. He is not much older than Your Majesty this year."
Lin Chong was taken aback, and thought to himself that he looked old enough, and the forbidden arts were really harmful to people: "Tell me, if it's not too much, I can consider it."
Wang Chengen didn't know whether his request was too much, so he had to say first: "I'm brave, I hope this assassin's body can be handed over to me for disposal."
After he finished speaking, he glanced at Lin Chong's face, and saw that the other person seemed to be surprised, and quickly added: "I will never do anything to harm Your Majesty. It's just that the master told me to take good care of him before he died. Now,
I just want to send him off on his last journey and ask for your majesty’s permission.”
Lin Chong was certainly not surprised by his request: "Corpse, is he dead?"
"Yes" Wang Chengen lowered his head.
"I agreed. You can dispose of the body by yourself. I won't interfere." Lin Chong sighed. He didn't expect that a good comedy of brothers meeting would suddenly end in a tragedy of separation. This change made him
A bit unexpected.
"That's not how it is shown in the TV series. The prodigal son returns with gold, right? Shouldn't it be that I let him live and then he lives in seclusion in a cave and waits for the right person to show up?" Lin Chong muttered in a low voice.
Wang Chengen didn't hear clearly what His Majesty said, and he had no intention of listening. After receiving His Majesty's consent, he knelt down and kowtowed respectfully: "Thank you for your grace."
Lin Chong shook his head: "Get up, I originally wanted to give you a surprise...forget it, people cannot be resurrected, so I'm sorry." Now he knew why Wang Chengen's eyes were red.
It was of course inconvenient to carry a corpse along the march. It was still summer here, and the corpse would soon rot, and there would be no way for him to return to Pingcheng.
He burned the body on the spot, packed up the bones and the remaining relics, and carefully placed them together with the handkerchief.
"It's all because the old slave did things poorly and delayed the plan I wrote. Now I will follow your majesty's instructions immediately."
Wang Chengen was naturally referring to the matter of dividing the troops into two groups. Lin Chong did not expect that the matter of the assassins had been delayed for so long. It was almost dawn at this moment.
However, even though the time is different, the effect is still very subtle. It is still difficult to see their specific situation clearly before dawn, which can be regarded as slightly covering Lin Chong's true position.
Yuan Qingfang had been accompanying Lin Chong on the carriage. Lin Chong still slept for a while while waiting for the results. Yuan Qingfang did not dare to close his eyes for a while.
The incident with the assassin left a deep shadow on her. Lin Chong almost died at the hands of the assassin twice in the garden. This made it difficult for Yuan Qingfang to trust Lin Chong's guards, and she had to stand by with her eyes wide open.
In fact, to be honest, it is still very scary when you are half asleep and half awake and suddenly find someone sitting next to you with big eyes. Even if she is a beautiful woman, you can see nothing through the darkness!
After the troops were divided into two groups, Yuan Qingfang seemed to be even more nervous. Lin Chong had to persuade her to take a rest. In the end, he said harshly that if you don't sleep, I won't sleep either. We all stayed up together to see who couldn't hold on first.
This method really worked, of course not because Lin Chong could persist longer than Yuan Qingfang. As a professional killer, it was not uncommon for Yuan Qingfang to go days and nights without rest.
It was because she couldn't stand it when Lin Chong was so sleepy that she kept saying "I'm not sleepy, I'm not sleepy at all" with two dark circles under her eyes. So she compromised, and finally the two of them hugged each other and fell asleep on the carriage.
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Although he woke up with backache and leg cramps, Lin Chong was still very happy that he had achieved the fruits of victory, and Yuan Qingfang finally gave up her plan of staring at him sleeplessly.
As for the people chasing behind, this group seems to be divided into three parts at present, King Hui and King Heng, who represent the power of King Rui, King Yi, who represents the power of Zhu Changcheng, and of course those sent by King Huai.
people.
King Hui had already surrendered to King Huai's camp, so the pursuing forces were still divided into three parts. When they found that the emperor's troops in front were divided into two groups and headed in two different directions, the three forces all hesitated.
After all, there is only one person in the lead. If you want to chase in two ways, you must choose the one with greater confidence to catch up.
"Then you still need to ask. It must be the road with the most people. The emperor is so afraid of death." Prince Heng clapped his hands: "We will go after the road with the most people. That's right."
King Hui was hesitant. He had to discuss it with King Huai's men to see which way they planned to go so that he could follow them.
King Huai's men soon came with news: "Follow the road with fewer people. Wang Cheng'en will be there along the way, and the people following him should be good people."
King Hui rolled his eyes and patted King Heng with a smile: "What you said makes sense, but to be on the safe side, we might as well chase each other separately. I will chase the road with fewer people."
Prince Heng raised his chin and stared at Prince Hui: "Really? That makes sense. Then I'll leave it to Brother Hui Prince for this journey."
King Hui waved his hand: "It's easy to talk, but we will definitely get together when the time comes to see where the emperor wants to go."