The news of Li Yanqing's assassination in Yongjinmen immediately spread throughout the city, causing an uproar in the government and the opposition, Zhao Gou was furious, and immediately dismissed Yin Zhanghao from his official position in Lin'an Mansion, and called the general Wang Yuan to scold him, ordering him to catch the murderer behind the scenes within three days, and more than 10,000 soldiers were dispatched.

Li Yanqing had already returned to the ship, and he was a little afraid in his heart, if it wasn't for the assassin's misjudgment, or if it wasn't for the fact that he temporarily changed the carriage, eight poisonous crossbows were shot into the carriage, and he would really be more than lucky.

Li Yanqing paced back and forth in the cabin with his hands in his hands, thinking about the various possibilities of this assassination, first of all, the emperor Zhao Ji, when he left the palace, he took the first carriage, and after leaving the palace, the two carriages exchanged the order before and after, and someone in the palace informed the assassin, so the assassin would think that he was in the first carriage, and there were no soldiers divided into two ways.

The second possibility is Zhao Gou, who also wants to get rid of himself, but he is afraid that his subordinates will rebel and can't do it in the palace, so he borrows the hands of assassins, and then frames the emperor or someone else.

The third possibility is that their enemies, such as their relatives who were destroyed by themselves in the past, the remnants of the Western Xia Dynasty, and even the assassins of the Jin State, etc., can provoke civil strife in the Song Dynasty if they are assassinated in the capital.

Li Yanqing thought about it, but he still felt that the third possibility was the greatest.

First of all, Zhao Ji wants to kill himself, he must be nine out of ten, and he will not use the method of stabbing at the city gate with a low success rate, he will definitely do it in the palace or mansion, and he will launch a mutiny immediately after killing himself, but Miao Fu and others have not come back yet, and it is too hasty to assassinate themselves at this time, and Zhao Ji can basically be ruled out.

The second is Zhao Gou, although he thought of the various possibilities of Zhao Gou's assassination of himself, but his intuition told Li Yanqing that now the relationship between him and Zhao Gou is far from the extent of turning his face and assassinating, Zhao Gou's throne is still unstable, and the threat of Jin soldiers in the north is still not weakened, and he still needs to help him stabilize the throne.

Moreover, he has brought his son into Beijing, and Zhao Gou has the option of proton, and there is no need for him to choose the extreme option of assassination, which has serious consequences.

Thinking about it, it is still the most likely that the enemy will assassinate him, especially the relatives who were destroyed by himself, they have eyeliner in the palace, and they know that they are in the first carriage when they leave the palace, if it is the remnants of Western Xia and the Jin State who assassinate themselves, they cannot have a clear goal, and they will definitely divide their troops to assassinate.

At this time, Li Yanqing felt something, and when he turned around, he saw Hu Qing'er standing at the door, Li Yanqing asked with a smile: "Did the assassin confess?" ”

Hu Qing'er shook her head gloomily, "He's dead!" “

She suddenly rushed to Li Yanqing, hugged his waist tightly, put her face on his chest, tears welled up, Li Yanqing gently stroked her hair, and said with a smile: "My life is very hard, the person who can assassinate me has not yet been born!" ”

"Husband, let's go back! You've finished your debriefing, and it's not safe here. Hu Qing'er choked up.

Li Yanqing shook his head, "I can't go back for the time being, and there won't be a second assassination." ”

"Who would do that? Zhao Ji, that dog thief? “

Li Yanqing shook his head, "Although Zhao Ji also wants to kill me, but this time it was really not him who did it, I suspect that it is my relatives who hate me to the core, and they are most likely to buy murder." ”

"I'll have to skin them with my own hands!" Hu Qing'er gritted her teeth.

At this time, Li Yanqing suddenly realized that they should not be relatives, these relatives are the key objects of Zhao Ji's wooing, they will obey Zhao Ji's deployment, and they will not startle the snake at this time and harm Zhao Ji's affairs, and the princes and nobles of Western Xia have just been sent to Lin'an, and they have not yet been settled, so they should not have the heart to assassinate themselves at this time.

Then the real assassin is about to come out, it must be the Jin State, assassinate himself, provoke the Song Dynasty civil strife, so that the Song Dynasty has no time to go on a northern expedition, in order to reduce their strategic pressure on the grassland.

At this time, there was a report from the soldiers outside the cabin, "Qi Yu is unified, and the Son of Heaven has sent someone." ”

"Who's coming?" Li Yanqing asked.

"It's the eunuch Kang Gonggong!"

"Ask him to sit in the cabin, and I'll be right there!"

Li Yanqing kissed Hu Qing'er's red lips and said with a smile: "Go see Pu'er, come to me at night." ”

Hu Qing'er blushed, nodded slightly, turned around and walked out quickly.

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment, then left the cabin and came to the cabin.

Eunuch Kang Lu was pacing back and forth in the cabin with his hands in his hands, looking worried, he came to see Li Yanqing for two purposes, the first was to explain to Li Yanqing clearly that the assassin had nothing to do with the Son of Heaven, and the second was to hope that Li Yanqing would continue to stay to participate in the crown prince ceremony and not leave in anger.

At this time, Li Yanqing walked into the cabin and said with a smile: "When did Gonggong Kang return to the capital?" ”

"I rushed back five days ago, there are so many things that I have lost more than a dozen pounds."

After a few words of greeting, Kang Lu went straight to the topic, "The Son of Heaven heard about the assassination of His Royal Highness, and he was equally angry, and he has dismissed the Yin of Lin'an Mansion, and ordered the military to find out the murderer within three days, please believe that the Son of Heaven wants His Highness to be safe and sound more than anyone else." ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "I won't be suspicious of the Son of Heaven, in fact, I also guessed who the assassin is." ”

"Who is it?" Kang Lu asked anxiously.

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be the Jin Kingdom, and they really want me to be assassinated and provoke internal chaos in the Song Dynasty."

"Ahh I see, I will go back and report to the Son of Heaven at once. ”

After a pause, he said, "I heard that His Highness caught an assassin alive?" ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "He was seriously injured and died, and he was already dead, leaving no clues." ”

"That's a bit of a pity."

Kang Lu regretted in his heart, and he asked tentatively: "Your Highness won't go back immediately!" ”

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "The crown prince's canonization ceremony hasn't started yet, how can we go back?" Please tell the official family, I will take the overall situation into account and will not do hot-headed things. “

Kang Lu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, got up and said with a smile: "Then I will go back and report to the Son of Heaven immediately." ”

Li Yanqing didn't keep Kang Lu, he knew that the other party was here for his statement, and he must be anxious to go back and report.

Li Yanqing sent him out of the cabin, and suddenly remembered something again, and said to Kang Lu: "Don't lose your previous vigilance because of the assassination, please keep an eye on Miao Fu, I suspect that he will abscond back in advance." ”

"I understand, I will definitely tell the Son of Heaven!"

Kang Lu clasped his fists and saluted, turned around and hurried off the boat.

At this time, Li Yanqing suddenly felt a strong uneasiness, and he immediately ordered: "Quickly order Zhang Shun to come to see me!" ”

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'Bang! A teacup was slammed to the ground and shattered,

Zhao Ji was so angry that he thundered, and shouted: "Who did it, find out to me, I will kill him with my own hands!" ”

How could Zhao Ji not be angry, the assassination of Li Yanqing led to a lot of accidents, if the assassination was successful, it would be fine, but the assassination failed, and he was startled, so how could he assassinate Li Yanqing?

But what made Zhao Ji most angry was not the assassination itself, but Miao Fu's absence, Wang Yuan personally took over the army guarding the city to search door to door, which invisibly took over the army and lost tens of thousands of troops in the city, what kind of mutiny did he Zhao Ji do?

Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan trembled, Wang Boyan said: "Weichen has already asked a few relatives, it is definitely not their doing, they all said that without the order of His Majesty the Emperor, he will not act without authorization." ”

"Your Majesty, could it be...... Is it the work of the government? Huang Qianshan whispered.

Zhao Ji sat down slowly, he forced himself to calm down, and after thinking about it, there was really such a possibility, but he was not afraid of Li Yanqing's suspicion and returned to Jingzhao Mansion in anger?

"That's not right!"

Zhao Ji's mind changed for a moment, and he suddenly said: "He is using this matter to regain the military power in the city, he said on the surface that he didn't care, but in fact he was acting in secret, he knew that we had an internal response in the palace." ”

Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan were also a little panicked, regardless of whether the assassin was sent by Zhao Gou or not, but this matter was used by Zhao Gou to seize the military power in the city.

Zhao Ji pondered for a moment and then asked, "When will Miao Fu come back?" ”

"I'll be back tonight."

Zhao Ji took a few steps with his hands in his hands, and he finally made a decisive decision: "If this matter drags on, it will change, whether Zhao Gou intends to seize power or not, we can't drag it out any longer, and we will act tonight." ”