Red Chamber: Bring Xue Baochai home at the beginning

Chapter 356 The man behind the scenes: Be a witness for me!

Hearing the shout from behind, Feng Yibo hit the horse harder.

The man who rescued him just covered his face, and he didn't see his true face.

But what is certain is that the other party's voice has never been heard by him.

Just now, I could barely recognize the other party's accent.

But whether he recognizes it or not, he doesn't intend to stop.

If they knew each other, it would be unavoidable to be misunderstood if they were found to meet each other.

Even if you don't know it, it's hard to explain it to someone.

This is the assassination of the emperor!
If you really want to be regarded as a group, I am afraid that there are a hundred mouths and you can't tell.

By then, he had no other choice but to flee overseas.

It's a pity that Feng Yibo's riding skills are really mediocre.

Even if the horse under his crotch is considered a good horse, he was quickly overtaken by others.

The man was less than one body away from Feng Yibo, and sneered from behind:
"General Feng, I respect you as a hero. Just now I stopped others from killing you. If you continue to run, don't blame me for being rude."

Sure enough, it was that person just now!
Hearing this, Feng Yibo looked back.

Finding that there was only one person, he reined in and began to slow down the horse.

At the same time, he held the rein with one hand, and quietly took out the short gun with the other hand.

Hesitating whether to give the other party a shot.

After all, this person saved him just now, so he didn't rush to shoot, but tried first:

"May I ask which hero your master is?"

Seeing him slow down his horse, the man also slowed down, and rode alongside Feng Yibo.

Hearing Feng Yibo's question, he was noncommittal, just smiled and said:

"Don't you know, General Feng, if you go and have a look?"

At this moment, the roar of war horses came from the south.

Feng Yibo followed the voice and looked over, only to see dust flying all over the sky.

Obviously, another sentry came over.

He narrowed his eyes slightly to look around, and could only see a vague outline from a distance.

But even so, he was sure of one thing.

The costumes of these people are definitely not officers and soldiers, obviously the same as the group just now.

He was a thief who had just escaped from the Beijing camp.

This time, even if he thought about it, it was useless.

Feng Yibo made a decisive decision, reined in the horse and said:
"Please ask your friends to tie me up."

The man was taken aback when he heard the words, then laughed and said:
"General Feng probably doesn't know that Great Wei is about to change the world, so he doesn't know who to show his caution."

Having said that, he still took out the rope and wrapped it around Feng Yibo's body. After winding it a few times, he finally tied a beautiful knot on his hand.

Then he held the rope, and the two came to Yu Jia's side one after the other.

Feng Yibo saw thieves cleaning the battlefield along the way.

Long Jinwei was dead and wounded.

There are already dead bodies everywhere, blood flowing like rivers.

Those who were alive and able to move were bound by hands and feet and connected in a string.

At this time, they were being pushed and shoved, and escorted to gather in an open space.

Feng Yibo has long been used to seeing tragic images on the battlefield, such scenes are nothing more than pediatrics to him.

To say that there must be some emotion in my heart, but I can't talk about fear.

The only thing that made him a little uneasy was that he didn't know what the other party's purpose was for looking for him.

If the other party's thief is from the south of the Yangtze River and has received favors from him, then it is very likely that he wants to recruit himself into the gang.

But listening to the voice of the person next to him, it was all in the middle.

Is it...

Feng Yibo remained silent all the way, thinking about various possibilities in his heart.

When he met people, he looked dejected, and he knew that he was captured.

In this way, he has been brought into a large car.

He only had time to glance outside, but failed to see the whole picture.

It can only be seen that this gorgeous car has extremely high regulations, but it doesn't seem to be the royal car of Emperor Jingshun.

"Huh? Why did you tie up Dong... General Feng?"

As soon as he entered the car, he saw a familiar figure.

It turned out to be Prince Zhongshun's car!

I should have guessed it a long time ago!
The moment he saw him, all the doubts in Feng Yibo's heart were resolved.

Who benefited the most from the death of the emperor?
In theory, it is the little prince, the son of Yuan Chun.

However, the royal family's blood is weak, and even Emperor Jingshun was afraid of his premature death, so he has not established a prince yet.

Now, the Supreme Emperor has passed away, if Emperor Jingshun is killed...

As the only adult male in the royal family, the loyal and obedient prince might have a fight.

wrong!

According to the current situation, it may be difficult for the little prince to grow up!
When Feng Yibo was in a daze, the person next to him who brought him back smiled and said:

"Master, you are wrong to blame me. He asked me to tie it up."

"Hahahaha!"

Prince Zhongshun was taken aback for a moment, then he understood Feng Yibo's thoughts.

Then he waved his hand and said:
"Go and find out. If the officers and soldiers arrive, pretend to be invincible according to the original plan."

"Yes!"

When the man retreated in response, Prince Zhongshun came up to untie Feng Yibo himself, and said:

"Originally, this matter has nothing to do with you, and this king didn't want to involve you in it, but someone said that you were inquiring about the truth nearby, so I asked someone to invite you here."

The rope was tied perfunctorily, and it was untied in two or three strokes.

Feng Yibo flexed his wrist, smiled wryly and said:
"Today's joke is too big! Isn't the prince afraid that I will leak it?"

He had just heard that the other party had plans to retreat, and it was obvious that Prince Zhongshun was not going to expose the regicide right now.

That's why he asked this question.

The intention is to test the other party's intention to come here.

Facing his temptation, Prince Zhongshun waved his hand indifferently, and said with a smile:

"Speaking of which, it's a good time for you to come. On such a happy day, I am worried that there is no suitable person to be a witness for this king."

Although Feng Yibo's identity as the king of Donghai County is obscure, he happens to be one of the few who knows.

Since there are shady things, it just offsets the potential risks.

"Oh?"

When Feng Yibo heard this, his heart suddenly changed.

Great day... still need to witness...

Contacting what they were doing, he could only guess that the other party hadn't killed Emperor Jingshun yet?
Otherwise, what else can he witness?
Seeing his expression, Prince Zhongshun thought that the other party misunderstood that he wanted to harm him.

At the moment, he smiled and explained:
"I would like to thank you for being able to have today. If it weren't for your interests in negotiating peace, how could it be so easy for so many people to give up their hearts?"

Having said that, he patted Feng Yibo's shoulder and said:

"As soon as the terms of the peace agreement come out, we will be our own people in two or 30 years!"

Although the compensation has not yet arrived, Feng Yibo's actions made many people mistakenly think that the king of Donghai County had already taken refuge in the new nobles.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain such a huge benefit, why would it be easily distributed to the new nobles?

Even if there is no refuge, at least the two sides have formed an alliance.

Especially among the upstarts, Prince Zhongshun has already let the wind out.

He said that he and the king of Donghai County, who had never seen the end of Shenlong, had already met and reached a consensus.

No one knows what consensus, but how can other forces not know about such rumors?
Coupled with the fact that the Supreme Emperor is bedridden, the founding lineage may fall and disperse at any time.

After coming and going, many people secretly fell to the camp of the new rich.

Even the core of the founding lineage is interested in cooperating.

As Feng Yibo saw a while ago, even the King of Beijing wanted to reconcile with Prince Zhongshun.

To be precise, they even wanted to become vassals of Prince Zhongshun.

I hope that after the death of the Supreme Emperor, Prince Zhongshun can carry this banner and protect them under his wings.

Therefore, during these seven 79 days, the strength of Prince Zhongshun has skyrocketed several times.

What also skyrocketed at the same time was the ambition that already existed.

Now he is sincerely grateful to Feng Yibo, and feels that Feng Yibo is already half of his own.

Prince Zhongshun even felt that as long as he showed sincerity in the future, it would not be difficult to win over Feng Yibo, who seemed to be devoted to the country, but was actually selfish. To build a huge power overseas, he still needed to rely on Wei...

Hero!

But it was such a "hero", what he said next made Prince Zhongshun a little confused.

Because this "Xiaoxiong" didn't care about the hegemony, nor did he care about Emperor Jingshun's life or death.

Instead, ask first:
"Is my mentor here?"

Feng Yibo did not forget the purpose of this trip.

He could be indifferent to the assassination of the king, but he had to ask about Li Shouzhong's situation.

Prince Zhongshun was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, before he said dumbfoundingly:
"Don't worry, all the veterans of the court are being held together. If your mentor followed Shengjia, he must be there too."

In this chaos, Feng Yibo was still a little uneasy, and asked again:
"Please, my lord, can someone confirm that I am not here to save you, nor to watch the excitement."

The implication is that he came to find Li Shouzhong.

"I really didn't expect that the Duke of Donghai is still very emotional!"

Although Prince Zhongshun was a little dumbfounded, he felt a lot of emotion in his heart, and sighed:
"You came here alone for the sake of your benefactor. If Erlang hadn't recognized you just now, he would probably have hated you, and the majestic King of Donghai County would have become a lonely ghost."

Having said that, he asked in a somewhat complicated way:
"Is it worth it?"

It turned out that it was "Cold Face Erlang" Liu Xianglian who brought Feng Yibo back just now.

He was ordered to take advantage of the catastrophe and recruit troops in the two prefectures of Shandong.

The people who assassinated the king today, just as Feng Yibo guessed, were horse thieves who roamed the whole of Shandong.

And what he didn't guess was that this horse thief was cultivated by Prince Zhongshun!
Prince Zhongshun had already started making arrangements when the two Shandong prefectures were hit by the disaster.

Speaking of which, this move has been arranged for more than two years.

Horse bandits can be well-trained and come and go like the wind.

It is precisely because the war horses are transported from Liaodong one after another, and the trainers are also experienced knights from the frontier.

Feng Yibo's terms of peace negotiation only made more people seek refuge with Prince Zhongshun.

But even without these factors, everything is ready for today's assassination.

When the Supreme Emperor passed away, Emperor Jingshun passed the border of Shandong to deliver the funeral in person.

This is also the fact that he said about Jia's father and son in Ping'an Mansion before.

But the reason why they keep secret about other things in Shandong.

With Feng Yibo's interests in negotiating a peace, Prince Zhongshun's plan was made easier, and his confidence in a smooth ascension to the throne was also somewhat greater.

It was also because of this that he regarded Feng Yibo as half of himself.

As for why it is half, it is naturally because of scruples about Donghai County.

But now the dust has settled, and it's okay to leak a little bit of information to this half of my own people.

"Some things can't be measured by whether they are worthwhile or not."

Feng Yibo smiled, and explained:
"Although I'm not a gentleman, I still do things and don't do things. My mentor treats me like my own son. How can I abandon him?"

If someone else said this, Prince Zhongshun would only find it ironic.

But that's what Feng Yibo did!
So when these words came out, Prince Zhongshun couldn't help re-examining Feng Yibo.

After a while, he smiled and said loudly:
"Come on!"

Following his call, footsteps sounded outside and stopped in front of the car.

"Owner!"

Prince Zhongshun stared at Feng Yibo, as if thinking of something happy, he smiled and shook his head and said:
"You ask people to go and see if there is Li Shouzhong, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, among the prisoners. Don't disturb them, just come back and report after confirming."

The reason why he laughed was because he felt that he had caught Feng Yibo's weakness.

If it is said that he still has scruples about Donghai County.

Now I feel that as long as I grasp this point, the whole Donghai County can be used by him.

No matter how important Donghai County is, it's not as important as your own life, right?
Then if I put Li Shouzhong under control, would I have indirectly controlled Donghai County?
"Yes!"

The people outside responded, and then footsteps sounded, obviously leaving.

After finishing the order here, Prince Zhongshun got up, picked up a hooded smock, and put on another mask.

"Let's go! The matter of your benefactor will be known in a while. Before that, we have to get down to business."

Feng Yibo looked at him pretending to be a ghost, and tentatively said:

"Isn't the matter of the prince already done? Why are you still so cautious?"

After putting on the mask, Prince Zhongshun seemed to be a different person.

Just listen to him say in a sinister tone:
"It can only be regarded as the dust has settled now, but I have to personally send him on the road."

Feng Yibo was a little puzzled, he didn't understand why Prince Zhongshun wanted to do it himself.

Hearing what he said just now, he obviously didn't intend to reveal his identity.

Otherwise, I wouldn't pretend to be a ghost now, and do something like this.

But if this is the case, wouldn't it be better for someone to kill Emperor Jingshun directly?

Why do you have to do it yourself, or even ask yourself to bear this testimony?

The Dragon Scale Guard is the emperor's eyes and ears, and such an organization was handed over to Prince Zhongshun.

If the enmity between the two brothers is really so deep, why does Emperor Jingshun trust him so much?

A series of questions popped up in Feng Yibo's mind.

Prince Zhongshun doesn't seem to want to bury his masterpiece.

Looking for him here, in addition to being a witness, seems to be the object of confidance.

I saw him opening the car door and lifting the curtain, and at the same time said:

"What's more, even if you kill him, you haven't done all the work, and it can't be revealed that I did it for the time being."

"Oh?"

Feng Yibo's heart skipped a beat, and he had a bad guess.

Prince Zhongshun assassinated Emperor Jingshun, apparently for the sake of the throne.

That is to say, besides Emperor Jingshun, there is another obstacle...

I saw Prince Zhongshun holding the curtain of the car with one hand, a ray of sunlight just fixed on his mask.

In the half-light and half-darkness, there was a trace of strangeness in the expressionless mask.

Prince Zhongshun under the mask sneered and added:

"Isn't there still my good nephew in the palace?"

(End of this chapter)