Do you know: I am Yuan Wenshao

Chapter 201 Persuasion
The marriage ceremony between Jiacheng County Lord and Qi Heng became a topic of discussion among the people of Bianjing.

However, no one among the officials and dignitaries in Bianjing City had the time to discuss this, because no officials showed up in the early morning court.

Not only that, but a few days after Qi Heng got married, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival.

In previous years, officials would hold banquets to celebrate with all officials, but this year there was no such thing.

You must know that since the official ascended the throne, except for the death of the prince in the first two years, the official has not held a banquet, and has not been absent from the banquet in these years.

Many people speculated whether Guan Jia's health was failing, and there was an undercurrent for a while.

Officials from King Yong's line came to the government one after another, imploring them to establish a heir apparent.

This time the officials did not refuse and summoned several important officials. Within a few days, an imperial edict was issued, asking Si Tianjian to choose an auspicious day to hold the ceremony of adoption and canonization.

Although the imperial edict did not mention the candidate for the crown prince, everyone knew that this person must be King Yong.

As soon as the imperial edict came out, Bianjing seemed calm, but secretly it was turbulent.

After Yuan Wenshao got the news, he knew that King Yan's rebellion was not far away.

While he sent someone to notify Chang Wu, asking him to pay attention to the abnormal mobilization of troops and horses in the city, he also sent out all the few remaining secret guards in Bianjing.

At the beginning of October, Si Tianjian calculated a good time and auspicious day and reported it to the officials.

The official issued an imperial edict and ordered the Ministry of Rites and Si Tianjian to jointly prepare for the adoption and canonization ceremony. On the ninth day of November, King Yong was adopted as his son and canonized as Crown Prince.

It stands to reason that such a major event as the canonization of the crown prince would not be so hasty.

Many people speculated that Guan Jia was in such a hurry because he couldn't hold on any longer.

For a time, there were even many rumors circulating in the market.

Some people say that the official's health is not good, so they are eager to establish a prince. Some people are outrageous. They even say that the official has been in a coma for more than a month. The so-called imperial edict of establishing a prince is all decided by the queen and the Prime Minister of the court, and it is not official at all. mean.

It seems that in order to deal with these rumors and calm people's hearts, the officials issued an order to hold a banquet in the palace to celebrate the queen's fiftieth birthday. Madam Gaoming and the official family members of the third rank and above in Bianjing entered the palace on the day of her birthday to serve the queen. Happy birthday.

October 49th this year is the Queen's 50th birthday. The ancients believed that after nine but not ten, it was her [-]th birthday.

Normally, I should have prepared long ago, but I have never been prepared.

Many people think that the official family is suddenly holding a birthday banquet for the queen in order to deal with external rumors.

However, Yuan Wenshao noticed something unusual. The queen's concubine in the capital and the female relatives of ministers of third rank and above were all going to the palace to celebrate their birthdays. If King Yan took action at this time, he would be able to catch all of them.

He felt that King Yan would probably choose this day to take action.

However, neither Chang Wu nor the secret guards he sent out found any clues.

It seemed that King Yan had no intention of taking action.

Just in case, Yuan Wenshao asked Hualan to take leave in advance because she was about to give birth and was physically inconvenient.

Hua Lan was diagnosed with pregnancy in early February. She was already several months pregnant at that time, and now she is more than nine months pregnant. Even if King Yan did not rebel, Yuan Wenshao would not let her enter the palace.

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Yuzhou
Today is the birthday of the old mother of the governor of Yuzhou. All the officials of Yuzhou, big and small, are here. It is very lively, and Zhao Zongquan is naturally among them.

The banquet lasted until late at night. Zhao Zongquan, who was already drunk, was helped out by his son Zhao Ceying and brother-in-law Shen Congxing.

When the attendants waiting outside saw this, they quickly stepped forward to help, and together they helped Zhao Zongquan onto the carriage.

The carriage was driving on the deserted street, and suddenly more than 20 men in black rushed out of the alleys on both sides.

"There are assassins, protect my brother-in-law!"

The accompanying guards were stunned for a moment, then quickly came to their senses, shouted loudly, drew their weapons and charged forward.

Shen Congxing and Zhao Ceying heard the noise and quickly opened the curtains to check.

Because we were in the city this time, we didn't bring many guards, only a dozen or so.

However, there were more than 20 thieves, and they were also very elite. The accompanying guards were no match at all. In just one encounter, two died and several others were injured.

Although Shen Congxing drank a lot, he had a good drinking capacity and was still rational. He said: "Ce Ying, wake up your father quickly and take him away. I will stop the assassin first."

After saying that, he opened the curtain and jumped out of the car.

"Dad, it's not good, there is an assassin, please wake up."

"Come on, drink!"

Zhao Zongquan was shaken awake in a daze, and his memory still lingered on the time when he was drinking in the magistrate's house, making a gesture of raising a glass with his hands.

"Dad, wake up quickly, there is an assassin." Zhao Ceying shouted.

Zhao Zongquan woke up a lot after being yelled at by Zhao Ceying. His consciousness returned. When he heard the sound of weapons clashing and screams outside, he was startled and woke up instantly.

"Ying'er, what's going on outside?" Zhao Zongquan said in a panic.

"Dad, a group of assassins suddenly appeared. My uncle has led people to hold them back. However, the assassins are coming fiercely. We are short of manpower and can't delay them for long. Let's escape quickly." Zhao Ceying said.

"Oh...Okay..." Zhao Zongquan nodded repeatedly when he heard this.

Zhao Ceying helped her father get out of the carriage. Zhao Zongquan didn't know whether it was fear or too much wine. When he jumped out of the carriage, he staggered and almost fell.

"Father, are you alright?"

Zhao Ceying supported her father and asked with concern.

"I'm fine, let's leave quickly." Zhao Zongquan said quickly when he saw that Shen Congxing and his guards were in danger and couldn't delay for long.

"But uncle..."

"Stop it, let's go get the reinforcements so we can save your uncle."

Zhao Ceying was a little worried about Shen Congxing and wanted to go up to help. As soon as he opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Zhao Zongquan.

He glanced at Shen Congxing, who had suffered a lot of injuries, gritted his teeth, supported his father, turned around and left.

"Old Ding, you bring someone to hold them back, and I'll go after them!"

When the leading assassin saw Zhao Zongquan and his son trying to escape, he shouted loudly, ordered someone to stop Shen Congxing, and chased after him with several people.

Although Shen Congxing was good at martial arts, there were many assassins, and he drank a lot of wine, so his reaction was a little slow and he suffered a lot of injuries.

"Brother-in-law, Ceying, run!"

At this time, he saw that the assassins actually divided their forces to chase Zhao Zongquan and his son. He wanted to stop them, but was held back by the assassins desperately.He could only remind the two of them with a loud shout.

Zhao Zongquan and his son were anxious when they heard this and ran forward desperately, without any time to look back.

However, the footsteps behind him were getting closer and closer.

"Swish, swish, swish!" At this moment, several sharp arrows flew from the roof on the side. The assassin who was chasing was not prepared at all, and three people were killed directly.

The leading assassin turned around and saw a man in his 20s standing on the roof holding a bow.

The man drew three more arrows from his back, bent his bow and nocked the arrows, took aim briefly and released the bowstring.

Then without looking, he threw away the bow, took off the spear on his back, and jumped down.

"Da Lang, lead the training team away quickly!" the man shouted.

"Zhong Huai, be careful!"

The visitor was none other than Gu Tingye. After leaving Bianjing, Gu Tingye came to Yuzhou.

Of course, Zhao Zongquan and the others only knew that Gu Tingye was called Bai Ye, but they did not know that he was Gu Tingye.

Today, Zhao Zongquan went to Zhizhou's house for a banquet. Gu Tingye was afraid of being recognized, so he did not follow him.

Mrs. Shen suddenly felt a little uneasy and asked Gu Tingye to come and take a look.

If Zhao Zongquan and his son were not allowed to do so, they would be in grave danger.

On the other side, Zhao Ceying supported her father and ran for a while before encountering reinforcements.

After all, this is Yuzhou City, and assassins are killing people in the streets. It is impossible not to notice such a big movement.

Zhao Ceying left some people to protect Zhao Zongquan, and personally took the remaining people to support Shen Congxing and Gu Tingye.

When the assassins saw the reinforcements arriving, they knew the situation was over and fled directly under the leadership of their leader.

Zhao Ceying sent people to chase the assassin, came to Shen Congxing, and supported him: "Uncle, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, it's just some skin injuries, it doesn't matter. Are you and your brother-in-law okay?" Shen Congxing asked.

"Fortunately, Zhong Huai came in time, and dad and I are both fine." Zhao Ceying said.

"That's good. Don't worry. Now that the city gate is closed, none of these assassins can escape. Even if I dig three feet into the ground, I will find them all." Shen Congxing gritted his teeth.

"Uncle, let's not talk about this for now. Let's go back quickly and let the doctor take a look at you." Zhao Ceying said.

"I'm fine. I told you it was just a skin injury." Shen Congxing said nonchalantly.

"Zhonghuai, what are you looking at?"

When Zhao Ceying turned around, he saw Gu Tingye holding the assassin's weapon and looking at it with some confusion.

Gu Tingye said solemnly: "Let's go back first."

Seeing that Gu Tingye looked strange, Zhao Ceying knew that he should have discovered something, but this was indeed not the place to talk, so he nodded, helped Shen Congxing and joined Zhao Zongquan, and the group returned to the house.

When Mrs. Shen learned that they were back, she rushed out to welcome her. When she saw her brother was injured like this, she cried and ordered someone to call a doctor.

By the time the doctor bandaged Shen Congxing, it was almost dawn.

Mrs. Shen also ordered people to prepare food for everyone.

"Zhong Huai, did you find something?" Zhao Ceying suddenly remembered that Gu Tingye had been looking at the assassin's weapon before, and asked.

Gu Tingye looked at the maids in the room. Zhao Ceying understood and quickly sent them away.

"Zhong Huai, please tell me, are you really an assassin?" Zhao Ceying asked.

Even Shen Congxing and Zhao Zong, who were lying on the collapse, looked over.

Gu Tingye said: "I just saw the weapons used by the assassins. The patterns on the hilts are somewhat similar to those in the Liao Kingdom."

Zhao Ceying was stunned and said: "Are you saying that the assassin was sent by the Liao Kingdom?"

"I have no enmity with the people of Liao, so why did they send assassins to kill me?" Zhao Zongquan asked in confusion.

How could the Liao Kingdom send someone to assassinate a small regiment of his envoys for no reason?

Gu Tingye shook his head and said: "I just said it looked like it, and I didn't say it was an assassin sent by the Liao Kingdom. As far as I know, when the blacksmiths in the north were making weapons, the patterns on the weapons blended the styles of the two countries. "

"You mean the assassins came from the north? But my father usually doesn't offend anyone, and he has no enemies in the north. Could it be that weapons from the north were sold to Yuzhou?" Zhao Ceying said.

"It is possible, but the reason why northern blacksmiths create weapons with this pattern is because the north is close to the Liao Kingdom and was influenced by it. Many people like it, but people in the Central Plains and the south do not like this style. Although There will be some flowing in, but those assassins are all using this kind of weapons, and they all look new, which is a little abnormal," Gu Tingye said.

"But I have no enemies in the north. Who would send so many assassins to kill me?" Zhao Zongquan said.

"Tuanlian Envoy, news came not long ago that the official family is about to establish a reserve. Counting the days, there are only a few days left." Gu Tingye said.

Zhao Zongquan was stunned and said, "What does the official crown prince have to do with me?"

He came from the lineage of Taizu, and he had no illusions even when the officials were selecting candidates for their stepsons among the clan's descendants.

"The regimental commander should know that Queen Yan's clan is a major clan in the northwest, right?" Gu Tingye said.

"You mean the assassin was sent by King Yan? It's impossible. The official family has already decided to establish King Yong. Even if King Yan wants to assassinate him, he will also assassinate King Yong. Why do you want to kill me, an unpopular member of the clan?" Zhao Zongquan shook his head and said.

"If King Yong becomes the prince and ascends the throne in the future, will King Yan have a life? If King Yan wants to save his life, it is not impossible that he chooses to rebel. In order to prevent the clan members from coming to the capital to serve the king, it is not impossible for King Yan to take action against you. "Gu Tingye said.

"Nonsense, even if King Yan rebels, can he still kill all the clan members?" Zhao Zongquan retorted.

"You don't need to kill them all. You just need to kill the few who are closer to Bianjing. Even if you want to kill the ones further away, King Qin will. By the time they get the news, King Yan has already taken control of the situation." Gu Tingye said.

"These are just your guesses, with no basis at all." Zhao Zongquan said.

"Yes, these are indeed just guesses, but with the eliteness of those assassins and the weapons they use, I really can't think of other possibilities. Now that they have not succeeded, they will definitely not give up. Next time they act, they will definitely be more It’s thorough." Gu Tingye said.

"Brother-in-law, I think what Zhong Huai said makes sense. We still have to find a way to deal with it." Shen Congxing said.

He had fought against those assassins and had a better understanding of their abilities.

He felt that Gu Tingye's analysis was very reasonable. Such an assassin could not be sent by ordinary people at all.

"Okay, don't talk nonsense without evidence. I'm tired, so I'll go back to sleep first." After Zhao Zongquan finished speaking, he walked away.

"Dad...Dad..."

Zhao Ceying called several times but failed to stop Zhao Zongquan. He looked at Gu Tingye and said, "Zhonghuai, what should we do now?"

"Dalang, you don't have to worry too much. In fact, this is also my guess. It may not be true. It's normal for the team trainer to not believe it." Gu Tingye said.

"But, what if?" Zhao Ceying asked anxiously.

"There is no chance. If it is just an ordinary assassin who failed this time, he will not take action again in the short term. If it is really sent by King Yan, the date of canonization is not far away, and the assassin will definitely take action in the near future. Who is the assassin? Those who are sent will make their own conclusions when the time comes." Gu Tingye said.

"Wouldn't this put my father in danger?" Zhao Ceying asked anxiously.

"Haha, Da Lang, are you concerned about this chaos? Since we guessed that the assassin might come, why don't we secretly strengthen the security? The assassin will be able to come back without any chance of return." Shen Congxing said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)