Lady Wan Guan

Chapter 381 A shocking shot

Inside the General's Mansion in Gubeicheng.

Du Ming sat in the study, listening to reports from his subordinates.

"Your Highness, I have confirmed again and again that in the past few days, except for the attendants who went out to invite the doctor and the doctor who came to treat His Highness Sixth Highness, no one has come in or out of the general's residence. I also went to the doctor to confirm that His Highness Sixth Highness was not well yesterday morning. ”

"Your Highness, my subordinates have interrogated everyone in the general's residence, and there is nothing unusual about the same tone of voice."

"Your Highness, my subordinates have searched the general's residence and found nothing unusual."

Du Ming waved his hand and signaled them to retreat, leaving only the deputy general alone.

"What do you think?" Du Ming asked.

The deputy general said: "I think it is very likely that His Highness the Sixth Prince is dead. I have interrogated several of His Highness's guards and they all saw bugs crawling out of His Highness's body. Because it was too scary, so Princess Reguna decided to burn the body."

Du Ming muttered: "Based on the known situation, this is indeed the case."

"Your Highness, why don't you tell His Highness the truth about the situation and let His Highness make your own judgment." The deputy general knew that His Highness was worried about how to report it, so he gave suggestions.

Du Ming nodded: "Bring a pen and paper."

After a while, he wrote the secret letter, put it in a bamboo tube, sealed it with wax, and handed it to the deputy general: "Send it to His Highness quickly."

While Du Ming was writing the letter, Shangguan Beiqing quietly came to the backyard, looked around to make sure there was no one there, and used Qinggong to jump over the high wall.

Then he quickly came to a nearby grocery store. When the storekeeper saw him, his eyes showed eagerness.

"I'm here to get something, and I can borrow your place."

The shopkeeper led him into the backyard and took out a bow and arrow from the room: "General, my subordinates have been maintaining this bow and arrow."

This was the former Zhenbei Army and a subordinate of Shangguan Beiqing. In the battle at Gubei, he was seriously injured and fell into coma. He escaped. After recovering from his injuries, he returned to Gubei. He wanted to witness Gubei here. The day I returned to Daqi.

When Shangguan Beiqing passed through Gubei with the envoy to Daqi, he recognized him and contacted him.

"Yeah!" Shangguan Beiqing responded, then went upstairs, opened the north-facing window, and looked at the dark sky.

It would be difficult to shoot a fast-flying falcon in this light, but he had to try.

After waiting for a while, a falcon appeared in sight.

Shangguan Beiqing drew his bow and took aim. He only had one chance.

The arrow flew away like a shooting star.

Saw the falcon fall from the sky.

Shangguan Beiqing breathed a sigh of relief and quickly went downstairs. Using his hands, he broke the bow forcefully.

The shopkeeper was shocked: "General, what are you..."

"Burn quickly, leaving no trace."

The shopkeeper's expression turned solemn: "Yes."

Shangguan Beiqing returned to the general's mansion unnoticed under the cover of darkness, jumped in through the back window, and had just changed his clothes when a sound came from outside the door.

"Sang Zhi, His Highness asked you to go to the study."

Shangguan Beiqing opened the door and pretended to be surprised: "Your Highness wants to see me?" "What are you talking about? Hurry up." The soldier said angrily.

Shangguan Beiqing entered the study and saluted Du Ming: "I've seen your highness before."

"Sang Zhi, I heard that the princess thinks highly of you."

"Back to Your Highness, the princess just likes to play Cuju, and the common people also know how to play Cuju besides raising food. This time the princess didn't bring many people, so there is no one available, so the common people can barely make up the number."

"Oh... I'm curious. Since you are good at Cuju, why didn't you join Dayuan's Cuju team?"

"Back to Your Highness, Dayuan's Cuju team is all selected from the military, and ordinary people are not eligible to participate."

This is the truth, Du Ming said: "The illness of His Highness Sixth Prince was obviously caused by being in Daqi. Did anything special happen to you when you were in Daqi? If you think about it carefully, was it someone from Daqi who caused Sixth Prince's illness? Your Highness."

Shangguan Beiqing said in his heart: This is to put the shit basin on Da Qi's head, so as to find an excuse to attack Da Qi.

Shangguan Beiqing said: "Back to Your Highness, I have a humble status. When there is no competition, I stay in the post house. I really have no way of knowing who Your Highness the Sixth Prince has met and what he has done. But..."

Du Ming raised his eyebrows: "But what?"

"In the capital of Daqi, both the Yuan and Shu missions lived in the post house. The common people heard that the people from the Shu mission mentioned something about the King of Gu. The reason was that the Shu mission was patronized by thieves. A lot of valuables were lost, which alarmed the Dali Temple. Then the people of the Dashu Mission were glad that the King of Ten Thousand Gus had not been lost. Xiaomin asked out of curiosity what the King of Ten Thousand Gus was, and they were very wary. He just left without saying anything."

"King of all poisons?" Du Ming was secretly surprised. Could it be that Tudor had been infected by Shu's poison?
"Oh, by the way, there's one more thing, I wonder if it's important."

"explain."

"On the second day after the mission arrived in Daqi, His Highness the Sixth Prince and the Princess went to attend a palace banquet. The Princess was very angry when she came back and said that His Highness the Sixth Prince actually proposed to marry Princess Lingxi in front of her. The problem is that Dashu has not yet Agree, Da Shu wants to marry Da Qi, and has taken a fancy to Da Qi’s second prince.”

Du Ming wondered, could it be that Tudor's request to marry Princess Lingxi angered the people of Shu, so Tudor was bewitched?
It’s no wonder that Reguna was angry. Her father had wanted Reguna to marry Tudor before, but Trida said that Reguna was still young, so the matter was shelved for the time being. But everyone in Dayuan thought that Reguna It was only a matter of time before Na married Tudor.

If it is true that Dashu did it, Dashu and Dayuan are discussing an alliance, and Dayuan can make a fuss about this matter and gain more initiative.

"Sang Zhi, the information you provided is very important. I will send people to verify it. If it is true that Shu has harmed His Highness Sixth Highness, I will definitely lead my troops to defeat Shu and avenge His Highness Sixth Highness."

Just as he was talking, the deputy general came in a hurry to report.

Seeing Sang Zhi there, the deputy general stopped talking.

"Sang Zhi, please step back first and take good care of the princess."

"Yes." Shangguan Beiqing bowed and stepped back.

After walking out of the study, Shangguan Beiqing vaguely heard the deputy general say.

"Your Highness, the eagle released by my humble duty was shot down. The patrolling soldiers discovered that the beggars in the city were fighting for an eagle. Then they found the secret message on the eagle's talons and came to report it."

Shangguan Beiqing kept walking and left quickly.

Du Ming was shocked, and in addition to shock, he was even more angry. He had endured such an eagle, and was actually shot down.

"Go and find out who did it immediately. This person must be found out."

"My subordinates have asked people to search from house to house. If you can shoot a fast-flying eagle at night with such dim vision at high altitude, this person's arm strength, eyesight and accuracy are all worthy of a marksman."

"Could it be someone from the general's palace who did it?"

The deputy general said: "It's impossible. The place where the eagle fell is close to the North City Gate. From here, it can't shoot that far. No matter how good your eyesight is, it can't be reached."

"Go and check. According to the location where the eagle fell, search everything within a kilometer radius. We should also check the general's mansion to see if anyone has gone out." Du Ming ordered.