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Chapter 48
Luo Shuyu, who was standing upstairs, didn't think for a moment that the private room he was in would be dangerous. He thought that Li Mingjin got off the horse and was eager to come up to see him.
After closing the window, Luo Shuyu returned to his seat, and Xiaoer from the shop gave him a pot of good Yundingshan fog.
After a bite, it was really fragrant.
It is not easy for a high mountain tea picker, so he wants to drink a second cup.
Just as he was about to pour the second cup, a cold knife was placed on his neck: "Don't move."
Qingwang, who had just stood beside Luo Shuyu, was stunned and fell to the ground.
Luo Shuyu paused while holding the teapot. He never thought that he would be in danger, but he calmed down quickly: "Are you the assassin they were looking for?"
The assassin behind him said: "I know you are the third prince and concubine."
Luo Shuyu guessed that the incoming person should be covered with his face, his voice was suppressed, and he couldn't hear whether he had heard the person's voice.
He has died once, of course he is not afraid of death.
Luo Shuyu put down the teapot with one hand and turned the teacup with the other, as leisurely as in a house.
He tried to maintain his composure: "Then you are really amazing, and I am not a big man. I am just a greedy person and fear of death. Please don't scratch my neck."
The assassin said: "I don't think you are scared at all. The three princes are different from what I imagined. You are very calm, and many men are not as calm as you are in trouble."
Luo Shuyu: "Really? It's useless for you to hold me down."
The assassin said: "Whoever says it's useless, it won't be useful." The man who hunted him was the third prince.
As soon as the voice fell, the assassin's knife was lying on Luo Shuyu's neck, just as Li Mingjin kicked in!
Li Mingjin drew a sword from nowhere, and pointed it at the assassin behind Luo Shuyu: "Let go of him!" He turned and asked Luo Shuyu again, "Yu'er, are you okay."
"His Royal Highness, I'm okay." Luo Shuyu's voice was very steady, which had the effect of calming Li Mingjin's nervousness.
Assassin: "Like the rumors, although the third prince and the third prince were married not long ago, they are deeply affectionate and envy others."
Li Mingjin said coldly: "Let go of him. If you hurt him at all, I will kill your dog, and the corpse will be broken!"
Assassin: "Don't worry about the three princes, I also have the heart of adult beauty, as long as you let me go, I will naturally let go of the three princes."
Li Mingjin said without hesitation: "Yes."
Nobody's life is as important as Luo Shuyu's, the assassin ran away, and he would catch it again next time.
Assassin: "Prepare me a horse, water and food for three days."
Li Mingjin: "Yes, you let him go now."
The assassin chuckled: "Is the three princes stupid or I am stupid, when I leave the city, the three princes and concubines will naturally be released."
Li Mingjin stared at the assassin behind Luo Shuyu.
Luo Shuyu was afraid that he would not be able to control himself as soon as his emotions came up, so he said: "His Royal Highness, promise him that I have nothing to do. It is better to give us a carriage to go out of the city, and your Highness will come to meet me in the city. I believe that he will not kill me. "Luo Shuyu had an idea in his heart.
Assassin: "It's still the three princes and concubines."
Mingmen was pinched, and Li Mingjin had to prepare what he needed for the assassin according to Luo Shuyu's proposal.
Luo Shuyu just didn't ask where the complete assassin came from.
Now waiting in the private room, he has time to ask.
Luo Shuyu twisted a piece of cake and put it in his mouth: "Who did you assassinate?"
Assassin: "Of course it is to assassinate some people who shouldn't live in this world."
Luo Shuyu: "Is it a family hatred or a national hatred?"
The assassin is not stupid: "The three princes and concubines are talking about me."
Luo Shuyu shrugged: "Sitting is also boring. It's better to knock on melon seeds to talk."
The assassin was taken aback for a moment, and said with a muffled laugh: "The three princes and concubines are really not ordinary people, no wonder even the tyrannical people like the three princes have deep roots in you."
"This is a bit exaggerated." Luo Shuyu also talked to him frequently.
The assassin suddenly had the intention of showing off again: "I assassinated the prince of your Great Xia Kingdom, isn't it very brave?"
Luo Shuyu was taken aback, but his expression was fleeting.
After all the people in Fumanlou were evacuated, Luo Shuyu and the assassin got on the carriage prepared by Li Mingjin.
Anyone who receives the news knows that the assassin held the three princes and concubines.
For a time, the entire imperial city was on guard.
This assassin is too courageous, doesn't he know that the three princes are still the one who will pay for it? The prince and concubine who dare to hold him is a cruel person!
Li Mingjin feared that the assassin would injure Luo Shuyu, so he rode a horse and followed the carriage closely, but the assassin threatened him with a knife and followed far away.
Luo Shuyu wanted to give Li Mingjin a secret signal, but the two seemed to have never practiced tacit understanding. He might not know that he had made a secret signal.
However, he secretly made a gesture to calm Li Mingjin down, hoping that he would think carefully.
Li Mingjin's ability to survive to this day is inseparable from his intelligence.
There is only one assassin, and Luo Shuyu is now his death-free gold medal, and he dare not do anything to him.
Fortunately, the fur suit Luo Shuyu wore today was newly made for him by Li Mingjin before the winter day. Sitting on the carriage, he doesn't feel cold as long as he doesn't blow the air.
But the assassin's clothes didn't look very warm.
When the carriage left the city for a mile or so, Luo Shuyu suddenly asked him: "Princess Jiayang, are you cold?"
The masked assassin was taken aback, his voice almost changed, and he asked Luo Shuyu: "Who is Princess Jiayang?"
Luo Shuyu chuckled: "Don't pretend, I know it's you. On the ice rink that day, I compared your height. You were half a head taller than me. I don't think any princess would get into the wrong place when someone else went to the room. Son."
The assassin chuckled and no longer concealed: "You really are unusual. It's a pity that you are married to the third prince, not the prince, otherwise you can still support him in the upper ranks."
Luo Shuyu sighed: "It's fate."
Princess Jiayang pulled off the black face towel in her hand: "Unexpectedly, you could still guess that it was me."
Luo Shuyu: "In fact, I don't dare to guess that it is you. If it is an ordinary assassin, I really can't guess who it is. After getting on the carriage just now, I found you smelled of jasmine. I guess it should be you. On the ice rink, you also have this smell in your body."
Princess Jiayang said: "The observation details are in place. If you are in our country, you will be able to make a good future. In our country of Zhou, the son can also go to court as an official."
Luo Shuyu: "Then are you a son or a man?"
Princess Jiayang said: "You can guess this again."
Luo Shuyu: "According to your admiration for your country's prince as an official, I guess you should be a prince. Even if you pretend to be a woman, you will not be suspected. A man has a Adam's apple, but a prince does not."
Princess Jiayang: "Smart."
Luo Shuyu still wanted to figure out who the Zhou prince that Shen Mingyun hooked up in his previous life was.
Luo Shuyu asked him: "I want to ask you a question."
Princess Jiayang likes Luo Shuyu's wit: "You ask."
Luo Shuyu: "Which number do you rank in your royal family?"
Princess Jiayang: "Fourth."
Luo Shuyu remembers that the prince who hooked up with Shen Mingyun in the book ranked second in the Zhou Dynasty royal family. Since Princess Jiayang is a prince, not a man, then the second prince Zhou has not yet begun to show his face.
Luo Shuyu said: "Your second emperor brother also came to Daxia, or the plan to assassinate the prince is not your idea, but your second emperor brother?"
Luo Shuyu thinks of the crown prince's sudden miscarriage, presumably the prince of Zhou has been hiding behind his back, the purpose is to provoke the Daxia royal family, and then assassinate the prince, and then put the blame on the prince, causing only the internal struggle of Daxia.
Now that it can be confirmed that Princess Jiayang is not the prince, then it can be inferred that the second prince Zhou is still hidden in the capital, and continues to plan.
Princess Jiayang said: "Three princes, I want to destroy the agreement with the third princes, you are too smart, I can't just let you go back like this."
Luo Shuyu added: "It is also possible that I guessed wrong. You and your second emperor brother are not the same, otherwise you will not reveal your whereabouts so quickly."
There is a battle for the throne in Daxia, and Zhou also has it, and the competition in Zhou is even more fierce. Their son can not only be an official, but also an emperor, otherwise Jiayang will not pretend to be a woman and mix into Daxia. Want to disturb the muddy waters of Daxia.
Princess Jiayang smiled: "No matter how you guess, it's no use, I won't tell you."
Luo Shuyu: "It's okay. I don't know martial arts, and I don't investigate the case as an improper official. The princess right is boring for me to speculate."
Princess Jiayang: "You are indeed very interesting. If we were born in our country of Zhou, we should be able to become very good friends."
Luo Shuyu: "I think so."
Princess Jiayang: "It's almost at Wangyouting, tell your man to stop following me."
Luo Shuyu smiled: "Princess, don't worry, your Highness will definitely do it." But it should be limited to the fact that he is still in the hands of Princess Jiayang.
When she arrived at the pavilion, Princess Jiayang turned on her horse neatly and ran away with the two horses, leaving Luo Shuyu in place.
Only the coachman and Luo Shuyu were left.
Luo Shuyu asked the driver: "Anjiu, get him back to me."
Anjiu: "But His Highness has not come yet."
An Jiu was quite surprised that the third prince and concubine were held hostage with a knife and still so calm, and just ordered him to chase people, it was also very courageous.
Luo Shuyu: "All right."
He jumped out of the carriage, stretched his arms, and hasn't been outside the city much yet.
There is another view on the outskirts of the city in winter.
After a while, Li Mingjin arrived with the team, the people behind went after them, and Li Mingjin rushed to Luo Shuyu.
I was too worried: "Yu'er, is there any injury?"
Luo Shuyu shook his head: "I'm fine, it's okay, don't worry."
Li Mingjin hugged him in her arms: "It scared me to death."
Luo Shuyu: "I'm okay." He hurriedly diverted Li Mingjin's attention, "I haven't been here yet, your Highness, let's sit in the pavilion for a while."
Li Mingjin saw that he did not look scared, so he nodded his forehead: "He is heartless."
Luo Shuyu smiled and walked towards the pavilion with his hand. Anjiu and the guards were winking and helped them clean up the snow in the pavilion, and put two tufts on top.
Luo Shuyu did not sell Guanzi, and said: "I know the identity of that assassin."
Li Mingjin was a little surprised: "Who? How do you know his identity."
"We've all seen it." Luo Shuyu patted a dead leaf that fell on his shoulder. "The person I discussed in Cuju at the ice rink."
Li Mingjin immediately thought: "Princess Jiayang?"
Luo Shuyu: "Well, I just confirmed his identity. He is a son, not a man."
Li Mingjin: "How could it be him?"
Luo Shuyu: "They have the same status as a man, and it is not surprising that he is."
Li Mingjin: "I know this. I didn't expect their Zhou people to be so bold and go straight to assassinate the prince."
Luo Shuyu: "But I think Princess Jiayang may just be a target. The real thing to guard against is their second prince."
Li Mingjin: "How to say?"
Luo Shuyu: "The miscarriage of the princess was definitely not an accident, nor was it the work of the eldest prince. I guess it was Zhou people who were fishing in troubled waters."
Li Mingjin: "The second prince of Zhou has not shown up."
Luo Shuyu: "So we need to find him out. Originally, no one found out that Zhou State did it, but now it suddenly came in. Perhaps it was the fact that the second prince of Zhou and the Jiayang government had never reached a consensus."
Li Mingjin understands Luo Shuyu's meaning: "It seems that Zhou's royal family is also quite chaotic. There are far more hind legs than those who can work. They all want to take credit, but some people want to take all the credit."
Luo Shuyu praised him at the right time: "His Royal Highness is wise."
Therefore, the Princess Jiayang of the previous life was already lost by the second prince of Zhou in the internal fighting of Zhou, and she did not appear in the tribute corps.
After smoothing the relationship here, it became clear why there was no such person as Princess Jiayang in the previous life. There is also that Shen Mingyun saved the second prince of Zhou in his last life, and the second prince of Zhou did not know where he was. When he was injured, he appeared in the Zhuangzi that Shen Mingyun bought privately. It is impossible to live in Zhuangzi, and it is impossible to meet him.
Therefore, the whereabouts of the second prince of the State of Zhou is unknown, and Princess Jiayang is making her own claim?
There is too little information, and Luo Shuyu can only rely on guessing. However, it is a good thing that the fact that Zhou Guoren planted a spy in Daxia has surfaced.
Emperor Tiansheng has been investigating, things will become clearer, the second prince Zhou will show his face sooner or later, maybe he will meet Shen Mingyun by chance again, it's just that there will be a time sequence.
Li Mingjin squeezed Luo Shuyu's hand: "Yu'er is still smart and helped me solve a big problem. Princess Jiayang, I will definitely catch him alive."
Luo Shuyu asked him: "It's freezing cold. Where does your Royal Highness think Princess Jiayang will stay?"
Li Mingjin drew a bladed knife from her ankle, and lightly made a few marks on the table: "There is a small town in Dongsanli. If you don’t rest and walk forward, it will take half a day to ride a fast horse. Get to the next place where you can stay."
"Is there another path?" Luo Shuyu asked him, "Jiayang was hunted down. Will he blatantly walk the official road?"
Li Mingjin: "There are also small roads, but in snowy days, no one can climb the mountain directly unless they are used to hunting hunters in the mountains."
Luo Shuyu raised his chin and asked him: "Then how can he avoid chasing soldiers and ensure that he can survive, and she doesn't have thick clothes and food is limited."
Li Mingjin's inspiration flashed: "It is very likely that he will return to the city within two days."
Luo Shuyu: "His Royal Highness is right. As long as you find him, you can kill their spies in one go."
In fact, it is not so much cleaning up Zhou Guo’s spies, it is better to pave the way for Li Mingjin from now on.
There is nothing more real than getting real power. This is the only way to keep them alive.
Li Mingjin nodded. He didn't want Luo Shuyu to be too troubled. After watching the snow scene with Luo Shuyu for a while, he returned to the city in a carriage.
The assassination of the prince and the three princes being held hostage by the assassins in the street have caused a lot of trouble. The mastermind has escaped, and only a few hours are caught. What awaits them will be endless torture and death.
Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin went back to the house directly. It was freezing cold. After Luo Shuyu took a comfortable bath, Li Mingjin asked him to stay in the house to keep him warm.
That night, Li Mingjin hugged Luo Shuyu tightly in fear.
In his dream, he dreamed of a carriage full of arrows. In the dream, Luo Shuyu's face was pale and his eyes flustered. He was scared into a cold sweat and woke up.
On the second day, the news that Luo Shuyu was held hostage by the assassin spread like wildfire, and the news that the prince was assassinated was suppressed. Everywhere talked about Luo Shuyu being held hostage by the assassin.
The palace sent people to send a lot of shocking items, it is self-evident who did this.
Li Mingjin stared fiercely at the gift sent by the queen: "The prime minister is really a good plan, and he actually uses Yu'er as a shield!"
Luo Shuyu patted him on the back and gave him a smooth air: "His Royal Highness, don't be upset, many people have seen me being held captive. They use me, so why don't we make a reputation for ourselves and turn our disadvantages into benefits?"
Li Mingjin: "Yuer has a clever plan?"
Luo Shuyu: "That may need Mr. Chen, he must have a perfect way, mainly he has a good literary talent."
Li Mingjin's eyes lit up: "Yu'er meant to create momentum for us?"
Luo Shuyu nodded: "Well, the prince was not injured, but I was taken out of the city and was frightened. It's not an exaggeration to take advantage of it."
Li Mingjin: "Naturally, it's not an exaggeration."
Chen Rong really lived up to expectations. In less than two days, the whole capital was spreading the story of Luo Shuyu's heroic struggle against the assassins!
The storyteller in the teahouse said this: "These three princes and concubines have the spirit of preferring death to death. At that time, they were fighting with the assassin in the snow, struggling to support, and the sharp knife almost pierced his neck, and finally waited. The three princes descended from the sky! The three princes showed their power and fought the assassins for 300 rounds. The carriage was shaken to pieces, and the three princes and concubines were finally rescued from the assassins! !"
Later, Luo Shuyu asked Chen Rong how to spread such an exaggeration, the three princes were about to grow three heads and six arms!
Chen Rong couldn't say enough: "This is a script written by His Royal Highness himself, and there are more exaggerated versions, but I strongly rejected it."
Luo Shuyu: "...Then he must be very sorry."
Although there is a discrepancy with the original idea, but so be it.
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