The news of Li Yanqing's assassination at Yongkin Gate spread throughout the city, causing an uproar in the court and the country. Zhao Gou was furious and immediately dismissed Zhang Hao, the governor of Lin'an Prefecture, and called General Wang Yuan to scold him, ordering him to catch the murderer behind the scenes within three days. More than 10,000 soldiers were dispatched. Wang Yuan personally led his army to search door to door in Lin'an Prefecture, which made a mess.

Li Yanqing had already returned to the ship, and he was a little scared. If it weren't for the assassin's mistake in judgment, or if it weren't for the fact that he temporarily changed the carriage and eight poisonous crossbows shot into the carriage, he would be in great danger.

Li Yanqing paced back and forth in the cabin with his hands behind his back, thinking about the various possibilities of this assassination. First, the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji took the first carriage when he left the palace. After leaving the palace, the two carriages exchanged orders. Someone in the palace notified the assassin, so the assassin decided that he was in the first carriage and had no troops divided into two groups.

The second possibility is Zhao Gou. He also wanted to get rid of himself, but he was afraid that his subordinates would rebel and could not attack in the palace, so he borrowed the assassin's hand and then framed the Supreme Emperor or someone else.

The third possibility is that you are your enemies, such as your relatives who were destroyed by you, your remnants of the Western Xia and even the Jin Dynasty assassins, etc. If you are assassinated in the capital, you can provoke civil strife in the Song Dynasty.

After thinking about it, Li Yanqing still felt that the third possibility was the greatest.

First of all, Zhao Ji wants to kill himself, and he must be sure to win. He will not use a method of low success rate such as a city gate stabbing. He will definitely attack in the palace or the mansion. Moreover, after he kills himself, he will immediately launch a mutiny. However, Miao Fu and others have not come back yet. Assassination of himself is too hasty for them 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 assassination, his intuition told Li Yanqing that the current situation between him and Zhao Gou is far from being ashamed of the assassination. Zhao Gou's throne is still unstable, and the threat of the Jin soldiers in the north has not weakened. He still needs to help him stabilize the throne himself.

Besides, he had brought his son to Beijing, so Zhao Gou had the option of proton, so he didn't need to choose the extreme option with serious consequences.

After thinking about it, the enemy is the most likely to assassinate him, especially the relatives of the foreigners who were destroyed by him. They had a spy in the palace and knew that they were riding on the first carriage when they left the palace. If it were the remnants of the Western Xia and the Jin Kingdom assassinating him, they would not have a clear goal and would definitely assassinate him.

At this time, Li Yanqing felt something and turned around and saw Hu Qing'er standing at the door. Li Yanqing asked with a smile: "Has the assassin confessed?"

Hu Qing'er shook her head sadly, "He is dead!"

She suddenly rushed towards Li Yanqing, hugged his waist tightly, pressed her face against his chest, and tears gushed out. Li Yanqing gently stroked her hair and smiled, "My life is very hard, the person who can assassinate me has not been born yet!"

"Mr., let's go back! You have finished your report and it's not safe here." Hu Qing'er said in a choking voice.

Li Yanqing shook his head, "I can't go back for now, and there will be no second assassination."

"Who did that? Is that dog thief Zhao Ji?"

Li Yanqing shook his head, "Although Zhao Ji also wants to kill me, it's not what he did this time. I suspect he is the relative who hates me to the core. They are the most likely to buy murderers."

"I must peel them off with my own hands!" Hu Qing'er said gritting her teeth.

At this time, Li Yanqing suddenly realized that he should not be the relatives of the foreigners. These relatives were the key targets that Zhao Ji won over. They would obey Zhao Ji's arrangements and would not alarm the enemy at this time and ruin Zhao Ji's affairs. The princes and nobles of the Western Xia were just sent to Lin'an and had not yet been settled. At this time, they should not have the intention to assassinate themselves.

Then the real assassin was about to emerge. It must be the Jin Kingdom, who assassinated himself, provoked civil strife in the Song Dynasty, and made the Song Dynasty have no time to fight the northern expedition to relieve their strategic pressure on the grassland.

At this time, a personal soldier outside the cabin reported, "Report to the governor, the emperor has sent someone."

"Who is here?" Li Yanqing asked.

"It's the eunuch Kang!"

"Please sit in the cabin for a while, and I'll come right away!"

Li Yanqing kissed Hu Qing'er's red lips and smiled and said, "Go and see Pu'er, come to me tonight."

Hu Qing'er's pretty face turned red, she nodded slightly, turned around and walked out quickly.

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

The eunuch Kang Lu was walking back and forth in the cabin with his hands behind his back, looking worried. He had two purposes when he came to see Li Yanqing. The first was to explain clearly to Li Yanqing that the assassin had nothing to do with the emperor, and the second was to hope that Li Yanqing would continue to stay and participate in the ceremony of enthroning the prince and not leave in anger.

At this time, Li Yanqing walked into the cabin and smiled and said, "When will Eunuch Kang return to the capital?"

"I came back five days ago. There were too many things, and I lost more than ten pounds."

After a few greetings, Kang Lu went straight to the topic, "When the emperor heard about His Highness's assassination, he was also furious. He had dismissed the prefect of Lin'an and ordered the military to find the murderer within three days. Please believe that the emperor hopes that His Highness will be safer than anyone else."

Li Yanqing nodded, "I won't be suspicious of the emperor. In fact, I guessed who the assassin was."

"Who is it?" Kang Lu asked anxiously.

"If I was not mistaken, it should be the Jin Kingdom. They really hoped that I would be assassinated and provoke internal chaos in the Song Dynasty."

"Ah! So that's it. I'm going to go back and report to the emperor immediately."

After pausing, Kang Lu said, "I heard that your highness caught an assassin's survivor?"

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

"That's a bit of a pity."

Kang Lu felt regretful, and he asked tentatively: "Your Highness will not go back immediately!"

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "The crown prince enactment ceremony has not begun yet, how can we go back? Please tell the official that I will take the overall situation into consideration and will not do anything hot-headed."

Kang Lu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and smiled, "Then I will go back and report to the emperor immediately."

Li Yanqing did not try to keep Kang Lu. He knew that the other party came for his own statement, so Kang Lu must be anxious to go back to report.

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

"I understand, I will definitely tell the emperor!"

Kang Lu bowed with his fists and turned around and hurriedly got off the boat.

At this time, Li Yanqing suddenly felt a strong uneasy, and he immediately ordered: "Let Zhang Shun come to see me!"

‘Bang!’ A teacup was smashed to the ground and smashed to pieces.

Zhao Ji was furious and shouted: "Who did it? Find it out for me. I will kill him with my own hands!"

How could Zhao Ji not be angry? The assassination of Li Yanqing led to many unexpected events. It would be fine if the assassination was successful, but the assassination failed and alarmed the enemy. How could he assassinate Li Yanqing?

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

Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan were trembling with fear. Wang Boyan said: "I have already asked several relatives of the foreigners, and it is definitely not their actions. They all said that without the orders of His Majesty the Supreme Emperor, he would not act without permission."

"Your Majesty, could it be done by the government?" Huang Qianshan whispered.

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

"wrong!"

Zhao Ji changed his mind and suddenly said, "He used this matter to regain military power in the city openly. He said he didn't care on the surface, but in fact he was acting secretly. He knew that we had an insider 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, this matter was used by Zhao Gou and seized military power in the city.

Zhao Ji pondered for a moment and asked again: "When will Miao Fu come back?"

“I’ll be back tonight.”
Chapter completed!