Looking at his unlucky daughter in shock, Emperor Sheng De didn't realize what she meant.
What does she mean by counting on her fingers?
Why did the assassins run outside the city?
Didn’t the letters from the Dark Dragon Guard and Zhao Ling that came back say that the other party was difficult to deal with, and that there were many things that had to be discussed in detail when entering the palace today?
Why does it suddenly seem so easy?
Faced with Emperor Shengde's puzzlement, Qi Xiao wanted to explain it to him in detail, but the spatial imprint mentioned by Little Phoenix was so bizarre that it was difficult for him to ensure that Emperor Shengde could fully accept it.
As for asking Feng Xi to demonstrate such words again in public, he would not dare to say it anyway.
So he had no choice but to tap on the table and say:
"Erchen and Xi'er have a secret method of tracking other people's traces. They planted it on each other when they let the assassin leave. As long as the secret method does not fade away on the other side, we can easily track his traces."
"I see."
After taking a deep look at Qi Xiao and Feng Xi, Emperor Sheng De knew that they were hiding something, but he still nodded and said:
"So, the reason you arranged for Li Cifu and others to report to the city today is actually to test the assassin and the forces behind him, so as not to make the other party suspicious of whether you let him go on purpose, right?"
"nature."
Qi Xiao did not deny it, but directly informed Emperor Sheng De of his and Feng Xi's plan.
The tracking technique had been prepared a long time ago, and he had someone hand over the instructions for sealing off the entire city.
He had long known that the DPRK and China would not agree, and might even secretly obstruct their investigation, but their own attitudes must be clear.
This is not only testing the person behind the scenes, but also playing tricks on the people behind the scenes.
Only if they tried their best to check but found nothing, could the assassin get rid of his vigilance as soon as possible and return to where he should have been.
"The assassin is not only very skilled in martial arts, but he is also good at guarding people. Since escaping from the Duke's Mansion last night, he has been to several places in one night. The Prince's Mansion, the Fourth Prince's Mansion, Jingyuan Marquis Mansion, and the First Assistant Mansion …”
After listening to Qi Xiao telling the locations of the assassins' wanderings one by one, Emperor Sheng De's expression gradually became serious.
The other party wandered around like this from last night to this morning, despite the searches of the Princess's Mansion, the Duke's Mansion and the Dark Dragon Guard, and came and went without a trace in Shengjing City.
That's all in the city. After the Qingciyuan incident, the four city gates of Shengjing were the first to be blocked. This morning, five times the usual number of manpower was deployed to conduct inspections on everyone and convoys leaving the city. Checked carefully.
In order to prevent anyone from fooling the defenders while it was dark, the opening time of the city gate was postponed accordingly this morning. It was already bright when the first group of people left the city.
But even so, people still went out.
Let’s not mention that the assassin was injured. Let’s just say that if this assassin could escape from the city in broad daylight, there would be no way that there would be no help behind him.
If they hadn't already had the means to track this person, they might not have known that he was already outside the city, and they would have spared no effort to find him in the city.
"With this person's martial arts and scheming skills, he must not be an abandoned son of the person behind him. Therefore, every mansion he stayed in last night was probably framed with the intention of setting up trouble."
Emperor Sheng De sighed. He knew Qi Xiao's talent in martial arts.
Why would his good brother say that Qi Xiao is most like him?
Not only because of his brain, but also because of his mastery of body, almost inheriting all the advantages of the other party, and even surpassing him in martial arts perfectly.
Qi Xiaodu said that he would use secret methods to track the other party, which meant that he himself could not guarantee that his personal tracking would not be discovered by the other party.
Then the places where this person goes even though he knows that there are no pursuers behind him, or that the pursuers cannot catch up at all, are probably not where his master's home is.
The other party was indeed cautious, but he probably wouldn't have imagined that someone could accurately mark every place he visited last night, thereby eliminating the confusing clues one by one.
"If it's not the prince, the fourth child, the Fang family, the Chu family, or other well-established families and officials, they can only be the ones behind the scenes..."
Emperor Shengde smiled bitterly.
It’s been almost three years.
Daikin, Beidi, Tatar...
Hanyuguan, Qijia, Yuanming...
In the past three years, there was not a day when he didn't think about the original war situation, how the military information was leaked, and who in the court had different intentions.
However, there are countless people with dissident intentions, but the real mastermind has never been found.
Those people hide too deeply...
This depth lies not only in their identity, but also in their unpredictable purpose.
"There is something I have never told you, Zhao Ling. Those people seemed to have been specifically targeting me and your Qi family back then. Not only back then, but also now."
Emperor Sheng De raised his hand to pour himself a glass of rice wine, and an unspeakable look of confusion appeared on Qing Jun's face:
"No, it's not just you and me, Xi'er, Mr. Xie, and even the entire Duke's Mansion. It seems that people related to me and those who may be loyal to me are prone to accidents, but your Qi family is especially obvious."
As a monarch, he knew that he should not tell others about this matter.
Because the emperor has been entrusted with the Nine-Five-Nine-Fifth Emperor since ancient times, it is too late for the emperors of all dynasties to look for auspicious signs and visions, so how can they pour dirty water on themselves.
But facing Zhao Ling, who had suffered a lot because of him, and his daughter, who had been affected a lot and was probably abandoned for adoption in the past for this reason, he really couldn't escape himself.
But he is stupid, and he doesn't know what the problem is.
Seeing Emperor Sheng De drinking rice wine from cup to cup, he kept saying that it was all his own problems, and occasionally howled "Yuan Ming" and "Zhao Yue", I am sorry for you...
Feng Xi finally couldn't bear it anymore and said:
"Put your head over here and I'll give you a blessing."
Emperor Shengde: "?"
"Yes, it's you, stick your head over here."
"What?"
Emperor Sheng De was puzzled and confused, and in his confusion was drunk. In his drunkenness, he felt relieved that his daughter finally knew how to comfort his old father.
Probably because of the momentary emotion, he didn't realize there was anything wrong with Feng Xi asking him to stick his head out.
So he really stretched.
Then he was knocked unconscious by his own daughter's knife.
Qi Xiao saw Feng Xi attacking Emperor Sheng De and slapping Emperor Sheng De's face into the plate: "?"
It seemed that Qi Xiao was about to ask something, Feng Xi blinked innocently and said:
"He was crying and fussing, and it irritated my eyes, so I asked him to put his head over, and prepared to give him a good fortune. As you can see, I didn't force him, he took the initiative to put his head Stretched over.”
Qi Xiao: "..."
After looking at his confident little Phoenix for ten seconds, Qi Xiao was finally convinced by her.
After all, this father-in-law is not as important as his wife, right?
