Xiao Chen and his two personal followers were escorted out of the hotel through the back door. A carriage stopped outside the door. When the coachman saw the three of them, he respectfully lifted the curtain.
Xiao Chen and his entourage got on the carriage, sat unsteadily and burned a stick of incense. They got out of the carriage and entered an ordinary house. When they left the gate, there were a few slender guards, nothing special about them.
Xiao Chen lowered his head slightly and let the guards lead him into the house.
Among Xiao Chen's personal entourage, one person followed Xiao Chen inside and the other stood by the door.
When the man in the room saw Xiao Chen, he immediately stood up and saluted. Xiao Chen looked at the man, slowly took off his hat, and sat down in the upper position:
"It's the Mobei ceremony. Are you Marshal Lu's secret agent?"
The man looked up with a kind smile:
"The villain Zuo Yingxiong has met Lord Jiedushi. Under the orders of Marshal Lu, he sneaked into Tai'an to inquire about the news as Li Zheng, a merchant from Tianchu."
Xiao Chen: "Looking at your appearance and demeanor, you look more like someone from Tianchu. No wonder you haven't been discovered yet. I heard that you almost succeeded in plotting to murder the emperor of Tianchu some time ago. It shows that you are a capable person. Why did I come to see you? You, you should have received news from Marshal Lu, right?"
Zuo Yingxiong: "The marshal said that when the adults come to Tianchu, the villain will obey the adults' orders and act. Those who can be used under his command will also be driven by the adults."
Xiao Chen leaned back slightly:
"In that case, bring your collaborator from the Tianchu royal family and I will meet with him."
Zuo Yingxiong’s smile continued:
"Why do you think that the villain is cooperating with people from the Tianchu royal family?"
"Without the help of the royal family, how could you, a small leader of the Imperial Guard, and dozens of spies almost assassinate the emperor of Tianchu? Once the emperor of Tianchu died, the territory of Tianchu would definitely be occupied by the royal family. Well, the most likely possibility is a few princes, why is it so hard to guess?"
Zuo Yingxiong smiled with hesitation, praising Xiao Chen for his thoughtfulness while thinking about the pros and cons in his mind.
Xiao Chen said clearly: "Don't use the businessman's smooth tricks you learned on me. Marshal Lu is using you to exchange Lu Sang's life. If you are not worth much, you can't exchange it. You are also indifferent after all. Northerners, don’t just be loyal to Marshal Lu.”
After hearing this, Zuo Yingxiong took a rest and, under Xiao Chen's careful questioning, told the story of the assassination of Emperor Tianchu in detail.
After hearing this, Xiao Chen raised his eyebrows and said with a smile:
"This King of Jin has hidden a lot of secrets. After the assassination, he first attacked you and exposed his shortcomings to make you despise him, making you think that he was ambitious but nothing more than that. In fact, he should have been prepared for both things. The emperor is fine. , all the people he could find were from Mobei, and he kept all suspicions away. If the emperor was assassinated, I guess he would take advantage of the chaos to kill the prince of Tianchu."
Thinking of the dinner just now, Xiao Chen's smile deepened and his eyes narrowed dangerously:
"It seems that he is quarreling with me today, and he is also deliberately doing it to show to others, so that everyone who needs to know knows that he has a bad relationship with Mobei. Ha...he is a wonderful man. You send a message to King Jin, and I will be here tomorrow. Meet him."
After Xiao Chen finished speaking, he stood up, put on his hat and strode out of the house without waiting for Zuo Yingxiong to respond.
At the same time, the Ministry of Official Affairs Shangshu Mansion.
A figure wearing night clothes and a black scarf with only one pair of eyes exposed, dodged the patrolling nursing home like a civet cat, and landed from the roof without making any sound.
He pried open the door and entered, opened the boxes containing treasures, took the tablecloth on the side, packed all the valuable and easy-to-handle treasures into the tablecloth, tied them into a bundle and tied them to himself.
