Inside Zhangtai Palace!
The eunuch who served at the door came forward in a panic.
"Your Majesty, something serious has happened!"
"The Eighteenth Young Master was suddenly assassinated and is now unconscious!"
"What?!"
Ying Ziye and Li Si exclaimed in surprise and looked at each other.
How could Hu Hai still get involved?
On the dragon platform.
The First Emperor held the Imperial Sword at his waist with one hand, and a power could not help but exude, making it difficult to breathe.
"Immediately send an imperial doctor to treat Hai'er's injuries!"
"Li Xin!"
"Continue to search for assassins in Xianyang, and we must not miss anyone!"
"Here!"
Li Xin bowed and quickly retreated from the palace.
"Ye'er!"
When Ying Ziye heard this, he bowed and said, "My son is here!"
"You go and take a look at Hai'er on behalf of your father. There must be no accidents to Hai'er!"
Although Hu Hai did do a lot of wrong things before, in the final analysis he was still the child of the First Emperor!
Ying Zheng was unwilling to take action against him unless it was absolutely necessary.
What's more, this time he was murdered by someone else!
"Here!"
"Father, please rest assured, I will go immediately!"
"Um!"
…
All of a sudden!
On the way to Hu Hai Mansion.
Ying Ziye and Li Si rode in a carriage together.
Li Si looked at Ying Ziye's frown and pondered for a long time before saying, "Your Highness, this is very strange!"
Ying Ziye frowned and said in a deep voice, "It's a little strange!"
"The eighteenth brother rarely leaves the house. No matter whether it is the Maurya Dynasty or the remnants of the Western Regions, there is no possibility of assassinating him!"
"The only possibility is that the eighteenth brother did it on purpose!"
"The Eighteenth Young Master did this on purpose?!"
"But... why would he do this?!"
Li Si looked at Ying Ziye in confusion.
"We have been ignoring a problem before. Taking the empire's defense map as a guide, people from the Western Regions appeared again!"
"It's easy to think that all this was the Mauryan dynasty's means."
"But now, the eighteenth brother is suddenly assassinated. The person who seems to be the most unlikely may actually be the person behind the scenes!"
"It's just...it's still unclear what the real purpose of the eighteenth brother is!"
While Ying Ziye was talking to Li Si, the carriage that was traveling also stopped.
"Your Highness, Prime Minister, the Eighteenth Young Master's residence has arrived!" the groom said respectfully.
"Um!"
Ying Ziye responded softly, walked out of the carriage with Li Si, and walked straight to Hu Hai's mansion.
In the main room!
Hu Hai lay flat on the bed and breathed weakly.
Even before Ying Ziye and Li Si arrived, the imperial doctor had already come to treat Hu Hai's injuries.
When Ying Ziye appeared in the main room, the imperial doctor had already treated the wound.
"Royal doctor, how is your eighteenth brother's injury?"
The imperial doctor saw the person clearly and hurriedly saluted: "Greetings to His Highness the Crown Prince."
"I have treated the wounds of the Eighteenth Young Master. Fortunately, the vital parts were not injured."
"However, even so, I'm afraid it will be difficult to recover in a short period of time, and I still need to take a good rest."
Hearing this, Ying Ziye nodded slightly and stepped forward to check Hu Hai's injuries.
On the bed, Hu Hai's face was extremely pale, without any trace of blood.
It's not like he's just pretending.
"What exactly is going on?"
"Why was my eighteenth brother killed!"
Ying Ziye turned his head slightly and looked at the eunuch serving beside him out of the corner of his eye.
"Your Highness, please calm down. I don't know what's going on."
"It was too dark at that time, and the servant only saw a shadow rushing into the mansion. After the servant shouted, the young master rushed out and fought with the man."
"Although the young master has killed the thief, the young master..."
Ying Ziye frowned slightly, waved his hand impatiently and said, "Okay, okay!"
"Where is that body!"
"Go back to your highness, right in the main hall!"
Hearing this, Ying Ziye looked at Li Si.
After Li Si gave the instruction, he quickly left the main room.
"Ahem!"
After a while, Hu Hai coughed twice and slowly opened his eyes.
"Eighteenth brother, how are you?"
Ying Ziye stepped forward and asked.
"Bago... Brother Chen is fine."
"Worrying myna."
Hu Hai said weakly.
"Brother Eighteen, don't worry, Brother Eighteen will definitely find out the truth for you!"
Hu Hai forced out a pale smile, nodded and said, "Thank you, Bage."
"Bago, I originally wanted to capture the other party, but I didn't expect that I was assassinated by the other party!"
"But... Brother Chen, I have found a clue, which may be able to help Bage!"
After saying that, Hu Hai endured the pain and groped around on his body.
Until Hu Hai found a piece of parchment stained with blood from his sleeve.
"Bago, my brother found this on the assassin."
As Ying Ziye unfolded the parchment, two large characters stained with blood first came into view.
Demonic world!
"It's actually related to the demon world!?"
While Ying Ziye was secretly frightened, he also looked at Hu Hai.
Even if these people from the Western Regions meant the demon world, why did they want to assassinate Hu Hai?
"Eighteenth brother, why did the other party assassinate you?"
Hu Hai shook his head and said weakly: "My brother just heard the sound and went out to investigate, but he didn't expect to encounter an assassin!"
"Maybe the other party broke in by mistake..."
"Ahem..."
When Ying Ziye saw this, he couldn't ask any more questions.
Perhaps as Hu Hai said, the other party broke in by mistake...
At this moment, Li Si came up quickly and whispered: "Your Highness, we have found out!"
"The other party is indeed the person from the Western Region who was secretly monitored previously, and this person has obvious stab wounds on his ribs, which should be caused by Ni Qisha."
"I think he was seriously injured before he sneaked into the Eighteenth Young Master's mansion."
When Ying Ziye heard this, he nodded slightly and said softly: "Eighteenth brother, please take a good rest."
"Myna will definitely find out the truth for you."
"Also, extra manpower will be deployed inside and outside the mansion to protect the safety of the eighteenth brother day and night!"
"Here!"
…
It's time!
In the study room of the Prince's Mansion!
Ying Ziye carefully studied the two words on the parchment.
"The Maurya Dynasty—Western Regions—Huhai—Demon Realm!"
"The four seemingly unrelated people are always surrounding the demon world!"
"..."
While Ying Ziye was muttering to himself, something suddenly occurred to him!
"Although the Mauryan Dynasty has never given up on opening the portal to the demon world, it is really unbelievable that they can use people from the Western Regions to go to Xianyang and cause such a big commotion!"
"The only possibility is that these killers from the Western Regions obeyed Hu Hai's orders, and this plan was actually done by him!!!"
"Everything before was just using the shadow of the Maurya Dynasty to cover him!"
call out!
Then an afterimage flashed through the window, and the next moment Yuan Tiangang appeared in the study.
"Your Highness."
"You're looking for me?"
Ying Ziye nodded slightly, handed the parchment into Yuan Tiangang's hand, and said in a deep voice: "What happened tonight is most likely related to Hu Hai!"
"Since he wants to reveal this information to us, let's check it out secretly!"
"No matter what his purpose is, the matter of the demon world is ultimately a hidden danger to Da Qin, and there must be no mistakes!"
"Here!"
The next day!
Xianyang Palace Court Hall!
There are hundreds of civil and military officials standing on the left and right.
They already knew roughly what happened in Xianyang City last night.
Fortunately, it didn't cause much damage...
but! The fact that the young master Hu Hai was injured made Xianyang Ling, who was responsible for guarding Xianyang, panic.
On the dragon platform.
The First Emperor was not angry and said proudly: "Today's morning court meeting, I have something to tell you!"
As soon as these words came out, Xianyang Ling walked out of the courtroom in panic and bowed tremblingly: "Your Majesty, a group of assassins suddenly appeared in Xianyang last night and set fire to Xianyang. The eighteenth Young Master was injured."
"As the order of Xianyang, I have neglected my duty. Please punish me!"
After saying this, Xianyang Ling hurriedly buried his face deeply, waiting anxiously for the First Emperor's decree.
"Ye'er!"
When Ying Ziye heard this, he quickly walked out of the courtroom, bowed his hands and said, "My son, I am here."
"How is Hai'er's injury?"
"Reporting to my father, my eighteenth brother was severely injured, but fortunately his vital parts were not injured. He only needs to rest for a while to recover."
Hearing this, Ying Zheng nodded slightly and said coldly: "The assassin is hiding in Xianyang. As the order of Xianyang, you are guarding Xianyang without even noticing it!"
Xianyang Ling's heart trembled, and large beads of sweat continued to drip down his temples.
"According to my will, Xianyang ordered me to be demoted to the third level and fined for half a year. I will keep him for the time being!"
"If something like this happens again, you will be punished for all the crimes!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty...Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Xianyang Ling was granted amnesty and kowtowed repeatedly in excitement.
Ying Zheng waved his hand casually and said loudly: "Ye'er, what's the progress on this matter?"
Ying Ziye's face paused slightly, and after thinking for a while, he cupped his hands and said, "Returning to Father, there has been no progress yet."
"However, perhaps this matter may be related to the portal to the Demon Realm in Northern Territory!"
"Um?!"
The First Emperor's eyebrows moved slightly, and a power suddenly emanated from his body.
"what for?"
Ying Ziye did not hide anything and reported to the First Emperor the truth about Hu Hai's secret report from the assassins last night.
"Father, my son has sent people to inquire about the situation. Please rest assured, father."
The First Emperor nodded slightly and said solemnly: "Now that northern Xinjiang has finally been peaceful for a while, there must not be any more trouble in this matter."
"If the seal is broken, it will be too late to repair it!"
"My dear, I understand!" Ying Ziye bowed his hands.
Say it!
The First Emperor looked around at the civil and military forces in the DPRK and said loudly: "Let's come here for the morning of the DPRK!"
"Retreat!"
"I will respectfully send you off to Your Majesty!"
Just as the First Emperor stood up and prepared to leave, his steps suddenly stopped.
"Ye'er, come with me!"
"Here!"
…
About half a stick of incense.
Inside Zhangtai Palace.
Ying Zheng stood with his hands behind his back and said, "Ye'er, there should be something else you want to say to me in the court today, right?"
Ying Ziye stepped forward slowly and said with a helpless smile: "Father, the Holy Ming, I can't hide anything from my father."
"Already have some clues?" Ying Zheng asked tentatively.
Ying Ziye nodded slightly: "That's right!"
"It's just that we can't be sure yet..."
"It should be related to Hu Hai!"
Ying Zheng revealed what was in Ying Ziye's mind with one word.
Especially after seeing that Ying Ziye didn't speak, his suspicion became even stronger.
"Why!"
Ying Zheng sighed helplessly and slowly walked down from the high platform.
"Why would he go to such trouble to arrange an assassination?"
"This kid has been thoughtful since he was little!"
Just as Ying Zheng was muttering, Ying Ziye suddenly shouted: "Father!"
"Perhaps, I may have guessed wrong!"
"After all, there is no evidence pointing to the 18th brother!"
Ying Zheng nodded slightly, his face could not help but look a little tired, he waved his hands and said: "There is no need to comfort me!"
"Since I came to the throne, I have experienced too much over the years!"
"Go check it out!"
"The portal to the demon world is related to the entire Great Qin world, and there must be no mistakes!"
"Some... things should be discarded!"
Hearing this, Ying Ziye opened his mouth, intending to say some words of comfort.
But after thinking about it carefully, he still held it back.
"Father, I'm going to take my leave first!"
"Go!"
"Here!"
Ying Ziye bowed his hands and retreated.
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