It's getting late.
When Xiao Yuchen arrived at the post house, the envoys from the Three Kingdoms had returned from the palace banquet and were already preparing to go to bed.
Ji Feng stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, we have been waiting outside the post house and have never seen the assassin come out!"
Xiao Yuchen knocked on the door of the post house.
Yi Cheng was yawning, "It's so late, who is it..."
Before I finished speaking, I saw it was Prince Huai!
I yawned halfway but was frightened back.
"It's so late. Prince Huai is here. What orders do you have?"
Xiao Yuchen glanced at him, "Have you noticed anything unusual in the post house?"
Yi Cheng was startled and shook his head quickly, "No...nothing unusual?"
"An assassin just sneaked into the inn."
When Yi Cheng heard this, he was frightened and said, "This...didn't you hear anything?"
Xiao Yuchen said with a serious smile, "Ask your people to lead the way and search the entire post house! The assassin has not escaped and must still be lurking in the post house at this time."
Yi Cheng Gudong swallowed.
"Your Majesty... there are envoys from Song, Qi and Chen in the post house, and they are already going to sleep now.
"Should their house be searched?"
Xiao Yuchen gave Yi Cheng a cold look.
"What does 'the entire post house' mean?"
Yi Cheng hissed, "But..."
"If an assassin lurks and stabs the envoy, will you bear the blame?"
Yi Cheng immediately became excited and shook his head repeatedly, "How can I afford to be a lower official? Come here!"
The Yi Cheng immediately arranged for the handymen of the post house to lead Xiao Yuchen's troops to search the courtyards one by one.
The envoy of Chen State had a bad temper and was about to go to bed when he was suddenly asked to search the house.
Can this be tolerated?
“I’ve never seen guests entertained like this!”
"We are envoys from afar, distinguished guests from your Daliang family. Is this how you treat your guests?"
The envoy from Chen State shouted loudly.
It actually shocked the envoys from Qi and Song.
Xiao Yuchen looked gloomy and was about to speak.
Liu Ziye, the envoy from the Song Dynasty, said with a smile: "Envoy Chen, don't be angry. I believe that there must be a reason for what Daliang did.
"Otherwise, who wouldn't be able to sleep in the middle of the night and stay here in the cold looking for trouble?"
Xiao Yuchen glanced at Ambassador Song appreciatively and cleared his throat.
"I am King Huai, and just now an assassin who assassinated the princess hid in the post house.
"For the safety of all envoys and the friendly relations between the four countries, we have to search the post house as soon as possible."
The envoys from Song and Qi were slightly startled, and they also opened the door and asked Xiao Yuchen's people to go in and check.
Xiao Yuchen has already told his subordinates that the post house is a very sensitive place.
If the envoy can't move anything, try not to move it.
Just look for places where people can hide.
The envoy of Chen State snorted heavily, "What do you mean? Do you suspect that we are colluding with assassins? Do you suspect that we are harboring assassins?"
Xiao Yuchen looked at the Chen envoy and said, "I have never doubted anyone.
"The search of the post house was only because the assassins hid here. In order to ensure the safety of the envoys, we had to disturb them late at night.
"Everyone comes to my Daliang, and I, Daliang, will be responsible for your safety."
"Hmph!" Chen Ba, the envoy of the Chen State, snorted coldly, "If you are responsible for safety, you have to search the house? We people stay in the house well. How can we not know whether there is someone in our house?
"You sent people to search because you don't trust us! You think we are working with the assassins!"
Xiao Yuchen slowly raised his eyes, "Envoy Chen repeatedly blocked the search. Why?"
"There's no reason! I'm not a guest, but my host has to search the house!
"King Huai behaves like this and disrespects me, Da Chen! My envoy from Da Chen will return home tomorrow!"
Chen Baqi hummed.
Xiao Yuchen nodded, "Let's talk about tomorrow's matters tomorrow. I will definitely search tonight!"
"You..." Chen Ba looked at Xiao Yuchen angrily.
Liu Ziye stepped forward to be the peacemaker, and he pulled Chen Ba aside, "You see, they are measured and don't move things around, so they just look for places in the house where they can hide people.
"We can't guarantee that we are always in the house? What if the assassin breaks into our house when we go out...
"Isn't that threatening our own lives?"
Liu Ziye's relief can be regarded as finding a way out for Chen Ba.
He stood aside cursing.
Suddenly, a guard reported: "Your Majesty, this room cannot be opened."
"That one won't work!"
Liu Ziye suddenly ran forward and blocked the room.
"This room belongs to Liu Jia, our envoy from the Song Dynasty. He fell ill on the way here.
"I came back from Furong Garden today and lay down to rest. I didn't even attend the palace banquet.
"He was acclimatized and had vomiting and diarrhea. He finally felt comfortable and fell asleep!"
Liu Ziye opened his arms and blocked the door.
Chen Ba laughed loudly, "What did you say just now?
“We can’t guarantee that we’ll always be in the house, in case someone gets in...
"Envoy Song, can't you do this? Our Da Chen's house can't be searched. How about your Envoy Song's house?"
The envoy from Qi State remained silent.
Several of their envoys held their arms and watched the excitement of Song and Chen countries.
The guards who went to search the yard outside came back one after another to report.
"Go back to your lord, no one was found in the front yard!"
"Back to my lord, I couldn't find the backyard..."
There was nothing in the yard, and I also looked for the warehouses where sundries were stored and the empty side rooms.
Now only the wing rooms where these envoys lived are left.
"Go back to your lord..."
The guards who searched Chen Ba's house came forward and whispered a few words into Xiao Yuchen's ears.
"The envoy of Chen State has a sword in his room, a sword..."
Xiao Yuchen took a deep look at Chen Ba.
Chen Ba raised his chin, hummed and muttered softly.
"In the regulations on exchanges between the four countries, it is not written that envoys cannot bring weapons when entering Beijing, right?
"It's a long journey, can't I use it for self-defense on the way?"
Xiao Yuchen didn't say anything. He was here to find an assassin, not "to cause trouble."
Since Chen Guo’s envoy was not found in the house...
Xiao Yuchen came to Liu Ziye.
"Although the assassin was injured, his skills were outstanding. If he were allowed to get into Ambassador Song's house.
"I'm afraid it will be even more disadvantageous for the Song envoy who is not acclimatized and unwell. It is better to be cautious about life-threatening matters.
"Open the door."
Liu Ziye blocked the door and refused to give an inch.
"Your Majesty's kindness is appreciated by Liu. But Yi Cheng can testify that our envoy has never left the room. The doors and windows are all bolted from the inside!"
Liu Ziye's resolute attitude in blocking was completely different from when he tried to persuade Chen Shi.
"Messenger Liu, if you continue to obstruct me, you will be interfering in my official affairs in Daliang!
"I, the king, can arrest you according to the regulations and send you back to the Song Dynasty! Do you want to give in or not?"
Liu Ziye narrowed his eyes and said, "Please give me more time, Your Majesty, and let me call the door."
Xiao Yuchen said: "Someone is coming, knock on the door!"
"No, Your Majesty!"
When Liu Ziye saw that the guard was about to knock on the door, his eyes widened and he immediately started fighting with the guard.
The envoy from Chen State's eyes widened when he saw this, and he touched his chin.
"Tsk tsk, he persuaded me, but he started fighting with Daliang?
"What is Liu Ziye thinking? Why can't I understand?
"Could it be that they are really hiding an assassin?"
The envoys from the State of Qi, holding their arms with half-smiling faces, stood together with the envoys from the State of Chen to watch the excitement.
