Ouyang Ming frowned and said,
"This matter is a little strange. Since the person behind the scenes knows that the master lives in the prince's house and knows exactly which courtyard it is in, then he must know very well how strong our security force is.
The escorts, shadow guards, red armored guards, plus a thousand guards, the three layers of defense here and the three layers outside, how can a mere hundred ruffians be able to defeat it?
But he still did it, and he still fought even though he knew he couldn't defeat him. That meant one thing, the other party had no intention of succeeding in the assassination at all. "
King Pingxi asked,
"Since you didn't plan to kill Nie Chen, why did you send an assassin to kill him?"
"This requires considering what the enemy's purpose is. We can put ourselves into the enemy's thinking and think about it.
First of all, the lord is assassinated. The first thing we think of is who is going to assassinate him? "
After thinking for a while, Nie Chen said,
"The people who have conflicts with me are King Anton and the son of the left prime minister. Maybe the mastermind behind the scenes wants to deliberately lead our thoughts to this."
"Yes, I think so too. According to our normal thinking, someone who can spend ten thousand taels of silver to bribe an assassin must be a wealthy person. Although the left prime minister also has money, he may not be willing to spend it. So much to bribe the assassin.
Moreover, when the lord died, the one who benefited the most was not the left prime minister, but King Anton.
After all, if the lord dies, the left prime minister can only seek revenge, but King Anton can take advantage of the situation to take back Weihu County. Our biggest target of suspicion is King Anton. "
King Pingxi nodded and said,
"Yes, the idea of the mastermind behind the scenes may be to deliberately provoke the conflict between Nie Chen and Qian Anping, let them intensify the conflict in the capital, and then start a fight, dragging me into the water."
"Yes, the enemy deliberately found some ruffians with weak fighting ability to assassinate the lord. It was not to kill the lord, but to intensify the conflict and make the lord and King Anton fight, and the prince also fight with King Anton. .
It may even drag the other two kings into the water, eventually triggering a big melee.
Even if no one dies, the four kings will not unite, but become hostile and jealous of each other, eager to get rid of each other.
The four kings are in chaos, so who will benefit the most? "
Ouyang Ming smiled leisurely and looked at King Pingxi.
"It's the emperor!"
Nie Chen and King Ping Xi said in unison.
Ouyang Ming nodded and said,
"This is a trick to drive away the tiger and swallow the wolf. The emperor wants to use this incident to intensify the conflict between the four kings, so as to pave the way for his plan for the upcoming longevity banquet.
If our guess is correct, then people from the Yamen will come over soon, first to offer condolences, and then to ask for the captured assassin to be taken away.
After the assassin is taken away, it won't take long for the testimony to come out, which will prove that he was sent by King Anton. Then, even if we can't think of the things mentioned above, the court will help us think of them. "
At this moment, the door was opened, and a red-armored guard came in and hugged his hands and said,
"Your Majesty, Sima Nan, along with the imperial guards and several officials, would like to see you."
Hearing this, everyone smiled and gave Ouyang Ming a thumbs up.
King Pingxi also looked at Ouyang Ming and asked,
"Then, sir, please clarify what we should do next."
"Simple, if the court wants to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers, we can do it too. The court wants to watch us fight with King Anton, so we will stand still and hand over the people to them, and then see how the court deals with King Anton.
We don't take action or speak out, just sit back and watch the court handle this matter. No matter how we handle it, the assassination of a court official in the capital will have a huge impact on King Anton's reputation.
The court will definitely not dare to deal with King Andong. If we don't take action, they will be in a dilemma. Let the court see what it means to steal a chicken but lose a lot of rice, and shoot yourself in the foot.
We can just reap the benefits, and the Lord can also gain a wave of support from the people as the master of suffering. "
"That makes sense. Let's invite those people in, but we can't let them take people away easily. Let's act a little more like each other according to our respective personalities."
King Pingxi said.
Soon, old acquaintance Sima Nan and several officials were brought in.
After Sima Nan came in, he hugged King Pingxi and said,
"Sima Nan, General of the Imperial Guard, pays homage to Prince Pingxi. Your Majesty, the capital government office received a report saying that there were sounds of fighting and killing coming from Prince Pingxi's residence. Lord Fuyin did not dare to neglect, and quickly went to invite the chief and general of the Criminal Department. Come to help quell the chaos. May I ask the prince what happened to your house?"
"It's nothing. A group of young assassins just came here to assassinate us. It's been solved. Is there anything else? Just go out if you have nothing to do."
King Pingxi waved his hand impatiently.
"There is actually an assassin? How daring. In the capital, under the feet of Emperor Huanghuang, he actually assassinated my Lord Gale in the middle of the night. How daring.
Was the prince injured? Is there any physical problem? "
"I am fine, the assassin is not here for me, but for Lord Nie.
Mr. Nie and I are close friends. We have no residence in the capital, so we stayed at my residence as a guest.
Those assassins dare to come to my house and kill my guests. They are trying to trample my face on the ground. When I find out who is behind the scenes, I will have his skin and muscles cramped and parade him through the streets! "
King Pingxi looked very angry, and it really looked like he had lost all face.
Sima Nan said quickly,
"Aren't all the assassins dead? That's great. We can hand them over to the government and the Ministry of Justice for interrogation, and find out the mastermind behind it."
"General Sima, why are you so excited?"
Nie Chen stood up, tightened his cloak, looked at Sima Nan and said leisurely,
"General Sima, I just offended you a few days ago, and I was assassinated by an assassin tonight. Not long after I killed the assassin, you came with your troops.
I don't believe that he was unprepared at such a fast speed. Did General Sima want to save me, or did he want to see if I was dead? "
Sima Nan's face changed slightly, he straightened up and said,
"Master Nie, the end is coming soon because I am worried about the safety of the prince and Master Nie, so I came over here without stopping. The sun and the moon can tell you how to be brave."
"Oh? Isn't this assassin sent by you, General Sima?"
Nie Chen had a sarcastic smile on his lips and said leisurely,
"I'm very suspicious now. I suspect that you are here to catch a thief, and at the same time you are sending people to assassinate me, and at the same time you are going to take the assassin away. Do you want to kill someone and silence me?"
"You are so slanderous!"
Sima Nan immediately became angry.
