Xie Lin's guards, together with Zhou Gu's guards, left some people to protect Xie Lin, and some quickly followed the direction of the arrow.
Xie Lin rode his horse and stayed where he was and said to the people, "Bring these two sharp arrows over and show them to me."
Someone went to pick up sharp arrows.
One of Zhou Gu's guards immediately stopped the man, "Be careful, the arrows are poisonous."
Just when the man's hand was about to touch it, he immediately retracted his hand after hearing this. After a closer look, he saw that the tip of the arrow was dark, as if something had been smeared on it. It must have been quenched with poison. He thought to himself, "What a danger." He tore off half of his sleeve, wrapped the arrow, and picked it up. However, he did not dare to hand it to Xie Lin, but held it up for Xie Lin to see.
Xie Lin's face turned ugly, "Take it back to your home and ask the doctor for examination."
The two sharp arrows were the same, coming from the same place, and the tips of the swords were both smeared with something. The guard followed Xie Lin's instructions and carefully put away the arrow.
Xie Lin asked one of the guards, "Are you sent by Zhou Gu to protect me?"
The guard nodded, "We, the Fourth Young Master, have suffered a loss once. We know that you brought few guards when you came to the Protector's Mansion. We were afraid that you would be in danger on your way back to the Mansion, so we were specifically ordered to chase you to protect you and escort you back to Prince Ruian's Mansion safely. "
Xie Lin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, "I really owe my life to him today."
The sent guards came back soon, brought back two corpses, and told Xie Lin that these two men were dead soldiers. After firing the cold arrows, they didn't even think about running away, but just swallowed poison and committed suicide.
Xie Lin was so angry, and he really thought highly of him. He killed two soldiers in one attack. If there were no guards sent by Zhou Gu today, he would not have trusted his life here.
He said angrily: "Take these two corpses and follow me back to your home, and take someone to Jingzhao Mansion to report the crime."
Someone should be.
Xie Lin did not stay on the street for long, and returned to Prince Ruian's Mansion with witnesses and material evidence under his protection.
The gatekeeper of Prince Ruian's Mansion was startled, "My young prince, what are you doing..."
Xie Lin waved to him and asked, "Has my father returned home?"
"Your Majesty has just returned from the palace," the gatekeeper replied.
Xie Lin immediately rushed into the house and went directly to King Ruian.
Seeing Xie Linping enter Prince Ruian's Mansion safely, Zhou Gu's guards turned back to the Protector's Mansion with confidence.
King Ruian also didn't sleep all night. He came back from the palace and planned to take a nap. As soon as he closed his eyes, Xie Lin rushed in.
King Ruian was about to scold him for his lack of discipline, but Xie Lin's eyes turned red, "Father, my son almost lost sight of you just now!"
King Ruian sat up from his lying body, looked at him up and down for a moment, and then asked with a sullen face: "What's going on? What are you talking about? What do you mean you almost couldn't see me?"
Xie Lin immediately told King Ruian with red eyes what had happened.
After hearing this, King Ruian's face instantly darkened, "How could you be assassinated?"
Xie Lin pursed his lips and told him in a low voice that he was going to the Duke Protector's Mansion to visit Zhou Gu, interrogate Wang Su, and interrogate the eldest prince's concubine.
After hearing this, King Ruian said in his heart, "It's a good thing." Although he did not lack a son, he only had one legitimate son. He had been carefully cultivated since childhood and could not tolerate any mistakes. Thanks to Zhou Gu, he gained wisdom every time. , sent someone to protect Xie Lin in time.
King Ruian was grateful, stood up, and patted Xie Lin on the shoulder, "How old are you? I was assassinated when I was young, and I never had red eyes like yours."
Xie Lin pursed his lips and his eyes were red, "Father, did you encounter someone firing cold arrows when you were walking on the streets of the capital in broad daylight?" He stressed, "Two cold arrows that were poisoned! My son was stunned. "
King Ruian Xin said it was true. When did the capital become so dangerous? He paused while patting Xie Lin's shoulder. After a moment of pause, he patted his shoulder comfortingly again, "Don't worry, my father will make the decision for you."
Xie Lin nodded.
King Ruian said: "Show me the testimony of Monk Wangsu Hua'an."
Xie Lin handed it to him and said at the same time: "Father, this testimony cannot be presented to His Majesty. The confession presented to His Majesty must be concealed from the person in the palace. I have already said that this testimony is
Threatening to forget the secular world is not allowed to seek death. To be a witness. "
King Ruian nodded, "I know."
Xie Lin was personally taught by King Ruian. He knew better than anyone how troublesome it would be to involve that person in the palace.
After reading the testimony, he glared at Xie Lin, "Why didn't you say anything about such a big matter?"
Xie Linbian pursed his lips, "So what if my father knows? Will you run and tell His Majesty? Firstly, you will not participate in the prince's fight for the throne, and secondly, you must keep a low profile and not cause trouble. You know, it is just one more person to keep this matter in mind." , It’s all useless. My son is big-hearted, so he can pretend he didn’t see it at the beginning.”
King Ruian was choked, and after a while, he uttered, "You are really big-hearted."
Should he praise him?
He handed the testimony back to Xie Lin without keeping it himself, "You have grown up, and it is a good thing to have your own opinions. Keep this yourself!"
Xie Lin nodded and put away Wangsu's testimony again.
King Ruian said: "When you go out to handle a case again, bring a secret guard with you."
Xie Lin nodded heavily.
King Ruian looked at him, annoyed, "When I asked you to practice martial arts, you couldn't bear the hardship. What about now? Do you know the benefits of practicing martial arts?"
Xie Lin muttered softly, "I regretted it a long time ago. If I had been good at martial arts, I wouldn't have been unable to defeat Zhou Gu in a fight."
King Ruian snorted and thought that it would be better if you had never been beaten. If you had been beaten, wouldn't you have to go home and make troubles about marrying Qin Luan, the daughter of the guilty minister? Can he agree? Of course not. If that were the case, Zhou Gu would have to break his legs if he didn't break his legs!
King Ruian waved his hand, "This case involves too much. Let me rest for a while and think about how to investigate. You can also go back to calm down the panic. After searching the two dead men, they threw them to Jing Zhaoyin. My king They must cooperate with the investigation."
Xie Lin also knew in his heart that involving the eldest princess, now that he had returned home, it was not something that could be solved in a hurry. As long as he and his father did not move, the eldest princess might still think that Wangsu had not confessed her. At this time, the less urgent it is.
He resigned from King Ruian's house and returned to his courtyard.
Zhou Gu's bodyguard returned to the Protector's Mansion and reported to Zhou Gu that Xie Lin was assassinated by a cold arrow on the street, saying that he had safely sent Xie Lin back to Prince Ruian's Mansion.
Zhou Gu sat up straight and speculated that the person Xie Lin pried out from Wangsu's mouth seemed to have a strong background, otherwise he would never be able to use dead soldiers to assassinate Xie Lin on the street.
He asked the guard: "Look, the poisoned arrow came from the same place as the arrow that killed Princess Qingping?"
The guard shook his head, "I have never seen the arrow with which Princess Qingping was assassinated."
Zhou Gu ordered, "Go and check. There are paintings in Jingzhao Mansion."
The guard responded and left immediately.
