At three o'clock in the morning, Pei Yue returned to the Marquis' Mansion in Zhongshan, escorted by his own soldiers.

Deng Zai and Wei Rui came forward. After bowing respectfully, Deng Zai said: "Master, the eldest lady returned to Dingguo Mansion safely. No abnormalities were found on the way. Miss Ye has returned to the back house."

Pei Yue nodded, looked at Wei Rui and asked, "Have the assassins let go?"

Although the progress of the assassination case did not exceed Pei Yue's expectations, and the final long conversation with Emperor Kaiping had confirmed the follow-up plan, there were still several unsolved mysteries in his mind. The first was Empress Chen's nephew.

At that time, Chen An led the internal eunuchs to the Hou Mansion to declare the decree, and took advantage of the opportunity when others could not get close to speak out to warn Pei Yue. Only then did Pei Yue make complete preparations to prevent Pei Ning from making any mistakes.

"Your eldest sister is in danger."

Chen An said these six words in a hurry.

Looking back afterward, Pei Yue couldn't help but feel a little scared, because he originally guessed that Lu Jiang would have no spare power after the assassination on Yulong Street. Even if he sent someone to escort Pei Ning back, he wouldn't let Ye Qi secretly protect him. In case Pei Ning was unfortunately killed by a murderer.

, Pei Yue might really go crazy. In that case, no one is sure what will happen in front of Prince Lu's Mansion.

This series of schemes was too vicious. The mastermind behind the scenes used Ning Fengzhi, a key figure, to arrange two assassinations in a row. In the end, he deliberately exposed his feet in front of Lu Jiang and asked Lu Jiang to take Pei Yue to settle accounts with King Lu. As long as Pei

If Ning died, Pei Yue would never be able to negotiate with King Lu so calmly, and there would definitely be a bloody and tragic scene.

Fortunately, Chen An warned me...

Pei Yue didn't know why Chen An did this, and he couldn't understand that he could know the arrangements of the killer behind the scenes.

It should be noted that Daliang has strictly prohibited the harem from intervening in politics since the time of Emperor Gaozu. The queen's power was limited to the palace. The Chen family was not a wealthy family. Logically speaking, Chen An did not have such a strong news channel.

In addition to Chen An, Pei Yue also wanted to know the true identity of the strong man on Yulong Street, which would fall on the assassins who were captured alive.

Wei Rui replied: "Back to the Marquis, the man who fought with Miss Ye on Gushui Street was named Yu Guangzu. His father violated military regulations in the army, and it was Lu Min who saved his life. After Lu Min died, Lu Jiang

After secretly contacting his father's subordinates, Yu Guangzu came all the way from Qinzhou in order to repay the Lu family's kindness. In addition to Yu Guangzu, the identities of the other assassins were also found out, and they were all related to Lu Min's influence in the army."

Pei Yue asked in a deep voice: "What is the identity of that strong man on Yulong Street?"

Wei Rui looked ashamed and shook his head: "Those assassins don't know this man. They said that only Yu Guangzu has been to Yulong Street. Now that Yu Guangzu is dead, Ning Fengzhi is imprisoned in the palace. No one knows about that strong man for the time being."

The details. I will speculate that the strong man should be a subordinate of Prince Lu's palace."

Pei Yue turned around and said to Fu Hongzhi: "Take people to the small courtyard to the east."

Fu Hongzhi bowed in agreement, and then twenty or thirty soldiers walked eastward. In the vast darkness, it was difficult to see the details among the crowd.

Pei Yue then ordered Wei Rui: "Interrogate these assassins overnight and try to get as much useful information from them as possible. Don't be afraid of killing people. I will take care of everything. By tomorrow morning, Taishitai Pavilion will definitely send someone to take over.

These assassins, you will hand them over directly when the time comes."

Wei Rui understood it and knew that he only had one night, so he nodded quickly and said: "The general will understand how to do it."

Pei Yue looked at his calm face and said with a smile: "It will only take you one night. After the handover tomorrow, you will take Longfu and the others back to the North Camp and seize the time to train the soldiers. Hongzhi will stay in the mansion for the time being. I still have

He has to do things."

"I will obey the order." Wei Rui responded with his hands raised.

After he left, Pei Yue sat in the hall for a while, with only Deng Zai beside him.

"Deng Zai."

"Master, please give me your instructions."

"Instruct Qi Min and Yang Hu to relax their surveillance of Dingguo Mansion and Wei Guogong Mansion from now on."

"yes."

"Let them personally lead people to keep an eye on the four princes' palaces, especially... Prince Yan's palace."

Pei Yue's cold eyes showed a bit of sternness.

Deng Zai was shocked, and immediately bowed his head and replied: "Yes, young master."

Pei Yue said again: "Let Wang Yong temporarily put aside the trivial matters on the Xiangyun and leave it to Qi Jun's supervision. He must speed up the construction progress of the manor. I will see the results by June at the latest. Let him not be afraid of spending money.

, directly summoning the skilled craftsmen in the capital in the name of the Zhongshan Marquis Mansion, and in addition, the remuneration to the civilian husbands can be increased."

Although Deng Zai didn't understand why he was so eager, he knew his duty very well and still nodded in agreement.

Pei Yue stood up and walked out. Deng Zai hesitated for a moment, then said bravely: "Master, today is your special day."

Pei Yue hesitated, then smiled bitterly and said: "Let someone go to the back and let them know. I will go there later. If they can't wait, let them rest first."

"Yes, Master."

Deng Zai looked at Pei Yue's busy back and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The young master is getting more and more tired now.

Naturally, Pei Yue did not have so many emotions in his heart, and went straight to the east of the Hou Mansion, to a small courtyard closely guarded by soldiers.

Fu Hongzhi stood guard outside the main room door. When he saw Pei Yue, he reached out and opened the door.

Pei Yue stepped in and saw a lamp like a bean in the room, which was slightly dim.

There is a unique-shaped chair beside the table, and a middle-aged man is tightly tied to the chair, unable to move at all.

No one could have expected that Ning Fengzhi, who was originally supposed to be imprisoned in the imperial prison, would appear in the Zhongshan Marquis Mansion.

This man stared at Pei Yue with a look of resentment in his eyes.

Pei Yue sat opposite him and said calmly: "Tomorrow, the news of your and Lu Jiang's death will spread throughout Kyoto, and then His Majesty will depose the eldest prince from his position as prince, and at the same time, he will confine Princess Pingyang to the palace for a year.

Long."

Ning Fengzhi sneered: "Marquis Pei is really powerful, even the prince was defeated by you."

Pei Yue asked calmly: "Which prince?"

Ning Fengzhi said calmly: "His Royal Highness King Lu."

Pei Yue remained calm, looking at the dead look on the middle-aged man's face and said: "Actually, I really admire people like you. Not only do you not care about your own life or death, you don't even care about the lives of your relatives and friends."

Ning Fengzhi smiled and said: "Pei Hou, will the prince watch helplessly as you murder your family members?"

Pei Yue asked again: "Which prince?"

Ning Fengzhi was unmoved and replied repeatedly: "His Royal Highness King Lu."

He knew that he was bound to die, but after all, it was Princess Pingyang who ordered this matter. Although he hid the inside story from King Lu, this was Princess Pingyang's request, and he was just following her orders. As for the twists and turns, no one else could sort it out.

.

The most important thing is that since he dared to do this, of course it was because someone had properly resolved his concerns.

Pei Yue looked at the subtle expression changes on his face, suddenly leaned forward and asked, "Do you know why I took you out of the palace?"

Ning Fengzhi knew it well, it was because he knew the truth about the assassination, but he did not believe that Pei Yue had the ability to pry open his mouth, so he smiled and said: "Pei Hou, there is no need to say more, if you want to use torture, just

Just please."

Pei Yue shook his head and said with a sneer, "You and I can make a bet."

"What to bet on?"

"Bet on your whole family's life."

Ning Feng looked at Pei Yue intently and suddenly let out a burst of arrogant laughter, seeming to be laughing at Pei Yue's overestimation and bluffing.

Pei Yue didn't stop him and allowed him to laugh briskly. He didn't speak slowly until the man stopped laughing.

Listening to the words coming out of Pei Yue's mouth, the smile on Ning Fengzhi's face gradually froze, and finally revealed a hint of fear.
Chapter completed!