After rebirth, I cried and criticized the prince

Chapter 133 Killing someone with a borrowed knife

Helan Xuenuo was shocked and guessed that the knife was poisoned.

Yuan Xu squatted down, picked up his injured arm and examined the wound oozing purple blood. "He's poisoned. He needs to be sent back for treatment immediately."

"Wait..." Helan Xuenuo squatted down and pulled off his mask. Yuan Xu was surprised. It was Gu Shicheng? Helan Xuenuo said to the person behind the screen, "Prefect Chen, we're leaving. It's up to you to save someone here."

Yuan Xu nodded and decisively let go of her hand. He noticed that Helan Xuenuo looked unhappy but determined. As he prepared to leave, Yuan Xu paused, glanced at Chen Shian as he walked out, and said a few words of advice, "This matter today is bound to be a big deal. You are safe now! I see that you only have one staff member by your side, and no one who can protect you. I have someone I can lend you for a while." He waved out the window.

A masked person flew in. Her hair was not completely covered but tied high behind her head. She pulled off the mask and smiled at Yuan Xu. After she withdrew her smile, her face looked cold and aloof.

Helan Xuenuo had a deep impression of her. She was Yaniang, the owner of the knife shop. Her temperament was very different from her appearance, and Huang Jiuyuan almost provoked her, so she had a deep impression of Yaniang...

In fact, what was even more impressive was that... she once thought that Yaniang was Yuan Xu's sweetheart who was raised in the bull market in the capital.

Yuan Xu took off the mask, and Helan Xuenuo followed suit. After she took off the mask, Yaniang looked at her, "It's you...?" Yaniang's originally cold face softened a lot.

Helan Xuenuo smiled at her and replied shamefacedly, "I'm sorry for offending you that day!"

"That day I was curious about when Yuan Xu accepted a beloved disciple. I thought it was nonsense, fortunately it did not cause any misunderstanding. It turns out... you are the lady from the Helan family, it was just a coincidence. However... I really don't like the young master of the prime minister's mansion who came with you." Yan Niang curled her lips and shook her head when she mentioned Huang Jiuyuan.

Yuan Xu smiled and said, "What Rendong said is true. She is indeed my... beloved... disciple."

Chen Shian stared at Yaniang. When Yaniang noticed his gaze, he immediately lowered his head and bowed to decline, "Master Yuan, I still don't know why you are helping me so much, but... this person in front of me... is a girl. It is really inconvenient for her to accompany me!"

Yaniang raised her eyebrows, folded her arms across her chest, and looked Chen Shian up and down. "Sir, I'm not afraid, so why are you afraid? Besides, I'm only here to protect you temporarily for Yuan Xu, and I won't be staying long."

Yuan Xu said, "Let's get through these few days of turmoil first. Let people know that you have a master by your side, and Yaniang will leave on her own. Although Yaniang is a woman, her martial arts skills are not inferior to mine, and she is more than capable of protecting you."

Chen Shi'an nodded hesitantly, agreeing. He still had a puzzled feeling in his heart, "Why did you come to rescue me today? Just now, behind the screen, I heard Master Yuan trick the assassin into thinking the person who came to kill me was the Second Prince. But how do you know if it was the assassin who tricked you?"

Yuan Xu smiled, his expression turning serious. "Your Majesty is already in his twilight years, and he still hasn't appointed a successor. If there's a struggle for the throne in the future, there will surely be bloodshed! We're all officials in the court, so we must plan ahead to minimize unnecessary casualties! Was it the Second Prince who did it today? I've already had word of the assassination spread, and I suspect everyone will be sending people to the post station soon. If my guess is correct... the Second Prince will be the first to arrive, as he'll need to clean up this mess and the evidence. Actually, you and I both know the assassin! We saved you today because you're from the Qingliu faction, and your future choices will be crucial. I believe no one would ride on the same boat and travel with someone who wants to kill them, right?"

Chen Shian no longer had any doubts in his mind and bowed to thank them.

Helan Xuenuo and Yuan Xu were preparing to leave. As they were leaving, she glanced at Gu Shicheng lying on the ground. The wound on his arm was purple and clotted. She was afraid that if it was any later, he would be beyond help, and she felt a little panicked.

Yuan Xu realized something and whispered, "Shall we go?"

Helan Xuenuo nodded and followed him. They climbed through the window and downstairs, where dozens of bodies lay on the ground. She was horrified! Today's assassination had resulted in countless casualties! What about the struggle for the throne tomorrow? Would it be like a river of blood?

Gu Shicheng and Yuan Xu's men had already evacuated, and there were only corpses here.

Helan Xuenuo took out two arrows and threw them at an assassin. She deliberately chose one who looked like a leader.

Just as Yuan Xu said, the first person to clean up the battlefield and bury the truth must be the real murderer!

That's right! She wanted to let the Second Prince know that it was Gu Shicheng who sabotaged his rescue! Once the Second Prince knew about it, he would definitely not tolerate him. What a way to kill someone with a borrowed knife! I just don't know if Gu Shicheng can escape the Second Prince's assassination?

She also didn't know whether Gu Shicheng would die from the poisoning today. She thought... she wanted to do this one last time. After doing this, whether Gu Shicheng lived or died would depend on his fate!

She no longer had any hesitation in her heart!

Master Gu became her shield and confessed his love to her, but her heart remained unmoved... She began to find it ridiculous... ridiculous this man...

She couldn't guess any of Gu Shicheng's motives. She didn't even know if his actions were intentional or if he really had feelings for her as he said.

After all, it's a new beginning. Gu Shicheng is no longer the same Gu Shicheng, and it's time for her to start her life over again.

She only knew that she was no longer influenced by him...

When Yuan Xu saw Helan throw out two arrows, he understood why she stole the arrows from the palace. The arrows from the palace were specially made by the palace. She did this to alienate the second prince and Gu Shicheng, and to make the second prince break up with Gu Shicheng completely.

He has now made up his mind. No matter who becomes emperor in the future, it cannot be that...

After they left, Chen Shian's eyes fell on Gu Shicheng. He had just been talking with Yuan Xu and the others and had forgotten about this person.

At this moment, he squatted on the ground, looking at this man in surprise. It was actually Prince Ding'an! He felt uneasy. Prince Ding'an had saved him several times! He hurriedly asked the elite soldiers outside the palace to come in. The elite soldiers recognized their own prince at a glance and hurriedly notified Zhufeng, who was also waiting downstairs for Gu Shicheng. Zhufeng saw Gu Shicheng unconscious and panicked... He began to blame himself for not following Gu Shicheng in! And Gu Shicheng was obviously an extraordinary martial arts master, how could he be poisoned?

He was not allowed to daydream any more! Zhu Feng ordered his men to send Gu Shicheng back to the study in the palace under the cover of night, and invited a doctor that night. This doctor was employed by the palace, and his medical skills were very superb. He forced out two bowls of poisonous blood in one night, which saved Gu Shicheng's life.

Gu Shicheng was still unconscious, mumbling in his sleep, and occasionally shouting, "Helan... Helan... be careful..."

Zhufeng's face gradually became ugly. He asked others to block the news of the prince's injury. If the news reached the second prince, it would inevitably bring disaster to their prince.

Even as Gu Shicheng was unconscious and mumbling in his sleep, he had already made up his mind! He probably knew who had harmed their prince to this point! What should he do?

Helan Xuenuo and Yuan Xu did not return home directly, but watched the movements of the post station from a distance. As expected, the second prince's troops arrived at the post station first, under the pretext of hunting down the remnants and protecting the Qingzhou prefect, but in fact, it was to clear themselves of the assassination.

His men are destroying evidence of the assassination.

A small guard ran out from a few side buildings, holding two broken arrows and handing them to the Second Prince Gu Yanli, "Second Prince, this is what we just found."

"What's so strange about an arrow that's broken into two pieces?"

"Second Prince, please look at the mark on the bottom of the arrow." It was different from other arrows. The arrow body was shimmering with gold, which made them notice it at a glance.

The Second Prince took it and saw the familiar mark on the bottom. Veins popped up on his face. He clenched the two broken arrows in his hands and threw them to the ground, cursing, "You are so good, Prince Ding'an! You snatched people from my hands!"

He also made a judgment in his heart that Gu Shicheng and he were not on the same path. Such a person who held great power and was valued by his father could not be kept!