A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 559: Assassin's Trouble

The heavy rain continued until the second half of the night.

The long-dry central Henan was soaked by the rain overnight; the ground was still muddy, and even the air was shrouded in a damp chill.

The Bowang City Inn, which was immersed in darkness and deathly silence, suddenly burst into flames from the outer corridors!
As the fire started, the night watchmen also discovered the unknown assassin who had sneaked into the inn. Someone shouted, "Catch the assassin!"

In an instant the entire inn was in chaos, the doors and windows of various places were lit up. The Great Qi State had the "Ye Guardians" who were there to protect the emperor, and there were also Lanling King and Ande King who led their cronies to protect the emperor, and the Chen State also brought its guards. When they saw the desperate scoundrels setting fire and attacking, all the forces instantly rushed out in full force like a swarm of bees.

The first to be affected was the King of Qi who lived in the main hall.

At that time, the young Emperor of Qi, who was sleeping soundly in his bed, was suddenly awakened by his confidant knocking on the door. He sat up with sleepy eyes. Gao Yuanhai outside the door asked his Majesty in tears what to do. Then, when he heard that an assassin had set fire, he lay his head back down again.

By the way, he scolded Gao Yuanhai for making a fuss.

Gao Wei was quite confident in his deployment of defense in the post station. At this moment, the top-level troops of the Great Qi were guarding him: the emperor's personal guards "Guardians of Ye" inside, and the central army of the capital led by Lanling Wang outside. In addition, because he had been welcoming envoys from the Southern Chen Dynasty in the past two days and was wary of the White Tatars of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the remnants of the Southern Liang Dynasty, he had already gathered the garrison troops on the border nearby.

In the face of the absolute crushing combat power, he would not show any fear even if a large army approached, let alone a group of petty thieves and assassins.

As a result, just as Gao Wei scolded Gao Yuanhai outside and sent him away, someone suddenly kicked the door open!

Gao Wei jumped out of the bed, revealing his snow-white chest with his loose pajamas open.

Before he could react, the little girl in red rushed into the inner room, rushed to his bed, bowed and reported:
"Please ask my cousin to come forward and make the decision! Prince Lanling was attacked just now and was stabbed in the chest..."

Feng Lingxin had said half of his words when he made eye contact with the startled young emperor who sat up. Gao Wei then realized that his clothes were wide open, exposing his snow-white dragon body. He felt really disadvantaged, so he quickly wrapped himself in the quilt.

"Lanling Wang was already seriously injured, how could he have another wound? As for you, you dared to kick the door after I summoned you in? Didn't anyone teach you the rules? How disgraceful!"

Gao Wei never thought that one day he would say "What a disgrace"!

The little girl opposite lowered her head, pursed her lips and said coldly:

"I know I was wrong, but the situation was urgent. The knife was poisoned, and Prince Lanling has already vomited black blood and fainted!"

When Gao Wei heard this, his eyes went dark and he almost fainted. He then hurriedly drove his cousin out and called Gao Yuanhai in to help him change his clothes.

The government inn was already in chaos, but outside the high walls of the inn, on the wide road on the washed bluestone street, there seemed to be a group of people holding lanterns and torches, hurriedly stepping on muddy puddles and gathering together!

The black-robed empress in the lead was tall and had long legs. She wore a straw hat and looked like a towering mountain. She moved with the gait of a dragon and a tiger, rushing forward aggressively. Surrounding her were several young men in straw raincoats and armor.

The group of people collided head-on with the white-robed soldiers coming from the opposite direction.

Seeing that the leader of the group was a woman in a red shirt, Li Mingjian, who was wearing a black robe and a golden mask, was the first to speak:
"Have you found King Ande of Northern Qi?"

Xiao Tongyan's face was covered in dust, and there were blood-red scratches on his white face, making him look like a dirty cat.

She shook her head and replied, "I asked King Ande's former colleagues, and they all said that he went out last night and did not return all night." After that, she looked up at the woman in front of her - only half of her chin was exposed under her black robe and hat. Although this person was fully armed and covered her face, her tall and strong figure that was no less than that of a man, and her aura, her identity was immediately determined.

Although Xiao Tongyan was quite unsure, he still looked polite and respectful, bowed and said:
"But you——"

As soon as she started to speak, she was interrupted by Li Mingjian. He raised his hand and pointed at Xiao Tongyan, introducing her, "She is Princess Jiangxia of Southern Liang, a former subordinate of King Ande of Northern Qi."

The golden-faced young man spoke in a cold voice. Before he finished speaking, someone beside him suddenly responded with a harsh tone, "What? She is a subordinate of that bastard?"

Xiao Tongyan was shocked by the tone of the heroic woman in front of her! She wanted to ask if she was talking about her, but her lips seemed to be glued shut. She could only stare at the woman's lips opening and closing under the black robe, revealing only the lower half of her face:
"How dare you protect that kid? I supervised the construction of Bowang Post Station. How could he escape with just two gates? If I can't get rid of this kid's head today, I will chop off your head to vent my anger!"

As soon as Xiao Tongyan heard her self-proclaimed name and the respect that Master Yuan showed her, he guessed that she must be a puppet of the Western Wei Empress.

Xiao Tongyan bowed and smiled, "Your Majesty, don't you know more about King Ande? After all, he has that kind of relationship with the young master, you have to know his background, otherwise, if the young master comes and sees a dead body with its head and body separated, how will you tell him..."

"What's the point of having a head? Why keep a biting wolf around? Are you waiting for him to kidnap the goddess and usurp the country? I will tell my daughter that this kid has no head when he comes!"

***
In the middle of the night, a fire broke out in the inn opposite.

When Yuan Wuyou was woken up by Jialuo, Feng Lingxin, who had gone back to the inn to sleep last night, unexpectedly came back and brought news that her belongings left in the inn had been stolen.

She asked casually, "Isn't Gao Changgong watching over him? Where are the others?"

Feng Lingxin looked embarrassed, "Go ask him yourself..."

Seeing that Sister Feng was hesitant to speak, Yuan Wuyou hurriedly put on her clothes, took her sword, and ran out of the room. When she passed by Yuwen Huaibi's door, she took a look and saw that he had also heard the noise and went out of the house with his coat on, wearing a white jade piece on his face, and looking at her with his deep blue eyes.

"Where are you going?"

"Go find Gao Changgong and find out what's going on."

After saying that, she left the Xianbei man behind and led the two sisters behind her down the stairs.

Yuan Wuyou had just walked out of the gate of the inn and stood on the long street washed by the cool night wind. He looked at the high wall of the inn across a wide road. As expected, he saw bright lights and noisy voices.

She was just wondering what was going on with Gao Changgong and the stolen money, when Xiao Tongyan suddenly came out alone and smiled at her, "Don't worry, Your Highness. Your money is in my hands."

Seeing Xiao Tongyan suddenly show up, Jialuo and Feng Lingxin on both sides were instantly on high alert, and Yuan Wuyou hurriedly waved his hands to comfort them.

Xiao Tongyan ignored everyone around him and walked straight towards Yuan Wuyou.

"How about I take you to see the difficulties in Jiangling?"

Upon hearing what Xiao Tongyan said, Yuan Wuyou suspected that she was a transformed ghost. It was too creepy to hear her say these things so late at night!