novelaction Chapter 198 Letters
Chapter 198 Letters
Xiao Han continued, "I'd like to visit my elder brother at the Prince Yu's residence tomorrow. Would you like to come with me? We can also check on his injuries while we're at the residence. After we leave, I'll accompany you to visit the second young master. How does that sound?"
Upon hearing Xiao Han's suggestion, Long Chuqing looked surprised. She stopped what she was doing and looked up at Xiao Han.
He said doubtfully, "Isn't it inappropriate for a prince like you to condescend to visit a patient you've never met before at a wealthy merchant's residence?"
Faced with Long Chuqing's questioning, Xiao Han smiled slightly: "Speaking of which, aren't you and this second young master complete strangers? Aren't you willing to help him?"
"Putting aside this identity, I'm just an ordinary person. Besides, people might not even recognize me as a prince. I can simply say I'm your apprentice or your bodyguard!"
After listening, Long Chu chuckled again: "Haha... Who would believe that a doctor like me would hire a bodyguard when I go out!"
Xiao Han said, "If it were any other doctor, it would indeed be hard to understand why they would hire guards for protection. But our Doctor Long is so beautiful that she is bound to be harassed by some people with ill intentions when she goes out. Therefore, it is not surprising that she hires a guard to protect her!"
After listening, Long Chu pursed his lips slightly. "But if I remember correctly, you, the guard, are also a patient yourself. Don't end up asking me, the doctor, to protect you."
Hearing this, Xiao Han couldn't help but laugh: "Doctor Long, please rest assured. Although I am not feeling well, I am not that fragile. I can still help you carry your medicine box and such."
Long Chuqing's eyes flickered, and he smiled, "In that case, the cost of hiring a handsome guard like yourself must be quite high, right? I wonder if my gold and silver jewels are enough to cover that?"
As she spoke, Long Chuqing gracefully spread her arms and pointed to the pile of rewards laid out on the table.
Xiao Han pretended to think for a moment and then nodded: "Yes, these valuables should be enough."
After saying that, the two looked at each other and laughed at the same time.
Long Chuqing grinned, then suddenly remembered something: "By the way, after receiving these rewards, do I need to go and thank your father, the Emperor?"
"Logically, it should be necessary, but today Father Emperor sent the rewards directly to the Prince's residence instead of asking you to go to the palace to receive them. This proves that Father Emperor doesn't care too much about these things this time. If you don't want to go to the palace, I can talk to Father Emperor about it another day."
"Oh, if you go to express my gratitude on my behalf, won't your father make things difficult for you because of it?"
"No, although my father usually seems very serious, he is actually a very reasonable monarch."
At this point, Xiao Han smiled slightly: "Moreover, my father was often so angry with us brothers that he would blow his beard and glare at us! Even so, he never punished us in any particular way."
Long Chuqing laughed and said, "Haha... You guys really don't give him any peace of mind. Since that's the case, you have to thank your father for me."
"Hmm." Xiao Han nodded slightly.
Just then, Qing Tong and Qing Yang walked in from outside. Qing Tong walked to Xiao Han's side and handed him a letter.
"Your Highness, this is a letter sent to you by His Highness Prince Jin."
Xiao Han reached out and took the letter from Qing Tong's hand. He looked it over from side to side, then opened it and began to read.
The letter detailed the events surrounding his and Prince Yu's assassination attempt and the known outcome.
At that time, Xiao Han and Prince Yu were ambushed by archers who had been lying in wait on the mountain. The eight of them gathered together and used their swords to defend against the arrows flying from all directions.
However, due to the large number of people they had ambushed, the fact that the assassins who had retreated earlier had joined the ranks of archers, and their advantage of high ground, some of Xiao Han and his group were soon grazed by arrows.
In a critical moment, just as Xiao Han was about to be pierced by a flying arrow, Prince Yu rushed over in a moment of desperation and blocked the arrow for him.
Prince Yu was wounded as a result, and the others protected him and desperately resisted. After they finally withstood all the flying arrows, everyone was injured to varying degrees, but fortunately, they all survived.
Although they had blocked all the arrows, the crisis was not over yet, as the assassins soon charged down the mountain with their swords and knives.
They could only raise their swords to continue fighting off the enemy. Before long, they began to feel their consciousness becoming blurred, and only then did they realize that their arrows had also been poisoned.
Due to their clouded consciousness, their movements became sluggish, and before they knew it, they had sustained numerous injuries.
Just when they were about to be overwhelmed, the sound of thunderous hooves and shouts of the riders came from afar.
Upon hearing the sound, they looked into the distance and saw a troop of iron cavalry galloping towards them amidst billowing dust.
The deputy general leading the team, Zhou, and the guards riding in front, firmly planted their feet, drew back their bows, aimed, and fired at the assassins attacking Xiao Han and Prince Yu.
Fortunately, Deputy General Zhou led his guards to the scene in time. Seeing that reinforcements had arrived, the assassins realized that the situation was extremely unfavorable for them and that their operation had failed again.
After a whistle blew, the assassins on the scene immediately scattered and fled.
The letter mentioned that Deputy General Zhou immediately dispatched a large number of people to search for the assassins, and eventually arrested three wounded assassins in a mountain stream.
One of the assassins bit into the poison he had hidden in his mouth and committed suicide. Fortunately, the other two assassins were stopped in time by Zhou's subordinates and were eventually captured.
In addition, two wounded assassins were found in the dense forest on the mountain. One of them committed suicide by poison during the arrest, and only one was successfully captured.
The three surviving assassins are all imprisoned in the Dali Temple, while the rest have escaped.
After the assassin was handed over to the Dali Temple, Minister Xu of the Dali Temple dared not be negligent in the slightest and immediately began an interrogation overnight.
However, the three men were specially trained and exceptionally stubborn. The Dali Temple officials used various methods to interrogate them, but even in the face of torture, the assassins resolutely refused to utter a single word.
Until last night, one of them finally succumbed to torture and confessed some clues.
The letter mentioned that the assassin confessed that they were all from Miao territory and that their target was Prince Qin, Xiao Han.
According to the assassins, they came to avenge the Holy Maiden Danzhu, whom they revered as their spiritual pillar, because the King of Qin killed her.
According to him, they first disguised themselves as a circus troupe to infiltrate the city, thereby gathering information on Xiao Han's comings and goings and his daily activities. They then quickly devised an assassination plan and laid out their plans and ambushes.
They also devised a meticulous escape route. Before entering the city, everyone disguised their faces. When escaping, they only needed to remove their fake faces and take off their black clothes to disguise themselves as ordinary farmers.