Chapter 201 Doubt in my heart
Hearing this, Chen Huo was a little silent. He thought of the clues found from the assassin, and felt as if something had happened in his heart, which made people feel uncomfortable.
Chen Huo had already ordered someone to cut the embroidered characters that had been found on the assassin's lining, and at this moment it was on the table in front of the two of them. Seeing Chen Huo's eyes floating towards the word "Wu", He Suoyi didn't know what he thought of and became silent.
He Suoyi was silent for a long time before then he asked Chen Huo carefully: "Your Highness the Crown Prince. Is this... really what Your Highness the King of Wu does? I don't believe it very much."
"I don't want to believe it either." Chen Huo shook his head, "But looking at the scene in front of me, I guess it's almost done. The embroidery craftsmanship on the lining is extremely exquisite, and it's the same as what the embroiderer in the palace did. Even if I don't want to, I have to believe it."
Chen Huo's words were reasonable. After hearing this, He Suyi thought about it carefully in his heart and then deeply agreed. He Suyi immediately showed a little anger and said, "It's time for the country to be in crisis. The King of Wu is still like this. It's really annoying."
After saying that, He Suyi turned his head to look at Chen Huo and asked, "Your Highness, since you know who the commander behind the scenes is, how should we act?"
"At present, we can only say that the King of Wu is the most suspicious and serious candidate. As for whether he was appointed by him, it is not a final conclusion." Chen Huo shook his head, "Let's go back to Beijing with this evidence first. After returning to Beijing, report to his father, and then search carefully to find evidence nearby."
Although this method is not the best, it is the only one that can be done right now. He Suoyi nodded and agreed to Chen Huo's idea.
Because it was already late at night, Chen Huo was a little scared again. The alcohol that had just faded rose up, making him feel sleepy and his eyelids were getting heavier.
Seeing Chen Huo like this, He Suyi knew in his heart that he was extremely tired, so he stopped disturbing Chen Huo. He just called his maid to serve the two of them to wash up and went to bed immediately.
They slept peacefully all night. After the two of them woke up the next day, they thought that after this incident, they could not have any dangers to go to the border, so they did not dare to delay the situation. They immediately ordered the soldiers and asked the soldiers to start packing and prepare to return to Beijing.
Everyone in the army was very fast. By the afternoon, the 200,000 troops had packed their luggage. Chen Huo ordered them to go on the road with him and head towards the capital. He ordered the postman to pass the news that the army was about to return today to the palace, and then he hurriedly set off.
Arriving from the capital to the border, we have always had high mountains and rivers. When we return from the border to the capital, although the mountains and rivers are still dangerous, the soldiers are extremely excited.
The reason is nothing else. The wars over the past few days have already made the soldiers exhausted and they thought about their wives and children far away in the capital. Now that they can finally return to Beijing, there is no need to mention the joy.
When he thought of this, the soldiers were full of energy and their pace accelerated a little. Finally, a few days later, they arrived at a place 30 miles away from the capital. Chen Huo ordered people to send the news that the army was about to arrive back to the palace, and turned around and asked the soldiers, "Do you have to stop and rest for a while?"
As they were about to arrive in the capital, the soldiers were unwilling to rest, so they shook their heads one after another, indicating that they were not tired and could continue to walk. Chen Huo did not insist and ordered the army to continue moving forward.
This was only thirty miles away, and it took a short while to finish it. At this time, Chen Huo could already see the gate of the capital from afar. He felt a little happy in his heart. He hurriedly rushed towards the direction of the capital.
As I got closer, I saw that there had been a crowd of people waiting under the city gate. It was the emperor who had arrived after hearing the news and led his ministers to welcome Chen Huo.
The emperor naturally saw Chen Huo coming, and he was a little happy. When Chen Huo arrived in front of him, the emperor took a few steps forward slightly and smiled, "I have worked hard all the way."
"Not working hard." Chen Huo smiled and shook his head, turned over and dismounted: "If you can share the worries and solve problems for your father and restore the people to a prosperous era, your son will be satisfied."
"What a good way to solve problems, so a prosperous and healthy age!" The emperor laughed happily and said, "I guess the emperor is tired today, so I will go back and rest first. I will hold a celebration banquet tomorrow."
The journey was exhausted and Chen Huo was really tired. He was not shy when he heard this, but just nodded slightly, and his eyes accidentally bumped into Gu Zhiheng.
Since Gu Zhiheng saw Chen Huo, his eyes kept staring at Chen Huo for a moment and never left. Gu Zhiheng's eyes were extremely strange, and he couldn't tell whether they were more afraid or more panic.
After Gu Zhiheng's eyes suddenly collided with Chen Huo, he was suddenly shocked. The panic on his face could no longer be blocked. He took a few steps back and lost his composure.
Chen Huo Ben was about to forget this matter. Seeing Gu Zhiheng's reaction, he was moved, but he still smiled calmly on his face and stepped forward to help Gu Zhiheng up: "Did your second brother trip up by the small stone on the road just now? You have to be careful, you have to look at the road when walking."
Gu Zhiheng seemed to have not heard the profound meaning in Chen Huo's words, and only responded absent-mindedly according to Chen Huo's words: "Thank you, brother, I've recorded it."
He answered with his mouth, but he was still thinking silently in his heart. According to Gu Zhiheng and He Nuanliang's plan, Chen Huo should have died at this moment. How could he return safely?
Gu Zhiheng kept thinking, but couldn't find a reasonable explanation. Looking at Chen Huo's calm and composed appearance, he felt even more and more panicked and could hardly maintain his expression on his face.
Chen Huo seemed to have not seen Gu Zhiheng's abnormality, so he just withdrew his eyes, looked at the emperor, and said with a smile: "Father, my son is really tired, let's go back to the palace first today."
After saying that, Chen Huo walked a few more steps forward and walked towards the palace first, but he didn't even look at Gu Zhiheng again.
Looking at Chen Huo's reaction, Gu Zhiheng was stunned at first, and then had no choice but to follow the crowd silently and return to the palace, only to be nervous in his heart.
After arriving in the palace, Chen Huo said he was tired and returned to the East Palace with He Suyi. As soon as the two entered the East Palace, they immediately entered Chen Huo's study and started discussing secretly.
Thinking of Gu Zhiheng's reaction just now, Chen Huo felt a little strange and could not resist suspicion in his heart. He said all the doubts in his heart to He Suyi. After hearing this, He Suyi pondered for a moment, and then said carefully: "It seems that it is really a melon field and plum blossoms, which is inevitable that people will be suspicious."
He Suoyi paused for a moment, looked at Chen Huo again, and asked, "Your Highness. Since that's the case, why don't we go to the imperial study to find our father tomorrow and tell him about this matter."
Listening to He Suyi's words, Chen Huo first thought about it for a while, then shook his head: "Don't talk about this with your father for now. Xu Qinghe is still locked in the observatory. If he doesn't get rid of it as soon as possible, it will probably cause disaster."
"No matter how much my second brother goes too far, he will never do anything unfavorable to the Great Zhou Dynasty. If Xu Qinghe doesn't get rid of it for a day, I will be uneasy for a day." Chen Huo's expression was extremely firm, and he said to He Suyi.
He heard this, He Suyi thought about it carefully and agreed. She nodded: "That's true. Then tomorrow I will go to the Observatory Taichung to see Xu Qinghe, and see if there is some information from him. If it cannot be solved, I can also persuade my father to execute him directly."
Chen Huo Yi nodded and signaled that he naturally knew. So the two of them started to repair and prepared for meeting Xu Qinghe tomorrow.
As time went by, another day passed. The next morning, Chen Huo stood up, reported to the emperor, and went straight to the observatory.
After reaching the observatory, the guards saw that it was His Royal Highness the Prince coming and saluted them all. Chen Huoluo waved his hand and said, "Let's just sit flat. I will go to the observatory Taichung to see you today, you don't have to follow me."
Chen Huo's orders, the soldiers did not dare to resist, and immediately faded away like a tide, giving up a passage for Chen Huo. Chen Huo raised his foot into the observatory Taichung and met Xu Qinghe.
There has been no people in the observatory for a long time. At this time, the door was pushed open, and Xu Qinghe only felt that the sunlight outside was dazzling and could hardly look directly.
Xu Qinghe narrowed his eyes several times before he adapted to the light outside. Then he realized that Chen Huo had come. Why did His Royal Highness come back so soon? Could it be that he was already a great victory at this moment? Xu Qinghe thought endlessly, but couldn't stand it and began to look at Chen Huo.
At the same time, Chen Huo was also looking at Xu Qinghe silently. The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, and now they looked at each other again, and they actually felt a little like a different life.
Xu Qinghe's face turned pale and his thoughts were too heavy and he had lost a lot of clearance because of the past few days. He became a little sick.
On the other hand, Chen Huo's face was a bit rough when he was tempered on the battlefield, but it only added a little bit of iron-heartedness and did not lose his heroic spirit at all. His originally fair face turned into wheat-colored, and his whole body looked majestic.
Xu Qinghe looked at Chen Huo and was silent for a long time before saying, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince, I haven't seen you for a long time, how can you come and be safe?"
"Don't come and be fine." Chen Huo laughed loudly, "This time I went to the battle to fight against Qi and Chu, it would be very satisfying. If Qi and Chu had not been defeated too quickly, I would have wanted to fight a few more battles, which would have been very satisfying."
Speaking of this, Chen Huo saw Xu Qinghe’s unhappy expression, he was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: “It was my negligence that I forgot the feelings of the national master. The national master is a member of Chu, so it is natural that he was not very happy when he heard the news.”
Chapter completed!