Chapter 167 The mantis catches the cicada and the oriole behind
The rumbling sound of the huge rock when it landed out of the valley, attracting Bian Ziming's attention.
He was worried about King Zhao's safety and immediately asked the prince for orders, wanting to lead troops to rescue King Zhao.
However, his request was rejected by the prince.
Li Cheng said slowly.
“The situation in the valley is not clear.
If you rashly lead people in, not only will you not be able to save people, but you may also trap yourself in.
I can't ignore your life or death in order to save King Zhao.
Let's wait and see."
Bian Ziming was anxious: "What if King Zhao encounters danger?"
Li Cheng smiled and said indifferently.
"I believe that with King Zhao's skills, even if I encounter any danger, I will definitely be able to turn the risk into danger.
And he is famous for his hardship.
Back then, Guifeng Fort was besieged by the enemy, and the 100,000 troops of the Great Zhou were gone.
He was the only one who survived.
Now this little game is nothing to him.”
Bian Ziming was speechless.
At this time, he had already realized that the prince didn't want to save people at all.
This time, when the disaster relief was brought south, the conflict between the prince and King Zhao continued, and the relationship became worse and worse.
Now seeing King Zhao’s unlucky, the prince just wants to watch coldly. If King Zhao dies, he will have fewer strong enemies.
Li Cheng glanced at Bian Ziming, and his tone showed a little threat.
"You just need to do your part well. You don't need to interfere with anything else. Even if the father asks you in the future, there will be a single person to bear it."
When Bian Ziming heard this, he knew that the prince had made up his mind to let King Zhao die here.
There is only one choice between King Zhao and the Crown Prince, who should I choose?
If it were the past, Bian Ziming would definitely choose to listen to the prince.
After all, the prince is the future emperor.
But the prince is no longer humane, and he doesn't know how long his position as a prince can be kept.
Bian Ziming thought for a moment and felt calculating in his heart.
Lin Qingzhi listened to the conversation between the two of them.
After Bian Ziming left, Lin Qingzhi carefully reminded.
"Your Highness, King Zhao is very popular with the saints. If he dies here, the saint will definitely doubt you."
Li Cheng smiled coldly: "So what?
Anyway, Gu is now a useless person, and I don’t know how many days he can keep the position of prince.
Before this, I had to let King Zhao and Ruren Hua die!"
He knew that he would definitely pass through this valley when he returned to Beijing, so he bribed a group of bandits and asked them to disguise themselves as bandits and set up ambush in the valley.
Just wait for King Zhao to enter the valley, the bandits will kill him.
Lin Qingzhi: "I have asked the Imperial Doctor to keep the secret, and no one will know about your injury."
Li Cheng sneered.
"Do you think the imperial physician will really keep a secret for the orphan?
If you don’t say anything else, just talk about King Zhao and Bian Ziming. They must have known that the lonely and inhumane things will be.
Maybe they told others privately.
If you can't keep the fire in paper, this matter will be exposed sooner or later."
Lin Qingzhi stared at him in a daze.
"Your Highness, have you given up?"
Li Cheng looked at the valley ahead and was silent for a long time before replying.
"Is there any other choice for me?"
Lin Qingzhi felt a chill that penetrated her heart.
She was very glad before that she chose the prince herself.
She thought that with her memories of her previous life, she could help the prince reverse the situation, and with his momentum, she soared and became an envious object of countless people.
But I didn't expect that the prince would have such an accident.
This is completely different from the information she knew in her previous life.
She even had some doubts that the world she is in now is the same as the world she was before her rebirth?
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After the huge rocks landed, the road ahead of the valley was blocked.
King Zhao and his group could only retreat.
The bandits had long expected that they would retreat, and soon another huge rock rolled down, blocking their retreat.
In this way, they were trapped in the valley and were in a dilemma.
At this time, the people above just need to throw some huge rocks into the valley, and they will have to be buried by the stones.
However, after waiting for a long time, they not only did not wait for the boulder, but instead waited for three long ropes.
Hua Manman looked up along the rope and found several heads emerging above the valley.
And they are all familiar faces.
One of them is Chen Wangbei, who has not seen for a long time.
Chen Wangbei lay on the edge of the cliff, waved at them, pointed to the rope next to them, and signaled them to climb up along the rope.
Flowers are a little difficult.
She has not mastered the rock climbing skills yet.
She could only look at King Zhao with help.
Li Ji bent down and asked her to lie on his back.
He grabbed the rope and climbed up with flowers on his back.
The others also climbed up.
They climbed to the top of the cliff smoothly and found that there was a forest here.
The bandits who were originally lying here have been dealt with by Chen Wangbei and some bandits were lying on the ground.
Li Ji asked, "Didn't you leave any living?"
Chen Wangbei answered truthfully.
"Three living mouths were left."
He pointed to the three bandits tied up in many flowers not far away.
Li Ji nodded with satisfaction: "You have done a good job and will be rewarded after you go back."
Chen Wangbei said modestly: "It's all the prince who is planning to do things like a god, and his subordinates are just doing things on orders."
Hua Manman was so curious that she took the opportunity to interrupt.
"When did the prince contact Mr. Chen? And how did you know there would be ambush here?"
Li Ji explained the story roughly to her.
It turned out that Li Ji had expected that an accident might occur on the way south, so he made an agreement with Chen Wangbei in advance that if they were separated by accident on the way, they would find a way to send a letter to the post station in Chongma County.
After Li Ji arrived in Fu'an County, he spent money to hire local traveling merchants to help deliver the letter to the post station in Chongma County.
Chen Wangbei has always remembered King Zhao’s advice.
After he failed to find the whereabouts of King Zhao along the river, he took his men to Chongma County.
Chen Wangbei received a letter from King Zhao in the post station, and learned that King Zhao was not only fine, but also went to Fu'an County.
But King Zhao said in the letter that there may be changes on the prince's side, and to avoid accidents, Li Ji asked Chen Wangbei not to show up for the time being.
So Chen Wangbei could only lead people to quietly follow the disaster relief team.
Hua Manman remembered that during her time in Fu'an County, she often saw King Zhao communicate with others in secret. I guess the person who communicated with him was Chen Wangbei.
Facts have proved that King Zhao's prediction was not wrong.
The prince really wants to attack him.
Chen Wangbei secretly discovered the matter and informed King Zhao of the matter.
King Zhao then came up with a plan.
The bandits thought that this ambush would definitely be successful, but they did not expect that they had been targeted by someone.
Chapter completed!