Chapter 20 [Assassination of Si Lili]

In the end, Guo Baokun was thrown into the Liujing River from the corridor bridge by Uncle Fu.

"From today on, Kuo Pao Kun is no longer the editor of the Eastern Palace."

With just one sentence, Li Chengqian deprived Guo Baokun of his official position.

Three thousand troops surrounded Zuixianju and expelled all the people there.

On the covered bridge, the young man in white stood quietly, looking at the pleasure boat on the Liujing River.

Si Lili?
Lin Gong followed his gaze and glanced at the pleasure boat, thinking, could it be that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is interested in Si Lili?
His eyes rolled around, and I don't know what evil ideas he was thinking about.

"Your Highness?" he asked tentatively.

"Search!" Li Chengqian ordered.

Three thousand men and horses immediately turned Zuixianju upside down.

"Your Highness, you are..."

An old procuress who still had some charm stumbled towards Li Chengqian.

After taking only two steps, the sound stopped abruptly and he didn't dare to take another step forward.

Because, there was a sword across her neck.

It was Uncle Fu.

Holding the scabbard, he moved it forward slightly, and the sword was half out of the scabbard.

The blade of the sword was just touching the madam's neck.

If she moves one inch further, it would be tantamount to suicide.

"Your Highness, I am just running a small business, please be gracious and let me go!"

The madam complained with tears in her eyes, and her expression was very well performed.

On the covered bridge, a young man in white stood facing the wind. He turned slightly and looked at the madam.

That calm look made the boss stop talking abruptly.

His eyes were calm, yet filled with murderous intent.

This gangster swallowed his saliva subconsciously, stepped aside and said no more.

Uncle Fu pulled his arm back slightly and sheathed his sword.

The entire Zuixianju was noisy at this moment.

Three thousand people, not leaving any corner untouched, digging deep into the ground, conducting a carpet search.

Even in the Liujing River, we sent out people who were good at water to conduct a thorough search.

"Report, not found!"

"Report, no trace!"

"Report, there's none here either!"

Every report from each team made Li Chengqian's heart skip a beat.

At the side, Lin Gong was in an even worse state.

At this moment, he seemed to have forgotten the pain and actually stood up from the stretcher.

"No? How could there be no!"

He rushed into Zuixianju and joined the search.

"Could it be that all this silver was really transferred away by someone?" Li Chengqian's heart sank a little bit.

"Your Highness." Uncle Fu stood aside, a little worried.

Li Chengqian raised his hand slightly, "I'm fine."

He held the stone pillars of the covered bridge with both hands and narrowed his eyes slightly.

His eyes turned to the pleasure boat again.

"Fauber."

"exist!"

"You personally lead the people to search the pleasure boat. If there is resistance, kill them without mercy!"

"Yes!"

Not long after, Uncle Fu brought someone with him and flew up and landed on the pleasure boat.

"You guys!" A maid spoke up, trying to stop them.

"Don't be rude, step back and let them search." A very pleasant voice came from the houseboat.

Soon, a charming figure walked out of the pleasure boat, stood on the deck, and bowed slightly to the figure on the bridge.

"Li Li greets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Li Chengqian nodded slightly but said nothing.

The pleasure boat docked and Si Lili walked over slowly.

"His Royal Highness."

Li Chengqian looked at this woman and found that she was indeed naturally charming.

A black gauze dress shrouded the plump body, making everything full and ready to burst out.

The waist is slender and can be held in one hand, and every step is like a lotus.

After looking at her for a few times, Li Chengqian looked away and ignored her.

Now, what he was most concerned about was the whereabouts of the silver. If he couldn't find it, he might be in big trouble.

"Your Highness is blessed by heaven, and all your wishes will come true. Don't worry too much."

As Si Lili spoke, she slowly approached.

Li Chengqian glanced at her and said calmly:
"Miss Lili's scent is a little too strong today. Also, the way you are dressed, did you guess that I would come today?"

"Your Highness, you are joking. Lili is just a woman, how could she have such complicated thoughts.

If I had known earlier that His Highness was coming, I would have prepared a table of good wine and food to entertain His Highness."

As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly pulled out a dagger from her sleeve and stabbed Li Chengqian fiercely.

A cold light flashed, and with a piercing sound, it pierced through the clothes, but it could no longer penetrate even an inch.

On the pleasure boat, a Northern Qi spy fell to the ground.

Damage transfer!
Si Lili was extremely frightened. She looked up at Li Chengqian, her voice full of disbelief.

"You know martial arts!"

Li Chengqian grabbed her arm and snatched the dagger from her. "Did I ever say that I don't know martial arts?"

"You hid it so well that you deceived everyone in the world!" Si Lili took a deep breath and finally sighed.

Li Chengqian looked at the dagger in his hand, and with a hint of amusement, he looked at Si Lili:

"You have been lurking in Qing Kingdom for many years, and the charity sale for disaster relief has helped you to raise your reputation and status. Now is the best time to gather intelligence, but you chose to rashly assassinate me. Is it worth it?"

Si Lili was silent for a moment and sighed:

“If it was another high-ranking official, I would naturally not take action, but you are the prince.

Unfortunately, I still failed. ”

After that, she was suddenly stunned, "How do you know my identity?"

Li Chengqian just looked at the sunset in the sky and did not answer her doubts.

She dug her nails into her palms to keep calm.

This woman is indeed extraordinary.

Weird atmosphere, weird combination.

A prince of the current dynasty, the most beautiful courtesan in Kyoto, and also a secret agent of Northern Qi, were standing together at this moment, admiring the sunset.

Looking at the afterglow of the setting sun in the distance, Si Lili couldn't help but exclaim in her heart, "How beautiful!"

However, the gradually fading afterglow of the setting sun, like her life, gradually came to an end.

At the end of the covered bridge, a man and a woman stood side by side, looking at the sunset. No one spoke, breaking this rare atmosphere.

"Your Highness, it's not found." Uncle Fu returned, but the news he brought was still bad.

At this time, Lin Gong also returned with a very ugly look on his face.

"Your Highness, it really isn't. What a ghost! Could it be that the silver has grown wings and flew away?"

At this moment, Li Chengqian's face finally turned dark.

If the silver is really transferred away, it will be very difficult to get it back.

Even if it can be retrieved, it will take a long time and not overnight.

"Could it be that I really can't find it..."

Li Chengqian leaned against the stone pillar of the corridor bridge and looked at the Liujing River.

"Your Highness, your dagger..." Uncle Fu looked at the dagger in Li Chengqian's hand.

Li Chengqian carefully looked at the dagger in his hand, his expression slightly gloomy.

He always kept himself calm and composed, and never panicked when something happened.

But now, the silver seems to be really nowhere to be found.

How could he not be panicked!

"Pass my order and tear down Zuixianju!" He stabbed the dagger in his hand fiercely on the corridor bridge.

"I just don't believe that so much silver could have been transported away in such a short time. The silver must still be there. Open it up, even if you have to turn this place upside down, you must find the silver!"

Li Chengqian gave the order.

"Yes!"

Three thousand men and horses took orders and left.

Lin Gong also turned around and prepared to continue searching.

"Wait!" Li Chengqian looked at Lin Gong, but saw fresh mud on his shoulders that had not yet dried.

He walked over, dipped his hand in it, rubbed it gently, and put it to the tip of his nose to smell it.

Depending on the degree of dryness and wetness, it will never last more than one night.

"Where did you get it stuck?" Li Chengqian asked.

Lin Gong thought about it carefully, pointed his finger and said, "Over there!"

"Tear down that whole wall for me!" Li Chengqian said.

"Yes!"

Soon, the wall was pushed down, revealing gold and silver ingots inside, neatly stacked to form a wall.

Silver, found!

(End of this chapter)