Reborn to overthrow the throne, I became the new emperor's dark moonlight

Chapter 110 Killing Qiao Xi is like crushing an ant

Cui Li's words were unpleasant, but Marquis Changning took them to heart.

As long as his Changning Marquisate can regain its former glory, it will be easier to deal with Qiao Xicai.

Besides, there may be opportunities along the way.

There are many people in the capital who don't want Su Heting to go back. If he could use those people to get rid of Qiao Xi.

He avenged his son and avoided being hated by Su Heting.

After thinking it through, he went to the Marquis of Jiangbei's Mansion the next day, but of course no one was there.

It doesn’t matter if there is no one. He just needs to let the emperor and the people of the world know his sincerity in inviting people.

Under such circumstances, Su Heting was still unwilling to return to Beijing, which showed that he was arrogant and disrespectful to the court.

At that time, the emperor would not blame him, but Su Heting.

On the first day, he sat in the King's Palace of Northern Xinjiang for most of the day before returning to the inn.

The next day, he went to invite people in with great fanfare.

This went on for three days, and then Su Heting brought Qiao Xi back.

He felt a sense of pride in having turned defeat into victory, and felt that he had Su Heting under control.

Moreover, Su Heting seemed to have forgotten the previous unpleasantness and did not dare to make things difficult for him anymore. After only resting for two days, he followed him on the journey to the capital.

It took a month for the group to leave.

During this period, he encountered three assassination attempts and two poisoning attempts, but Su Heting was vigilant and the soldiers sent by the emperor to pick him up were not to be trifled with, so Su Heting was unharmed.

Qiao Xi was protected by him so tightly that outsiders didn't even have the chance to get close to her.

Seeing that it would take only half a month to reach the capital, Marquis Changning became a little anxious.

He was unsure of the emperor's attitude towards Qiao Xi. If possible, it would be best to deal with Qiao Xi on the way, so as to avoid the difficulty of avoiding the emperor's eyes when arriving in the capital.

That day, they were too far from the post station, so they either had to set up tents in the wild for the night or stay in a nearby village.

Marquis Changning said to Su Heting, "Your Highness, it's very cold now in the depths of winter. I'm thinking it would be best if we could rent a few houses in the nearby villages to stay. What do you think?"

Su Heting glanced at the curling smoke from cooking fires in the distance and shook his head. "No need to disturb the people. Just go ahead and find an open space."

Upon seeing this, Marquis Changning said nothing more and had to return to his carriage.

As soon as he got in the car, he took out a pill from his pocket and swallowed it with a gloomy face. His injuries had not healed yet, and he was very tired from the long journey.

If he spends the night outdoors tonight and catches a cold, it will be even more painful for him.

But this is not important. What is important is that he received a letter from Cao Ying, saying that the third prince sent people to kill Su Heting.

If they went to the village, the Xinjiang Northern Army would be dispersed, and with the civilians implicated, Su Heting would definitely not be able to take care of Qiao Xi. At that time, he would be able to take action against Qiao Xi.

His mission was to bring Su Heting back to Beijing. As long as Su Heting was safe, his mission would be successful.

But Su Heting rejected him.

"I have to find a way to let them rest in the village." Marquis Changning thought to himself.

In the carriage of the King of Xinjiang's Palace.

Qiao Xi asked Su Heting, "Is there something wrong with that village?"

Su Heting shook his head. "It's normal to see smoke coming out of cooking fires, but if we stop there to rest, I'm afraid we'll bring trouble to the people."

He had already prepared himself for the fact that his journey back to Beijing would not be smooth, but he had never thought of implicating the common people.

And the Marquis of Changning actually wanted to use the people to tie his hands and feet. He narrowed his eyes and said, "The Marquis of Changning cannot be kept."

When he was the crown prince, he only knew that Marquis Changning was mediocre, but because of the friendship between him and the emperor when he was young, he was quite liked by the emperor.

Judging from the past few dealings with him, this man is vicious and brainless, and his obsession with killing Qiao Xi is too strong, so it is better to deal with him as soon as possible.

Qiao Xi nodded.

They have been able to confirm these days that the person behind Changning Hou is Cao Ying, so there is really no need to stay any longer.

And when she saw the face of Marquis Changning, she would think of Lin Yuanbai. Compared with Lin Yuanbai, Marquis Changning was far less intelligent.

Who knows, if he gets too anxious later, he might actually collude with other forces that want to kill Su Heting, which would add to the trouble.

The team marched for another quarter of an hour and then set up camp at the foot of a mountain in a sheltered area.

The soldiers found a lot of dead branches and broken wood, and soon they had started several bonfires.

Everyone gathered around the campfire to keep warm, and Qiao Xi and Su Heting also got off the carriage to warm themselves by the fire.

I thought I would return to the carriage after I warmed myself up and went to sleep.

In order to make Qiao Xi sit comfortably, the carriage of the King of Xinjiang's Palace was built to be extra spacious.

In addition to the seating area, the back half of the carriage is a low couch for lying down, which is covered with thick bedding.

When you get tired of sitting, you can rest on the low couch, which is very comfortable.

Even on such a cold and windy night, as long as the windproof cloth around the carriage is lowered and thick blankets are covered, you can still stay warm overnight.

But suddenly, more than a dozen flames shot out from the hillside, some heading towards the crowd, and some heading towards the carriage.

Chen Shan immediately shouted, "There is an assassin, protect the prince and princess."

The Xinjiang Northern Army immediately drew their swords.

Flaming arrows kept shooting from the hillside. A deputy general led people into the mountain to catch the assassin, while others went to put out the fire.

The carriage of the King of Jiangbei's Palace was large and parked on the side, so it was the first to be shot by the assassin.

Marquis Changning looked at the burning curtain of the carriage and a sinister smile appeared on the corner of his lips.

Without the carriage, he wanted to see how Su Heting and Qiao Xi would spend the night.

After a moment, he regained his nervous expression and led his men to surround Su Heting and Qiao Xi, "Your Highness, this place is low-lying and not very conducive to defense. We don't know how many assassins are hiding in the mountains.

For safety reasons, Your Majesty, please move away from this dangerous place."

Su Heting protected Qiao Xi and pondered, "Where does Marquis Changning think is the best place to go?"

Marquis Changning pondered, "It's winter now, and the carriage is on fire. First, we need to find a place to shelter from the wind..."

After thinking for a while, he seemed to have an idea, "This Marquis remembered that we passed by a village on the way here, perhaps we can retreat to the village for a while.

By then, it will be much safer for the soldiers to guard the village than to stay here."

Seeing Su Heting's hesitation, he glanced at Qiao Xi again and said, "The princess is weak and I'm afraid she won't be able to handle the cold wind."

Along the way, he restrained his hatred for Qiao Xi and acted as familiar with Qiao Xi as possible, just for this moment, to make Su Heting believe that he really cared about Qiao Xi.

As expected, since it concerned Qiao Xi, Su Heting nodded and said, "Just as the Marquis said."

Marquis Changning sneered in his heart but did not show it on his face, and hurriedly asked someone to clear the way.

When everyone was still far away from the village, they saw more than a dozen knife-wielding assassins falling from the sky and heading straight for Su Heting.

One of them seemed to be better at martial arts than Su Heting. Although he was protected by the imperial army and the northern Xinjiang army, some of his attention was distracted.

But two of the assassins ignored the danger and clung to Su Heting, as if they had a deep hatred for him.

Moreover, the two of them were quite skilled, and it seemed that Su Heting had a hard time dealing with them.

Marquis Changning's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the Third Prince's men couldn't wait and came directly to the road to assassinate him?

But we can't let them succeed. He hurriedly shouted to the imperial army, "Protect the prince."

At the same time, he was happy that Su Heting was busy dealing with the assassin and really had no time to care about Qiao Xi.

Seeing Qiao Xi hiding behind the Xinjiang Northern Army, he hurriedly went behind Qiao Xi and said, "Princess, these people are here to target the prince. I will escort you away first. This way, the prince will have nothing to worry about."

Qiao Xi is the emperor's pawn and has to hide her skills in front of Su Heting. Now that she has encountered an assassin, she must hope to escape from Su Heting's sight so that she can use her skills to protect herself.

As he expected, Qiao Xi nodded.

He shouted again, "A small group will follow me to protect the princess, and the rest of you must ensure the safety of King Jiangbei."

Seeing this, Su Heting also said, "Protect the princess."

More than a dozen soldiers from the northern border followed Qiao Xi, but Marquis Changning was not worried about this.

He had already prepared some medicinal powder to suppress martial arts, so he would have no shortage of opportunities to drug Qiao Xi on the way to the village.

As long as Qiao Xi lost her martial arts, killing her would be as easy as crushing an ant.

At that time, he could blame the matter on the assassin sent by the third prince and get away with it.

But he didn't expect that several more assassins would suddenly appear, and this time they were targeting him.

He quickly retreated behind the soldiers. As they dealt with the assassin, Qiao Xi grabbed his hand and said, "My Lord, run!"

The assassin was quite skilled in martial arts, and he was still seriously injured and didn't dare to act rashly. He had no choice but to follow Qiao Xi and took out the medicine powder, hoping to take the opportunity to drug her.

But his eyes went dark and he fell to the ground.

When he opened his eyes again, he saw Qiao Xi's smiling face and the cold knife in her hand...