Chapter 556

Late at night.

Prime Minister's Prefecture.

Xu Xuanji stood in the courtyard, looking at the sky with his hands behind his back.

"I am curious whether the Chu Kingdom, having lost so much face, will actually make a move on the living Yama!"

"I'm just afraid that in this Changancheng, the Chu Princess doesn't have such great courage. But if the living Yama is not eliminated, I'm afraid the Chu Kingdom won't be able to bear the cost in the future!"

Xu Xuanji said faintly, his eyes revealing a depth.

At this moment, a voice rang out.

"Report!"

"Xu Xiang, an assassination just broke out in Changancheng, and it even alarmed the palace Imperial Guards!"

Xu Xuanji's expression changed.

He didn't expect the Great Chu's actions to come so quickly!

Subsequently, Xu Xuanji laughed heartily, "I said it—the tree that stands above the forest will be destroyed by the wind. This Gao Yang is so arrogant; in just a few months, he made the Chu Kingdom suffer such a big loss. How could the Chu Kingdom tolerate him?"

"Quick, quick, tell me, how is the living Yama? Is his life in danger?"

"If he dies, I'm afraid the Empress will be furious, and Great Chu and Great Qian will fall into war again. Then I could..."

Xu Xuanji looked expectant, looking at the confidant who came to report.

The confidant heard this, his expression strange.

"Prime Minister, this..."

Xu Xuanji saw the expression on his confidant's face, frowned, and couldn't help but say, "Could it be that Gao Yang was prepared, and the assassins were the ones who had bad luck?"

"I heard that when this living Yama was planning in Linjiang City, he was extremely careful and cautious, fearing assassination by angry people, and had many guards around him."

"It's really not a simple matter for those Great Chu assassins to succeed."

Xu Xuanji said to himself, starting an analysis.

Upon hearing this, the servant couldn't care about the strangeness in his heart.

He hurriedly said, "Prime Minister, this assassination is a bit strange. The living Yama was not assassinated; instead, Scholar Cui... encountered an assassination!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Xu Xuanji was directly bewildered.

"What?"

"Cui Xinghe was assassinated?"

Xu Xuanji looked bewildered.

"Scholar Cui has a very good reputation in Great Qian, and the Cui family is a century-old aristocratic family with no political enemies. Why would he be assassinated?"

"Is this news confirmed?"

The confidant nodded repeatedly, "Prime Minister, this news cannot be wrong. The Dingguo Duke Prefecture is quiet, but on the contrary, the residence where Scholar Cui is located was assassinated by more than a dozen well-trained assassins. If it weren't for the protection of the palace Imperial Guards, I'm afraid Scholar Cui would be in grave danger."

Upon hearing this, Xu Xuanji was even more stunned.

"What did you say? Palace Imperial Guards protected Scholar Cui and slaughtered the assassins?"

"Cui Xinghe is only a Fifth Rank Secretariat Drafter, not the living Yama. Why would there be palace Imperial Guards protecting him!"

"This point makes no sense at all!"

Xu Xuanji was full of doubt. He considered himself to have traveled through the Great Qian officialdom for decades, having seen many schemes and deceptions, but what happened today was more mysterious than the last.

Gao Yang, the culprit who made the Chu Kingdom lose strength and hate him to the bone, was fine. On the contrary, Cui Xinghe, who had no reason to be targeted, was assassinated on the first night.

Then, an even more magical thing happened: the palace Imperial Guards killed the assassins!

The confidant looked at Xu Xuanji's face full of doubt and took a deep breath, "Prime Minister, I suddenly have a very crazy idea, but perhaps it can explain all these things!"

Xu Xuanji looked at his confidant with his aged eyes, surprised.

"I didn't expect you to have this ability!"

He picked up the tea on the side and took a sip, "Let's hear it."