Help! I just woke up and was stabbed by a big kid

"Brother, I'm so disappointed!" Qin Zhaochen said heartbreakingly.

Qin Zhaoyue frowned, took a step forward, and touched Qin Zhaochen's forehead. Then he asked the eunuch beside Qin Zhaochen: "Is Xiaowu in a nightmare?"

The eunuch thought about all the sad things in his life, and even dug up the memories of entering the palace to have his body cleansed, and then he stopped laughing: "Your Highness, the Fifth Prince is fine."

Qin Zhaoyue wanted to laugh, but his sense of crisis overshadowed his sense of humor. His brows were about to be twisted into knots, and he grabbed Qin Zhaochen's arm: "Xiao Wu!"

Qin Zhaochen blinked.

"Thank you, big brother." He whispered, "It's a good thing, big brother, don't worry, this trip will definitely go smoothly."

"What are you planning?" Qin Zhaoyue also realized that he seemed to be acting and was confused.

"I can't tell you yet, big brother. Please don't walk out angrily later." Qin Zhaochen put his hands together and bowed, "Otherwise people will think that you spread rumors to ruin my reputation."

"How can you say such things!" Qin Zhaoyue said angrily.

"Brother, please help me!" Qin Zhaochen blinked.

Qin Zhaoyue stared at him for a long time, as if trying to judge what the current situation was.

Xiaowu looked at him with round eyes.

"Don't even think about it!" Qin Zhaoyue said angrily, "Just reflect on yourself in your tent!"

After saying that, he waved his sleeves, angrily stepped over the bench on the ground, and walked out of the Fifth Prince's tent. Xiao Xuzi, who didn't understand anything at the back, also became flustered and followed the prince out of the tent.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, please calm down!" Xiao Xuzi chased after him.

After returning to his tent, Qin Zhaoyue still couldn't figure out why the Fifth Prince had done all this.

What’s the point of destroying your own reputation?

It's possible that he was using this incident to throw dirty water on me, but the few words he said in casual conversation in the tent clearly showed that he was trying to clear me out.

A game within a game? Qin Zhaochen suddenly asked to accompany him, which was quite strange. Judging from the performance of the court meeting that day, Mu You and his faction had no intention of letting the fifth prince fight for merit...

Qin Zhaoyue paced anxiously.

……

Qin Zhaochen finished his performance and sat in the tent drinking tea. The eunuchs came in to clean up the tent. It looked a mess, but there weren't really a lot of things. Soon the eunuchs finished cleaning and left.

He sat quietly on the couch.

About an incense stick of time later, as expected, the eunuch outside the tent came in to report that someone wanted to see him.

Qin Zhaochen smiled: "Ask him in."

A man in his thirties, wearing a young general's armor, entered the tent.

"Greetings, His Highness the Fifth Prince." Pao Zhihui bowed.

Qin Zhaochen looked at him for a while and said, "All of you go down."

The two eunuchs who stayed in the tent retreated, leaving only Qin Zhaochen and his confidant Li Mo behind him.

Pao Zhihui said: "Your Highness, I am the informant sent by General Mu."

"Oh? What do you want to talk to me about? Does your grandfather have something to tell you?" Qin Zhaochen asked.

"I heard that Your Highness has changed his mind and doesn't want to go to Ganzhou. This trip is not a good idea." Pao Zhihui advised, "Now that the itinerary has been set and we are almost halfway there, returning to Luoyang now will only make people laugh at us."

"Then will you die for me? The war in Ganzhou is so dangerous, I won't go. My father dotes on me, so it doesn't matter if I change my mind at the last minute." Qin Zhaochen looked proud.

"Don't be afraid, Your Highness. Ganzhou is under the care of General Mu's Deputy General Zhao. This trip will be safe." Pao Zhihui said hurriedly.

"Why should I believe you!" Qin Zhaochen said angrily.

"Your Highness!" Pao Zhihui said anxiously, "My duty is to give orders to Vice General Zhao to protect you. All you have to do is ride your horse for a while and everything will be solved."

Qin Zhaochen stared at him inquiringly.

"What about that matter? Should it proceed as planned?" he suddenly asked.

Pao Zhihui was stunned: "How do you know that?"

"My grandfather told me." Qin Zhaochen said.

"Oh, that matter will naturally be put on hold and not done for the time being. I will make a special trip to convey this matter to Deputy General Zhao." Pao Zhihui said hurriedly.

"So that's how it is... Is there anyone else in the army who knows about the plan change? It will be safer with more people." Qin Zhaochen looked naive.

Pao Zhihui frowned secretly: "Only your highness and I know this, your highness must not tell anyone."

"Of course. Are you the only one delivering the message? I still feel a little worried." Qin Zhaochen curled his lips.

"Don't worry, Your Highness. In order to deliver the message faster, General Mu sent another messenger to Ganzhou. I think he has arrived in Chang'an now." Pao Zhihui hurriedly comforted.

"Alone..." Qin Zhaochen stroked the dark pattern on his knees, "Is there a base for Jie Yin in Chang'an City?"

"I don't know about that." Pao Zhihui said.

"Well, in that case, I have no choice but to go to Ganzhou obediently. Go down and don't show up in front of me again." Qin Zhaochen waved his hand, "Humph, I get annoyed just by looking at you."

Pao Zhihui said patiently: "Yes, Your Highness."

The man left the tent.

"Li Mo, have you remembered this person?" Qin Zhaochen looked up and asked the eunuch behind him.

"take note of it."

"Let's do it. Alas, this messenger is a bit troublesome, what should we do?" Qin Zhaochen leaned back into the soft pillow, frowning and thinking.

……

In the middle of the night.

Pao Zhihui turned over in a daze.

Half asleep and half awake, he felt a pain in his forehead. He cursed softly and opened his eyes. As soon as he sat up, he saw a vague figure squatting by the river. He touched the pillow and a stone rolled down.

The sergeant on the side was awakened by him: "What's the matter?"

"Oh, I need to pee." Pao Zhihui said, crawling up from the floor.

He rubbed his eyes and saw more clearly that it was a man covered in a robe. He made a gesture to him and retreated behind a large earthen slope.

Pao Zhihui suddenly woke up.

He hurried to the river, passed the sergeant on guard and said, "Go relieve yourself, brother."

The sergeant nodded and ignored it.

After reaching the earth slope, it was a very secluded place with occasional waves underfoot. The man in the robe was standing behind the slope, almost blending into the night. With the dim starlight, Pao Zhihui saw this person and was relieved: "It's you, what's the matter..."

The voice stopped abruptly, and a line of silver light cut his throat.

The mysterious man caught Pao Zhihui's limp body, and blood dripped onto the river beach, quickly washed away by the rolling waves.

With a splash, Pao Zhihui's body sank into the river with his eyes open.

……

Tongguan is very close to Chang'an City.

As they walked and talked, Gu Yue and his party arrived at the majestic city early the next morning before dawn. The scale of this city was even greater than that of Luoyang, and there were more and more caravans coming and going. There were also villages and buildings extending outside the city walls, making it look like an outer city.

"Wow--Chang'an!" Gu Yue was excited and happy.

The famous ancient capital of 13 dynasties! When I was alive, I had no money to travel, so I could only watch short videos of the Tang Dynasty City that Never Sleeps. Now I can see it in real life!

It couldn’t be more true!