Chapter 2193: A Bad Start

We must not let the second son out of prison!

A cold light flashed in Zhao Lun's eyes.

In front of the throne, family affection is as thin as paper. As long as someone threatens him to seize the throne, Zhao Lun will not show any mercy.

However, it is not easy to keep Zhao Ke in prison.

Yuanji and Hou Yi have been active. They even found Gu Lin and pushed the poisoning of the previous emperor onto the head of the eldest prince Zhao Xuan. In this way, Zhao Ke's suspicion is undoubtedly much smaller. In addition, Zhao Xuan himself ran away from guilt and went to the southern neighboring city. This makes people believe that the culprit of poisoning the old emperor is Zhao Xuan, not Zhao Ke. In this way, Zhao Ke's release from prison seems to be just around the corner.

And this is definitely not what Zhao Lun wants to see.

But it is not easy to stop it. Now Gu Lin has been protected by Yuanji, Hou Yi and Guan Zhuo. It is difficult to kill him to silence him.

Zhao Lun also thought about taking direct action against Zhao Ke and letting him die in the prison. In this way, the threat can be completely eliminated, but this is more difficult. Guan Zhuo, Yuan Ji and others protect Zhao Ke very tightly. Outsiders can't get close to the prison at all, let alone assassinate Zhao Ke.

As for bribing Guan Zhuo, it is more difficult than conquering Yuan Ji and Hou Yi.

"It's really a headache." Zhao Lun rubbed his temple and said to himself.

In addition to the trouble of Zhao Ke, the eldest prince Zhao Xuan is also a trouble.

Duan Wanming, the lord of Nanlin City, is the father-in-law of the eldest prince. He must be a diehard of the eldest prince. Nanlin City, as an independent city, has its own army. If the eldest prince is really forced into a corner, Duan Wanming is definitely likely to rebel.

However, this trouble is smaller than Zhao Ke. After all, it is just a Nanlin City. Even if there is an army, the number is limited. As long as he can own Yanyang City, he is not afraid of the threat from Nanlin City at all. At most, it is a little troublesome.

Therefore, Zhao Lun's biggest threat now still comes from the second prince Zhao Ke.

As for Zhou Yanfeng and the other two...

Zhao Lun sneered. Those three were just court officials. They actually wanted to compete with him. It was really ridiculous. The alliance of those three would definitely not last long.

Thinking of this, Zhao Lun shouted: "Come on, prepare the sedan!"

Soon, Zhao Lun left the mansion in a sedan and went directly to the mansion of Qi Kai, the Minister of Rites.

Qi Kai was the most easily divided person in the small group of three people. His position was not firm to begin with, and his status was lower than that of the other two. Zhao Lun felt that as long as he promised benefits, he could convince Qi Kai to stand on his side.

Not long after Zhao Lun left the mansion, Wu Fan entered his mansion. Wu Fan naturally did not come in through the main gate. If he came in through the main gate, he would have been beaten out before he came in.

On the way in, Wu Fan also saw that the mansion of the third prince Zhao Lun was very heavily guarded. There was a sentry every three steps and a sentry every five steps. There were guards everywhere.

This is not surprising. After all, this is a critical period for the fight for the throne. Anything can happen. It is normal for Zhao Lun to set up more sentries for his own safety.

After Wu Fan sneaked into Zhao Lun's mansion, he looked around and familiarized himself with the environment here. If possible, Wu Fan would not mind killing Zhao Lun directly. The other party had a grudge against Zhao Qi and was now a competitor for the throne. It would be very beneficial to get rid of Zhao Lun.

And if you want to assassinate Zhao Lun, you naturally have to get familiar with the environment here first, and at the same time, find Zhao Lun.

Wu Fan didn't know that Zhao Lun had left the mansion and went to the Ministry of Rites, so he searched in Zhao Lun's mansion in an invisible state.

However, Wu Fan's search was not smooth. He ran into a master before he found Zhao Lun.

Just when Wu Fan came to a backyard, he couldn't see the situation inside clearly, and a palm came to his face.

Wu Fan was startled and waved his hand to greet him.

Bang!

The two sides collided with each other, and Wu Fan felt his arms go numb, his throat feel sweet, and he took several steps back before he could stabilize his body.

At the moment Wu Fan was attacked, he also appeared from his invisible state, and at the same time, he also saw the person who attacked him:

An old man in a gray robe, looking at him with murderous intent.

"Who are you?!" the old man asked in a deep voice.

Wu Fan looked at the other party, did not say anything, turned around and ran.

Since he had been discovered, it became difficult to assassinate Zhao Lun. Moreover, there were obviously masters in the mansion. He could use the heavenly soldiers to deal with these masters, but the noise would be great. In this case, it would be difficult to find Zhao Lun.

"Want to leave!? Not that easy!"

The old man saw Wu Fan trying to escape, and immediately chased him.

However, although Wu Fan's strength was not as good as his, his speed was not slower than his. He quickly turned the corner and disappeared from the old man's sight.

The old man didn't care and quickly caught up. However, when he turned the corner, he was stunned.

Wu Fan was gone!

There was an empty space in front, but there was no trace of Wu Fan. Wu Fan seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.

The old man frowned slightly when he saw this. He concentrated his mind and suddenly looked at a certain place on the ground with a look of surprise in his eyes.

However, after being surprised, the old man waved his palm to the ground without hesitation, and dust flew up, and a big hole was blown out on the ground.

However, there was still no trace of Wu Fan. The old man attacked while sensing.

At this time, the old man had determined that Wu Fan had entered the underground and wanted to escape through it. Although this was a bit unbelievable, it was indeed the case.

After all, the old man was not weak. Although Wu Fan's way of escaping was very strange, he was still able to lock Wu Fan's breath firmly. However, he could only judge the approximate location from the breath. Therefore, although he attacked continuously, he was unable to hurt Wu Fan.

Wu Fan used the earth escape technique to escape from Zhao Lun's mansion. After escaping, he quickly fled into the distance.

The old man looked at Wu Fan's breath gradually moving away, frowned, and immediately said to the guards in the mansion who heard the sound: "Notify His Royal Highness the Third Prince that there is an assassin who wants to assassinate him, and let him be careful!"

"Yes!"

After the guards left, the old man still looked at the direction where Wu Fan left with a stern face, feeling a little heavy.

This time, he discovered Wu Fan's lurking in advance, but next time, his luck may not be so good. Wu Fan's lurking method was too weird, and his escape method was unheard of. This made the old man feel pressured. Such a method was simply impossible to guard against. With such a person who was hostile to Zhao Lun, Zhao Lun was afraid that he would have trouble sleeping and eating.

"Who could this person be? Who is behind him?"