His Rui

Chapter 551 Xi Ying Finds Out Who Was Behind The Attack

With a cold face, the young Prime Minister pulled the furious Prince away from the badly beaten man and said coldly.

”I don’t care if you want to kill him or keep him alive. You can do whatever you wish to …but after I am done with finding out the truth.”

The banquet had been organized by him. 

Xi Ying had ensured that it would be a safe place for his people. 

Zhao Zhang Wei and he …both of them were together in a battle that will last long and hence Xi Ying knew that Zhao Zhang Wei was also one of the people on his side. 

If something had happened to him, then his side would have been at a big loss. 

It hurt his ego that for the first time, someone dared to attack even after he had taken so many measures. 

He would surely find out who was behind all this.

Zhao Zhang Wei still struggled for a moment …at least until Xi Ying enlightened him again.

”Don’t forget that he is just a pawn in this scheme. The real mastermind is someone else. Do you want to satisfy yourself merely by killing a pawn?”

The words seemed to wake Zhao Zhang Wei up from his rage. He instantly stopped struggling and silently stepped aside and let Xi Ying do whatever he wanted. 

He was not sure that he would be able to stop himself from killing the man if he stepped near him again. 

Xi Ying looked around for a moment and then outside the cell. As he had asked the Imperial Guards not to linger around, they really have done so. 

He sighed in relief and then took out a bottle from his robe. 

Looking at the beaten man, whose head was hanging low as he spat out blood from his mouth, coldness flashed through his eyes. Xi Ying suddenly stepped forward and pulled that man’s hair making him raise his head. 

After that, he pushed one of the pills inside the man’s throat forcefully. 

Zhao Zhang Wei watched all this red-eyed. Confusion flashed through his eyes as he didn’t understand what Xi Ying was trying to do.

The man perhaps thought that it was poison and struggled only once. 

But then suddenly stopped struggling. Xi Ying knew why he did so. These people think that it is always better to die than to be kept alive and tortured. 

However, the man was very wrong in thinking that he will kill him just like that. 

Zhao Zhang Wei who had the same thoughts as the man wanted to step forward and stop Xi Ying but Xi Ying suddenly turned to look at him and blinked his eyes in assurance. 

So Zhao Zhang Wei stopped himself. 

A few moments later, Xi Ying stepped back. 

  On the other hand, the man waited to feel any shortness of breath or any other sign that could indicate that he was going to die soon but he didn’t feel anything. 

Soon he looked as confused as Zhao Zhang Wei. 

CXi Ying, however, only asked him. 

”Tell me, who sent you to kill His Highness?”

The man sneered as he suppressed the confusion. He only thought that it might be some slow poison that would act slowly and kill him. 

Perhaps the young prime minister wanted to blackmail him with the antidote and ask him to spill the truth in exchange for it. 

However, he was not going to fall into any such trap. 

Thinking this, he opened his mouth to tell the same thing to Xi Ying. However, what came out of his mouth was.

”It was Minister…”

The man suddenly shut his mouth tightly. 

A deep scowl and shocked expression marred his face. 

Did he just say what he hears with his own ears?

Zhao Zhang Wei also looked surprised and a little confused. Though the man shut his mouth soon, Xi Ying’s eyes had a thoughtful look immediately. 

Minister…who could it be?

And just then the next moment, his eyes went cold again. 

Who else could it be? 

He should have guessed already. 

As if he had found the missing piece of the puzzle, Xi Ying suddenly understood everything. 

It could only be those ministers from Qin who were part of the convoy. That was where only he had been irresponsible. 

He should have never trusted Zhao Zhuang Chen. Zhao Zhuang Chen must have investigated but he would never tell him even if he found out that Zhao Zhang Wei’s life was in danger. 

After all, it would be the most suitable thing for him. 

Giving this matter to Zhao Zhuang Chen…It was his biggest mistake. 

Zhao Zhang Wei was still trying to figure out everything when Xi Ying suddenly dashed out of the prison cell. 

”Prime Minister Xi…”

He shouted from behind and then shouted again when he saw that Xi Ying was not stopping. 

”Xi Ying…”

However, Xi Ying continued to run. Helpless, Zhao Zhang Wei could only follow him. 

He knew that Xi Ying must have understood something. 

Getting out of the prison cell, he hurriedly instructed the Imperial Guards to keep an eye on the attacker and then followed Xi Ying who was almost starting to disappear from his eyes now. 

As Xi Ying flew towards the chambers where the ministers from the convoy were living, he also called out his shadow guards who were in the Imperial Palace except for An Ju. 

An Ju was still in Lantai Courtyard to protect Li Rui. So he didn’t want her to move from her place. 

He increased his speed. His eyes were cold and indifferent when his eyes fell on the gates of the closed chambers. 

He wished to catch the ministers before they would leave for Qin. Though he could also catch them even if they left Qin but he didn’t want to deal with so much hassle. He wished to catch them when they were still here in Qin. 

Xi Ying landed on the ground and with a fierce and swift kick, he kicked the gates of the chambers. 

As soon as did it, Zhao Zhang Wei who could not use his martial arts and hence reach late, stopped behind him. 

His phoenix eyes flashed with understanding as he understood that it was someone from the convoy who planned all this.