Jingyuan was ambushed.
It was conceivable that these assassins had been lurking inside Jingyuan beforehand, rather than breaching the defenses in broad daylight.
After all, this was right under the Emperor's nose.
Who would dare be so brazen?
In an instant.
Chen Jinzhao thought of many things.
Hearing Qin Fengwu's shout, Chen Jinzhao said with a grim expression, "Qin, I think these people are all hired by you to deal with me? If I die here today, I guarantee your Qin family won't have an easy time either. Make your men leave immediately."
Qin Fengwu's face turned green at the words.
He quickly said, "You misunderstand, these are not my people at all."
"The urgent task is to kill all these dogs as soon as possible, otherwise, both you and I might end up dead in Jingyuan."
Chen Jinzhao shifted his gaze from Qin Fengwu. From Qin Fengwu's expression, he seemed a little guilty, but the people now were indeed aiming to take his life.
What was going on?
Chen Jinzhao couldn't figure it out for a moment.
Whoosh!
Another bullet flew past, narrowly missing Chen Jinzhao.
Chen Jinzhao immediately collected his thoughts and said to Qin Fengwu, "Give me a gun!"
Qin Fengwu dared not delay. Dragging his injured body, he took a handgun from a deceased security guard and threw it to Chen Jinzhao. Chen Jinzhao had already judged the assassins' exact locations. Upon receiving the handgun, he immediately fired, hitting six assassins in succession!
"Don't kill them, I want to capture them for interrogation!" Qin Fengwu's face was deathly pale.
If that bullet had been a bit more accurate, it would have struck the right ventricle of Qin Fengwu's heart, not his left shoulder!
This enraged Qin Fengwu to no end.
He even suspected for a moment that the assassins had been sent by Chen Jinzhao.
Not long after.
A few more security guards rushed over to protect Qin Fengwu, surrounding him.
Only then did Qin Fengwu heave a sigh of relief and say to the man in black, "Qin Yi, go and assist Chen Jinzhao immediately, and take down these traitors!"
The man in black—
Qin Yi, nodded and left the pavilion, going to assist Chen Jinzhao in fighting the enemy.
While the two were fighting, Qin Fengwu did not stand idle. He immediately called his grandfather, Qin Jianguo, asking him to send people to Jingyuan immediately!
At that time.
Chen Jinzhao and Qin Yi moved as if no one else was present. Although the assassins were armed with guns, they were no match for the duo.
However, these assassins were decisive. Knowing they were no match for Chen Jinzhao and the other, they immediately bit into the poison hidden in their mouths and died on the spot.
Chen Jinzhao cursed inwardly, "Truly loyal!"
He hadn't wanted to get involved in this matter in the first place, as most of the assassins were after Qin Fengwu. However, a small portion were also after Chen Jinzhao, which left him no choice but to fight. Coupled with the fact that Qin Fengwu's security personnel gradually reacted, the assassins found themselves heavily surrounded. Realizing their mission had failed, they all shot themselves.
Chen Jinzhao stepped forward and, after carefully examining the bodies of the assassins, made a new discovery.
However, he did not make a sound. Instead, he returned to Qin Fengwu.
Qin Fengwu had already received timely bandaging, and the location of the bullet wound was not fatal, so Qin Fengwu's condition had improved considerably. Chen Jinzhao looked at Qin Fengwu deeply and asked, "Your injury should be minor. I hope you can give me an explanation for today's events."
"I..." Qin Fengwu was truly experiencing a hardship he couldn't express.
"Chen Jinzhao, this matter truly wasn't done by me. Otherwise, I wouldn't have gotten injured."
Chen Jinzhao sneered, "Who knows if you set up a Hongmen banquet first and then followed it with a feigned injury? Regardless, you must give me an account for today's events, or I will hold you responsible."
After saying these words, Chen Jinzhao stared into Qin Fengwu's eyes.
Qin Fengwu had undergone rigorous image training. Even in this situation, he showed no unusual expression, which Chen Jinzhao regretted.
"Alright."
Qin Fengwu gritted his teeth, "I will give you an explanation, but I will need some time."
Chen Jinzhao smiled, "Good, I'll wait for your explanation."
As soon as he finished speaking.
Another group of people flooded into Jingyuan, and then the imposing Qin Jianguo appeared in Chen Jinzhao's sight. Qin Jianguo first glanced at Chen Jinzhao and then quickly walked to Qin Fengwu's side, "Fengwu, how is your injury?"
"Grandfather, I am fine," Qin Fengwu replied.
The private doctor next to them also said to Qin Jianguo, "Elder Qin, Young Master Qin's injuries have been stabilized and will not worsen. With a month or two of rest, he will recover completely."
"Good, good, good!" Qin Jianguo was relieved.
"Have all those assassins been found? I never thought anyone would dare assassinate a court official right under the Emperor's nose. They must be tired of living!"
Qin Jianguo immediately ordered people to investigate.
Then he walked up to Chen Jinzhao, looked him over, and said, "Fortunately, you were not injured, otherwise I don't know how I would explain it to Xu Hanchen. If anything happened to you here, our Qin family might even be overthrown."
"Thank you for your concern, Elder Qin. Qin Fengwu has already promised me that he will give me an explanation for what happened today. I hope that day will not be too far off," Chen Jinzhao said with a smile, causing Qin Jianguo's face to darken slightly, as he thought Chen Jinzhao was being confrontational.
Qin Fengwu interjected, "No need. I can give you an explanation right now."
Everyone's gaze fell on him.
Meeting Chen Jinzhao's eyes, Qin Fengwu said in a deep voice, "It must have been Li Tianze. He knew I invited you here to discuss cooperation and was afraid that our strong alliance would defeat him. Besides him, I really can't think of anyone else who would do this."
Chen Jinzhao nodded, "Well said. Where is the evidence?"
Qin Fengwu: "..."
Seeing that Qin Fengwu couldn't produce evidence, Chen Jinzhao said lightly, "Everything requires evidence. We can talk about this when you have the evidence. This is a society governed by law now."
Having spoken.
Chen Jinzhao turned and left.
As he walked past Qin Yi, he suddenly stopped.
Qin Yi cast a cold gaze at Chen Jinzhao. After a moment of eye contact, Chen Jinzhao smiled, "Qin Fengwu, when did you recruit such an expert? Even I wouldn't dare say I could defeat Qin Yi with 100% certainty."
"He's always been here, you just didn't know. I have no obligation to explain any of this to you," Qin Fengwu said.
Chen Jinzhao laughed a few times and left Jingyuan directly.
Qin Jianguo, worried about his grandson's injury, immediately had someone escort Qin Fengwu to a car, and then rode in the car with Qin Fengwu to the hospital.
In the car, besides the Qin family's most trusted driver, there were only the grandfather and grandson.
As the car slowly started, Qin Jianguo frowned and looked at Qin Fengwu, "Fengwu, what exactly happened today? Didn't you say it was just an act? How did you get yourself injured?"
Qin Fengwu was also puzzled, "Grandfather, I was indeed putting on an act, intending to let Chen Jinzhao know that Li Tianze was sowing discord. Who knew that our people would have infiltrated members from two other factions, people of unknown origin."
"I suspect one of them belongs to Li Tianze!"
"As for the other, it's unknown for now."