Qing Yan

Yu Wenrui took the darts and the note, rushed into the city non-stop, and drove straight to the inner palace.

As soon as she entered the palace, she went straight to Kuntai Palace without touching the ground.

How could the maids and servants on duty expect the emperor to appear suddenly?In a hurry to salute.

Yu Wenrui couldn't wait for someone to inform, pushed the door of the palace and entered, facing Shang Jingyan's astonished eyes.

"What's the proper way to panic?" Jing Yan pretended to be angry.

Yu Wenrui felt something strange in the hall, the waiters all had tense faces, without a trace of a smile, as if something unpleasant had happened just now.

"What's the matter?" she wondered.

"Is everything safe and sound when the emperor returns to Luan?" Jing Yan asked seeing her sweating from running.

"Well, it's okay, I sent Sister and Yue'er away, and after watching for a while, I came back."

Jing Yan took a deep look at her, and said: "In life, parting is inevitable, and only when there is parting can there be reunion. The emperor, don't be too sad."

Yu Wenrui pursed his lips, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Sister-in-law said yes, I can see it. But, on the way back, I ran into this..."

As she spoke, she spread her palm, and the tiny dart and note lay quietly in her palm.

"This is?" Jing Yan was puzzled at first, but soon understood, and asked anxiously, "Are you hurt?"

She couldn't help but pull Yu Wenrui over and looked him up and down carefully, lest the little emperor might be hurt.

Yu Wenrui smiled mischievously: "My martial arts are superb! Who can hurt me?"

Jing Yan threw away her hand, and said angrily: "Show off! How can the emperor go out and run all over the street on a horse instead of an imperial chariot?!"

Yu Wenrui grinned, "Why not? Am I?"

She then said seriously: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, this dart really didn't hurt me, but came to report. Look——"

As he spoke, he unfolded the little note.

"This person made you watch out for Mid-Autumn Festival?"

Yu Wenrui nodded, "I think the other party is referring to the celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is customary in my dynasty that the Mid-Autumn Festival will be celebrated in the capital and even the whole country. At that time, the emperor will lead the clan, important officials, and concubines to the palace walls and towers to share with the people. Le. I think, the assassin must choose to strike at that time."

Jing Yan stared intently at the handwriting on the note, thinking to himself.She is proficient in calligraphy, and has liked to study famous posts by famous artists since she was a child.The four characters in front of me can't be said to have an extraordinary layout and precise structure, but they are powerful in writing and elegant in font. Looking at these characters, we can know that the writer must have strong wrists and arms that are beyond human reach.She has also seen the characters of a few warriors before, some of them are rough and bold and consistent, or they are open and closed without paying attention to details, but they are not like this.

Jing Yan's heart flashed strangely, and he said in a deep voice: "This person is a woman... Besides, she has quite strong wrists, and may be proficient in bow|crossbow skills."

Yu Wenrui's eyes showed admiration: "Sister-in-law has good eyesight! She is indeed a woman, and judging by the style of her handwriting, she must be someone who relies on her wrists to make a living."

Jing Yan was puzzled, "Do you recognize this person?"

"I do recognize her, although I'm not sure it's her, but it should be pretty close."

Jing Yan chuckled lightly: "I didn't know that Wuyou still had such a confidante!"

When Yu Wenrui heard the words "confidante", he immediately blushed, and quickly argued: "Where is a confidante? It's just that the Sunrise Palace was naughty, and I was eating in the Zhenxiu Restaurant, and happened to meet her money bag." She was accepted by the thief, and the clerk in the store spoke harshly to her, and I couldn't stand it for a while, so I helped her pay for the meal."

"Oh?" Jing Yan raised his eyebrows, "No wonder the money bag I sewed for you just disappeared, so it was given to someone?"

Yu Wenrui felt dizzy for a while, "I'm not giving it away, my sister-in-law misunderstood! She is a weak woman who walks in the rivers and lakes and has her property stolen. How dangerous is it to be alone? I just..."

"You just gave her the purse?" Jing Yan teased deliberately, "The emperor really is a pity...the worst thing is to see a woman suffer..."

Yu Wenrui was embarrassed, thinking that this is not the point, okay?

She wanted to argue, but Jing Yan preempted her and said, "But this woman is probably not a weak woman, is she?"

Yu Wenrui froze.

"And how did she know the identity of the emperor? Or...the emperor revealed his identity at that time?" Jing Yan looked at her.

Yu Wenrui's head got bigger, "How could I be so inconsiderate? Back then I was a woman disguised as a man... Exactly, how did Little Ba sister know my real identity?"

"Xiao Ba?" Jing Yan repeated, and then said, "She said her name was Xiao Ba?"

"Yes. But I don't think it's her real name. Who would come up with such a strange name?"

"Others can't, but Yang Lie can." Jing Yan said in a deep voice.

"What?" Yu Wenrui's eyes widened, "Sister-in-law means... little eight sister, she, she is... from Beizheng?"

"Whether she is from Beizheng, I don't know, but I know that when Yang Lie was the prince in the past, he had a group of assassins under his command to take care of his dissidents. These people were taken in his mansion when they were young." , or they were caught by him and had to be used by him. In short, they are all highly skilled in martial arts and proficient in assassination. Moreover, as long as they are incorporated by Yang Lie, they will hide their real names and only use A number is the code."

Yu Wenrui frowned, "Sister-in-law knows a lot..."

"Heh," Jing Yan chuckled, "Wuyou, you'll know about these things sooner or later when you're older. My sister-in-law will also hand over our hidden clues in Beizheng to you without reservation."

But I am not small now.Yu Wenrui thought to himself.

Jing Yan asked again: "That little eighth girl, is there anything unusual?"

Yu Wenrui recalled intently, "It seems that she is just an ordinary woman who walks the rivers and lakes, and she has a bit of character, and she refuses to rely on martial arts... However, the burden around her is quite strange."

"How strange?"

"There must be something valuable in it. The guy just touched it, and she wanted to look desperate."

"No way! How could Xiaoba sister be an assassin?" Yu Wenrui panicked, "She is very skilled in martial arts. If she has evil intentions, she can ignore the entanglements of the shop assistants. Once she leaves, why bother to suffer such attacks?" Make things difficult?"

"Wuyou, assassins are not necessarily people with evil intentions. They may be forced to be loyal to Yang Lie because of helplessness or threats. What's more, the burden you mentioned may contain The weapon she wears. A true warrior cherishes his beloved weapon even more than his own life. That is the real way of martial arts."

As Jing Yan spoke, his heart ached.The truth is often crueler than ordinary people can imagine, and as Wuyou grows up, that cruel world will unfold in front of her little by little.Wuyou is a child who is free and easy by nature, but as an emperor, she must face those things. The road to emperor is extremely glorious, but also extremely lonely.

Yu Wenrui was silent, she slowly clenched her fists, and the note in her palm was crumpled by her.

Jing Yan couldn't bear to see it, and said softly: "Although we have made such a conjecture, the truth is still unclear. No matter what, this little eighth girl will not harm you. Perhaps, she is grateful for your help that day. Well, I don't know."

Yu Wenrui's expression softened slightly, "Since this is the case, we should be fully prepared. Even if there is no assassin, there is nothing wrong with being more careful."

Jing Yan pondered for a while, and said: "This year's Mid-Autumn Festival, the festival of the emperor climbing the tower to enjoy the people may be cancelled."

"Why?"

"Old Zongzheng, dead."

"Dead, died?" Yu Wenrui was shocked, "When did it happen? Didn't you say you could eat and drink the day before yesterday? Why did you die suddenly?"

Jing Yan said calmly: "Half an hour before you returned to the palace, King Yi entered the palace to report his mourning to the queen mother and me."

Yu Wenrui felt pity in his heart: "Brother Dahuang is really pitiful, he lost his father in his infancy, and now the old Zongzheng has left again, leaving him alone."

Jing Yan was silent.

Yu Wenrui sighed: "Fortunately, I made him King Yi a few days ago, otherwise I really feel sorry for him now."

Seeing that Jing Yan was silent, she suddenly remembered that when she was young, her mother seemed to dislike old Zongzheng and brother Dahuang, and even found a reason to deprive him of Zongzheng's title, so she coughed lightly, "Mother, um, why is mother?" explain?"

Jing Yan then said: "The queen mother only said one word to me, 'dispose of it in a low-key way'."

Yu Wenrui understood that the empress mother's intention was to suppress the Yijun Palace.The old Zongzheng Yuwen Chengji is the most senior member of the Yuwen clan at the moment, and his funerals are handled in a "low-key manner". Isn't this the mouth of the king's mansion of Huayi County?

However, since the queen mother gave such orders, Yu Wenrui had no choice but to obey, but what he thought in his heart was: Poor Brother Dahuang!Do you want to find a chance to make him a prince?

"So, Sister-in-Law means to cancel this year's climbing session by taking advantage of Lao Zong's official funeral?"

"Exactly." Jing Yan nodded.

Yu Wenrui frowned, and immediately said: "It's not right. Sister-in-law, think about it, the empress mother specially asked you to "dispose of it in a low-key way", but now because the old sect is dead, even the usual ceremonies have been canceled every year, how can this be "low-key" ? It was treated as a national funeral, and it couldn't be more high-profile."

Warmth welled up in Jing Yan's heart, but he shook his head lightly and said, "It's nothing, I'll go and explain the truth to the queen mother, I think she will be a bit considerate."

Yu Wenrui still disagreed: "The queen mother doesn't like sister-in-law in the first place. Although I don't know why, I can't let sister-in-law offend my queen just because of this little thing!"

Jing Yanhun didn't expect Wuyou to say this suddenly, of course Jing Yan knew why his mother didn't like him.However, Jing Yan blushed slightly when the child said so.

As soon as Yu Wenrui said the words, and seeing Jing Yan's reaction, he knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, and hurriedly continued: "It is the ancestral system to have fun with the people when the moon is full in the Mid-Autumn Festival. When the Emperor Tai | On the night of August [-]th. At that time, Tai | Ancestors sent Mid-Autumn gifts to various places in advance, and put a note in the interlayer of the mooncake gift box, which read, "Mid-Autumn Moon Night, Swords Raise the Sky, Where Fireworks Burn, Haiyan Heqing ', we made an appointment to raise troops against Zheng under the name of the Mid-Autumn Festival night fireworks in various places. After the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it became a custom for the emperor to have fun with the people on the Mid-Autumn Festival night. Even if Emperor Wuzong bloodbathed the court in the past, he would...will When my father went to heaven, this ceremony was never cancelled. Now, how can it be canceled for the funeral of an ordinary clan?"

Jing Yan knew that she was comforting herself, but she was still worried, "Although the ancestral system is so, the safety of the emperor is also..."

Yu Wenrui smiled: "Sister-in-law, don't worry! I have martial arts by my side, so I'm not afraid! Hey! Not to mention a few small assassins, even if General Beizheng Zhan Teng is in front of me right now, I dare to fight with you!" He's against!"